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                                                 Union Calendar No. 343
108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3890

                          [Report No. 108-579]

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2004

  Ms. Hart (for herself, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. English) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science

                              July 1, 2004

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                                4, 2004]

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                                 A BILL


 
     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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
to carry out this Act $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2005 
through 2009.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``coatings 
        for sheet steels'' and inserting ``sheet and bar steels''; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        subparagraph:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(K) The development of technologies 
                which reduce greenhouse gas emissions.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Conforming Amendments.--The Steel and Aluminum Energy 
Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 is further 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking section 7 (15 U.S.C. 5106); 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 8 (15 U.S.C. 5107), by inserting 
        ``, beginning with fiscal year 2005,'' after ``close of each 
        fiscal year''.</DELETED>

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''.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 343

108th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3890

                          [Report No. 108-579]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                              July 1, 2004

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed