SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Industrial Energy Effi-
ciency Research and Development Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) According to the Energy Information Admin-
istration’s 2006 Annual Energy Review, the indus-
trial sector in 2006 accounted for more energy use (32 
percent) than the residential (21 percent), commercial 
(18 percent), or transportation sector (29 percent). 
(2) The primary energy intensive industries 
vital to maintaining our country’s infrastructure and 
economic and national security include steel, chemi-
cals, metal casting, forest products, glass, aluminum, 
petroleum refining, and mining, as well as other en-
ergy intensive manufacturers. 
(3) The Department of Energy has demonstrated 
the success of public-private partnerships with these 
industries resulting in research, development, and de-
ployment of new energy efficient technologies which 
reduce emissions and improve manufacturing com-
petitiveness. 
(4) Innovations in manufacturing processes 
within these industries may be translated into effi-
ciency improvements in buildings, transportation, 
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and other economic sectors that depend upon these in-
dustries. 
(5) While past public-private partnerships have 
resulted in significant energy efficiency improvements 
in manufacturing processes, there is a need for new 
technologies to achieve continual energy efficiency im-
provements. 
(6) Innovations made in the last few decades as-
sisted the United States in remaining competitive in 
the global market. Continued innovation in the areas 
of energy efficiency and feedstock diversification are 
necessary to enable the United States to maintain a 
competitive edge. 
(7) The Department of Energy should continue 
collaborative efforts with industry, particularly the 
manufacturing sector, to broaden and accelerate the 
high-risk research and development of new manufac-
turing processes that optimize energy efficiency and 
utilize diverse sources of energy. 
(8) These partnerships support critical research 
and development capabilities at universities and other 
research institutions while training future generations 
of engineers in critical areas of energy systems and 
efficient industrial process technologies for our domes-
tic industries. 
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SEC. 3. INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy (in this 
Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish a pro-
gram, in cooperation with energy-intensive industries, 
trade and industry research collaborations representing 
such industries, and institutions of higher education, to 
conduct research, development, demonstration, and commer-
cial application activities with respect to new industrial 
and commercial processes, technologies, and methods to— 
(1) achieve— 
(A) substantial improvements in energy ef-
ficiency; and 
(B) environmental performance improve-
ments such as waste reduction, emissions reduc-
tions, and more efficient water use; and 
(2) enhance the economic competitiveness of the 
United States industrial sector. 
(b) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—Research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application activities 
under this section may include— 
(1) activities to support the development and use 
of technologies and processes that improve the quality 
and quantity of feedstocks recovered or recycled from 
process and waste streams; 
(2) research to meet manufacturing feedstock re-
quirements with alternative resources; 
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(3) research to develop and demonstrate tech-
nologies and processes that utilize alternative energy 
sources to supply heat, power, and new feedstocks for 
energy-intensive industries; 
(4) research to achieve energy efficiency in 
steam, power, control system, and process heat tech-
nologies, and in other manufacturing processes; and 
(5) a program to fund research, development, 
and demonstration relating to inventors’ and small 
companies’ technology proposals, based on energy sav-
ings potential, commercial viability, and technical 
merit. 
(c) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.—All awards under this 
section shall be made on a competitive, merit-reviewed 
basis. 
(d) COORDINATION AND NONDUPLICATION.—The Sec-
retary shall, coordinate efforts under this section with other 
programs of the Department and other Federal agencies, to 
avoid duplication of effort. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and once every 2 years there-
after, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report 
on the activities conducted pursuant to this Act, includ-
ing— 
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(1) a description of the activities used to facili-
tate cooperation with energy-intensive industries, uni-
versities, and other participants in the program; and 
(2) a description of ongoing projects and new 
projects initiated, and the anticipated energy savings 
associated with achievement of each project’s goals. 
SEC. 4. UNIVERSITY-BASED INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND 
ASSESSMENT CENTERS. 
To strengthen the program under section 3, the Sec-
retary shall provide funding to university-based industrial 
research and assessment centers, whose purpose shall be— 
(1) to identify opportunities for optimizing en-
ergy efficiency and environmental performance; 
(2) to promote application of emerging concepts 
and technologies in small and medium-sized manufac-
turers; 
(3) to promote the research and development for 
usage of alternative energy sources to supply heat, 
power, and new feedstocks for energy intensive indus-
tries; 
(4) to coordinate with appropriate State research 
offices, and provide a clearinghouse for industrial 
process and energy efficiency technical assistance re-
sources; and 
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(5) to coordinate with State-accredited technical 
training centers and community colleges, while ensur-
ing appropriate services to all regions of the United 
States. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this Act $150,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2009 through 2013. 
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Union Calendar No. 255 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3775 
[Report No. 110–401] 
A BILL 
To support research and development of new indus-
trial processes and technologies that optimize en-
ergy efficiency and environmental performance, 
utilize diverse sources of energy, and increase 
economic competitiveness. 
OCTOBER 22, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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