Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of 2007
Latest action · Jan 4, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S144-148)
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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) make loan guarantees to certain large-scale coal-to-liquid facilities to produce liquid transportation fuel; (2) establish a loan program to pay the federal share of the cost of obtaining services necessary for the planning, permitting, and construction of a coal-to-liquid facility; and (3) promulgate regulations for development of coal-to-liquid manufacturing facilities on federal land.
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to instruct the Secretaries of Energy and of Defense to study and report to Congress on the feasibility and suitability of maintaining coal-to-liquid products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (Reserve).
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) construct storage facilities in the vicinity of pipeline infrastructure and at least one military base; and (2) place coal-to-liquid products in storage in the Reserve.
Authorizes the use of certain funds by the Air Force Research Laboratory to continue support efforts to test, qualify, and procure synthetic fuels developed from coal for aviation jet use.
Amends Armed Forces law to authorize the Secretary of Defense to enter into agreements to develop and operate coal-to-liquid facilities on or near military installations.
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to implement a research and demonstration program to evaluate the emissions of the use of Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel, including diesel and jet fuel.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) an income tax credit for investment in coal-to-liquid fuels projects; (2) taxpayer election to expense certain coal-to-liquid fuels facilities; (3) an extension of the alternative fuel credit for fuel derived from coal through the Fischer-Tropsch process; (4) an enhanced credit for certain projects using qualified carbon dioxide; and (5) an enhanced oil, natural gas, and coalbed methane recovery, and capture and sequestration credit against the alternative minimum tax.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 4, 2007 to Jul 31, 2008, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-WY | Craig Thomas | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-FL | Mel Martinez | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| D-WV | Robert C. Byrd | May 2, 2007 | |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Sep 17, 2007 | |
| R-KY | Mitch McConnell | Jul 31, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 4, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S144-148)
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 154 | Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Energy Act of 2007 | Related bill | Jan 4, 2007 |
| HR 370 | Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of 2007 | Related bill | Feb 2, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Alternative energy sources
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Aviation fuels
- Building construction
- Carbon cycle
- Carbon dioxide
- Coal
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction costs
- Cooperative societies
- Defense contracts
- Department of Energy
- Depreciation and amortization
- Diesel motor
- Economics and Public Finance
- Energy
- Energy facilities
- Energy research
- Energy storage
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental research
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Gas industry
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Income tax
- Investment tax credit
- Laboratories
- Law
- Licenses
- Methane
- Military bases
- Minimum tax
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Petroleum
- Petroleum industry
- Petroleum reserves
- Public health
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Research and development
- Research and development facilities
- Research centers
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary recovery of gas
- Secondary recovery of oil
- Strategic materials
- Synthetic fuel
- Tax credits
- Tax deductions
- Tax returns
- Taxation
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in Senate
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