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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Nov 16, 1999
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a long-term Climate Technology Research, Development, and Demonstration Program undertaken with selected industry participants in order to facilitate development and commercialization of technologies which will assist in stabilizing, reducing, avoiding, or removing and sequestering global concentrations of greenhouse gases; and (2) submit a ten-year program implementation plan to Congress.Authorizes appropriations.Amends the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 to include solutions to the effective long-term management of greenhouse gas emissions as one of the goals of the comprehensive plan for energy research, development, and demonstration (including stabilization, reduction and sequestration).
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Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] · R–TX
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Referred to the House Committee on Science.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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