Launching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas Act of 2019
Latest action · Sep 25, 2019 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 221.
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.
- IntroducedMay 23, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Launching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program for the capture of carbon dioxide produced during the generation of natural gas-generated power.
Specifically, DOE must
- identify opportunities to accelerate the development of commercially viable carbon capture technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions;
- enter into cooperative agreements with certain entities to license, permit, construct, and operate at least three facilities to capture carbon dioxide from natural gas generating power facilities; and
- identify any barriers to the commercial development of carbon capture technologies.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 23, 2019 to Jul 24, 2019, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | May 23, 2019 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | May 23, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | May 23, 2019 |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Jul 24, 2019 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-118.
- Sep 25, 2019Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 221.
- Jul 16, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 9, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-327.
- May 23, 2019Introduced in Senate
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3828 | Launching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jul 18, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Energy
- Energy research
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental technology
- Oil and gas
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Technology transfer and commercialization
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2019Reported to Senate
- May 23, 2019Introduced in Senate
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