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H.R. 6266: 21st Century Energy Independence Act of 2006

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H.R. 6266: 21st Century Energy Independence Act of 2006

109th Congress · introduced 2006-09-29 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-09-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

21st Century Energy Independence Act of 2006

Plain summary

21st Century Energy Independence Act of 2006 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to seek to ensure: (1) the availability of 200% of the volume of renewable fuels required to be available in the United States by 2013 under the Energy Policy Act of 2005; and (2) the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from the production and use of renewable fuels by 25%. Directs the Secretary to establish a loan guarantee program for up to 80% of the cost of a project for: (1) the harvesting, storing, and delivery of agriculture residues for use in cellulosic or traditional ethanol production plants; (2) cellulosic ethanol production technologies that will reduce the initial capital cost to $2.50 per annual gallon, and operation and maintenance costs to 125% of those at traditional corn ethanol plants; (3) advanced biomass gasifiers that can provide specified thermal input requirements for traditional ethanol plants to produce syngas; and (4) scaled catalytic conversion projects to convert syngas to liquid fuels. Permits such loan guarantees for: (1) a traditional ethanol plant only if the agriculture residue products are used as feedstock to replace thermal input requirements otherwise provided by fossil fuels; and (2) an existing ethanol plant only if the applicant demonstrates the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions related to ethanol production by at least 75%. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants for up to 50% of the capital costs of the initial commercialization for certain cellulosic ethanol production technologies.

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Official text

21st Century Energy Independence Act of 2006

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · 25 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

James P. McGovern (D-MA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Danny K. Davis (D-IL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr6266 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109