International Clean Energy Development Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of State to establish a Development and Commercialization Committee on Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies within the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate Program Office of the Department of State.
Directs the Committee to: (1) evaluate information on clean and efficient energy technologies; (2) identify, prioritize, and carry out projects for the development and commercialization of clean and efficient energy technologies; and (3) report to the appropriate congressional committees on Committee progress and projects.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 840 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 840
To establish a Development and Commercialization Committee on Clean and
Efficient Energy Technologies within the Asia-Pacific Partnership on
Clean Development and Climate Program Office, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 21, 2009
Mr. Voinovich (for himself, Mr. Pryor, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Bayh, Mr.
Bond, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Martinez, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. Burr) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To establish a Development and Commercialization Committee on Clean and
Efficient Energy Technologies within the Asia-Pacific Partnership on
Clean Development and Climate Program Office, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Clean Energy
Development Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Asia-pacific partnership; partnership.--The terms
``Asia-Pacific Partnership'' and ``Partnership'' mean the Asia-
Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (or any
successor thereto).
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the
Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee
on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Natural
Resources, and the Select Committee on Energy
Independence and Global Warming of the House of
Representatives.
(3) Clean and efficient energy technologies.--The term
``clean and efficient energy technology'' means an energy
supply or end-use technology that, compared to a similar
technology already in widespread commercial use in a country,
will--
(A) reduce emissions of greenhouse gases;
(B) increase efficiency of energy production,
transmission, distribution, or end-use; or
(C) decrease intensity of energy usage.
(4) Greenhouse gas.--The term ``greenhouse gas'' means--
(A) carbon dioxide;
(B) methane;
(C) nitrous oxide;
(D) hydrofluorocarbons;
(E) perfluorocarbons; or
(F) sulfur hexafluoride.
(5) Partnership task forces.--The term ``Partnership Task
Forces'' means the task forces established under the Asia-
Pacific Partnership.
(6) Program office.--The term ``Program Office'' means the
Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
Program Office of the Department of State (or any successor
thereto).
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION COMMITTEE ON
CLEAN AND EFFICIENT ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) In General.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary of State shall establish
a Development and Commercialization Committee on Clean and
Efficient Energy Technologies (in this Act referred to as the
``Committee'') within the Program Office.
(2) Composition.--The Committee established pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall be comprised of--
(A) technical and policy experts from each of the
Partnership Task Forces; and
(B) experts from--
(i) the Department of State;
(ii) the Department of Energy;
(iii) the Department of Commerce;
(iv) the Department of the Treasury;
(v) the Environmental Protection Agency;
(vi) the United States Agency for
International Development;
(vii) the United States Trade and
Development Agency;
(viii) the Office of Science and Technology
Policy;
(ix) the Council on Environmental Quality;
and
(x) other Federal departments and agencies,
as the Secretary of State determines necessary.
(3) Chairperson.--The Secretary of State shall designate a
Chairperson or co-Chairpersons of the Committee from among
employees of the Department of State.
(4) Duties.--The Committee shall--
(A) review and evaluate available sources of
information on clean and efficient energy technologies,
including any action plans developed by the
Partnership;
(B) identify and prioritize projects with respect
to the development and commercialization of clean and
efficient energy technologies by the Partnership;
(C) plan and carry out projects described in
subparagraph (B) through established protocols of the
Program Office and the Partnership;
(D) in carrying out such projects, require that a
share of the cost of each such project, to be
determined by the Secretary of State, be paid by
project participants; and
(E) report regularly to the appropriate
congressional committees on the progress and projects
of the Committee with respect to the development and
commercialization of clean and efficient energy
technologies.
(b) Strategy.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a report that
details a strategy to--
(A) facilitate collaboration among the national
laboratories, educational institutions, private
sectors, local and national policymakers, and other
technical and policy experts of the members of the
Partnership with respect to developing and
commercializing clean and efficient energy
technologies;
(B) develop and commercialize clean and efficient
energy technologies, particularly through projects
identified under subsection (a)(4)(B) related to
renewable energy and distributed generation, power
generation and transmission, or cleaner fossil energy;
(C) develop the capacity of members of the
Partnership to accept and utilize clean and efficient
energy technologies, particularly such technologies
developed or commercialized through projects described
in subparagraph (B);
(D) encourage the utilization of clean and
efficient energy technologies developed or
commercialized through projects described in
subparagraph (B) in, and the transfer of such
technologies to, countries that are not members of the
Partnership; and
(E) continue to require that project participants
match funding provided by the United States dollar-for-
dollar in order to increase the value of the projects
for participants and for taxpayers in the United
States.
SEC. 4. REPORT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the establishment of
the Committee under section 3(a)(1), and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of State shall transmit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on the implementation of this Act during the
preceding year.
(b) Contents.--The report required under subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) A description of the results of projects and activities
carried out under this Act, including a description of--
(A) the actions taken by the Committee to carry out
the duties required under section 3(a)(4);
(B) the review and evaluation of sources of
information on clean and efficient energy technologies
required under section 3(a)(4)(A); and
(C) the actions taken by the Committee to advance
projects identified as priorities under section
3(a)(4)(B).
(2) An identification and description of priorities for
promoting the development and commercialization of clean and
efficient energy technologies and strategies for promoting such
technologies within the countries that are members of the Asia-
Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, taking
into account the economic and security interests of the United
States.
(3) An assessment of the integration of representatives of
the private sector and other interested groups in the
development and commercialization of clean and efficient energy
technologies.
(4) Recommendations for the heads of appropriate Federal
departments and agencies with respect to methods to streamline
Federal programs and policies to improve the role of those
Federal departments and agencies in the development and
commercialization of clean and efficient energy technologies on
an international basis.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State
to carry out this Act $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010
through 2014.
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