[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6562 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6562
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of
Energy to create a plan for research, development, and
commercialization projects capable of making significant reductions in
global greenhouse gas emissions or carbon intensity of qualified fuel
production facilities, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 2, 2022
Mrs. Fletcher introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of
Energy to create a plan for research, development, and
commercialization projects capable of making significant reductions in
global greenhouse gas emissions or carbon intensity of qualified fuel
production facilities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Carbon Limiting Emissions At
Refineries Act'' or the ``CLEAR Act''.
SEC. 2. CARBON EMISSIONS AND INTENSITY REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR
QUALIFIED FUEL PRODUCTION FACILITIES.
(a) Carbon Reduction Program.--Section 962 of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16292) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 962. CARBON EMISSIONS AND INTENSITY REDUCTION FOR QUALIFIED FUEL
PRODUCTION FACILITIES.
``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Energy shall transmit to
the Congress a plan outlining opportunities for research, development
and commercialization projects capable of making significant reductions
in global greenhouse gas emissions and/or carbon intensity of qualified
fuel production facilities, including a road map for advancing the
readiness level of such technologies from laboratory scale to
industrial use for the 5-year period beginning on the date of the
submission of the plan.
``(b) Program.--Not later than 180 days after the Secretary submits
the plan under subsection (a) to Congress, the Secretary shall
establish a program of research, development, demonstration, and
commercial application of carbon emissions and intensity reduction
technologies based on such plan to facilitate the development of--
``(1) promising research projects including but not limited
to energy usage reductions, use of advanced catalysts,
electrification of heat and steam generation, hydrogen firing,
low grade waste heat recovery, membrane separations, and other
process improvements that, with appropriate support, could
produce commercially-feasible technologies capable of
meaningfully lowering the global greenhouse gas emissions or
carbon intensity of qualified fuel production facilities; or
``(2) carbon capture and sequestration technologies for
qualified fuel production facilities.
``(c) Demonstration Projects.--
``(1) In general.--In carrying out the program under
subsection (b), the Secretary may award funds for commercial-
scale demonstration projects for qualified fuel production
facilities that test the scale of technology necessary for
commercial operation, in accordance with this subsection.
``(2) Engineering and design studies.--In carrying out the
program under subsection (b), the Secretary may award funds for
front-end engineering and design studies in addition to, or in
advance of, issuing an award for a demonstration project under
this subsection.
``(3) Application.--An entity seeking an award to conduct a
demonstration project under this subsection shall submit to the
Secretary an application at such time and in such manner as the
Secretary may require.
``(4) Limitations.--The Secretary shall only provide an
award under this subsection after reviewing each applicant and
application for--
``(A) financial strength;
``(B) construction schedule;
``(C) market risk; and
``(D) contractor history.
``(5) Requirements.--An awardee under this subsection
shall--
``(A) utilize technologies that have completed
pilot-scale testing or the equivalent, as determined by
the Secretary;
``(B) secure and maintain agreements for
technologies designed to reduce carbon intensity of or
otherwise lower net greenhouse gas emissions at,
qualified fuel production facilities or for the
utilization or sequestration of captured carbon
dioxide; and
``(C) upon completion, demonstrate greenhouse gas
emissions and/or intensity reduction or carbon capture
technologies utilized by a qualified fuel production
facility.
``(6) Cost sharing.--The Secretary shall require cost
sharing under this subsection in accordance with section 988.
``(d) Applicability.--No technology, or level of emission
reduction, shall be treated as adequately demonstrated for purpose of
section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411), achievable for
purposes of section 169 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7479), or achievable in
practice for purposes of section 171 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7501)
solely by reason of the identification of such technology in reports or
programs established under this section.
``(e) Qualified Fuel Production Facilities Defined.--The term
`qualified fuel production facilities' means petroleum refineries or
facilities that manufacture commercial amounts of drop-in fuel as
defined in section 2922h(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code.
``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--For activities under this
section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
$200,000,000 annually to carry out its purpose.''.
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