BIRD Energy and U.S.-Israel Energy Center Reauthorization Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- +14
- Latest action
- Mar 21, 2025
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
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What it does
The bill would expand and reauthorize U.S.-Israel energy cooperation by increasing funding for the BIRD Energy Foundation and the U.S.-Israel Energy Center, extending their authorization through fiscal year 2031, and adding new technology focus areas such as hydrogen, fusion, industrial decarbonization, and cybersecurity for energy infrastructure. It also extends the overall reauthorization of the U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation program under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 through 2035. The bill affects federal energy research programs and bilateral cooperation between the United States and Israel in clean and advanced energy technologies.
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What moved
Who is involved
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]Lead sponsor
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]Co-sponsor
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2]Co-sponsor
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]Co-sponsor
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]Co-sponsor
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]Co-sponsor
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2]
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2]
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
- Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
- Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
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