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108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2967
To provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry Research and
Development Program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 8, 2004
Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mr. Rockefeller) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry Research and
Development Program, 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 ``Green Chemistry Research and
Development Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Green chemistry.--The term ``green chemistry'' means
chemistry and chemical engineering to design chemical products
and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of
hazardous substances.
(2) Interagency working group.--The term ``Interagency
Working Group'' means the interagency working group established
under section 3(c).
(3) Program.--The term ``Program'' means the Green
Chemistry Research and Development Program described in section
3.
SEC. 3. GREEN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The President shall establish a Green Chemistry
Research and Development Program to promote and coordinate Federal
green chemistry research, development, demonstration, education, and
technology transfer activities.
(b) Program Activities.--The activities of the Program shall be
designed to--
(1) provide sustained support for green chemistry research,
development, demonstration, education, and technology transfer
through--
(A) merit-reviewed competitive grants to individual
investigators and teams of investigators, including, to
the extent practicable, young investigators, for
research and development;
(B) merit-reviewed competitive grants to fund
collaborative university-industry research and
development partnerships;
(C) green chemistry research, development,
demonstration, and technology transfer conducted at
Federal laboratories; and
(D) to the extent practicable, encouragement of
consideration of green chemistry in--
(i) the conduct of Federal chemical science
and engineering research and development; and
(ii) the solicitation and evaluation of all
proposals for chemical science and engineering
research and development;
(2) examine methods by which the Federal Government can
create incentives for consideration and use of green chemistry
processes and products;
(3) facilitate the adoption of green chemistry innovations;
(4) expand education and training of undergraduate and
graduate students in green chemistry science and engineering;
(5) collect and disseminate information on green chemistry
research, development, and technology transfer, including
information on--
(A) incentives and impediments to development and
commercialization;
(B) accomplishments;
(C) best practices; and
(D) costs and benefits; and
(6) provide venues for outreach and dissemination of green
chemistry advances such as symposia, forums, conferences, and
written materials in collaboration with, as appropriate,
industry, academia, scientific and professional societies, and
other relevant groups.
(c) Interagency Working Group.--The President shall establish an
Interagency Working Group, which shall include representatives from the
National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection
Agency, and any other agency that the President may designate. The
Director of the National Science Foundation and the Assistant
Administrator for Research and Development of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall serve as co-chairs of the Interagency Working
Group. The Interagency Working Group shall oversee the planning,
management, and coordination of the Program. The Interagency Working
Group shall--
(1) establish goals and priorities for the Program, to the
extent practicable in consultation with green chemistry
researchers and potential end-users of green chemistry products
and processes; and
(2) provide for interagency coordination, including budget
coordination, of activities under the Program.
(d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Interagency Working Group shall transmit a
report to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
The report shall include--
(1) a summary of federally funded green chemistry research,
development, demonstration, education, and technology transfer
activities, including the green chemistry budget for each of
these activities; and
(2) an analysis of the progress made toward achieving the
goals and priorities for the Program, and recommendations for
future program activities.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) National Science Foundation.--From sums otherwise authorized to
be appropriated, there are authorized to be appropriated to the
National Science Foundation for carrying out this Act--
(1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(2) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
(b) National Institute of Standards and Technology.--From sums
otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there are authorized to be
appropriated to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for
carrying out this Act--
(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(2) $5,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(3) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
(c) Department of Energy.--From sums otherwise authorized to be
appropriated, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Department
of Energy for carrying out this Act--
(1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(2) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
(d) Environmental Protection Agency.--From sums otherwise
authorized to be appropriated, there are authorized to be appropriated
to the Environmental Protection Agency for carrying out this Act--
(1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(2) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
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