42 U.S.C. § 13389 : US Code - Section 13389: Greenhouse gas intensity reducing strategies

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(a) Definitions
In this section:
(1) Advisory Committee
The term "Advisory Committee" means the Climate Change
Technology Advisory Committee established under subsection (f)(1)
of this section.
(2) Carbon sequestration
The term "carbon sequestration" means the capture of carbon
dioxide through terrestrial, geological, biological, or other
means, which prevents the release of carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere.
(3) Committee
The term "Committee" means the Committee on Climate Change
Technology established under subsection (b)(1) of this section.
(4) Developing country
The term "developing country" has the meaning given the term in
section 13387(m) of this title.
(5) Greenhouse gas
The term "greenhouse gas" means -
(A) carbon dioxide;
(B) methane;
(C) nitrous oxide;
(D) hydrofluorocarbons;
(E) perfluorocarbons; and
(F) sulfur hexafluoride.
(6) Greenhouse gas intensity
The term "greenhouse gas intensity" means the ratio of
greenhouse gas emissions to economic output.
(7) National Laboratory
The term "National Laboratory" has the meaning given the term
in section 15801(3) (!1) of this title.
(b) Committee on Climate Change Technology
(1) In general
Not later than 180 days after August 8, 2005, the President
shall establish a Committee on Climate Change Technology to -
(A) integrate current Federal climate reports; and
(B) coordinate Federal climate change technology activities
and programs carried out in furtherance of the strategy
developed under subsection (c)(1) of this section.
(2) Membership
The Committee shall be composed of at least 7 members,
including -
(A) the Secretary, who shall chair the Committee;
(B) the Secretary of Commerce;
(C) the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality;
(D) the Secretary of Agriculture;
(E) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;
(F) the Secretary of Transportation;
(G) the Director of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy; and
(H) other representatives as may be determined by the
President.
(3) Staff
The members of the Committee shall provide such personnel as
are necessary to enable the Committee to perform its duties.
(c) National climate change technology policy
(1) In general
Not later than 18 months after August 8, 2005, the Committee
shall, based on applicable Federal climate reports, submit to the
Secretary and the President a national strategy to promote the
deployment and commercialization of greenhouse gas intensity
reducing technologies and practices developed through research
and development programs conducted by the National Laboratories,
other Federal research facilities, institutions of higher
education, and the private sector.
(2) Updates
The Committee shall -
(A) at the time of submission of the strategy to the
President under paragraph (1), also make the strategy available
to the public; and
(B) update the strategy every 5 years, or more frequently as
the Committee determines to be necessary.
(d) Climate Change Technology Program
Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Committee is
established under subsection (b)(1) of this section, the Secretary,
in consultation with the Committee, shall establish within the
Department of Energy the Climate Change Technology Program to -
(1) assist the Committee in the interagency coordination of
climate change technology research, development, demonstration,
and deployment to reduce greenhouse gas intensity; and
(2) carry out the programs authorized under this section.
(e) Technology inventory
(1) In general
The Secretary shall conduct and make public an inventory and
evaluation of greenhouse gas intensity reducing technologies that
have been developed, or are under development, by the National
Laboratories, other Federal research facilities, institutions of
higher education, and the private sector to determine which
technologies are suitable for commercialization and deployment.
(2) Report
Not later than 180 days after the completion of the inventory
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a
report that includes the results of the completed inventory and
any recommendations of the Secretary.
(3) Use
The Secretary shall use the results of the inventory as
guidance in the commercialization and deployment of greenhouse
gas intensity reducing technologies.
(4) Updated inventory
The Secretary shall -
(A) periodically update the inventory under paragraph (1),
including when determined necessary by the Committee; and
(B) make the updated inventory available to the public.
(f) Climate Change Technology Advisory Committee
(1) In general
The Secretary, in consultation with the Committee, may
establish under section 7234 of this title a Climate Change
Technology Advisory Committee to identify statutory, regulatory,
economic, and other barriers to the commercialization and
deployment of greenhouse gas intensity reducing technologies and
practices in the United States.
(2) Composition
The Advisory Committee shall be composed of the following
members, to be appointed by the Secretary, in consultation with
the Committee:
(A) 1 representative shall be appointed from each National
Laboratory.
(B) 3 members shall be representatives of energy-producing
trade organizations.
(C) 3 members shall represent energy-intensive trade
organizations.
(D) 3 members shall represent groups that represent end-use
energy and other consumers.
(E) 3 members shall be employees of the Federal Government
who are experts in energy technology, intellectual property,
and tax.
(F) 3 members shall be representatives of institutions of
higher education with expertise in energy technology
development that are recommended by the National Academy of
Engineering.
(3) Report
Not later than 1 year after August 8, 2005, and annually
thereafter, the Advisory Committee shall submit to the Committee
a report that describes -
(A) the findings of the Advisory Committee; and
(B) any recommendations of the Advisory Committee for the
removal or reduction of barriers to commercialization,
deployment, and increasing the use of greenhouse gas intensity
reducing technologies and practices.
(g) Greenhouse gas intensity reducing technology deployment
(1) In general
Based on the strategy developed under subsection (c)(1) of this
section, the technology inventory conducted under subsection
(e)(1) of this section, the greenhouse gas intensity reducing
technology study report submitted under subsection (e)(2) of this
section, and reports under subsection (f)(3) of this section, if
any, the Committee shall develop recommendations that would
provide for the removal of domestic barriers to the
commercialization and deployment of greenhouse gas intensity
reducing technologies and practices.
(2) Requirements
In developing the recommendations under paragraph (1), the
Committee shall consider in the aggregate -
(A) the cost-effectiveness of the technology;
(B) fiscal and regulatory barriers;
(C) statutory and other barriers; and
(D) intellectual property issues.
(3) Demonstration projects
In developing recommendations under paragraph (1), the
Committee may identify the need for climate change technology
demonstration projects.
(4) Report
Not later than 18 months after August 8, 2005, the Committee
shall submit to the President and Congress a report that -
(A) identifies, based on the report submitted under
subsection (f)(3) of this section, any barriers to, and
commercial risks associated with, the deployment of greenhouse
gas intensity reducing technologies; and
(B) includes a plan for carrying out demonstration projects.
(5) Updates
The Committee shall -
(A) at the time of submission of the report to Congress under
paragraph (4), also make the report available to the public;
and
(B) update the report every 5 years, or more frequently as
the Committee determines to be necessary.
(h) Procedures for calculating, monitoring, and analyzing
greenhouse gas intensity
The Secretary, in collaboration with the Committee and the
National Institute of Standards and Technology, and after public
notice and opportunity for comment, shall develop standards and
best practices for calculating, monitoring, and analyzing
greenhouse gas intensity.
(i) Demonstration projects
(1) In general
The Secretary shall, subject to the availability of
appropriations, support demonstration projects that -
(A) increase the reduction of the greenhouse gas intensity to
levels below that which would be achieved by technologies being
used in the United States as of August 8, 2005;
(B) maximize the potential return on Federal investment;
(C) demonstrate distinct roles in public-private
partnerships;
(D) produce a large-scale reduction of greenhouse gas
intensity if commercialization occurred; and
(E) support a diversified portfolio to mitigate the
uncertainty associated with a single technology.
(2) Cost sharing
In supporting a demonstration project under this subsection,
the Secretary shall require cost-sharing in accordance with
section 16352 of this title.
(3) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are
necessary to carry out this subsection.
(j) Cooperative research and development agreements
In carrying out greenhouse gas intensity reduction research and
technology deployment activities under this subtitle,(!2) the
Secretary may enter into cooperative research and development
agreements under section 3710a of title 15.