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.
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Green Chemistry Re-
search and Development Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘green chemistry’’ means chem-
istry and chemical engineering to design chemical
products and processes that reduce or eliminate the
use or generation of hazardous substances;
(2) the term ‘‘Interagency Working Group’’
means the interagency working group established
under section 3(c); and
(3) the term ‘‘Program’’ means the Green
Chemistry Research and Development Program de-
scribed in section 3.
SEC. 3. GREEN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish a
Green Chemistry Research and Development Program to
promote and coordinate Federal green chemistry research,
development, demonstration, education, and technology
transfer activities.
(b) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—The activities of the Pro-
gram shall be designed to—
(3) facilitate the adoption of green chemistry
innovations;
(4) expand education and training of under-
graduate and graduate students, and professional
chemists and chemical engineers, including through
partnerships with industry, in green chemistry
science and engineering;
(5) collect and disseminate information on
green chemistry research, development, and tech-
nology transfer, including information on—
(A) incentives and impediments to develop-
ment and commercialization;
(B) accomplishments;
(C) best practices; and
(D) costs and benefits;
(6) provide venues for outreach and dissemina-
tion of green chemistry advances such as symposia,
forums, conferences, and written materials in col-
laboration with, as appropriate, industry, academia,
scientific and professional societies, and other rel-
evant groups;
(7) support economic, legal, and other appro-
priate social science research to identify barriers to
commercialization and methods to advance commer-
cialization of green chemistry; and
(8) provide for public input and outreach to be
integrated into the Program by the convening of
public discussions, through mechanisms such as cit-
izen panels, consensus conferences, and educational
events, as appropriate.
(c) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—The President
shall establish an Interagency Working Group, which shall
include representatives from the National Science Founda-
tion, the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection
Agency, and any other agency that the President may des-
ignate. The Director of the National Science Foundation
and the Assistant Administrator for Research and Devel-
opment of the Environmental Protection Agency shall
serve as co-chairs of the Interagency Working Group. The
Interagency Working Group shall oversee the planning,
management, and coordination of the Program. The Inter-
agency Working Group shall—
(1) establish goals and priorities for the Pro-
gram, to the extent practicable in consultation with
green chemistry researchers and potential end-users
of green chemistry products and processes; and
(2) provide for interagency coordination, includ-
ing budget coordination, of activities under the Pro-
gram.
(d) AGENCY BUDGET REQUESTS.—Each Federal
agency and department participating in the Program
shall, as part of its annual request for appropriations to
the Office of Management and Budget, submit a report
to the Office of Management and Budget which identifies
its activities that contribute directly to the Program and
states the portion of its request for appropriations that
is allocated to those activities. The President shall include
in his annual budget request to Congress a statement of
the portion of each agency’s or department’s annual budg-
et request allocated to its activities undertaken pursuant
to the Program.
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Interagency
Working Group shall transmit a report to the Committee
on Science of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate. This report shall include—
(1) a summary of federally funded green chem-
istry research, development, demonstration, edu-
cation, and technology transfer activities, including
the green chemistry budget for each of these activi-
ties; and
(2) an analysis of the progress made toward
achieving the goals and priorities for the Program,
and recommendations for future program activities.
SEC. 4. BIENNIAL REPORT.
Section 37(a) of the Science and Engineering Equal
Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885d(a)) is amended by
striking ‘‘By January 30, 1982, and biennially thereafter’’
and inserting ‘‘By January 30 of each odd-numbered
year’’.
SEC. 5. MANUFACTURING EXTENSION CENTER GREEN SUP-
PLIERS NETWORK GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 25(a) of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(4);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) the enabling of supply chain manufactur-
ers to continuously improve products and processes,
increase energy efficiency, identify cost-saving oppor-
tunities, and optimize resources and technologies
with the aim of reducing or eliminating the use or
generation of hazardous substances.’’.
SEC. 6. UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN CHEMISTRY AND
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING.
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—(1) As part of the Pro-
gram activities under section 3(b)(4), the Director of the
National Science Foundation shall carry out a program
to award grants to institutions of higher education to sup-
port efforts by such institutions to revise their under-
graduate curriculum in chemistry and chemical engineer-
ing to incorporate green chemistry concepts and strate-
gies.
(2) Grants shall be awarded under this section on a
competitive, merit-reviewed basis and shall require cost
sharing in cash from non-Federal sources, to match the
Federal funding.
(b) SELECTION PROCESS.—(1) An institution of
higher education seeking funding under this section shall
submit an application to the Director at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Director
may require. The application shall include at a
minimum—
(A) a description of the content and schedule
for adoption of the proposed curricular revisions to
the courses of study offered by the applicant in
chemistry and chemical engineering; and
(B) a description of the source and amount of
cost sharing to be provided.
(2) In evaluating the applications submitted under
paragraph (1), the Director shall consider, at a
minimum—
(A) the level of commitment demonstrated by
the applicant in carrying out and sustaining lasting
curriculum changes in accordance with subsection
(a)(1); and
(B) the amount of cost sharing to be provided.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts authorized under section 8, from sums
otherwise authorized to be appropriated by the National
Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002, there are
authorized to be appropriated to the National Science
Foundation for carrying out this section $7,000,000 for
fiscal year 2005, $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2006, and
$8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
SEC. 7. STUDY ON COMMERCIALIZATION OF GREEN CHEM-
ISTRY.
(a) STUDY.—The Director of the National Science
Foundation shall enter into an arrangement with the Na-
tional Research Council to conduct a study of the factors
that constitute barriers to the successful commercial appli-
cation of promising results from green chemistry research
and development.
(b) CONTENTS.—The study shall—
(1) examine successful and unsuccessful at-
tempts at commercialization of green chemistry in
the United States and abroad; and
(2) recommend research areas and priorities
and public policy options that would help to over-
come identified barriers to commercialization.
(c) REPORT.—The Director shall submit a report to
the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate on the findings and recommendations
of the study within 18 months after the date of enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—(1) From
sums otherwise authorized to be appropriated by the Na-
tional Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002,
there are authorized to be appropriated to the National
Science Foundation for carrying out this Act—
(A) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(B) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(C) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
(2) The sums authorized by paragraph (1) are in ad-
dition to any funds the National Science Foundation is
spending on green chemistry through its ongoing chem-
istry and chemical engineering programs.
(b) NATIONAL
INSTITUTE
OF
STANDARDS
AND
TECHNOLOGY.—From sums otherwise authorized to be
appropriated, there are authorized to be appropriated to
the National Institute of Standards and Technology for
carrying out this Act—
(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(2) $5,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(3) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
(c) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—From sums other-
wise authorized to be appropriated, there are authorized
to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for car-
rying out this Act—
(1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(2) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
(d) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.—From
sums otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there are
authorized to be appropriated to the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency for carrying out this Act—
(1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(2) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
Passed the House of Representatives April 21, 2004.
Attest:
Clerk.