US Congress House Bill 3607 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)
Status: Introduced on July 2 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-09-17 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 410.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expands Department of Energy (DOE) research, development, and demonstration programs for fossil energy. Among other things, the bill authorizes DOE programs regarding carbon capture technologies for power plants, including technologies for coal and natural gas; carbon storage, including to develop and maintain mapping tools and resources that assess the capacity of geologic storage formations in the United States; carbon utilization, including to assess and monitor potential changes in life cycle carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions; advanced energy systems to reduce emissions from and improve the efficiency of fossil fuel power generation; developing and assessing methods to separate and recover rare earth elements from coal and byproduct streams; identifying the environmental, health, and safety impacts of methane hydrate development; carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere; methane leak detection and mitigation; and identifying and evaluating novel uses for light hydrocarbons produced during oil and shale gas production.

Fossil Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]
Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. Ben McAdams [D-UT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-17	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 410.
2020-09-17	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 116-510.
2019-07-24	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 13.
2019-07-24	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-07-10	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 5 .
2019-07-10	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-07-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
2019-07-02	House	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
2019-07-02	House	Introduced in House

HB2659 (Related) 2019-05-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
HB3828 (Related) 2019-07-18 - Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3607/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3607/BILLS-116hr3607ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3607/BILLS-116hr3607rh.pdf