[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1008 Reported in Senate (RS)]




                                                       Calendar No. 226
107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1008

                          [Report No. 107-99]

  To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to develop the United States 
  Climate Change Response Strategy with the goal of stabilization of 
 greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would 
 prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system, 
 while minimizing adverse short-term and long-term economic and social 
 impacts, aligning the Strategy with United States energy policy, and 
    promoting a sound national environmental policy, to establish a 
  research and development program that focuses on bold technological 
    breakthroughs that make significant progress toward the goal of 
   stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations, to establish the 
National Office of Climate Change Response within the Executive Office 
               of the President, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 8, 2001

 Mr. Byrd (for himself and Mr. Stevens, Mr. Rockefeller, Ms. Collins, 
  Mr. Reid, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Nelson of Florida, and Mr. Voinovich) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                   Committee on Governmental Affairs

                           November 15, 2001

               Reported by Mr. Lieberman, with amendments
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to develop the United States 
  Climate Change Response Strategy with the goal of stabilization of 
 greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would 
 prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system, 
 while minimizing adverse short-term and long-term economic and social 
 impacts, aligning the Strategy with United States energy policy, and 
    promoting a sound national environmental policy, to establish a 
  research and development program that focuses on bold technological 
    breakthroughs that make significant progress toward the goal of 
   stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations, to establish the 
National Office of Climate Change Response within the Executive Office 
               of the President, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Climate Change Strategy and 
Technology Innovation Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) evidence continues to build that increases in 
        atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are contributing 
        to global climate change;
            (2) in 1992, the Senate ratified the United Nations 
        Framework Convention on Climate Change, done at New York on May 
        9, 1992, the ultimate objective of which is the ``stabilization 
        of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level 
        that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with 
        the climate system'';
            (3) although science currently cannot determine precisely 
        what atmospheric concentrations are ``dangerous'', the current 
        trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions will lead to a continued 
        rise in greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, not 
        stabilization;
            (4) the remaining scientific uncertainties call for 
        temperance of human actions, but not inaction;
            (5) greenhouse gases are associated with a wide range of 
        human activities, including energy production, transportation, 
        agriculture, forestry, manufacturing, buildings, and other 
        activities;
            (6) the economic consequences of poorly designed climate 
        change response strategies, or of inaction, may cost the global 
        economy trillions of dollars;
            (7) a large share of this economic burden would be borne by 
        the United States;
            (8) stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the 
        atmosphere will require transformational change in the global 
        energy system and other emitting sectors at an almost 
        unimaginable level--a veritable industrial revolution is 
        required;
            (9) such a revolution can occur only if the revolution is 
        preceded by research and development that leads to bold 
        technological breakthroughs;
            (10) over the decade preceding the date of enactment of 
        this Act--
                    (A) energy research and development budgets in the 
                public and private sectors have declined precipitously 
                and have not been focused on the climate change 
                response challenge; and
                    (B) the investments that have been made have not 
                been guided by a comprehensive strategy;
            (11) the negative trends in research and development 
        funding described in paragraph (10) must be reversed with a 
        focus on not only traditional energy research and development, 
        but also bolder, breakthrough research;
            (12) much more progress could be made on the issue of 
        climate change if the United States were to adopt a new 
        approach for addressing climate change that included, as an 
        ultimate long-term goal--
                    (A) stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations 
                in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent 
dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system; and
                    (B) a response strategy with 4 key elements 
                consisting of--
                            (i) definition of interim emission 
                        mitigation targets coupled with specific 
                        mitigation approaches that cumulatively yield 
                        stabilized atmospheric greenhouse gas 
                        concentrations;
                            (ii) a national commitment--
                                    (I) to double energy research and 
                                development by the United States public 
                                and private sectors; and
                                    (II) in carrying out such research 
                                and development, to provide a high 
                                degree of emphasis on bold, 
                                breakthrough technologies that will 
                                make possible a profound transformation 
                                of the energy, transportation, 
                                industrial, agricultural, and building 
                                sectors of the United States;
                            (iii) climate adaptation research that 
                        focuses on response actions necessary to adapt 
                        to climate change that may have occurred or may 
                        occur under any future climate change scenario; 
                        and
                            (iv) continued research, building on the 
                        substantial scientific understanding of climate 
                        change that exists as of the date of enactment 
                        of this Act, that focuses on resolving the 
                        remaining scientific, technical, and economic 
                        uncertainties, to aid in the development of 
                        sound response strategies; and
            (13) inherent in each of the 4 key elements of the response 
        strategy is consideration of the international nature of the 
        challenge, which will require--
                    (A) establishment of joint climate response 
                strategies and joint research programs;
                    (B) assistance to developing countries and 
                countries in transition for building technical and 
                institutional capacities and incentives for addressing 
                the challenge; and
                    (C) promotion of public awareness of the issue.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to implement the new approach described 
in section 2(12) by developing a national focal point for climate 
change response through--
            (1) the establishment of the National Office of Climate 
        Change Response within the Executive Office of the President 
        (referred to in this section as the ``White House Office'') to 
        develop the United States Climate Change Response Strategy 
        (referred to in this section as the ``Strategy'') that--
                    (A) incorporates the 4 key elements of that new 
                approach;
                    (B) is supportive of and integrated in the overall 
                energy, transportation, industrial, agricultural, 
                forestry, and environmental policies of the United 
                States;
                    (C) takes into account--
                            (i) the diversity of energy sources and 
                        technologies;
                            (ii) supply-side and demand-side solutions; 
                        and
                            (iii) national infrastructure, energy 
                        distribution, and transportation systems;
                    (D) provides for the inclusion and equitable 
                participation of Federal, State, tribal, and local 
                government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, 
                academia, scientific bodies, industry, the public, and 
                other interested parties;
                    (E) incorporates new models of Federal-State 
                cooperation;
                    (F) defines a comprehensive energy technology 
                research and development program that--
                            (i) recognizes the important contributions 
                        that research and development programs in 
                        existence on the date of enactment of this Act 
                        make toward addressing the climate change 
                        response challenge; and
                            (ii) includes an additional research and 
                        development agenda that focuses on the bold, 
                        breakthrough technologies that are critical to 
                        the long-term stabilization of greenhouse gas 
                        concentrations in the atmosphere;
                    (G) includes consideration of other efforts to 
                address critical environmental and health concerns, 
                including clean air, clean water, and responsible land 
                use policies; and
                    (H) incorporates initiatives to promote the 
                deployment of clean energy technologies developed in 
                the United States and abroad;
            (2) the establishment of the Interagency Task Force, 
        chaired by the Director of the White House Office, to serve as 
        the primary mechanism through which the heads of Federal 
        agencies work together to develop and implement the Strategy;
            (3) the establishment of the <DELETED>Office of Carbon 
        Management</DELETED> Office of Climate Change Technology and 
        the Center for Strategic Climate Change Response within the 
        Department of Energy--
                    (A) to manage, as their primary responsibility, an 
                innovative research and development program that 
                focuses on the bold, breakthrough technologies that are 
                critical to the long-term stabilization of greenhouse 
                gas concentrations in the atmosphere; and
                    (B) to provide analytical support and data to the 
                White House Office, other agencies, and the public;
            (4) the establishment of an independent review board--
                    (A) to review the Strategy and annually assess 
                United States and international progress toward the 
                goal of stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations 
                in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent 
dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system; and
                    (B) to assess--
                            (i) the performance of each Federal agency 
                        that has responsibilities under the Strategy; 
                        and
                            (ii) the adequacy of the budget of each 
                        such Federal agency to fulfill the 
                        responsibilities of the Federal agency under 
                        the Strategy; and
            (5) the establishment of offices in, or the carrying out of 
        activities by, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of 
        Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other 
        Federal agencies as necessary to carry out the amendment made 
        by section 4.

SEC. 4. UNITED STATES CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY 
              INNOVATION.

    Title XVI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13381 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after the title heading the following:

                  ``Subtitle A--General Provisions'';

        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

  ``Subtitle B--United States Climate Change Strategy and Technology 
                               Innovation

``SEC. 1621. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subtitle:
            ``(1) Center.--The term `Center' means the Center for 
        Strategic Climate Change Response established by section 
        1624(e).
            ``(2) Climate-friendly technology.--The term `climate-
        friendly technology' means any energy supply or end-use 
technology that, over the life of the technology and compared to 
similar technology in commercial use as of the date of enactment of 
this subtitle--
                    ``(A) results in reduced emissions of greenhouse 
                gases;
                    ``(B) may substantially lower emissions of other 
                pollutants; and
                    ``(C) may generate substantially smaller or less 
                hazardous quantities of solid or liquid waste.
            ``(3) Department.--The term `Department' means the 
        Department of Energy.
            ``(4) Department office.--The term `Department Office' 
        means the <DELETED>Office of Carbon Management</DELETED> Office 
        of Climate Change Technology of the Department established by 
        section 1624(a).
            ``(5) Federal agency.--The term `Federal agency' has the 
        meaning given the term `agency' in section 551 of title 5, 
        United States Code.
        <DELETED>    ``(6) Greenhouse gas.--The term `greenhouse gas' 
        means an anthropogenic gaseous constituent of the atmosphere 
        that absorbs and re-emits infrared radiation.</DELETED>
            ``(6) Greenhouse gas.--The term `greenhouse gas' means--
                    ``(A) an anthropogenic gaseous constituent of the 
                atmosphere (including, but not limited to, carbon 
                dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons, 
                hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur 
                hexafluoride, and tropospheric ozone) that absorbs and 
                re-emits infrared radiation and influences climate; and
                    ``(B) an anthropogenic aerosol (including, but not 
                limited to, black soot) that absorbs solar radiation 
                and influences climate.
            ``(7) Interagency task force.--The term `Interagency Task 
        Force' means the United States Climate Change Response 
        Interagency Task Force established under section 1623(d).
            ``(8) Key element.--The term `key element', with respect to 
        the Strategy, means--
                    ``(A) definition of interim emission mitigation 
                targets coupled with specific mitigation approaches 
                that cumulatively result in stabilization of greenhouse 
                gas concentrations;
                    ``(B) a national commitment--
                            ``(i) to double energy research and 
                        development by the United States public and 
                        private sectors; and
                            ``(ii) in carrying out such research and 
                        development, to provide a high degree of 
                        emphasis on bold, breakthrough technologies 
                        that will make possible a profound 
                        transformation of the energy, transportation, 
                        industrial, agricultural, and building sectors 
                        of the United States;
                    ``(C) climate adaptation research that focuses on 
                response actions necessary to adapt to climate change 
                that may have occurred or may occur under any future 
                climate change scenario; and
                    ``(D) research that focuses on resolving the 
                remaining scientific, technical, and economic 
                uncertainties associated with climate change to the 
                extent that those uncertainties bear on strategies to 
                achieve the long-term goal of stabilization of 
                greenhouse gas concentrations.
            ``(9) Qualified individual.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified individual' 
                means an individual who has demonstrated expertise and 
                leadership skills to draw on other experts in diverse 
                fields of knowledge that are relevant to addressing the 
                climate change response challenge.
                    ``(B) Fields of knowledge.--The fields of knowledge 
                referred to in subparagraph (A) are--
                            ``(i) the science of primary and secondary 
                        climate change impacts;
                            ``(ii) energy and environmental economics;
                            ``(iii) technology transfer and diffusion;
                            ``(iv) the social dimensions of climate 
                        change;
                            ``(v) climate change adaptation strategies;
                            ``(vi) fossil, nuclear, and renewable 
                        energy technology;
                            ``(vii) energy efficiency and energy 
                        conservation;
                            ``(viii) energy systems integration;
                            ``(ix) engineered and terrestrial carbon 
                        sequestration;
                            ``(x) transportation, industrial, and 
                        building sector concerns;
                            ``(xi) regulatory and market-based 
                        mechanisms for addressing climate change;
                            ``(xii) risk and decision analysis;
                            ``(xiii) strategic planning; and
                            ``(xiv) the international implications of 
                        climate change response strategies.
            ``(10) Review board.--The term `Review Board' means the 
        United States Climate Change Response Strategy Review Board 
        established by section 1626.
            ``(11) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.
            ``(12) Stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations.--The 
        term `stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations' means the 
        stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the 
        atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous 
        anthropogenic interference with the climate system, as 
        contemplated by the United Nations Framework Convention on 
        Climate Change, done at New York on May 9, 1992.
            ``(13) Strategy.--The term `Strategy' means the United 
        States Climate Change Response Strategy developed under section 
        1622.
            ``(14) White house office.--The term `White House Office' 
        means the National Office of Climate Change Response of the 
        Executive Office of the President established by section 
        1623(a).

``SEC. 1622. UNITED STATES CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE STRATEGY.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director of the White House Office shall 
develop the United States Climate Change Response Strategy, which 
shall--
            ``(1) have the long-term goal of stabilization of 
        greenhouse gas concentrations;
            ``(2) build on the 4 key elements;
            ``(3) be developed on the basis of an examination of a 
        broad range of emission reduction targets and implementation 
        dates (including those contemplated by the United Nations 
        Framework Convention on Climate Change, done at New York on May 
        9, 1992) that culminate in the stabilization of greenhouse gas 
        concentrations;
            ``(4) incorporate mitigation approaches to reduce, avoid, 
        and sequester greenhouse gas emissions;
            ``(5) include an evaluation of whether and how each 
        emission reduction target and implementation date achieves the 
        emission reductions in an economically and environmentally 
        sound manner;
            ``(6) be consistent with the goals of energy, 
        transportation, industrial, agricultural, forestry, 
        environmental, and other relevant policies of the United 
        States;
            ``(7) have a scope that considers the totality of United 
        States public, private, and public-private sector actions that 
        bear on the long-term goal;
            ``(8) be based on an evaluation of a wide range of 
        approaches for achieving the long-term goal, including 
        evaluation of--
                    ``(A) a variety of cost-effective Federal and State 
                policies, programs, standards, and incentives;
                    ``(B) policies that integrate and promote 
                innovative, market-based solutions in the United States 
                and in foreign countries; and
                    ``(C) participation in other international 
                institutions, or in the support of international 
                activities, that are established or conducted to 
                facilitate stabilization of greenhouse gas 
                concentrations;
            ``(9) in the final recommendations of the Strategy, 
        emphasize response strategies that achieve the long-term goal 
        and provide specific recommendations concerning--
                    ``(A) measures determined to be appropriate for 
                short-term implementation, giving preference to cost-
                effective and technologically feasible measures that 
                will--
                            ``(i) produce measurable net reductions in 
                        United States emissions that lead toward 
                        achievement of the long-term goal; and
                            ``(ii) minimize any adverse short-term and 
                        long-term economic and social impacts on the 
                        United States;
                    ``(B) the development of technologies that have the 
                potential for long-term implementation--
                            ``(i) giving preference to technologies 
                        that have the potential to reduce significantly 
                        the overall cost of stabilization of greenhouse 
                        gas concentrations; and
                            ``(ii) considering a full range of energy 
                        sources, energy conversion and use 
                        technologies, and efficiency options;
                    ``(C) such changes in institutional and technology 
                systems as are necessary to adapt to climate change in 
                the short term and the long term;
                    ``(D) such review, modification, and enhancement of 
                the scientific, technical, and economic research 
                efforts of the United States, and improvements to the 
                data resulting from research, as are appropriate to 
                improve the accuracy of predictions concerning climate 
                change and the economic and social costs and 
                opportunities relating to climate change; and
                    ``(E) changes that should be made to project and 
                grant evaluation criteria under other Federal research 
                and development programs so that those criteria do not 
                inhibit development of climate-friendly technologies;
            ``(10) be developed in a manner that provides for 
        meaningful participation by, and consultation among, Federal, 
        State, tribal, and local government agencies, nongovernmental 
        organizations, academia, scientific bodies, industry, the 
        public, and other interested parties in accordance with 
        subsections (b)(4)(C)(iv)(II) and (d)(3)(B)(iii) of section 
        1623;
            ``(11) address how the United States should engage State, 
        tribal, and local governments in developing and carrying out a 
        response to climate change;
            ``(12) promote, to the maximum extent practicable, public 
        awareness, outreach, and information-sharing to further the 
        understanding of the full range of climate change-related 
        issues;
            ``(13) include recommendations for legislative and 
        administrative actions necessary to implement the Strategy;
            ``(14) serve as a framework for climate change response 
        actions by all Federal agencies;
            ``(15) recommend which Federal agencies are, or should be, 
        responsible for the various aspects of implementation of the 
        Strategy and any budgetary implications;
            ``(16) address how the United States should engage foreign 
        governments in developing an international response to climate 
        change; and
            ``(17) be subject to review by an independent review board 
        in accordance with section 1626.
    ``(b) Submission to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this subtitle, the President shall submit to Congress 
the Strategy.
    ``(c) Updating.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
submission of the Strategy to Congress under subsection (b), and at the 
end of each 2-year period thereafter, the President shall submit to 
Congress an updated version of the Strategy.
    ``(d) Progress Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
submission of the Strategy to Congress under subsection (b), and at the 
end of each 1-year period thereafter, the President shall submit to 
Congress a report that--
            ``(1) describes the progress on implementation of the 
        Strategy; and
            ``(2) provides recommendations for improvement of the 
        Strategy and the implementation of the Strategy.
    ``(e) Alignment With Energy, Transportation, Industrial, 
Agricultural, Forestry, and Other Policies.--The President, the 
Director of the White House Office, the Secretary, and the other 
members of the Interagency Task Force shall work together to align the 
actions carried out under the Strategy and actions associated with the 
energy, transportation, industrial, agricultural, forestry, and other 
relevant policies of the United States so that the objectives of both 
the Strategy and the policies are met without compromising the climate 
change-related goals of the Strategy or the goals of the policies.
    ``(f) National Laboratory Certification.--
            ``(1) In general.--The directors of the major national 
        laboratories of the Department specified in paragraph (3) shall 
        annually meet with the President and individually and 
        simultaneously certify whether the energy technology research 
        and development programs of the United States collectively are 
        technically and financially on a trajectory that is consistent 
        with--
                    ``(A) the directions and progress outlined in the 
                Strategy; and
                    ``(B) the long-term goal of stabilization of 
                greenhouse gas concentrations.
            ``(2) Effect of negative certification.--If the 
        certification described in paragraph (1) is in the negative, 
        the directors shall submit to the President a report that--
                    ``(A) specifies the reasons why the certification 
                is in the negative; and
                    ``(B) describes corrective actions that must be 
                taken so that the certification can be made in the 
                affirmative.
            ``(3) Directors of major national laboratories affiliated 
        with science and energy programs.--The directors of the 
        national laboratories that shall participate in the 
        certification under this subsection are the director of each 
        of--
                    ``(A) the Argonne National Laboratory;
                    ``(B) the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;
                    ``(C) the National Energy Technology Laboratory;
                    ``(D) the National Renewable Energy Laboratory;
                    ``(E) the Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and
                    ``(F) the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
            ``(4) Coordination.--The director of the National Energy 
        Technology Laboratory shall serve as coordinator of the group 
        of the directors of the national laboratories specified in 
        paragraph (3).

``SEC. 1623. NATIONAL OFFICE OF CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE OF THE 
              EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.

    ``(a) Establishment.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is established, within the 
        Executive Office of the President, the National Office of 
        Climate Change Response.
            ``(2) Focus.--The White House Office shall have the focus 
        of achieving the long-term goal of stabilization of greenhouse 
        gas concentrations while minimizing adverse short-term and 
        long-term economic and social impacts.
            ``(3) Duties.--Consistent with paragraph (2), the White 
        House Office shall--
                    ``(A) establish policies, objectives, and 
                priorities for the Strategy;
                    ``(B) in accordance with subsection (d), establish 
                the Interagency Task Force to serve as the primary 
                mechanism through which the heads of Federal agencies 
                shall assist the Director of the White House Office in 
                developing and implementing the Strategy;
                    ``(C) to the maximum extent practicable, ensure 
                that the Strategy is based on objective, quantitative 
                analysis, drawing on the analytical capabilities of 
                Federal and State agencies, especially the Center;
                    ``(D) advise the President concerning necessary 
                changes in organization, management, budgeting, and 
                personnel allocation of Federal agencies involved in 
                climate change response activities; and
                    ``(E) notify a Federal agency if the policies and 
                discretionary programs of the agency are not well 
                aligned with, or are not contributing effectively to, 
                the long-term goal of stabilization of greenhouse gas 
                concentrations.
    ``(b) Director of the White House Office.--
            ``(1) In general.--The White House Office shall be headed 
        by a Director, who shall report directly to the President.
            ``(2) Appointment.--The Director of the White House Office 
        shall be a qualified individual appointed by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
            ``(3) Term; vacancies.--
                    ``(A) Term.--The Director of the White House Office 
                shall be appointed for a term of 4 years.
                    ``(B) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the position of 
                Director of the White House Office shall be filled in 
                the same manner as the original appointment was made.
            ``(4) Duties of the director of the white house office.--
                    ``(A) Strategy.--In accordance with section 1622, 
                the Director of the White House Office shall coordinate 
                the development and updating of the Strategy.
                    ``(B) Interagency task force.--The Director of the 
                White House Office shall serve as Chairperson of the 
                Interagency Task Force.
                    ``(C) Advisory duties.--
                            ``(i) Climate, energy, transportation, 
                        industrial, agricultural, building, forestry, 
                        and other programs.--The Director of the White 
                        House Office, using an integrated perspective 
                        considering the totality of actions in the 
                        United States, shall advise the President and 
                        the heads of Federal agencies on--
                                    ``(I) the extent to which United 
                                States energy, transportation, 
                                industrial, agricultural, forestry, 
                                building, and other relevant programs 
                                are capable of producing progress on 
                                the long-term goal of stabilization of 
                                greenhouse gas concentrations; and
                                    ``(II) the extent to which proposed 
                                or newly created energy, 
                                transportation, industrial, 
                                agricultural, forestry, building, and 
                                other relevant programs positively or 
                                negatively affect the ability of the 
                                United States to achieve the long-term 
                                goal of stabilization of greenhouse gas 
                                concentrations.
                            ``(ii) Tax, trade, and foreign policies.--
                        The Director of the White House Office, using 
                        an integrated perspective considering the 
                        totality of actions in the United States, shall 
                        advise the President and the heads of Federal 
                        agencies on--
                                    ``(I) the extent to which the 
                                United States tax policy, trade policy, 
                                and foreign policy are capable of 
                                producing progress on the long-term 
                                goal of stabilization of greenhouse gas 
                                concentrations; and
                                    ``(II) the extent to which proposed 
                                or newly created tax policy, trade 
                                policy, and foreign policy positively 
                                or negatively affect the ability of the 
                                United States to achieve the long-term 
                                goal of stabilization of greenhouse gas 
                                concentrations.
                            ``(iii) International treaties.--The 
                        Secretary of State, acting in conjunction with 
                        the Interagency Task Force and using the 
                        analytical tools available to the White House 
                        Office, shall provide to the Director of the 
                        White House Office an opinion that--
                                    ``(I) specifies the economic and 
                                environmental costs and benefits of any 
                                proposed international treaties or 
                                components of treaties that have an 
                                influence on greenhouse gas management; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) assesses the extent to which 
                                the treaties advance the long-term goal 
                                of stabilization of greenhouse gas 
                                concentrations, while minimizing 
                                adverse short-term and long-term 
                                economic and social impacts and 
                                considering other impacts.
                            ``(iv) Consultation.--
                                    ``(I) With members of interagency 
                                task force.--To the extent practicable 
                                and appropriate, the Director of the 
                                White House Office shall consult with 
                                all members of the Interagency Task 
                                Force and other interested parties 
                                before providing advice to the 
                                President.
                                    ``(II) With other interested 
                                parties.--The Director of the White 
                                House Office shall establish a process 
                                for obtaining the meaningful 
                                participation of Federal, State, 
                                tribal, and local government agencies, 
                                nongovernmental organizations, 
                                academia, scientific bodies, industry, 
                                the public, and other interested 
                                parties in the formulation of advice to 
                                be provided to the President.
                    ``(D) Public education, awareness, outreach, and 
                information-sharing.--The Director of the White House 
                Office, to the maximum extent practicable, shall 
                promote public awareness, outreach, and information-
                sharing to further the understanding of the full range 
                of climate change-related issues.
            ``(5) Annual reports.--The Director of the White House 
        Office, in consultation with the Interagency Task Force and 
        other interested parties, shall prepare an annual report for 
        submission by the President to Congress that--
                    ``(A) assesses progress in implementation of the 
                Strategy;
                    ``(B) assesses progress, in the United States and 
                in foreign countries, toward the long-term goal of 
                stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations;
                    ``(C) assesses progress toward meeting climate 
                change-related international obligations;
                    ``(D) makes recommendations for actions by the 
                Federal Government designed to close any gap between 
                progress-to-date and the measures that are necessary to 
                achieve the long-term goal of stabilization of 
                greenhouse gas concentrations; and
                    ``(E) addresses the totality of actions in the 
                United States that relate to the 4 key elements.
            ``(6) Analysis.--During development of the Strategy, 
        preparation of the annual reports submitted under paragraph 
        (5), and provision of advice to the President and the heads of 
        Federal agencies, the Director of the White House Office shall 
        place significant emphasis on the use of objective, 
        quantitative analysis, taking into consideration any 
        uncertainties associated with the analysis.
    ``(c) Staff.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director of the White House Office 
        shall employ a professional staff of not more than 25 
        individuals to carry out the duties of the White House Office.
            ``(2) Intergovernmental personnel and fellowships.--The 
        Director of the White House Office may use the authority 
        provided by the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (42 
        U.S.C. 4701 et seq.) and subchapter VI of chapter 33 of title 
        5, United States Code, and fellowships, to obtain staff from 
        academia, scientific bodies, private industry, nongovernmental 
        organizations, other Department programs, other Federal 
        agencies, and national laboratories, for appointments of a 
        limited term.
    ``(d) Interagency Task Force.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director of the White House Office 
        shall establish the United States Climate Change Response 
        Interagency Task Force.
            ``(2) Composition.--The Interagency Task Force shall be 
        composed of--
                    ``(A) the Director of the White House Office, who 
                shall serve as Chairperson;
                    ``(B) the Secretary of State;
                    ``(C) the Secretary;
                    ``(D) the Secretary of Commerce;
                    ``(E) the Secretary of the Treasury;
                    ``(F) the Secretary of Transportation;
                    ``(G) the Secretary of Agriculture;
                    ``(H) the Administrator of the Environmental 
                Protection Agency;
                    ``(I) the Administrator of the Agency for 
                International Development;
                    ``(J) the United States Trade Representative;
                    ``(K) the National Security Advisor;
                    ``(L) the Director of the National Economic 
                Council;
                    ``(M) the Chairman of the Council on Environmental 
                Quality;
                    ``(N) the Director of the Office of Science and 
                Technology Policy;
                    ``(O) the Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Global 
                Change Research (which performs the functions of the 
                Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences 
                established by section 102 of the Global Change 
                Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2932)); and
                    ``(P) the heads of such other Federal agencies as 
                the Chairperson determines should be members of the 
                Interagency Task Force.
            ``(3) Strategy.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Interagency Task Force shall 
                serve as the primary forum through which the Federal 
                agencies represented on the Interagency Task Force 
                jointly--
                            ``(i) assist the Director of the White 
                        House Office in developing and updating the 
                        Strategy; and
                            ``(ii) assist the Director of the White 
                        House Office in preparing annual reports under 
                        subsection (b)(5).
                    ``(B) Required elements.--In carrying out 
                subparagraph (A), the Interagency Task Force shall--
                            ``(i) take into account the long-term goal 
                        and other requirements of the Strategy 
                        specified in section 1622(a);
                            ``(ii) give full consideration to the facts 
                        and opinions presented by the members of the 
                        Interagency Task Force;
                            ``(iii) consult with State, tribal, and 
                        local government agencies, nongovernmental 
                        organizations, academia, scientific bodies, 
                        industry, the public, and other interested 
                        parties; and
                            ``(iv) build consensus around a Strategy 
                        that is based on strong scientific, technical, 
                        and economic analyses.
            ``(4) Working groups.--The Chairperson of the Interagency 
        Task Force may establish such topical working groups as are 
        necessary to carry out the duties of the Interagency Task 
        Force.
    ``(e) Provision of Support Staff.--In accordance with procedures 
established by the Chairperson of the Interagency Task Force, the 
Federal agencies represented on the Interagency Task Force shall 
provide staff from the agencies to support information, data 
collection, and analyses required by the Interagency Task Force.
    ``(f) Hearings.--On request of the Chairperson, the Interagency 
Task Force may hold such hearings, meet and act at such times and 
places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as the 
Interagency Task Force considers to be appropriate.

``SEC. 1624. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE 
              <DELETED>OFFICE OF CARBON MANAGEMENT</DELETED> OFFICE OF 
              CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND 
              THE CENTER FOR STRATEGIC CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE.

    ``(a) Establishment of <DELETED>Office of Carbon Management</DELETED> 
Office of Climate Change Technology of the Department of Energy.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is established, within the 
        Department, the <DELETED>Office of Carbon Management</DELETED> 
        Office of Climate Change Technology.
            ``(2) Duties.--The Department Office shall--
                    ``(A) manage an energy technology research and 
                development program that directly supports the Strategy 
                by--
                            ``(i) focusing on high-risk, bold, 
                        breakthrough technologies that--
                                    ``(I) are critical to the long-term 
                                stabilization of greenhouse gas 
                                concentrations;
                                    ``(II) are not significantly 
                                addressed by other Federal programs; 
                                and
                                    ``(III) move technology 
                                substantially beyond the state of usual 
                                innovation;
                            ``(ii) forging fundamentally new research 
                        and development partnerships among various 
                        Departments, other Federal, and State programs, 
                        particularly between basic science and energy 
                        technology programs, in cases in which such 
                        partnerships have significant potential to 
                        affect the ability of the United States to 
                        achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas 
                        concentrations at the lowest possible cost;
                            ``(iii) forging international research and 
                        development partnerships that are in the 
                        interests of the United States and make 
                        progress on stabilization of greenhouse gas 
                        concentrations;
                            ``(iv) making available, through 
                        monitoring, experimentation, and analysis, data 
                        that are essential to proving the technical and 
                        economic viability of technology central to 
                        addressing climate change; and
                            ``(v) transitioning research and 
                        development programs to other program offices 
                        of the Department once such a research and 
                        development program crosses the threshold of 
                        high-risk research and moves into the realm of 
                        more conventional technology development;
                    ``(B) in accordance with subsection (b)(5)(C), 
                prepare a 10-year program plan for the activities of 
                the Department Office and update the plan biennially;
                    ``(C) prepare annual reports in accordance with 
                subsection (b)(6);
                    ``(D) identify the total contribution of all 
                Department programs to climate change response;
                    ``(E) provide substantial analytical support to the 
                White House Office, particularly support in the 
                development of the Strategy and associated progress 
                reporting; and
                    ``(F) advise the Secretary on climate change-
                related issues, including necessary changes in 
                Department organization, management, budgeting, and 
                personnel allocation in the programs involved in 
                climate change response-related activities.
    ``(b) Director of the Department Office.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Department Office shall be headed by 
        a Director, who shall report directly to the Secretary.
            ``(2) Appointment.--The Director of the Department Office 
        shall be an employee of the Federal Government who is a 
        qualified individual appointed by the President.
            ``(3) Term.--The Director of the Department Office shall be 
        appointed for a term of 4 years.
            ``(4) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the position of the Director 
        of the Department Office shall be filled in the same manner as 
        the original appointment was made.
            ``(5) Duties of the director of the department office.--
                    ``(A) Strategy.--The Director of the Department 
                Office shall support development of the Strategy 
                through the provision of staff and analytical support.
                    ``(B) Interagency task force.--Through active 
                participation in the Interagency Task Force, the 
                Director of the Department Office shall--
                            ``(i) based on the analytical capabilities 
                        of the Department Office and the Center, share 
                        analyses of alternative climate change response 
                        strategies with other members of the 
                        Interagency Task Force to assist all members in 
                        understanding--
                                    ``(I) the scale of the climate 
                                change response challenge; and
                                    ``(II) how the actions of the 
                                Federal agencies of the members 
                                positively or negatively contribute to 
                                climate change solutions; and
                            ``(ii) determine how the energy technology 
                        research and development program described in 
                        subsection (a)(2)(A) can be designed for 
                        maximum impact on the long-term goal of 
                        stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations.
                    ``(C) 10-year program plan.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 1 year 
                        after the date of enactment of this subtitle, 
                        the Director of the Department Office shall 
                        prepare a 10-year program plan.
                            ``(ii) Required elements.--The plan shall--
                                    ``(I) consider all elements of the 
                                Strategy that relate to technology 
                                research and development;
                                    ``(II) become an integral component 
                                of the Strategy;
                                    ``(III) focus the activities of the 
                                Department Office on gaps identified by 
                                the Strategy;
                                    ``(IV) emphasize the funding of 
                                activities that meet the goals 
                                described in clauses (i) through (iv) 
                                of subsection (a)(2)(A);
                                    ``(V) identify creative and 
                                innovative approaches for building 
                                partnerships and managing research and 
                                development that have the potential to 
                                result in significant advances of 
                                technologies and other innovative 
                                actions; and
                                    ``(VI) place a high level of 
                                emphasis on bold, breakthrough research 
                                and development programs that can--
                                            ``(aa) be created with the 
                                        involvement of 1 or more 
                                        Federal research and 
                                        development programs; and
                                            ``(bb) upon reaching a 
                                        sufficient level of 
                                        technological maturity, be 
                                        transitioned to other program 
                                        offices of the Department 
                                        without loss of the creative 
                                        management approaches and 
                                        partnerships of the innovative 
                                        research and development 
                                        programs.
                            ``(iii) Submission of plan.--The Secretary 
                        shall submit the 10-year program plan to 
                        Congress and the Director of the White House 
                        Office.
                            ``(iv) Updating.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The Director of 
                                the Department Office shall update the 
                                10-year program plan biennially.
                                    ``(II) Submission.--The Secretary 
                                shall submit each updated 10-year 
                                program plan to Congress and the 
                                Director of the White House Office.
                    ``(D) Center.--
                            ``(i) Operating model.--The Director of the 
                        Department Office shall establish an operating 
                        model for the Center.
                            ``(ii) Delegation of department office 
                        functions.--The Director of the Department 
                        Office may choose to delegate selected program 
                        management and research and development 
                        functions of the Department Office to the 
                        Center.
                            ``(iii) Focus.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--Funds for the 
                                Center should be used to build a Center 
                                with focused capability that has a 
                                limited number of focused offsite 
                                locations.
                                    ``(II) Involvement of 
                                organizations.--Notwithstanding 
                                subclause (I), the Director of the 
                                Department Office may involve any 
                                number of organizations in the 
                                operation of the Center.
                            ``(iv) Tools, data, and capabilities.--The 
                        Director of the Department Office shall foster 
                        the development of tools, data, and 
                        capabilities at the Center to ensure that--
                                    ``(I) the United States has a 
                                robust capability for evaluating 
                                alternative climate change response 
                                scenarios; and
                                    ``(II) the Center provides long-
                                term analytical continuity during the 
                                terms of service of successive 
                                Presidents.
                    ``(E) Advisory duties.--The Director of the 
                Department Office shall advise the Secretary on all 
                aspects of climate change response.
            ``(6) Annual reports.--The Director of the Department 
        Office shall prepare an annual report for submission by the 
        Secretary to Congress and the White House Office that--
                    ``(A) assesses progress toward meeting the goals of 
                the energy technology research and development program 
                described in subsection (a)(2)(A);
                    ``(B) assesses the activities of the Center;
                    ``(C) assesses the contributions of all energy 
                technology research and development programs of the 
                Department (including science programs) to the long-
                term goal and other requirements of the Strategy 
                specified in section 1622(a); and
                    ``(D) makes recommendations for actions by the 
                Department and other Federal agencies to address the 
                components of technology development that are necessary 
                to support the Strategy.
            ``(7) Analysis.--During development of the Strategy, the 
        10-year program plan submitted under paragraph (5)(C), annual 
        reports submitted under paragraph (6), and advice to the 
        Secretary, the Director of the Department Office shall place 
        significant emphasis on the use of objective, quantitative 
        analysis, taking into consideration any associated 
        uncertainties.
    ``(c) Staff.--The Director of the Department Office shall employ a 
professional staff of not more than 25 individuals to carry out the 
duties of the Department Office.
    ``(d) Intergovernmental Personnel and Fellowships.--The Department 
Office may use the authority provided by the Intergovernmental 
Personnel Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.) and subchapter VI of 
chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, and fellowships, to obtain 
staff from academia, scientific bodies, private industry, 
nongovernmental organizations, other Department programs, other Federal 
agencies, and national laboratories, for appointments of a limited 
term.
    ``(e) Center for Strategic Climate Change Response.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Establishment.--There is established the 
                Center for Strategic Climate Change Response, which 
                shall report to the Director of the Department Office.
                    ``(B) Locations.--The Center shall maintain 1 
                headquarters location and such additional temporary or 
                permanent locations as are necessary to carry out the 
                duties of the Center.
                    ``(C) Center director.--The Center shall be headed 
                by a Director, who shall be selected by the Director of 
                the Department Office.
            ``(2) Duties.--
                    ``(A) In general.--
                            ``(i) Goal.--The Center shall foster the 
                        development and application of advanced 
                        computational tools, data, and capabilities 
                        that support integrated assessment of 
                        alternative climate change response scenarios 
                        and implementation of the Strategy.
                            ``(ii) Participation and support.--The 
                        Center may include participation of, and be 
                        supported by, each other Federal agency that 
                        has a direct or indirect role in the 
                        development, commercialization, or transfer of 
                        energy, transportation, industrial, 
                        agricultural, forestry, or other climate 
                        change-related technology.
                    ``(B) Programs.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Center shall--
                                    ``(I) develop and maintain core 
                                analytical competencies and complex, 
                                integrated computational modeling 
                                capabilities that are necessary to 
                                support the design and implementation 
                                of the Strategy;
                                    ``(II) track United States and 
                                international progress toward the long-
                                term goal of stabilization of 
                                greenhouse gas concentrations; and
                                    ``(III) in support of the 
                                Department Office, support the 
                                management and implementation of 
                                research and development programs.
                            ``(ii) International carbon dioxide 
                        sequestration monitoring and data program.--In 
                        consultation with Federal, State, academic, 
                        scientific, private sector, nongovernmental, 
                        tribal, and international carbon capture and 
                        sequestration technology programs, the Center 
                        shall design and carry out an international 
                        carbon dioxide sequestration monitoring and 
                        data program to collect, analyze, and make 
                        available the technical and economic data to 
                        ascertain--
                                    ``(I) whether engineered 
                                sequestration and terrestrial 
                                sequestration will be acceptable 
                                technologies from regulatory, economic, 
                                and international perspectives;
                                    ``(II) whether carbon dioxide 
                                sequestered in geological formations or 
                                ocean systems is stable and has 
                                inconsequential leakage rates on a 
                                geologic time-scale; and
                                    ``(III) the extent to which forest, 
                                agricultural, and other terrestrial 
                                systems are suitable carbon sinks.
                    ``(C) Areas of expertise.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Center shall develop 
                        and maintain expertise in integrated 
                        assessment, modeling, and related capabilities 
                        necessary--
                                    ``(I) to understand the 
                                relationship between natural, 
                                agricultural, industrial, energy, and 
                                economic systems;
                                    ``(II) to design effective research 
                                and development programs; and
                                    ``(III) to develop and implement 
                                the Strategy.
                            ``(ii) Technology transfer and diffusion.--
                        The expertise described in clause (i) shall 
                        include knowledge of technology transfer and 
                        technology diffusion in United States markets 
                        and foreign markets.
                    ``(D) Dissemination of information.--The Center 
                shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that 
                technical and scientific knowledge relating to 
                greenhouse gas emission reduction, avoidance, and 
                sequestration is broadly disseminated through 
                publications, fellowships, and training programs.
                    ``(E) Assessments.--In a manner consistent with the 
                Strategy, the Center shall conduct assessments of 
                deployment of climate-friendly technology.
                    ``(F) Use of private sector funding.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Center shall create 
                        an operating model that allows for 
                        collaboration, division of effort, and cost 
                        sharing with industry on individual climate 
                        change response projects.
                            ``(ii) Requirements.--Although cost sharing 
                        in some cases may be appropriate, the Center 
                        shall focus on long-term high-risk research and 
                        development and should not make industrial 
                        partnerships or cost sharing a requirement, if 
                        such a requirement would bias the activities of 
                        the Center toward incremental innovations.
                            ``(iii) Reevaluation on transition.--At 
                        such time as any bold, breakthrough research 
                        and development program reaches a sufficient 
                        level of technological maturity such that the 
                        program is transitioned to a program office of 
                        the Department other than the Department 
                        Office, the cost-sharing requirements and 
                        criteria applicable to the program should be 
                        reevaluated.
                            ``(iv) Publication in federal register.--
                        Each cost-sharing agreement entered into under 
                        this subparagraph shall be published in the 
                        Federal Register.
                    ``(G) Intergovernmental personnel and 
                fellowships.--The Director of the Center may use the 
                authority provided by the Intergovernmental Personnel 
                Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.) and subchapter VI 
                of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, and 
                fellowships, to obtain staff from academia, scientific 
                bodies, private industry, nongovernmental 
                organizations, other Department programs, other Federal 
                agencies, and national laboratories, for appointments 
                of a limited term.

``SEC. 1625. ADDITIONAL OFFICES AND ACTIVITIES.

    ``The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Transportation, 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the heads 
of other Federal agencies may establish such offices and carry out such 
activities, in addition to those established or authorized by this 
subtitle, as are necessary to carry out this subtitle.

``SEC. 1626. UNITED STATES CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE STRATEGY REVIEW 
              BOARD.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established as an independent 
establishment within the executive branch the United States Climate 
Change Response Strategy Review Board.
    ``(b) Membership.--
            ``(1) Composition.--The Review Board shall consist of 11 
        members who shall be appointed, not later than 90 days after 
        the date of enactment of this subtitle, by the President by and 
        with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among qualified 
        individuals nominated by the National Academy of Sciences in 
        accordance with paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Nominations.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
        of enactment of this subtitle, after taking into strong 
        consideration the guidance and recommendations of a broad range 
        of scientific and technical societies that have the capability 
        of recommending qualified individuals, the National Academy of 
        Sciences shall nominate for appointment to the Review Board not 
        fewer than 22 individuals who--
                    ``(A) are--
                            ``(i) qualified individuals; or
                            ``(ii) experts in a field of knowledge 
                        specified in section 1621(9)(B); and
                    ``(B) as a group represent broad, balanced 
                expertise.
            ``(3) Prohibition on federal government employment.--A 
        member of the Review Board shall not be an employee of the 
        Federal Government.
            ``(4) Terms; vacancies.--
                    ``(A) Terms.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), 
                        each member of the Review Board shall be 
                        appointed for a term of 4 years.
                            ``(ii) Initial terms.--
                                    ``(I) Commencement date.--The term 
                                of each member initially appointed to 
                                the Review Board shall commence 120 
                                days after the date of enactment of 
                                this subtitle.
                                    ``(II) Termination date.--Of the 11 
                                members initially appointed to the 
                                Review Board, 5 members shall be 
                                appointed for a term of 2 years and 6 
                                members shall be appointed for a term 
                                of 4 years, to be designated by the 
                                President at the time of appointment.
                    ``(B) Vacancies.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A vacancy on the Review 
                        Board shall be filled in the manner described 
                        in this subparagraph.
                            ``(ii) Nominations by the national academy 
                        of sciences.--Not later than 60 days after the 
                        date on which a vacancy commences, the National 
                        Academy of Sciences shall--
                                    ``(I) after taking into strong 
                                consideration the guidance and 
                                recommendations of a broad range of 
                                scientific and technical societies that 
                                have the capability of 
recommending qualified individuals, nominate, from among qualified 
individuals, not fewer than 2 individuals to fill the vacancy; and
                                    ``(II) submit the names of the 
                                nominees to the President.
                            ``(iii) Selection.--Not later than 30 days 
                        after the date on which the nominations under 
                        clause (ii) are submitted to the President, the 
                        President shall select from among the nominees 
                        an individual to fill the vacancy.
                            ``(iv) Senate confirmation.--An individual 
                        appointed to fill a vacancy on the Review Board 
                        shall be appointed by and with the advice and 
                        consent of the Senate.
            ``(5) Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest.--
                    ``(A) Employment of nominees.--If a nominee to the 
                Review Board is employed by an entity that receives any 
                funding from the Department or any other Federal 
                agency, the fact of the employment shall be--
                            ``(i) disclosed to the President by the 
                        National Academy of Sciences at the time of the 
                        nomination; and
                            ``(ii) publicly disclosed by the nominee as 
                        part of the Senate confirmation process of the 
                        nominee.
                    ``(B) Employment of members.--If, during the period 
                of service of a member on the Review Board, the member 
                is employed by an entity that receives any funding from 
                the Department or any other Federal agency, the fact of 
                the employment shall be publicly disclosed by the 
                Chairperson of the Review Board on a semiannual basis.
                    ``(C) Financial benefit to members.--If, during the 
                period of service of a member on the Review Board, the 
                Review Board makes any written recommendation that may 
                financially benefit a member or an entity that employs 
                the member, the fact of that financial benefit shall be 
                publicly disclosed by the Chairperson of the Review 
                Board at the time of the recommendation.
                    ``(D) Applicability of ethics in government act of 
                1978.--A member of the Review Board shall be deemed to 
                be an individual subject to the Ethics in Government 
                Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
            ``(6) Chairperson; vice chairperson.--The members of the 
        Review Board shall select a Chairperson and a Vice Chairperson 
        of the Review Board from among the members of the Review Board.
    ``(c) Duties.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
        of submission of the initial Strategy under section 1622(b), 
        each updated version of the Strategy under section 1622(c), 
        each progress report under section 1622(d), and each national 
        laboratory certification under section 1622(f), the Review 
        Board shall submit to the President, Congress, and the heads of 
        Federal agencies as appropriate a report assessing the adequacy 
        of the Strategy, report, or certification.
            ``(2) Comments.--In reviewing the Strategy, or a report or 
        certification, under paragraph (1), the Review Board shall 
        consider and comment on--
                    ``(A) the adequacy of effort and the 
                appropriateness of focus of the totality of all public, 
                private, and public-private sector actions of the 
                United States with respect to the 4 key elements;
                    ``(B) the extent to which actions of the United 
                States, with respect to climate change, complement or 
                leverage international research and other efforts 
                designed to manage global emissions of greenhouse 
                gases, to further the long-term goal of stabilization 
                of greenhouse gas concentrations;
                    ``(C) the funding implications of any 
                recommendations made by the Review Board; and
                    ``(D)(i) the effectiveness with which each Federal 
                agency is carrying out the responsibilities of the 
                Federal agency with respect to the short-term and long-
                term greenhouse gas management goals; and
                    ``(ii) the adequacy of the budget of each such 
                Federal agency to carry out those responsibilities.
            ``(3) Additional recommendations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                Review Board, at the request of the President or 
                Congress, may provide recommendations on additional 
                climate change-related topics.
                    ``(B) Secondary duty.--The provision of 
                recommendations under subparagraph (A) shall be a 
                secondary duty to the primary duty of the Review Board 
                of providing independent review of the Strategy and the 
                reports and certifications under paragraphs (1) and 
                (2).
    ``(d) Powers.--
            ``(1) Hearings.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On request of the Chairperson or 
                a majority of the members of the Review Board, the 
                Review Board may hold such hearings, meet and act at 
                such times and places, take such testimony, and receive 
                such evidence as the Review Board considers to be 
                appropriate.
                    ``(B) Administration of oaths.--Any member of the 
                Review Board may administer an oath or affirmation to 
                any witness that appears before the Review Board.
            ``(2) Production of documents.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On request of the Chairperson or 
                a majority of the members of the Review Board, and 
                subject to applicable law, the Secretary or head of a 
                Federal agency represented on the Interagency Task 
                Force, or
a contractor of such an agency, shall provide the Review Board with 
such records, files, papers, data, and information as are necessary to 
respond to any inquiry of the Review Board under this subtitle.
                    ``(B) Inclusion of work in progress.--Subject to 
                applicable law, information obtainable under 
                subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) shall not be limited to final work 
                        products; but
                            ``(ii) shall include draft work products 
                        and documentation of work in progress.
            ``(3) Postal services.--The Review Board may use the United 
        States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions 
        as other agencies of the Federal Government.
    ``(e) Compensation of Members.--A member of the Review Board shall 
be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day 
(including travel time) during which the member is engaged in the 
performance of the duties of the Review Board.
    ``(f) Travel Expenses.--A member of the Review Board shall be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at 
rates authorized for an employee of an agency under subchapter I of 
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from the home or 
regular place of business of the member in the performance of the 
duties of the Review Board.
    ``(g) Staff.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Chairperson of the Review Board may, 
        without regard to the civil service laws (including 
        regulations), appoint and terminate an executive director and 
        such other additional personnel as are necessary to enable the 
        Review Board to perform the duties of the Review Board.
            ``(2) Confirmation of executive director.--The employment 
        of an executive director shall be subject to confirmation by 
        the Review Board.
            ``(3) Compensation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the Chairperson of the Review Board 
                may fix the compensation of the executive director and 
                other personnel without regard to the provisions of 
                chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, 
                United States Code, relating to classification of 
                positions and General Schedule pay rates.
                    ``(B) Maximum rate of pay.--The rate of pay for the 
                executive director and other personnel shall not exceed 
                the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule 
                under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.
    ``(h) Procurement of Temporary and Intermittent Services.--The 
Chairperson of the Review Board may procure temporary and intermittent 
services in accordance with section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, at rates for individuals that do not exceed the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of that title.

``SEC. 1627. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) White House Office.--
            ``(1) Use of available appropriations.--From funds made 
        available to Federal agencies for the fiscal year in which this 
        subtitle is enacted, the President shall provide such sums as 
        are necessary to carry out the duties of the White House Office 
        under this subtitle until the date on which funds are made 
        available under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to the White House Office to carry out the 
        duties of the White House Office under this subtitle $5,000,000 
        for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2011, to remain available 
        through September 30, 2011.
    ``(b) Department Office.--
            ``(1) Use of available appropriations.--From funds made 
        available to Federal agencies for the fiscal year in which this 
        subtitle is enacted, the President shall provide such sums as 
        are necessary to carry out the duties of the Department Office 
        under this subtitle until the date on which funds are made 
        available under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Department Office to carry out the 
        duties of the Department Office under this subtitle 
        $4,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2002 through 
        2011, to remain available through September 30, 2011.
    ``(c) Center.--
            ``(1) Use of available appropriations.--From funds made 
        available to Federal agencies for the fiscal year in which this 
        subtitle is enacted, the President shall provide such sums as 
        are necessary to carry out the duties of the Center under this 
        subtitle until the date on which funds are made available under 
        paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Center to carry out the duties of the 
        Center under this subtitle $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
        2002 through 2011, to remain available through September 30, 
        2011.
    ``(d) Review Board.--
            ``(1) Use of available appropriations.--From funds made 
        available to Federal agencies for the fiscal year in which this 
        subtitle is enacted, the President shall provide such sums as 
        are necessary to carry out the duties of the Review Board under 
        this subtitle until the date on which funds are made available 
        under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Review Board to carry out the duties 
        of the Review Board under this subtitle $3,000,000 for each of 
        fiscal years 2002 through 2011, to remain available until 
        expended.
    ``(e) Additional Amounts.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under this section shall be in addition to--
            ``(1) amounts made available to carry out the United States 
        Global Change Research Program under the Global Change Research 
        Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2921 et seq.); and
            ``(2) amounts made available under other provisions of law 
        for energy research and development.''.




                                                       Calendar No. 226

107th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1008

                          [Report No. 107-99]

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                                 A BILL

  To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to develop the United States 
  Climate Change Response Strategy with the goal of stabilization of 
 greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would 
 prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system, 
 while minimizing adverse short-term and long-term economic and social 
 impacts, aligning the Strategy with United States energy policy, and 
    promoting a sound national environmental policy, to establish a 
  research and development program that focuses on bold technological 
    breakthroughs that make significant progress toward the goal of 
   stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations, to establish the 
National Office of Climate Change Response within the Executive Office 
               of the President, and for other purposes.

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                           November 15, 2001

                        Reported with amendments