S. 155 would promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities.
Detailed Summary
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.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Visitor Comments
aries333
This bill needs to pass... it's a matter of national security.
Suidae
A necessary evil, we will need coal-to-liquid production capacity.
As long as we understand that it is necessary to develop sustainable energy solutions to replace fossil energy.
djiivu
An unnecessary evil. We could much more effectively reduce our dependence on energy imports by investing in and encouraging energy efficiency. A necessary increase in average fuel efficiency could decrease demand enough to make an increase in supply unnecessary.
Chris
An aweful idea that would only serve to increase our CO2 emissions. There are numerous ways to decrease our oil imports and not sacrafice our future climate.
justin
If this bill is passed, it should require manditory carbon sequestration as well as mixing biomass with th coal
A Nona
Coal-to-liquids technology returns almost double greenhouse-gas emissions. This bill will speed up global warming.
Vote No on this for a better environment.