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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4230 

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

a program to incentivize innovation and to enhance the industrial competitiveness of the United States by developing technologies to reduce 

emissions of nonpower industrial sectors, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 

Mr. CASTEN of Illinois (for himself, Mr. MCKINLEY, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, 

Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. TONKO) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, 

and Technology 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 

2007 to establish a program to incentivize innovation 

and to enhance the industrial competitiveness of the 

United States by developing technologies to reduce emissions of nonpower industrial sectors, 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 ‘‘Clean Industrial Tech5 nology Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘CIT Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

2 The purpose of this Act and the amendments made 

3 by this Act is to encourage the development and evaluation 

4 of innovative technologies aimed at increasing— 

5 (1) the technological and economic competitive6 ness of industry and manufacturing in the United 

7 States; and 

8 (2) the emissions reduction of nonpower indus9 trial sectors. 

10 SEC. 3. INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY 

11 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Energy Independence and 

13 Security Act of 2007 is amended by inserting after section 

14 453 (42 U.S.C. 17112) the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 454. INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECH16 NOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

17 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 ‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 

19 the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 

20 Policy. 

21 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en22 tity’ means— 

23 ‘‘(A) a scientist or other individual with 

24 knowledge and expertise in emissions reduction; 

25 ‘‘(B) an institution of higher education; 

26 ‘‘(C) a nongovernmental organization; 


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1 ‘‘(D) a National Laboratory; 

2 ‘‘(E) a private entity; and 

3 ‘‘(F) a partnership or consortium of 2 or 

4 more entities described in subparagraphs (B) 

5 through (E). 

6 ‘‘(3) EMISSIONS REDUCTION.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘emissions 

8 reduction’ means the reduction, to the max9 imum extent practicable, of net nonwater green10 house gas emissions to the atmosphere by en11 ergy services and industrial processes. 

12 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘emissions 

13 reduction’ does not include the elimination of 

14 carbon embodied in the principal products of in15 dustrial manufacturing. 

16 ‘‘(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

17 The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 

18 meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 

19 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

20 ‘‘(5) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means 

21 the program established under subsection (b)(1). 

22 ‘‘(b) INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECH23 NOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

25 the date of enactment of the CIT Act of 2019, the 


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1 Secretary, in coordination with the Director and in 

2 consultation with the heads of relevant Federal 

3 agencies, National Laboratories, industry, and insti4 tutions of higher education, shall establish a cross5 cutting industrial emissions reduction technology de6 velopment program of research, development, dem7 onstration, and commercial application to further 

8 the development and commercialization of innovative 

9 technologies that— 

10 ‘‘(A) increase the technological and eco11 nomic competitiveness of industry and manufac12 turing in the United States; and 

13 ‘‘(B) achieve emissions reduction in 

14 nonpower industrial sectors. 

15 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the pro16 gram, the Secretary shall— 

17 ‘‘(A) coordinate with each relevant office in 

18 the Department and any other Federal agency; 

19 ‘‘(B) coordinate and collaborate with the 

20 Industrial Technology Innovation Advisory 

21 Committee established under section 455; and 

22 ‘‘(C) coordinate with the energy-intensive 

23 industries program established under section 

24 452. 


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1 ‘‘(3) LEVERAGE OF EXISTING RESOURCES.—In 

2 carrying out the program, the Secretary shall lever3 age, to the maximum extent practicable— 

4 ‘‘(A) existing resources and programs of 

5 the Department and other relevant Federal 

6 agencies; and 

7 ‘‘(B) public-private partnerships. 

8 ‘‘(c) FOCUS AREAS.—The program shall focus on— 

9 ‘‘(1) industrial production processes, including 

10 technologies and processes that— 

11 ‘‘(A) achieve emissions reduction in high12 emissions industrial materials production proc13 esses, including production processes for iron, 

14 steel, steel mill products, aluminum, cement, 

15 glass, pulp, paper, and industrial ceramics; 

16 ‘‘(B) achieve emissions reduction in 

17 medium- and high-temperature heat generation, 

18 including— 

19 ‘‘(i) through electrification of heating 

20 processes; 

21 ‘‘(ii) through renewable heat genera22 tion technology; 

23 ‘‘(iii) through combined heat and 

24 power; and 


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1 ‘‘(iv) by switching to alternative fuels, 

2 including hydrogen; 

3 ‘‘(C) achieve emissions reduction in chem4 ical production processes; 

5 ‘‘(D) leverage smart manufacturing tech6 nologies and principles, digital manufacturing 

7 technologies, and advanced data analytics to de8 velop advanced technologies and practices in in9 formation, automation, monitoring, computa10 tion, sensing, modeling, and networking that— 

11 ‘‘(i) simulate manufacturing produc12 tion lines; 

13 ‘‘(ii) monitor and communicate pro14 duction line status; 

15 ‘‘(iii) manage and optimize energy 

16 productivity and cost throughout produc17 tion; and 

18 ‘‘(iv) model, simulate, and optimize 

19 the energy efficiency of manufacturing 

20 processes; 

21 ‘‘(E) leverage the principles of sustainable 

22 manufacturing to minimize the negative envi23 ronmental impacts of manufacturing while con24 serving energy and resources, including— 


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1 ‘‘(i) by designing products that enable 

2 reuse, refurbishment, remanufacturing, 

3 and recycling; 

4 ‘‘(ii) by minimizing waste from indus5 trial processes; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) by reducing resource intensity; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(F) increase the energy efficiency of in9 dustrial processes; 

10 ‘‘(2) alternative materials that produce fewer 

11 emissions during production and result in fewer 

12 emissions during use, including— 

13 ‘‘(A) innovative building materials; 

14 ‘‘(B) high-performance lightweight mate15 rials; and 

16 ‘‘(C) substitutions for critical materials 

17 and minerals; 

18 ‘‘(3) development of net-zero emissions liquid 

19 and gaseous fuels; 

20 ‘‘(4) emissions reduction in shipping, aviation, 

21 and long-distance transportation, including through 

22 the use of alternative fuels; 

23 ‘‘(5) carbon capture technologies for industrial 

24 processes; 


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1 ‘‘(6) high-performance computing to develop ad2 vanced materials and manufacturing processes con3 tributing to the focus areas described in paragraphs 

4 (1) through (5), including— 

5 ‘‘(A) modeling, simulation, and optimiza6 tion of the design of energy efficient and sus7 tainable products; and 

8 ‘‘(B) the use of digital prototyping and ad9 ditive manufacturing to enhance product de10 sign; and 

11 ‘‘(7) other technologies that achieve net-zero 

12 emissions in nonpower industrial sectors as deter13 mined by Secretary in coordination with the Direc14 tor. 

15 ‘‘(d) GRANTS, CONTRACTS, COOPERATIVE AGREE16 MENTS, AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) GRANTS.—In carrying out the program, 

18 the Secretary shall award grants on a competitive 

19 basis to eligible entities for projects that the Sec20 retary determines would best achieve the goals of the 

21 program. 

22 ‘‘(2) CONTRACTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREE23 MENTS.—In carrying out the program, the Secretary 

24 may enter into contracts and cooperative agreements 

25 with eligible entities and Federal agencies for 


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1 projects that the Secretary determines would further 

2 the purposes of the program. 

3 ‘‘(3) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—In sup4 porting technologies developed under this section, 

5 the Secretary shall fund demonstration projects that 

6 test and validate technologies described in subsection 

7 (c). 

8 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking funding 

9 or a contract or agreement under this subsection 

10 shall submit to the Secretary an application at such 

11 time, in such manner, and containing such informa12 tion as the Secretary may require. 

13 ‘‘(5) COST SHARING.—In awarding funds under 

14 this section, the Secretary shall require cost sharing 

15 in accordance with section 988 of the Energy Policy 

16 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352). 

17 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

19 appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are nec20 essary to carry out this section for each fiscal year 

21 during which the program is in effect. 

22 ‘‘(2) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—Of the 

23 amount appropriated under paragraph (1), not more 

24 than $650,000,000 shall be used to carry out dem25 onstration projects under subsection (d)(3).’’. 


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1 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

2 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 

3 (Public Law 110–140; 121 Stat. 1494) is amended by in4 serting after the item relating to section 453 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 454. Industrial emissions reduction technology development program.’’. 

5 SEC. 4. INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ADVISORY 

6 COMMITTEE. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Energy Independence and 

8 Security Act of 2007 is amended by inserting after section 

9 454 (as added by section 3(a)) the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 455. INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ADVI11 SORY COMMITTEE. 

12 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 ‘‘(1) COMMITTEE.—The term ‘Committee’ 

14 means the Industrial Technology Innovation Advi15 sory Committee established under subsection (b). 

16 ‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 

17 the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 

18 Policy. 

19 ‘‘(3) EMISSIONS REDUCTION.—The term ‘emis20 sions reduction’ has the meaning given the term in 

21 section 454(a). 

22 ‘‘(4) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means 

23 the industrial emissions reduction technology devel24 opment program established under section 

25 454(b)(1). 


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1 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of enactment of the CIT Act of 2019, the 

3 Secretary, in coordination with the Director, shall estab4 lish an advisory committee, to be known as the ‘Industrial 

5 Technology Innovation Advisory Committee’. 

6 ‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

7 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Committee shall be 

8 comprised of not fewer than 14 members, who shall 

9 be appointed by the Secretary, in coordination with 

10 the Director. 

11 ‘‘(2) REPRESENTATION.—Members appointed 

12 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include— 

13 ‘‘(A) not less than 1 representative of each 

14 relevant Federal agency, as determined by the 

15 Secretary; 

16 ‘‘(B) not less than 2 representatives of 

17 labor groups; 

18 ‘‘(C) not less than 3 representatives of the 

19 research community, which shall include aca20 demia and National Laboratories; 

21 ‘‘(D) not less than 2 representatives of 

22 nongovernmental organizations; 

23 ‘‘(E) not less than 6 representatives of in24 dustry, the collective expertise of which shall 


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1 cover every focus area described in section 

2 454(c); and 

3 ‘‘(F) any other individual whom the Sec4 retary, in coordination with the Director, deter5 mines to be necessary to ensure that the Com6 mittee is comprised of a diverse group of rep7 resentatives of industry, academia, independent 

8 researchers, and public and private entities. 

9 ‘‘(3) CHAIR.—The Secretary shall designate a 

10 member of the Committee to serve as Chair. 

11 ‘‘(d) DUTIES.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) in consultation with the Secretary 

14 and the Director, develop the missions and 

15 goals of the program, which shall be consistent 

16 with the purposes of the program described in 

17 section 454(b)(1); and 

18 ‘‘(B) advise the Secretary and the Director 

19 with respect to the program— 

20 ‘‘(i) by identifying and evaluating any 

21 technologies being developed by the private 

22 sector relating to the focus areas described 

23 in section 454(c); 

24 ‘‘(ii) by identifying technology gaps in 

25 the private sector in those focus areas, and 


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1 making recommendations to address those 

2 gaps; 

3 ‘‘(iii) by surveying and analyzing fac4 tors that prevent the adoption of emissions 

5 reduction technologies by the private sec6 tor; and 

7 ‘‘(iv) by recommending technology 

8 screening criteria for technology developed 

9 under the program to encourage adoption 

10 of the technology by the private sector; and 

11 ‘‘(C) develop the roadmap described in 

12 paragraph (2). 

13 ‘‘(2) EMISSIONS REDUCTION ROADMAP.— 

14 ‘‘(A) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the road15 map developed under paragraph (1)(C) is to 

16 achieve the goals of the program in the focus 

17 areas described in section 454(c). 

18 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The roadmap developed 

19 under paragraph (1)(C) shall— 

20 ‘‘(i) specify near-term and long-term 

21 qualitative and quantitative objectives re22 lating to each focus area described in sec23 tion 454(c), including research, develop24 ment, demonstration, and commercial ap25 plication objectives; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) specify the anticipated timeframe 

2 for achieving the objectives specified under 

3 clause (i); 

4 ‘‘(iii) include plans for developing 

5 emissions reduction technologies that are 

6 globally cost-competitive; and 

7 ‘‘(iv) identify the appropriate role for 

8 investment by the Federal Government, in 

9 coordination with the private sector, to 

10 achieve the objectives specified under 

11 clause (i). 

12 ‘‘(e) MEETINGS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) FREQUENCY.—The Committee shall meet 

14 not less frequently than 2 times per year, at the call 

15 of the Chair. 

16 ‘‘(2) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 

17 days after the date on which the members are ap18 pointed under subsection (b), the Committee shall 

19 hold its first meeting. 

20 ‘‘(f) COMMITTEE REPORT.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

22 after the date of enactment of the CIT Act of 2019, 

23 and not less frequently than once every 3 years 

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1 retary a report on the progress of achieving the pur2 poses of the program. 

3 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph 

4 (1) shall include— 

5 ‘‘(A) a description of any technology inno6 vation opportunities identified by the Com7 mittee; 

8 ‘‘(B) a description of any technology gaps 

9 identified by the Committee under subsection 

10 (d)(1)(B)(ii); 

11 ‘‘(C) recommendations for improving tech12 nology screening criteria and management of 

13 the program; 

14 ‘‘(D) an evaluation of the progress of the 

15 program and the research and development 

16 funded under the program; 

17 ‘‘(E) any recommended changes to the 

18 focus areas of the program described in section 

19 454(c); 

20 ‘‘(F) a description of the manner in which 

21 the Committee has carried out the duties de22 scribed in subsection (d)(1) and any relevant 

23 findings as a result of carrying out those duties; 

24 ‘‘(G) the roadmap developed by the Com25 mittee under subsection (d)(1)(C); 


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1 ‘‘(H) the progress made in achieving the 

2 goals set out in that roadmap; 

3 ‘‘(I) a review of the management, coordina4 tion, and industry utility of the program; 

5 ‘‘(J) an assessment of the extent to which 

6 progress has been made under the program in 

7 developing commercial, cost-competitive tech8 nologies in each focus area described in section 

9 454(c); and 

10 ‘‘(K) an assessment of the effectiveness of 

11 the program in coordinating efforts within the 

12 Department and with other Federal agencies to 

13 achieve the purposes of the program. 

14 ‘‘(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 60 days 

15 after receiving a report from the Committee under sub16 section (f), the Secretary shall submit a copy of that re17 port to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

18 of the House of Representatives, the Committee on En19 ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and any other 

20 relevant Committee of Congress. 

21 ‘‘(h) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM22 MITTEE ACT.—Except as otherwise provided in this sec23 tion, the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 

24 shall apply to the Committee.’’. 


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1 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

2 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 

3 (Public Law 110–140; 121 Stat. 1494) (as amended by 

4 section 3(b)) is amended by inserting after the item relat5 ing to section 454 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 455. Industrial Technology Innovation Advisory Committee.’’. 

6 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT 

7 INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS REDUCTION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Energy Independence and 

9 Security Act of 2007 is amended by inserting after section 

10 455 (as added by section 4(a)) the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 456. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO IMPLE12 MENT INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS REDUCTION. 

13 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en15 tity’ means— 

16 ‘‘(A) a State; 

17 ‘‘(B) a unit of local government; 

18 ‘‘(C) a territory or possession of the 

19 United States; 

20 ‘‘(D) a relevant State or local office, in21 cluding an energy office; 

22 ‘‘(E) a tribal organization (as defined in 

23 section 3765 of title 38, United States Code); 

24 ‘‘(F) an institution of higher education; 

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1 ‘‘(G) a private entity. 

2 ‘‘(2) EMISSIONS REDUCTION.—The term ‘emis3 sions reduction’ has the meaning given the term in 

4 section 454(a). 

5 ‘‘(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

6 The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 

7 meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 

8 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

9 ‘‘(4) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means 

10 the program established under subsection (b). 

11 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

12 after the date of enactment of the CIT Act of 2019, the 

13 Secretary shall establish a program to provide technical 

14 assistance to eligible entities to promote the commercial 

15 application of emission reduction technologies in nonpower 

16 industrial sectors. 

17 ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring 

19 technical assistance under the program shall submit 

20 to the Secretary an application at such time, in such 

21 manner, and containing such information as the Sec22 retary may require. 

23 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION PROCESS.—The Secretary 

24 shall seek applications for technical assistance under 


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1 the program on a periodic basis, but not less fre2 quently than once every 12 months. 

3 ‘‘(3) PRIORITIES.—In selecting eligible entities 

4 for technical assistance under the program, the Sec5 retary shall give priority to an eligible entity— 

6 ‘‘(A) carrying out a commercial application 

7 of technology that has the greatest potential for 

8 emissions reduction in nonpower industrial sec9 tors; 

10 ‘‘(B) located in a State that has histori11 cally relied on industrial sectors for a substan12 tial portion of the State economy, as deter13 mined by the Secretary, taking into account 

14 employment data, per capita income, and other 

15 indicators of economic output in the State; or 

16 ‘‘(C) located in a State that has experi17 enced significant decline in the economic con18 tribution of industry to the State. 

19 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such 

21 sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each 

22 fiscal year during which the program is in effect.’’. 

23 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

24 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 

25 (Public Law 110–140; 121 Stat. 1494) (as amended by 


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1 section 4(b)) is amended by inserting after the item relat2 ing to section 455 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 456. Technical assistance program to implement industrial emissions reduction.’’. 

3 SEC. 6. COORDINATION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

4 OF ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR 

5 INDUSTRY. 

6 Section 6(a) of the American Energy Manufacturing 

7 Technical Corrections Act (42 U.S.C. 6351(a)) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘Industrial Technologies Pro10 gram’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Ad11 vanced Manufacturing Office’’; and 

12 (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

13 striking ‘‘Office of Energy’’ and all that follows 

14 through ‘‘Office of Science’’ and inserting ‘‘Depart15 ment of Energy’’. 

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