A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to improve the conversion, use, and storage of carbon dioxide produced from fossil fuels, and for other purposes.
Energy Subcommittee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Introduced
In Committee
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Passed Chamber
Enacted
Fossil Energy Utilization, Enhancement, and Leadership Act of 2018 This bill addresses carbon capture, utilization, and storage, including by requiring the Department of Energy to: establish a program to develop technologies that will significantly improve the efficiency, effectiveness, costs, and environmental performance of coal use; implement a research, development, and demonstration carbon utilization program; assess opportunities relating to commercializing carbon dioxide; convene an interagency task force to assess the potential for a national system of carbon dioxide pipelines; and carry out a program to develop advanced separation technologies for the extraction and recovery of rare earth elements and minerals from coal.
Advanced technology and technological innovationsAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCoalCongressional oversightElectric power generation and transmissionEnergy researchEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental technologyExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment studies and investigationsManufacturingMetalsOil and gasPublic contracts and procurementResearch and developmentStrategic materials and reservesTechnology assessmentTechnology transfer and commercialization
A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to improve the conversion, use, and storage of carbon dioxide produced from fossil fuels, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-2803| Senate
| Updated: 11/29/2018
Fossil Energy Utilization, Enhancement, and Leadership Act of 2018 This bill addresses carbon capture, utilization, and storage, including by requiring the Department of Energy to: establish a program to develop technologies that will significantly improve the efficiency, effectiveness, costs, and environmental performance of coal use; implement a research, development, and demonstration carbon utilization program; assess opportunities relating to commercializing carbon dioxide; convene an interagency task force to assess the potential for a national system of carbon dioxide pipelines; and carry out a program to develop advanced separation technologies for the extraction and recovery of rare earth elements and minerals from coal.
Advanced technology and technological innovationsAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCoalCongressional oversightElectric power generation and transmissionEnergy researchEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental technologyExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment studies and investigationsManufacturingMetalsOil and gasPublic contracts and procurementResearch and developmentStrategic materials and reservesTechnology assessmentTechnology transfer and commercialization