108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3970

AN ACT

To provide for the implementation of a Green

and for other purposes.Chemistry Research and Development Program,

108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3970

AN ACT

To provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry

Research and Development Program, 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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Green Chemistry Re3 search and Development Act of 2004’’.

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

5 In this Act—

6 (1) the term ‘‘green chemistry’’ means chem7 istry and chemical engineering to design chemical

8 products and processes that reduce or eliminate the

9 use or generation of hazardous substances;

10 (2) the term ‘‘Interagency Working Group’’

11 means the interagency working group established

12 under section 3(c); and

13 (3) the term ‘‘Program’’ means the Green

14 Chemistry Research and Development Program de15 scribed in section 3.

16 SEC. 3. GREEN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

17 PROGRAM.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish a

19 Green Chemistry Research and Development Program to

20 promote and coordinate Federal green chemistry research,

21 development, demonstration, education, and technology

22 transfer activities.

23 (b) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—The activities of the Pro24 gram shall be designed to—
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1 (1) provide sustained support for green chem2 istry research, development, demonstration, edu3 cation, and technology transfer through—

4 (A) merit-reviewed competitive grants to

5 individual investigators and teams of investiga6 tors, including, to the extent practicable, young

7 investigators, for research and development;

8 (B) grants to fund collaborative research

9 and development partnerships among univer10 sities, industry, and nonprofit organizations;

11 (C) green chemistry research, development,

12 demonstration, and technology transfer con13 ducted at Federal laboratories; and

14 (D) to the extent practicable, encourage15 ment of consideration of green chemistry in—

16 (i) the conduct of Federal chemical

17 science and engineering research and de18 velopment; and

19 (ii) the solicitation and evaluation of

20 all proposals for chemical science and engi21 neering research and development;

22 (2) examine methods by which the Federal Gov23 ernment can create incentives for consideration and

24 use of green chemistry processes and products;
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1 (3) facilitate the adoption of green chemistry

2 innovations;

3 (4) expand education and training of under4 graduate and graduate students, and professional

5 chemists and chemical engineers, including through

6 partnerships with industry, in green chemistry

7 science and engineering;

8 (5) collect and disseminate information on

9 green chemistry research, development, and tech10 nology transfer, including information on—

11 (A) incentives and impediments to develop12 ment and commercialization;

13 (B) accomplishments;

14 (C) best practices; and

15 (D) costs and benefits;

16 (6) provide venues for outreach and dissemina17 tion of green chemistry advances such as symposia,

18 forums, conferences, and written materials in col19 laboration with, as appropriate, industry, academia,

20 scientific and professional societies, and other rel21 evant groups;

22 (7) support economic, legal, and other appro23 priate social science research to identify barriers to

24 commercialization and methods to advance commer25 cialization of green chemistry; and
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1 (8) provide for public input and outreach to be

2 integrated into the Program by the convening of

3 public discussions, through mechanisms such as cit4 izen panels, consensus conferences, and educational

5 events, as appropriate.

6 (c) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—The President

7 shall establish an Interagency Working Group, which shall

8 include representatives from the National Science Founda9 tion, the National Institute of Standards and Technology,

10 the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection

11 Agency, and any other agency that the President may des12 ignate. The Director of the National Science Foundation

13 and the Assistant Administrator for Research and Devel14 opment of the Environmental Protection Agency shall

15 serve as co-chairs of the Interagency Working Group. The

16 Interagency Working Group shall oversee the planning,

17 management, and coordination of the Program. The Inter18 agency Working Group shall—

19 (1) establish goals and priorities for the Pro20 gram, to the extent practicable in consultation with

21 green chemistry researchers and potential end-users

22 of green chemistry products and processes; and

23 (2) provide for interagency coordination, includ24 ing budget coordination, of activities under the Pro25 gram.
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1 (d) AGENCY BUDGET REQUESTS.—Each Federal

2 agency and department participating in the Program

3 shall, as part of its annual request for appropriations to

4 the Office of Management and Budget, submit a report

5 to the Office of Management and Budget which identifies

6 its activities that contribute directly to the Program and

7 states the portion of its request for appropriations that

8 is allocated to those activities. The President shall include

9 in his annual budget request to Congress a statement of

10 the portion of each agency’s or department’s annual budg11 et request allocated to its activities undertaken pursuant

12 to the Program.

13 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years

14 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Interagency

15 Working Group shall transmit a report to the Committee

16 on Science of the House of Representatives and the Com17 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the

18 Senate. This report shall include—

19 (1) a summary of federally funded green chem20 istry research, development, demonstration, edu21 cation, and technology transfer activities, including

22 the green chemistry budget for each of these activi23 ties; and
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1 (2) an analysis of the progress made toward

2 achieving the goals and priorities for the Program,

3 and recommendations for future program activities.

4 SEC. 4. BIENNIAL REPORT.

5 Section 37(a) of the Science and Engineering Equal

6 Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885d(a)) is amended by

7 striking ‘‘By January 30, 1982, and biennially thereafter’’

8 and inserting ‘‘By January 30 of each odd-numbered

9 year’’.

10 SEC. 5. MANUFACTURING EXTENSION CENTER GREEN SUP11 PLIERS NETWORK GRANT PROGRAM.

12 Section 25(a) of the National Institute of Standards

13 and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k(a)) is amended—

14 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

15 (4);

16 (2) by striking the period at the end of para17 graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

19 ‘‘(6) the enabling of supply chain manufactur20 ers to continuously improve products and processes,

21 increase energy efficiency, identify cost-saving oppor22 tunities, and optimize resources and technologies

23 with the aim of reducing or eliminating the use or

24 generation of hazardous substances.’’.
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1 SEC. 6. UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN CHEMISTRY AND

2 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING.

3 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—(1) As part of the Pro4 gram activities under section 3(b)(4), the Director of the

5 National Science Foundation shall carry out a program

6 to award grants to institutions of higher education to sup7 port efforts by such institutions to revise their under8 graduate curriculum in chemistry and chemical engineer9 ing to incorporate green chemistry concepts and strate10 gies.

11 (2) Grants shall be awarded under this section on a

12 competitive, merit-reviewed basis and shall require cost

13 sharing in cash from non-Federal sources, to match the

14 Federal funding.

15 (b) SELECTION PROCESS.—(1) An institution of

16 higher education seeking funding under this section shall

17 submit an application to the Director at such time, in such

18 manner, and containing such information as the Director

19 may require. The application shall include at a

20 minimum—

21 (A) a description of the content and schedule

22 for adoption of the proposed curricular revisions to

23 the courses of study offered by the applicant in

24 chemistry and chemical engineering; and

25 (B) a description of the source and amount of

26 cost sharing to be provided.
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1 (2) In evaluating the applications submitted under

2 paragraph (1), the Director shall consider, at a

3 minimum—

4 (A) the level of commitment demonstrated by

5 the applicant in carrying out and sustaining lasting

6 curriculum changes in accordance with subsection

7 (a)(1); and

8 (B) the amount of cost sharing to be provided.

9 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi10 tion to amounts authorized under section 8, from sums

11 otherwise authorized to be appropriated by the National

12 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002, there are

13 authorized to be appropriated to the National Science

14 Foundation for carrying out this section $7,000,000 for

15 fiscal year 2005, $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2006, and

16 $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.

17 SEC. 7. STUDY ON COMMERCIALIZATION OF GREEN CHEM18 ISTRY.

19 (a) STUDY.—The Director of the National Science

20 Foundation shall enter into an arrangement with the Na21 tional Research Council to conduct a study of the factors

22 that constitute barriers to the successful commercial appli23 cation of promising results from green chemistry research

24 and development.

25 (b) CONTENTS.—The study shall—
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1 (1) examine successful and unsuccessful at2 tempts at commercialization of green chemistry in

3 the United States and abroad; and

4 (2) recommend research areas and priorities

5 and public policy options that would help to over6 come identified barriers to commercialization.

7 (c) REPORT.—The Director shall submit a report to

8 the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives

9 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor10 tation of the Senate on the findings and recommendations

11 of the study within 18 months after the date of enactment

12 of this Act.

13 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

14 (a) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—(1) From

15 sums otherwise authorized to be appropriated by the Na16 tional Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002,

17 there are authorized to be appropriated to the National

18 Science Foundation for carrying out this Act—

19 (A) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

20 (B) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; and

21 (C) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.

22 (2) The sums authorized by paragraph (1) are in ad23 dition to any funds the National Science Foundation is

24 spending on green chemistry through its ongoing chem25 istry and chemical engineering programs.
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1 (b) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

2 TECHNOLOGY.—From sums otherwise authorized to be

3 appropriated, there are authorized to be appropriated to

4 the National Institute of Standards and Technology for

5 carrying out this Act—

6 (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

7 (2) $5,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; and

8 (3) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.

9 (c) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—From sums other10 wise authorized to be appropriated, there are authorized

11 to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for car12 rying out this Act—

13 (1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

14 (2) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; and

15 (3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.

16 (d) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.—From

17 sums otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there are

18 authorized to be appropriated to the Environmental Pro19 tection Agency for carrying out this Act—

20 (1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

21 (2) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
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1 (3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.

Passed the House of Representatives April 21, 2004.

Attest:

Clerk.