[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[H.R. 2460 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 Union Calendar No. 106
107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2460

                          [Report No. 107-177]

To authorize appropriations for environmental research and development, 
  scientific and energy research, development, and demonstration, and 
  commercial application of energy technology programs, projects, and 
  activities of the Department of Energy and of the Office of Air and 
    Radiation of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2001

 Mr. Boehlert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                          Committee on Science

                             July 31, 2001

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Ehlers, 
 Ms. Hart, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Costello, Mr. Baca, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. 
                           Udall of Colorado

                             July 31, 2001

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 
                               11, 2001]

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize appropriations for environmental research and development, 
  scientific and energy research, development, and demonstration, and 
  commercial application of energy technology programs, projects, and 
  activities of the Department of Energy and of the Office of Air and 
    Radiation of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive 
Energy Research and Technology Act of 2001''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Purposes.
Sec. 4. Goals.
Sec. 5. Definitions.
Sec. 6. Authorizations.
Sec. 7. Balance of funding priorities.

           TITLE I--ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY

                 Subtitle A--Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Sec. 103. Pilot program.
Sec. 104. Reports to Congress.
Sec. 105. Authorization of appropriations.

          Subtitle B--Distributed Power Hybrid Energy Systems

Sec. 121. Findings.
Sec. 122. Definitions.
Sec. 123. Strategy.
Sec. 124. High power density industry program.
Sec. 125. Micro-cogeneration energy technology.
Sec. 126. Program plan.
Sec. 127. Report.
Sec. 128. Voluntary consensus standards.

           Subtitle C--Secondary Electric Vehicle Battery Use

Sec. 131. Definitions.
Sec. 132. Establishment of secondary electric vehicle battery use 
                            program.
Sec. 133. Authorization of appropriations.

                     Subtitle D--Green School Buses

Sec. 141. Short title.
Sec. 142. Establishment of pilot program.
Sec. 143. Fuel cell bus development and demonstration program.
Sec. 144. Authorization of appropriations.

            Subtitle E--Next Generation Lighting Initiative

Sec. 151. Short title.
Sec. 152. Definition.
Sec. 153. Next Generation Lighting Initiative.
Sec. 154. Study.
Sec. 155. Grant program.

    Subtitle F--Department of Energy Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 161. Authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle G--Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation 
                    Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 171. Short title.
Sec. 172. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 173. Limits on use of funds.
Sec. 174. Cost sharing.
Sec. 175. Limitation on demonstration and commercial applications of 
                            energy technology.
Sec. 176. Reprogramming.
Sec. 177. Budget request format.
Sec. 178. Other provisions.

          Subtitle H--National Building Performance Initiative

Sec. 181. National Building Performance Initiative.

                       TITLE II--RENEWABLE ENERGY

                          Subtitle A--Hydrogen

Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Purposes.
Sec. 203. Definitions.
Sec. 204. Reports to Congress.
Sec. 205. Hydrogen research and development.
Sec. 206. Demonstrations.
Sec. 207. Technology transfer.
Sec. 208. Coordination and consultation.
Sec. 209. Advisory Committee.
Sec. 210. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 211. Repeal.

                         Subtitle B--Bioenergy

Sec. 221. Short title.
Sec. 222. Findings.
Sec. 223. Definitions.
Sec. 224. Authorization.
Sec. 225. Authorization of appropriations.

            Subtitle C--Transmission Infrastructure Systems

Sec. 241. Transmission infrastructure systems research, development, 
                            demonstration, and commercial application.
Sec. 242. Program plan.
Sec. 243. Report.

    Subtitle D--Department of Energy Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 261. Authorization of appropriations.

                       TITLE III--NUCLEAR ENERGY

         Subtitle A--University Nuclear Science and Engineering

Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Findings.
Sec. 303. Department of Energy program.
Sec. 304. Authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle B--Advanced Fuel Recycling Technology Research and Development 
                                Program

Sec. 321. Program.

    Subtitle C--Department of Energy Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 341. Nuclear Energy Research Initiative.
Sec. 342. Nuclear Energy Plant Optimization program.
Sec. 343. Nuclear energy technologies.
Sec. 344. Authorization of appropriations.

                        TITLE IV--FOSSIL ENERGY

                         Subtitle A--Clean Coal

Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Findings.
Sec. 403. Definition.
Sec. 404. Clean Coal Power Initiative.
Sec. 405. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 406. Project criteria.
Sec. 407. Clean coal centers of excellence.

                        Subtitle B--Oil and Gas

Sec. 421. Petroleum-oil technology.
Sec. 422. Gas.

        Subtitle C--Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Drilling

Sec. 441. Short title.
Sec. 442. Definitions.
Sec. 443. Ultra-deepwater program.
Sec. 444. National Energy Technology Laboratory.
Sec. 445. Advisory Committee.
Sec. 446. Research Organization.
Sec. 447. Grants.
Sec. 448. Plan and funding.
Sec. 449. Audit.
Sec. 450. Fund.
Sec. 451. Sunset.

                         Subtitle D--Fuel Cells

Sec. 461. Fuel cells.

    Subtitle E--Department of Energy Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 481. Authorization of appropriations.

                            TITLE V--SCIENCE

                   Subtitle A--Fusion Energy Sciences

Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Findings.
Sec. 503. Plan for fusion experiment.
Sec. 504. Plan for fusion energy sciences program.
Sec. 505. Authorization of appropriations.

                 Subtitle B--Spallation Neutron Source

Sec. 521. Definition.
Sec. 522. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 523. Report.
Sec. 524. Limitations.

      Subtitle C--Facilities, Infrastructure, and User Facilities

Sec. 541. Definition.
Sec. 542. Facility and infrastructure support for nonmilitary energy 
                            laboratories.
Sec. 543. User facilities.

            Subtitle D--Advisory Panel on Office of Science

Sec. 561. Establishment.
Sec. 562. Report.

    Subtitle E--Department of Energy Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 581. Authorization of appropriations.

                        TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS

      Subtitle A--General Provisions for the Department of Energy

Sec. 601. Research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
                            application of energy technology programs, 
                            projects, and activities.
Sec. 602. Limits on use of funds.
Sec. 603. Cost sharing.
Sec. 604. Limitation on demonstration and commercial application of 
                            energy technology.
Sec. 605. Reprogramming.

               Subtitle B--Other Miscellaneous Provisions

Sec. 611. Notice of reorganization.
Sec. 612. Limits on general plant projects.
Sec. 613. Limits on construction projects.
Sec. 614. Authority for conceptual and construction design.
Sec. 615. National Energy Policy Development Group mandated reports.
Sec. 616. Periodic reviews and assessments.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the Nation's prosperity and way of life are sustained 
        by energy use;
            (2) the growing imbalance between domestic energy 
        production and consumption means that the Nation is becoming 
        increasingly reliant on imported energy, which has the 
        potential to undermine the Nation's economy, standard of 
        living, and national security;
            (3) energy conservation and energy efficiency help maximize 
        the use of available energy resources, reduce energy shortages, 
        lower the Nation's reliance on energy imports, mitigate the 
        impacts of high energy prices, and help protect the environment 
        and public health;
            (4) development of a balanced portfolio of domestic energy 
        supplies will ensure that future generations of Americans will 
        have access to the energy they need;
            (5) energy efficiency technologies, renewable and 
        alternative energy technologies, and advanced energy systems 
        technologies will help diversify the Nation's energy portfolio 
        with few adverse environmental impacts and are vital to 
        delivering clean energy to fuel the Nation's economic growth;
            (6) development of reliable, affordable, and 
        environmentally sound energy efficiency technologies, renewable 
        and alternative energy technologies, and advanced energy 
        systems technologies will require maintenance of a vibrant 
        fundamental scientific knowledge base and continued scientific 
        and technological innovations that can be accelerated by 
        Federal funding, whereas commercial deployment of such systems 
        and technologies are the responsibility of the private sector;
            (7) Federal funding should focus on those programs, 
        projects, and activities that are long-term, high-risk, 
        noncommercial, and well-managed, and that provide the potential 
        for scientific and technological advances; and
            (8) public-private partnerships should be encouraged to 
        leverage scarce taxpayer dollars.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are to--
            (1) protect and strengthen the Nation's economy, standard 
        of living, and national security by reducing dependence on 
        imported energy;
            (2) meet future needs for energy services at the lowest 
        total cost to the Nation, including environmental costs, giving 
        balanced and comprehensive consideration to technologies that 
        improve the efficiency of energy end uses and that enhance 
        energy supply;
            (3) reduce the air, water, and other environmental impacts 
        (including emissions of greenhouse gases) of energy production, 
        distribution, transportation, and use through the development 
        of environmentally sustainable energy systems;
            (4) consider the comparative environmental impacts of the 
        energy saved or produced by specific programs, projects, or 
        activities;
            (5) maintain the technological competitiveness of the 
        United States and stimulate economic growth through the 
        development of advanced energy systems and technologies;
            (6) foster international cooperation by developing 
        international markets for domestically produced sustainable 
        energy technologies, and by transferring environmentally sound, 
        advanced energy systems and technologies to developing 
        countries to promote sustainable development;
            (7) provide sufficient funding of programs, projects, and 
        activities that are performance-based and modeled as public-
        private partnerships, as appropriate; and
            (8) enhance the contribution of a given program, project, 
        or activity to fundamental scientific knowledge.

SEC. 4. GOALS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), in order to achieve the 
purposes of this Act under section 3, the Secretary should conduct a 
balanced energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
application portfolio of programs guided by the following goals to meet 
the purposes of this Act under section 3.
            (1) Energy conservation and energy efficiency.--
                    (A) For the Building Technology, State and 
                Community Sector, the program should develop 
                technologies, housing components, designs, and 
                production methods that will, by 2010--
                            (i) reduce the monthly energy cost of new 
                        housing by 20 percent, compared to the cost as 
                        of the date of the enactment of this Act;
                            (ii) cut the environmental impact and 
                        energy use of new housing by 50 percent, 
                        compared to the impact and use as of the date 
                        of the enactment of this Act; and
                            (iii) improve durability and reduce 
                        maintenance costs by 50 percent compared to the 
                        durability and costs as of the date of the 
                        enactment of this Act.
                    (B) For the Industry Sector, the program should, in 
                cooperation with the affected industries, improve the 
                energy intensity of the major energy-consuming 
                industries by at least 25 percent by 2010, compared to 
                the energy intensity as of the date of the enactment of 
                this Act.
                    (C) For Power Technologies, the program should, in 
                cooperation with the affected industries--
                            (i) develop a microturbine (40 to 300 
                        kilowatt) that is more than 40 percent more 
                        efficient by 2006, and more than 50 percent 
                        more efficient by 2010, compared to the 
                        efficiency as of the date of the enactment of 
                        this Act; and
                            (ii) develop advanced materials for 
                        combustion systems that reduce emissions of 
                        nitrogen oxides by 30 to 50 percent while 
                        increasing efficiency 5 to 10 percent by 2007, 
                        compared to such emissions as of the date of 
                        the enactment of this Act.
                    (D) For the Transportation Sector, the program 
                should, in cooperation with affected industries--
                            (i) develop a production prototype 
                        passenger automobile that has fuel economy 
                        equivalent to 80 miles per gallon of gasoline 
                        by 2004;
                            (ii) develop class 7 and 8 heavy duty 
                        trucks and buses with ultra low emissions and 
                        the ability to use an alternative fuel that has 
                        an average fuel economy equivalent to--
                                    (I) 10 miles per gallon of gasoline 
                                by 2007; and
                                    (II) 13 miles per gallon of 
                                gasoline by 2010;
                            (iii) develop a production prototype of a 
                        passenger automobile with zero equivalent 
                        emissions that has an average fuel economy of 
                        100 miles per gallon of gasoline by 2010; and
                            (iv) improve, by 2010, the average fuel 
                        economy of trucks--
                                    (I) in classes 1 and 2 by 300 
                                percent; and
                                    (II) in classes 3 through 6 by 200 
                                percent,
                        compared to the fuel economy as of the date of 
                        the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Renewable energy.--
                    (A) For Hydrogen Research, to carry out the Spark 
                M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and 
                Demonstration Act of 1990, as amended by subtitle A of 
                title II of this Act.
                    (B) For bioenergy:
                            (i) The program should reduce the cost of 
                        bioenergy relative to other energy sources to 
                        enable the United States to triple bioenergy 
                        use by 2010.
                            (ii) For biopower systems, the program 
                        should reduce the cost of such systems to 
                        enable commercialization of integrated power-
                        generating technologies that employ gas 
                        turbines and fuel cells integrated with 
                        bioenergy gasifiers within five years after the 
                        date of the enactment of this Act.
                            (iii) For biofuels, the program should 
                        accelerate research, development, and 
                        demonstration on advanced enzymatic hydrolysis 
                        technology for making ethanol from cellulosic 
                        feedstock, with the goal that between 2010 and 
                        2015 ethanol produced from energy crops would 
                        be fully competitive in terms of price with 
                        gasoline as a neat fuel, in either internal 
                        combustion engines or fuel cell vehicles.
                    (C) For Geothermal Technology Development, the 
                program should focus on advanced concepts for the long 
                term. The first priority should be high-grade enhanced 
                geothermal systems; the second priority should be lower 
                grade, hot dry rock, and geopressured systems; and the 
                third priority should be support of field 
                demonstrations of enhanced geothermal systems 
                technology, including sites in lower grade areas to 
                demonstrate the benefits of reservoir concepts to 
                different conditions.
                    (D) For Hydropower, the program should provide a 
                new generation of turbine technologies that will 
                increase generating capacity and will be less damaging 
                to fish and aquatic ecosystems.
                    (E) For Concentrating Solar Power, the program 
                should strengthen ongoing research, development, and 
                demonstration combining high-efficiency and high-
                temperature receivers with advanced thermal storage and 
                power cycles, with the goal of making solar-only power 
                (including baseload solar power) widely competitive 
                with fossil fuel power by 2015. The program should 
                limit or halt its research and development on power-
                tower and power-trough technologies because further 
                refinements to these concepts will not further their 
                deployment, and should assess the market prospects for 
                solar dish/engine technologies to determine whether 
                continued research and development is warranted.
                    (F) For Photovoltaic Energy Systems, the program 
                should pursue research, development, and demonstration 
                that will, by 2005, increase the efficiency of thin 
                film modules from the current 7 percent to 11 percent 
                in multi-million watt production; reduce the direct 
                manufacturing cost of photovoltaic modules by 30 
                percent from the current $2.50 per watt to $1.75 per 
                watt by 2005; and establish greater than a 20-year 
                lifetime of photovoltaic systems by improving the 
                reliability and lifetime of balance-of-system 
                components and reducing recurring cost by 40 percent. 
                The program's top priority should be the development of 
                sound manufacturing technologies for thin-film modules, 
                and the program should make a concerted effort to 
                integrate fundamental research and basic engineering 
                research.
                    (G) For Solar Building Technology Research, the 
                program should complete research and development on new 
                polymers and manufacturing processes to reduce the cost 
                of solar water heating by 50 percent by 2004, compared 
                to the cost as of the date of enactment of this Act.
                    (H) For Wind Energy Systems, the program should 
                reduce the cost of wind energy to three cents per 
                kilowatt-hour at Class 6 (15 miles-per-hour annual 
                average) wind sites by 2004, and 4 cents per kilowatt-
                hour in Class 4 (13 miles-per-hour annual average) wind 
                sites by 2015, and further if required so that wind 
                power can be widely competitive with fossil-fuel-based 
                electricity in a restructured electric industry. 
                Program research on advanced wind turbine technology 
                should focus on turbulent flow studies, durable 
                materials to extend turbine life, blade efficiency, and 
                higher efficiency operation in low quality wind 
                regimes.
                    (I) For Electric Energy Systems and Storage, 
                including High Temperature Superconducting Research and 
                Development, Energy Storage Systems, and Transmission 
                Reliability, the program should develop high capacity 
                superconducting transmission lines and generators, 
                highly reliable energy storage systems, and distributed 
                generating systems to accommodate multiple types of 
                energy sources under common interconnect standards.
                    (J) For the International Renewable Energy and 
                Renewable Energy Production Incentive programs, and 
                Renewable Program Support, the program should encourage 
                the commercial application of renewable energy 
                technologies by developed and developing countries, 
                State and local governmental entities and nonprofit 
                electric cooperatives, and by the competitive domestic 
                market.
            (3) Nuclear energy.--
                    (A) For university nuclear science and engineering, 
                the program should carry out the provisions of subtitle 
                A of title III of this Act.
                    (B) For fuel cycle research, development, and 
                demonstration, the program should carry out the 
                provisions of subtitle B of title III of this Act.
                    (C) For the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative, the 
                program should accomplish the objectives of section 
                341(b) of this Act.
                    (D) For the Nuclear Energy Plant Optimization 
                Program, the program should accomplish the objectives 
                of section 342(b) of this Act.
                    (E) For Nuclear Energy Technologies, the program 
                should carry out the provisions of section 343 of this 
                Act.
                    (F) For Advanced Radioisotope Power Systems, the 
                program should ensure that the United States has 
                adequate capability to power future satellite and space 
                missions.
            (4) Fossil energy.--
                    (A) For core fossil energy research and 
                development, the program should achieve the goals 
                outlined by the Department's Vision 21 Program. This 
                research should address fuel-flexible gasification and 
                turbines, fuel cells, advanced-combustion systems, 
                advanced fuels and chemicals, advanced modeling and 
                systems analysis, materials and heat exchangers, 
                environmental control technologies, gas-stream 
                purification, gas-separation technology, and 
                sequestration research and development focused on cost-
                effective novel concepts for capturing, reusing or 
                storing, or otherwise mitigating carbon and other 
                greenhouse gas emissions.
                    (B) For offshore oil and natural gas resources, the 
                program should investigate and develop technologies 
                to--
                            (i) extract methane hydrates in coastal 
                        waters of the United States, in accordance with 
                        the provisions of the Methane Hydrate Research 
                        and Development Act of 2000; and
                            (ii) develop natural gas and oil reserves 
                        in the ultra-deepwater of the Central and 
                        Western Gulf of Mexico. Research and 
                        development on ultra-deepwater resource 
                        recovery shall focus on improving the safety 
                        and efficiency of such recovery and of sub-sea 
                        production technology used for such recovery, 
                        while lowering costs.
                    (C) For transportation fuels, the program should 
                support a comprehensive transportation fuels strategy 
                to increase the price elasticity of oil supply and 
                demand by focusing research on reducing the cost of 
                producing transportation fuels from natural gas and 
                indirect liquefaction of coal.
            (5) Science.--The Secretary, through the Office of Science, 
        should--
                    (A) develop and maintain a robust portfolio of 
                fundamental scientific and energy research, including 
                High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Biological and 
                Environmental Research, Basic Energy Sciences 
                (including Materials Sciences, Chemical Sciences, 
                Engineering and Geosciences, and Energy Biosciences), 
                Advanced Scientific Computing, Energy Research and 
                Analysis, Multiprogram Energy Laboratories-Facilities 
                Support, Fusion Energy Sciences, and Facilities and 
                Infrastructure;
                    (B) maintain, upgrade, and expand, as appropriate, 
                and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the 
                scientific user facilities maintained by the Office of 
                Science, and ensure that they are an integral part of 
                the Department's mission for exploring the frontiers of 
                fundamental energy sciences; and
                    (C) ensure that its fundamental energy sciences 
                programs, where appropriate, help inform the applied 
                research and development programs of the Department.
    (b) Review and Assessment.--The Secretary shall perform an 
assessment that establishes measurable cost and performance-based 
goals, or that modifies the goals under subsection (a), as appropriate, 
for 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020 for each of the programs authorized by 
this Act that would enable each such program to meet the purposes of 
this Act under section 3. Such assessment shall be based on the latest 
scientific and technical knowledge, and shall also take into 
consideration, as appropriate, the comparative environmental impacts 
(including emissions of greenhouse gases) of the energy saved or 
produced by specific programs.
    (c) Consultation.--In establishing the measurable cost and 
performance-based goals under subsection (b), the Secretary shall 
consult with the private sector, institutions of higher learning, 
national laboratories, environmental organizations, professional and 
technical societies, and any other persons as the Secretary considers 
appropriate.
    (d) Schedule.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) issue and publish in the Federal Register a set of 
        draft measurable cost and performance-based goals for the 
        programs authorized by this Act for public comment--
                    (A) in the case of a program established before the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, not later than 120 
                days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) in the case of a program not established before 
                the date of the enactment of this Act, not later than 
                120 days after the date of establishment of the 
                program;
            (2) not later than 60 days after the date of publication 
        under paragraph (1), after taking into consideration any public 
        comments received, transmit to the Congress and publish in the 
        Federal Register the final measurable cost and performance-
        based goals; and
            (3) update all such cost and performance-based goals on a 
        biennial basis.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act, except as otherwise provided--
            (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
        the Environmental Protection Agency;
            (2) the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Science and the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
                and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
            (3) the term ``Department'' means the Department of Energy; 
        and
            (4) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Energy.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATIONS.

    Authorizations of appropriations under this Act are for 
environmental research and development, scientific and energy research, 
development, and demonstration, and commercial application of energy 
technology programs, projects, and activities.

SEC. 7. BALANCE OF FUNDING PRIORITIES.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that the 
funding of the various programs authorized by titles I through IV of 
this Act should remain in the same proportion to each other as provided 
in this Act, regardless of the total amount of funding made available 
for those programs.
    (b) Report to Congress.--If for fiscal year 2002, 2003, or 2004 the 
amounts appropriated in general appropriations Acts for the programs 
authorized in titles I through IV of this Act are not in the same 
proportion to one another as are the authorizations for such programs 
in this Act, the Secretary and the Administrator shall, within 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of the last general appropriations Act 
appropriating amounts for such programs, transmit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report describing the programs, projects, 
and activities that would have been funded if the proportions provided 
for in this Act had been maintained in the appropriations. The amount 
appropriated for the program receiving the highest percentage of its 
authorized funding for a fiscal year shall be used as the baseline for 
calculating the proportional deficiencies of appropriations for other 
programs in that fiscal year.

           TITLE I--ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY

                 Subtitle A--Alternative Fuel Vehicles

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Alternative Fuel Vehicle 
Acceleration Act of 2001''.

SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this subtitle, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Alternative fuel vehicle.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (B), the term ``alternative fuel vehicle'' means a 
                motor vehicle that is powered--
                            (i) in whole or in part by electricity, 
                        including electricity supplied by a fuel cell;
                            (ii) by liquefied natural gas;
                            (iii) by compressed natural gas;
                            (iv) by liquefied petroleum gas;
                            (v) by hydrogen;
                            (vi) by methanol or ethanol at no less than 
                        85 percent by volume; or
                            (vii) by propane.
                    (B) Exclusions.--The term ``alternative fuel 
                vehicle'' does not include--
                            (i) any vehicle designed to operate solely 
                        on gasoline or diesel derived from fossil 
                        fuels, regardless of whether it can also be 
                        operated on an alternative fuel; or
                            (ii) any vehicle that the Secretary 
                        determines, by rule, does not yield substantial 
                        environmental benefits over a vehicle operating 
                        solely on gasoline or diesel derived from 
                        fossil fuels.
            (2) Pilot program.--The term ``pilot program'' means the 
        competitive grant program established under section 103.
            (3) Ultra-low sulfur diesel vehicle.--The term ``ultra-low 
        sulfur diesel vehicle'' means a vehicle powered by a heavy-duty 
        diesel engine that--
                    (A) is fueled by diesel fuel which contains sulfur 
                at not more than 15 parts per million; and
                    (B) emits not more than the lesser of--
                            (i) for vehicles manufactured in--
                                    (I) model years 2001 through 2003, 
                                3.0 grams per brake horsepower-hour of 
                                nonmethane hydrocarbons and oxides of 
                                nitrogen and .01 grams per brake 
                                horsepower-hour of particulate matter; 
                                and
                                    (II) model years 2004 through 2006, 
                                2.5 grams per brake horsepower-hour of 
                                nonmethane hydrocarbons and oxides of 
                                nitrogen and .01 grams per brake 
                                horsepower-hour of particulate matter; 
                                or
                            (ii) the emissions of nonmethane 
                        hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen, and 
                        particulate matter of the best performing 
                        technology of ultra-low sulfur diesel vehicles 
                        of the same type that are commercially 
                        available.

SEC. 103. PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a competitive 
grant pilot program to provide not more than 15 grants to State 
governments, local governments, or metropolitan transportation 
authorities to carry out a project or projects for the purposes 
described in subsection (b).
    (b) Grant Purposes.--Grants under this section may be used for the 
following purposes:
            (1) The acquisition of alternative fuel vehicles, 
        including--
                    (A) passenger vehicles;
                    (B) buses used for public transportation or 
                transportation to and from schools;
                    (C) delivery vehicles for goods or services;
                    (D) ground support vehicles at public airports, 
                including vehicles to carry baggage or push airplanes 
                away from terminal gates; and
                    (E) motorized two-wheel bicycles, scooters, or 
                other vehicles for use by law enforcement personnel or 
                other State or local government or metropolitan 
                transportation authority employees.
            (2) The acquisition of ultra-low sulfur diesel vehicles.
            (3) Infrastructure necessary to directly support an 
        alternative fuel vehicle project funded by the grant, including 
        fueling and other support equipment.
            (4) Operation and maintenance of vehicles, infrastructure, 
        and equipment acquired as part of a project funded by the 
        grant.
    (c) Applications.--
            (1) Requirements.--The Secretary shall issue requirements 
        for applying for grants under the pilot program. At a minimum, 
        the Secretary shall require that applications be submitted by 
        the head of a State or local government or a metropolitan 
        transportation authority, or any combination thereof, and shall 
        include--
                    (A) at least one project to enable passengers or 
                goods to be transferred directly from one alternative 
                fuel vehicle or ultra-low sulfur diesel vehicle to 
                another in a linked transportation system;
                    (B) a description of the projects proposed in the 
                application, including how they meet the requirements 
                of this subtitle;
                    (C) an estimate of the ridership or degree of use 
                of the projects proposed in the application;
                    (D) an estimate of the air pollution emissions 
                reduced and fossil fuel displaced as a result of the 
                projects proposed in the application, and a plan to 
                collect and disseminate environmental data, related to 
                the projects to be funded under the grant, over the 
                life of the projects;
                    (E) a description of how the projects proposed in 
                the application will be sustainable without Federal 
                assistance after the completion of the term of the 
                grant;
                    (F) a complete description of the costs of each 
                project proposed in the application, including 
                acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance 
                costs over the expected life of the project;
                    (G) a description of which costs of the projects 
                proposed in the application will be supported by 
                Federal assistance under this subtitle; and
                    (H) documentation to the satisfaction of the 
                Secretary that diesel fuel containing sulfur at not 
                more than 15 parts per million is available for 
                carrying out the projects, and a commitment by the 
                applicant to use such fuel in carrying out the 
                projects.
            (2) Partners.--An applicant under paragraph (1) may carry 
        out projects under the pilot program in partnership with public 
        and private entities.
    (d) Selection Criteria.--In evaluating applications under the pilot 
program, the Secretary shall consider each applicant's previous 
experience with similar projects and shall give priority consideration 
to applications that--
            (1) are most likely to maximize protection of the 
        environment;
            (2) demonstrate the greatest commitment on the part of the 
        applicant to ensure funding for the proposed projects and the 
        greatest likelihood that each project proposed in the 
        application will be maintained or expanded after Federal 
        assistance under this subtitle is completed; and
            (3) exceed the minimum requirements of subsection 
        (c)(1)(A).
    (e) Pilot Project Requirements.--
            (1) Maximum amount.--The Secretary shall not provide more 
        than $20,000,000 in Federal assistance under the pilot program 
        to any applicant.
            (2) Cost sharing.--The Secretary shall not provide more 
        than 50 percent of the cost, incurred during the period of the 
        grant, of any project under the pilot program.
            (3) Maximum period of grants.--The Secretary shall not fund 
        any applicant under the pilot program for more than 5 years.
            (4) Deployment and distribution.--The Secretary shall seek 
        to the maximum extent practicable to achieve nationwide 
        deployment of alternative fuel vehicles through the pilot 
        program, and shall ensure a broad geographic distribution of 
        project sites.
            (5) Transfer of information and knowledge.--The Secretary 
        shall establish mechanisms to ensure that the information and 
        knowledge gained by participants in the pilot program are 
        transferred among the pilot program participants and to other 
        interested parties, including other applicants that submitted 
        applications.
    (f) Schedule.--
            (1) Publication.--Not later than 3 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the 
        Federal Register, Commerce Business Daily, and elsewhere as 
        appropriate, a request for applications to undertake projects 
        under the pilot program. Applications shall be due within 6 
        months of the publication of the notice.
            (2) Selection.--Not later than 6 months after the date by 
        which applications for grants are due, the Secretary shall 
        select by competitive, peer review all applications for 
        projects to be awarded a grant under the pilot program.
    (g) Limit on Funding.--The Secretary shall provide not less than 20 
percent and not more than 25 percent of the grant funding made 
available under this section for the acquisition of ultra-low sulfur 
diesel vehicles.

SEC. 104. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Initial Report.--Not later than 2 months after the date grants 
are awarded under this subtitle, the Secretary shall transmit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report containing--
            (1) an identification of the grant recipients and a 
        description of the projects to be funded;
            (2) an identification of other applicants that submitted 
        applications for the pilot program; and
            (3) a description of the mechanisms used by the Secretary 
        to ensure that the information and knowledge gained by 
        participants in the pilot program are transferred among the 
        pilot program participants and to other interested parties, 
        including other applicants that submitted applications.
    (b) Evaluation.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter until the pilot program ends, the 
Secretary shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report containing an evaluation of the effectiveness of the pilot 
program, including an assessment of the benefits to the environment 
derived from the projects included in the pilot program as well as an 
estimate of the potential benefits to the environment to be derived 
from widespread application of alternative fuel vehicles and ultra-low 
sulfur diesel vehicles.

SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$200,000,000 to carry out this subtitle, to remain available until 
expended.

          Subtitle B--Distributed Power Hybrid Energy Systems

SEC. 121. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Our ability to take advantage of our renewable, 
        indigenous resources in a cost-effective manner can be greatly 
        advanced through systems that compensate for the intermittent 
        nature of these resources through distributed power hybrid 
        systems.
            (2) Distributed power hybrid systems can--
                    (A) shelter consumers from temporary energy price 
                volatility created by supply and demand mismatches;
                    (B) increase the reliability of energy supply; and
                    (C) address significant local differences in power 
                and economic development needs and resource 
                availability that exist throughout the United States.
            (3) Realizing these benefits will require a concerted and 
        integrated effort to remove market barriers to adopting 
        distributed power hybrid systems by--
                    (A) developing the technological foundation that 
                enables designing, testing, certifying, and operating 
                distributed power hybrid systems; and
                    (B) providing the policy framework that reduces 
                such barriers.
            (4) While many of the individual distributed power hybrid 
        systems components are either available or under development in 
        existing private and public sector programs, the capabilities 
        to integrate these components into workable distributed power 
        hybrid systems that maximize benefits to consumers in a safe 
        manner often are not coherently being addressed.

SEC. 122. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this subtitle--
            (1) the term ``distributed power hybrid system'' means a 
        system using 2 or more distributed power sources, operated 
        together with associated supporting equipment, including 
        storage equipment, and software necessary to provide electric 
        power onsite and to an electric distribution system; and
            (2) the term ``distributed power source'' means an 
        independent electric energy source of usually 10 megawatts or 
        less located close to a residential, commercial, or industrial 
        load center, including--
                    (A) reciprocating engines;
                    (B) turbines;
                    (C) microturbines;
                    (D) fuel cells;
                    (E) solar electric systems;
                    (F) wind energy systems;
                    (G) biopower systems;
                    (H) geothermal power systems; or
                    (I) combined heat and power systems.

SEC. 123. STRATEGY.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and transmit to the 
Congress a distributed power hybrid systems strategy showing--
            (1) needs best met with distributed power hybrid systems 
        configurations, especially systems including one or more solar 
        or renewable power sources; and
            (2) technology gaps and barriers (including barriers to 
        efficient connection with the power grid) that hamper the use 
        of distributed power hybrid systems.
    (b) Elements.--The strategy shall provide for development of--
            (1) system integration tools (including databases, computer 
        models, software, sensors, and controls) needed to plan, 
        design, build, and operate distributed power hybrid systems for 
        maximum benefits;
            (2) tests of distributed power hybrid systems, power parks, 
        and microgrids, including field tests and cost-shared 
        demonstrations with industry;
            (3) design tools to characterize the benefits of 
        distributed power hybrid systems for consumers, to reduce 
        testing needs, to speed commercialization, and to generate data 
        characterizing grid operations, including interconnection 
        requirements;
            (4) precise resource assessment tools to map local 
        resources for distributed power hybrid systems; and
            (5) a comprehensive research, development, demonstration, 
        and commercial application program to ensure the reliability, 
        efficiency, and environmental integrity of distributed energy 
        resources, focused on filling gaps in distributed power hybrid 
        systems technologies identified under subsection (a)(2), which 
        may include--
                    (A) integration of a wide variety of advanced 
                technologies into distributed power hybrid systems;
                    (B) energy storage devices;
                    (C) environmental control technologies;
                    (D) interconnection standards, protocols, and 
                equipment; and
                    (E) ancillary equipment for dispatch and control.
    (c) Implementation and Integration.--The Secretary shall implement 
the strategy transmitted under subsection (a) and the research program 
under subsection (b)(5). Activities pursuant to the strategy shall be 
integrated with other activities of the Department's Office of Power 
Technologies.

SEC. 124. HIGH POWER DENSITY INDUSTRY PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall develop and implement a 
comprehensive research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
application program to improve energy efficiency, reliability, and 
environmental responsibility in high power density industries, such as 
data centers, server farms, telecommunications facilities, and heavy 
industry.
    (b) Areas.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall 
consider technologies that provide--
            (1) significant improvement in efficiency of high power 
        density facilities, and in data and telecommunications centers, 
        using advanced thermal control technologies;
            (2) significant improvements in air-conditioning efficiency 
        in facilities such as data centers and telecommunications 
        facilities;
            (3) significant advances in peak load reduction; and
            (4) advanced real time metering and load management and 
        control devices.
    (c) Implementation and Integration.--Activities pursuant to this 
program shall be integrated with other activities of the Department's 
Office of Power Technologies.

SEC. 125. MICRO-COGENERATION ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.

    The Secretary shall make competitive, merit-based grants to 
consortia of private sector entities for the development of micro-
cogeneration energy technology. The consortia shall explore the 
creation of small-scale combined heat and power through the use of 
residential heating appliances. There are authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary $20,000,000 to carry out this section, to remain 
available until expended.

SEC. 126. PROGRAM PLAN.

    Within 4 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies, 
shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a 5-year program plan to 
guide activities under this subtitle. In preparing the program plan, 
the Secretary shall consult with appropriate representatives of the 
distributed energy resources, power transmission, and high power 
density industries to prioritize appropriate program areas. The 
Secretary shall also seek the advice of utilities, energy services 
providers, manufacturers, institutions of higher learning, other 
appropriate State and local agencies, environmental organizations, 
professional and technical societies, and any other persons the 
Secretary considers appropriate.

SEC. 127. REPORT.

    Two years after date of enactment of this Act and at two year 
intervals thereafter, the Secretary, jointly with other appropriate 
Federal agencies, shall transmit a report to Congress describing the 
progress made to achieve the purposes of this subtitle.

SEC. 128. VOLUNTARY CONSENSUS STANDARDS.

    Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary, in consultation with the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, shall work with the Institute of Electrical and Electronic 
Engineers and other standards development organizations toward the 
development of voluntary consensus standards for distributed energy 
systems for use in manufacturing and using equipment and systems for 
connection with electric distribution systems, for obtaining 
electricity from, or providing electricity to, such systems.

           Subtitle C--Secondary Electric Vehicle Battery Use

SEC. 131. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this subtitle, the term--
            (1) ``battery'' means an energy storage device that 
        previously has been used to provide motive power in a vehicle 
        powered in whole or in part by electricity; and
            (2) ``associated equipment'' means equipment located at the 
        location where the batteries will be used that is necessary to 
        enable the use of the energy stored in the batteries.

SEC. 132. ESTABLISHMENT OF SECONDARY ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY USE 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Program.--The Secretary shall establish and conduct a research, 
development, and demonstration program for the secondary use of 
batteries where the original use of  such batteries was in 
transportation applications. Such program shall be--
            (1) designed to demonstrate the use of batteries in 
        secondary application, including utility and commercial power 
        storage and power quality;
            (2) structured to evaluate the performance, including 
        longevity of useful service life and costs, of such batteries 
        in field operations, and evaluate the necessary supporting 
        infrastructure, including disposal and reuse of batteries; and
            (3) coordinated with ongoing secondary battery use programs 
        underway at the national laboratories and in industry.
    (b) Solicitation.--(1) Not later than 6 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit proposals to 
demonstrate the secondary use of batteries and associated equipment and 
supporting infrastructure in geographic locations throughout the United 
States. The Secretary may make additional solicitations for proposals 
if the Secretary determines that such solicitations are necessary to 
carry out this section.
    (2)(A) Proposals submitted in response to a solicitation under this 
section shall include--
            (i) a description of the project, including the batteries 
        to be used in the project, the proposed locations and 
        applications for the batteries, the number of batteries to be 
        demonstrated, and the type, characteristics, and estimated 
        life-cycle costs of the batteries compared to other energy 
        storage devices currently used;
            (ii) the contribution, if any, of State or local 
        governments and other persons to the demonstration project;
            (iii) the type of associated equipment to be demonstrated 
        and the type of supporting infrastructure to be demonstrated; 
        and
            (iv) any other information the Secretary considers 
        appropriate.
    (B) If the proposal includes a lease arrangement, the proposal 
shall indicate the terms of such lease arrangement for the batteries 
and associated equipment.
    (c) Selection of Proposals.--(1)(A) The Secretary shall, not later 
than 3 months after the closing date established by the Secretary for 
receipt of proposals under subsection (b), select at least 5 proposals 
to receive financial assistance under this section.
    (B) No one project selected under this section shall receive more 
than 25 percent of the funds authorized under this section. No more 
than 3 projects selected under this section shall demonstrate the same 
battery type.
    (2) In selecting a proposal under this section, the Secretary shall 
consider--
            (A) the ability of the proposer to acquire the batteries 
        and associated equipment and to successfully manage and conduct 
        the demonstration project, including the reporting requirements 
        set forth in paragraph (3)(B);
            (B) the geographic and climatic diversity of the projects 
        selected;
            (C) the long-term technical and competitive viability of 
        the batteries to be used in the project and of the original 
        manufacturer of such batteries;
            (D) the suitability of the batteries for their intended 
        uses;
            (E) the technical performance of the battery, including the 
        expected additional useful life and the battery's ability to 
        retain energy;
            (F) the environmental effects of the use of and disposal of 
        the batteries proposed to be used in the project selected;
            (G) the extent of involvement of State or local government 
        and other persons in the demonstration project and whether such 
        involvement will--
                    (i) permit a reduction of the Federal cost share 
                per project; or
                    (ii) otherwise be used to allow the Federal 
                contribution to be provided to demonstrate a greater 
                number of batteries; and
            (H) such other criteria as the Secretary considers 
        appropriate.
    (3) Conditions.--The Secretary shall require that--
            (A) as a part of a demonstration project, the users of the 
        batteries provide to the proposer information regarding the 
        operation, maintenance, performance, and use of the batteries, 
        and the proposer provide such information to the battery 
        manufacturer, for 3 years after the beginning of the 
        demonstration project;
            (B) the proposer provide to the Secretary such information 
        regarding the operation, maintenance, performance, and use of 
        the batteries as the Secretary may request during the period of 
        the demonstration project; and
            (C) the proposer provide at least 50 percent of the costs 
        associated with the proposal.

SEC. 133. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, from 
amounts authorized under section 161(a), for purposes of this 
subtitle--
            (1) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
            (2) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and
            (3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
Such appropriations may remain available until expended.

                     Subtitle D--Green School Buses

SEC. 141. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Clean Green School Bus Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 142. ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a pilot program 
for awarding grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for the 
demonstration and commercial application of alternative fuel school 
buses and ultra-low sulfur diesel school buses.
    (b) Requirements.--Not later than 3 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and publish in the 
Federal register grant requirements on eligibility for assistance, and 
on implementation of the program established under subsection (a), 
including certification requirements to ensure compliance with this 
subtitle.
    (c) Solicitation.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit proposals for grants 
under this section.
    (d) Eligible Recipients.--A grant shall be awarded under this 
section only--
            (1) to a local governmental entity responsible for 
        providing school bus service for one or more public school 
        systems; or
            (2) jointly to an entity described in paragraph (1) and a 
        contracting entity that provides school bus service to the 
        public school system or systems.
    (e) Types of Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Grants under this section shall be for the 
        demonstration and commercial application of technologies to 
        facilitate the use of alternative fuel school buses and ultra-
        low sulfur diesel school buses in lieu of buses manufactured 
        before model year 1977 and diesel-powered buses manufactured 
        before model year 1991.
            (2) No economic benefit.--Other than the receipt of the 
        grant, a recipient of a grant under this section may not 
        receive any economic benefit in connection with the receipt of 
        the grant.
            (3) Priority of grant applications.--The Secretary shall 
        give priority to awarding grants to applicants who can 
        demonstrate the use of alternative fuel buses and ultra-low 
        sulfur diesel school buses in lieu of buses manufactured before 
        model year 1977.
    (f) Conditions of Grant.--A grant provided under this section shall 
include the following conditions:
            (1) All buses acquired with funds provided under the grant 
        shall be operated as part of the school bus fleet for which the 
        grant was made for a minimum of 5 years.
            (2) Funds provided under the grant may only be used--
                    (A) to pay the cost, except as provided in 
                paragraph (3), of new alternative fuel school buses or 
                ultra-low sulfur diesel school buses, including State 
                taxes and contract fees; and
                    (B) to provide--
                            (i) up to 10 percent of the price of the 
                        alternative fuel buses acquired, for necessary 
                        alternative fuel infrastructure if the 
                        infrastructure will only be available to the 
                        grant recipient; and
                            (ii) up to 15 percent of the price of the 
                        alternative fuel buses acquired, for necessary 
                        alternative fuel infrastructure if the 
                        infrastructure will be available to the grant 
                        recipient and to other bus fleets.
            (3) The grant recipient shall be required to provide at 
        least the lesser of 15 percent of the total cost of each bus 
        received or $15,000 per bus.
            (4) In the case of a grant recipient receiving a grant to 
        demonstrate ultra-low sulfur diesel school buses, the grant 
        recipient shall be required to provide documentation to the 
        satisfaction of the Secretary that diesel fuel containing 
        sulfur at not more than 15 parts per million is available for 
        carrying out the purposes of the grant, and a commitment by the 
        applicant to use such fuel in carrying out the purposes of the 
        grant.
    (g) Buses.--Funding under a grant made under this section may be 
used to demonstrate the use only of new alternative fuel school buses 
or ultra-low sulfur diesel school buses--
            (1) with a gross vehicle weight of greater than 14,000 
        pounds;
            (2) that are powered by a heavy duty engine;
            (3) that, in the case of alternative fuel school buses, 
        emit not more than--
                    (A) for buses manufactured in model years 2001 and 
                2002, 2.5 grams per brake horsepower-hour of nonmethane 
                hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen and .01 grams per 
                brake horsepower-hour of particulate matter; and
                    (B) for buses manufactured in model years 2003 
                through 2006, 1.8 grams per brake horsepower-hour of 
                nonmethane hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen and .01 
                grams per brake horsepower-hour of particulate matter; 
                and
            (4) that, in the case of ultra-low sulfur diesel school 
        buses, emit not more than--
                    (A) for buses manufactured in model years 2001 
                through 2003, 3.0 grams per brake horsepower-hour of 
                nonmethane hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen and .01 
                grams per brake horsepower-hour of particulate matter; 
                and
                    (B) for buses manufactured in model years 2004 
                through 2006, 2.5 grams per brake horsepower-hour of 
                nonmethane hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen and .01 
                grams per brake horsepower-hour of particulate matter,
        except that under no circumstances shall buses be acquired 
        under this section that emit nonmethane hydrocarbons, oxides of 
        nitrogen, or particulate matter at a rate greater than the best 
        performing technology of ultra-low sulfur diesel school buses 
        commercially available at the time the grant is made.
    (h) Deployment and Distribution.--The Secretary shall seek to the 
maximum extent practicable to achieve nationwide deployment of 
alternative fuel school buses through the program under this section, 
and shall ensure a broad geographic distribution of grant awards, with 
a goal of no State receiving more than 10 percent of the grant funding 
made available under this section for a fiscal year.
    (i) Limit on Funding.--The Secretary shall provide not less than 20 
percent and not more than 25 percent of the grant funding made 
available under this section for any fiscal year for the acquisition of 
ultra-low sulfur diesel school buses.
    (j) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) the term ``alternative fuel school bus'' means a bus 
        powered substantially by electricity (including electricity 
        supplied by a fuel cell), or by liquefied natural gas, 
        compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, 
        propane, or methanol or ethanol at no less than 85 percent by 
        volume; and
            (2) the term ``ultra-low sulfur diesel school bus'' means a 
        school bus powered by diesel fuel which contains sulfur at not 
        more than 15 parts per million.

SEC. 143. FUEL CELL BUS DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary shall establish a 
program for entering into cooperative agreements with private sector 
fuel cell bus developers for the development of fuel cell-powered 
school buses, and subsequently with not less than 2 units of local 
government using natural gas-powered school buses and such private 
sector fuel cell bus developers to demonstrate the use of fuel cell-
powered school buses.
    (b) Cost Sharing.--The non-Federal contribution for activities 
funded under this section shall be not less than--
            (1) 20 percent for fuel infrastructure development 
        activities; and
            (2) 50 percent for demonstration activities and for 
        development activities not described in paragraph (1).
    (c) Funding.--No more than $25,000,000 of the amounts authorized 
under section 144 may be used for carrying out this section for the 
period encompassing fiscal years 2002 through 2006.
    (d) Reports to Congress.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and not later than October 1, 2006, the 
Secretary shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report that--
            (1) evaluates the process of converting natural gas 
        infrastructure to accommodate fuel cell-powered school buses; 
        and
            (2) assesses the results of the development and 
        demonstration program under this section.

SEC. 144. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for 
carrying out this subtitle, to remain available until expended--
            (1) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
            (2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
            (3) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
            (4) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
            (5) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.

            Subtitle E--Next Generation Lighting Initiative

SEC. 151. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as ``Next Generation Lighting Initiative 
Act''.

SEC. 152. DEFINITION.

    In this subtitle, the term ``Lighting Initiative'' means the ``Next 
Generation Lighting Initiative'' established under section 153(a).

SEC. 153. NEXT GENERATION LIGHTING INITIATIVE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary is authorized to establish a 
lighting initiative to be known as the ``Next Generation Lighting 
Initiative'' to research, develop, and conduct demonstration activities 
on advanced lighting technologies, including white light emitting 
diodes.
    (b) Research Objectives.--The research objectives of the Lighting 
Initiative shall be to develop, by 2011, advanced lighting technologies 
that, compared to incandescent and fluorescent lighting technologies as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act, are--
            (1) longer lasting;
            (2) more energy-efficient; and
            (3) cost-competitive.

SEC. 154. STUDY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with other 
Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall complete a study on strategies 
for the development and commercial application of advanced lighting 
technologies. The Secretary shall request a review by the National 
Academies of Sciences and Engineering of the study under this 
subsection, and shall transmit the results of the study to the 
appropriate congressional committees.
    (b) Requirements.--The study shall--
            (1) develop a comprehensive strategy to implement the 
        Lighting Initiative; and
            (2) identify the research and development, manufacturing, 
        deployment, and marketing barriers that must be overcome to 
        achieve a goal of a 25 percent market penetration by advanced 
        lighting technologies into the incandescent and fluorescent 
        lighting market by the year 2012.
    (c) Implementation.--As soon as practicable after the review of the 
study under subsection (a) is transmitted to the Secretary by the 
National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, the Secretary shall 
adapt the implementation of the Lighting Initiative taking into 
consideration the recommendations of the National Academies of Sciences 
and Engineering.

SEC. 155. GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subject to section 603 of this Act, the Secretary 
may make merit-based competitive grants to firms and research 
organizations that conduct research, development, and demonstration 
projects related to advanced lighting technologies.
    (b) Annual Review.--
            (1) In general.--An annual independent review of the grant-
        related activities of firms and research organizations 
        receiving a grant under this section shall be conducted by a 
        committee appointed by the Secretary under the Federal Advisory 
        Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), or, at the request of the 
        Secretary, a committee appointed by the National Academies of 
        Sciences and Engineering.
            (2) Requirements.--Using clearly defined standards 
        established by the Secretary, the review shall assess 
        technology advances and progress toward commercialization of 
        the grant-related activities of firms or research organizations 
        during each fiscal year of the grant program.
    (c) Technical and Financial Assistance.--The national laboratories 
and other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall cooperate with and 
provide technical and financial assistance to firms and research 
organizations conducting research, development, and demonstration 
projects carried out under this subtitle.

    Subtitle F--Department of Energy Authorization of Appropriations

SEC. 161. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Operation and Maintenance.--In addition to amounts authorized 
to be appropriated under section 105, section 125, and section 144, 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for subtitle 
B, subtitle C, subtitle E, and for Energy Conservation operation and 
maintenance (including Building Technology, State and Community Sector 
(Nongrants), Industry Sector, Transportation Sector, Power 
Technologies, and Policy and Management) $625,000,000 for fiscal year 
2002, $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and $800,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2004, to remain available until expended.
    (b) Limits on Use of Funds.--None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated in subsection (a) may be used for--
            (1) Building Technology, State and Community Sector--
                    (A) Residential Building Energy Codes;
                    (B) Commercial Building Energy Codes;
                    (C) Lighting and Appliance Standards;
                    (D) Weatherization Assistance Program; or
                    (E) State Energy Program; or
            (2) Federal Energy Management Program.

Subtitle G--Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation 
                    Authorization of Appropriations

SEC. 171. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Environmental Protection Agency 
Office of Air and Radiation Authorization Act of 2001''.

SEC. 172. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator for 
the Office of Air and Radiation $156,700,000 for fiscal year 2002, 
$163,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and $169,400,000 for fiscal year 
2004 to remain available until expended, of which--
            (1) $28,300,000 for fiscal year 2002, $29,400,000 for 
        fiscal year 2003, and $30,600,000 for fiscal year 2004 shall be 
        for Science; and
            (2) $128,400,000 for fiscal year 2002, $133,600,000 for 
        fiscal year 2003, and $138,800,000 for fiscal year 2004 shall 
        be for Climate Change Protection Programs, of which--
                    (A) $52,700,000 for fiscal year 2002, $54,800,000 
                for fiscal year 2003, and $57,000,000 for fiscal year 
                2004 shall be for Buildings;
                    (B) $32,400,000 for fiscal year 2002, $33,700,000 
                for fiscal year 2003, and $35,000,000 for fiscal year 
                2004 shall be for Transportation;
                    (C) $32,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $33,300,000 
                for fiscal year 2003, and $34,600,000 for fiscal year 
                2004 shall be for Industry;
                    (D) $1,700,000 for fiscal year 2002, $1,750,000 for 
                fiscal year 2003, and $1,800,000 for fiscal year 2004 
                shall be for Carbon Removal;
                    (E) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2002, $2,600,000 for 
                fiscal year 2003, and $2,700,000 for fiscal year 2004 
                shall be for State and Local Climate;
                    (F) $6,300,000 for fiscal year 2002, $6,600,000 for 
                fiscal year 2003, and $6,800,000 for fiscal year 2004 
                shall be for International Capacity Building; and
                    (G) $800,000 for fiscal year 2002, $850,000 for 
                fiscal year 2003, and $900,000 for fiscal year 2004 
                shall be for Technical Cooperation with Industrial and 
                Developing Countries.

SEC. 173. LIMITS ON USE OF FUNDS.

    (a) Production or Provision of Articles or Services.--None of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated by this subtitle may be used to 
produce or provide articles or services for the purpose of selling the 
articles or services to a person outside the Federal Government, unless 
the Administrator determines that comparable articles or services are 
not available from a commercial source in the United States.
    (b) Requests for Proposals.--None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this subtitle may be used by the Environmental 
Protection Agency to prepare or initiate Requests for Proposals for a 
program if the program has not been authorized by Congress.

SEC. 174. COST SHARING.

    (a) Research and Development.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
subtitle, for research and development programs carried out under this 
subtitle, the Administrator shall require a commitment from non-Federal 
sources of at least 20 percent of the cost of the project. The 
Administrator may reduce or eliminate the non-Federal requirement under 
this subsection if the Administrator determines that the research and 
development is of a basic or fundamental nature.
    (b) Demonstration and Commercial Application.--Except as otherwise 
provided in this subtitle, the Administrator shall require at least 50 
percent of the costs directly and specifically related to any 
demonstration or commercial application project under this subtitle to 
be provided from non-Federal sources. The Administrator may reduce the 
non-Federal requirement under this subsection if the Administrator 
determines that the reduction is necessary and appropriate considering 
the technological risks involved in the project and is necessary to 
meet the objectives of this subtitle.
    (c) Calculation of Amount.--In calculating the amount of the non-
Federal commitment under subsection (a) or (b), the Administrator may 
include personnel, services, equipment, and other resources.

SEC. 175. LIMITATION ON DEMONSTRATION AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF 
              ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.

    The Administrator shall provide funding for scientific or energy 
demonstration or commercial application of energy technology programs, 
projects, or activities of the Office of Air and Radiation only for 
technologies or processes that can be reasonably expected to yield new, 
measurable benefits to the cost, efficiency, or performance of the 
technology or process.

SEC. 176. REPROGRAMMING.

    (a) Authority.--The Administrator may use amounts appropriated 
under this subtitle for a program, project, or activity other than the 
program, project, or activity for which such amounts were appropriated 
only if--
            (1) the Administrator has transmitted to the appropriate 
        congressional committees a report described in subsection (b) 
        and a period of 30 days has elapsed after such committees 
        receive the report;
            (2) amounts used for the program, project, or activity do 
        not exceed--
                    (A) 105 percent of the amount authorized for the 
                program, project, or activity; or
                    (B) $250,000 more than the amount authorized for 
                the program, project, or activity,
        whichever is less; and
            (3) the program, project, or activity has been presented 
        to, or requested of, the Congress by the Administrator.
    (b) Report.--(1) The report referred to in subsection (a) is a 
report containing a full and complete statement of the action proposed 
to be taken and the facts and circumstances relied upon in support of 
the proposed action.
    (2) In the computation of the 30-day period under subsection (a), 
there shall be excluded any day on which either House of Congress is 
not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day 
certain.
    (c) Limitations.--(1) In no event may the total amount of funds 
obligated pursuant to this subtitle exceed the total amount authorized 
to be appropriated by this subtitle.
    (2) Funds appropriated pursuant to this subtitle may not be used 
for an item for which Congress has declined to authorize funds.

SEC. 177. BUDGET REQUEST FORMAT.

    The Administrator shall provide to the appropriate congressional 
committees, to be transmitted at the same time as the Environmental 
Protection Agency's annual budget request submission, a detailed 
justification for budget authorization for the programs, projects, and 
activities for which funds are authorized by this subtitle. Each such  
document shall include, for the fiscal year for which funding is being 
requested and for the 2 previous fiscal years--
            (1) a description of, and funding requested or allocated 
        for, each such program, project, or activity;
            (2) an identification of all recipients of funds to conduct 
        such programs, projects, and activities; and
            (3) an estimate of the amounts to be expended by each 
        recipient of funds identified under paragraph (2).

SEC. 178. OTHER PROVISIONS.

    (a) Annual Operating Plan and Reports.--The Administrator shall 
provide simultaneously to the Committee on Science of the House of 
Representatives--
            (1) any annual operating plan or other operational funding 
        document, including any additions or amendments thereto; and
            (2) any report relating to the environmental research or 
        development, scientific or energy research, development, or 
        demonstration, or commercial application of energy technology 
        programs, projects, or activities of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency,
provided to any committee of Congress.
    (b) Notice of Reorganization.--The Administrator shall provide 
notice to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 
days before any reorganization of any environmental research or 
development, scientific or energy research, development, or 
demonstration, or commercial application of energy technology program, 
project, or activity of the Office of Air and Radiation.

          Subtitle H--National Building Performance Initiative

SEC. 181. NATIONAL BUILDING PERFORMANCE INITIATIVE.

    (a) Interagency Group.--Not later than 3 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy shall establish an Interagency Group responsible for 
the development and implementation of a National Building Performance 
Initiative to address energy conservation and research and development 
and related issues. The National Institute of Standards and Technology 
shall provide necessary administrative support for the Interagency 
Group.
    (b) Plan.--Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Interagency Group shall transmit to the Congress a 
multiyear implementation plan describing the Federal role in reducing 
the costs, including energy costs, of using, owning, and operating 
commercial, institutional, residential, and industrial buildings by 30 
percent by 2020. The plan shall include--
            (1) research, development, and demonstration of systems and 
        materials for new construction and retrofit, on the building 
        envelope and components; and
            (2) the collection and dissemination in a usable form of 
        research results and other pertinent information to the design 
        and construction industry, government officials, and the 
        general public.
    (c) National Building Performance Advisory Committee.--A National 
Building Performance Advisory Committee shall be established to advise 
on creation of the plan, review progress made under the plan, advise on 
any improvements that should be made to the plan, and report to the 
Congress on actions that have been taken to advance the Nation's 
capability in furtherance of the plan. The members shall include 
representatives of a broad cross-section of interests such as the 
research, technology transfer, architectural, engineering, and 
financial communities; materials and systems suppliers; State, county, 
and local governments; the residential, multifamily, and commercial 
sectors of the construction industry; and the insurance industry.
    (d) Report.--The Interagency Group shall, within 90 days after the 
end of each fiscal year, transmit a report to the Congress describing 
progress achieved during the preceding fiscal year by government at all 
levels and by the private sector, toward implementing the plan 
developed under subsection (b), and including any amendments to the 
plan.

                       TITLE II--RENEWABLE ENERGY

                          Subtitle A--Hydrogen

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Robert S. Walker and George E. 
Brown, Jr. Hydrogen Energy Act of 2001''.

SEC. 202. PURPOSES.

    Section 102(b) of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            ``(1) to direct the Secretary to conduct research, 
        development, and demonstration activities leading to the 
        production, storage, transportation, and use of hydrogen for 
        industrial, commercial, residential, transportation, and 
        utility applications;
            ``(2) to direct the Secretary to develop a program of 
        technology assessment, information dissemination, and education 
        in which Federal, State, and local agencies, members of the 
        energy, transportation, and other industries, and other 
        entities may participate; and
            ``(3) to develop methods of hydrogen production that 
        minimize adverse environmental impacts, with emphasis on 
        efficient and cost-effective production from renewable energy 
        resources.''.

SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 102(c) of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as 
        paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated 
        by paragraph (1) of this section, the following new paragraph:
            ``(1) `advisory committee' means the advisory committee 
        established under section 108;''.

SEC. 204. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    Section 103 of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 is amended to read as 
follows:

``SEC. 103. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    ``(a) Requirement.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of the Robert S. Walker and George E. Brown, Jr. Hydrogen 
Energy Act of 2001, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall 
transmit to Congress a detailed report on the status and progress of 
the programs and activities authorized under this Act.
    ``(b) Contents.--A report under subsection (a) shall include, in 
addition to any views and recommendations of the Secretary--
            ``(1) an assessment of the extent to which the program is 
        meeting the purposes specified in section 102(b);
            ``(2) a determination of the effectiveness of the 
        technology assessment, information dissemination, and education 
        program established under section 106;
            ``(3) an analysis of Federal, State, local, and private 
        sector hydrogen-related research, development, and 
        demonstration activities to identify productive areas for 
        increased intergovernmental and private-public sector 
        collaboration; and
            ``(4) recommendations of the advisory committee for any 
        improvements needed in the programs and activities authorized 
        by this Act.''.

SEC. 205. HYDROGEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

    Section 104 of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 is amended to read as 
follows:

``SEC. 104. HYDROGEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

    ``(a) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary shall conduct a 
hydrogen research and development program relating to production, 
storage, transportation, and use of hydrogen, with the goal of enabling 
the private sector to demonstrate the technical feasibility of using 
hydrogen for industrial, commercial, residential, transportation, and 
utility applications.
    ``(b) Elements.--In conducting the program authorized by this 
section, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) give particular attention to developing an 
        understanding and resolution of critical technical issues 
        preventing the introduction of hydrogen as an energy carrier 
        into the marketplace;
            ``(2) initiate or accelerate existing research and 
        development in critical technical issues that will contribute 
        to the development of more economical hydrogen production, 
        storage, transportation, and use, including critical technical 
        issues with respect to production (giving priority to those 
        production techniques that use renewable energy resources as 
        their primary source of energy for hydrogen production), 
        liquefaction, transmission, distribution, storage, and use 
        (including use of hydrogen in surface transportation); and
            ``(3) survey private sector and public sector hydrogen 
        research and development activities worldwide, and take steps 
        to ensure that research and development activities under this 
        section do not--
                    ``(A) duplicate any available research and 
                development results; or
                    ``(B) displace or compete with the privately funded 
                hydrogen research and development activities of United 
                States industry.
    ``(c) Evaluation of Technologies.--The Secretary shall evaluate, 
for the purpose of determining whether to undertake or fund research 
and development activities under this section, any reasonable new or 
improved technology that could lead or contribute to the development of 
economical hydrogen production, storage, transportation, and use.
    ``(d) Research and Development Support.--The Secretary is 
authorized to arrange for tests and demonstrations and to disseminate 
to researchers and developers information, data, and other materials 
necessary to support the research and development activities authorized 
under this section and other efforts authorized under this Act, 
consistent with section 106 of this Act.
    ``(e) Competitive Peer Review.--The Secretary shall carry out or 
fund research and development activities under this section only on a 
competitive basis using peer review.
    ``(f) Cost Sharing.--For research and development programs carried 
out under this section, the Secretary shall require a commitment from 
non-Federal sources of at least 20 percent of the cost of the project. 
The Secretary may reduce or eliminate the non-Federal requirement under 
this subsection if the Secretary determines that the research and 
development is of a basic or fundamental nature.''.

SEC. 206. DEMONSTRATIONS.

    Section 105 of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``, preferably in self-
        contained locations,'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``at self-contained 
        sites'' and inserting ``, which shall include a fuel cell bus 
        demonstration program to address hydrogen production, storage, 
        and use in transit bus applications''; and
            (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ``Non-Federal Funding 
        Requirement.--'' after ``(c)''.

SEC. 207. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.

    Section 106 of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 is amended to read as 
follows:

``SEC. 106. TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, AND 
              EDUCATION PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Program.--The Secretary shall, in consultation with the 
advisory committee, conduct a program designed to accelerate wider 
application of hydrogen production, storage, transportation, and use 
technologies, including application in foreign countries to increase 
the global market for the technologies and foster global economic 
development without harmful environmental effects.
    ``(b) Information.--The Secretary, in carrying out the program 
authorized by subsection (a), shall--
            ``(1) undertake an update of the inventory and assessment, 
        required under section 106(b)(1) of this Act as in effect 
        before the date of the enactment of the Robert S. Walker and 
        George E. Brown, Jr. Hydrogen Energy Act of 2001, of hydrogen 
        technologies and their commercial capability to economically 
        produce, store, transport, or use hydrogen in industrial, 
        commercial, residential, transportation, and utility sector; 
        and
            ``(2) develop, with other Federal agencies as appropriate 
        and industry, an information exchange program to improve 
        technology transfer for hydrogen production, storage, 
        transportation, and use, which may consist of workshops, 
        publications, conferences, and a database for the use by the 
        public and private sectors.''.

SEC. 208. COORDINATION AND CONSULTATION.

    Section 107 of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 is amended--
            (1) by amending paragraph (1) of subsection (a) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(1) shall establish a central point for the coordination 
        of all hydrogen research, development, and demonstration 
        activities of the Department; and''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) Consultation.--The Secretary shall consult with other Federal 
agencies as appropriate, and the advisory committee, in carrying out 
the Secretary's authorities pursuant to this Act.''.

SEC. 209. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    Section 108 of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 is amended to read as 
follows:

``SEC. 108. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall enter into appropriate 
arrangements with the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering to 
establish an advisory committee consisting of experts drawn from 
domestic industry, academia, Governmental laboratories, and financial, 
environmental, and other organizations, as appropriate, to review and 
advise on the progress made through the programs and activities 
authorized under this Act.
    ``(b) Cooperation.--The heads of Federal agencies shall cooperate 
with the advisory committee in carrying out this section and shall 
furnish to the advisory committee such information as the advisory 
committee reasonably deems necessary to carry out this section.
    ``(c) Review.--The advisory committee shall review and make any 
necessary recommendations to the Secretary on--
            ``(1) the implementation and conduct of programs and 
        activities authorized under this Act; and
            ``(2) the economic, technological, and environmental 
        consequences of the deployment of hydrogen production, storage, 
        transportation, and use systems.
    ``(d) Responsibilities of the Secretary.--The Secretary shall 
consider, but need not adopt, any recommendations of the advisory 
committee under subsection (c). The Secretary shall provide an 
explanation of the reasons that any such recommendations will not be 
implemented and include such explanation in the report to Congress 
under section 103(a) of this Act.''.

SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 109 of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 is amended to read as 
follows:

``SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) Research and Development; Advisory Committee.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out sections 
104 and 108--
            ``(1) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
            ``(2) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
            ``(3) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
            ``(4) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
            ``(5) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    ``(b) Demonstration.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary to carry out section 105--
            ``(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
            ``(2) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
            ``(3) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
            ``(4) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
            ``(5) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.''.

SEC. 211. REPEAL.

    (a) Repeal.--Title II of the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 is 
repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2 of the Hydrogen Future Act of 
1996 is amended by striking ``titles II and III'' and inserting ``title 
III''.

                         Subtitle B--Bioenergy

SEC. 221. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Bioenergy Act of 2001''.

SEC. 222. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that bioenergy has potential to help--
            (1) meet the Nation's energy needs;
            (2) reduce reliance on imported fuels;
            (3) promote rural economic development;
            (4) provide for productive utilization of agricultural 
        residues and waste materials, and forestry residues and 
        byproducts; and
            (5) protect the environment.

SEC. 223. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this subtitle--
            (1) the term ``bioenergy'' means energy derived from any 
        organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring 
        basis, including agricultural crops and trees, wood and wood 
        wastes and residues, plants (including aquatic plants), 
        grasses, residues, fibers, and animal and other organic wastes;
            (2) the term ``biofuels'' includes liquid or gaseous fuels, 
        industrial chemicals, or both;
            (3) the term ``biopower'' includes the generation of 
        electricity or process steam or both; and
            (4) the term ``integrated bioenergy research and 
        development'' includes biopower and biofuels applications.

SEC. 224. AUTHORIZATION.

    The Secretary is authorized to conduct environmental research and 
development, scientific and energy research, development, and 
demonstration, and commercial application of energy technology 
programs, projects, and activities related to bioenergy, including 
biopower energy systems, biofuels energy systems, and integrated 
bioenergy research and development.

SEC. 225. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Biopower Energy Systems.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for Biopower Energy Systems programs, 
projects, and activities--
            (1) $45,700,000 for fiscal year 2002;
            (2) $52,500,000 for fiscal year 2003;
            (3) $60,300,000 for fiscal year 2004;
            (4) $69,300,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
            (5) $79,600,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (b) Biofuels Energy Systems.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for biofuels energy systems programs, 
projects, and activities--
            (1) $53,500,000 for fiscal year 2002;
            (2) $61,400,000 for fiscal year 2003;
            (3) $70,600,000 for fiscal year 2004;
            (4) $81,100,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
            (5) $93,200,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (c) Integrated Bioenergy Research and Development.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for integrated bioenergy 
research and development programs, projects, and activities, 
$49,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006. Activities 
funded under this subsection shall be coordinated with ongoing related 
programs of other Federal agencies, including the Plant Genome Program 
of the National Science Foundation.
    (d) Integrated Applications.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under this subtitle may be used to assist in the planning, design, and 
implementation of projects to convert rice straw and barley grain into 
biopower or biofuels.

            Subtitle C--Transmission Infrastructure Systems

SEC. 241. TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 
              DEMONSTRATION, AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall develop and implement a 
comprehensive research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
application program to ensure the reliability, efficiency, and 
environmental integrity of electrical transmission systems. Such 
program shall include advanced energy technologies and systems, high 
capacity superconducting transmission lines and generators, advanced 
grid reliability and efficiency technologies development, technologies 
contributing to significant load reductions, advanced metering, load 
management and control technologies, and technology transfer and 
education.
    (b) Technology.--In carrying out this subtitle, the Secretary may 
include research, development, and demonstration on and commercial 
application of improved transmission technologies including the 
integration of the following technologies into improved transmission 
systems:
            (1) High temperature superconductivity.
            (2) Advanced transmission materials.
            (3) Self-adjusting equipment, processes, or software for 
        survivability, security, and failure containment.
            (4) Enhancements of energy transfer over existing lines.
            (5) Any other infrastructure technologies, as appropriate.

SEC. 242. PROGRAM PLAN.

    Within 4 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies, 
shall prepare and transmit to Congress a 5-year program plan to guide 
activities under this subtitle. In preparing the program plan, the 
Secretary shall consult with appropriate representatives of the 
transmission infrastructure systems industry to select and prioritize 
appropriate program areas. The Secretary shall also seek the advice of 
utilities, energy services providers, manufacturers, institutions of 
higher learning, other appropriate State and local agencies, 
environmental organizations, professional and technical societies, and 
any other persons as the Secretary considers appropriate.

SEC. 243. REPORT.

    Two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and at two 
year intervals thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with other 
appropriate Federal agencies, shall transmit a report to Congress 
describing the progress made to achieve the purposes of this subtitle 
and identifying any additional resources needed to continue the 
development and commercial application of transmission infrastructure 
technologies.

    Subtitle D--Department of Energy Authorization of Appropriations

SEC. 261. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Operation and Maintenance.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for Renewable Energy operation and 
maintenance, including activities under subtitle C, Geothermal 
Technology Development, Hydropower, Concentrating Solar Power, 
Photovoltaic Energy Systems, Solar Building Technology Research, Wind 
Energy Systems, High Temperature Superconducting Research and 
Development, Energy Storage Systems, Transmission Reliability, 
International Renewable Energy Program, Renewable Energy Production 
Incentive Program, Renewable Program Support, National Renewable Energy 
Laboratory, and Program Direction, and including amounts authorized 
under the amendment made by section 210 and amounts authorized under 
section 225, $535,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $639,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2003, and $683,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, to remain available 
until expended.
    (b) Wave Powered Electric Generation.--Within the amounts 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall carry out a research program, in conjunction with 
other appropriate Federal agencies, on wave powered electric 
generation.
    (c) Assessment of Renewable Energy Resources.--
            (1) In general.--Using funds authorized in subsection (a), 
        of this section, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress, 
        within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, an 
        assessment of all renewable energy resources available within 
        the United States.
            (2) Resource assessment.--Such report shall include a 
        detailed inventory describing the available amount and 
        characteristics of solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, 
        hydroelectric, and other renewable energy sources, and an 
        estimate of the costs needed to develop each resource. The 
        report shall also include such other information as the 
        Secretary believes would be useful in siting renewable energy 
        generation, such as appropriate terrain, population and load 
        centers, nearby energy infrastructure, and location of energy 
        resources.
            (3) Availability.--The information and cost estimates in 
        this report shall be updated annually and made available to the 
        public, along with the data used to create the report.
            (4) Sunset.--This subsection shall expire at the end of 
        fiscal year 2004.
    (d) Limits on Use of Funds.--None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated in subsection (a) may be used for--
            (1) Departmental Energy Management Program; or
            (2) Renewable Indian Energy Resources.

                       TITLE III--NUCLEAR ENERGY

         Subtitle A--University Nuclear Science and Engineering

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as ``Department of Energy University 
Nuclear Science and Engineering Act''.

SEC. 302. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) United States university nuclear science and 
        engineering programs are in a state of serious decline, with 
        nuclear engineering enrollment at a 35-year low. Since 1980, 
        the number of nuclear engineering university programs has 
        declined nearly 40 percent, and over two-thirds of the faculty 
        in these programs are 45 years of age or older. Also, since 
        1980, the number of university research and training reactors 
        in the United States has declined by over 50 percent. Most of 
        these reactors were built in the late 1950s and 1960s with 30-
        year to 40-year operating licenses, and many will require 
        relicensing in the next several years.
            (2) A decline in a competent nuclear workforce, and the 
        lack of adequately trained nuclear scientists and engineers, 
        will affect the ability of the United States to solve future 
        nuclear waste storage issues, operate existing and design 
        future fission reactors in the United States, respond to future 
        nuclear events worldwide, help stem the proliferation of 
        nuclear weapons, and design and operate naval nuclear reactors.
            (3) The Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy, 
        Science and Technology, a principal Federal agency for civilian 
        research in nuclear science and engineering, is well suited to 
        help maintain tomorrow's human resource and training investment 
        in the nuclear sciences and engineering.

SEC. 303. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary, through the Office of Nuclear 
Energy, Science and Technology, shall support a program to maintain the 
Nation's human resource investment and infrastructure in the nuclear 
sciences and engineering consistent with the Department's statutory 
authorities related to civilian nuclear research, development, and 
demonstration and commercial application of energy technology.
    (b) Duties of the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and 
Technology.--In carrying out the program under this subtitle, the 
Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology 
shall--
            (1) develop a robust graduate and undergraduate fellowship 
        program to attract new and talented students;
            (2) assist universities in recruiting and retaining new 
        faculty in the nuclear sciences and engineering through a 
        Junior Faculty Research Initiation Grant Program;
            (3) maintain a robust investment in the fundamental nuclear 
        sciences and engineering through the Nuclear Engineering 
        Education Research Program;
            (4) encourage collaborative nuclear research among 
        industry, national laboratories, and universities through the 
        Nuclear Energy Research Initiative;
            (5) assist universities in maintaining reactor 
        infrastructure; and
            (6) support communication and outreach related to nuclear 
        science and engineering.
    (c) Maintaining University Research and Training Reactors and 
Associated Infrastructure.--The Secretary, through the Office of 
Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, shall provide for the following 
university research and training reactor infrastructure maintenance and 
research activities:
            (1) Refueling of university research reactors with low 
        enriched fuels, upgrade of operational instrumentation, and 
        sharing of reactors among universities.
            (2) In collaboration with the United States nuclear 
        industry, assistance, where necessary, in relicensing and 
        upgrading university training reactors as part of a student 
        training program.
            (3) A university reactor research and training award 
        program that provides for reactor improvements as part of a 
        focused effort that emphasizes research, training, and 
        education.
    (d) University-DOE Laboratory Interactions.--The Secretary, through 
the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, shall develop--
            (1) a sabbatical fellowship program for university faculty 
        to spend extended periods of time at Department of Energy 
        laboratories in the areas of nuclear science and technology; 
        and
            (2) a visiting scientist program in which laboratory staff 
        can spend time in academic nuclear science and engineering 
        departments.
The Secretary may under subsection (b)(1) provide for fellowships for 
students to spend time at Department of Energy laboratories in the 
areas of nuclear science and technology under the mentorship of 
laboratory staff.
    (e) Operations and Maintenance.--To the extent that the use of a 
university research reactor is funded under this subtitle, funds 
authorized under this subtitle may be used to supplement operation of 
the research reactor during the investigator's proposed effort. The 
host institution shall provide at least 50 percent of the cost of the 
reactor's operation.
    (f) Merit Review Required.--All grants, contracts, cooperative 
agreements, or other financial assistance awards under this subtitle 
shall be made only after independent merit review.
    (g) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and transmit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a 5-year plan on how the programs 
authorized in this subtitle will be implemented. The plan shall include 
a review of the projected personnel needs in the fields of nuclear 
science and engineering and of the scope of nuclear science and 
engineering education programs at the Department and other Federal 
agencies.

SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Total Authorization.--The following sums are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary, to remain available until expended, for 
the purposes of carrying out this subtitle:
            (1) $30,200,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $41,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $47,900,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $55,600,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $64,100,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (b) Graduate and Undergraduate Fellowships.--Of the funds 
authorized by subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out section 303(b)(1):
            (1) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $3,100,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $3,200,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $3,200,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $3,200,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (c) Junior Faculty Research Initiation Grant Program.--Of the funds 
authorized by subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out section 303(b)(2):
            (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (d) Nuclear Engineering Education Research Program.--Of the funds 
authorized by subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out section 303(b)(3):
            (1) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (e) Communication and Outreach Related to Nuclear Science and 
Engineering.--Of the funds authorized by subsection (a), the following 
sums are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 303(b)(5):
            (1) $200,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $200,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $300,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $300,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $300,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (f) Refueling of University Research Reactors and Instrumentation 
Upgrades.--Of the funds authorized by subsection (a), the following 
sums are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 303(c)(1):
            (1) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $6,500,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (g) Relicensing Assistance.--Of the funds authorized by subsection 
(a), the following sums are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
section 303(c)(2):
            (1) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $1,100,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $1,200,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $1,300,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $1,300,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (h) Reactor Research and Training Award Program.--Of the funds 
authorized by subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out section 303(c)(3):
            (1) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (i) University-DOE Laboratory Interactions.--Of the funds 
authorized by subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out section 303(d):
            (1) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $1,100,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $1,200,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $1,300,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $1,300,000 for fiscal year 2006.

Subtitle B--Advanced Fuel Recycling Technology Research and Development 
                                Program

SEC. 321. PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary, through the Director of the Office 
of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, shall conduct an advanced 
fuel recycling technology research and development program to further 
the availability of proliferation-resistant fuel recycling technologies 
as an alternative to aqueous reprocessing in support of evaluation of 
alternative national strategies for spent nuclear fuel and the 
Generation IV advanced reactor concepts, subject to annual review by 
the Secretary's Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee or other 
independent entity, as appropriate.
    (b) Reports.--The Secretary shall report on the activities of the 
advanced fuel recycling technology research and development program, as 
part of the Department's annual budget submission.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section--
            (1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
            (2) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2003 and 
        fiscal year 2004.

    Subtitle C--Department of Energy Authorization of Appropriations

SEC. 341. NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH INITIATIVE.

    (a) Program.--The Secretary, through the Office of Nuclear Energy, 
Science and Technology, shall conduct a Nuclear Energy Research 
Initiative for grants to be competitively awarded and subject to peer 
review for research relating to nuclear energy.
    (b) Objectives.--The program shall be directed toward accomplishing 
the objectives of--
            (1) developing advanced concepts and scientific 
        breakthroughs in nuclear fission and reactor technology to 
        address and overcome the principal technical and scientific 
        obstacles to the expanded use of nuclear energy in the United 
        States;
            (2) advancing the state of nuclear technology to maintain a 
        competitive position in foreign markets and a future domestic 
        market;
            (3) promoting and maintaining a United States nuclear 
        science and engineering infrastructure to meet future technical 
        challenges;
            (4) providing an effective means to collaborate on a cost-
        shared basis with international agencies and research 
        organizations to address and influence nuclear technology 
        development worldwide; and
            (5) promoting United States leadership and partnerships in 
        bilateral and multilateral nuclear energy research.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section--
            (1) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
            (2) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2003 and 
        fiscal year 2004.

SEC. 342. NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANT OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Program.--The Secretary, through the Office of Nuclear Energy, 
Science and Technology, shall conduct a Nuclear Energy Plant 
Optimization research and development program jointly with industry and 
cost-shared by industry by least 50 percent and subject to annual 
review by the Secretary's Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee or 
other independent entity, as appropriate.
    (b) Objectives.--The program shall be directed toward accomplishing 
the objectives of--
            (1) managing long-term effects of component aging; and
            (2) improving the efficiency and productivity of existing 
        nuclear power stations.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section--
            (1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
            (2) such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 2003 and 
        2004.

SEC. 343. NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary, through the Office of Nuclear 
Energy, Science and Technology, shall conduct a study of Generation IV 
nuclear energy systems, including development of a technology roadmap 
and performance of research and development necessary to make an 
informed technical decision regarding the most promising candidates for 
commercial application.
    (b) Reactor Characteristics.--To the extent practicable, in 
conducting the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall study 
nuclear energy systems that offer the highest probability of achieving 
the goals for Generation IV nuclear energy systems, including--
            (1) economics competitive with any other generators;
            (2) enhanced safety features, including passive safety 
        features;
            (3) substantially reduced production of high-level waste, 
        as compared with the quantity of waste produced by reactors in 
        operation on the date of enactment of this Act;
            (4) highly proliferation-resistant fuel and waste;
            (5) sustainable energy generation including optimized fuel 
        utilization; and
            (6) substantially improved thermal efficiency, as compared 
        with the thermal efficiency of reactors in operation on the 
        date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Consultation.--In conducting the study under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall consult with appropriate representatives of 
industry, institutions of higher education, Federal agencies, and 
international, professional, and technical organizations.
    (d) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than December 31, 2002, the 
        Secretary shall transmit to the appropriate congressional 
        committees a report describing the activities of the Secretary 
        under this section, and plans for research and development 
        leading to a public/private cooperative demonstration of one or 
        more Generation IV nuclear energy systems.
            (2) Contents.--The report shall contain--
                    (A) an assessment of all available technologies;
                    (B) a summary of actions needed for the most 
                promising candidates to be considered as viable 
                commercial options within the five to ten years after 
                the date of the report, with consideration of 
                regulatory, economic, and technical issues;
                    (C) a recommendation of not more than three 
                promising Generation IV nuclear energy system concepts 
                for further development;
                    (D) an evaluation of opportunities for public/
                private partnerships;
                    (E) a recommendation for structure of a public/
                private partnership to share in development and 
                construction costs;
                    (F) a plan leading to the selection and conceptual 
                design, by September 30, 2004, of at least one 
                Generation IV nuclear energy system concept recommended 
                under subparagraph (C) for demonstration through a 
                public/private partnership;
                    (G) an evaluation of opportunities for siting 
                demonstration facilities on Department of Energy land; 
                and
                    (H) a recommendation for appropriate involvement of 
                other Federal agencies.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section and to carry 
out the recommendations in the report transmitted under subsection 
(d)--
            (1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
            (2) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2003 and 
        fiscal year 2004.

SEC. 344. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Operation and Maintenance.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out activities authorized under 
this title for nuclear energy operation and maintenance, including 
amounts authorized under sections 304(a), 321(c), 341(c), 342(c), and 
343(e), and including Advanced Radioisotope Power Systems, Test Reactor 
Landlord, and Program Direction, $191,200,000 for fiscal year 2002, 
$199,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and  $207,000,000 for fiscal year 
2004, to remain available until expended.
    (b) Construction.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary--
            (1) $950,000 for fiscal year 2002, $2,200,000 for fiscal 
        year 2003, $1,246,000 for fiscal year 2004, and $1,699,000 for 
        fiscal year 2005 for completion of construction of Project 99-
        E-200, Test Reactor Area Electric Utility Upgrade, Idaho 
        National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory; and
            (2) $500,000 for fiscal year 2002, $500,000 for fiscal year 
        2003, $500,000 for fiscal year 2004, and $500,000 for fiscal 
        year 2005, for completion of construction of Project 95-E-201, 
        Test Reactor Area Fire and Life Safety Improvements, Idaho 
        National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory.
    (c) Limits on Use of Funds.--None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated in subsection (a) may be used for--
            (1) Nuclear Energy Isotope Support and Production;
            (2) Argonne National Laboratory-West Operations;
            (3) Fast Flux Test Facility; or
            (4) Nuclear Facilities Management.

                        TITLE IV--FOSSIL ENERGY

                         Subtitle A--Clean Coal

SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``National Electricity and 
Environmental Technology Research and Development Act''.

SEC. 402. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) reliable, affordable, increasingly clean electricity 
        will continue to power the growing United States economy;
            (2) an increasing use of electrotechnologies, the desire 
        for continuous environmental improvement, a more competitive 
        electricity market, and concerns about rising energy prices add 
        importance to the need for reliable, affordable, increasingly 
        clean electricity;
            (3) coal, which, as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
        accounts for more than \1/2\ of all electricity generated in 
        the United States, is the most abundant fossil energy resource 
        of the United States;
            (4) coal comprises more than 85 percent of all fossil 
        resources in the United States and exists in quantities 
        sufficient to supply the United States for 250 years at current 
        usage rates;
            (5) investments in electricity generating facility 
        emissions control technology over the past 30 years have 
        reduced the aggregate emissions of pollutants from coal-based 
        generating facilities by 21 percent, even as coal use for 
        electricity generation has nearly tripled; and
            (6) continued environmental improvement in coal-based 
        generation through continued research, development, and 
        demonstration toward an ultimate goal of near-zero emissions is 
        important and desirable.

SEC. 403. DEFINITION.

    In this subtitle, the term ``cost and performance-based goals'' 
means the cost and performance-based goals established under section 4.

SEC. 404. CLEAN COAL POWER INITIATIVE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a program of 
research on and development, demonstration, and commercial application 
of clean coal technologies under--
            (1) this subtitle;
            (2) the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development 
        Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.);
            (3) the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5801 
        et seq.); and
            (4) title XIII of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
        13331 et seq.).
    (b) Conditions.--The research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application program described in subsection (a) shall be 
designed to achieve the cost and performance-based goals.

SEC. 405. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Clean Coal Power Initiative.--Except as provided in section 
406, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out the Clean Coal Power Initiative under section 404 $200,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2011, to remain available until 
expended.
    (b) Other Coal and Related Technologies Programs.--Except as 
provided in section 406, there are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary $172,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $179,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2003, and $186,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, to remain available 
until expended, for other coal and related technologies research and 
development programs, which shall include--
            (1) Innovations for Existing Plants;
            (2) Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle;
            (3) advanced combustion systems;
            (4) Turbines;
            (5) Sequestration Research and Development;
            (6) innovative technologies for demonstration;
            (7) Transportation Fuels and Chemicals;
            (8) Solid Fuels and Feedstocks;
            (9) Advanced Fuels Research; and
            (10) Advanced Research.
    (c) Limit on use of Funds.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and 
(b), no funds may be used to carry out the activities authorized by 
this subtitle after September 30, 2002, unless the Secretary has 
transmitted to the appropriate congressional committees the report 
required by this subsection and 1 month have elapsed since that 
transmission. The report shall include--
            (1) with respect to subsection (a), a 10-year plan 
        containing--
                    (A) a detailed assessment of whether the aggregate 
                funding levels provided under subsection (a) are the 
                appropriate funding levels for that program;
                    (B) a detailed description of how proposals will be 
                solicited and evaluated, including a list of all 
                demonstration activities expected to be undertaken;
                    (C) a detailed list of technical milestones for 
                each coal and related technology that will be pursued;
                    (D) recommendations for a mechanism for recoupment 
                of Federal funding for successful commercial projects; 
                and
                    (E) a detailed description of how the program will 
                avoid problems enumerated in General Accounting Office 
                reports on the Clean Coal Technology Program, including 
                problems that have resulted in unspent funds and 
                projects that failed either financially or 
                scientifically;
            (2) with respect to subsection (b), a plan containing--
                    (A) a detailed description of how proposals will be 
                solicited and evaluated, including a list of all 
                demonstration activities expected to be undertaken; and
                    (B) a detailed list of technical milestones for 
                each coal and related technology that will be pursued; 
                and
            (3) a description of how the programs will be carried out 
        under subsection (a) and subsection (b) so as to complement 
        each other and not duplicate activities.
    (d) Applicability.--Subsection (c) shall not apply to any program, 
project, or activity begun before September 30, 2001.

SEC. 406. PROJECT CRITERIA.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall not provide funding for any 
research, development, demonstration, or commercial application of coal 
and related technologies that do not advance efficiency, environmental 
performance, and cost competitiveness well beyond the level of 
technologies that are in operation or have been demonstrated as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Technical Criteria for Clean Coal Power Initiative.--
            (1) Sequestration and gasification.--(A) In allocating the 
        funds authorized under section 405(a), the Secretary shall 
        ensure that at least 80 percent of the funds are used only for 
        projects on carbon sequestration, or coal-based gasification 
        technologies, including gasification combined cycle, 
        gasification fuel cells, gasification coproduction and hybrid 
        gasification/combustion.
            (B) The Secretary shall set technical milestones specifying 
        emissions levels that coal gasification projects must be 
        designed to and reasonably expected to achieve. The milestones 
        shall get more restrictive through the life of the program. The 
        milestones shall be designed to achieve by 2020 coal 
        gasification projects able--
                    (i) to remove 99 percent of sulfur dioxide;
                    (ii) to emit no more than .05 lbs of NOx per 
                million BTU;
                    (iii) to remove 95 percent of mercury; and
                    (iv) to achieve a thermal efficiency of 60 percent 
                (higher heating value).
            (2) Other projects.--For projects not described in 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall set technical milestones 
        specifying emissions levels that the projects must be designed 
        to and reasonably expected to achieve. The milestones shall get 
        more restrictive through the life of the program. The 
        milestones shall be designed to achieve by 2010 projects able--
                    (A) to remove 97 percent of sulfur dioxide;
                    (B) to emit no more than .08 lbs of NOx per million 
                BTU;
                    (C) to remove 90 percent of mercury; and
                    (D) to achieve a thermal efficiency of 45 percent 
                (higher heating value).
    (c) Financial Criteria.--The Secretary shall not provide a funding 
award for any research, development, demonstration, or commercial 
application of coal and related technologies unless the recipient of 
the award has documented to the satisfaction of the Secretary that--
            (1) the award recipient is financially viable without the 
        receipt of additional Federal funding;
            (2) the recipient will provide sufficient information to 
        the Secretary for the Secretary to ensure that the award funds 
        are spent efficiently and effectively; and
            (3) a market exists for the technology being demonstrated 
        or applied, as evidenced by statements of interest in writing 
        from potential purchasers of the technology.
    (d) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a coal or 
related technology project funded by the Secretary shall not exceed 50 
percent.

SEC. 407. CLEAN COAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.

    As part of the program authorized in section 405(a), the Secretary 
shall award competitive, merit-based grants to universities for the 
establishment of Centers of Excellence for Energy Systems of the 
Future. Such Centers shall be located at universities with a proven 
record of conducting research on, developing, or demonstrating clean 
coal technologies. The Secretary shall provide grants to universities 
that can show the greatest potential for demonstrating new clean coal 
technologies.

                        Subtitle B--Oil and Gas

SEC. 421. PETROLEUM-OIL TECHNOLOGY.

    The Secretary shall conduct a program of research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application on petroleum-oil technology. 
The program shall address--
            (1) Exploration and Production Supporting Research;
            (2) Oil Technology Reservoir Management/Extension; and
            (3) Effective Environmental Protection.

SEC. 422. GAS.

    The Secretary shall conduct a program of research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application on natural gas technologies. 
The program shall address--
            (1) Exploration and Production;
            (2) Infrastructure; and
            (3) Effective Environmental Protection.

        Subtitle C--Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Drilling

SEC. 441. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Natural Gas and Other Petroleum 
Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2001''.

SEC. 442. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this subtitle--
            (1) the term ``deepwater'' means water depths greater than 
        200 meters but less than 1,500 meters;
            (2) the term ``Fund'' means the Ultra-Deepwater and 
        Unconventional Gas Research Fund established under section 450;
            (3) the term ``institution of higher education'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 101 of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001);
            (4) the term ``Research Organization'' means the Research 
        Organization created pursuant to section 446(a);
            (5) the term ``ultra-deepwater'' means water depths greater 
        than 1,500 meters; and
            (6) the term ``unconventional'' means located in heretofore 
        inaccessible or uneconomic formations on land.

SEC. 443. ULTRA-DEEPWATER PROGRAM.

    The Secretary shall establish a program of research, development, 
and demonstration of ultra-deepwater natural gas and other petroleum 
exploration and production technologies, in areas currently available 
for Outer Continental Shelf leasing. The program shall be carried out 
by the Research Organization as provided in this subtitle.

SEC. 444. NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY.

    The National Energy Technology Laboratory and the United States 
Geological Survey, when appropriate, shall carry out programs of long-
term research into new natural gas and other petroleum exploration and 
production technologies and environmental mitigation technologies for 
production from unconventional and ultra-deepwater resources, including 
methane hydrates. Such Laboratory shall also conduct a program of 
research, development, and demonstration of new technologies for the 
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from unconventional and ultra-
deepwater natural gas or other petroleum exploration and production 
activities, including sub-sea floor carbon sequestration technologies.

SEC. 445. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall, within 3 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, establish an Advisory Committee 
consisting of 7 members, each having extensive operational knowledge of 
and experience in the natural gas and other petroleum exploration and 
production industry who are not Federal Government employees or 
contractors. A minimum of 4 members shall have extensive knowledge of 
ultra-deepwater natural gas or other petroleum exploration and 
production technologies, a minimum of 2 members shall have extensive 
knowledge of unconventional natural gas or other petroleum exploration 
and production technologies, and at least 1 member shall have extensive 
knowledge of greenhouse gas emission reduction technologies, including 
carbon sequestration.
    (b) Function.--The Advisory Committee shall advise the Secretary on 
the selection of an organization to create the Research Organization 
and on the implementation of this subtitle.
    (c) Compensation.--Members of the Advisory Committee shall serve 
without compensation but shall receive travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions 
under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) Administrative Costs.--The costs of activities carried out by 
the Secretary and the Advisory Committee under this subtitle shall be 
paid or reimbursed from the Fund.
    (e) Duration of Advisory Committee.--Section 14 of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the Advisory Committee.

SEC. 446. RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.

    (a) Selection of Research Organization.--The Secretary, within 6 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall solicit 
proposals from eligible entities for the creation of the Research 
Organization, and within 3 months after such solicitation, shall select 
an entity to create the Research Organization.
    (b) Eligible Entities.--Entities eligible to create the Research 
Organization shall--
            (1) have been in existence as of the date of the enactment 
        of this Act;
            (2) be entities exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
            (3) be experienced in planning and managing programs in 
        natural gas or other petroleum exploration and production 
        research, development, and demonstration.
    (c) Proposals.--A proposal from an entity seeking to create the 
Research Organization shall include a detailed description of the 
proposed membership and structure of the Research Organization.
    (d) Functions.--The Research Organization shall--
            (1) award grants on a competitive basis to qualified--
                    (A) research institutions;
                    (B) institutions of higher education;
                    (C) companies; and
                    (D) consortia formed among institutions and 
                companies described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) 
                for the purpose of conducting research, development, 
                and demonstration of unconventional and ultra-deepwater 
                natural gas or other petroleum exploration and 
                production technologies; and
            (2) review activities under those grants to ensure that 
        they comply with the requirements of this subtitle and serve 
        the purposes for which the grant was made.

SEC. 447. GRANTS.

    (a) Types of Grants.--
            (1) Unconventional.--The Research Organization shall award 
        grants for research, development, and demonstration of 
        technologies to maximize the value of the Government's natural 
        gas and other petroleum resources in unconventional reservoirs, 
        and to develop technologies to increase the supply of natural 
        gas and other petroleum resources by lowering the cost and 
        improving the efficiency of exploration and production of 
        unconventional reservoirs, while improving safety and 
        minimizing environmental impacts.
            (2) Ultra-deepwater.--The Research Organization shall award 
        grants for research, development, and demonstration of natural 
        gas or other petroleum exploration and production technologies 
        to--
                    (A) maximize the value of the Federal Government's 
                natural gas and other petroleum resources in the ultra-
                deepwater areas;
                    (B) increase the supply of natural gas and other 
                petroleum resources by lowering the cost and improving 
                the efficiency of exploration and production of ultra-
                deepwater reservoirs; and
                    (C) improve safety and minimize the environmental 
                impacts of ultra-deepwater developments.
            (3) Ultra-deepwater architecture.--The Research 
        Organization shall award a grant to one or more consortia 
        described in section 446(d)(1)(D) for the purpose of developing 
        and demonstrating the next generation architecture for ultra-
        deepwater production of natural gas and other petroleum in 
        furtherance of the purposes stated in paragraph (2)(A) through 
        (C).
    (b) Conditions for Grants.--Grants provided under this section 
shall contain the following conditions:
            (1) If the grant recipient consists of more than one 
        entity, the recipient shall provide a signed contract agreed to 
        by all participating members clearly defining all rights to 
        intellectual property for existing technology and for future 
        inventions conceived and developed using funds provided under 
        the grant, in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws.
            (2) There shall be a repayment schedule for Federal dollars 
        provided for demonstration projects under the grant in the 
        event of a successful commercialization of the demonstrated 
        technology. Such repayment schedule shall provide that the 
        payments are made to the Secretary with the express intent that 
        these payments not impede the adoption of the demonstrated 
        technology in the marketplace. In the event that such impedance 
        occurs due to market forces or other factors, the Research 
        Organization shall renegotiate the grant agreement so that the 
        acceptance of the technology in the marketplace is enabled.
            (3) Applications for grants for demonstration projects 
        shall clearly state the intended commercial applications of the 
        technology demonstrated.
            (4) The total amount of funds made available under a grant 
        provided under subsection (a)(3) shall not exceed 50 percent of 
        the total cost of the activities for which the grant is 
        provided.
            (5) The total amount of funds made available under a grant 
        provided under subsection (a)(1) or (2) shall not exceed 50 
        percent of the total cost of the activities covered by the 
        grant, except that the Research Organization may elect to 
        provide grants covering a higher percentage, not to exceed 90 
        percent, of total project costs in the case of grants made 
        solely to independent producers.
            (6) An appropriate amount of funds provided under a grant 
        shall be used for the broad dissemination of technologies 
        developed under the grant to interested institutions of higher 
        education, industry, and appropriate Federal and State 
        technology entities to ensure the greatest possible benefits 
        for the public and use of government resources.
            (7) Demonstrations of ultra-deepwater technologies for 
        which funds are provided under a grant may be conducted in 
        ultra-deepwater or deepwater locations.
    (c) Allocation of Funds.--Funds available for grants under this 
subtitle shall be allocated as follows:
            (1) 15 percent shall be for grants under subsection (a)(1).
            (2) 15 percent shall be for grants under subsection (a)(2).
            (3) 60 percent shall be for grants under subsection (a)(3).
            (4) 10 percent shall be for carrying out section 444.

SEC. 448. PLAN AND FUNDING.

    (a) Transmittal to Secretary.--The Research Organization shall 
transmit to the Secretary an annual plan proposing projects and funding 
of activities under each paragraph of section 447(a).
    (b) Review.--The Secretary shall have 1 month to review the annual 
plan, and shall approve the plan, if it is consistent with this 
subtitle. If the Secretary approves the plan, the Secretary shall 
provide funding as proposed in the plan.
    (c) Disapproval.--If the Secretary does not approve the plan, the 
Secretary shall notify the Research Organization of the reasons for 
disapproval and shall withhold funding until a new plan is submitted 
which the Secretary approves. Within 1 month after notifying the 
Research Organization of a disapproval, the Secretary shall notify the 
appropriate congressional committees of the disapproval.

SEC. 449. AUDIT.

    The Secretary shall retain an independent, commercial auditor to 
determine the extent to which the funds authorized by this subtitle 
have been expended in a manner consistent with the purposes of this 
subtitle. The auditor shall transmit a report annually to the 
Secretary, who shall transmit the report to the appropriate 
congressional committees, along with a plan to remedy any deficiencies 
cited in the report.

SEC. 450. FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund to be known as the ``Ultra-Deepwater and 
Unconventional Gas Research Fund'' which shall be available for 
obligation to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts for 
allocation under section 447(c).
    (b) Funding Sources.--
            (1) Loans from treasury.--There are authorized to be 
        appropriated to the Secretary $900,000,000 for the period 
        encompassing fiscal years 2002 through 2009. Such amounts shall 
        be deposited by the Secretary in the Fund, and shall be 
        considered loans from the Treasury. Income received by the 
        United States in connection with any ultra-deepwater oil and 
        gas leases shall be deposited in the Treasury and considered as 
        repayment for the loans under this paragraph.
            (2) Additional appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
        appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary for 
        the fiscal years 2002 through 2009, to be deposited in the 
        Fund.
            (3) Oil and gas lease income.--To the extent provided in 
        advance in appropriations Acts, not more than 7.5 percent of 
        the income of the United States from Federal oil and gas leases 
        may be deposited in the Fund for fiscal years 2002 through 
        2009.

SEC. 451. SUNSET.

    No funds are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out this 
subtitle after fiscal year 2009. The Research Organization shall be 
terminated when it has expended all funds made available pursuant to 
this subtitle.

                         Subtitle D--Fuel Cells

SEC. 461. FUEL CELLS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct a program of research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial application on fuel cells. 
The program shall address--
            (1) Advanced Research;
            (2) Systems Development;
            (3) Vision 21-Hybrids; and
            (4) Innovative Concepts.
    (b) Manufacturing Production and Processes.--In addition to the 
program under subsection (a), the Secretary, in consultation other 
Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall establish a program for the 
demonstration of fuel cell technologies, including fuel cell proton 
exchange membrane technology, for commercial, residential, and 
transportation applications. The program shall specifically focus on 
promoting the application of and improved manufacturing production and 
processes for fuel cell technologies.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Within the amounts authorized 
to be appropriated under section 481(a), there are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for the purpose of carrying out 
subsection (b), $28,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2004.

    Subtitle E--Department of Energy Authorization of Appropriations

SEC. 481. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Operation and Maintenance.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for operation and maintenance for 
subtitle B and subtitle D, and for Fossil Energy Research and 
Development Headquarters Program Direction, Field Program Direction, 
Plant and Capital Equipment, Cooperative Research and Development, 
Import/Export Authorization, and Advanced Metallurgical Processes 
$282,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $293,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, 
and $305,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, to remain available until 
expended.
    (b) Limits on Use of Funds.--None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated in subsection (a) may be used for--
            (1) Gas Hydrates.
            (2) Fossil Energy Environmental Restoration; or
            (3) research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
        application on coal and related technologies, including 
        activities under subtitle A.

                            TITLE V--SCIENCE

                   Subtitle A--Fusion Energy Sciences

SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Fusion Energy Sciences Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 502. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) economic prosperity is closely linked to an affordable 
        and ample energy supply;
            (2) environmental quality is closely linked to energy 
        production and use;
            (3) population, worldwide economic development, energy 
        consumption, and stress on the environment are all expected to 
        increase substantially in the coming decades;
            (4) the few energy options with the potential to meet 
        economic and environmental needs for the long-term future 
        should be pursued as part of a balanced national energy plan;
            (5) fusion energy is an attractive long-term energy source 
        because of the virtually inexhaustible supply of fuel, and the 
        promise of minimal adverse environmental impact and inherent 
        safety;
            (6) the National Research Council, the President's 
        Committee of Advisers on Science and Technology, and the 
        Secretary of Energy Advisory Board have each recently reviewed 
        the Fusion Energy Sciences Program and each strongly supports 
        the fundamental science and creative innovation of the program, 
        and has confirmed that progress toward the goal of producing 
        practical fusion energy has been excellent, although much 
        scientific and engineering work remains to be done;
            (7) each of these reviews stressed the need for a magnetic 
        fusion burning plasma experiment to address key scientific 
        issues and as a necessary step in the development of fusion 
        energy;
            (8) the National Research Council has also called for a 
        broadening of the Fusion Energy Sciences Program research base 
        as a means to more fully integrate the fusion science community 
        into the broader scientific community; and
            (9) the Fusion Energy Sciences Program budget is inadequate 
        to support the necessary science and innovation for the present 
        generation of experiments, and cannot accommodate the cost of a 
        burning plasma experiment constructed by the United States, or 
        even the cost of key participation by the United States in an 
        international effort.

SEC. 503. PLAN FOR FUSION EXPERIMENT.

    (a) Plan for United States Fusion Experiment.--The Secretary, on 
the basis of full consultation with the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory 
Committee and the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, as appropriate, 
shall develop a plan for United States construction of a magnetic 
fusion burning plasma experiment for the purpose of accelerating 
scientific understanding of fusion plasmas. The Secretary shall request 
a review of the plan by the National Academy of Sciences, and shall 
transmit the plan and the review to the Congress by July 1, 2004.
    (b) Requirements of Plan.--The plan described in subsection (a) 
shall--
            (1) address key burning plasma physics issues; and
            (2) include specific information on the scientific 
        capabilities of the proposed experiment, the relevance of these 
        capabilities to the goal of practical fusion energy, and the 
        overall design of the experiment including its estimated cost 
        and potential construction sites.
    (c) United States Participation in an International Experiment.--In 
addition to the plan described  in subsection (a), the Secretary, on 
the basis of full consultation with the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory 
Committee and the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, as appropriate, 
may also develop a plan for United States participation in an 
international burning plasma experiment for the same purpose, whose 
construction is found by the Secretary to be highly likely and where 
United States participation is cost effective relative to the cost and 
scientific benefits of a domestic experiment described in subsection 
(a). If the Secretary elects to develop a plan under this subsection, 
he shall include the information described in subsection (b), and an 
estimate of the cost of United States participation in such an 
international experiment. The Secretary shall request a review by the 
National Academies of Sciences and Engineering of a plan developed 
under this subsection, and shall transmit the plan and the review to 
the Congress not later than July 1, 2004.
    (d) Authorization of Research and Development.--The Secretary, 
through the Fusion Energy Sciences Program, may conduct any research 
and development necessary to fully develop the plans described in this 
section.

SEC. 504. PLAN FOR FUSION ENERGY SCIENCES PROGRAM.

    Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary, in full consultation with FESAC, shall develop and 
transmit to the Congress a plan for the purpose of ensuring a strong 
scientific base for the Fusion Energy Sciences Program and to enable 
the experiments described in section 503. Such plan shall include as 
its objectives--
            (1) to ensure that existing fusion research facilities and 
        equipment are more fully utilized with appropriate measurements 
        and control tools;
            (2) to ensure a strengthened fusion science theory and 
        computational base;
            (3) to ensure that the selection of and funding for new 
        magnetic and inertial fusion research facilities is based on 
        scientific innovation and cost effectiveness;
            (4) to improve the communication of scientific results and 
        methods between the fusion science community and the wider 
        scientific community;
            (5) to ensure that adequate support is provided to optimize 
        the design of the magnetic fusion burning plasma experiments 
        referred to in section 503;
            (6) to ensure that inertial confinement fusion facilities 
        are utilized to the extent practicable for the purpose of 
        inertial fusion energy research and development;
            (7) to develop a roadmap for a fusion-based energy source 
        that shows the important scientific questions, the evolution of 
        confinement configurations, the relation between these two 
        features, and their relation to the fusion energy goal;
            (8) to establish several new centers of excellence, 
        selected through a competitive peer-review process and devoted 
        to exploring the frontiers of fusion science;
            (9) to ensure that the National Science Foundation, and 
        other agencies, as appropriate, play a role in extending the 
        reach of fusion science and in sponsoring general plasma 
        science; and
            (10) to ensure that there be continuing broad assessments 
        of the outlook for fusion energy and periodic external reviews 
        of fusion energy sciences.

SEC. 505. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the 
development and review, but not for implementation, of the plans 
described in this subtitle and for activities of the Fusion Energy 
Sciences Program $320,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and $335,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2003, of which up to $15,000,000 for each of fiscal year 
2002 and fiscal year 2003 may be used to establish several new centers 
of excellence, selected through a competitive peer-review process and 
devoted to exploring the frontiers of fusion science.

                 Subtitle B--Spallation Neutron Source

SEC. 521. DEFINITION.

    For the purposes of this subtitle, the term ``Spallation Neutron 
Source'' means Department Project 99-E-334, Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

SEC. 522. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Authorization of Construction Funding.--There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Secretary for construction of the Spallation 
Neutron Source--
            (1) $276,300,000 for fiscal year 2002;
            (2) $210,571,000 for fiscal year 2003;
            (3) $124,600,000 for fiscal year 2004;
            (4) $79,800,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
            (5) $41,100,000 for fiscal year 2006 for completion of 
        construction.
    (b) Authorization of Other Project Funding.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary for other project costs (including 
research and development necessary to complete the project, 
preoperations costs, and capital equipment not related to construction) 
of the Spallation Neutron Source $15,353,000 for fiscal year 2002 and 
$103,279,000 for the period encompassing fiscal years 2003 through 
2006, to remain available until expended through September 30, 2006.

SEC. 523. REPORT.

    The Secretary shall report on the Spallation Neutron Source as part 
of the Department's annual budget submission, including a description 
of the achievement of milestones, a comparison of actual costs to 
estimated costs, and any changes in estimated project costs or 
schedule.

SEC. 524. LIMITATIONS.

    The total amount obligated by the Department, including prior year 
appropriations, for the Spallation Neutron Source may not exceed--
            (1) $1,192,700,000 for costs of construction;
            (2) $219,000,000 for other project costs; and
            (3) $1,411,700,000 for total project cost.

      Subtitle C--Facilities, Infrastructure, and User Facilities

SEC. 541. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this subtitle--
            (1) the term ``nonmilitary energy laboratory'' means--
                    (A) Ames Laboratory;
                    (B) Argonne National Laboratory;
                    (C) Brookhaven National Laboratory;
                    (D) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory;
                    (E) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;
                    (F) Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
                    (G) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory;
                    (H) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory;
                    (I) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center;
                    (J) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility; 
                or
                    (K) any other facility of the Department that the 
                Secretary, in consultation with the Director, Office of 
                Science and the appropriate congressional committees, 
                determines to be consistent with the mission of the 
                Office of Science; and
            (2) the term ``user facility'' means--
                    (A) an Office of Science facility at a nonmilitary 
                energy laboratory that provides special scientific and 
                research capabilities, including technical expertise 
                and support as appropriate, to serve the research needs 
                of the Nation's universities, industry, private 
                laboratories, Federal laboratories, and others, 
                including research institutions or individuals from 
                other nations where reciprocal accommodations are 
                provided to United States research institutions and 
                individuals or where the Secretary considers such 
                accommodation to be in the national interest; and
                    (B) any other Office of Science funded facility 
                designated by the Secretary as a user facility.

SEC. 542. FACILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT FOR NONMILITARY ENERGY 
              LABORATORIES.

    (a) Facility Policy.--The Secretary shall develop and implement a 
least-cost nonmilitary energy laboratory facility and infrastructure 
strategy for--
            (1) maintaining existing facilities and infrastructure, as 
        needed;
            (2) closing unneeded facilities;
            (3) making facility modifications; and
            (4) building new facilities.
    (b) Plan.--The Secretary shall prepare a comprehensive 10-year plan 
for conducting future facility maintenance, making repairs, 
modifications, and new additions, and constructing new facilities at 
each nonmilitary energy laboratory. Such plan shall provide for 
facilities work in accordance with the following priorities:
            (1) Providing for the safety and health of employees, 
        visitors, and the general public with regard to correcting 
        existing structural, mechanical, electrical, and environmental 
        deficiencies.
            (2) Providing for the repair and rehabilitation of existing 
        facilities to keep them in use and prevent deterioration, if 
        feasible.
            (3) Providing engineering design and construction services 
        for those facilities that require modification or additions in 
        order to meet the needs of new or expanded programs.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) Transmittal.--Within 1 year after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and transmit 
        to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing 
        the plan prepared under subsection (b).
            (2) Contents.--For each nonmilitary energy laboratory, such 
        report shall contain--
                    (A) the current priority list of proposed 
                facilities and infrastructure projects, including cost 
                and schedule requirements;
                    (B) a current ten-year plan that demonstrates the 
                reconfiguration of its facilities and infrastructure to 
                meet its missions and to address its long-term 
                operational costs and return on investment;
                    (C) the total current budget for all facilities and 
                infrastructure funding; and
                    (D) the current status of each facilities and 
                infrastructure project compared to the original 
                baseline cost, schedule, and scope.
            (3) Additional elements.--The report shall also--
                    (A) include a plan for new facilities and facility 
                modifications at each nonmilitary energy laboratory 
                that will be required to meet the Department's changing 
                missions of the twenty-first century, including 
                schedules and estimates for implementation, and 
                including a section outlining long-term funding 
                requirements consistent with anticipated budgets and 
                annual authorization of appropriations;
                    (B) address the coordination of modernization and 
                consolidation of facilities among the nonmilitary 
                energy laboratories in order to meet changing mission 
                requirements; and
                    (C) provide for annual reports to the appropriate 
                congressional committees on accomplishments, 
                conformance to schedules, commitments, and 
                expenditures.

SEC. 543. USER FACILITIES.

    (a) Notice Requirement.--When the Department makes a user facility 
available to universities and other potential users, or seeks input 
from universities and other potential users regarding significant 
characteristics or equipment in a user facility or a proposed user 
facility, the Department shall ensure broad public notice of such 
availability or such need for input to universities and other potential 
users.
    (b) Competition Requirement.--When the Department considers the 
participation of a university or other potential user in the 
establishment or operation of a user facility, the Department shall 
employ full and open competition in selecting such a participant.
    (c) Prohibition.--The Department may not redesignate a user 
facility, as defined by section 541(b) as something other than a user 
facility to avoid the requirements of subsections (a) and (b).

            Subtitle D--Advisory Panel on Office of Science

SEC. 561. ESTABLISHMENT.

    The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in 
consultation with the Secretary, shall establish an Advisory Panel on 
the Office of Science comprised of knowledgeable individuals to--
            (1) address concerns about the current status and the 
        future of scientific research supported by the Office;
            (2) examine alternatives to the current organizational 
        structure of the Office within the Department, taking into 
        consideration existing structures for the support of scientific 
        research in other Federal agencies and the private sector; and
            (3) suggest actions to strengthen the scientific research 
        supported by the Office that might be taken jointly by the 
        Department and Congress.

SEC. 562. REPORT.

    Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Advisory Panel shall transmit its findings and recommendations in a 
report to the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
and the Secretary. The Director and the Secretary shall jointly--
            (1) consider each of the Panel's findings and 
        recommendations, and comment on each as they consider 
        appropriate; and
            (2) transmit the Panel's report and the comments of the 
        Director and the Secretary on the report to the appropriate 
        congressional committees within 9 months after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.

    Subtitle E--Department of Energy Authorization of Appropriations

SEC. 581. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Operation and Maintenance.--Including the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for fiscal year 2002 under section 505 for Fusion 
Energy Sciences and under section 522(b) for the Spallation Neutron 
Source, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for 
the Office of Science (also including subtitle C, High Energy Physics, 
Nuclear Physics, Biological and Environmental Research, Basic Energy 
Sciences (except for the Spallation Neutron Source), Advanced 
Scientific Computing Research, Energy Research Analysis, Multiprogram 
Energy Laboratories-Facilities Support, Facilities and Infrastructure, 
Safeguards and Security, and Program Direction) operation and 
maintenance $3,299,558,000 for fiscal year 2002, to remain available 
until expended.
    (b) Research Regarding Precious Metal Catalysis.--Within the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary under subsection 
(a), $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 may be used to carry out research 
in the use of precious metals (excluding platinum, palladium, and 
rhodium) in catalysis, either directly through national laboratories, 
or through the award of grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts 
with public or nonprofit entities.
    (c) Construction.--In addition to the amounts authorized to be 
appropriated under section 522(a) for construction of the Spallation 
Neutron Source, there are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary for Science--
            (1) $11,400,000 for fiscal year 2002 for completion of 
        construction of Project 98-G-304, Neutrinos at  the Main 
Injector, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory;
            (2) $11,405,000 for fiscal year 2002 for completion of 
        construction of Project 01-E-300, Laboratory for Comparative 
        and Functional Genomics, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
            (3) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $8,000,000 for fiscal 
        year 2003, and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 for completion 
        of construction of Project 02-SC-002, Project Engineering 
        Design (PED), Various Locations;
            (4) $3,183,000 for fiscal year 2002 for completion of 
        construction of Project 02-SC-002, Multiprogram Energy 
        Laboratories Infrastructure Project Engineering Design (PED), 
        Various Locations; and
            (5) $18,633,000 for fiscal year 2002 and $13,029,000 for 
        fiscal year 2003 for completion of construction of Project MEL-
        001, Multiprogram Energy Laboratories, Infrastructure, Various 
        Locations.
    (d) Limits on Use of Funds.--None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated in subsection (c) may be used for construction at any 
national security laboratory as defined in section 3281(1) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (50 U.S.C. 
2471(1)) or at any nuclear weapons production facility as defined in 
section 3281(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2000 (50 U.S.C. 2471(2)).

                        TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS

      Subtitle A--General Provisions for the Department of Energy

SEC. 601. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND COMMERCIAL 
              APPLICATION OF ENERGY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND 
              ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Authorized Activities.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
Act, research, development, demonstration, and commercial application 
programs, projects, and activities for which appropriations are 
authorized under this Act may be carried out under the procedures of 
the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5901 et seq.), the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et 
seq.), or any other Act under which the Secretary is authorized to 
carry out such programs, projects, and activities, but only to the 
extent the Secretary is authorized to carry out such activities under 
each such Act.
    (b) Authorized Agreements.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
Act, in carrying out research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application programs, projects, and activities for which 
appropriations are authorized under this Act, the Secretary may use, to 
the extent authorized under applicable provisions of law, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, cooperative research and development agreements 
under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
3701 et seq.), grants, joint ventures, and any other form of agreement 
available to the Secretary.
    (c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``joint 
venture'' has the meaning given that term under section 2 of the 
National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 (15 U.S.C. 
4301), except that such term may apply under this section to research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial application of energy 
technology joint ventures.
    (d) Protection of Information.--Section 12(c)(7) of the Stevenson-
Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(c)(7)), 
relating to the protection of information, shall apply to research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial application of energy 
technology programs, projects, and activities for which appropriations 
are authorized under this Act.
    (e) Inventions.--An invention conceived and developed by any person 
using funds provided through a grant under this Act shall be considered 
a subject invention for the purposes of chapter 18 of title 35, United 
States Code (commonly referred to as the Bayh-Dole Act).
    (f) Outreach.--The Secretary shall ensure that each program 
authorized by this Act includes an outreach component to provide 
information, as appropriate, to manufacturers, consumers, engineers, 
architects, builders, energy service companies, universities, facility 
planners and managers, State and local governments, and other entities.
    (g) Guidelines and Procedures.--The Secretary shall provide 
guidelines and procedures for the transition, where appropriate, of 
energy technologies from research through development and demonstration 
to commercial application of energy technology. Nothing in this section 
shall preclude the Secretary from--
            (1) entering into a contract, cooperative agreement, 
        cooperative research and development agreement under the 
        Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
        3701 et seq.), grant, joint venture, or any other form of 
        agreement available to the Secretary under this section that 
        relates to research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
        application of energy technology; or
            (2) extending a contract, cooperative agreement, 
        cooperative research and development agreement under the 
        Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, grant, 
        joint venture, or any other form of agreement available to the 
        Secretary that relates to research, development, and 
        demonstration to cover commercial application of energy 
        technology.
    (h) Application of Section.--This section shall not apply to any 
contract, cooperative agreement, cooperative research and development 
agreement under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), grant, joint venture, or any other form of 
agreement available to the Secretary that is in effect as of the date 
of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 602. LIMITS ON USE OF FUNDS.

    (a) Management and Operating Contracts.--
            (1) Competitive procedure requirement.--None of the funds 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary by this Act may 
        be used to award a management and operating contract for a 
        federally owned or operated nonmilitary energy laboratory of 
        the Department unless such contract is awarded using 
        competitive procedures or the Secretary grants, on a case-by-
        case basis, a waiver to allow for such a deviation. The 
        Secretary may not delegate the authority to grant such a 
        waiver.
            (2) Congressional notice.--At least 2 months before a 
        contract award, amendment, or modification for which the 
        Secretary intends to grant such a waiver, the Secretary shall 
        submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
        notifying the committees of the waiver and setting forth the 
        reasons for the waiver.
    (b) Production or Provision of Articles or Services.--None of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary by this Act may be 
used to produce or provide articles or services for the purpose of 
selling the articles or services to a person outside the Federal 
Government, unless the Secretary determines that comparable articles or 
services are not available from a commercial source in the United 
States.
    (c) Requests for Proposals.--None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary by this Act may be used by the Department 
to prepare or initiate Requests for Proposals for a program if the 
program has not been authorized by Congress.

SEC. 603. COST SHARING.

    (a) Research and Development.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
Act, for research and development programs carried out under this Act, 
the Secretary shall require a commitment from non-Federal sources of at 
least 20 percent of the cost of the project. The Secretary may reduce 
or eliminate the non-Federal requirement under this subsection if the 
Secretary determines that the research and development is of a basic or 
fundamental nature.
    (b) Demonstration and Commercial Application.--Except as otherwise 
provided in this Act, the Secretary shall require at least 50 percent 
of the costs directly and specifically related to any demonstration or 
commercial application project under this Act to be provided from non-
Federal sources. The Secretary may reduce the non-Federal requirement 
under this subsection if the Secretary determines that the reduction is 
necessary and appropriate considering the technological risks involved 
in the project and is necessary to meet the objectives of this Act.
    (c) Calculation of Amount.--In calculating the amount of the non-
Federal commitment under subsection (a) or (b), the Secretary may 
include personnel, services, equipment, and other resources.

SEC. 604. LIMITATION ON DEMONSTRATION AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATION OF 
              ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.

    Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary shall 
provide funding for scientific or energy demonstration and commercial 
application of energy technology programs, projects, or activities only 
for technologies or processes that can be reasonably expected to yield 
new, measurable benefits to the cost, efficiency, or performance of the 
technology or process.

SEC. 605. REPROGRAMMING.

    (a) Authority.--The Secretary may use amounts appropriated under 
this Act for a program, project, or activity other than the program, 
project, or activity for which such amounts were appropriated only if--
            (1) the Secretary has transmitted to the appropriate 
        congressional committees a report described in subsection (b) 
        and a period of 30 days has elapsed after such committees 
        receive the report;
            (2) amounts used for the program, project, or activity do 
        not exceed--
                    (A) 105 percent of the amount authorized for the 
                program, project, or activity; or
                    (B) $250,000 more than the amount authorized for 
                the program, project, or activity,
        whichever is less; and
            (3) the program, project, or activity has been presented 
        to, or requested of, the Congress by the Secretary.
    (b) Report.--(1) The report referred to in subsection (a) is a 
report containing a full and complete statement of the action proposed 
to be taken and the facts and circumstances relied upon in support of 
the proposed action.
    (2) In the computation of the 30-day period under subsection (a), 
there shall be excluded any day on which either House of Congress is 
not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day 
certain.
    (c) Limitations.--(1) In no event may the total amount of funds 
obligated by the Secretary pursuant to this Act exceed the total amount 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary by this Act.
    (2) Funds appropriated to the Secretary pursuant to this Act may 
not be used for an item for which Congress has declined to authorize 
funds.

               Subtitle B--Other Miscellaneous Provisions

SEC. 611. NOTICE OF REORGANIZATION.

    The Secretary shall provide notice to the appropriate congressional 
committees not later than 15 days before any reorganization of any 
environmental research or development, scientific or energy research, 
development, or demonstration, or commercial application of energy 
technology program, project, or activity of the Department.

SEC. 612. LIMITS ON GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.

    If, at any time during the construction of a civilian environmental 
research and development, scientific or energy research, development, 
or demonstration, or commercial application of energy technology 
project of the Department for which no specific funding level is 
provided by law, the estimated cost (including any revision thereof) of 
the  project exceeds $5,000,000, the Secretary may not continue such 
construction unless the Secretary has furnished a complete report to 
the appropriate congressional committees explaining the project and the 
reasons for the estimate or revision.

SEC. 613. LIMITS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

    (a) Limitation.--Except as provided in subsection (b), construction 
on a civilian environmental research and development, scientific or 
energy research, development, or demonstration, or commercial 
application of energy technology project of the Department for which 
funding has been specifically provided by law may not be started, and 
additional obligations may not be incurred in connection with the 
project above the authorized funding amount, whenever the current 
estimated cost of the construction project exceeds by more than 10 
percent the higher of--
            (1) the amount authorized for the project, if the entire 
        project has been funded by the Congress; or
            (2) the amount of the total estimated cost for the project 
        as shown in the most recent budget justification data submitted 
        to Congress.
    (b) Notice.--An action described in subsection (a) may be taken 
if--
            (1) the Secretary has submitted to the appropriate 
        congressional committees a report on the proposed actions and 
        the circumstances making such actions necessary; and
            (2) a period of 30 days has elapsed after the date on which 
        the report is received by the committees.
    (c) Exclusion.--In the computation of the 30-day period described 
in subsection (b)(2), there shall be excluded any day on which either 
House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more 
than 3 days to a day certain.
    (d) Exception.--Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to any 
construction project that has a current estimated cost of less than 
$5,000,000.

SEC. 614. AUTHORITY FOR CONCEPTUAL AND CONSTRUCTION DESIGN.

    (a) Requirement for Conceptual Design.--(1) Subject to paragraph 
(2) and except as provided in paragraph (3), before submitting to 
Congress a request for funds for a construction project that is in 
support of a civilian environmental research and development, 
scientific or energy research, development, or demonstration, or 
commercial application of energy technology program, project, or 
activity of the Department, the Secretary shall complete a conceptual 
design for that project.
    (2) If the estimated cost of completing a conceptual design for a 
construction project exceeds $750,000, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a request for funds for the conceptual design before 
submitting a request for funds for the construction project.
    (3) The requirement in paragraph (1) does not apply to a request 
for funds for a construction project, the total estimated cost of which 
is less than $5,000,000.
    (b) Authority for Construction Design.--(1) The Secretary may carry 
out construction design (including architectural and engineering 
services) in connection with any proposed construction project that is 
in support of a civilian environmental research and development, 
scientific or energy research, development, and demonstration, or 
commercial application of energy technology program, project, or 
activity of the Department if the total estimated cost for such design 
does not exceed $250,000.
    (2) If the total estimated cost for construction design in 
connection with any construction project described in paragraph (1) 
exceeds $250,000, funds for such design must be specifically authorized 
by law.

SEC. 615. NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY DEVELOPMENT GROUP MANDATED REPORTS.

    (a) The Secretary's Review of Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy, 
and Alternative Energy Research and Development.--Upon completion of 
the Secretary's review of current funding and historic performance of 
the Department's energy efficiency, renewable energy, and alternative 
energy research and development programs in response to the 
recommendations of the May 16, 2001, Report of the National Energy 
Policy Development Group, the Secretary shall transmit a report 
containing the results of such review to the appropriate congressional 
committees.
    (b) Review and Recommendations on Using the Nation's Energy 
Resources More Efficiently.--Upon completion of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy and the President's Council of Advisors on 
Science and Technology reviewing and making recommendations on using 
the Nation's energy resources more efficiently, in response to the 
recommendation of the May 16, 2001, Report of the National Energy 
Policy Development Group, the Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy shall transmit a report containing the results of 
such review and recommendations to the appropriate congressional 
committees.

SEC. 616. PERIODIC REVIEWS AND ASSESSMENTS.

    The Secretary shall enter into appropriate arrangements with the 
National Academies of Sciences and Engineering to ensure that there be 
periodic reviews and assessments of the programs authorized by this 
Act, as well as the measurable cost and performance-based goals for 
such programs as established under section 4, and the progress on 
meeting such goals. Such reviews and assessments shall be conducted at 
least every 5 years, or more often as the Secretary considers 
necessary, and the Secretary shall transmit to the appropriate 
congressional committees reports containing the results of such reviews 
and assessments.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 106

107th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2460

                          [Report No. 107-177]

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                                 A BILL

To authorize appropriations for environmental research and development, 
  scientific and energy research, development, and demonstration, and 
  commercial application of energy technology programs, projects, and 
  activities of the Department of Energy and of the Office of Air and 
    Radiation of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                             July 31, 2001

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed