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Union Calendar No. 343 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3890 
[Report No. 108–579] 
To reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology 
Competitiveness Act of 1988. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2004 
Ms. HART (for herself, Mr. MURPHY, and Mr. ENGLISH) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science 
JULY 1, 2004 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 4, 2004] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation 
and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
9 of the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and
Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 
5108) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this Act $10,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2005 through 2009.’’. 
(b) STEEL PROJECT PRIORITIES.—Section 4(c)(1) of 
the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Tech-
nology
Competitiveness
Act
of
1988
(15
U.S.C. 
5103(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘coatings 
for sheet steels’’ and inserting ‘‘sheet and bar 
steels’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(K)
The
development
of
technologies 
which reduce greenhouse gas emissions.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Steel and 
Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competi-
tiveness Act of 1988 is further amended— 
(1) by striking section 7 (15 U.S.C. 5106); and 
(2) in section 8 (15 U.S.C. 5107), by inserting 
‘‘, beginning with fiscal year 2005,’’ after ‘‘close of 
each fiscal year’’.
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 9 
of the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Tech-
nology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 5108) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this Act for fiscal year 2005, an amount 
equal to the amount appropriated for the same purposes 
for fiscal year 2004, and $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2006 through 2009.’’. 
(b) STEEL PROJECT PRIORITIES.—Section 4(c)(1) of 
the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Tech-
nology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 5103(c)(1)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘coatings 
for sheet steels’’ and inserting ‘‘sheet and bar steels’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(K) The development of technologies which 
reduce greenhouse gas emissions.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Steel and Alu-
minum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitive-
ness Act of 1988 is further amended— 
(1) by striking section 7 (15 U.S.C. 5106); and
(2) in section 4(b)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND REPORT’’ after ‘‘MANAGEMENT PLAN’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Within 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘Not later than 6 months after the date of enact-
ment of the Act enacting this sentence’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘to expand the steel research 
and development initiative to include aluminum 
and’’; and 
(D) by inserting ‘‘, and shall transmit such 
plan to Congress’’ after ‘‘carry out the purposes 
of this Act’’.
Union Calendar No. 343 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3890 
[Report No. 108–579] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy 
Conservation and Technology Competitiveness 
Act of 1988. 
JULY 1, 2004 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed