SEC. 202. DEVELOPMENT OF CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZA-
TION, AND SEQUESTRATION REPORT, PER-
MITTING GUIDANCE, AND REGIONAL PERMIT-
TING TASK FORCE. 
(a) DEFINITION OF EFFICIENT, ORDERLY, AND RE-
SPONSIBLE.—In this section, the term ‘‘efficient, orderly, 
and responsible’’ means, with respect to development or 
the permitting process for carbon capture, utilization, and 
sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines, a 
process that is completed in an expeditious manner while 
maintaining environmental, health, and safety protections. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chair of 
the Council on Environmental Quality (referred to in 
this section as the ‘‘Chair’’), in consultation with the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of 
the Interior, the Executive Director of the Federal 
Permitting Improvement Council, and the head of 
any other relevant Federal agency (as determined by 
the President), shall prepare a report that— 
(A) compiles all existing relevant Federal 
permitting and review information and re-
sources for project applicants, agencies, and 
other stakeholders interested in the deployment 
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of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration 
projects and carbon dioxide pipelines, includ-
ing— 
(i) the appropriate points of inter-
action with Federal agencies; 
(ii) clarification of the permitting re-
sponsibilities and authorities among Fed-
eral agencies; and 
(iii) best practices and templates for 
permitting; 
(B) inventories current or emerging activi-
ties that transform captured carbon dioxide into 
a product of commercial value, or as an input 
to products of commercial value; 
(C) identifies gaps in the current Federal 
regulatory framework for the deployment of 
carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration 
projects and carbon dioxide pipelines; 
(D) identifies Federal financing mecha-
nisms available to project developers, including 
tax credits under section 45Q of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986; and 
(E) identifies any lifecycle analysis devel-
oped pursuant to section 45Q(f)(5)(B) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
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(2) SUBMISSION; 
PUBLICATION.—The Chair 
shall— 
(A) submit the report under paragraph (1) 
to the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate and the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Represent-
atives; and 
(B) as soon as practicable, make the report 
publicly available. 
(c) GUIDANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—After submission of the re-
port under subsection (b)(2), but not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Chair shall submit guidance consistent with that re-
port to all relevant Federal agencies that— 
(A) facilitates reviews associated with the 
deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and 
sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipe-
lines; and 
(B) supports the efficient, orderly, and re-
sponsible development of carbon capture, utili-
zation, and sequestration projects and carbon 
dioxide pipelines. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—The guidance under 
paragraph (1) shall address requirements 
under— 
(i) the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
(ii) the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); 
(iii) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7401 et seq.); 
(iv) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 
(v) the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 
(vi) division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code (formerly known 
as the ‘‘National Historic Preservation 
Act’’); 
(vii) the Migratory Bird Treaty Act 
(16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.); 
(viii) the Act of June 8, 1940 (16 
U.S.C. 668 et seq.) (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Bald and Golden Eagle Protection 
Act’’); and 
(ix) any other Federal law that the 
Chair determines to be appropriate. 
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(B) 
ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEWS.—The 
guidance under paragraph (1) shall include di-
rection to States and other interested parties 
for the development of programmatic environ-
mental reviews under the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.) for carbon capture, utilization, and se-
questration projects and carbon dioxide pipe-
lines. 
(C) PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.—The guidance 
under paragraph (1) shall be subject to the 
public notice, comment, and solicitation of in-
formation procedures under section 1506.6 of 
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a suc-
cessor regulation). 
(3) SUBMISSION; 
PUBLICATION.—The Chair 
shall— 
(A) submit the guidance under paragraph 
(1) to the Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works of the Senate and the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(B) as soon as practicable, make the guid-
ance publicly available. 
(4) EVALUATION.—The Chair shall— 
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(A) periodically evaluate the reports of the 
task forces under subsection (d)(5) and, as nec-
essary, revise the guidance under paragraph 
(1); and 
(B) each year, submit to the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate, 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives, and relevant Federal 
agencies a report that describes any rec-
ommendations for legislation, rules, revisions to 
rules, or other policies that would address the 
issues identified by the task forces under sub-
section (d)(5). 
(d) TASK FORCE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Chair shall establish not less than 2 task forces, 
which shall each cover a different geographical area 
with differing demographic, land use, or geological 
issues— 
(A) to identify permitting and other chal-
lenges and successes that permitting authorities 
and project developers and operators face; and 
(B) to improve the performance of the per-
mitting process and regional coordination for 
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(VI) developers or operators of 
carbon capture, utilization, and se-
questration projects or carbon dioxide 
pipelines; and 
(VII) nongovernmental member-
ship organizations, the primary mis-
sion of which concerns protection of 
the environment; and 
(ii) at the request of a Tribal or local 
government, may include a representative 
of— 
(I) not less than 1 local govern-
ment in the geographical area covered 
by the task force; and 
(II) not less than 1 Tribal gov-
ernment in the geographical area cov-
ered by the task force. 
(3) MEETINGS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each task force shall 
meet not less than twice each year. 
(B) JOINT
MEETING.—To the maximum 
extent practicable, the task forces shall meet 
collectively not less than once each year. 
(4) DUTIES.—Each task force shall— 
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(A) inventory existing or potential Federal 
and State approaches to facilitate reviews asso-
ciated with the deployment of carbon capture, 
utilization, and sequestration projects and car-
bon dioxide pipelines, including best practices 
that— 
(i) avoid duplicative reviews; 
(ii) engage stakeholders early in the 
permitting process; and 
(iii) make the permitting process effi-
cient, orderly, and responsible; 
(B) develop common models for State-level 
carbon dioxide pipeline regulation and oversight 
guidelines that can be shared with States in the 
geographical area covered by the task force; 
(C) provide technical assistance to States 
in the geographical area covered by the task 
force in implementing regulatory requirements 
and any models developed under subparagraph 
(B); 
(D) inventory current or emerging activi-
ties that transform captured carbon dioxide into 
a product of commercial value, or as an input 
to products of commercial value; 
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(E) identify gaps in the current Federal 
and State regulatory framework and in existing 
data for the deployment of carbon capture, uti-
lization, and sequestration projects and carbon 
dioxide pipelines; 
(F) identify Federal and State financing 
mechanisms available to project developers, in-
cluding tax credits under section 45Q of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986; 
(G) identify any lifecycle analysis devel-
oped pursuant to section 45Q(f)(5)(B) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and 
(H) develop recommendations for relevant 
Federal agencies on how to develop and re-
search technologies that— 
(i) can capture carbon dioxide; and 
(ii) would be able to be deployed with-
in the region covered by the task force, in-
cluding any projects that have received 
technical or financial assistance for re-
search under paragraph (6) of section 
103(g) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7403(g)). 
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(5) REPORT.—Each year, each task force shall 
prepare and submit to the Chair and to the other 
task forces a report that includes— 
(A) any recommendations for improve-
ments in efficient, orderly, and responsible 
issuance or administration of Federal permits 
and other Federal authorizations required 
under a law described in subsection (c)(2)(A); 
and 
(B) any other nationally relevant informa-
tion that the task force has collected in carrying 
out the duties under paragraph (4). 
(6) EVALUATION.—Not later than December 
31, 2023, the Chair shall— 
(A) reevaluate the need for the task forces; 
and 
(B) submit to Congress a recommendation 
as to whether the task forces should continue. 
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