Congress: 109 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Israel
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Sponsor: Boehlert, Sherwood (R-NY)
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. Establishes in the Department of Energy an International Energy Advisory Board to advise the Secretary on the grant program and grant recipients.
Directs the Department of Energy to create a grant program funding joint US-Israeli research projects on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and alternative energy sources. The program will support partnerships between US and Israeli private companies and universities, advised by a new International Energy Advisory Board within the Energy Department.
This expands the formal framework for US-Israeli scientific and commercial cooperation, extending beyond defense into energy technology. It represents a significant commitment of federal resources to joint development work with Israel.