Carbon Capture Research and Development Act

Bill: 114-hr-3392
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-07-29
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Climate change and greenhouse gases

Coal

Energy research

Oil and gas

Research and development
Latest action: action_date: 2015-08-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Carbon Capture Research and Development Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Department of Energy to consider the objective of improving the conversion, use, and storage of carbon dioxide produced from fossil fuels when carrying out certain research, development, demonstration, and commercial application programs in fossil energy.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3392 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2015 Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Salmon , Mr. Farr , and Ms. Sinema ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to consider the objective of improving the conversion, use, and storage of carbon dioxide produced from fossil fuels in carrying out research and development programs under that Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Carbon Capture Research and Development Act . 2. Fossil energy Section 961(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16291(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (8) Improving the conversion, use, and storage of carbon dioxide produced from fossil fuels. .