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H.R. 2730: United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act

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H.R. 2730: United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act

109th Congress · introduced 2005-05-26 · Energy · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2005-05-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act

Plain summary

United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the United States-Israel Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD), or the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), to establish a grant program for joint ventures, composed of both Israeli and U.S. private business entities or of U.S. and Israeli academic persons, to implement projects to encourage cooperation between the United States and Israel on research, development, or commercialization of alternative energy, improved energy efficiency, or renewable energy sources. Directs the Secretary to implement this Act through existing programs at the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Establishes in the Department of Energy an International Energy Advisory Board to advise the Secretary on the grant program and grant recipients. Authorizes the Secretary to expend not more than $20 million to implement this Act for each of FY2006-2012 from funds previously authorized to the Office.

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Official text

United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] · 100 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2730, United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act (2006-06-22); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2730, United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act (2006-06-22)

Cosponsors on this site

Brad Sherman (D-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Ed Case (D-HI), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA) and 40 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr2730 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109