HR 5864
116th Congress
House
Energy
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Oil and gas
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization
New Energy Frontiers Through Carbon Innovation Act of 2020
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 12, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Feb 12, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
New Energy Frontiers Through Carbon Innovation Act of 2020
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish and support the research, development, and demonstration of carbon capture, storage, and utilization technologies and techniques.
Specifically, DOE must
- establish and operate a national Carbon Utilization Energy Innovation Hub which must focus on early stage research and development activities, including post-combustion and pre-combustion capture of carbon dioxide;
- carry out a program to award competitive grants to certain entities for the capture of carbon dioxide produced during the generation of natural gas-generated power;
- accelerate the development of commercially viable carbon capture technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, including to improve the thermodynamics, kinetics, scalability, durability, and flexibility of carbon capture technologies used during the generation of electricity from natural gas power systems;
- enter into cooperative agreements with certain entities to construct and operate no more than five facilities to capture carbon dioxide from natural gas generating power facilities; and
- identify any barriers to the commercial development of carbon capture technologies.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Committees of jurisdiction
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