US Congress House Bill 3227 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on June 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Readiness 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

Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]

Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]

Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
2019-06-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
2019-06-12	House	Introduced in House

HB2500 (Related) 2020-08-11 - Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512.
SB1790 (Related) 2019-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 116-92. (TXT | PDF)
SB1679 (Related) 2019-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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/house-bill/3227/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3227/BILLS-116hr3227ih.pdf