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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 2812 (Introduced in Senate) — To support carbon dioxide removal research and development, and for other purposes. · Sec. 103

Sec. 103. Office of Science

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The Secretary of Energy, acting through the Director of the Office of Science (referred to in this section as the Director ), shall carry out use-inspired fundamental research activities in each of the areas described in this subsection. The Director shall carry out research activities relating to the establishment of new energy frontier research centers focused on materials research and early-stage application of sorbents, solvents, membranes, and related direct air capture components.
The Director shall make grants and enter into cooperative agreements to carry out materials research relating to sorbents, solvents, membranes, and related direct air capture components. The Director shall carry out research activities relating to plant-root-fungi interactions, deep inversion of soils, and other topics. The Director shall carry out the activities under subparagraph
(A)in collaboration with— the Director of the National Science Foundation; and the Director of the Agricultural Research Service. The Director shall carry out research activities relating to— microalgae growth; dewatering; and conversion, including bioreactors and nonphotosynthetic pathways. The Director shall carry out research activities relating to— mineralization kinetics; geomechanics; rock physics; utilization-oriented carbonation; and other topics. The Director shall carry out the activities under subparagraph
(A)in collaboration with the Director of the National Science Foundation. The Director shall carry out research activities relating to techniques for and ecological impacts of artificial modification of ocean alkalinity. The Director shall carry out the activities under subparagraph
(A)in collaboration with the Director of the National Science Foundation. The Director shall carry research activities and modeling relating to— the effectiveness and ecological impacts of ocean iron fertilization; and nitrogen and phosphorous fertilization. The Director shall carry out the activities under subparagraph
(A)in collaboration with— the Director of the National Science Foundation; and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Director shall carry out monitoring, research, and modeling on ecological impacts of ocean carbon dioxide removal techniques. The Director shall carry out the activities under subparagraph
(A)in collaboration with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Director shall carry out research activities relating to— methods to control carbonation reactions; methods to accelerate carbonation; and research to understand structure-property relationships. The Director shall carry out the activities under subparagraph
(A)in collaboration with the Director of the National Science Foundation. The Director shall carry out research activities relating to— impurity-tolerant catalyst development; coupled reduction and oxidation reactions; and reduced additives. The Director shall carry out the activities under subparagraph
(A)in collaboration with the Director of the National Science Foundation. The Director shall carry out research activities relating to development of new materials for capturing and utilizing carbon dioxide, including materials with carbon-carbon bonds. The Director shall carry out the activities under subparagraph
(A)in collaboration with the Director of the National Science Foundation. The Director shall carry out research, development, and demonstration of technologies to improve carbon dioxide uptake, conversion, and product accumulation through genetic manipulation of biological organisms for carbon dioxide removal and utilization. The Director shall carry out the activities under subparagraph
(A)in collaboration with the Director of the National Science Foundation. The Director shall carry out research activities relating to development of tools and high-throughput screening for organisms with unique attributes relating to carbon dioxide conversion. The Director shall carry out the activities under subparagraph
(A)in collaboration with the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service. The Director shall carry out other research on carbon dioxide removal, as determined by the Secretary. The Director shall carry out this section in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy to carry out this section— $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; $79,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; $83,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; $88,000,000 for fiscal year 2028; $84,000,000 for fiscal year 2029; $81,000,000 for fiscal year 2030; $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2031; $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2032; and $67,000,000 for fiscal year 2033.
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