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 119 STAT. 1110

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PUBLIC LAW 109–58—AUG. 8, 2005

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the President shall establish a Committee on Climate Change Technology to— ‘‘(A) integrate current Federal climate reports; and ‘‘(B) coordinate Federal climate change technology activities and programs carried out in furtherance of the strategy developed under subsection (c)(1). ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall be composed of at least 7 members, including— ‘‘(A) the Secretary, who shall chair the Committee; ‘‘(B) the Secretary of Commerce; ‘‘(C) the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality; ‘‘(D) the Secretary of Agriculture; ‘‘(E) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; ‘‘(F) the Secretary of Transportation; ‘‘(G) the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and ‘‘(H) other representatives as may be determined by the President. ‘‘(3) STAFF.—The members of the Committee shall provide such personnel as are necessary to enable the Committee to perform its duties. ‘‘(c) NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY POLICY.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Committee shall, based on applicable Federal climate reports, submit to the Secretary and the President a national strategy to promote the deployment and commercialization of greenhouse gas intensity reducing technologies and practices developed through research and development programs conducted by the National Laboratories, other Federal research facilities, institutions of higher education, and the private sector. ‘‘(2) UPDATES.—The Committee shall— ‘‘(A) at the time of submission of the strategy to the President under paragraph (1), also make the strategy available to the public; and ‘‘(B) update the strategy every 5 years, or more frequently as the Committee determines to be necessary. ‘‘(d) CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.—Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Committee is established under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary, in consultation with the Committee, shall establish within the Department of Energy the Climate Change Technology Program to— ‘‘(1) assist the Committee in the interagency coordination of climate change technology research, development, demonstration, and deployment to reduce greenhouse gas intensity; and ‘‘(2) carry out the programs authorized under this section. ‘‘(e) TECHNOLOGY INVENTORY.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct and make public an inventory and evaluation of greenhouse gas intensity reducing technologies that have been developed, or are under development, by the National Laboratories, other Federal research facilities, institutions of higher education, and the private sector to determine which technologies are suitable for commercialization and deployment.

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