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tives from research and academic institutions, indus-
try, public utility commissions, and State and local 
governments who have expertise in technologies and 
practices relating to the energy-water nexus. 
(6) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate the strategic plan. 
(7) UPDATING
THE
STRATEGIC
PLAN.—Not 
later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and at least once every 5 years thereafter, 
the Secretary shall— 
(A) utilize relevant information produced 
by Federal Government agencies, academia, 
State, local, and tribal governments and indus-
try to update the strategic plan; 
(B) include in the updated strategic plan a 
description of the changes from the previous 
strategic plan and the rationale for such 
changes; 
(C) include a review of progress made to-
wards the milestones outlined in the previous 
strategic plan; and 
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(D) submit the updated strategic plan to 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate. 
(c) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary may 
provide for such additional research, development, and 
demonstration activities as appropriate to integrate water 
considerations into the research, development, and dem-
onstration activities of the Department as described in 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 3. ENERGY-WATER OVERSIGHT AND COORDINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the research, de-
velopment, and demonstration activities outlined in section 
2, the Secretary, in coordination with other relevant Fed-
eral agencies, shall establish an Energy-Water Committee 
to promote and enable improved energy and water re-
source data collection, reporting, and technological innova-
tion. The Committee shall consist of— 
(1) representation from each program within 
the Department and each Federal agency that con-
ducts research related to the energy-water nexus; 
and 
(2) non-Federal members, including representa-
tives of research and academic institutions, State, 
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local, and tribal governments, public utility commis-
sions, and industry, who have expertise in tech-
nologies, technological innovations, or practices re-
lating to the energy-water nexus. 
(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Committee shall, in carrying 
out section 2— 
(1) make recommendations on the development 
and integration of data collection and data commu-
nication standards and protocols, including models 
and modeling results, to agencies and entities cur-
rently engaged in collecting the data for the energy- 
water nexus; 
(2) recommend ways to make improvements to 
Federal water use data to increase understanding of 
trends in energy generation and fuel production, in-
cluding non-cooling water uses; 
(3) recommend best practices for utilizing infor-
mation from existing monitoring networks to provide 
nationally uniform water and energy use and infra-
structure data; and 
(4) conduct annual technical workshops, includ-
ing at least one regional workshop annually, to fa-
cilitate information exchange among Federal, re-
gional, State, local, and tribal governments and pri-
vate sector experts on technologies that encourage 
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the conservation and efficient use of water and en-
ergy. 
(c) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and at least once every 2 years 
thereafter, the Committee, through the Secretary, shall 
transmit to Congress a report on its findings and activities 
under this section. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.—Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 
shall apply to the Committee. 
SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing 
in this Act shall be construed to require State, tribal, or 
local governments to provide additional data for Federal 
purposes, or to take any action that may result in an in-
creased financial burden to such governments by restrict-
ing the use of water by such governments. 
SEC. 5. COORDINATION AND NONDUPLICATION. 
To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary 
shall coordinate activities under this Act with other pro-
grams of the Department and other Federal research pro-
grams. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) 
COMMITTEE.—The 
term 
‘‘Committee’’ 
means the Energy-Water Committee established 
under section 3(a). 
(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(3) ENERGY-WATER
NEXUS.—The term ‘‘en-
ergy-water nexus’’ means the energy required to pro-
vide reliable water supplies and the water required 
to provide reliable energy supplies throughout the 
United States. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
SEC. 7. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, 
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provided that such statement has been submitted prior to 
the vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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