[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1396 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1396

      To direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
 International Development to carry out a pilot program to promote the 
   production and use of fuel-efficient stoves engineered to produce 
significantly less black carbon than traditional stoves, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 6, 2009

Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
      To direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
 International Development to carry out a pilot program to promote the 
   production and use of fuel-efficient stoves engineered to produce 
significantly less black carbon than traditional stoves, 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. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
        Development.
            (2) Black carbon.--The term ``black carbon'' means a 
        particulate formed through the incomplete combustion of fossil 
        fuels, biofuel, and biomass.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON PROMOTION OF FUEL-EFFICIENT STOVES ENGINEERED 
              TO OPERATE WITHOUT THE PRODUCTION OF BLACK CARBON.

    The Administrator shall establish a 2-year pilot program to promote 
the production and use of fuel-efficient stoves that--
     (a) do not produce significant amounts of black carbon; and
    (b) are customized for use throughout the world.

SEC. 3. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and not later than 30 days after the last day of the pilot program 
established under section 2, the Administrator shall submit to Congress 
a report on the pilot program that includes--
            (1) the names of the organizations receiving funding 
        through the pilot program;
            (2) the names of communities identified for participation 
        in the pilot program and descriptions of the socioeconomic 
        parameters that led to their selection for participation in the 
        pilot program;
            (3) a description of the services carried out by the 
        Administrator under the pilot program;
            (4) an assessment of the effectiveness of the pilot 
        program; and
            (5) the recommendations of the Administrator with respect 
        to the extension or expansion of the pilot program.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.
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