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S. 2263 – CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act

2019
Proposed Legislation
116th Congress (2019-2020)
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, Section 45Q, to revise the requirements for the secure geological storage of carbon oxide for the purpose of the tax credits for permanent sequestration and enhanced oil recovery.

S.407 – Carbon Capture Modernization Act

2019
Proposed Legislation
116th U.S. Congress (2019-2020)
This bill modifies 26 U.S.C. 48A to make CCUS retrofits to coal plants eligible for the qualifying advanced coal project tax credit.

H.R.1892 – Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

2018
Enacted Legislation
This bill includes a provision to amend the U.S. tax code to provide a tax credit for carbon capture projects that securely store captured CO2 in geologic formations or beneficially use captured CO2.

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.

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