CREATE Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 3/18/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-18Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- 2021-03-18Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-18 (00)
Carbon Removal, Efficient Agencies, Technology Expertise Act of 2021 or the CREATE Act of 2021
This bill establishes the Committee on Large-Scale Carbon Management within the National Science and Technology Council to plan and oversee efforts to (1) remove carbon dioxide from the air, ocean, and land; and (2) store such carbon.
The committee must develop a strategic plan for federal research, development, and demonstration of technological carbon dioxide removal and storage.
In addition, the committee must establish working groups to carry out a Carbon Removal Initiative that pursues such research, development, and demonstration across several federal agencies.
Cosponsors (3)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Shelley Capito (R-WV)
Subjects
- Air quality
- Budget process
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Executive Office of the President
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
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