S. 2803 — Fossil Energy Utilization, Enhancement, and Leadership Act of 2018

Summary

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.

S. 1563Rare Earth Element Advanced Coal Technologies Act
2018-05-22Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 423.
Related

2018-05-08
Introduced in Senate
2018-05-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2018-11-29
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-534.