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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3182 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy 
to create a plan for research, development, and commercialization 
projects capable of making significant reductions in the greenhouse gas 
emissions or carbon intensity of qualified fuel production facilities, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2023 
Mrs. FLETCHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the 
Secretary of Energy to create a plan for research, devel-
opment, and commercialization projects capable of mak-
ing significant reductions in the greenhouse gas emis-
sions or carbon intensity of qualified fuel production 
facilities, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Carbon Limiting Emis-
sions At Refineries Act’’ or the ‘‘CLEAR Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CARBON EMISSIONS AND INTENSITY REDUCTION 
TECHNOLOGIES FOR QUALIFIED FUEL PRO-
DUCTION FACILITIES. 
(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 section: 
‘‘SEC. 969E. CARBON EMISSIONS AND INTENSITY REDUC-
TION FOR QUALIFIED FUEL PRODUCTION FA-
CILITIES. 
‘‘(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of CLEAR Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a report that outlines opportunities for 
research, development, and commercialization projects 
that utilize technologies capable of making significant re-
ductions in the greenhouse gas emissions or carbon inten-
sity of qualified fuel production facilities, including a plan 
for the 5-year period beginning on the date of the submis-
sion of the report for advancing the readiness level of such 
technologies, including technologies for energy use reduc-
tions, use of advanced catalysts, electrification of heat and 
steam generation, hydrogen firing, low grade waste heat 
recovery, membrane separations, and other process im-
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provements for qualified fuel production facilities, from 
laboratory scale to commercial use. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—Not later than 180 days after the 
Secretary submits the report under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall, based on such report, establish a program 
of research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
application of technologies described in subsection (a) to 
facilitate the development of— 
‘‘(1) promising projects that, with appropriate 
support, could produce such technologies that are 
commercially-feasible; and 
‘‘(2) carbon capture, utilization, and sequestra-
tion technologies for qualified fuel production facili-
ties. 
‘‘(c) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pro-
gram established under subsection (b), the Secretary 
may award funds for commercial-scale demonstra-
tion projects for qualified fuel production facilities 
that test the scale of a technology described in sub-
section (a) necessary for commercial operation, in 
accordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(2) ENGINEERING AND DESIGN STUDIES.—In 
carrying out the program under subsection (b), the 
Secretary may award funds for front-end engineer-
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ing and design studies in addition to, or in advance 
of, issuing an award for a demonstration project 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking an 
award to conduct a demonstration project under this 
subsection shall submit to the Secretary an applica-
tion at such time and in such manner as the Sec-
retary may require. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary shall only 
provide an award under this subsection after review-
ing each applicant and application for— 
‘‘(A) financial strength; 
‘‘(B) construction schedule; 
‘‘(C) market risk; and 
‘‘(D) contractor history. 
‘‘(5) REQUIREMENTS.—An awardee under this 
subsection shall— 
‘‘(A) utilize technologies that have com-
pleted pilot-scale testing or the equivalent, as 
determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) secure and maintain agreements for 
one or more technologies described in sub-
section (a), or carbon capture, utilization, and 
sequestration technologies, at a qualified fuel 
production facility; and 
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‘‘(C) upon completion of a demonstration 
project, demonstrate reductions in the green-
house gas emissions or carbon intensity of a 
qualified fuel production facility. 
‘‘(6) COST SHARING.—The Secretary shall re-
quire cost sharing under this subsection in accord-
ance with section 988. 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—No technology, or level of 
emissions reduction, shall be treated as adequately dem-
onstrated for purposes of section 111 of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7411), achievable for purposes of section 169 
of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7479), or achievable in practice 
for purposes of section 171 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7501) 
solely by reason of the identification of such technology 
in the report submitted under subsection (a) or under the 
program established under subsection (b). 
‘‘(e) QUALIFIED FUEL PRODUCTION FACILITY DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘qualified fuel produc-
tion facility’ means— 
‘‘(1) a petroleum refinery or any connected fa-
cility; or 
‘‘(2) a facility that manufactures commercial 
amounts of a drop-in fuel (as defined in section 
2922h(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code). 
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‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year 
thereafter.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended by adding after 
the item relating to section 969D the following: 
‘‘Sec. 969E. Carbon emissions and intensity reduction for qualified fuel produc-
tion facilities.’’. 
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