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S 3987 117th Congress Senate Energy

First Three Act of 2022

Introduced: April 7, 2022 Introduced by: Heinrich, Martin Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 31, 2022
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First Three Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a program to provide grants or loan guarantees for certain innovative technology projects at industrial plants. The technology must (1) be technically viable at pilot scale and ready for commercial-scale implementation, (2) be able to significantly reduce energy use or greenhouse gas emissions, and (3) have the potential to significantly reduce annual U.S. industrial energy use or greenhouse gas emissions if the technology is widely implemented at appropriate industrial plants in the United States.

What's happening now March 31, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3987: First Three Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3987/
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"S. 3987: First Three Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3987/.
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S. 3987, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3987/.
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