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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6562 

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy 

to create a plan for research, development, and commercialization 

projects capable of making significant reductions in global greenhouse 

gas emissions or carbon intensity of qualified fuel production facilities, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 2, 2022 

Mrs. FLETCHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the 

Secretary of Energy to create a plan for research, development, and commercialization projects capable of making significant reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions or carbon intensity of qualified fuel production 

facilities, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Carbon Limiting Emis3 sions At Refineries Act’’ or the ‘‘CLEAR Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CARBON EMISSIONS AND INTENSITY REDUCTION 

5 TECHNOLOGIES FOR QUALIFIED FUEL PRO6 DUCTION FACILITIES. 

7 (a) CARBON REDUCTION PROGRAM.—Section 962 of 

8 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16292) is 

9 amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 962. CARBON EMISSIONS AND INTENSITY REDUCTION 

11 FOR QUALIFIED FUEL PRODUCTION FACILI12 TIES. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

14 the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of En15 ergy shall transmit to the Congress a plan outlining oppor16 tunities for research, development and commercialization 

17 projects capable of making significant reductions in global 

18 greenhouse gas emissions and/or carbon intensity of quali19 fied fuel production facilities, including a road map for 

20 advancing the readiness level of such technologies from 

21 laboratory scale to industrial use for the 5-year period be22 ginning on the date of the submission of the plan. 

23 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—Not later than 180 days after the 

24 Secretary submits the plan under subsection (a) to Con25 gress, the Secretary shall establish a program of research, 

26 development, demonstration, and commercial application 


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1 of carbon emissions and intensity reduction technologies 

2 based on such plan to facilitate the development of— 

3 ‘‘(1) promising research projects including but 

4 not limited to energy usage reductions, use of ad5 vanced catalysts, electrification of heat and steam 

6 generation, hydrogen firing, low grade waste heat re7 covery, membrane separations, and other process im8 provements that, with appropriate support, could 

9 produce commercially-feasible technologies capable of 

10 meaningfully lowering the global greenhouse gas 

11 emissions or carbon intensity of qualified fuel pro12 duction facilities; or 

13 ‘‘(2) carbon capture and sequestration tech14 nologies for qualified fuel production facilities. 

15 ‘‘(c) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pro17 gram under subsection (b), the Secretary may award 

18 funds for commercial-scale demonstration projects 

19 for qualified fuel production facilities that test the 

20 scale of technology necessary for commercial oper21 ation, in accordance with this subsection. 

22 ‘‘(2) ENGINEERING AND DESIGN STUDIES.—In 

23 carrying out the program under subsection (b), the 

24 Secretary may award funds for front-end engineer25 ing and design studies in addition to, or in advance 


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1 of, issuing an award for a demonstration project 

2 under this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking an 

4 award to conduct a demonstration project under this 

5 subsection shall submit to the Secretary an applica6 tion at such time and in such manner as the Sec7 retary may require. 

8 ‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary shall only 

9 provide an award under this subsection after review10 ing each applicant and application for— 

11 ‘‘(A) financial strength; 

12 ‘‘(B) construction schedule; 

13 ‘‘(C) market risk; and 

14 ‘‘(D) contractor history. 

15 ‘‘(5) REQUIREMENTS.—An awardee under this 

16 subsection shall— 

17 ‘‘(A) utilize technologies that have com18 pleted pilot-scale testing or the equivalent, as 

19 determined by the Secretary; 

20 ‘‘(B) secure and maintain agreements for 

21 technologies designed to reduce carbon intensity 

22 of or otherwise lower net greenhouse gas emis23 sions at, qualified fuel production facilities or 

24 for the utilization or sequestration of captured 

25 carbon dioxide; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) upon completion, demonstrate green2 house gas emissions and/or intensity reduction 

3 or carbon capture technologies utilized by a 

4 qualified fuel production facility. 

5 ‘‘(6) COST SHARING.—The Secretary shall re6 quire cost sharing under this subsection in accord7 ance with section 988. 

8 ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—No technology, or level of 

9 emission reduction, shall be treated as adequately dem10 onstrated for purpose of section 111 of the Clean Air Act 

11 (42 U.S.C. 7411), achievable for purposes of section 169 

12 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7479), or achievable in practice 

13 for purposes of section 171 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7501) 

14 solely by reason of the identification of such technology 

15 in reports or programs established under this section. 

16 ‘‘(e) QUALIFIED FUEL PRODUCTION FACILITIES DE17 FINED.—The term ‘qualified fuel production facilities’ 

18 means petroleum refineries or facilities that manufacture 

19 commercial amounts of drop-in fuel as defined in section 

20 2922h(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code. 

21 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For ac22 tivities under this section, there are authorized to be ap23 propriated to the Secretary $200,000,000 annually to 

24 carry out its purpose.’’. 

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