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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3683 

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

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 10, 2013 

Mr. UPTON (for himself, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. GENE GREEN of 

Texas, and Mr. BILIRAKIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Foreign Affairs, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ENERGY COOPERA4 TION. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 917(a) of the Energy Inde6 pendence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17337(a)) 

7 is amended— 


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

2 and inserting ‘‘covered’’; 

3 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘possible many’’ and in5 serting ‘‘possible— 

6 ‘‘(A) many’’; 

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

8 at the end; and 

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

10 ‘‘(B) significant contributions to the devel11 opment of renewable energy and energy effi12 ciency through the established programs of the 

13 United States-Israel Binational Industrial Re14 search and Development Foundation and the 

15 United States-Israel Binational Science Foun16 dation;’’; 

17 (3) in paragraph (6)— 

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

19 ‘‘covered’’; and 

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

21 at the end; 

22 (4) in paragraph (7)— 

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

24 ‘‘covered’’; and 


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

2 inserting a semicolon; and 

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

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

5 and the development of natural resources by Israel, 

6 are strategic interests of the United States; 

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

8 States in water technology; 

9 ‘‘(10) the United States can play a role in as10 sisting Israel with regional safety and security 

11 issues; 

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

13 United States should collaborate with the Israel 

14 Science Foundation; 

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

16 to develop more robust academic cooperation in en17 ergy innovation technology and engineering, water 

18 science, technology transfer, and analysis of geo19 political implications of new natural resource devel20 opment and associated areas; 

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

22 the Alternative Fuels Administration of Israel; 

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

24 dialogue and continued mechanisms for regular en25 gagement and encourages further cooperation beVerDate Mar 15 2010 03:10 Dec 12, 2013 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3683.IH H3683

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1 tween applicable departments, agencies, ministries, 

2 institutions of higher education, and the private sec3 tors of the United States and Israel on energy secu4 rity issues, including— 

5 ‘‘(A) identifying policy priorities associated 

6 with the development of natural resources of 

7 Israel; 

8 ‘‘(B) discussing best practices to secure 

9 cyber energy infrastructure; 

10 ‘‘(C) best practice sharing; 

11 ‘‘(D) leveraging natural gas to positively 

12 impact regional stability; 

13 ‘‘(E) improving energy efficiency and the 

14 overall performance of water desalination, 

15 wastewater treatment and reclamation, and 

16 other water treatment technologies; 

17 ‘‘(F) technical and environmental manage18 ment of deep-water exploration and production; 

19 ‘‘(G) coastal protection and restoration; 

20 ‘‘(H) academic outreach and engagement; 

21 ‘‘(I) private sector and business develop22 ment engagement; 

23 ‘‘(J) regulatory consultations; 

24 ‘‘(K) leveraging alternative transportation 

25 fuels and technologies; and 


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1 ‘‘(L) any other areas determined appro2 priate by the United States and Israel; 

3 ‘‘(15) the United States acknowledges the 

4 achievements and importance of the United States5 Israel Binational Industrial Research and Develop6 ment Foundation and the United States-Israel Bina7 tional Science Foundation and supports continued 

8 multiyear funding to ensure the continuity of the 

9 programs of the Foundations; and 

10 ‘‘(16) the United States and Israel have a 

11 shared interest in addressing their immediate, near12 term, and long-term energy and environmental chal13 lenges.’’. 

14 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 917(b)(1) of the En15 ergy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

16 17337(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘to support research, 

17 development, and commercialization of renewable energy 

18 or energy efficiency’’ and inserting ‘‘to support energy effi19 ciency, established energy development programs, and re20 search, development, and commercialization of covered en21 ergy’’. 

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

23 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 

24 U.S.C. 17337(b)(2)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TYPES OF’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘COVERED’’; 

3 (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

4 after the semicolon at the end; 

5 (3) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period 

6 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

7 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(H) natural gas energy, including conven9 tional and unconventional natural gas tech10 nologies and natural gas projects conducted by 

11 or in conjunction with the United States-Israel 

12 Binational Science Foundation, the United 

13 States-Israel Binational Industrial Research 

14 and Development Foundation, and the United 

15 States-Israel Science and Technology Founda16 tion; and 

17 ‘‘(I) improvement of energy efficiency and 

18 the overall performance of water desalination, 

19 wastewater treatment and reclamation, and 

20 other water treatment technologies.’’. 

21 (d) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—Section 917(b)(3) of 

22 the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 

23 U.S.C. 17337(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘energy effi24 ciency or renewable’’ and inserting ‘‘covered’’. 


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1 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; INTER2 NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS.—Section 917 of the Energy 

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

4 17337) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking subsection (d); 

6 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub7 section (e); and 

8 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(c) INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS.— 

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

12 to the availability of appropriations, enter into coop13 erative agreements supporting and enhancing dia14 logue and planning involving international partner15 ships between the Department and the Government 

16 of Israel and its ministries, offices, and institutions. 

17 The cooperative agreements shall include energy ac18 tivities in addition to those involving research and 

19 development, and shall ensure that the shared tech20 nologies and other benefits of energy cooperation 

21 promote the domestic energy production of both na22 tions. 

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

24 pay more than 50 percent of the costs described in 

25 paragraph (1). 


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1 ‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary shall 

2 submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

3 of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

4 on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate an 

5 annual report that describes— 

6 ‘‘(A) actions taken to carry out this sub7 section; and 

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

9 which the Secretary requests funding. 

10 ‘‘(d) UNITED STATES-ISRAEL CENTER.—The Sec11 retary may establish a joint United States-Israel Center 

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

13 knowledge, and expertise in offshore energy development 

14 to further dialogue and collaboration to develop energy ef15 ficiency, existing energy development programs, and more 

16 robust academic cooperation in energy innovation tech17 nology and engineering, water science, technology trans18 fer, and analysis of geopolitical implications of new nat19 ural resource development and associated areas.’’. 

20 (f) TERMINATION.—Subsection (e) of section 917 of 

21 the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 

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

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

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

25 30, 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ENERGY COOPERATION 

2 WORKING GROUP. 

3 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con4 gress that open dialogue and continued mechanisms for 

5 regular engagement encourages further cooperation be6 tween applicable departments, agencies, ministries, insti7 tutions of higher education, and the private sectors of the 

8 United States and Israel on energy security issues. 

9 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Energy and 

10 the Secretary of State shall seek to establish an Energy 

11 Cooperation Working Group within the semi-annual 

12 United States-Israel Strategic Dialogue. 

13 (c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Energy Coopera14 tion Working Group referred to in subsection (b) shall be 

15 to strengthen dialogue between the United States and 

16 Israel on— 

17 (1) strategies to advance the deployment of re18 newable energy and energy efficiency; 

19 (2) identifying policy priorities associated with 

20 the development of the natural resources of Israel; 

21 (3) best practices for energy infrastructure cy22 bersecurity; 

23 (4) leveraging natural gas resources to posi24 tively impact regional stability; 

25 (5) technical and environmental management of 

26 deep-water exploration and production; and 


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1 (6) coastal protection and restoration. 

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