HR 3607
116th Congress
House
Energy
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Geography and mapping
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Metals
Oil and gas
Product development and innovation
Research and development
Water use and supply
Fossil Energy Research and Development Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 17, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 410.
Sep 17, 2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 116-510.
Jul 24, 2019
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 13.
Jul 24, 2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 10, 2019
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 5 .
Jul 10, 2019
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 3, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Jul 2, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Jul 2, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Fossil Energy Research and Development Act of 2019
This bill expands Department of Energy (DOE) research, development, and demonstration programs for fossil energy.
Among other things, the bill authorizes DOE programs regarding
- carbon capture technologies for power plants, including technologies for coal and natural gas;
- carbon storage, including to develop and maintain mapping tools and resources that assess the capacity of geologic storage formations in the United States;
- carbon utilization, including to assess and monitor potential changes in life cycle carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions;
- advanced energy systems to reduce emissions from and improve the efficiency of fossil fuel power generation;
- developing and assessing methods to separate and recover rare earth elements from coal and byproduct streams;
- identifying the environmental, health, and safety impacts of methane hydrate development;
- carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere;
- methane leak detection and mitigation; and
- identifying and evaluating novel uses for light hydrocarbons produced during oil and shale gas production.
What's happening now
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 410.
Committees of jurisdiction
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