H.R. 3607

Fossil Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

This bill expands Department of Energy (DOE) research, development, and demonstration programs for fossil energy.

Among other things, the bill authorizes DOE programs regarding

• carbon capture technologies for power plants, including technologies for coal and natural gas;
• carbon storage, including to develop and maintain mapping tools and resources that assess the capacity of geologic storage formations in the United States;
• carbon utilization, including to assess and monitor potential changes in life cycle carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions;
• advanced energy systems to reduce emissions from and improve the efficiency of fossil fuel power generation;
• developing and assessing methods to separate and recover rare earth elements from coal and byproduct streams;
• identifying the environmental, health, and safety impacts of methane hydrate development;
• carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere;
• methane leak detection and mitigation; and
• identifying and evaluating novel uses for light hydrocarbons produced during oil and shale gas production.