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Clean Coal Technology Deployment Act

Introduced: March 30, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 13, 1987
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Energy Department, OMB.
May 18, 1987
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Apr 9, 1987
Subcommittee on Research and Development. Hearings held.
Apr 2, 1987
Subcommittee on Research and Development. Hearings held.
Mar 30, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Research and Development.
Mar 30, 1987
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 30, 1987
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Clean Coal Technology Deployment Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a Clean Coal Technology Assistance Program; and (2) provide financial assistance to commercial-sized projects using innovative clean coal technologies which require such assistance in order to encourage their commercial deployment. Outlines the criteria for such assistance. Mandates that such assistance be in the form of grants-in-aid.

Authorizes appropriations for each fiscal year in the ten-fiscal-year period which begins after the date of enactment of this Act.

Presents guidelines under which clean coal technologies are subject to regulatory treatment. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consult and coordinate designated clean coal technologies with State authorities. Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations implementing this Act within six months after its date of enactment.

What's happening now November 13, 1987

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Energy Department, OMB.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1995 Identical bill Clean Coal Technology Deployment Act
 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · May 12, 1987
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 879: Clean Coal Technology Deployment Act. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-879/
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