1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Launching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas Act of 2019 . 2. Natural gas carbon capture research, development, and demonstration program (a) In general Subtitle F of title IX of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16291 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 969. Natural gas carbon capture research, development, and demonstration program (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Natural gas The term natural gas includes any fuel consisting in whole or in part of— (A) natural gas; (B) liquid petroleum gas; (C) synthetic gas derived from petroleum or natural gas liquids; (D) any mixture of natural gas and synthetic gas; or (E) any product derived directly from natural gas, including hydrogen. (2) Qualifying electric generation facility The term qualifying electric generation facility means a facility that generates electric energy through the use of natural gas. (3) Qualifying technology The term qualifying technology means any technology to capture carbon dioxide produced during the generation of electricity from natural gas power systems. (b) Establishment of research, development, and demonstration program (1) In general The Secretary shall establish a program under which the Secretary shall, through a competitive, merit-reviewed process, award grants to eligible entities to conduct research, development, and demonstration of qualifying technologies. (2) Objectives The objectives of the program established under paragraph (1) shall be— (A) to conduct research to accelerate the development of qualifying technologies to reduce the quantity of carbon dioxide emissions released from qualifying electric generation facilities, including— (i) pre- and post-combustion capture technologies; and (ii) technologies to improve the thermodynamics, kinetics, scalability, durability, and flexibility of carbon capture technologies for use during the generation of electricity from natural gas power systems