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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7434 
To require the Secretary of Energy to remove carbon dioxide directly from 
ambient air or seawater, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 7, 2022 
Mr. TONKO (for himself and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Energy to remove carbon dioxide 
directly from ambient air or seawater, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Carbon Diox-
ide Removal Leadership Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL REQUIREMENT TO REMOVE CARBON DI-
OXIDE. 
(a) REQUIRED AMOUNTS.—The Secretary shall, to 
the extent economically feasible as provided in subsection 
(d), remove— 
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cally feasible under paragraph (1), the price for such 
removal shall include any costs associated with the 
monitoring, reporting, and verification required 
under subsection (f)(1). 
(3) 
MULTI-YEAR
CONTRACTS.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), the removal of carbon diox-
ide carried out pursuant to a multi-year contract en-
tered into under subsection (h) shall be considered 
economically feasible if such removal can be accom-
plished at the applicable dollar amount for the first 
fiscal year of the contract, as provided in paragraph 
(1), through the entire length of such contract. 
(e) FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—Funds received pursu-
ant to a contract entered into under subsection (h) shall 
not be considered Federal assistance or otherwise affect 
eligibility for any Federal assistance, including tax incen-
tives. 
(f) MONITORING, REPORTING, AND VERIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, or an entity 
the Secretary enters into a contract with under sub-
section (h), shall monitor, report, and verify the net 
metric tons of carbon dioxide the Secretary or such 
entity, as applicable, removed for purposes of this 
section. 
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(2) BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that any project for the removal of carbon diox-
ide for which a contract is entered into under sub-
section (h) shall follow the best available practices, 
as determined by the Secretary, for monitoring, re-
porting, and verifying the net metric tons of carbon 
dioxide removed under the project, including best 
practices— 
(A) used by similar carbon dioxide removal 
projects; and 
(B) necessary to ensure safe, effective, and 
efficient removal of carbon dioxide. 
(3) PROHIBITION ON DOUBLE COUNTING.—Car-
bon dioxide that is removed for the purposes of com-
pliance with any other greenhouse gas emissions 
management program, including any foreign, Fed-
eral, State, local, or private greenhouse gas emis-
sions management program, as determined by the 
Secretary, may not be considered removed under 
subsection (a) for purposes of meeting the require-
ments of such subsection. 
(g) PRIORITIES.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall give priority to any project for the removal 
of carbon dioxide that— 
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(1) minimizes the amount of greenhouse gas 
emissions released by carrying out such project; 
(2) supports the commercialization of innovative 
removal technologies; 
(3) increases the diversity of commercially 
available eligible technologies; 
(4) provides the greatest potential for domestic 
job creation; 
(5) results in economic development or eco-
nomic diversification in regions or localities that 
have historically generated significant economic ac-
tivity from the production, processing, transpor-
tation, or combustion of fossil fuels, including 
through the use of coal mines, fossil fuel-fired elec-
tricity generating units, and petroleum refining fa-
cilities; 
(6) quantifies and mitigates the effect of remov-
ing carbon dioxide on environmental justice, the en-
vironment, and public health; and 
(7) includes robust public engagement and com-
munity benefits. 
(h) CONTRACTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter 
into contracts to meet the requirements of sub-
section (a). 
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(2) LENGTH.—A contract entered into under 
this subsection may not be for a term of more than 
15 years. 
(i) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2027, and 
every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress, and release to the public, a report on the 
progress of carrying out the requirements of this section, 
which such report shall include— 
(1) the amounts verified under subsection 
(f)(1); 
(2) the total price, and price per metric ton, to 
remove carbon dioxide for the applicable fiscal year 
as required under subsection (a); 
(3) the methods associated with the monitoring, 
reporting, and verification required under subsection 
(f)(1); 
(4) an estimate of how removing carbon dioxide 
under this section affects environmental justice, the 
environment, and public health; and 
(5) information on potential labor impacts and 
job creation resulting from fulfilling the require-
ments of subsection (a). 
(j) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
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(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE TECHNOLOGY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 
technology’’ means any equipment, technique, 
or technology, placed into service after January 
1, 2022, that removes carbon dioxide directly 
from ambient air or seawater, as determined 
appropriate by the Secretary. 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘eligible tech-
nology’’ does not include any equipment, tech-
nique, or technology that— 
(i) removes carbon dioxide which is 
deliberately released from naturally occur-
ring subsurface springs; 
(ii) removes carbon dioxide using nat-
ural photosynthesis; or 
(iii) is related to the extraction, re-
finement, delivery, or use of fossil fuels, in-
cluding enhanced oil recovery. 
(C) 
EXPANSION
OF
ELIGIBLE
TECH-
NOLOGY.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph 
(B)(ii), any equipment, technique, or technology 
that removes carbon dioxide using gasification 
or pyrolysis of solid, nonhazardous, and cellu-
losic waste materials may be considered an eli-
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gible technology under this section if the Sec-
retary, by rule— 
(i) determines an entity that carries 
out a removal project under this section is 
able to adequately monitor, report, and 
verify the amount of greenhouse gas emis-
sions, calculated on a lifecycle basis (in-
cluding direct emissions and significant in-
direct emissions), associated with such 
equipment, technique, or technology; 
(ii) determines an entity that carries 
out a removal project under this section is 
able to adequately mitigate the environ-
mental impacts (including impacts on bio-
diversity, land use, and air and water qual-
ity) associated with such equipment, tech-
nique, or technology; and 
(iii) requires an entity carrying out a 
removal project under this section to— 
(I) adequately monitor, report, 
and verify the amount of greenhouse 
gas emissions, calculated on a lifecycle 
basis (including direct emissions and 
significant indirect emissions), associ-
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ated with such equipment, technique, 
or technology; and 
(II) adequately mitigate the envi-
ronmental impacts (including impacts 
on biodiversity, land use, and air and 
water quality) associated with such 
equipment, technique, or technology. 
(2) REMOVE.—The term ‘‘remove’’ means to— 
(A) capture carbon dioxide using eligible 
technology; and 
(B) permanently store such captured car-
bon dioxide— 
(i) in a subsurface geologic formation 
or in materials, including building mate-
rials and mineralized carbon materials; or 
(ii) using other permanent storage 
methods, as determined by the Secretary. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(4) SMALL
REMOVAL
PROJECT.—The term 
‘‘small removal project’’ means a project for the re-
moval of carbon dioxide that does not remove more 
than 5 percent of the net metric tons of carbon diox-
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ide required to be removed for the applicable fiscal 
year under subsection (a). 
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