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H.R. 6249: To authorize the Secretary of Energy to make price floor loans to certain low-carbon coal-to-liquid fuel projects.

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H.R. 6249: To authorize the Secretary of Energy to make price floor loans to certain low-carbon coal-to-liquid fuel projects.

109th Congress · introduced 2006-09-28 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-09-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

To authorize the Secretary of Energy to make price floor loans to certain low-carbon coal-to-liquid fuel projects.

Plain summary

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to enter into agreements, in the form of price floor loans, with up to six low-carbon CTL projects (that convert coal to liquid or gaseous transportation fuels) to guarantee each project a minimum price for its output of liquid or gaseous transportation fuels in return for: (1) payment to the United States of the cost of such loan; or (2) at the borrower's election, a call option for the United States equivalent in value to such payment. Prohibits any agreement for a price floor loan unless the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) determines that the loan cost is fully offset by either certain payments or by the value of a call option.

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Official text

To authorize the Secretary of Energy to make price floor loans to certain low-carbon coal-to-liquid fuel projects.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19] · 1 cosponsors

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr6249 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109