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 Ad-
ministration’s 2006 Annual Energy Review, the in-
dustrial 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 dem-
onstrated the success of public-private partnerships 
with these industries resulting in research, develop-
ment, and deployment of new energy efficient tech-
nologies which reduce emissions and improve manu-
facturing competitiveness. 
(4) Innovations in manufacturing processes 
within these industries may be translated into effi-
ciency improvements in buildings, transportation,
and other economic sectors that depend upon these 
industries. 
(5) While past public-private partnerships have 
resulted in significant energy efficiency improve-
ments in manufacturing processes, there is a need 
for new technologies to achieve continual energy effi-
ciency improvements. 
(6) Innovations made in the last few decades 
assisted the United States in remaining competitive 
in the global market. Continued innovation in the 
areas of energy efficiency and feedstock diversifica-
tion 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 gen-
erations of engineers in critical areas of energy sys-
tems and efficient industrial process technologies for 
our domestic industries.
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— 
(1) to conduct energy research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application activities 
with respect to new industrial and commercial proc-
esses, technologies, and methods to— 
(A) achieve substantial improvements in 
energy efficiency; and 
(B) enhance the economic competitiveness 
of the United States industrial sector; and 
(2) to conduct environmental research and de-
velopment with respect to new industrial and com-
mercial processes, technologies, and methods to 
achieve environmental performance improvements 
such as waste reduction, emissions reductions, and 
more efficient water use. 
(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 recy-
cled from process and waste streams; 
(2) research to meet manufacturing feedstock 
requirements with alternative resources; 
(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 
savings 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 
Secretary 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
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a 
report on the activities conducted pursuant to this Act, 
including— 
(1) a description of the activities used to facili-
tate cooperation with energy-intensive industries, 
universities, 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 manu-
facturers; 
(3) to promote the research and development 
for usage of alternative energy sources to supply 
heat, power, and new feedstocks for energy intensive 
industries;
(4) to coordinate with appropriate State re-
search offices, and provide a clearinghouse for indus-
trial process and energy efficiency technical assist-
ance resources; and 
(5) to coordinate with State-accredited technical 
training centers and community colleges, while en-
suring 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. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 22, 
2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.