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S.2350 – Forest Incentives Program Act of 2018

2018
Proposed Legislation
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) establish a program to achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions and carbon sequestration on U.S. private forest land through carbon incentives contracts and conservation easement agreements.

S.843 – Carbon Capture Improvement Act of 2017

2017
Proposed Legislation
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the issuance of tax-exempt facility bonds for the financing of qualified carbon dioxide capture facilities.

S.1535 – FUTURE Act

2017
Proposed Legislation
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration.

S.3179 – Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Act

2016
Proposed Legislation
Amending Section 45(Q) of the Tax Code to expand and enhance credits for CO2 utilization and storage.

Barraso-Schatz Air Capture Amendment to S.2012 – The Energy Policy Modernization Act (EPMA)

2016
Proposed Legislation
Amendment to the Energy Policy Modernization Act (EPMA) that creates a prize system at the Department of Energy to support innovative technologies that remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere.

Manchin Net-Negative CCS Amendment S. 2012 – The Energy Policy Modernization Act (EPMA)

2016
Proposed Legislation
This amendment to the Energy Policy and Modernization Act names net-negative carbon dioxide emissions projects as a programmatic priority for DOE FE, and authorizes $22 million per year over five years to fund net-negative demonstration projects.

H.R. 5316, the Healthy Soils and Rangeland Solutions Act

2016
Proposed Legislation
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish a Carbon Sequestration Pilot Program to make grants to sequester carbon through grazing practices, restoration of degraded public lands, and the use of compost or biochar on public lands.

H.R. 2883 – The Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act

2015
Proposed Legislation
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the definition of "qualifying income" for Master Limited Partnerships to include income and gains from carbon capture and storage.

S.2260 – EXPIRE Act of 2014

2014
Proposed Legislation
113th U.S. Congress (2013-2014)
Under this proposed legislation, non-corporate taxpayers would be allowed to exclude Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) grants and awards from gross income.

CCSReg Project Model Legislation

2011
Proposed Legislation
CCSReg Project
This is model federal legislation to establish a comprehensive system for the safe and effective transport and geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide.

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