3.0.0 6603 2022-03-02T05:39:26Z 2022-03-02T05:39:26Z House H HR 2012-11-27 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HALL:H.R. 6603.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Article I, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H6469]]]> hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-11-27T19:00:12Z 2012-11-27 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2012-11-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-11-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H000067 Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4] RALPH HALL R TX M. 4 N M001142 Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2] JIM MATHESON D UT 2 2012-11-29 False Energy Energy research Energy storage, supplies, demand Oil and gas Research administration and funding Research and development Technology assessment Technology transfer and commercialization Water use and supply Energy 00 2012-11-27 Introduced in House 2013-01-11T16:59:46Z Tapping America's Energy Potential through Research and Development Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary), acting through the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy, to implement research, development, and demonstration (R&D) activities of technologies to: (1) enable safe and responsible production of domestic unconventional oil and gas resources; (2) facilitate commercial application of energy technologies for the exploration, development, and production of oil shale resources including oil, natural gas, and other liquid resources from shale formations; and (3) use produced water, in an environmentally sustainable manner, for agricultural, irrigational, recreational, power generation, municipal, and industrial purposes.

Requires oil shale R&D activities to include: (1) oil shale resource characterization, (2) modeling and simulation of oil shale exploration and production technologies, and (3) minimization and re-use of water.

Requires shale extraction R&D activities to include: (1) water use and demand, (2) water sourcing, (3) materials used in shale oil and natural gas operations, and (4) diagnostic imaging and monitoring.

Includes among produced water utilization R&D activities: (1) produced water recovery, (2) use of produced water for specified environmentally sustainable purposes, and (3) re-injection of produced water into subsurface geological formations to increase energy production.

Limits such activities to technology areas that industry by itself is not likely to undertake because of technical and financial uncertainty.

]]> Tapping America's Energy Potential through Research and Development Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Tapping America's Energy Potential through Research and Development Act of 2012 Display Title Tapping America's Energy Potential through Research and Development Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced To authorize research, development, and demonstration activities that increase energy security and affordability by enabling the safe and responsible production of the United States vast domestic unconventional oil and gas resources. Introduced in House 2012-11-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6603ih/xml/BILLS-112hr6603ih.xml 2012-11-27 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.