CDR Law

2019
Proposed Legislation
116th Congress
Federal Legislation
Carbon Dioxide Removal → Direct Air Capture
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage → Utilization
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage → Transportation
Clean Air Act

Summary/Abstract

The USE IT Act would:

  • Amend the Clean Air Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use its existing authority to support carbon utilization and direct air capture research;
  • Clarify that CCUS projects and CO2 pipelines are eligible for the permitting review process established by the FAST Act;
  • Direct the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to establish guidance to assist project developers and operators of CCUS facilities and CO2 pipelines;
  • Establish task forces to hear input from affected stakeholders for updating and improving guidance over time; and
  • Build on the FUTURE Act, bipartisan legislation – now signed into law –  to extend and expand the 45Q tax credit to provide certainty to utilities and other industrial sources and incentivize the build-out of CCUS projects.