BIRD Energy and U.S.-Israel Energy Center Reauthorization Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2280 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2280

To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to expand and 
 reauthorize the United States-Israel Energy Cooperation program, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2025

 Ms. Wasserman Schultz (for herself, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Wilson 
 of South Carolina, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Moskowitz, Ms. Lois 
    Frankel of Florida, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Veasey, Mr. 
Moulton, Ms. Titus, and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 
  and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Homeland 
Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to expand and 
 reauthorize the United States-Israel Energy Cooperation program, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``BIRD Energy and U.S.-Israel Energy 
Center Reauthorization Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Binational Industrial Research and Development 
        (BIRD) Energy Foundation was launched in 2009 to promote 
        bilateral cooperation between the United States and Israel in 
        energy development.
            (2) BIRD Energy helps address energy challenges and 
        opportunities of interest to both the United States and Israel 
        while focusing on commercializing clean energy technologies 
        that improve economic competitiveness, create jobs, and support 
        innovative companies.
            (3) The funding for scientific research and development 
        helps advance the capabilities of both countries in a wide 
        variety of areas, including cybersecurity for energy 
        infrastructure, renewable energy, energy storage, and fossil 
        energy.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF ENERGY COOPERATION 
              AUTHORITIES.

    (a) Extension of Cooperative Research Authorization.--Section 7(d) 
of the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 (22 
U.S.C. 8606(d)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$2,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``$5,000,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``fiscal year 2021'' and inserting ``each 
        of fiscal years 2026 through 2031''.
    (b) Extension of Authorization for Energy Center.--Section 1280A(e) 
of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2021 (22 U.S.C. 8607(e)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$4,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``$7,000,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``fiscal year 2021'' and inserting ``each 
        of fiscal years 2026 through 2031''.

SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ENERGY COOPERATION CATEGORIES.

    Section 917(b)(2) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 
2007 (Public Law 110-140; 42 U.S.C. 17337(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(J) hydrogen energy;
                    ``(K) fusion energy;
                    ``(L) industrial decarbonization;
                    ``(M) carbon management;
                    ``(N) agrivoltaics;
                    ``(O) grid modernization; and
                    ``(P) cybersecurity for energy infrastructure.''.

SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION OF UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ENERGY COOPERATION.

    Section 917(e) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 
(Public Law 110-140; 42 U.S.C. 17337(e)) is amended by striking 
``2024'' and inserting ``2035''.
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