A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide an alternate sulfur dioxide removal measurement for certain coal gasification project goals.
Latest action · Sep 17, 2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 356.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide an alternate sulfur dioxide removal measurement for certain coal gasification project goals.
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish milestones for such projects so that by year 2020 they will be able to: (1) remove at least 99% of sulfur dioxide (as currently required); or, in the alternative, (2) emit not more than 0.04 pound SO2 per million Btu, based on a 30-day average.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2007 to Sep 17, 2007; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-ND | Kent Conrad | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-NM | Pete V. Domenici | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-UT | Robert F. Bennett | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Mar 8, 2007 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Apr 11, 2007 | |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Sep 17, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2007Markup Jul 25, 2007Reported Sep 17, 2007 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Hearings May 22, 2007 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2007Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-158.
- Sep 17, 2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 356.
- Jul 25, 2007Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- May 22, 2007Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-112.
- Feb 15, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Feb 15, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 14, 2007S. 645, A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide an alternate sulfur dioxide removal measurement for certain coal gasification project goals<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 25, 2007</p>
- Aug 14, 2007S. 645, A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide an alternate sulfur dioxide removal measurement for certain coal gasification project goalsCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 25, 2007
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-112 | CURRENT ENERGY LEGISLATION19 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | May 22, 2007 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide an alternate sulfur dioxide removal measurement for certain coal gasification project goals.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2007Reported to Senate
- Feb 15, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
