A bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize the energy efficiency and conservation block grant program.

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1639 To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize the energy efficiency and conservation block grant program. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 13, 2021 Mr. MERKLEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize the energy efficiency and conserva- tion block grant program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY 3 AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT PRO- 4 GRAM. 5 Section 548(a) of the Energy Independence and Se- 6 curity Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17158(a)) is amended— 7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 8 (A) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’ and in- 9 serting ‘‘$10,000,000,000’’; and 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:28 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1639.IS S1639 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1639 IS (B) by striking ‘‘2008 through 2012’’ and 1 inserting ‘‘2021 through 2030’’; and 2 (2) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 3 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘program’’ and all 4 that follows through ‘‘2012’’ in subparagraph (C) 5 and inserting ‘‘program $50,000,000 for each of fis- 6 cal years 2021 through 2030’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:28 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1639.IS S1639 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS