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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1270 

To provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry Research and 

Development Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 20, 2005 

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 

A BILL 

To provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry 

Research and Development Program, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Green Chemistry Re5 search and Development Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act— 

8 (1) the term ‘‘green chemistry’’ means chem9 istry and chemical engineering to design chemical 

10 products and processes that reduce or eliminate the 
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1 use or generation of hazardous substances while pro2 ducing high quality products through safe and effi3 cient manufacturing processes; 

4 (2) the term ‘‘Interagency Working Group’’ 

5 means the interagency working group established 

6 under section 3(c); and 

7 (3) the term ‘‘Program’’ means the Green 

8 Chemistry Research and Development Program de9 scribed in section 3. 

10 SEC. 3. GREEN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

11 PROGRAM. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish a 

13 Green Chemistry Research and Development Program to 

14 promote and coordinate Federal green chemistry research, 

15 development, demonstration, education, and technology 

16 transfer activities. 

17 (b) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—The activities of the Pro18 gram shall be designed to— 

19 (1) provide sustained support for green chem20 istry research, development, demonstration, edu21 cation, and technology transfer through— 

22 (A) merit-reviewed competitive grants to 

23 individual investigators and teams of investiga24 tors, including, to the extent practicable, young 

25 investigators, for research and development; 
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1 (B) grants to fund collaborative research 

2 and development partnerships among univer3 sities, industry, and nonprofit organizations; 

4 (C) green chemistry research, development, 

5 demonstration, and technology transfer con6 ducted at Federal laboratories; and 

7 (D) to the extent practicable, encourage8 ment of consideration of green chemistry in— 

9 (i) the conduct of Federal chemical 

10 science and engineering research and de11 velopment; and 

12 (ii) the solicitation and evaluation of 

13 all proposals for chemical science and engi14 neering research and development; 

15 (2) examine methods by which the Federal Gov16 ernment can create incentives for consideration and 

17 use of green chemistry processes and products; 

18 (3) facilitate the adoption of green chemistry 

19 innovations; 

20 (4) expand education and training of under21 graduate and graduate students, and professional 

22 chemists and chemical engineers, including through 

23 partnerships with industry, in green chemistry 

24 science and engineering; 
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1 (5) collect and disseminate information on 

2 green chemistry research, development, and tech3 nology transfer, including information on— 

4 (A) incentives and impediments to develop5 ment and commercialization; 

6 (B) accomplishments; 

7 (C) best practices; and 

8 (D) costs and benefits; 

9 (6) provide venues for outreach and dissemina10 tion of green chemistry advances such as symposia, 

11 forums, conferences, and written materials in col12 laboration with, as appropriate, industry, academia, 

13 scientific and professional societies, and other rel14 evant groups; 

15 (7) support economic, legal, and other appro16 priate social science research to identify barriers to 

17 commercialization and methods to advance commer18 cialization of green chemistry; and 

19 (8) provide for public input and outreach to be 

20 integrated into the Program by the convening of 

21 public discussions, through mechanisms such as cit22 izen panels, consensus conferences, and educational 

23 events, as appropriate. 

24 (c) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—The President 

25 shall establish an Interagency Working Group, which shall 
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1 include representatives from the National Science Founda2 tion, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 

3 the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection 

4 Agency, and any other agency that the President may des5 ignate. The Director of the National Science Foundation 

6 and the Assistant Administrator for Research and Devel7 opment of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 

8 serve as co-chairs of the Interagency Working Group. The 

9 Interagency Working Group shall oversee the planning, 

10 management, and coordination of the Program. The Inter11 agency Working Group shall— 

12 (1) establish goals and priorities for the Pro13 gram, to the extent practicable in consultation with 

14 green chemistry researchers and potential end-users 

15 of green chemistry products and processes; and 

16 (2) provide for interagency coordination, includ17 ing budget coordination, of activities under the Pro18 gram. 

19 (d) AGENCY BUDGET REQUESTS.—Each Federal 

20 agency and department participating in the Program 

21 shall, as part of its annual request for appropriations to 

22 the Office of Management and Budget, submit a report 

23 to the Office of Management and Budget which identifies 

24 its activities that contribute directly to the Program and 

25 states the portion of its request for appropriations that 
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1 is allocated to those activities. The President shall include 

2 in his annual budget request to Congress a statement of 

3 the portion of each agency’s or department’s annual budg4 et request allocated to its activities undertaken pursuant 

5 to the Program. 

6 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 

7 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Interagency 

8 Working Group shall transmit a report to the Committee 

9 on Science of the House of Representatives and the Com10 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

11 Senate. This report shall include— 

12 (1) a summary of federally funded green chem13 istry research, development, demonstration, edu14 cation, and technology transfer activities, including 

15 the green chemistry budget for each of these activi16 ties; and 

17 (2) an analysis of the progress made toward 

18 achieving the goals and priorities for the Program, 

19 and recommendations for future program activities. 

20 SEC. 4. MANUFACTURING EXTENSION CENTER GREEN SUP21 PLIERS NETWORK GRANT PROGRAM. 

22 Section 25(a) of the National Institute of Standards 

23 and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k(a)) is amended— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

25 (4); 
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1 (2) by striking the period at the end of para2 graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(6) the enabling of supply chain manufactur5 ers to continuously improve products and processes, 

6 increase energy efficiency, identify cost-saving oppor7 tunities, and optimize resources and technologies 

8 with the aim of reducing or eliminating the use or 

9 generation of hazardous substances.’’. 

10 SEC. 5. UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN CHEMISTRY AND 

11 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. 

12 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—(1) As part of the Pro13 gram activities under section 3(b)(4), the Director of the 

14 National Science Foundation shall carry out a program 

15 to award grants to institutions of higher education to sup16 port efforts by such institutions to revise their under17 graduate curriculum in chemistry and chemical engineer18 ing to incorporate green chemistry concepts and strate19 gies. 

20 (2) Grants shall be awarded under this section on a 

21 competitive, merit-reviewed basis and shall require cost 

22 sharing in cash from non-Federal sources, to match the 

23 Federal funding. 

24 (b) SELECTION PROCESS.—(1) An institution of 

25 higher education seeking funding under this section shall 
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1 submit an application to the Director at such time, in such 

2 manner, and containing such information as the Director 

3 may require. The application shall include at a min4 imum— 

5 (A) a description of the content and schedule 

6 for adoption of the proposed curricular revisions to 

7 the courses of study offered by the applicant in 

8 chemistry and chemical engineering; and 

9 (B) a description of the source and amount of 

10 cost sharing to be provided. 

11 (2) In evaluating the applications submitted under 

12 paragraph (1), the Director shall consider, at a min13 imum— 

14 (A) the level of commitment demonstrated by 

15 the applicant in carrying out and sustaining lasting 

16 curriculum changes in accordance with subsection 

17 (a)(1); and 

18 (B) the amount of cost sharing to be provided. 

19 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi20 tion to amounts authorized under section 8, from sums 

21 otherwise authorized to be appropriated by the National 

22 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002, there are 

23 authorized to be appropriated to the National Science 

24 Foundation for carrying out this section $7,000,000 for 
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1 fiscal year 2006, $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2007, and 

2 $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

3 SEC. 6. STUDY ON COMMERCIALIZATION OF GREEN CHEM4 ISTRY. 

5 (a) STUDY.—The Director of the National Science 

6 Foundation shall enter into an arrangement with the Na7 tional Research Council to conduct a study of the factors 

8 that constitute barriers to the successful commercial appli9 cation of promising results from green chemistry research 

10 and development. 

11 (b) CONTENTS.—The study shall— 

12 (1) examine successful and unsuccessful at13 tempts at commercialization of green chemistry in 

14 the United States and abroad; and 

15 (2) recommend research areas and priorities 

16 and public policy options that would help to over17 come identified barriers to commercialization. 

18 (c) REPORT.—The Director shall submit a report to 

19 the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor21 tation of the Senate on the findings and recommendations 

22 of the study within 18 months after the date of enactment 

23 of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 7. PARTNERSHIPS IN GREEN CHEMISTRY. 

2 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—(1) The agencies par3 ticipating in the Program shall carry out a joint, coordi4 nated program to award grants to institutions of higher 

5 education to establish partnerships with companies in the 

6 chemical industry to retrain chemists and chemical engi7 neers in the use of green chemistry concepts and strate8 gies. 

9 (2) Grants shall be awarded under this section on a 

10 competitive, merit-reviewed basis and shall require cost 

11 sharing from non-Federal sources by members of the part12 nerships. 

13 (3) In order to be eligible to receive a grant under 

14 this section, an institution of higher education shall enter 

15 into a partnership with two or more companies in the 

16 chemical industry. Such partnerships may also include 

17 other institutions of higher education and professional as18 sociations. 

19 (4) Grants awarded under this section shall be used 

20 for activities to provide retraining for chemists or chemical 

21 engineers in green chemistry, including— 

22 (A) the development of curricular materials and 

23 the designing of undergraduate and graduate level 

24 courses; and 

25 (B) publicizing the availability of professional 

26 development courses of study in green chemistry and 
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1 recruiting graduate scientists and engineers to pur2 sue such courses. 

3 Grants may provide stipends for individuals enrolled in 

4 courses developed by the partnership. 

5 (b) SELECTION PROCESS.—(1) An institution of 

6 higher education seeking funding under this section shall 

7 submit an application at such time, in such manner, and 

8 containing such information as shall be specified by the 

9 Interagency Working Group and published in a proposal 

10 solicitation for the Program. The application shall include 

11 at a minimum— 

12 (A) a description of the partnership and the 

13 role each member will play in implementing the pro14 posal; 

15 (B) a description of the courses of study that 

16 will be provided; 

17 (C) a description of the number and size of sti18 pends, if offered; 

19 (D) a description of the source and amount of 

20 cost sharing to be provided; and 

21 (E) a description of the manner in which the 

22 partnership will be continued after assistance under 

23 this section ends. 

24 (2) The evaluation of the applications submitted 

25 under paragraph (1) shall be carried out in accordance 
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1 with procedures developed by the Interagency Working 

2 Group and shall consider, at a minimum— 

3 (A) the ability of the partnership to carry out 

4 effectively the proposed activities; 

5 (B) the degree to which such activities are like6 ly to prepare chemists and chemical engineers suffi7 ciently to be competent to apply green chemistry 

8 concepts and strategies in their work; and 

9 (C) the amount of cost sharing to be provided. 

10 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 (a) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—(1) From 

12 sums otherwise authorized to be appropriated by the Na13 tional Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002, 

14 there are authorized to be appropriated to the National 

15 Science Foundation for carrying out this Act— 

16 (A) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

17 (B) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

18 (C) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

19 (2) The sums authorized by paragraph (1) are in ad20 dition to any funds the National Science Foundation is 

21 spending on green chemistry through its ongoing chem22 istry and chemical engineering programs. 

23 (b) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

24 TECHNOLOGY.—From sums otherwise authorized to be 

25 appropriated, there are authorized to be appropriated to 
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1 the National Institute of Standards and Technology for 

2 carrying out this Act— 

3 (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

4 (2) $5,500,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

5 (3) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

6 (c) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—From sums other7 wise authorized to be appropriated, there are authorized 

8 to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for car9 rying out this Act— 

10 (1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

11 (2) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

12 (3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

13 (d) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.—From 

14 sums otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there are 

15 authorized to be appropriated to the Environmental Pro16 tection Agency for carrying out this Act— 

17 (1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

18 (2) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

19 (3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

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