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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2280
To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to expand
and reauthorize the United States-Israel Energy Cooperation program,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH21, 2025
Ms. W
ASSERMANSCHULTZ(for herself, Mr. CARTERof Georgia, Mr. WILSON
of South Carolina, Mr. S
CHNEIDER, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Ms.
L
OISFRANKELof Florida, Mr. BISHOP, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. VEASEY,
Mr. M
OULTON, Ms. TITUS, and Mr. GOTTHEIMER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and
Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of
2007 to expand and reauthorize the United States-Israel
Energy Cooperation program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘BIRD Energy and 4
U.S.-Israel Energy Center Reauthorization Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 1
Congress finds the following: 2
(1) The Binational Industrial Research and De-3
velopment (BIRD) Energy Foundation was launched 4
in 2009 to promote bilateral cooperation between the 5
United States and Israel in energy development. 6
(2) BIRD Energy helps address energy chal-7
lenges and opportunities of interest to both the 8
United States and Israel while focusing on commer-9
cializing clean energy technologies that improve eco-10
nomic competitiveness, create jobs, and support in-11
novative companies. 12
(3) The funding for scientific research and de-13
velopment helps advance the capabilities of both 14
countries in a wide variety of areas, including cyber-15
security for energy infrastructure, renewable energy, 16
energy storage, and fossil energy. 17
SEC. 3. EXTENSION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF ENERGY 18
COOPERATION AUTHORITIES. 19
(a) E
XTENSION OF COOPERATIVERESEARCHAU-20
THORIZATION.—Section 7(d) of the United States-Israel 21
Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8606(d)) 22
is amended— 23
(1) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting 24
‘‘$5,000,000’’; and 25
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(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2021’’ and inserting 1
‘‘each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031’’. 2
(b) E
XTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR ENERGY 3
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ENTER.—Section 1280A(e) of the William M. (Mac) 4
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 5
Year 2021 (22 U.S.C. 8607(e)) is amended— 6
(1) by striking ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and inserting 7
‘‘$7,000,000’’; and 8
(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2021’’ and inserting 9
‘‘each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031’’. 10
SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ENERGY CO-11
OPERATION CATEGORIES. 12
Section 917(b)(2) of the Energy Independence and 13
Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 42 U.S.C. 14
17337(b)(2)) is amended— 15
(1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 16
and inserting a semicolon; 17
(2) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period 18
at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 19
(3) by adding at the end the following: 20
‘‘(J) hydrogen energy; 21
‘‘(K) fusion energy; 22
‘‘(L) industrial decarbonization; 23
‘‘(M) carbon management; 24
‘‘(N) agrivoltaics; 25
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‘‘(O) grid modernization; and 1
‘‘(P) cybersecurity for energy infrastruc-2
ture.’’. 3
SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION OF UNITED STATES-ISRAEL EN-4
ERGY COOPERATION. 5
Section 917(e) of the Energy Independence and Secu-6
rity Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 42 U.S.C. 7
17337(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting 8
‘‘2035’’. 9
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