United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act
Latest action · Oct 8, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 8, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs to establish a grant program for joint ventures: (1) composed of either Israeli and United States private business entities, or of Israeli and United States academic persons; and (2) selected by the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundations (BSF), and the United States-Israel Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation or BSF using criteria established by the International Energy Advisory Board (established by this Act). Requires such ventures to carry out projects that encourage cooperation between the United States and Israel on research, development, and commercialization of alternative energy, improved energy efficiency, and renewable energy sources.
Establishes in the Department of Energy an International Energy Advisory Board to: (1) establish criteria for such grant recipients; and (2) determine the total amount of grant money to be awarded to all grantees selected by BIRD and by BSF for each fiscal year.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 8, 2004 to Nov 20, 2004, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Original | Oct 8, 2004 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Oct 8, 2004 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Nov 20, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 8, 2004Introduced in House
- Oct 8, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Oct 8, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Alternative energy sources
- Commercialization
- Department of Energy
- Economics and Public Finance
- Energy
- Energy efficiency
- Energy research
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to research
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- International Affairs
- International cooperation in science
- Israel
- Joint ventures
- Middle East and North Africa
- Research and development
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 8, 2004Introduced in House
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