; (B) minimum performance standards for projects eligible to participate in the prize competition; and (C) monitoring and verification procedures for projects selected to receive a prize award; (2) establish minimum levels for the capture of carbon dioxide from dilute media that are required to qualify for a prize award; and (3) offer prize awards for any of the following: (A) A design for a promising capture technology that will— (i) be operated on a demonstration scale; and (ii) have the potential to achieve significant reduction in the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. (B) A successful bench-scale demonstration of a capture technology. (C) An operational capture technology on a commercial scale. (f) Intra-Agency research The Secretary shall encourage and promote crosscutting research and development in bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration within the Department. (g) Authorization of appropriations For activities under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary— (1) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2018, $15,000,000 of which are authorized to carry out subsection (e); (2) $31,500,000 for fiscal year 2019; (3) $33,075,000 for fiscal year 2019; (4) $34,729,000 for fiscal year 2019