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(ix)(I) assess current research efforts, including 
engineering and computational research, that address 
the challenges described in clause (viii)(I); and 
(II) identify any gaps in the current research port-
folio; and 
(x) develop a comprehensive research agenda that 
addresses both long- and short-term research needs 
and opportunities for carbon capture utilization and 
storage technologies relevant to minimizing net green-
house gas emissions. 
(3) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 600) 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 968 
the following: 
‘‘Sec. 969. Carbon utilization program.’’. 
(d) IMPROVEMENT OF PERMITTING PROCESS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE 
CAPTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.— 
(1) INCLUSION
OF
CARBON
CAPTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROJECTS.—Section 41001(6) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 
4370m(6)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting 
‘‘carbon capture,’’ after ‘‘manufacturing,’’; 
(ii) in clause (i)(III), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(iii) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and 
(iv) by inserting after clause (i) the following: 
‘‘(ii) is covered by a programmatic plan or environ-
mental review developed for the primary purpose of 
facilitating development of carbon dioxide pipelines; 
or’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) INCLUSION.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), 
construction of infrastructure for carbon capture includes 
construction of— 
‘‘(i) any facility, technology, or system that cap-
tures, utilizes, or sequesters carbon dioxide emissions, 
including projects for direct air capture (as defined 
in paragraph (6)(B)(i) of section 103(g) of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7403(g)); and 
‘‘(ii) carbon dioxide pipelines.’’. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT OF CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION, AND 
SEQUESTRATION REPORT, PERMITTING GUIDANCE, AND REGIONAL 
PERMITTING TASK FORCE.— 
(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
(i) CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION, AND SEQUESTRA-
TION PROJECTS.—The term ‘‘carbon capture, utilization, 
and sequestration projects’’ includes projects for direct 
air capture (as defined in paragraph (6)(B)(i) of section 
103(g) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7403(g))). 
(ii) EFFICIENT, ORDERLY, AND RESPONSIBLE.—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 promotes 
environmental, health, and safety protections while
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maintaining a process that is completed in an expedi-
tious manner. 
(B) REPORT.— 
(i) 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 Secretary of Transportation, 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— 
(I) compiles all existing relevant Federal 
permitting and review information and resources 
for project applicants, agencies, and other stake-
holders interested in the deployment and impact 
of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration 
projects and carbon dioxide pipelines, including— 
(aa) the appropriate points of interaction 
with Federal agencies; 
(bb) clarification of the permitting respon-
sibilities and authorities among Federal agen-
cies; and 
(cc) best practices and templates for 
permitting in an efficient, orderly, and respon-
sible manner, including through improved 
staff capacity and training at Federal permit-
ting agencies; 
(II) inventories current or emerging activities 
that transform captured carbon dioxide into a 
product of commercial value, or as an input to 
products of commercial value; 
(III) inventories existing initiatives and recent 
publications that analyze or identify priority 
carbon dioxide pipelines needed to enable efficient, 
orderly, and responsible development of carbon 
capture, utilization, and sequestration projects at 
increased scale; 
(IV) identifies gaps in the current Federal 
regulatory framework for the deployment of carbon 
capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and 
carbon dioxide pipelines; 
(V) identifies Federal financing mechanisms 
available to project developers; and 
(VI) identifies public engagement opportuni-
ties through existing laws, including under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
(ii) SUBMISSION; PUBLICATION.—The Chair shall— 
(I) submit the report under clause (i) to the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of 
the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives; and
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(II) as soon as practicable, make the report 
publicly available. 
(C) GUIDANCE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—After submission of the report 
under subparagraph (B)(ii), but not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chair 
shall submit guidance consistent with that report to 
all relevant Federal agencies that— 
(I) facilitates reviews associated with the 
deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and 
sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipe-
lines; and 
(II) supports the efficient, orderly, and respon-
sible development of carbon capture, utilization, 
and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipe-
lines. 
(ii) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—The guidance under clause 
(i) shall address applicable requirements under— 
(aa) the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
(bb) the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); 
(cc) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 
et seq.); 
(dd) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 
(ee) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 
(ff) division A of subtitle III of title 54, 
United States Code (formerly known as the 
‘‘National Historic Preservation Act’’); 
(gg) the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 
U.S.C. 703 et seq.); 
(hh) the Act of June 8, 1940 (16 U.S.C. 
668 et seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Bald 
and Golden Eagle Protection Act’’); 
(ii) chapter 601 of title 49, United States 
Code (including those provisions formerly cited 
as the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 
(Public Law 90–481; 82 Stat. 720) and the 
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 
(Public Law 96–129; 93 Stat. 1003)); and 
(jj) any other Federal law that the Chair 
determines to be appropriate. 
(II) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS.—The guidance 
under clause (i) shall include direction to States 
and other interested parties for the development 
of programmatic environmental reviews under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) for carbon capture, utilization, 
and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipe-
lines. 
(III) PUBLIC
INVOLVEMENT.—The guidance 
under clause (i) shall be subject to the public 
notice, comment, and solicitation of information
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procedures under section 1506.6 of title 40, Code 
of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). 
(iii) SUBMISSION; PUBLICATION.—The Chair shall— 
(I) submit the guidance under clause (i) to 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives; and 
(II) as soon as practicable, make the guidance 
publicly available. 
(iv) EVALUATION.—The Chair shall— 
(I) periodically evaluate the reports of the task 
forces under subparagraph (D)(v) and, as nec-
essary, revise the guidance under clause (i); and 
(II) each year, submit to the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate, the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives, and relevant Federal agencies 
a report that describes any recommendations for 
rules, revisions to rules, or other policies that 
would address the issues identified by the task 
forces under subparagraph (D)(v). 
(D) TASK FORCES.— 
(i) 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— 
(I) to identify permitting and other challenges 
and successes that permitting authorities and 
project developers and operators face in permitting 
projects in an efficient, orderly, and responsible 
manner; and 
(II) to improve the performance of the permit-
ting process and regional coordination for the pur-
pose of promoting the efficient, orderly, and 
responsible development of carbon capture, utiliza-
tion, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide 
pipelines. 
(ii) MEMBERS AND SELECTION.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—The Chair shall— 
(aa) develop criteria for the selection of 
members to each task force; and 
(bb) select members for each task force 
in accordance with item (aa) and subclause 
(II). 
(II) MEMBERS.—Each task force— 
(aa) shall include not less than 1 rep-
resentative of each of— 
(AA) the Environmental Protection 
Agency; 
(BB) the Department of Energy; 
(CC) the Department of the Interior;
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(DD) the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration; 
(EE) any other Federal agency the 
Chair determines to be appropriate; 
(FF) any State that requests partici-
pation in the geographical area covered 
by the task force; 
(GG) developers or operators of carbon 
capture, utilization, and sequestration 
projects or carbon dioxide pipelines; and 
(HH) nongovernmental membership 
organizations, the primary mission of 
which concerns protection of the environ-
ment; 
(bb) at the request of a Tribal or local 
government, may include a representative of— 
(AA) not less than 1 local government 
in the geographical area covered by the 
task force; and 
(BB) not less than 1 Tribal govern-
ment in the geographical area covered by 
the task force; and 
(cc) shall include 1 expert in each of the 
following fields— 
(AA) 
health 
and 
environmental 
effects, including exposure evaluation; and 
(BB) pipeline safety. 
(iii) MEETINGS.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—Each task force shall meet 
not less than twice each year. 
(II) JOINT MEETING.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the task forces shall meet collectively 
not less than once each year. 
(iv) DUTIES.—Each task force shall— 
(I) inventory existing or potential Federal and 
State approaches to facilitate reviews associated 
with the deployment of carbon capture, utilization, 
and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipe-
lines, including best practices that— 
(aa) avoid duplicative reviews to the 
extent permitted by law; 
(bb) engage stakeholders early in the 
permitting process; and 
(cc) make the permitting process efficient, 
orderly, and responsible; 
(II) 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; 
(III) provide technical assistance to States in 
the geographical area covered by the task force 
in implementing regulatory requirements and any 
models developed under subclause (II); 
(IV) inventory current or emerging activities 
that transform captured carbon dioxide into a 
product of commercial value, or as an input to 
products of commercial value;
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(V) identify any priority carbon dioxide pipe-
lines needed to enable efficient, orderly, and 
responsible development of carbon capture, utiliza-
tion, and sequestration projects at increased scale; 
(VI) identify gaps in the current Federal and 
State regulatory framework and in existing data 
for the deployment of carbon capture, utilization, 
and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipe-
lines; 
(VII) identify Federal and State financing 
mechanisms available to project developers; and 
(VIII) develop recommendations for relevant 
Federal agencies on how to develop and research 
technologies that— 
(aa) can capture carbon dioxide; and 
(bb) would be able to be deployed within 
the region covered by the task force, including 
any projects that have received technical or 
financial assistance for research under para-
graph (6) of section 103(g) of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7403(g)). 
(v) REPORT.—Each year, each task force shall pre-
pare and submit to the Chair and to the other task 
forces a report that includes— 
(I) any recommendations for improvements in 
efficient, orderly, and responsible issuance or 
administration of Federal permits and other Fed-
eral authorizations required under a law described 
in subparagraph (C)(ii)(I); and 
(II) any other nationally relevant information 
that the task force has collected in carrying out 
the duties under clause (iv). 
(vi) EVALUATION.—Not later than 5 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Chair shall— 
(I) reevaluate the need for the task forces; 
and 
(II) submit to Congress a recommendation as 
to whether the task forces should continue. 
SEC. 103. AMERICAN INNOVATION AND MANUFACTURING. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘American 
Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(2) ALLOWANCE.—The term ‘‘allowance’’ means a limited 
authorization for the production or consumption of a regulated 
substance established under subsection (e). 
(3) CONSUMPTION.—The term ‘‘consumption’’, with respect 
to a regulated substance, means a quantity equal to the dif-
ference between— 
(A) a quantity equal to the sum of— 
(i) the quantity of that regulated substance pro-
duced in the United States; and 
(ii) the quantity of the regulated substance 
imported into the United States; and
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(B) the quantity of the regulated substance exported 
from the United States. 
(4) CONSUMPTION BASELINE.—The term ‘‘consumption base-
line’’ means the baseline established for the consumption of 
regulated substances under subsection (e)(1)(C). 
(5) EXCHANGE VALUE.—The term ‘‘exchange value’’ means 
the value assigned to a regulated substance in accordance with 
subsections (c) and (e), as applicable. 
(6) IMPORT.—The term ‘‘import’’ means to land on, bring 
into, or introduce into, or attempt to land on, bring into, or 
introduce into, any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States, regardless of whether that landing, bringing, or 
introduction constitutes an importation within the meaning 
of the customs laws of the United States. 
(7) PRODUCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘produce’’ means the manu-
facture of a regulated substance from a raw material or 
feedstock chemical (but not including the destruction of 
a regulated substance by a technology approved by the 
Administrator). 
(B) 
EXCLUSIONS.—The 
term 
‘‘produce’’ 
does 
not 
include— 
(i) the manufacture of a regulated substance that 
is used and entirely consumed (except for trace quan-
tities) in the manufacture of another chemical; or 
(ii) the reclamation, reuse, or recycling of a regu-
lated substance. 
(8) PRODUCTION BASELINE.—The term ‘‘production baseline’’ 
means the baseline established for the production of regulated 
substances under subsection (e)(1)(B). 
(9) RECLAIM; RECLAMATION.—The terms ‘‘reclaim’’ and ‘‘rec-
lamation’’ mean— 
(A) the reprocessing of a recovered regulated substance 
to at least the purity described in standard 700–2016 of 
the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute 
(or an appropriate successor standard adopted by the 
Administrator); and 
(B) the verification of the purity of that regulated 
substance using, at a minimum, the analytical methodology 
described in the standard referred to in subparagraph (A). 
(10) RECOVER.—The term ‘‘recover’’ means the process by 
which a regulated substance is— 
(A) removed, in any condition, from equipment; and 
(B) stored in an external container, with or without 
testing or processing the regulated substance. 
(11) REGULATED
SUBSTANCE.—The term ‘‘regulated sub-
stance’’ means— 
(A) a substance listed in the table contained in sub-
section (c)(1); and 
(B) a substance included as a regulated substance by 
the Administrator under subsection (c)(3). 
(c) LISTING OF REGULATED SUBSTANCES.— 
(1) LIST OF REGULATED SUBSTANCES.—Each of the following 
substances, and any isomers of such a substance, shall be 
a regulated substance:
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Chemical Name 
Common Name 
Exchange 
Value 
CHF2CHF2 
HFC–134 
1100
CH2FCF3 
HFC–134a 
1430
CH2FCHF2 
HFC–143 
353
CHF2CH2CF3 
HFC–245fa 
1030
CF3CH2CF2CH3 
HFC–365mfc 
794
CF3CHFCF3 
HFC–227ea 
3220
CH2FCF2CF3 
HFC–236cb 
1340
CHF2CHFCF3 
HFC–236ea 
1370
CF3CH2CF3 
HFC–236fa 
9810
CH2FCF2CHF2 
HFC–245ca 
693
CF3CHFCHFCF2CF3 
HFC–43–10mee 
1640
CH2F2 
HFC–32 
675
CHF2CF3 
HFC–125 
3500
CH3CF3 
HFC–143a 
4470
CH3F 
HFC–41 
CH2FCH2F 
HFC–152 
CH3CHF2 
HFC–152a 
124
CHF3 
HFC–23 
14800. 
(2) REVIEW.—The Administrator may— 
(A) review the exchange values listed in the table 
contained in paragraph (1) on a periodic basis; and 
(B) subject to notice and opportunity for public com-
ment, adjust the exchange values solely on the basis of— 
(i) the best available science; and 
(ii) other information consistent with widely used 
or commonly accepted existing exchange values. 
(3) OTHER REGULATED SUBSTANCES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to notice and opportunity 
for public comment, the Administrator may designate a 
substance not included in the table contained in paragraph 
(1) as a regulated substance if— 
(i) the substance— 
(I) is a chemical substance that is a saturated 
hydrofluorocarbon; and 
(II) has an exchange value, as determined by 
the Administrator in accordance with the basis 
described in paragraph (2)(B), of greater than 53; 
and 
(ii) the designation of the substance as a regulated 
substance would be consistent with the purposes of 
this section.
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(B) SAVINGS PROVISION.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Nothing in this paragraph 
authorizes the Administrator to designate as a regu-
lated substance a blend of substances that includes 
a saturated hydrofluorocarbon for purposes of phasing 
down production or consumption of regulated sub-
stances under subsection (e), even if the saturated 
hydrofluorocarbon is, or may be, designated as a regu-
lated substance. 
(ii) AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATOR.—Clause (i) does 
not affect the authority of the Administrator to regulate 
under this Act a regulated substance within a blend 
of substances. 
(d) MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) PRODUCTION, IMPORT, AND EXPORT LEVEL REPORTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—On a periodic basis, to be determined 
by the Administrator, but not less frequently than 
annually, each person who, within the applicable reporting 
period, produces, imports, exports, destroys, transforms, 
uses as a process agent, or reclaims a regulated substance 
shall submit to the Administrator a report that describes, 
as applicable, the quantity of the regulated substance that 
the person— 
(i) produced, imported, and exported; 
(ii) reclaimed; 
(iii) destroyed by a technology approved by the 
Administrator; 
(iv) used and entirely consumed (except for trace 
quantities) in the manufacture of another chemical; 
or 
(v) used as a process agent. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(i) SIGNED
AND
ATTESTED.—The report under 
subparagraph (A) shall be signed and attested by a 
responsible officer (within the meaning of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.)). 
(ii) NO
FURTHER
REPORTS
REQUIRED.—A report 
under subparagraph (A) shall not be required from 
a person if the person— 
(I) permanently ceases production, importa-
tion, exportation, destruction, transformation, use 
as a process agent, or reclamation of all regulated 
substances; and 
(II) notifies the Administrator in writing that 
the requirement under subclause (I) has been met. 
(iii) 
BASELINE
PERIOD.—Each 
report 
under 
subparagraph (A) shall include, as applicable, the 
information described in that subparagraph for the 
baseline period of calendar years 2011 through 2013. 
(2) COORDINATION.—The Administrator may allow any per-
son subject to the requirements of paragraph (1)(A) to combine 
and include the information required to be reported under 
that paragraph with any other related information that the 
person is required to report to the Administrator. 
(e) PHASE-DOWN OF PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF REGU-
LATED SUBSTANCES.— 
(1) BASELINES.—
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (D), the 
Administrator shall establish for the phase-down of regu-
lated substances— 
(i) a production baseline for the production of all 
regulated substances in the United States, as described 
in subparagraph (B); and 
(ii) a consumption baseline for the consumption 
of all regulated substances in the United States, as 
described in subparagraph (C). 
(B) PRODUCTION BASELINE DESCRIBED.—The production 
baseline referred to in subparagraph (A)(i) is the quantity 
equal to the sum of— 
(i) the average annual quantity of all regulated 
substances produced in the United States during the 
period— 
(I) beginning on January 1, 2011; and 
(II) ending on December 31, 2013; and 
(ii) the quantity equal to the sum of— 
(I) 15 percent of the production level of 
hydrochlorofluorocarbons in calendar year 1989; 
and 
(II) 0.42 percent of the production level of 
chlorofluorocarbons in calendar year 1989. 
(C) 
CONSUMPTION
BASELINE
DESCRIBED.—The 
consumption baseline referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) 
is the quantity equal to the sum of— 
(i) the average annual quantity of all regulated 
substances consumed in the United States during the 
period— 
(I) beginning on January 1, 2011; and 
(II) ending on December 31, 2013; and 
(ii) the quantity equal to the sum of— 
(I) 15 percent of the consumption level of 
hydrochlorofluorocarbons in calendar year 1989; 
and 
(II) 0.42 percent of the consumption level of 
chlorofluorocarbons in calendar year 1989. 
(D) EXCHANGE VALUES.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of establishing the 
baselines pursuant to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the 
Administrator shall use the exchange values listed in 
the table contained in subsection (c)(1) for regulated 
substances and the following exchange values for 
hydrochlorofluorocarbons and chlorofluorocarbons: 
Table 2 
Chemical Name 
Common Name 
Exchange 
Value 
CHFC12 
HCFC–21 
151 
CHF2C1 
HCFC–22 
1810 
C2HF3C12 
HCFC–123 
C2HF4C1 
HCFC–124 
609