S 727 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

National Coal Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 27, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Robert C. Byrd D-WV

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 27, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 27, 2003
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Coal Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) perform an assessment that identifies cost and performance goals of technologies permitting continued cost-competitive use of coal for electricity generation, as chemical feedstocks, and as transportation fuel in 2007, 2015, and the years after 2020; and (2) implement a technology research, development, and demonstration program to facilitate production and generation of coal-based power through methods and equipment under specified Federal law.

Prescribes conditions and criteria for the authorization of appropriations for a clean coal power initiative program.

Instructs the Secretary to: (1) fund coal energy generation projects that advance efficiency, environmental performance, and cost competitiveness well beyond the level of technologies in operation as of the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) award competitive, merit-based grants to universities for the establishment of Centers of Excellence for Energy Systems of the Future.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prescribe credits against tax for: (1) production from a qualifying clean coal technology unit; and (2) production from and for investment in a qualifying advanced clean coal technology unit. Prescribes guidelines for the treatment of persons not able to use the entire credit relating to clean coal technology.

Cosponsors 13

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2003 to Apr 29, 2003, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-COBen Nighthorse CampbellOriginalMar 27, 2003
D-NDByron L. DorganOriginalMar 27, 2003
R-MTConrad R. BurnsOriginalMar 27, 2003
R-WYCraig ThomasOriginalMar 27, 2003
D-INEvan BayhOriginalMar 27, 2003
R-OHGeorge V. VoinovichOriginalMar 27, 2003
D-WVJohn D. Rockefeller IVOriginalMar 27, 2003
D-NDKent ConradOriginalMar 27, 2003
R-WYMichael B. EnziOriginalMar 27, 2003
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalMar 27, 2003
R-COWayne AllardOriginalMar 27, 2003
R-PAArlen SpecterApr 29, 2003
R-OHMike DeWineApr 29, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 27, 2003Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 27, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  3. Mar 27, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4518-4520)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

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