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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1523 

To amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide from 

the Capitol power plant. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 24, 2007 

Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mr. ALEXANDER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

A BILL 

To amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions of carbon 

dioxide from the Capitol power plant. 

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

3 SECTION 1. CAPITOL POWER PLANT CARBON DIOXIDE 

4 EMISSIONS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 

5 Section 118 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7418) 

6 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(e) CAPITOL POWER PLANT CARBON DIOXIDE

8 EMISSIONS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 

9 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(A) CAPITOL POWER PLANT.—The term 

2 ‘Capitol power plant’ means the power plant 

3 constructed in the vicinity of the Capitol Com4 plex, Washington, DC, pursuant to the first 

5 section of the Act of April 28, 1904 (33 Stat. 

6 479, chapter 1762), and designated under the 

7 first section of the Act of March 4, 1911 (2 

8 U.S.C. 2162). 

9 ‘‘(B) CARBON DIOXIDE ENERGY EFFI10 CIENCY.—The term ‘carbon dioxide energy effi11 ciency’, with respect to a project, means the 

12 quantity of electricity used to power equipment 

13 for carbon dioxide capture and storage or use. 

14 ‘‘(C) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ 

15 means the competitive grant demonstration pro16 gram established under paragraph (2). 

17 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Ad18 ministrator shall establish a competitive grant dem19 onstration program under which the Administrator 

20 shall provide to eligible entities, as determined by 

21 the Administrator, grants to carry out projects to 

22 demonstrate, during the 2-year period beginning on 

23 the date of enactment of this subsection, the capture 

24 and storage or use of carbon dioxide emitted from 

25 the Capitol power plant as a result of burning coal. 


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1 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) PROVISION OF GRANTS.— 

3 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 

4 shall provide the grants under the program 

5 on a competitive basis. 

6 ‘‘(ii) FACTORS FOR CONSIDER7 ATION.—In providing grants under the 

8 program, the Administrator shall take into 

9 consideration— 

10 ‘‘(I) the practicability of conver11 sion by the proposed project of carbon 

12 dioxide into useful products, such as 

13 transportation fuel; 

14 ‘‘(II) the carbon dioxide energy 

15 efficiency of the proposed project; and 

16 ‘‘(III) whether the proposed 

17 project is able to reduce more than 1 

18 air pollutant regulated under this Act. 

19 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTITIES.—An 

20 entity that receives a grant under the program 

21 shall— 

22 ‘‘(i) use to carry out the project of the 

23 entity a technology designed to reduce or 

24 eliminate emission of carbon dioxide that is 


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1 in existence on the date of enactment of 

2 this subsection that has been used— 

3 ‘‘(I) by not less than 3 other fa4 cilities (including a coal-fired power 

5 plant); and 

6 ‘‘(II) on a scale of not less than 

7 5 times the size of the proposed 

8 project of the entity at the Capitol 

9 power plant; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) carry out the project of the enti11 ty in consultation and concurrence with the 

12 Architect of the Capitol. 

13 ‘‘(4) INCENTIVE.—In addition to the grant 

14 under this subsection, the Administrator may pro15 vide to an entity that receives such a grant an incen16 tive award in an amount equal to not more than 

17 $50,000, of which— 

18 ‘‘(A) $15,000 shall be provided after the 

19 project of the entity has sustained operation for 

20 a period of 100 days, as determined by the Ad21 ministrator; 

22 ‘‘(B) $15,000 shall be provided after the 

23 project of the entity has sustained operation for 

24 a period of 200 days, as determined by the Ad25 ministrator; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) $20,000 shall be provided after the 

2 project of the entity has sustained operation for 

3 a period of 300 days, as determined by the Ad4 ministrator. 

5 ‘‘(5) TERMINATION.—The program shall termi6 nate on the date that is 2 years after the date of en7 actment of this subsection. 

8 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

10 the program $3,000,000.’’. 

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