SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Clean Energy 
Development Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Asia-pacific partnership; partnership.--The terms 
        ``Asia-Pacific Partnership'' and ``Partnership'' mean the Asia-
        Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (or any 
        successor thereto).
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
                Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the 
                Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the 
                Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
                the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
                on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Natural 
                Resources, and the Select Committee on Energy 
                Independence and Global Warming of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (3) Clean and efficient energy technologies.--The term 
        ``clean and efficient energy technology'' means an energy 
        supply or end-use technology that, compared to a similar 
        technology already in widespread commercial use in a country, 
        will--
                    (A) reduce emissions of greenhouse gases;
                    (B) increase efficiency of energy production, 
                transmission, distribution, or end-use; or
                    (C) decrease intensity of energy usage.
            (4) Greenhouse gas.--The term ``greenhouse gas'' means--
                    (A) carbon dioxide;
                    (B) methane;
                    (C) nitrous oxide;
                    (D) hydrofluorocarbons;
                    (E) perfluorocarbons; or
                    (F) sulfur hexafluoride.
            (5) Partnership task forces.--The term ``Partnership Task 
        Forces'' means the task forces established under the Asia-
        Pacific Partnership.
            (6) Program office.--The term ``Program Office'' means the 
        Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate 
        Program Office of the Department of State (or any successor 
        thereto).

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION COMMITTEE ON 
              CLEAN AND EFFICIENT ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Establishment.--The Secretary of State shall establish 
        a Development and Commercialization Committee on Clean and 
        Efficient Energy Technologies (in this Act referred to as the 
        ``Committee'') within the Program Office.
            (2) Composition.--The Committee established pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) shall be comprised of--
                    (A) technical and policy experts from each of the 
                Partnership Task Forces; and
                    (B) experts from--
                            (i) the Department of State;
                            (ii) the Department of Energy;
                            (iii) the Department of Commerce;
                            (iv) the Department of the Treasury;
                            (v) the Environmental Protection Agency;
                            (vi) the United States Agency for 
                        International Development;
                            (vii) the United States Trade and 
                        Development Agency;
                            (viii) the Office of Science and Technology 
                        Policy;
                            (ix) the Council on Environmental Quality; 
                        and
                            (x) other Federal departments and agencies, 
                        as the Secretary of State determines necessary.
            (3) Chairperson.--The Secretary of State shall designate a 
        Chairperson or co-Chairpersons of the Committee from among 
        employees of the Department of State.
            (4) Duties.--The Committee shall--
                    (A) review and evaluate available sources of 
                information on clean and efficient energy technologies, 
                including any action plans developed by the 
                Partnership;
                    (B) identify and prioritize projects with respect 
                to the development and commercialization of clean and 
                efficient energy technologies by the Partnership;
                    (C) plan and carry out projects described in 
                subparagraph (B) through established protocols of the 
                Program Office and the Partnership;
                    (D) in carrying out such projects, require that a 
                share of the cost of each such project, to be 
                determined by the Secretary of State, be paid by 
                project participants; and
                    (E) report regularly to the appropriate 
                congressional committees on the progress and projects 
                of the Committee with respect to the development and 
                commercialization of clean and efficient energy 
                technologies.
    (b) Strategy.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
        to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
        details a strategy to--
                    (A) facilitate collaboration among the national 
                laboratories, educational institutions, private 
                sectors, local and national policymakers, and other 
                technical and policy experts of the members of the 
                Partnership with respect to developing and 
                commercializing clean and efficient energy 
                technologies;
                    (B) develop and commercialize clean and efficient 
                energy technologies, particularly through projects 
                identified under subsection (a)(4)(B) related to 
                renewable energy and distributed generation, power 
                generation and transmission, or cleaner fossil energy;
                    (C) develop the capacity of members of the 
                Partnership to accept and utilize clean and efficient 
                energy technologies, particularly such technologies 
                developed or commercialized through projects described 
                in subparagraph (B);
                    (D) encourage the utilization of clean and 
                efficient energy technologies developed or 
                commercialized through projects described in 
                subparagraph (B) in, and the transfer of such 
                technologies to, countries that are not members of the 
                Partnership; and
                    (E) continue to require that project participants 
                match funding provided by the United States dollar-for-
                dollar in order to increase the value of the projects 
                for participants and for taxpayers in the United 
                States.

SEC. 4. REPORT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the establishment of 
the Committee under section 3(a)(1), and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary of State shall transmit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the implementation of this Act during the 
preceding year.
    (b) Contents.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include the following:
            (1) A description of the results of projects and activities 
        carried out under this Act, including a description of--
                    (A) the actions taken by the Committee to carry out 
                the duties required under section 3(a)(4);
                    (B) the review and evaluation of sources of 
                information on clean and efficient energy technologies 
                required under section 3(a)(4)(A); and
                    (C) the actions taken by the Committee to advance 
                projects identified as priorities under section 
                3(a)(4)(B).
            (2) An identification and description of priorities for 
        promoting the development and commercialization of clean and 
        efficient energy technologies and strategies for promoting such 
        technologies within the countries that are members of the Asia-
        Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, taking 
        into account the economic and security interests of the United 
        States.
            (3) An assessment of the integration of representatives of 
        the private sector and other interested groups in the 
        development and commercialization of clean and efficient energy 
        technologies.
            (4) Recommendations for the heads of appropriate Federal 
        departments and agencies with respect to methods to streamline 
        Federal programs and policies to improve the role of those 
        Federal departments and agencies in the development and 
        commercialization of clean and efficient energy technologies on 
        an international basis.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
to carry out this Act $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 
through 2014.
International Clean Energy Development Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of State to establish a Development and Commercialization Committee on Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies within the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate Program Office of the Department of State.

Directs the Committee to: (1) evaluate information on clean and efficient energy technologies; (2) identify, prioritize, and carry out projects for the development and commercialization of clean and efficient energy technologies; and (3) report to the appropriate congressional committees on Committee progress and projects.
A bill to establish a Development and Commercialization Committee on Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies within the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate Program Office, and for other purposes.