I 119THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION H. R. 1003 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the carbon oxide sequestration credit to ensure parity for different uses and utilizations of qualified carbon oxide. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY5, 2025 Mr. H ERNof Oklahoma introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the carbon oxide sequestration credit to ensure parity for different uses and utilizations of qualified carbon oxide. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enhancing Energy Re-4 covery Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:12 Mar 04, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1003.IH H1003 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1003 IH SEC. 2. PARITY FOR DIFFERENT USES AND UTILIZATIONS 1 OF QUALIFIED CARBON OXIDE. 2 (a) I NGENERAL.—Section 45Q of the Internal Rev-3 enue Code of 1986 is amended— 4 (1) in subsection (a)— 5 (A) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii), by adding 6 ‘‘and’’ at the end, 7 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking subpara-8 graph (B) and inserting the following: 9 ‘‘(B)(i) disposed of by the taxpayer in se-10 cure geological storage and not used by the tax-11 payer as described in clause (ii) or (iii), 12 ‘‘(ii) used by the taxpayer as a tertiary 13 injectant in a qualified enhanced oil or natural 14 gas recovery project and disposed of by the tax-15 payer in secure geological storage, or 16 ‘‘(iii) utilized by the taxpayer in a manner 17 described in subsection (f)(5).’’, and 18 (C) by striking paragraph (4), 19 (2) in subsection (b)— 20 (A) in paragraph (1)— 21 (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 22 inserting the following: 23 ‘‘(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 24 (B) or (C), the applicable dollar amount shall 25 be an amount equal to— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:12 Mar 04, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1003.IH H1003 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1003 IH ‘‘(i) for any taxable year beginning in 1 a calendar year after 2024 and before 2 2027, $17, and 3 ‘‘(ii) for any taxable year beginning in 4 a calendar year after 2026, an amount 5 equal to the product of $17 and the infla-6 tion adjustment factor for such calendar 7 year determined under section 43(b)(3)(B) 8 for such calendar year, determined by sub-9 stituting ‘2025’ for ‘1990’.’’, and 10 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 11 ‘‘shall be applied’’ and all that follows 12 through the period and inserting ‘‘shall be 13 applied by substituting ‘$36’ for ‘$17’ each 14 place it appears.’’, 15 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 16 ‘‘paragraphs (3)(A) and (4)(A)’’ and inserting 17 ‘‘paragraph (3)(A)’’, and 18 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the dol-19 lar amounts applicable under paragraph (3) or 20 (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘the dollar amount applica-21 ble under paragraph (3)’’, 22 (3) in subsection (f)— 23 (A) in paragraph (5)(B)(i), by striking 24 ‘‘(4)(B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(3)(B)(iii)’’, and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:12 Mar 04, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1003.IH H1003 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1003 IH (B) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘para-1 graphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a)’’ and in-2 serting ‘‘subsection (a)(3)’’, and 3 (4) in subsection (h)(3)(A)(ii), by striking 4 ‘‘paragraph (3)(A) or (4)(A) of subsection (a)’’ and 5 inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(3)(A)’’. 6 (b) C ONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7 6417(d)(3)(C)(i)(II)(bb) of the Internal Revenue Code of 8 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)(A) or (4)(A) 9 of section 45Q(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 45Q(a)(3)(A)’’. 10 (c) E FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 11 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 12 December 31, 2024. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:12 Mar 04, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1003.IH H1003 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS