SEC. 5. NATURAL GAS CARBON CAPTURE RESEARCH, DE-
VELOPMENT, 
AND 
DEMONSTRATION 
PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle F of title IX of the Energy 
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, DE-
VELOPMENT, 
AND 
DEMONSTRATION 
PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) NATURAL GAS.—The term ‘natural gas’ in-
cludes 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; 
‘‘(D) any mixture of natural gas and syn-
thetic gas; or 
‘‘(E) any product derived directly from nat-
ural gas, including hydrogen. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFYING ELECTRIC GENERATION FACIL-
ITY.—The term ‘qualifying electric generation facil-
ity’ 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-
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ture carbon dioxide produced during the generation of 
electricity from natural gas power systems 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 
AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a program under which the Secretary shall, through 
a competitive, merit-reviewed process, award grants 
to eligible entities to conduct research, development, 
and demonstration of qualifying technologies. 
‘‘(2) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the program 
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 released 
from qualifying electric generation facilities, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(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 systems; 
‘‘(B) to expedite and carry out demonstra-
tion projects (including pilot projects) for quali-
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fying technologies in partnership with qualifying 
electric generation facilities in order to dem-
onstrate the technical feasibility and economic 
potential for commercial deployment of tech-
nologies developed pursuant to subparagraph 
(A); and 
‘‘(C) to identify any barriers to the com-
mercial deployment of any qualifying tech-
nologies under development pursuant to research 
conducted pursuant to subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— An entity eligible to 
receive a grant under this subsection is— 
‘‘(A) a National Laboratory; 
‘‘(B) an institution of higher education; 
‘‘(C) a research facility; 
‘‘(D) a multi-institutional collaboration; or 
‘‘(E) another appropriate entity or com-
bination of any of the entities specified in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (D). 
‘‘(c) CARBON CAPTURE FACILITIES DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—As part of the program 
established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
establish a demonstration program under which the 
Secretary shall, through a competitive, merit-reviewed 
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process, enter into cooperative agreements with enti-
ties that submit applications pursuant to paragraph 
(4) for demonstration or pilot projects to construct 
and operate, by not later than September 30, 2025, 
up to five facilities to capture carbon dioxide from 
qualifying electric generation facilities. The Secretary 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, provide 
technical assistance to any entity seeking to enter into 
such a cooperative agreement in obtaining any nec-
essary permits and licenses to demonstrate qualifying 
technologies. 
‘‘(2) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may enter into a cooperative agreement under 
this subsection with industry stakeholders, including 
any such industry stakeholder operating in partner-
ship with National Laboratories, institutions of high-
er education, multi-institutional collaborations, and 
other appropriate entities. 
‘‘(3) GOALS.—Each demonstration or pilot 
project carried out pursuant to the demonstration 
program under this subsection shall— 
‘‘(A) be designed to further the development 
of qualifying technologies that may be used by a 
qualifying electric generation facility; 
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‘‘(B) be financed in part by the private sec-
tor; 
‘‘(C) if necessary, secure agreements for the 
offtake of carbon dioxide emissions captured by 
qualifying technologies during the project; and 
‘‘(D) support energy production in the 
United States. 
‘‘(4) REQUEST
FOR
APPLICATIONS.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall solicit applications for cooperative 
agreements for projects— 
‘‘(A) to demonstrate qualifying technologies 
at up to five qualifying electric generation facili-
ties; and 
‘‘(B) to construct and operate three or more 
facilities to capture carbon dioxide from a quali-
fying electric generation facility. 
‘‘(5) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—In considering 
applications submitted under paragraph (4), the Sec-
retary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure a broad geographic distribution 
of project sites; 
‘‘(B) ensure that a broad selection of quali-
fying electric generation facilities are rep-
resented; 
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