[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3890 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 3890


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 8, 2004

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

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                                 AN ACT


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

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS.

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

``SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this Act for fiscal year 2005, an amount equal to the amount 
appropriated for the same purposes for fiscal year 2004, and 
$20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2009.''.
    (b) Steel Project Priorities.--Section 4(c)(1) of the Steel and 
Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 
(15 U.S.C. 5103(c)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``coatings for sheet 
        steels'' and inserting ``sheet and bar steels''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(K) The development of technologies which reduce 
                greenhouse gas emissions.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--The Steel and Aluminum Energy 
Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 is further 
amended--
            (1) by striking section 7 (15 U.S.C. 5106); and
            (2) in section 4(b)--
                    (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``and 
                Report'' after ``Management Plan'';
                    (B) by striking ``Within 6 months after the date of 
                enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``Not later than 
                6 months after the date of enactment of the Act 
                enacting this sentence'';
                    (C) by striking ``to expand the steel research and 
                development initiative to include aluminum and''; and
                    (D) by inserting ``, and shall transmit such plan 
                to Congress'' after ``carry out the purposes of this 
                Act''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 7, 2004.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.