US Congress Senate Bill 1679 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on May 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: Senate Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of Defense to carry out a program of research, development, testing, evaluation, study, and demonstration of technologies related to blue carbon capture and direct air capture, with the goals of developing technologies to turn carbon dioxide into clean fuels, creating products for military uses, and using the technologies at military facilities and in military transportation. The bill defines "blue carbon capture" as the removal of dissolved carbon dioxide from seawater through engineered or inorganic processes and "direct air capture" as the use of equipment to capture carbon dioxide directly from the air.

SEA FUEL Act of 2019 Securing Energy for our Armed Forces Using Engineering Leadership Act of 2019

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]

Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

SB1790 (Related) 2019-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 116-92. (TXT | PDF)
HB2500 (Related) 2020-08-11 - Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512.
HB3227 (Related) 2019-06-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
SB1679 (Related) 2019-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
HR476 (Similar To) 2019-07-10 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR758 (Similar To) 2019-12-11 - Mr. Nadler moved to table the motion to reconsider

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1679/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1679/BILLS-116s1679is.pdf