focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and ad-
dressing the challenges posed by global climate 
change. 
(c) ACCESS.—The Secretary of State shall ensure 
that the program authorized by subsection (a) is available 
to— 
(1) historically Black colleges and universities 
that are part B institutions (as such term is defined 
in section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2))), Hispanic-serving institu-
tions (as such term is defined in section 502(5) of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 1101a(5))), Tribal Colleges or 
Universities (as such term is defined in section 316 
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c)), and other minority 
institutions (as such term is defined in section 
365(3) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1067k(3))), and to 
the students, faculty, and researchers at such col-
leges, universities, and institutions; and 
(2) small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals, and small business concerns owned and 
controlled by women (as such terms are defined in 
section 8(d)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 637(d)(3))). 
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(d) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall transmit 
to the appropriate committees an annual report on the im-
plementation of this section for each of the fiscal years 
2008 through 2012. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary of State $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012. 
SEC. 2208. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP TO SUPPORT A 
CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS INI-
TIATIVE. 
(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The President shall 
provide assistance to the Interagency Working Group to 
support a Clean Energy Technology Exports Initiative— 
(1) to improve the ability of the United States 
to respond to international competition by leveraging 
the resources of Federal departments and agencies 
effectively and efficiently and by raising policy issues 
that may hamper the export of United States clean 
energy technologies abroad; 
(2) to fulfill, as appropriate, the mission and 
objectives as noted in the report entitled, Five-Year 
Strategic Plan of the Clean Energy Technology Ex-
ports Initiative, submitted to Congress in October 
2002; and 
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(3) to raise the importance and level of over-
sight of the Interagency Working Group to the 
heads of the Federal departments and agencies that 
are participating in the Interagency Working Group. 
(b) REPORT.—The Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Energy shall 
jointly submit to the appropriate committees an annual 
report on the implementation of this section for each of 
the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to appropriated to 
the President $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2012. 
Subtitle C—International Clean 
Energy Foundation 
SEC. 2301. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the 
Board of Directors of the Foundation established 
pursuant to section 2302(c). 
(2) CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER.—The term 
‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’ means the chief executive 
officer of the Foundation appointed pursuant to sec-
tion 2302(b). 
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(3) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 
means the International Clean Energy Foundation 
established by section 2302(a). 
SEC. 2302. ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF FOUN-
DATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
executive branch a foundation to be known as the 
‘‘International Clean Energy Foundation’’ that shall 
be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this 
subtitle. The Foundation shall be a government cor-
poration, as defined in section 103 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(2) BOARD
OF
DIRECTORS.—The Foundation 
shall be governed by a Board of Directors chaired by 
the Secretary of State (or the Secretary’s designee) 
in accordance with subsection (d). 
(3) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—It is the intent of 
Congress, in establishing the structure of the Foun-
dation set forth in this subsection, to create an enti-
ty that serves the long-term foreign policy and en-
ergy security goals of reducing global greenhouse gas 
emissions. 
(b) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Foun-
dation a Chief Executive Officer who shall be re-
sponsible for the management of the Foundation. 
(2) APPOINTMENT.—The Chief Executive Offi-
cer shall be appointed by the Board, with the advice 
and consent of the Senate, and shall be a recognized 
leader in clean and efficient energy technologies and 
climate change and shall have experience in energy 
security, business, or foreign policy, chosen on the 
basis of a rigorous search. 
(3) RELATIONSHIP TO BOARD.—The Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer shall report to, and be under the di-
rect authority of, the Board. 
(4) COMPENSATION AND RANK.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Chief Executive 
Officer shall be compensated at the rate pro-
vided for level III of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5314 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(B) AMENDMENT.—Section 5314 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘Chief Executive Officer, International Clean En-
ergy Foundation.’’. 
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(C) 
AUTHORITIES
AND
DUTIES.—The 
Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible for 
the management of the Foundation and shall 
exercise the powers and discharge the duties of 
the Foundation. 
(D) AUTHORITY TO APPOINT OFFICERS.— 
In consultation and with approval of the Board, 
the Chief Executive Officer shall appoint all of-
ficers of the Foundation. 
(c) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be in the 
Foundation a Board of Directors. 
(2) DUTIES.—The Board shall perform the 
functions specified to be carried out by the Board in 
this subtitle and may prescribe, amend, and repeal 
bylaws, rules, regulations, and procedures governing 
the manner in which the business of the Foundation 
may be conducted and in which the powers granted 
to it by law may be exercised. 
(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The Board shall consist 
of— 
(A) the Secretary of State (or the Sec-
retary’s designee), the Secretary of Energy (or 
the Secretary’s designee), and the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for Inter-
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national Development (or the Administrator’s 
designee); and 
(B) four other individuals with relevant ex-
perience in matters relating to energy security 
(such as individuals who represent institutions 
of energy policy, business organizations, foreign 
policy organizations, or other relevant organiza-
tions) who shall be appointed by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate, of which— 
(i) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the majority leader of the House of 
Representatives; 
(ii) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives; 
(iii) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the majority leader of the Senate; and 
(iv) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the minority leader of the Senate. 
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