Cost-Share Accountability Act of 2023
Source: Congress.gov ·
301 words in original text
What This Bill Does
This bill changes the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require reporting about how the Department of Energy uses its authority to reduce or eliminate cost-sharing requirements. Cost-sharing means when the federal government and project partners split the costs of a project. The bill requires the Secretary to report to Congress and the public about when and how this authority is being used.
Who It Affects
The Department of Energy and its Secretary. Congress members on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Appropriations. The American public (through required public reports).
Key Provisions
- The Secretary must submit a report within 120 days after this law passes and then at least once every three months after that about the Department's use of authority to reduce or eliminate cost-sharing requirements (Sec. 2)
- The Secretary must send these reports to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the House Committee on Appropriations (Sec. 2)
- The Secretary must send these reports to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Appropriations (Sec. 2)
- The Secretary must make the reports available to the general public (Sec. 2)
What Changes
The Department of Energy becomes required to regularly report its use of authority to reduce or eliminate cost-sharing requirements to specific congressional committees and to make those reports public.
Important Definitions
None defined in the bill text.
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