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mission under section 103 or 104b of the Atomic Energy
1
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133 and 2134(b)).
2
SEC. 1262. RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION FOR REMEDI-
3
ATION OF GROUNDWATER FROM ENERGY AC-
4
TIVITIES.
5
(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—The Secretary shall carry out a re-
6
search, development, demonstration, and technology deploy-
7
ment program to improve methods for environmental res-
8
toration of groundwater contaminated by energy activities,
9
including oil and gas production, surface and underground
10
mining of coal, and in-situ extraction of energy resources.
11
(b) A
UTHORIZATION OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—There are
12
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out
13
this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003
14
through 2006.
15
TITLE XIII—CLIMATE CHANGE
16
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17
Subtitle A—Department of Energy
18
Programs
19
SEC. 1301. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GLOBAL CHANGE RE-
20
SEARCH.
21
(a) P
ROGRAM
D
IRECTION
.—The Secretary, acting
22
through the Office of Science, shall conduct a comprehensive
23
research program to understand and address the effects of
24
energy production and use on the global climate system.
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(b) P
ROGRAM
E
LEMENTS
.—
1
(1) C
LIMATE MODELING
.—The Secretary shall—
2
(A) conduct observational and analytical
3
research to acquire and interpret the data needed
4
to describe the radiation balance from the surface
5
of the Earth to the top of the atmosphere;
6
(B) determine the factors responsible for the
7
Earth’s radiation balance and incorporate im-
8
proved understanding of such factors in climate
9
models;
10
(C) improve the treatment of aerosols and
11
clouds in climate models;
12
(D) reduce the uncertainty in decade-to-cen-
13
tury model-based projections of climate change;
14
and
15
(E) increase the availability and utility of
16
climate change simulations to researchers and
17
policy makers interested in assessing the rela-
18
tionship between energy and climate change.
19
(2) C
ARBON CYCLE
.—The Secretary shall—
20
(A) carry out field research and modeling
21
activities—
22
(i) to understand and document the net
23
exchange of carbon dioxide between major
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terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere;
1
or
2
(ii) to evaluate the potential of pro-
3
posed methods of carbon sequestration;
4
(B) develop and test carbon cycle models;
5
and
6
(C) acquire data and develop and test mod-
7
els to simulate and predict the transport, trans-
8
formation, and fate of energy-related emissions
9
in the atmosphere.
10
(3) E
COLOGICAL
PROCESSES
.—The Secretary
11
shall carry out long-term experiments of the response
12
of intact terrestrial ecosystems to—
13
(A) alterations in climate and atmospheric
14
composition; or
15
(B) land-use changes that affect ecosystem
16
extent and function.
17
(4) I
NTEGRATED
ASSESSMENT
.—The Secretary
18
shall develop and improve methods and tools for inte-
19
grated analyses of the climate change system from
20
emissions of aerosols and greenhouse gases to the con-
21
sequences of these emissions on climate and the result-
22
ing effects of human-induced climate change on eco-
23
nomic and social systems, with emphasis on critical
24
gaps in integrated assessment modeling, including
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modeling of technology innovation and diffusion and
1
the development of metrics of economic costs of cli-
2
mate change and policies for mitigating or adapting
3
to climate change.
4
(c) A
UTHORIZATION
OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—From
5
amounts authorized under section 1251(b), there are au-
6
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying
7
out activities under this section—
8
(1) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
9
(2) $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
10
(3) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
11
(4) $230,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
12
(d) L
IMITATION ON
F
UNDS
.—Funds authorized to be
13
appropriated under this section shall not be used for the
14
development, demonstration, or deployment of technology to
15
reduce, avoid, or sequester greenhouse gas emissions.
16
SEC. 1302. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL NONNUCLEAR
17
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974.
18
Section 6 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research
19
and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5905) is
20
amended—
21
(1) in subsection (a)—
22
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
23
the end;
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(B) in paragraph (3) by striking the period
1
at the end and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and
2
(C) by adding at the end the following:
3
‘‘(4) solutions to the effective management of
4
greenhouse gas emissions in the long term by the de-
5
velopment of technologies and practices designed to—
6
‘‘(A) reduce or avoid anthropogenic emis-
7
sions of greenhouse gases;
8
‘‘(B) remove and sequester greenhouse gases
9
from emissions streams; and
10
‘‘(C) remove and sequester greenhouse gases
11
from the atmosphere.’’; and
12
(2) in subsection (b)—
13
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sub-
14
section (a)(1) through (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
15
graphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a)’’; and
16
(B) in paragraph (3)—
17
(i) in subparagraph (R), by striking
18
‘‘and’’ at the end;
19
(ii) in subparagraph (S), by striking
20
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
21
and
22
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
23
lowing:
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‘‘(T) to pursue a long-term climate tech-
1
nology strategy designed to demonstrate a vari-
2
ety of technologies by which stabilization of
3
greenhouse gases might be best achieved, includ-
4
ing accelerated research, development, dem-
5
onstration and deployment of—
6
‘‘(i) renewable energy systems;
7
‘‘(ii) advanced fossil energy technology;
8
‘‘(iii) advanced nuclear power plant
9
design;
10
‘‘(iv) fuel cell technology for residen-
11
tial, industrial and transportation applica-
12
tions;
13
‘‘(v) carbon sequestration practices and
14
technologies, including agricultural and for-
15
estry practices that store and sequester car-
16
bon;
17
‘‘(vi) efficient electrical generation,
18
transmission and distribution technologies;
19
and
20
‘‘(vii) efficient end use energy tech-
21
nologies.’’.
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Subtitle B—Department of
1
Agriculture Programs
2
SEC. 1311. CARBON SEQUESTRATION BASIC AND APPLIED
3
RESEARCH.
4
(a) B
ASIC
R
ESEARCH
.—
5
(1) I
N GENERAL
.—The Secretary of Agriculture
6
shall carry out research in the areas of soil science
7
that promote understanding of—
8
(A) the net sequestration of organic carbon
9
in soil; and
10
(B) net emissions of other greenhouse gases
11
from agriculture.
12
(2) A
GRICULTURAL
RESEARCH
SERVICE
.—The
13
Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Agricul-
14
tural Research Service, shall collaborate with other
15
Federal agencies in developing data and carrying out
16
research addressing soil carbon fluxes (losses and
17
gains) and net emissions of methane and nitrous
18
oxide from cultivation and animal management ac-
19
tivities.
20
(3) C
OOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH
,
EXTENSION
,
21
AND EDUCATION SERVICE
.—
22
(A) I
N GENERAL
.—The Secretary of Agri-
23
culture, acting through the Cooperative State Re-
24
search, Extension, and Education Service, shall
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establish a competitive grant program to carry
1
out research on the matters described in para-
2
graph (1) in land grant universities and other
3
research institutions.
4
(B) C
ONSULTATION
ON
RESEARCH
TOP
-
5
ICS
.—Before issuing a request for proposals for
6
basic research under paragraph (1), the Coopera-
7
tive State Research, Extension, and Education
8
Service shall consult with the Agricultural Re-
9
search Service to ensure that proposed research
10
areas are complementary with and do not dupli-
11
cate research projects underway at the Agricul-
12
tural Research Service or other Federal agencies.
13
(b) A
PPLIED
R
ESEARCH
.—
14
(1) I
N GENERAL
.—The Secretary of Agriculture
15
shall carry out applied research in the areas of soil
16
science, agronomy, agricultural economics and other
17
agricultural sciences to—
18
(A) promote understanding of—
19
(i) how agricultural and forestry prac-
20
tices affect the sequestration of organic and
21
inorganic carbon in soil and net emissions
22
of other greenhouse gases;
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(ii) how changes in soil carbon pools
1
are cost-effectively measured, monitored,
2
and verified; and
3
(iii) how public programs and private
4
market approaches can be devised to incor-
5
porate carbon sequestration in a broader so-
6
cietal greenhouse gas emission reduction ef-
7
fort;
8
(B) develop methods for establishing base-
9
lines for measuring the quantities of carbon and
10
other greenhouse gases sequestered; and
11
(C) evaluate leakage and performance
12
issues.
13
(2) R
EQUIREMENTS
.—To the maximum extent
14
practicable, applied research under paragraph (1)
15
shall—
16
(A) draw on existing technologies and meth-
17
ods; and
18
(B) strive to provide methodologies that are
19
accessible to a nontechnical audience.
20
(3) M
INIMIZATION OF ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL
21
IMPACTS
.—All applied research under paragraph (1)
22
shall be conducted with an emphasis on minimizing
23
adverse environmental impacts.
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ATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERV
-
1
ICE
.—The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through
2
the Natural Resources Conservation Service, shall col-
3
laborate with other Federal agencies, including the
4
National Institute of Standards and Technology, in
5
developing new measuring techniques and equipment
6
or adapting existing techniques and equipment to en-
7
able cost-effective and accurate monitoring and
8
verification, for a wide range of agricultural and for-
9
estry practices, of—
10
(A) changes in soil carbon content in agri-
11
cultural soils, plants, and trees; and
12
(B) net emissions of other greenhouse gases.
13
(5) C
OOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH
,
EXTENSION
,
14
AND EDUCATION SERVICE
.—
15
(A) I
N GENERAL
.—The Secretary of Agri-
16
culture, acting through the Cooperative State Re-
17
search, Extension, and Education Service, shall
18
establish a competitive grant program to encour-
19
age research on the matters described in para-
20
graph (1) by land grant universities and other
21
research institutions.
22
(B) C
ONSULTATION
ON
RESEARCH
TOP
-
23
ICS
.—Before issuing a request for proposals for
24
applied research under paragraph (1), the Coop-
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erative State Research, Extension, and Edu-
1
cation Service shall consult with the National
2
Resources Conservation Service and the Agricul-
3
tural Research Service to ensure that proposed
4
research areas are complementary with and do
5
not duplicate research projects underway at the
6
Agricultural Research Service or other Federal
7
agencies.
8
(c) R
ESEARCH
C
ONSORTIA
.—
9
(1) I
N GENERAL
.—The Secretary of Agriculture
10
may designate not more than two research consortia
11
to carry out research projects under this section, with
12
the requirement that the consortia propose to conduct
13
basic research under subsection (a) and applied re-
14
search under subsection (b).
15
(2) S
ELECTION
.—The consortia shall be selected
16
in a competitive manner by the Cooperative State Re-
17
search, Extension, and Education Service.
18
(3) E
LIGIBLE CONSORTIUM PARTICIPANTS
.—En-
19
tities eligible to participate in a consortium
20
include—
21
(A) land grant colleges and universities;
22
(B) private research institutions;
23
(C) State geological surveys;
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(D) agencies of the Department of Agri-
1
culture;
2
(E) research centers of the National Aero-
3
nautics and Space Administration and the De-
4
partment of Energy;
5
(F) other Federal agencies;
6
(G) representatives of agricultural busi-
7
nesses and organizations with demonstrated ex-
8
pertise in these areas; and
9
(H) representatives of the private sector
10
with demonstrated expertise in these areas.
11
(4) R
ESERVATION OF FUNDING
.—If the Secretary
12
of Agriculture designates one or two consortia, the
13
Secretary of Agriculture shall reserve for research
14
projects carried out by the consortium or consortia
15
not more than 25 percent of the amounts made avail-
16
able to carry out this section for a fiscal year.
17
(d) S
TANDARDS OF
P
RECISION
.—
18
(1) C
ONFERENCE
.—Not later than 3 years after
19
the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary of
20
Agriculture, acting through the Agricultural Research
21
Service and in consultation with the Natural Re-
22
sources Conservation Service, shall convene a con-
23
ference of key scientific experts on carbon sequestra-
24
tion and measurement techniques from various sectors
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(including the Government, academic, and private
1
sectors) to—
2
(A) discuss benchmark standards of preci-
3
sion for measuring soil carbon content and net
4
emissions of other greenhouse gases;
5
(B) designate packages of measurement
6
techniques and modeling approaches to achieve a
7
level of precision agreed on by the participants
8
in the conference; and
9
(C) evaluate results of analyses on baseline,
10
permanence, and leakage issues.
11
(2) D
EVELOPMENT
OF
BENCHMARK
STAND
-
12
ARDS
.—
13
(A) I
N GENERAL
.—The Secretary shall de-
14
velop benchmark standards for measuring the
15
carbon content of soils and plants (including
16
trees) based on—
17
(i) information from the conference
18
under paragraph (1);
19
(ii) research conducted under this sec-
20
tion; and
21
(iii) other information available to the
22
Secretary.
23
(B) O
PPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
.—
24
The Secretary shall provide an opportunity for
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the public to comment on benchmark standards
1
developed under subparagraph (A).
2
(3) R
EPORT
.—Not later than 180 days after the
3
conclusion of the conference under paragraph (1), the
4
Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Com-
5
mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives
6
and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
7
Forestry of the Senate a report on the results of the
8
conference.
9
(e) A
UTHORIZATION OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—
10
(1) I
N GENERAL
.—There are authorized to be ap-
11
propriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for
12
each of fiscal years 2003 through 2006.
13
(2) A
LLOCATION
.—Of the amounts made avail-
14
able to carry out this section for a fiscal year, at least
15
50 percent shall be allocated for competitive grants by
16
the Cooperative State Research, Extension, and Edu-
17
cation Service.
18
SEC. 1312. CARBON SEQUESTRATION DEMONSTRATION
19
PROJECTS AND OUTREACH.
20
(a) D
EMONSTRATION
P
ROJECTS
.—
21
(1)
D
EVELOPMENT
OF
MONITORING
PRO
-
22
GRAMS
.—
23
(A) I
N GENERAL
.—The Secretary of Agri-
24
culture, acting through the Natural Resources
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Conservation Service and in cooperation with
1
local extension agents, experts from land grant
2
universities, and other local agricultural or con-
3
servation organizations, shall develop user-
4
friendly programs that combine measurement
5
tools and modeling techniques into integrated
6
packages to monitor the carbon sequestering ben-
7
efits of conservation practices and net changes in
8
greenhouse gas emissions.
9
(B) B
ENCHMARK LEVELS OF PRECISION
.—
10
The programs developed under subparagraph (A)
11
shall strive to achieve benchmark levels of preci-
12
sion in measurement in a cost-effective manner.
13
(2) P
ROJECTS
.—
14
(A) I
N GENERAL
.—The Secretary of Agri-
15
culture, acting through the Farm Service Agency,
16
shall establish a program under which projects
17
use the monitoring programs developed under
18
paragraph (1) to demonstrate the feasibility of
19
methods
of
measuring,
verifying,
and
20
monitoring—
21
(i) changes in organic carbon content
22
and other carbon pools in agricultural soils,
23
plants, and trees; and
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(ii) net changes in emissions of other
1
greenhouse gases.
2
(B) E
VALUATION
OF
IMPLICATIONS
.—The
3
projects under subparagraph (A) shall include
4
evaluation of the implications for reassessed
5
baselines, carbon or other greenhouse gas leakage,
6
and permanence of sequestration.
7
(C) S
UBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
.—Proposals
8
for projects under subparagraph (A) shall be sub-
9
mitted by the appropriate agency of each State,
10
in cooperation with interested local jurisdictions
11
and State agricultural and conservation organi-
12
zations.
13
(D) L
IMITATION
.—Not more than 10
14
projects under subparagraph (A) may be ap-
15
proved in conjunction with applied research
16
projects under section 1311(b) until benchmark
17
measurement and assessment standards are es-
18
tablished under section 1311(d).
19
(E) N
ATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND
.—The
20
Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the use of
21
National Forest System land as sites to dem-
22
onstrate the feasibility of monitoring programs
23
developed under paragraph (1).
24
(b) O
UTREACH
.—
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(1) I
N GENERAL
.—The Cooperative State Re-
1
search, Extension, and Education Service shall widely
2
disseminate information about the economic and envi-
3
ronmental benefits that can be generated by adoption
4
of conservation practices (including benefits from in-
5
creased sequestration of carbon and reduced emission
6
of other greenhouse gases).
7
(2) P
ROJECT RESULTS
.—The Cooperative State
8
Research, Extension, and Education Service shall in-
9
form farmers, ranchers, and State agricultural and
10
energy offices in each State of—
11
(A) the results of demonstration projects
12
under subsection (a)(2) in the State; and
13
(B) the ways in which the methods dem-
14
onstrated in the projects might be applicable to
15
the operations of those farmers and ranchers.
16
(3) P
OLICY OUTREACH
.—On a periodic basis, the
17
Cooperative State Research, Extension, and Edu-
18
cation Service shall disseminate information on the
19
policy nexus between global climate change mitigation
20
strategies and agriculture, so that farmers and ranch-
21
ers may better understand the global implications of
22
the activities of farmers and ranchers.
23
(c) A
UTHORIZATION OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—
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(1) I
N GENERAL
.—There are authorized to be ap-
1
propriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for
2
each of fiscal years 2003 through 2006.
3
(2) A
LLOCATION
.—Of the amounts made avail-
4
able to carry out this section for a fiscal year, at least
5
50 percent shall be allocated for demonstration
6
projects under subsection (a)(2).
7
SEC. 1313. CARBON STORAGE AND SEQUESTRATION AC-
8
COUNTING RESEARCH.
9
(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—The Secretary of Agriculture, in
10
collaboration with the heads of other Federal agencies, shall
11
conduct research on, develop, and publish as appropriate,
12
carbon storage and sequestration accounting models, ref-
13
erence tables, or other tools that can assist landowners and
14
others in cost-effective and reliable quantification of the car-
15
bon release, sequestration, and storage expected to result
16
from various resource uses, land uses, practices, activities
17
or forest, agricultural, or cropland management practices
18
over various periods of time.
19
(b) P
ILOT
P
ROGRAMS
.—The Secretary of Agriculture
20
shall make competitive grants to not more than five eligible
21
entities to carry out pilot programs to demonstrate and as-
22
sess the potential for development and use of carbon inven-
23
tories and accounting systems that can assist in developing
24
and assessing carbon storage and sequestration policies and
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programs. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
1
of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture, in collaboration
2
with the heads of other Federal agencies and with other in-
3
terested parties, shall develop guidelines for such pilot pro-
4
grams, including eligibility for awards, application con-
5
tents, reporting requirements, and mechanisms for peer re-
6
view.
7
(c) R
EPORT
.—Not later than 5 years after the date of
8
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture, in
9
collaboration with the heads of other Federal agencies, shall
10
submit to Congress a report on the technical, institutional,
11
infrastructure, design and funding needs to establish and
12
maintain a national carbon storage and sequestration base-
13
line and accounting system. The report shall include docu-
14
mentation of the results of each of the pilot programs.
15
(d) A
UTHORIZATION OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—For the
16
purposes of this section, there are authorized to be appro-
17
priated to the Secretary of Agriculture $20,000,000 for fis-
18
cal years 2003 through 2007.
19
Subtitle C—International Energy
20
Technology Transfer
21
SEC. 1321. CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS PRO-
22
GRAM.
23
(a) D
EFINITIONS
.—In this section:
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(1) C
LEAN
ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY
.—The term
1
‘‘clean energy technology’’ means an energy supply or
2
end-use technology that, over its lifecycle and com-
3
pared to a similar technology already in commercial
4
use in developing countries, countries in transition,
5
and other partner countries—
6
(A) emits substantially lower levels of pol-
7
lutants or greenhouse gases; and
8
(B) may generate substantially smaller or
9
less toxic volumes of solid or liquid waste.
10
(2) I
NTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP
.—The term
11
‘‘interagency working group’’ means the Interagency
12
Working Group on Clean Energy Technology Exports
13
established under subsection (b).
14
(b) I
NTERAGENCY
W
ORKING
G
ROUP
.—
15
(1) E
STABLISHMENT
.—Not later than 90 days
16
after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
17
retary of Energy, the Secretary of Commerce, and the
18
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
19
national Development shall jointly establish a Inter-
20
agency Working Group on Clean Energy Technology
21
Exports. The interagency working group will focus on
22
opening and expanding energy markets and transfer-
23
ring clean energy technology to the developing coun-
24
tries, countries in transition, and other partner coun-
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tries that are expected to experience, over the next 20
1
years, the most significant growth in energy produc-
2
tion and associated greenhouse gas emissions, includ-
3
ing through technology transfer programs under the
4
Framework Convention on Climate Change, other
5
international agreements, and relevant Federal ef-
6
forts.
7
(2) M
EMBERSHIP
.—The interagency working
8
group shall be jointly chaired by representatives ap-
9
pointed by the agency heads under paragraph (1) and
10
shall also include representatives from the Depart-
11
ment of State, the Department of the Treasury, the
12
Environmental Protection Agency, the Export-Import
13
Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation,
14
the Trade and Development Agency, and other Fed-
15
eral agencies as deemed appropriate by all three agen-
16
cy heads under paragraph (1).
17
(3) D
UTIES
.—The interagency working group
18
shall—
19
(A) analyze technology, policy, and market
20
opportunities for international development,
21
demonstration, and deployment of clean energy
22
technology;
23
(B) investigate issues associated with build-
24
ing capacity to deploy clean energy technology
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in developing countries, countries in transition,
1
and other partner countries, including—
2
(i) energy-sector reform;
3
(ii) creation of open, transparent, and
4
competitive markets for energy technologies;
5
(iii) availability of trained personnel
6
to deploy and maintain the technology; and
7
(iv) demonstration and cost-buydown
8
mechanisms to promote first adoption of the
9
technology;
10
(C) examine relevant trade, tax, inter-
11
national, and other policy issues to assess what
12
policies would help open markets and improve
13
United States clean energy technology exports in
14
support of the following areas—
15
(i) enhancing energy innovation and
16
cooperation, including energy sector and
17
market reform, capacity building, and fi-
18
nancing measures;
19
(ii) improving energy end-use effi-
20
ciency technologies, including buildings and
21
facilities, vehicle, industrial, and co-genera-
22
tion technology initiatives; and
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(iii) promoting energy supply tech-
1
nologies, including fossil, nuclear, and re-
2
newable technology initiatives;
3
(D) establish an advisory committee involv-
4
ing the private sector and other interested groups
5
on the export and deployment of clean energy
6
technology;
7
(E) monitor each agency’s progress towards
8
meeting goals in the 5-year strategic plan sub-
9
mitted to Congress pursuant to the Energy and
10
Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001,
11
and the Energy and Water Development Appro-
12
priations Act, 2002;
13
(F) make recommendations to heads of ap-
14
propriate Federal agencies on ways to streamline
15
Federal programs and policies to improve each
16
agency’s role in the international development,
17
demonstration, and deployment of clean energy
18
technology;
19
(G) make assessments and recommendations
20
regarding the distinct technological, market, re-
21
gional, and stakeholder challenges necessary to
22
carry out the program; and
23
(H) recommend conditions and criteria that
24
will help ensure that United States funds pro-
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mote sound energy policies in participating
1
countries while simultaneously opening their
2
markets and exporting United States energy
3
technology.
4
(c) F
EDERAL
S
UPPORT FOR
C
LEAN
E
NERGY
T
ECH
-
5
NOLOGY
T
RANSFER
.—Notwithstanding any other provision
6
of law, each Federal agency or Government corporation car-
7
rying out an assistance program in support of the activities
8
of United States persons in the environment or energy sec-
9
tor of a developing country, country in transition, or other
10
partner country shall support, to the maximum extent prac-
11
ticable, the transfer of United States clean energy tech-
12
nology as part of that program.
13
(d) A
NNUAL
R
EPORT
.—Not later than 90 days after
14
the date of the enactment of this Act, and on April 1st of
15
each year thereafter, the Interagency Working Group shall
16
submit a report to Congress on its activities during the pre-
17
ceding calendar year. The report shall include a description
18
of the technology, policy, and market opportunities for
19
international development, demonstration, and deployment
20
of clean energy technology investigated by the Interagency
21
Working Group in that year, as well as any policy rec-
22
ommendations to improve the expansion of clean energy
23
markets and United States clean energy technology exports.
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(e) R
EPORT ON
U
SE OF
F
UNDS
.—Not later than Octo-
1
ber 1, 2002, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of State,
2
in consultation with other Federal agencies, shall submit
3
a report to Congress indicating how United States funds
4
appropriated for clean energy technology exports and other
5
relevant Federal programs are being directed in a manner
6
that promotes sound energy policy commitments in devel-
7
oping countries, countries in transition, and other partner
8
countries, including efforts pursuant to multilateral envi-
9
ronmental agreements.
10
(f) A
UTHORIZATION OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—There are
11
authorized to be appropriated to the departments, agencies,
12
and entities of the United States described in subsection (b)
13
such sums as may be necessary to support the transfer of
14
clean energy technology, consistent with the subsidy codes
15
of the World Trade Organization, as part of assistance pro-
16
grams carried out by those departments, agencies, and enti-
17
ties in support of activities of United States persons in the
18
energy sector of a developing country, country in transition,
19
or other partner country.
20
SEC. 1322. INTERNATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY DEPLOY-
21
MENT PROGRAM.
22
Section 1608 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42
23
U.S.C. 13387) is amended by striking subsection (l) and
24
inserting the following:
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‘‘(l) I
NTERNATIONAL
E
NERGY
T
ECHNOLOGY
D
EPLOY
-
1
MENT
P
ROGRAM
.—
2
‘‘(1) D
EFINITIONS
.—In this subsection:
3
‘‘(A) I
NTERNATIONAL ENERGY DEPLOYMENT
4
PROJECT
.—The term ‘international energy de-
5
ployment project’ means a project to construct
6
an energy production facility outside the United
7
States—
8
‘‘(i) the output of which will be con-
9
sumed outside the United States; and
10
‘‘(ii) the deployment of which will re-
11
sult in a greenhouse gas reduction per unit
12
of energy produced when compared to the
13
technology
that
would
otherwise
be
14
implemented—
15
‘‘(I) 10 percentage points or more,
16
in the case of a unit placed in service
17
before January 1, 2010;
18
‘‘(II) 20 percentage points or
19
more, in the case of a unit placed in
20
service after December 31, 2009, and
21
before January 1, 2020; or
22
‘‘(III) 30 percentage points or
23
more, in the case of a unit placed in
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service after December 31, 2019, and
1
before January 1, 2030.
2
‘‘(B) Q
UALIFYING INTERNATIONAL ENERGY
3
DEPLOYMENT
PROJECT
.—The term ‘qualifying
4
international energy deployment project’ means
5
an international energy deployment project
6
that—
7
‘‘(i) is submitted by a United States
8
firm to the Secretary in accordance with
9
procedures established by the Secretary by
10
regulation;
11
‘‘(ii) uses technology that has been suc-
12
cessfully developed or deployed in the
13
United States;
14
‘‘(iii) meets the criteria of subsection
15
(k);
16
‘‘(iv) is approved by the Secretary,
17
with notice of the approval being published
18
in the Federal Register; and
19
‘‘(v) complies with such terms and con-
20
ditions as the Secretary establishes by regu-
21
lation.
22
‘‘(C) U
NITED STATES
.—For purposes of this
23
paragraph, the term ‘United States’, when used
24
in a geographical sense, means the 50 States, the
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District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the
1
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Com-
2
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
3
‘‘(2) P
ILOT PROGRAM FOR FINANCIAL ASSIST
-
4
ANCE
.—
5
‘‘(A) I
N
GENERAL
.—Not later than 180
6
days after the date of enactment of this sub-
7
section, the Secretary shall, by regulation, pro-
8
vide for a pilot program for financial assistance
9
for qualifying international energy deployment
10
projects.
11
‘‘(B) S
ELECTION CRITERIA
.—After consulta-
12
tion with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of
13
Commerce, and the United States Trade Rep-
14
resentative, the Secretary shall select projects for
15
participation in the program based solely on the
16
criteria under this title and without regard to
17
the country in which the project is located.
18
‘‘(C) F
INANCIAL ASSISTANCE
.—
19
‘‘(i) I
N
GENERAL
.—A United States
20
firm that undertakes a qualifying inter-
21
national energy deployment project that is
22
selected to participate in the pilot program
23
shall be eligible to receive a loan or a loan
24
guarantee from the Secretary.
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‘‘(ii) R
ATE OF INTEREST
.—The rate of
1
interest of any loan made under clause (i)
2
shall be equal to the rate for Treasury obli-
3
gations then issued for periods of com-
4
parable maturities.
5
‘‘(iii) A
MOUNT
.—The amount of a loan
6
or loan guarantee under clause (i) shall not
7
exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the
8
qualified international energy deployment
9
project.
10
‘‘(iv) D
EVELOPED COUNTRIES
.—Loans
11
or loan guarantees made for projects to be
12
located in a developed country, as listed in
13
Annex I of the United Nations Framework
14
Convention on Climate Change, shall re-
15
quire at least a 50 percent contribution to-
16
wards the total cost of the loan or loan
17
guarantee by the host country.
18
‘‘(v) D
EVELOPING COUNTRIES
.—Loans
19
or loan guarantees made for projects to be
20
located in a developing country (those coun-
21
tries not listed in Annex I of the United
22
Nations Framework Convention on Climate
23
Change) shall require at least a 10 percent
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contribution towards the total cost of the
1
loan or loan guarantee by the host country.
2
‘‘(vi)
C
APACITY
BUILDING
RE
-
3
SEARCH
.—Proposals made for projects to be
4
located in a developing country may in-
5
clude a research component intended to
6
build technological capacity within the host
7
country. Such research must be related to
8
the technologies being deployed and must
9
involve both an institution in the host coun-
10
try and an industry, university or national
11
laboratory participant from the United
12
States. The host institution shall contribute
13
at least 50 percent of funds provided for the
14
capacity building research.
15
‘‘(D) C
OORDINATION
WITH
OTHER
PRO
-
16
GRAMS
.—A qualifying international energy de-
17
ployment project funded under this section shall
18
not be eligible as a qualifying clean coal tech-
19
nology under section 415 of the Clean Air Act
20
(42 U.S.C. 7651n).
21
‘‘(E) R
EPORT
.—Not later than 5 years after
22
the date of enactment of this subsection, the Sec-
23
retary shall submit to the President a report on
24
the results of the pilot projects.
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‘‘(F) R
ECOMMENDATION
.—Not later than 60
1
days after receiving the report under subpara-
2
graph (E), the President shall submit to Con-
3
gress a recommendation, based on the results of
4
the pilot projects as reported by the Secretary of
5
Energy, concerning whether the financial assist-
6
ance program under this section should be con-
7
tinued, expanded, reduced, or eliminated.
8
‘‘(3) A
UTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
.—
9
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
10
retary to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each
11
of fiscal years 2003 through 2011, to remain available
12
until expended.’’.
13
Subtitle D—Climate Change
14
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