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priate office, along with the funds necessary to con-
1
tinue the project to the point at which non-Federal
2
funding can provide substantial support for the
3
project.
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(e) C
OLLABORATION AND
C
OST
S
HARING
.—
5
(1) W
ITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES
.—Projects
6
supported by the Department Office may include par-
7
ticipation of, and be supported by, other Federal
8
agencies that have a role in the development, commer-
9
cialization, or transfer of energy, transportation, in-
10
dustrial, agricultural, forestry, or other climate
11
change-related technology.
12
(2) W
ITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR
.—
13
(A) I
N GENERAL
.—Notwithstanding section
14
1403, the Department Office shall create an oper-
15
ating model that allows for collaboration, divi-
16
sion of effort, and cost sharing with industry on
17
individual climate change response projects.
18
(B) R
EQUIREMENTS
.—Although cost shar-
19
ing in some cases may be appropriate, the De-
20
partment Office shall focus on long-term high-
21
risk research and development and should not
22
make industrial partnerships or cost sharing a
23
requirement, if such a requirement would bias
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the activities of the Department Office toward
1
incremental innovations.
2
(C) R
EEVALUATION ON TRANSFER
.—At such
3
time as any bold, breakthrough research and de-
4
velopment program reaches a sufficient level of
5
technological maturity such that the program is
6
transferred to a program office of the Depart-
7
ment other than the Department Office, the cost-
8
sharing requirements and criteria applicable to
9
the program shall be reevaluated.
10
(D) P
UBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER
.—
11
Each cost-sharing agreement entered into under
12
this paragraph shall be published in the Federal
13
Register.
14
(f) A
NALYSIS OF
C
LIMATE
C
HANGE
S
TRATEGY
.—
15
(1) I
N GENERAL
.—The Department Office shall
16
foster the development and application of advanced
17
computational tools, data, and capabilities that, to-
18
gether with the capabilities of other Federal agencies,
19
support integrated assessment of alternative climate
20
change response scenarios and implementation of the
21
Strategy.
22
(2) P
ROGRAMS
.—
23
(A) I
N GENERAL
.—The Department Office
24
shall—
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(i) develop and maintain core analyt-
1
ical competencies and complex, integrated
2
computational modeling capabilities that,
3
together with the capabilities of other Fed-
4
eral agencies, are necessary to support the
5
design and implementation of the Strategy;
6
and
7
(ii) track United States and inter-
8
national progress toward the long-term goal
9
of the Strategy.
10
(B) I
NTERNATIONAL CARBON DIOXIDE SE
-
11
QUESTRATION
MONITORING
AND
DATA
PRO
-
12
GRAM
.—In consultation with Federal, State,
13
academic, scientific, private sector, nongovern-
14
mental, tribal, and international carbon capture
15
and sequestration technology programs, the De-
16
partment Office shall design and carry out an
17
international carbon dioxide sequestration moni-
18
toring and data program to collect, analyze, and
19
make available the technical and economic data
20
to ascertain—
21
(i) whether engineered sequestration
22
and terrestrial sequestration will be accept-
23
able technologies from regulatory, economic,
24
and international perspectives;
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(ii) whether carbon dioxide sequestered
1
in geological formations or ocean systems is
2
stable and has inconsequential leakage rates
3
on a geologic time-scale; and
4
(iii) the extent to which forest, agricul-
5
tural, and other terrestrial systems are suit-
6
able carbon sinks.
7
(3) A
REAS OF EXPERTISE
.—
8
(A) I
N GENERAL
.—The Department Office
9
shall develop and maintain expertise in inte-
10
grated assessment, modeling, and related capa-
11
bilities necessary—
12
(i) to understand the relationship be-
13
tween natural, agricultural, industrial, en-
14
ergy, and economic systems;
15
(ii) to design effective research and de-
16
velopment programs; and
17
(iii) to assist with the development and
18
implementation of the Strategy.
19
(B) T
ECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER
AND
DIFFU
-
20
SION
.—The expertise described in clause (i) shall
21
include knowledge of technology transfer and
22
technology diffusion in United States and for-
23
eign markets.
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(4) D
ISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
.—The De-
1
partment Office shall ensure, to the maximum extent
2
practicable, that technical and scientific knowledge re-
3
lating to greenhouse gas emission reduction, avoid-
4
ance, and sequestration is broadly disseminated
5
through publications, fellowships, and training pro-
6
grams.
7
(5) A
SSESSMENTS
.—In a manner consistent
8
with the Strategy, the Department shall conduct as-
9
sessments of deployment of climate-friendly tech-
10
nology.
11
(6) A
NALYSIS
.—During development of the
12
Strategy, annual reports submitted under subsection
13
(a)(3), and advice to the Secretary, the Director of the
14
Department Office shall place significant emphasis on
15
the use of objective, quantitative analysis, taking into
16
consideration any associated uncertainties.
17
(g) A
UTHORIZATION OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—
18
(1) U
SE OF AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS
.—From
19
funds made available to Federal agencies for the fiscal
20
year in which this subtitle is enacted, the President
21
shall provide such sums as are necessary to carry out
22
the duties of the Department Office under this subtitle
23
until the date on which funds are made available
24
under paragraph (2).
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(2) A
UTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
.—
1
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
2
retary, to carry out the duties of the Department Of-
3
fice under this subtitle, $4,750,000,000 for the period
4
of fiscal years 2003 through 2011, to remain available
5
through September 30, 2011.
6
(3) A
DDITONAL AMOUNTS
.—Amounts authorized
7
to be appropriated under this section shall be in addi-
8
tion to—
9
(A) amounts made available to carry out
10
the United States Global Change Research Pro-
11
gram under the Global Change Research Act of
12
1990 (15 U.S.C. 2921 et seq.); and
13
(B) amounts made available under other
14
provisions of law for energy research and devel-
15
opment.
16
SEC. 1016. ADDITIONAL OFFICES AND ACTIVITIES.
17
The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Trans-
18
portation, the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of
19
the Environmental Protection Agency, and the heads of
20
other Federal agencies may establish such offices and carry
21
out such activities, in addition to those established or au-
22
thorized by this Act, as are necessary to carry out this Act.
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Subtitle C—Science and Technology
1
Policy
2
SEC. 1021. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE OFFICE OF
3
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY.
4
Section 101(b) of the National Science and Technology
5
Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C.
6
6601(b)) is amended—
7
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (13)
8
as paragraphs (8) through (14), respectively; and
9
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
10
lowing:
11
‘‘(7) improving efforts to understand, assess, pre-
12
dict, mitigate, and respond to global climate change;’’.
13
SEC. 1022. DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECH-
14
NOLOGY POLICY FUNCTIONS.
15
(a) A
DVISE
P
RESIDENT
ON
G
LOBAL
C
LIMATE
16
C
HANGE
.—Section 204(b)(1) of the National Science and
17
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of
18
1976 (42 U.S.C. 6613(b)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘glob-
19
al climate change,’’ after ‘‘to,’’.
20
(b) A
DVISE
D
IRECTOR OF
O
FFICE OF
N
ATIONAL
C
LI
-
21
MATE
C
HANGE
P
OLICY
.—Section 207 of that Act (42 U.S.C.
22
6616) is amended—
23
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as
24
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and
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(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
1
lowing:
2
‘‘(b) A
DVISE
D
IRECTOR OF
O
FFICE OF
N
ATIONAL
C
LI
-
3
MATE
C
HANGE
P
OLICY
.—In carrying out this Act, the Di-
4
rector shall advise the Director of the Office of National Cli-
5
mate Change Policy on matters concerning science and tech-
6
nology as they relate to global climate change.’’.
7
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous
8
Provisions
9
SEC. 1031. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR REGULATORY
10
REVIEW.
11
In each case that an agency prepares and submits a
12
Statement of Energy Effects pursuant to Executive Order
13
13211 of May 18, 2001 (relating to actions concerning regu-
14
lations that significantly affect energy supply, distribution,
15
or use), the agency shall also submit an estimate of the
16
change in net annual greenhouse gas emissions resulting
17
from the proposed significant energy action and any rea-
18
sonable alternatives to the action.
19
SEC. 1032. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM FEDERAL
20
FACILITIES.
21
(a) M
ETHODOLOGY
.—Not later than 1 year after the
22
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Energy,
23
Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, and Ad-
24
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall
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publish a jointly developed methodology for preparing esti-
1
mates of annual net greenhouse gas emissions from all fed-
2
erally owned, leased, or operated facilities and emission
3
sources, including stationary, mobile, and indirect emis-
4
sions as may be determined to be feasible.
5
(b) P
UBLICATION
.—Not later than 18 months after the
6
date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter,
7
the Secretary of Energy shall publish an estimate of annual
8
net greenhouse gas emissions from all federally owned,
9
leased, or operated facilities and emission sources, using the
10
methodology published under subsection (a).
11
TITLE XI—NATIONAL
12
GREENHOUSE GAS DATABASE
13
SEC. 1101. PURPOSE.
14
The purpose of this title is to establish a greenhouse
15
gas inventory, reductions registry, and information system
16
that—
17
(1) are complete, consistent, transparent, and ac-
18
curate;
19
(2) will create reliable and accurate data that
20
can be used by public and private entities to design
21
efficient and effective greenhouse gas emission reduc-
22
tion strategies; and
23
(3) will acknowledge and encourage greenhouse
24
gas emission reductions.
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SEC. 1102. DEFINITIONS.
1
In this title:
2
(1)
A
DMINISTRATOR
.—The
term
‘‘Adminis-
3
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
4
mental Protection Agency.
5
(2) B
ASELINE
.—The term ‘‘baseline’’ means the
6
historic greenhouse gas emission levels of an entity, as
7
adjusted upward by the designated agency to reflect
8
actual reductions that are verified in accordance
9
with—
10
(A) regulations promulgated under section
11
1104(c)(1); and
12
(B) relevant standards and methods devel-
13
oped under this title.
14
(3) D
ATABASE
.—The term ‘‘database’’ means the
15
National Greenhouse Gas Database established under
16
section 1104.
17
(4) D
ESIGNATED
AGENCY
.—The term ‘‘des-
18
ignated agency’’ means a department or agency to
19
which responsibility for a function or program is as-
20
signed under the memorandum of agreement entered
21
into under section 1103(a).
22
(5) D
IRECT EMISSIONS
.—The term ‘‘direct emis-
23
sions’’ means greenhouse gas emissions by an entity
24
from a facility that is owned or controlled by that en-
25
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(6) E
NTITY
.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means—
1
(A) a person located in the United States;
2
or
3
(B) a public or private entity, to the extent
4
that the entity operates in the United States.
5
(7) F
ACILITY
.—The term ‘‘facility’’ means—
6
(A) all buildings, structures, or installations
7
located on any 1 or more contiguous or adjacent
8
properties of an entity in the United States; and
9
(B) a fleet of 20 or more motor vehicles
10
under the common control of an entity.
11
(8) G
REENHOUSE GAS
.—The term ‘‘greenhouse
12
gas’’ means—
13
(A) carbon dioxide;
14
(B) methane;
15
(C) nitrous oxide;
16
(D) hydrofluorocarbons;
17
(E) perfluorocarbons;
18
(F) sulfur hexafluoride; and
19
(G) any other anthropogenic climate-forcing
20
emissions with significant ascertainable global
21
warming potential, as—
22
(i) recommended by the National Acad-
23
emy of Sciences under section 1107(b)(3);
24
and
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