CLEAR Act

Subjects: Energy


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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3182 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3182

  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 
  the greenhouse gas emissions or carbon intensity of qualified fuel 
             production facilities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2023

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

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                                 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 
  the greenhouse gas emissions or carbon intensity of qualified fuel 
             production facilities, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Carbon Limiting Emissions At 
Refineries Act'' or the ``CLEAR Act''.

SEC. 2. CARBON EMISSIONS AND INTENSITY REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR 
              QUALIFIED FUEL PRODUCTION FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle F of title IX of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16291 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following section:

``SEC. 969E. CARBON EMISSIONS AND INTENSITY REDUCTION FOR QUALIFIED 
              FUEL PRODUCTION FACILITIES.

    ``(a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of CLEAR Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that 
outlines opportunities for research, development, and commercialization 
projects that utilize technologies capable of making significant 
reductions in the greenhouse gas emissions or carbon intensity of 
qualified fuel production facilities, including a plan for the 5-year 
period beginning on the date of the submission of the report for 
advancing the readiness level of such technologies, including 
technologies for energy use reductions, use of advanced catalysts, 
electrification of heat and steam generation, hydrogen firing, low 
grade waste heat recovery, membrane separations, and other process 
improvements for qualified fuel production facilities, from laboratory 
scale to commercial use.
    ``(b) Program.--Not later than 180 days after the Secretary submits 
the report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall, based on such 
report, establish a program of research, development, demonstration, 
and commercial application of technologies described in subsection (a) 
to facilitate the development of--
            ``(1) promising projects that, with appropriate support, 
        could produce such technologies that are commercially-feasible; 
        and
            ``(2) carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration 
        technologies for qualified fuel production facilities.
    ``(c) Demonstration Projects.--
            ``(1) In general.--In carrying out the program established 
        under subsection (b), the Secretary may award funds for 
        commercial-scale demonstration projects for qualified fuel 
        production facilities that test the scale of a technology 
        described in subsection (a) necessary for commercial operation, 
        in accordance with this subsection.
            ``(2) Engineering and design studies.--In carrying out the 
        program under subsection (b), the Secretary may award funds for 
        front-end engineering and design studies in addition to, or in 
        advance of, issuing an award for a demonstration project under 
        this subsection.
            ``(3) Application.--An entity seeking an award to conduct a 
        demonstration project under this subsection shall submit to the 
        Secretary an application at such time and in such manner as the 
        Secretary may require.
            ``(4) Limitations.--The Secretary shall only provide an 
        award under this subsection after reviewing each applicant and 
        application for--
                    ``(A) financial strength;
                    ``(B) construction schedule;
                    ``(C) market risk; and
                    ``(D) contractor history.
            ``(5) Requirements.--An awardee under this subsection 
        shall--
                    ``(A) utilize technologies that have completed 
                pilot-scale testing or the equivalent, as determined by 
                the Secretary;
                    ``(B) secure and maintain agreements for one or 
                more technologies described in subsection (a), or 
                carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration 
                technologies, at a qualified fuel production facility; 
                and
                    ``(C) upon completion of a demonstration project, 
                demonstrate reductions in the greenhouse gas emissions 
                or carbon intensity of a qualified fuel production 
                facility.
            ``(6) Cost sharing.--The Secretary shall require cost 
        sharing under this subsection in accordance with section 988.
    ``(d) Applicability.--No technology, or level of emissions 
reduction, shall be treated as adequately demonstrated for purposes of 
section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411), achievable for 
purposes of section 169 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7479), or achievable in 
practice for purposes of section 171 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7501) 
solely by reason of the identification of such technology in the report 
submitted under subsection (a) or under the program established under 
subsection (b).
    ``(e) Qualified Fuel Production Facility Defined.--In this section, 
the term `qualified fuel production facility' means--
            ``(1) a petroleum refinery or any connected facility; or
            ``(2) a facility that manufactures commercial amounts of a 
        drop-in fuel (as defined in section 2922h(c)(1) of title 10, 
        United States Code).
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $200,000,000 for fiscal year 
2024 and each fiscal year thereafter.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 is amended by adding after the item relating to section 
969D the following:

``Sec. 969E. Carbon emissions and intensity reduction for qualified 
                            fuel production facilities.''.
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