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H.R. 3761: Carbon Capture Act

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H.R. 3761: Carbon Capture Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-09-13 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-09-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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

Carbon Capture Act

Plain summary

Carbon Capture Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the tax credit for carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration. The bill modifies the credit to: allow certain new industrial or direct air capture facilities to qualify for the credit if construction begins before 2024; allow qualified projects to claim the credit for 15 years, beginning on the date the equipment was originally placed in service; increase the credit amounts for certain projects placed in service upon or after the enactment of this bill; expand the purposes for which captured CO2 may be used; modify the requirements for the amount of CO2 that must be captured; specify that the 75 million metric ton cap on the CO2 that may qualify for the credit applies only to projects placed in service before the enactment of this bill; allow the credit to be transferred from the entity that owns and uses the capture equipment to the entity that disposes of or uses the CO2; and allow certain facilities that were placed in service after 2015 and have not previously claimed the credit to be treated as placed in service on the date of the enactment of this bill.

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Official text

Carbon Capture Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11] · 50 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Jim Costa (D-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Andy Barr (R-KY), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Mike Bost (R-IL), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Roger Marshall (R-KS)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3761 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115