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Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Storage Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007

Introduced: March 22, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 16, 2007
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-83.
Mar 22, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3612-3613)
Mar 22, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3612)
Mar 22, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Storage Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) carry out fundamental science and engineering research to develop and document new approaches to capture and store carbon dioxide; (2) ensure that fundamental research is appropriately applied to energy technology development activities and the field testing of carbon sequestration activities; (3) promote regional carbon sequestration partnerships to conduct geologic sequestration tests involving carbon dioxide in a variety of geological settings; and (4) conduct at least seven initial large-volume sequestration tests for geological containment of carbon dioxide.

Directs the Secretary, in making competitive awards, to give preference to proposals from partnerships among industrial, academic, and government entities.

What's happening now April 16, 2007

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-83.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 6 Related bill Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
  • HR 1933 Related bill Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Storage Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007
  • S 1321 Related bill Energy Savings Act of 2007
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Sep 17, 2007
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 28, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 962: Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Storage Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-962/
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