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Week Ending June 8, 2006

H.R.1716 To authorize higher education curriculum development and graduate training in advanced energy and green building technologies.

The Secretary of Energy will provide funds to the National Science Foundation for an Integrated Graduate Education Research Traineeship program to support Graduate students pursuing energy projects.

Advanced energy technology research, development and demonstration and then commercial application will be facilitated with further grant funds to NSF.

The grants would also aim to improve interdisciplinary engineering and architecture education related to design and construction of high performance buildings and to improve the ability of engineers, architects and planners to work together on incorporating advanced energy technologies in the design and construction of high performance buildings.

Grant priorities are departments, programs or centers of a school of engineering that are partnered with schools departments and some levels of government.

Sponsor:  Rep. Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10)

Vote: Passed House 416 to 0 June 5, 2007 (RC 432)

Cost to the taxpayers: This bill authorizes the transfer of funds but does not authorize a fund amount or appropriate funds.

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