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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2100 

To promote the use of clean cookstoves and fuels to save lives, improve 

livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment by creating 

a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 10, 2014 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. DURBIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To promote the use of clean cookstoves and fuels to save 

lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect 

the environment by creating a thriving global market 

for clean and efficient household cooking solutions. 

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 Cookstoves and 

5 Fuels Support Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 


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1 (1) Nearly half the world’s population cooks 

2 their food over open fires or inefficient, polluting, 

3 and unsafe cookstoves using wood, agricultural 

4 waste, dung, coal, or other solid fuels. Smoke from 

5 the use of these traditional cookstoves and open fires 

6 is associated with a number of chronic and acute 

7 diseases and injuries, including respiratory illnesses 

8 such as pneumonia, heart disease, and cancer, with 

9 women and young children affected disproportion10 ately. 

11 (2) The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 

12 doubled the mortality estimates for exposure to 

13 smoke from cookstoves, referred to as ‘‘household air 

14 pollution’’, from 2,000,000 to 4,000,000 deaths an15 nually in the developing world, which the Study indi16 cates is more than the deaths from malaria, tuber17 culosis, and HIV/AIDS combined. The Study at18 tributes 3,500,000 deaths to cookstoves smoke expo19 sures indoors and 500,000 deaths to the contribu20 tion of cookstoves to outdoor air pollution. Millions 

21 more are sickened from the toxic smoke and thou22 sands suffer burns annually from open fires or un23 safe cookstoves and fuels. The Study ranks house24 hold air pollution as the fourth worst overall health 

25 risk factor in the world and as the second worst 


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1 health risk factor in the world for women and girls. 

2 Cookstove smoke exposures are particularly promi3 nent in developing regions of Asia and Africa. 

4 (3) The amount of biomass cooking fuel re5 quired each year can reach up to two tons per fam6 ily. Where demand for local biomass outstrips the 

7 natural regrowth of resources, local environmental 

8 degradation and loss of biodiversity often result. 

9 (4) Tremendous amounts of time, a burden 

10 shouldered disproportionately by women and chil11 dren, is spent collecting and managing biomass 

12 cooking fuel resources. As nearby fuel supplies dwin13 dle, women are forced to go farther to find fuel to 

14 cook their families’ meals. In some regions, women 

15 and girls risk rape and gender-based violence during 

16 the up to 20 hours per week they spend away from 

17 their communities gathering firewood. 

18 (5) Recent studies show that black carbon cre19 ated from biomass cookstoves significantly contrib20 utes to regional air pollution and climate change. 

21 Black carbon emissions from residential cookstoves 

22 in developing countries account for an estimated 21 

23 percent of total global inventory, and mitigation in 

24 this sector represents a large potential public health 

25 benefit. 


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1 (6) The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is 

2 an innovative public-private partnership hosted by 

3 the United Nations Foundation that was created to 

4 enable the adoption of clean and efficient stoves in 

5 100,000,000 homes by 2020. The Alliance works 

6 with public, private, and non-profit partners to over7 come market barriers that currently impede the pro8 duction, deployment, and use of clean cookstoves 

9 and fuels in the developing world. 

10 (7) The United States Government has com11 mitted a total of up to $125,000,000 to the sector, 

12 including approximately $60,000,000 in research, 

13 $15,000,000 in field implementation activities, and 

14 up to $50,000,000 in financing, through the first 

15 five years of the Alliance to help spur the adoption 

16 of clean cookstoves and fuels in 100,000,000 house17 holds by 2020 as follows: 

18 (A) The Department of State has com19 mitted $1,020,000 through fiscal year 2015 and 

20 the United States Agency for International De21 velopment has committed $18,400,000 through 

22 fiscal year 2015. 

23 (B) The Department of Energy has com24 mitted $13,200,000 through fiscal year 2016. 


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1 (C) The Department of Health and 

2 Human Services has committed $31,690,000 

3 through the National Institutes of Health 

4 through fiscal year 2016 and $3,900,000 

5 through the Centers for Disease Control and 

6 Prevention through fiscal year 2015. 

7 (D) The Environmental Protection Agency 

8 has committed $9,670,000 through fiscal year 

9 2015. 

10 (E) The National Science Foundation has 

11 committed $1,270,000 through fiscal year 

12 2015. 

13 (F) The Overseas Private Investment Cor14 poration has committed up to $50,000,000 

15 through fiscal year 2016 in debt financing or 

16 insurance that meet their credit and lending 

17 standards to support projects that provide 

18 clean, consistent, and affordable access to en19 ergy and energy savings through the manufac20 ture, sale, and purchase of cookstoves. 

21 (8) This commitment targets a wide range of 

22 work, including expanded research on cookstoves 

23 performance, marketing, and adoption; expanded re24 search on the health, climate and air quality benefits 


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1 of clean cookstoves; and expanded field efforts in 

2 Kenya, Haiti, Bangladesh, and Nigeria. 

3 (9) Additional Federal support is being pro4 vided to the Alliance, including by the Department 

5 of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmos6 pheric Administration, and the Peace Corps. 

7 (10) The Millennium Challenge Corporation, in 

8 2010, prior to the launch of the Alliance, committed 

9 the largest stoves-related investment to date in Mon10 golia. The commitment of $45,300,000 focused on 

11 economic growth from energy efficiency and im12 proved air quality. 

13 SEC. 3. ADVANCEMENT OF GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN 

14 COOKSTOVES GOAL. 

15 The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Ad16 ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the 

17 Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Health and Human 

18 Services, the Administrator of the United States Agency 

19 for International Development, the Director of the Na20 tional Science Foundation, the President of the Overseas 

21 Private Investment Corporation, and the heads of other 

22 relevant Federal agencies, and in coordination with rel23 evant international nongovernmental organizations and 

24 private and governmental entities, shall work to advance 


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1 the goals and work of the Global Alliance for Clean Cook2 stoves, including through— 

3 (1) applied research and development to im4 prove design, lower costs, promote technology adop5 tion, conduct health research and evaluation, and de6 velop global industry standards and testing protocols 

7 for cookstoves and fuels in order to help ensure min8 imum standards for efficiency and cleanliness are 

9 met; 

10 (2) diplomatic engagement to encourage a com11 mercial market for clean cookstoves and fuels, re12 duce trade barriers, promote consumer awareness, 

13 improve access to large-scale carbon financing, and 

14 foster women-owned businesses along the entire 

15 business value chain; 

16 (3) international development projects to help 

17 build commercial businesses to manufacture, market, 

18 distribute, sell, and service clean cookstoves and 

19 fuels; 

20 (4) development efforts related to refugee 

21 camps, disaster relief, and long-term humanitarian 

22 and empowerment programs aimed at assisting 

23 women and girls; and 

24 (5) financing or insurance to support projects 

25 that provide access to clean, affordable energy and 


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1 energy savings through the manufacture, sale, and 

2 purchase of clean cookstoves and fuels. 

3 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND UNITED STATES

5 AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—There 

6 are authorized to be appropriated out of funds available 

7 to the Department of State and the United States Agency 

8 for International Development such sums as may be nec9 essary for fiscal years 2014 through 2015 to work with 

10 the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves and foreign gov11 ernments, including— 

12 (1) to engage in a wide range of diplomatic ac13 tivities, including with countries across the globe and 

14 with United States embassies abroad, to support Al15 liance activities and the clean cookstoves and fuels 

16 sector, and to continue the clean cooking initiative 

17 under the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to reduce 

18 emissions of short-lived climate pollutants; 

19 (2) to advance programs that support the adop20 tion of affordable cookstoves that require less fuel to 

21 meet household energy needs and release fewer pol22 lutants, as a means to improve health, reduce envi23 ronmental degradation, mitigate climate change, fos24 ter economic growth, and empower women; and 

25 (3) to carry out other activities under this Act. 


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1 (b) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—There are author2 ized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy out 

3 of funds available to the Department of Energy such sums 

4 as may be necessary for fiscal years 2014 through 2016 

5 to work with the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, in6 cluding— 

7 (1) to conduct research to spur development of 

8 low-cost, low-emission, high-efficiency cookstoves 

9 through research in areas such as combustion, heat 

10 transfer, and materials development; 

11 (2) to conduct research to spur development of 

12 low-emission, high-efficiency biomass fuels; 

13 (3) to support innovative small businesses in 

14 the United States that are developing advanced 

15 cookstoves and improved cookstove assessment de16 vices; and 

17 (4) to carry out other activities under this Act. 

18 (c) NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.—There are 

19 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Health 

20 and Human Services out of funds available to the National 

21 Institutes of Health such sums as may be necessary for 

22 fiscal years 2014 through 2016 for the National Institutes 

23 of Health to work with the Global Alliance for Clean Cook24 stoves, including— 


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1 (1) to support health research and training to 

2 improve the health and lives of those at risk from 

3 household burning of solid fuels, including— 

4 (A) dedicated resources for research on 

5 household air pollution to ensure adoption of 

6 life-saving interventions and policy formulation; 

7 and 

8 (B) regional network research and training 

9 hubs in global environmental health and occu10 pational health with a household air pollution 

11 focus; and 

12 (2) to carry out other activities under this Act. 

13 (d) CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVEN14 TION.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the 

15 Secretary of Health and Human Services out of funds 

16 available to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven17 tion such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2014 

18 through 2015 for the Centers for Disease Control and 

19 Prevention to work with the Global Alliance for Clean 

20 Cookstoves, including— 

21 (1) to evaluate cookstove and fuel programs to 

22 better understand their public health benefits and 

23 key determinants of adoption; 

24 (2) to promote a better understanding of the re25 lationship between human exposures and health outVerDate Mar 15 2010 01:25 Mar 12, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2100.IS S2100

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1 comes from the use of traditional cookstoves and 

2 open fires; and 

3 (3) to carry out other activities under this Act. 

4 (e) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.—There 

5 are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of 

6 the Environmental Protection Agency out of funds avail7 able to the Environmental Protection Agency such sums 

8 as may be necessary for fiscal years 2014 through 2015 

9 for the Environmental Protection Agency to work with the 

10 Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, including— 

11 (1) to conduct cookstove and fuel testing and 

12 evaluation in the lab and field, including evaluation 

13 of fuel efficiency and air pollutant emissions that af14 fect human health and the environment, and to de15 velop international standards regarding fuel use, 

16 emissions, and safety of cookstoves and fuels; 

17 (2) to conduct climate, health, and air quality 

18 research, including with United States institutions of 

19 higher education, on the air quality and climatic 

20 benefits of interventions for cookstoves and residen21 tial burning, and to continue the cookstoves initia22 tive under the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to re23 duce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants; and 

24 (3) to carry out other activities under this Act. 


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1 (f) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—There are 

2 authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Na3 tional Science Foundation out of funds available to the 

4 National Science Foundation such sums as may be nec5 essary for fiscal years 2014 through 2015 for the National 

6 Science Foundation to work with the Global Alliance for 

7 Clean Cookstoves, including— 

8 (1) to support research related to the climate, 

9 air quality, and health benefits of the adoption of 

10 clean cookstoves and fuels; and 

11 (2) to carry out other activities under this Act. 

12 (g) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.—There are au13 thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Depart14 ment of Agriculture out of funds available to the Depart15 ment of Agriculture such sums as may be necessary for 

16 fiscal years 2014 through 2015 for the Department of Ag17 riculture to work with the Global Alliance for Clean Cook18 stoves, including— 

19 (1) to provide technical expertise on policy 

20 questions facing the cookstoves sector and to help 

21 align the Alliance with ongoing international efforts 

22 that promote the sustainable production and use of 

23 clean burning biomass cooking fuels, to optimize 

24 natural resource conservation and agricultural pro25 ductivity; and 


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1 (2) to carry out other activities under this Act. 

2 (h) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN3 ISTRATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 

4 the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos5 pheric Administration (NOAA) out of funds available to 

6 NOAA such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 

7 2014 through 2015 for NOAA to work with the Global 

8 Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, including— 

9 (1) to partner with scientists in other countries 

10 to monitor global black carbon emissions and assess 

11 climate impacts and benefits of switching to clean 

12 cookstoves; and 

13 (2) to carry out other activities under this Act. 

14 (i) PEACE CORPS.—There are authorized to be ap15 propriated to the Director of the Peace Corps out of funds 

16 available to the Peace Corps such sums as may be nec17 essary for fiscal years 2014 through 2015 for the Peace 

18 Corps to work with the Global Alliance for Clean Cook19 stoves, including— 

20 (1) to train community members to select, con21 struct, and maintain clean cookstoves and fuels, pro22 vide ongoing support to sustain their use, and help 

23 families, schools, and others access grants to lower 

24 the cost; and 

25 (2) to carry out other activities under this Act. 


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1 (j) FUTURE YEARS FUNDING.—It is the sense of 

2 Congress that the departments and agencies referenced in 

3 this section should be provided sufficient funding in future 

4 fiscal years to fund commitments related to work with the 

5 Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. 

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