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42 U.S.C. § 17115 — Future of industry program
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Eligible entity** — The term “eligible entity” means—
(A) an energy-intensive industry;
(B) a national trade association representing an energy-intensive industry; or
(C) a person acting on behalf of 1 or more energy-intensive industries or sectors, as determined by the Secretary.
(2) **Energy-intensive industry** — The term “energy-intensive industry” means an industry that uses significant quantities of energy as part of its primary economic activities, including—
(A) information technology, including data centers containing electrical equipment used in processing, storing, and transmitting digital information;
(B) consumer product manufacturing;
(C) food processing;
(D) materials manufacturers, including—
(i) aluminum;
(ii) chemicals;
(iii) forest and paper products;
(iv) metal casting;
(v) glass;
(vi) petroleum refining;
(vii) mining; and
(viii) steel;
(E) water and wastewater treatment facilities, including systems that treat municipal, industrial, and agricultural waste; and
(F) other energy-intensive industries, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Feedstock** — The term “feedstock” means the raw material supplied for use in manufacturing, chemical, and biological processes.
(4) **Partnership** — The term “partnership” means an energy efficiency partnership established under subsection (c)(1)(A).
(5) **Program** — The term “program” means the energy-intensive industries program established under subsection (b).
**(b) Establishment of program** The Secretary shall establish a program under which the Secretary, in cooperation with energy-intensive industries and national industry trade associations representing the energy-intensive industries, shall
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Eligible entity** — The term “eligible entity” means—
(A) an energy-intensive industry;
(B) a national trade association representing an energy-intensive industry; or
(C) a person acting on behalf of 1 or more energy-intensive industries or sectors, as determined by the Secretary.
(2) **Energy-intensive industry** — The term “energy-intensive industry” means an industry that uses significant quantities of energy as part of its primary economic activities, including—
(A) information technology, including data centers containing electrical equipment used in processing, storing, and transmitting digital information;
(B) consumer product manufacturing;
(C) food processing;
(D) materials manufacturers, including—
(i) aluminum;
(ii) chemicals;
(iii) forest and paper products;
(iv) metal casting;
(v) glass;
(vi) petroleum refining;
(vii) mining; and
(viii) steel;
(E) water and wastewater treatment facilities, including systems that treat municipal, industrial, and agricultural waste; and
(F) other energy-intensive industries, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Feedstock** — The term “feedstock” means the raw material supplied for use in manufacturing, chemical, and biological processes.
(4) **Partnership** — The term “partnership” means an energy efficiency partnership established under subsection (c)(1)(A).
(5) **Program** — The term “program” means the energy-intensive industries program established under subsection (b).
**(b) Establishment of program** The Secretary shall establish a program under which the Secretary, in cooperation with energy-intensive industries and national industry trade associations representing the energy-intensive industries, shall support, research, develop, and promote the use of new materials processes, technologies, and techniques to optimize energy efficiency and the economic competitiveness of the United States’ industrial and commercial sectors.
**(c) Partnerships**
(1) **In general** — As part of the program, the Secretary shall establish energy efficiency partnerships between the Secretary and eligible entities to conduct research on, develop, and demonstrate new processes, technologies, and operating practices and techniques to significantly improve the energy efficiency of equipment and processes used by energy-intensive industries, including the conduct of activities to—
(A) increase the energy efficiency of industrial processes and facilities;
(B) research, develop, and demonstrate advanced technologies capable of energy intensity reductions and increased environmental performance; and
(C) promote the use of the processes, technologies, and techniques described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(2) **Eligible activities** — Partnership activities eligible for funding under this subsection include—
(A) feedstock and recycling research, development, and demonstration activities to identify and promote—
(i) opportunities for meeting industry feedstock requirements with more energy efficient and flexible sources of feedstock or energy supply;
(ii) strategies to develop and deploy technologies that improve the quality and quantity of feedstocks recovered from process and waste streams; and
(iii) other methods using recycling, reuse, and improved industrial materials;
(B) research to develop and demonstrate technologies and processes that utilize alternative energy sources to supply heat, power, and new feedstocks for energy-intensive industries;
(C) research to achieve energy efficiency in steam, power, control system, and process heat technologies, and in other manufacturing processes; and
(D) industrial and commercial energy efficiency and sustainability assessments to—
(i) assist individual industrial and commercial sectors in developing tools, techniques, and methodologies to assess—
(I) the unique processes and facilities of the sectors;
(II) the energy utilization requirements of the sectors; and
(III) the application of new, more energy efficient technologies; and
(ii) conduct energy savings assessments;
(E) the incorporation of technologies and innovations that would significantly improve the energy efficiency and utilization of energy-intensive commercial applications; and
(F) any other activities that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
(3) **Proposals**
(A) *In general* — To be eligible for funding under this subsection, a partnership shall submit to the Secretary a proposal that describes the proposed research, development, or demonstration activity to be conducted by the partnership.
(B) *Review* — After reviewing the scientific, technical, and commercial merit of a proposals 11 So in original. submitted under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall approve or disapprove the proposal.
(C) *Competitive awards* — The provision of funding under this subsection shall be on a competitive basis.
(4) **Cost-sharing requirement** — In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall require cost sharing in accordance with [section 16352 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section16352&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Grants** The Secretary may award competitive grants for innovative technology research, development and demonstrations to universities, individual inventors, and small companies, based on energy savings potential, commercial viability, and technical merit.
**(e) Authorization of appropriations**
(1) **In general** — There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section—
(A) $184,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(B) $190,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
(C) $196,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
(D) $202,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
(E) $208,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and
(F) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter.
(2) **Partnership activities** — Of the amounts made available under paragraph (1), not less than 50 percent shall be used to pay the Federal share of partnership activities under subsection (c).
(3) **Coordination and nonduplication** — The Secretary shall coordinate efforts under this section with other programs of the Department and other Federal agencies to avoid duplication of effort.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Additional services** — The term “additional services” means the provision of supplementary power, backup or standby power, maintenance power, or interruptible power to an electric consumer by an electric utility.
(2) **Waste heat to power system** — The term “waste heat to power system” means a system that generates electricity through the recovery of waste energy.
(3) **Other terms**
(A) *Purpa* — The terms “electric consumer”, “electric utility”, “interconnection service”, “nonregulated electric utility”, and “State regulatory authority” have the meanings given those terms in the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ([16 U.S.C. 2601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), within the meaning of title I of that Act ([16 U.S.C. 2611](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2611&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(B) *EPCA* — The terms “combined heat and power system” and “waste energy” have the meanings given those terms in [section 6341 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6341&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Review**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 180 days after November 15, 2021, the Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other appropriate entities, shall review existing rules and procedures relating to interconnection service and additional services throughout the United States for electric generation with nameplate capacity up to 150 megawatts connecting at either distribution or transmission voltage levels to identify barriers to the deployment of combined heat and power systems and waste heat to power s
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**(a) In general** To the maximum extent practicable, the Architect of the Capitol shall include energy efficiency and conservation measures, greenhouse gas emission reduction measures, and other appropriate environmental measures in the Capitol Complex Master Plan.
**(b) Report** Not later than 6 months after December 19, 2007, the Architect of the Capitol shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, a report on the energy efficiency and conservation measures, greenhouse gas emission reduction measures, and other appropriate environmental measures included in the Capitol Complex Master Plan pursuant to subsection (a).
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**(a) In general** The Secretary is authorized to establish a Science and Technology Scholarship Program to award scholarships to individuals that is designed to recruit and prepare students for careers in the Department and National Laboratories.
**(b) Service requirement** The Secretary may require that an individual receiving a scholarship under this section serve as a full-time employee of the Department or a National Laboratory for a fixed period in return for receiving the scholarship.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Director** — The term “Director” means the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
(2) **Eligible entity** — The term “eligible entity” means—
(A) a scientist or other individual with knowledge and expertise in emissions reduction;
(B) an institution of higher education;
(C) a nongovernmental organization;
(D) a National Laboratory;
(E) a private entity; and
(F) a partnership or consortium of 2 or more entities described in subparagraphs (B) through (E).
(3) **Emissions reduction**
(A) *In general* — The term “emissions reduction” means the reduction, to the maximum extent practicable, of net nonwater greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere by energy services and industrial processes.
(B) *Exclusion* — The term “emissions reduction” does not include the elimination of carbon embodied in the principal products of industrial manufacturing.
(4) **Program** — The term “program” means the program established under subsection (b)(1).
(5) **Critical material or mineral** — The term “critical material or mineral” means a material or mineral that serves an essential function in the manufacturing of a product and has a high risk of a supply disruption, such that a shortage of such a material or mineral would have significant consequences for United States economic or national security.
**(b) Industrial emissions reduction technology development program**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 1 year after December 27, 2020, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, the heads of relevant Federal agencies, National Laboratories, industry, and institutions of higher education, shall establish a crosscutting industrial emissions reduction technology development program of research, deve
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(J) an assessment of the extent to which
progress has been made under the program
in developing commercial, cost-competitive
technologies in each focus area described in
section 17113(c) of this title; and
(K) an assessment of the effectiveness of
the program in coordinating efforts within
the Department and with other Federal
agencies to achieve the purposes of the pro-
gram.
(g) Report to Congress
Not later than 60 days after receiving a report
from the Committee under subsection (f), the
Secretary shall submit a copy of that report to
the Committees on Appropriations and Science,
Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committees on Appropriations
and Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate, and any other relevant Committee of Con-
gress.
(h) Applicability of Federal Advisory Committee
Act
Except as otherwise provided in this section,
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.) 3 shall apply to the Committee.
(Pub. L. 110–140, title IV, § 455, as added Pub. L.
116–260, div. Z, title VI, § 6004(a), Dec. 27, 2020, 134
Stat. 2556.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in
subsec. (h), is Pub. L. 92–463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770,
which was set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Govern-
ment Organization and Employees, and was substan-
tially repealed and restated in chapter 10 (§ 1001 et seq.)
of Title 5 by Pub. L. 117–286, §§ 3(a), 7, Dec. 27, 2022, 136
Stat. 4197, 4361. For disposition of sections of the Act
into chapter 10 of Title 5, see Disposition Table pre-
ceding section 101 of Title 5.
§ 17115. Technical assistance program to imple-
ment indust
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