Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2005
Latest action · Jun 20, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedJun 20, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2005 - Directs the President to establish a Green Chemistry Research and Development Program to promote and coordinate Federal research, development, demonstration, education, and technology transfer activities related to green chemistry.
Requires the President to establish an Interagency Working Group to oversee the planning, management, and coordination of the Program.
Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to provide for the Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology to enhance productivity and technological performance in U.S. manufacturing through the enabling of supply chain manufacturers to continuously make improvements with the aim of reducing or eliminating the use or generation of hazardous substances.
Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to carry out a program to award grants to institutions of higher education to support their efforts to revise their undergraduate curriculum in chemistry and chemical engineering to incorporate green chemistry concepts and strategies.
Requires such Director to enter into an arrangement with the National Research Council to conduct a study of, and report on, the factors that constitute barriers to the successful commercial application of promising results from green chemistry research and development.
Directs the agencies participating in the Program to carry out a joint, coordinated program to award grants to institutions of higher education to establish partnerships with companies in the chemical industry to retrain chemists and chemical engineers in the use of green chemistry concepts and strategies.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 20, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | Jun 20, 2005 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jun 20, 2005 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Jun 20, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1215 | Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2005 | Related bill | Nov 13, 2006 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry Research and Development Program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Chemical engineering
- Chemical research
- Chemistry
- Chemists
- Citizen participation
- Commerce
- Commercialization
- Communication in science
- Conferences
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost control
- Cost effectiveness
- Curricula
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Energy
- Economic research
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Energy
- Energy efficiency
- Engineers
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Executive reorganization
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to research
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Graduate education
- Green products
- Hazardous wastes
- Higher education
- Industrial costs
- Industrial engineering
- Industrial pollution
- Industry-university relations
- Infrastructure
- Law
- Legal research
- Manufacturing industries
- National Science Foundation
- Nonprofit organizations
- Pollution control
- Research and development
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Social science research
- Social Welfare
- Technology transfer
- Waste reduction
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2005Introduced in Senate
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