S 1576
118th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization
CREST Act of 2023
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 11, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1628-1629)
May 11, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Carbon Removal and Emissions Storage Technologies Act of 2023 or the CREST Act of 2023
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1628-1629)
Committees of jurisdiction
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