S.Amdt. 1475

SA 1475. Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1424 submitted by Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Domenici, and Mr. Bingaman) and intended to be proposed to the bill S. 14, to enhance the energy security of the United States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 221 of Division B, after line 24, insert the following:

(e) Clarification relating to Coal Waste Sludge.--

(1) In general.--Subsection (c) of section 29 (relating to definition of qualified fuels) is amended by inserting at the end the following new paragraph:

“(4) Coal waste sludge.--

“(A) In general.--The term ‘solid synthetic fuels produced from coal' includes liquefied coal waste sludge.

“(B) Coal waste sludge.--For purposes of this section, the term ‘coal waste sludge' means the tar decanter sludge and related byproducts of the coking process which are liquefied and processed with coal into a feedstock for the manufacture of coke.”.

(2) Denial of double benefit.--Subsection (d) of section 29, as amended by subsection (b), is amended by inserting at the end the following new paragraph:

“(10) Denial of double benefit.--No credit shall be allowed under this section for a qualified fuel produced from coal and liquefied coal waste sludge to the extent to which a credit is also allowed for the production of any coal waste sludge used in the production of such qualified fuel.”.