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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2296 
To increase accountability with respect to Department of Energy carbon 
capture, utilization, and sequestration projects, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2017 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself and Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on En-
ergy 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 
A BILL 
To increase accountability with respect to Department of 
Energy carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration 
projects, 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 ‘‘Advancing CCUS 
Technology Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION, AND SEQUESTRA-
TION TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 
2005.— 
(1) FOSSIL
ENERGY.—Section 961(a) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16291(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) Improving the conversion, use, and storage 
of carbon dioxide produced from fossil fuels.’’. 
(2) COAL AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES PRO-
GRAM.—Section 962(b)(1) of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16292(b)(1)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘during each of calendar 
years 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2016, and during 
each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 
2021,’’ and inserting ‘‘during each fiscal year 
beginning after September 30, 2017,’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘allow for large scale 
demonstration and’’ after ‘‘technologies that 
would’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘commercial use,’’ after 
‘‘use of coal for’’. 
(b) INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO 
CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION, AND SEQUESTRATION 
PROJECTS.— 
(1) DOE EVALUATION.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of En-
ergy (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall, in accordance with this sub-
section, annually conduct an evaluation, and 
make recommendations, with respect to each 
project conducted by the Secretary for research, 
development, demonstration, or deployment of 
carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration 
technologies (also known as carbon capture and 
storage and utilization technologies). 
(B) SCOPE.—For purposes of this sub-
section, a project includes any contract, lease, 
cooperative agreement, or other similar trans-
action with a public agency or private organiza-
tion or person, entered into or performed, or 
any payment made, by the Secretary for re-
search, development, demonstration, or deploy-
ment of carbon capture, utilization, and seques-
tration technologies. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR EVALUATION.—In con-
ducting an evaluation of a project under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall— 
(A) examine if the project will allow a car-
bon capture, utilization, and sequestration tech-
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nology to advance and achieve any specific goal 
of the project; and 
(B) evaluate and determine if the project 
has made significant progress in advancing a 
carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration 
technology. 
(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—For each evaluation 
of a project conducted under this subsection, if the 
Secretary determines that— 
(A) significant progress in advancing a 
carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration 
technology has been made, the Secretary shall 
assess the funding of the project and make a 
recommendation as to whether increased fund-
ing is necessary to advance the project; or 
(B) significant progress in advancing a 
carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration 
technology has not been made, the Secretary 
shall— 
(i) assess the funding of the project 
and make a recommendation as to whether 
increased funding is necessary to advance 
the project; 
(ii) assess and determine if the project 
has reached its full potential; and 
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(ii) the progress of the Department of 
Energy in advancing carbon capture, utili-
zation, and sequestration technologies, in-
cluding progress in achieving the Depart-
ment of Energy’s goal of having an array 
of advanced carbon capture and sequestra-
tion technologies ready by 2020 for large- 
scale demonstration. 
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