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42 U.S.C. § 16353 — Western Hemisphere energy cooperation
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**(a) Program** The Secretary shall carry out a program to promote cooperation on energy issues with countries of the Western Hemisphere.
**(b) Activities** Under the program, the Secretary shall fund activities to work with countries of the Western Hemisphere to—
(1) increase the production of energy supplies;
(2) improve energy efficiency; and
(3) assist in the development and transfer of energy supply and efficiency technologies that would have a beneficial impact on world energy markets.
**(c) Participation by institutions of higher education** To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall carry out the program under this section with the participation of institutions of higher education so as to take advantage of the acceptance of institutions of higher education by countries of the Western Hemisphere as sources of unbiased technical and policy expertise when assisting the Secretary in—
(1) evaluating new technologies;
(2) resolving technical issues;
(3) working with those countries in the development of new policies; and
(4) training policymakers, particularly in the case of institutions of higher education that involve the participation of minority students, such as—
(A) Hispanic-serving institutions; and
(B) part B institutions.
**(d) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—
(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(2) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(3) $16,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
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**(a) Program** The Secretary shall carry out a program to promote cooperation on energy issues with countries of the Western Hemisphere.
**(b) Activities** Under the program, the Secretary shall fund activities to work with countries of the Western Hemisphere to—
(1) increase the production of energy supplies;
(2) improve energy efficiency; and
(3) assist in the development and transfer of energy supply and efficiency technologies that would have a beneficial impact on world energy markets.
**(c) Participation by institutions of higher education** To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall carry out the program under this section with the participation of institutions of higher education so as to take advantage of the acceptance of institutions of higher education by countries of the Western Hemisphere as sources of unbiased technical and policy expertise when assisting the Secretary in—
(1) evaluating new technologies;
(2) resolving technical issues;
(3) working with those countries in the development of new policies; and
(4) training policymakers, particularly in the case of institutions of higher education that involve the participation of minority students, such as—
(A) Hispanic-serving institutions; and
(B) part B institutions.
**(d) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—
(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(2) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(3) $16,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Large-scale carbon sequestration** — The term “large-scale carbon sequestration” means a scale that—
(A) demonstrates the ability to inject into geologic formations and sequester carbon dioxide; and
(B) has a goal of sequestering not less than 50 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.
(2) **Program** — The term “program” means the program established under subsection (b)(1).
**(b) Carbon storage program**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall establish a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercialization for carbon storage.
(2) **Program activities** — Activities under the program shall include—
(A) in coordination with relevant Federal agencies, developing and maintaining mapping tools and resources that assess the capacity of geologic storage formation in the United States;
(B) developing monitoring tools, modeling of geologic formations, and analyses—
(i) to predict carbon dioxide containment; and
(ii) to account for sequestered carbon dioxide in geologic storage sites;
(C) researching—
(i) potential environmental, safety, and health impacts in the event of a leak into the atmosphere or to an aquifer; and
(ii) any corresponding mitigation actions or responses to limit harmful consequences of such a leak;
(D) evaluating the interactions of carbon dioxide with formation solids and fluids, including the propensity of injections to induce seismic activity;
(E) assessing and ensuring the safety of operations relating to geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide;
(F) determining the fate of carbon dioxide concurrent with and following injection into geologic formations;
(G) supporting cost and business model assessments to examine the economic viability of t
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**(a) Short title** This section may be cited as the “United States Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007”.
**(b) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Council** — The term “Council” means the Energy Storage Advisory Council established under subsection (e).
(2) **Compressed air energy storage** — The term “compressed air energy storage” means, in the case of an electricity grid application, the storage of energy through the compression of air.
(3) **Electric drive vehicle** — The term “electric drive vehicle” means—
(A) a vehicle that uses an electric motor for all or part of the motive power of the vehicle, including battery electric, hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric, fuel cell, and plug-in fuel cell vehicles and rail transportation vehicles; or
(B) mobile equipment that uses an electric motor to replace an internal combustion engine for all or part of the work of the equipment.
(4) **Islanding** — The term “islanding” means a distributed generator or energy storage device continuing to power a location in the absence of electric power from the primary source.
(5) **Flywheel** — The term “flywheel” means, in the case of an electricity grid application, a device used to store rotational kinetic energy.
(6) **Microgrid** — The term “microgrid” means an integrated energy system consisting of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources (including generators and energy storage devices), which as an integrated system can operate in parallel with the utility grid or in an intentional islanding mode.
(7) **Self-healing grid** — The term “self-healing grid” means a grid that is capable of automatically anticipating and responding to power system disturbances (including the isolation of failed sections and components), while optimizing the pe
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Advanced nuclear reactor** — The term “advanced nuclear reactor” has the meaning given the term in [section 16271(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section16271/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Eligible entity** — The term “eligible entity” means each of—
(A) a State;
(B) an Indian Tribe (as defined in [section 5304 of title 25](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5304&num=0&edition=prelim));
(C) a Tribal organization (as defined in [section 5304 of title 25](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5304&num=0&edition=prelim));
(D) a unit of local government;
(E) an electric utility (as defined in [section 796 of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section796&num=0&edition=prelim));
(F) a National Laboratory (as defined in [section 15801 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section15801&num=0&edition=prelim));
(G) an institution of higher education (as defined in [section 1001(a) of title 20](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1001/a&num=0&edition=prelim)); and
(H) a private entity specializing in—
(i) advanced nuclear technology development;
(ii) nuclear supply chains; or
(iii) with respect to nuclear technologies and nonelectric applications of nuclear technologies, construction, project financing, contract structuring and risk allocation, or regulatory and licensing processes.
(3) **Program** — The term “program” means the program established under subsection (b)(1).
(4) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 16354
(1) a cooperative research and development
agreement under the Stevenson-Wydler Tech-
nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701 et
seq.);
(2) a fee charged for the use of a Department
facility; or
(3) an award under—
(A) the small business innovation research
program under section 638 of title 15; or
(B) the small business technology transfer
program under that section.
(Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 988, Aug. 8, 2005, 119
Stat. 910; Pub. L. 115–246, title I, § 108(a), Sept.
28, 2018, 132 Stat. 3134; Pub. L. 117–167, div. B,
title VI, § 10725(a), Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1709.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of
1980, referred to in subsec. (f)(1), is Pub. L. 96–480, Oct.
21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2311, which is classified generally to
chapter 63 (§ 3701 et seq.) of Title 15, Commerce and
Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3701 of
Title 15 and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
2022—Subsec. (b)(4)(B). Pub. L. 117–167 substituted
‘‘August 9, 2022’’ for ‘‘September 28, 2018’’.
2018—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–246, § 108(a)(1), sub-
stituted ‘‘Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and
(4)’’ for ‘‘Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3)’’.
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 115–246, § 108(a)(2), added par.
(4).
§ 16353. Merit review of proposals
(a) Awards
Awards of funds authorized under this Act or
an amendment made by this Act shall be made
only after an impartial review of the scientific
and technical merit of the proposals for the
awards has been carried out by or for the De-
partment.
(b) Competition
Competitive awards under this Act shall in-
volve competitions open to all qualified
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