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(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term eligible entity 
means— 
(A) an institution of higher education 
under contract or in partnership with a non-
profit or for-profit private entity acting on be-
half of an industrial or commercial sector or 
subsector; 
(B) a nonprofit or for-profit private entity 
acting on behalf on an industrial or commercial 
sector or subsector; or 
(C) a consortia of entities acting on behalf 
of an industrial or commercial sector or sub-
sector. 
(2) ENERGY-INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL APPLICA-
TIONS.—The term ‘‘energy-intensive commercial ap-
plications’’ means processes and facilities that use 
significant quantities of energy as part of the pri-
mary economic activities of the processes and facili-
ties, including— 
(A) information technology data centers; 
(B) product manufacturing; and 
(C) food processing. 
(3) FEEDSTOCK.—The term ‘‘feedstock’’ means 
the raw material supplied for use in manufacturing, 
chemical, and biological processes. 
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(4) MATERIALS
MANUFACTURERS.—The term 
‘‘materials manufacturers’’ means the energy-inten-
sive primary manufacturing industries, including the 
aluminum, chemicals, forest and paper products, 
glass, metal casting, and steel industries. 
(5) PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘partnership’’ 
means an energy efficiency and utilization partner-
ship established under subsection (c)(1)(A). 
(6) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 
the industrial efficiency program established under 
subsection (b). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
shall establish a program under which the Secretary, in 
cooperation with materials manufacturers, companies en-
gaged in energy-intensive commercial applications, and 
national industry trade associations representing the man-
ufactures and companies, shall support, develop, and pro-
mote the use of new materials manufacturing and indus-
trial and commercial processes, technologies, and tech-
niques to optimize energy efficiency and the economic 
competitiveness of the United States. 
(c) PARTNERSHIPS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program, the 
Secretary shall— 
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(A) establish energy efficiency and utiliza-
tion partnerships between the Secretary and eli-
gible entities to conduct research on, develop, 
and demonstrate new processes, technologies, 
and operating practices and techniques to sig-
nificantly improve energy efficiency and utiliza-
tion by materials manufacturers and in energy- 
intensive commercial applications, including the 
conduct of activities to— 
(i) increase the energy efficiency of in-
dustrial and commercial processes and fa-
cilities in energy-intensive commercial ap-
plication sectors; 
(ii) 
research, 
develop, 
and 
dem-
onstrate advanced technologies capable of 
energy intensity reductions and increased 
environmental performance in energy-in-
tensive commercial application sectors; and 
(iii) promote the use of the processes, 
technologies, and techniques described in 
clauses (i) and (ii); and 
(B) pay the Federal share of the cost of 
any eligible partnership activities for which a 
proposal has been submitted and approved in 
accordance with paragraph (3)(B). 
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