3.0.0 699 2023-01-11T13:22:35Z 2023-01-11T13:22:35Z Senate S S 2011-03-31 112 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2011-07-11T19:54:08Z Markup by 2011-05-26T17:48:08Z Hearings by 2011-05-12T15:22:29Z Referred to 2011-03-31T20:07:12Z S. Rept. 112-32 Fulfilling U.S. Energy Leadership Act of 2011 112 1220 S 2011-06-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2011-07-11 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 99. Calendars 2011-07-11 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 112-32. Committee 2011-07-11 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 112-32. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee 2011-05-26 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. Committee 2011-05-12 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2011-03-31 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2049-2051) IntroReferral 2011-03-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2049) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-03-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2011-03-31 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2011-03-31 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2011-03-31 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2011-04-04 False U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2011-05-02 False H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2011-05-26 False Energy Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Environmental technology Land use and conservation State and local government operations Energy 00 2011-03-31 Introduced in Senate 2011-04-23T16:28:58Z Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2011 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to carry out a demonstration program for the commercial application of integrated systems for the capture, injection, monitoring, and long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide from industrial sources. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements to provide financial and technical assistance to up to 10 demonstration projects. Sets forth requirements for demonstration projects relating to site safety, environmental protection and remediation, and site closure.

Directs the Secretary of Energy to provide grants for employee training purposes to state and tribal agencies involved in permitting, management, inspection, and oversight of carbon capture, transportation, and storage projects.

]]> 01 2011-07-11 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2011-10-26T17:35:22Z Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to carry out a demonstration program for the commercial application of integrated systems for the capture, injection, monitoring, and long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide from industrial sources. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements to provide financial and technical assistance to up to 10 large-scale demonstration projects (involving the injection of over one million tons of carbon dioxide from industrial sources over the lifetime of the project). Sets forth requirements for demonstration projects relating to site safety, environmental protection and remediation, and site closure.

Authorizes the Secretary to agree to indemnify and hold harmless the recipient of a cooperative agreement under this Act from liability arising out of a demonstration project in excess of the amount of liability covered by financial protection maintained by the recipient, unless the liability arises out of grossly negligent conduct or intentional misconduct. Requires the Secretary to collect a fee for such indemnification. Limits the amount of indemnification to $10 billion.

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to the National Forest System land and land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, respectively, to authorize the siting of a demonstration project on federal land.

Requires the Secretary of Energy, after accepting title to or transfer of a site closed for such a project, to monitor such site and conduct any remediation activities to ensure the site's geological integrity and prevent any endangerment of public health or safety.

(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary to provide grants for employee training purposes to state and tribal agencies involved in permitting, management, inspection, and oversight of carbon capture, transportation, and storage projects.

Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal provisions requiring the Secretary to establish a university based research and development grant program to study carbon capture and sequestration using various types of coal.

(Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary to assess and report on the existing federal programs supporting technology that prevents the emission of, captures, transports, permanently stores or sequesters, or puts to beneficial use carbon dioxide, and requires the Comptroller General to review such report, annually until such technology is available to the commercial marketplace.

Requires the President to include in the FY2013 budget request of the Secretary for the Fossil Energy Program a report that: (1) assesses the Secretary's progress in implementing the Comptroller General's recommendations for improving the likelihood of achieving technological advancements to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions or to expedite the availability of carbon capture and sequestration technology for the commercial marketplace, (2) compares the estimated costs of completing implementation of those recommendations to the requested budget levels, and (3) assesses progress made during the preceding fiscal year toward achieving Program goals.

]]> Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2011 Display Title Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2011 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2011 S Senate Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to demonstrate the commercial application of integrated systems for long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide, and for other purposes. Reported to Senate 2011-07-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s699rs/xml/BILLS-112s699rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-03-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s699is/xml/BILLS-112s699is.xml 2011-07-11 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 99. 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.