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Union Calendar No. 197 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3598 

[Report No. 111–344] 

To ensure consideration of water intensity in the Department of Energy’s 

energy research, development, and demonstration programs to help guarantee efficient, reliable, and sustainable delivery of energy and water 

resources. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 

Mr. GORDON of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Science and Technology 

DECEMBER 1, 2009 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. 

WOOLSEY, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. WU, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. 

MCNERNEY, Ms. GIFFORDS, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, 

Mrs. DAHLKEMPER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, and 

Mr. HOLT

DECEMBER 1, 2009 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 17, 2009] 


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A BILL 

To ensure consideration of water intensity in the Department 

of Energy’s energy research, development, and demonstration programs to help guarantee efficient, reliable, 

and sustainable delivery of energy and water resources. 


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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 ‘‘Energy and Water Re5 search Integration Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INTEGRATING ENERGY AND WATER RESEARCH. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the energy re8 search, development, and demonstration programs and 

9 projects of the Department of Energy, the Secretary of En10 ergy shall— 

11 (1) seek to advance energy and energy efficiency 

12 technologies and practices that would— 

13 (A) minimize freshwater withdrawal and 

14 consumption; 

15 (B) increase water use efficiency; and 

16 (C) utilize nontraditional water sources 

17 with efforts to improve the quality of that water; 

18 (2) consider the effects climate variability and 

19 change may have on water supplies and quality for 

20 energy generation and fuel production; and 

21 (3) improve understanding of the energy re22 quired to provide water supplies and the water re23 quired to provide reliable energy supplies throughout 

24 the United States. 


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1 (b) DELAY OR DISRUPTION.—In carrying out sub2 section (a), the Secretary shall ensure that no program or 

3 project of the Department of Energy is unnecessarily de4 layed or disrupted. 

5 (c) SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out sub6 section (a), the Secretary shall consider, as appropriate— 

7 (1) new advanced cooling technologies for energy 

8 generation and fuel production technologies; 

9 (2) performance improvement of existing cooling 

10 technologies and cost reductions associated with using 

11 those technologies; 

12 (3) innovative water reuse, recovery, and treat13 ment in energy generation and fuel production; 

14 (4) technology development for carbon capture 

15 and storage systems that utilize efficient water use de16 sign strategies; 

17 (5) technologies that are life-cycle cost effective; 

18 (6) systems analysis and modeling of issues re19 lating to the energy required to provide water sup20 plies and the water required to provide reliable energy 

21 supplies throughout the United States; 

22 (7) technologies to treat and utilize produced wa23 ters discharged from oil, natural gas, coalbed meth24 ane, and mining activities; 


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1 (8) advanced materials for the use of nontradi2 tional water sources for energy generation and fuel 

3 production; 

4 (9) biomass production and utilization and the 

5 impact on hydrologic systems; 

6 (10) technologies that reduce impacts on water 

7 from energy resource development; 

8 (11) increases in energy efficiency of water dis9 tribution and collection systems; and 

10 (12) technologies for energy generation from 

11 water distribution and collection systems. 

12 (d) INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION AND NONDUPLICA13 TION.—In carrying out the energy research, development, 

14 and demonstration programs of the Department of Energy 

15 in accordance with this section, the Secretary shall, where 

16 appropriate, work collaboratively with other Federal agen17 cies operating related programs and avoid duplication. 

18 (e) INTRA-AGENCY COORDINATION AND NONDUPLICA19 TION.—In carrying out the energy research, development, 

20 and demonstration programs of the Department of Energy 

21 in accordance with this section, the Secretary shall coordi22 nate and avoid duplication of activities across programs 

23 and projects of the Department, including with those of the 

24 National laboratories. 


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1 (f) RELEVANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDA2 TIONS.—In carrying out the energy research, development, 

3 and demonstration programs of the Department of Energy 

4 in accordance with this section, the Secretary shall consider 

5 and incorporate, as appropriate, relevant information and 

6 recommendations, including those of the National Water 

7 Availability and Use Assessment Program under section 

8 9508(d) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 

9 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10368(d)). 

10 (g) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

11 of enactment of this Act, and at least once every 2 years 

12 thereafter, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report 

13 on findings and activities under this section. 

14 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

15 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy 

16 for carrying out this section $60,000,000 for each of the fis17 cal years 2011 through 2015. 

18 SEC. 3. ENERGY-WATER ARCHITECTURE COUNCIL. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy, in coordi20 nation with other relevant Federal agencies, shall establish 

21 an Energy-Water Architecture Council to promote and en22 able improved energy and water resource data collection, 

23 reporting, and technological innovation. The Council shall 

24 consist of— 


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1 (1) representation from each Federal agency that 

2 conducts research related to energy and water re3 source data; and 

4 (2) non-Federal members, including representa5 tives of research and academic institutions and in6 dustry, who have expertise in technologies and prac7 tices relating to the energy required to provide water 

8 supplies and the water required to provide reliable 

9 energy supplies throughout the United States. 

10 (b) FUNCTIONS.—The Council shall— 

11 (1) develop data collection and data communica12 tion standards and protocols for the energy required 

13 to provide water supplies and the water required to 

14 provide reliable energy supplies throughout the 

15 United States; 

16 (2) make improvements to Federal water use 

17 data to increase understanding of trends in energy 

18 generation and fuel production; 

19 (3) utilize information from existing monitoring 

20 networks to provide nationally uniform water and en21 ergy use and infrastructure data; and 

22 (4) conduct annual technical workshops, includ23 ing at least one regional workshop annually, to facili24 tate information exchange among Federal, State, and 

25 private sector experts on technologies that encourage 


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1 the conservation and efficient use of water and en2 ergy. 

3 (c) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

4 of enactment of this Act, and at least once every 2 years 

5 thereafter, the Council, through the Secretary of Energy, 

6 shall transmit to the Congress a report on its findings and 

7 activities under this section. 

8 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

9 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy 

10 for carrying out this section $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

11 years 2011 through 2015. 

12 SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON FEDERAL REGULATIONS. 

13 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to allow the es14 tablishment of regulations by the Federal Government that 

15 would infringe or impair the use of water by State, tribal, 

16 or local governments. 

17 SEC. 5. MANDATES. 

18 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require State, 

19 tribal, or local governments to take any action that may 

20 result in an increased financial burden to such governments 

21 by restricting the use of water by such governments. 


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Union Calendar No. 197 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3598 

[Report No. 111–344] 

A BILL 

To ensure consideration of water intensity in the 

livery of energy and water resources. guarantee efficient, reliable, and sustainable deopment, and demonstration programs to help Department of Energy’s energy research, develDECEMBER 1, 2009 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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