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CREST Act

Introduced: March 28, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Mar 28, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 28, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Creating Renewable Energy through Science and Technology Act, or the CREST Act - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to instruct the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish the Council on Renewable Energy (CORE) to: (1) advise Congress on renewable energy development, strategy, research, and marketability; and (2) facilitate collaboration among federal agencies regarding the execution of national renewable energy objectives.

Requires the CORE to: (1) promote renewable energy research and development in the areas of wind, wave, solar, geothermal, and biofuels production, particularly cellulosic; (2) consult with renewable energy experts regarding renewable energy policies and make policy recommendations to federal agencies; and (3) identify and recommend public and private research institutions to carry out renewable energy research.

What's happening now March 28, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Mar 28, 2007
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Mar 28, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1020: CREST Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1020/
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"S. 1020: CREST Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1020/.
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S. 1020, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1020/.
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