CREST Act of 2022
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Carbon Removal and Emissions Storage Technologies Act of 2022 or the CREST Act of 2022
This bill expands the current research and development programs of the Department of Energy (DOE) for capturing and storing carbon dioxide to include methods that harness natural processes, such as the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and its storage in geological, biobased, or ocean reservoirs. In addition, the bill establishes a five-year pilot program under which DOE must purchase from certain facilities carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere or upper hydrosphere.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9318: CREST Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9318/
"H.R. 9318: CREST Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9318/.
H.R. 9318, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9318/.
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