HR 1126 RFSSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

March 13, 2007

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS.

(a) Authorization of Appropriations- Section 9 of the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 5108) is amended to read as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

`SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

`There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this Act $12,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Steel Project Priorities- Section 4(c)(1) of the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 5103(c)(1)) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in subparagraph (H), by striking `coatings for sheet steels' and inserting `sheet and bar steels'; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(K) The development of technologies which reduce greenhouse gas emissions.'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Conforming Amendments- The Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 is further amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by striking section 7 (15 U.S.C. 5106); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in section 8 (15 U.S.C. 5107), by inserting `, beginning with fiscal year 2008,' after `close of each fiscal year'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Passed the House of Representatives March 12, 2007. Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, Clerk. Calendar No. 379 CommentsClose CommentsPermalink