First Three Act of 2021
This bill requires the Advanced Manufacturing Office of the Department of Energy to establish a program to provide grants or loan guarantees for certain innovative technology projects at industrial plants. The technology must (1) be technically viable at pilot scale and ready for commercial-scale implementation, (2) be able to reduce the energy use or greenhouse gas emissions, and (3) have the potential to reduce annual U.S. industrial energy use or greenhouse gas emissions by at least 1% once the technology is fully implemented at appropriate industrial plants in the United States.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5109 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5109
To provide support for the first three commercial-scale implementations
of transformative industrial technologies.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 27, 2021
Ms. Castor of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To provide support for the first three commercial-scale implementations
of transformative industrial technologies.
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 ``First Three Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR THE FIRST THREE COMMERCIAL-SCALE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF
TRANSFORMATIVE INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, the
Secretary, acting through the Director of the Advanced Manufacturing
Office of the Department of Energy, shall establish and carry out a
program under which the Secretary provides grants and loan guarantees
to eligible entities to carry out eligible projects.
(b) Applications.--
(1) In general.--To apply for a grant or loan guarantee
under the program, an eligible entity shall submit to the
Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may require.
(2) Selection.--In evaluating applications submitted under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall select applications that
will result in the greatest--
(A) improvement to the competitiveness of United
States industry in global markets;
(B) reduction in energy use; and
(C) reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
(3) Consultation.--In evaluating applications submitted
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall solicit input from
outside technical and industry experts on the specific industry
sectors in which eligible technologies would be implemented.
(c) Grants and Loan Guarantees.--
(1) In general.--In carrying out the program, the Secretary
may not provide grants or loan guarantees to carry out more
than three eligible projects for any category of eligible
technology.
(2) Grant amounts.--The amounts of the grants that may be
provided to carry out eligible projects for each category of
eligible technology shall be not more than the following:
(A) 60 percent of the total eligible project costs
for the first eligible project for the category of
eligible technology.
(B) 45 percent of the total eligible project costs
for the second eligible project for the category of
eligible technology.
(C) 30 percent of the total eligible project costs
for the third eligible project for the category of
eligible technology.
(3) Loan guarantee amounts.--
(A) In general.--In carrying out the program, the
Secretary may not provide a loan guarantee for an
amount that is greater than 80 percent of the
applicable eligible project costs.
(B) Grant and loan guarantee.--In any case in which
an eligible entity is provided a grant and a loan
guarantee under the program, such loan guarantee may
not exceed the amount that is equal to 80 percent of
the amount that is equal to the difference between--
(i) the eligible project cost; and
(ii) the amount of the grant.
(4) Project milestones.--The Secretary shall work with the
grant or loan guarantee recipient to develop project milestones
and shall issue payments after the recipient demonstrates that
it has reached such milestones.
(d) Monitoring and Reporting.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall annually submit to
Congress a report on how grants and loan guarantees provided
under the program were used.
(2) Proprietary and competitive information.--Each report
submitted under paragraph (1) shall exclude any proprietary or
competitive information relating to eligible entities that were
provided a grant or loan guarantee, or eligible technologies
that were implemented, under the program.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $500,000,000 for fiscal year
2022 and $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2031, to
remain available until expended.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means
any of the following entities, including a consortium or
partnership of such entities:
(A) An owner of an industrial plant at which an
eligible technology would be implemented.
(B) A provider that--
(i) manufactures an eligible technology; or
(ii) implements or integrates an eligible
technology at an industrial plant.
(C) Another entity involved in the implementation
of the eligible technology at an industrial plant.
(2) Eligible project.--The term ``eligible project'' means
the implementation of an eligible technology at an industrial
plant.
(3) Eligible project costs.--The term ``eligible project
costs'' includes any capital, installation, engineering,
construction, and permitting costs related to carrying out an
eligible project.
(4) Eligible technology.--The term ``eligible technology''
means, as determined by the Secretary, any technology that--
(A) is an innovative technology described in
section 454(b)(1) of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17113(b)(1));
(B) is demonstrated to be technically viable at
pilot scale and ready for commercial-scale
implementation;
(C) is able to reduce the energy use or greenhouse
gas emissions of the process with respect to which the
eligible technology is implemented by at least 20
percent relative to the current technology; and
(D) has the potential to reduce annual United
States industrial energy use or greenhouse gas
emissions by at least 1 percent once the eligible
technology is fully implemented at appropriate
industrial plants in the United States.
(5) Program.--The term ``program'' means the program
established under subsection (a).
(6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Energy.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
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