,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abhe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #aa1 #bjae
 ,ms4 ,heitkamp 7for herself and ,mr4   
,manchin7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,natural  
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the
 ,secretary of ,energy to enter into    
contracts to provide certain price      
stabilization support relating to       
electric generation units that use      
coal-based generation technology4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,coal with ,carbon ,capture and     
,sequestration ,act of #bjae4  #b4      
,findings ,congress finds that--  7#a7  
the high cost of installing and using   
technology to capture carbon dioxide    
from coal-fueled electric generating    
units can be mitigated by providing     
certainty1 for a limited period of time1
 with respect to revenues from the sale 
of captured carbon dioxide2  7#b7 the   
volatility of crude oil prices that     

determine the price paid for carbon     
dioxide creates uncertain market prices 
for carbon dioxide that is purchased and
 used to recover crude oil or for other 
beneficial purposes2  7#c7 assistance to
 stabilize the price received for carbon
 dioxide captured during the use of coal
 provides a degree of certainty to debt 
providers and investors with respect to 
the revenues to be received from the    
sale of carbon dioxide2 and  7#d7       
creating added certainty that captured  
carbon dioxide would receive a certain1 
agreed upon price for a limited period  
of time would help to ensure that carbon
 capture and storage technology would be
 developed and used4  #c4 ,contracting  
authority of the ,secretary  7a7        
,definition of electric generation unit 
,in this section1 the term electric     
generation unit means an electric       
generation unit that uses coal-based    
generation technology4  7b7 ,contracting
 authority ,beginning on the date of    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  

of ,energy may enter into binding       
contracts on behalf of the ,federal     
,government1 the duration of which shall
 not exceed #be years1 with qualified   
parties to provide price stabilization  
support for electricity generated at an 
electric generation unit or carbon      
dioxide captured from an electric       
generation unit and sold to a purchaser 
for--  7#a7 the recovery of crude oil2  
or  7#b7 other purposes for which a     
commercial market exists4