US Congress Senate Bill 1282 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Introduced on May 11 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-05-19 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to consider the objective of improving the conversion, use, and storage of carbon dioxide produced from fossil fuels in carrying out research and development programs under that Act. This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Department of Energy to consider the objective of improving the conversion, use, and storage of carbon dioxide produced from fossil fuels when carrying out certain research, development, demonstration, and commercial application programs in fossil energy.

A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to consider the objective of improving the conversion, use, and storage of carbon dioxide produced from fossil fuels in carrying out research and development programs under that Act.

Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-19	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
2015-05-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB3392 (Related) 2015-08-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1282/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1282/BILLS-114s1282is.pdf