[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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