Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9975 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9975 To require the Secretary of Energy to remove carbon dioxide directly from ambient air or seawater, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 27, 2026 Mr. Tonko (for himself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of Energy to remove carbon dioxide directly from ambient air or seawater, and for other purposes. 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 Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. FEDERAL REQUIREMENT TO REMOVE CARBON DIOXIDE. (a) Required Amounts.--The Secretary shall, to the extent economically feasible as provided in subsection (d), remove-- (1) 50,000 net metric tons of carbon dioxide, calculated on a lifecycle basis, for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2027; (2) 500,000 net metric tons of carbon dioxide, calculated on a lifecycle basis, for each of fiscal years 2028 through 2030; (3) 5,000,000 net metric tons of carbon dioxide, calculated on a lifecycle basis, for each of fiscal years 2031 through 2035; and (4) 10,000,000 net metric tons of carbon dioxide, calculated on a lifecycle basis, for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal year thereafter. (b) Timing.--The Secretary shall remove each amount of carbon dioxide required under subsection (a) by not later than 3 years after the beginning of the fiscal year for which such removal is required. (c) Small Removal Project Set-aside.--To the extent practicable, at least 20 percent of the net metric tons of carbon dioxide required to be removed for each of