Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of 2007

To promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities.

1/10/2007--Introduced.
Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary of Energy to:
(1) make loan guarantees to certain large-scale coal-to-liquid facilities to produce liquid transportation fuel;
(2) establish a loan program to pay the federal share of the cost of obtaining services necessary for the planning, permitting, and construction of a coal-to-liquid facility; and
(3) promulgate regulations for development of coal-to-liquid manufacturing facilities on federal land. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to instruct the Secretaries of Energy and of Defense to study and report to Congress on the feasibility and suitability of maintaining coal-to-liquid products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (Reserve). Authorizes the Secretary to:
(1) construct storage facilities in the vicinity of pipeline infrastructure and at least one military base; and
(2) place coal-to-liquid products in storage in the Reserve. Authorizes the use of certain funds by the Air Force Research Laboratory to continue support efforts to test, qualify, and procure synthetic fuels developed from coal for aviation jet use. Amends Armed Forces law to authorize the Secretary of Defense to enter into agreements to develop and operate coal-to-liquid facilities on or near military installations. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to implement a research and demonstration program to evaluate the emissions of the use of Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel, including diesel and jet fuel. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow:
(1) an income tax credit for investment in coal-to-liquid fuels projects;
(2) taxpayer election to expense certain coal-to-liquid fuels facilities;
(3) an extension of the alternative fuel credit for fuel derived from coal through the Fischer-Tropsch process;
(4) an enhanced credit for certain projects using qualified carbon dioxide; and
(5) an enhanced oil, natural gas, and coalbed methane recovery, and capture and sequestration credit against the alternative minimum tax.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Geoff Davis [R, KY-4]
• and 33 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Robert Aderholt [R, AL-4]
  • Rep. Spencer Bachus [R, AL-6]
  • Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
  • Rep. Charles Boustany [R, LA-7]
  • Rep. Christopher Cannon [R, UT-3]
  • Rep. Shelley Capito [R, WV-2]
  • Rep. Jerry Costello [D, IL-12]
  • Rep. Barbara Cubin [R, WY-0]
  • Rep. Lincoln Davis [D, TN-4]
  • Rep. David Davis [R, TN-1]
  • Rep. Thelma Drake [R, VA-2]
  • Rep. John Duncan [R, TN-2]
  • Rep. Philip English [R, PA-3]
  • Rep. Terry Everett [R, AL-2]
  • Rep. Samuel Graves [R, MO-6]
  • Rep. J. Dennis Hastert [R, IL-14]
  • Rep. Ray LaHood [R, IL-18]
  • Rep. Ron Lewis [R, KY-2]
  • Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
  • Rep. Tim Murphy [R, PA-18]
  • Rep. Charles Pickering [R, MS-3]
  • Rep. Nick Rahall [D, WV-3]
  • Rep. Dennis Rehberg [R, MT-0]
  • Rep. Harold Rogers [R, KY-5]
  • Rep. Michael Rogers [R, AL-3]
  • Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
  • Rep. John Shimkus [R, IL-19]
  • Rep. William Shuster [R, PA-9]
  • Rep. Mark Souder [R, IN-3]
  • Rep. Thomas Tancredo [R, CO-6]
  • Rep. Edward Whitfield [R, KY-1]
  • Rep. Charles Wilson [D, OH-6]
  • Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 6 more
  • House Armed Services
  • House Armed Services
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Science and Technology
  • House Science and Technology
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.370

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 10, 2007

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• Feb 02, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
• Feb 01, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
• Jan 31, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
• Jan 10, 2007: Referred to House Armed Services
• Jan 10, 2007: Referred to House Science and Technology
• Jan 10, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Jan 10, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Jan 10, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Science and Technology, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Jan 10, 2007.

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• Coal
• Energy
• Administrative procedure
• Air pollution
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• Armed forces
• Aviation fuels
• Budgets
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• Carbon cycle
• Carbon dioxide
• Coal liquefaction
• Congress
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Construction costs
• Cooperative societies
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• Defense economics
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• Department of Energy
• Depreciation and amortization
• Diesel motor
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• Energy research
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• Environmental health
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• Executive departments
• Federally-guaranteed loans
• Finance
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• Health policy
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• Laboratories
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• Methane
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• Motor vehicle pollution control
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• Petroleum
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• Public contracts
• Public health
• Public lands
• Research and development
• Research and development facilities
• Research centers
• Science policy
• Secondary recovery of gas
• Secondary recovery of oil
• Strategic materials
• Synthetic fuel
• Tax credits
• Tax deductions
• Tax returns
• Taxation
• Transportation

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