Energy Infrastructure Act

12/30/2022, 10:18 AM

Energy Infrastructure Act

This bill addresses energy infrastructure, clean energy supply chains, carbon capture and storage, ecosystem restoration, and western water infrastructure.

Specifically, the bill establishes new programs or expands existing programs to support energy infrastructure, including (1) the electric grid (e.g., infrastructure to prevent power outages, enhance grid cybersecurity, and integrate renewable energy); (2) nuclear energy (e.g., infrastructure for micro or small modular reactors); (3) hydropower; (4) solar and other clean energy; (5) clean hydrogen; and (6) energy efficiency in buildings.

The bill also establishes programs to support supply chains for clean energy technologies, such as supply chains for rare earth minerals, critical minerals, and batteries for electric vehicles.

In addition, the bill provides for the capture, utilization, storage, and transportation of carbon dioxide.

It also provides for the restoration of ecosystems, including efforts to reduce methane from orphaned well sites on federal land, clean up waste from abandoned coal mines, and reduce the risk of wildfires.

Finally, the bill provides for western water infrastructure, including water storage projects, water recycling and reuse projects, desalination projects, and drought contingency plans.

Congress
117

Number
S - 2377

Introduced on
2021-07-19

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

7/19/2021

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Energy Infrastructure Act

This bill addresses energy infrastructure, clean energy supply chains, carbon capture and storage, ecosystem restoration, and western water infrastructure.

Specifically, the bill establishes new programs or expands existing programs to support energy infrastructure, including (1) the electric grid (e.g., infrastructure to prevent power outages, enhance grid cybersecurity, and integrate renewable energy); (2) nuclear energy (e.g., infrastructure for micro or small modular reactors); (3) hydropower; (4) solar and other clean energy; (5) clean hydrogen; and (6) energy efficiency in buildings.

The bill also establishes programs to support supply chains for clean energy technologies, such as supply chains for rare earth minerals, critical minerals, and batteries for electric vehicles.

In addition, the bill provides for the capture, utilization, storage, and transportation of carbon dioxide.

It also provides for the restoration of ecosystems, including efforts to reduce methane from orphaned well sites on federal land, clean up waste from abandoned coal mines, and reduce the risk of wildfires.

Finally, the bill provides for western water infrastructure, including water storage projects, water recycling and reuse projects, desalination projects, and drought contingency plans.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedAn original bill to invest in the energy and outdoor infrastructure of the United States to deploy new and innovative technologies, update existing infrastructure to be reliable and resilient, and secure energy infrastructure against physical and cyber threats, and for other purposes.

Policy Areas
Energy

Potential Impact
Advisory bodies•
Air quality•
Alternative and renewable resources•
Aquatic ecology•
Arizona•
Asia•
Building construction•
Buy American requirements•
Census and government statistics•
China•
Climate change and greenhouse gases•
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits•
Computer security and identity theft•
Computers and information technology•
Congressional oversight•
Dams and canals•
Department of Energy•
Earth sciences•
Ecology•
Education of the disadvantaged•
Education programs funding•
Educational facilities and institutions•
Educational technology and distance education•
Electric power generation and transmission•
Elementary and secondary education•
Employment and training programs•
Endangered and threatened species•
Energy assistance for the poor and aged•
Energy efficiency and conservation•
Energy prices•
Energy research•
Energy storage, supplies, demand•
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research•
Environmental education•
Environmental health•
Environmental technology•
Executive agency funding and structure•
Federal-Indian relations•
Fires•
First responders and emergency personnel•
Fishes•
Floods and storm protection•
Forests, forestry, trees•
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management•
Government information and archives•
Government lending and loan guarantees•
Government studies and investigations•
Government trust funds•
Health facilities and institutions•
Higher education•
Human rights•
Hunting and fishing•
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles•
Indian lands and resources rights•
Industrial facilities•
Industrial policy and productivity•
Intergovernmental relations•
Internet and video services•
Internet, web applications, social media•
Labor market•
Labor standards•
Lakes and rivers•
Land use and conservation•
Licensing and registrations•
Lighting, heating, cooling•
Manufacturing•
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries•
Materials•
Metals•
Mining•
Minority health•
Montana•
Motor fuels•
Motor vehicles•
National and community service•
Natural disasters•
Nuclear power•
Oil and gas•
Outdoor recreation•
Parks, recreation areas, trails•
Performance measurement•
Pipelines•
Property tax•
Public contracts and procurement•
Public participation and lobbying•
Public utilities and utility rates•
Research and development•
Residential rehabilitation and home repair•
Rural conditions and development•
Small business•
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations•
Solid waste and recycling•
State and local finance•
State and local government operations•
State and local taxation•
Strategic materials and reserves•
Tax-exempt organizations•
Technology transfer and commercialization•
Unemployment•
User charges and fees•
Wages and earnings•
Washington State•
Water Resources Development•
Water quality•
Water storage•
Water use and supply•
Watersheds•
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

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Latest Summary3/15/2022

Energy Infrastructure Act

This bill addresses energy infrastructure, clean energy supply chains, carbon capture and storage, ecosystem restoration, and western water infrastructure.

Specifically, the bill establishes new prog...


Latest Action7/19/2021
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 104.