To include water and wastewater treatment facilities among energy-intensive industries and to expand the role of the institution of higher education-based industrial research and assessment centers.

SA 2984. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

On page 125, strike lines 3 through 7 and insert the
following:
(A) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F);
and
(ii) by inserting before subparagraph (F) (as so
redesignated) the following:
``(E) water and wastewater treatment facilities, including
systems that treat municipal, industrial, and agricultural
waste; and'';
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as
paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
On page 129, strike line 4 and insert the following:
ment of Energy.
``(7) Expansion of technical assistance.--The Secretary
shall expand the institution of higher education-based
industrial research and assessment centers, working across
Federal agencies as necessary--
``(A) to provide comparable assessment services to water
and wastewater treatment facilities, including systems that
treat municipal, industrial, and agricultural waste; and
``(B) to equip the directors of the centers with the
training and tools necessary to provide technical assistance
on energy savings to the water and wastewater treatment
facilities.''.
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