IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2051 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 10, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To provide for Federal coordination of activities supporting 
sustainable chemistry, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sustainable Chemistry 
Research and Development Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) Congress recognized the importance and 
value of sustainable chemistry and the role of the 
Federal Government in section 114 of the American 
Innovation and Competitiveness Act (Public Law 
114–329); 
(2) sustainable chemistry and materials trans-
formation is a key value contributor to business 
competitiveness across many industrial and con-
sumer sectors; 
(3) companies across hundreds of supply chains 
critical to the American economy are seeking to re-
duce costs and open new markets through innova-
tions in manufacturing and materials, and are in 
need of new innovations in chemistry, including sus-
tainable chemistry; 
(4) sustainable chemistry can improve the effi-
ciency with which natural resources are used to meet 
human needs for chemical products while avoiding 
environmental harm, reduce or eliminate the emis-
sions of and exposures to hazardous substances, 
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minimize the use of resources, and benefit the econ-
omy, people, and the environment; and 
(5) a recent report by the Government Account-
ability Office (GAO–18–307) found that the Federal 
Government could play an important role in helping 
realize the full innovation and market potential of 
sustainable 
chemistry 
technologies, 
including 
through a coordinated national effort on sustainable 
chemistry and standardized tools and definitions to 
support sustainable chemistry research, development, 
demonstration, and commercialization. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL COORDINATING ENTITY FOR SUSTAIN-
ABLE CHEMISTRY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of-
fice of Science and Technology Policy shall convene an 
interagency entity (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Entity’’) 
under the National Science and Technology Council with 
the responsibility to coordinate Federal programs and ac-
tivities in support of sustainable chemistry, including 
those described in sections 5 and 6. 
(b) COORDINATION WITH EXISTING GROUPS.—In 
convening the Entity, the Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy shall consider overlap and possible 
coordination with existing committees, subcommittees, or 
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other groups of the National Science and Technology 
Council, such as— 
(1) the Committee on Environment; 
(2) the Committee on Technology; 
(3) the Committee on Science; or 
(4) related groups or subcommittees. 
(c) CO-CHAIRS.—The Entity shall be co-chaired by 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy and a rep-
resentative from the Environmental Protection Agency, 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the 
National Science Foundation, or the Department of En-
ergy, as selected by the Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy. 
(d) AGENCY PARTICIPATION.—The Entity shall in-
clude representatives, including subject matter experts, 
from the Environmental Protection Agency, the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, the National 
Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the De-
partment of Agriculture, the Department of Defense, the 
National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administra-
tion, the Office of Management and Budget, and other re-
lated Federal agencies, as appropriate. 
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(e) TERMINATION.—The Entity shall terminate on 
the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 4. ROADMAP FOR SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY. 
(a) ROADMAP.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Entity shall— 
(1) consult with relevant stakeholders including 
representatives from industry, academia, the Federal 
Government, and international entities to develop 
and update as needed a consensus definition of ‘‘sus-
tainable chemistry’’ to guide the activities under this 
Act; 
(2) develop a working framework of attributes 
characterizing and metrics for assessing sustainable 
chemistry, as described in subsection (b); 
(3) assess the state of sustainable chemistry in 
the United States as a key benchmark from which 
progress under the activities described in this Act 
can be measured, including assessing key sectors of 
the United States economy, key technology plat-
forms, commercial priorities, and barriers to innova-
tion; 
(4) coordinate and support Federal research, 
development, demonstration, technology transfer, 
commercialization, education, and training efforts in 
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