Worldwide Wind Turbine Act

Worldwide Wind Turbine Act

This bill authorizes the U.S. Agency for International Development to accept or purchase, use, and dispose of used property (e.g., pieces of a wind turbine) for the planning and implementation of wind energy programs as appropriate and consistent with country needs and the agency's Country Development Cooperation Strategy.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8784 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8784

  To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the United 
States Agency for International Development to accept or purchase used 
property for planning and implementation of wind energy programs under 
                               that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2020

  Mr. Curtis (for himself and Mr. Phillips) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the United 
States Agency for International Development to accept or purchase used 
property for planning and implementation of wind energy programs under 
                               that Act.

    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 ``Worldwide Wind Turbine Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Eighty-five to 90 percent of a wind turbine is 
        recyclable, and is done so economically. However, some pieces 
        of the turbine, notably the blade, do not have economical 
        recycling options in the United States.
            (2) These blades are often made out of either glass or 
        carbon fiber and held together with a series of resins and 
        polymers.
            (3) These blades are built to last for decades and 
        withstand the harshest conditions, making their strength their 
        weakness for recyclability.
            (4) Currently, these blades are landfilled at a low cost 
        and because they are an inert product, can safely be stored for 
        long periods of time without contaminating local soil or 
        aquifers.
            (5) These blades often have useful life left and can be 
        used on a new turbine, potentially lowering costs on other 
        projects or enabling projects that may not otherwise have been 
        carried out.

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY OF UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
              TO ACCEPT OR PURCHASE USED PROPERTY FOR PLANNING AND 
              IMPLEMENTATION OF WIND ENERGY PROGRAMS.

    Section 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151d) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Authority To Accept or Purchase Used Property.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator of the United States 
        Agency for International Development is authorized to accept as 
        donation or purchase, use, and dispose of used property for the 
        planning and implementation of wind energy programs under this 
        chapter as appropriate and consistent with country needs and 
        the Agency's Country Development Cooperation Strategy. In the 
        case of donation of used property described in this paragraph, 
        the Administrator shall require the donor to provide the 
        Administrator with information on the age and origins of the 
        used property.
            ``(2) Consideration and approval of applications.--The 
        Administrator shall establish a process to--
                    ``(A) consider applications submitted to the 
                Administrator for the donation of used property 
                described in paragraph (1); and
                    ``(B) approve any such application if the 
                Administrator determines that it meets the requirements 
                described in paragraph (1).''.
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