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Union Calendar No. 343 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3890 

[Report No. 108–579] 

To reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology 

Competitiveness Act of 1988. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 4, 2004 

Ms. HART (for herself, Mr. MURPHY, and Mr. ENGLISH) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science 

JULY 1, 2004 

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 March 4, 2004] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation 

and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS. 

4 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

5 9 of the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and 
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1 Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 

2 5108) is amended to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec5 retary to carry out this Act $10,000,000 for each of the 

6 fiscal years 2005 through 2009.’’. 

7 (b) STEEL PROJECT PRIORITIES.—Section 4(c)(1) of 

8 the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Tech9 nology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 

10 5103(c)(1)) is amended— 

11 (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘coatings 

12 for sheet steels’’ and inserting ‘‘sheet and bar 

13 steels’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(K) The development of technologies 

17 which reduce greenhouse gas emissions.’’. 

18 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Steel and 

19 Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competi20 tiveness Act of 1988 is further amended— 

21 (1) by striking section 7 (15 U.S.C. 5106); and 

22 (2) in section 8 (15 U.S.C. 5107), by inserting 

23 ‘‘, beginning with fiscal year 2005,’’ after ‘‘close of 

24 each fiscal year’’. 
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1 SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS. 

2 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 9 

3 of the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Tech4 nology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 5108) is 

5 amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec8 retary to carry out this Act for fiscal year 2005, an amount 

9 equal to the amount appropriated for the same purposes 

10 for fiscal year 2004, and $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

11 years 2006 through 2009.’’. 

12 (b) STEEL PROJECT PRIORITIES.—Section 4(c)(1) of 

13 the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Tech14 nology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 5103(c)(1)) 

15 is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘coatings 

17 for sheet steels’’ and inserting ‘‘sheet and bar steels’’; 

18 and 

19 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub20 paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(K) The development of technologies which 

22 reduce greenhouse gas emissions.’’. 

23 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Steel and Alu24 minum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitive25 ness Act of 1988 is further amended— 

26 (1) by striking section 7 (15 U.S.C. 5106); and 
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1 (2) in section 4(b)— 

2 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 

3 ‘‘AND REPORT’’ after ‘‘MANAGEMENT PLAN’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘Within 6 months after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘Not later than 6 months after the date of enact7 ment of the Act enacting this sentence’’; 

8 (C) by striking ‘‘to expand the steel research 

9 and development initiative to include aluminum 

10 and’’; and 

11 (D) by inserting ‘‘, and shall transmit such 

12 plan to Congress’’ after ‘‘carry out the purposes 

13 of this Act’’. 

Union Calendar No. 343 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3890 

[Report No. 108–579] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy 

Act of 1988. Conservation and Technology Competitiveness 

JULY 1, 2004 

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