Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4824) to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out terrestrial carbon sequestration research and development activities, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 4824 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 Sequestration Collaboration Act''. SEC. 2. CARBON SEQUESTRATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE. Section 963 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16293) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph: ``(1) Carbon sequestration in geologic formations.--The term `carbon sequestration in geologic formations' means carbon sequestration methods or technologies utilizing existing permeable or porous formations in geologic settings, such as basins or aquifers.''; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(4) Terrestrial carbon sequestration.--The term `terrestrial carbon sequestration' means carbon sequestration methods or technologies engineered by humans and targeted at rangelands, agricultural lands, fallow lands, or forest stands to increase soil organic carbon levels or sequester carbon throug…”