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baselines. The measures shall specify production or
efficiency performance goals, with quantifiable 5-
year cost and energy savings target levels, for fossil
energy, and any other such goals the Secretary con-
siders appropriate.
(2) SUBSEQUENT
TRANSMITTALS.—The Sec-
retary shall transmit to the Congress, along with the
President’s annual budget request for each fiscal
year after 2007, a report containing—
(A) a description, including quantitative
analysis, of progress in achieving performance
goals transmitted under paragraph (1), as com-
pared to the baselines transmitted under para-
graph (1); and
(B) any amendments to such goals.
(c) COVERED ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that the goals stated in subsection (b) are illustrative
of the outcomes necessary to promote acceptance of the
programs’ efforts in the marketplace, but at a minimum
shall encompass the following areas:
(1) Coal gasifiers.
(2) Turbine generators, including both natural
gas and syngas fueled.
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(3) Oxygen separation devices, hydrogen sepa-
ration devices, and carbon dioxide separation tech-
nologies.
(4) Coal gas and post-combustion emission
cleanup and disposal equipment, including carbon di-
oxide capture and disposal equipment.
(5) Average per-foot drilling costs for oil and
gas, segregated by appropriate drilling regimes, in-
cluding onshore versus offshore and depth cat-
egories.
(6) Production of liquid fuels from nontradi-
tional feedstocks, including syngas, biomass, meth-
ane, and combinations thereof.
(7) Environmental discharge per barrel of oil or
oil-equivalent production, including reinjected waste.
(8) Surface disturbance on both a per-well and
per-barrel of oil or oil-equivalent production basis.
(d) PUBLIC INPUT.—The Secretary shall consider ad-
vice from industry, universities, and other interested par-
ties through seeking comments in the Federal Register
and other means before transmitting each report under
subsection (b).
SEC. 963. FOSSIL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
(a) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall conduct a pro-
gram of fossil research, development, demonstration, and
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commercial application, whose objective shall be to reduce
emissions from fossil fuel use by developing technologies,
including precombustion technologies, by 2015 with the
capability of—
(1) dramatically increasing electricity gener-
ating efficiencies of coal and natural gas;
(2) improving combined heat and power ther-
mal efficiencies;
(3) improving fuels utilization efficiency of pro-
duction of liquid transportation fuels from coal;
(4) achieving near-zero emissions of mercury
and of emissions that form fine particles, smog, and
acid rain;
(5) reducing carbon dioxide emissions by at
least 40 percent through efficiency improvements
and by 100 percent with sequestration; and
(6) improved reliability, efficiency, reductions of
air pollutant emissions, and reductions in solid waste
disposal requirements.
(b) 
COAL-BASED
PROJECTS.—The 
coal-based
projects authorized under this section shall be consistent
with the objective stated in subsection (a). The program
shall emphasize carbon capture and sequestration tech-
nologies and gasification technologies, including gasifi-
cation combined cycle, gasification fuel cells, gasification