BIRD Energy and U.S.-Israel Energy Center Reauthorization Act of 2025

This bill renews and expands the U.S.–Israel energy cooperation programs that fund joint research and projects. It aims to tackle shared energy challenges and help move clean energy ideas from the lab to the market, boosting competitiveness, job growth, and innovative companies.

It raises the annual funding caps and extends the programs through fiscal years 2026–2031: up to $5 million a year for cooperative research and up to $7 million a year for the U.S.–Israel Energy Center. It also adds new focus areas, including hydrogen, fusion, industrial decarbonization, carbon management, agrivoltaics, grid modernization, and cybersecurity for energy infrastructure.

• Who is affected: U.S. and Israeli researchers and companies working through the BIRD Energy program and the U.S.–Israel Energy Center.
• What changes: Higher annual funding caps; extended support through 2026–2031; new research focus areas listed above.
• When: Applies to each fiscal year from 2026 through 2031.