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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3828 
To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program for the research, 
development, and demonstration of commercially viable technologies for 
the capture of carbon dioxide produced during the generation of natural 
gas-generated power. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2019 
Mr. CRENSHAW (for himself, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. GONZALEZ of 
Texas, Mr. FLORES, Mr. LAMB, and Mr. WALBERG) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program 
for the research, development, and demonstration of com-
mercially viable technologies for the capture of carbon 
dioxide produced during the generation of natural gas- 
generated power. 
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 ‘‘Launching Energy Ad-
vancement and Development through Innovations for Nat-
ural Gas Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATURAL GAS CARBON CAPTURE RESEARCH, DE-
VELOPMENT, 
AND 
DEMONSTRATION 
PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle F of title IX of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16291 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 969. NATURAL GAS CARBON CAPTURE RESEARCH, 
DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) NATURAL GAS.—The term ‘natural gas’ 
includes any fuel consisting in whole or in part of— 
‘‘(A) natural gas; 
‘‘(B) liquid petroleum gas; 
‘‘(C) synthetic gas derived from petroleum 
or natural gas liquids; 
‘‘(D) any mixture of natural gas and syn-
thetic gas; or 
‘‘(E) any product derived directly from 
natural gas, including hydrogen. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFYING ELECTRIC GENERATION FA-
CILITY.—The term ‘qualifying electric generation fa-
cility’ means a facility that generates electric energy 
through the use of natural gas. 
‘‘(3) QUALIFYING
TECHNOLOGY.—The term 
‘qualifying technology’ means any technology to cap-
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ture carbon dioxide produced during the generation 
of electricity from natural gas power systems. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a program under which the Secretary shall, 
through a competitive, merit-reviewed process, award 
grants to eligible entities to conduct research, devel-
opment, and demonstration of qualifying tech-
nologies. 
‘‘(2) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the pro-
gram established under paragraph (1) shall be— 
‘‘(A) to conduct research to accelerate the 
development of qualifying technologies to reduce 
the quantity of carbon dioxide emissions re-
leased from qualifying electric generation facili-
ties, including— 
‘‘(i) pre- and post-combustion capture 
technologies; and 
‘‘(ii) technologies to improve the ther-
modynamics, kinetics, scalability, dura-
bility, and flexibility of carbon capture 
technologies for use during the generation 
of electricity from natural gas power sys-
tems; 
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‘‘(B) to expedite and carry out demonstra-
tion projects (including pilot projects) for quali-
fying technologies in partnership with quali-
fying electric generation facilities in order to 
demonstrate the technical feasibility and eco-
nomic potential for commercial deployment of 
technologies developed pursuant to subpara-
graph (A); and 
‘‘(C) to identify any barriers to the com-
mercial deployment of any qualifying tech-
nologies under development pursuant to re-
search conducted pursuant to subparagraph 
(A). 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity eligible to 
receive a grant under this subsection is— 
‘‘(A) a National Laboratory; 
‘‘(B) an institution of higher education; 
‘‘(C) a research facility; 
‘‘(D) a multi-institutional collaboration; or 
‘‘(E) another appropriate entity or com-
bination of any of the entities specified in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (D). 
‘‘(c) CARBON CAPTURE FACILITIES DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM.— 
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‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—As part of the pro-
gram established under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall establish a demonstration program under which 
the Secretary shall, through a competitive, merit-re-
viewed process, enter into cooperative agreements 
with entities that submit applications pursuant to 
paragraph (4) for demonstration or pilot projects to 
construct and operate, by not later than September 
30, 2025, up to five facilities to capture carbon diox-
ide from qualifying electric generation facilities. The 
Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 
provide technical assistance to any entity seeking to 
enter into such a cooperative agreement in obtaining 
any necessary permits and licenses to demonstrate 
qualifying technologies. 
‘‘(2) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may enter into a cooperative agreement under 
this subsection with industry stakeholders, including 
any such industry stakeholder operating in partner-
ship with National Laboratories, institutions of high-
er education, multi-institutional collaborations, and 
other appropriate entities. 
‘‘(3) GOALS.—Each demonstration or pilot 
project carried out pursuant to the demonstration 
program under this subsection shall— 
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