21st Century Energy Independence Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6266
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Carbon dioxide
Catalysis
Cellulose
Commercialization
Economics and Public Finance
Energy crops
Energy facilities
Environmental Protection
Federally-guaranteed loans
Feedstock
Grants-in-aid
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse as fuel
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
21st Century Energy Independence Act of 2006 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to seek to ensure: (1) the availability of 200% of the volume of renewable fuels required to be available in the United States by 2013 under the Energy Policy Act of 2005; and (2) the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from the production and use of renewable fuels by 25%.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a loan guarantee program for up to 80% of the cost of a project for: (1) the harvesting, storing, and delivery of agriculture residues for use in cellulosic or traditional ethanol production plants; (2) cellulosic ethanol production technologies that will reduce the initial capital cost to $2.50 per annual gallon, and operation and maintenance costs to 125% of those at traditional corn ethanol plants; (3) advanced biomass gasifiers that can provide specified thermal input requirements for traditional ethanol plants to produce syngas; and (4) scaled catalytic conversion projects to convert syngas to liquid fuels.
 
Permits such loan guarantees for: (1) a traditional ethanol plant only if the agriculture residue products are used as feedstock to replace thermal input requirements otherwise provided by fossil fuels; and (2) an existing ethanol plant only if the applicant demonstrates the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions related to ethanol production by at least 75%.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants for up to 50% of the capital costs of the initial commercialization for certain cellulosic ethanol production technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House