[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8337 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8337
To require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a carbon sequestration
research initiative, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 12, 2022
Mr. Lucas (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, and Mr.
Westerman) 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 require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a carbon sequestration
research initiative, 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 Sequestration Collaboration
Act''.
SEC. 2. CARBON SEQUESTRATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall
establish an initiative to evaluate terrestrial carbon sequestration
and carbon sequestration in geologic formations to--
(1) enhance the scientific understanding of, and reduce
uncertainties associated with, the long- and short-term
behavior and potential environmental effects of sequestered
carbon;
(2) inform improved risk-assessment methods, risk-
management practices, and standards with respect to the
sequestration of carbon on large and small scales; and
(3) provide reference data needed for the development and
demonstration of new carbon sequestration technologies.
(b) Initiative Components.--In carrying out the initiative under
subsection (a), the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall--
(1) identify scientific challenges for widespread adoption
of terrestrial carbon sequestration and carbon sequestration in
geological formations, including in shallow formations and
sites not used for enhanced oil recovery;
(2) develop, in coordination with relevant Federal
agencies' research efforts, a long-term strategic and
prioritized research agenda to address such scientific
challenges; and
(3) leverage for the advancement of modeling and analysis
the collective body of knowledge and data, including experience
and resources from existing carbon utilization and
sequestration research, entities, and demonstrations, from--
(A) the United States Geological Survey, the
Agricultural Research Service, and the national Carbon
Utilization Research Center;
(B) the Department of Energy, including the Office
of Science; and
(C) other Federal agencies, research communities,
and users of the reference data referred to in
subsection (a)(3), including the National Institute of
Food and Agriculture, the National Science Foundation,
the Forest Service, and the Natural Resources
Conservation Service.
(c) Priorities.--In carrying out the initiative under subsection
(a), the Secretary of Energy shall prioritize joint research with
relevant Federal agencies, including the agencies specified in
subsection (b)(3)(C), to achieve the following objectives:
(1) Increasing the understanding and development of
permanent terrestrial carbon sequestration, including through
organic soil carbon sequestration, soil carbon mineralization,
artificial reforestation, and carbon mineralization utilizing
mine tailings.
(2) Developing computational tools and data sharing
practices to assess and manage potential environmental impacts
at geologic formations and terrestrial carbon storage sites
across a variety of ecosystems.
(3) Collecting, identifying, and utilizing data needed to
increase the understanding of terrestrial carbon sequestration,
in particular carbon sequestered through agricultural practices
and conservation agriculture, such as rangeland and grazing
management, soil cover, and crop rotations.
(4) Advancing the commercialization of new and existing
sequestration technologies or methods.
(d) Coordination.--The Secretary of Energy shall carry out the
initiative under subsection (a) with and avoid unnecessary duplication
of the following:
(1) Other research entities of the Department of Energy,
including the National Laboratories and the Advanced Research
Projects Agency--Energy.
(2) Research entities, services, and partnerships of the
Department of Agriculture, including the Agricultural Research
Service, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the
Forest Service.
(3) Research entities of the Department of the Interior.
(e) Research Plan.--Not later than two years after the date of the
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Energy
shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, the
Committee on Natural Resources, and the Committee on Agriculture of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of
the Senate the long-term strategic and prioritized research agenda
required pursuant to subsection (b)(2).
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Terrestrial carbon sequestration.--The term
``terrestrial carbon sequestration'' means carbon sequestration
methods or technologies engineered by humans and targeted at
rangelands, agricultural lands, or fallow lands to increase
soil organic carbon levels or sequester carbon through plant
and root biomass, including through soil additives, geochemical
approaches, and other engineered solutions that can increase
the storage of produced carbon in inorganic or mineral forms,
such as biochar and carbon mineralization utilizing mine
tailings.
(2) Carbon sequestration in geologic formations.--The term
``carbon sequestration in geologic formations'' means carbon
sequestration methods or technologies utilizing existing
permeable or porous formations in geologic basins.
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