SEC. 2. CARBON UTILIZATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAM AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) Section 963 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16293) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 963. CARBON UTILIZATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT INFRASTRUCTURE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program to conduct basic and fundamental research in 
materials science, chemistry, subsurface instrumentation, 
and data analysis to inform the research, development, 
and demonstration of carbon capture, storage, and utiliza-
tion technologies and techniques, and to facilitate the 
translation of basic research results to industry. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the program 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall leverage expertise 
and resources and facilitate collaboration and coordination 
between— 
‘‘(1) the Office of Fossil Energy; and 
‘‘(2) the Office of Science. 
‘‘(c) CARBON UTILIZATION ENERGY INNOVATION 
HUB.—In carrying out the program under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall establish and operate a national Car-
bon Utilization Energy Innovation Hub (referred to in this 
section as the ‘Hub’), which shall focus on early stage re-
search and development activities including— 
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‘‘(1) post-combustion and pre-combustion cap-
ture of carbon dioxide; 
‘‘(2) advanced compression technologies for new 
and existing fossil fuel-fired power plants; 
‘‘(3) technologies to convert carbon dioxide to 
valuable products and commodities; and 
‘‘(4) advanced carbon dioxide storage tech-
nologies that consider a range of storage regimes. 
‘‘(d) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall select the 
Hub under this section on a competitive, merit-reviewed 
basis. The Secretary shall consider applications from Na-
tional Laboratories, institutions of higher education, 
multi-institutional collaborations, and other appropriate 
entities. 
‘‘(e) DURATION.—The Hub established under this 
section shall receive support for a period of not more than 
5 years, subject to the availability of appropriations. 
‘‘(f) RENEWAL.—Upon the expiration of any period 
of support of the Hub, the Secretary may renew support 
for the Hub, on a merit-reviewed basis, for a period of 
not more than 5 years. 
‘‘(g) TERMINATION.—Consistent with the existing 
authorities of the Department, the Secretary may termi-
nate the Hub for cause during the performance period. 
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‘‘(h) FUNDING.—For each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2025, out of any amounts appropriated to the De-
partment to carry out fossil energy research and develop-
ment activities and not otherwise obligated, the Secretary 
may use to carry out the Hubs under this section not more 
than $25,000,000.’’. 
(b) Section 1(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 15801) by amending the item relating to sec-
tion 963 to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 963. Carbon Utilization Research and Development Infrastructure.’’. 
SEC. 3. 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; 
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‘‘(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-
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-
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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; 
‘‘(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— 
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