Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7054 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7054 To require the Secretary of Energy to remove carbon dioxide directly from ambient air or seawater, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 18, 2024 Mr. Tonko (for himself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of Energy to remove carbon dioxide directly from ambient air or seawater, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. FEDERAL REQUIREMENT TO REMOVE CARBON DIOXIDE. (a) Required Amounts.--The Secretary shall, to the extent economically feasible as provided in subsection (d), remove-- (1) 50,000 net metric tons of carbon dioxide, calculated on a lifec…