3.0.0 1218 2023-01-11T13:31:12Z 2023-01-11T13:31:12Z Senate S 2015-05-06 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-06-09T14:08:34Z Referred to 2015-05-06T22:02:21Z North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016 114 2012 S 2016-09-08 Conference held. 14:37:58 Related bill CRS 2015-06-09 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2015-05-06 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-05-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-06-04 False Energy Congressional oversight Energy efficiency and conservation Energy research Energy storage, supplies, demand Government information and archives Public-private cooperation Water quality Water resources funding Water use and supply Energy 00 2015-05-06 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-25T22:27:55Z Nexus of Energy and Water for Sustainability Act of 2015 or the NEWS Act of 2015

This bill requires the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish either a Committee or a Subcommittee on the Nexus of Energy and Water for Sustainability (NEWS) under the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). The Secretary of Energy (DOE) and Secretary of the Interior must serve as co-chairs. The term "energy-water nexus" means the links between: (1) the water needed to produce energy; and (2) the energy needed to transport, reclaim, and treat water and wastewater.

The NEWS Committee or Subcommittee shall:

  • serve as a forum for developing common federal goals and plans on energy-water nexus research, development, and demonstration activities;
  • issue a strategic plan on the priorities and objectives of those activities;
  • promote coordination of the related activities of federal departments and agencies;
  • coordinate and develop capabilities and methodologies for data collection, management, and dissemination of information related to those activities from and to other federal departments and agencies;
  • promote information exchange between federal departments and agencies; and
  • review its activities, relevance, and effectiveness 10 years after it is established and report on the results of the review.

The Office of Management and Budget must submit a report that displays for each agency that carries out or supports basic and applied research, development, and demonstration activities to advance energy-water nexus-related science and technologies: (1) the budget proposed in the President's budget request for the upcoming fiscal year, (2) expenditures and obligations for the prior fiscal year, and (3) estimated expenditures and obligations for the current fiscal year.

]]> NEWS Act of 2015 Display Title NEWS Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish an interagency coordination committee or subcommittee with the leadership of the Department of Energy and the Department of the Interior, focused on the nexus between energy and water production, use, and efficiency, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced NEWS Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced Nexus of Energy and Water for Sustainability Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1218is/xml/BILLS-114s1218is.xml 2015-06-09 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.