To establish a grant program to fund eligible joint ventures between United States and Israeli businesses and academic persons, to establish the International Energy Advisory Board, and for other purposes.
United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the United States-Israel Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD), or the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), to establish a grant program for joint ventures, composed of both Israeli and U.S. private business entities or of U.S. and Israeli academic persons, to implement projects to encourage cooperation between the United States and Israel on research, development, or commercialization of alternative energy, improved energy efficiency, or renewable energy sources.
Directs the Secretary to implement this Act through existing programs at the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Establishes in the Department of Energy an International Energy Advisory Board to advise the Secretary on the grant program and grant recipients.
Authorizes the Secretary to expend not more than $20 million to implement this Act for each of FY2006-2012 from funds previously authorized to the Office.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 109-543.
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 109-543.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 305.
Mr. Shadegg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5874-5878)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2730.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5874-5875)
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5874-5875)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.