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Climate Change Technology Deployment and Infrastructure Credit Act of 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 21, 2005

Climate Change Technology Deployment and Infrastructure Credit Act of 2005 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to develop a national strategy to promote greenhouse gas intensity reducing technologies and practices developed through research and development programs conducted by National Laboratories, other Federal research facilities, universities, and the private sector.

Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to establish: (1) an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Climate Change Technology (Committee) to coordinate Federal climate change activities and programs; (2) the Climate Change Technology Program; and (3) Climate Change Technology Working Group.

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the Department of Commerce the Climate Change Science Program.

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Directs the Committee to develop and propose standards and best practices for calculating, monitoring, and analyzing greenhouse gas intensity.

Directs the Secretary to make financial assistance available to eligible project developers and project owners to supplement private sector financing for eligible projects.

Instructs the Secretary to establish a Energy Climate Credit Board to implement the greenhouse gas intensity reducing technology deployment program.

Sets forth parameters regarding Board assistance, determination of eligibility and project selection.

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Who introduced it

Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] · R–NE

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  • Energy and Natural Resources Committee
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  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  2. Introduced in Senate

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