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Calendar No. 278 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1491 

To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to improve 

United States-Israel energy cooperation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 

Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 19, 2013 

Reported by Mr. WYDEN, with amendments 

[Insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 

2007 to improve United States-Israel energy cooperation, 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ENERGY COOPERA2 TION. 

3 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 917(a) of the Energy Inde4 pendence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17337(a)) 

5 is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘renewable’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘covered’’; 

8 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘possible many’’ and in10 serting ‘‘possible— 

11 ‘‘(A) many’’; 

12 (B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 

13 at the end; and 

14 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(B) significant contributions to the devel16 opment of renewable energy and energy effi17 ciency through the established programs of the 

18 United States-Israel Binational Industrial Re19 search and Development Foundation and the 

20 United States-Israel Binational Science Foun21 dation;’’; 

22 (3) in paragraph (6)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘renewable’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘covered’’; and 

25 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 

26 at the end; 


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1 (4) in paragraph (7)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘renewable’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘covered’’; and 

4 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

5 inserting a semicolon; and 

6 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(8) United States-Israel energy cooperation, 

8 and the development of natural resources by Israel, 

9 are strategic interests of the United States; 

10 ‘‘(9) Israel is a strategic partner of the United 

11 States in water technology; 

12 ‘‘(10) the United States can play a role in as13 sisting Israel with regional safety and security 

14 issues; 

15 ‘‘(11) the National Science Foundation of the 

16 United States should collaborate with the Israel 

17 Science Foundation and the United States-Israel Bi18 national Science Foundation; 

19 ‘‘(12) the United States and Israel should strive 

20 to develop more robust academic cooperation in en21 ergy innovation technology and engineering, water 

22 science, technology transfer, and analysis of geo23 political implications of new natural resource devel24 opment and associated areas; 


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1 ‘‘(13) the United States supports the goals of 

2 the Alternative Fuels Administration of Israel; 

3 ‘‘(14) the United States strongly urges open 

4 dialogue and continued mechanisms for regular en5 gagement and encourages further cooperation be6 tween applicable departments, agencies, ministries, 

7 institutions of higher education, and the private sec8 tor of the United States and Israel on energy secu9 rity issues, including— 

10 ‘‘(A) identifying policy priorities associated 

11 with the development of natural resources of 

12 Israel; 

13 ‘‘(B) discussing best practices to secure 

14 cyber energy infrastructure; 

15 ‘‘(C) best practice sharing; 

16 ‘‘(D) leveraging natural gas to positively 

17 impact regional stability; 

18 ‘‘(E) issues relating to the energy-water 

19 nexus, including improving energy efficiency 

20 and the overall performance of water tech21 nologies through research and development in 

22 water desalination, wastewater treatment and 

23 reclamation, water treatment in gas and oil pro24 duction processes, and other water treatment re25 finers; 


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1 ‘‘(F) technical and environmental manage2 ment of deep-water exploration and production; 

3 ‘‘(G) coastal protection and restoration; 

4 ‘‘(H) academic outreach and engagement; 

5 ‘‘(I) private sector and business develop6 ment engagement; 

7 ‘‘(J) regulatory consultations; 

8 ‘‘(K) leveraging alternative transportation 

9 fuels and technologies; and 

10 ‘‘(L) any other areas determined appro11 priate by United States and Israel; and 

12 ‘‘(15) the United States acknowledges the 

13 achievements and importance of the Binational In14 dustrial Research and Development Foundation 

15 (BIRD) and the United States-Israel Binational 

16 Science Foundation (BSF) and supports continued 

17 multiyear funding to ensure the continuity of the 

18 programs of the Foundations.’’. 

19 (b) TYPES OF ENERGY.—Section 917(b)(2) of the 

20 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 

21 U.S.C. 17337(b)(2)) is amended— 

22 (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

23 after the semicolon at the end; 

24 (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period 

25 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 


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

2 ‘‘(H) natural gas energy, including natural 

3 gas projects conducted by or in conjunction 

4 with the United States-Israel Binational 

5 Science Foundation and the United States-Israel 

6 Binational Industrial Research and Development 

7 Foundation; 

8 ‘‘(I) improvement of energy efficiency and 

9 the overall performance of water technologies 

10 through research and development in water de11 salination, wastewater treatment and reclama12 tion, and other water treatment refiners; and 

13 ‘‘(J) conventional and unconventional oil 

14 and gas technologies.’’. 

15 (c) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—Section 917(b)(3) of 

16 the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 

17 U.S.C. 17337(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘energy effi18 ciency or renewable’’ and inserting ‘‘covered’’. 

19 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; INTER20 NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS.—Section 917 of the Energy 

21 Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

22 17337) is amended— 

23 (1) by striking subsection (d); 

24 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub25 section (e); and 


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1 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(c) INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, subject 

5 to appropriations, enter into cooperative agreements 

6 supporting and enhancing dialogue and planning in7 volving international partnerships between the De8 partment, including National Laboratories of the 

9 Department, and the Government of Israel and its 

10 ministries, offices, and institutions. 

11 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Secretary may not 

12 pay more than 50 percent of Federal share of the 

13 costs described in paragraph (1). 

14 ‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary may 

15 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 

16 an annual report that describes— 

17 ‘‘(A) actions taken to carry out this sub18 section; and 

19 ‘‘(B) any projects under this subsection for 

20 which the Secretary requests funding. 

21 ‘‘(d) UNITED STATES-ISRAEL CENTER.—The Sec22 retary may establish a joint United States-Israel Center 

23 based in an area of the United States with the experience, 

24 knowledge, and expertise in offshore energy development 

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1 bust academic cooperation in energy innovation technology 

2 and engineering, water science, technology transfer, and 

3 analysis of geopolitical implications of new natural re4 source development and associated areas.’’. 

5 (e) TERMINATION.—Subsection (e) of section 917 of 

6 the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 

7 U.S.C. 17337) (as redesignated by subsection (d)(2)) is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘the date that is 7 years after the 

9 date of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

10 30, 2024’’. 


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Calendar No. 278 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1491 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Independence and Security 

ergy cooperation, and for other purposes. Act of 2007 to improve United States-Israel enDECEMBER 19, 2013 

Reported with amendments 


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