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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Weather Modification Research and 
Technology Transfer Authorization Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    It is the purpose of this Act to develop and implement a 
comprehensive and coordinated national weather modification policy and 
a national cooperative Federal and State program of weather 
modification research and development.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the Weather 
        Modification Advisory and Research Board.
            (2) Executive director.--The term ``Executive Director'' 
        means the Executive Director of the Weather Modification 
        Advisory and Research Board.
            (3) Research and development.--The term ``research and 
        development'' means theoretical analysis, exploration, 
        experimentation, and the extension of investigative findings 
        and theories of scientific or technical nature into practical 
        application for experimental and demonstration purposes, 
        including the experimental production and testing of models, 
        devices, equipment, materials, and processes.
            (4) Weather modification.--The term ``weather 
        modification'' means changing or controlling, or attempting to 
        change or control, by artificial methods the natural 
        development of atmospheric cloud forms or precipitation forms 
        which occur in the troposphere.

SEC. 4. WEATHER MODIFICATION ADVISORY AND RESEARCH BOARD ESTABLISHED.

    (a) In General.--There is established in the Department of Commerce 
the Weather Modification Advisory and Research Board.
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) In general.--The Board shall consist of 11 members 
        appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, of whom--
                    (A) at least 1 shall be a representative of the 
                American Meteorological Society;
                    (B) at least 1 shall be a representative of the 
                American Society of Civil Engineers;
                    (C) at least 1 shall be a representative of the 
                National Academy of Sciences;
                    (D) at least 1 shall be a representative of the 
                National Center for Atmospheric Research of the 
                National Science Foundation;
                    (E) at least 2 shall be representatives of the 
                National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the 
                Department of Commerce;
                    (F) at least 1 shall be a representative of 
                institutions of higher education or research 
                institutes; and
                    (G) at least 1 shall be a representative of a State 
                that is currently supporting operational weather 
                modification projects.
            (2) Tenure.--A member of the Board serves at the pleasure 
        of the Secretary of Commerce.
            (3) Vacancies.--Any vacancy on the Board shall be filled in 
        the same manner as the original appointment.
    (b) Advisory Committees.--The Board may establish advisory 
committees to advise the Board and to make recommendations to the Board 
concerning legislation, policies, administration, research, and other 
matters.
    (c) Initial Meeting.--Not later than 30 days after the date on 
which all members of the Board have been appointed, the Board shall 
hold its first meeting.
    (d) Meetings.--The Board shall meet at the call of the Chair.
    (e) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Board shall 
constitute a quorum, but a lesser number of members may hold hearings.
    (f) Chair and Vice Chair.--The Board shall select a Chair and Vice 
Chair from among its members.

SEC. 5. DUTIES OF THE BOARD.

    (a) Promotion of Research and Development.--In order to assist in 
expanding the theoretical and practical knowledge of weather 
modification, the Board shall promote and fund research and 
development, studies, and investigations with respect to--
            (1) improved forecast and decisionmaking technologies for 
        weather modification operations, including tailored computer 
        workstations and software and new observation systems with 
        remote sensors; and
            (2) assessments and evaluations of the efficacy of weather 
        modification, both purposeful (including cloud-seeding 
        operations) and inadvertent (including downwind effects and 
        anthropogenic effects).
    (b) Financial Assistance.--Unless the use of the money is 
restricted or subject to any limitations provided by law, the Board 
shall use amounts in the Weather Modification Research and Development 
Fund--
            (1) to pay its expenses in the administration of this Act; 
        and
            (2) to provide for research and development with respect to 
        weather modifications by grants to, or contracts or cooperative 
        arrangements with, public or private agencies.
    (c) Report.--The Board shall submit to the Secretary of Commerce 
biennially a report on its findings and research results.

SEC. 6. POWERS OF THE BOARD.

    (a) Studies, Investigations, and Hearings.--The Board may make any 
studies or investigations, obtain any information, and hold any 
hearings necessary or proper to administer or enforce this Act or any 
rules or orders issued under this Act.
    (b) Personnel.--The Board may employ, as provided for in 
appropriations Acts, an Executive Director and other support staff 
necessary to perform duties and functions under this Act.
    (c) Cooperation With Other Agencies.--The Board may cooperate with 
public or private agencies to promote the purposes of this Act.
    (d) Cooperative Agreements.--The Board may enter into cooperative 
agreements with the head of any department or agency of the United 
States, an appropriate official of any State or political subdivision 
of a State, or an appropriate official of any private or public agency 
or organization for conducting weather modification activities or 
cloud-seeding operations.
    (e) Conduct and Contracts for Research and Development.--The 
Executive Director, with the approval of the Board, may conduct and may 
contract for research and development activities relating to the 
purpose described in section 2.

SEC. 7. COOPERATION WITH THE WEATHER MODIFICATION OPERATIONS AND 
              RESEARCH BOARD.

    The heads of the departments and agencies of the United States and 
the heads of any other public or private agencies and institutions that 
receive research funds from the United States shall, to the extent 
possible, give full support and cooperation to the Board and to 
initiate independent research and development programs that address 
weather modifications.

SEC. 8. FUNDING.

    (a) In General.--There is established within the Treasury of the 
United States the Weather Modification Research and Development Fund, 
which shall consist of amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (b) 
or received by the Board under subsection (c).
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Board for the purposes of carrying out this Act 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2015. Any sums 
appropriated under this subsection shall remain available, without 
fiscal year limitation, until expended.
    (c) Gifts.--The Board may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or 
donations of services or property.
[EX A]: Weather Modification Research and Technology Transfer Authorization Act of 2005 - Establishes in the Department of Commerce the Weather Modification Advisory and Research Board to promote and fund research and development (R&D), studies, and investigations with respect to: (1) improved forecast and decisionmaking technologies for weather modification operations, including tailored computer workstations and software and new observation systems with remote sensors; and (2) assessments and evaluations of the efficacy of weather modification, both purposeful (including cloud-seeding operations) and inadvertent (including downwind effects and anthropogenic effects).

Establishes within the U.S. Treasury the Weather Modification Research and Development Fund. Directs the Board, unless the use of the money is restricted or subject to any limitations provided by law, to use amounts in the Fund to: (1) pay its expenses in the administration of this Act; and (2) provide for R&D with respect to weather modifications by grants to, or contracts or cooperative arrangements with, public or private agencies.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Water Technology Acceleration Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. INNOVATION IN CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUNDS.

    (a) Innovative Water Technologies.--Section 603 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) for the deployment of innovative water technologies, 
        including--
                    ``(A) green technologies, including manufactured 
                technology and natural systems, to address nonpoint 
                source pollution from agriculture;
                    ``(B) resource recovery in water and wastewater 
                treatment systems, including--
                            ``(i) energy conservation and production;
                            ``(ii) water reuse and recycling; and
                            ``(iii) recovery of valuable materials, 
                        such as nutrients from wastewater streams; and
                    ``(C) green infrastructure and other innovative 
                technologies, such as real-time system monitoring and 
                peak wet weather treatment technology, to reduce sewer 
                and storm water overflows due to wet weather events in 
                urban areas.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Technical Assistance.--The Administrator shall carry out 
technical assistance programs to facilitate and encourage the provision 
of financial assistance for the purposes described in subsection 
(c)(12).
    ``(k) Report.--Each year, the Administrator shall submit to 
Congress a report that describes--
            ``(1) the amount of financial assistance provided by State 
        water pollution control revolving funds to deploy innovative 
        water technologies;
            ``(2) the barriers impacting greater use of innovative 
        water technologies; and
            ``(3) the cost-saving potential to cities and future 
        infrastructure investments from emerging technologies.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 607 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1387) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, and indenting 
        appropriately;
            (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so 
        redesignated), by striking ``There is'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--There are''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Innovative water technologies.--In addition to any 
        other funds made available to carry out this title and 
        notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, there is 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to make 
        additional allotments under this title to States to provide 
        financial assistance solely for purposes described in section 
        603(c)(12) $100,000,000 for each fiscal year.''.

SEC. 3. INNOVATION IN DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUNDS.

    Section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
                    (A) in the first sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``only''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``Except'' and inserting 
                        the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--Except'';
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking 
                ``Financial'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Financial assistance.--Financial'';
                    (C) in the third sentence, by striking ``The 
                funds'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(C) Loans to public water systems.--The funds'';
                    (D) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``The 
                funds'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(D) Innovative water technologies.--The funds may 
                be used for the deployment of innovative water 
                technologies, including technologies to improve water 
                quality and technologies to improve real-time water 
                quality information of water users.
                    ``(E) Limitation.--The funds''; and
                    (E) in the fifth sentence, by striking ``Of the 
                amount'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(F) Public water systems serving fewer than 
                10,000 persons.--Of the amount'';
            (2) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) for the deployment of innovative water technologies, 
        including technologies to improve water quality and 
        technologies to improve real-time water quality information of 
        water users.'';
            (3) by striking subsection (m) and inserting the following:
    ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to any other 
funds made available to carry out this section and notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, there is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Administrator to make additional allotments under this section to 
States to provide financial assistance solely for the deployment of 
innovative water technologies, including technologies to improve water 
quality and technologies to improve real-time water quality information 
of water users, $100,000,000 for each fiscal year.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(s) Technical Assistance.--The Administrator shall carry out 
technical assistance programs to facilitate and encourage the provision 
of financial assistance for the deployment of innovative water 
technologies, including technologies to improve water quality and 
technologies to improve real-time water quality information of water 
users.
    ``(t) Report.--Each year, the Administrator shall submit to 
Congress a report that describes--
            ``(1) the amount of financial assistance provided by State 
        drinking water revolving funds to deploy innovative water 
        technologies;
            ``(2) the barriers impacting greater use of innovative 
        water technologies; and
            ``(3) the cost-saving potential to cities and future 
        infrastructure investments from emerging technologies.''.

SEC. 4. INNOVATIVE WATER TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
                    (A) a public utility, including publicly owned 
                treatment works and clean water systems;
                    (B) a municipality;
                    (C) a private entity, including a farmer or 
                manufacturer;
                    (D) an institution of higher education;
                    (E) a research institution or foundation;
                    (F) a State;
                    (G) a regional organization; or
                    (H) a nonprofit organization.
    (b) Grant Program Authorized.--The Administrator shall carry out a 
grant program for purposes described in subsection (c) to accelerate 
the development of innovative water technologies that address pressing 
water challenges.
    (c) Grants.--In carrying out the program under subsection (b), the 
Administrator shall make to eligible entities grants that--
            (1) finance projects that--
                    (A) are public-private partnerships; and
                    (B) deploy, test, and improve emerging water 
                technologies;
            (2) fund entities that provide technical assistance to 
        deploy innovative water technologies more broadly, especially--
                    (A) to increase adoption of innovative water 
                technologies in--
                            (i) municipal water and wastewater 
                        treatment systems; or
                            (ii) areas served by private wells; and
                    (B) in a manner that reduces ratepayer or community 
                costs over time, including the cost of future capital 
                investments; or
            (3) specifically target investments that, as determined by 
        the Administrator--
                    (A) improve water quality of a water source;
                    (B) improve water quality through the improvement 
                of the safety and security of a drinking water delivery 
                system;
                    (C) minimize contamination of drinking water, 
                including contamination by lead, bacteria, and 
                nitrates;
                    (D) improve the quality and timeliness and decrease 
                the cost of drinking water tests, especially 
                technologies that can be deployed within water systems 
                and at individual faucets to provide accurate real-time 
                tests of water quality, especially with respect to 
                lead, bacteria, and nitrate content;
                    (E) treat edge-of-field runoff to improve water 
                quality;
                    (F) treat agricultural, municipal, and industrial 
                wastewater;
                    (G) manage urban storm water runoff;
                    (H) conserve water; or
                    (I) address urgent water quality and human health 
                needs.
    (d) Priority Funding.--In making grants under this section, the 
Administrator shall give priority to projects that have the potential--
            (1) to provide substantial cost savings across a sector 
        (such as municipal or agricultural waste treatment); or
            (2) to significantly improve human health or the 
        environment.
    (e) Cost-Sharing.--The Federal share of the cost of activities 
carried out using a grant made under this section shall be not more 
than 70 percent.
    (f) Limitation.--The maximum amount of a grant provided to a 
project under this section shall be $5,000,000.
    (g) Report.--Each year, the Administrator shall submit to Congress 
and make publicly available on the website of the Administrator a 
report that describes any advancements during the previous year in 
development of innovative water technologies made as a result of 
funding provided under this section.
    (h) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section $50,000,000 for each fiscal year.
[EX A]: Water Technology Acceleration Act of 2016 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act to accelerate the testing, deployment, and commercialization of innovative water technologies.  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)must evaluate the barriers impacting greater use of innovative water technology and provide technical assistance to facilitate financial assistance tohelp communities use new technology.The new technology is designed to help communities address wastewater, storm runoff, and drinking water challenges. Additionally, the EPA must carry out a grant program to accelerate the testing and deployment of innovative water technologies that address water challenges. Priority funding must be given to projects that have the potential to: (1)provide substantial cost savings across a sector, or (2)significantly improve human health or the environment.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nanotechnology in the Schools Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The rapidly growing field of nanotechnology is 
        generating scientific and technological breakthroughs that will 
        benefit society by improving the way many things are designed 
        and made.
            (2) Nanotechnology is likely to have a significant, 
        positive impact on the security, economic well-being, and 
        health of Americans as fields related to nanotechnology expand.
            (3) In order to maximize the benefits of nanotechnology to 
        individuals in the United States, the United States must 
        maintain world leadership in the field of nanotechnology, 
        including nanoscience and microtechnology, in the face of 
        determined competition from other nations.
            (4) According to the National Science Foundation, foreign 
        students on temporary visas earned 32 percent of all science 
        and engineering doctorates awarded in the United States in 
        2003, the last year for which data is available. Foreign 
        students earned 55 percent of the engineering doctorates. Many 
        of these students expressed an intent to return to their 
        country of origin after completing their study.
            (5) To maintain world leadership in nanotechnology, the 
        United States must make a long-term investment in educating 
        United States students in secondary schools and institutions of 
        higher education, so that the students are able to conduct 
        nanoscience research and develop and commercialize 
        nanotechnology applications.
            (6) Preparing United States students for careers in 
        nanotechnology, including nanoscience, requires that the 
        students have access to the necessary scientific tools, 
        including scanning electron microscopes designed for teaching, 
        and requires training to enable teachers and professors to use 
        those tools in the classroom and the laboratory.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to strengthen the capacity 
of United States secondary schools and institutions of higher education 
to prepare students for careers in nanotechnology by providing grants 
to those schools and institutions to provide the tools necessary for 
such preparation.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Eligible institution.--The term ``eligible 
        institution'' means an institution that is--
                    (A) a public or charter secondary school that 
                offers 1 or more advanced placement science courses or 
                international baccalaureate science courses;
                    (B) a community college, as defined in section 3301 
                of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
                (20 U.S.C. 7011); or
                    (C) a 4-year institution of higher education or a 
                branch, within the meaning of section 498 of the Higher 
                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099c), of such an 
                institution.
            (2) Institution of higher education; secondary school; 
        secretary.--The terms ``institution of higher education'', 
        ``secondary school'', and ``Secretary'' have the meanings given 
        the terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (3) Qualified nanotechnology equipment.--The term 
        ``qualified nanotechnology equipment'' means equipment, 
        instrumentation, or hardware that is--
                    (A) used for teaching nanotechnology in the 
                classroom; and
                    (B) manufactured in the United States at least 50 
                percent from articles, materials, or supplies that are 
                mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, 
                in the United States.

SEC. 4. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the National Science Foundation 
(referred to in this Act as the ``Director'') shall establish a 
nanotechnology in the schools program to strengthen the capacity of 
eligible institutions to provide instruction in nanotechnology. In 
carrying out the program, the Director shall award grants of not more 
than $150,000 to eligible institutions to provide such instruction.
    (b) Activities Supported.--
            (1) In general.--An eligible institution shall use a grant 
        awarded under this Act--
                    (A) to acquire qualified nanotechnology equipment 
                and software designed for teaching students about 
                nanotechnology in the classroom;
                    (B) to develop and provide educational services, 
                including carrying out faculty development, to prepare 
                students or faculty seeking a degree or certificate 
                that is approved by the State, or a regional 
                accrediting body recognized by the Secretary of 
                Education; and
                    (C) to provide teacher education and certification 
                to individuals who seek to acquire or enhance 
                technology skills in order to use nanotechnology in the 
                classroom or instructional process.
            (2) Limitation.--
                    (A) Uses.--Not more than \1/4\ of the amount of the 
                funds made available through a grant awarded under this 
                Act may be used for software, educational services, or 
                teacher education and certification as described in 
                this subsection.
                    (B) Programs.--In the case of a grant awarded under 
                this Act to a community college or institution of 
                higher education, the funds made available through the 
                grant may be used only in undergraduate programs.
    (c) Applications and Selection.--
            (1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        this Act, an eligible institution shall submit an application 
        to the Director at such time, in such manner, and accompanied 
        by such information as the Director may reasonably require.
            (2) Procedure.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish a procedure 
        for accepting such applications and publish an announcement of 
        such procedure, including a statement regarding the 
        availability of funds, in the Federal Register.
            (3) Selection.--In selecting eligible institutions to 
        receive grants under this Act, and encouraging eligible 
        institutions to apply for such grants, the Director shall, to 
        the greatest extent practicable--
                    (A) select eligible entities in geographically 
                diverse locations;
                    (B) encourage the application of historically Black 
                colleges and universities (meaning part B institutions, 
                as defined in section 322 of the Higher Education Act 
                of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061)) and minority institutions (as 
                defined in section 365 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1067k)); 
                and
                    (C) select eligible institutions that include 
                institutions located in States participating in the 
                Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 
                (commonly known as ``EPSCoR'').
    (d) Matching Requirement and Limitation.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Requirement.--The Director may not award a 
                grant to an eligible institution under this Act unless 
                such institution agrees that, with respect to the costs 
                to be incurred by the institution in carrying out the 
                program for which the grant was awarded, such 
                institution will make available (directly or through 
                donations from public or private entities) non-Federal 
                contributions in an amount equal to \1/4\ of the amount 
                of the grant.
                    (B) Waiver.--The Director shall waive the matching 
                requirement described in subparagraph (A) for any 
                institution with no endowment, or an endowment that has 
                a dollar value lower than $5,000,000, as of the date of 
                the waiver.
            (2) Limitation.--
                    (A) Branches.--If a branch described in section 
                3(1)(C) receives a grant under this Act that exceeds 
                $100,000, that branch shall not be eligible, until 2 
                years after the date of receipt of the grant, to 
                receive another grant under this Act.
                    (B) Other eligible institutions.--If an eligible 
                institution other than a branch referred to in 
                subparagraph (A) receives a grant under this Act that 
                exceeds $100,000, that institution shall not be 
                eligible, until 2 years after the date of receipt of 
                the grant, to receive another grant under this Act.

SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT AND EVALUATION.

    (a) Report by Institutions.--Each institution that receives a grant 
under this Act shall prepare and submit a report to the Director, not 
later than 1 year after the date of receipt of the grant, on its use of 
the grant funds.
    (b) Review and Evaluation.--
            (1) Review.--The Director shall annually review the reports 
        submitted under subsection (a).
            (2) Evaluation.--At the end of every third year, the 
        Director shall evaluate the program authorized by this Act on 
        the basis of those reports. The Director, in the evaluation, 
        shall describe the activities carried out by the institutions 
        receiving grants under this Act and shall assess the short-
        range and long-range impact of the activities carried out under 
        the grants on the students, faculty, and staff of the 
        institutions.
    (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 6 months after conducting 
an evaluation under subsection (b), the Director shall prepare and 
submit a report to Congress based on the evaluation. In the report, the 
Director shall include such recommendations, including recommendations 
concerning the continuing need for Federal support of the program 
carried out under this Act, as may be appropriate.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director to carry 
out this Act $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal years 2009 through 2011.
[EX A]:
Nanotechnology in the Schools Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish a nanotechnology in the schools program awarding grants to public or charter secondary schools offering advanced science courses and to institutions of higher education, for the purchase of nanotechnology equipment and software and the provision of nanotechnology education to students and teachers.