[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2179 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2179

   To help increase the development, distribution, and use of clean 
    cookstoves and fuels to improve health, protect the climate and 
 environment, empower women, create jobs, and help consumers save time 
                               and money.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2023

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 help increase the development, distribution, and use of clean 
    cookstoves and fuels to improve health, protect the climate and 
 environment, empower women, create jobs, and help consumers save time 
                               and money.

    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 ``Clean Cooking Support Act''.

SEC. 2. CLEAN COOKING INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development shall jointly 
establish the Clean Cooking Interagency Working Group (referred to in 
this section as the ``Working Group''), consisting of representatives 
from the Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health, the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Environmental 
Protection Agency, and any other Federal agency that the Secretary and 
the Administrator may designate to assist with overseeing the planning, 
management, and coordination of initiatives to increase the number of 
clean cookstoves and fuels worldwide.
    (b) Responsibilities.--The Working Group shall--
            (1) establish goals and priorities for increasing the 
        number of clean cookstoves and fuels worldwide; and
            (2) provide for interagency coordination, including budget 
        coordination, of activities under this Act.
    (c) Governance.--The Secretary of State and the Administrator of 
United States Agency for International Development, or their designees, 
shall serve as co-chairs of the Working Group.
    (d) Meetings.--Members of the Working Group shall meet not later 
than 90 days after the Working Group is established pursuant to 
subsection (a), and quarterly thereafter, to carry out the 
responsibilities described in subsection (b).

SEC. 3. CLEAN COOKING PROGRAM.

    (a) Department of State; United States Agency for International 
Development.--The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development shall work with the 
Clean Cooking Alliance, founded in 2010--
            (1) to engage in a wide range of diplomatic activities, 
        including with countries across the globe and with United 
        States embassies abroad, to support activities of the Clean 
        Cooking Alliance and the clean cookstoves and fuels sector;
            (2) to continue the clean cooking initiatives supported by 
        the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, an intergovernmental 
        organization formed in 2012, to reduce emissions of climate 
        pollutants;
            (3) to advance programs that support the adoption of 
        affordable cookstoves that require less fuel to meet household 
        energy needs and release fewer pollutants, as a means to 
        improve health, reduce environmental degradation, mitigate 
        climate change, foster economic growth, and empower women; and
            (4) to carry out other activities authorized under this 
        Act.
    (b) Department of Energy.--The Secretary of Energy shall work with 
the Clean Cooking Alliance--
            (1) to conduct research to spur development of low-cost, 
        low-emission, high-efficiency cookstoves through research in 
        areas such as combustion, heat transfer, and materials 
        development;
            (2) to conduct research to spur development of low-
        emission, high-efficiency energy sources;
            (3) to support innovative small businesses in the United 
        States that are developing advanced cookstoves and improved 
        cookstove assessment devices; and
            (4) to carry out other activities authorized under this 
        Act.
    (c) National Institutes of Health.--The Director of the National 
Institutes of Health shall work with the Clean Cooking Alliance--
            (1) to support health research and training to improve the 
        health and lives of those at risk from household burning of 
        solid fuels, including--
                    (A) dedicated resources for research on household 
                air pollution to ensure adoption of life-saving 
                interventions and policy formulation; and
                    (B) regional network research and training hubs in 
                global environmental health and occupational health 
                with a household air pollution focus; and
            (2) to carry out other activities authorized under this 
        Act.
    (d) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.--The Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall work with the 
Clean Cooking Alliance--
            (1) to evaluate cookstove and fuel programs to better 
        understand their public health benefits and key determinants of 
        adoption;
            (2) to promote a better understanding of the relationship 
        between human exposures and health outcomes from the use of 
        rudimentary cookstoves and open fires; and
            (3) to carry out other activities authorized under this 
        Act.
    (e) Environmental Protection Agency.--The Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall work with the Clean Cooking 
Alliance--
            (1) to conduct cookstove and fuel testing and evaluation in 
        the lab and in the field, including by--
                    (A) evaluating energy efficiency and air pollutant 
                emissions that impact human health and the environment;
                    (B) building the capacity of regional stove testing 
                and knowledge centers around the world; and
                    (C) developing international standards regarding 
                fuel use, emissions, and safety of cookstoves and 
                fuels;
            (2) to conduct climate, health, and air quality research, 
        including with United States institutions of higher education, 
        regarding the air quality and climatic benefits of 
        interventions for cookstoves and residential burning, and to 
        continue the clean cooking initiatives supported by the Climate 
        and Clean Air Coalition to reduce emissions of climate 
        pollutants;
            (3) to provide technical and policy expertise and to help 
        the Clean Cooking Alliance align with ongoing international 
        efforts in the field; and
            (4) to carry out other activities authorized under this 
        Act.
    (f) Other Federal Agencies.--Other Federal agencies may engage with 
the Clean Cooking Alliance or other agencies, as appropriate, to 
further the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
            (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
            (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            (4) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives.
    (b) Annual Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President shall 
submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that 
describes the progress made to further the purposes of this Act.
    (c) Information Included in Reports.--Each report submitted 
pursuant to subsection (b) shall include--
            (1) the indicators used by the Department of State and each 
        Federal agency participating in the interagency working group 
        established pursuant to section 2(a) to monitor and evaluate 
        the progress made by each such agency to further the purposes 
        of this Act;
            (2) data pertaining to populations served in United States 
        Government-funded cookstoves and fuels programming;
            (3) information regarding United States Government 
        investments in clean cookstoves and fuels programming, 
        including funding that has been planned, appropriated, 
        obligated, or expended during the most recently concluded 
        fiscal year and cumulatively for the 5 most recently concluded 
        fiscal years; and
            (4) information regarding the progress made toward 
        increasing collaboration among Federal agencies to further the 
        purposes of this Act, including interagency research efforts 
        and collaboration with international research partners.
    (d) Public Availability.--The President shall make the report 
required under subsection (b) available to the public.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal 
years 2024 through 2028 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
Act.
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