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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 11, 2001
Comprehensive Energy Research and Technology Act of 2001 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the balance of funding priorities among programs authorized by this Act should remain as provided in this Act, regardless of the total amount of funding made available for this Act.Establishes an authorization of appropriations statutory scheme to fund the Department of Energy technology research and development programs designated below.Alternative Fuel Vehicle Acceleration Act of 2001 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to: (1) establish an alternative fuel vehicle energy demonstration and commercial application of energy technology competitive grant pilot program for State and local governments and metropolitan transportation authorities; (2) develop an implementation program for research, demonstration and commercial application to ensure reliability efficiency, and environmental responsibility of distributed energy resources, including advanced energy technologies and advanced grid reliability technologies.Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation Authorization Act of 2001 - Cites limitations placed upon appropriations authorized by this Act for the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation.Robert S. Walker and George E. Brown, Jr. Hydrogen Energy Act of 2001- Amends the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 to revise its purposes to include: (1) research and demonstration leading to the use of hydrogen for commercial applications; and (2) the development of a hydrogen production methodology that minimizes adverse environmental impacts, including efficient and cost-effective production from renewable and nonrenewable resources.Instructs the Secretary to conduct a hydrogen technology transfer program to: (1) accelerate wider application in foreign countries; (2) increase the global market for hydrogen technologies; and (3) foster global economic development without harmful environmental effects.Amends the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 to repeal the program relating to the integration of fuel cells with hydrogen production systems.Bioenergy Act of 2001 - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) bioenergy research and development programs; (2) biofuels energy systems; and (3) integrated bioenergy research and development.Department of Energy (DOE) University Nuclear Science and Engineering Act - Instructs the Secretary to: (1) support a program to maintain the nation's human resource investment and infrastructure in nuclear sciences and engineering; and (2) provide for designated university research and training reactor infrastructure maintenance and research activities.Authorizes appropriations that target: (1) graduate and undergraduate fellowships; (2) junior faculty research initiation grant programs; (3) nuclear engineering and education research programs; (4) communication and outreach related to nuclear science and engineering; (5) refueling research reactors and instrumentation upgrades; (6) re-licensing assistance; (7) a university reactor research and training award program; and (8) university-DOE laboratory interactions.Establishes the Office of Spent Nuclear Fuel Research within the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (DOE) to coordinate the participation of national laboratories, DOE facilities, universities and the commercial nuclear industry in research and development of technologies for the treatment, recycling, and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.Instructs the Secretary to conduct: (1) an advanced fuel recycling technology research and development program to promote the availability of proliferation-resistant fuel recycling technologies; (2) a Nuclear Energy Research Initiative for nuclear energy research grants; (3) jointly with industry, a Nuclear Energy Plant Optimization research and development program; and (4) a study of Generation IV nuclear energy systems.National Electricity and Environmental Technology Research and Development Act - Directs the Secretary to implement research and development programs pertaining to the commercial application of : (1) clean coal technologies; (2) petroleum-oil technology; (3) natural gas technologies; (4) unconventional and ultra-deepwater natural gas and petroleum exploration and production technologies; and (5) fuel cells.Fusion Energy Sciences Act of 2001 - Instructs the Secretary to develop a plan for: (1) U.S. construction of a magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment (and authorizes development of a plan for U.S. participation in an international burning plasma experiment); and (2) the Fusion Energy Sciences Program and to enable such experiments.Authorizes appropriations for the Spallation Neutron Source (at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee).Sets forth parameters within which the Secretary is instructed to develop and implement a least cost nonmilitary energy laboratory facility and an infrastructure strategy for such facilities.Mandates establishment of an Advisory Panel on the Office of Science.
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Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-23] · R–NY
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 106.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science. H. Rept. 107-177.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science. H. Rept. 107-177.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Energy Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Referred to the House Committee on Science.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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