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IB Union Calendar No. 122 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1640 [Report No. 109–215, Part I] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 14, 2005 Mr. Barton of Texas (for himself, Mr. Hall, Mr. Upton, Mr. Stearns, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Terry, and Mr. Rogers of Michigan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Resources, Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned July 29, 2005 Additional sponsors: Mr. Otter and Mr. Burgess July 29, 2005 Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic July 29, 2005 Committees on Science, Resources, Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, and Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 14, 2005 A BILL To ensure jobs for our future with secure and reliable energy.
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Short title; table of contents
(a)
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Energy Policy Act of 2005. (b)
Table of contents
The table of contents for the bill is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents Title I—Energy efficiency Subtitle A—Federal Programs Sec. 101. Energy and water saving measures in congressional buildings Sec. 102. Energy management requirements Sec. 103. Energy use measurement and accountability Sec. 104. Procurement of energy efficient products Sec. 105. Energy Savings Performance Contracts Sec. 107. Voluntary commitments to reduce industrial energy intensity Sec. 108. Advanced Building Efficiency Testbed Sec. 109. Federal building performance standards Sec. 110. Daylight savings Subtitle B—Energy Assistance and State Programs Sec. 121. Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Sec. 122. Weatherization assistance Sec. 123. State energy programs Sec. 124. Energy efficient appliance rebate programs Sec. 125. Energy efficient public buildings Sec. 126. Low income community energy efficiency pilot program Subtitle C—Energy Efficient Products Sec. 131. Energy Star Program Sec. 132. HVAC maintenance consumer education program Sec. 133. Energy conservation standards for additional products Sec. 134. Energy labeling Sec. 135. Preemption Sec. 136. State consumer product energy efficiency standards Subtitle D—Public Housing Sec. 145. Grants for energy-conserving improvements for assisted housing Sec. 147. Energy-efficient appliances Sec. 149. Energy strategy for HUD Title II—Renewable energy Subtitle A—General Provisions Sec. 201. Assessment of renewable energy resources Sec. 202. Renewable energy production incentive Sec. 203. Federal purchase requirement Sec. 204. Insular areas energy security Sec. 205. Use of photovoltaic energy in public buildings Sec. 206. Grants to improve the commercial value of forest biomass for electric energy, useful heat, transportation fuels, petroleum-based product substitutes, and other commercial purposes Sec. 207. Biobased products Sec. 208. Renewable energy security Subtitle C—Hydroelectric Part I—Alternative conditions Sec. 231. Alternative conditions and fishways Part II—Additional hydropower Sec. 241. Hydroelectric production incentives Sec. 242. Hydroelectric efficiency improvement Sec. 243. Small hydroelectric power projects Sec. 244. Increased hydroelectric generation at existing Federal facilities Sec. 245. Shift of project loads to off-peak periods Title III—Oil and Gas Subtitle A—Petroleum Reserve and Home Heating Oil Sec. 301. Permanent authority to operate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and other energy programs Sec. 302. National Oilheat Research Alliance Sec. 303. Site selection Sec. 304. Suspension of Strategic Petroleum Reserve deliveries Subtitle B—Production Incentives Sec. 320. Liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminals Sec. 327. Hydraulic fracturing Sec. 330. Appeals relating to pipeline construction or offshore mineral development projects Sec. 333. Natural gas market transparency Subtitle C—Access to Federal Land Sec. 344. Consultation regarding oil and gas leasing on public land Sec. 346. Compliance with executive order 13211; actions concerning regulations that significantly affect energy supply, distribution, or use Sec. 350. Energy facility rights-of-way and corridors on Federal land Sec. 355. Encouraging Great Lakes oil and gas drilling ban Sec. 358. Federal coalbed methane regulation Subtitle D—Refining Revitalization Sec. 371. Short title Sec. 372. Findings Sec. 373. Purpose Sec. 374. Designation of Refinery Revitalization Zones Sec. 375. Memorandum of understanding Sec. 376. State environmental permitting assistance Sec. 377. Coordination and expeditious review of permitting process Sec. 378. Compliance with all environmental regulations required Sec. 379. Definitions Title IV—Coal Subtitle A—Clean Coal Power Initiative Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations Sec. 402. Project criteria Sec. 403. Report Sec. 404. Clean Coal Centers of Excellence Subtitle B—Clean Power Projects Sec. 411. Coal technology loan Sec. 412. Coal gasification Sec. 414. Petroleum coke gasification Sec. 416. Electron scrubbing demonstration Subtitle D—Coal and Related Programs Sec. 441. Clean air coal program Title V—Indian energy Sec. 501. Short title Sec. 502. Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs Sec. 503. Indian energy Sec. 504. Four Corners transmission line project Sec. 505. Energy efficiency in federally assisted housing Sec. 506. Consultation with Indian tribes Title VI—Nuclear matters Subtitle A—Price-Anderson Act Amendments Sec. 601. Short title Sec. 602. Extension of indemnification authority Sec. 603. Maximum assessment Sec. 604. Department of Energy liability limit Sec. 605. Incidents outside the United States Sec. 606. Reports Sec. 607. Inflation adjustment Sec. 608. Treatment of modular reactors Sec. 609. Applicability Sec. 610. Prohibition on assumption by United States Government of liability for certain foreign incidents Sec. 611. Civil penalties Sec. 612. Financial accountability Subtitle B—General Nuclear Matters Sec. 621. Licenses Sec. 622. NRC training program Sec. 623. Cost recovery from government agencies Sec. 624. Elimination of pension offset Sec. 625. Antitrust review Sec. 626. Decommissioning Sec. 627. Limitation on legal fee reimbursement Sec. 629. Report on feasibility of developing commercial nuclear energy generation facilities at existing Department of Energy sites Sec. 630. Uranium sales Sec. 631. Cooperative research and development and special demonstration projects for the uranium mining industry Sec. 632. Whistleblower protection Sec. 633. Medical isotope production Sec. 634. Fernald byproduct material Sec. 635. Safe disposal of greater-than-class c radioactive waste Sec. 636. Prohibition on nuclear exports to countries that sponsor terrorism Sec. 638. National uranium stockpile Sec. 639. Nuclear Regulatory Commission meetings Sec. 640. Employee benefits Subtitle C—Additional Hydrogen Production Provisions Sec. 651. Hydrogen production programs Sec. 652. Definitions Subtitle D—Nuclear Security Sec. 661. Nuclear facility threats Sec. 662. Fingerprinting for criminal history record checks Sec. 663. Use of firearms by security personnel of licensees and certificate holders of the Commission Sec. 664. Unauthorized introduction of dangerous weapons Sec. 665. Sabotage of nuclear facilities or fuel Sec. 666. Secure transfer of nuclear materials Sec. 667. Department of Homeland Security consultation Sec. 668. Authorization of appropriations Title VII—Vehicles and fuels Subtitle A—Existing Programs Sec. 701. Use of alternative fuels by dual-fueled vehicles Sec. 704. Incremental cost allocation Sec. 705. Lease condensates Sec. 706. Review of Energy Policy Act of 1992 programs Sec. 707. Report concerning compliance with alternative fueled vehicle purchasing requirements Subtitle B—Hybrid Vehicles, Advanced Vehicles, and Fuel Cell Buses Part 1—Hybrid vehicles Sec. 711. Hybrid vehicles Sec. 712. Hybrid retrofit and electric conversion program Part 2—Advanced vehicles Sec. 721. Definitions Sec. 722. Pilot program Sec. 723. Reports to Congress Sec. 724. Authorization of appropriations Part 3—Fuel cell buses Sec. 731. Fuel cell transit bus demonstration Subtitle C—Clean School Buses Sec. 741. Definitions Sec. 742. Program for replacement of certain school buses with clean school buses Sec. 743. Diesel retrofit program Sec. 744. Fuel cell school buses Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Sec. 751. Railroad efficiency Sec. 752. Mobile emission reductions trading and crediting Sec. 753. Aviation fuel conservation and emissions Sec. 754. Diesel fueled vehicles Sec. 757. Biodiesel engine testing program Sec. 759. Ultra-efficient engine technology for aircraft Subtitle E—Automobile Efficiency Sec. 771. Authorization of appropriations for implementation and enforcement of fuel economy standards Sec. 772. Revised considerations for decisions on maximum feasible average fuel economy Sec. 773. Extension of maximum fuel economy increase for alternative fueled vehicles Sec. 774. Study of feasibility and effects of reducing use of fuel for automobiles Title VIII—Hydrogen Sec. 801. Definitions Sec. 802. Plan Sec. 803. Programs Sec. 804. Interagency task force Sec. 805. Advisory Committee Sec. 806. External review Sec. 807. Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 808. Savings clause Sec. 809. Authorization of appropriations Sec. 810. Solar and wind technologies Title IX—Studies and Program Support Sec. 901. Goals Sec. 902. Definitions Subtitle A—Energy Efficiency Sec. 904. Energy efficiency Sec. 905. Next Generation Lighting Initiative Sec. 906. National Building Performance Initiative Sec. 907. Secondary electric vehicle battery use program Sec. 908. Energy efficiency study initiative Sec. 909. Electric motor control technology Subtitle B—Distributed Energy and Electric Energy Systems Sec. 911. Distributed energy and electric energy systems Sec. 913. High power density industry program Sec. 916. Reciprocating power Sec. 917. Advanced portable power devices Subtitle C—Renewable Energy Sec. 918. Renewable energy Sec. 919. Bioenergy programs Sec. 920. Concentrating solar power study program Sec. 921. Miscellaneous projects Sec. 922. Renewable energy in public buildings Sec. 923. University biodiesel program Subtitle D—Nuclear Energy Sec. 929. Alternatives to industrial radioactive sources Sec. 930. Geological isolation of spent fuel Subtitle E—Fossil Energy Part I—Studies and program support Sec. 931. Fossil energy Sec. 932. Oil and gas studies Sec. 933. Technology transfer Sec. 934. Coal mining technologies Sec. 935. Coal and related technologies program Sec. 936. Complex Well Technology Testing Facility Part II—Ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources Sec. 941. Program authority Sec. 942. Ultra-deepwater Program Sec. 943. Unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources Program Sec. 944. Additional requirements for awards Sec. 945. Advisory committees Sec. 946. Limits on participation Sec. 947. Sunset Sec. 948. Definitions Sec. 949. Funding Subtitle F—Energy Sciences Sec. 953. Plan for Fusion Energy Sciences Program Sec. 954. Spallation Neutron Source Sec. 962. Nitrogen fixation Subtitle G—Energy and environment Sec. 966. Waste reduction and use of alternatives Sec. 967. Report on fuel cell test center Sec. 968. Arctic Engineering Research Center Sec. 970. Western Michigan demonstration project Sec. 971. Low-cost hydrogen propulsion and infrastructure Sec. 972. Carbon-based fuel cell development Subtitle H—International Cooperation Sec. 981. United States-Israel cooperation Title X—Department of energy management Sec. 1001. Additional Assistant Secretary position Sec. 1002. Other transactions authority Sec. 1003. University collaboration Sec. 1004. Sense of Congress Title XII—Electricity Sec. 1201. Short title Subtitle A—Reliability Standards Sec. 1211. Electric reliability standards Subtitle B—Transmission Infrastructure Modernization Sec. 1221. Siting of interstate electric transmission facilities Sec. 1222. Third-party finance Sec. 1223. Transmission system monitoring Sec. 1224. Advanced transmission technologies Sec. 1225. Electric transmission and distribution programs Sec. 1226. Advanced Power System Technology Incentive Program Sec. 1227. Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution Subtitle C—Transmission Operation Improvements Sec. 1231. Open nondiscriminatory access Sec. 1232. Sense of Congress on Regional Transmission Organizations Sec. 1233. Regional Transmission Organization applications progress report Sec. 1234. Federal utility participation in Regional Transmission Organizations Sec. 1235. Standard market design Sec. 1236. Native load service obligation Sec. 1237. Study on the benefits of economic dispatch Subtitle D—Transmission Rate Reform Sec. 1241. Transmission infrastructure investment Subtitle E—Amendments to PURPA Sec. 1251. Net metering and additional standards Sec. 1252. Smart metering Sec. 1253. Cogeneration and small power production purchase and sale requirements Sec. 1254. Interconnection Subtitle F—Repeal of PUHCA Sec. 1261. Short title Sec. 1262. Definitions Sec. 1263. Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 Sec. 1264. Federal access to books and records Sec. 1265. State access to books and records Sec. 1266. Exemption authority Sec. 1267. Affiliate transactions Sec. 1268. Applicability Sec. 1269. Effect on other regulations Sec. 1270. Enforcement Sec. 1271. Savings provisions Sec. 1272. Implementation Sec. 1273. Transfer of resources Sec. 1274. Effective date Sec. 1275. Service allocation Sec. 1276. Authorization of appropriations Sec. 1277. Conforming amendments to the Federal Power Act Subtitle G—Market Transparency, Enforcement, and Consumer Protection Sec. 1281. Market transparency rules Sec. 1282. Market manipulation Sec. 1283. Enforcement Sec. 1284. Refund effective date Sec. 1285. Refund authority Sec. 1286. Sanctity of contract Sec. 1287. Consumer privacy and unfair trade practices Subtitle H—Merger Reform Sec. 1291. Merger review reform and accountability Sec. 1292. Electric utility mergers Subtitle I—Definitions Sec. 1295. Definitions Subtitle J—Technical and Conforming Amendments Sec. 1297. Conforming amendments Subtitle K—Economic Dispatch Sec. 1298. Economic dispatch Title XIV—Miscellaneous Subtitle C—Other Provisions Sec. 1441. Continuation of transmission security order Sec. 1442. Review of agency determinations Sec. 1443. Attainment dates for downwind ozone nonattainment areas Sec. 1444. Energy production incentives Sec. 1446. Regulation of certain oil used in transformers Sec. 1447. Risk assessments Sec. 1448. Oxygen-fuel Sec. 1449. Petrochemical and oil refinery facility health assessment Title XV—Ethanol and motor fuels Subtitle A—General Provisions Sec. 1501. Renewable content of motor vehicle fuel Sec. 1502. Fuels safe harbor Sec. 1503. Findings and MTBE transition assistance Sec. 1504. Use of MTBE Sec. 1505. National Academy of Sciences review and presidential determination Sec. 1506. Elimination of oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline Sec. 1507. Analyses of motor vehicle fuel changes Sec. 1508. Data collection Sec. 1509. Reducing the proliferation of State fuel controls Sec. 1510. Fuel system requirements harmonization study Sec. 1511. Commercial byproducts from municipal solid waste and cellulosic biomass loan guarantee program Sec. 1512. Cellulosic biomass and waste-derived ethanol conversion assistance Sec. 1513. Blending of compliant reformulated gasolines Subtitle B—Underground Storage Tank Compliance Sec. 1521. Short title Sec. 1522. Leaking underground storage tanks Sec. 1523. Inspection of underground storage tanks Sec. 1524. Operator training Sec. 1525. Remediation from oxygenated fuel additives Sec. 1526. Release prevention, compliance, and enforcement Sec. 1527. Delivery prohibition Sec. 1528. Federal facilities Sec. 1529. Tanks on Tribal lands Sec. 1530. Additional measures to protect groundwater Sec. 1531. Authorization of appropriations Sec. 1532. Conforming amendments Sec. 1533. Technical amendments Subtitle C—Boutique Fuels Sec. 1541. Reducing the proliferation of boutique fuels Title XVI—Studies Sec. 1601. Study on inventory of petroleum and natural gas storage Sec. 1605. Study of energy efficiency standards Sec. 1606. Telecommuting study Sec. 1607. LIHEAP report Sec. 1608. Oil bypass filtration technology Sec. 1609. Total integrated thermal systems Sec. 1610. University collaboration Sec. 1611. Reliability and consumer protection assessment Sec. 1612. Report on energy integration with Latin America Sec. 1613. Low-volume gas reservoir study
<enum>I</enum><header>Energy efficiency</header> <subtitle id="HD80DD9D4958B4BC4AF90D50081DB8534"><enum>A</enum><header>Federal Programs</header> <section id="H6C7A2776596F4ED8ADA09F58146907CE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Energy and water saving measures in congressional buildings</header> <subsection id="H39C79FF5E79146C4ADD5DD003859AEA8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Part 3 of title V of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8251">42 U.S.C. 8251 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="National" id="HC81CD39FEBBC4384A18E702E6E85769F"> <section id="H7DEA3D7680D4487D9C7DC2B06E607094"><enum>552.</enum><header>Energy and water savings measures in congressional buildings</header> <subsection id="H871E2FBC0E89496DBC1E8B12C4DBF7A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Architect of the Capitol—</text> <paragraph id="H2C21B64DA8A44737981CDAF8C00084AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall develop, update, and implement a cost-effective energy conservation and management plan (referred to in this section as the <quote>plan</quote>) for all facilities administered by Congress (referred to in this section as <quote>congressional buildings</quote>) to meet the energy performance requirements for Federal buildings established under section 543(a)(1); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB2C1BE2842224DC2B293B2153C5697A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall submit the plan to Congress, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5CAC55D4762646CB9C79CBC2A1E703B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan requirements</header><text>The plan shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H7657A51D768C4A8AA6D7F13502A258ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the life cycle cost analysis used to determine the cost-effectiveness of proposed energy efficiency projects;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H59068EF48A4B417CBB9DA4734B60BFFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a schedule of energy surveys to ensure complete surveys of all congressional buildings every 5 years to determine the cost and payback period of energy and water conservation measures;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H43AA0582B1A3403EBAA8A9A3671533C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a strategy for installation of life cycle cost-effective energy and water conservation measures;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0F27E8E182594C6A89A9FBBD7FFAE42C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the results of a study of the costs and benefits of installation of submetering in congressional buildings; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3562DF36BD524035BEA4FB9937876181"><enum>(5)</enum><text>information packages and <quote>how-to</quote> guides for each Member and employing authority of Congress that detail simple, cost-effective methods to save energy and taxpayer dollars in the workplace.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2E09FB307112409DA11DF15FC1FA9F1D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>The Architect of the Capitol shall submit to Congress annually a report on congressional energy management and conservation programs required under this section that describes in detail—</text> <paragraph id="HB74842B094DF4989A9CE96A62621A81"><enum>(1)</enum><text>energy expenditures and savings estimates for each facility;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA483DE88ECB420B941E4983D5ED6DB8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>energy management and conservation projects; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD4296FEA639436293791E54069CAD00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>future priorities to ensure compliance with this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H4C2E543A73274D00005D005884C300CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of contents amendment</header><text>The table of contents of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to part 3 of title V the following new item:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="National" id="H5D82C0F9D0E74E31B15DF9856C95FA2C"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 552. Energy and water savings measures in congressional buildings</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H6630F965B2E84C78815948223387C926"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 310 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1815">2 U.S.C. 1815</external-xref>), is repealed.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H84C6CD4A0CFF484B9C9272FAC0C81533"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Energy infrastructure</header><text>The Architect of the Capitol, building on the Master Plan Study completed in July 2000, shall commission a study to evaluate the energy infrastructure of the Capital Complex to determine how the infrastructure could be augmented to become more energy efficient, using unconventional and renewable energy resources, in a way that would enable the Complex to have reliable utility service in the event of power fluctuations, shortages, or outages.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H362674FF889F4CD09F08912BF81C6084"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol to carry out subsection (d), $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HD86175229BA840BD9D356809D71173DC"><enum>102.</enum><header>Energy management requirements</header> <subsection id="H4D42393F75BA4E4498BD34EC007BADDD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Energy reduction goals</header> <paragraph id="H15351F619BDB49549274712E341FEB6E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section 543(a)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>its Federal buildings so that</quote> and all that follows through the end and inserting </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H79988B77658D449FA66CCB2BD6340000" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal buildings of the agency (including each industrial or laboratory facility) so that the energy consumption per gross square foot of the Federal buildings of the agency in fiscal years 2006 through 2015 is reduced, as compared with the energy consumption per gross square foot of the Federal buildings of the agency in fiscal year 2003, by the percentage specified in the following table:</text> <table table-type="subformat-2-Flush-Right-Boxhead-Fig" align-to-level="section" frame="none" line-rules="no-gen" rule-weights="0.0.0.4.0.0" subformat="S6211"> <tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col1" coldef="txt" min-data-value="0" colwidth="275" colsep="0"/><colspec colname="col2" coldef="txt" min-data-value="0" colwidth="80" colsep="0"/><thead> <row><entry colname="I49" align="left" rowsep="0"><bold>Fiscal Year</bold></entry><entry colname="I50" align="right" rowsep="0"><bold>Percentage reduction</bold></entry></row> <row><entry colname="I49" align="left" rowsep="0"><bold><?xm-replace_text {Table Head Entry}?></bold></entry><entry colname="I50" align="right" rowsep="0"><bold><?xm-replace_text {Table Head Entry}?></bold></entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2006</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">2</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2007</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">4</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2008</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">6</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2009</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">8</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2010</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">10</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2011</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">12</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2012</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">14</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2013</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">16</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2014</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">18</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2015</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">20.</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDE21F1F2177348ADB2474039C2A16B66"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting baseline</header><text>The energy reduction goals and baseline established in paragraph (1) of section 543(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253(a)(1)</external-xref>), as amended by this subsection, supersede all previous goals and baselines under such paragraph, and related reporting requirements.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H438128290E124593A3F7F45F79058FEF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review and revision of energy performance requirement</header><text>Section 543(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253(a)</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEDF5B8FFE494454ABB73F134A231D51C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H35B3AAF44D144F61845489EEABC1F4F7" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Not later than December 31, 2014, the Secretary shall review the results of the implementation of the energy performance requirement established under paragraph (1) and submit to Congress recommendations concerning energy performance requirements for fiscal years 2016 through 2025.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H09C2865845484C719FA76F754384005C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>Section 543(c)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>An agency may exclude</quote> and all that follows through the end and inserting</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA48EE356389C42728CCDB79FCECA5547" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">(A) An agency may exclude, from the energy performance requirement for a fiscal year established under subsection (a) and the energy management requirement established under subsection (b), any Federal building or collection of Federal buildings, if the head of the agency finds that—</text> <clause id="HA526C32A4CF643769789BD355F83E9BF" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>compliance with those requirements would be impracticable;</text></clause> <clause id="HA9B05C38036D4D6EAF1818294D00B7AF" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the agency has completed and submitted all federally required energy management reports;</text></clause> <clause id="H0812EA13298D4F618FD705A36100AE71" indent="up2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the agency has achieved compliance with the energy efficiency requirements of this Act, the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Executive orders, and other Federal law; and</text></clause> <clause id="H79D21EDB1F204609B7A765294D2F454F" indent="up2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the agency has implemented all practicable, life cycle cost-effective projects with respect to the Federal building or collection of Federal buildings to be excluded.</text></clause> <subparagraph indent="up2" id="H4B6A83FCEE694486AE339C0057F874B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A finding of impracticability under subparagraph (A)(i) shall be based on—</text> <clause id="H2218BE3FEE454B358337007B466BA790"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the energy intensiveness of activities carried out in the Federal building or collection of Federal buildings; or</text></clause> <clause id="HC8764653A0F84FE9A797EDC9D50036F7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fact that the Federal building or collection of Federal buildings is used in the performance of a national security function.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HA373A61627DE4D97A52EA56475A4D44"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Review by Secretary</header><text>Section 543(c)(2) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H329F1A08F0D84F199D64A68FEBBB2C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>impracticability standards</quote> and inserting <quote>standards for exclusion</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H502FD836A5F04C02BFD0785710E7AE05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a finding of impracticability</quote> and inserting <quote>the exclusion</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H06BEA6F383724EBA83A63C4E43AE1DB8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>energy consumption requirements</quote> and inserting <quote>requirements of subsections (a) and (b)(1)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5D9030C8499847E2001CB100183E8CD8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>Section 543(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253(c)</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="National" id="H7F3CA7E8E1CB47729CB8AA000D05025"> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H81EC1CFE69C84818988F59D30021D673"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall issue guidelines that establish criteria for exclusions under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H0B05B21B77074E55BC7DC4C1B200B7AD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Retention of energy and water savings</header><text>Section 546 of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8256">42 U.S.C. 8256</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block act-name="National" id="H112BAD0AB2A942A6A570374F4028F200"> <subsection id="HBBEF11FA6B434112B9E5104265307F74"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Retention of energy and water savings</header><text>An agency may retain any funds appropriated to that agency for energy expenditures, water expenditures, or wastewater treatment expenditures, at buildings subject to the requirements of section 543(a) and (b), that are not made because of energy savings or water savings. Except as otherwise provided by law, such funds may be used only for energy efficiency, water conservation, or unconventional and renewable energy resources projects.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HB9C0D149E6B544BCA6B6B0A39D84EE75"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Section 548(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8258">42 U.S.C. 8258(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2C9E83BC2B4E47A3B0B04CFB3E04A2C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection">the President and</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="subsection">Congress</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4D0F2666B9342648EFC6B3D252B17F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>President and</quote> before <quote>Congress</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H53F3F9648E294BC2AEEEFF717F857EC9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 550(d) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8258b">42 U.S.C. 8258b(d)</external-xref>) is amended in the second sentence by striking <quote>the 20 percent reduction goal established under section 543(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253(a)</external-xref>).</quote> and inserting <quote>each of the energy reduction goals established under section 543(a).</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HE89C05FE05A1452D8F04629D00A43800"><enum>103.</enum><header>Energy use measurement and accountability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 543 of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="National" id="HF75E0A4D0DD646BEA63EDF7073FDD272"> <subsection id="H323275D4F538494C87B0866827106E7B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Metering of energy use</header> <paragraph id="HD9E0C04CAFE849369642B2AF65D4DA39"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>By October 1, 2012, in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary under paragraph (2), all Federal buildings shall, for the purposes of efficient use of energy and reduction in the cost of electricity used in such buildings, be metered or submetered. Each agency shall use, to the maximum extent practicable, advanced meters or advanced metering devices that provide data at least daily and that measure at least hourly consumption of electricity in the Federal buildings of the agency. Such data shall be incorporated into existing Federal energy tracking systems and made available to Federal facility energy managers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B57C2E6FB1849578EBC48B064BDD69C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidelines</header> <subparagraph id="H9CF5C0325ECA4EB4A3EFD28FD1863656"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, in consultation with the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, representatives from the metering industry, utility industry, energy services industry, energy efficiency industry, energy efficiency advocacy organizations, national laboratories, universities, and Federal facility energy managers, shall establish guidelines for agencies to carry out paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H652992C4B3494026B4D115D49F9DE97"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements for guidelines</header><text>The guidelines shall—</text> <clause id="HAB4A7FA86ABD43318C0596F4FCEDD4E2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>take into consideration—</text> <subclause id="HF6AB61EC164049CDB3F9E4ED52B2E0E1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the cost of metering and submetering and the reduced cost of operation and maintenance expected to result from metering and submetering;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9A7AFD31259D4CD38F843FC406AD791C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the extent to which metering and submetering are expected to result in increased potential for energy management, increased potential for energy savings and energy efficiency improvement, and cost and energy savings due to utility contract aggregation; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8E8B30A13FE24F5A9B28F67B1CC919A6"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the measurement and verification protocols of the Department of Energy;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H4A75F42427CF4A59992378DEFFF8DF52"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include recommendations concerning the amount of funds and the number of trained personnel necessary to gather and use the metering information to track and reduce energy use;</text></clause> <clause id="HDA852884E1604926B556A3A94977D165"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>establish priorities for types and locations of buildings to be metered and submetered based on cost-effectiveness and a schedule of 1 or more dates, not later than 1 year after the date of issuance of the guidelines, on which the requirements specified in paragraph (1) shall take effect; and</text></clause> <clause id="H817B164B20274F55AED46218950700B4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>establish exclusions from the requirements specified in paragraph (1) based on the de minimis quantity of energy use of a Federal building, industrial process, or structure.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1168EA3B192F4FD58C22A7126156EAAA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date guidelines are established under paragraph (2), in a report submitted by the agency under section 548(a), each agency shall submit to the Secretary a plan describing how the agency will implement the requirements of paragraph (1), including (A) how the agency will designate personnel primarily responsible for achieving the requirements and (B) demonstration by the agency, complete with documentation, of any finding that advanced meters or advanced metering devices, as defined in paragraph (1), are not practicable.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HCECE46A13014416EB2A932368CAF7404"><enum>104.</enum><header>Procurement of energy efficient products</header> <subsection id="H8BC6ABCD09A7494AAB55645FB01BB8C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Part 3 of title V of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8251">42 U.S.C. 8251 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 101, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="National" id="HF5DCB349E17A4D6DA85855C49CFCE9D"> <section id="H448ABFE98FDE4AB4B3BCC36BADD4675B"><enum>553.</enum><header>Federal procurement of energy efficient products</header> <subsection id="H26F89157389F40B69C2BD03188ECD9B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H32088E0711E444F289BA391012DE7964" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agency</header><text>The term <quote>agency</quote> has the meaning given that term in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/7902">section 7902(a)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD1A2F4E5A00D45AA922ECF4FC422E4F3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Energy Star product</header><text>The term <term>Energy Star product</term> means a product that is rated for energy efficiency under an Energy Star program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H483743D20AF94D35B06D8949DE03AB5C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Energy Star Program</header><text>The term <term>Energy Star program</term> means the program established by section 324A of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEBE78E560C7043D0961F76DBBE3BB063"><enum>(4)</enum><header>FEMP designated product</header><text>The term <term>FEMP designated product</term> means a product that is designated under the Federal Energy Management Program of the Department of Energy as being among the highest 25 percent of equivalent products for energy efficiency.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H085154AE7B26499EB1022464DB5D7944"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procurement of energy efficient products</header> <paragraph id="H139DACA4B9104F139F71ECDFD3DFEFAD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>To meet the requirements of an agency for an energy consuming product, the head of the agency shall, except as provided in paragraph (2), procure—</text> <subparagraph id="H1C720E928EA9404E009200F18634B26D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an Energy Star product; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H45E7B23EAD8E47F4AD73382C218E7700"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a FEMP designated product.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD56A18AC89D4E2887974367015F3196"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The head of an agency is not required to procure an Energy Star product or FEMP designated product under paragraph (1) if the head of the agency finds in writing that—</text> <subparagraph id="H5E7E82C1EB324E83A9A2354354E4BCA7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an Energy Star product or FEMP designated product is not cost-effective over the life of the product taking energy cost savings into account; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H23A9581E729B46AE8F019EAE319BF472"><enum>(B)</enum><text>no Energy Star product or FEMP designated product is reasonably available that meets the functional requirements of the agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4BE30D4D8BCA4574B549DF4D50CC1EB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Procurement planning</header><text>The head of an agency shall incorporate into the specifications for all procurements involving energy consuming products and systems, including guide specifications, project specifications, and construction, renovation, and services contracts that include provision of energy consuming products and systems, and into the factors for the evaluation of offers received for the procurement, criteria for energy efficiency that are consistent with the criteria used for rating Energy Star products and for rating FEMP designated products.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDB044E5B62AA4C0FAE23128DC14D40D4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Listing of energy efficient products in Federal catalogs</header><text>Energy Star products and FEMP designated products shall be clearly identified and prominently displayed in any inventory or listing of products by the General Services Administration or the Defense Logistics Agency. The General Services Administration or the Defense Logistics Agency shall supply only Energy Star products or FEMP designated products for all product categories covered by the Energy Star program or the Federal Energy Management Program, except in cases where the agency ordering a product specifies in writing that no Energy Star product or FEMP designated product is available to meet the buyer’s functional requirements, or that no Energy Star product or FEMP designated product is cost-effective for the intended application over the life of the product, taking energy cost savings into account.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H03D580D984704B46BB9EE01FA6FB7EA9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Specific products</header> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H324FBBDD60B14B76A268827038D49FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In the case of electric motors of 1 to 500 horsepower, agencies shall select only premium efficient motors that meet a standard designated by the Secretary. The Secretary shall designate such a standard not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this section, after considering the recommendations of associated electric motor manufacturers and energy efficiency groups.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HA7D95503FD25413E84F1BF8B93941264"><enum>(2)</enum><text>All Federal agencies are encouraged to take actions to maximize the efficiency of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, including appropriate cleaning and maintenance, including the use of any system treatment or additive that will reduce the electricity consumed by air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. Any such treatment or additive must be—</text> <subparagraph id="HC5140BF26FE54782B5C61D284E064AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determined by the Secretary to be effective in increasing the efficiency of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment without having an adverse impact on air conditioning performance (including cooling capacity) or equipment useful life;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6556EE481A314A7C8DDC06C9F78020AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to be environmentally safe; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H847F57B855B74BF2B62FC7D16F50FF67"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shown to increase seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER) or energy efficiency ratio (EER) when tested by the National Institute of Standards and Technology according to Department of Energy test procedures without causing any adverse impact on the system, system components, the refrigerant or lubricant, or other materials in the system.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">Results of testing described in subparagraph (C) shall be published in the Federal Register for public review and comment. For purposes of this section, a hardware device or primary refrigerant shall not be considered an additive.</continuation-text></subsection> <subsection id="H1BF3623B6BA543DF812CACBC418719A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue guidelines to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H7954251DF79F4DA3AD2212BD6C503B84"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 552 the following new item:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="National" id="H224D64D88C9D47758E74A8E74D768965"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 553. Federal procurement of energy efficient products</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H00A9843E6A014F529BB1FACCED461703"><enum>105.</enum><header>Energy Savings Performance Contracts</header> <subsection id="HE8EFA123E4F740F19F3F1292C9F900BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <paragraph id="H8E6F8E40E146455CA7579B615744444E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 801(a)(2) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287">42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H42BB2EB770AF41D3A6023866F4FC207" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HD95F5362FB1B4B9787AEE74762399433" indent="up2"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All Federal agencies combined may not, after the date of enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, enter into more than a total of 100 contracts under this title. Payments made by the Federal Government under all contracts permitted by this subparagraph combined shall not exceed a total of $500,000,000. Each Federal agency shall appoint a coordinator for Energy Savings Performance Contracts with the responsibility to monitor the number of such contracts for that Federal agency and the investment value of each contract. The coordinators for each Federal agency shall meet monthly to ensure that the limits specified in this subparagraph on the number of contracts and the payments made for the contracts are not exceeded.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H245BA6A4759E478888F8F0F51521F5F5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 804(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287c">42 U.S.C. 8287c(1)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H05DD53F9D2674FF7B3A41481F6A23E93" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H20735D3ADEE643339B55311ECA362E80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <quote>Federal agency</quote> means the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Energy.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H36135B13A7644956ABA007000EAFCAE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Validity of contracts</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall not affect the validity of contracts entered into under title VIII of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287">42 U.S.C. 8287 et seq.</external-xref>) before the date of enactment of this Act, or of contracts described in subsection (h).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9C6A885B5F104CA3BDA5008002C96D40"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Permanent extension</header><text>Effective October 1, 2006, section 801(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287">42 U.S.C. 8287(c)</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDCE06E1716FB44AF804CF9C300E64C40"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall complete a review of the Energy Savings Performance Contract program to identify statutory, regulatory, and administrative obstacles that prevent Federal agencies from fully utilizing the program. In addition, this review shall identify all areas for increasing program flexibility and effectiveness, including audit and measurement verification requirements, accounting for energy use in determining savings, contracting requirements, including the identification of additional qualified contractors, and energy efficiency services covered. The Secretary shall report these findings to Congress and shall implement identified administrative and regulatory changes to increase program flexibility and effectiveness to the extent that such changes are consistent with statutory authority.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD5F83B2814BF42AB8BA746B58E6D706E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Extension of authority</header><text>Any energy savings performance contract entered into under section 801 of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287">42 U.S.C. 8287</external-xref>) after October 1, 2006, and before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be deemed to have been entered into pursuant to such section 801 as amended by subsection (a) of this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H457C01D74E574434B4FBF1811B47B62F"><enum>107.</enum><header>Voluntary commitments to reduce industrial energy intensity</header> <subsection id="H890FC00EE9DB42B68EC978E2002FFD1B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Voluntary agreements</header><text>The Secretary of Energy is authorized to enter into voluntary agreements with 1 or more persons in industrial sectors that consume significant amounts of primary energy per unit of physical output to reduce the energy intensity of their production activities by a significant amount relative to improvements in each sector in recent years.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4A57A47ED4224C1298FD1999C9F44095"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recognition</header><text>The Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall recognize and publicize the achievements of participants in voluntary agreements under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0496AD808FBE4760BFDAE043934138B2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>energy intensity</term> means the primary energy consumed per unit of physical output in an industrial process.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H803AE79C075F49989600738DF180C9B2"><enum>108.</enum><header>Advanced Building Efficiency Testbed</header> <subsection id="HBB604237DCFF4BCAA3B7EB0B4BF5800"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, shall establish an Advanced Building Efficiency Testbed program for the development, testing, and demonstration of advanced engineering systems, components, and materials to enable innovations in building technologies. The program shall evaluate efficiency concepts for government and industry buildings, and demonstrate the ability of next generation buildings to support individual and organizational productivity and health (including by improving indoor air quality) as well as flexibility and technological change to improve environmental sustainability. Such program shall complement and not duplicate existing national programs.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB314DC58E5DA4FF491C91899AB3CE73F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Participants</header><text>The program established under subsection (a) shall be led by a university with the ability to combine the expertise from numerous academic fields including, at a minimum, intelligent workplaces and advanced building systems and engineering, electrical and computer engineering, computer science, architecture, urban design, and environmental and mechanical engineering. Such university shall partner with other universities and entities who have established programs and the capability of advancing innovative building efficiency technologies.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H20B73267A4F74DBEA29842F2D258EE7D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy to carry out this section $6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2008, to remain available until expended. For any fiscal year in which funds are expended under this section, the Secretary shall provide <fraction>1/3</fraction> of the total amount to the lead university described in subsection (b), and provide the remaining <fraction>2/3</fraction> to the other participants referred to in subsection (b) on an equal basis.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H745B9ACF1F784A378500B389E4782689"><enum>109.</enum><header>Federal building performance standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ECPA">Energy Conservation and Production Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6834">42 U.S.C. 6834(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H642B44D2AEC84792B52568A0474E823D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>CABO Model Energy Code, 1992</quote> and inserting <quote>the 2003 International Energy Conservation Code</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4237FCDF09C5430090DD749879A958E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HC8E3A64714974064A6A3A1E0B83B1937"> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H50D9A01165C34E77A3A8062DFE5642D1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Revised Federal building energy efficiency performance standards</header> <subparagraph id="HC06912639BE740DCA729C56118D91800"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary of Energy shall establish, by rule, revised Federal building energy efficiency performance standards that require that—</text> <clause id="H13FF94E85B8542C4B4DE4D3064984539"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if life-cycle cost-effective, for new Federal buildings—</text> <subclause id="H99C61AF92B2A4950ABBFC545DD9A6F5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such buildings be designed so as to achieve energy consumption levels at least 30 percent below those of the version current as of the date of enactment of this paragraph of the ASHRAE Standard or the International Energy Conservation Code, as appropriate; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H3639ABFD1C554FD8A73E9F9F1044BF90"><enum>(II)</enum><text>sustainable design principles are applied to the siting, design, and construction of all new and replacement buildings; and</text> <item indent="up2" id="H11081A32694E4708A4E4C312200A974"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>where water is used to achieve energy efficiency, water conservation technologies shall be applied to the extent they are life-cycle cost effective.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H82D3920F7A47496590168357C2EC2F2F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional revisions</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of approval of each subsequent revision of the ASHRAE Standard or the International Energy Conservation Code, as appropriate, the Secretary of Energy shall determine, based on the cost-effectiveness of the requirements under the amendments, whether the revised standards established under this paragraph should be updated to reflect the amendments.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H232BBAC71B744F92848B95007EAC4900"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Statement on compliance of new buildings</header><text>In the budget request of the Federal agency for each fiscal year and each report submitted by the Federal agency under section 548(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8258">42 U.S.C. 8258(a)</external-xref>), the head of each Federal agency shall include—</text> <clause id="H57D80AB669F84C709F0030E6D76E06C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a list of all new Federal buildings owned, operated, or controlled by the Federal agency; and</text></clause> <clause id="H5834C1B8B25C4530A122B927F44EBD60"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a statement concerning whether the Federal buildings meet or exceed the revised standards established under this paragraph.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H16361372380040988F96327E00002F07" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>110.</enum><header>Daylight savings</header> <subsection id="H0AFC4C69884742268DF9713FF3EED93B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/260a">15 U.S.C. 260a(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H81413E89F0E743C38E4CB83C25D8957C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>April</quote> and inserting <quote>March</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA4AEF33BD9C64B82A07FCEF17490D7B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>October</quote> and inserting <quote>November</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8893ED4A623A4888ABF97B79E813EA5F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall report to Congress on the impact this section on energy consumption in the United States.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H0944FC899B434C978DDB2244F6D5C8E2"><enum>B</enum><header>Energy Assistance and State Programs</header> <section id="H6941C0B514DF4280A22856E644C9A2E3"><enum>121.</enum><header>Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program</header> <subsection id="HE849E542B8E64CB0AFB4730017EFBE16"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2602(b) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8621">42 U.S.C. 8621(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2004</quote> and inserting <quote>and $5,100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2007</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H81B517D7E3694776AD26A44D8D641CB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Renewable fuels</header><text>The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8621">42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="traditional" id="H07EC28E6A0544DD596F201755DA249E4" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HE2D6BE76350D4C619C4E24FE35C94030"><enum>2612.</enum><header>Renewable fuels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing assistance pursuant to this title, a State, or any other person with which the State makes arrangements to carry out the purposes of this title, may purchase renewable fuels, including biomass.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H0031334A931549D5A7299977B2C147EE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>The Secretary of Energy shall report to Congress on the use of renewable fuels in providing assistance under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8621">42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H2A67438CFDEA4BB4AE8E0071A80086FF"><enum>122.</enum><header>Weatherization assistance</header> <subsection id="H5D599DC89F9241CC8BD11B6941748529"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 422 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ECPA">Energy Conservation and Production Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6872">42 U.S.C. 6872</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>for fiscal years 1999 through 2003 such sums as may be necessary</quote> and inserting <quote>$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2008</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H30FC25F8C7E24B50A1B11F7DA429ED3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Section 412(7) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6862">42 U.S.C. 6862(7)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>125 percent</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>150 percent</quote>. </text></subsection></section> <section id="H6BC0B6D4705C4273004C1650E3CC52BA"><enum>123.</enum><header>State energy programs</header> <subsection id="H735E467F8AA34C90AAECA4C55D951B63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State energy conservation plans</header><text>Section 362 of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6322">42 U.S.C. 6322</external-xref>) is amended by inserting at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Energy" id="H85204856F9FC4F17979E52F272372E60"> <subsection id="H75EE6CC3BC1844DE8EA1DAF6A9997BA2"><enum>(g)</enum><text>The Secretary shall, at least once every 3 years, invite the Governor of each State to review and, if necessary, revise the energy conservation plan of such State submitted under subsection (b) or (e). Such reviews should consider the energy conservation plans of other States within the region, and identify opportunities and actions carried out in pursuit of common energy conservation goals.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H5884C0FCFBA54BE3B1FC130084004C64"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State energy efficiency goals</header><text>Section 364 of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6324">42 U.S.C. 6324</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="traditional" act-name="Energy" id="H6D06046F8A324178817462F596A0006C"> <section id="H567F1C830EDC496DABA2B55B46FE59F"><enum>364.</enum><header>State energy efficiency goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State energy conservation plan with respect to which assistance is made available under this part on or after the date of enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall contain a goal, consisting of an improvement of 25 percent or more in the efficiency of use of energy in the State concerned in calendar year 2012 as compared to calendar year 1990, and may contain interim goals.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H5E53F906258D4B83B6DDB5E8A3722200"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 365(f) of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6325">42 U.S.C. 6325(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>for fiscal years 1999 through 2003 such sums as may be necessary</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 and $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2008</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H3DAED79786264C6AA1DDDE647998E636"><enum>124.</enum><header>Energy efficient appliance rebate programs</header> <subsection id="H307C92BB2B564946950081BE6D0169E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HBF5E29A7E5D245AA9C235259D208DCE6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible State</header><text>The term <term>eligible State</term> means a State that meets the requirements of subsection (b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3F1C6F9BF7574132B3844050E9A1E693"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Energy Star Program</header><text>The term <term>Energy Star program</term> means the program established by section 324A of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0339C840731430AB2EE03B285008CF0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Residential Energy Star product</header><text>The term <term>residential Energy Star product</term> means a product for a residence that is rated for energy efficiency under the Energy Star program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D12037A14644A11BEF2380059AEDEB3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCB5313C3461C402DBAD15DDFFF00D4C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State energy office</header><text>The term <term>State energy office</term> means the State agency responsible for developing State energy conservation plans under section 362 of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6322">42 U.S.C. 6322</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9614D4B44270414B9F80D083DA805B31"><enum>(6)</enum><header>State program</header><text>The term <term>State program</term> means a State energy efficient appliance rebate program described in subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H935C1841FBA74569BC6DD9FBA1DB80E9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible States</header><text>A State shall be eligible to receive an allocation under subsection (c) if the State—</text> <paragraph id="HF64FBD21923D4D6DB300EB14AADC0748"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establishes (or has established) a State energy efficient appliance rebate program to provide rebates to residential consumers for the purchase of residential Energy Star products to replace used appliances of the same type;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E2EDC19663540739978BA1879878300"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submits an application for the allocation at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary may require; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC1AB199E0FD14B44AB232D1BB80223D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the State will use the allocation to supplement, but not supplant, funds made available to carry out the State program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE5A30D8113BA4F959288F7AFB9585FE4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amount of allocations</header> <paragraph id="HD9919CD56924465BA4007665279FBB09"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to the State energy office of each eligible State to carry out subsection (d) an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the amount made available under subsection (f) for the fiscal year by the ratio that the population of the State in the most recent calendar year for which data are available bears to the total population of all eligible States in that calendar year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD6C258D7E3504EE993DF20006370B671"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum allocations</header><text>For each fiscal year, the amounts allocated under this subsection shall be adjusted proportionately so that no eligible State is allocated a sum that is less than an amount determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0C9A102176234B3B8EC028BA52808C81"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of allocated funds</header><text>The allocation to a State energy office under subsection (c) may be used to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of establishing and carrying out a State program.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6F35F8BA2000444A824FE24CEB461161"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Issuance of rebates</header><text>Rebates may be provided to residential consumers that meet the requirements of the State program. The amount of a rebate shall be determined by the State energy office, taking into consideration—</text> <paragraph id="H18FBC90D20824394863DDF4B05F325F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the amount of the allocation to the State energy office under subsection (c);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B6BFC52DF184AEDB4B89EAB97E4790"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the amount of any Federal or State tax incentive available for the purchase of the residential Energy Star product; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA580B2AC9CEC4B8CB32F2BDA520185BA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the difference between the cost of the residential Energy Star product and the cost of an appliance that is not a residential Energy Star product, but is of the same type as, and is the nearest capacity, performance, and other relevant characteristics (as determined by the State energy office) to, the residential Energy Star product.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEF61303BE0AD4FC895E2002423EF24D6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H496190F0B349482EBECD285F38730254"><enum>125.</enum><header>Energy efficient public buildings</header> <subsection id="H07FA289D89A84D389BF3967DCD84D73B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Secretary of Energy may make grants to the State agency responsible for developing State energy conservation plans under section 362 of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6322">42 U.S.C. 6322</external-xref>), or, if no such agency exists, a State agency designated by the Governor of the State, to assist units of local government in the State in improving the energy efficiency of public buildings and facilities—</text> <paragraph id="H67A38812098A482AA7D9A8C515006922"><enum>(1)</enum><text>through construction of new energy efficient public buildings that use at least 30 percent less energy than a comparable public building constructed in compliance with standards prescribed in the most recent version of the International Energy Conservation Code, or a similar State code intended to achieve substantially equivalent efficiency levels; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEDF085CE267040DBA38DFC5C29EFD65B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>through renovation of existing public buildings to achieve reductions in energy use of at least 30 percent as compared to the baseline energy use in such buildings prior to renovation, assuming a 3-year, weather-normalized average for calculating such baseline.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7C93225652C54B51ACF7004F8558BBED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>State energy offices receiving grants under this section shall—</text> <paragraph id="H78EC9427531141ACB8138D496747EB3E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>maintain such records and evidence of compliance as the Secretary may require; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAF20D5827E734DD98ECD98FE00982BE1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop and distribute information and materials and conduct programs to provide technical services and assistance to encourage planning, financing, and design of energy efficient public buildings by units of local government.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H558AD9A5EA2A454B87B71F5F9C5700B0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>For the purposes of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. Not more than 10 percent of appropriated funds shall be used for administration.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HF8A0CDA095C84D058E4821CDA892D511"><enum>126.</enum><header>Low income community energy efficiency pilot program</header> <subsection id="HE6E384F380C54B90A2A33000C47CCF9F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Secretary of Energy is authorized to make grants to units of local government, private, non-profit community development organizations, and Indian tribe economic development entities to improve energy efficiency; identify and develop alternative, renewable, and distributed energy supplies; and increase energy conservation in low income rural and urban communities.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H52408FF394E84E50BEA9067C67FBCF3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose of grants</header><text>The Secretary may make grants on a competitive basis for—</text> <paragraph id="H127B9666E32946D6AE41B0035700B2E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>investments that develop alternative, renewable, and distributed energy supplies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAF5357B102A44AF397E49260A83C0864"><enum>(2)</enum><text>energy efficiency projects and energy conservation programs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C93737F458F419682F3BEC62FDEA94E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>studies and other activities that improve energy efficiency in low income rural and urban communities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86F322E30D3F49F488E59242A2CFF4F6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>planning and development assistance for increasing the energy efficiency of buildings and facilities; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0B577C84350E4DF7BCE8CEFD37C8546E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>technical and financial assistance to local government and private entities on developing new renewable and distributed sources of power or combined heat and power generation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBA9A859BECB34F5BAFF5E470BC6F7FFD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>Indian tribe</term> means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaskan Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>), that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE5AF393D8B294FE39E7DB8FEBE31578"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>For the purposes of this section there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HD3DFC6A0447D4B059960D396C8A45732"><enum>C</enum><header>Energy Efficient Products</header> <section id="HA9823A15069241C3B39922E4E3EA838"><enum>131.</enum><header>Energy Star Program</header> <subsection id="H3580053BCCA9416DA4446FA7C8FF6100"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>The <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6201">42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting the following after section 324:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Energy" id="H30EB4A9C63C2474CA1A171F367A1AD18"> <section id="H8FC0F44A7C1D46639721122414BB6C37"><enum>324A.</enum><header>Energy Star Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is established at the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency a voluntary program to identify and promote energy-efficient products and buildings in order to reduce energy consumption, improve energy security, and reduce pollution through voluntary labeling of or other forms of communication about products and buildings that meet the highest energy efficiency standards. Responsibilities under the program shall be divided between the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency consistent with the terms of agreements between the 2 agencies. The Administrator and the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HB30F4F62C06A45859191030000F35B92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promote Energy Star compliant technologies as the preferred technologies in the marketplace for achieving energy efficiency and to reduce pollution;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H56D8907F24394BE3960031A9D6395113"><enum>(2)</enum><text>work to enhance public awareness of the Energy Star label, including special outreach to small businesses;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H73E50E12E8ED4C6EA5A1F0EF95815D63"><enum>(3)</enum><text>preserve the integrity of the Energy Star label;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFB2F9F9CEF094CC1B8AD5F0034FC2C23"><enum>(4)</enum><text>solicit comments from interested parties prior to establishing or revising an Energy Star product category, specification, or criterion (or effective dates for any of the foregoing);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8FD0189C73F4439D813D9106A9B8CF6E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>upon adoption of a new or revised product category, specification, or criterion, provide reasonable notice to interested parties of any changes (including effective dates) in product categories, specifications, or criteria along with an explanation of such changes and, where appropriate, responses to comments submitted by interested parties; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HADD507B7D64843A0A801C049CF965BAB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide appropriate lead time (which shall be 9 months, unless the Agency or Department determines otherwise) prior to the effective date for a new or a significant revision to a product category, specification, or criterion, taking into account the timing requirements of the manufacturing, product marketing, and distribution process for the specific product addressed.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H302D74518861404ABB34C6798EC4491B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of contents amendment</header><text>The table of contents of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 324 the following new item:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="Energy" id="H66675151AC1E438783FFCA1B90F131AC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 324A. Energy Star program</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H6FD601A4784444E2963CB507C05B7762"><enum>132.</enum><header>HVAC maintenance consumer education program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 337 of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6307">42 U.S.C. 6307</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Energy" id="HE958712318D04F78A9C200D9272678B6"> <subsection id="HA2282462364747D7A5E2C46D9736AD00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>HVAC maintenance</header><text>For the purpose of ensuring that installed air conditioning and heating systems operate at their maximum rated efficiency levels, the Secretary shall, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, carry out a program to educate homeowners and small business owners concerning the energy savings resulting from properly conducted maintenance of air conditioning, heating, and ventilating systems. The Secretary shall carry out the program in a cost-shared manner in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and such other entities as the Secretary considers appropriate, including industry trade associations, industry members, and energy efficiency organizations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0207284EA63645E689D34E06008019EB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Small business education and assistance</header><text>The Administrator of the Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall develop and coordinate a Government-wide program, building on the existing Energy Star for Small Business Program, to assist small businesses to become more energy efficient, understand the cost savings obtainable through efficiencies, and identify financing options for energy efficiency upgrades. The Secretary and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall make the program information available directly to small businesses and through other Federal agencies, including the Federal Emergency Management Program and the Department of Agriculture.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H53EC7952AAAC44F788D2864D83A452A7"><enum>133.</enum><header>Energy conservation standards for additional products</header> <subsection id="H23624664EB5E45BDA43FB758749B2E19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 321 of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6291">42 U.S.C. 6291</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H770E6AF71FAC4B109D01B22996C6EAF9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (30)(S), by striking the period and adding at the end the following: <quote>but does not include any lamp specifically designed to be used for special purpose applications and that is unlikely to be used in general purpose applications such as those described in subparagraph (D), and also does not include any lamp not described in subparagraph (D) that is excluded by the Secretary, by rule, because the lamp is designed for special applications and is unlikely to be used in general purpose applications.</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2BFC40460754C6D8C33AD532F282E00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HBF1D0B9F1CAE4BCE9203A7B9CADDDBEA"> <paragraph id="H356D2102CE7C41FA949735C2D2C1B200"><enum>(32)</enum><text>The term <term>battery charger</term> means a device that charges batteries for consumer products and includes battery chargers embedded in other consumer products.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H31C214C05DDA4DDEAAA4383FB809A500"><enum>(33)</enum><text>The term <term>commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers</term> means refrigerators, freezers, or refrigerator-freezers that—</text> <subparagraph id="H1CDF8541C91740F300A8B53756EBD00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are not consumer products regulated under this Act; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H576B5620DEAE4D27A3F0CD2EA26316D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>incorporate most components involved in the vapor-compression cycle and the refrigerated compartment in a single package.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB28FBA3E550F4242A170AC6EB893DC31"><enum>(34)</enum><text>The term <term>external power supply</term> means an external power supply circuit that is used to convert household electric current into either DC current or lower-voltage AC current to operate a consumer product.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9FFD053EE27742DA003E7F2FF4880041"><enum>(35)</enum><text>The term <term>illuminated exit sign</term> means a sign that—</text> <subparagraph id="H48C6670868C742B9A8116E2BF2278DD2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is designed to be permanently fixed in place to identify an exit; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBB7CFC646C2D498E9762463408A1707"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consists of an electrically powered integral light source that illuminates the legend <quote>EXIT</quote> and any directional indicators and provides contrast between the legend, any directional indicators, and the background.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01FF933AD9FF42DCB5D7F51F61F25D5D"><enum>(36)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H763AF7EF0C26476DA1123956353FF845"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term <term>distribution transformer</term> means a transformer that—</text> <clause indent="up1" id="HDB155D8125264A618C7B8D17A122BCB7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has an input voltage of 34.5 kilovolts or less;</text></clause> <clause indent="up1" id="H7E6A022E3BBC4E2DB62E32BF07C3D3D2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has an output voltage of 600 volts or less; and</text></clause> <clause indent="up1" id="H2BC9D9EABA29440293DA020511C291F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is rated for operation at a frequency of 60 Hertz.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H0D6CE23C28BA41D18DFB63B19625CA8D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term <term>distribution transformer</term> does not include—</text> <clause id="H03EBFE5E9B87402286D505239EB417F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>transformers with multiple voltage taps, with the highest voltage tap equaling at least 20 percent more than the lowest voltage tap;</text></clause> <clause id="HF69F14343B4C447BA57367692C4B3B21"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>transformers, such as those commonly known as drive transformers, rectifier transformers, auto-transformers, Uninterruptible Power System transformers, impedance transformers, regulating transformers, sealed and nonventilating transformers, machine tool transformers, welding transformers, grounding transformers, or testing transformers, that are designed to be used in a special purpose application and are unlikely to be used in general purpose applications; or</text></clause> <clause id="H2A75171092004FB084E2E0A763005305"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any transformer not listed in clause (ii) that is excluded by the Secretary by rule because—</text> <subclause id="HC6F1663693D94F5CA008BA4F192B0044"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the transformer is designed for a special application;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H89B3BA65E51C4EEAA92BB6E30250F273"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the transformer is unlikely to be used in general purpose applications; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFF0940590D854223B7EF00A04D2F92C9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the application of standards to the transformer would not result in significant energy savings.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H25A0756315B74E16846C601CB05789ED"><enum>(37)</enum><text>The term <term>low-voltage dry-type distribution transformer</term> means a distribution transformer that—</text> <subparagraph id="HD0DDC83931624DB59C3CC9257372A385"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has an input voltage of 600 volts or less;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB71BC2AB017D47F8A1F88ECD1DD9DB84"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is air-cooled; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8C54CE49CAD74D21B24EA3DFA8448847"><enum>(C)</enum><text>does not use oil as a coolant.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9F89B00CBF604A9FAF47FD59FB1083F6"><enum>(38)</enum><text>The term <term>standby mode</term> means the lowest power consumption mode that—</text> <subparagraph id="HF1503F197D154F26A7DF138475C76112"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cannot be switched off or influenced by the user; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6EB2B59F4A82467A802B643EDEF28759"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may persist for an indefinite time when an appliance is connected to the main electricity supply and used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions,</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">as defined on an individual product basis by the Secretary.</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD9E0FDE33E3D442796A0D03DCD237836"><enum>(39)</enum><text>The term <term>torchiere</term> means a portable electric lamp with a reflector bowl that directs light upward so as to give indirect illumination.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9436100975124754BEDEBB8EAD8546BC"><enum>(40)</enum><text>The term <term>traffic signal module</term> means a standard 8-inch (200mm) or 12-inch (300mm) traffic signal indication, consisting of a light source, a lens, and all other parts necessary for operation, that communicates movement messages to drivers through red, amber, and green colors.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEED150581F224F58AC3CD5C5AFC900A2"><enum>(41)</enum><text>The term <term>transformer</term> means a device consisting of 2 or more coils of insulated wire that transfers alternating current by electromagnetic induction from 1 coil to another to change the original voltage or current value.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC7CEA0D8F4064DD58404F51345151226"><enum>(42)</enum><text>The term <term>unit heater</term> means a self-contained fan-type heater designed to be installed within the heated space, except that such term does not include a warm air furnace.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB01F83B745604611AA00BE03EA8DDDC8"><enum>(43)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>ceiling fan</quote> means a non-portable device that is suspended from a ceiling for circulating air via the rotation of fan blades.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0B948F9AB81D41339B9E80EC7EA597A1"><enum>(44)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>ceiling fan light kit</quote> means equipment designed to provide light from a ceiling fan which can be—</text> <subparagraph id="HE2FBDD19D9D24349006B81CFD563DBB4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>integral, such that the equipment is attached to the ceiling fan prior to the time of retail sale; or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H843B0737F4D24D5191CD7CCDB10D780"><enum>(B)</enum><text>attachable, such that at the time of retail sale the equipment is not physically attached to the ceiling fan, but may be included inside the ceiling fan package at the time of sale or sold separately for subsequent attachment to the fan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF428456D771B42DF00BB709E9B75B321"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Test procedures</header><text>Section 323 of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6293">42 U.S.C. 6293</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC3242C9A4C37465FA86FA54F897C8D9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H3AD152B87EBB4F21964E68B35953A69"> <paragraph id="H5669E19E482A4CC7A22EC87F98FEB4A3" indent="up1"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Test procedures for illuminated exit signs shall be based on the test method used under Version 2.0 of the Energy Star program of the Environmental Protection Agency for illuminated exit signs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H70169F4FDFA444F4B5B755C2B1EB89BF" indent="up1"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Test procedures for distribution transformers and low voltage dry-type distribution transformers shall be based on the <quote>Standard Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consumption of Distribution Transformers</quote> prescribed by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA TP 2–1998). The Secretary may review and revise this test procedure. For purposes of section 346(a), this test procedure shall be deemed to be testing requirements prescribed by the Secretary under section 346(a)(1) for distribution transformers for which the Secretary makes a determination that energy conservation standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5948094F2CA040B48E3360EC6DA995FD" indent="up1"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Test procedures for traffic signal modules shall be based on the test method used under the Energy Star program of the Environmental Protection Agency for traffic signal modules, as in effect on the date of enactment of this paragraph.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9AA9C16C548441DDA43FAA58F6A32BA" indent="up1"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Test procedures for medium base compact fluorescent lamps shall be based on the test methods used under the August 9, 2001, version of the Energy Star program of the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy for compact fluorescent lamps. Covered products shall meet all test requirements for regulated parameters in section 325(bb). However, covered products may be marketed prior to completion of lamp life and lumen maintenance at 40 percent of rated life testing provided manufacturers document engineering predictions and analysis that support expected attainment of lumen maintenance at 40 percent rated life and lamp life time.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4C20C7E62364450DADC2ED2687A09B1E" indent="up1"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The Secretary shall, not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, prescribe testing requirements for ceiling fans and ceiling fan light kits.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6ACD7D15EF074851A72391AB78B3CBA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HDFFA897753FA419FA4216EC51CC46FDC"> <subsection id="H2EDCA2A8C0C44E72BD7572E10027C0E0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Additional consumer and commercial products</header><text>The Secretary shall, not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, prescribe testing requirements for suspended ceiling fans, refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines, and commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers. Such testing requirements shall be based on existing test procedures used in industry to the extent practical and reasonable. In the case of suspended ceiling fans, such test procedures shall include efficiency at both maximum output and at an output no more than 50 percent of the maximum output.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB7ADECCF8E85445DB7FAB79979EED14"><enum>(c)</enum><header>New standards</header><text>Section 325 of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Energy" id="HBCC6A228B8ED476DA124EC5677C68EC3"> <subsection id="H152E66DBB0CA4300915BF5A2E24700AA"><enum>(u)</enum><header>Battery charger and external power supply electric energy consumption</header> <paragraph id="H8BDC46A320AF480EAB73E45D4FCEA29"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial rulemaking</header> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H11E2AC6DAEC14DE5A59F24BD26522DA9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary shall, within 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, prescribe by notice and comment, definitions and test procedures for the power use of battery chargers and external power supplies. In establishing these test procedures, the Secretary shall consider, among other factors, existing definitions and test procedures used for measuring energy consumption in standby mode and other modes and assess the current and projected future market for battery chargers and external power supplies. This assessment shall include estimates of the significance of potential energy savings from technical improvements to these products and suggested product classes for standards. Prior to the end of this time period, the Secretary shall hold a scoping workshop to discuss and receive comments on plans for developing energy conservation standards for energy use for these products.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H47FBFE7BF3E44ED893E812D3E61BBBBE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary shall, within 3 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, issue a final rule that determines whether energy conservation standards shall be issued for battery chargers and external power supplies or classes thereof. For each product class, any such standards shall be set at the lowest level of energy use that—</text> <clause id="H94923883C860443F91021E84F785C8A9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meets the criteria and procedures of subsections (o), (p), (q), (r), (s), and (t); and</text></clause> <clause id="H035FA3C966D94DED90AF1DD2739D2E29"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>will result in significant overall annual energy savings, considering both standby mode and other operating modes.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H30C58DD971224E98A2C24B78FAE55F00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of standby energy use in covered products</header><text>In determining pursuant to section 323 whether test procedures and energy conservation standards pursuant to this section should be revised, the Secretary shall consider, for covered products that are major sources of standby mode energy consumption, whether to incorporate standby mode into such test procedures and energy conservation standards, taking into account, among other relevant factors, standby mode power consumption compared to overall product energy consumption.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H39EBD15C3A6B4431881878F7E31D7FB5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>The Secretary shall not propose a standard under this section unless the Secretary has issued applicable test procedures for each product pursuant to section 323.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC802100FDF4149B58E4751E77ECE4B3C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Any standard issued under this subsection shall be applicable to products manufactured or imported 3 years after the date of issuance.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H83F5ABB5DF4C4A8DAD3B43B900EF67D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Voluntary programs</header><text>The Secretary and the Administrator shall collaborate and develop programs, including programs pursuant to section 324A (relating to Energy Star Programs) and other voluntary industry agreements or codes of conduct, that are designed to reduce standby mode energy use.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF91ECC3B084F42049CC710005E3BE8C0"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Suspended ceiling fans, vending machines, and commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-Freezers</header><text>The Secretary shall not later than 36 months after the date on which testing requirements are prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to section 323(f), prescribe, by rule, energy conservation standards for suspended ceiling fans, refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines, and commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers. In establishing standards under this subsection, the Secretary shall use the criteria and procedures contained in subsections (o) and (p). Any standard prescribed under this subsection shall apply to products manufactured 3 years after the date of publication of a final rule establishing such standard.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDEE7B0BA27CD4E69B4726C64857461B2"><enum>(w)</enum><header>Illuminated exit signs</header><text>Illuminated exit signs manufactured on or after January 1, 2006, shall meet the Version 2.0 Energy Star Program performance requirements for illuminated exit signs prescribed by the Environmental Protection Agency.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEBCF10B42C97492E84B31FE54F265900"><enum>(x)</enum><header>Torchieres</header><text>Torchieres manufactured on or after January 1, 2006—</text> <paragraph id="HAC7BCF1D05B5416CA67F5FD8A243C184"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall consume not more than 190 watts of power; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9DFD60AAE1CF41CF8F8E85D114BF4FA3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall not be capable of operating with lamps that total more than 190 watts.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB483598DA22445F2918E9803007CAA6B"><enum>(y)</enum><header>Low voltage dry-type Distribution Transformers</header><text>The efficiency of low voltage dry-type distribution transformers manufactured on or after January 1, 2006, shall be the Class I Efficiency Levels for distribution transformers specified in Table 4-2 of the <quote>Guide for Determining Energy Efficiency for Distribution Transformers</quote> published by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA TP–1–2002).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H450E37122EE34DA68C3CB0B7DF669798"><enum>(z)</enum><header>Traffic signal modules</header><text>Traffic signal modules manufactured on or after January 1, 2006, shall meet the performance requirements used under the Energy Star program of the Environmental Protection Agency for traffic signals, as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection, and shall be installed with compatible, electrically connected signal control interface devices and conflict monitoring systems.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA53808E28F24472D98F206BAE2F23C40"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Unit heaters</header><text>Unit heaters manufactured on or after the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this subsection shall be equipped with an intermittent ignition device and shall have either power venting or an automatic flue damper.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFF242CAA50C0453A9B78D061E3519F45"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Medium base compact fluorescent lamps</header><text>Bare lamp and covered lamp (no reflector) medium base compact fluorescent lamps manufactured on or after January 1, 2006, shall meet the following requirements prescribed by the August 9, 2001, version of the Energy Star Program Requirements for Compact Fluorescent Lamps, Energy Star Eligibility Criteria, Energy-Efficiency Specification issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy: minimum initial efficacy; lumen maintenance at 1000 hours; lumen maintenance at 40 percent of rated life; rapid cycle stress test; and lamp life. The Secretary may, by rule, establish requirements for color quality (CRI); power factor; operating frequency; and maximum allowable start time based on the requirements prescribed by the August 9, 2001, version of the Energy Star Program Requirements for Compact Fluorescent Lamps. The Secretary may, by rule, revise these requirements or establish other requirements considering energy savings, cost effectiveness, and consumer satisfaction.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9F6CA9DDBE584B62AAB77AE8F96C5E"><enum>(cc)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Section 327 shall apply—</text> <paragraph id="HE781106410ED460E9CB75BABCCAA0016"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to products for which standards are to be established under subsections (u) and (v) on the date on which a final rule is issued by the Department of Energy, except that any State or local standards prescribed or enacted for any such product prior to the date on which such final rule is issued shall not be preempted until the standard established under subsection (u) or (v) for that product takes effect; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBA7046775838426C95850086657682D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to products for which standards are established under subsections (w) through (bb) on the date of enactment of those subsections, except that any State or local standards prescribed or enacted prior to the date of enactment of those subsections shall not be preempted until the standards established under subsections (w) through (bb) take effect.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE3421E48F6ED4FF99EB5C15085B2E33" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(dd)</enum><header>Ceiling fans</header> <paragraph id="H0C249E09C3B847B9A132348BCAD6D2A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Features</header><text>All ceiling fans manufactured on or after January 1, 2006, shall have the following features:</text> <subparagraph id="H53FA5EB4BA5F4BDB8077BB002D74BF44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Lighting controls operate independently from fan speed controls.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9FA3D24FD2324262BB7897914227337E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Adjustable speed controls (either more than 1 speed or variable speed).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC4A84FB1242E46B5A39E9387D82244EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The capability of reversible fan action, except for fans sold for industrial applications, outdoor applications, and where safety standards would be violated by the use of the reversible mode. The Secretary may promulgate regulations to define in greater detail the exceptions provided under this subparagraph but may not substantively expand the exceptions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3F58620BB8574C5AA3638958A3DCF5AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revised standards</header> <subparagraph id="H475489BC02DB4E5D9F008ED6B2202B2C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, if the requirements of subsections (o) and (p) are met, the Secretary may consider and prescribe energy efficiency or energy use standards for electricity used by ceiling fans to circulate air in a room.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H34C8A7C799B541EEA991B51F4C71B225"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special consideration</header><text>If the Secretary sets such standards, the Secretary shall consider—</text> <clause id="H300F94E60E54420D8397BAA6B89CC578"><enum>(i)</enum><text>exempting or setting different standards for certain product classes for which the primary standards are not technically feasible or economically justified; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB8766BA497AD4010AE2C54C8FBC9F6A9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>establishing separate exempted product classes for highly decorative fans for which air movement performance is a secondary design feature.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD92F0EB21DBA496D90EA5B132B060DE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Any air movement standard prescribed under this subsection shall apply to products manufactured on or after the date that is 3 years after the date of publication of a final rule establishing the standard.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H343EC519AA5C40378F2CC4CDA31300F6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Residential furnace fans</header><text>Section 325(f)(3) of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295(f)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following new subparagraph at the end:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Energy" id="H87840C67EFBB4F44BC5B791F00007423"> <subparagraph indent="up2" id="H2C0ED68EB0C744C192D714D83BA1CB0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, the Secretary may consider, and prescribe, if the requirements of subsection (o) of this section are met, energy efficiency or energy use standards for electricity used for purposes of circulating air through duct work.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HA2FF250B8220485EB3AD3521B31B9C25"><enum>134.</enum><header>Energy labeling</header> <subsection id="H25018CCA1F55428C84DA00D25389C835"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rulemaking on effectiveness of consumer product labeling</header><text>Section 324(a)(2) of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6294">42 U.S.C. 6294(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Energy" id="H35878FFE528E4E34BF391C525DE12EDA"> <subparagraph indent="up2" id="H44BEAC1EFD9347ADB1C6E375E211CD90"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Commission shall initiate a rulemaking to consider the effectiveness of the current consumer products labeling program in assisting consumers in making purchasing decisions and improving energy efficiency and to consider changes to the labeling rules that would improve the effectiveness of consumer product labels. Such rulemaking shall be completed not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subparagraph.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCF7E66BEA9BF47C2BC2273447251007B" indent="up2"><enum>(G)</enum> <clause id="H5182E33808594487BBB972D8F64B1823" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Not later than 18 months after date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Commission shall prescribe by rule, pursuant to this section, labeling requirements for the electricity used by ceiling fans to circulate air in a room.</text></clause> <clause id="H6994FF99412449CF9082B6BD810030B8" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The rule prescribed under clause (i) shall apply to products manufactured after the later of—</text> <subclause id="H1879785DFC8848FE9537E5983BA49604"><enum>(I)</enum><text>January 1, 2009; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="HAE0BE19601914431B268FC44E30082BB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the date that is 60 days after the final rule is prescribed.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HC805F3CF5DA846CCBA501979C9977F8B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rulemaking on labeling for additional products</header><text>Section 324(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6294">42 U.S.C. 6294(a)</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Energy" id="HC39BB2B9354F454CB4FA3F368200F1A6"> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H21604A0F432C41A7AA1EBEE67CF9A11"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Secretary or the Commission, as appropriate, may, for covered products referred to in subsections (u) through (aa) of section 325, prescribe, by rule, pursuant to this section, labeling requirements for such products after a test procedure has been set pursuant to section 323. In the case of products to which TP–1 standards under section 325(y) apply, labeling requirements shall be based on the <quote>Standard for the Labeling of Distribution Transformer Efficiency</quote> prescribed by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA TP–3) as in effect upon the date of enactment of this paragraph.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HD9AE8124C1604CFBB086FD003E961DC3" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>135.</enum><header>Preemption</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 327 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6297">42 U.S.C. 6297</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE2CD9EEC6DD54E13A873210076504B86" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H34C8214FF09047039369FE21DCC286A9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Ceiling fans</header><text>Effective on January 1, 2006, this section shall apply to and supersede all State and local standards prescribed or enacted for ceiling fans and ceiling fan light kits.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H94069793148D418184A2D964D742902"><enum>136.</enum><header>State consumer product energy efficiency standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 327 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6297">42 U.S.C. 6297</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E6DC8F3479147429795CE3BFF8469FD"> <subsection id="H3586E2DE4B194BA9A711FA629FDB6600"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Limitation on preemption</header><text>Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply with respect to State regulation of energy consumption or water use of any covered product during any period of time—</text> <paragraph id="H46EC41F354EF46CB8CD08F3056711872"><enum>(1)</enum><text>after the date which is 3 years after a Federal standard is required by law to be established or revised, but has not been established or revised; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA2E3BFF591B5455188009BB500713B42"><enum>(2)</enum><text>before the date on which such Federal standard is established or revised.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H23E32E187EED4FF3A66F94C4A8E7E073"><enum>D</enum><header>Public Housing</header> <section id="HBE1014515C7149D89607AFC46034E2A7"><enum>145.</enum><header>Grants for energy-conserving improvements for assisted housing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 251(b)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8231">42 U.S.C. 8231(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H21F1C6442C2E4BC4B4FDD25F0083E759"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>financed with loans</quote> and inserting <quote>assisted</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF065754937594A65BDA429843539BA6B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>1959,</quote> the following: <quote>which are eligible multifamily housing projects (as such term is defined in section 512 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref> note)) and are subject to mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plans under such Act,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC1839A3A9D14BB2951C6C63A660EC9C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after the period at the end of the first sentence the following new sentence: <quote>Such improvements may also include the installation of energy and water conserving fixtures and fittings that conform to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/American National Standards Institute standards A112.19.2-1998 and A112.18.1-2000, or any revision thereto, applicable at the time of installation.</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HAAC01174F006438D001835EB56B9CF1F"><enum>147.</enum><header>Energy-efficient appliances</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In purchasing appliances, a public housing agency shall purchase energy-efficient appliances that are Energy Star products or FEMP-designated products, as such terms are defined in section 553 of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (as amended by this title), unless the purchase of energy-efficient appliances is not cost-effective to the agency.</text></section> <section id="H2F7AA554C65D4644857B05BD2B5986C5"><enum>149.</enum><header>Energy strategy for HUD</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall develop and implement an integrated strategy to reduce utility expenses through cost-effective energy conservation and efficiency measures and energy efficient design and construction of public and assisted housing. The energy strategy shall include the development of energy reduction goals and incentives for public housing agencies. The Secretary shall submit a report to Congress, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, on the energy strategy and the actions taken by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to monitor the energy usage of public housing agencies and shall submit an update every 2 years thereafter on progress in implementing the strategy.</text></section></subtitle> <enum>II</enum><header>Renewable energy</header> <subtitle id="H3A1248EEABDA4C069659E237388DDB39"><enum>A</enum><header>General Provisions</header> <section id="H168D184DC8B34112B239A27E282C5EB5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Assessment of renewable energy resources</header> <subsection id="HAF317EA88C3749C3BF7F66BCEF327734"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Resource assessment</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall review the available assessments of renewable energy resources within the United States, including solar, wind, biomass, ocean (tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, and hydroelectric energy resources, and undertake new assessments as necessary, taking into account changes in market conditions, available technologies, and other relevant factors.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB27BFC860F4C47B0B5B6BE91C2A1A031"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of reports</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall publish a report based on the assessment under subsection (a). The report shall contain—</text> <paragraph id="HBD27C657B0CC4944994888EE209C4449"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a detailed inventory describing the available amount and characteristics of the renewable energy resources; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4EADFBF3A56142D78F15E27D097D1E95"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such other information as the Secretary believes would be useful in developing such renewable energy resources, including descriptions of surrounding terrain, population and load centers, nearby energy infrastructure, location of energy and water resources, and available estimates of the costs needed to develop each resource, together with an identification of any barriers to providing adequate transmission for remote sources of renewable energy resources to current and emerging markets, recommendations for removing or addressing such barriers, and ways to provide access to the grid that do not unfairly disadvantage renewable or other energy producers.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HECD51FBADBD245EEBC61FF2D29085F91"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>For the purposes of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H5A7350A1927240C797F70500DC2452B1"><enum>202.</enum><header>Renewable energy production incentive</header> <subsection id="H9C52E716AA3A4203A8947D4550F97816"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Incentive payments</header><text>Section 1212(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13317">42 U.S.C. 13317(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and which satisfies</quote> and all that follows through <quote>Secretary shall establish.</quote> and inserting <quote>. If there are insufficient appropriations to make full payments for electric production from all qualified renewable energy facilities in any given year, the Secretary shall assign 60 percent of appropriated funds for that year to facilities that use solar, wind, geothermal, or closed-loop (dedicated energy crops) biomass technologies to generate electricity, and assign the remaining 40 percent to other projects. The Secretary may, after transmitting to Congress an explanation of the reasons therefor, alter the percentage requirements of the preceding sentence.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H770966FD392541B29E318E035371CAC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified renewable energy facility</header><text>Section 1212(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13317">42 U.S.C. 13317(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H12317E073BD94F11B2A67EF1808C9881"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a State or any political</quote> and all that follows through <quote>nonprofit electrical cooperative</quote> and inserting <quote>a not-for-profit electric cooperative, a public utility described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/115">section 115</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a State, Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States or the District of Columbia, or a political subdivision thereof, or an Indian tribal government or subdivision thereof,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE994F683346F46B8A387079E01C35282"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>landfill gas, livestock methane, ocean (tidal, wave, current, and thermal),</quote> after <quote>wind, biomass,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9BD575E860924A3CBC013623C1D9E9B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility window</header><text>Section 1212(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13317">42 U.S.C. 13317(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>during the 10-fiscal year period beginning with the first full fiscal year occurring after the enactment of this section</quote> and inserting <quote>after October 1, 2005, and before October 1, 2015</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1299912C2B66442AA15D822036AB10CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amount of payment</header><text>Section 1212(e)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13317">42 U.S.C. 13317(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>landfill gas, livestock methane, ocean (tidal, wave, current, and thermal),</quote> after <quote>wind, biomass,</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9688F586C00C48CDB500A22FE16493C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>Section 1212(f) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13317">42 U.S.C. 13317(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the expiration of</quote> and all that follows through <quote>of this section</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2025</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H52571EE3CFD14271A207F964C3423DD6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 1212(g) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13317">42 U.S.C. 13317(g)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H861C8ADCCECF4A049DCD4BF8F8B5EA4F"> <subsection id="H2BBCD7E54BB240AAB7A6A2B9EEFAC89"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <paragraph id="H61D3E93799ED447E00BDD37783AAE048"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section for fiscal years 2005 through 2025.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D0C548252A1414784DFB57500C2E05D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text>Funds made available under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H1BA7E17160064BEBA01443C5AC9D2DF9"><enum>203.</enum><header>Federal purchase requirement</header> <subsection id="HC85FF932AEDA4A48A3868DA0DA70018"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The President, acting through the Secretary of Energy, shall seek to ensure that, to the extent economically feasible and technically practicable, of the total amount of electric energy the Federal Government consumes during any fiscal year, the following amounts shall be renewable energy:</text> <paragraph id="H8F1D3A5CC3D34CD48E128BF262DE2484"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not less than 3 percent in fiscal years 2007 through 2009.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52FE646B7F2C490DA561D140CAE6C402"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not less than 5 percent in fiscal years 2010 through 2012.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92B9851BE12D4FE7B79734FC33AD500"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Not less than 7.5 percent in fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H90B58C5CA7F74022BB58CA7EB6D50651"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H3662EA0C93EE4BFD82AE236CCD9E494"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Biomass</header><text>The term <term>biomass</term> means any solid, nonhazardous, cellulosic material that is derived from—</text> <subparagraph id="HD7F0093108584E6098AF44D037AACB97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any of the following forest-related resources: mill residues, precommercial thinnings, slash, and brush, or nonmerchantable material;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HABE2B1A3C2CE45B2A12EEA69271C65C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>solid wood waste materials, including waste pallets, crates, dunnage, manufacturing and construction wood wastes (other than pressure-treated, chemically-treated, or painted wood wastes), and landscape or right-of-way tree trimmings, but not including municipal solid waste (garbage), gas derived from the biodegradation of solid waste, or paper that is commonly recycled;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBA85FDB866A64FCABDC71970A38DA655"><enum>(C)</enum><text>agriculture wastes, including orchard tree crops, vineyard, grain, legumes, sugar, and other crop by-products or residues, and livestock waste nutrients; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5907B6879029418BBB5F66757785812E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a plant that is grown exclusively as a fuel for the production of electricity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6249FAF85D7F47A9BBCC548651D30272"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renewable energy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>renewable energy</term> means electric energy generated from solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean (tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, municipal solid waste, or new hydroelectric generation capacity achieved from increased efficiency or additions of new capacity at an existing hydroelectric project.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDA2F7DBA07FF44E5A27F122695786C20"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Calculation</header><text>For purposes of determining compliance with the requirement of this section, the amount of renewable energy shall be doubled if—</text> <paragraph id="HC34F362CE3484BF783D49E9B789FB224"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the renewable energy is produced and used on-site at a Federal facility;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F7C1A77B670469084D72FA7B4FC9F95"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the renewable energy is produced on Federal lands and used at a Federal facility; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7AA5892019EF41EDAFDAFED00027563F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the renewable energy is produced on Indian land as defined in title XXVI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.) and used at a Federal facility.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3C5316148501437785ACC38130B15F3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than April 15, 2007, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall provide a report to Congress on the progress of the Federal Government in meeting the goals established by this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H5C87EF7B6889489F9B3C671D8D3D9925"><enum>204.</enum><header>Insular areas energy security</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 604 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes</quote>, approved December 24, 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/48/1492">48 U.S.C. 1492</external-xref>), is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H49D37D0751EF4966944BECE52D6F363D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(4) by striking the period and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB8C850562C824C89898EA4FD10D3F9DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following new paragraphs:</text> <quoted-block id="H6063AEE0511B4FA8B79BE2F141D70063"> <paragraph id="HB69D67707F084A7F941900F8CA7835F4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>electric power transmission and distribution lines in insular areas are inadequate to withstand damage caused by the hurricanes and typhoons which frequently occur in insular areas and such damage often costs millions of dollars to repair; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H255C6B28AA3A43F599350660704BB2F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the refinement of renewable energy technologies since the publication of the 1982 Territorial Energy Assessment prepared pursuant to subsection (c) reveals the need to reassess the state of energy production, consumption, infrastructure, reliance on imported energy, opportunities for energy conservation and increased energy efficiency, and indigenous sources in regard to the insular areas.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H27B09C94AA44416B8E2B5CD96CBB292F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H2818171E2EAE4CB6939560CAA892C200"> <subsection id="HDD4AF13FE0154F7185718FC5345CB38D"><enum>(e)</enum> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4DC6942C58EF4781A27DE7D32DED256F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the head of government of each insular area, shall update the plans required under subsection (c) by—</text> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HAEBDD4C8C9164545A8DE78D15E037DFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>updating the contents required by subsection (c);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H68485B82F98B49A5AAE0A261BB173338"><enum>(B)</enum><text>drafting long-term energy plans for such insular areas with the objective of reducing, to the extent feasible, their reliance on energy imports by the year 2012, increasing energy conservation and energy efficiency, and maximizing, to the extent feasible, use of indigenous energy sources; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H4F0BAA3E4D364AF6A15583F7F560385B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>drafting long-term energy transmission line plans for such insular areas with the objective that the maximum percentage feasible of electric power transmission and distribution lines in each insular area be protected from damage caused by hurricanes and typhoons.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HF22EB51C74DA4AB7912BB83BBAA9634"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not later than December 31, 2007, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress the updated plans for each insular area required by this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H03647277A3884938B88FCB0779682E35"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending subsection (g)(4) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H2D2A0A5E630D47C598383479FE754B92"> <paragraph id="HCFFD784735204282A5D0645FAE51701B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Power line grants for insular areas</header> <subparagraph id="H7D139A8DE2644BEDABC43856908F28EB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make grants to governments of insular areas of the United States to carry out eligible projects to protect electric power transmission and distribution lines in such insular areas from damage caused by hurricanes and typhoons.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC77CE1338E4B4CFFB7AA05A89C51EF7E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header><text>The Secretary may award grants under subparagraph (A) only to governments of insular areas of the United States that submit written project plans to the Secretary for projects that meet the following criteria:</text> <clause id="H54C07E54E42143BCA700F34114B775D0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The project is designed to protect electric power transmission and distribution lines located in 1 or more of the insular areas of the United States from damage caused by hurricanes and typhoons.</text></clause> <clause id="H0E95EE94FC2B41F8AFC4BB897C46933"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The project is likely to substantially reduce the risk of future damage, hardship, loss, or suffering.</text></clause> <clause id="H2710ECD1371C4E1790BA36BE503F26C6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The project addresses 1 or more problems that have been repetitive or that pose a significant risk to public health and safety.</text></clause> <clause id="HA9866D18680E44F69015CF20506E5089"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The project is not likely to cost more than the value of the reduction in direct damage and other negative impacts that the project is designed to prevent or mitigate. The cost benefit analysis required by this criterion shall be computed on a net present value basis.</text></clause> <clause id="HD7ED5D959A4D4015B5C97D02BFDE00BB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The project design has taken into consideration long-term changes to the areas and persons it is designed to protect and has manageable future maintenance and modification requirements.</text></clause> <clause id="HCBFC68F42B7F4184B05DB95B2E248C25"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>The project plan includes an analysis of a range of options to address the problem it is designed to prevent or mitigate and a justification for the selection of the project in light of that analysis.</text></clause> <clause id="HCBB0C6E9379349E8972788EE00E277D4"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>The applicant has demonstrated to the Secretary that the matching funds required by subparagraph (D) are available.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB7F20CC41F5D4A7F009C7455F8A97653"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>When making grants under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to grants for projects which are likely to—</text> <clause id="HDA1F8057D28D4747B7A21905FB31746E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have the greatest impact on reducing future disaster losses; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3949D57D739741E7A8E2BB7E61D16011"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>best conform with plans that have been approved by the Federal Government or the government of the insular area where the project is to be carried out for development or hazard mitigation for that insular area.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0B0CD26D3D704A6388E2A69758E91800"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header><text>The Federal share of the cost for a project for which a grant is provided under this paragraph shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of that project. The non-Federal share of the cost may be provided in the form of cash or services.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H656CF368399C4456BB4CF35BBDA3377"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Treatment of funds for certain purposes</header><text>Grants provided under this paragraph shall not be considered as income, a resource, or a duplicative program when determining eligibility or benefit levels for Federal major disaster and emergency assistance.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBAFC2FE88649412100B6C759DB31BA32"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph $5,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HDE874F2136574C5296E7FC80B784B091" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header>Use of photovoltaic energy in public buildings</header> <subsection id="H0AF19BC27A9D476A87A9EC59DBE94759"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Part 4 of title V of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8271">42 U.S.C. 8271 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HBC772171328241DB00B4B64F1406C379"> <section id="H6153BE1888FF4F639740375715F01BD3"><enum>570.</enum><header>Use of photovoltaic energy in public buildings</header> <subsection id="HB23C5855F5294CE293EB8ED9A01799CE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Photovoltaic energy commercialization program</header> <paragraph id="HAB8977F7727B455CBE3E43B050329FDA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Secretary may establish a photovoltaic energy commercialization program for the procurement and installation of photovoltaic solar electric systems for electric production in new and existing public buildings.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H055C6A67D081488FAB22A0445ECF83DC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the program shall be to accomplish the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HE0504BF2513D44AA94C3F7BBDAA77D62"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To accelerate the growth of a commercially viable photovoltaic industry to make this energy system available to the general public as an option which can reduce the national consumption of fossil fuel.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H74C5B97911B0460A9E2B854CB3DD342D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To reduce the fossil fuel consumption and costs of the Federal Government.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9AF90805FE0D420A8680BFCCBDC4A99E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>To attain the goal of installing solar energy systems in 20,000 Federal buildings by 2010, as contained in the Federal Government’s Million Solar Roof Initiative of 1997.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0D0F3AE7526543408B7B327BD482BDF0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>To stimulate the general use within the Federal Government of life-cycle costing and innovative procurement methods.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H716F1AFBA4D44DFCBB8D8B39DDD4F16E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>To develop program performance data to support policy decisions on future incentive programs with respect to energy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4134700B49264E009100FEA10201CF5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Acquisition of photovoltaic solar electric systems</header> <subparagraph id="H2FF6086113D447E5B019F850A1BA7223"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The program shall provide for the acquisition of photovoltaic solar electric systems and associated storage capability for use in public buildings.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA9627F631F11459092F6DDAD40311BA9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Acquisition levels</header><text>The acquisition of photovoltaic electric systems shall be at a level substantial enough to allow use of low-cost production techniques with at least 150 megawatts (peak) cumulative acquired during the 5 years of the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46AED4B4990D451C9565AE002D2C9300"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The Secretary shall administer the program and shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H6A99495A657F4A4A87D33B2DDE53D928"><enum>(A)</enum><text>issue such rules and regulations as may be appropriate to monitor and assess the performance and operation of photovoltaic solar electric systems installed pursuant to this subsection;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEC749F40ACB74BBA9B6BFE993D9E5252"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop innovative procurement strategies for the acquisition of such systems; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE5C434CEA82042DAAB32F54B00F2D058"><enum>(C)</enum><text>transmit to Congress an annual report on the results of the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H36ADBCC0B15D41B79F08F11123933C97"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Photovoltaic systems evaluation program</header> <paragraph id="H60716CA1F81347E3A86255A7D26C0830"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a photovoltaic solar energy systems evaluation program to evaluate such photovoltaic solar energy systems as are required in public buildings.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69C78EC36C6148118DC559E952F0E544"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program requirement</header><text>In evaluating photovoltaic solar energy systems under the program, the Secretary shall ensure that such systems reflect the most advanced technology.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H98703C22C7954EC0ABF79DFF2E865C27"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <paragraph id="H542CFBED2B004ECD9186EB06005CC22C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Photovoltaic energy commercialization program</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. Such sums shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC396F1816A1744DAA5D26EE66A5082D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Photovoltaic systems evaluation program</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (b) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. Such sums shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H420F820777C54EDA8E1CECD2844EB693"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for the National Energy Conservation Policy Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 569 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD6BCA99899E848D8A54834BE6F0626A"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 570. Use of photovoltaic energy in public buildings</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H8857ECC91B5E497CA02E513038A3B67C"><enum>206.</enum><header>Grants to improve the commercial value of forest biomass for electric energy, useful heat, transportation fuels, petroleum-based product substitutes, and other commercial purposes</header> <subsection id="H82D511E5135947EBBB06008DDD2B58D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H4814A46142024B75B5CF551B24429B5B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Thousands of communities in the United States, many located near Federal lands, are at risk to wildfire. Approximately 190,000,000 acres of land managed by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are at risk of catastrophic fire in the near future. The accumulation of heavy forest fuel loads continues to increase as a result of disease, insect infestations, and drought, further raising the risk of fire each year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2C9FCE799F1E4D2FA172D5DA16FBB721"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In addition, more than 70,000,000 acres across all land ownerships are at risk to higher than normal mortality over the next 15 years from insect infestation and disease. High levels of tree mortality from insects and disease result in increased fire risk, loss of old growth, degraded watershed conditions, and changes in species diversity and productivity, as well as diminished fish and wildlife habitat and decreased timber values.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBA7323642AE849769FC69E82D639B9C4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Preventive treatments such as removing fuel loading, ladder fuels, and hazard trees, planting proper species mix and restoring and protecting early successional habitat, and other specific restoration treatments designed to reduce the susceptibility of forest land, woodland, and rangeland to insect outbreaks, disease, and catastrophic fire present the greatest opportunity for long-term forest health by creating a mosaic of species-mix and age distribution. Such prevention treatments are widely acknowledged to be more successful and cost effective than suppression treatments in the case of insects, disease, and fire.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA2C4C565CAA4C0199E4CCF9F544EEB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The byproducts of preventive treatment (wood, brush, thinnings, chips, slash, and other hazardous fuels) removed from forest lands, woodlands and rangelands represent an abundant supply of biomass for biomass-to-energy facilities and raw material for business. There are currently few markets for the extraordinary volumes of byproducts being generated as a result of the necessary large-scale preventive treatment activities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2FC0789A2F54453B907620509D0BCA4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The United States should—</text> <subparagraph id="HA59C845F20EC4726A5A1A8A964C71C59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>promote economic and entrepreneurial opportunities in using byproducts removed through preventive treatment activities related to hazardous fuels reduction, disease, and insect infestation; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBB0694ACFDAB40ADB8BE1CE272AC7BAB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop and expand markets for traditionally underused wood and biomass as an outlet for byproducts of preventive treatment activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H121ABE7388C54057A940BAED4FAE5B5C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H74C722B543914BAFBF19B98157D72B82"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Biomass</header><text>The term <term>biomass</term> means trees and woody plants, including limbs, tops, needles, and other woody parts, and byproducts of preventive treatment, such as wood, brush, thinnings, chips, and slash, that are removed—</text> <subparagraph id="H9BF00176E56140F8A6FE95308F46CBBD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to reduce hazardous fuels; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFCD6A53FD8E647E7AC8152D883DEFE09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to reduce the risk of or to contain disease or insect infestation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H227914D936FB4D9DBFD8E5175FBD2D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4(e) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b(e)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA4F685D78C6644D4987500E8A7FFAD7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Person</header><text>The term <term>person</term> includes—</text> <subparagraph id="HAA511943EA164F18952247A3CE3EDAB1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9ACA2179C7B04363977371CFFD83DFF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a community (as determined by the Secretary concerned);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC722A28EBD214433A3B4992FC714C460"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an Indian tribe;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H204B70D0545043828EBDB807AB6507A0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a small business, micro-business, or a corporation that is incorporated in the United States; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5DB2825A1AB444FBB8C800B9345823A0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a nonprofit organization.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBEC62D76228D497695F402A28EA1779C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Preferred community</header><text>The term <term>preferred community</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HD288310A2D3C4E9EA5B91CFFBCA52433"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any town, township, municipality, or other similar unit of local government (as determined by the Secretary concerned) that—</text> <clause id="H0A9FD6D6C3FF4294A509365DD6CE8F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has a population of not more than 50,000 individuals; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA46391B3CF5D452790A6062B6F5CD6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary concerned, in the sole discretion of the Secretary concerned, determines contains or is located near land, the condition of which is at significant risk of catastrophic wildfire, disease, or insect infestation or which suffers from disease or insect infestation; or</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H80038C88882A424682204F625381B15"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any county that—</text> <clause id="HA645B519A75A4E8BA8002E29CE48241E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is not contained within a metropolitan statistical area; and</text></clause> <clause id="H0756E524548B4D1F97F2DA01164985B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary concerned, in the sole discretion of the Secretary concerned, determines contains or is located near land, the condition of which is at significant risk of catastrophic wildfire, disease, or insect infestation or which suffers from disease or insect infestation.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H30B00834296F45F3A527D94D567CF4E1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary concerned</header><text>The term <term>Secretary concerned</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HC2BC43E5CA33473E804BF76123504CFC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to National Forest System lands; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFAC96B6BE78A4A5E82280488D246F700"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Interior with respect to Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and Indian lands.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEE431CE4D5FF455B946240196263D687"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Biomass commercial use grant program</header> <paragraph id="H4B79F37823114623A7776D4C0716CEBC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Secretary concerned may make grants to any person that owns or operates a facility that uses biomass as a raw material to produce electric energy, sensible heat, transportation fuels, or substitutes for petroleum-based products to offset the costs incurred to purchase biomass for use by such facility.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB93CCF58597C453E81E9B8B7798D472"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant amounts</header><text>A grant under this subsection may not exceed $20 per green ton of biomass delivered.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8AFBDFA3E2C44E0B915E5667AB0503A1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Monitoring of grant recipient activities</header><text>As a condition of a grant under this subsection, the grant recipient shall keep such records as the Secretary concerned may require to fully and correctly disclose the use of the grant funds and all transactions involved in the purchase of biomass. Upon notice by a representative of the Secretary concerned, the grant recipient shall afford the representative reasonable access to the facility that purchases or uses biomass and an opportunity to examine the inventory and records of the facility.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H77D1CDB64D6E4271A2025846081B7656"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Improved biomass use grant program</header> <paragraph id="H66A4B2EB01694B188D567222C220EDE5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Secretary concerned may make grants to persons to offset the cost of projects to develop or research opportunities to improve the use of, or add value to, biomass. In making such grants, the Secretary concerned shall give preference to persons in preferred communities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFCAB7C4C4E842B5AF8B9F8F7EA75DE9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>The Secretary concerned shall select a grant recipient under paragraph (1) after giving consideration to the anticipated public benefits of the project, including the potential to develop thermal or electric energy resources or affordable energy, opportunities for the creation or expansion of small businesses and micro-businesses, and the potential for new job creation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46E096B34A9344FCBD71638E66432E7C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grant amount</header><text>A grant under this subsection may not exceed $500,000.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE58463B05A1747E6AF9BE87B51DA3E86"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2016 to carry out this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE9D9F88AF8134F499738E559B6C6CF3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than October 1, 2012, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Resources, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report describing the results of the grant programs authorized by this section. The report shall include the following:</text> <paragraph id="H1A704A41E1E94A10A0921CAFCFB5D998"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An identification of the size, type, and the use of biomass by persons that receive grants under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE4F9649CB13B4F42BB28DDFA56121D53"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The distance between the land from which the biomass was removed and the facility that used the biomass.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H73D9AE90A74C410BA4EDEAED3F44D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The economic impacts, particularly new job creation, resulting from the grants to and operation of the eligible operations.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HE0FBAA3F028B489C82BB60FC9129EA5"><enum>207.</enum><header>Biobased products</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9002(c)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8102">7 U.S.C. 8102(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>or such items that comply with the regulations issued under section 103 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/556">Public Law 100–556</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6914b-1">42 U.S.C. 6914b–1</external-xref>)</quote> after <quote>practicable</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HF130F23BAEBA4C1684C93572A1E11F5"><enum>208.</enum><header>Renewable energy security</header> <subsection id="H35E013D80DB743599DEDC8470200F76"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Weatherization Assistance</header><text>Section 415(c) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6865">42 U.S.C. 6865(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCA8B61BDAF3548978785EE1FC794874C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>in paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>in paragraphs (3) and (4)</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2118D1BF5CD4A77A7B5DCE2B10016DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>$2,500 per dwelling unit average provided in paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>dwelling unit averages provided in paragraphs (1) and (4)</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD095332729D44571A7B803B36624B521"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H58918C9EB7C44E9DB29E0042749407F7" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H14A392B5169B4F37829F10AAC96F77A4" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The expenditure of financial assistance provided under this part for labor, weatherization materials, and related matters for a renewable energy system shall not exceed an average of $3,000 per dwelling unit.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1BA469AB1FF646EBB2D9CB468C2D1714" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum> <subparagraph id="HC91FC0F84E854F6A87C9C4104CCE0019" display-inline="yes-display-inline" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary shall by regulations—</text> <clause id="H78FAF7C4C736443091AF666748BB0002"><enum>(i)</enum><text>establish the criteria which are to be used in prescribing performance and quality standards under paragraph (6)(A)(ii) or in specifying any form of renewable energy under paragraph (6)(A)(i)(I); and</text></clause> <clause id="H3E6A767CD0DF407CA48386684179ED45"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>establish a procedure under which a manufacturer of an item may request the Secretary to certify that the item will be treated, for purposes of this paragraph, as a renewable energy system.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAFEA49C446594AF4AC345E60C0BA2E7" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary shall make a final determination with respect to any request filed under subparagraph (A)(ii) within 1 year after the filing of the request, together with any information required to be filed with such request under subparagraph (A)(ii).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8FBF14A07C9B4A48A9D00A87BD5A1F5" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Each month the Secretary shall publish a report of any request under subparagraph (A)(ii) which has been denied during the preceding month and the reasons for the denial.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEA8F6AB2D26A4272AA0211C3DEAC4A3" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Secretary shall not specify any form of renewable energy under paragraph (6)(A)(i)(I) unless the Secretary determines that—</text> <clause id="HB662B802DAB445608418B5797E1FF357"><enum>(i)</enum><text>there will be a reduction in oil or natural gas consumption as a result of such specification;</text></clause> <clause id="H21B9793ACADC42EAAECE2E42E77DD57E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such specification will not result in an increased use of any item which is known to be, or reasonably suspected to be, environmentally hazardous or a threat to public health or safety; and</text></clause> <clause id="H9D6F8FF1F21D4A7D00F56BCB4FCF07A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>available Federal subsidies do not make such specification unnecessary or inappropriate (in the light of the most advantageous allocation of economic resources).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H725AF90C3B8F4A99A83D367EB6276448" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>In this subsection—</text> <subparagraph id="H5D8399FD66F04B348CDA0625AF144F6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>renewable energy system</term> means a system which—</text> <clause id="H0FEBD08005414C47BB29F490356CC5B8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>when installed in connection with a dwelling, transmits or uses—</text> <subclause id="H5A4A51B7353B44AABD92EBAB43429690"><enum>(I)</enum><text>solar energy, energy derived from the geothermal deposits, energy derived from biomass, or any other form of renewable energy which the Secretary specifies by regulations, for the purpose of heating or cooling such dwelling or providing hot water or electricity for use within such dwelling; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8128ECF08B714CD985BCB0FB27002E00"><enum>(II)</enum><text>wind energy for nonbusiness residential purposes;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H5766E792B6334A73BAB880D2DB00CE32"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meets the performance and quality standards (if any) which have been prescribed by the Secretary by regulations;</text></clause> <clause id="H9BA74429585C47D8AC6B995CEE6F8597"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in the case of a combustion rated system, has a thermal efficiency rating of at least 75 percent; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB46DE67E30F347CAB907F8645005CAF6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the case of a solar system, has a thermal efficiency rating of at least 15 percent; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H897746D956AA4C4BBAF96EE14331F731"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>biomass</term> means 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 wastes, municipal wastes, and other waste materials.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H95D010D055224606A45CDFD60400E026"><enum>(b)</enum><header>District heating and cooling programs</header><text>Section 172 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13451">42 U.S.C. 13451</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF034A73A29824F1C00921434DCCC52CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H20903A7D87904473B37B417558E140B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (3);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFABB562D6BDD4A299CBC003B00E1D94F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7851B124BC1746848B51524E42BE68F1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7A2968C181B94448A7FBDB843723E885" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H80E6495DC6DE4A9B0055B7AA73FCDEA3"><enum>(5) </enum><text>evaluate the use of renewable energy systems (as such term is defined in section 415(c) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6865">42 U.S.C. 6865(c)</external-xref>)) in residential buildings.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBAADB891F3B1424CAEB10029003E65E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>the Energy Policy Act of 2005</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFD2DB756E88E4F0C84AE00BC86797DAA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of biomass</header><text>Section 203(2) of the Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8802">42 U.S.C. 8802(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H675FD33CD2DC4390A51F2EE66B227EEF" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HE915864030CE433F85800055E81BB62F"><enum>(2) </enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>biomass</term> means 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 wastes, municipal wastes, and other waste materials.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H455F5C4CAEEF46C99B3EBD11EDC491FB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rebate program</header> <paragraph id="H562EC62B928040808E624850EC114149"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program providing rebates for consumers for expenditures made for the installation of a renewable energy system in connection with a dwelling unit or small business.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2568217D4BA94BC0AE633C26EDF22E67"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount of rebate</header><text>Rebates provided under the program established under paragraph (1) shall be in an amount not to exceed the lesser of—</text> <subparagraph id="HF6B844B22F5C4096A7C2B2C900D297E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>25 percent of the expenditures described in paragraph (1) made by the consumer; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H838AF73AE79A4D75A3A3A76B06D5EE3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$3,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4765F52F670C42DC8F65E98467238BCE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <quote>renewable energy system</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 415(c)(6)(A) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6865">42 U.S.C. 6865(c)(6)(A)</external-xref>), as added by subsection (a)(3) of this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5547FC7C1438453E9FB15F00048428E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for carrying out this subsection, to remain available until expended—</text> <subparagraph id="H9337D5235B7743989861784EF2D7A0D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$150,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3D88505183F34F38B7A96DC214167BFB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$150,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB0EB52E18F80417BB27B10A8D96CCF45"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H68BCBD46D0AB4CC5AF3E3FAA2D1F4FE1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H50DB2DD458B14B470084FB2F78CA71AC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H05F77DEEECC64F00BBBCDDF6CC997047"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Renewable fuel inventory</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall transmit to Congress a report containing—</text> <paragraph id="H2BC730942D77432784F802337B6850F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an inventory of renewable fuels available for consumers; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H82557572840E4277A3400090CBEB4529"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a projection of future inventories of renewable fuels based on the incentives provided in this section</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HA368810BF6284709AC2F6880416200CC"><enum>C</enum><header>Hydroelectric</header> <part id="HCF8495BA19BD48D09D6F71F99C3738E9"><enum>I</enum><header>Alternative conditions</header> <section id="H75B22D5F74B84BD48DB5449B1EF5A0D9"><enum>231.</enum><header>Alternative conditions and fishways</header> <subsection id="H45667CC8C9574EADAB22FAD131CCE8DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal reservations</header><text>Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/797">16 U.S.C. 797(e)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>adequate protection and utilization of such reservation.</quote> at the end of the first proviso the following: <quote>The license applicant shall be entitled to a determination on the record, after opportunity for an expedited agency trial-type hearing of any disputed issues of material fact, with respect to such conditions. Such hearing may be conducted in accordance with procedures established by agency regulation in consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H85BC9DB4B61448C0B9B992EC11A484C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fishways</header><text>Section 18 of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/811">16 U.S.C. 811</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>and such fishways as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce.</quote> the following: <quote>The license applicant shall be entitled to a determination on the record, after opportunity for an expedited agency trial-type hearing of any disputed issues of material fact, with respect to such fishways. Such hearing may be conducted in accordance with procedures established by agency regulation in consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA3D9873732B9489E926590D57FBBA77"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Alternative conditions and prescriptions</header><text>Part I of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/791a">16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block id="HE5B87F689EE341D000199C2330812CD2"> <section id="H2332BF183E254E3895C34B643C2F5191"><enum>33.</enum><header>Alternative conditions and prescriptions</header> <subsection id="H60A6477B301F488AA442DC24F5C8D1C9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Alternative conditions</header> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H34EBFEA0263440F88EE61398315583EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Whenever any person applies for a license for any project works within any reservation of the United States, and the Secretary of the department under whose supervision such reservation falls (referred to in this subsection as <quote>the Secretary</quote>) deems a condition to such license to be necessary under the first proviso of section 4(e), the license applicant may propose an alternative condition.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2A91B63F3C74422FB651CDB0299F33C4" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Notwithstanding the first proviso of section 4(e), the Secretary shall accept the proposed alternative condition referred to in paragraph (1), and the Commission shall include in the license such alternative condition, if the Secretary determines, based on substantial evidence provided by the license applicant or otherwise available to the Secretary, that such alternative condition—</text> <subparagraph id="H6B6141DF0AC2450485B57C9C994E8B33"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides for the adequate protection and utilization of the reservation; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H17AAD83A78504D1F9B00DD801351DA69"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will either—</text> <clause id="HB01C60B42E1E436B89865CE9A9904CF5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>cost less to implement; or</text></clause> <clause id="HA20B0052254E41AAB52D997EA12E1CDA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>result in improved operation of the project works for electricity production,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">as compared to the condition initially deemed necessary by the Secretary.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HA8DE7044A8914D10BA71FD5BD1004817"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary shall submit into the public record of the Commission proceeding with any condition under section 4(e) or alternative condition it accepts under this section, a written statement explaining the basis for such condition, and reason for not accepting any alternative condition under this section. The written statement must demonstrate that the Secretary gave equal consideration to the effects of the condition adopted and alternatives not accepted on energy supply, distribution, cost, and use; flood control; navigation; water supply; and air quality (in addition to the preservation of other aspects of environmental quality); based on such information as may be available to the Secretary, including information voluntarily provided in a timely manner by the applicant and others. The Secretary shall also submit, together with the aforementioned written statement, all studies, data, and other factual information available to the Secretary and relevant to the Secretary’s decision.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H7832A364DCF04B959DFE1C639F7202A0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Nothing in this section shall prohibit other interested parties from proposing alternative conditions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H91287D350C6A448F9F5B18344E9D2352"><enum>(5)</enum><text>If the Secretary does not accept an applicant’s alternative condition under this section, and the Commission finds that the Secretary’s condition would be inconsistent with the purposes of this part, or other applicable law, the Commission may refer the dispute to the Commission’s Dispute Resolution Service. The Dispute Resolution Service shall consult with the Secretary and the Commission and issue a non-binding advisory within 90 days. The Secretary may accept the Dispute Resolution Service advisory unless the Secretary finds that the recommendation will not provide for the adequate protection and utilization of the reservation. The Secretary shall submit the advisory and the Secretary’s final written determination into the record of the Commission’s proceeding.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1F79C0E2E5EB4D75895F1F00FF00185B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Alternative prescriptions</header> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H822C9108A85D4CEDA400EF9E1758AE04"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Whenever the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce prescribes a fishway under section 18, the license applicant or licensee may propose an alternative to such prescription to construct, maintain, or operate a fishway.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HDB406E3D8DA64E3CA2733D61889DAED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Notwithstanding section 18, the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, shall accept and prescribe, and the Commission shall require, the proposed alternative referred to in paragraph (1), if the Secretary of the appropriate department determines, based on substantial evidence provided by the licensee or otherwise available to the Secretary, that such alternative—</text> <subparagraph id="H2A78A43867ED4A7DAF732254A8A095F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>will be no less protective than the fishway initially prescribed by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H771B43E6AD1C4BC39FAF575F5E9C34F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will either—</text> <clause id="H10BE7A889B374205AD4C11F3224F5137"><enum>(i)</enum><text>cost less to implement; or</text></clause> <clause id="H1F887DE4858B42978E283F388299F37D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>result in improved operation of the project works for electricity production,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">as compared to the fishway initially deemed necessary by the Secretary.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H1DCE57F864D74BE7B839C668BBBA3E91"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary concerned shall submit into the public record of the Commission proceeding with any prescription under section 18 or alternative prescription it accepts under this section, a written statement explaining the basis for such prescription, and reason for not accepting any alternative prescription under this section. The written statement must demonstrate that the Secretary gave equal consideration to the effects of the condition adopted and alternatives not accepted on energy supply, distribution, cost, and use; flood control; navigation; water supply; and air quality (in addition to the preservation of other aspects of environmental quality); based on such information as may be available to the Secretary, including information voluntarily provided in a timely manner by the applicant and others. The Secretary shall also submit, together with the aforementioned written statement, all studies, data, and other factual information available to the Secretary and relevant to the Secretary’s decision.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H34A3D9CA46A7468BBB1C005C1E74D1F3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Nothing in this section shall prohibit other interested parties from proposing alternative prescriptions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H7ABA462079754A0D809EFF69848CD71B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>If the Secretary concerned does not accept an applicant’s alternative prescription under this section, and the Commission finds that the Secretary’s prescription would be inconsistent with the purposes of this part, or other applicable law, the Commission may refer the dispute to the Commission’s Dispute Resolution Service. The Dispute Resolution Service shall consult with the Secretary and the Commission and issue a non-binding advisory within 90 days. The Secretary may accept the Dispute Resolution Service advisory unless the Secretary finds that the recommendation will be less protective than the fishway initially prescribed by the Secretary. The Secretary shall submit the advisory and the Secretary’s final written determination into the record of the Commission’s proceeding.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></part> <part id="H5DABA8D7508F415486C9132D254DF171"><enum>II</enum><header>Additional hydropower</header> <section id="HD4BEB204998243E3923F849D52FF53"><enum>241.</enum><header>Hydroelectric production incentives</header> <subsection id="HF42ACB89704E4299AEDBCD47A0742200"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Incentive payments</header><text>For electric energy generated and sold by a qualified hydroelectric facility during the incentive period, the Secretary of Energy (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall make, subject to the availability of appropriations, incentive payments to the owner or operator of such facility. The amount of such payment made to any such owner or operator shall be as determined under subsection (e) of this section. Payments under this section may only be made upon receipt by the Secretary of an incentive payment application which establishes that the applicant is eligible to receive such payment and which satisfies such other requirements as the Secretary deems necessary. Such application shall be in such form, and shall be submitted at such time, as the Secretary shall establish.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7A6710EF55F14A66A533F78D94E1A7FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H8F7D4439EBE04EEB92A700AB2BE79C04"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Qualified hydroelectric facility</header><text>The term <term>qualified hydroelectric facility</term> means a turbine or other generating device owned or solely operated by a non-Federal entity which generates hydroelectric energy for sale and which is added to an existing dam or conduit.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3B36E6C49B64405E9B4CB68975769C02"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Existing dam or conduit</header><text>The term <term>existing dam or conduit</term> means any dam or conduit the construction of which was completed before the date of the enactment of this section and which does not require any construction or enlargement of impoundment or diversion structures (other than repair or reconstruction) in connection with the installation of a turbine or other generating device.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB501D18CEB9B40AC00F600304448561F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conduit</header><text>The term <term>conduit</term> has the same meaning as when used in section 30(a)(2) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/823a">16 U.S.C. 823a(a)(2)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">The terms defined in this subsection shall apply without regard to the hydroelectric kilowatt capacity of the facility concerned, without regard to whether the facility uses a dam owned by a governmental or nongovernmental entity, and without regard to whether the facility begins operation on or after the date of the enactment of this section.</continuation-text></subsection> <subsection id="HF9E3F955F37345BD00EF5EAE1646BFB0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility window</header><text>Payments may be made under this section only for electric energy generated from a qualified hydroelectric facility which begins operation during the period of 10 fiscal years beginning with the first full fiscal year occurring after the date of enactment of this subtitle.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H593C6F88DF264E4EADA16F1F69CCDE8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Incentive period</header><text>A qualified hydroelectric facility may receive payments under this section for a period of 10 fiscal years (referred to in this section as the <quote>incentive period</quote>). Such period shall begin with the fiscal year in which electric energy generated from the facility is first eligible for such payments.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H45B546945A424F12A817F3DA72BDBB2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Amount of payment</header> <paragraph id="HBF8C7CA640B8422C88D2E3344D495675"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Payments made by the Secretary under this section to the owner or operator of a qualified hydroelectric facility shall be based on the number of kilowatt hours of hydroelectric energy generated by the facility during the incentive period. For any such facility, the amount of such payment shall be 1.8 cents per kilowatt hour (adjusted as provided in paragraph (2)), subject to the availability of appropriations under subsection (g), except that no facility may receive more than $750,000 in 1 calendar year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9349238F05B74FE0A87998F233F95C72"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>The amount of the payment made to any person under this section as provided in paragraph (1) shall be adjusted for inflation for each fiscal year beginning after calendar year 2005 in the same manner as provided in the provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/29">section 29(d)(2)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, except that in applying such provisions the calendar year 2005 shall be substituted for calendar year 1979.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF01369127E60403898D881FB95ACD228"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>No payment may be made under this section to any qualified hydroelectric facility after the expiration of the period of 20 fiscal years beginning with the first full fiscal year occurring after the date of enactment of this subtitle, and no payment may be made under this section to any such facility after a payment has been made with respect to such facility for a period of 10 fiscal years.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFBF3D8FE63B4480389F532D9074EFF53"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the purposes of this section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2015.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H735AA77DEA6B43BA940093CCFE45F300"><enum>242.</enum><header>Hydroelectric efficiency improvement</header> <subsection id="H4C689B658B144AFEB85040E8DAF305B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Incentive payments</header><text>The Secretary of Energy shall make incentive payments to the owners or operators of hydroelectric facilities at existing dams to be used to make capital improvements in the facilities that are directly related to improving the efficiency of such facilities by at least 3 percent.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDA7273FEA3B74B3D8C007CAFC03D4254"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>Incentive payments under this section shall not exceed 10 percent of the costs of the capital improvement concerned and not more than 1 payment may be made with respect to improvements at a single facility. No payment in excess of $750,000 may be made with respect to improvements at a single facility.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDDBAB6CAB47543D59D658EDF2EC36BE3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section not more than $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2015.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H19A13DEF325D43C792402EBE374F12A8"><enum>243.</enum><header>Small hydroelectric power projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408(a)(6) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2708">16 U.S.C. 2708(a)(6)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>April 20, 1977</quote> and inserting <quote>March 4, 2003</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HF44FDF4B3C7A4FB9874080E9AEE8FC51"><enum>244.</enum><header>Increased hydroelectric generation at existing Federal facilities</header> <subsection id="HD4DE866C6B814DDD00CDB6462D27B1C2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of the Army, shall jointly conduct a study of the potential for increasing electric power production capability at federally owned or operated water regulation, storage, and conveyance facilities.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H84D46EC657F54D9697A23472CF339339"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The study under this section shall include identification and description in detail of each facility that is capable, with or without modification, of producing additional hydroelectric power, including estimation of the existing potential for the facility to generate hydroelectric power.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA60C94004B484DAA8BEB26F6C081CD2B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretaries shall submit to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the study under this section by not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. The report shall include each of the following:</text> <paragraph id="H6C5B89F62DB54A12B8913B2B49CDD100"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The identifications, descriptions, and estimations referred to in subsection (b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D6AF4EF13B943E78C2BCF6921434E78"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of activities currently conducted or considered, or that could be considered, to produce additional hydroelectric power from each identified facility.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB3E305038C0B4E5AA9FD0324AD737C3C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A summary of prior actions taken by the Secretaries to produce additional hydroelectric power from each identified facility.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE23C219FD7D64261009C595D2EB54086"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The costs to install, upgrade, or modify equipment or take other actions to produce additional hydroelectric power from each identified facility and the level of Federal power customer involvement in the determination of such costs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H31F48C56009E4538A0E29234F9DED141"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The benefits that would be achieved by such installation, upgrade, modification, or other action, including quantified estimates of any additional energy or capacity from each facility identified under subsection (b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C3B71EA8B0146E49C00A8797F006B15"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A description of actions that are planned, underway, or might reasonably be considered to increase hydroelectric power production by replacing turbine runners, by performing generator upgrades or rewinds, or construction of pumped storage facilities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6EFEEA5C5E68409D88307EF63EF8CFA"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The impact of increased hydroelectric power production on irrigation, fish, wildlife, Indian tribes, river health, water quality, navigation, recreation, fishing, and flood control.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFAB7C66EBF94E00BD5BE3E0A87F5C6E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Any additional recommendations to increase hydroelectric power production from, and reduce costs and improve efficiency at, federally owned or operated water regulation, storage, and conveyance facilities.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HEBFAEA3BBA1048E2B4813800B66E45B3"><enum>245.</enum><header>Shift of project loads to off-peak periods</header> <subsection id="H769C72ACA0124DF38DE8EB8702730000"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall—</text> <paragraph id="H3CDE076C1D314BB0A772295719629DFC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review electric power consumption by Bureau of Reclamation facilities for water pumping purposes; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7EDDAB13B479419BA15400F259A4DB57"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make such adjustments in such pumping as possible to minimize the amount of electric power consumed for such pumping during periods of peak electric power consumption, including by performing as much of such pumping as possible during off-peak hours at night.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6BF5A0E86D8040B9BE280013B3A8439B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consent of affected irrigation customers required</header><text>The Secretary may not under this section make any adjustment in pumping at a facility without the consent of each person that has contracted with the United States for delivery of water from the facility for use for irrigation and that would be affected by such adjustment.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9FA79CE1BF104AB49EB84F8E39892073"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Existing obligations not affected</header><text>This section shall not be construed to affect any existing obligation of the Secretary to provide electric power, water, or other benefits from Bureau of Reclamation facilities, including recreational releases.</text></subsection></section></part></subtitle> <enum>III</enum><header>Oil and Gas</header> <subtitle id="H7813E836A5A64750B80058B4A37BAD3F"><enum>A</enum><header>Petroleum Reserve and Home Heating Oil</header> <section id="H03A59172AE4245EEA9C908323BD15C9E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Permanent authority to operate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and other energy programs</header> <subsection id="H96568F6C651B4E059F282D93BF1E95C2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment to title i of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name></header><text>Title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6211">42 U.S.C. 6211 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H17B86FEDF540461CB7BAEF542020D3FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking section 166 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6246">42 U.S.C. 6246</external-xref>) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="traditional" id="H1AF820640C2F408393FB9CB4F7569B8B"> <section id="H746CD52440334FFB8D151DFC4488BA5E"><enum>166.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry out this part and part D, to remain available until expended.</text></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H547610C4B22D490C8FF89200729D053F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking section 186 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6250e">42 U.S.C. 6250e</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFDCFB16852A6451A8F04956BB88FFC00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking part E (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6251">42 U.S.C. 6251</external-xref>; relating to the expiration of title I of the Act).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEB131ADAE265462EB6CEAB2F4F2C467"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment to title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name></header><text>Title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6271">42 U.S.C. 6271 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H63513E28A8BD4EEA943F19932D621327"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting before section 273 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6283">42 U.S.C. 6283</external-xref>) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H663323E9ED98450ABBEDE6136E7D0066"> <part id="HECFC4E586A464E219F00B8682CA0567E"><enum>C</enum><header>Summer fill and fuel budgeting programs</header></part><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H72D28CEADB354E51B0BF71FD9D345500"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking section 273(e) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6283">42 U.S.C. 6283(e)</external-xref>; relating to the expiration of summer fill and fuel budgeting programs); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H621BB17F976940AD90497663F9DAA46F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking part D (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6285">42 U.S.C. 6285</external-xref>; relating to the expiration of title II of the Act).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H882BD186012843678FD422EEB3D9A5E4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text>The table of contents for the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H220F8F50A4044C85A8DC6BC441503F28"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending part D of title I to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCEB8A45E0DA746C39158D4F1F305007E"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="part">Part D—Northeast home heating oil Reserve</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 181. Establishment</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 182. Authority</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 183. Conditions for release; plan</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 184. Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 185. Exemptions</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H151619BCBF224ECA9EF8E73865A4E37B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending the items relating to part C of title II to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1ECB5406E1724BD18CFA00DE36FE43FE"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="part">Part C—Summer fill and fuel budgeting programs</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 273. Summer fill and fuel budgeting programs</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA141386CB1BF4CC3A1F23780002823CD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the items relating to part D of title II.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H746939F029094684AF9BB3E8F6C18E2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amendment to the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name></header><text>Section 183(b)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6250">42 U.S.C. 6250(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking all after <quote>increases</quote> through <quote>mid-October through March</quote> and inserting <quote>by more than 60 percent over its 5-year rolling average for the months of mid-October through March (considered as a heating season average)</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD19B4873D2264DC7B1D76E0400D3AD67"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Fill Strategic Petroleum Reserve to capacity</header><text>The Secretary of Energy shall, as expeditiously as practicable, acquire petroleum in amounts sufficient to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the 1,000,000,000 barrel capacity authorized under section 154(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6234">42 U.S.C. 6234(a)</external-xref>), consistent with the provisions of sections 159 and 160 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6239">42 U.S.C. 6239</external-xref>, 6240).</text></subsection></section> <section id="HC949918D231B4EB78E6D99FA646DEE9"><enum>302.</enum><header>National Oilheat Research Alliance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 713 of the Energy Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6201">42 U.S.C. 6201</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>4</quote> and inserting <quote>9</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HE7C50037EB24440CA019C881899EE06E"><enum>303.</enum><header>Site selection</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall complete a proceeding to select, from sites that the Secretary has previously studied, sites necessary to enable acquisition by the Secretary of the full authorized volume of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. </text></section> <section id="HEDDCF177ABDA4BB3B7B4E9BCFF4D497"><enum>304.</enum><header>Suspension of Strategic Petroleum Reserve deliveries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall suspend deliveries of royalty-in-kind oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the price of oil falls below $40 per barrel for 2 consecutive weeks on the New York Mercantile Exchange.</text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H4A6DEF855DA7499AB8BCA8A7F654F600"><enum>B</enum><header>Production Incentives</header> <section id="H8D47F7C8023E4B27A692B788336CE8F5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>320.</enum><header>Liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminals</header> <subsection id="HE2807377D2344B9DBD35B3E028692155"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Scope of natural gas act</header><text>Section 1(b) of the Natural Gas Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/717">15 U.S.C. 717(b)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and to the importation or exportation of natural gas in foreign commerce and to persons engaged in such importation or exportation,</quote> after <quote>such transportation or sale,</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE4963F112C5643DEA849251E5332014B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 2 of the Natural Gas Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/717a">15 U.S.C. 717a</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H4FC784A10D8C4440A4BCA237E877B421" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H8FE328592A2F4C5D93A05578E91E32EF"><enum>(11)</enum><text><quote>Liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal</quote> includes all facilities located onshore or in State waters that are used to receive, unload, load, store, transport, gasify, liquefy, or process natural gas that is imported to the United States from a foreign country, exported to a foreign country from the United States, or transported in interstate commerce by waterborne tanker, but does not include—</text> <subparagraph id="HFC796019736748FBB9860627B061F6A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>waterborne tankers used to deliver natural gas to or from any such facility; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8BCEA6BE78214697963D102BA0936E2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any pipeline or storage facility subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under section 7.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H6FED3DDF3C8C459E934F962CBE6D3E9B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization for construction, expansion, or operation of liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminals</header> <paragraph id="HE50619F0607741C2009F5DE1139D5097" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The title for section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/717b">15 U.S.C. 717b</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">; liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminals</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">exportation or importation of natural gas</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEDF0432571B548C6986F5426EFFB0028" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/717b">15 U.S.C. 717b</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HE2B4C04402584EAF97D8A39B5080008" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HA3FA6ED284DE4C7CA0978B4780C095B8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization for construction, expansion, or operation of liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminals</header> <paragraph id="H017B98B682014FCB8C9642F800CB02BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commission Authorization Required</header><text>No person shall construct, expand, or operate a liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal without an order from the Commission authorizing such person to do so. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA9FD39095333410DB0BD437D3E30F523"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization Procedures</header> <subparagraph id="H4FDBAD6821524A54871100443228C3F9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notice and Hearing</header><text>Upon the filing of any application to construct, expand, or operate a liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal, the Commission shall—</text> <clause id="H876F13D97146403DA4A1F1008663EFB0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>set the matter for hearing;</text></clause> <clause id="H5C965CE141A545B6AD9D7FBD6CE9A900"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">give reasonable notice of the hearing to all interested persons, including the State commission of the State in which the liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal is located; </text></clause> <clause id="HD8ABAA65CCB14402003E70C1F7CEA996"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>decide the matter in accordance with this subsection; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF2F91E417C2F44CC89F5961D34B65F05"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>issue or deny the appropriate order accordingly.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6A6D77591A994D86907E208900F7E398"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Designation as Lead Agency</header> <clause id="H23C9098D6D164FB7A35F122B669669D5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission shall act as the lead agency for the purposes of coordinating all applicable Federal authorizations and for the purposes of complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4312">42 U.S.C. 4312 et seq.</external-xref>) for a liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal.</text></clause> <clause id="H32F72A8678404E87B93F40937B79C0D6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Other agencies</header><text>Each Federal agency considering an aspect of the construction, expansion, or operation of a liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal shall cooperate with the Commission and comply with the deadlines established by the Commission.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDB8F276C2B3443D89D5BB45D8208DFF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Schedule</header> <clause id="H25C664F90787436C8DD9F9D63186510"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Commission authority to set schedule</header><text>The Commission shall establish a schedule for all Federal and State administrative proceedings required under authority of Federal law to construct, expand, or operate a liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal. In establishing the schedule, the Commission shall—</text> <subclause id="H4401BA0BCF954A78B3E7BC459B7B76BD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>ensure expeditious completion of all such proceedings; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H77A6E5742DA34F15B34ECC7E00DD7E06"><enum>(II)</enum><text>accommodate the applicable schedules established by Federal law for such proceedings.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H263465FE3930440BB558D65E13BC5EE0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Failure to meet schedule</header><text>If a Federal or State administrative agency does not complete a proceeding for an approval that is required before a person may construct, expand, or operate the liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal, in accordance with the schedule established by the Commission under this subparagraph, and if—</text> <subclause id="H2CE7F6A95D214755865D7E39E57E2777"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a determination has been made by the Court pursuant to section 19(d) that such delay is unreasonable; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFB5C545CDC594F4CAC9DFCD989AC84CD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the agency has failed to act on any remand by the Court within the deadline set by the Court,</text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">that approval may be conclusively presumed by the Commission.</continuation-text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H31F43E769FA942C890FB31070094F6C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Exclusive record</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall, with the cooperation of Federal and State administrative agencies and officials, maintain a complete consolidated record of all decisions made or actions taken by the Commission or by a Federal administrative agency or officer (or State administrative agency or officer acting under delegated Federal authority) with respect to the construction, expansion, or operation of a liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal. Such record shall be the exclusive record for any Federal administrative proceeding that is an appeal or review of any such decision made or action taken.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H32BD0AD37400400992504CA93D10FAA4"><enum>(E)</enum><header>State and Local Safety Considerations</header> <clause id="H179CD14AF97D4D1CBE3EDDDDE086E9DB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall consult with the State commission of the State in which the liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal is located regarding State and local safety considerations prior to issuing an order pursuant to this subsection and consistent with the schedule established under subparagraph (C).</text></clause> <clause id="H88F9934F9F5D41CFAF5FBBE43257EBA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>State safety inspections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State commission of the State in which a liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal is located may, after the terminal is operational, conduct safety inspections with respect to the liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal if—</text> <subclause id="HE01F056FA1DC4BD89125A9EE8036C6B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the State commission provides written notice to the Commission of its intention to do so; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H791C8BBA5AA4419EA3A1E50057958D22"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the inspections will be carried out in conformance with Federal regulations and guidelines.</text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">Enforcement of any safety violation discovered by a State commission pursuant to this clause shall be carried out by Federal officials. The Commission shall take appropriate action in response to a report of a violation not later that 90 days after receiving such report.</continuation-text></clause> <clause id="HE726A755E3E34DE3B56CB8C3C5D22B91"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>State and Local Safety Considerations</header><text>For the purposes of this subparagraph, State and local safety considerations include—</text> <subclause id="H3AD9DBCECE5042EDBADB32A42E08C7D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the kind and use of the facility;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1306DB3E5FD04894ACA5000FC8EEA8B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the existing and projected population and demographic characteristics of the location;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8EA779346F104BBEB64B6886DABFB92"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the existing and proposed land use near the location;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HCBCF0694C6B24AC388DC1564E0237C64"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the natural and physical aspects of the location;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF5B3303960164A1399C998767288B3DD"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the medical, law enforcement, and fire prevention capabilities near the location that can respond at the facility; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H42A84FBD4DCA474095A04E07EA8F2231"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>the feasibility of remote siting.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C4D7F36A59246AF908C363741045F36"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Issuance of Commission Order</header> <subparagraph id="H24AE59421A444BFCAD111DBA4B9F9929"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission shall issue an order authorizing, in whole or in part, the construction, expansion, or operation covered by the application to any qualified applicant—</text> <clause id="H6699B0E4299942A0B7301915AA176654"><enum>(i)</enum><text>unless the Commission finds such actions or operations will not be consistent with the public interest; and</text></clause> <clause id="HAF634981D0FA476B87F665A11C70128"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the Commission has found that the applicant is—</text> <subclause id="H083A1E4CEA7947D4B5D84880048F1760"><enum>(I)</enum><text>able and willing to carry out the actions and operations proposed; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HBB6C86D2ED2F4D3991CE67698FE4E3E1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>willing to conform to the provisions of this Act and any requirements, rules, and regulations of the Commission set forth under this Act.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE20C445A931249B299E67C3842A40061"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>The Commission may by its order grant an application, in whole or in part, with such modification and upon such terms and conditions as the Commission may find necessary or appropriate.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD56436F7830843D9A4D2EA6E469F3D01"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitations on Terms and Conditions to Commission Order</header> <clause id="HAA7DDD9FE67C44309453E667A1A32DB7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any Commission order issued pursuant to this subsection before January 1, 2011, shall not be conditioned on—</text> <subclause id="H73B938EBC6E24E65A96B4BEFB7D00088"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a requirement that the liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal offer service to persons other than the person, or any affiliate thereof, securing the order; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5033EB54C7E147F2A71F1398C08DAB76"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any regulation of the liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal’s rates, charges, terms, or conditions of service.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H832D393360CB4DE58BBF69046000088"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Inapplicable to terminal exit pipeline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) shall not apply to any pipeline subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under section 7 exiting a liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal. </text></clause> <clause id="HD619FD09C316401A80C69881B2940566"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Expansion of Regulated Terminal</header><text>An order issued under this paragraph that relates to an expansion of an existing liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal, where any portion of the existing terminal continues to be subject to Commission regulation of rates, charges, terms, or conditions of service, may not result in—</text> <subclause id="H01CF56B83DC44230BE888D49A9071084"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subsidization of the expansion by regulated terminal users;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H12E5DB7966E5415B8396E680015F117"><enum>(II)</enum><text>degradation of service to the regulated terminal users; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H13A6426D7EA54EA9B9BCED6900A0070"><enum>(III)</enum><text>undue discrimination against the regulated terminal users.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H4E499648BD8B4A079F248E322B10D856"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Expiration</header><text>This subparagraph shall cease to have effect on January 1, 2021.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H51FA3AFC90E148C2BC399182C1BC7FA9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For the purposes of this subsection, the term <quote>Federal authorization</quote> means any authorization required under Federal law in order to construct, expand, or operate a liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal, including such permits, special use authorizations, certifications, opinions, or other approvals as may be required, whether issued by a Federal or State agency.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6DDB5740976A46B69B781D75297623D7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Judicial review</header><text>Section 19 of the Natural Gas Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/717r">15 U.S.C. 717r</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H88B1678B91AC48DCB42648B8A6E3DACE" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H2AA3F55F77DA46BB90E2B451582EC7A1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Judicial review</header> <paragraph id="H6ECF945C6BAB45E4AC65129686FDC6EB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over any civil action—</text> <subparagraph id="HA4E2E9AC8B8842AE8E26D1846239F68E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for review of any order, action, or failure to act of any Federal or State administrative agency to issue, condition, or deny any permit, license, concurrence, or approval required under Federal law for the construction, expansion, or operation of a liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8DC398E606E84B3FA00097A1EB3FA35"><enum>(B)</enum><text>alleging unreasonable delay, in meeting a schedule established under section 3(d)(2)(C) or otherwise, by any Federal or State administrative agency in entering an order or taking other action described in subparagraph (A); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D492B949FED4B9884542B00A1D1D5A4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>challenging any decision made or action taken by the Commission under section 3(d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H57A52BA749194DDBA06B67C97307E7F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commission action</header><text>For any action described in this subsection, the Commission shall file with the Court the consolidated record maintained under section 3(d)(2)(D).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC6169053B1054CA89B94D7BCB362E68"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Court action</header><text>If the Court finds under paragraph (1)(A) or (B) that an order, action, failure to act, or delay is inconsistent with applicable Federal law, and would prevent the construction, expansion, or operation of a liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminal, the order or action shall be deemed to have been issued or taken, subject to any conditions established by the Federal or State administrative agency upon remand from the Court, such conditions to be consistent with the order of the Court. If the Court remands the order or action to the Federal or State agency, the Court shall set a reasonable deadline for the agency to act on remand.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC0D5A46F04BD47D5B7DCC5F98DDC96"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Unreasonable delay</header><text>For the purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the failure of an agency to issue a permit, license, concurrence, or approval within the later of—</text> <subparagraph id="HD70B590DA75F44E2BAE5E44EE3D7048D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 year after the date of filing of an application for the permit, license, concurrence, or approval; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF1EFAA8F69874F2D8813E9DBF3615FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>60 days after the date of issuance of the order under section 3(d), </text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">shall be considered unreasonable delay unless the Court, for good cause shown, determines otherwise.</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BE78E6BB3F54036B2007895565621F3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Expedited review</header><text>The Court shall set any action brought under this subsection for expedited consideration.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H09D336D0AE694635B5F48DD911A57EE8"><enum>327.</enum><header>Hydraulic fracturing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of section 1421(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300h">42 U.S.C. 300h(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HFAC585800D114302BD7EA45FFC407860"> <paragraph id="H9F2E615F16BE4EA08F3F59E9A3B5B98C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Underground injection</header><text>The term <term>underground injection</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="H8130F960EC4B4BEA8BB188AF00C79113"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means the subsurface emplacement of fluids by well injection; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFE57F50A245D45F2BD11649D3D7DE200"><enum>(B)</enum><text>excludes—</text> <clause id="H8B8BB3B2D441480C9591FD274172CC83"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the underground injection of natural gas for purposes of storage; and</text></clause> <clause id="H320D5B06CA5E44EE98B013192E878E67"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the underground injection of fluids or propping agents pursuant to hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil or gas production activities.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H5677A7FD61B4464FAFF764D583C1C0ED"><enum>330.</enum><header>Appeals relating to pipeline construction or offshore mineral development projects</header> <subsection id="H8076DBF5A9DA41459F4613F311F6D49"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agency of record, pipeline construction projects</header><text>Any Federal administrative agency proceeding that is an appeal or review under section 319 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CZMA72">Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1465">16 U.S.C. 1465</external-xref>), as amended by this Act, related to Federal authority for an interstate natural gas pipeline construction project, including construction of natural gas storage and liquefied natural gas facilities, shall use as its exclusive record for all purposes the record compiled by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to the Commission’s proceeding under sections 3 and 7 of the Natural Gas Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/717b">15 U.S.C. 717b</external-xref>, 717f).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA31CBDAB367745B2B211D8500DBB53C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that all Federal and State agencies with jurisdiction over interstate natural gas pipeline construction activities should coordinate their proceedings within the timeframes established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission when the Commission is acting under sections 3 and 7 of the Natural Gas Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/717b">15 U.S.C. 717b</external-xref>, 717f) to determine whether a certificate of public convenience and necessity should be issued for a proposed interstate natural gas pipeline.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3E88D90975FF4920B6855F00A506BA2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agency of record, offshore mineral development projects</header><text>Any Federal administrative agency proceeding that is an appeal or review under section 319 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CZMA72">Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1465">16 U.S.C. 1465</external-xref>), as amended by this Act, related to Federal authority for the permitting, approval, or other authorization of energy projects, including projects to explore, develop, or produce mineral resources in or underlying the outer Continental Shelf shall use as its exclusive record for all purposes (except for the filing of pleadings) the record compiled by the relevant Federal permitting agency.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H9B71195460CE4E1AAE78CE2647040794"><enum>333.</enum><header>Natural gas market transparency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C 717 et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H63378CEEDBB14BB8A099D0697711C172"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating section 24 as section 25; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4F3B4C51857F43C98953574F02D957B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after section 23 the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H8A82F19B71484DA287CF87A2EC1E100"> <section id="H2C41B87270A64691AE0035F3E2E0F903"><enum>24.</enum><header>Natural gas market transparency</header> <subsection id="H1835B2CB97EB47D0931DC7DE8FFFF1B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H25914252A4AB4E6DA05494EB77EC2EEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall issue rules directing all entities subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction as provided under this Act to timely report information about the availability and prices of natural gas sold at wholesale in interstate commerce to the Commission and price publishers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HA6D798B59ED540BE88C1E0AC5F60001C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Commission shall evaluate the data for adequate price transparency and accuracy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HA6D74D7AF2134EBB839D00B4EB3C79E2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Rules issued under this subsection requiring the reporting of information to the Commission that may become publicly available shall be limited to aggregate data and transaction-specific data that are otherwise required by the Commission to be made public.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H13A6851D96D247B597674765BDD373E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In exercising its authority under this section, the Commission shall not—</text> <subparagraph id="H80367F6E21324D0F939DF0C1919BF4A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>compete with, or displace from the market place, any price publisher; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE3012BFB99FE4064BF3320B79C093322"><enum>(B)</enum><text>regulate price publishers or impose any requirements on the publication of information.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3700B803D4D04ED79D9C71911CBBBE4D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timely enforcement</header><text>No person shall be subject to any penalty under this section with respect to a violation occurring more than 3 years before the date on which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeks to assess a penalty.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H388C282A32E1490AB5F4E595CDE55C92"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on Commission authority</header> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBB5C2230CD794FA990011DD400D906B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commission shall not condition access to interstate pipeline transportation upon the reporting requirements authorized under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HA8425EFB00E8440682B6C31C48868F9E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Natural gas sales by a producer that are attributable to volumes of natural gas produced by such producer shall not be subject to the rules issued pursuant to this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H33AF32132FA240F981064F58F797845"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Commission shall not require natural gas producers, processors, or users who have a de minimis market presence to participate in the reporting requirements provided in this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HE7C776CC10F24119A8E10002817158EA"><enum>C</enum><header>Access to Federal Land</header> <section id="H7C0CCA71759242FE9436891372578D19"><enum>344.</enum><header>Consultation regarding oil and gas leasing on public land</header> <subsection id="H63BD70777D6F416FAD4500ED213DF5CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding oil and gas leasing on—</text> <paragraph id="H9D6D8C13EC0D4F8E9FB11383F1BBF100"><enum>(1)</enum><text>public lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB3082A0579014A20A78300C900CF9C01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>National Forest System lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HECB1DCC130EE496F94C52DD578FC4388"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The memorandum of understanding shall include provisions that—</text> <paragraph id="HDB9C053570464F0985D4BDE900C80077"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish administrative procedures and lines of authority that ensure timely processing of oil and gas lease applications, surface use plans of operation, and applications for permits to drill, including steps for processing surface use plans and applications for permits to drill consistent with the timelines established by the amendment made by section 348;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H213B6A17726440C7AEC4431165E04EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>eliminate duplication of effort by providing for coordination of planning and environmental compliance efforts; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H08499EBF1C044B41B3FEA16700010565"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure that lease stipulations are—</text> <subparagraph id="H069D9E85190645009BA0DFAD8CB51BC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>applied consistently;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H51531B341A6D451D8E63E1940001BD26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinated between agencies; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE12A741F07DA48C798411BDDB3D0595"><enum>(C)</enum><text>only as restrictive as necessary to protect the resource for which the stipulations are applied.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2AA456297FD84602858F9B69A7FC420"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Data retrieval system</header> <paragraph id="HCAC2DAE1B455470E00A494892825593B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a joint data retrieval system that is capable of—</text> <subparagraph id="H84E1A489883C479093C7704F2D549390"><enum>(A)</enum><text>tracking applications and formal requests made in accordance with procedures of the Federal onshore oil and gas leasing program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C7B0D61F1474D5789E59D19DAF83162"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing information regarding the status of the applications and requests within the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFAAF53D0B0C348BAA7303CDE133E36D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Resource mapping</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a joint Geographic Information System mapping system for use in—</text> <subparagraph id="HAE9725ABCCBE440D9FD09DA3EE92901C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>tracking surface resource values to aid in resource management; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB956BC9060F541588885990568F994EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>processing surface use plans of operation and applications for permits to drill.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H422AAF66FCB2439AB66E177C407641EC"><enum>346.</enum><header>Compliance with executive order 13211; actions concerning regulations that significantly affect energy supply, distribution, or use</header> <subsection id="H28EE31324FFB4B9BAB4973F680E0D8E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The head of each Federal agency shall require that before the Federal agency takes any action that could have a significant adverse effect on the supply of domestic energy resources from Federal public land, the Federal agency taking the action shall comply with Executive Order No. 13211 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13201">42 U.S.C. 13201</external-xref> note).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H229F88CCF0064FB89123808016753CF7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall publish guidance for purposes of this section describing what constitutes a significant adverse effect on the supply of domestic energy resources under Executive Order No. 13211 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13201">42 U.S.C. 13201</external-xref> note).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAD35649EE9014DE1859BE16E7558FBEF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Memorandum of understanding</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall include in the memorandum of understanding under section 344 provisions for implementing subsection (a) of this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H60B41D8961434D6E9DA53F4E8B69CDA0"><enum>350.</enum><header>Energy facility rights-of-way and corridors on Federal land</header> <subsection id="HC2A1314EAE1641C2A73001A344909F9E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header> <paragraph id="HDD4C53D7BC9B435590A1B69CA665BCA5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, shall submit to Congress a joint report—</text> <subparagraph id="H8EAE707BD31F4D8AB4A2ED00D6B1DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that addresses—</text> <clause id="HCC5C4D85D1A44F1C9F94E7701E8200E0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the location of existing rights-of-way and designated and de facto corridors for oil and gas pipelines and electric transmission and distribution facilities on Federal land; and</text></clause> <clause id="HBE9FE1BBFE9248E0BA4C4B10587650E2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>opportunities for additional oil and gas pipeline and electric transmission capacity within those rights-of-way and corridors; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC08609B835D54FF292941964E180C043"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that includes a plan for making available, on request, to the appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, tribal governments, and other persons involved in the siting of oil and gas pipelines and electricity transmission facilities Geographic Information System-based information regarding the location of the existing rights-of-way and corridors and any planned rights-of-way and corridors.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE8D38E6455FD446EB8B9E3C3D6E778B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultations and considerations</header><text>In preparing the report, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall consult with—</text> <subparagraph id="H7B064A1BE8B84449A3BEAB5DD3C57C6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>other agencies of Federal, State, tribal, or local units of government, as appropriate;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2573107FFDE54C91865FFD49CB4CA0C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>persons involved in the siting of oil and gas pipelines and electric transmission facilities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4788375403C6461E9B30876700B4313B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other interested members of the public.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFEEB35323A8E4C7A95E8BF54AA37EC50"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall limit the distribution of the report and Geographic Information System-based information referred to in paragraph (1) as necessary for national and infrastructure security reasons, if either Secretary determines that the information may be withheld from public disclosure under a national security or other exception under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552(b)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBAB3A00538224C559C1DADF48D2ED963"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Corridor designations</header> <paragraph id="H6DAB5B136E024482A4C3A2ED94933478"><enum>(1)</enum><header>11 contiguous Western States</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the affected utility industries, shall jointly—</text> <subparagraph id="H9760F9ADDDAD434294E99D49D4DC09E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>designate, under title V of the <act-name parsable-cite="FLPMA">Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1761">43 U.S.C. 1761 et seq.</external-xref>) and other applicable Federal laws, corridors for oil and gas pipelines and electricity transmission and facilities on Federal land in the eleven contiguous Western States (as defined in section 103 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FLPMA">Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1702">43 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref>));</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC68B2D5E32F84B098E6C812977C6EEB9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>perform any environmental reviews that may be required to complete the designations of corridors for the facilities on Federal land in the eleven contiguous Western States; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6D0741C7FC654C01BC2897E104E46600"><enum>(C)</enum><text>incorporate the designated corridors into—</text> <clause id="H9F249ABD115F40B493429217AB8EE553"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the relevant departmental and agency land use and resource management plans; or</text></clause> <clause id="HA2A96F098A3E450B8DB1FD87A98CBDE4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>equivalent plans.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF8FDADDEFDD48CFA94665C9791F1F00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other States</header><text>Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the affected utility industries, shall jointly—</text> <subparagraph id="H3D3CE55F0A204B45A807E13C2D7B06B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify corridors for oil and gas pipelines and electricity transmission and distribution facilities on Federal land in the States other than those described in paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1FF544104DE7404E8EB8214DE96BDD63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>schedule prompt action to identify, designate, and incorporate the corridors into the land use plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H933E867BA7134FA28992C1AEFDE7B920"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Ongoing responsibilities</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to lands under their respective jurisdictions, in consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the affected utility industries, shall establish procedures that—</text> <subparagraph id="H2E432DE3F87C4A9D00E65944FBA5787"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that additional corridors for oil and gas pipelines and electricity transmission and distribution facilities on Federal land are promptly identified and designated; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H49480B2AC5874F5CB450388EEE991E11"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expedite applications to construct or modify oil and gas pipelines and electricity transmission and distribution facilities within the corridors, taking into account prior analyses and environmental reviews undertaken during the designation of corridors.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE1FA984CBAD440878ECE99BB3F0079AE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretaries shall take into account the need for upgraded and new electricity transmission and distribution facilities to—</text> <paragraph id="H4D11EE6333224DD3925B076877FDA367"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improve reliability;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF7F09D1ACF0A4F5E9455E7FAEE5610AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>relieve congestion; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HADE98D7DCCBA4B3FBA9255179859242D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>enhance the capability of the national grid to deliver electricity.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3666C98951614DE4BD7890122B455599"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition of corridor</header> <paragraph id="HD70393236B734EC2B82D413B78B7DC4F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General</header><text>In this section and title V of the <act-name parsable-cite="FLPMA">Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1761">43 U.S.C. 1761 et seq.</external-xref>), the term <term>corridor</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HF11BF54F20C547059BC552CB385EE48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a linear strip of land—</text> <clause id="HAD757863A728492188B45C28A18B4DEE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with a width determined with consideration given to technological, environmental, and topographical factors; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE566EBC6CE434AC189DD12E794DC2443"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that contains, or may in the future contain, 1 or more utility, communication, or transportation facilities;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9C6CBA4707904A1C8850AD148204881B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a land use designation that is established—</text> <clause id="H9DAF09B9E7774B418107105B58AE9B56"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by law;</text></clause> <clause id="H0BC9D8B64BA04A31A49CC47FB279643"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by Secretarial Order;</text></clause> <clause id="HD1724232D74D40329046D116A334D000"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>through the land use planning process; or</text></clause> <clause id="HD78A061A1E124771B65FAB52F3DFAD8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by other management decision; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H50E0E4459C0944009364ABE2E548D001"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a designation made for the purpose of establishing the preferred location of compatible linear facilities and land uses.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H778A0566074B480CB124F3745674CAF3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specifications of corridor</header><text>On designation of a corridor under this section, the centerline, width, and compatible uses of a corridor shall be specified.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H08ED88AC986642CEB9E4D9E51D7B75A9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>355.</enum><header>Encouraging Great Lakes oil and gas drilling ban</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress encourages no Federal or State permit or lease to be issued for new oil and gas slant, directional, or offshore drilling in or under one or more of the Great Lakes.</text></section> <section id="HCE1FEFC2B67A415E94CB49A3F0841DD3"><enum>358.</enum><header>Federal coalbed methane regulation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any State currently on the list of Affected States established under section 1339(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13368">42 U.S.C. 13368(b)</external-xref>) shall be removed from the list if, not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the State takes, or prior to the date of enactment has taken, any of the actions required for removal from the list under such section 1339(b).</text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HA8BECC7C612A4B93A78D09C77BFEB063"><enum>D</enum><header>Refining Revitalization</header> <section id="HA8C76A8A47DE4EC796EC36607FC1B261" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>371.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote>United States Refinery Revitalization Act of 2005</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H4CE16914F0E54170A1E2201CEBD3DA4D"><enum>372.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H9A87E2E943344C7E90201D5FC93D4904"><enum>(1)</enum><text>It serves the national interest to increase petroleum refining capacity for gasoline, heating oil, diesel fuel, jet fuel, kerosene, and petrochemical feedstocks wherever located within the United States, to bring more supply to the markets for use by the American people. Nearly 50 percent of the petroleum in the United States is used for the production of gasoline. Refined petroleum products have a significant impact on interstate commerce.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3940AD73DD7343C08510314E9381967E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>United States demand for refined petroleum products currently exceeds the country’s petroleum refining capacity to produce such products. By 2025, United States gasoline consumption is projected to rise from 8,900,000 barrels per day to 12,900,000 barrels per day. Diesel fuel and home heating oil are becoming larger components of an increasing demand for refined petroleum supply. With the increase in air travel, jet fuel consumption is projected to be 789,000 barrels per day higher in 2025 than today.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5EAB84681E474D518E1CECC59C58C391"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The petroleum refining industry is operating at 95 percent of capacity. The United States is currently importing 5 percent of its refined petroleum products and because of the stringent United States gasoline and diesel fuel specifications, few foreign refiners can produce the clean fuels required in the United States and the number of foreign suppliers that can produce United States quality gasoline is decreasing.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6A24F3F02BCA498E9FD822D1B4DC662B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Refiners are subject to significant environmental and other regulations and face several new Clean Air Act requirements over the next decade. New Clean Air Act requirements will benefit the environment but will also require substantial capital investment and additional government permits.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6A82FB2647A047419D00CC64C23B2B52"><enum>(5)</enum><text>No new refinery has been built in the United States since 1976 and many smaller domestic refineries have become idle since the removal of the Domestic Crude Oil Allocation Program and because of regulatory uncertainty and generally low returns on capital employed. Today, the United States has 149 refineries, down from 324 in 1981. Restoration of recently idled refineries alone would amount to 483,570 barrels a day in additional capacity, or approximately 3.3 percent of the total operating capacity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB0478C6996624E4A93CE46CF9085E3EA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Refiners have met growing demand by increasing the use of existing equipment and increasing the efficiency and capacity of existing plants. But refining capacity has begun to lag behind peak summer demand.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H56ACF2CCD82F49B1BADE6453F5E7708"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Heavy industry and manufacturing jobs have closed or relocated due to barriers to investment, burdensome regulation, and high costs of operation, among other reasons.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H74EB25C1F66E479E8DCD222898C0429D"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Because the production and disruption in supply of refined petroleum products has a significant impact on interstate commerce, it serves the national interest to increase the domestic refining operating capacity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBB999FA3AADB41D49FEB4593AE943500"><enum>(10)</enum><text>More regulatory certainty for refinery owners is needed to stimulate investment in increased refinery capacity and required procedures for Federal, State, and local regulatory approvals need to be streamlined to ensure that increased refinery capacity can be developed and operated in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2C2CB2DE994D41F48B5CCE7F006777F6"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The proposed Yuma Arizona Refinery, a grassroots refinery facility, which only recently received its Federal air quality permit after 5 years under the current regulatory process, and is just now beginning its environmental impact statement and local permitting process, serves as an example of the obstacles a refiner would have to overcome to reopen an idle refinery.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H70C558B2649942ABB82253415DBE38E0"><enum>373.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this subtitle is to encourage the expansion of the United States refining capacity by providing an accelerated review and approval process of all regulatory approvals for certain idle refineries and lending corresponding legal and technical assistance to States with resources that may be inadequate to meet such permit review demands.</text></section> <section id="H5000828AD88247DA99FE2F7845C60063"><enum>374.</enum><header>Designation of Refinery Revitalization Zones</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall designate as a Refinery Revitalization Zone any area—</text> <paragraph id="H8BF2EEF1499545D88FCF618F7EC1E983"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that—</text> <subparagraph id="HFE4C7BD3B9FC447AAD4D77892BCAD546"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has experienced mass layoffs at manufacturing facilities, as determined by the Secretary of Labor; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDFD5B706E1624186A8922E2282AE6900"><enum>(B)</enum><text>contains an idle refinery; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF6FB2569BF7D4B77B9EFECFDB38477B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that has an unemployment rate that exceeds the national average by at least 10 percent of the national average, as set by the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, at the time of the designation as a Refinery Revitalization Zone.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H322C63AC30CD42D4B88EF53CFC27B890"><enum>375.</enum><header>Memorandum of understanding</header> <subsection id="H4A3A491E957D482DA338D3FDC9B23ED4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Administrator for the purposes of this subtitle. The Secretary and the Administrator shall each designate a senior official responsible for, and dedicate sufficient other staff and resources to ensure, full implementation of the purposes of this subtitle and any regulations enacted pursuant to this subtitle.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1F240FBF91BB47E3ADAADEF6B6348849"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional signatories</header><text>The Governor of any State, and the appropriate representative of any Indian Tribe, with jurisdiction over a Refinery Revitalization Zone, as designated by the Secretary pursuant to section 374, may be signatories to the memorandum of understanding under this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H04596DA8E129491ABF175DEFBEFB7539"><enum>376.</enum><header>State environmental permitting assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after a Revitalization Program Qualifying State becomes a signatory to the memorandum of understanding under section 375(b)—</text> <paragraph id="HD1DEF2E1396D4041A8F5F9247678B9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary shall designate one or more employees of the Department with expertise relating to the siting and operation of refineries to provide legal and technical assistance to that Revitalization Program Qualifying State; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D1006A376F44A51B4BF76A892F5DB32"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Administrator shall designate, to provide legal and technical assistance for that Revitalization Program Qualifying State, one or more employees of the Environmental Protection Agency with expertise on regulatory issues, relating to the siting and operation of refineries, with respect to each of—</text> <subparagraph id="H8A85F25D0936432687B73E979B205FDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBCD7DC546CC44B52AA7CBF00EF5739F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCCE342A39AD84F888C001DFCC80227A9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300f">42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H98D7F2D088454ED0005C3BD39083152"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9601">42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H417D3EB7957F466CB56B8BE553598770"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Solid Waste Disposal Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6901">42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7E2C0175CF494165AB05DFB44C5D4900"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Toxic Substances Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2601">15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H66694DAAF65E412F9EE3001F56E571CA"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the National Historic Preservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/470">16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE7E19911081B4F7E88BB50C54C93941E"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H2F4C878257CE4AEA8464A4E34E154714"><enum>377.</enum><header>Coordination and expeditious review of permitting process</header> <subsection id="H3A35DB13829644FFBD25DB1639ED39B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Department of energy as lead agency</header><text>Upon written request of a prospective applicant for Federal authorization for a refinery facility in a Refinery Revitalization Zone, the Department shall act as the lead Federal agency for the purposes of coordinating all applicable Federal authorizations and environmental reviews of the refining facility. To the maximum extent practicable under applicable Federal law, the Secretary shall coordinate this Federal authorization and review process with any Indian Tribes and State and local agencies responsible for conducting any separate permitting and environmental reviews of the refining facility.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDA552F38DDE0468DA436E4F0423446B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Schedule</header> <paragraph id="H5EC92ED599D44F15A475FFF6B59099F4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the agencies with authority over Federal authorizations and, as appropriate, with Indian Tribes and State and local agencies that are willing to coordinate their separate permitting and environmental reviews with the Federal authorizations and environmental reviews, shall establish a schedule with prompt and binding intermediate and ultimate deadlines for the review of, and Federal authorization decisions relating to, refinery facility siting and operation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H828093803DCE4737B808751852E4F300"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preapplication process</header><text>Prior to establishing the schedule, the Secretary shall provide an expeditious preapplication mechanism for applicants to confer with the agencies involved and to have each agency communicate to the prospective applicant within 60 days concerning—</text> <subparagraph id="H6F948D3C0CF04A2AAE98D8D41C5E56D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the likelihood of approval for a potential refinery facility; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC0F185EB58DB4A018522692951391E12"><enum>(B)</enum><text>key issues of concern to the agencies and local community.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA355E7CAC8A94FF0B18D36879D61DB04"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Schedule</header><text>The Secretary shall consider the preapplication findings under paragraph (2) in setting the schedule and shall ensure that once an application has been submitted with such information as the Secretary considers necessary, all permit decisions and related environmental reviews under all applicable Federal laws shall be completed within 6 months or, where circumstances require otherwise, as soon as thereafter practicable.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H04B8C515AB7C48A7BC2C93F43FD9D9D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consolidated environmental review</header> <paragraph id="H109E1DBDE3AD47B18BE1747B6DEBB19B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Lead agency</header><text>In carrying out its role as the lead Federal agency for environmental review, the Department shall coordinate all applicable Federal actions for complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) and shall be responsible for preparing any environmental impact statement required by section 102(2)(C) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>) or such other form of environmental review as is required.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCACED1051A224B68B17F94588349AD35"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consolidation of statements</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), if the Department determines an environmental impact statement is required, the Department shall prepare a single environmental impact statement, which shall consolidate the environmental reviews of all Federal agencies considering any aspect of the project covered by the environmental impact statement.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H02BB0A3845FA4C4EAB00F930093D5307"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Other agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Federal agency considering an aspect of the siting or operation of a refinery facility in a Refinery Revitalization Zone shall cooperate with the Department and comply with the deadlines established by the Department in the preparation of any environmental impact statement or such other form of review as is required.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF6E1AED8A97E42B0A2F3F12CC7E75713"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Exclusive Record</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department shall, with the cooperation of Federal and State administrative agencies and officials, maintain a complete consolidated record of all decisions made or actions taken by the Department or by a Federal administrative agency or officer (or State administrative agency or officer acting under delegated Federal authority) with respect to the siting or operation of a refinery facility in a Refinery Revitalization Zone. Such record shall be the exclusive record for any Federal administrative proceeding that is an appeal or review of any such decision made or action taken.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5E19193B0DB949C1A87D45C58339E64E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Appeals</header><text>In the event any agency has denied a Federal authorization required for a refinery facility in a Refinery Revitalization Zone, or has failed to act by a deadline established by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b) for deciding whether to issue the Federal authorization, the applicant or any State in which the refinery facility would be located may file an appeal with the Secretary. Based on the record maintained under subsection (e), and in consultation with the affected agency, the Secretary may then either issue the necessary Federal authorization with appropriate conditions, or deny the appeal. The Secretary shall issue a decision within 60 days after the filing of the appeal. In making a decision under this subsection, the Secretary shall comply with applicable requirements of Federal law, including each of the laws referred to in section 376(2)(A) through (H). Any judicial appeal of the Secretary’s decision shall be to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1B1CC8405FA64CAE99CF41D65D5DAF10"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Conforming regulations</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue any regulations necessary to implement this subtitle.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HD8751695D5084ED48EE7411CEE52068"><enum>378.</enum><header>Compliance with all environmental regulations required</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to waive the applicability of environmental laws and regulations to any refinery facility.</text></section> <section id="HFC1EB76C97094CEE9E663D5500004C72"><enum>379.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the purposes of this subtitle, the term—</text> <paragraph id="HA1B95BBF34BE4985A8AEA846E800A95F"><enum>(1)</enum><text><quote>Administrator</quote> means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8EFDA265682E473F9513A85EB063A6DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text><quote>Department</quote> means the Department of Energy;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5D08895CA10942FA9361D14BFC009300"><enum>(3)</enum><text><quote>Federal authorization</quote> means any authorization required under Federal law (including the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) in order to site, construct, upgrade, or operate a refinery facility within a Refinery Revitalization Zone, including such permits, special use authorizations, certifications, opinions, or other approvals as may be required, whether issued by a Federal, State, or local agency;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC498364607E748D0B4EB96E7E9803F5C"><enum>(4)</enum><text><quote>idle refinery</quote> means any real property site that has been used at any time for a refinery facility since December 31, 1979, that has not been in operation after April 1, 2005;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2D9400683C344E88AFBEA1C7407BC059"><enum>(5)</enum><text><quote>refinery facility</quote> means any facility designed and operated to receive, unload, store, process and refine raw crude oil by any chemical or physical process, including distillation, fluid catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, coking, alkylation, etherification, polymerization, catalytic reforming, isomerization, hydrotreating, blending, and any combination thereof;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3235035BF4494EACA1D8F2B771AADF49" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><text><quote>Revitalization Program Qualifying State</quote> means a State or Indian Tribe that—</text> <subparagraph id="H18D845970FA948DF9F0394A005E3D6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has entered into the memorandum of understanding pursuant to section 375(b); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4EB3CAE975B144A88E7D944FB13F63D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has established a refining infrastructure coordination office that the Secretary finds will facilitate Federal-State cooperation for the purposes of this subtitle; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA7EC8C009D2649FD00A918474FDB2F14"><enum>(7)</enum><text><quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle> <enum>IV</enum><header>Coal</header> <subtitle id="H8E0679A5EAC94C0E998E57683D007F29"><enum>A</enum><header>Clean Coal Power Initiative</header> <section id="H8780A9D4C472487BB18E6700F600BD54" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <subsection id="H0C93B90E771C4CCBB772537328BA307"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clean coal power initiative</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy (referred to in this title as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) to carry out the activities authorized by this subtitle $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2014, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFC6B7186EA004A8694097014515B9316"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to Congress the report required by this subsection not later than March 31, 2007. The report shall include, with respect to subsection (a), a 10-year plan containing—</text> <paragraph id="H42B36D0AB30F4D348062C611C3562E76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a detailed assessment of whether the aggregate funding levels provided under subsection (a) are the appropriate funding levels for that program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5162C25388394DF88CDF1B6F72AEAEE9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a detailed description of how proposals will be solicited and evaluated, including a list of all activities expected to be undertaken;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3DD624C69BA4FF8A0BB8088BECA3E5D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a detailed list of technical milestones for each coal and related technology that will be pursued; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBA1E39ED8912487ABC36644876CB127C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>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.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HBA9B9D45D65E44CB8B0110006F46D31"><enum>402.</enum><header>Project criteria</header> <subsection id="H80EC65B53FBC448698764760A5276265"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall not provide funding under this subtitle for any project that does not advance efficiency, environmental performance, and cost competitiveness well beyond the level of technologies that are in commercial service or have been demonstrated on a scale that the Secretary determines is sufficient to demonstrate that commercial service is viable as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5BC155C05CBD42FD82BBD8D58DD2471"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical criteria for clean coal power initiative</header> <paragraph id="H7E3EE586E28E493882CB6DFACB27ACD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Gasification projects</header> <subparagraph id="H87CD855EA6A64F24BCC700E35797ABCF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In allocating the funds made available under section 401(a), the Secretary shall ensure that at least 60 percent of the funds are used only for projects on coal-based gasification technologies, including gasification combined cycle, gasification fuel cells, gasification coproduction, and hybrid gasification/combustion.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB3A0C0ED6AD34F54B6F954E17E28EA47"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technical milestones</header><text>The Secretary shall periodically set technical milestones specifying the emission and thermal efficiency levels that coal gasification projects under this subtitle shall be designed, and reasonably expected, to achieve. The technical milestones shall become more restrictive during the life of the program. The Secretary shall set the periodic milestones so as to achieve by 2020 coal gasification projects able—</text> <clause id="H3047E511C5E542E89410F2D856721E2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to remove 99 percent of sulfur dioxide;</text></clause> <clause id="HCBD97743F5AA4316BDC105DD4C94F998"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to emit not more than .05 lbs of NO<subscript>x</subscript> per million Btu;</text></clause> <clause id="H8190CB4B428047F0990075CF40ADFEBD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to achieve substantial reductions in mercury emissions; and</text></clause> <clause id="H18C5A99B800749A589BB6608D69290E3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to achieve a thermal efficiency of—</text> <subclause id="H18B0340F3A824C64003F4C7ECC00852C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>60 percent for coal of more than 9,000 Btu;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8199B307ED7B46AD964B4CC4C2CF6B94"><enum>(II)</enum><text>59 percent for coal of 7,000 to 9,000 Btu; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H12B7499663724B4A9B6600E537CD6738"><enum>(III)</enum><text>50 percent for coal of less than 7,000 Btu.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4BF9CF740FA24A93B4F6E5C5BF1C54C4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other projects</header><text>The Secretary shall periodically set technical milestones and ensure that up to 40 percent of the funds appropriated pursuant to section 401(a) are used for projects not described in paragraph (1). The milestones shall specify the emission and thermal efficiency levels that projects funded under this paragraph shall be designed to and reasonably expected to achieve. The technical milestones shall become more restrictive during the life of the program. The Secretary shall set the periodic milestones so as to achieve by 2010 projects able—</text> <subparagraph id="H1B190AD3157C45A08F66AA199761CD95"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to remove 97 percent of sulfur dioxide;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H85E61DA0346A4B869D0063F6D4997C9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to emit no more than .08 lbs of NO<subscript>x</subscript> per million Btu;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H08A0EA622933473DB870085E2300DCB3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to achieve substantial reductions in mercury emissions; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H19D3970D28D94C3685FA0833008D29"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to achieve a thermal efficiency of—</text> <clause id="H684DF19D8B0C40E0A7B8EE51BECE66B0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>45 percent for coal of more than 9,000 Btu;</text></clause> <clause id="H781E7EBBB17C480D0031E12BCCDE9F1E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>44 percent for coal of 7,000 to 9,000 Btu; and</text></clause> <clause id="HCCB28B11D0B2409298F6261F52890006"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>40 percent for coal of less than 7,000 Btu.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDF2EF334490049FFB4DC8995F68D6466"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Before setting the technical milestones under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2), the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and interested entities, including coal producers, industries using coal, organizations to promote coal or advanced coal technologies, environmental organizations, and organizations representing workers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H614B83C654E94C13B5D0F5CF2C0178E2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Existing units</header><text>In the case of projects at units in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, in lieu of the thermal efficiency requirements set forth in paragraph (1)(B)(iv) and (2)(D), the milestones shall be designed to achieve an overall thermal design efficiency improvement, compared to the efficiency of the unit as operated, of not less than—</text> <subparagraph id="HA0B6E8B20139477A00826065715823D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>7 percent for coal of more than 9,000 Btu;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5CD2F60FAF974039AA1263DC0092CC74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>6 percent for coal of 7,000 to 9,000 Btu; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H363ADC4A8BAB4317BBCA5791E77B4CB3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>4 percent for coal of less than 7,000 Btu.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B569040723A47429E8DEE23F593C3D4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Permitted uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this subtitle, the Secretary may fund projects that include, as part of the project, the separation and capture of carbon dioxide. The thermal efficiency goals of paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) shall not apply for projects that separate and capture at least 50 percent of the facility’s potential emissions of carbon dioxide.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFB92516B2F3E456AA4C776EF4489489C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Financial criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall not provide a funding award under this subtitle unless the recipient documents to the satisfaction of the Secretary that—</text> <paragraph id="HBEB0D638E1D543CA83D7E2295C3181E2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the award recipient is financially viable without the receipt of additional Federal funding;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE07E5A5777974DBF8D8DF69808B9DA31"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the recipient will provide sufficient information to the Secretary to enable the Secretary to ensure that the award funds are spent efficiently and effectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD8D617A73BE640F9B853AB19D82EE36"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a market exists for the technology being demonstrated or applied, as evidenced by statements of interest in writing from potential purchasers of the technology.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCA9BA67AD2FB47AB91862F9FEEDF95B8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Financial assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide financial assistance to projects that meet the requirements of subsections (a), (b), and (c) and are likely to—</text> <paragraph id="HBA757C6FB2F943A194EEFC8E37778535"><enum>(1)</enum><text>achieve overall cost reductions in the utilization of coal to generate useful forms of energy;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE7A5BC70BBA42408771B9C4398181F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>improve the competitiveness of coal among various forms of energy in order to maintain a diversity of fuel choices in the United States to meet electricity generation requirements; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD851281F2F7E4027A5BD0800B7F77E87"><enum>(3)</enum><text>demonstrate methods and equipment that are applicable to 25 percent of the electricity generating facilities, using various types of coal, that use coal as the primary feedstock as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDBCDFA3A2C124937AE46F1FF2F83A1D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of a coal or related technology project funded by the Secretary under this subtitle shall not exceed 50 percent.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H32EA768A63FB4F2F8EEDAE00641D6285"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>No technology, or level of emission reduction, shall be treated as adequately demonstrated for purposes of section 111 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7411">42 U.S.C. 7411</external-xref>), achievable for purposes of section 169 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7479">42 U.S.C. 7479</external-xref>), or achievable in practice for purposes of section 171 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7501">42 U.S.C. 7501</external-xref>) solely by reason of the use of such technology, or the achievement of such emission reduction, by 1 or more facilities receiving assistance under this subtitle.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HF8F7A9F8D55D4D9BAB29984B39DA8482"><enum>403.</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and once every 2 years thereafter through 2014, the Secretary, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit to Congress a report describing—</text> <paragraph id="H9A3194D934F441C68847A8FDBFB322FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the technical milestones set forth in section 402 and how those milestones ensure progress toward meeting the requirements of subsections (b)(1)(B) and (b)(2) of section 402; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFE39288C75BC4EF5B100FE4E2176AE6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the status of projects funded under this subtitle.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HE67C2AAEC9D743098F7612AC645F954"><enum>404.</enum><header>Clean Coal Centers of Excellence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">As part of the program authorized in section 401, the Secretary shall award competitive, merit-based grants to universities for the establishment of Centers of Excellence for Energy Systems of the Future. The Secretary shall provide grants to universities that show the greatest potential for advancing new clean coal technologies.</text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H0681A0C7D24C424BA49D01C633113C8"><enum>B</enum><header>Clean Power Projects</header> <section id="HC891FA4BC55142FBB8ACB4BF6FCD21EC"><enum>411.</enum><header>Coal technology loan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $125,000,000 to provide a loan to the owner of the experimental plant constructed under United States Department of Energy cooperative agreement number DE-FC-22-91PC90544 on such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines, including interest rates and upfront payments.</text></section> <section id="H5868FDB6323C4E1F897047D7A8185347"><enum>412.</enum><header>Coal gasification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to provide loan guarantees for a project to produce energy from a plant using integrated gasification combined cycle technology of at least 400 megawatts in capacity that produces power at competitive rates in deregulated energy generation markets and that does not receive any subsidy (direct or indirect) from ratepayers.</text></section> <section id="H9308F7A6F1A24E0A9256354F83F6ADC0"><enum>414.</enum><header>Petroleum coke gasification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to provide loan guarantees for at least 5 petroleum coke gasification projects.</text></section> <section id="H395254DEFBD8472BB551DB18152EB76"><enum>416.</enum><header>Electron scrubbing demonstration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall use $5,000,000 from amounts appropriated to initiate, through the Chicago Operations Office, a project to demonstrate the viability of high-energy electron scrubbing technology on commercial-scale electrical generation using high-sulfur coal.</text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H03D64488079E4FD6ADF106A11E0062B"><enum>D</enum><header>Coal and Related Programs</header> <section id="H8D662D16D41E496C919F59FDF5F2D30"><enum>441.</enum><header>Clean air coal program</header> <subsection id="H18299D84BF4F45E8A16C90F79FE01165"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>The Energy Policy Act of 1992 is amended by adding the following new title at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block id="H035739364F75413BA440C203A3187B80"> <title id="HC1A1C22FDA454BFFB7085E9BE9BEF102"><enum>XXXI</enum><header>Clean air coal program</header> <section id="H462003EFCBA047C8AAA112BF8DC4F05B"><enum>3101.</enum><header>Findings; purposes; definitions</header> <subsection id="HAFD1178B396C43D2BF097ECCA0D83039"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The Congress finds that—</text> <paragraph id="H21D24927AC2C4AAF9F703CBB4110291E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>new environmental regulations present additional challenges for coal-fired electrical generation in the private marketplace; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3E90950448C43DFABFB362863EC1E61"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Department of Energy, in cooperation with industry, has already fully developed and commercialized several new clean-coal technologies that will allow the clean use of coal.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H53FBD5672B6747A692AA33A85D77429"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this title are to—</text> <paragraph id="H1B2D35EB484F4801BB28AEEE53B9A114"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promote national energy policy and energy security, diversity, and economic competitiveness benefits that result from the increased use of coal;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92F878C823684817B832A1C3C7925513"><enum>(2)</enum><text>mitigate financial risks, reduce the cost, and increase the marketplace acceptance of the new clean coal technologies; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3C67FCE2563C485AACD5ACB937DF478"><enum>(3)</enum><text>advance the deployment of pollution control equipment to meet the current and future obligations of coal-fired generation units regulated under the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 7402 and following).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H3C0F131B1C1542EB0024B7A8A4B6347F"><enum>3102.</enum><header>Authorization of program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out a program to facilitate production and generation of coal-based power and the installation of pollution control equipment.</text></section> <section id="H0A03F2485B6C446CBA1DC3DCA8AB4834"><enum>3103.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <subsection id="H5491A877D5324416AF4E21C9708B0273"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pollution control projects</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, and $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, to remain available until expended, for carrying out the program for pollution control projects, which may include—</text> <paragraph id="H50CDF6B35669464A937EF43880DB1063"><enum>(1)</enum><text>pollution control equipment and processes for the control of mercury air emissions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC594751B5FBC47929F02FAC4E138E60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>pollution control equipment and processes for the control of nitrogen dioxide air emissions or sulfur dioxide emissions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H78C3D879FACB4476811376CC196D783B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>pollution control equipment and processes for the mitigation or collection of more than one pollutant;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6B833D46E6CB486D94A78CCE451D7D9D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>advanced combustion technology for the control of at least two pollutants, including mercury, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide, which may also be designed to improve the energy efficiency of the unit; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE98391520FE74EECA590008F17305390"><enum>(5)</enum><text>advanced pollution control equipment and processes designed to allow use of the waste byproducts or other byproducts of the equipment or an electrical generation unit designed to allow the use of byproducts.</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">Funds appropriated under this subsection which are not awarded before fiscal year 2012 may be applied to projects under subsection (b), in addition to amounts authorized under subsection (b).</continuation-text></subsection> <subsection id="H42A3543B583340E689DD9C9CD9F93132"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Generation projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2013, to remain available until expended, for generation projects and air pollution control projects. Such projects may include—</text> <paragraph id="H511DE501E77E4F42A2783407F4E9D704"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coal-based electrical generation equipment and processes, including gasification combined cycle or other coal-based generation equipment and processes;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA4A5AB2C1D8348629C8F5FCD3EA3FE4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>associated environmental control equipment, that will be cost-effective and that is designed to meet anticipated regulatory requirements;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H55F81C2A849C47309347FB56F8009D7C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coal-based electrical generation equipment and processes, including gasification fuel cells, gasification coproduction, and hybrid gasification/combustion projects; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6810736AB0954D0600522C08BBD1EECF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>advanced coal-based electrical generation equipment and processes, including oxidation combustion techniques, ultra-supercritical boilers, and chemical looping, which the Secretary determines will be cost-effective and could substantially contribute to meeting anticipated environmental or energy needs.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE759C6DF296941F987FDFB9806BA33C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Funds placed at risk during any fiscal year for Federal loans or loan guarantees pursuant to this title may not exceed 30 percent of the total funds obligated under this title.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HF7BF8AB9573248B6BBA2E8C6CED00FC"><enum>3104.</enum><header>Air pollution control project criteria</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall pursuant to authorizations contained in section 3103 provide funding for air pollution control projects designed to facilitate compliance with Federal and State environmental regulations, including any regulation that may be established with respect to mercury.</text></section> <section id="HC8E72AD048744327A08192B83D82421F"><enum>3105.</enum><header>Criteria for generation projects</header> <subsection id="H3494F819980B46518FE9F2A3C43C403D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall establish criteria on which selection of individual projects described in section 3103(b) should be based. The Secretary may modify the criteria as appropriate to reflect improvements in equipment, except that the criteria shall not be modified to be less stringent. These selection criteria shall include—</text> <paragraph id="HB7CE96F2672546B7BB98181F45992896"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prioritization of projects whose installation is likely to result in significant air quality improvements in nonattainment air quality areas;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD8EC6534E8914EC19F140710BACFDC81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prioritization of projects that result in the repowering or replacement of older, less efficient units;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6C4EFB8F36C04E17A32EE3C7133AE21"><enum>(3)</enum><text>documented broad interest in the procurement of the equipment and utilization of the processes used in the projects by electrical generator owners or operators;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC1E76E9B7F34FB7B3BA3F9BBC880053"><enum>(4)</enum><text>equipment and processes beginning in 2006 through 2011 that are projected to achieve an thermal efficiency of—</text> <subparagraph id="H278AD0C29D804E0BB74019681F337954"><enum>(A)</enum><text>40 percent for coal of more than 9,000 Btu per pound based on higher heating values;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEA18FC6849C546F99ECA4647DFF88E73"><enum>(B)</enum><text>38 percent for coal of 7,000 to 9,000 Btu per pound based on higher heating values; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8C73F2024F834810BCF894D5761B9E12"><enum>(C)</enum><text>36 percent for coal of less than 7,000 Btu per pound based on higher heating values,</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">except that energy used for coproduction or cogeneration shall not be counted in calculating the thermal efficiency under this paragraph; and</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2B713B1732FC405ABC50825797009806"><enum>(5)</enum><text>equipment and processes beginning in 2012 and 2013 that are projected to achieve an thermal efficiency of—</text> <subparagraph id="H9363F28CF34C4ECE9C5387F962DE5BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>45 percent for coal of more than 9,000 Btu per pound based on higher heating values;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2B330D7683814EFD9377BE93325BA6AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>44 percent for coal of 7,000 to 9,000 Btu per pound based on higher heating values; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA0B19B1F5A3340F8AC8D9C76005577D2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>40 percent for coal of less than 7,000 Btu per pound based on higher heating values,</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">except that energy used for coproduction or cogeneration shall not be counted in calculating the thermal efficiency under this paragraph.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9C07804F5E34490189E5EB5F64EFE647"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Selection</header> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H74EF3CCABD6D4EA1ABA5548E18568EC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In selecting the projects, up to 25 percent of the projects selected may be either coproduction or cogeneration or other gasification projects, but at least 25 percent of the projects shall be for the sole purpose of electrical generation, and priority should be given to equipment and projects less than 600 MW to foster and promote standard designs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H6130E24F897246F4A8997100AA632351"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary shall give priority to projects that have been developed and demonstrated that are not yet cost competitive, and for coal energy generation projects that advance efficiency, environmental performance, or cost competitiveness significantly beyond the level of pollution control equipment that is in operation on a full scale.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H719EED31DAB648EC88CECC10A364D77"><enum>3106.</enum><header>Financial criteria</header> <subsection id="HD3524DA4BFA14D29A2D1E2E54505E9E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall only provide financial assistance to projects that meet the requirements of sections 3103 and 3104 and are likely to—</text> <paragraph id="H4025E30566E5420A9472BB9BF208DA4D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>achieve overall cost reductions in the utilization of coal to generate useful forms of energy; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2AD0D46EEEEB4C1E84465EB7EC0059A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>improve the competitiveness of coal in order to maintain a diversity of domestic fuel choices in the United States to meet electricity generation requirements.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H443766FAEB08435D8CB72FADCEAB3E1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>The Secretary shall not provide a funding award under this title unless—</text> <paragraph id="H56FCB5C2F4A74D299FACBE6F3440E54F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the award recipient is financially viable without the receipt of additional Federal funding; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7DD8DC8146EB470B9B65A5576813834E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the recipient provides sufficient information to the Secretary for the Secretary to ensure that the award funds are spent efficiently and effectively.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H60E0C6A7381740169DB045AFEB00D68E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Equal access</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the extent practical, utilize cooperative agreement, loan guarantee, and direct Federal loan mechanisms designed to ensure that all electrical generation owners have equal access to these technology deployment incentives. The Secretary shall develop and direct a competitive solicitation process for the selection of technologies and projects under this title.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H6AC3580F59CD4F618F1CABDE69CDCFA"><enum>3107.</enum><header>Federal share</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Federal share of the cost of a coal or related technology project funded by the Secretary under this title shall not exceed 50 percent. For purposes of this title, Federal funding includes only appropriated funds.</text></section> <section id="HEAD5E65D95994C36BBBEC9A4FC6891AF"><enum>3108.</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No technology, or level of emission reduction, shall be treated as adequately demonstrated for purposes of section 111 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7411">42 U.S.C. 7411</external-xref>), achievable for purposes of section 169 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7479">42 U.S.C. 7479</external-xref>), or achievable in practice for purposes of section 171 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7501">42 U.S.C. 7501</external-xref>) solely by reason of the use of such technology, or the achievement of such emission reduction, by one or more facilities receiving assistance under this title.</text></section>. 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Table of Contents Amendment
The table of contents of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 is amended by adding at the end the following: TITLE XXXI—Clean air coal program Sec. 3101. Findings; purposes; definitions Sec. 3102. Authorization of program Sec. 3103. Authorization of appropriations Sec. 3104. Air pollution control project criteria Sec. 3105. Criteria for generation projects Sec. 3106. Financial criteria Sec. 3107. Federal share Sec. 3108. Applicability. <enum>V</enum><header>Indian energy</header> <section id="HC42C36B9AA384882B248402BF9B0075E"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act of 2005</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H6A84422A2C714EB8BE334DF698FAF96"><enum>502.</enum><header>Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs</header> <subsection id="H6B849CA9176644F583A90925B302CEFD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title II of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7131">42 U.S.C. 7131 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="traditional" id="HEB1789CCC31E4A858DFFBF48F44F236"> <section id="HBE0A39A73D10487A81DCDEEAB69B6FCF"><enum>217.</enum><header>Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs</header> <subsection display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB5D358C6A5074ED79B34BB1CEDB57622"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established within the Department an Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs (referred to in this section as the <quote>Office</quote>). The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary and compensated at a rate equal to that of level IV of the Executive Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5315">section 5315</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE90B5F515F7E493C90FFC8F86AF5FAD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties of Director</header><text>The Director, in accordance with Federal policies promoting Indian self-determination and the purposes of this Act, shall provide, direct, foster, coordinate, and implement energy planning, education, management, conservation, and delivery programs of the Department that—</text> <paragraph id="HC230A41F749E49EB845FC51498183EF0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promote Indian tribal energy development, efficiency, and use;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01081356A79D46B99777BCDA00BEA788"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reduce or stabilize energy costs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7CEA24141D9742F7BD78FFF5F37DC417"><enum>(3)</enum><text>enhance and strengthen Indian tribal energy and economic infrastructure relating to natural resource development and electrification; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC45055B62AF4BB79C95D6C19BCFF3AA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>bring electrical power and service to Indian land and the homes of tribal members located on Indian lands or acquired, constructed, or improved (in whole or in part) with Federal funds.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H007922587E9A4D47A6002E4F0382D137"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="HE6B6D752CEFF40B090D279FD57103A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The table of contents of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. prec. 7101) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HA89375F25A8F445EB1D83F71BEE9E500"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the item relating to section 209, by striking <quote>Section</quote> and inserting <quote>Sec.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA780C1F7C1C749088E63A56F14EB645"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the items relating to sections 213 through 216 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H02BEBF5C79D8414A9CFEE202865F5D1"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 213. Establishment of policy for National Nuclear Security Administration</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 214. Establishment of security, counterintelligence, and intelligence policies</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 215. Office of Counterintelligence</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 216. Office of Intelligence</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 217. Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE47D7B957055438F8114A1F2DEC543E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5315">Section 5315</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <quote>Inspector General, Department of Energy.</quote> the following:</text><list list-type="none" level="paragraph"><list-item><quote>Director, Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, Department of Energy.</quote></list-item></list> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HEEF420301ADE4A8CB1F1BD00FF706B14" display-inline="no-display-inline"><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H72247D7540F343B4902DC256E9DC02C3"><enum>503.</enum><header>Indian energy</header> <subsection id="H5F3DD78A3B804F0AAA9B0099D245BB2F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title XXVI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3501">25 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HE34EB2DF1EF24B809BB575E376D31915"> <title id="H68260E51FFDF45A2B831C05BA66FDA6C"><enum>XXVI</enum><header>Indian energy</header> <section id="H7AFCEEB0B8A841C3867C78FBB2FF9E3"><enum>2601.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title:</text> <paragraph id="H5315340AA8D9467C8D1F87A6702FF2A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, Department of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2740D6468887446BABF6F54D9745A254"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>Indian land</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HAD011205BC9040E3A7C8902B6E2E4B02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any land located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCE245298CCC043C4A2E49D515B110636"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any land not located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria, the title to which is held—</text> <clause id="HD0B0AE281DD041FBB6D46216867D47C1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or an individual Indian;</text></clause> <clause id="HA085F35E548342A39F7E663829CC9C9B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by an Indian tribe or an individual Indian, subject to restriction against alienation under laws of the United States; or</text></clause> <clause id="H3FBF55E12D334948A15C002EB10366B1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by a dependent Indian community; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HACEA6F4DBFAB4B0F8B2E85DC1D74A82B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>land that is owned by an Indian tribe and was conveyed by the United States to a Native Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>), or that was conveyed by the United States to a Native Corporation in exchange for such land.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H51BB97CB3FF848589734E4BCA588EC90"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term <term>Indian reservation</term> includes—</text> <subparagraph id="H1D98AA8BF31D471D944BF6CF715CBE61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an Indian reservation in existence in any State or States as of the date of enactment of this paragraph;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H80EEB74FE03C4F9789334269F3ADBFFA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a public domain Indian allotment; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C20984ECB804159A2A1273094EA156F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a dependent Indian community located within the borders of the United States, regardless of whether the community is located—</text> <clause id="H5B7721821C0C4325A50022559E07DB8C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on original or acquired territory of the community; or</text></clause> <clause id="H63151CA8355E4AE197D137BB075458CD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>within or outside the boundaries of any particular State.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF01F95733F7F435700816794D4789740"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>), except that the term <term>Indian tribe</term>, for the purpose of paragraph (11) and sections 2603(b)(3) and 2604, shall not include any Native Corporation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H62C051EF6CAC4CD3828EC6D25F4600F0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The term <term>integration of energy resources</term> means any project or activity that promotes the location and operation of a facility (including any pipeline, gathering system, transportation system or facility, or electric transmission or distribution facility) on or near Indian land to process, refine, generate electricity from, or otherwise develop energy resources on, Indian land.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0757ECD60CE2488C8F4236E0055B1F59"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The term <term>Native Corporation</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3EB042D269364500AC51A13DB9EAD8B4"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The term <term>organization</term> means a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, or other unincorporated association or entity that is established to develop Indian energy resources.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F04FAC77924442C9B2DB15849F58B38"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The term <term>Program</term> means the Indian energy resource development program established under section 2602(a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD2EA129709E14603B5E0F2EE6D72BA36"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA1F8F8D559714AF9851300BB7BA2A1CF"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The term <term>tribal energy resource development organization</term> means an organization of 2 or more entities, at least 1 of which is an Indian tribe, that has the written consent of the governing bodies of all Indian tribes participating in the organization to apply for a grant, loan, or other assistance authorized by section 2602.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE133567EC46044729763677800C28494"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The term <term>tribal land</term> means any land or interests in land owned by any Indian tribe, title to which is held in trust by the United States or which is subject to a restriction against alienation under laws of the United States.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HFC7A82E5C51B4F219C71004B8203BBB9"><enum>2602.</enum><header>Indian tribal energy resource development</header> <subsection id="HF09329CB7C6842639FF973C2CC5C1B1C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Department of the interior Program</header> <paragraph id="HED7688AE9A464F758783BCC03274A98B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To assist Indian tribes in the development of energy resources and further the goal of Indian self-determination, the Secretary shall establish and implement an Indian energy resource development program to assist consenting Indian tribes and tribal energy resource development organizations in achieving the purposes of this title.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H68D6A9E3CFAE4E0C955721532FFEA1EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In carrying out the Program, the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H0B8CA675A8F74F5090AF4D89F18B3061"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide development grants to Indian tribes and tribal energy resource development organizations for use in developing or obtaining the managerial and technical capacity needed to develop energy resources on Indian land, and to properly account for resulting energy production and revenues;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4B41A42EF9684F32964BD445AA5EE1A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide grants to Indian tribes and tribal energy resource development organizations for use in carrying out projects to promote the integration of energy resources, and to process, use, or develop those energy resources, on Indian land; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6B11EF23928A46FFB84BE1A412103B9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide low-interest loans to Indian tribes and tribal energy resource development organizations for use in the promotion of energy resource development on Indian land and integration of energy resources.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H075D5460BE724895A1C893BF1E55A8F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2016.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4EE218D12015453B9480C71636859527"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Department of energy Indian energy education planning and management assistance Program</header> <paragraph id="HD295D792B5744C3BAC2BC88022DA4C5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Director shall establish programs to assist consenting Indian tribes in meeting energy education, research and development, planning, and management needs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H419F6828538D4BE096834C39CE00DA3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Director may provide grants, on a competitive basis, to an Indian tribe or tribal energy resource development organization for use in carrying out—</text> <subparagraph id="H8F3992855EF04BD39F5E6412068EDEC7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>energy, energy efficiency, and energy conservation programs;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97533E672355496F985E078DADE6B1F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>studies and other activities supporting tribal acquisitions of energy supplies, services, and facilities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4B74F0636E4C41BC95814FC402C2DF00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>planning, construction, development, operation, maintenance, and improvement of tribal electrical generation, transmission, and distribution facilities located on Indian land; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0B9B91662E1B4B4D8E7E7E50D3968D28"><enum>(D)</enum><text>development, construction, and interconnection of electric power transmission facilities located on Indian land with other electric transmission facilities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2EFAF258C9A34C33998B8FDB3E3BA6EA"><enum>(3)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD6BF35E42E124DE2A6CDCB4F12B760EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Director may develop, in consultation with Indian tribes, a formula for providing grants under this subsection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H9D8FCECF2B834A67948F70004454DCC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In providing a grant under this subsection, the Director shall give priority to an application received from an Indian tribe with inadequate electric service (as determined by the Director).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0484069DC4484863998D627800441BB0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary of Energy may issue such regulations as necessary to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D2639FE9CDD4485A61079117D086CBE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2016.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H828E141EBBAE42408CCD3C874C87B00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Department of energy loan guarantee Program</header> <paragraph id="H7319F99EBC924DFF89070083161CF5CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary of Energy may provide loan guarantees (as defined in section 502 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FCRA90">Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/661a">2 U.S.C. 661a</external-xref>)) for not more than 90 percent of the unpaid principal and interest due on any loan made to any Indian tribe for energy development.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4F2BF35304204BFAA6DDC68800333954"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A loan guarantee under this subsection shall be made by—</text> <subparagraph id="HEC496869AC2C4D509FF10016A1A44323"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a financial institution subject to examination by the Secretary of Energy; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE157FD47B3784771A26761B525977D62"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an Indian tribe, from funds of the Indian tribe.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0BBE84E133D14C059D746FA4638C2379"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The aggregate outstanding amount guaranteed by the Secretary of Energy at any time under this subsection shall not exceed $2,000,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5516940B04C240F4BEFA8DD1436C6736"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary of Energy may issue such regulations as the Secretary of Energy determines are necessary to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H24356D24A1CB4A8BB126004F451C1568"><enum>(5)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE8EFBB25F7F44508AEE0D2F6AD789412"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Not later than 1 year from the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Energy shall report to Congress on the financing requirements of Indian tribes for energy development on Indian land.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H28CD16520AE444C89069A87BA047F812"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Federal agencies—indian energy preference</header> <paragraph id="HA017FA7977DE4E1EA4A4CB7769B336D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In purchasing electricity or any other energy product or byproduct, a Federal agency or department may give preference to an energy and resource production enterprise, partnership, consortium, corporation, or other type of business organization the majority of the interest in which is owned and controlled by 1 or more Indian tribes.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF2BDD37C4A59475DADACBF001115A500"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In carrying out this subsection, a Federal agency or department shall not—</text> <subparagraph id="H650244C20E0C49CFBBDCA09D4C669E76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>pay more than the prevailing market price for an energy product or byproduct; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA3D42B2F7BE64ECAA16549FF48246004"><enum>(B)</enum><text>obtain less than prevailing market terms and conditions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HC36F5CB2168D400F8E0603B6DDAE84CD"><enum>2603.</enum><header>Indian tribal energy resource regulation</header> <subsection id="H08E50D26A6714B1986CEC039D149693"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Secretary may provide to Indian tribes, on an annual basis, grants for use in accordance with subsection (b).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4FDE269AAF5A43F5A578141C5C42FB6F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Funds from a grant provided under this section may be used—</text> <paragraph id="H56FF1D764CF2426E8853758FBCD668D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by an Indian tribe for the development of a tribal energy resource inventory or tribal energy resource on Indian land;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF0BDF7296F6C4280809D3559ED1DEB44"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by an Indian tribe for the development of a feasibility study or other report necessary to the development of energy resources on Indian land;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H810323B967FF4593B3C06CEF70F008A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by an Indian tribe (other than an Indian Tribe in Alaska except the Metlakatla Indian Community) for the development and enforcement of tribal laws (including regulations) relating to tribal energy resource development and the development of technical infrastructure to protect the environment under applicable law; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCBDA78643D1743B48E9D837B3F495078"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by a Native Corporation for the development and implementation of corporate policies and the development of technical infrastructure to protect the environment under applicable law; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB12F2D2627D44929C14B400A9A8CF4D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by an Indian tribe for the training of employees that—</text> <subparagraph id="H2960C3EF2B23440E8F453EA5C9DE87D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are engaged in the development of energy resources on Indian land; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDF9CE2DEA29D4E9CBE003C3C2F6C46E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are responsible for protecting the environment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3E10DDA492814BCA947D235BB7C06CF2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other assistance</header><text>In carrying out the obligations of the United States under this title, the Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and to the extent of available resources, that upon the request of an Indian tribe, the Indian tribe shall have available scientific and technical information and expertise, for use in the Indian tribe’s regulation, development, and management of energy resources on Indian land. The Secretary may fulfill this responsibility either directly, through the use of Federal officials, or indirectly, by providing financial assistance to the Indian tribe to secure independent assistance.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HA06DFF0D280F4B0A91D88C06C4BCFCE3"><enum>2604.</enum><header>Leases, business agreements, and rights-of-way involving energy development or transmission</header> <subsection id="H7FCE68CF2AFE4FAC9E666CECA200F27"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Leases and business agreements</header><text>Subject to the provisions of this section—</text> <paragraph id="H35DDAA00A4904366A88FB9F2295FE19C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an Indian tribe may, at its discretion, enter into a lease or business agreement for the purpose of energy resource development on tribal land, including a lease or business agreement for—</text> <subparagraph id="HA199F1A7662940D2BD004400CC484180"><enum>(A)</enum><text>exploration for, extraction of, processing of, or other development of the Indian tribe’s energy mineral resources located on tribal land; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H35FA762C38E24099BC033DE4885F2CC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>construction or operation of an electric generation, transmission, or distribution facility located on tribal land or a facility to process or refine energy resources developed on tribal land; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6DCDE136EEC64EF98C42823171A59748"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such lease or business agreement described in paragraph (1) shall not require the approval of the Secretary under section 2103 of the Revised Statutes (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/81">25 U.S.C. 81</external-xref>) or any other provision of law, if—</text> <subparagraph id="HCBD1E55F5C5E4CF09D2E15C3E61198EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the lease or business agreement is executed pursuant to a tribal energy resource agreement approved by the Secretary under subsection (e);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H30D1D9ADF922438CBAE14DE06D243615"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term of the lease or business agreement does not exceed—</text> <clause id="H650D3D13D1A443DC9E0000B7D6AC114B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>30 years; or</text></clause> <clause id="HCEB2A3ABF90C4BA0A1783C18BEAD93D2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a lease for the production of oil resources, gas resources, or both, 10 years and as long thereafter as oil or gas is produced in paying quantities; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6A065B98A53147D59DAB71459E335F04"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Indian tribe has entered into a tribal energy resource agreement with the Secretary, as described in subsection (e), relating to the development of energy resources on tribal land (including the periodic review and evaluation of the activities of the Indian tribe under the agreement, to be conducted pursuant to the provisions required by subsection (e)(2)(D)(i)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEC8D887280594CDC81B3772C3817AD7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rights-of-way for pipelines or electric transmission or distribution lines</header><text>An Indian tribe may grant a right-of-way over tribal land for a pipeline or an electric transmission or distribution line without approval by the Secretary if—</text> <paragraph id="H41C45CB4B74D476D99E256A2EFE93373"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the right-of-way is executed in accordance with a tribal energy resource agreement approved by the Secretary under subsection (e);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0CE01E0F5DE547BE9B8EFD23EF2F3D15"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term of the right-of-way does not exceed 30 years;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H44EECBF62DC84A4D877B14E52209F64B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the pipeline or electric transmission or distribution line serves—</text> <subparagraph id="H3E2AEE4BA2C54143A0F8CF1523E0FDE8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an electric generation, transmission, or distribution facility located on tribal land; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2C5202AAFA1A4F91AAFEC083D41FB087"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a facility located on tribal land that processes or refines energy resources developed on tribal land; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H39DE905BFFAC484C9E4D261109BB83D6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Indian tribe has entered into a tribal energy resource agreement with the Secretary, as described in subsection (e), relating to the development of energy resources on tribal land (including the periodic review and evaluation of the Indian tribe’s activities under such agreement described in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of subsection (e)(2)).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFE3C519B0B7549D885335CF63BA9DBA4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Renewals</header><text>A lease or business agreement entered into or a right-of-way granted by an Indian tribe under this section may be renewed at the discretion of the Indian tribe in accordance with this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H295A138D83314EC2BEFD221C72216D42"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Validity</header><text>No lease, business agreement, or right-of-way relating to the development of tribal energy resources pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be valid unless the lease, business agreement, or right-of-way is authorized by the provisions of a tribal energy resource agreement approved by the Secretary under subsection (e)(2).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H890EADDE4FBA49BCA7D8E04CB27B9ECF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Tribal energy resource agreements</header> <paragraph id="H488522415A8747CF916602CB92EA70C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>On issuance of regulations under paragraph (8), an Indian tribe may submit to the Secretary for approval a tribal energy resource agreement governing leases, business agreements, and rights-of-way under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9462EC75722F4FBB809524434B00D04C"><enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H44E17DFFE7044F3084C175968B489383"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a tribal energy resource agreement submitted by an Indian tribe under paragraph (1), or not later than 60 days after the Secretary receives a revised tribal energy resource agreement submitted by an Indian tribe under paragraph (4)(C), (or such later date as may be agreed to by the Secretary and the Indian tribe), the Secretary shall approve or disapprove the tribal energy resource agreement.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H807F893BF9CA4FBEBB28180080914755"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary shall approve a tribal energy resource agreement submitted under paragraph (1) if—</text> <clause id="H19C7095571AD45FB89051E96F00116BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that the Indian tribe has demonstrated that the Indian tribe has sufficient capacity to regulate the development of energy resources of the Indian tribe;</text></clause> <clause id="H78EA13FD97964DABA18325501566F9B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the tribal energy resource agreement includes provisions required under subparagraph (D); and</text></clause> <clause id="HC7042EAA74C44A66BEF9C847EDCD4E74"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the tribal energy resource agreement includes provisions that, with respect to a lease, business agreement, or right-of-way under this section—</text> <subclause id="HB7900B19F7834759922E2113447F6350"><enum>(I)</enum><text>ensure the acquisition of necessary information from the applicant for the lease, business agreement, or right-of-way;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HB2A70B832C4746B5A971ABE300C3CD5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>address the term of the lease or business agreement or the term of conveyance of the right-of-way;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H177EA0CDF9B84BE39C8335AA875626AC"><enum>(III)</enum><text>address amendments and renewals;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HA806122BC13A4E45BE9DEFBF77223F00"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>address the economic return to the Indian tribe under leases, business agreements, and rights-of-way;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H7D967EB69D3547358CDC933CD2765CB1"><enum>(V)</enum><text>address technical or other relevant requirements;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1B185242C80E4910A1BF95BB594F78CB"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>establish requirements for environmental review in accordance with subparagraph (C);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H3AC3BA34FB7649298224EF378B6F64C1"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>ensure compliance with all applicable environmental laws;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HB0E5EE55BFF74D2FB93CC418FC7E16B0"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>identify final approval authority;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H2DEF06D0322C4950A08671401213E374"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>provide for public notification of final approvals;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC8BD6691B3D04E6FB7DBF48455528D1C"><enum>(X)</enum><text>establish a process for consultation with any affected States concerning off-reservation impacts, if any, identified pursuant to the provisions required under subparagraph (C)(i);</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC2E14441B7C84B108608FFA0C3D492D1"><enum>(XI)</enum><text>describe the remedies for breach of the lease, business agreement, or right-of-way;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8FEF874E40AD4322876D38BBED7CDFC4"><enum>(XII)</enum><text>require each lease, business agreement, and right-of-way to include a statement that, in the event that any of its provisions violates an express term or requirement set forth in the tribal energy resource agreement pursuant to which it was executed—</text> <item id="H968F2DF49F16463B82425B551FA57955"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>such provision shall be null and void; and</text></item> <item id="HF80EF9D0122C44DAA7CBC7B5009F6FA9"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>if the Secretary determines such provision to be material, the Secretary shall have the authority to suspend or rescind the lease, business agreement, or right-of-way or take other appropriate action that the Secretary determines to be in the best interest of the Indian tribe;</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H7521EA29B897438CA88571148C581B3E"><enum>(XIII)</enum><text>require each lease, business agreement, and right-of-way to provide that it will become effective on the date on which a copy of the executed lease, business agreement, or right-of-way is delivered to the Secretary in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this subsection; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H00D46721722C43789056DB0300D9ADD4"><enum>(XIV)</enum><text>include citations to tribal laws, regulations, or procedures, if any, that set out tribal remedies that must be exhausted before a petition may be submitted to the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (7)(B).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HBA29B06683A74F9C8FB69371D5382C00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Tribal energy resource agreements submitted under paragraph (1) shall establish, and include provisions to ensure compliance with, an environmental review process that, with respect to a lease, business agreement, or right-of-way under this section, provides for—</text> <clause id="H33374650A62548DDB5FC9B5C112E29D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the identification and evaluation of all significant environmental impacts (as compared with a no-action alternative), including effects on cultural resources;</text></clause> <clause id="H2B79C232CE614651BB4BA0EFE874D100"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the identification of proposed mitigation;</text></clause> <clause id="HA661876E595948EA90F162A2C6962E9F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a process for ensuring that the public is informed of and has an opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposed action before tribal approval of the lease, business agreement, or right-of-way; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF94A70EDEABC4D7B9044AE223D146F05"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>sufficient administrative support and technical capability to carry out the environmental review process.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HA3DB37E0BBA34A0B82A0000092E5B9AF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A tribal energy resource agreement negotiated between the Secretary and an Indian tribe in accordance with this subsection shall include—</text> <clause id="H79D350DEFDCA482A9879F2A4EEE41383"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provisions requiring the Secretary to conduct a periodic review and evaluation to monitor the performance of the Indian tribe’s activities associated with the development of energy resources under the tribal energy resource agreement; and</text></clause> <clause id="H439E6FA9F03046F1805F6565DCF59030"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>when such review and evaluation result in a finding by the Secretary of imminent jeopardy to a physical trust asset arising from a violation of the tribal energy resource agreement or applicable Federal laws, provisions authorizing the Secretary to take appropriate actions determined by the Secretary to be necessary to protect such asset, which actions may include reassumption of responsibility for activities associated with the development of energy resources on tribal land until the violation and conditions that gave rise to such jeopardy have been corrected.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HF45F07ACA2FA42ACBA491E605FB3E29C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The periodic review and evaluation described in subparagraph (D) shall be conducted on an annual basis, except that, after the third such annual review and evaluation, the Secretary and the Indian tribe may mutually agree to amend the tribal energy resource agreement to authorize the review and evaluation required by subparagraph (D) to be conducted once every 2 years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6A3EE8D6A8044465B9E907226878D9D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary shall provide notice and opportunity for public comment on tribal energy resource agreements submitted for approval under paragraph (1). The Secretary’s review of a tribal energy resource agreement under the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) shall be limited to the direct effects of that approval.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E9CADAA9C55412487ED35F961ABA947"><enum>(4)</enum><text>If the Secretary disapproves a tribal energy resource agreement submitted by an Indian tribe under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, not later than 10 days after the date of disapproval—</text> <subparagraph id="H7721AF51C27143A189A6481138BF8E86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>notify the Indian tribe in writing of the basis for the disapproval;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCDA43E9F878C455F998158954BF1811B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify what changes or other actions are required to address the concerns of the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE02B2841D3674E3C8198749D712FF1EB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide the Indian tribe with an opportunity to revise and resubmit the tribal energy resource agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE5A62185D03B4498B538AEBAEF856B92"><enum>(5)</enum><text>If an Indian tribe executes a lease or business agreement or grants a right-of-way in accordance with a tribal energy resource agreement approved under this subsection, the Indian tribe shall, in accordance with the process and requirements set forth in the Secretary’s regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph (8), provide to the Secretary—</text> <subparagraph id="HD1453A191985485B99A685408F32B8F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a copy of the lease, business agreement, or right-of-way document (including all amendments to and renewals of the document); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1530C1727DC94BE5B86E1D097EBCC69E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a tribal energy resource agreement or a lease, business agreement, or right-of-way that permits payments to be made directly to the Indian tribe, information and documentation of those payments sufficient to enable the Secretary to discharge the trust responsibility of the United States to enforce the terms of, and protect the Indian tribe’s rights under, the lease, business agreement, or right-of-way.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C42DCC6037840AE9E340062EC629F88"><enum>(6)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H933B69F5E5D24DF984C2B93B2781173"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For purposes of the activities to be undertaken by the Secretary pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause indent="up1" id="HEAB8CD9CFFCF4F9190002D688B37F64D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>carry out such activities in a manner consistent with the trust responsibility of the United States relating to mineral and other trust resources; and</text></clause> <clause indent="up1" id="H6EDA1300F7C14B1B8CC319EE58BCC75F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>act in good faith and in the best interests of the Indian tribes.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H93C735E055DB4E18AE69A2D7EDCA3CA9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Subject to the provisions of subsections (a)(2), (b), and (c) waiving the requirement of Secretarial approval of leases, business agreements, and rights-of-way executed pursuant to tribal energy resource agreements approved under this section, and the provisions of subparagraph (D), nothing in this section shall absolve the United States from any responsibility to Indians or Indian tribes, including, but not limited to, those which derive from the trust relationship or from any treaties, statutes, and other laws of the United States, Executive Orders, or agreements between the United States and any Indian tribe.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H39AB6721BEE9412DB06F3266CB95042D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Secretary shall continue to have a trust obligation to ensure that the rights and interests of an Indian tribe are protected in the event that—</text> <clause id="H5C3D5169311E4B0C98ECB5417F9CB2FB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any other party to any such lease, business agreement, or right-of-way violates any applicable provision of Federal law or the terms of any lease, business agreement, or right-of-way under this section; or</text></clause> <clause id="HCA9EC0C4333B457A869CE6D0291C555C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any provision in such lease, business agreement, or right-of-way violates any express provision or requirement set forth in the tribal energy resource agreement pursuant to which the lease, business agreement, or right-of-way was executed.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H3E75598C5DF749DCB7EE22DFEC7BBC79"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), the United States shall not be liable to any party (including any Indian tribe) for any of the negotiated terms of, or any losses resulting from the negotiated terms of, a lease, business agreement, or right-of-way executed pursuant to and in accordance with a tribal energy resource agreement approved by the Secretary under paragraph (2). For the purpose of this subparagraph, the term <term>negotiated terms</term> means any terms or provisions that are negotiated by an Indian tribe and any other party or parties to a lease, business agreement, or right-of-way entered into pursuant to an approved tribal energy resource agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEBE2545F2A674A22975914E05CD8679D"><enum>(7)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H050C1204C7A24761806EF61D27A4E931"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>interested party</term> means any person or entity the interests of which have sustained or will sustain a significant adverse environmental impact as a result of the failure of an Indian tribe to comply with a tribal energy resource agreement of the Indian tribe approved by the Secretary under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HB64E8DD013C14B3DABED2391AEE9E483"><enum>(B)</enum><text>After exhaustion of tribal remedies, and in accordance with the process and requirements set forth in regulations adopted by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (8), an interested party may submit to the Secretary a petition to review compliance of an Indian tribe with a tribal energy resource agreement of the Indian tribe approved by the Secretary under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H073A2D273B5B45F1B3EC2498AFF28B9B"><enum>(C)</enum> <clause display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7941DC527B7A4E99B3287B6D4746E04E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Not later than 120 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a petition under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall determine whether the Indian tribe is not in compliance with the tribal energy resource agreement, as alleged in the petition.</text></clause> <clause indent="up1" id="H58541C13EB934886829036E614DE3BEF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Secretary may adopt procedures under paragraph (8) authorizing an extension of time, not to exceed 120 days, for making the determination under clause (i) in any case in which the Secretary determines that additional time is necessary to evaluate the allegations of the petition.</text></clause> <clause indent="up1" id="H8959BA939E4C454B8E9231F435185ECC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Subject to subparagraph (D), if the Secretary determines that the Indian tribe is not in compliance with the tribal energy resource agreement as alleged in the petition, the Secretary shall take such action as is necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of the tribal energy resource agreement, which action may include—</text> <subclause id="HD8533D2BDDDF49969DFFE5C768D207BE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>temporarily suspending some or all activities under a lease, business agreement, or right-of-way under this section until the Indian tribe or such activities are in compliance with the provisions of the approved tribal energy resource agreement; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H31811E1B3D034BBC8D2E19F466177BB6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>rescinding approval of all or part of the tribal energy resource agreement, and if all of such agreement is rescinded, reassuming the responsibility for approval of any future leases, business agreements, or rights-of-way described in subsections (a) and (b).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H3D706F80E68F4715B3934EBD8FC6B9A4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Prior to seeking to ensure compliance with the provisions of the tribal energy resource agreement of an Indian tribe under subparagraph (C)(iii), the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="H35329E75B5F44462AC405C2D14275DEE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>make a written determination that describes the manner in which the tribal energy resource agreement has been violated;</text></clause> <clause id="HA5B70423A80C49E2AFF07281FA94B886"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide the Indian tribe with a written notice of the violations together with the written determination; and</text></clause> <clause id="H988D2A1564F44DD500D5078CB5612546"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>before taking any action described in subparagraph (C)(iii) or seeking any other remedy, provide the Indian tribe with a hearing and a reasonable opportunity to attain compliance with the tribal energy resource agreement.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H68FA2B1CB3D94A68B42824B0B02B23A4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An Indian tribe described in subparagraph (D) shall retain all rights to appeal as provided in regulations issued by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB8234BBC40DD499596F1D31D178147BB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act of 2005</short-title>, the Secretary shall issue regulations that implement the provisions of this subsection, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H06D063C850D9425DB85F7908F5AA4F14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>criteria to be used in determining the capacity of an Indian tribe described in paragraph (2)(B)(i), including the experience of the Indian tribe in managing natural resources and financial and administrative resources available for use by the Indian tribe in implementing the approved tribal energy resource agreement of the Indian tribe;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB305D6B4A5B24E1982B6A598A3FF44"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a process and requirements in accordance with which an Indian tribe may—</text> <clause id="H0A79E5676C534E01BFEC700011A5214E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>voluntarily rescind a tribal energy resource agreement approved by the Secretary under this subsection; and</text></clause> <clause id="H7DC387CAAFC44AF6808EFFD23487528"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>return to the Secretary the responsibility to approve any future leases, business agreements, and rights-of-way described in this subsection;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB3E808F6E73D475E9E0100C14FA188DB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provisions setting forth the scope of, and procedures for, the periodic review and evaluation described in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (2), including provisions for review of transactions, reports, site inspections, and any other review activities the Secretary determines to be appropriate; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H83209B88F816446290214CF980FDB8CA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provisions defining final agency actions after exhaustion of administrative appeals from determinations of the Secretary under paragraph (7).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD97EF2B1784541748D75E900FB7BCBD3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>No effect on other law</header><text>Nothing in this section affects the application of—</text> <paragraph id="H708E437EC8EC46E1A5A302BD8124F276"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any Federal environment law;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8EB1F0D5A43E4B49AC304EAC4005D68"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/1201">30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H304739CA3B2B40879E41AF4349C5D754"><enum>(3)</enum><text>except as otherwise provided in this title, the Indian Mineral Development Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2101">25 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.</external-xref>) and the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0966BD475C4345678FEEBFC1F3307C32"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2016 to implement the provisions of this section and to make grants or provide other appropriate assistance to Indian tribes to assist the Indian tribes in developing and implementing tribal energy resource agreements in accordance with the provisions of this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H691A1FF209A84BD7A600C4F5C6806BB7"><enum>2605.</enum><header>Indian mineral development review</header> <subsection id="H9C347EA8904849D9A0D5A16D6E3BF591"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a review of all activities being conducted under the Indian Mineral Development Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2101">25 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.</external-xref>) as of that date.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA3A811AC932B43AA90E7880067BF52F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act of 2005</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes—</text> <paragraph id="H3D65C0A1E918475996ADE8E928EC044C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the results of the review;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A4A61E8FB50441D807BFA31CEDE6DAD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations to ensure that Indian tribes have the opportunity to develop Indian energy resources; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC83F0F92008409F839DA136F900228F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an analysis of the barriers to the development of energy resources on Indian land (including legal, fiscal, market, and other barriers), along with recommendations for the removal of those barriers.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>. (b)
Conforming amendments
The table of contents for the Energy Policy Act of 1992 is amended by striking the items relating to title XXVI and inserting the following: Sec. 2601. Definitions Sec. 2602. Indian tribal energy resource development Sec. 2603. Indian tribal energy resource regulation Sec. 2604. Leases, business agreements, and rights-of-way involving energy development or transmission Sec. 2605. Indian mineral development review.
504.
Four Corners transmission line project
The Dine Power Authority, an enterprise of the Navajo Nation, shall be eligible to receive grants and other assistance as authorized by section 217 of the Department of Energy Organization Act, as added by section 502 of this title, and section 2602 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, as amended by this title, for activities associated with the development of a transmission line from the Four Corners Area to southern Nevada, including related power generation opportunities.
505.
Energy efficiency in federally assisted housing
(a)
In general
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall promote energy conservation in housing that is located on Indian land and assisted with Federal resources through— (1)the use of energy-efficient technologies and innovations (including the procurement of energy-efficient refrigerators and other appliances); (2)the promotion of shared savings contracts; and (3)the use and implementation of such other similar technologies and innovations as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development considers to be appropriate. (b)
Amendment
Section 202(2) of the Native American Housing and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4132(2)) is amended by inserting improvement to achieve greater energy efficiency, after planning,.
506.
Consultation with Indian tribes
In carrying out this title and the amendments made by this title, the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary shall, as appropriate and to the maximum extent practicable, involve and consult with Indian tribes in a manner that is consistent with the Federal trust and the government-to-government relationships between Indian tribes and the United States.
<enum>VI</enum><header>Nuclear matters</header> <subtitle id="HE23CE02561364C7681E9C48D1EAD4395"><enum>A</enum><header>Price-Anderson Act Amendments</header> <section id="HDCE8D451C2024ACA8DE65E03DE1FE478" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005</short-title></quote> .</text></section> <section id="HDBE7BEBCC7B74789B27EFB1F77E78D05"><enum>602.</enum><header>Extension of indemnification authority</header> <subsection id="H746B04785A20433BB6082D0212A6E541"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Indemnification of nuclear regulatory commission licensees</header><text>Section 170 c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4739FF8C3CC7400C90D4632701BD3462"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection">Licenses</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection">Licensees</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8CFB2821FB79404783443E25E68B918"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>December 31, 2003</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>December 31, 2025</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB9DDA69F37FB46F780E4AC6E26E522FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Indemnification of Department of Energy contractors</header><text>Section 170 d.(1)(A) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210(d)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2006</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2025</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H23DC19D38DD8406BB67F911E8BD79F50"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Indemnification of nonprofit educational institutions</header><text>Section 170 k. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210(k)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>August 1, 2002</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>December 31, 2025</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H151E9D4877684BFF00EAC3BAFA2F56EF"><enum>603.</enum><header>Maximum assessment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6CBAB50617084FBDB76637003F365900"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the second proviso of the third sentence of subsection b.(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF252C4EC1E6041C1A53C840237C6D4B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$63,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$95,800,000</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0B3185B11A694001A62300439C5B3BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$10,000,000 in any 1 year</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000 in any 1 year (subject to adjustment for inflation under subsection t.)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2735B869827743BCBC9E797B3201CFBC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection t.(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF392C784AB9C426DA48DA40BCC65600"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>total and annual</quote> after <quote>amount of the maximum</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H48793B30D34E49A996E288C194812B04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the date of the enactment of the Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988</quote> and inserting <quote>August 20, 2003</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H84BDA4A931AF4358A539CFEC775F0056"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>such date of enactment</quote> and inserting <quote>August 20, 2003</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="HB751879AF8DD47A588B0FD00C4A54129"><enum>604.</enum><header>Department of Energy liability limit</header> <subsection id="H585E1B041AC743AFB1B17DF1E24DCD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Indemnification of Department of Energy contractors</header><text>Section 170 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H4AC715DA339A493E981906ED83222B17" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H971BBA493FE048C5AFF33EF7C369E00" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In an agreement of indemnification entered into under paragraph (1), the Secretary—</text> <subparagraph id="HB308E45989AD4577BA00D9005CB9B985"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may require the contractor to provide and maintain financial protection of such a type and in such amounts as the Secretary shall determine to be appropriate to cover public liability arising out of or in connection with the contractual activity; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB1DA01EEFB274B5CBB479E00C6AB40C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall indemnify the persons indemnified against such liability above the amount of the financial protection required, in the amount of $10,000,000,000 (subject to adjustment for inflation under subsection t.), in the aggregate, for all persons indemnified in connection with the contract and for each nuclear incident, including such legal costs of the contractor as are approved by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H45C025F92BC5478494604718D0A489DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contract amendments</header><text>Section 170 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210(d)</external-xref>) is further amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following—</text> <quoted-block id="H564C89FF17DF44F79240BE8B1609F5A9" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HFC3AA30D67AC46F5BCAC51CFA24DF497" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>All agreements of indemnification under which the Department of Energy (or its predecessor agencies) may be required to indemnify any person under this section shall be deemed to be amended, on the date of enactment of the Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005, to reflect the amount of indemnity for public liability and any applicable financial protection required of the contractor under this subsection.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HFA01B1E6F419444CB47E970024E458A0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Liability limit</header><text>Section 170 e.(1)(B) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210(e)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H435092D7F3BC4E3F8400F8C8B32B2D73"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the maximum amount of financial protection required under subsection b. or</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC7221943CF6D49E7A1D52FBB48EAFCB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraph (3) of subsection d., whichever amount is more</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2) of subsection d.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HC456F1E996B948618E6C5136A85D0532"><enum>605.</enum><header>Incidents outside the United States</header> <subsection id="HF0925A56DE474CC7954F8815D224235C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amount of indemnification</header><text>Section 170 d.(5) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210(d)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$100,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$500,000,000</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H42ECB299E29948F69933B26BD8882889"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Liability limit</header><text>Section 170 e.(4) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210(e)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$100,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$500,000,000</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HFC897A3626694B159E6BDBC6F2007C66"><enum>606.</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 170 p. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210(p)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>August 1, 1998</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2021</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H29F5DA8A72514AF0B5442676BDA21A4"><enum>607.</enum><header>Inflation adjustment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 170 t. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210(t)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7391F39FAFEF419AA250A4F095F8F9CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA17B1E01BFF74E6882EE2FCFC3156BA8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF17A621FB8BF4EACB6BCA1801F59087" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H58730CE317D9448F83522DF455331252" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary shall adjust the amount of indemnification provided under an agreement of indemnification under subsection d. not less than once during each 5-year period following July 1, 2003, in accordance with the aggregate percentage change in the Consumer Price Index since—</text> <subparagraph id="HE66F7E1C39DD4961B186BFF987A02B89"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that date, in the case of the first adjustment under this paragraph; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8A1196675F544A87A6604195F347002B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the previous adjustment under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H85EF02A0BD364CFEB2352C5245E2803E"><enum>608.</enum><header>Treatment of modular reactors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 170 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF3FF1939F70D456E847670B000CBEAC" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H191EC65F8D5B44929B00144CF6A17D3E" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum> <subparagraph id="H12C53CC8B69C40C391D161FE3CD757C6" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For purposes of this section only, the Commission shall consider a combination of facilities described in subparagraph (B) to be a single facility having a rated capacity of 100,000 electrical kilowatts or more.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD0F0C521A7A3485EBD97BCFAFA7E397E" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A combination of facilities referred to in subparagraph (A) is 2 or more facilities located at a single site, each of which has a rated capacity of 100,000 electrical kilowatts or more but not more than 300,000 electrical kilowatts, with a combined rated capacity of not more than 1,300,000 electrical kilowatts.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H420DF259FB4B4F5C82000099AF76DEBD"><enum>609.</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> The amendments made by sections 603, 604, and 605 do not apply to a nuclear incident that occurs before the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></section> <section id="HFDEE472107064DB3A9D79CDB965666D"><enum>610.</enum><header>Prohibition on assumption by United States Government of liability for certain foreign incidents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H3DA9D24D01E04D85849B64FB3337E88" style="other" other-style="nuclear"> <subsection id="H40AD53B0D5544B49A95BC6CAFEF3FA37"><enum>u.</enum><header>Prohibition on assumption of liability for certain foreign incidents</header><text>Notwithstanding this section or any other provision of law, no officer of the United States or of any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may enter into any contract or other arrangement, or into any amendment or modification of a contract or other arrangement, the purpose or effect of which would be to directly or indirectly impose liability on the United States Government, or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, or to otherwise directly or indirectly require an indemnity by the United States Government, for nuclear incidents occurring in connection with the design, construction, or operation of a production facility or utilization facility in any country whose government has been identified by the Secretary of State as engaged in state sponsorship of terrorist activities (specifically including any country the government of which, as of September 11, 2001, had been determined by the Secretary of State under section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2371">22 U.S.C. 2371(a)</external-xref>), section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2405">50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)</external-xref>), or section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2780">22 U.S.C. 2780(d)</external-xref>) to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism). This subsection shall not apply to nuclear incidents occurring as a result of missions, carried out under the direction of the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of State, that are necessary to safely secure, store, transport, or remove nuclear materials for nuclear safety or nonproliferation purposes.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HCACEFACCACEC4F2EA0DF15617D43A8CC"><enum>611.</enum><header>Civil penalties</header> <subsection id="H1DB695B9B16F428A9D6571A5FACAA51"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of automatic remission</header><text>Section 234A b.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2282a">42 U.S.C. 2282a(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the last sentence.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE464E85993FA44D788685E67F9825CC3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation for not-for-profit institutions</header><text>Subsection d. of section 234A of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2282a">42 U.S.C. 2282a(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HA5F108B535BB4C9FBDD7DE7820AF273F" style="other" other-style="nuclear"> <subsection id="H7182D0F02A694A54AABA00E15EF1B138"><enum>d.</enum> <paragraph id="H75770ADB4A224B4684009690B49C51AB" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subsection a., in the case of any not-for-profit contractor, subcontractor, or supplier, the total amount of civil penalties paid under subsection a. may not exceed the total amount of fees paid within any 1-year period (as determined by the Secretary) under the contract under which the violation occurs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H79FC88BE556440E09CF74BF6C4D11F94" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For purposes of this section, the term <quote>not-for-profit</quote> means that no part of the net earnings of the contractor, subcontractor, or supplier inures to the benefit of any natural person or for-profit artificial person.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H63B23397B9604B249884A48CAB300087"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall not apply to any violation of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2011">42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>) occurring under a contract entered into before the date of enactment of this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H8FDA07B7851845F3973D898F2B97353D"><enum>612.</enum><header>Financial accountability</header> <subsection id="H076022FFBABA4B910055BE2B90B8F200"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="HBA4761837853418BB9BEE346005996BF" style="other" other-style="nuclear"> <subsection id="H2A37FEAEDD5B4712AE0152BBFC6B46E"><enum>v.</enum><header>Financial accountability</header> <paragraph id="H63597901B0CB4E8494B3000795326895" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subsection d., the Attorney General may bring an action in the appropriate United States district court to recover from a contractor of the Secretary (or subcontractor or supplier of such contractor) amounts paid by the Federal Government under an agreement of indemnification under subsection d. for public liability resulting from conduct which constitutes intentional misconduct of any corporate officer, manager, or superintendent of such contractor (or subcontractor or supplier of such contractor).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA962922AFC3489A9BF64690BED1D1E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Attorney General may recover under paragraph (1) an amount not to exceed the amount of the profit derived by the defendant from the contract.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD9774E463553478DB451A14BEA302390"><enum>(3)</enum><text>No amount recovered from any contractor (or subcontractor or supplier of such contractor) under paragraph (1) may be reimbursed directly or indirectly by the Department of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3243E31F42D948DCA62B18E8123C5300"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any nonprofit entity conducting activities under contract for the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF75D31DD40E04FECAABB9B3C0023BB4E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>No waiver of a defense required under this section shall prevent a defendant from asserting such defense in an action brought under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8AC99AA5B07D406AACAE309235C0AAE4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Secretary shall, by rule, define the terms <quote>profit</quote> and <quote>nonprofit entity</quote> for purposes of this subsection. Such rulemaking shall be completed not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H803D27AA88744F1B80E1F3E931C018C3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall not apply to any agreement of indemnification entered into under section 170 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210(d)</external-xref>) before the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HED93EFA0AE674CE096CD2C593E2F01B2"><enum>B</enum><header>General Nuclear Matters</header> <section id="H226898EBA13B445C80559E70F3CA43D6"><enum>621.</enum><header>Licenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 103 c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2133">42 U.S.C. 2133(c)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>from the authorization to commence operations</quote> after <quote>forty years</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HB77016CD767D4E02A6E071F886A3C0BA"><enum>622.</enum><header>NRC training program</header> <subsection id="H707EF04DED3C43C0836369E5B1E8D791"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In order to maintain the human resource investment and infrastructure of the United States in the nuclear sciences, health physics, and engineering fields, in accordance with the statutory authorities of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission relating to the civilian nuclear energy program, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall carry out a training and fellowship program to address shortages of individuals with critical nuclear safety regulatory skills.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD84A753FA6474882BDA454291FFAA6DF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <paragraph id="H5D92666A51D24E728421B507A3F7EADC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB56A52C3BDF84350BCA9227760CFBFC4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Funds made available under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H42EFCC4D304E467CACB75C2BFE17DE35"><enum>623.</enum><header>Cost recovery from government agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 161 w. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2201">42 U.S.C. 2201(w)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0A73C28446FE4760A0CAE21D3B982067"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for or is issued</quote> and all that follows through <quote>1702</quote> and inserting <quote>to the Commission for, or is issued by the Commission, a license or certificate</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H72B8D279DFB24E41BFA9D058E8C03B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>483a</quote> and inserting <quote>9701</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H20A7F3F3E19A4FEC978593778E5B5560"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, of applicants for, or holders of, such licenses or certificates</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H31C8C5DCCDEF4937AD5E8E004F2D9505"><enum>624.</enum><header>Elimination of pension offset</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 161 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2201">42 U.S.C. 2201</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H44130C3926CA4653BE2DF8AD7C3272B2" style="other" other-style="nuclear"> <subsection id="H7AF6881919C04CF6AA677D79FBD618BC"><enum>y.</enum><text>Exempt from the application of sections <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8344">8344</external-xref> and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8468">8468</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, an annuitant who was formerly an employee of the Commission who is hired by the Commission as a consultant, if the Commission finds that the annuitant has a skill that is critical to the performance of the duties of the Commission.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H6FBB800917A543F69DC8198862D70246"><enum>625.</enum><header>Antitrust review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 105 c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2135">42 U.S.C. 2135(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H6ECADA316D7D4DD7A2255061D33F99C0" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H359BF58F68694B4F83FB28C22FC38C18" indent="up1"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This subsection does not apply to an application for a license to construct or operate a utilization facility or production facility under section 103 or 104 b. that is filed on or after the date of enactment of this paragraph.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HA484F12BC95C4F5D876BB2F54485E0C5"><enum>626.</enum><header>Decommissioning</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 161 i. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2201">42 U.S.C. 2201(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF2F464514C434D1C9C79516400BE2758"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>(3)</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H75ECC39BD4EE46F7AB7D6FDA35A307D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, and (4) to ensure that sufficient funds will be available for the decommissioning of any production or utilization facility licensed under section 103 or 104 b., including standards and restrictions governing the control, maintenance, use, and disbursement by any former licensee under this Act that has control over any fund for the decommissioning of the facility</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H5AED84192BA648E4AD2462001C890100"><enum>627.</enum><header>Limitation on legal fee reimbursement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Title II of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5841">42 U.S.C. 5841 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="traditional" id="H0169A182884B48F786800053E48F4C00" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HB86CAE7D50624D7DA420E27864E6502C"><enum>212.</enum><header>Limitation on legal fee reimbursement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Energy shall not, except as required under a contract entered into before the date of enactment of this section, reimburse any contractor or subcontractor of the Department for any legal fees or expenses incurred with respect to a complaint subsequent to—</text> <paragraph id="H47A3765A5A1842589D35CFB77566128"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an adverse determination on the merits with respect to such complaint against the contractor or subcontractor by the Director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Hearings and Appeals pursuant to part 708 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, or by a Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge pursuant to section 211 of this Act; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CA785EC0E1947BDA381B8294F14C94C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an adverse final judgment by any State or Federal court with respect to such complaint against the contractor or subcontractor for wrongful termination or retaliation due to the making of disclosures protected under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/12">chapter 12</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, section 211 of this Act, or any comparable State law,</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="section">unless the adverse determination or final judgment is reversed upon further administrative or judicial review.</continuation-text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H56802FF62C4744C6AD312FF2CB9DC600"><enum>629.</enum><header>Report on feasibility of developing commercial nuclear energy generation facilities at existing Department of Energy sites</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a report on the feasibility of developing commercial nuclear energy generation facilities at Department of Energy sites in existence on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></section> <section id="H1EC76B3C6BE6484D84EFE379597B7CA6"><enum>630.</enum><header>Uranium sales</header> <subsection id="HFCC551910F81415DB3E08EA410055D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sales, transfers, and services</header><text>Section 3112 of the USEC Privatization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2297h-10">42 U.S.C. 2297h–10</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsections (d), (e), and (f) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H71EA1115A48D4F3F99DFF3957DD81239" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H16C2C6D4A7944057ADB0F582F89962D" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary may transfer to the Corporation, notwithstanding subsections (b)(2) and (d), natural uranium in amounts sufficient to fulfill the Department of Energy’s commitments under Article 4(B) of the Agreement between the Department and the Corporation dated June 17, 2002.</text></paragraph> <subsection id="H97907627DEC34AE2B8FBA2EA36198423"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Inventory Sales</header> <paragraph id="HA9F00E700CFB458CB81C36C15621C324" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In addition to the transfers and sales authorized under subsections (b) and (c) and under paragraph (5) of this subsection, the United States Government may transfer or sell uranium in any form subject to paragraphs (2), (3), and (4).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H82BFDC76F45F47F2844685036991FBDC" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) and paragraph (5) of this subsection, no sale or transfer of uranium shall be made under this subsection by the United States Government unless—</text> <subparagraph id="H132B95C2380A404EA3214FA5343EDA24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the President determines that the material is not necessary for national security needs and the sale or transfer has no adverse impact on implementation of existing government-to-government agreements;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HECFC86F70F754082B7207F0143282B19"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the price paid to the appropriate Federal agency, if the transaction is a sale, will not be less than the fair market value of the material; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H607D95DC45AC468B9E54F3BD68918574"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the sale or transfer to commercial nuclear power end users is made pursuant to a contract of at least 3 years' duration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9B633AECD886418FBD22792754DDB343" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (5), the United States Government shall not make any transfer or sale of uranium in any form under this subsection that would cause the total amount of uranium transferred or sold pursuant to this subsection that is delivered for consumption by commercial nuclear power end users to exceed—</text> <subparagraph id="HDE529261A445494984772F8E829B25B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>3,000,000 pounds of U<subscript>3</subscript> O<subscript>8</subscript> equivalent in fiscal year 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, or 2009;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2123EC8EBEA547C5B42CF4348EAEA57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>5,000,000 pounds of U<subscript>3</subscript>O<subscript>8</subscript> equivalent in fiscal year 2010 or 2011;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H59B4C4398E824797B52578868BAE1411"><enum>(C)</enum><text>7,000,000 pounds of U<subscript>3</subscript>O<subscript>8</subscript> equivalent in fiscal year 2012; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB56C35DF3CEB4BF5B5004517F7149FC8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>10,000,000 pounds of U<subscript>3</subscript>O<subscript>8</subscript> equivalent in fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFD119B651B684774B512795417006017" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Except for sales or transfers under paragraph (5), for the purposes of this subsection, the recovery of uranium from uranium bearing materials transferred or sold by the United States Government to the domestic uranium industry shall be the preferred method of making uranium available. The recovered uranium shall be counted against the annual maximum deliveries set forth in this section, when such uranium is sold to end users.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4CE69B5A64344B8BB5AE43D074D610B4" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The United States Government may make the following sales and transfers:</text> <subparagraph id="HA88BC1D8BB43404089D800B29BF944A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Sales or transfers to a Federal agency if the material is transferred for the use of the receiving agency without any resale or transfer to another entity and the material does not meet commercial specifications.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEDEC723A32AE431AA626A61CA66977D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Sales or transfers to any person for national security purposes, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC182B8266EB54C84808975DEF89CE5F1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Sales or transfers to any State or local agency or nonprofit, charitable, or educational institution for use other than the generation of electricity for commercial use.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDC1FB24944BC48E38E254F6DEA29ADC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Sales or transfers to the Department of Energy research reactor sales program.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8637953E30ED4A8DAD916DBC0269B665"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Sales or transfers, at fair market value, for emergency purposes in the event of a disruption in supply to commercial nuclear power end users in the United States.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1C4C9980A82B46D4B4D0490231E10017"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Sales or transfers, at fair market value, for use in a commercial reactor in the United States with nonstandard fuel requirements.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H334D2CB0201749EEB107252BF49346AE"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Sales or transfers provided for under law for use by the Tennessee Valley Authority in relation to the Department of Energy’s highly enriched uranium or tritium programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAA71C82D4DB446FBB3890452FFCD5078" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <quote>United States Government</quote> does not include the Tennessee Valley Authority.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H980E5D4D13B6409CB500C44C53272FD2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this subchapter modifies the terms of the Russian HEU Agreement.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEF26F65D208544B6B332D8BB85504394"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Services</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if the Secretary determines that the Corporation has failed, or may fail, to perform any obligation under the Agreement between the Department of Energy and the Corporation dated June 17, 2002, and as amended thereafter, which failure could result in termination of the Agreement, the Secretary shall notify Congress, in such a manner that affords Congress an opportunity to comment, prior to a determination by the Secretary whether termination, waiver, or modification of the Agreement is required. The Secretary is authorized to take such action as he determines necessary under the Agreement to terminate, waive, or modify provisions of the Agreement to achieve its purposes.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H076485FB06CA491AAE63A85E48DECA10"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall report to Congress on the implementation of this section. The report shall include a discussion of available excess uranium inventories; all sales or transfers made by the United States Government; the impact of such sales or transfers on the domestic uranium industry, the spot market uranium price, and the national security interests of the United States; and any steps taken to remediate any adverse impacts of such sales or transfers.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HC15400F73CBF4EA3B7689C88BA4343B1"><enum>631.</enum><header>Cooperative research and development and special demonstration projects for the uranium mining industry</header> <subsection id="H6C5EE61DACB24415BAD34823A6D23BCA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008 for—</text> <paragraph id="H34C29840A9864A86004E8F390307F4CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>cooperative, cost-shared agreements between the Department of Energy and domestic uranium producers to identify, test, and develop improved in situ leaching mining technologies, including low-cost environmental restoration technologies that may be applied to sites after completion of in situ leaching operations; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H546C5CA39A9E4EE68F3DE7397630A0BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>funding for competitively selected demonstration projects with domestic uranium producers relating to—</text> <subparagraph id="HCB282A89C1AD4971BA12E36EE2624D19"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enhanced production with minimal environmental impacts;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA9B564252811403DB25C33AFB71D37AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>restoration of well fields; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3CC6EB975BA74BB18DD215B336AA4CD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>decommissioning and decontamination activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H96B0C8D410C849F5802547CBB66B3939"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Domestic uranium producer</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <quote>domestic uranium producer</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 1018(4) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2296b-7">42 U.S.C. 2296b–7(4)</external-xref>), except that the term shall not include any producer that has not produced uranium from domestic reserves on or after July 30, 1998.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBA8669ECBA094F8C94A6CBFE65BAC6DF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>No activities funded under this section may be carried out in the State of New Mexico.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HA13266C16A8B450E91DAED2CAAE4ABE0"><enum>632.</enum><header>Whistleblower protection</header> <subsection id="H2E127E4BBC08446790A3A975891711F3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of employer</header><text>Section 211(a)(2) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5851">42 U.S.C. 5851(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HAC474D62185749CC92DBE2F703CDDA1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2BE4B2C486F545999147F7F2A9BF1F68"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote> and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0EC6496569EE494AA3E4CBF54C1EB7EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HDE7068A8D7074E81A278C2A0BD5DB668" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H3702DB0735B84076906F8F56956C7E79"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a contractor or subcontractor of the Commission.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H36F84E8232E24FAB83A5242053ACBDD0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>De novo review</header><text>Subsection (b) of such section 211 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="HD439CC176BF54094A58472A3002C50E5" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H0D434A388660476C932B77A4BF4DFE11"><enum>(4)</enum><text>If the Secretary has not issued a final decision within 540 days after the filing of a complaint under paragraph (1), and there is no showing that such delay is due to the bad faith of the person seeking relief under this paragraph, such person may bring an action at law or equity for de novo review in the appropriate district court of the United States, which shall have jurisdiction over such an action without regard to the amount in controversy.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H32E0245D5EA9496C99F5BD604039BF"><enum>633.</enum><header>Medical isotope production</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 134 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2160d">42 U.S.C. 2160d</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H918C624E4E84452F9D1D89227666CFF2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection a., by striking <quote>a. The Commission</quote> and inserting <quote>a. <header-in-text level="subsection">In General</header-in-text>.—Except as provided in subsection b., the Commission</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H956118512307489DB5BB779493258BED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection b. as subsection c.; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2A410F681D14CADB9A3A18FBE9CAAE9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection a. the following:</text> <quoted-block style="other" id="HFEE769A39FB14B98915FB655FC750652" display-inline="no-display-inline" other-style="nuclear"> <subsection id="H602FEED6CD6949339C62A143006D30EB"><enum>b.</enum><header>Medical Isotope Production</header> <paragraph id="HAF2BC5AAA71A4FF690F075F8F2F3F8BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H931CEB4D870245DF8EF4F9C4E0002EA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Highly enriched uranium</header><text>The term <quote>highly enriched uranium</quote> means uranium enriched to include concentration of U–235 above 20 percent.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB0817287A8D349D187EBD68895C43297"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Medical isotope</header><text>The term <quote>medical isotope</quote> includes Molybdenum 99, Iodine 131, Xenon 133, and other radioactive materials used to produce a radiopharmaceutical for diagnostic, therapeutic procedures or for research and development.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFFE5D73C502048AA8CE63F3E3413DEE7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Radiopharmaceutical</header><text>The term <quote>radiopharmaceutical</quote> means a radioactive isotope that—</text> <clause id="HE5E91E33592A453099DFFD12CBE6C919"><enum>(i)</enum><text>contains byproduct material combined with chemical or biological material; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1CC5E73BF1204EC1BA1E00D8434D46C7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is designed to accumulate temporarily in a part of the body for therapeutic purposes or for enabling the production of a useful image for use in a diagnosis of a medical condition.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H46184CA058D347B89FE9A2926212EF70"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Recipient country</header><text>The term <quote>recipient country</quote> means Canada, Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H62FB1784E079489DBCA804D6F7910798"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Licenses</header><text>The Commission may issue a license authorizing the export (including shipment to and use at intermediate and ultimate consignees specified in the license) to a recipient country of highly enriched uranium for medical isotope production if, in addition to any other requirements of this Act (except subsection a.), the Commission determines that—</text> <subparagraph id="H66076A630921485E89FEE500E10107D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a recipient country that supplies an assurance letter to the United States Government in connection with the consideration by the Commission of the export license application has informed the United States Government that any intermediate consignees and the ultimate consignee specified in the application are required to use the highly enriched uranium solely to produce medical isotopes; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5CE5EDCFA8F242F3A4D9CFDA783183CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the highly enriched uranium for medical isotope production will be irradiated only in a reactor in a recipient country that—</text> <clause id="HC24A54CE9A4E4B048BF7C8C9DF0030E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>uses an alternative nuclear reactor fuel; or</text></clause> <clause id="HF6051241344D4E68BB624763FBDA600"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is the subject of an agreement with the United States Government to convert to an alternative nuclear reactor fuel when alternative nuclear reactor fuel can be used in the reactor.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF04D1B957F4448039731547211016688"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review of physical protection requirements</header> <subparagraph id="H94727A14C5534722B3193E03E875E5D6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission shall review the adequacy of physical protection requirements that, as of the date of an application under paragraph (2), are applicable to the transportation and storage of highly enriched uranium for medical isotope production or control of residual material after irradiation and extraction of medical isotopes.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDB192B84AB654EC086BCFD716210151C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Imposition of additional requirements</header><text>If the Commission determines that additional physical protection requirements are necessary (including a limit on the quantity of highly enriched uranium that may be contained in a single shipment), the Commission shall impose such requirements as license conditions or through other appropriate means.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E9BB4518312443D82AFBEDC6EBD778B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>First report to Congress</header> <subparagraph id="H5541884BD18446D8860907CEA5EF350"><enum>(A)</enum><header>NAS study</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study to determine—</text> <clause id="HCE3C5B62607F44E8A691C88E5F94D2D3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the feasibility of procuring supplies of medical isotopes from commercial sources that do not use highly enriched uranium;</text></clause> <clause id="HBEE125C23D0A4CC79BC8CC188D6FC22C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the current and projected demand and availability of medical isotopes in regular current domestic use;</text></clause> <clause id="H3171D97B86634FE283996763E429A864"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the progress that is being made by the Department of Energy and others to eliminate all use of highly enriched uranium in reactor fuel, reactor targets, and medical isotope production facilities; and</text></clause> <clause id="H062193AC5E6F4E67BA40316CDEE244A8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the potential cost differential in medical isotope production in the reactors and target processing facilities if the products were derived from production systems that do not involve fuels and targets with highly enriched uranium.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4F654CFA22844343B209094B3DB4E6D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Feasibility</header><text>For the purpose of this subsection, the use of low enriched uranium to produce medical isotopes shall be determined to be feasible if—</text> <clause id="HFA0D8FCDDC274562B3F9574951C962D5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>low enriched uranium targets have been developed and demonstrated for use in the reactors and target processing facilities that produce significant quantities of medical isotopes to serve United States needs for such isotopes;</text></clause> <clause id="HC4DAAA81D1D442E8A62D3116C5824953"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sufficient quantities of medical isotopes are available from low enriched uranium targets and fuel to meet United States domestic needs; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF2D717C3101E4281B2EBCF2BF35EC8C7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the average anticipated total cost increase from production of medical isotopes in such facilities without use of highly enriched uranium is less than 10 percent.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF55EE1941C0D4E55A9A0E4AFDEE93B00"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report by the Secretary</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that—</text> <clause id="H8D68FF7A2FCC4B6B99E61C1FB042C28B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>contains the findings of the National Academy of Sciences made in the study under subparagraph (A); and</text></clause> <clause id="H89B2826B888847549C2C9300C91296E9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>discloses the existence of any commitments from commercial producers to provide domestic requirements for medical isotopes without use of highly enriched uranium consistent with the feasibility criteria described in subparagraph (B) not later than the date that is 4 years after the date of submission of the report.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE74E662FC51748BBB54984D0D983D465"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Second report to Congress</header><text>If the study of the National Academy of Sciences determines under paragraph (4)(A)(i) that the procurement of supplies of medical isotopes from commercial sources that do not use highly enriched uranium is feasible, but the Secretary is unable to report the existence of commitments under paragraph (4)(C)(ii), not later than the date that is 6 years after the date of enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes options for developing domestic supplies of medical isotopes in quantities that are adequate to meet domestic demand without the use of highly enriched uranium consistent with the cost increase described in paragraph (4)(B)(iii).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7484D9C9275249D5A0B4E7441544EF3"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>At such time as commercial facilities that do not use highly enriched uranium are capable of meeting domestic requirements for medical isotopes, within the cost increase described in paragraph (4)(B)(iii) and without impairing the reliable supply of medical isotopes for domestic utilization, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a certification to that effect.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8593A4DA99D24C4E9E3125B095E7812F"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Sunset provision</header><text>After the Secretary submits a certification under paragraph (6), the Commission shall, by rule, terminate its review of export license applications under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HD234D96E7E1C4C999B9564542EC33109"><enum>634.</enum><header>Fernald byproduct material</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Title III of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10221">42 U.S.C. 10221 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="traditional" id="HD0567853FB3E4BE1B6719960F29EE5EC" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H4ED75E3F95FE46D2865317D3B8BC3F71"><enum>307.</enum><header>Fernald byproduct material</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other law, the material in the concrete silos at the Fernald uranium processing facility managed on the date of enactment of this section by the Department shall be considered byproduct material (as defined by section 11 e.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2014">42 U.S.C. 2014(e)(2)</external-xref>)). The Department may dispose of the material in a facility regulated by the Commission or by an Agreement State. If the Department disposes of the material in such a facility, the Commission or the Agreement State shall regulate the material as byproduct material under that Act. This material shall remain subject to the jurisdiction of the Department until it is received at a commercial, Commission-licensed, or Agreement State-licensed facility, at which time the material shall be subject to the health and safety requirements of the Commission or the Agreement State with jurisdiction over the disposal site.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H3B06233E9F474B00AB014700A12A80"><enum>635.</enum><header>Safe disposal of greater-than-class c radioactive waste</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Subtitle D of title I of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10171">42 U.S.C. 10171</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="HFD438F31706B4C08BBE061B1BF66D998" style="traditional"> <section id="HBDA495212019434CA30103005E871E2E"><enum>152.</enum><header>Safe disposal of greater-than-class c radioactive waste</header> <subsection id="H6FA089D02DAC4552BE873300A1DD457E" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation of responsibility</header><text>The Secretary shall designate an Office within the Department to have the responsibility for activities needed to develop a new, or use an existing, facility for safely disposing of all low-level radioactive waste with concentrations of radionuclides that exceed the limits established by the Commission for Class C radioactive waste (referred to in this section as <quote>GTCC waste</quote>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H03AE1B2B06FC4EA9A24B00B1C96D9310"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Comprehensive plan</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a comprehensive plan for permanent disposal of GTCC waste which includes plans for a disposal facility. This plan shall be transmitted to Congress in a series of reports, including the following:</text> <paragraph id="HAA87BB8C573A49E2BF0056DA5D521D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report on short-term plan</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a plan describing the Secretary’s operational strategy for continued recovery and storage of GTCC waste until a permanent disposal facility is available.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4BE90F53CBE346159055571DFB943022"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Update of 1987 report</header> <subparagraph id="H0A8445C6DFEC4B1285E1D854427EE98C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress an update of the Secretary’s February 1987 report submitted to Congress that made comprehensive recommendations for the disposal of GTCC waste.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5CDFED89FFA049E081747132F00129D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The update under this paragraph shall contain—</text> <clause id="HD5CECF26247242F7AABAA64D002BC5CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a detailed description and identification of the GTCC waste that is to be disposed;</text></clause> <clause id="HA59C189C7C2A4C66A74DDBB9B177D673"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of current domestic and international programs, both Federal and commercial, for management and disposition of GTCC waste;</text></clause> <clause id="H3C75DF1F116B42139397992382BE63"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an identification of the Federal and private options and costs for the safe disposal of GTCC waste;</text></clause> <clause id="HA9989203446F42509DCBA59D7891DE38"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an identification of the options for ensuring that, wherever possible, generators and users of GTCC waste bear all reasonable costs of waste disposal;</text></clause> <clause id="H97AC944251474FFDBF75B30781FC0679"><enum>(v)</enum><text>an identification of any new statutory authority required for disposal of GTCC waste; and</text></clause> <clause id="H94F60FDF626149F8875D77AE791C1F23"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>in coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Commission, an identification of any new regulatory guidance needed for the disposal of GTCC waste.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE697520BE92475800AAD9514B00EF5C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report on cost and schedule for completion of environmental impact statement and record of decision</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of submission of the update required under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing an estimate of the cost and schedule to complete a draft and final environmental impact statement and to issue a record of decision for a permanent disposal facility, utilizing either a new or existing facility, for GTCC waste.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H4AADD29CACBA464A8FFEE511067FB897"><enum>636.</enum><header>Prohibition on nuclear exports to countries that sponsor terrorism</header> <subsection id="HF9D9E534F4344FA6B47D50BC4EC8E774"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 129 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2158">42 U.S.C. 2158</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC608B1F9BC054F830047FA03EA228BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>a.</quote> before <quote>No nuclear materials and equipment</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3324D3C0EA5242588F1EED32C79B313"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H9F9A35E8DF274B338354C79FA946D5FE" style="other" other-style="nuclear"> <subsection id="H7EE755A819724BB2B373D14BFB0094D5"><enum>b.</enum> <paragraph id="H7B52E6D655AE426A99AD9B806025A057" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including specifically section 121 of this Act, and except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), no nuclear materials and equipment or sensitive nuclear technology, including items and assistance authorized by section 57 b. of this Act and regulated under part 810 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, and nuclear-related items on the Commerce Control List maintained under part 774 of title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations, shall be exported or reexported, or transferred or retransferred whether directly or indirectly, and no Federal agency shall issue any license, approval, or authorization for the export or reexport, or transfer, or retransfer, whether directly or indirectly, of these items or assistance (as defined in this paragraph) to any country whose government has been identified by the Secretary of State as engaged in state sponsorship of terrorist activities (specifically including any country the government of which has been determined by the Secretary of State under section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2371">22 U.S.C. 2371(a)</external-xref>), section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2405">50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)</external-xref>), or section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2780">22 U.S.C. 2780(d)</external-xref>) to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A373F2E26D54C7E9030190027008B70" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>This subsection shall not apply to exports, reexports, transfers, or retransfers of radiation monitoring technologies, surveillance equipment, seals, cameras, tamper-indication devices, nuclear detectors, monitoring systems, or equipment necessary to safely store, transport, or remove hazardous materials, whether such items, services, or information are regulated by the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce, or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, except to the extent that such technologies, equipment, seals, cameras, devices, detectors, or systems are available for use in the design or construction of nuclear reactors or nuclear weapons.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6ADD235146214B7A9591ADFD62593361" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The President may waive the application of paragraph (1) to a country if the President determines and certifies to Congress that the waiver will not result in any increased risk that the country receiving the waiver will acquire nuclear weapons, nuclear reactors, or any materials or components of nuclear weapons and—</text> <subparagraph id="HE7204582EEA94720A63B66984021C84"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the government of such country has not within the preceding 12-month period willfully aided or abetted the international proliferation of nuclear explosive devices to individuals or groups or willfully aided and abetted an individual or groups in acquiring unsafeguarded nuclear materials;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC02A7B97378744778D25EA52BE98C3A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the judgment of the President, the government of such country has provided adequate, verifiable assurances that it will cease its support for acts of international terrorism;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBEDA29807D944DDFA59F7F6EBA8EC6DD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the waiver of that paragraph is in the vital national security interest of the United States; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB2E2A18C03654672ABD186030081BDBA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>such a waiver is essential to prevent or respond to a serious radiological hazard in the country receiving the waiver that may or does threaten public health and safety.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9364CB9EFD9E4B889EC7F4222D919DFC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability to exports approved for transfer but Not transferred</header><text>Subsection b. of section 129 of Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as added by subsection (a) of this section, shall apply with respect to exports that have been approved for transfer as of the date of the enactment of this Act but have not yet been transferred as of that date.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H6EA434B6469B4FFD960016DDD0FC2708"><enum>638.</enum><header>National uranium stockpile</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The USEC Privatization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2297h">42 U.S.C. 2297h et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="HE9478A895A604846A2797D7139476943"> <section id="H6C65B95E9609465700ABA492F953DAE"><enum>3118.</enum><header>National uranium stockpile</header></section> <subsection id="H2C3130F3630241B99246F8DC00BAB3E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Stockpile creation</header><text>The Secretary of Energy may create a national low-enriched uranium stockpile with the goals to—</text> <paragraph id="H6B9353A5C52040DFA2A560258FB0BDC9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>enhance national energy security; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0586E72FC36743BFB91850D26C145F6B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reduce global proliferation threats.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H98679A43671549A5995015DB59D3FBFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Source of material</header><text>The Secretary shall obtain material for the stockpile from—</text> <paragraph id="H6155FA92E00B46B2B877C6F9D5919870"><enum>(1)</enum><text>material derived from blend-down of Russian highly enriched uranium derived from weapons materials; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H959EC260F846486BA0ABABFC47D58472"><enum>(2)</enum><text>domestically mined and enriched uranium.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2D1E1A595429411AB0F6ACE948D08829"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on sales or transfers</header><text>Sales or transfer of materials in the stockpile shall occur pursuant to section 3112.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H010EF5817DD04EE69F2B13E988B80692"><enum>639.</enum><header>Nuclear Regulatory Commission meetings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If a quorum of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission gathers to discuss official Commission business the discussions shall be recorded, and the Commission shall notify the public of such discussions within 15 days after they occur. The Commission shall promptly make a transcript of the recording available to the public on request, except to the extent that public disclosure is exempted or prohibited by law. This section shall not apply to a meeting, within the meaning of that term under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552b">section 552b(a)(2)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></section> <section id="H4B98D0E7F9BF4492836FA97053863F79"><enum>640.</enum><header>Employee benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3110(a) of the USEC Privatization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2297h-8">42 U.S.C. 2297h-8(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC71D2E57847D4287A68718A09E55CBB" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H62F85E218216461FB2C67172AE6DD81F" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Continuity of benefits</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall implement such actions as are necessary to ensure that any employee who—</text> <subparagraph id="H19ABB5860CAC405CBA61E406489F7B2D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is involved in providing infrastructure or environmental remediation services at the Portsmouth, Ohio, or the Paducah, Kentucky, Gaseous Diffusion Plant;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9EE3F8DEAB584C27BDB726223CD17EFD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has been an employee of the Department of Energy’s predecessor management and integrating contractor (or its first or second tier subcontractors), or of the Corporation, at the Portsmouth, Ohio, or the Paducah, Kentucky, facility; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD199AB7075D14FD2BCDAEC78DECF65C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>was eligible as of April 1, 2005, to participate in or transfer into the Multiple Employer Pension Plan or the associated multiple employer retiree health care benefit plans, as defined in those plans, </text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">shall continue to be eligible to participate in or transfer into such pension or health care benefit plans.</continuation-text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H6C48A370130249C5A7F8A797AE19752F"><enum>C</enum><header>Additional Hydrogen Production Provisions</header> <section id="H4EA7D229567445BC8010DBCC92B404B4"><enum>651.</enum><header>Hydrogen production programs</header> <subsection id="H822FC25EBD3840259ED2456CA12D89EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Advanced reactor hydrogen cogeneration project</header> <paragraph id="HB00EB325200D4305AFC197CB1214E8C6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Project establishment</header><text> The Secretary is directed to establish an Advanced Reactor Hydrogen Cogeneration Project.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1BE24CEAB2A649068551F5F42297DE24"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project definition</header><text> The project shall consist of the research, development, design, construction, and operation of a hydrogen production cogeneration research facility that, relative to the current commercial reactors, enhances safety features, reduces waste production, enhances thermal efficiencies, increases proliferation resistance, and has the potential for improved economics and physical security in reactor siting. This facility shall be constructed so as to enable research and development on advanced reactors of the type selected and on alternative approaches for reactor-based production of hydrogen.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H945F3F52F026401FA4C458D07EC0032" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Project management</header> <subparagraph id="HE0F26E96CEB9448B896C7819E1751785"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Management</header><text>The project shall be managed within the Department by the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9BCD824D14514588B5920089E387E717"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Lead laboratory</header><text>The lead laboratory for the project, providing the site for the reactor construction, shall be the Idaho National Laboratory (in this subsection referred to as <quote>INL</quote>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4A9B7ED0EDB04E20B750D3F5C3B1F429"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Steering committee</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a national steering committee with membership from the national laboratories, universities, and industry to provide advice to the Secretary and the Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology on technical and program management aspects of the project.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBDC96D0AC5AF4A29BB479E15D1344579"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Collaboration</header><text>Project activities shall be conducted at INL, other national laboratories, universities, domestic industry, and international partners.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF8D8C19E6BF34DD3A177E5177C82A99" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Project requirements</header> <subparagraph id="H6BCA66D136904BF2A421DA6400784D91"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Research and development</header> <clause id="H8238CCA30B9943858403E1674389009E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The project shall include planning, research and development, design, and construction of an advanced, next-generation, nuclear energy system suitable for enabling further research and development on advanced reactor technologies and alternative approaches for reactor-based generation of hydrogen.</text></clause> <clause id="H52C920C279BC4E16843D9105F1C03E94"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Reactor test capabilities at INL</header><text>The project shall utilize, where appropriate, extensive reactor test capabilities resident at INL.</text></clause> <clause id="H1776E04F324949869198BA2CD275CDD1"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Alternatives</header><text>The project shall be designed to explore technical, environmental, and economic feasibility of alternative approaches for reactor-based hydrogen production.</text></clause> <clause id="H9EFC881280D3449F9BD352411CADDFDC"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Industrial lead</header><text>The industrial lead for the project shall be a company incorporated in the United States.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H60DD3EEE5BEE4B738796E12771F41E74"><enum>(B)</enum><header>International collaboration</header> <clause id="H8CD130BD8F4F4274A22509D300D217B7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall seek international cooperation, participation, and financial contribution in this project.</text></clause> <clause id="HD5F7D63EDF9045CBB398926C84AE8625"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Assistance from international partners</header><text>The Secretary may contract for assistance from specialists or facilities from member countries of the Generation IV International Forum, the Russian Federation, or other international partners where such specialists or facilities provide access to cost-effective and relevant skills or test capabilities.</text></clause> <clause id="HCFC2A6D651FF4E31B477C0AB224F51D8"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Generation iv international forum</header><text>International activities shall be coordinated with the Generation IV International Forum.</text></clause> <clause id="H2970E3BA25E04270978495BA5914B344"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Generation iv nuclear energy systems program</header><text>The Secretary may combine this project with the Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Program.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5D1DD95B6E2B4104B9949C3270A2D604"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Demonstration</header><text>The overall project, which may involve demonstration of selected project objectives in a partner nation, must demonstrate both electricity and hydrogen production and may provide flexibility, where technically and economically feasible in the design and construction, to enable tests of alternative reactor core and cooling configurations.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H759DDCA267684DC08B81E576CCDED58B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Partnerships</header><text>The Secretary shall establish cost-shared partnerships with domestic industry or international participants for the research, development, design, construction, and operation of the research facility, and preference in determining the final project structure shall be given to an overall project which retains United States leadership while maximizing cost sharing opportunities and minimizing Federal funding responsibilities.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H84819837451E40EABD97985BF9F3EA24"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Target date</header><text>The Secretary shall select technologies and develop the project to provide initial testing of either hydrogen production or electricity generation by 2011, or provide a report to Congress explaining why this date is not feasible.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6161720CB41E4D648642DF3DB3D901FF"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Waiver of construction timelines</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to conduct the Advanced Reactor Hydrogen Cogeneration Project without the constraints of DOE Order 413.3, relating to program and project management for the acquisition of capital assets, as necessary to meet the specified operational date.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7D7741513105495F922CA8D5E7298BF9"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Competition</header><text>The Secretary may fund up to 2 teams for up to 1 year to develop detailed proposals for competitive evaluation and selection of a single proposal and concept for further progress. The Secretary shall define the format of the competitive evaluation of proposals.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7D80665178F049A28B2D20810041543F"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Use of facilities</header><text>Research facilities in industry, national laboratories, or universities either within the United States or with cooperating international partners may be used to develop the enabling technologies for the research facility. Utilization of domestic university-based facilities shall be encouraged to provide educational opportunities for student development.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5A093665B96845718448E334C2180077"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Role of nuclear regulatory commission</header> <clause id="H9DF6822027034850B1D8DAD9777C0085"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall have licensing and regulatory authority for any reactor authorized under this subsection, pursuant to section 202 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5842">42 U.S.C. 5842</external-xref>).</text></clause> <clause id="H39C335CFF78F424E93ECF925508F9485"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Risk-based criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall seek active participation of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission throughout the project to develop risk-based criteria for any future commercial development of a similar reactor architecture.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H25C856F48F8C45089E64506EC381BBE"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall develop and transmit to Congress a comprehensive project plan not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this Act. The project plan shall be updated annually with each annual budget submission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE2C7A4425C06420C9FCDA11DF5BE233"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advanced nuclear reactor technologies</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H5F5B3D773616445E9BFAECC700022335"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prepare a detailed roadmap for carrying out the provisions in this subtitle related to advanced nuclear reactor technologies and for implementing the recommendations related to advanced nuclear reactor technologies that are included in the report transmitted under subsection (d); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E18F69D97964F7C94919F0010A468C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide for the establishment of 5 projects in geographic areas that are regionally and climatically diverse to demonstrate the commercial production of hydrogen at existing nuclear power plants, including one demonstration project at a national laboratory or institution of higher education using an advanced gas-cooled reactor.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5265DBE5F3514AE68099D9762275A87F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Collocation with hydrogen production facility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2011">42 U.S.C. 2011</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: </text> <quoted-block style="other" id="HE0D49A3CCB82460296F708E568A1622C" display-inline="no-display-inline" other-style="nuclear"> <subsection id="HC92C2DBBB8C040A9BC835F3E4D687842"><enum>g.</enum><text>The Commission shall give priority to the licensing of a utilization facility that is collocated with a hydrogen production facility. The Commission shall issue a final decision approving or disapproving the issuance of a license to construct and operate a utilization facility not later than the expiration of 3 years after the date of the submission of such application, if the application references a Commission-certified design and an early site permit, unless the Commission determines that the applicant has proposed material and substantial changes to the design or the site design parameters.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H80992CB103EA4D428D300606B47C24"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall transmit to the Congress not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act a report containing detailed summaries of the roadmaps prepared under subsection (b)(1), descriptions of the Secretary’s progress in establishing the projects and other programs required under this section, and recommendations for promoting the availability of advanced nuclear reactor energy technologies for the production of hydrogen. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HE8ADEB29F9E445E1BF3D07695EB94F98"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>For the purpose of supporting research programs related to the development of advanced nuclear reactor technologies under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary—</text> <paragraph id="H774BCF81CD6940BBB732F288194DD200"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$65,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H00C1DF96305440A185DFAC8592006789"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$74,750,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD45411D4C41849B2AB27222D023834CD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$85,962,500 for fiscal year 2008;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8E3BBE0EDC3541D0B7C674B5AD70F070"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$98,856,875 for fiscal year 2009;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCB18D5F47EBE42EB95C03C12CE351261"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$113,685,406 for fiscal year 2010;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE629BE1D7BAE430B834997269E366410"><enum>(6)</enum><text>$130,738,217 for fiscal year 2011;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0BFF284EAAB34247851C58F175CD959B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>$150,348,950 for fiscal year 2012;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H32FAB4CDD0E3456D99A9BEC119C77ED2"><enum>(8)</enum><text>$172,901,292 for fiscal year 2013;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HABA7D7DC5A9B4BBCBA6CC11272BD208F"><enum>(9)</enum><text>$198,836,486 for fiscal year 2014; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H49A170DDDBE54CF8B5317E537BF64C89"><enum>(10)</enum><text>$228,661,959 for fiscal year 2015.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H89AD1E43880842A1A9467DA89E941E43"><enum>652.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this subtitle—</text> <paragraph id="H151EEE01187B480381D0A96610E9822F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <quote>advanced nuclear reactor technologies</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H901F545CE3AF49258C19106FFD37D1D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>technologies related to advanced light water reactors that may be commercially available in the near-term, including mid-sized reactors with passive safety features, for the generation of electric power from nuclear fission and the production of hydrogen; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C7BCC7CE14A4E339FB64486C17FD12"><enum>(B)</enum><text>technologies related to other nuclear reactors that may require prototype demonstration prior to availability in the mid-term or long-term, including high-temperature, gas-cooled reactors and liquid metal reactors, for the generation of electric power from nuclear fission and the production of hydrogen;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9F21F84968FA4503AB360199BCA996FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <quote>institution of higher education</quote> has the meaning given to that term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H579FA3D6952A47FEBCECAC6CB29DEA08"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HCCF8DB46E42D4550BFD835655D76121E"><enum>D</enum><header>Nuclear Security</header> <section id="H82F3B128184D4B0591A9B4009BBFD4EC"><enum>661.</enum><header>Nuclear facility threats</header> <subsection id="HC1552053A16747F3AA8BEB752700279C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The President, in consultation with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (referred to in this subtitle as the <quote>Commission</quote>) and other appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies and private entities, shall conduct a study to identify the types of threats that pose an appreciable risk to the security of the various classes of facilities licensed by the Commission under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2011">42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>). Such study shall take into account, but not be limited to—</text> <paragraph id="H4FC5D546417F4326909514AC47F9D824"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the events of September 11, 2001;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H535BB444BE2847D6B6006B4745D188D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of physical, cyber, biochemical, and other terrorist threats;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4248E6B7D7B4A4EBF71567E6104261C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the potential for attack on facilities by multiple coordinated teams of a large number of individuals;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE7EA0124C454770B9BD3B6E522CCF3B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the potential for assistance in an attack from several persons employed at the facility;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H19939E21BB1B45B5917D757BB78FFF98"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the potential for suicide attacks;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8EC22F92B2974C318FDE5E0001138166"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the potential for water-based and air-based threats;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H907A54BE999B48A2A28F98E1A768A4B4"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the potential use of explosive devices of considerable size and other modern weaponry;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF460C630669441C7A2E3D0B97DBF345B"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the potential for attacks by persons with a sophisticated knowledge of facility operations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4F3F8099840E4E72B1F520D731B841FF"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the potential for fires, especially fires of long duration;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C511986868748A5B2F0FBC3B6240088"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the potential for attacks on spent fuel shipments by multiple coordinated teams of a large number of individuals;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7753E908D8214502AF50EA0996C50055"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the adequacy of planning to protect the public health and safety at and around nuclear facilities, as appropriate, in the event of a terrorist attack against a nuclear facility; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H29BABBCDE3904D828BF04DF1D6466CDA"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the potential for theft and diversion of nuclear materials from such facilities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB8CA285069DF492E912B88004BAD1CAD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Summary and classification report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to Congress and the Commission a report—</text> <paragraph id="H67C547523EBB4250947693AE6F23A78B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>summarizing the types of threats identified under subsection (a); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8CFA0E090BBE45F09CDBFC9676F62BA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>classifying each type of threat identified under subsection (a), in accordance with existing laws and regulations, as either—</text> <subparagraph id="H54712693C3DD406285E0CC5C8B8ED47C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>involving attacks and destructive acts, including sabotage, directed against the facility by an enemy of the United States, whether a foreign government or other person, or otherwise falling under the responsibilities of the Federal Government; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H41711A6C6C344161901EFDAF7215AE3D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>involving the type of risks that Commission licensees should be responsible for guarding against.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEBF6E3E80506409788D2DE06719C8211"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal action report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date on which a report is transmitted under subsection (b), the President shall transmit to Congress a report on actions taken, or to be taken, to address the types of threats identified under subsection (b)(2)(A), including identification of the Federal, State, and local agencies responsible for carrying out the obligations and authorities of the United States. Such report may include a classified annex, as appropriate.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H29C7133C09B34010BCB6E6898B42E171"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which a report is transmitted under subsection (b), the Commission may revise, by rule, the design basis threats issued before the date of enactment of this section as the Commission considers appropriate based on the summary and classification report.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCCEFAB5CAA734594B188D27500460154"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Physical security program</header><text>The Commission shall establish an operational safeguards response evaluation program that ensures that the physical protection capability and operational safeguards response for sensitive nuclear facilities, as determined by the Commission consistent with the protection of public health and the common defense and security, shall be tested periodically through Commission approved or designed, observed, and evaluated force-on-force exercises to determine whether the ability to defeat the design basis threat is being maintained. For purposes of this subsection, the term <quote>sensitive nuclear facilities</quote> includes at a minimum commercial nuclear power plants and category I fuel cycle facilities.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4F8B79D2EE7F46CEAEB01E3498EF42D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Control of information</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission may undertake any rulemaking under this subtitle in a manner that will fully protect safeguards and classified national security information.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAE83F53641B74B489323866B39EE4BF7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Federal security coordinators</header> <paragraph id="H66A30DD1BC6E4A7FA4D3007954B1DFE4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Regional offices</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall assign a Federal security coordinator, under the employment of the Commission, to each region of the Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB1A34284FAB54E4788005E3E39298E16"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The Federal security coordinator shall be responsible for—</text> <subparagraph id="H2506385A720C4AFFBF30A6B6D0315C86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>communicating with the Commission and other Federal, State, and local authorities concerning threats, including threats against such classes of facilities as the Commission determines to be appropriate;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4885F42D9F664B6297B392FAF6783CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensuring that such classes of facilities as the Commission determines to be appropriate maintain security consistent with the security plan in accordance with the appropriate threat level; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6CEF4F29B64E44C396EB6066003862E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assisting in the coordination of security measures among the private security forces at such classes of facilities as the Commission determines to be appropriate and Federal, State, and local authorities, as appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE70B550BC9314EFDA05BAFAB1FBD9819"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Training program</header><text>The President shall establish a program to provide technical assistance and training to Federal agencies, the National Guard, and State and local law enforcement and emergency response agencies in responding to threats against a designated nuclear facility.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H6136B51145D1417392515237FD720077"><enum>662.</enum><header>Fingerprinting for criminal history record checks</header> <subsection id="H63AB02C594C94213B2CE9DDBA3F738E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection a. of section 149 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2169">42 U.S.C. 2169(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1AB3B2C738E54097818E2F00E43465C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a. The Nuclear</quote> and all that follows through <quote>section 147.</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HD0C9C89636C54FB3A96F57CDE3D43460" style="other" other-style="nuclear"> <subsection id="H6446019613D04DC7AB2FE9810255E863"><enum>a.</enum><header>In general</header> <paragraph id="HDAF14B172F67470EB086D73172DB97DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header> <subparagraph id="H72CE3941F3B14969BDBB5651E70023BC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission shall require each individual or entity—</text> <clause id="H8D1734B743084FA4BAF5C5749D39D4F7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that is licensed or certified to engage in an activity subject to regulation by the Commission;</text></clause> <clause id="H816F528E69264F3CB36F71E6D2F537D6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that has filed an application for a license or certificate to engage in an activity subject to regulation by the Commission; or</text></clause> <clause id="H095ABFDAF0C44EDD9E00756FA2446EC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that has notified the Commission, in writing, of an intent to file an application for licensing, certification, permitting, or approval of a product or activity subject to regulation by the Commission,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">to fingerprint each individual described in subparagraph (B) before the individual is permitted unescorted access or access, whichever is applicable, as described in subparagraph (B).</continuation-text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6801F56751474B418ED0C9349298C8E9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Individuals required to be fingerprinted</header><text>The Commission shall require to be fingerprinted each individual who—</text> <clause id="H3891CCD1C7A849B2AC87A3FCFE952A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is permitted unescorted access to—</text> <subclause id="H93D1D7224A5D41E8998FD09A41D3D4C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a utilization facility; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H3534760F883C408196305651E0C6486D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>radioactive material or other property subject to regulation by the Commission that the Commission determines to be of such significance to the public health and safety or the common defense and security as to warrant fingerprinting and background checks; or</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HA948468C4671430D89C312008D72255D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is permitted access to safeguards information under section 147.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C363E1AA74B4350ABEC1FCA2BB31457"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>All fingerprints obtained by a licensee or applicant as required in the preceding sentence</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H481D923EB00947F193BEC338A505ECF" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HDD85331D337B457DA6D6CEC06499A2E6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission to the Attorney General</header><text>All fingerprints obtained by an individual or entity as required in paragraph (1)</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H716787D82E834C51938EED4D9C418D22"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The costs of any identification and records check conducted pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be paid by the licensee or applicant.</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HFE1BC9534F4D41ED8098CAC8DDDB3C" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H6A509FA473954120B98D0685CE9DF3DD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>The costs of any identification and records check conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be paid by the individual or entity required to conduct the fingerprinting under paragraph (1)(A).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1EACD974F16D4C9992CEE9376E63923F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General may provide all the results of the search to the Commission, and, in accordance with regulations prescribed under this section, the Commission may provide such results to the licensee or applicant submitting such fingerprints.</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H879D60543CDA490F9ED694BE25A99700" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H9AA323C872F34EF2AAF6502500063B28"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Provision to individual or entity required to conduct fingerprinting</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General may provide all the results of the search to the Commission, and, in accordance with regulations prescribed under this section, the Commission may provide such results to the individual or entity required to conduct the fingerprinting under paragraph (1)(A).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC82F1EF7C6DF4417AA5325F5BCB4D458"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Subsection c. of section 149 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2169">42 U.S.C. 2169(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4AC0680FC8D34484A111CF0066EFF1A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, subject to public notice and comment, regulations—</quote> and inserting <quote>requirements—</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3021401073A841F4A5464EA6EB88BDDC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking, in paragraph (2)(B), <quote>unescorted access to the facility of a licensee or applicant</quote> and inserting <quote>unescorted access to a utilization facility, radioactive material, or other property described in subsection a.(1)(B)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H755EC0210E884B618CB257A8A9833978"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Biometric methods</header><text>Subsection d. of section 149 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2169">42 U.S.C. 2169(d)</external-xref>) is redesignated as subsection e., and the following is inserted after subsection c.:</text> <quoted-block id="H4A6362C0FCDA40EB9DAB6817DDBC7B" style="other" other-style="nuclear"> <subsection id="H1E1B52CF5822476781CFA4CFBB23AD22"><enum>d.</enum><header>Use of other biometric methods</header><text>The Commission may satisfy any requirement for a person to conduct fingerprinting under this section using any other biometric method for identification approved for use by the Attorney General, after the Commission has approved the alternative method by rule.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H8251334E355344E5B5B8EE82D7001CB7"><enum>663.</enum><header>Use of firearms by security personnel of licensees and certificate holders of the Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 161 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2201">42 U.S.C. 2201</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H3EC02D7CD32E4035AFEF7CD5B4CB1EE1" style="other" other-style="nuclear"> <subsection id="HE990E5BB3B854CCABF8DB3636D7BCAC7" indent="down1"><enum>(z)</enum> <paragraph id="HD62DB252B15A46C7A160682D6141DF04" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>notwithstanding section 922(o), (v), and (w) of title 18, United States Code, or any similar provision of any State law or any similar rule or regulation of a State or any political subdivision of a State prohibiting the transfer or possession of a handgun, a rifle or shotgun, a short-barreled shotgun, a short-barreled rifle, a machinegun, a semiautomatic assault weapon, ammunition for the foregoing, or a large capacity ammunition feeding device, authorize security personnel of licensees and certificate holders of the Commission (including employees of contractors of licensees and certificate holders) to receive, possess, transport, import, and use 1 or more of those weapons, ammunition, or devices, if the Commission determines that—</text> <subparagraph id="H00B29C200FC5406D9CD55D39E8806400" indent="subparagraph"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such authorization is necessary to the discharge of the security personnel’s official duties; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDC0DAD407E184F36AB215ECAC6A96CC5" indent="subparagraph"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the security personnel—</text> <clause id="H5695D51F992B46779160808100E9966C" indent="clause"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are not otherwise prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under Federal or State laws pertaining to possession of firearms by certain categories of persons;</text></clause> <clause id="HD5B9D7FC9ECD4919005926E9FB8C6418" indent="clause"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have successfully completed requirements established through guidelines implementing this subsection for training in use of firearms and tactical maneuvers;</text></clause> <clause id="HBC5217C835FA4AEF8000695684C81932" indent="clause"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are engaged in the protection of—</text> <subclause id="H61A868CB5EA0461980EB4DF533D2B100" indent="subclause"><enum>(I)</enum><text>facilities owned or operated by a Commission licensee or certificate holder that are designated by the Commission; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE36A4E407AF441DEB06409FB4CB2CD0" indent="subclause"><enum>(II)</enum><text>radioactive material or other property owned or possessed by a person that is a licensee or certificate holder of the Commission, or that is being transported to or from a facility owned or operated by such a licensee or certificate holder, and that has been determined by the Commission to be of significance to the common defense and security or public health and safety; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H9DD96B2A402248D9BE9B8838BCCACE80" indent="clause"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>are discharging their official duties.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F285E13E7284882A6552C728F8CF8E5" indent="paragraph"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Such receipt, possession, transportation, importation, or use shall be subject to—</text> <subparagraph id="HFCE595CEA15044C20010019DE438C627" indent="subparagraph"><enum>(A)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/44">chapter 44</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, except for section 922(a)(4), (o), (v), and (w);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H076EE353C8FF49EF9340B7D6891257E6" indent="subparagraph"><enum>(B)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 26, United States Code, except for section 5844; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H16D9BE3940004C78AE007EC46C467C9" indent="subparagraph"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a background check by the Attorney General, based on fingerprints and including a check of the system established under section 103(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/922">18 U.S.C. 922</external-xref> note) to determine whether the person applying for the authority is prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under Federal or State law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDCEF95E64DAA40D7A2283FCE1C4DC828" indent="paragraph"><enum>(3)</enum><text>This subsection shall become effective upon the issuance of guidelines by the Commission, with the approval of the Attorney General, to govern the implementation of this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46F583AAF9C6437CB1B8BDB0C255F554" indent="paragraph"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In this subsection, the terms <quote>handgun</quote>, <quote>rifle</quote>, <quote>shotgun</quote>, <quote>firearm</quote>, <quote>ammunition</quote>, <quote>machinegun</quote>, <quote>semiautomatic assault weapon</quote>, <quote>large capacity ammunition feeding device</quote>, <quote>short-barreled shotgun</quote>, and <quote>short-barreled rifle</quote> shall have the meanings given those terms in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/921">section 921(a)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HA20493962D07456E94EB8871DC439D"><enum>664.</enum><header>Unauthorized introduction of dangerous weapons</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 229 a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2278a">42 U.S.C. 2278a(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by inserting <quote>or subject to the licensing authority of the Commission or to certification by the Commission under this Act or any other Act</quote> before the period at the end.</text></section> <section id="H409E85BBD51144C2A1AA623CD4ADD4CA"><enum>665.</enum><header>Sabotage of nuclear facilities or fuel</header> <subsection id="H6F7CA284CDBC401AA97DE066ADCF4225"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 236 a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2284">42 U.S.C. 2284(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7CBBB5C9C14B4464ADD5E2648335DF00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>storage facility</quote> and inserting <quote>storage, treatment, or disposal facility</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H77AF29D7D95E43BB9CDD58F044A17E7D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph id="H0BEC5373B1244190A1D2DC093251BBEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such a utilization facility</quote> and inserting <quote>a utilization facility licensed under this Act</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2F8B5861A67E41EEA120B848A7C1FED9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB9BC713A615B455FBF9500741670C40"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <subparagraph id="H0E41CEB040CD42919C0776FB64C37619"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>facility licensed</quote> and inserting <quote>, uranium conversion, or nuclear fuel fabrication facility licensed or certified</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H100D1AAC5DCC402F9DE8A6DFBE00E415"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the comma at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB57069F714F04CD19FD66E20BE537363"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H053804AB36B64C8BB3A7B00E253D64E" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HBD304CD772884A4E9FD869B5EE7F2900"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any production, utilization, waste storage, waste treatment, waste disposal, uranium enrichment, uranium conversion, or nuclear fuel fabrication facility subject to licensing or certification under this Act during construction of the facility, if the destruction or damage caused or attempted to be caused could adversely affect public health and safety during the operation of the facility;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3583CA5C4404085ACE50475C2E14129"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any primary facility or backup facility from which a radiological emergency preparedness alert and warning system is activated; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1E8CDDDA367A4BEA92774B007ECCF2DB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>any radioactive material or other property subject to regulation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that, before the date of the offense, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission determines, by order or regulation published in the Federal Register, is of significance to the public health and safety or to common defense and security,</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H18A006AADC19449A871C9EF290F5FB23"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Section 236 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2284">42 U.S.C. 2284</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both, and, if death results to any person, shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>$1,000,000 or imprisoned for up to life without parole</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HDF8356258C0344450006C59936D55CC7"><enum>666.</enum><header>Secure transfer of nuclear materials</header> <subsection id="HADCECC196F9647A2B79D4B3DAE226510"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Chapter 14 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2201">42 U.S.C. 2201–2210b</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="HFF9DE8AEB4184A4C97854793B900DC5F" style="OLC"> <section id="H77A4B19A921C4563B7E0337007432D8B"><enum>170C.</enum><header>Secure transfer of nuclear materials</header> <subsection id="H2C83CC5E48D842BC97148CED7CD12D6E"><enum>a.</enum><text>The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall establish a system to ensure that materials described in subsection b., when transferred or received in the United States by any party pursuant to an import or export license issued pursuant to this Act, are accompanied by a manifest describing the type and amount of materials being transferred or received. Each individual receiving or accompanying the transfer of such materials shall be subject to a security background check conducted by appropriate Federal entities.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD861B3715C8F4CCF8CCA02F61EB00074"><enum>b.</enum><text>Except as otherwise provided by the Commission by regulation, the materials referred to in subsection a. are byproduct materials, source materials, special nuclear materials, high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste, and low-level radioactive waste (as defined in section 2(16) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10101">42 U.S.C. 10101(16)</external-xref>)).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H2D949573481C431F82A62DEF0091F67"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and from time to time thereafter as it considers necessary, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall issue regulations identifying radioactive materials or classes of individuals that, consistent with the protection of public health and safety and the common defense and security, are appropriate exceptions to the requirements of section 170C of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as added by subsection (a) of this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9CE5F66B7650496F9CC39E8DC8C6DCCB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect upon the issuance of regulations under subsection (b), except that the background check requirement shall become effective on a date established by the Commission.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA24F0E89640B468198C26016D1942746"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effect on other law</header><text>Nothing in this section or the amendment made by this section shall waive, modify, or affect the application of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/51">chapter 51</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, part A of subtitle V of title 49, United States Code, part B of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, and title 23, United States Code.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H309350B1C98C4FD583F0305CA0B5D659"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Table of sections amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 14 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block id="H2BB17F4A5F3F4C57B6D690F88C866F86" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 170C. Secure transfer of nuclear materials</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H816D62BC03134B13B676933E97AF085"><enum>667.</enum><header>Department of Homeland Security consultation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Before issuing a license for a utilization facility, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall consult with the Department of Homeland Security concerning the potential vulnerabilities of the location of the proposed facility to terrorist attack.</text></section> <section id="H40470A099E954863B369303CB4002ECA"><enum>668.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <subsection id="HEDB9159D40394941853E436CA65BDA1F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H19A1C68D9236474291DAD8C6C5BBBFE4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nuclear regulatory commission user fees and annual charges</header><text>Section 6101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2214">42 U.S.C. 2214</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2DE602B28E0740668CBBBA29C035882B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H677D390C73484709A4DF73AA30EC07F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Except as provided in paragraph (3), the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote> in paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H93762140BE484E2DA9D69ED054CB28F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H76FA59237F4C4964AE00926CE735F0D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA3064367CBA04522A4173E91B9E7EC5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2)(A)(i);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4B4383E4D5CF4379AF00BF15062CE725"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2)(A)(ii) and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD61933FA0DF34386A449C6E82106AFD2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(A) the following new clauses:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD264BFA7E4FE4DAAB349A0A21CE3EEBD" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H5EF6D08B63CD4C1FA5B28955264D3676"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>amounts appropriated to the Commission for the fiscal year for implementation of section 3116 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005; and</text></clause> <clause id="HCB3E155E48574743B1A661769ECA774E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>amounts appropriated to the Commission for homeland security activities of the Commission for the fiscal year, except for the costs of fingerprinting and background checks required by section 149 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2169">42 U.S.C. 2169</external-xref>) and the costs of conducting security inspections.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBE4DDD680E2A4056ABBEAE4333F8D405"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2)(B)(v) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H617659A666C84BFB82412F2CA48F59D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H175218B8C4ED4D05A7095C807CFB767D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>90 percent for fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H280743816EB64011BAEEED6628F81B30"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 7601 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2213">42 U.S.C. 2213</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <enum>VII</enum><header>Vehicles and fuels</header> <subtitle id="H2D8794BAAD714D518FB9A7251756F658"><enum>A</enum><header>Existing Programs</header> <section id="HB526B273CA574CC391E6F66D100985DA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header>Use of alternative fuels by dual-fueled vehicles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 400AA(a)(3)(E) of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6374">42 U.S.C. 6374(a)(3)(E)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Energy Policy and Conservation Act" id="H67992BCA5BF546B4B5438648401BF05"> <subparagraph indent="up2" id="H87BABC220998435A92B5CDE12D70A14B"><enum>(E)</enum> <clause display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3706B34B290D4878B0433EA7B740F06D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Dual fueled vehicles acquired pursuant to this section shall be operated on alternative fuels unless the Secretary determines that an agency qualifies for a waiver of such requirement for vehicles operated by the agency in a particular geographic area in which—</text> <subclause indent="up1" id="HC5744EE705894608AD00582F3B29BDA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the alternative fuel otherwise required to be used in the vehicle is not reasonably available to retail purchasers of the fuel, as certified to the Secretary by the head of the agency; or</text></subclause> <subclause indent="up1" id="HFC23DAA320AB49198BA0D226E4AA185"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the cost of the alternative fuel otherwise required to be used in the vehicle is unreasonably more expensive compared to gasoline, as certified to the Secretary by the head of the agency.</text> <item indent="up2" id="HA1E302897D0E4536AAC0D84764524F3E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Secretary shall monitor compliance with this subparagraph by all such fleets and shall report annually to Congress on the extent to which the requirements of this subparagraph are being achieved. The report shall include information on annual reductions achieved from the use of petroleum-based fuels and the problems, if any, encountered in acquiring alternative fuels.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HAB8BE35748E24E25A3DAE5DF7D9BC48B"><enum>704.</enum><header>Incremental cost allocation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 303(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13212">42 U.S.C. 13212(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H8A65CB9BB59945E5004676BE4CFDDFEB"><enum>705.</enum><header>Lease condensates</header> <subsection id="H0E71D3774337474D8BB2A885D64C28ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Lease condensate fuels</header><text>Section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13211">42 U.S.C. 13211</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H9A4B953A30424032ABDE5220B81FB8BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>mixtures containing 50 percent or more by volume of lease condensate or fuels extracted from lease condensate;</quote> after <quote>liquefied petroleum gas;</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2AA049494C4D45AB00F0D0B79589FC72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (13), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E38EB4BAC3345F68BCEA18E005FC374"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (14)—</text> <subparagraph id="HEE78959B6E12436AA98581CBE3969621"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>mixtures containing 50 percent or more by volume of lease condensate or fuels extracted from lease condensate,</quote> after <quote>liquefied petroleum gas,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9FAD63F540B846EE8B3D478DF575C39D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1666663FA2684744ABDCE832CECF78D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H686652BD21A14754BA1CFE034F1434B9"> <paragraph id="H069A2B0417F245BD926115FA014566B2"><enum>(15)</enum><text>the term <term>lease condensate</term> means a mixture, primarily of pentanes and heavier hydrocarbons, that is recovered as a liquid from natural gas in lease separation facilities.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H579E6C68BBCA474F8C4C7D86A95907CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Lease condensate use credits</header> <paragraph id="H60369F1BF97E48A49FAE16B872180049"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title III of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13211">42 U.S.C. 13211 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H5F85F159B2CF4287A7DEB6CCF6128E45"> <section id="HB6DF25CB66A8428085A3F1416E63DE9F"><enum>313.</enum><header>Lease condensate use credits</header> <subsection id="HD7311D8FDAEC48FEAF2D5E8EE4274E00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (d), the Secretary shall allocate 1 credit under this section to a fleet or covered person for each qualifying volume of the lease condensate component of fuel containing at least 50 percent lease condensate, or fuels extracted from lease condensate, after the date of enactment of this section for use by the fleet or covered person in vehicles owned or operated by the fleet or covered person that weigh more than 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight rating.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA629CBB46CD64A0AB8D021608BF2693F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>A credit allocated under this section—</text> <paragraph id="HB7B971B1294A4608834D366052590941"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be subject to the same exceptions, authority, documentation, and use of credits that are specified for qualifying volumes of biodiesel in section 312; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF49EED750E98468FBE9E06424F54ACF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall not be considered a credit under section 508.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2FAAF1B6C4694DF889C46E990261FAB4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulation</header> <paragraph id="H2A96F2119483441397B23B1318AE4D00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (d), not later than January 1, 2006, after the collection of appropriate information and data that consider usage options, uses in other industries, products, or processes, potential volume capacities, costs, air emissions, and fuel efficiencies, the Secretary shall issue a regulation establishing requirements and procedures for the implementation of this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD858C1864B5D4A358CCA4ED3AD616EEE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifying volume</header><text>The regulation shall include a determination of an appropriate qualifying volume for lease condensate, except that in no case shall the Secretary determine that the qualifying volume for lease condensate is less than 1,125 gallons.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC82E23D18F234CA8ACCDDA579F2FCE5E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This section applies unless the Secretary finds that the use of lease condensate as an alternative fuel would adversely affect public health or safety or ambient air quality or the environment.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE11B059ABCFC44F6885D42A4768361E1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of contents amendment</header><text>The table of contents of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. prec. 13201) is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title III the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H868FC01F0EA94B379B1C03C31FED4575"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 313. Lease condensate use credits</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H44ED530A1E3042B1A6510874EDECC6AA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Emergency exemption</header><text>Section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13211">42 U.S.C. 13211</external-xref>) is amended in paragraph (9)(E) by inserting before the semicolon at the end <quote>, including vehicles directly used in the emergency repair of transmission lines and in the restoration of electricity service following power outages, as determined by the Secretary</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HF3F4574D2DF14E598FF6498CCCCF239"><enum>706.</enum><header>Review of Energy Policy Act of 1992 programs</header> <subsection id="H265006F157584A73BEBE55763FA4C934"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Energy shall complete a study to determine the effect that titles III, IV, and V of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13211">42 U.S.C. 13211 et seq.</external-xref>) have had on—</text> <paragraph id="H6BB8718840844D75B3B93243864F1CDA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the development of alternative fueled vehicle technology;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46854D80F36542F69C7551B7C7B4E5E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the availability of that technology in the market; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H799F050BE255434E9FEEFE2DAB43BB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the cost of alternative fueled vehicles.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2CDC2E67D5894ED3B5FEE78562F686C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Topics</header><text>As part of the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall specifically identify—</text> <paragraph id="HAF5F25CDA56F461488CD208557CCBF55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of alternative fueled vehicles acquired by fleets or covered persons required to acquire alternative fueled vehicles;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC690FDD54774540A9AAAA4E262164FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the quantity, by type, of alternative fuel actually used in alternative fueled vehicles acquired by fleets or covered persons;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF2B0DE0285974F80B77D28F21B53682C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the quantity of petroleum displaced by the use of alternative fuels in alternative fueled vehicles acquired by fleets or covered persons;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD8AAEBCDCA574B5CAE06612CEC4E7767"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the direct and indirect costs of compliance with requirements under titles III, IV, and V of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13211">42 U.S.C. 13211 et seq.</external-xref>), including—</text> <subparagraph id="H041BEBD39867484CAABF3E9921D42800"><enum>(A)</enum><text>vehicle acquisition requirements imposed on fleets or covered persons;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H352CCA2E1EE94DB0A528E24E4B4B3E10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>administrative and recordkeeping expenses;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1BA9CD40B1784E4DBC72B22E00F55729"><enum>(C)</enum><text>fuel and fuel infrastructure costs;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3F585AE00D6E4F1C8BFAB3B01E6B0A0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>associated training and employee expenses; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3F326203074C4B39B69E097B0775D699"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other factors or expenses the Secretary determines to be necessary to compile reliable estimates of the overall costs and benefits of complying with programs under those titles for fleets, covered persons, and the national economy;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2D9E43A7DA704A4EBFAAA040C5179E45"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the existence of obstacles preventing compliance with vehicle acquisition requirements and increased use of alternative fuel in alternative fueled vehicles acquired by fleets or covered persons; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF2BD039FB700445BB4B0593793038556"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the projected impact of amendments to the Energy Policy Act of 1992 made by this title.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA2A7995862C74BD8A6FA5EB3168DE1AF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Upon completion of the study under this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes the results of the study and includes any recommendations of the Secretary for legislative or administrative changes concerning the alternative fueled vehicle requirements under titles III, IV and V of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13211">42 U.S.C. 13211 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H3387FF4DAE1B43478365438B16A1CAC4"><enum>707.</enum><header>Report concerning compliance with alternative fueled vehicle purchasing requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310(b)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13218">42 U.S.C. 13218(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>February 15, 2006</quote>.</text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H9FAB3F8F90B0414D94D3BA44E855419"><enum>B</enum><header>Hybrid Vehicles, Advanced Vehicles, and Fuel Cell Buses</header> <part id="H88B009AFBD43482B9DDEFC2B4933FFB4"><enum>1</enum><header>Hybrid vehicles</header> <section id="H7F7C3B14FCE5435500D41DBB96068B22"><enum>711.</enum><header>Hybrid vehicles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall accelerate efforts directed toward the improvement of batteries and other rechargeable energy storage systems, power electronics, hybrid systems integration, and other technologies for use in hybrid vehicles.</text></section> <section id="H14172783DD51441C8443C538BB48901D"><enum>712.</enum><header>Hybrid retrofit and electric conversion program</header> <subsection id="H9808B536D70947D395A5C429D2C86E41"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary, shall establish a program for awarding grants on a competitive basis to entities for the installation of hybrid retrofit and electric conversion technologies for combustion engine vehicles.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFE1FD3A85ED34915914E17F2F5F1E18"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible recipients</header><text>A grant shall be awarded under this section only—</text> <paragraph id="HA4975FF83B104663A04C759B256B1057"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to a local or State governmental entity;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H965FA0971B7D4C549194F5C526A102A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to a for-profit or nonprofit corporation or other person; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D749547DC474805AB00A7E963D21E36"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to 1 or more contracting entities that service combustion engine vehicles for an entity described in paragraph (1) or (2).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H77E960469E02470A943EADA08436DB6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Awards</header> <paragraph id="H208CF901050D4CAD9BB1B13C66FE2971"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator shall seek, to the maximum extent practicable, to ensure a broad geographic distribution of grants under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H37314983A9844FA094A939A048271B09"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preferences</header><text>In making awards of grants under this section, the Administrator shall give preference to proposals that—</text> <subparagraph id="H02CD0F07FCBB4CDA9869573943367BFD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>will achieve the greatest reductions in emissions per proposal or per vehicle; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0A9409D831D74DEC981F00ACC1F0CE95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>involve the use of emissions control retrofit or conversion technology.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDBE7E9931965473BA97D95049EFA0082"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conditions of grant</header><text>A grant shall be provided under this section on the conditions that—</text> <paragraph id="HAB0018C12E6A490ABDBB589610FFBCE3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>combustion engine vehicles on which hybrid retrofit or conversion technology are to be demonstrated—</text> <subparagraph id="H66729D2F52EA4B61B90075415C28ED6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with the retrofit or conversion technology applied will achieve low-emission standards consistent with the Voluntary National Low Emission Vehicle Program for Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks (40 CFR Part 86) without model year restrictions; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFE3B8F76994947B0A099CE75CCD3CFC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will be used for a minimum of 3 years;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBCCC4970334F43CCA6C1DB626888A7BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>grant funds will be used for the purchase of hybrid retrofit or conversion technology, including State taxes and contract fees; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4627B5E62AAB454796BEBD72A31E9B94"><enum>(3)</enum><text>grant recipients will provide at least 15 percent of the total cost of the retrofit or conversion, including the purchase of hybrid retrofit or conversion technology and all necessary labor for installation of the retrofit or conversion.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H19E786BAE0D24C90AAB4A0FAC05F86B0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Verification</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register procedures to verify—</text> <paragraph id="H9B2BAD55C6E64187981D9815A9E956D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the hybrid retrofit or conversion technology to be demonstrated; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47FCD32EE357481887D64E002352C36"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that grants are administered in accordance with this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H636E1993E3D74B7FAF85F4CED746CD88"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section, to remain available until expended—</text> <paragraph id="H3759D1C191A6473887DDB250D28DC530"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC46B243A6F24E39AFB6621F4EA5B65F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$35,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C6D6DDCECF84A40B7A490521158CA3D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$45,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB773DDDC4879445F007E4CFF44FFDB9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></part> <part id="H94D8DE79A13C48E5BD432B70198DDECB"><enum>2</enum><header>Advanced vehicles</header> <section id="H83C4615F3D0847FB97C75552F9D7AC88"><enum>721.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this part:</text> <paragraph id="HF50C9C2AEA4441D0AF85DF612F5D0377"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Alternative fueled vehicle</header> <subparagraph id="H37200AC2625D453C95246805EE14C3E8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>alternative fueled vehicle</term> means a vehicle propelled solely on an alternative fuel (as defined in section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13211">42 U.S.C. 13211</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H356C9D5A7658464C00F3E5CB393554A7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The term <term>alternative fueled vehicle</term> does not include a vehicle that the Secretary determines, by regulation, does not yield substantial environmental benefits over a vehicle operating solely on gasoline or diesel derived from fossil fuels.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE10CDED151FA4C25AFD4670071D510C4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fuel cell vehicle</header><text>The term <term>fuel cell vehicle</term> means a vehicle propelled by an electric motor powered by a fuel cell system that converts chemical energy into electricity by combining oxygen (from air) with hydrogen fuel that is stored on the vehicle or is produced onboard by reformation of a hydrocarbon fuel. Such fuel cell system may or may not include the use of auxiliary energy storage systems to enhance vehicle performance.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H478252CBABDF47B58C0523DBBF8BEA33"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Hybrid vehicle</header><text>The term <term>hybrid vehicle</term> means a medium or heavy duty vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine or heat engine using any combustible fuel and an onboard rechargeable energy storage device.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5819A7AFDD56409000D43F2CE9FEBBE7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Neighborhood electric vehicle</header><text>The term <term>neighborhood electric vehicle</term> means a motor vehicle that—</text> <subparagraph id="H0DE4641E5E9349469184E019C1D59326"><enum>(A)</enum><text>meets the definition of a low-speed vehicle (as defined in part 571 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7DA1A7760ACB41D08294CB19302E6400"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets the definition of a zero-emission vehicle (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/40/86.1702">section 86.1702–99</external-xref> of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA9DB9ACA41EC40F299A2018BA197100"><enum>(C)</enum><text>meets the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 500; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7A522DF1C06645218CA056EF289EEB3C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>has a maximum speed of not greater than 25 miles per hour.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1836E0B7B1EC4B0980DBF05B7DFD41E9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Pilot program</header><text>The term <term>pilot program</term> means the competitive grant program established under section 722.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H525FC7F2AB2D4A06AAB0188B12132EEA"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD5B7D8C058F24B109E49D83733B2BDF5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Ultra-low sulfur diesel vehicle</header><text>The term <term>ultra-low sulfur diesel vehicle</term> means a vehicle manufactured in any of model years 2004 through 2006 powered by a heavy-duty diesel engine that—</text> <subparagraph id="HE12F8A328F2547E0BC8FF07819AE0167"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is fueled by diesel fuel that contains sulfur at not more than 15 parts per million; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5321993CD9854BB3B53F6C7B6E1794EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>emits not more than the lesser of—</text> <clause id="H9EA308E527A94F94B025BC5D9C00439E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for vehicles 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; or</text></clause> <clause id="H9A2B045C5B844770A4B04CC8DFBA46BD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the quantity of emissions of nonmethane hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen, and particulate matter of the best-performing technology of ultra-low sulfur diesel vehicles of the same class and application that are commercially available.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H1401BEA5CF8A4BB2956B9CB9DD7CBBD6"><enum>722.</enum><header>Pilot program</header> <subsection id="H6098CD7C42F04AD5992D3BDFECCB7E08"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall establish a competitive grant pilot program, to be administered through the Clean Cities Program of the Department of Energy, to provide not more than 15 geographically dispersed project grants to State governments, local governments, or metropolitan transportation authorities to carry out a project or projects for the purposes described in subsection (b).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6B4F4309919144ACB05DBE133FDF09C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant purposes</header><text>A grant under this section may be used for the following purposes:</text> <paragraph id="H325237A194D34F85A17BC05148C3F9A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The acquisition of alternative fueled vehicles or fuel cell vehicles, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H088E37B0A9EC404783FAB42EE6737E93"><enum>(A)</enum><text>passenger vehicles (including neighborhood electric vehicles); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H96B4DF303F7642AF8ED3BE21E4FC00F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>motorized 2-wheel bicycles, scooters, or other vehicles for use by law enforcement personnel or other State or local government or metropolitan transportation authority employees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA5800FC99A3A4A9BBA095B8397CC6C73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The acquisition of alternative fueled vehicles, hybrid vehicles, or fuel cell vehicles, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HC7865F95CE644DD986B56682B4D1C011"><enum>(A)</enum><text>buses used for public transportation or transportation to and from schools;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA9B4F46A4116472DA666612810BDCACE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>delivery vehicles for goods or services; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA102C130305B4DFE8D6EE4D219005469"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ground support vehicles at public airports (including vehicles to carry baggage or push or pull airplanes toward or away from terminal gates).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3422718CE07C4298887F5DD4FEC6CD01"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The acquisition of ultra-low sulfur diesel vehicles.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4237C79C3DC4A228540F773C8FA1DF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Installation or acquisition of infrastructure necessary to directly support an alternative fueled vehicle, fuel cell vehicle, or hybrid vehicle project funded by the grant, including fueling and other support equipment.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D707CD72557414691C22BDA000024C5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Operation and maintenance of vehicles, infrastructure, and equipment acquired as part of a project funded by the grant.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H448E45297B214082B04FF227D26400CA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header> <paragraph id="H19F6ACE0CB644B1E8572C1B334ADAFF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header> <subparagraph id="H0BF00C871C2F474F926578F6488B8394"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall issue requirements for applying for grants under the pilot program.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H83955F6640A144B7AB7C530830C502E3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum requirements</header><text>At a minimum, the Secretary shall require that an application for a grant—</text> <clause id="H8160497792314891BAE2A390989432F3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be submitted by the head of a State or local government or a metropolitan transportation authority, or any combination thereof, and a registered participant in the Clean Cities Program of the Department of Energy; and</text></clause> <clause id="HC164A20E2DDC41E289F7B2AF3B06D344"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include—</text> <subclause id="H3E5AECAAD68741768E087418F57DD421"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a description of the project proposed in the application, including how the project meets the requirements of this part;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFBB3E17183FB4913864DCCF2075E743B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an estimate of the ridership or degree of use of the project;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HBB148A7C2D6E46F49C50CC3413C9688"><enum>(III)</enum><text>an estimate of the air pollution emissions reduced and fossil fuel displaced as a result of the project, and a plan to collect and disseminate environmental data, related to the project to be funded under the grant, over the life of the project;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HBB955C875CA0400C8E6FCB1D34B48956"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>a description of how the project will be sustainable without Federal assistance after the completion of the term of the grant;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H790ADC49AB764E9692ADA8055D05C162"><enum>(V)</enum><text>a complete description of the costs of the project, including acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance costs over the expected life of the project;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H42B090990FB14F2C917E2652D9443CC3"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>a description of which costs of the project will be supported by Federal assistance under this part; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H3FBB7FA3307043C2B9CB66688B6355C"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>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 project, and a commitment by the applicant to use such fuel in carrying out the project.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE39E91CEB1634BD2B77FBD1B54F9DCD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Partners</header><text>An applicant under paragraph (1) may carry out a project under the pilot program in partnership with public and private entities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8D4E0695B0F549B6AB95429900C115F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>In evaluating applications under the pilot program, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H89F5C2A8F3F54403B731DD59DBB2BAA9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consider each applicant’s previous experience with similar projects; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2F35512004264A429DEBE3AEEE466A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>give priority consideration to applications that—</text> <subparagraph id="H40026AB09CF74E46AB81EF00FEAF47F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are most likely to maximize protection of the environment;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9A6AEFF4224E4CBFB36FED4BD8FD7178"><enum>(B)</enum><text>demonstrate the greatest commitment on the part of the applicant to ensure funding for the proposed project and the greatest likelihood that the project will be maintained or expanded after Federal assistance under this part is completed; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H28E63F27D9D24FA4BE86E0C33E317EC3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>exceed the minimum requirements of subsection (c)(1)(B)(ii).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9D965FB9DBB649479732404F1376CC90"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Pilot project requirements</header> <paragraph id="H153BFDD6021849E4B8D0ED2E4FE4D74D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The Secretary shall not provide more than $20,000,000 in Federal assistance under the pilot program to any applicant.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7635989FBC9E406E9212582DB211D8B7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><text>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.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H83C777522D1F438390E37B0C9732EA7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Maximum period of grants</header><text>The Secretary shall not fund any applicant under the pilot program for more than 5 years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBE0E2D9F6F754BC580643FEE9CEBD8D7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Deployment and distribution</header><text>The Secretary shall seek to the maximum extent practicable to ensure a broad geographic distribution of project sites.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA1DB5A27769C47C3AF4E329175C870D9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Transfer of information and knowledge</header><text>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.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5A55319709DB4B7EB7E149ED1E4712D7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Schedule</header> <paragraph id="HA5EAC161B2E94BDFB000B6B3EBBC033E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Not later than 90 days 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 not later than 180 days after the date of publication of the notice.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFFADA78B21414669871CC3934586BE9D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date by which applications for grants are due, the Secretary shall select by competitive, peer reviewed proposal, all applications for projects to be awarded a grant under the pilot program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4D9D950594B04B57B514BEFF6C3B8F8D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limit on funding</header><text>The Secretary shall provide not less than 20 nor more than 25 percent of the grant funding made available under this section for the acquisition of ultra-low sulfur diesel vehicles.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H73F8157354954D1BBB76CFDA854E72EB"><enum>723.</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header> <subsection id="HC2DAA25C3E1B4D43ADA83C5CDBA6CD00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date on which grants are awarded under this part, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing—</text> <paragraph id="H11A4FA3C67DB435F81D2B6CBA403E58C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an identification of the grant recipients and a description of the projects to be funded;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H931E7ABB7C464291001F26668E666D1F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an identification of other applicants that submitted applications for the pilot program; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11A341F1B29E4199A44179AF2204FAD1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H57C346182DE34F68B17C8311C654B832"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until the pilot program ends, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing an evaluation of the effectiveness of the pilot program, including—</text> <paragraph id="H3A553D5B3A154B309300DAE87859B9CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of the benefits to the environment derived from the projects included in the pilot program; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H680CEC8FDBA94FA2A1ADB8972EDC0989"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an estimate of the potential benefits to the environment to be derived from widespread application of alternative fueled vehicles and ultra-low sulfur diesel vehicles.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HAA5E5C47A87A47B29BDFBC2742677D84"><enum>724.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this part $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text></section></part> <part id="H97CC08B806704439B5B398CF9F13B38E"><enum>3</enum><header>Fuel cell buses</header> <section id="H393DD67D9A524D13A6DD8BD939D28276"><enum>731.</enum><header>Fuel cell transit bus demonstration</header> <subsection id="H9EAAB2958C1F4859A76CA218DBF31BD0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall establish a transit bus demonstration program to make competitive, merit-based awards for 5-year projects to demonstrate not more than 25 fuel cell transit buses (and necessary infrastructure) in 5 geographically dispersed localities.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA1AC5A2B26E347F2B36606E9CB6B00B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preference</header><text>In selecting projects under this section, the Secretary of Energy shall give preference to projects that are most likely to mitigate congestion and improve air quality.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4B74BE935498438DABB59EA1EE9B043D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></subsection></section></part></subtitle> <subtitle id="H825E9D8767EF47668946BC7A694F3B"><enum>C</enum><header>Clean School Buses</header> <section id="H186828D55535436CA25B36FD5D3B412F"><enum>741.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text> <paragraph id="H6B2AC95249584A2C99AEC628CF9BBB8E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H37E09972C5614BEF82A02A8AC77E856"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alternative fuel</header><text>The term <term>alternative fuel</term> means liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, propane, or methanol or ethanol at no less than 85 percent by volume.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H74FEFF8F9ED54026B617778C6FB11298"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Alternative fuel school bus</header><text>The term <term>alternative fuel school bus</term> means a school bus that meets all of the requirements of this subtitle and is operated solely on an alternative fuel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A483E9D2A064723AD88CFACD7EEE41"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Emissions control retrofit technology</header><text>The term <term>emissions control retrofit technology</term> means a particulate filter or other emissions control equipment that is verified or certified by the Administrator or the California Air Resources Board as an effective emission reduction technology when installed on an existing school bus.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB48331802A2A48A4B1536F05CF04D00"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Idling</header><text>The term <term>idling</term> means operating an engine while remaining stationary for more than approximately 15 minutes, except that the term does not apply to routine stoppages associated with traffic movement or congestion.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4600C60861894C58B6D8AC74FF59775"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC105E9ECE49E4E7D90B2D761D4D62163"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel</header><text>The term <term>ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel</term> means diesel fuel that contains sulfur at not more than 15 parts per million.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H641E5067C93B4FE4B3C09866F99B6EEB"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel school bus</header><text>The term <term>ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel school bus</term> means a school bus that meets all of the requirements of this subtitle and is operated solely on ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HE2D498EAC7CE474090574F97DA3B742B"><enum>742.</enum><header>Program for replacement of certain school buses with clean school buses</header> <subsection id="HB72C635BB592466E91E7D4C58BD5254"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary and other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall establish a program for awarding grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for the replacement of existing school buses manufactured before model year 1991 with alternative fuel school buses and ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel school buses.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H62C2A90AED424BCD8193BC5E32B635B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header> <paragraph id="H9A355C8256B64ABF9538075032F59E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 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 instructions for the submission of grant applications and certification requirements to ensure compliance with this subtitle.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F22B25D45854D5E81C81659A9E8CC67"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application deadlines</header><text>The requirements established under paragraph (1) shall require submission of grant applications not later than—</text> <subparagraph id="H357169DEDB2A4ED0B119AC9F018E3E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of the first year of program implementation, the date that is 180 days after the publication of the requirements in the Federal Register; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE493F8D1AB204685B181DC72006E749D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of each subsequent year, June 1 of the year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3BDB533E2D9E4440B99E93707463BA76"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible recipients</header><text>A grant shall be awarded under this section only—</text> <paragraph id="HFA4E73F2D7A84C7E98A2F1314500C911"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to 1 or more local or State governmental entities responsible for providing school bus service to 1 or more public school systems or responsible for the purchase of school buses;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDBD029F4583E4DDCA4CA154E6B75EA5B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to 1 or more contracting entities that provide school bus service to 1 or more public school systems, if the grant application is submitted jointly with the 1 or more school systems to be served by the buses, except that the application may provide that buses purchased using funds awarded shall be owned, operated, and maintained exclusively by the 1 or more contracting entities; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H103F553364194F5A0066BCF843DFD7D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to a nonprofit school transportation association representing private contracting entities, if the association has notified and received approval from the 1 or more school systems to be served by the buses.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9C66D75CBA304E7BBDA968C553C8E9AA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Award deadlines</header> <paragraph id="H34AA975A0FD1420BB8E42250841000F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Administrator shall award a grant made to a qualified applicant for a fiscal year—</text> <subparagraph id="H5421C32DC0D6434DAE811900A3D12CF7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of the first fiscal year of program implementation, not later than the date that is 90 days after the application deadline established under subsection (b)(2); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7294D32B0EA74A01A5352BC6F31433D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of each subsequent fiscal year, not later than August 1 of the fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H872F9930984946139BEE969321009100"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Insufficient number of qualified grant applications</header><text>If the Administrator does not receive a sufficient number of qualified grant applications to meet the requirements of subsection (i)(1) for a fiscal year, the Administrator shall award a grant made to a qualified applicant under subsection (i)(2) not later than September 30 of the fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9E233FAF136B4EFB90007CBDD5FA5C3C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Types of grants</header> <paragraph id="H71FFB69B06974FA093FA4031B3A76FC5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A grant under this section shall be used for the replacement of school buses manufactured before model year 1991 with alternative fuel school buses and ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel school buses.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H38C4A22A57A34AAAA8705C30000268FE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No economic benefit</header><text>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.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69B3792EF50A442881B73FB5575A55D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority of grant applications</header><text>The Administrator shall give priority to applicants that propose to replace school buses manufactured before model year 1977.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE805B8205EDA4A228C341CCEFC7DA4EF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Conditions of grant</header><text>A grant provided under this section shall include the following conditions:</text> <paragraph id="H5DB28CA89A0045E7B47C89D84D7F17B1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>School bus fleet</header><text>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.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3B8FFC9DA64947D5B094CB004E72DB7D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Funds provided under the grant may only be used—</text> <subparagraph id="HDA7F64E13CED47EBAB580032EEE55480"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to pay the cost, except as provided in paragraph (3), of new alternative fuel school buses or ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel school buses, including State taxes and contract fees associated with the acquisition of such buses; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H528DDAD392CD49E98E064BC1DFF6741D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide—</text> <clause id="HD26FA1472F2649E6878B9BDFC524B6E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>up to 20 percent of the price of the alternative fuel school buses acquired, for necessary alternative fuel infrastructure if the infrastructure will only be available to the grant recipient; and</text></clause> <clause id="HEAD76D686E9C4B529CDCA1EAF7D07BC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>up to 25 percent of the price of the alternative fuel school buses acquired, for necessary alternative fuel infrastructure if the infrastructure will be available to the grant recipient and to other bus fleets.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E4242639255467B8BF4E7D4B444F3F0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grant recipient funds</header><text>The grant recipient shall be required to provide at least—</text> <subparagraph id="H78B99535EB4A4957B6543500F0EE82BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of a grant recipient described in paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (c), the lesser of—</text> <clause id="HFF6299936BEB484990CE1100C4ECFBF3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an amount equal to 15 percent of the total cost of each bus received; or</text></clause> <clause id="HA7502255AEEE4FEC9F261EE8D0FBB535"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$15,000 per bus; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBC2C652027494202A6DADAD7A85307D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a grant recipient described in subsection (c)(2), the lesser of—</text> <clause id="HCDB354D02B07407B828B4844F1801F47"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an amount equal to 20 percent of the total cost of each bus received; or</text></clause> <clause id="HC392855B90E241CC9436BD75AE2B005D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$20,000 per bus.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H34436A07E0E945A0BE8C28D0525507D3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel</header><text>In the case of a grant recipient receiving a grant for ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel school buses, the grant recipient shall be required to provide documentation to the satisfaction of the Administrator 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.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H418FCB90214B46118585AF9FE67F82DD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>All alternative fuel school buses, ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel school buses, or alternative fuel infrastructure acquired under a grant awarded under this section shall be purchased and placed in service as soon as practicable.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD1E0968141454274A9889451FDE97A9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Buses</header> <paragraph id="H0C5F922597D04ABD9C8969C755B3DF7B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), funding under a grant made under this section for the acquisition of new alternative fuel school buses or ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel school buses shall only be used to acquire school buses—</text> <subparagraph id="HCAE64CC82B8B4E80A89D13F6CDC6E281"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with a gross vehicle weight of greater than 14,000 pounds;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H03344F8526F44E6482E8575D9527C893"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that are powered by a heavy duty engine;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD305984C852E425DBC6DF7BC43F8510"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of alternative fuel school buses manufactured in model years 2004 through 2006, that emit not more than 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</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H663F88EE3ECC4066BCE500522EB983B3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the case of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel school buses manufactured in model years 2004 through 2006, that emit not more than 2.5 grams per brake horsepower-hour of nonmethane hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen and .01 grams per brake horsepower-hour of particulate matter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A8B33076D6A4808B204137FAB09B1D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>A bus shall not be acquired under this section that emits nonmethane hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen, or particulate matter at a rate greater than the best performing technology of the same class of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel school buses commercially available at the time the grant is made.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFB52DEF8130E40A28FA36F470694B7DB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Deployment and distribution</header><text>The Administrator shall—</text> <paragraph id="H87A97017C5734B749C9E624CA3958715"><enum>(1)</enum><text>seek, to the maximum extent practicable, to achieve nationwide deployment of alternative fuel school buses and ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel school buses through the program under this section; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3AB0AFE6B1CE42DEA19FCCA4E874F2DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HAE87431B52BE4451AEF0BD65E8DD2BF8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header> <paragraph id="H0B5CF97348D24BC491554BCF7505642E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), of the amount of grant funding made available to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the Administrator shall use—</text> <subparagraph id="H8B23243963ED4BB29B84C473345CF903"><enum>(A)</enum><text>70 percent for the acquisition of alternative fuel school buses or supporting infrastructure; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5510E5EE91C84B58BA5FE1D7FFD89984"><enum>(B)</enum><text>30 percent for the acquisition of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel school buses.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE6BEE891FC2A44A586D9E59CCE00FBE6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Insufficient number of qualified grant applications</header><text>After the first fiscal year in which this program is in effect, if the Administrator does not receive a sufficient number of qualified grant applications to meet the requirements of subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, effective beginning on August 1 of the fiscal year, the Administrator shall make the remaining funds available to other qualified grant applicants under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7E359519AFEC48C5A9B5ADC3D62F41CC"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Reduction of school bus idling</header><text>Each local educational agency (as defined in section 9101 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>)) that receives Federal funds under the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6301">20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.</external-xref>) is encouraged to develop a policy, consistent with the health, safety, and welfare of students and the proper operation and maintenance of school buses, to reduce the incidence of unnecessary school bus idling at schools when picking up and unloading students.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H80AF3CDAFA3043B5A360217E625B14B3"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Annual report</header> <paragraph id="H0BBF920A49014902A5499DDB1928EDA2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than January 31 of each year, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a report evaluating implementation of the programs under this section and section 743.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3217BB5F182944B3B947F285E73D1CD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Components</header><text>The reports shall include a description of—</text> <subparagraph id="HE4B03B3B731343988BD5A86560F06708"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the total number of grant applications received;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2C17B231578B4A2A8FC2AEF100ACD49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number and types of alternative fuel school buses, ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel school buses, and retrofitted buses requested in grant applications;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H280EB608381543C0B600978FF53F9C45"><enum>(C)</enum><text>grants awarded and the criteria used to select the grant recipients;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE41ABB99EC504177BD3CBCAFAB9F9290"><enum>(D)</enum><text>certified engine emission levels of all buses purchased or retrofitted under the programs under this section and section 743;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H12E32C68F60E4C4585F9B0972513C0C1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an evaluation of the in-use emission level of buses purchased or retrofitted under the programs under this section and section 743; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBB42BEF8C15E4A14A5B917C8A3C5476"><enum>(F)</enum><text>any other information the Administrator considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9D19E7CF78BF4EC9890653A863E6A441"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section, to remain available until expended—</text> <paragraph id="HCBECF9DA598C4B778E27C74F56F48284"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$45,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDAC845AF13BD4C2087DD1D33B110B02D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$65,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA977065F10F44E3D924E3D8EF25ED4F1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCB027B974815461CBE094D22E0D8EBE6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H1467AF88681C4E84B175BE0328FA20E8"><enum>743.</enum><header>Diesel retrofit program</header> <subsection id="H2DF7EC040A044DDAAA386595C79035AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, shall establish a program for awarding grants on a competitive basis to entities for the installation of retrofit technologies for diesel school buses.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4E21E4197AF343AD878CB1EF44A14F7E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible recipients</header><text>A grant shall be awarded under this section only—</text> <paragraph id="H11252DC71B4C4B6290923EBEDD91D18"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to a local or State governmental entity responsible for providing school bus service to 1 or more public school systems;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01058D98982B430688D14576BB834BD8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to 1 or more contracting entities that provide school bus service to 1 or more public school systems, if the grant application is submitted jointly with the 1 or more school systems that the buses will serve, except that the application may provide that buses purchased using funds awarded shall be owned, operated, and maintained exclusively by the 1 or more contracting entities; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2488EF5B7BF54C1492810001353D16B8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to a nonprofit school transportation association representing private contracting entities, if the association has notified and received approval from the 1 or more school systems to be served by the buses.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFBCF64C17C0B40B5ABC872508F424EA6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Awards</header> <paragraph id="HE47D7F7D704348A5A64473A012657506"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator shall seek, to the maximum extent practicable, to ensure a broad geographic distribution of grants under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H994B667A20CC4A0AA648B9AC21988E02"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preferences</header><text>In making awards of grants under this section, the Administrator shall give preference to proposals that—</text> <subparagraph id="H4EDDF21D3E1540C79272B014D8F1C28"><enum>(A)</enum><text>will achieve the greatest reductions in emissions of nonmethane hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen, or particulate matter per proposal or per bus; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCAC6559BBB244A989577F75452E98E7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>involve the use of emissions control retrofit technology on diesel school buses that operate solely on ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H261474D71B9F4FBB8DFC34D2BD457043"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conditions of grant</header><text>A grant shall be provided under this section on the conditions that—</text> <paragraph id="HFE4D7788D63241DE9F7CEF5B41F4ED8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>buses on which retrofit emissions-control technology are to be demonstrated—</text> <subparagraph id="HC7373AF8C9884A36B0B61D2B691D8769"><enum>(A)</enum><text>will operate on ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel where such fuel is reasonably available or required for sale by State or local law or regulation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F8A3825E51D4FD8A816AD12DE207506"><enum>(B)</enum><text>were manufactured in model year 1991 or later; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3264CE10609B4DFA95183FEDC36D1497"><enum>(C)</enum><text>will be used for the transportation of school children to and from school for a minimum of 5 years;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6EA9E568A6C34246A6DDE6F80870D150"><enum>(2)</enum><text>grant funds will be used for the purchase of emission control retrofit technology, including State taxes and contract fees; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6282C615CF5D4E959FB4F7F32420CC8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>grant recipients will provide at least 15 percent of the total cost of the retrofit, including the purchase of emission control retrofit technology and all necessary labor for installation of the retrofit.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB91262A9B2834CF094B4D436714B4BC6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Verification</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register procedures to verify—</text> <paragraph id="H184A12D0605B4FFFAC39A9987EDFD841"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the retrofit emissions-control technology to be demonstrated;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0DFEB52696E44DFAB456B0F4BB60B4C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that buses powered by ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel on which retrofit emissions-control technology are to be demonstrated will operate on diesel fuel containing not more than 15 parts per million of sulfur; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H588F36170B9B46758B736BAD4ED7F252"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that grants are administered in accordance with this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8D8344D2668F44739D113CDF9D3CF4C0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section, to remain available until expended—</text> <paragraph id="HFBA26349DEFE4A92AB3D17EE18D2017"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47DB1F7EAB8940C29135E00CC150003"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$35,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3EDD0BADA81A4BD59C717862396FDB1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$45,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HECDDCC3D3B6B495B815B71B8EA491933"><enum>(4)</enum><text>such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H10F2CF74A4744F2C9C359629DB358676"><enum>744.</enum><header>Fuel cell school buses</header> <subsection id="H4CE87F6136DB40448446FC6E73A0AC8F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program for entering into cooperative agreements—</text> <paragraph id="H9F7F10B6E2B640B1A292923EAC70DA08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>with private sector fuel cell bus developers for the development of fuel cell-powered school buses; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A4146C1425C4F0799BEB4F5B5DA1530"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H702D6309C67345549B1CDD01FA2017B1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><text>The non-Federal contribution for activities funded under this section shall be not less than—</text> <paragraph id="H4FCF50E87D614B6C82A492CB8B239E96"><enum>(1)</enum><text>20 percent for fuel infrastructure development activities; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB9A3484C98084C8AA9D9B8F8BDFCC14E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>50 percent for demonstration activities and for development activities not described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H33D91E420FF44E65B297C5FDA2C703D6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report that—</text> <paragraph id="H7E843CB86B8748188E73E619C894CBA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>evaluates the process of converting natural gas infrastructure to accommodate fuel cell-powered school buses; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D3A0C265AFC4DD8A3DDD8360726B68"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assesses the results of the development and demonstration program under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H25B39127DBA84CADB5B6E8393DD7827"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $25,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2005 through 2007.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HD62B462292464BEAAA6DF05E25240091"><enum>D</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header> <section id="H42BF80F0DB1B4F6AAFBED3455F98BE69"><enum>751.</enum><header>Railroad efficiency</header> <subsection id="H2888D61F45864426A1D0A337EE310000"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Energy shall, in cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, establish a cost-shared, public-private research partnership involving the Federal Government, railroad carriers, locomotive manufacturers and equipment suppliers, and the Association of American Railroads, to develop and demonstrate railroad locomotive technologies that increase fuel economy, reduce emissions, and lower costs of operation.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC28439D6618447A89064008F5BCC6217"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy to carry out this section—</text> <paragraph id="HA2EAAC05A6264DFEBEB57566EF00F57D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF9C13E2E524E4815A320FC93066531F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$35,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8ED78F72F2E54ABDA561D0F49566EA6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H70E413ECC6D0475481393EBA3DB6A4E"><enum>752.</enum><header>Mobile emission reductions trading and crediting</header> <subsection id="H83031FB3583E4ADAA4D867D20002554"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to Congress a report on the experience of the Administrator with the trading of mobile source emission reduction credits for use by owners and operators of stationary source emission sources to meet emission offset requirements within a nonattainment area.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD13AF10A659148299DC18707F49BCAC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report shall describe—</text> <paragraph id="HBF1098A3E07D4308A1AE00BBCF104DBB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>projects approved by the Administrator that include the trading of mobile source emission reduction credits for use by stationary sources in complying with offset requirements, including a description of—</text> <subparagraph id="HB01AE58BE5334EA895E943E16600D68C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>project and stationary sources location;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7E6E0E8C5F374ADCBED32D73F688476"><enum>(B)</enum><text>volumes of emissions offset and traded;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H377B16AF32684EF9B700EE48FA851CC3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the sources of mobile emission reduction credits; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF57E93F82FF349FBAAB162CBC0646832"><enum>(D)</enum><text>if available, the cost of the credits;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA632CEC3CF2B40D79620ED00153F4B4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the significant issues identified by the Administrator in consideration and approval of trading in the projects;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA959C3845D324D9795D1B724720094AF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the requirements for monitoring and assessing the air quality benefits of any approved project;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9974C0159BF643328B2134C8C39697B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the statutory authority on which the Administrator has based approval of the projects;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0D51E0E5DD434468A96FD5F86FCD8F1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an evaluation of how the resolution of issues in approved projects could be used in other projects; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H488610841CD143B3938D827D5677ABF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any other issues that the Administrator considers relevant to the trading and generation of mobile source emission reduction credits for use by stationary sources or for other purposes.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H75CAE3628A8C4491A2A5D31E4590F99F"><enum>753.</enum><header>Aviation fuel conservation and emissions</header> <subsection id="H7DDDE057F2A444F498EECBA42BC78D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall jointly initiate a study to identify—</text> <paragraph id="HA415C0263C3E4B61A3CF9CDDC49D6B6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the impact of aircraft emissions on air quality in nonattainment areas; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H384C14FB424B4B3E86D32B4E66C93D79"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ways to promote fuel conservation measures for aviation to—</text> <subparagraph id="H48219277AF394AB2BA24C26E7506E9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enhance fuel efficiency; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9E9D114C1F84481383CE54CEAF1EE23B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reduce emissions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC3BB4B63F824474EA71F1085DC02BEA1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Focus</header><text>The study under subsection (a) shall focus on how air traffic management inefficiencies, such as aircraft idling at airports, result in unnecessary fuel burn and air emissions.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H342EA78B44414B2E8C072DD7DA480155"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the initiation of the study under subsection (a), the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall jointly submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that—</text> <paragraph id="HD540B712F6B3432F8DD5076D9B73A1C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes the results of the study; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A3F2234B8064F82BC489EF9D911100"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes any recommendations on ways in which unnecessary fuel use and emissions affecting air quality may be reduced—</text> <subparagraph id="HFAFC9D4C0CE04171B04F8F66BBBF1C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>without adversely affecting safety and security and increasing individual aircraft noise; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H16CA21DB49DD40A3B1AAC4A0A83C2EAC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>while taking into account all aircraft emissions and the impact of the emissions on human health.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H756D1FFD08B8466B9D1D5168001F40AF"><enum>754.</enum><header>Diesel fueled vehicles</header> <subsection id="HCD85A721D8144595945143C857480051"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of tier 2 emission standards</header><text>In this section, the term <term>tier 2 emission standards</term> means the motor vehicle emission standards that apply to passenger cars, light trucks, and larger passenger vehicles manufactured after the 2003 model year, as issued on February 10, 2000, by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under sections 202 and 211 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7521">42 U.S.C. 7521</external-xref>, 7545).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF2108771DA8C4056B65C76F5BF1D6F9C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Diesel combustion and after-treatment technologies</header><text>The Secretary of Energy shall accelerate efforts to improve diesel combustion and after-treatment technologies for use in diesel fueled motor vehicles.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4A222CE5355A4BDC81794D80F723C835"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out subsection (b) with a view toward achieving the following goals:</text> <paragraph id="HEF0B8EC51D604CAC82D6CD5C164027F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Developing and demonstrating diesel technologies that, not later than 2010, meet the following standards:</text> <subparagraph id="HBFB152C6AD7245878869AFC3C3C89650"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Tier 2 emission standards.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE87D5CF855EC426A9E9F862C4F5B8EF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The heavy-duty emissions standards of 2007 that are applicable to heavy-duty vehicles under regulations issued by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE44218613DCA42879C92C2E24F2EABD0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Developing the next generation of low-emission, high efficiency diesel engine technologies, including homogeneous charge compression ignition technology.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H3A41B3692F114E7CA38EECF4D57FD9B3"><enum>757.</enum><header>Biodiesel engine testing program</header> <subsection id="H3EBF64EDEC404CA7A661747B345481C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later that 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate a partnership with diesel engine, diesel fuel injection system, and diesel vehicle manufacturers and diesel and biodiesel fuel providers, to include biodiesel testing in advanced diesel engine and fuel system technology.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H33F09036ABFE419FA7DD3B1B42E70007"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The program shall provide for testing to determine the impact of biodiesel from different sources on current and future emission control technologies, with emphasis on—</text> <paragraph id="H921E77D15A884B9BBACF33D9C1D59BC8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the impact of biodiesel on emissions warranty, in-use liability, and antitampering provisions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H43B5B94919154054A320CA7500BAB419"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the impact of long-term use of biodiesel on engine operations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC660E4524CE4CD289F37081836E25A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the options for optimizing these technologies for both emissions and performance when switching between biodiesel and diesel fuel; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0B9C696BC96D494D94D5961DCB20A59E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the impact of using biodiesel in these fueling systems and engines when used as a blend with 2006 Environmental Protection Agency-mandated diesel fuel containing a maximum of 15-parts-per-million sulfur content.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD544BB23E76D4F129EEBAD60991CD03F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide an interim report to Congress on the findings of the program, including a comprehensive analysis of impacts from biodiesel on engine operation for both existing and expected future diesel technologies, and recommendations for ensuring optimal emissions reductions and engine performance with biodiesel.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H84DBE620C9CD492497C9B95D60090F7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to carry out this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE4714372B49E4801A182294ED15C31D0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>biodiesel</term> means a diesel fuel substitute produced from nonpetroleum renewable resources that meets the registration requirements for fuels and fuel additives established by the Environmental Protection Agency under section 211 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545</external-xref>) and that meets the American Society for Testing and Materials D6751-02a Standard Specification for Biodiesel Fuel (B100) Blend Stock for Distillate Fuels.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H6E0B445AFBF448F8A5C4E3006F90AFB3"><enum>759.</enum><header>Ultra-efficient engine technology for aircraft</header> <subsection id="HFADC482137CD430083B8D2FCBE83CC00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ultra-Efficient engine technology partnership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the development of ultra-efficient engine technology for aircraft.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD1DC2DD59A104B97912646F871ED38D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Performance objective</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall establish the following performance objectives for the program set forth in subsection (a):</text> <paragraph id="H2E7CA49EA2C4406C9363FDC41C683E01"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A fuel efficiency increase of 10 percent.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H39CBAECAF99347A5988EA2C00FB6FFE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A reduction in the impact of landing and takeoff nitrogen oxides emissions on local air quality of 70 percent. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H82528714383643369453CD2260838FF1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations </header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for carrying out this section $45,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HEEBA50D24B2146E6A688D9D99D6B92AD"><enum>E</enum><header>Automobile Efficiency</header> <section id="H9136224C7BB64787A752D11DE72F28EF"><enum>771.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations for implementation and enforcement of fuel economy standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to any other funds authorized by law, there are authorized to be appropriated to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to carry out its obligations with respect to average fuel economy standards $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></section> <section id="H8AC84913B3A9485D9983609B6D888CCA"><enum>772.</enum><header>Revised considerations for decisions on maximum feasible average fuel economy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/32902">Section 32902(f)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H6A554B42A26F4A40A25BD16BBAC6F1A6"> <subsection id="HB75A310A569B4F06989431D3EDB75F5B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Considerations for decisions on maximum feasible average fuel economy</header><text>When deciding maximum feasible average fuel economy under this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall consider the following matters:</text> <paragraph id="HAD17FB05418C4D64B92EB3D045AC6CEF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Technological feasibility.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E04C2968BE54C3697A575CB05AC7F35"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Economic practicability.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF356EDA0E44444EC840071415CBD5E48"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The effect of other motor vehicle standards of the Government on fuel economy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C17CB4932B5428995BCABD671172F9C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The need of the United States to conserve energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFAA8BE0EE9A94EF0B8009E2252A2ECDA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The effects of fuel economy standards on passenger automobiles, nonpassenger automobiles, and occupant safety.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC26CF615811941B0A309AD0181617781"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The effects of compliance with average fuel economy standards on levels of automobile industry employment in the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H19EF71A1B957459394F4759F9CE32500"><enum>773.</enum><header>Extension of maximum fuel economy increase for alternative fueled vehicles</header> <subsection id="H1D3C2D9D73DB4C20A81600B7D2FDC349"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Manufacturing incentives</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/32905">Section 32905</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H57757EEFD3F749BFB60832CD01D837B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in each of subsections (b) and (d), by striking <quote>1993–2004</quote> and inserting <quote>1993–2010</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9A6B1247941F4EEBA3D7F72D3BB6333B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>2001</quote> and inserting <quote>2007</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC6FDB0FD33C4F60BD1E14DE512F6313"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(1), by striking <quote>2004</quote> and inserting <quote>2010</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H83AD9D8C5E284AAB8D07D5891D4887D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maximum fuel economy increase</header><text>Subsection (a)(1) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/32906">section 32906</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H9E0B2503432E44F08B443C4CCE4359E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the model years 1993–2004</quote> and inserting <quote>model years 1993–2010</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB89EAE9F822C4E7AA144A21DAC7C2522"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>the model years 2005–2008</quote> and inserting <quote>model years 2011–2014</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H133ADB6625F444CAA61C007752B249E"><enum>774.</enum><header>Study of feasibility and effects of reducing use of fuel for automobiles</header> <subsection id="H6DF7C908601042E38196C9239DEF8499"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall initiate a study of the feasibility and effects of reducing by model year 2014, by a significant percentage, the amount of fuel consumed by automobiles.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H625D742E85864CF5B916F500E4923429"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subjects of study</header><text>The study under this section shall include—</text> <paragraph id="HFF239AB7B98348EBA1B56785CCC2CC67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>examination of, and recommendation of alternatives to, the policy under current Federal law of establishing average fuel economy standards for automobiles and requiring each automobile manufacturer to comply with average fuel economy standards that apply to the automobiles it manufactures;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H96A7D986A141459E838603385FCE3546"><enum>(2)</enum><text>examination of how automobile manufacturers could contribute toward achieving the reduction referred to in subsection (a);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE86FF61C9CB043ADAAAD49065400F74C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>examination of the potential of fuel cell technology in motor vehicles in order to determine the extent to which such technology may contribute to achieving the reduction referred to in subsection (a); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE93DDEEA81304111A83F18654B188800"><enum>(4)</enum><text>examination of the effects of the reduction referred to in subsection (a) on—</text> <subparagraph id="H84CEDE3F580C43CDA8DF8EEBCF770094"><enum>(A)</enum><text>gasoline supplies;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H976939BFB57C49D689CBB24D86AE300"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the automobile industry, including sales of automobiles manufactured in the United States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0FCAE460DBBB4D9E84FC8A950ABDFAE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>motor vehicle safety; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0924D067395A49AAA472EB93593334A2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>air quality.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD0FB22F4F050440AB1F7B83F3E44CD0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the findings, conclusion, and recommendations of the study under this section by not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <enum>VIII</enum><header>Hydrogen</header> <section id="H0D676C3C01C845819F7EEB80987FB1B2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="H8529156A297541A797A3880057DDCAAB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advisory Committee</header><text>The term <term>Advisory Committee</term> means the Hydrogen Technical and Fuel Cell Advisory Committee established under section 805.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD3A661DCA3F4038AAF70335A45916DE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Department</header><text>The term <term>Department</term> means the Department of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC65815D576744736A08E85A32F73B9E3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fuel cell</header><text>The term <term>fuel cell</term> means a device that directly converts the chemical energy of a fuel and an oxidant into electricity by an electrochemical process taking place at separate electrodes in the device.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B462B26FAEB45FA002D9B00CAB80000"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Infrastructure</header><text>The term <term>infrastructure</term> means the equipment, systems, or facilities used to produce, distribute, deliver, or store hydrogen.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8D0F09B010944386AE9F88DB59F12ED7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Light duty vehicle</header><text>The term <term>light duty vehicle</term> means a car or truck classified by the Department of Transportation as a Class I or IIA vehicle.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H81471D88A67646BC94C267D1F4FC5DAC"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H1AF1862323354A16816EDE62EDA375D"><enum>802.</enum><header>Plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a coordinated plan for the programs described in this title and any other programs of the Department that are directly related to fuel cells or hydrogen. The plan shall describe, at a minimum—</text> <paragraph id="H509B1C033B8E4345A4C9942D9CEE543D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the agenda for the next 5 years for the programs authorized under this title, including the agenda for each activity enumerated in section 803(a);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A90F117FB4240508F1F1C17472CF4A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the types of entities that will carry out the activities under this title and what role each entity is expected to play;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H560713D0413249F6AC874EBA90108625"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the milestones that will be used to evaluate the programs for the next 5 years;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDFEDF06A48EA4A13B7CDA43203C61F6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the most significant technical and nontechnical hurdles that stand in the way of achieving the goals described in section 803(b), and how the programs will address those hurdles; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H985CA9B79C074871A24D8357EB584662"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the policy assumptions that are implicit in the plan, including any assumptions that would affect the sources of hydrogen or the marketability of hydrogen-related products.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H5F6955BDC24043EA9F7B372DA7CC7889"><enum>803.</enum><header>Programs</header> <subsection id="HE046169B712345078207679DCC316B8B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>The Secretary, in partnership with the private sector, shall conduct programs to address—</text> <paragraph id="H9B8D83C676514686B5BF252604EE112F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>production of hydrogen from diverse energy sources, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H4987DC6A82014690A4EE6504E56428C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>fossil fuels, which may include carbon capture and sequestration;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE3B111CE28E04B669F89B35FD83003"><enum>(B)</enum><text>hydrogen-carrier fuels (including ethanol and methanol);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H90B0241CA6494EC6B4E75D00F9F43DBE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>renewable energy resources, including biomass; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H419A72C8FFAE4E919609D7B6AFF90482"><enum>(D)</enum><text>nuclear energy;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0B79B8706F9645C983B22CEB2B561BEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use of hydrogen for commercial, industrial, and residential electric power generation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E2988A305424B37B2AAAD648626BF3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>safe delivery of hydrogen or hydrogen-carrier fuels, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HD13D03F284694825AE37CC9C6107063E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>transmission by pipeline and other distribution methods; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA257845719DC4BE9A56D3FBD5CE1AF10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>convenient and economic refueling of vehicles either at central refueling stations or through distributed on-site generation;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H33BA9380A8AC4CBD85C7EFCCA25F2F4D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>advanced vehicle technologies, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HE47C18FE7C274F70AA6EA5B756954090"><enum>(A)</enum><text>engine and emission control systems;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2AF48CFA31BC47BE008B9DB0E773BF01"><enum>(B)</enum><text>energy storage, electric propulsion, and hybrid systems;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3D9C203308304B59A0F60081E0572D00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>automotive materials; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H61685C19BF8C4EB7AC2743C5A9284F6E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other advanced vehicle technologies;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8D9125ABD79746C89CD4ACE83A0C9D4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>storage of hydrogen or hydrogen-carrier fuels, including development of materials for safe and economic storage in gaseous, liquid, or solid form at refueling facilities and onboard vehicles;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFC72C4FE7334725B190DB384CBD01B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>development of safe, durable, affordable, and efficient fuel cells, including fuel-flexible fuel cell power systems, improved manufacturing processes, high-temperature membranes, cost-effective fuel processing for natural gas, fuel cell stack and system reliability, low temperature operation, and cold start capability;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8074FEDDDEDD4B1BBF82348152001700"><enum>(7)</enum><text>development, after consultation with the private sector, of necessary codes and standards (including international codes and standards and voluntary consensus standards adopted in accordance with OMB Circular A–119) and safety practices for the production, distribution, storage, and use of hydrogen, hydrogen-carrier fuels, and related products;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D261DF1DD994813AB9E70EC6FE561E7"><enum>(8)</enum><text>a public education program to develop improved knowledge and acceptability of hydrogen-based systems; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H06EF72B03F974712ACC64BC4485CB2D3"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the ability of domestic automobile manufacturers to manufacture commercially available competitive hybrid vehicle technologies in the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H39AD9AC52CAB4FFA88D143EEC592C151"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program goals</header> <paragraph id="H52CBE445DC1D49A09CE31770086BD1BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Vehicles</header><text>For vehicles, the goals of the program are—</text> <subparagraph id="H300904CF6DA94B718B0900F6AE129C6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to enable a commitment by automakers no later than year 2015 to offer safe, affordable, and technically viable hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the mass consumer market; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6F347D148D7246B5BBFA9F62F50247E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to enable production, delivery, and acceptance by consumers of model year 2020 hydrogen fuel cell and other hydrogen-powered vehicles that will have—</text> <clause id="H8F42F4EFDE9248C899349E3904C1E748"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a range of at least 300 miles;</text></clause> <clause id="H5A55F8C209564C01006DBC51CEE862B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improved performance and ease of driving;</text></clause> <clause id="HDC717BAA44EC49718DFC9D8FF8BFC7C5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>safety and performance comparable to vehicle technologies in the market; and</text></clause> <clause id="H58B26E3E38F54810A3BD12B773628191"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>when compared to light duty vehicles in model year 2003—</text> <subclause id="H851FCA5127BA49BD88FDAE17CEAE1D45"><enum>(I)</enum><text>fuel economy that is substantially higher;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H343433CDD8C446368B0052E61382E36E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>substantially lower emissions of air pollutants; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H711FEF58FD194E3DA2D1A0005D7851AF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>equivalent or improved vehicle fuel system crash integrity and occupant protection.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H72EF331AD43E4C728FFDD7ADE68960C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Hydrogen energy and energy infrastructure</header><text>For hydrogen energy and energy infrastructure, the goals of the program are to enable a commitment not later than 2015 that will lead to infrastructure by 2020 that will provide—</text> <subparagraph id="HDC7F5C6CDEA449749988CB7B6128E8BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>safe and convenient refueling;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H72B5E9C22836451C9BACBB7FB002D91"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improved overall efficiency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D214318931F4A04A86D5577E579D6C1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>widespread availability of hydrogen from domestic energy sources through—</text> <clause id="H92ADC3277FFF44AEA293002B8032C595"><enum>(i)</enum><text>production, with consideration of emissions levels;</text></clause> <clause id="HA02C8D07FEB44357BF54B8C8D300BB42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>delivery, including transmission by pipeline and other distribution methods for hydrogen; and</text></clause> <clause id="H592A5FFAA74C45659732D30247C6D700"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>storage, including storage in surface transportation vehicles;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H185836F996F3452286050944D2CC6B96"><enum>(D)</enum><text>hydrogen for fuel cells, internal combustion engines, and other energy conversion devices for portable, stationary, and transportation applications; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAEB1FE1BE41E4B9684837D7800E419B1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>other technologies consistent with the Department’s plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6830F76C37AB4C74A2663D1529B5B445"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fuel cells</header><text>The goals for fuel cells and their portable, stationary, and transportation applications are to enable—</text> <subparagraph id="H7E6969EE35D946F3BB7DF1EAD659B9EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>safe, economical, and environmentally sound hydrogen fuel cells;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF589F837B92B42DFBB52C43B9DBDB735"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fuel cells for light duty and other vehicles; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6A650A1800294C25A5C24C410098C661"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other technologies consistent with the Department’s plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFB13A1E0F4DA43268980D72F6765FE3C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Demonstration</header><text>In carrying out the programs under this section, the Secretary shall fund a limited number of demonstration projects, consistent with a determination of the maturity, cost-effectiveness, and environmental impacts of technologies supporting each project. In selecting projects under this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable and in the public interest, select projects that—</text> <paragraph id="HE0AF8374DBCB4FEF971D1FE66595AAB1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>involve using hydrogen and related products at existing facilities or installations, such as existing office buildings, military bases, vehicle fleet centers, transit bus authorities, or units of the National Park System;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC77BCE45E9E4BACB1C9AA22478CD2D3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>depend on reliable power from hydrogen to carry out essential activities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0B20BD2827B2414AB6DCBEA8F04B81F3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>lead to the replication of hydrogen technologies and draw such technologies into the marketplace;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4C48152EA5F74E3C9165CC93B1696619"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include vehicle, portable, and stationary demonstrations of fuel cell and hydrogen-based energy technologies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H810FE314AD0044A69254D9F209868D81"><enum>(5)</enum><text>address the interdependency of demand for hydrogen fuel cell applications and hydrogen fuel infrastructure;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H856AEB3B94654674A0ECB1E6DD4F9069"><enum>(6)</enum><text>raise awareness of hydrogen technology among the public;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3A14D5810374BFBBDC1B7916D007C70"><enum>(7)</enum><text>facilitate identification of an optimum technology among competing alternatives;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H18C7E8101C5B4A5BA9E73BD4E746C38"><enum>(8)</enum><text>address distributed generation using renewable sources; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BB74278EE2C4E7EAED184C4B2000082"><enum>(9)</enum><text>address applications specific to rural or remote locations, including isolated villages and islands, the National Park System, and tribal entities.</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">The Secretary shall give preference to projects which address multiple elements contained in paragraphs (1) through (9).</continuation-text></subsection> <subsection id="H4306F793AF694B10972B2946CEB5CE5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deployment</header><text>In carrying out the programs under this section, the Secretary shall, in partnership with the private sector, conduct activities to facilitate the deployment of hydrogen energy and energy infrastructure, fuel cells, and advanced vehicle technologies.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0B9BF78DA17941FF8721619BE100511E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="HF79D4974D6334516B49F498E15000037"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the programs under this section using a competitive, merit-based review process and consistent with the generally applicable Federal laws and regulations governing awards of financial assistance, contracts, or other agreements.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14E2B16E0D6F4042A748C4B20036A600"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Research centers</header><text>Activities under this section may be carried out by funding nationally recognized university-based or Federal laboratory research centers.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H95D5FDE87AD646A4A0C4F5E770214754"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header> <paragraph id="H28242BA43D03418B864E3CBA1C94F96"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Research and development</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, for research and development programs carried out under this title 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 paragraph if the Secretary determines that the research and development is of a basic or fundamental nature or involves technical analyses or educational activities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4B6699B08A94BC3BEEF18471E459116"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Demonstration and commercial application</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, the Secretary shall require at least 50 percent of the costs directly and specifically related to any demonstration or commercial application project under this title to be provided from non-Federal sources. The Secretary may reduce the non-Federal requirement under this paragraph 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 title.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC257AA09EA5F45598607606BEA62A200"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Calculation of amount</header><text>In calculating the amount of the non-Federal commitment under paragraph (1) or (2), the Secretary may include personnel, services, equipment, and other resources.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H362053604FF44C25B0725970CEC7A72"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Size of non-federal share</header><text>The Secretary may consider the size of the non-Federal share in selecting projects.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8D7464939D7D44CCBF8525AAC7F2BBA0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Disclosure</header><text>Section 623 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13293">42 U.S.C. 13293</external-xref>) relating to the protection of information shall apply to projects carried out through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts under this title.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HF173A22791AA4D7C84C7035958E0056"><enum>804.</enum><header>Interagency task force</header> <subsection id="H96D2415083CC45F281E8E2A023AA7C34"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall establish an interagency task force chaired by the Secretary with representatives from each of the following:</text> <paragraph id="H426F548F516443E6BCCFA381B00841AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H19167B519CFE45AFA200E8E396C07DAE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Department of Transportation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0747400C2FB1419D98426FD024EC837C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Department of Defense.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE01E87DF00F747F380F754356B00641B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Department of Commerce (including the National Institute of Standards and Technology).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBA8D9CE8B9C43799682F6DE9637E423"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Department of State.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFE559924182C4F609D1880B900206B39"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Environmental Protection Agency.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H54E15DBCBB1544DBB6D0F68669AB9BCD"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5AF877499E0442F1BD00CA5643DD1E7C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Other Federal agencies as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4EF4837350F541AE851DC031000722FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header> <paragraph id="HE01A51A781BF47A39F6D3987942DDEDF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Planning</header><text>The interagency task force shall work toward—</text> <subparagraph id="H60D50BBFDCC34F34B2E87C3110E170F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a safe, economical, and environmentally sound fuel infrastructure for hydrogen and hydrogen-carrier fuels, including an infrastructure that supports buses and other fleet transportation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1590A795E7AC47E0879B005EA4F9F95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fuel cells in government and other applications, including portable, stationary, and transportation applications;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9EF8B9CD72F240A9BD004F42209298A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>distributed power generation, including the generation of combined heat, power, and clean fuels including hydrogen;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C7210D255684D5B815452FF7C5B7050"><enum>(D)</enum><text>uniform hydrogen codes, standards, and safety protocols; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE645A4A18B13468DBA26BD4B00E189EE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>vehicle hydrogen fuel system integrity safety performance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC6A3840C05354E87BC262E00211987FF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>The interagency task force may organize workshops and conferences, may issue publications, and may create databases to carry out its duties. The interagency task force shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H10B083C05A724F398E509CA703223C88"><enum>(A)</enum><text>foster the exchange of generic, nonproprietary information and technology among industry, academia, and government;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H554E3D6E030248108C1E1DDAA3B18E25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop and maintain an inventory and assessment of hydrogen, fuel cells, and other advanced technologies, including the commercial capability of each technology for the economic and environmentally safe production, distribution, delivery, storage, and use of hydrogen;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H562E525B25D74E93A861E93BC9D93CEE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>integrate technical and other information made available as a result of the programs and activities under this title;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDB8F824879864A08AFBFEDAA69FF276"><enum>(D)</enum><text>promote the marketplace introduction of infrastructure for hydrogen fuel vehicles; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H08483DDCBD8C4D95BC09FEB6E43C0400"><enum>(E)</enum><text>conduct an education program to provide hydrogen and fuel cell information to potential end-users.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2D38B26665944F8EA519566B148CF3F9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agency cooperation</header><text>The heads of all agencies, including those whose agencies are not represented on the interagency task force, shall cooperate with and furnish information to the interagency task force, the Advisory Committee, and the Department.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HF1C1A6D79202447FA7DBDCAB1F03BB4"><enum>805.</enum><header>Advisory Committee</header> <subsection id="H41151EE90BEE4C5C9000D39B8DD5DEE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Hydrogen Technical and Fuel Cell Advisory Committee is established to advise the Secretary on the programs and activities under this title.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2918706A2FED4EA3802E621ECC0F9AA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header> <paragraph id="H5BFA5B9249224117A701114CF0355E37"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Members</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall be comprised of not fewer than 12 nor more than 25 members. The members shall be appointed by the Secretary to represent domestic industry, academia, professional societies, government agencies, Federal laboratories, previous advisory panels, and financial, environmental, and other appropriate organizations based on the Department’s assessment of the technical and other qualifications of committee members and the needs of the Advisory Committee.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A06952BF1EC42B9B77BE11890D73F87"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms</header><text>The term of a member of the Advisory Committee shall not be more than 3 years. The Secretary may appoint members of the Advisory Committee in a manner that allows the terms of the members serving at any time to expire at spaced intervals so as to ensure continuity in the functioning of the Advisory Committee. A member of the Advisory Committee whose term is expiring may be reappointed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC5471A1418934F3E00DCFC842066F944"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall have a chairperson, who is elected by the members from among their number.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H553B4CFDD72C4BC6A731CCF4042D2D10"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall review and make recommendations to the Secretary on—</text> <paragraph id="H590BD8B01A094889874C4D001C0284C7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the implementation of programs and activities under this title;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E074BFE87444550B9CA2DB7934DC9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the safety, economical, and environmental consequences of technologies for the production, distribution, delivery, storage, or use of hydrogen energy and fuel cells; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4296E34DD5DF40E69F4B47E4B4B65B96"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the plan under section 802.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H052433670A0C4E0AB0103BE4AEE100E7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Response</header> <paragraph id="H4E5831FF9F8C4CEABEA312002DC074DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consideration of recommendations</header><text>The Secretary shall consider, but need not adopt, any recommendations of the Advisory Committee under subsection (c).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H33EECD5A172B4413A0C75563DF1652EB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Biennial report</header><text>The Secretary shall transmit a biennial report to Congress describing any recommendations made by the Advisory Committee since the previous report. The report shall include a description of how the Secretary has implemented or plans to implement the recommendations, or an explanation of the reasons that a recommendation will not be implemented. The report shall be transmitted along with the President’s budget proposal.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCAB232A4AF9F429386540088A5956091"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Support</header><text>The Secretary shall provide resources necessary in the judgment of the Secretary for the Advisory Committee to carry out its responsibilities under this title.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H6C53044B98B847A096CA9B5F88EAB463"><enum>806.</enum><header>External review</header> <subsection id="HE6923741C8B74BAE9B00695D4641A1F3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to review the plan prepared under section 802, which shall be completed not later than 6 months after the Academy receives the plan. Not later than 45 days after receiving the review, the Secretary shall transmit the review to Congress along with a plan to implement the review’s recommendations or an explanation of the reasons that a recommendation will not be implemented.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA29691D9E87B4D5D971E8E8421AA71D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional review</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences under which the Academy will review the programs under section 803 during the fourth year following the date of enactment of this Act. The Academy’s review shall include the research priorities and technical milestones, and evaluate the progress toward achieving them. The review shall be completed not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act. Not later than 45 days after receiving the review, the Secretary shall transmit the review to Congress along with a plan to implement the review’s recommendations or an explanation for the reasons that a recommendation will not be implemented.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HD8B93708A5CD466CAA05D76E699C00DD"><enum>807.</enum><header>Miscellaneous provisions</header> <subsection id="HA2EDB65C0B344426AB937F2B3D002E2F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Representation</header><text>The Secretary may represent the United States interests with respect to activities and programs under this title, in coordination with the Department of Transportation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and other relevant Federal agencies, before governments and nongovernmental organizations including—</text> <paragraph id="H280D2CB39D1740D2AA5E401840B98043"><enum>(1)</enum><text>other Federal, State, regional, and local governments and their representatives;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCAF0FF71A8054CB8B93344ADB8C5B9AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>industry and its representatives, including members of the energy and transportation industries; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFEA5FB2BAC6E4824AD0074CB208800BC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in consultation with the Department of State, foreign governments and their representatives including international organizations.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H98A27D032FB64CB281C3B26EA8BC45D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulatory authority</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be construed to alter the regulatory authority of the Department.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HDCF4FBCA0841480CBF1DBDC7CE5022F2"><enum>808.</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall be construed to affect the authority of the Secretary of Transportation that may exist prior to the date of enactment of this Act with respect to—</text> <paragraph id="H177E9263FD9E41C7BA00B7BB0578BEE8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>research into, and regulation of, hydrogen-powered vehicles fuel systems integrity, standards, and safety under subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5E1B37B60C5B4432A3E502D5B51B9216"><enum>(2)</enum><text>regulation of hazardous materials transportation under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/51">chapter 51</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H38E982E263054F51A1FC64DF2B1E0027"><enum>(3)</enum><text>regulation of pipeline safety under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/601">chapter 601</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4F311DE6D4D4D4C9003E607ED20EC08"><enum>(4)</enum><text>encouragement and promotion of research, development, and deployment activities relating to advanced vehicle technologies under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5506">section 5506</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E632E44EB044BF881A0006174064309"><enum>(5)</enum><text>regulation of motor vehicle safety under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/301">chapter 301</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H56F14391946547E18163EF45C79EEA07"><enum>(6)</enum><text>automobile fuel economy under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/329">chapter 329</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3823CB3436C845F58CCA4264F0DEA431"><enum>(7)</enum><text>representation of the interests of the United States with respect to the activities and programs under the authority of title 49, United States Code.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HC57A95F2D893448997001D007DA4E864"><enum>809.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this title, in addition to any amounts made available for these purposes under other Acts—</text> <paragraph id="H62BECA520B0642D6BF241FF8C866F4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$546,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1549F350D86540B59DB482AEDDDF7BA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$750,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAB9E4155F2A94589B500FAE2007C6C70"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$850,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B4BB2F2B81F4C71BBE2C6A084CB74C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$900,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0F44DE5875D84AFB9D453BE826440052"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H0C87F06A72E84681B206834C270000B" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>810.</enum><header>Solar and wind technologies</header> <subsection id="HEAFBF4F827F948819BCE27AF05A6DC2F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Solar energy technologies</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HA138FCD8C99B4EBA874813E979283316"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prepare a detailed roadmap for carrying out the provisions in this subtitle related to solar energy technologies and for implementing the recommendations related to solar energy technologies that are included in the report transmitted under subsection (c);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H384AA94548174099B4C5B9D25993DE82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide for the establishment of 5 projects in geographic areas that are regionally and climatically diverse to demonstrate the production of hydrogen at solar energy facilities, including one demonstration project at a national laboratory or institution of higher education; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD22B4FC0A0DC4DE4BB944045F7EB5185"><enum>(3)</enum><text>establish a research and development program—</text> <subparagraph id="H8CD40537BA81463BBCAB2CF94FB0797F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to develop optimized concentrating solar power devices that may be used for the production of both electricity and hydrogen; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5B5745138BB14678BB91B1082EE9F9E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to evaluate the use of thermochemical cycles for hydrogen production at the temperatures attainable with concentrating solar power devices; </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0FDE7E2383D4C17BD0388FC2EE04FE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>coordinate with activities sponsored by the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology on high-temperature materials, thermochemical cycles, and economic issues related to solar energy; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B2A6D7D4B824DDB864E7DA8A6B06365"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide for the construction and operation of new concentrating solar power devices or solar power cogeneration facilities that produce hydrogen either concurrently with, or independently of, the production of electricity; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H404BE8FFC4374989B420D9A669B10084"><enum>(6)</enum><text>support existing facilities and research programs dedicated to the development and advancement of concentrating solar power devices; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H787025CF6B944DC4B08738F061AFFE8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>establish a program—</text> <subparagraph id="H8430935C3A7E4A4E9305C45EACFB0078"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to research and develop methods that use electricity from photovoltaic devices for the onsite production of hydrogen, such that no intermediate transmission or distribution infrastructure is required or used and future demand growth may be accommodated;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3D48D329604E4E1F90F505AD04D7CAB6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to evaluate the economics of small-scale electrolysis for hydrogen production; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB0D0774234D94E1688017D1C10F21EA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to research the potential of modular photovoltaic devices for the development of a hydrogen infrastructure, the security implications of a hydrogen infrastructure, and the benefits potentially derived from a hydrogen infrastructure.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H72441C5520AC4E3095FCC0B32EEE4D01" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Wind energy technologies</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H55B59C6A7B664A930072BEF00800275B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prepare a detailed roadmap for carrying out the provisions in this subtitle related to wind energy technologies and for implementing the recommendations related to wind energy technologies that are included in the report transmitted under subsection (c); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE0194BCF009F46AE8C23F67DE3EE4B9D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide for the establishment of 5 projects in geographic areas that are regionally and climatically diverse to demonstrate the production of hydrogen at existing wind energy facilities, including one demonstration project at a national laboratory or institution of higher education. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD6EEDF46B4894A6DA021B5706DF5DA00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program support</header><text>The Secretary shall support research programs at institutions of higher education for the development of solar energy technologies and wind energy technologies for the production of hydrogen. The research programs supported under this subsection shall—</text> <paragraph id="H84512BB18FDC4FD99424B6DB0047A9B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>enhance fellowship and faculty assistance programs; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8849EB5127B342E5A1E6E7D260C0D9FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide support for fundamental research; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBA68A4ADAEE84B9C8BB1DB5300A4001F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>encourage collaborative research among industry, national laboratories, and institutions of higher education; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H377A3F03F0624645AB73F703FE87D0FB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>support communication and outreach; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H75CC77741F204E40984FA854C4F0517"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the greatest extent possible—</text> <subparagraph id="H206351D1A0F540A0976D00416753DBE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be located in geographic areas that are regionally and climatically diverse; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HABC74A750B484F6793BB1531BBC13272"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be located at part B institutions, minority institutions, and institutions of higher education located in States participating in the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research of the Department of Energy. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H87511D50A7DE4848900097C6531CEFA7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Institutions of higher education and national laboratory interactions</header><text>In conjunction with the programs supported under this section, the Secretary shall develop sabbatical, fellowship, and visiting scientist programs to encourage national laboratories and institutions of higher education to share and exchange personnel.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7071EB1E261B4A6FABCD17A7DF4E4310"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text> <paragraph id="H1DDB927C03D1484FA7034CD53FA95856"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <quote>concentrating solar power devices</quote> means devices that concentrate the power of the sun by reflection or refraction to improve the efficiency of a photovoltaic or thermal generation process;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF227F3763C234DE6898E48A9D8A83C64"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <quote>institution of higher education</quote> has the meaning given to that term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0C20E48D14EB4E6AA7ABC5244E4BC318"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <quote>minority institution</quote> has the meaning given to that term in section 365 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1067k">20 U.S.C. 1067k</external-xref>); </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D4BF061A456463081BDD0A98B5DE61B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <quote>part B institution</quote> has the meaning given to that term in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1061">20 U.S.C. 1061</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3B4FD20BDE8D4081AB22A8CF9C00641E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>photovoltaic devices</quote> means devices that convert light directly into electricity through a solid-state, semiconductor process.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>IX</enum><header>Studies and Program Support</header> <section id="HF01D69A6271C43D88E80BC8EB44347AE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>901.</enum><header>Goals</header> <subsection id="HA7184DBD6F314D738C080976102D073D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a balanced set of programs of study to support Federal energy policy and programs by the Department. Such programs shall be focused on— </text> <paragraph id="H0053E152AF154249A5A5913674A5CE59"><enum>(1)</enum><text>increasing the efficiency of all energy intensive sectors through conservation and improved technologies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC580356FA3B4B0800C1C436437347CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promoting diversity of energy supply;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97D4713792524150A8128242C96CB048"><enum>(3)</enum><text>decreasing the Nation’s dependence on foreign energy supplies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEA0A7063B8E44825A2CDB675E153F277"><enum>(4)</enum><text>improving United States energy security; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6C9E139EAF8F4594A158A29288A385D8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>decreasing the environmental impact of energy-related activities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5C939A70344F43EAB01B2CB258FBB4C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The Secretary shall publish measurable 5-year cost and performance-based goals with each annual budget submission in at least the following areas:</text> <paragraph id="HB045AD2B1BD145EAA86C9C532F93E00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Energy efficiency for buildings, energy-consuming industries, and vehicles.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3157710984E148428ED94D127F35132B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Electric energy generation (including distributed generation), transmission, and storage.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB3278E6DCCBE4986A3396000E943E4B4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Renewable energy technologies including wind power, photovoltaics, solar thermal systems, geothermal energy, hydrogen-fueled systems, biomass-based systems, biofuels, and hydropower.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9DE110AD3E324F2091F7ED7E27229F1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Fossil energy including power generation, onshore and offshore oil and gas resource recovery, and transportation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H15FF46666C8748ADB84EE001D4B47192"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Nuclear energy including programs for existing and advanced reactors and education of future specialists.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HACB9DC04339140C8B132313623956FA1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public comment</header><text>The Secretary shall provide mechanisms for input on the annually published goals from industry, university, and other public sources.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD5A109E89BFB408FA282C131971580C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effect of goals</header> <paragraph id="HFA0EDCB433394F31BFD56F9690EC0078"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No new authority or requirement</header><text>Nothing in subsection (a) or the annually published goals shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H1A202AF8CD62461384F9C0F441475D39"><enum>(A)</enum><text>create any new—</text> <clause id="H603BF92DEF1F4DE2BFD99FEFF20259E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>authority for any Federal agency; or</text></clause> <clause id="HE3E0565D84D7440CB22EF6044ABC249"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>requirement for any other person;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE256C4D6650246B997B1991B079FC807"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be used by a Federal agency to support the establishment of regulatory standards or regulatory requirements; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H83AE200D7BAA4C5194D4F1EF3EF3ED42"><enum>(C)</enum><text>alter the authority of the Secretary to make grants or other awards.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H194B1BB7E9104308B47E40437DD1C400"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No limitation</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to impose conditions on grants or other awards based on the goals in subsection (a) or any subsequent modification thereto.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H0AC82FE18D8B4482AB00AFE11DAE382"><enum>902.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title:</text> <paragraph id="HF2AC051F5BD44BF9B87F6D8640250560"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Department</header><text>The term <term>Department</term> means the Department of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9829003F4B6E42F2A0759DC93629C0B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Departmental mission</header><text>The term <term>departmental mission</term> means any of the functions vested in the Secretary of Energy by the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7101">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</external-xref>) or other law.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H09653A7F0C0A40F7AEBA2F9200CE00D3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2C9269442C44D9780A264C4B945CCF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph></section> <subtitle id="HD3F2A9A1A29C4B7BB4F9ADEAA51446B1"><enum>A</enum><header>Energy Efficiency</header> <section id="H49F53CEA85EB4910BA9CCEBA9CE9D95E"><enum>904.</enum><header>Energy efficiency</header> <subsection id="H2F7360C36D7C40738041B6ACBCB73861"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The following sums are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for energy efficiency and conservation activities, including activities authorized under this subtitle:</text> <paragraph id="HE38BFF069A074992856FF2E83B496781"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2006, $616,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HADD49C8BDB774D96A525DE1EF5D5D0DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2007, $695,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD2D69FA423B48B6B30397F1FE921974"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2008, $772,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFEB22264C4B14C7FA121005F809C4C26"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2009, $865,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92B64C3F909845F0A4857052F681DBD5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2010, $920,000,000.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H572A98432D4F4E5B937D3054DF972763"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocations</header><text>From amounts authorized under subsection (a), the following sums are authorized:</text> <paragraph id="HD5C7D581989E412D99CE34007BBEE235"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For activities under section 905—</text> <subparagraph id="H1B6DA00746ED4067B4D209055279A8C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2006, $20,000,000;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9C0480F97ECB4C24A397D387C935D23D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2007, $30,000,000;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBD46B49CF73543DA95EE82B538E1CD9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2008, $50,000,000;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H20841F9C77F349F08BB35C4708918F53"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2009, $50,000,000; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9ED7C18CCB06424AAC1112001B0319D8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2010, $50,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF5C9884ECC294B5B963867328729FAC7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For activities under section 907—</text> <subparagraph id="HDCB5FCC0491749719FB4EAB24812E577"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2006, $4,000,000; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H183ABBB71B574FADB15B08A2640105D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2010, $7,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11DF3646E61841CEB1001EC66CC4F6D2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For activities under section 908—</text> <subparagraph id="HA1039AD1280B4D4BAC008175E9D3BE47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2006, $20,000,000;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6BBA9994AE864DB8BA0000B48671748C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2007, $25,000,000;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4DC3C42C06064D969F672E00CFA8A674"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2008, $30,000,000;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD8749CBF1D4E4D6A92C8FFDC73D7FFD6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2009, $35,000,000; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8C4527FF014E4E219732EE786BF37E4E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2010, $40,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A9F495B9B484094939B671999E1E128"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For activities under section 909, $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2010.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB18F4B5423D54C92998F7E48D1BCDB02"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Extended authorization</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for activities under section 905, $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H57CC1FAD26024005986672D91E90E72F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on use of funds</header><text>None of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this section may be used for—</text> <paragraph id="H2574C4E02E7D4BA39573B4F7A8087C55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the issuance and implementation of energy efficiency regulations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H182FA0C8E0814299009F1B4D21DA3974"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Weatherization Assistance Program under part A of title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6861">42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC668C27CDB3241AF9C19F86BEACEB500"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the State Energy Program under part D of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6321">42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC7C7E7622894C46B4A941F6ECE9FE1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Federal Energy Management Program under part 3 of title V of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8251">42 U.S.C. 8251 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HC9100C3115FC4F52B67000560317778B"><enum>905.</enum><header>Next Generation Lighting Initiative</header> <subsection id="H3A24332861C245CEB13C4C95C92B43B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a Next Generation Lighting Initiative in accordance with this section to support activities related to advanced solid-state lighting technologies based on white light emitting diodes.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1F195E83E7A94DBFBFC9984707A4E63E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The objectives of the initiative shall be to develop advanced solid-state organic and inorganic lighting technologies based on white light emitting diodes that, compared to incandescent and fluorescent lighting technologies, are longer lasting; more energy-efficient; and cost-competitive, and have less environmental impact.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7BB583CF2C734F0D980131027DF6009F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Industry alliance</header><text>The Secretary shall, not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this section, competitively select an Industry Alliance to represent participants that are private, for-profit firms which, as a group, are broadly representative of United States solid state lighting expertise as a whole.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBABBDD9AFC834426B8C268E078B72F06"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Study</header> <paragraph id="H091C52D76B9A4F598391D15CCADD12D1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the activities of the Next Generation Lighting Initiative through competitively awarded grants, including to Industry Alliance participants, National Laboratories, and institutions of higher education.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC5316DB03E064A28A4FD07C8B40FE04"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance from the industry alliance</header><text>The Secretary shall annually solicit from the Industry Alliance—</text> <subparagraph id="H50CB3D8C94324229A1B88BC583B75559"><enum>(A)</enum><text>comments to identify solid-state lighting technology needs;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2EF361A2BE604565B95595C200584DF4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assessment of the progress of the Initiative’s research activities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3B69767828094BBA827B54411BEBBC48"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assistance in annually updating solid-state lighting technology roadmaps.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H49C8505424FC457E9F01EE94FB1842D3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability of information and roadmaps</header><text>The information and roadmaps under paragraph (2) shall be available to the public and public response shall be solicited by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEB2CE61447624648830784E0FF21EEFE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Intellectual property</header><text>The Secretary may require, in accordance with the authorities provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/35/202">section 202(a)(ii)</external-xref> of title 35, United States Code, section 152 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2182">42 U.S.C. 2182</external-xref>), and section 9 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5908">42 U.S.C. 5908</external-xref>), that—</text> <paragraph id="H1DF3FE020F534E29BA01192EB038B282"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for any new invention resulting from activities under subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="H6A76E7A5A890453CA1F27F48F13650D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Industry Alliance members that are active participants in research, development, and demonstration activities related to the advanced solid-state lighting technologies that are the subject of this section shall be granted first option to negotiate with the invention owner nonexclusive licenses and royalties for uses of the invention related to solid-state lighting on terms that are reasonable under the circumstances; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFA581CEA25D546ED9C6FB299CBDA65AC"><enum>(B)</enum> <clause id="H90D5F6C1AA6E47EE8FF59CEA1029AF9C" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for 1 year after a United States patent is issued for the invention, the patent holder shall not negotiate any license or royalty with any entity that is not a participant in the Industry Alliance described in subparagraph (A); and</text></clause> <clause id="H32A1693462CF4495B0C8ED27BAA6F35E" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>during the year described in clause (i), the invention owner shall negotiate nonexclusive licenses and royalties in good faith with any interested participant in the Industry Alliance described in subparagraph (A); and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD10534A1BB2D474EAB8D518DD160C6C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such other terms as the Secretary determines are required to promote accelerated commercialization of inventions made under the Initiative.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H522D8CDB5D294010B35214AB9B00A145"><enum>(f)</enum><header>National academy review</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct periodic reviews of the Next Generation Lighting Initiative. The Academy shall review the priorities, technical milestones, and plans for technology transfer and progress towards achieving them. The Secretary shall consider the results of such reviews in evaluating the information obtained under subsection (d)(2).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H50717C59088C453594AC1CF06D2B599D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As used in this section:</text> <paragraph id="HAA1FFB1B62DE442D005DB1D46D975A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advanced solid-state lighting</header><text>The term <quote>advanced solid-state lighting</quote> means a semiconducting device package and delivery system that produces white light using externally applied voltage.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H002C362914A94CE8A70233578F3997AA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Industry alliance</header><text>The term <quote>Industry Alliance</quote> means an entity selected by the Secretary under subsection (c).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC6AE09807B09404C00AB15B97AC2CC5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>White light emitting diode</header><text>The term <quote>white light emitting diode</quote> means a semiconducting package, utilizing either organic or inorganic materials, that produces white light using externally applied voltage.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HBC3D27C713724126A42000B6BE521BA"><enum>906.</enum><header>National Building Performance Initiative</header> <subsection id="HCB0A14BB138F46F09C98FE60AAAA2417"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interagency group</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall establish an interagency group to develop, in coordination with the advisory committee established under subsection (e), a National Building Performance Initiative (in this section referred to as the <quote>Initiative</quote>). The interagency group shall be co-chaired by appropriate officials of the Department and the Department of Commerce, who shall jointly arrange for the provision of necessary administrative support to the group.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2C2A739683FF4747B6926B2F5730147B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Integration of efforts</header><text>The Initiative, working with the National Institute of Building Sciences, shall integrate Federal, State, and voluntary private sector efforts to reduce the costs of construction, operation, maintenance, and renovation of commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential buildings.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H151149AC2D4D41A5BC7B5905329800D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Department of energy role</header><text>Within the Federal portion of the Initiative, the Department shall be the lead agency for all aspects of building performance related to use and conservation of energy.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H649B9322FC694B6DBE7BA1F3A8467948"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Advisory committee</header> <paragraph id="HBC556472571A4E5583E7BFDB8042BA72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall establish an advisory committee to—</text> <subparagraph id="HA63FCB4AD32D49D89182FA17C497C6F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>analyze and provide recommendations on potential private sector roles and participation in the Initiative; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0609169233984369A4008479E0009877"><enum>(B)</enum><text>review and provide recommendations on the plan described in subsection (c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFB1BAADB3B6B492B93BC38DE00E2768C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>Membership of the advisory committee shall include representatives with a broad range of appropriate expertise, including expertise in—</text> <subparagraph id="H26855DBE5D8D438FA8F9A4B09E8B7CB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>building technology;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4C99B6E12AF24E8BA72F571F955EF6EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>architecture, engineering, and building materials and systems; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H93C0C2785ED04FB9904D34ED6E63CC39"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors of the construction industry.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H54A2DF7AD687490781B9B9F7893506F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing in this section provides any Federal agency with new authority to regulate building performance.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H2072DC06BED14C35A9CC0070684F7CBB"><enum>907.</enum><header>Secondary electric vehicle battery use program</header> <subsection id="H4EEA54AF714C4FEEAAF4517CAF21338E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H320941F7E81C458B9197AA95B4F5FBC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Associated equipment</header><text>The term <quote>associated equipment</quote> means equipment located where the batteries will be used that is necessary to enable the use of the energy stored in the batteries.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H927FED70C5AD4D9A99DA5BFE5E66885"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Battery</header><text>The term <quote>battery</quote> 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.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7710C51D84814E7280B56B7DD7DB982D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The Secretary shall establish and conduct a program of study for the secondary use of batteries if the Secretary finds that there are sufficient numbers of such batteries to support the program. The program shall be—</text> <paragraph id="H29E047CA9EF3470FB2668B38B910F695"><enum>(1)</enum><text>designed to demonstrate the use of batteries in secondary applications, including utility and commercial power storage and power quality;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD8166C107268422F8820E750129D7894"><enum>(2)</enum><text>structured to evaluate the performance, including useful service life and costs, of such batteries in field operations, and the necessary supporting infrastructure, including reuse and disposal of batteries; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3D973656CC564CBA8050608B00EBF035"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinated with ongoing secondary battery use programs at the National Laboratories and in industry.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB5B4753D21A5432F911155E47D12BBBE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Solicitation</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, if the Secretary finds under subsection (b) that there are sufficient numbers of batteries to support the program, 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.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H359CBBE11D644486A219445E5FB48B3E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection of proposals</header> <paragraph id="HE3F8C0DA252D45E996A4964C00BBD9C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall, not later than 90 days after the closing date established by the Secretary for receipt of proposals under subsection (c), select up to 5 proposals which may receive financial assistance under this section, subject to the availability of appropriations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1C7A0628E29B4918BA00FD956BD15FE5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Diversity; environmental effect</header><text>In selecting proposals, the Secretary shall consider diversity of battery type, geographic and climatic diversity, and life-cycle environmental effects of the approaches.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA4DEE86DB5D0437497B27DFF9F127391"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>No 1 project selected under this section shall receive more than 25 percent of the funds authorized for the program under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBCDABF941DF46AE81EB48AFC2FB92ED"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Optimization of federal resources</header><text>The Secretary shall consider the extent of involvement of State or local government and other persons in each demonstration project to optimize use of Federal resources.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9FD31873BE7B462683EA6516A1658B9B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Other criteria</header><text>The Secretary may consider such other criteria as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7FA15617516E4C45A6F992A290FDAD90"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>The Secretary shall require that—</text> <paragraph id="HB6CF4E7EFC5146879DA47B7F18441CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>relevant information be provided to the Department, the users of the batteries, the proposers, and the battery manufacturers;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H36118256D48043388F869CA40685F046"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the proposer provide at least 50 percent of the costs associated with the proposal; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52E7F27A6D5140DB9CDE1D994C70EF01"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the proposer provide to the Secretary such information regarding the disposal of the batteries as the Secretary may require to ensure that the proposer disposes of the batteries in accordance with applicable law.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HD8150BC6692F40A4B952F49BCDF1F100"><enum>908.</enum><header>Energy efficiency study initiative</header> <subsection id="H2830CEB2C71F408B9795BC21BF7C7DF9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an Energy Efficiency Science Initiative to be managed by the Assistant Secretary in the Department with responsibility for energy conservation under section 203(a)(9) of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7133">42 U.S.C. 7133(a)(9)</external-xref>), in consultation with the Director of the Office of Science, for grants to be competitively awarded and subject to peer review for studies relating to energy efficiency.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8ACBD97D4AD14DA6BD28790000B417FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to Congress, along with the President’s annual budget request under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, a report on the activities of the Energy Efficiency Science Initiative, including a description of the process used to award the funds and an explanation of how the studies relate to energy efficiency.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H2D7893F7635B44F98C2B12406C2D9135"><enum>909.</enum><header>Electric motor control technology</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a program of study on advanced control devices to improve the energy efficiency of electric motors used in heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and comparable systems.</text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H72601A9EE61341CC876BECA13BACF41C"><enum>B</enum><header>Distributed Energy and Electric Energy Systems</header> <section id="HF20950C30A714980BEB355015FCC1193"><enum>911.</enum><header>Distributed energy and electric energy systems</header> <subsection id="HDAEFD5D100BE4ED796822B7157C3B2AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The following sums are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for distributed energy and electric energy systems activities, including activities authorized under this subtitle:</text> <paragraph id="HD2BD5F8AEBF24C198D45108BF3DD344"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2006, $190,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H694CB4D75AD740E2969EA4D1672D0788"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2007, $200,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5CCCA333125D4F2FAAD0207E6607CAB5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2008, $220,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE6C92AA249C8444788E71FD441B57B27"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2009, $240,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H89F38EB441094FDCB100F4ACC33317AF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2010, $260,000,000.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE0BA784E0C684177856BBE99BD93DD4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Micro-cogeneration energy technology</header><text>From amounts authorized under subsection (a), $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 is authorized for activities under section 914.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H6DB305312C85417A968F4CCBAB11AE1"><enum>913.</enum><header>High power density industry program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> The Secretary shall establish a comprehensive program of study to improve energy efficiency of high power density facilities, including data centers, server farms, and telecommunications facilities. Such program shall consider technologies that provide significant improvement in thermal controls, metering, load management, peak load reduction, or the efficient cooling of electronics.</text></section> <section id="HF8E3DCA8A24C465EAD93A7668D483EB4"><enum>916.</enum><header>Reciprocating power</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> The Secretary shall conduct a program of study regarding fuel system optimization and emissions reduction after-treatment technologies for industrial reciprocating engines. Such after-treatment technologies shall use processes that reduce emissions by recirculating exhaust gases and shall be designed to be retrofitted to any new or existing diesel or natural gas engine used for power generation, peaking power generation, combined heat and power, or compression.</text></section> <section id="HFDF89590B675491F9B1F015EF56E832E"><enum>917.</enum><header>Advanced portable power devices</header> <subsection id="H587ED6CAA72F48BABC7C6F92D78C5915"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H7142976402834BA982AE5292B7829702"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish a program to develop working models of small scale portable power devices; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D848A78AD9C441991CAD3772C9110D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the fullest extent practicable, identify and utilize the resources of universities that have shown expertise with respect to advanced portable power devices for either civilian or military use.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H90466BAD70B74CB6B03B037C01B2B131"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Organization</header><text>The universities identified and utilized under subsection (a)(2) are authorized to establish an organization to promote small scale portable power devices.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF69BEB504A38412600B7E7FA27EC66AB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <quote>small scale portable power device</quote> means a field deployable portable mechanical or electromechanical device that can be used for applications such as communications, computation, mobility enhancement, weapons systems, optical devices, cooling, sensors, medical devices and active biological agent detection systems.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7846980984934B03BDD36205C1652373"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section $8,000,000 for the period encompassing fiscal years 2006 through 2010. </text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H90CB5D9ED3974F3CA7439DC949D29EB"><enum>C</enum><header>Renewable Energy</header> <section id="HFDEF2C07BFB443C7B120EC3F36C80097"><enum>918.</enum><header>Renewable energy</header> <subsection id="HBC3B972C588C489994567B591CBFD37B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The following sums are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for renewable energy activities, including activities authorized under this subtitle:</text> <paragraph id="H3D6F158DFED04587A814C3258FFA5762"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2006, $480,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF90BB74CF9E74FCCA3170378127FCE86"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2007, $550,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD858BE2D566488A8C51F66588F85409"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2008, $610,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6C83793481BF4E61855C8C735B688F71"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2009, $659,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5EC8A844DA2644E09D125196E5BE4B9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2010, $710,000,000.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0D7120F7768C44DD962D40996E86D300"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Bioenergy</header><text>From the amounts authorized under subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 919:</text> <paragraph id="H149C18E5E78B4EDA95ECEBDB724E8100"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2006, $135,425,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD21291931B5E4100B137CB1E56C91C68"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2007, $155,600,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H54D9BBEC336F4C7B94F2B36CAD6F08CD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2008, $167,650,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A5EB91A0DD6470A853F5E1CF757AB29"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2009, $180,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4BDEC56A1DC4807A07E363C70BD0069"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2010, $192,000,000.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8041ABDE5B804988AFD6C55525F62800"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Concentrating solar power</header><text>From amounts authorized under subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 920:</text> <paragraph id="HC919CA554F18427A8154001609E96166"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2006, $20,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE888B8B99E704CF9B47E6011741B0323"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2007, $40,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9E58CD7043D946BBB9F7D78C07001514"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For each of fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010, $50,000,000.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H36B29E843FCB4F33B25CB902F2C4D400"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public buildings</header><text>From the amounts authorized under subsection (a), $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 922.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H027120829EBF4941BFFCAF30887CE2A4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limits on use of funds</header> <paragraph id="HB9C7FFE64FAE4EED90E7C9ADEC9B5C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No funds for Renewable Support and Implementation</header><text>None of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this section may be used for Renewable Support and Implementation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9EC623BC298141089C9E3B312E762F3E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Of the funds authorized under subsection (b), not less than $5,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be made available for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges, and Hispanic-Serving Institutions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA2B698FF86654C83B5511C5BF8A98C23"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regional field verification Program</header><text>Of the funds authorized under subsection (a), not less than $4,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be made available for the Regional Field Verification Program of the Department.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6513AE0278DF4B3397AA06987390652B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Off-stream pumped storage hydropower</header><text>Of the funds authorized under subsection (a), such sums as may be necessary shall be made available for demonstration projects of off-stream pumped storage hydropower.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9E006052996041609542B853131313F3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In carrying out this subtitle, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall demonstrate the use of advanced wind power technology, including combined use with coal gasification; biomass; geothermal energy systems; and other renewable energy technologies to assist in delivering electricity to rural and remote locations.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H80FCB2A732364777B38CDBC3E0517458"><enum>919.</enum><header>Bioenergy programs</header> <subsection id="HD2A2AF4402904DF48DF239755C228D11"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For the purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="HCA2D49BEDD1D475E83D3BB55C204EEF9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>agricultural byproducts</term> includes waste products, including poultry fat and poultry waste.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0D8403598F0F4A7AA5E3637FB997D234"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>cellulosic biomass</term> means any portion of a crop containing lignocellulose or hemicellulose, including barley grain, grapeseed, forest thinnings, rice bran, rice hulls, rice straw, soybean matter, and sugarcane bagasse, or any crop grown specifically for the purpose of producing cellulosic feedstocks.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCE3B5B1314DB417CB45B79C349EE5FE3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a program of study for bioenergy, including—</text> <paragraph id="H2D9C58D4CF764118BFF6103F7DA09C38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>biopower energy systems;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H625102BB610F44F4002F7033B2280024"><enum>(2)</enum><text>biofuels;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7FB5913CDCD24D40904BA500FEEC9A4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>bio-based products;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B6F05C981744A4683962125F1616CCD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>integrated biorefineries that may produce biopower, biofuels, and bio-based products;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H885E089431464C86B67F66B3CB312021"><enum>(5)</enum><text>cross-cutting research and development in feedstocks and enzymes; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H630D4F496F6A4B8C93511227312268AB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>economic analysis.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0F022AA26D8749838D22287CB26400E8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Biofuels and bio-based products</header><text>The goals of the biofuels and bio-based products programs shall be to promote, in partnership with industry—</text> <paragraph id="HA5BF1F01CADB4F9C9E6E991D53E131E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>advanced biochemical and thermochemical conversion technologies capable of making biofuels that are price-competitive with gasoline or diesel in either internal combustion engines or fuel cell-powered vehicles, and bio-based products from a variety of feedstocks, including grains, cellulosic biomass, and other agricultural byproducts; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B54C008935F4767B790821185A8A89C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>advanced biotechnology processes capable of making biofuels and bio-based products with emphasis on development of biorefinery technologies using enzyme-based processing systems.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H942CCB4613564963B5822880CD01D3B1"><enum>920.</enum><header>Concentrating solar power study program</header> <subsection id="H329D8EA4BADD4E4381EAD35EA103FC60"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a program of study to evaluate the potential of concentrating solar power for hydrogen production, including cogeneration approaches for both hydrogen and electricity. Such program shall take advantage of existing facilities to the extent possible and shall include—</text> <paragraph id="HF7E04B1E8EEC424A8E5E37B9308D665B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>development of optimized technologies that are common to both electricity and hydrogen production;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB55608982DFA46CEA4B2593B7930A714"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluation of thermochemical cycles for hydrogen production at the temperatures attainable with concentrating solar power;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7B1C60282FF64BCD9BA98500EEAE898"><enum>(3)</enum><text>evaluation of materials issues for the thermochemical cycles described in paragraph (2);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB6866533474D4E37AF1B7D30CC3B6B02"><enum>(4)</enum><text>system architectures and economics studies; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E7FD7CC65F345C08EFEC3B9F002E9F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>coordination with activities in the Advanced Reactor Hydrogen Cogeneration Project on high temperature materials, thermochemical cycles, and economic issues.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4828BCC76A564B328BA79D36091800DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>In carrying out the program under this section, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HF16C5804487645DB82F5C7700DC309"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess conflicting guidance on the economic potential of concentrating solar power for electricity production received from the National Research Council report entitled <quote>Renewable Power Pathways: A Review of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Renewable Energy Programs</quote> in 2000 and subsequent Department-funded reviews of that report; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC73E659360C345458F00CC39A4E627FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide an assessment of the potential impact of the technology before, or concurrent with, submission of the fiscal year 2008 budget.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H190E8FCF20B3438ABDB23FB930ADE799"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a report to Congress on the economic and technical potential for electricity or hydrogen production, with or without cogeneration, with concentrating solar power.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H0E3BC6066D75429FB9D95BAE6E64D698"><enum>921.</enum><header>Miscellaneous projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may conduct studies for—</text> <paragraph id="H867D8053FB4A4591B74B36A910BC2ECA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ocean energy, including wave energy; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC3E6D4E22364029BB316F62C215CA13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the combined use of renewable energy technologies with one another and with other energy technologies, including the combined use of wind power and coal gasification technologies.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HDDCED647A5DA4CF7817EBE7899004D51"><enum>922.</enum><header>Renewable energy in public buildings</header> <subsection id="H36E9795E8D964D6CB6BB04BEE272DE9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technology transfer Program</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program for the transfer of innovative technologies for solar and other renewable energy sources in buildings owned or operated by a State or local government, and for the dissemination of information resulting from an assessment of such program to interested parties.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3A0AA49D7943450197B07D23003C1CB4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limit on Federal funding</header><text>The Secretary shall provide under this section no more than 40 percent of the incremental costs of the solar or other renewable energy source project funded.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB9080CB7435A44DDA6F63FE096034C78"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>As part of the application for awards under this section, the Secretary shall require all applicants—</text> <paragraph id="H883E872E17BD4DF78600C31757DACF22"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to demonstrate a continuing commitment to the use of solar and other renewable energy sources in buildings they own or operate; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H844C500065974187BD7F1B56CE789995"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to state how they expect any award to further their transition to the significant use of renewable energy.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HCD3DCD692E234B2386C81647AC1FAF00"><enum>923.</enum><header>University biodiesel program</header> <subsection id="HC6DDBB13178E439E8CDDB87239823516"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program regarding the feasibility of the operation of diesel electric power generators, using biodiesel fuels, with ratings as high as B100 at a university electric generation facility. The program shall examine—</text> <paragraph id="HB55FDAE2619C4ADAACEBC18D14A6C87C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>heat rates of diesel fuels with large quantities of cellulosic content;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H68B694246F5B4159A99ED85215E494E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the reliability of operation of various fuel blends;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4935995AB4114C7FA2B82E489659955F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>performance in cold or freezing weather;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB2517F80C41F4F8091061DD8B3628385"><enum>(4)</enum><text>stability of fuel after extended storage; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H972ED9A989364B5796AF416631A725D4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>other criteria, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H66410CADFCA0459D86007448AA37E9B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $400,000 to carry out subsection (a). Such funds shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HF62F1DD5089E4EDE9E7DC1F506F9F040"><enum>D</enum><header>Nuclear Energy</header> <section id="HC4366574D30F4E4FA69259F88F62F983"><enum>929.</enum><header>Alternatives to industrial radioactive sources</header> <subsection id="H89356997579D47A798216DA7F73BF873"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study and provide a report to Congress not later than August 1, 2006. The study shall—</text> <paragraph id="H41334EBDA6334DA8872209D3B1FC002E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>survey industrial applications of large radioactive sources, including well-logging sources;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H453DAE8DFD6A4DCFA1B6ADAF67BE83F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>review current domestic and international Department, Department of Defense, Department of State, and commercial programs to manage and dispose of radioactive sources;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAA27A7E6F590486000F2D1124656E314"><enum>(3)</enum><text>discuss disposal options and practices for currently deployed or future sources and, if deficiencies are noted in existing disposal options or practices for either deployed or future sources, recommend options to remedy deficiencies; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6F1196A1DBF74B9DBC2DF0E4DE407300"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develop a program plan for research and development to develop alternatives to large industrial sources that reduce safety, environmental, or proliferation risks to either workers using the sources or the public.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBBF41AFC14654599A44F85B3BD1F25EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a research and development program to implement the program plan developed under subsection (a)(4). The program shall include miniaturized particle accelerators for well-logging or other industrial applications and portable accelerators for production of short-lived radioactive materials at an industrial site.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H8DFE103769B3497A80A52CF267F22205"><enum>930.</enum><header>Geological isolation of spent fuel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of deep borehole disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The study shall emphasize geological, chemical, and hydrological characterization of, and design of engineered structures for, deep borehole environments. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit the study to Congress.</text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HD612F2806E4C46110011C02C2500C600"><enum>E</enum><header>Fossil Energy</header> <part id="H695EA8BB25954BBC88921ECDB8929019"><enum>I</enum><header>Studies and program support</header> <section id="HC94B8061F82F406380FC7251B101BD7F"><enum>931.</enum><header>Fossil energy</header> <subsection id="H0B2708E572304F4394F263E36BE82FCA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The following sums are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for fossil energy activities, including activities authorized under this part:</text> <paragraph id="H1B8D79D3030F48CCB57424A459829B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2006, $530,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8524E06BBAC54D6FA975B347CCC13253"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2007, $556,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H21EA4F25D6AC40A39B00FB16D863D9F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2008, $583,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2199DB6FE9948648C8647FFAF476E40"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2009, $611,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H30188D07849C41D1BADBFC7FE12478F3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2010, $626,000,000.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA6BA8B9E1376404A811CAEDE12305045"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocations</header><text>From amounts authorized under subsection (a), the following sums are authorized:</text> <paragraph id="H781CDCCF4C0B49C69CA196D3CFBB2456"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For activities under section 932(b)(2), $28,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3C09CA0DE6AD4DDD89083BA3C4A83D37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For activities under section 934—</text> <subparagraph id="H6145AD2EEB564A64A7F38DF87EC50D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2006, $12,000,000;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBEED61A464B344A19623FB3C3DB89866"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2007, $15,000,000; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5E179EF2A6904D888268403DB5EA4283"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2010, $20,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC970A6F135D49AC89F101C0C2C112E3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For activities under section 935—</text> <subparagraph id="H2FA4661CB77B4D0F8D3B1FA78E88F64D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2006, $259,000,000;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD4530A5AB361441F0091854D7CBC5B71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2007, $272,000,000;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H952A0DA0CE5D48C19865262DB900BA96"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2008, $285,000,000;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE77D4F270EDA4327BB204123159BB481"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2009, $298,000,000; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H09190C91010C4D10AFB03DBCE3CBEB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2010, $308,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC2FDA78B68D4C32A70008A29C72CAB9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For the Office of Arctic Energy under section 3197 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7144d">42 U.S.C. 7144d</external-xref>), $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H25C977B18EFF490FAF37B4EDA2C37200"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For activities under section 933, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2010.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H62DBB096D67C4A4587E82DBFB230906B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Extended authorization</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the Office of Arctic Energy under section 3197 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7144d">42 U.S.C. 7144d</external-xref>), $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD69CA34CF46B4F5B8740795EBC938B04"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limits on use of funds</header> <paragraph id="HBF441EC5D97F481CA834ED8FCF7B89C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No funds for certain programs</header><text>None of the funds authorized under this section may be used for Fossil Energy Environmental Restoration or Import/Export Authorization.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE50F41AC96644CD9E8728F852D93D59"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Institutions of higher education</header><text>Of the funds authorized under subsection (b)(2), not less than 20 percent of the funds appropriated for each fiscal year shall be dedicated to activities carried out at institutions of higher education.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H1DB141D4349F41379700F5DBEA466BAC"><enum>932.</enum><header>Oil and gas studies</header> <subsection id="HDDD5131CC0954F7EBF84BF8C76687008"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Oil and gas studies</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a program of studies on oil and gas, including—</text> <paragraph id="H630AB37B77BF40268F594C7D29A3FCD5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>exploration and production;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1882D976A9764025A0DDEA97D8F5FED0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>gas hydrates;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7922E325BBFA4F3CA4F912CE37175246"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reservoir life and extension;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0099D6291BC6436699DB3CC374DB4DC4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>transportation and distribution infrastructure;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0AA42C542B064D2CA4FEB8632E44464"><enum>(5)</enum><text>ultraclean fuels;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6C9FD382F4A749E0003D9B6249483BB9"><enum>(6)</enum><text>heavy oil and oil shale;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B6E8D28806646CE00A7944363CC148E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>related environmental research; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB5B6988DD3E4C82A85DF566E7921D0"><enum>(8)</enum><text>compressed natural gas marine transport.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H591B38E2EB374E99A7A048D7E07F428D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fuel cells</header> <paragraph id="H59F68AF2436A46BF915126B8D404CEE2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a program of studies on fuel cells for low-cost, high-efficiency, fuel-flexible, modular power systems.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61C3EF61F224416999BE65C7E2AA9528"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Improved manufacturing production and processes</header><text>The studies under paragraph (1) shall include fuel cell technology for commercial, residential, and transportation applications, and distributed generation systems, utilizing improved manufacturing production and processes.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6F4EB4F384AB43E4AEFEDEBEB5AF34B8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Natural gas and oil deposits report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies, shall transmit a report to Congress of the latest estimates of natural gas and oil reserves, reserves growth, and undiscovered resources in Federal and State waters off the coast of Louisiana and Texas.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAD0F2D1CCFB44536988CE3BEC77F2C05"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Integrated clean power and energy</header> <paragraph id="H3979A30F94714B979B079900A39F11E3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National Center or consortium of excellence</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a national center or consortium of excellence in clean energy and power generation to address the Nation’s critical dependence on energy and the need to reduce emissions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7376390EC85349F1A7AB16D036F2FC66"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The center or consortium shall conduct a program integrating the following focus areas:</text> <subparagraph id="H87F9B426CF854D72BB9CADFBE5D8008"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Efficiency and reliability of gas turbines for power generation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE38DD0C83ED7484FBC80BCD6C090968"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Reduction in emissions from power generation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C8AB3B27A774A4FB1070489B0B63DB6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Promotion of energy conservation issues.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4B18A6310BDB4F7B936D031300C197B1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Effectively utilizing alternative fuels and renewable energy.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE372E25C1F19490AA017EF1BD51E5E59"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Advanced materials technology for oil and gas exploration and utilization in harsh environments.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H27BD3AC4861F4B97A4003E8836090295"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Education on energy and power generation issues.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H03D49E22046E41209D9DEFFE5D007EA7"><enum>933.</enum><header>Technology transfer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a competitive program to award a contract to a nonprofit entity for the purpose of transferring technologies developed with public funds. The entity selected under this section shall have experience in offshore oil and gas technology management, in the transfer of technologies developed with public funds to the offshore and maritime industry, and in management of an offshore and maritime industry consortium. The program consortium selected under section 942 shall not be eligible for selection under this section. When appropriate, the Secretary shall consider utilizing the entity selected under this section when implementing the activities authorized by section 975.</text></section> <section id="H4D3ECC0E7EDB4C5BA9A6E9D5B02EE8F"><enum>934.</enum><header>Coal mining technologies</header> <subsection id="H439D80D3C87D4B25921B57D6FB7F524C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program of studies on coal mining technologies. The Secretary shall cooperate with appropriate Federal agencies, coal producers, trade associations, equipment manufacturers, institutions of higher education with mining engineering departments, and other relevant entities.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD1B60E0ACC0D4DE180AFB383F6A8F74"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The activities carried out under this section shall—</text> <paragraph id="HF4F83DC3375A43FC901CD9EAC71E52E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be guided by the mining priorities identified by the Mining Industry of the Future Program and in the recommendations from relevant reports of the National Academy of Sciences on mining technologies; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9B543E4EEF914FD5AE4B93B209E77011"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include activities exploring minimization of contaminants in mined coal that contribute to environmental concerns.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HA1AFF9E0AB664F3D9F6B92F6D0E531F7"><enum>935.</enum><header>Coal and related technologies program</header> <subsection id="H305178C68D6045FB93B9062EA3E47DF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to the programs authorized under title IV, the Secretary shall conduct a program of technology to study coal and power systems, including programs to facilitate production and generation of coal-based power through—</text> <paragraph id="HBE6B917E03F04BF2AE340600A7A3C5BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>innovations for existing plants;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9A6E4D0822944BF79087272561AAD033"><enum>(2)</enum><text>integrated gasification combined cycle;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBF5CD662B2D54078BB981F70566B8D32"><enum>(3)</enum><text>advanced combustion systems;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA566DAC60CA34E8B9C8278A259008CF7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>turbines for synthesis gas derived from coal;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H77F923F69A1A49A29BFF00004D4401BA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>carbon capture and sequestration;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC62016B67D5A4EAFAF8EBCB2FD72A1B7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>coal-derived transportation fuels and chemicals;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA0EFA1EAF78240EEA828D3D39573BABC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>solid fuels and feedstocks;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8385F63B69E940A799B48DE442D6D43D"><enum>(8)</enum><text>advanced studies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C354A2734BC44A684E53F00C09384D4"><enum>(9)</enum><text>advanced separation technologies; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDCAC181A078E402DABCE8ED2FF2F00BB"><enum>(10)</enum><text>a joint project for permeability enhancement in coals for natural gas production and carbon dioxide sequestration.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE9B60612F5FD451AA3C8DCACB7A900B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost and performance goals</header><text>In carrying out programs authorized by this section, the Secretary shall identify cost and performance goals for coal-based technologies that would permit the continued cost-competitive use of coal for electricity generation, as chemical feedstocks, and as transportation fuel in 2007, 2015, and the years after 2020. In establishing such cost and performance goals, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HDCCD831870164750A2FE23E09D008BB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consider activities and studies undertaken to date by industry in cooperation with the Department in support of such assessment;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2C86CDAE34D349AD86AD9DD3F74D0074"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consult with interested entities, including coal producers, industries using coal, organizations to promote coal and advanced coal technologies, environmental organizations, and organizations representing workers;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD5DFA57791C8429B9B8786256946FD43"><enum>(3)</enum><text>not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, publish in the Federal Register proposed draft cost and performance goals for public comments; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0931342B081140DE8F41B8007FA978A8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 4 years thereafter, submit to Congress a report describing final cost and performance goals for such technologies that includes a list of technical milestones as well as an explanation of how programs authorized in this section will not duplicate the activities authorized under the Clean Coal Power Initiative authorized under subtitle A of title IV.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H77578DE5E7DE4CA2BCD47E4BBAEC981"><enum>936.</enum><header>Complex Well Technology Testing Facility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary, in coordination with industry leaders in extended research drilling technology, shall establish a Complex Well Technology Testing Facility at the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center to increase the range of extended drilling technologies.</text></section></part> <part id="H22EB0E993D5C4143B3FEDDD0358BEC3"><enum>II</enum><header>Ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources</header> <section id="H303DC0D1D9B84EC8B8B2128238002EB8"><enum>941.</enum><header>Program authority</header> <subsection id="H1CB666E0FD624582BE89A1454D23C3C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program under this part regarding technologies for ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource exploration and production, including addressing the technology challenges for small producers, safe operations, and environmental mitigation (including reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration of carbon).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4EB32ADA724744969BF22535F6192E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program elements</header><text>The program under this part shall address the following areas, including improving safety and minimizing environmental impacts of activities within each area:</text> <paragraph id="H4ADCD8B7EA024835B13DC9C518C330EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Ultra-deepwater technology, including drilling to formations in the Outer Continental Shelf to depths greater than 15,000 feet.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDDFDE5AB419947CE978F8267A763C2B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Ultra-deepwater architecture.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H60030B5D648045B2AC54516038253021"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource exploration and production technology, including the technology challenges of small producers.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H696559E9A5C94D7987F229D1907F43F7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on location of field activities</header><text>Field activities under the program under this part shall be carried out only—</text> <paragraph id="HB985D14CB0114EF3A3E9988BFED0DDB9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in—</text> <subparagraph id="HC8DC0CF0234E4F1E8764CDF87F6D30BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>areas in the territorial waters of the United States not under any Outer Continental Shelf moratorium as of September 30, 2002;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE19516BB6D794A1CA55D68FD323029AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>areas onshore in the United States on public land administered by the Secretary of the Interior available for oil and gas leasing, where consistent with applicable law and land use plans; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB399779FDF5A458E9B3058EFEB63CDF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>areas onshore in the United States on State or private land, subject to applicable law; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFEADB96226242A8B81100F94B7C1FAD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with the approval of the appropriate Federal or State land management agency or private land owner.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1A13A504B9004AF0B8C4B9E1A94C33D4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultation with Secretary of the Interior</header><text>In carrying out this part, the Secretary shall consult regularly with the Secretary of the Interior.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H5BC7A3A0D916469BAF168156C3DBA346"><enum>942.</enum><header>Ultra-deepwater Program</header> <subsection id="HE925DA4E553742F4958BBA61FA757757"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the activities under section 941(a), to maximize the use of the ultra-deepwater natural gas and other petroleum resources of the United States by increasing the supply of such resources, through reducing the cost and increasing the efficiency of exploration for and production of such resources, while improving safety and minimizing environmental impacts.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H92E33E534DDC41E7839CDF2175BB33EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Role of the Secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall have ultimate responsibility for, and oversight of, all aspects of the program under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9489D9E631084024A350128712FCAAC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Role of the Program consortium</header> <paragraph id="HBD0C70C6DC4945AC8EFAD22E43EF60BE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may contract with a consortium to—</text> <subparagraph id="H58E851BCEBA2429B8EB4EBE4EB9F56AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>manage awards pursuant to subsection (f)(4);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDF6EA9FE1C0D491AA241B676007FB997"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make recommendations to the Secretary for project solicitations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H320A4D31A6BA46CF915D71E238BE00A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>disburse funds awarded under subsection (f) as directed by the Secretary in accordance with the annual plan under subsection (e); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4A322DDD35AC40430092E86C56F18C82"><enum>(D)</enum><text>carry out other activities assigned to the program consortium by this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBD128E4A520F4243977FF13E53C5CDE0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary may not assign any activities to the program consortium except as specifically authorized under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF40E1389DE82471F00A97F3FC375932"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conflict of interest</header> <subparagraph id="H3BA28E778A6547A89C5980B0DAD317E3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The Secretary shall establish procedures—</text> <clause id="H75BCEE432157421900CEDC2E910003B4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to ensure that each board member, officer, or employee of the program consortium who is in a decision-making capacity under subsection (f)(3) or (4) shall disclose to the Secretary any financial interests in, or financial relationships with, applicants for or recipients of awards under this section, including those of his or her spouse or minor child, unless such relationships or interests would be considered to be remote or inconsequential; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB7FC56B9358649769C36AFE66CF2A094"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to require any board member, officer, or employee with a financial relationship or interest disclosed under clause (i) to recuse himself or herself from any review under subsection (f)(3) or oversight under subsection (f)(4) with respect to such applicant or recipient.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H45C537968E074CA7A182216C6C00C425"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Failure to comply</header><text>The Secretary may disqualify an application or revoke an award under this section if a board member, officer, or employee has failed to comply with procedures required under subparagraph (A)(ii).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFA26243A12C849A68F856E65D2AABE4C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection of the Program consortium</header> <paragraph id="H73372B2335D54000894F83AA361EE73E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall select the program consortium through an open, competitive process.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE79B664FD0594D8BA1FEF48538345819"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Members</header><text>The program consortium may include corporations, trade associations, institutions of higher education, National Laboratories, or other research institutions. After submitting a proposal under paragraph (4), the program consortium may not add members without the consent of the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2FD3220682844CAEACC2E566DB741342"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Tax status</header><text>The program consortium shall be an entity that is exempt from tax under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE595547CAC82487FA4A91FDB178E10AE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Schedule</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit proposals from eligible consortia to perform the duties in subsection (c)(1), which shall be submitted not later than 360 days after the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall select the program consortium not later than 18 months after such date of enactment.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF1A583D22AF24E57B07D21CBAAC7F3E2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Applicants shall submit a proposal including such information as the Secretary may require. At a minimum, each proposal shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HE07A57F5AD4749B8923754E5F8FC98C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>list all members of the consortium;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCCC9AA75610D43DABF3CE17992DE0915"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fully describe the structure of the consortium, including any provisions relating to intellectual property; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1D310255A97440719C0108EC9CCA6DC9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describe how the applicant would carry out the activities of the program consortium under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC22EDF8FCA3C4E83AE7734C9E33CC636"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Criterion</header><text>The Secretary shall consider the amount of the fee an applicant proposes to receive under subsection (g) in selecting a consortium under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE761511CFFD849EDA1B8ED7B327B8016"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual plan</header> <paragraph id="H8405382DBAE341BE8370964DA338A584"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The program under this section shall be carried out pursuant to an annual plan prepared by the Secretary in accordance with paragraph (2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H506D3D1A12DA403C89006B1C4D6BA686"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Development</header> <subparagraph id="HF3E399391A384ADD94E3C99FDA9129D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Solicitation of recommendations</header><text>Before drafting an annual plan under this subsection, the Secretary shall solicit specific written recommendations from the program consortium for each element to be addressed in the plan, including those described in paragraph (4). The Secretary may request that the program consortium submit its recommendations in the form of a draft annual plan.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBF4492E315A0475BAAB1D942A540F4CB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Submission of recommendations; other comment</header><text>The Secretary shall submit the recommendations of the program consortium under subparagraph (A) to the Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee established under section 945(a) for review, and such Advisory Committee shall provide to the Secretary written comments by a date determined by the Secretary. The Secretary may also solicit comments from any other experts.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6A2A71E1FBEF418BB6297994E9664C85"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary shall consult regularly with the program consortium throughout the preparation of the annual plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2F40EB035E1045A00044C26903776D73"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The Secretary shall transmit to Congress and publish in the Federal Register the annual plan, along with any written comments received under paragraph (2)(A) and (B).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7308220B5A1E452693F7F2197648A452"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The annual plan shall describe the ongoing and prospective activities of the program under this section and shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H26849FE7557748D28DC161B487C167A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a list of any solicitations for awards that the Secretary plans to issue to carry out research, development, demonstration, or commercial application activities, including the topics for such work, who would be eligible to apply, selection criteria, and the duration of awards; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H936EE72DC3F540FEB16F4BAAAC3FB479"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the activities expected of the program consortium to carry out subsection (f)(4).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C3A4D7D2821409FA862337D01E15D25"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Estimates of increased royalty receipts</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall provide an annual report to Congress with the President’s budget on the estimated cumulative increase in Federal royalty receipts (if any) resulting from the implementation of this part. The initial report under this paragraph shall be submitted in the first President’s budget following the completion of the first annual plan required under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA463A076E4CA41EAA98BAD93C15EDDB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Awards</header> <paragraph id="HDCFF98D13F2C410790435FA2A7976B5F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall make awards to carry out activities under the program under this section. The program consortium shall not be eligible to receive such awards, but members of the program consortium may receive such awards.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBA41D794E54F4B008C5D63C74D7271BC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Proposals</header><text>The Secretary shall solicit proposals for awards under this subsection in such manner and at such time as the Secretary may prescribe, in consultation with the program consortium.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2123741DC50D456BA768A7D070D2E609"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Secretary shall make awards under this subsection through a competitive process, which shall include a review by individuals selected by the Secretary. Such individuals shall include, for each application, Federal officials, the program consortium, and non-Federal experts who are not board members, officers, or employees of the program consortium or of a member of the program consortium.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H84EAF372995948E5A27B2892A284A9F7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Oversight</header> <subparagraph id="H1D9CAADF3BFD4CFB8E71A5BC7F3FABF7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The program consortium shall oversee the implementation of awards under this subsection, consistent with the annual plan under subsection (e), including disbursing funds and monitoring activities carried out under such awards for compliance with the terms and conditions of the awards.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE4230A7B8CEB4004BD88F767244BA7A4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall limit the authority or responsibility of the Secretary to oversee awards, or limit the authority of the Secretary to review or revoke awards.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2E8409B4E59547518700CFE25643BFF5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Provision of information</header><text>The Secretary shall provide to the program consortium the information necessary for the program consortium to carry out its responsibilities under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H15A0CBE9A2F94F59B879E50068793C2E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header> <paragraph id="H7A6B38EFBC1948FA904C83ACF335932"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To compensate the program consortium for carrying out its activities under this section, the Secretary shall provide to the program consortium funds sufficient to administer the program. This compensation may include a management fee consistent with Department of Energy contracting practices and procedures.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDF2BF20F142346A5B6DF44AFFCAADCE7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Advance</header><text>The Secretary shall advance funds to the program consortium upon selection of the consortium, which shall be deducted from amounts to be provided under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H23D2188742CA4ACF896EE6CBA59310C2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Audit</header><text>The Secretary shall retain an independent, commercial auditor to determine the extent to which funds provided to the program consortium, and funds provided under awards made under subsection (f), have been expended in a manner consistent with the purposes and requirements of this part. The auditor shall transmit a report annually to the Secretary, who shall transmit the report to Congress, along with a plan to remedy any deficiencies cited in the report.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H106D4D8435CC4D129144FF9C2F9B7072"><enum>943.</enum><header>Unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources Program</header> <subsection id="H313F7BB83DB54F74BE4D9F81BE687F04"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out activities under subsection 941(b)(3), to maximize the use of the onshore unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources of the United States, by increasing the supply of such resources, through reducing the cost and increasing the efficiency of exploration for and production of such resources, while improving safety and minimizing environmental impacts.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H57947D768B7C43C8A7899DBED323FB5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Awards</header> <paragraph id="HF1432DEC475F41A396716256A5CCAFA8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out this section through awards to consortia made through an open, competitive process. As a condition of award of funds, qualified consortia shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H76071EA2AA344185A000CFAE146F7764"><enum>(A)</enum><text>demonstrate capability and experience in unconventional onshore natural gas or other petroleum technologies;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA35966698F7B4F51ADF3142BAA3CE695"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide a research plan that demonstrates how additional natural gas or oil production will be achieved; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCA57EF5A93464CFC008235969986BA10"><enum>(C)</enum><text>at the request of the Secretary, provide technical advice to the Secretary for the purposes of developing the annual plan required under subsection (e).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1FF3145AD0F145D3917591E6BAA4D562"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Production potential</header><text>The Secretary shall seek to ensure that the number and types of awards made under this subsection have reasonable potential to lead to additional oil and natural gas production on Federal lands.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD552D24085DA48E5B5AB93FED7EF041"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Schedule</header><text>To carry out this subsection, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit proposals from consortia, which shall be submitted not later than 360 days after the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall select the first group of research consortia to receive awards under this subsection not later than 18 months after such date of enactment.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5E905C549C66404D8483B2FC8FD6FDDB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Audit</header><text>The Secretary shall retain an independent, commercial auditor to determine the extent to which funds provided under awards made under this section have been expended in a manner consistent with the purposes and requirements of this part. The auditor shall transmit a report annually to the Secretary, who shall transmit the report to Congress, along with a plan to remedy any deficiencies cited in the report.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF384B4BD397846BEAC3BD8C19F296098"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Focus areas for awards</header> <paragraph id="H52AF08D41262422CA6D7E06CE6BC1CCA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Unconventional resources</header><text>Awards from allocations under section 949(d)(2) shall focus on areas including advanced coalbed methane, deep drilling, natural gas production from tight sands, natural gas production from gas shales, stranded gas, innovative exploration and production techniques, enhanced recovery techniques, and environmental mitigation of unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources exploration and production.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0214DEE9B2FC4B4085D3968C858F98CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Small producers</header><text>Awards from allocations under section 949(d)(3) shall be made to consortia consisting of small producers or organized primarily for the benefit of small producers, and shall focus on areas including complex geology involving rapid changes in the type and quality of the oil and gas reservoirs across the reservoir; low reservoir pressure; unconventional natural gas reservoirs in coalbeds, deep reservoirs, tight sands, or shales; and unconventional oil reservoirs in tar sands and oil shales.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H32965ADB9CA04CD983CA7941AC45FFFD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual plan</header> <paragraph id="H5B94FCACDC944F3B93B59DEAA12D516D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The program under this section shall be carried out pursuant to an annual plan prepared by the Secretary in accordance with paragraph (2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC1F1A4B542D347C2B9E9536363B5C590"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Development</header> <subparagraph id="H330910CD05124C8FA8BFB3FE23CFCBD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Written recommendations</header><text>Before drafting an annual plan under this subsection, the Secretary shall solicit specific written recommendations from the consortia receiving awards under subsection (b) and the Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee for each element to be addressed in the plan, including those described in subparagraph (D).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB013E38CC8BC499BB3B68C3241A6782B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary shall consult regularly with the consortia throughout the preparation of the annual plan.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA1CD686317924D58AB04CC75DDF5994F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The Secretary shall transmit to Congress and publish in the Federal Register the annual plan, along with any written comments received under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0590C1C10DBA4793BBB3A89C61F20078"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The annual plan shall describe the ongoing and prospective activities under this section and shall include a list of any solicitations for awards that the Secretary plans to issue to carry out activities, including the topics for such work, who would be eligible to apply, selection criteria, and the duration of awards.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H99E9FDE497CA42BFBC6412DF8FFEBA60"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Estimates of increased royalty receipts</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall provide an annual report to Congress with the President’s budget on the estimated cumulative increase in Federal royalty receipts (if any) resulting from the implementation of this part. The initial report under this paragraph shall be submitted in the first President’s budget following the completion of the first annual plan required under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H1C6D4EABB4F742FF9749773D03FD222E"><enum>944.</enum><header>Additional requirements for awards</header> <subsection id="HA1E47AE32DFB4F8A889510C861369D4E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Demonstration projects</header><text>An application for an award under this part for a demonstration project shall describe with specificity the intended commercial use of the technology to be demonstrated.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H190966376F4741C9ACABC95E717F09A6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Flexibility in locating demonstration projects</header><text>Subject to the limitation in section 941(c), a demonstration project under this part relating to an ultra-deepwater technology or an ultra-deepwater architecture may be conducted in deepwater depths.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEAD095B73CA646C9A3C217158B478F59"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Intellectual property agreements</header><text>If an award under this part is made to a consortium (other than the program consortium), the consortium shall provide to the Secretary a signed contract agreed to by all members of the consortium describing the rights of each member to intellectual property used or developed under the award.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE0ED5A6CCF17410FA425F3A8E6D215E9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technology transfer</header><text>2.5 percent of the amount of each award made under this part shall be designated for technology transfer and outreach activities under this title.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H82C91FC3B3C34376A3E778CE900535C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cost sharing reduction for independent producers</header><text>In applying the cost sharing requirements under section 972 to an award under this part the Secretary may reduce or eliminate the non-Federal requirement if the Secretary determines that the reduction is necessary and appropriate considering the technological risks involved in the project.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HA768B0B3CEAA474AA335C736F15672CB"><enum>945.</enum><header>Advisory committees</header> <subsection id="H679EAF3F518F40BA94CDB2E2C45389C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee</header> <paragraph id="H79E4B60BE7594C898CB6DC9889BF09A9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish an advisory committee to be known as the Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H507F7B05C8C9447695389CD5E9818EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The advisory committee under this subsection shall be composed of members appointed by the Secretary including—</text> <subparagraph id="H2CA5A591853C44EAB87B73EFC4B3D75E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>individuals with extensive experience or operational knowledge of offshore natural gas and other petroleum exploration and production;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H30C1B153302943EB95C119B4C969ADBD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>individuals broadly representative of the affected interests in ultra-deepwater natural gas and other petroleum production, including interests in environmental protection and safe operations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6E519C4651FF44FCA5380336002E10ED"><enum>(C)</enum><text>no individuals who are Federal employees; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0BCCEF1D08D246FC8F276D6D83A4D278"><enum>(D)</enum><text>no individuals who are board members, officers, or employees of the program consortium.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDE0B654927D34E199FC000F66E6DDFFB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The advisory committee under this subsection shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H0CDB6BA618C24C6880266C4574B87B78"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advise the Secretary on the development and implementation of programs under this part related to ultra-deepwater natural gas and other petroleum resources; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBA0874B0C1EA469981C14CF86217DAC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>carry out section 942(e)(2)(B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC0549E4AF003473EA978A022C7C9754D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>A member of the advisory committee under this subsection shall serve without compensation but shall receive travel expenses in accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6687A0B8E30B46D6876D2702E503CF90"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee</header> <paragraph id="H42B8259A4E2C412F9F5B601BD024FA36"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish an advisory committee to be known as the Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBAAF86F97B554C11B62D507D84B5B113"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The advisory committee under this subsection shall be composed of members appointed by the Secretary including—</text> <subparagraph id="HA992141C7BD34911A93C00E8D5B73C00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a majority of members who are employees or representatives of independent producers of natural gas and other petroleum, including small producers;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD1A25167326145FCBC49F36D938F06E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>individuals with extensive research experience or operational knowledge of unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource exploration and production;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9B631BC21E014752878DB4027674A7F5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>individuals broadly representative of the affected interests in unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource exploration and production, including interests in environmental protection and safe operations; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFAD7B3C648924E929CE189D6AADBA719"><enum>(D)</enum><text>no individuals who are Federal employees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3181DE793C944469BC974200FD9728EB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The advisory committee under this subsection shall advise the Secretary on the development and implementation of activities under this part related to unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H417997DD261F48A690B7D81DFA8D7EF7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>A member of the advisory committee under this subsection shall serve without compensation but shall receive travel expenses in accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB4012E74663F40BAA1A967F4C9BA089"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>No advisory committee established under this section shall make recommendations on funding awards to particular consortia or other entities, or for specific projects.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HD10873F41895449F93C2C0C2A236D0D6"><enum>946.</enum><header>Limits on participation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An entity shall be eligible to receive an award under this part only if the Secretary finds—</text> <paragraph id="HF181A5A6D21E4372A672D103D3B865EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that the entity’s participation in the program under this part would be in the economic interest of the United States; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE5861AF284E549D9ACD6D53889DAB3D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that either—</text> <subparagraph id="HB800DFAB661E44FA866C04851C48CBBD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the entity is a United States-owned entity organized under the laws of the United States; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H26F0869DBC3946E7953F8222596E5E3B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the entity is organized under the laws of the United States and has a parent entity organized under the laws of a country that affords—</text> <clause id="H0A37F18B61874BC09B194D048D605E08"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to United States-owned entities opportunities, comparable to those afforded to any other entity, to participate in any cooperative research venture similar to those authorized under this part;</text></clause> <clause id="H36DC1BE5304A4C6ABC4EE64AC4523A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to United States-owned entities local investment opportunities comparable to those afforded to any other entity; and</text></clause> <clause id="H446BB4B6F7CE44059487CCC5865CF300"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>adequate and effective protection for the intellectual property rights of United States-owned entities.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="HD3D0C43AB54C4045AA1B0034EE5C6FBB"><enum>947.</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authority provided by this part shall terminate on September 30, 2014.</text></section> <section id="H58EBC172489D4C20B7B3350B25071F5"><enum>948.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this part:</text> <paragraph id="HDD357F4E53F04D13B300D26459120044"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deepwater</header><text>The term <term>deepwater</term> means a water depth that is greater than 200 but less than 1,500 meters.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14BCBDC1649F4B489B47202019B20697"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Independent producer of oil or gas</header> <subparagraph id="HF408901A5EF649A396AC2EF53D66B4F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>independent producer of oil or gas</term> means any person that produces oil or gas other than a person to whom subsection (c) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/613A">section 613A</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 does not apply by reason of paragraph (2) (relating to certain retailers) or paragraph (4) (relating to certain refiners) of section 613A(d) of such Code.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB1B921C4D3B245BF8FAED2B501CEECD3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rules for applying paragraphs (2) and (4) of Section 613a<enum-in-header>(d)</enum-in-header></header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), paragraphs (2) and (4) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/613A">section 613A(d)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied by substituting <quote>calendar year</quote> for <quote>taxable year</quote> each place it appears in such paragraphs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD5AF6A8EB0C481ABB000023EF8EDB98"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Program consortium</header><text>The term <term>program consortium</term> means the consortium selected under section 942(d).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H79C5806F57DC4A25B6321400E800FD3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Remote or inconsequential</header><text>The term <term>remote or inconsequential</term> has the meaning given that term in regulations issued by the Office of Government Ethics under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/208">section 208(b)(2)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H78A6F8F8B3124BAD896640A437F2174C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Small producer</header><text>The term <term>small producer</term> means an entity organized under the laws of the United States with production levels of less than 1,000 barrels per day of oil equivalent.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14279248B82D4430AA2387ABE4CEE5E8"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Ultra-deepwater</header><text>The term <term>ultra-deepwater</term> means a water depth that is equal to or greater than 1,500 meters.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA95C3A3159A14029A8E2B08F28247E00"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Ultra-deepwater architecture</header><text>The term <term>ultra-deepwater architecture</term> means the integration of technologies for the exploration for, or production of, natural gas or other petroleum resources located at ultra-deepwater depths.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H855F4AD83E9E421DAF675BA3EBF8000"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Ultra-deepwater Technology</header><text>The term <term>ultra-deepwater technology</term> means a discrete technology that is specially suited to address 1 or more challenges associated with the exploration for, or production of, natural gas or other petroleum resources located at ultra-deepwater depths.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4F667386C0B24D33AFDDB5DC8E7BA599"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource</header><text>The term <term>unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource</term> means natural gas and other petroleum resource located onshore in an economically inaccessible geological formation, including resources of small producers.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H41DC66356AA64FD8A8E65B3727C01FF4"><enum>949.</enum><header>Funding</header> <subsection id="H9B34DA587D014EC6AD9E08F7A9CA8F73"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header> <paragraph id="H537956EFDAEB473F964112003760008D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Oil and gas lease income</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2005 through 2014, from any Federal royalties, rents, and bonuses derived from Federal onshore and offshore oil and gas leases issued under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the <act-name parsable-cite="MLA">Mineral Leasing Act</act-name> which are deposited in the Treasury, and after distribution of any such funds as described in subsection (c), $50,000,000 shall be deposited into the Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research Fund (in this section referred to as the Fund). For purposes of this section, the term <term>royalties</term> excludes proceeds from the sale of royalty production taken in kind and royalty production that is transferred under section 27(a)(3) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1353">43 U.S.C. 1353(a)(3)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2F64A42C19C84212A9A73CEA2C00223B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>In addition to amounts described in paragraph (1), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, to be deposited in the Fund, $150,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2005 through 2014, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE64D9172ADF04011B0499078E8F76920"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Obligational authority</header><text>Monies in the Fund shall be available to the Secretary for obligation under this part without fiscal year limitation, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6BCDA7DBB19641C9B000EB88B56951DC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prior distributions</header><text>The distributions described in subsection (a) are those required by law—</text> <paragraph id="H814955ED5ED646859FBCEAE6A77C2534"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to States and to the Reclamation Fund under the <act-name parsable-cite="MLA">Mineral Leasing Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/191">30 U.S.C. 191(a)</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H42C674072E544ED88762BDA701669CA5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to other funds receiving monies from Federal oil and gas leasing programs, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H471C272E210F4B21840772BDEE907CB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any recipients pursuant to section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1337">43 U.S.C. 1337(g)</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H82D91EFD8563430EB6AC6062E999577C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Land and Water Conservation Fund, pursuant to section 2(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="LWCFA">Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4601-5">16 U.S.C. 4601–5(c)</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H34A65EE77D2D4D8CBC05BD8F59B053C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Historic Preservation Fund, pursuant to section 108 of the National Historic Preservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/470h">16 U.S.C. 470h</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFF318D45100A4E820024236F405CE3A8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Secure Energy Reinvestment Fund.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB095EDD7F05E48A7BE7013BA708F4EF2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Amounts obligated from the Fund under this section in each fiscal year shall be allocated as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HB2DC2975D10C4EDBB600D100D26E46E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>50 percent shall be for activities under section 942.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB139313AE7C2439B85931B0100324275"><enum>(2)</enum><text>35 percent shall be for activities under section 943(d)(1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H593491991C4949FF825D591C3B074368"><enum>(3)</enum><text>10 percent shall be for activities under section 943(d)(2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE61CD713452A486B817EAEB1819F7122"><enum>(4)</enum><text>5 percent shall be for research under section 941(d).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8693D61610774885908736E866D9E0CA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Fund</header><text>There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a separate fund to be known as the <quote>Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research Fund</quote>.</text></subsection></section></part></subtitle> <subtitle id="H97F07E773A254EE294DF009305E389E9"><enum>F</enum><header>Energy Sciences</header> <section id="H3A20571F49C24B2CADBF662DD44BD0AE"><enum>953.</enum><header>Plan for Fusion Energy Sciences Program</header> <subsection id="HEF60867C36354543B7A9B2B89863E6D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Declaration of policy</header><text>It shall be the policy of the United States to conduct a program of activities to ensure that the United States is competitive with other nations in providing fusion energy for its own needs and the needs of other nations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H599310CB6BDD4B81AAF41513464B42FB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Planning</header> <paragraph id="H5F9B581A6D394D5B85D4D532DEB05535"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall present to Congress a plan, with proposed cost estimates, budgets, and potential international partners, for the implementation of the policy described in subsection (a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H421DE2D059BA471D90F210BCB7D780E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Costs and schedules</header><text>Such plan shall also address the status of and, to the degree possible, costs and schedules for—</text> <subparagraph id="H5706E7DE5003414DAD45B792FEECD0C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the design and implementation of international or national facilities for the testing of fusion materials; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H95F77BF6F41C4924ABA6AC79B764586"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the design and implementation of international or national facilities for the testing and development of key fusion technologies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H4B611E6581BB4F2EAB6ED3DE3343B3C"><enum>954.</enum><header>Spallation Neutron Source</header> <subsection id="H0161EFE8D7ED409D8925FF5CA6A66280"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For the purposes of this section, the term <term>Spallation Neutron Source</term> means Department Project 99–E–334, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0E33E2C780704F81B4B950474DBCDAAB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>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.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5C47289ACF5C49748B99EADFBEE1FD9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The total amount obligated by the Department, including prior year appropriations, for the Spallation Neutron Source shall not exceed—</text> <paragraph id="HA3A2C2DA38B342F9A073AE919916A7D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$1,192,700,000 for costs of construction;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H78924EFEB7B7490CBD92E760BE52B363"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$219,000,000 for other project costs; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H248935CD6F074705B74E089E09B5E187"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$1,411,700,000 for total project cost.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H5AED47207BB74728A4B15A702CF5C48"><enum>962.</enum><header>Nitrogen fixation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct studies on biological nitrogen fixation, including plant genomics research relevant to the development of commercial crop varieties with enhanced nitrogen fixation efficiency and ability.</text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H6C44EAF8012C4662BC09A32412CC977"><enum>G</enum><header>Energy and environment</header> <section id="HA15E4C2C72E94E3EB5AF4730B69E9B9"><enum>966.</enum><header>Waste reduction and use of alternatives</header> <subsection id="H33B919B4ADB8410F8B259C1F7CC967A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant authority</header><text>The Secretary may make a single grant to a qualified institution to examine burning post-consumer carpet in cement kilns as an alternative energy source. The purposes of the grant shall include determining—</text> <paragraph id="HCB1FFFEE859047F6904B9271B1EFA9B0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>how post-consumer carpet can be burned without disrupting kiln operations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA890048F2B434FDFAFB6B0EA871D13A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to which overall kiln emissions may be reduced;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAF7425168D3042BC8609CF88500083E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the emissions of air pollutants and other relevant environmental impacts; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H374323C6122D485E9818123627873BCC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>how this process provides benefits to both cement kiln operations and carpet suppliers.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6CE5C9ADA68A416380E9535DEC044CE4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified institution</header><text>For the purposes of subsection (a), a qualified institution is an institution of higher education with demonstrated expertise in the fields of fiber recycling and logistical modeling of carpet waste collection and preparation.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDEB0872E7B194B6AB23600423892796B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section $500,000.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H32E492E36D86462180A9355452C3395F"><enum>967.</enum><header>Report on fuel cell test center</header> <subsection id="H7CAFB007704B4FDF803913070602B6A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of a study of the establishment of a test center for next-generation fuel cells at an institution of higher education that has available a continuous source of hydrogen and access to the electric transmission grid. Such report shall include a conceptual design for such test center and a projection of the costs of establishing the test center.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9A805AE91EA14EC69F24384CF6AFBB4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section $500,000.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HA83B441290EF494790F362705D623296"><enum>968.</enum><header>Arctic Engineering Research Center</header> <subsection id="HC8AD26F82EF04F12AE19513D4915DF51"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Energy (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the United States Arctic Research Commission shall provide annual grants to a university located adjacent to the Arctic Energy Office of the Department of Energy, to establish and operate a university research center to be headquartered in Fairbanks and to be known as the <quote>Arctic Engineering Research Center</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Center</quote>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H30E0BEA75C704123B4FB83DE1450F600"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the Center shall be to conduct research on, and develop improved methods of, construction and use of materials to improve the overall performance of roads, bridges, residential, commercial, and industrial structures, and other infrastructure in the Arctic region, with an emphasis on developing—</text> <paragraph id="HC400BACA0CE94B2B9E048DEC7FFB8C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>new construction techniques for roads, bridges, rail, and related transportation infrastructure and residential, commercial, and industrial infrastructure that are capable of withstanding the Arctic environment and using limited energy resources as efficiently as possible;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0CDB771C5E584E4B8D40E9A8C52892DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>technologies and procedures for increasing road, bridge, rail, and related transportation infrastructure and residential, commercial, and industrial infrastructure safety, reliability, and integrity in the Arctic region;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED55979A3E594A29AEED57E9665246E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>new materials and improving the performance and energy efficiency of existing materials for the construction of roads, bridges, rail, and related transportation infrastructure and residential, commercial, and industrial infrastructure in the Arctic region; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9AE104849B274EF4AA220030ACBFC6DC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>recommendations for new local, regional, and State permitting and building codes to ensure transportation and building safety and efficient energy use when constructing, using, and occupying such infrastructure in the Arctic region.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H87C82C15C8C04C8B98303E2EC6561DAD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The Center shall carry out—</text> <paragraph id="H7F8F37C29BFF44E588958B52DAED63C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>basic and applied research in the subjects described in subsection (b), the products of which shall be judged by peers or other experts in the field to advance the body of knowledge in road, bridge, rail, and infrastructure engineering in the Arctic region; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H758C41D183C64DA58B00BB02A8C8A886"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an ongoing program of technology transfer that makes research results available to potential users in a form that can be implemented.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H30E98C36713B44CFB53B262F2E031722"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amount of grant</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2005 through 2010, the Secretary shall provide a grant in the amount of $3,000,000 to the institution specified in subsection (a) to carry out this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3222C06F82344F04BD40C61F5BF8B4C4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2010.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HB7D68D05328D4490B88381D2A6FFB384"><enum>970.</enum><header>Western Michigan demonstration project</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the State of Michigan and affected local officials, shall conduct a demonstration project to address the effect of transported ozone and ozone precursors in Southwestern Michigan. The demonstration program shall address projected nonattainment areas in Southwestern Michigan that include counties with design values for ozone of less than .095 based on years 2000 to 2002 or the most current 3-year period of air quality data. The Administrator shall assess any difficulties such areas may experience in meeting the 8 hour national ambient air quality standard for ozone due to the effect of transported ozone or ozone precursors into the areas. The Administrator shall work with State and local officials to determine the extent of ozone and ozone precursor transport, to assess alternatives to achieve compliance with the 8 hour standard apart from local controls, and to determine the timeframe in which such compliance could take place. The Administrator shall complete this demonstration project no later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section and shall not impose any requirement or sanction that might otherwise apply during the pendency of the demonstration project.</text></section> <section id="HCD788B2ADB2A4E92AB6D9632FC889D8B"><enum>971.</enum><header>Low-cost hydrogen propulsion and infrastructure</header> <subsection id="HF934B2FA6EB143D99CBF619F7569586F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall—</text> <paragraph id="H6C3AA78D92EF4C8393D200EFA597FD7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish a program with respect to the feasibility of using hydrogen propulsion in light-weight vehicles and the integration of the associated hydrogen production infrastructure using off-the-shelf components; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D5217E7495A46C3BF829844B0E0D79E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify universities and institutions that—</text> <subparagraph id="HA2F27E31D91A4D239F07D11DF124F45C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have expertise in operating and testing vehicles fueled by hydrogen, methane, and other fuels;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4BB9B4554D0C4BC3A0F2A439B8AABB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have expertise in integrating off-the-shelf components to minimize cost; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA4CA1B3A89B24D42B95E6EA72FFFF4D4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">within two years can test a vehicle based on an existing commercially available platform with a curb weight of not less than 2,000 pounds before modifications, that—</text> <clause id="H0F5E5AF8EDF347B0BF7118DB5B401D00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>operates solely on hydrogen gas;</text></clause> <clause id="H56B5A914E294411B87C911D763C6494"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>can travel a minimum of 300 miles under normal road conditions; and</text></clause> <clause id="H98F2B916B7AE449CAC03F49055539200"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>uses hydrogen produced from water using only solar energy.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFC997B0075234EAB8BF207BFB5FF7434"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for carrying out this section $200,000 for fiscal year 2006. Such sums shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H5505ADD44B0A4002B2F01DAA09330066"><enum>972.</enum><header>Carbon-based fuel cell development</header> <subsection id="H1531C93B5329462AAF46E0AAFF21E76"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant authority</header><text>The Secretary of Energy is authorized to make a single grant to a qualified institution to design and fabricate a 5-kilowatt prototype coal-based fuel cell with the following performance objectives:</text> <paragraph id="HA03217010B8045B498A65F2BCF575B32"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A current density of 600 milliamps per square centimeter at a cell voltage of 0.8 volts.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69F23647F99D441C858455D5DF362346"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An operating temperature range not to exceed 900 degrees celsius.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDA4BF4A6B3A14980B100CD60BCA66943"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified institution</header><text>For the purposes of subsection (a), a qualified institution is a research-intensive institution of higher education with demonstrated expertise in the development of carbon-based fuel cells allowing the direct use of high sulfur content coal as fuel, and which has produced a laboratory-scale carbon-based fuel cell with a proven current density of 100 milliamps per square centimeter at a voltage of 0.6 volts.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC3A8F312B8E2429EAEC4003CC91E23B5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for carrying out this section $850,000 for fiscal year 2006.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H562F91A908744921B0D4B9B9EF8E67B9"><enum>H</enum><header>International Cooperation</header> <section id="H7DA0F6BA35DE4DD3BA87BE21CC6EB9B"><enum>981.</enum><header>United States-Israel cooperation</header> <subsection id="H5E6D449E024D4289B139EF9352221CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congress finds that—</text> <paragraph id="H82E9639D1ADA475000C599EBC2433C5E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on February 1, 1996, United States Secretary of Energy Hazel R. O’Leary and Israeli Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Gonen Segev signed the Agreement between the Department of Energy of the United States of America and the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure of Israel Concerning Energy Cooperation, to establish a framework for collaboration between the United States and Israel in energy research and development activities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D1CC8BDB72E40DBA6391775EF98003D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Agreement entered into force in February 2000;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D9AF9278EBC44A49EEB4E86658E78A7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in February 2005, the Agreement was automatically renewed for one additional 5-year period pursuant to Article X of the Agreement; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC52C6ACFBC4240B1B74C873E6D504D4F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>under the Agreement, the United States and Israel may cooperate in energy research and development in a variety of alternative and advanced energy sectors.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6793AC1DDD014B69A3B66330EC2D0306"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header> <paragraph id="H50D0C6984D0047FDB5A757BEFF4D9EDC" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of Energy shall report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate on—</text> <subparagraph id="HB857C88768F7436CBE00F838ADE3C7A4" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>how the United States and Israel have cooperated on energy research and development activities under the Agreement;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAA8058274F074FE5979D7BB9BE729062" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>projects initiated pursuant to the Agreement; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4B76FD29405343DBA8B25D64D0307373" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>plans for future cooperation and joint projects under the Agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5565F0A1A7EC49F78202D942FD4C178B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The report shall be submitted no later than three months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H003D8880E13B4E70A8648018B86C8BBF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of the Congress that energy cooperation between the Governments of the United States and Israel is mutually beneficial in the development of energy technology.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <enum>X</enum><header>Department of energy management</header> <section id="HF2A26C030CEC49FDB2E9BCD4238B33CE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Additional Assistant Secretary position</header> <subsection id="HE1742A2A047C4FC1BCF71214338CB4E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional Assistant Secretary position to enable improved management of nuclear energy issues</header> <paragraph id="H58EE2B0AF6634D59B5CFC97951FA00A1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 203(a) of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7133">42 U.S.C. 7133(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>six Assistant Secretaries</quote> and inserting <quote>7 Assistant Secretaries</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7CFC8864B4214AC383E400A80F3C7E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the leadership for departmental missions in nuclear energy should be at the Assistant Secretary level.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H320BA9EDC61E49FA9FEB2B452B32AC6E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="H178F0721C23C4CDDA48327A8497FF63D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Title 5</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5315">Section 5315</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretaries of Energy (6)</quote> and inserting <quote>Assistant Secretaries of Energy (7)</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H838FC16B065F470FB3C06CC4C8D27900"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Department of Energy Organization Act</header><text>The table of contents for the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7101">42 U.S.C. 7101</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H16D5877E8CA14B33B9E9F21B7D79C100"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Section 209</quote> and inserting <quote>Sec. 209</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2E14FE5E82E640EF8EF4006F80741878"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>213.</quote> and inserting <quote>Sec. 213.</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9ED1BC818AC54464877E82D740E0F7F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>214.</quote> and inserting <quote>Sec. 214.</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H76DE2AC9C1AD4367801CBBF50076FD87"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>215.</quote> and inserting <quote>Sec. 215.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H84AD6B408D8B408B833E3ECB01C4E7D8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking <quote>216.</quote> and inserting <quote>Sec. 216.</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H2C0102E9D264448592EB39BAAEB8C3C2"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Other transactions authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 646 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7256">42 U.S.C. 7256</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H3E148E055A6648EFACD712885B9F72E0"> <subsection id="H607C3E07CFBC46AB976D9CE117AD4BEF"><enum>(g)</enum> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9BA95B099DE148C8A36C07C015AD50F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In addition to other authorities granted to the Secretary under law, the Secretary may enter into other transactions on such terms as the Secretary may deem appropriate in furtherance of research, development, or demonstration functions vested in the Secretary. Such other transactions shall not be subject to the provisions of section 9 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5908">42 U.S.C. 5908</external-xref>) or section 152 of the <act-name parsable-cite="AEA54">Atomic Energy Act of 1954</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2182">42 U.S.C. 2182</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HC6A9A34F7D3E478B97D1B47EF6DE9B4B"><enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1FC61B8D6D94484E9478B2EE67C0E4F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary shall ensure that—</text> <clause indent="up1" id="H00EF7E6AAB4A4E94BC5D015EF3CEC95D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to the maximum extent the Secretary determines practicable, no transaction entered into under paragraph (1) provides for research, development, or demonstration that duplicates research, development, or demonstration being conducted under existing projects carried out by the Department;</text></clause> <clause indent="up1" id="HD2B5DD7D837C4B0DA4F8F5FDCAA2CC3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to the extent the Secretary determines practicable, the funds provided by the Government under a transaction authorized by paragraph (1) do not exceed the total amount provided by other parties to the transaction; and</text></clause> <clause indent="up1" id="H9E65FF71095442FF9D9875F59C292235"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to the extent the Secretary determines practicable, competitive, merit-based selection procedures shall be used when entering into transactions under paragraph (1).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H2DAE29760F854A6CAFE572B500A5F15"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A transaction authorized by paragraph (1) may be used for a research, development, or demonstration project only if the Secretary makes a written determination that the use of a standard contract, grant, or cooperative agreement for the project is not feasible or appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HE6734DD050264FB3B72C16E049679171"><enum>(3)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD0E7B834398E4DB39E26EA13E7C139B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary shall protect from disclosure, including disclosure under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, for up to 5 years after the date the information is received by the Secretary—</text> <clause indent="up1" id="H683E9BDCA58F42BBB15F004BFE086C85"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a proposal, proposal abstract, and supporting documents submitted to the Department in a competitive or noncompetitive process having the potential for resulting in an award under paragraph (1) to the party submitting the information; and</text></clause> <clause indent="up1" id="H84E3ED5934514B5990D4C7B54FF06DD3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a business plan and technical information relating to a transaction authorized by paragraph (1) submitted to the Department as confidential business information.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HEB9126F51D8A48A79B5BDCF328006413"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary may protect from disclosure, for up to 5 years after the information was developed, any information developed pursuant to a transaction under paragraph (1) which developed information is of a character that it would be protected from disclosure under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552(b)(4)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, if obtained from a person other than a Federal agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HB61EDBA9BFA64B5587D8821211AD19EC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for using other transactions authorized by paragraph (1). Such guidelines shall be published in the Federal Register for public comment under rulemaking procedures of the Department.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H7B26E1098B5E462FA5C1B5D3A9E1EF7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The authority of the Secretary under this subsection may be delegated only to an officer of the Department who is appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and may not be delegated to any other person.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H14B99A7D96AB473F9FC0D9C3506289AF"><enum>(6)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3976A5FFDEA44A238315BC422FA1009C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than September 31, 2006, the Comptroller General of the United States shall report to Congress on the Department’s use of the authorities granted under this section, including the ability to attract nontraditional government contractors and whether additional safeguards are needed with respect to the use of such authorities.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H67B59642D521417893850099362DECBF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In this section, the term <term>nontraditional Government contractor</term> has the same meaning as the term <term>nontraditional defense contractor</term> as defined in section 845(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/160">Public Law 103–160</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2371">10 U.S.C. 2371</external-xref> note).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H8FD1E54A55AE4143AFAE38EBEDA2C591"><enum>1003.</enum><header>University collaboration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall transmit to the Congress a report that examines the feasibility of promoting collaborations between major universities and other colleges and universities in grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements made by the Secretary for energy projects. For purposes of this section, major universities are schools listed by the Carnegie Foundation as Doctoral Research Extensive Universities. The Secretary shall also consider providing incentives to increase the inclusion of small institutions of higher education, including minority-serving institutions, in energy grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements.</text></section> <section id="H37899349F427470280DC1F3DFCE0B5D"><enum>1004.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> It is the sense of the Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="HDA595E9FE3394353953478C290F134B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of Energy should develop and implement more stringent procurement and inventory controls, including controls on the purchase card program, to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer funds by employees and contractors of the Department of Energy; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0256887FC2CB4D81819D57DFDE36C4B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Department’s Inspector General should continue to closely review purchase card purchases and other procurement and inventory practices at the Department.</text></paragraph></section> <enum>XII</enum><header>Electricity</header> <section id="H51B69C418A044295A9C6F2C1D70492B5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Electric Reliability Act of 2005</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <subtitle id="H0E1A07E9A4C0417AAF00768D18C93806"><enum>A</enum><header>Reliability Standards</header> <section id="HC9702A02981B4A379C8DCD92ECD16C5"><enum>1211.</enum><header>Electric reliability standards</header> <subsection id="H06BACAE638BE4C29A06BC6AC1E290051"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Part II of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C 824 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H26FCFB7B3C3748708864F4420031CA04"> <section id="H5537A79D3ED94AE7857C291020DCB343"><enum>215.</enum><header>Electric reliability</header> <subsection id="H44EAE2CB46AD4018971C3630B6502F86"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="HA5D29E115ED847D9A5C64CB8342D04F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>bulk-power system</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H901DA40076B14617AECF0AE384FA2A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>facilities and control systems necessary for operating an interconnected electric energy transmission network (or any portion thereof); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H496CFF8A02134BBBB0F6099B00F252E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>electric energy from generation facilities needed to maintain transmission system reliability.</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">The term does not include facilities used in the local distribution of electric energy.</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H58BB0FEF8CBE465CB577CBD7EE37DAD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The terms <term>Electric Reliability Organization</term> and <term>ERO</term> mean the organization certified by the Commission under subsection (c) the purpose of which is to establish and enforce reliability standards for the bulk-power system, subject to Commission review.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC774F3B0851461C9306D9E0B4245773"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term <term>reliability standard</term> means a requirement, approved by the Commission under this section, to provide for reliable operation of the bulk-power system. The term includes requirements for the operation of existing bulk-power system facilities, including cybersecurity protection, and the design of planned additions or modifications to such facilities to the extent necessary to provide for reliable operation of the bulk-power system, but the term does not include any requirement to enlarge such facilities or to construct new transmission capacity or generation capacity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC9993448BFA648D795C81C6FE7F42C8D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term <term>reliable operation</term> means operating the elements of the bulk-power system within equipment and electric system thermal, voltage, and stability limits so that instability, uncontrolled separation, or cascading failures of such system will not occur as a result of a sudden disturbance, including a cybersecurity incident, or unanticipated failure of system elements.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H556849053C5B4D06AA69453F2519C63"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The term <term>Interconnection</term> means a geographic area in which the operation of bulk-power system components is synchronized such that the failure of 1 or more of such components may adversely affect the ability of the operators of other components within the system to maintain reliable operation of the facilities within their control.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA3F60FB0DAE641BA8E4FF1CC6FC3C892"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The term <term>transmission organization</term> means a Regional Transmission Organization, Independent System Operator, independent transmission provider, or other transmission organization finally approved by the Commission for the operation of transmission facilities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92E7538087F94C18007205A7299FECFE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The term <term>regional entity</term> means an entity having enforcement authority pursuant to subsection (e)(4).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H30C1C83E3D1742A689C6FB0062EA001E"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>cybersecurity incident</quote> means a malicious act or suspicious event that disrupts, or was an attempt to disrupt, the operation of those programmable electronic devices and communication networks including hardware, software and data that are essential to the reliable operation of the bulk power system.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H14964A5CBA70457D890036EAA31497C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Jurisdiction and applicability</header> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H95C8DAEF40FF4B2C0011863E44FAE3F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commission shall have jurisdiction, within the United States, over the ERO certified by the Commission under subsection (c), any regional entities, and all users, owners and operators of the bulk-power system, including but not limited to the entities described in section 201(f), for purposes of approving reliability standards established under this section and enforcing compliance with this section. All users, owners and operators of the bulk-power system shall comply with reliability standards that take effect under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HF3BDF03C2DD24704AE62B114FD5808B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Commission shall issue a final rule to implement the requirements of this section not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF7DF1B20947A4B6E9829D3F4ADB00E1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>Following the issuance of a Commission rule under subsection (b)(2), any person may submit an application to the Commission for certification as the Electric Reliability Organization. The Commission may certify 1 such ERO if the Commission determines that such ERO—</text> <paragraph id="H5B43ECBDEE5B4DF18C008DAF3C21FF65"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has the ability to develop and enforce, subject to subsection (e)(2), reliability standards that provide for an adequate level of reliability of the bulk-power system; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD6B4CDEDF2E040C3906C345EDFFD049C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has established rules that—</text> <subparagraph id="HAB83F78F8346412B8FC4A3099A1F940"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assure its independence of the users and owners and operators of the bulk-power system, while assuring fair stakeholder representation in the selection of its directors and balanced decisionmaking in any ERO committee or subordinate organizational structure;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA393B837E8B44FC9AFA697D3FBD59C37"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allocate equitably reasonable dues, fees, and other charges among end users for all activities under this section;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAEF4A563A1CC4333A8672F2BB74F812E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide fair and impartial procedures for enforcement of reliability standards through the imposition of penalties in accordance with subsection (e) (including limitations on activities, functions, or operations, or other appropriate sanctions);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5317462F4D0143A3A0FA544258B5F8C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide for reasonable notice and opportunity for public comment, due process, openness, and balance of interests in developing reliability standards and otherwise exercising its duties; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H59C8CCF9CE6441DE9B18CAFB009D8BA7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide for taking, after certification, appropriate steps to gain recognition in Canada and Mexico.</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">The total amount of all dues, fees, and other charges collected by the ERO in each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2015 and allocated under subparagraph (B) shall not exceed $50,000,000.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H48BD1E423B3444C2BFBB482512F79844"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reliability standards</header> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H71910462A8984D84846DE08CBFC24DA2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Electric Reliability Organization shall file each reliability standard or modification to a reliability standard that it proposes to be made effective under this section with the Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H24B4F64A2669488182F96646004142AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Commission may approve, by rule or order, a proposed reliability standard or modification to a reliability standard if it determines that the standard is just, reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential, and in the public interest. The Commission shall give due weight to the technical expertise of the Electric Reliability Organization with respect to the content of a proposed standard or modification to a reliability standard and to the technical expertise of a regional entity organized on an Interconnection-wide basis with respect to a reliability standard to be applicable within that Interconnection, but shall not defer with respect to the effect of a standard on competition. A proposed standard or modification shall take effect upon approval by the Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HC5BA9B626A814CE39700C978A137EC71"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Electric Reliability Organization shall rebuttably presume that a proposal from a regional entity organized on an Interconnection-wide basis for a reliability standard or modification to a reliability standard to be applicable on an Interconnection-wide basis is just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential, and in the public interest.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H8F1D8E5297F345DDBCDE1F6E0063F1DE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Commission shall remand to the Electric Reliability Organization for further consideration a proposed reliability standard or a modification to a reliability standard that the Commission disapproves in whole or in part.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HF896AE32101D4A6A95031275DE28EC32"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Commission, upon its own motion or upon complaint, may order the Electric Reliability Organization to submit to the Commission a proposed reliability standard or a modification to a reliability standard that addresses a specific matter if the Commission considers such a new or modified reliability standard appropriate to carry out this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H41A9D420C9C643D3B03D56654D4E4234"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The final rule adopted under subsection (b)(2) shall include fair processes for the identification and timely resolution of any conflict between a reliability standard and any function, rule, order, tariff, rate schedule, or agreement accepted, approved, or ordered by the Commission applicable to a transmission organization. Such transmission organization shall continue to comply with such function, rule, order, tariff, rate schedule or agreement accepted approved, or ordered by the Commission until—</text> <subparagraph id="H1F18A37C303141D89D6E9B5CFA2012A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Commission finds a conflict exists between a reliability standard and any such provision;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9E168D0F63584DB0889B476459B000BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Commission orders a change to such provision pursuant to section 206 of this part; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9C10A2C4EE62405C853F65E4B9E2C714"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the ordered change becomes effective under this part.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">If the Commission determines that a reliability standard needs to be changed as a result of such a conflict, it shall order the ERO to develop and file with the Commission a modified reliability standard under paragraph (4) or (5) of this subsection.</continuation-text></subsection> <subsection id="HD97671BB18A14B51B4DEDE34F8008E74"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Enforcement</header> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0DE5F50F2D4F48D284D0E3B434E4DA91"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The ERO may impose, subject to paragraph (2), a penalty on a user or owner or operator of the bulk-power system for a violation of a reliability standard approved by the Commission under subsection (d) if the ERO, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing—</text> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HEE64624C34C1432CA9C0A5E1F8C6F568"><enum>(A)</enum><text>finds that the user or owner or operator has violated a reliability standard approved by the Commission under subsection (d); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H86AB013F351F49C29CE12001FBEF1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>files notice and the record of the proceeding with the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H56EDE908A80C430B91CC5E066D5E2C29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A penalty imposed under paragraph (1) may take effect not earlier than the 31st day after the ERO files with the Commission notice of the penalty and the record of proceedings. Such penalty shall be subject to review by the Commission, on its own motion or upon application by the user, owner or operator that is the subject of the penalty filed within 30 days after the date such notice is filed with the Commission. Application to the Commission for review, or the initiation of review by the Commission on its own motion, shall not operate as a stay of such penalty unless the Commission otherwise orders upon its own motion or upon application by the user, owner or operator that is the subject of such penalty. In any proceeding to review a penalty imposed under paragraph (1), the Commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing (which hearing may consist solely of the record before the ERO and opportunity for the presentation of supporting reasons to affirm, modify, or set aside the penalty), shall by order affirm, set aside, reinstate, or modify the penalty, and, if appropriate, remand to the ERO for further proceedings. The Commission shall implement expedited procedures for such hearings.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H69889C7B52DA40E9932D5F6962462089"><enum>(3)</enum><text>On its own motion or upon complaint, the Commission may order compliance with a reliability standard and may impose a penalty against a user or owner or operator of the bulk-power system if the Commission finds, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, that the user or owner or operator of the bulk-power system has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices that constitute or will constitute a violation of a reliability standard.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H9267EF30625044299D66E3C0EABF9235"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Commission shall issue regulations authorizing the ERO to enter into an agreement to delegate authority to a regional entity for the purpose of proposing reliability standards to the ERO and enforcing reliability standards under paragraph (1) if—</text> <subparagraph id="HA85DEC30C4A0454DBD5CA046BA14693F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the regional entity is governed by—</text> <clause id="HE4D1EA7D2AD246A9A42D32266C3BFF00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an independent board;</text></clause> <clause id="H2ACEB41FB03245FC904DDA5BD367905F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a balanced stakeholder board; or</text></clause> <clause id="H17388033798F4DC4A3C980CAF4D4E276"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a combination independent and balanced stakeholder board.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA6E6B64B93054F08BBA80500CA1D06B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the regional entity otherwise satisfies the provisions of subsection (c)(1) and (2); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB5DB7E3332174DD7BF7E13FFEE5E96B1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the agreement promotes effective and efficient administration of bulk-power system reliability.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">The Commission may modify such delegation. The ERO and the Commission shall rebuttably presume that a proposal for delegation to a regional entity organized on an Interconnection-wide basis promotes effective and efficient administration of bulk-power system reliability and should be approved. Such regulation may provide that the Commission may assign the ERO’s authority to enforce reliability standards under paragraph (1) directly to a regional entity consistent with the requirements of this paragraph.</continuation-text> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HC8C87BEA270C46458D1D6D855C8472C3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Commission may take such action as is necessary or appropriate against the ERO or a regional entity to ensure compliance with a reliability standard or any Commission order affecting the ERO or a regional entity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H6CCD452470904658B9AABDD0D6F13DCF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Any penalty imposed under this section shall bear a reasonable relation to the seriousness of the violation and shall take into consideration the efforts of such user, owner, or operator to remedy the violation in a timely manner.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC1AACBCCC8E14635004E45C313643097"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Changes in Electric Reliability Organization rules</header><text>The Electric Reliability Organization shall file with the Commission for approval any proposed rule or proposed rule change, accompanied by an explanation of its basis and purpose. The Commission, upon its own motion or complaint, may propose a change to the rules of the ERO. A proposed rule or proposed rule change shall take effect upon a finding by the Commission, after notice and opportunity for comment, that the change is just, reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential, is in the public interest, and satisfies the requirements of subsection (c).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDE042B0CF5144213A7E0BE2C11984FB2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reliability reports</header><text>The ERO shall conduct periodic assessments of the reliability and adequacy of the bulk-power system in North America.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB5716DD087A84931BB1B99C9170086F2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Coordination with Canada and Mexico</header><text>The President is urged to negotiate international agreements with the governments of Canada and Mexico to provide for effective compliance with reliability standards and the effectiveness of the ERO in the United States and Canada or Mexico.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H881DAA69FEE6461AB557DC538003E00"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Savings provisions</header> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA1B575DDFFC94E7DBE49E3C2D284C3ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The ERO shall have authority to develop and enforce compliance with reliability standards for only the bulk-power system.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H99AD4BCA0DEF4A99AA89CD8BD05BBF1F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>This section does not authorize the ERO or the Commission to order the construction of additional generation or transmission capacity or to set and enforce compliance with standards for adequacy or safety of electric facilities or services.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HC8B26A8846B9494AA23E25CD6DA6BFB0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt any authority of any State to take action to ensure the safety, adequacy, and reliability of electric service within that State, as long as such action is not inconsistent with any reliability standard, except that the State of New York may establish rules that result in greater reliability within that State, as long as such action does not result in lesser reliability outside the State than that provided by the reliability standards.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H07F8E196C57B4719842CD9946620A357"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Within 90 days of the application of the Electric Reliability Organization or other affected party, and after notice and opportunity for comment, the Commission shall issue a final order determining whether a State action is inconsistent with a reliability standard, taking into consideration any recommendation of the ERO.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H69C09189F2304ACFA324D03F9B6DF2A8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Commission, after consultation with the ERO and the State taking action, may stay the effectiveness of any State action, pending the Commission’s issuance of a final order.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H79EAAFD8D4954FD2BBD08C418157E9A9"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Regional advisory bodies</header><text>The Commission shall establish a regional advisory body on the petition of at least <fraction>2/3</fraction> of the States within a region that have more than <fraction>1/2</fraction> of their electric load served within the region. A regional advisory body shall be composed of 1 member from each participating State in the region, appointed by the Governor of each State, and may include representatives of agencies, States, and provinces outside the United States. A regional advisory body may provide advice to the Electric Reliability Organization, a regional entity, or the Commission regarding the governance of an existing or proposed regional entity within the same region, whether a standard proposed to apply within the region is just, reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential, and in the public interest, whether fees proposed to be assessed within the region are just, reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential, and in the public interest and any other responsibilities requested by the Commission. The Commission may give deference to the advice of any such regional advisory body if that body is organized on an Interconnection-wide basis.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H89B2C794E1A341C3AF435640C2F2D72"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Alaska and Hawaii</header><text>The provisions of this section do not apply to Alaska or Hawaii.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HA816F24089E941EABEFD5306C8648101"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Status of ERO</header><text>The Electric Reliability Organization certified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under section 215(c) of the Federal Power Act and any regional entity delegated enforcement authority pursuant to section 215(e)(4) of that Act are not departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the United States Government.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H50E7A319C4F54609B3D400761E763683"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on annual appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated not more than $50,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2006 through 2015 for all activities under the amendment made by subsection (a).</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H1B9AF2D64F60469393AB9D4E9FBCF600"><enum>B</enum><header>Transmission Infrastructure Modernization</header> <section id="H0E75CA4673AD47188671CC4364052A"><enum>1221.</enum><header>Siting of interstate electric transmission facilities</header> <subsection id="H008048574F644BEAA63EE3889E2F98CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment of Federal Power Act</header><text>Part II of the Federal Power Act is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HAEB225DBEB434191A5743D006E9300A0"> <section id="H0C7DC3717CDA4741964E10B6E23EBE7E"><enum>216.</enum><header>Siting of interstate electric transmission facilities</header> <subsection id="HC596338DD80A4DAF87FED16477F02EB0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation of national interest electric transmission corridors</header> <paragraph id="H806AEF3E93CD445A932C3EFFCC3F85A0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transmission congestion study</header><text>Within 1 year after the enactment of this section, and every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with affected States, shall conduct a study of electric transmission congestion. After considering alternatives and recommendations from interested parties, including an opportunity for comment from affected States, the Secretary shall issue a report, based on such study, which may designate any geographic area experiencing electric energy transmission capacity constraints or congestion that adversely affects consumers as a national interest electric transmission corridor. The Secretary shall conduct the study and issue the report in consultation with any appropriate regional entity referenced in section 215 of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD71824B5728F43498B04042611B3AD8F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In determining whether to designate a national interest electric transmission corridor referred to in paragraph (1) under this section, the Secretary may consider whether—</text> <subparagraph id="H28CE5EC7D47044DCA900C406FE553BF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the economic vitality and development of the corridor, or the end markets served by the corridor, may be constrained by lack of adequate or reasonably priced electricity;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6F5B94E92D9942388DA115CD07809EF1"><enum>(B)</enum> <clause display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H67758B455349438BB77BF0EC8DA4A3C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>economic growth in the corridor, or the end markets served by the corridor, may be jeopardized by reliance on limited sources of energy; and</text></clause> <clause indent="up1" id="HBD23CAD5FF524153B4D4A3454872327E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a diversification of supply is warranted;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3CF481605FCB46A6AA92C3042243F056"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the energy independence of the United States would be served by the designation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB5E68B7C347948CFB31EF89198793011"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the designation would be in the interest of national energy policy; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6091E2000E664F6EA1F3945160B14D2E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the designation would enhance national defense and homeland security.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H03E71BDECE7C41C6B76923237D29B8A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Construction permit</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (i), the Commission is authorized, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, to issue a permit or permits for the construction or modification of electric transmission facilities in a national interest electric transmission corridor designated by the Secretary under subsection (a) if the Commission finds that—</text> <paragraph id="HC35BA48C629843EDA5D0663FE059FC24"><enum>(1)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3C4A1F24B1F24BF9A1A4CDADEBEDFCB9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State in which the transmission facilities are to be constructed or modified is without authority to—</text> <clause indent="up1" id="HD30C3BC18E144B4798B8714BC6B0EED9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>approve the siting of the facilities; or</text></clause> <clause indent="up1" id="H6F3598FAFFF54EDBA77231C2C73F207C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consider the interstate benefits expected to be achieved by the proposed construction or modification of transmission facilities in the State;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H06E593263D7F4C428F89121B03267CEE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the applicant for a permit is a transmitting utility under this Act but does not qualify to apply for a permit or siting approval for the proposed project in a State because the applicant does not serve end-use customers in the State; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HBFF885F627944B09B4005DC6154C111B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a State commission or other entity that has authority to approve the siting of the facilities has—</text> <clause id="H762164D4FBD94DD48D8100DFBA7FF79F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>withheld approval for more than 1 year after the filing of an application pursuant to applicable law seeking approval or 1 year after the designation of the relevant national interest electric transmission corridor, whichever is later; or</text></clause> <clause id="H72F4D41EB0124FB5AADCD81300EAF7E9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>conditioned its approval in such a manner that the proposed construction or modification will not significantly reduce transmission congestion in interstate commerce or is not economically feasible;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD1610449C55849A2B67D553C060065E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the facilities to be authorized by the permit will be used for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA5CBA4A86C6F46F0AA00C5F5C796C768"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the proposed construction or modification is consistent with the public interest;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFB4F35B13B634F20BFE1E31EFC85E5C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the proposed construction or modification will significantly reduce transmission congestion in interstate commerce and protects or benefits consumers; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA686FBD0AE2B4E36B9F2004ECAA285E8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the proposed construction or modification is consistent with sound national energy policy and will enhance energy independence.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H08DC6951B485482F9D35FEC04C37F1E3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Permit applications</header><text>Permit applications under subsection (b) shall be made in writing to the Commission. The Commission shall issue rules setting forth the form of the application, the information to be contained in the application, and the manner of service of notice of the permit application upon interested persons.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDC211C33CD15432F9F7022A2A79DA9D9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Comments</header><text>In any proceeding before the Commission under subsection (b), the Commission shall afford each State in which a transmission facility covered by the permit is or will be located, each affected Federal agency and Indian tribe, private property owners, and other interested persons, a reasonable opportunity to present their views and recommendations with respect to the need for and impact of a facility covered by the permit.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1CDFD793EF05482D89673F7C93422672"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rights-of-way</header><text>In the case of a permit under subsection (b) for electric transmission facilities to be located on property other than property owned by the United States or a State, if the permit holder cannot acquire by contract, or is unable to agree with the owner of the property to the compensation to be paid for, the necessary right-of-way to construct or modify such transmission facilities, the permit holder may acquire the right-of-way by the exercise of the right of eminent domain in the district court of the United States for the district in which the property concerned is located, or in the appropriate court of the State in which the property is located. The practice and procedure in any action or proceeding for that purpose in the district court of the United States shall conform as nearly as may be with the practice and procedure in similar action or proceeding in the courts of the State where the property is situated.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4F722525FD2B49EF9DE7D6C1043669EF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>State law</header><text>Nothing in this section shall preclude any person from constructing or modifying any transmission facility pursuant to State law.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE1C2E2DC10AE47E183D4B498B9F51295"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Any exercise of eminent domain authority pursuant to this section shall be considered a taking of private property for which just compensation is due. Just compensation shall be an amount equal to the full fair market value of the property taken on the date of the exercise of eminent domain authority, except that the compensation shall exceed fair market value if necessary to make the landowner whole for decreases in the value of any portion of the land not subject to eminent domain. Any parcel of land acquired by eminent domain under this subsection shall be transferred back to the owner from whom it was acquired (or his heirs or assigns) if the land is not used for the construction or modification of electric transmission facilities within a reasonable period of time after the acquisition. Other than construction, modification, operation, or maintenance of electric transmission facilities and related facilities, property acquired under subsection (e) may not be used for any purpose (including use for any heritage area, recreational trail, or park) without the consent of the owner of the parcel from whom the property was acquired (or the owner’s heirs or assigns).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H975655D70CE441AABFA44582419283B3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Coordination of Federal authorizations for transmission and distribution facilities</header> <paragraph id="H232FD19F578645CDBF3DA899E16B68"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Lead agency</header><text>If an applicant, or prospective applicant, for a Federal authorization related to an electric transmission or distribution facility so requests, the Department of Energy (DOE) shall act as the lead agency for purposes of coordinating all applicable Federal authorizations and related environmental reviews of the facility. For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>Federal authorization</term> means any authorization required under Federal law in order to site a transmission or distribution facility, including but not limited to such permits, special use authorizations, certifications, opinions, or other approvals as may be required, whether issued by a Federal or a State agency. To the maximum extent practicable under applicable Federal law, the Secretary of Energy shall coordinate this Federal authorization and review process with any Indian tribes, multi-State entities, and State agencies that are responsible for conducting any separate permitting and environmental reviews of the facility, to ensure timely and efficient review and permit decisions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H657A41725D47405A9B61AFAD6916A5B1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority to set deadlines</header><text>As lead agency, the Department of Energy, in consultation with agencies responsible for Federal authorizations and, as appropriate, with Indian tribes, multi-State entities, and State agencies that are willing to coordinate their own separate permitting and environmental reviews with the Federal authorization and environmental reviews, shall establish prompt and binding intermediate milestones and ultimate deadlines for the review of, and Federal authorization decisions relating to, the proposed facility. The Secretary of Energy shall ensure that once an application has been submitted with such data as the Secretary considers necessary, all permit decisions and related environmental reviews under all applicable Federal laws shall be completed within 1 year or, if a requirement of another provision of Federal law makes this impossible, as soon thereafter as is practicable. The Secretary of Energy also shall provide an expeditious pre-application mechanism for prospective applicants to confer with the agencies involved to have each such agency determine and communicate to the prospective applicant within 60 days of when the prospective applicant submits a request for such information concerning—</text> <subparagraph id="HD2E8233B4A92455B8D10E8D399CECC2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the likelihood of approval for a potential facility; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD9E74A0C20034FAEBBE8A263FBDB64B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>key issues of concern to the agencies and public.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6910E359270B49BFB8E70068FCF4D35F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consolidated environmental review and record of decision</header><text>As lead agency head, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the affected agencies, shall prepare a single environmental review document, which shall be used as the basis for all decisions on the proposed project under Federal law. The document may be an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement under the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> if warranted, or such other form of analysis as may be warranted. The Secretary of Energy and the heads of other agencies shall streamline the review and permitting of transmission and distribution facilities within corridors designated under section 503 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1763">43 U.S.C. 1763</external-xref>) by fully taking into account prior analyses and decisions relating to the corridors. Such document shall include consideration by the relevant agencies of any applicable criteria or other matters as required under applicable laws.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50D984DCB7B0470C83306F58BE28F3A6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Appeals</header><text>In the event that any agency has denied a Federal authorization required for a transmission or distribution facility, or has failed to act by the deadline established by the Secretary pursuant to this section for deciding whether to issue the authorization, the applicant or any State in which the facility would be located may file an appeal with the Secretary, who shall, in consultation with the affected agency, review the denial or take action on the pending application. Based on the overall record and in consultation with the affected agency, the Secretary may then either issue the necessary authorization with any appropriate conditions, or deny the application. The Secretary shall issue a decision within 90 days of the filing of the appeal. In making a decision under this paragraph, the Secretary shall comply with applicable requirements of Federal law, including any requirements of the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, the National Forest Management Act, the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name>, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4749F044555497AB82D4954102CFEBF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Conforming regulations and Memoranda of Understanding</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Energy shall issue any regulations necessary to implement this subsection. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary and the heads of all Federal agencies with authority to issue Federal authorizations shall enter into Memoranda of Understanding to ensure the timely and coordinated review and permitting of electricity transmission and distribution facilities. The head of each Federal agency with authority to issue a Federal authorization shall designate a senior official responsible for, and dedicate sufficient other staff and resources to ensure, full implementation of the DOE regulations and any Memoranda. Interested Indian tribes, multi-State entities, and State agencies may enter such Memoranda of Understanding.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB4B9015668C24E23B1DACECD9CAC8040"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Duration and renewal</header><text>Each Federal land use authorization for an electricity transmission or distribution facility shall be issued—</text> <subparagraph id="H8729D91313824520A9C89F66056DC679"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for a duration, as determined by the Secretary of Energy, commensurate with the anticipated use of the facility, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCF3999E6805F4A629DCFC90715F08E73"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with appropriate authority to manage the right-of-way for reliability and environmental protection.</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">Upon the expiration of any such authorization (including an authorization issued prior to enactment of this section), the authorization shall be reviewed for renewal taking fully into account reliance on such electricity infrastructure, recognizing its importance for public health, safety and economic welfare and as a legitimate use of Federal lands.</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B2A22A991F2458AB4C97FC0582239B1"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Maintaining and enhancing the transmission infrastructure</header><text>In exercising the responsibilities under this section, the Secretary of Energy shall consult regularly with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), FERC-approved electric reliability organizations (including related regional entities), and FERC-approved Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD4002FEFFFC7407B8DD5C641D5EB4B5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Interstate compacts</header><text>The consent of Congress is hereby given for 3 or more contiguous States to enter into an interstate compact, subject to approval by Congress, establishing regional transmission siting agencies to facilitate siting of future electric energy transmission facilities within such States and to carry out the electric energy transmission siting responsibilities of such States. The Secretary of Energy may provide technical assistance to regional transmission siting agencies established under this subsection. Such regional transmission siting agencies shall have the authority to review, certify, and permit siting of transmission facilities, including facilities in national interest electric transmission corridors (other than facilities on property owned by the United States). The Commission shall have no authority to issue a permit for the construction or modification of electric transmission facilities within a State that is a party to a compact, unless the members of a compact are in disagreement and the Secretary makes, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the finding described in subsection (b)(1)(C).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H741ECCF23F264437A300EEF1E2176620"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any requirement of the environmental laws of the United States, including, but not limited to, the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name>. Subsection (h)(4) of this section shall not apply to any Congressionally-designated components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, or the National Park system (including National Monuments therein).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8A53883C131B4CB29B72734195D9CDC0"><enum>(k)</enum><header>ERCOT</header><text>This section shall not apply within the area referred to in section 212(k)(2)(A).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H3AE7AE21E384445286F5676222E8BA20"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports to Congress on corridors and rights of way on Federal lands</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality shall, within 90 days of the date of enactment of this subsection, submit a joint report to Congress identifying each of the following:</text> <paragraph id="HA50A8E870C5F4766994F9BF600595974"><enum>(1)</enum><text>All existing designated transmission and distribution corridors on Federal land and the status of work related to proposed transmission and distribution corridor designations under Title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1761 et. Seq.), the schedule for completing such work, any impediments to completing the work, and steps that Congress could take to expedite the process.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC78CD5DC339B4BAB964D139EF1F8B032"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The number of pending applications to locate transmission and distribution facilities on Federal lands, key information relating to each such facility, how long each application has been pending, the schedule for issuing a timely decision as to each facility, and progress in incorporating existing and new such rights-of-way into relevant land use and resource management plans or their equivalent.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCCF08FC52697479897ED85ADC31CC7C4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The number of existing transmission and distribution rights-of-way on Federal lands that will come up for renewal within the following 5, 10, and 15 year periods, and a description of how the Secretaries plan to manage such renewals.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H547BF38802744155A86E68CD54C5BA9C"><enum>1222.</enum><header>Third-party finance</header> <subsection id="H5EAC853FD8FE40BDAE86BFDF73633E50"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Existing facilities</header><text>The Secretary of Energy (hereinafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>), acting through the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration (hereinafter in this section referred to as <quote>WAPA</quote>), or through the Administrator of the Southwestern Power Administration (hereinafter in this section referred to as <quote>SWPA</quote>), or both, may design, develop, construct, operate, maintain, or own, or participate with other entities in designing, developing, constructing, operating, maintaining, or owning, an electric power transmission facility and related facilities (<quote>Project</quote>) needed to upgrade existing transmission facilities owned by SWPA or WAPA if the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the applicable Administrator, determines that the proposed Project—</text> <paragraph id="H2A75F777AA16407F9CE17D0260EF82F"><enum>(1)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H44CA84E595E44068AA2960A4F6ED9F69"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is located in a national interest electric transmission corridor designated under section 216(a) of the Federal Power Act and will reduce congestion of electric transmission in interstate commerce; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HCEDCF233AF3648989C200625748DD341"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is necessary to accommodate an actual or projected increase in demand for electric transmission capacity;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFEDA8AA84BD649529246445C4580E99F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is consistent with—</text> <subparagraph id="HDF461C432E0E4A6AB16549270068D040"><enum>(A)</enum><text>transmission needs identified, in a transmission expansion plan or otherwise, by the appropriate Regional Transmission Organization or Independent System Operator (as defined in the Federal Power Act), if any, or approved regional reliability organization; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H613B42082A7B431892860133397927A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>efficient and reliable operation of the transmission grid; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0F61A585C2474322A223638DAC7478E9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>would be operated in conformance with prudent utility practice.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H00B5D47B4B344D81A5B9E64B5733C35"><enum>(b)</enum><header>New facilities</header><text>The Secretary, acting through WAPA or SWPA, or both, may design, develop, construct, operate, maintain, or own, or participate with other entities in designing, developing, constructing, operating, maintaining, or owning, a new electric power transmission facility and related facilities (<quote>Project</quote>) located within any State in which WAPA or SWPA operates if the Secretary, in consultation with the applicable Administrator, determines that the proposed Project—</text> <paragraph id="HA35BB09CDC854832A9196BB65B6D8E63"><enum>(1)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H858AFE0935B746DB81401135F43C5261"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is located in an area designated under section 216(a) of the Federal Power Act and will reduce congestion of electric transmission in interstate commerce; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H1C352211C6354CFDAFF6E7D6CC460E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is necessary to accommodate an actual or projected increase in demand for electric transmission capacity;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7348DD53B2834D829635E233452E3241"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is consistent with—</text> <subparagraph id="HCD00FBF56D2348E3B2E661693B00A5BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>transmission needs identified, in a transmission expansion plan or otherwise, by the appropriate Regional Transmission Organization or Independent System Operator, if any, or approved regional reliability organization; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA7899498B55A45AAB14DA9AE7B0008FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>efficient and reliable operation of the transmission grid;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF51A0195034D43F29D76D436F879AD37"><enum>(3)</enum><text>will be operated in conformance with prudent utility practice;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8E11C201F09E4F25B59260FD121F7600"><enum>(4)</enum><text>will be operated by, or in conformance with the rules of, the appropriate (A) Regional Transmission Organization or Independent System Operator, if any, or (B) if such an organization does not exist, regional reliability organization; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB776E650FE5248E4BCA3A882470256D9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>will not duplicate the functions of existing transmission facilities or proposed facilities which are the subject of ongoing or approved siting and related permitting proceedings.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H046C7A2F61644F07AB5744DDD38FBF1B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other funds</header> <paragraph id="H2F089274FD3B494FA8608BB518282BA8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out a Project under subsection (a) or (b), the Secretary may accept and use funds contributed by another entity for the purpose of carrying out the Project.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBD27904935EC4509A3923C900500ACDB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The contributed funds shall be available for expenditure for the purpose of carrying out the Project—</text> <subparagraph id="H7FCD4629AAE045F4A0CFE2B14EDADA8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>without fiscal year limitation; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H61D3BBF289214B7D942C5E972B3907E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as if the funds had been appropriated specifically for that Project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H329F0254F45D4932BD7BC71153B98D76"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation of costs</header><text>In carrying out a Project under subsection (a) or (b), any costs of the Project not paid for by contributions from another entity shall be collected through rates charged to customers using the new transmission capability provided by the Project and allocated equitably among these project beneficiaries using the new transmission capability.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9715A1AA9E6C4D7397394B4E00ADD901"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relationship to other laws</header><text>Nothing in this section affects any requirement of—</text> <paragraph id="H86DF68189CCC4CC587EAF2708DB0EFE4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any Federal environmental law, including the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4EF068ADAA3946BF9856067CDE2E7735"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any Federal or State law relating to the siting of energy facilities; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H833DD3CD9969497CAA614FED37DD6F04"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any existing authorizing statutes.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3D7F9A8857DC44E0B829ACD9D7678459"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this section shall constrain or restrict an Administrator in the utilization of other authority delegated to the Administrator of WAPA or SWPA.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5017CA152AD3429BAA3CF15B7725113F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Secretarial determinations</header><text>Any determination made pursuant to subsections (a) or (b) shall be based on findings by the Secretary using the best available data.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE1F204740A304A119D9F00BC56707088"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Maximum funding amount</header><text>The Secretary shall not accept and use more than $100,000,000 under subsection (c)(1) for the period encompassing fiscal years 2006 through 2015.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H465A5BA4CB95426C8BA7B1E2C52CD93"><enum>1223.</enum><header>Transmission system monitoring</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall study and report to Congress on the steps which must be taken to establish a system to make available to all transmission system owners and Regional Transmission Organizations (as defined in the Federal Power Act) within the Eastern and Western Interconnections real-time information on the functional status of all transmission lines within such Interconnections. In such study, the Commission shall assess technical means for implementing such transmission information system and identify the steps the Commission or Congress must take to require the implementation of such system.</text></section> <section id="H6138C4617AAD4BAABFD64510B0D6C3A2"><enum>1224.</enum><header>Advanced transmission technologies</header> <subsection id="H510F464CEA264C8387142325462ED63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in the exercise of its authorities under the Federal Power Act and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, shall encourage the deployment of advanced transmission technologies.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB9E50191CAFC4ABEA7608D5F11F7BE93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For the purposes of this section, the term <term>advanced transmission technologies</term> means technologies that increase the capacity, efficiency, or reliability of existing or new transmission facilities, including, but not limited to—</text> <paragraph id="HC1C0150673D446BD90C157B676CF6644"><enum>(1)</enum><text>high-temperature lines (including superconducting cables);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC31E22653E0648709B2EF434AA11D0B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>underground cables;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF212297E499C4A3FBC006539C600962F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>advanced conductor technology (including advanced composite conductors, high-temperature low-sag conductors, and fiber optic temperature sensing conductors);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7162A984C3B64032AC0049428BFC275F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>high-capacity ceramic electric wire, connectors, and insulators;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H53EF34F6A3774EB8BD0000A88C81F48"><enum>(5)</enum><text>optimized transmission line configurations (including multiple phased transmission lines);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H43369F233EFE4ED988A2392E3973CEB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>modular equipment;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C51D6142BAD4BE98846AB3EAA263A6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>wireless power transmission;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H32D6CEF918EF4CB8BBB6997DBCF8668"><enum>(8)</enum><text>ultra-high voltage lines;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7892346B6FEF4A1F9D2F1894F8356610"><enum>(9)</enum><text>high-voltage DC technology;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8CCC0B3451F54690862DC5C6FF73EBF5"><enum>(10)</enum><text>flexible AC transmission systems;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6B636FE34F6243DAA207110079BEDF6F"><enum>(11)</enum><text>energy storage devices (including pumped hydro, compressed air, superconducting magnetic energy storage, flywheels, and batteries);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H09769879262F414BA2DA30B7097EBD81"><enum>(12)</enum><text>controllable load;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6BB9795BCD544A37AA739F522C3FE1FC"><enum>(13)</enum><text>distributed generation (including PV, fuel cells, microturbines);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0EA1CB4684364F27ADE1D6A7789810F"><enum>(14)</enum><text>enhanced power device monitoring;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47D4DB1107BA4C428E924321EA730AD"><enum>(15)</enum><text>direct system state sensors;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H899CBEEA763543F78D41601941B3C86F"><enum>(16)</enum><text>fiber optic technologies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4B9CFDCCCE704112854BB97F6AA89B0"><enum>(17)</enum><text>power electronics and related software (including real time monitoring and analytical software); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H72C4E88DFEDE43BDB8F6B259BEF25757"><enum>(18)</enum><text>any other technologies the Commission considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC7B19AA11AF4479CAF56EEA7DD3B3DE8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Obsolete or impracticable technologies</header><text>The Commission is authorized to cease encouraging the deployment of any technology described in this section on a finding that such technology has been rendered obsolete or otherwise impracticable to deploy.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HA750DE567B6844D2975DD1705D856EEF"><enum>1225.</enum><header>Electric transmission and distribution programs</header> <subsection id="H4FAF1956736A42BD8B4523DD00613099"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Electric transmission and distribution program</header><text>The Secretary of Energy (hereinafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) acting through the Director of the Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution shall establish a comprehensive research, development, demonstration and commercial application program to promote improved reliability and efficiency of electrical transmission and distribution systems. This program shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H0BBC3BED64B045A79D3F00B647796016"><enum>(1)</enum><text>advanced energy delivery and storage technologies, materials, and systems, including new transmission technologies, such as flexible alternating current transmission systems, composite conductor materials and other technologies that enhance reliability, operational flexibility, or power-carrying capability;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF2AE5962BB4A45E6AB8BED90D4F6B3EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>advanced grid reliability and efficiency technology development;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A344A0EE7C04D189C879F9C2062E8F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>technologies contributing to significant load reductions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6EC975523E874D9684C5B49BAE35FD63"><enum>(4)</enum><text>advanced metering, load management, and control technologies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52485CE60CAC447794BDF39C5844007F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>technologies to enhance existing grid components;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFD4DF492CC1E452988ACDC1FA900EF84"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the development and use of high-temperature superconductors to—</text> <subparagraph id="H86427C088A3E42DAAA9D8655DFD069B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enhance the reliability, operational flexibility, or power-carrying capability of electric transmission or distribution systems; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H027F32D460054C39B1F08823BA23B55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increase the efficiency of electric energy generation, transmission, distribution, or storage systems;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H757235C7A3664D13977DB5D627CA00C7"><enum>(7)</enum><text>integration of power systems, including systems to deliver high-quality electric power, electric power reliability, and combined heat and power;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE5D4D0F29DD0439FB4EFF96B299B6420"><enum>(8)</enum><text>supply of electricity to the power grid by small scale, distributed and residential-based power generators;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H54E60A87A820499984C371F084F5A40"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the development and use of advanced grid design, operation and planning tools;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H66CE1D437C584E329007AEE347FCD16C"><enum>(10)</enum><text>any other infrastructure technologies, as appropriate; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H42DE6438346244E6BDF8B432AA8FB216"><enum>(11)</enum><text>technology transfer and education.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H04BD0B3CA6F9403B9CAB00656CD1432D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program plan</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this legislation, 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 section. In preparing the program plan, the Secretary may consult with utilities, energy services providers, manufacturers, institutions of higher education, other appropriate State and local agencies, environmental organizations, professional and technical societies, and any other persons the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H961DEBB91E954C68AF24E5F253B0C300"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The Secretary shall consider implementing this program using a consortium of industry, university and national laboratory participants.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1BE397D38595488DBBAEEAD600DBF97B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the transmittal of the plan under subsection (b), the Secretary shall transmit a report to Congress describing the progress made under this section and identifying any additional resources needed to continue the development and commercial application of transmission and distribution infrastructure technologies.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H490894EC72A44AE89300A45011A8355F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Power delivery research initiative</header> <paragraph id="HBD4406235AEA45DD8CC39608F19973CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application initiative specifically focused on power delivery utilizing components incorporating high temperature superconductivity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H396E0415C488407A0095CA755197F83E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The goals of this initiative shall be to—</text> <subparagraph id="H4DE4A92C15F74C0DA3C92063449F70FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish facilities to develop high temperature superconductivity power applications in partnership with manufacturers and utilities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H282FCEEEF15846278C1C55F600ED6843"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide technical leadership for establishing reliability for high temperature superconductivity power applications including suitable modeling and analysis;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC17FA1BB548F45D4BC8D16ABACBDC2D7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>facilitate commercial transition toward direct current power transmission, storage, and use for high power systems utilizing high temperature superconductivity; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2777B36E4CEB4CC5ACB72DE1C46465A3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>facilitate the integration of very low impedance high temperature superconducting wires and cables in existing electric networks to improve system performance, power flow control and reliability.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F9311F1EFF54C2A00258C3DD5E1D9A9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The initiative shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H2AE494B235234EC2A1DA75E6D8304C6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>feasibility analysis, planning, research, and design to construct demonstrations of superconducting links in high power, direct current and controllable alternating current transmission systems;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H033EC6A6127A4A8286A12326487FB1DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>public-private partnerships to demonstrate deployment of high temperature superconducting cable into testbeds simulating a realistic transmission grid and under varying transmission conditions, including actual grid insertions; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H88391501B3DC4D6484F332CB02AADA28"><enum>(C)</enum><text>testbeds developed in cooperation with national laboratories, industries, and universities to demonstrate these technologies, prepare the technologies for commercial introduction, and address cost or performance roadblocks to successful commercial use.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEF9A26EB7BEC49D896F7EF0B0A1805F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>For purposes of carrying out this subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated—</text> <subparagraph id="H6B81137DBF9F466090283C7EF541DCC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2006, $15,000,000;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB166E62D20514E71BBB600E48C65B23D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2007, $20,000,000;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9898340EEFA54A99A115C19C8E28CF00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2008, $30,000,000;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD6C33AE9199E4E6791DFA5DB1C54DEDE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2009, $35,000,000; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1EE8141119D94DA8A3478FBA35CDAE31"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2010, $40,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HAB030F4B93964A61B433A0100B6D6E"><enum>1226.</enum><header>Advanced Power System Technology Incentive Program</header> <subsection id="HD4751FBFC1B6417592A3791E03122903"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The Secretary of Energy is authorized to establish an Advanced Power System Technology Incentive Program to support the deployment of certain advanced power system technologies and to improve and protect certain critical governmental, industrial, and commercial processes. Funds provided under this section shall be used by the Secretary to make incentive payments to eligible owners or operators of advanced power system technologies to increase power generation through enhanced operational, economic, and environmental performance. Payments under this section may only be made upon receipt by the Secretary of an incentive payment application establishing an applicant as either—</text> <paragraph id="H2AE2CCA966C54DC391BD9C4EF850CA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a qualifying advanced power system technology facility; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0726B257AD52415C808146FBC35E5D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a qualifying security and assured power facility.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3F7A985041BD484895644D0500E86469"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Incentives</header><text>Subject to availability of funds, a payment of 1.8 cents per kilowatt-hour shall be paid to the owner or operator of a qualifying advanced power system technology facility under this section for electricity generated at such facility. An additional 0.7 cents per kilowatt-hour shall be paid to the owner or operator of a qualifying security and assured power facility for electricity generated at such facility. Any facility qualifying under this section shall be eligible for an incentive payment for up to, but not more than, the first 10,000,000 kilowatt-hours produced in any fiscal year.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4FFB233C2D5848BC99179D578D4682E9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H5028199F601E404082E28168C693DB2B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Qualifying advanced power system technology facility</header><text>The term <term>qualifying advanced power system technology facility</term> means a facility using an advanced fuel cell, turbine, or hybrid power system or power storage system to generate or store electric energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2B72406BE2794717B7E1DFBFE8DFA444"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifying security and assured power facility</header><text>The term <term>qualifying security and assured power facility</term> means a qualifying advanced power system technology facility determined by the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to be in critical need of secure, reliable, rapidly available, high-quality power for critical governmental, industrial, or commercial applications.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA6644B52DDA0425FA11D5CEE571E9B74"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for the purposes of this section, $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2012.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H4E53FA96513E4F66B5382FC4ED4134"><enum>1227.</enum><header>Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution</header> <subsection id="H35D9CE894B3644189D61CCB459005505"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Creation of an Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution</header><text>Title II of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7131">42 U.S.C. 7131 et seq.</external-xref>) (as amended by section 502(a) of this Act) is amended by inserting the following after section 217, as added by title V of this Act:</text> <quoted-block id="HF123C916B4934A1F9C78C98B725F00C6"> <section id="HC6E849E17EC140F9B65B197457BE7FCD"><enum>218.</enum><header>Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution</header> <subsection id="HF9F81D3E8C214BD19400ACC19C773EA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established within the Department an Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution. This Office shall be headed by a Director, subject to the authority of the Secretary. The Director shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Director shall be compensated at the annual rate prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5315">section 5315</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD9341130613A4904A072D86852EF124F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The Director shall—</text> <paragraph id="H3A144C678EA64B31BA465BB98FF50000"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate and develop a comprehensive, multi-year strategy to improve the Nation’s electricity transmission and distribution;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC5EF31968F44D8DACC6C22F1F332D90"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implement or, where appropriate, coordinate the implementation of, the recommendations made in the Secretary’s May 2002 National Transmission Grid Study;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D120FDBE9CF4003B7DCADA391549B50"><enum>(3)</enum><text>oversee research, development, and demonstration to support Federal energy policy related to electricity transmission and distribution;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAB6CB88E62C74F588D6579C697D5735"><enum>(4)</enum><text>grant authorizations for electricity import and export pursuant to section 202(c), (d), (e), and (f) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824a">16 U.S.C. 824a</external-xref>);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB3BAC0912B0548658EFC42C0861CC06"><enum>(5)</enum><text>perform other functions, assigned by the Secretary, related to electricity transmission and distribution; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE3A6609542084CDDB6CEF11CEFC1ED52"><enum>(6)</enum><text>develop programs for workforce training in power and transmission engineering.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H9CCA9E351B434B17B431BD67124E8CA5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H47C7350DE38C4E2AB7F25410CFD3E3B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The table of contents of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7101">42 U.S.C. 7101</external-xref> note) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 217 the following new item:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD8A5313C8211406995EF319E4BADB5"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 218. Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H4FD6D8F9341F48D28382335D9B618C48"><enum>(2)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5315">Section 5315</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <quote>Inspector General, Department of Energy.</quote> the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDBFAFB7845BF4EA1BDDB2F4D9486F69F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><list level="subsection"><list-item>Director, Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution, Department of Energy.</list-item></list><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HB0EE990323ED4D77A21499DD10A7E99D"><enum>C</enum><header>Transmission Operation Improvements</header> <section id="HC8E9A25AC8F94CB4A756FE55009BF4E4"><enum>1231.</enum><header>Open nondiscriminatory access</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part II of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824">16 U.S.C. 824 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 211 the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="H7D9F78C591754DCFB8AEBF5041B9008B"> <section id="H632FAF51AB144B088341DDB365E8168B"><enum>211A.</enum><header>Open access by unregulated transmitting utilities</header> <subsection id="HC7FBC73C5C214281BEAAFF336783F995"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transmission services</header><text>Subject to section 212(h), the Commission may, by rule or order, require an unregulated transmitting utility to provide transmission services—</text> <paragraph id="HA7F7FF6A46004EE69C08EDAA22217598"><enum>(1)</enum><text>at rates that are comparable to those that the unregulated transmitting utility charges itself; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8EC409A7CB2D48878D73045C9D5600B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>on terms and conditions (not relating to rates) that are comparable to those under which such unregulated transmitting utility provides transmission services to itself and that are not unduly discriminatory or preferential.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H252969BAAB1E4E9ABC01B9D496F6E0EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>The Commission shall exempt from any rule or order under this section any unregulated transmitting utility that—</text> <paragraph id="H44F905CE5BD941D1B4E2482EA8C288C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sells no more than 4,000,000 megawatt hours of electricity per year; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9FA67B8D76AB40779F52DA243088D1DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>does not own or operate any transmission facilities that are necessary for operating an interconnected transmission system (or any portion thereof); or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H727A8A2AC5DF4F5B85A52647B0586E49"><enum>(3)</enum><text>meets other criteria the Commission determines to be in the public interest.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4F08C63DA29C491C802E22BD06AB1438"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Local distribution facilities</header><text>The requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply to facilities used in local distribution.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6691FFE6C4704EA8BD22D528C932186B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exemption termination</header><text>Whenever the Commission, after an evidentiary hearing held upon a complaint and after giving consideration to reliability standards established under section 215, finds on the basis of a preponderance of the evidence that any exemption granted pursuant to subsection (b) unreasonably impairs the continued reliability of an interconnected transmission system, it shall revoke the exemption granted to that transmitting utility.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDD2282B0F3284DACA0F7DD7499A94DC5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application to unregulated transmitting utilities</header><text>The rate changing procedures applicable to public utilities under subsections (c) and (d) of section 205 are applicable to unregulated transmitting utilities for purposes of this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2355C4199ADC48E38B1F3C2DCDFFC9B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Remand</header><text>In exercising its authority under paragraph (1) of subsection (a), the Commission may remand transmission rates to an unregulated transmitting utility for review and revision where necessary to meet the requirements of subsection (a).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD1514F36C3BE4E4D84638F52E1F86142"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Other requests</header><text>The provision of transmission services under subsection (a) does not preclude a request for transmission services under section 211.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE13D5539CD834F7FBC4E3254B26803D5"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Commission may not require a State or municipality to take action under this section that would violate a private activity bond rule for purposes of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/141">section 141</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/141">26 U.S.C. 141</external-xref>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC5B68BAF42FB4C13002DC099AF68ABEE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Transfer of control of transmitting facilities</header><text>Nothing in this section authorizes the Commission to require an unregulated transmitting utility to transfer control or operational control of its transmitting facilities to an RTO or any other Commission-approved independent transmission organization designated to provide nondiscriminatory transmission access.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC6D7FBB73365459CBC422909EDEDA5B1"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>unregulated transmitting utility</term> means an entity that—</text> <paragraph id="H047F8718E8C34EC89625435EDBFAB1B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>owns or operates facilities used for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D2D931591EB4B34AA026E66813F04D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is an entity described in section 201(f).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H145F5FE143EC47DEB447BB739690C6A"><enum>1232.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on Regional Transmission Organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that, in order to promote fair, open access to electric transmission service, benefit retail consumers, facilitate wholesale competition, improve efficiencies in transmission grid management, promote grid reliability, remove opportunities for unduly discriminatory or preferential transmission practices, and provide for the efficient development of transmission infrastructure needed to meet the growing demands of competitive wholesale power markets, all transmitting utilities in interstate commerce should voluntarily become members of Regional Transmission Organizations as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act.</text></section> <section id="H9E86859707474F749EC429B4D0F25C00"><enum>1233.</enum><header>Regional Transmission Organization applications progress report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall submit to Congress a report containing each of the following:</text> <paragraph id="H2F3D480A476147218087B8D368574D76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A list of all regional transmission organization applications filed at the Commission pursuant to subpart F of part 35 of title 18, Code of Federal Regulations (in this section referred to as <quote>Order No. 2000</quote>), including an identification of each public utility and other entity included within the proposed membership of the regional transmission organization.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA7CBAEC321C343B891BFBF1055C989E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A brief description of the status of each pending regional transmission organization application, including a precise explanation of how each fails to comply with the minimal requirements of Order No. 2000 and what steps need to be taken to bring each application into such compliance.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA673998EC0D84F138BB5E1EA63A80000"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For any application that has not been finally approved by the Commission, a detailed description of every aspect of the application that the Commission has determined does not conform to the requirements of Order No. 2000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD4FE5A42178404D802C1C5438E9BE56"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For any application that has not been finally approved by the Commission, an explanation by the Commission of why the items described pursuant to paragraph (3) constitute material noncompliance with the requirements of the Commission’s Order No. 2000 sufficient to justify denial of approval by the Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F3F9897BAAA47009F7E496D1DC7B2C1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For all regional transmission organization applications filed pursuant to the Commission’s Order No. 2000, whether finally approved or not—</text> <subparagraph id="HF9B62FC727C24350BB1EAB31456540E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a discussion of that regional transmission organization’s efforts to minimize rate seams between itself and—</text> <clause id="HA1F8EDA633F54D169C6700FA002523D3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>other regional transmission organizations; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2E1770967EB04576BDCDF6A7B51FDC68"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>entities not participating in a regional transmission organization;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3BE685BA63FF4299A7AEA351CC334CFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a discussion of the impact of such seams on consumers and wholesale competition; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H72E4D634CA834B2BA08CEFF6583D89F7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a discussion of minimizing cost-shifting on consumers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H3925BCAA86C64205AC74FCB13B005984"><enum>1234.</enum><header>Federal utility participation in Regional Transmission Organizations</header> <subsection id="H812000CCF30C4725B493E358CFC28F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text> <paragraph id="H8D78BEE637B8438C925275D0536E5C66"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate Federal regulatory authority</header><text>The term <term>appropriate Federal regulatory authority</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HB1C42F8FB6EF4390B613325958338563"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to a Federal power marketing agency (as defined in the Federal Power Act), the Secretary of Energy, except that the Secretary may designate the Administrator of a Federal power marketing agency to act as the appropriate Federal regulatory authority with respect to the transmission system of that Federal power marketing agency; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD1DA8F298FD146A8AA50BBD5DCCE1070"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H34B8E3207644405EA8956DA7E96F9606"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal utility</header><text>The term <term>Federal utility</term> means a Federal power marketing agency or the Tennessee Valley Authority.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB3D14678C59F40FF9945C4C2AA6DB4C7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transmission system</header><text>The term <term>transmission system</term> means electric transmission facilities owned, leased, or contracted for by the United States and operated by a Federal utility.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2230D141849D43F9B8EE5F1FA88223E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text>The appropriate Federal regulatory authority is authorized to enter into a contract, agreement or other arrangement transferring control and use of all or part of the Federal utility’s transmission system to an RTO or ISO (as defined in the Federal Power Act), approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Such contract, agreement or arrangement shall include—</text> <paragraph id="HB01B62EB907548C8B9D3FBD9F7559385"><enum>(1)</enum><text>performance standards for operation and use of the transmission system that the head of the Federal utility determines necessary or appropriate, including standards that assure recovery of all the Federal utility’s costs and expenses related to the transmission facilities that are the subject of the contract, agreement or other arrangement; consistency with existing contracts and third-party financing arrangements; and consistency with said Federal utility’s statutory authorities, obligations, and limitations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H82F567858B7A4A0CBA4EFDF2806811FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provisions for monitoring and oversight by the Federal utility of the RTO’s or ISO’s fulfillment of the terms and conditions of the contract, agreement or other arrangement, including a provision for the resolution of disputes through arbitration or other means with the regional transmission organization or with other participants, notwithstanding the obligations and limitations of any other law regarding arbitration; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF7FDD87A30EC4382B6002DE122FD655F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a provision that allows the Federal utility to withdraw from the RTO or ISO and terminate the contract, agreement or other arrangement in accordance with its terms.</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">Neither this section, actions taken pursuant to it, nor any other transaction of a Federal utility using an RTO or ISO shall confer upon the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission jurisdiction or authority over the Federal utility’s electric generation assets, electric capacity or energy that the Federal utility is authorized by law to market, or the Federal utility’s power sales activities.</continuation-text></subsection> <subsection id="HB91E7DABB7E94BCCB368ED399FD9C900"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Existing statutory and other obligations</header> <paragraph id="HACD38F86574D4217A1CC61A0C4D704BC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>System operation requirements</header><text>No statutory provision requiring or authorizing a Federal utility to transmit electric power or to construct, operate or maintain its transmission system shall be construed to prohibit a transfer of control and use of its transmission system pursuant to, and subject to all requirements of subsection (b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA95EB7C01AA1442F890032AAA100002B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other obligations</header><text>This subsection shall not be construed to—</text> <subparagraph id="H05FC223F0C1242BB98E79618F8E485E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>suspend, or exempt any Federal utility from, any provision of existing Federal law, including but not limited to any requirement or direction relating to the use of the Federal utility’s transmission system, environmental protection, fish and wildlife protection, flood control, navigation, water delivery, or recreation; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA953DA64C5C440A79F52A9B384CB0111"><enum>(B)</enum><text>authorize abrogation of any contract or treaty obligation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9CC4115C7DB44BAA9487B2F77804AF1C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 311 of title III of Appendix B of the Act of October 27, 2000 (P.L. 106–377, section 1(a)(2); 114 Stat. 1441, 1441A–80; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824n">16 U.S.C. 824n</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HAA7BAF6269484B71BDDE5200E5DC7CD5"><enum>1235.</enum><header>Standard market design</header> <subsection id="HF6FD931E3AB14D6CB8A892947D5FC74E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Remand</header><text>The Commission’s proposed rulemaking entitled <quote>Remedying Undue Discrimination through Open Access Transmission Service and Standard Electricity Market Design</quote> (Docket No. RM01–12–000) (<quote>SMD NOPR</quote>) is remanded to the Commission for reconsideration. No final rule mandating a standard electricity market design pursuant to the proposed rulemaking, including any rule or order of general applicability within the scope of the proposed rulemaking, may be issued before October 31, 2006, or take effect before December 31, 2006. Any final rule issued by the Commission pursuant to the proposed rulemaking shall be preceded by a second notice of proposed rulemaking issued after the date of enactment of this Act and an opportunity for public comment.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBC7F8ED0ADE748AEBEF08EC90032FE8B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>This section shall not be construed to modify or diminish any authority or obligation the Commission has under this Act, the Federal Power Act, or other applicable law, including, but not limited to, any authority to—</text> <paragraph id="HB30AA89BC41C4FA6B26C6F87AD962C07"><enum>(1)</enum><text>issue any rule or order (of general or particular applicability) pursuant to any such authority or obligation; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB3D209DDF50643EA8CD9702855C806B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>act on a filing or filings by 1 or more transmitting utilities for the voluntary formation of a Regional Transmission Organization or Independent System Operator (as defined in the Federal Power Act) (and related market structures or rules) or voluntary modification of an existing Regional Transmission Organization or Independent System Operator (and related market structures or rules).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HA5C849FA78894CA4A107EED7598FDC9"><enum>1236.</enum><header>Native load service obligation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part II of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824">16 U.S.C. 824 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H5956EDE28D534B38952E72844315D400"> <section id="H547523FE4ECD4F7D8390802BFA2272F7"><enum>217.</enum><header>Native load service obligation</header> <subsection id="H10EB8A1920084C2400E158067C2DBA41"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Meeting service obligations</header> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF5B1058159104AA9989436F2F5632001"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Any load-serving entity that, as of the date of enactment of this section—</text> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HC911134328E4425FB2682895BA79347E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>owns generation facilities, markets the output of Federal generation facilities, or holds rights under 1 or more wholesale contracts to purchase electric energy, for the purpose of meeting a service obligation, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HE049A578111B46CB0097BC3417D6C1DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by reason of ownership of transmission facilities, or 1 or more contracts or service agreements for firm transmission service, holds firm transmission rights for delivery of the output of such generation facilities or such purchased energy to meet such service obligation,</text></subparagraph></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">is entitled to use such firm transmission rights, or, equivalent tradable or financial transmission rights, in order to deliver such output or purchased energy, or the output of other generating facilities or purchased energy to the extent deliverable using such rights, to the extent required to meet its service obligation.</continuation-text> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H93A1978CAEFC44FE893EF0549E3D3C00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To the extent that all or a portion of the service obligation covered by such firm transmission rights or equivalent tradable or financial transmission rights is transferred to another load-serving entity, the successor load-serving entity shall be entitled to use the firm transmission rights or equivalent tradable or financial transmission rights associated with the transferred service obligation. Subsequent transfers to another load-serving entity, or back to the original load-serving entity, shall be entitled to the same rights.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H367D4272A5D64E06BE753DD138C700B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall exercise its authority under this Act in a manner that facilitates the planning and expansion of transmission facilities to meet the reasonable needs of load-serving entities to satisfy their service obligations, and enables load-serving entities to secure firm transmission rights (or equivalent tradable or financial rights) on a long term basis for long term power supply arrangements made, or planned, to meet such needs.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCDCF8FCAC71F45CCAFBDCD50A923187D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocation of transmission rights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in subsections (a)(1) and (a) (2) of this section shall affect any existing or future methodology employed by an RTO or ISO for allocating or auctioning transmission rights if such RTO or ISO was authorized by the Commission to allocate or auction financial transmission rights on its system as of January 1, 2005, and the Commission determines that any future allocation or auction is just, reasonable and not unduly discriminatory or preferential, provided, however, that if such an RTO or ISO never allocated financial transmission rights on its system that pertained to a period before January 1, 2005, with respect to any application by such RTO or ISO that would change its methodology the Commission shall exercise its authority in a manner consistent with the Act and the policies expressed in subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) as applied to firm transmission rights held by a load serving entity as of January 1, 2005, to the extent the associated generation ownership or power purchase arrangements remain in effect.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5DB5CFD47F964D1FBB365F002C35DAD4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certain transmission rights</header><text>The Commission may exercise authority under this Act to make transmission rights not used to meet an obligation covered by subsection (a) available to other entities in a manner determined by the Commission to be just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H645F780E5B654DC9AF752B4EC4EFBD1D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Obligation to build</header><text>Nothing in this Act shall relieve a load-serving entity from any obligation under State or local law to build transmission or distribution facilities adequate to meet its service obligations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H45930F026535472181995174AF930057"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall provide a basis for abrogating any contract or service agreement for firm transmission service or rights in effect as of the date of the enactment of this subsection. If an ISO in the Western Interconnection had allocated financial transmission rights prior to the date of enactment of this section but had not done so with respect to one or more load-serving entities’ firm transmission rights held under contracts to which the preceding sentence applies (or held by reason of ownership of transmission facilities), such load-serving entities may not be required, without their consent, to convert such firm transmission rights to tradable or financial rights, except where the load-serving entity has voluntarily joined the ISO as a participating transmission owner (or its successor) in accordance with the ISO tariff.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAF4C4334EFEA4B9EB238D97C3E7C75EB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Water pumping facilities</header><text>The Commission shall ensure that any entity described in section 201(f) that owns transmission facilities used predominately to support its own water pumping facilities shall have, with respect to such facilities, protections for transmission service comparable to those provided to load-serving entities pursuant to this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1805EC37994E4E2A8DF9861821A75283"><enum>(g)</enum><header>FERC rulemaking on long-term transmission rights in organized markets</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within one year after the date of enactment of this section and after notice and an opportunity for comment, the Commission shall by rule or order implement subsection (a)(3) in Commission-approved RTOs and ISOs with organized electricity markets. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H6EF339E253604750B71E5338066FDD1F"><enum>(h)</enum><header>ERCOT</header><text>This section shall not apply within the area referred to in section 212(k)(2)(A).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBEC5BFF2248C44ADBBBDB9568FCD56D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Jurisdiction</header><text>This section does not authorize the Commission to take any action not otherwise within its jurisdiction.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF648D3086EFA47FE9B2B5C861E921BA2"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Effect of exercising rights</header><text>An entity that lawfully exercises rights granted under subsection (a) shall not be considered by such action as engaging in undue discrimination or preference under this Act.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H06D944EF91354262BFE0D9D744966FD8"><enum>(k)</enum><header>TVA Area</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(1)(B), a load-serving entity that is located within the service area of the Tennessee Valley Authority and that has a firm wholesale power supply contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority shall be deemed to hold firm transmission rights for the transmission of such power.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H248497F108C241E9A5F513441382C013"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H4C37528489194D15BB46F46C1C87DF47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>distribution utility</term> means an electric utility that has a service obligation to end-users or to a State utility or electric cooperative that, directly or indirectly, through 1 or more additional State utilities or electric cooperatives, provides electric service to end-users.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H748107C87FAC486F9CF8E800A9A9AD8F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>load-serving entity</term> means a distribution utility or an electric utility that has a service obligation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8EC5D256FCF8427580855E1FC885B36B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term <term>service obligation</term> means a requirement applicable to, or the exercise of authority granted to, an electric utility under Federal, State or local law or under long-term contracts to provide electric service to end-users or to a distribution utility.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF3057121B9D84A50BCE42722E889A9F1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘State utility’ means a State or any political subdivision of a State, or any agency, authority, or instrumentality of any 1 or more of the foregoing, or a corporation which is wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by any 1 or more of the foregoing, competent to carry on the business of developing, transmitting, utilizing or distributing power.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H9204247C3C4A4FD58EC192F9B28B0079"><enum>1237.</enum><header>Study on the benefits of economic dispatch</header> <subsection id="H5E71E23C692C4244AA802065DD0021B3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Secretary of Energy, in coordination and consultation with the States, shall conduct a study on—</text> <paragraph id="H0A7976BB14FA4A24A89484817BE69180"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the procedures currently used by electric utilities to perform economic dispatch;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC4D1F20AD918409A811ECECBF071B7F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifying possible revisions to those procedures to improve the ability of nonutility generation resources to offer their output for sale for the purpose of inclusion in economic dispatch; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02E029A4C3EF49BC8FB6F6666CF35F1F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the potential benefits to residential, commercial, and industrial electricity consumers nationally and in each state if economic dispatch procedures were revised to improve the ability of nonutility generation resources to offer their output for inclusion in economic dispatch.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7B7B1DB1499E47B89216A63276009B90"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>The term <term>economic dispatch</term> when used in this section means the operation of generation facilities to produce energy at the lowest cost to reliably serve consumers, recognizing any operational limits of generation and transmission facilities.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1B09F2E9A4BA411297A83FAB7D5C35A6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to Congress and the States</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and on a yearly basis following, the Secretary of Energy shall submit a report to Congress and the States on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), including recommendations to Congress and the States for any suggested legislative or regulatory changes.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H50351AB167B0410FA588B012C921D7D8"><enum>D</enum><header>Transmission Rate Reform</header> <section id="H9F64794D70BE4F53B8CC5574188FDCFC"><enum>1241.</enum><header>Transmission infrastructure investment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part II of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824">16 U.S.C. 824 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H582D3825036C49F3ACDE8CEAA9160757"> <section id="HBFB320E703F24EFCABE7D6F313442C2"><enum>218.</enum><header>Transmission infrastructure investment</header> <subsection id="H7575F9F512C04FB4BB587D6E51839221"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rulemaking requirement</header><text>Within 1 year after the enactment of this section, the Commission shall establish, by rule, incentive-based (including, but not limited to performance-based) rate treatments for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce by public utilities for the purpose of benefiting consumers by ensuring reliability and reducing the cost of delivered power by reducing transmission congestion. Such rule shall—</text> <paragraph id="H3AC789CC9FC2466F9300A13868C13B62"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promote reliable and economically efficient transmission and generation of electricity by promoting capital investment in the enlargement, improvement, maintenance and operation of facilities for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA86F10E80D464DAB948B7286EB69005F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide a return on equity that attracts new investment in transmission facilities (including related transmission technologies);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H002647FA090A4E879E7658584BCFC79D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>encourage deployment of transmission technologies and other measures to increase the capacity and efficiency of existing transmission facilities and improve the operation of such facilities; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H65A4C761C45D48AB9611C6E68DD47D6E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>allow recovery of all prudently incurred costs necessary to comply with mandatory reliability standards issued pursuant to section 215 of this Act.</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">The Commission may, from time to time, revise such rule.</continuation-text></subsection> <subsection id="HB32FA74FF77C48F6A456FDBB1E466875"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional incentives for RTO participation</header><text>In the rule issued under this section, the Commission shall, to the extent within its jurisdiction, provide for incentives to each transmitting utility or electric utility that joins a Regional Transmission Organization or Independent System Operator. Incentives provided by the Commission pursuant to such rule shall include—</text> <paragraph id="HE20E74AAD6154206A26D00A9D96ED1C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>recovery of all prudently incurred costs to develop and participate in any proposed or approved RTO, ISO, or independent transmission company;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H209634E24CA94C2BA355755F00BC1E2D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recovery of all costs previously approved by a State commission which exercised jurisdiction over the transmission facilities prior to the utility’s participation in the RTO or ISO, including costs necessary to honor preexisting transmission service contracts, in a manner which does not reduce the revenues the utility receives for transmission services for a reasonable transition period after the utility joins the RTO or ISO;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H139B0026246E40BAB74417E8F294CE4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recovery as an expense in rates of the costs prudently incurred to conduct transmission planning and reliability activities, including the costs of participating in RTO, ISO and other regional planning activities and design, study and other precertification costs involved in seeking permits and approvals for proposed transmission facilities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A65C6E66AED4D96BA5DCFD09DAA277F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a current return in rates for construction work in progress for transmission facilities and full recovery of prudently incurred costs for constructing transmission facilities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H497B663554644B50B841EC1FE94CCBF7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>formula transmission rates; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE50C78516AD74DA4951E49E00094F752"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a maximum 15 year accelerated depreciation on new transmission facilities for rate treatment purposes.</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">The Commission shall ensure that any costs recoverable pursuant to this subsection may be recovered by such utility through the transmission rates charged by such utility or through the transmission rates charged by the RTO or ISO that provides transmission service to such utility.</continuation-text></subsection> <subsection id="H6F586F6DEE6A4B6C8723C97EAEB63008"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Just and reasonable rates</header><text>All rates approved under the rules adopted pursuant to this section, including any revisions to such rules, are subject to the requirement of sections 205 and 206 that all rates, charges, terms, and conditions be just and reasonable and not unduly discriminatory or preferential.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HA27A00FE752B4A30A09F01D4342C6503"><enum>E</enum><header>Amendments to PURPA</header> <section id="H3122DDDE2B2B41FA9E38B33994EBD2D8"><enum>1251.</enum><header>Net metering and additional standards</header> <subsection id="H5812A9EA7E6C42AF8692CE782B3EECF3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Adoption of standards</header><text>Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2621">16 U.S.C. 2621(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HED915514EBDB415DB3E133E4D23F4F00"> <paragraph id="H2B600642DA654D0FB9966F32A7E6F886"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Net metering</header><text>Each electric utility shall make available upon request net metering service to any electric consumer that the electric utility serves. For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>net metering service</term> means service to an electric consumer under which electric energy generated by that electric consumer from an eligible on-site generating facility and delivered to the local distribution facilities may be used to offset electric energy provided by the electric utility to the electric consumer during the applicable billing period.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HACF818BAAEC448398FE3918F29AEFDB9"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Fuel sources</header><text>Each electric utility shall develop a plan to minimize dependence on 1 fuel source and to ensure that the electric energy it sells to consumers is generated using a diverse range of fuels and technologies, including renewable technologies.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4DD2FACFE9BE43E283F474DCC8C0365C"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Fossil fuel generation efficiency</header><text>Each electric utility shall develop and implement a 10-year plan to increase the efficiency of its fossil fuel generation.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H6B2E0A15F96041C78BB9D2D7E9D15280"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compliance</header> <paragraph id="H00EFA1EF0D114C21B2E737227C7CAD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Time limitations</header><text>Section 112(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H4B97FBFA69774DA08DE71C4DC22C6434"> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H1B28A95648D34DCCB247BB396638F8CE"><enum>(3)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA1A94745C5A247B781F9EC15C69B45B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 2 years after the enactment of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) and each nonregulated electric utility shall commence the consideration referred to in section 111, or set a hearing date for such consideration, with respect to each standard established by paragraphs (11) through (13) of section 111(d).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HEB741CAB98DA49A9A06D51204C89536B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority), and each nonregulated electric utility, shall complete the consideration, and shall make the determination, referred to in section 111 with respect to each standard established by paragraphs (11) through (13) of section 111(d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF529167CBA254BFB976671741C61FE19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Failure to comply</header><text>Section 112(c) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HC0918F748D3340B4ACD79C828D1B3334"><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">In the case of each standard established by paragraphs (11) through (13) of section 111(d), the reference contained in this subsection to the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of such paragraphs (11) through (13).</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7DBA0084778748B68F51BC57C6B24702"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prior State actions</header> <subparagraph id="HA4E463FAE2AA4A07B5AF25225193CFFE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 112 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HBA9A7AAB6A594DA085D71E478E1FDF8D"> <subsection id="HAEA41AC2EDA8492A89FCE190A2BB3DF1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prior State actions</header><text>Subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to the standards established by paragraphs (11) through (13) of section 111(d) in the case of any electric utility in a State if, before the enactment of this subsection—</text> <paragraph id="HC330989D960245859610882FC404C806"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the State has implemented for such utility the standard concerned (or a comparable standard);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1461B04D3DCF448C9979D15C1877B377"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the State regulatory authority for such State or relevant nonregulated electric utility has conducted a proceeding to consider implementation of the standard concerned (or a comparable standard) for such utility; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD3EF29A2A7A4D0E9FF09D47BD813FAD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the State legislature has voted on the implementation of such standard (or a comparable standard) for such utility.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H064E97DB3DF44323B48BF4D227E1659"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cross reference</header><text>Section 124 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2634">16 U.S.C. 2634</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: <quote>In the case of each standard established by paragraphs (11) through (13) of section 111(d), the reference contained in this subsection to the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of such paragraphs (11) through (13).</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HBF6462CB6D8640FC92FEA5E68C80E65"><enum>1252.</enum><header>Smart metering</header> <subsection id="H7381D1CBB41C40648E36737DB41248B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2621">16 U.S.C. 2621(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HB2BE5318859F4E9884BDEA6FA749F4D4"> <paragraph id="H5E240AF7F32C4758AC4435995C47D970"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Time-based metering and communications</header> <subparagraph id="H14F03D49B1D84293BA6D88C11E756DE6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, each electric utility shall offer each of its customer classes, and provide individual customers upon customer request, a time-based rate schedule under which the rate charged by the electric utility varies during different time periods and reflects the variance, if any, in the utility’s costs of generating and purchasing electricity at the wholesale level. The time-based rate schedule shall enable the electric consumer to manage energy use and cost through advanced metering and communications technology.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA01F015AC98E43D39F07BA9FD5D0A0CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The types of time-based rate schedules that may be offered under the schedule referred to in subparagraph (A) include, among others—</text> <clause id="HCC3477D8E00D4751AFA134AED3333F8B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>time-of-use pricing whereby electricity prices are set for a specific time period on an advance or forward basis, typically not changing more often than twice a year, based on the utility’s cost of generating and/or purchasing such electricity at the wholesale level for the benefit of the consumer. Prices paid for energy consumed during these periods shall be pre-established and known to consumers in advance of such consumption, allowing them to vary their demand and usage in response to such prices and manage their energy costs by shifting usage to a lower cost period or reducing their consumption overall;</text></clause> <clause id="H661F4BFBB18049F29D00C711EFEA69"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>critical peak pricing whereby time-of-use prices are in effect except for certain peak days, when prices may reflect the costs of generating and/or purchasing electricity at the wholesale level and when consumers may receive additional discounts for reducing peak period energy consumption;</text></clause> <clause id="H7DF7761D43274A1EAA6BA907867B2D1B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>real-time pricing whereby electricity prices are set for a specific time period on an advanced or forward basis, reflecting the utility’s cost of generating and/or purchasing electricity at the wholesale level, and may change as often as hourly; and</text></clause> <clause id="HADA7BB7697C3466FA6EA03AD37772588"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>credits for consumers with large loads who enter into pre-established peak load reduction agreements that reduce a utility’s planned capacity obligations.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H99E3CD964EFC49BCAFB0E229F04935C6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Each electric utility subject to subparagraph (A) shall provide each customer requesting a time-based rate with a time-based meter capable of enabling the utility and customer to offer and receive such rate, respectively.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7269045B3A604708801388546E4B1E09"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For purposes of implementing this paragraph, any reference contained in this section to the date of enactment of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of this paragraph.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H93650A0CA61F4F2E9C54323F5FACA3D4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>In a State that permits third-party marketers to sell electric energy to retail electric consumers, such consumers shall be entitled to receive the same time-based metering and communications device and service as a retail electric consumer of the electric utility.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFA34CB40946C46EEA7127FAC10A300C0"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 112, each State regulatory authority shall, not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph conduct an investigation in accordance with section 115(i) and issue a decision whether it is appropriate to implement the standards set out in subparagraphs (A) and (C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H2001FA12400F43E5B44BF77100B49DF0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State investigation of demand response and time-based metering</header><text>Section 115 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2625">16 U.S.C. 2625</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H390A92F235DE46FE80150018D5C139D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By inserting in subsection (b) after the phrase <quote>the standard for time-of-day rates established by section 111(d)(3)</quote> the following: <quote>and the standard for time-based metering and communications established by section 111(d)(14)</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4F7577DFFF9C41EDB86620565160B0D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By inserting in subsection (b) after the phrase <quote>are likely to exceed the metering</quote> the following: <quote>and communications</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0246D016D644413F97394E1041FB8980"><enum>(3)</enum><text>By adding the at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H5E5B7F727290445494255481A0CF3D04"> <subsection id="H9619B7F09E294F409C0093AFAAD56B24"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Time-based metering and communications</header><text>In making a determination with respect to the standard established by section 111(d)(14), the investigation requirement of section 111(d)(14)(F) shall be as follows: Each State regulatory authority shall conduct an investigation and issue a decision whether or not it is appropriate for electric utilities to provide and install time-based meters and communications devices for each of their customers which enable such customers to participate in time-based pricing rate schedules and other demand response programs.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4F3A43D6F504400A93AFBA00A51C3F9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal assistance on demand response</header><text>Section 132(a) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2642">16 U.S.C. 2642(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (3), striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and by adding the following at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block id="H94812D39C4D64848A0833BFCF78D5947"> <paragraph id="H50915FB280B04B808F1CC72B30FFB730"><enum>(5)</enum><text>technologies, techniques, and rate-making methods related to advanced metering and communications and the use of these technologies, techniques and methods in demand response programs.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H8AE98BD514A3491B97919051496188AD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Federal guidance</header><text>Section 132 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2642">16 U.S.C. 2642</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block id="H47394F419FB2407DB3C34BA89C34EE52"> <subsection id="H18874604F3A74FFF91835E216244CF2D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Demand response</header><text>The Secretary shall be responsible for—</text> <paragraph id="HD5F7AC4AC5D44FB3A326003CEA8B4404"><enum>(1)</enum><text>educating consumers on the availability, advantages, and benefits of advanced metering and communications technologies, including the funding of demonstration or pilot projects;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H35B535B2E09F48BFB08D772C2CCF976B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>working with States, utilities, other energy providers and advanced metering and communications experts to identify and address barriers to the adoption of demand response programs; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8CD01B5B2BE5429A872BBA7454D3ABEA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, providing Congress with a report that identifies and quantifies the national benefits of demand response and makes a recommendation on achieving specific levels of such benefits by January 1, 2007.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H301CC0380C864E5284FA7D43C1874CC0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Demand response and regional coordination</header> <paragraph id="H23AAF420731B488F9D101CA103A0081"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>It is the policy of the United States to encourage States to coordinate, on a regional basis, State energy policies to provide reliable and affordable demand response services to the public.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7613A38CA27744A288C5DD8EB4932CF4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary of Energy shall provide technical assistance to States and regional organizations formed by 2 or more States to assist them in—</text> <subparagraph id="H87CAE3EA371149579C1DADA77F00364C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifying the areas with the greatest demand response potential;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0169E8A36DFE4776B5BE5671BAC3C691"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifying and resolving problems in transmission and distribution networks, including through the use of demand response;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6674FACF7B2D46BEAD7DE34F0916672F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>developing plans and programs to use demand response to respond to peak demand or emergency needs; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0D72F1E9FD074DFBBB575629E9D3DA00"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identifying specific measures consumers can take to participate in these demand response programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD1E181F2F6A4B9300F36E70F903E9DF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Commission shall prepare and publish an annual report, by appropriate region, that assesses demand response resources, including those available from all consumer classes, and which identifies and reviews—</text> <subparagraph id="H9C9ADE126A0A461E8801CB2ED9F831EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>saturation and penetration rate of advanced meters and communications technologies, devices and systems;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H836C7AB62A994015A4C4B7BFAC6F3515"><enum>(B)</enum><text>existing demand response programs and time-based rate programs;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCD8735AE3F9E4202BCC6679E3E37E94C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the annual resource contribution of demand resources;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFD4E2D1761004B109516AAD4675765D9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the potential for demand response as a quantifiable, reliable resource for regional planning purposes;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC7E4CC587074401F97DBABF22D8E1F5F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>steps taken to ensure that, in regional transmission planning and operations, demand resources are provided equitable treatment as a quantifiable, reliable resource relative to the resource obligations of any load-serving entity, transmission provider, or transmitting party; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H76FB190DF6D54AA58794EF9456C43DB4"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regulatory barriers to improved customer participation in demand response, peak reduction and critical period pricing programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8A2C55D107314FDE94D57C40706100B7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal encouragement of demand response devices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the policy of the United States that time-based pricing and other forms of demand response, whereby electricity customers are provided with electricity price signals and the ability to benefit by responding to them, shall be encouraged, the deployment of such technology and devices that enable electricity customers to participate in such pricing and demand response systems shall be facilitated, and unnecessary barriers to demand response participation in energy, capacity and ancillary service markets shall be eliminated. It is further the policy of the United States that the benefits of such demand response that accrue to those not deploying such technology and devices, but who are part of the same regional electricity entity, shall be recognized.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H99E9DC9E18864F3D9DCD2E207E2CF760"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Time limitations</header><text>Section 112(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H85B13369B2E84C0BA1475B63A5AF1831"> <paragraph id="HA7AEAB3C939240A2A898B8817FAA9381"><enum>(4)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA07009BCA14646FCBD0075D88E53D22D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 1 year after the enactment of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) and each nonregulated electric utility shall commence the consideration referred to in section 111, or set a hearing date for such consideration, with respect to the standard established by paragraph (14) of section 111(d).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HBF34ECFC5447437FB400896FB8C2031"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority), and each nonregulated electric utility, shall complete the consideration, and shall make the determination, referred to in section 111 with respect to the standard established by paragraph (14) of section 111(d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H557912A2AA6A4CDC8118217C13542C14"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Failure to comply</header><text>Section 112(c) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HB716F80059614B1000EC8080A8A45797"><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">In the case of the standard established by paragraph (14) of section 111(d), the reference contained in this subsection to the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of such paragraph (14).</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HD1D93DE9C01347D180BFE0998249273E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Prior State actions regarding smart metering standards</header> <paragraph id="HD48F537EA80E4A01B8A279D6F3AFC71F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 112 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HDCFC1338ABB3420A96C97842E4D00E"> <subsection id="HCD8E4C189EDC461294DF7207D7C973C2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Prior State actions</header><text>Subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to the standard established by paragraph (14) of section 111(d) in the case of any electric utility in a State if, before the enactment of this subsection—</text> <paragraph id="H84E6707AEAF24F478E3311CBFBC1D000"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the State has implemented for such utility the standard concerned (or a comparable standard);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H75313E20AA3E470D9001A236F21D27A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the State regulatory authority for such State or relevant nonregulated electric utility has conducted a proceeding to consider implementation of the standard concerned (or a comparable standard) for such utility within the previous 3 years; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFD580F433832483689096F99FE91D4F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the State legislature has voted on the implementation of such standard (or a comparable standard) for such utility within the previous 3 years.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC83A8FDDEA08483B836FFBFA82F559CB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cross reference</header><text>Section 124 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2634">16 U.S.C. 2634</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: <quote>In the case of the standard established by paragraph (14) of section 111(d), the reference contained in this subsection to the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of such paragraph (14).</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H1D19242B38244255BF5510425423AC23"><enum>1253.</enum><header>Cogeneration and small power production purchase and sale requirements</header> <subsection id="H31C1B73CBAA1457F99B4B2A60042F102"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Termination of mandatory purchase and sale requirements</header><text>Section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824a-3">16 U.S.C. 824a–3</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H5182CD2EB7E54EA987A8BD8D76F72F63"> <subsection id="H7FE0BBA2C5194404AD84F861B858E05"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Termination of mandatory purchase and sale requirements</header> <paragraph id="HBF2215B56770465C901BE1489EA4CF29"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Obligation to purchase</header><text>After the date of enactment of this subsection, no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase electric energy from a qualifying cogeneration facility or a qualifying small power production facility under this section if the Commission finds that the qualifying cogeneration facility or qualifying small power production facility has nondiscriminatory access to—</text> <subparagraph id="H0760EC348D084643B056A699EA818D2"><enum>(A)</enum> <clause display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA394D81C8EE64E3EBB5DFAAD722C935C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>independently administered, auction-based day ahead and real time wholesale markets for the sale of electric energy; and (ii) wholesale markets for long-term sales of capacity and electric energy; or</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCF04135EF3D44187982599A88967CF2F"><enum>(B)</enum> <clause display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9A8DBCEDE2384AB7B56694C646D988AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>transmission and interconnection services that are provided by a Commission-approved regional transmission entity and administered pursuant to an open access transmission tariff that affords nondiscriminatory treatment to all customers; and (ii) competitive wholesale markets that provide a meaningful opportunity to sell capacity, including long-term and short-term sales, and electric energy, including long-term, short-term and real-time sales, to buyers other than the utility to which the qualifying facility is interconnected. In determining whether a meaningful opportunity to sell exists, the Commission shall consider, among other factors, evidence of transactions within the relevant market; or</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBC533C34D0C744AA8DF6238805EA83"><enum>(C)</enum><text>wholesale markets for the sale of capacity and electric energy that are, at a minimum, of comparable competitive quality as markets described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA780A889B1DD481090A6006D8D2F53E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revised purchase and sale obligation for new facilities</header> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9CAE65D903FB44F5BF295C69A8E5827E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>After the date of enactment of this subsection, no electric utility shall be required pursuant to this section to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase from or sell electric energy to a facility that is not an existing qualifying cogeneration facility unless the facility meets the criteria for qualifying cogeneration facilities established by the Commission pursuant to the rulemaking required by subsection (n).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H549AB03066024830ADAE00581F43F213"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For the purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>existing qualifying cogeneration facility</term> means a facility that—</text> <clause id="H8C0819AC4E67448A93CF9700226709ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>was a qualifying cogeneration facility on the date of enactment of subsection (m); or</text></clause> <clause id="H922D029D088848CF92A31CBF00294F4F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>had filed with the Commission a notice of self-certification, self recertification or an application for Commission certification under 18 C.F.R. 292.207 prior to the date on which the Commission issues the final rule required by subsection (n).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H27B8C37D743444178EE5FE1E6B8FF4B1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Commission review</header><text>Any electric utility may file an application with the Commission for relief from the mandatory purchase obligation pursuant to this subsection on a service territory-wide basis. Such application shall set forth the factual basis upon which relief is requested and describe why the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (A), (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) of this subsection have been met. After notice, including sufficient notice to potentially affected qualifying cogeneration facilities and qualifying small power production facilities, and an opportunity for comment, the Commission shall make a final determination within 90 days of such application regarding whether the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (A), (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) have been met.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE8CAB60AA2374B6CB3C002F3FDDA1093"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reinstatement of obligation to purchase</header><text>At any time after the Commission makes a finding under paragraph (3) relieving an electric utility of its obligation to purchase electric energy, a qualifying cogeneration facility, a qualifying small power production facility, a State agency, or any other affected person may apply to the Commission for an order reinstating the electric utility’s obligation to purchase electric energy under this section. Such application shall set forth the factual basis upon which the application is based and describe why the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (A), (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) of this subsection are no longer met. After notice, including sufficient notice to potentially affected utilities, and opportunity for comment, the Commission shall issue an order within 90 days of such application reinstating the electric utility’s obligation to purchase electric energy under this section if the Commission finds that the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (A), (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) which relieved the obligation to purchase, are no longer met.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H130AC20D45154083865F002905ECF41B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Obligation to sell</header><text>After the date of enactment of this subsection, no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to sell electric energy to a qualifying cogeneration facility or a qualifying small power production facility under this section if the Commission finds that—</text> <subparagraph id="H9BD0E2BF54874BC885F600BB39ED00F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>competing retail electric suppliers are willing and able to sell and deliver electric energy to the qualifying cogeneration facility or qualifying small power production facility; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBAFC41D1A14D44478E1F1BCF837454B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the electric utility is not required by State law to sell electric energy in its service territory.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C2CB53F5B7D49A2BD918F0002E0CABF"><enum>(6)</enum><header>No effect on existing rights and remedies</header><text>Nothing in this subsection affects the rights or remedies of any party under any contract or obligation, in effect or pending approval before the appropriate State regulatory authority or non-regulated electric utility on the date of enactment of this subsection, to purchase electric energy or capacity from or to sell electric energy or capacity to a qualifying cogeneration facility or qualifying small power production facility under this Act (including the right to recover costs of purchasing electric energy or capacity).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA89FD065A43B44FC8E1200EB6911FFF"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Recovery of costs</header> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB2284C57EFC14C8998D4336F00894126"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Commission shall issue and enforce such regulations as are necessary to ensure that an electric utility that purchases electric energy or capacity from a qualifying cogeneration facility or qualifying small power production facility in accordance with any legally enforceable obligation entered into or imposed under this section recovers all prudently incurred costs associated with the purchase.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H5A8F3A47C1924F7CB453D87490049B89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A regulation under subparagraph (A) shall be enforceable in accordance with the provisions of law applicable to enforcement of regulations under the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/791a">16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6FA5B834C9D64E2186FA374C7178D52"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Rulemaking for new qualifying facilities</header> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA5CB98C8220E4F40AA31C476EEEDC1A5"><enum>(1)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8D9BFA8952094744B233F8A341C49B28"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall issue a rule revising the criteria in 18 C.F.R. 292.205 for new qualifying cogeneration facilities seeking to sell electric energy pursuant to section 210 of this Act to ensure—</text> <clause indent="up2" id="HC560AA905AC84EEA9D46AEAC85DAE68E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that the thermal energy output of a new qualifying cogeneration facility is used in a productive and beneficial manner;</text></clause> <clause indent="up2" id="H9E9A3FF0A3CF4B24A9E813A8919B4BBE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the electrical, thermal, and chemical output of the cogeneration facility is used fundamentally for industrial, commercial, or institutional purposes and is not intended fundamentally for sale to an electric utility, taking into account technological, efficiency, economic, and variable thermal energy requirements, as well as State laws applicable to sales of electric energy from a qualifying facility to its host facility; and</text></clause> <clause indent="up2" id="H835B386A68D34F5A9843F09BF1C49984"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>continuing progress in the development of efficient electric energy generating technology.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up2" id="HC31BD744347340A99B6E04BE4282CC86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The rule issued pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) of this subsecvtion shall be applicable only to facilities that seek to sell electric energy pursuant to section 210 of this Act. For all other purposes, except as specifically provided in subsection (m)(2)(A), qualifying facility status shall be determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H39C0483968B14AF4B41EC45B46DFBA00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Notwithstanding rule revisions under paragraph (1), the Commission’s criteria for qualifying cogeneration facilities in effect prior to the date on which the Commission issues the final rule required by paragraph (1) shall continue to apply to any cogeneration facility that—</text> <subparagraph id="HE8C2777328F84ADA846FDE4BCF74DF85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>was a qualifying cogeneration facility on the date of enactment of subsection (m), or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H373B2A977F4E40F2B200B0B18012DDB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>had filed with the Commission a notice of self-certification, self-recertification or an application for Commission certification under 18 C.F.R. 292.207 prior to the date on which the Commission issues the final rule required by paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HFA8B2CAD32E3458695D62D47FF584F88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elimination of ownership limitations</header> <paragraph id="H1318DA9088C44B3EAA3DD25E500A889"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Qualifying small power production facility</header><text>Section 3(17)(C) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/796">16 U.S.C. 796(17)(C)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H6A02F2C99B6C4C51A77459F3E9C92796"> <subparagraph id="HB3FB8498EB0E4178A0D64300EA43F68C"><enum>(C)</enum><text><quote>qualifying small power production facility</quote> means a small power production facility that the Commission determines, by rule, meets such requirements (including requirements respecting fuel use, fuel efficiency, and reliability) as the Commission may, by rule, prescribe;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2623171252FB487F98004CA804A3BF4E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifying cogeneration facility</header><text>Section 3(18)(B) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/796">16 U.S.C. 796(18)(B)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H7F9F90A027574189A29457BF58A5FEB2"> <subparagraph id="H9115A73B73214427965CA9E4D05192E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text><quote>qualifying cogeneration facility</quote> means a cogeneration facility that the Commission determines, by rule, meets such requirements (including requirements respecting minimum size, fuel use, and fuel efficiency) as the Commission may, by rule, prescribe;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section section-type="subsequent-section" id="HAAA258AD0EC64146912C429F269646D1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1254.</enum><header>Interconnection</header> <subsection id="HB51CDC4B1AD440129B5B05E063B2B86E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Adoption of standards</header><text>Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621 (d) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HC3CBD4F0132D4952AF7E0032ED085994"> <paragraph id="H9AC095E1B9A04056BE57CB88417493D5"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Interconnection</header><text>Each electric utility shall make available, upon request, interconnection service to any electric consumer that the electric utility serves. For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>interconnection service</term> means service to an electric consumer under which an on-site generating facility on the consumer’s premises shall be connected to the local distribution facilities. Interconnection services shall be offered based upon the standards developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: IEEE Standard 1547 for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems, as they may be amended from time to time. In addition, agreements and procedures shall be established whereby the services are offered shall promote current best practices of interconnection for distributed generation, including but not limited to practices stipulated in model codes adopted by associations of state regulatory agencies. All such agreements and procedures shall be just and reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H31E3E8565A6C4868008D6439C668C8D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compliance</header> <paragraph id="H2F6BBB884B024C91B18BB4648CA53BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Time limitations</header><text>Section 112(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H5287F3E3F0BF4419AAAEAE00D0B57447"> <paragraph id="H6C2DED1B6C404CA4AFE028B5063FD095"><enum>(5)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H75C9E0F0FC704589AAC8B9649CC0BC5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than one year after the enactment of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) and each nonregulated utility shall commence the consideration referred to in section 111, or set a hearing date for consideration, with respect to the standard established by paragraph (16) of section 111(d).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HBB924C112C834585AA94780031FC3D59"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of the this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority), and each nonregulated electric utility, shall complete the consideration, and shall make the determination, referred to in section 111 with respect to each standard established by paragraph (16) of section 111(d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8272AB7A8ED1425A9BAA198246CE9C14"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Failure to comply</header><text>Section 112 (d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622 (c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>In the case of the standard established by paragraph (16), the reference contained in this subsection to the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of paragraph (16).</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H64D6BDC8CB894378B5865815F0C3C916"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prior State actions</header> <subparagraph id="HF4008F9723A149B0BC5969DCA183E12B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 112 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF74B3E30476640C7BF6791C144D3677E"> <subsection id="H6FECB6C1CAC24B3BA639C4FCD532586C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Prior State actions</header><text>Subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to the standards established by paragraph (16) of section 111(d) in the case of any electric utility in a State if, before the enactment of this subsection—</text> <paragraph id="H775EE3DAAE8248259603B0E07100F1B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the State has implemented for such utility the standard concerned (or a comparable standard);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HABE6FB252188433283F042F8078FE4C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the State regulatory authority for such State or relevant nonregulated electric utility has conducted a proceeding to consider implementation of the standard concerned (or a comparable standard) for such utility; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H75411E474BBA4691B009C71FD3336413"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the State legislature has voted on the implementation of such standard (or a comparable standard) for such utility.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H494C26482CC642378C3423D6F974EC00"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cross reference</header><text>Section 124 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2634">16 U.S.C. 2634</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: <quote>In the case of each standard established by paragraph (16) of section 111(d), the reference contained in this subsection to the date of enactment of the Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of paragraph (16).</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H6232BA6F3E3D42289B220068BB0722A5"><enum>F</enum><header>Repeal of PUHCA</header> <section id="H255AD861A7854C5A883D95BD23372D67"><enum>1261.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H1096AE4DB81048008887F4D238FF7E4"><enum>1262.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this subtitle:</text> <paragraph id="HF39EA4F857C04E3592D387A4C4B561AC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Affiliate</header><text>The term <term>affiliate</term> of a company means any company, 5 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of which are owned, controlled, or held with power to vote, directly or indirectly, by such company.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB27B990DA33A4FE089163E07B666EB21"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Associate company</header><text>The term <term>associate company</term> of a company means any company in the same holding company system with such company.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HACD992B8B1554F0D87328489689FD7B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>The term <term>Commission</term> means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H91D6E9F6D468470393E6D15FBAA77C5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Company</header><text>The term <term>company</term> means a corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company, business trust, or any organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not, or a receiver, trustee, or other liquidating agent of any of the foregoing.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5738D11876514CCBB0CAF78206003BBD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Electric utility company</header><text>The term <term>electric utility company</term> means any company that owns or operates facilities used for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy for sale.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D53DBE26E8546DB971E28D14BB5D1B6"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Exempt wholesale generator and foreign utility company</header><text>The terms <term>exempt wholesale generator</term> and <term>foreign utility company</term> have the same meanings as in sections 32 and 33, respectively, of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (15 U.S.C. 79z–5a, 79z–5b), as those sections existed on the day before the effective date of this subtitle.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5A3E54D59F2E49F6AF5C7FD79FF0761"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Gas utility company</header><text>The term <term>gas utility company</term> means any company that owns or operates facilities used for distribution at retail (other than the distribution only in enclosed portable containers or distribution to tenants or employees of the company operating such facilities for their own use and not for resale) of natural or manufactured gas for heat, light, or power.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA3EDE53D860045F5B8A3C3D18758C069"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Holding company</header><text>The term <term>holding company</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HF026D9F03FBC476A99ABECBC3525FCB4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any company that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds, with power to vote, 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of a public-utility company or of a holding company of any public-utility company; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H251800E6C2854DED97F7001EFB85547"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any person, determined by the Commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, to exercise directly or indirectly (either alone or pursuant to an arrangement or understanding with 1 or more persons) such a controlling influence over the management or policies of any public-utility company or holding company as to make it necessary or appropriate for the rate protection of utility customers with respect to rates that such person be subject to the obligations, duties, and liabilities imposed by this subtitle upon holding companies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5CD65833EF414BD1AD6CE46249121022"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Holding company system</header><text>The term <term>holding company system</term> means a holding company, together with its subsidiary companies.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4221F359119F45319C2D069F55819B00"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Jurisdictional rates</header><text>The term <term>jurisdictional rates</term> means rates accepted or established by the Commission for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce, the sale of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce, the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce, and the sale in interstate commerce of natural gas for resale for ultimate public consumption for domestic, commercial, industrial, or any other use.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H06485F8DFBE84B6A8D00756D96153EE0"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Natural gas company</header><text>The term <term>natural gas company</term> means a person engaged in the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce or the sale of such gas in interstate commerce for resale.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H89A0EFE844FA43ACBC82AAC712189D56"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Person</header><text>The term <term>person</term> means an individual or company.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H575A86A90D434ED59421B0E90091FCDB"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Public utility</header><text>The term <term>public utility</term> means any person who owns or operates facilities used for transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce or sales of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H795C669C1BC748B7957222AEC7491FE4"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Public-utility company</header><text>The term <term>public-utility company</term> means an electric utility company or a gas utility company.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3C6EE324CC744458BBEF35B8487744A6"><enum>(15)</enum><header>State Commission</header><text>The term <term>State commission</term> means any commission, board, agency, or officer, by whatever name designated, of a State, municipality, or other political subdivision of a State that, under the laws of such State, has jurisdiction to regulate public utility companies.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H912BE169055644428975122339AF3E19"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Subsidiary company</header><text>The term <term>subsidiary company</term> of a holding company means—</text> <subparagraph id="H319A1EAF287B4593A6F238DC5B663300"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any company, 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of which are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held with power to vote, by such holding company; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H819D07D145AC4C47A7B0A3F26759ED90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any person, the management or policies of which the Commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, determines to be subject to a controlling influence, directly or indirectly, by such holding company (either alone or pursuant to an arrangement or understanding with 1 or more other persons) so as to make it necessary for the rate protection of utility customers with respect to rates that such person be subject to the obligations, duties, and liabilities imposed by this subtitle upon subsidiary companies of holding companies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0B0BDD78BA7C468C90B1A54CE9926B4F"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Voting security</header><text>The term <term>voting security</term> means any security presently entitling the owner or holder thereof to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a company.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H29FF0A10D6994DBBB4A98529BAEEC93"><enum>1263.</enum><header>Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/79">15 U.S.C. 79 et seq.</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></section> <section id="H4B4D736D2864450FA8C2075812289C7D"><enum>1264.</enum><header>Federal access to books and records</header> <subsection id="HEB99D3156C004F40AE3D6902BCF5CCAA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each holding company and each associate company thereof shall maintain, and shall make available to the Commission, such books, accounts, memoranda, and other records as the Commission determines are relevant to costs incurred by a public utility or natural gas company that is an associate company of such holding company and necessary or appropriate for the protection of utility customers with respect to jurisdictional rates.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H852D12621CFD44A49DD3E6E7C16F4B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Affiliate companies</header><text>Each affiliate of a holding company or of any subsidiary company of a holding company shall maintain, and shall make available to the Commission, such books, accounts, memoranda, and other records with respect to any transaction with another affiliate, as the Commission determines are relevant to costs incurred by a public utility or natural gas company that is an associate company of such holding company and necessary or appropriate for the protection of utility customers with respect to jurisdictional rates.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA25555088DFE44980073761B16429F68"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Holding company systems</header><text>The Commission may examine the books, accounts, memoranda, and other records of any company in a holding company system, or any affiliate thereof, as the Commission determines are relevant to costs incurred by a public utility or natural gas company within such holding company system and necessary or appropriate for the protection of utility customers with respect to jurisdictional rates.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA4F0B5D8A9D84AB08EBC10485813A967"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header><text>No member, officer, or employee of the Commission shall divulge any fact or information that may come to his or her knowledge during the course of examination of books, accounts, memoranda, or other records as provided in this section, except as may be directed by the Commission or by a court of competent jurisdiction.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HF086B08C76A843118742B44834F57F96"><enum>1265.</enum><header>State access to books and records</header> <subsection id="HDE0ABAD226A843B996D0781DA8C67F81"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Upon the written request of a State commission having jurisdiction to regulate a public-utility company in a holding company system, the holding company or any associate company or affiliate thereof, other than such public-utility company, wherever located, shall produce for inspection books, accounts, memoranda, and other records that—</text> <paragraph id="HD1A4BDB25B73474BA9F722F4D48536B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have been identified in reasonable detail in a proceeding before the State commission;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H07E6BE9241AE40429049C3CB792990A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the State commission determines are relevant to costs incurred by such public-utility company; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H685BDAC87FA04358A887F51500AC1738"><enum>(3)</enum><text>are necessary for the effective discharge of the responsibilities of the State commission with respect to such proceeding.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1B3F75D7F5FF48A2B2B9F946832FA2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Subsection (a) does not apply to any person that is a holding company solely by reason of ownership of 1 or more qualifying facilities under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2601">16 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6F9D18D867E64E4E927EDB3695800FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Confidentiality of information</header><text>The production of books, accounts, memoranda, and other records under subsection (a) shall be subject to such terms and conditions as may be necessary and appropriate to safeguard against unwarranted disclosure to the public of any trade secrets or sensitive commercial information.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7C10BAD38E88418CB9D962CA320587ED"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effect on State law</header><text>Nothing in this section shall preempt applicable State law concerning the provision of books, accounts, memoranda, and other records, or in any way limit the rights of any State to obtain books, accounts, memoranda, and other records under any other Federal law, contract, or otherwise.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H66A9DD37777D4F9197EB2C47869EB096"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Court jurisdiction</header><text>Any United States district court located in the State in which the State commission referred to in subsection (a) is located shall have jurisdiction to enforce compliance with this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HA402DB9D40424CFABEDFED6374BC96D1"><enum>1266.</enum><header>Exemption authority</header> <subsection id="HF8E5062B06634EBDB025E3CC462B0001"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the effective date of this subtitle, the Commission shall issue a final rule to exempt from the requirements of section 1264 (relating to Federal access to books and records) any person that is a holding company, solely with respect to 1 or more—</text> <paragraph id="H8CA4DE87B9AE4DDCA7B4436F80DE4FEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>qualifying facilities under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2601">16 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H49B85AE29C8A4166B47D12186405CE4E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>exempt wholesale generators; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFD8F3E4D8E64EE386F9542C57E68D16"><enum>(3)</enum><text>foreign utility companies.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6455EA27399D4B539317F05FFC574491"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other authority</header><text>The Commission shall exempt a person or transaction from the requirements of section 1264 (relating to Federal access to books and records) if, upon application or upon the motion of the Commission—</text> <paragraph id="H7C7DEED3878240DEA7E404245B66FCA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Commission finds that the books, accounts, memoranda, and other records of any person are not relevant to the jurisdictional rates of a public utility or natural gas company; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C4E2FA72F2B446DB7C9D198ECB16513"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Commission finds that any class of transactions is not relevant to the jurisdictional rates of a public utility or natural gas company.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H9B33ED483DDE4858A65FD9C3F19033A8"><enum>1267.</enum><header>Affiliate transactions</header> <subsection id="H669DE5097D8E4AF387A1B5CF39A02877"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Commission authority unaffected</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle shall limit the authority of the Commission under the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/791a">16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.</external-xref>) to require that jurisdictional rates are just and reasonable, including the ability to deny or approve the pass through of costs, the prevention of cross-subsidization, and the issuance of such rules and regulations as are necessary or appropriate for the protection of utility consumers.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0EF0A449F813417691250017E295B6D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recovery of costs</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle shall preclude the Commission or a State commission from exercising its jurisdiction under otherwise applicable law to determine whether a public-utility company, public utility, or natural gas company may recover in rates any costs of an activity performed by an associate company, or any costs of goods or services acquired by such public-utility company from an associate company.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H77F9044005884B7EAE0100F59FF6100"><enum>1268.</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided in this subtitle, no provision of this subtitle shall apply to, or be deemed to include—</text> <paragraph id="H7014595AE07C4EE3ADA4B40000641305"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6B512FB99C7344A59FE39269F982B2A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a State or any political subdivision of a State;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C7D88075EBF40EF0058D16700A055C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any foreign governmental authority not operating in the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H23342AF258E1458D9C03CEB200CAF7AF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any agency, authority, or instrumentality of any entity referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3); or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD600FAB08C7B43ADAD18276D1794DC77"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any officer, agent, or employee of any entity referred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) acting as such in the course of his or her official duty.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HFF21AE53B7734511A035239042AC1C00"><enum>1269.</enum><header>Effect on other regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle precludes the Commission or a State commission from exercising its jurisdiction under otherwise applicable law to protect utility customers.</text></section> <section id="HE8B5F0C8791D4A1700C89D6067913D9"><enum>1270.</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission shall have the same powers as set forth in sections 306 through 317 of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/825e-825p">16 U.S.C. 825e–825p</external-xref>) to enforce the provisions of this subtitle.</text></section> <section id="H71DB1050873A454FBF5326A478B672BE"><enum>1271.</enum><header>Savings provisions</header> <subsection id="H3983B0CF46BB4BA6878DE308C4F488FA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle, or otherwise in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, or rules, regulations, or orders thereunder, prohibits a person from engaging in or continuing to engage in activities or transactions in which it is legally engaged or authorized to engage on the date of enactment of this Act, if that person continues to comply with the terms (other than an expiration date or termination date) of any such authorization, whether by rule or by order.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H37655AEE0ED348F0A0C74009F6F1A225"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect on other Commission authority</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle limits the authority of the Commission under the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/791a">16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.</external-xref>) or the Natural Gas Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/717">15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section> <section id="HB5D92A1A3A984F6C9FDD6B7000922C8"><enum>1272.</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Commission shall—</text> <paragraph id="HC0DD2CE6F8604703A22061D366BD39A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to implement this subtitle (other than section 1265, relating to State access to books and records); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE58CA51F64E54F2FB10304F8DB98AC35"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit to Congress detailed recommendations on technical and conforming amendments to Federal law necessary to carry out this subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H189158E95C8248D384CF9EDF00CBF400"><enum>1273.</enum><header>Transfer of resources</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">All books and records that relate primarily to the functions transferred to the Commission under this subtitle shall be transferred from the Securities and Exchange Commission to the Commission.</text></section> <section id="HE2EDCDF1BC5644B989EC3D60B25D7E8E"><enum>1274.</enum><header>Effective date</header> <subsection id="H711664118B474744AE5C9DF82DDBB7E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except for section 1272 (relating to implementation), this subtitle shall take effect 12 months after the date of enactment of this subtitle.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0757AA03CDDB40748464EEED7D372536"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compliance with certain rules</header><text>If the Commission approves and makes effective any final rulemaking modifying the standards of conduct governing entities that own, operate, or control facilities for transmission of electricity in interstate commerce or transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce prior to the effective date of this subtitle, any action taken by a public-utility company or utility holding company to comply with the requirements of such rulemaking shall not subject such public-utility company or utility holding company to any regulatory requirement applicable to a holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/79">15 U.S.C. 79 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H335DA362264C44D1A3B68E4D0004E0A7"><enum>1275.</enum><header>Service allocation</header> <subsection id="HB4053D65BCBE4626A157BF5FEB193ECD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>FERC review</header><text>In the case of non-power goods or administrative or management services provided by an associate company organized specifically for the purpose of providing such goods or services to any public utility in the same holding company system, at the election of the system or a State commission having jurisdiction over the public utility, the Commission, after the effective date of this subtitle, shall review and authorize the allocation of the costs for such goods or services to the extent relevant to that associate company in order to assure that each allocation is appropriate for the protection of investors and consumers of such public utility.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3C33AF7E03DF4CACA05161B8EE054620"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost allocation</header><text>Nothing in this section shall preclude the Commission or a State commission from exercising its jurisdiction under other applicable law with respect to the review or authorization of any costs allocated to a public utility in a holding company system located in the affected State as a result of the acquisition of non-power goods or administrative and management services by such public utility from an associate company organized specifically for that purpose.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAB8E6EA08F054E01AB80691C2F3024DB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rules</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall issue rules (which rules shall be effective no earlier than the effective date of this subtitle) to exempt from the requirements of this section any company in a holding company system whose public utility operations are confined substantially to a single State and any other class of transactions that the Commission finds is not relevant to the jurisdictional rates of a public utility.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H73880150816E496EB25393A35BDCF247"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public utility</header><text>As used in this section, the term <term>public utility</term> has the meaning given that term in section 201(e) of the Federal Power Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H4023AD0C292E48EE9D2FE7F6E81D5129"><enum>1276.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out this subtitle.</text></section> <section id="H5B30163324E04D2E9CF15306188B9F6C"><enum>1277.</enum><header>Conforming amendments to the Federal Power Act</header> <subsection id="H89D48367A19F47DCBC374796BB47BA9C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conflict of jurisdiction</header><text>Section 318 of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/825q">16 U.S.C. 825q</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD8EAA0E05FC94F37AB442407AD79AB95"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H329E15B0AEDF40EAB7BF4EC1EC425BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 201(g)(5) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824">16 U.S.C. 824(g)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>1935</quote> and inserting <quote>2005</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HA8431FD936AE4F74B4003C00001BA9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 214 of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824m">16 U.S.C. 824m</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>1935</quote> and inserting <quote>2005</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HD6F4B5B439CE44A0A5A2B0E3A316E253"><enum>G</enum><header>Market Transparency, Enforcement, and Consumer Protection</header> <section id="H0ADD4BE13A184577A300C0B84949FEA6"><enum>1281.</enum><header>Market transparency rules</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part II of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824">16 U.S.C. 824 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HBB80362F779C49998C63A371E77DC9C9"> <section id="H91BE289DA4ED47B396008FA552CDCE8B"><enum>220.</enum><header>Market transparency rules</header> <subsection id="H281F2E6F69E1462CBF4C15B1F368990"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall issue rules establishing an electronic information system to provide the Commission and the public with access to such information as is necessary or appropriate to facilitate price transparency and participation in markets subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction under this Act. Such systems shall provide information about the availability and market price of wholesale electric energy and transmission services to the Commission, State commissions, buyers and sellers of wholesale electric energy, users of transmission services, and the public on a timely basis. The Commission shall have authority to obtain such information from any electric utility or transmitting utility, including any entity described in section 201(f).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1581F697384C4F118092FC45F953AA35"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exemptions</header><text>The Commission shall exempt from disclosure information it determines would, if disclosed, be detrimental to the operation of an effective market or jeopardize system security. This section shall not apply to transactions for the purchase or sale of wholesale electric energy or transmission services within the area described in section 212(k)(2)(A). In determining the information to be made available under this section and time to make such information available, the Commission shall seek to ensure that consumers and competitive markets are protected from the adverse effects of potential collusion or other anti-competitive behaviors that can be facilitated by untimely public disclosure of transaction-specific information.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE75F0D19D91C4AEEBFA877BBDB00A1D0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Commodity Futures Trading Commission</header><text>This section shall not affect the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with respect to accounts, agreements, contracts, or transactions in commodities under the <act-name parsable-cite="COMEX">Commodity Exchange Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1">7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H20D4DF4EA0364B17902458C9E2019433"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>In exercising its authority under this section, the Commission shall not—</text> <paragraph id="HA4C1AF0AFAE74024A0003BD72094AF50"><enum>(1)</enum><text>compete with, or displace from the market place, any price publisher; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF667E82E3FF7438EA6E1DE46700A987"><enum>(2)</enum><text>regulate price publishers or impose any requirements on the publication of information.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H056D6E632B2F495EAD4DBEEC79E409C8"><enum>1282.</enum><header>Market manipulation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part II of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824">16 U.S.C. 824 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HC8EA080690BE4781BF5C75715EB2F3EE"> <section id="H4CB271E01AC44502A43C9200ACE12017"><enum>221.</enum><header>Prohibition on filing false information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No person or other entity (including an entity described in section 201(f)) shall willfully and knowingly report any information relating to the price of electricity sold at wholesale or availability of transmission capacity, which information the person or any other entity knew to be false at the time of the reporting, to a Federal agency with intent to fraudulently affect the data being compiled by such Federal agency.</text></section> <section id="H5B2E29EADC8841D3AB01B17C008E5097"><enum>222.</enum><header>Prohibition on round trip trading</header> <subsection id="H65E9902534C54636BCE18174371548B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>No person or other entity (including an entity described in section 201(f)) shall willfully and knowingly enter into any contract or other arrangement to execute a <quote>round trip trade</quote> for the purchase or sale of electric energy at wholesale.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H125F8FA5FE2F4CD2A6B1D0DCE1C9C75E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For the purposes of this section, the term <term>round trip trade</term> means a transaction, or combination of transactions, in which a person or any other entity—</text> <paragraph id="HF1E6BABC45D2492EB0183EA2505377E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>enters into a contract or other arrangement to purchase from, or sell to, any other person or other entity electric energy at wholesale;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H877096D638484671B5A3D522D6CB5F75"><enum>(2)</enum><text>simultaneously with entering into the contract or arrangement described in paragraph (1), arranges a financially offsetting trade with such other person or entity for the same such electric energy, at the same location, price, quantity and terms so that, collectively, the purchase and sale transactions in themselves result in no financial gain or loss; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95704B433DEB46368100E4CF5CEF77B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>enters into the contract or arrangement with a specific intent to fraudulently affect reported revenues, trading volumes, or prices.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H8CDC6BABC938468092D132C853CCAA54"><enum>1283.</enum><header>Enforcement</header> <subsection id="HADEDFC1652BD4B6F9B00777DC10460B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Complaints</header><text>Section 306 of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/825e">16 U.S.C. 825e</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HB5D102C2CA3E4F8DBB986FD3DE7DF650"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By inserting <quote>electric utility,</quote> after <quote>Any person,</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2CEB4FA784A24071A3A1005795B4CB4C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By inserting <quote>, transmitting utility,</quote> after <quote>licensee</quote> each place it appears.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7030AA755CE14C139BE1219E4E75C3C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review of Commission orders</header><text>Section 313(a) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/8251">16 U.S.C. 8251</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>electric utility,</quote> after <quote>person,</quote> in the first 2 places it appears and by striking <quote>any person unless such person</quote> and inserting <quote>any entity unless such entity</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H262CE425D2C549ABA028781FE4E0DA11"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Investigations</header><text>Section 307(a) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/825f">16 U.S.C. 825f(a)</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H778F86509C784A95B1936566D89B21DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By inserting <quote>, electric utility, transmitting utility, or other entity</quote> after <quote>person</quote> each time it appears.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B2AC7CFE7574B51B145E2D51526AD46"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By striking the period at the end of the first sentence and inserting the following: <quote>or in obtaining information about the sale of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce and the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H358229F58CA54FD0ADFF3D95F8520497"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Criminal penalties</header><text>Section 316 of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/825o">16 U.S.C. 825o</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H51D6458889A640DBAF7F4FE069CF40A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>$5,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000</quote>, and by striking <quote>two years</quote> and inserting <quote>5 years</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H37DD3E9BBA7745B0B91BFFEBA2581B8B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>$500</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7366AFDB880045F783D69665A03F1D78"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1DA69240B6724B55A37286D4273F3B2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Civil penalties</header><text>Section 316A of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/825o-1">16 U.S.C. 825o–1</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H9C9344DDCE4041FA99CC5C906242BD5D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In subsections (a) and (b), by striking <quote>section 211, 212, 213, or 214</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Part II</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52DF2D5B8AA944099DC8C8EE8D3755DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In subsection (b), by striking <quote>$10,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HB6B38CFC33164CF695B0A795732DACC5"><enum>1284.</enum><header>Refund effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 206(b) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824e">16 U.S.C. 824e(b)</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HABC3D07C676141519CC87D7E3788AC7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By striking <quote>the date 60 days after the filing of such complaint nor later than 5 months after the expiration of such 60-day period</quote> in the second sentence and inserting <quote>the date of the filing of such complaint nor later than 5 months after the filing of such complaint</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAEE553A488C946BCA32720CC0625EEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By striking <quote>60 days after</quote> in the third sentence and inserting <quote>of</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H741EE75AC7764E539178B8D7BC1DBB52"><enum>(3)</enum><text>By striking <quote>expiration of such 60-day period</quote> in the third sentence and inserting <quote>publication date</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6FCC3636B4BC40AA9E0043158B18DECB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>By striking the fifth sentence and inserting the following: <quote>If no final decision is rendered by the conclusion of the 180-day period commencing upon initiation of a proceeding pursuant to this section, the Commission shall state the reasons why it has failed to do so and shall state its best estimate as to when it reasonably expects to make such decision.</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HC81D6EB6ED9B4F7A8EE67E906D293D9"><enum>1285.</enum><header>Refund authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 206 of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824e">16 U.S.C. 824e</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block id="HDAEE9658C67D4106BB905532406750D7"> <subsection id="HF2CE76AABAC9434E9F8737D1100C112"><enum>(e)</enum> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7E0DF4B9592945A49F212B3EDDB4ECB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), if an entity described in section 201(f) voluntarily makes a short-term sale of electric energy and the sale violates Commission rules in effect at the time of the sale, such entity shall be subject to the Commission’s refund authority under this section with respect to such violation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H90E5FAA0C5DB493C9902A8B34DA2372D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>This section shall not apply to—</text> <subparagraph id="HA1B84CF94CF9481FB2F6F03C4440E1DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any entity that sells less than 8,000,000 megawatt hours of electricity per year; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7CE11B06ED8D4C8791A21C3DEA2947C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any electric cooperative.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H0D0E36A87F4245C79981962971DCA02"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>short-term sale</term> means an agreement for the sale of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce that is for a period of 31 days or less (excluding monthly contracts subject to automatic renewal).</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HA9A232657EBD41ABB3D382C2F61E2564"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Commission shall have refund authority under subsection (e)(1) with respect to a voluntary short-term sale of electric energy by the Bonneville Power Administration (in this section <quote>Bonneville</quote>) only if the sale is at an unjust and unreasonable rate and, in that event, may order a refund only for short-term sales made by Bonneville at rates that are higher than the highest just and reasonable rate charged by any other entity for a short-term sale of electric energy in the same geographic market for the same, or most nearly comparable, period as the sale by Bonneville.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HAB7E5625C8DF46B3B39748CDF34937C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>With respect to any Federal power marketing agency or the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Commission shall not assert or exercise any regulatory authority or powers under subsection (e)(1) other than the ordering of refunds to achieve a just and reasonable rate.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H7492408EBA92431CACC7F0BF842741A8"><enum>1286.</enum><header>Sanctity of contract</header> <subsection id="HAFEBE2B8C14B4672A51D08E931CCC600"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (in this section, <quote>the Commission</quote>) shall have no authority to abrogate or modify any provision of an executed contract or executed contract amendment described in subsection (b) that has been entered into or taken effect, except upon a finding that failure to take such action would be contrary to the public interest.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD1EC9499E50F4ECE99D9DE291B9DF32F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (c), this section shall apply only to a contract or contract amendment—</text> <paragraph id="HA4F611A4F4834BCE945ED4DDDE0094D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>executed on or after the date of enactment of this Act; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBCB8DF1C16104590AB7E1E7CA63E9BEB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>entered into—</text> <subparagraph id="H9C49DC08504E4A9DB6BB75083F1D00CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the purchase or sale of electric energy under section 205 of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824d">16 U.S.C. 824d</external-xref>) where the seller has been authorized by the Commission to charge market-based rates; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2E813FAAB9E9445D981F0048D2BBED1F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>under section 4 of the Natural Gas Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/717c">15 U.S.C. 717c</external-xref>) where the natural gas company has been authorized by the Commission to charge market-based rates for the service described in the contract.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCE0C0349C67746188075C2279BFD3BA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>This section shall not apply to an executed contract or executed contract amendment that expressly provides for a standard of review other than the public interest standard.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB55120E9DEF44A11863C1709CCA41DB5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>With respect to contracts to which this section does not apply, nothing in this section alters existing law regarding the applicable standard of review for a contract subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HFC23A02C5FEF4AC4BA3C4112DF6EAC6"><enum>1287.</enum><header>Consumer privacy and unfair trade practices</header> <subsection id="HA74BD2B52CCD453FB449CF2C42B8A5F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Privacy</header><text>The Federal Trade Commission may issue rules protecting the privacy of electric consumers from the disclosure of consumer information obtained in connection with the sale or delivery of electric energy to electric consumers.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3118B02B02C243198FC76500266ED10"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Slamming</header><text>The Federal Trade Commission may issue rules prohibiting the change of selection of an electric utility except with the informed consent of the electric consumer or if approved by the appropriate State regulatory authority.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB8542C57258F4DE6BACA9FE2293ED486"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cramming</header><text>The Federal Trade Commission may issue rules prohibiting the sale of goods and services to an electric consumer unless expressly authorized by law or the electric consumer.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA2C9539BA06A452B9B37433121287669"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>The Federal Trade Commission shall proceed in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/553">section 553</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, when prescribing a rule under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAC809DEE304646F4AF2C8C90A3B0E1C9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>State authority</header><text>If the Federal Trade Commission determines that a State’s regulations provide equivalent or greater protection than the provisions of this section, such State regulations shall apply in that State in lieu of the regulations issued by the Commission under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF86639409BC54B7597408D253C2655F8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H83AB08A87198461D862D26C700E3FADD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State regulatory authority</header><text>The term <term>State regulatory authority</term> has the meaning given that term in section 3(21) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/796">16 U.S.C. 796(21)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5940A2BE208C42C8AAAD834048E01B3B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Electric consumer and electric utility</header><text>The terms <term>electric consumer</term> and <term>electric utility</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2602">16 U.S.C. 2602</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H57BFCCD7C81C426B81239C3FBB00916B"><enum>H</enum><header>Merger Reform</header> <section id="HE39DCBC8A1F04BC2B12CFCBD4087C26E"><enum>1291.</enum><header>Merger review reform and accountability</header> <subsection id="H64BCE5F0999649A5A61D9B17A700543C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Merger review reform</header><text>Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Attorney General of the United States, shall prepare, and transmit to Congress each of the following:</text> <paragraph id="H7DC5B2F18B6643DAA94C0734F357F2BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A study of the extent to which the authorities vested in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under section 203 of the Federal Power Act are duplicative of authorities vested in—</text> <subparagraph id="HEC9FDE86668C4E2D9F9869CDDFCC99B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>other agencies of Federal and State Government; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA5C960D7D8A4F88B67D77DEB2A98600"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, including under sections 205 and 206 of the Federal Power Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC4FE4744D6C485DB04ED3F5014B04B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Recommendations on reforms to the Federal Power Act that would eliminate any unnecessary duplication in the exercise of regulatory authority or unnecessary delays in the approval (or disapproval) of applications for the sale, lease, or other disposition of public utility facilities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4582A260809344B5BD2C85981F4E5747"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Merger review accountability</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, with respect to all orders issued within the preceding year that impose a condition on a sale, lease, or other disposition of public utility facilities under section 203(b) of the Federal Power Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall transmit a report to Congress explaining each of the following:</text> <paragraph id="H5B06C3493AA343ACA7F57B8F42B9598E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The condition imposed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE01531784AEC4B57AE987B45209D60F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Whether the Commission could have imposed such condition by exercising its authority under any provision of the Federal Power Act other than under section 203(b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H03AF01B9C47745D981C07E9C7F85E63E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>If the Commission could not have imposed such condition other than under section 203(b), why the Commission determined that such condition was consistent with the public interest.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HAC3DBAD0EF5C4F6590F1EE61BFF82E00"><enum>1292.</enum><header>Electric utility mergers</header> <subsection id="HB997BC80A92B4220B9A5D7639E61AF40"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section 203(a) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824b">16 U.S.C. 824b(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H2B2D8008B4FA4D628691A729DD7498B7"> <subsection id="HD0DDF92BE4BE4178952BAFA8E036BCB"><enum>(a)</enum> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9A84444391FB4F3DA9BA74EF028DC332"><enum>(1)</enum><text>No public utility shall, without first having secured an order of the Commission authorizing it to do so—</text> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H004D036C216B49AC009350BAAE19D85C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the whole of its facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, or any part thereof of a value in excess of $10,000,000;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H62E05975C20E4A549BE99FD35F19D322"><enum>(B)</enum><text>merge or consolidate, directly or indirectly, such facilities or any part thereof with those of any other person, by any means whatsoever; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H287F39B24F8C4CE684E9835F9E6F119B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>purchase, acquire, or take any security with a value in excess of $10,000,000 of any other public utility.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HA2D38B63B113406F8B6315E9A1FDFB6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>No holding company in a holding company system that includes a public utility shall purchase, acquire, or take any security with a value in excess of $10,000,000 of, or, by any means whatsoever, directly or indirectly, merge or consolidate with, a public utility or a holding company in a holding company system that includes a public utility with a value in excess of $10,000,000 without first having secured an order of the Commission authorizing it to do so.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H398DB968E72B4FAD85999624FC4C7410"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Upon receipt of an application for such approval the Commission shall give reasonable notice in writing to the Governor and State commission of each of the States in which the physical property affected, or any part thereof, is situated, and to such other persons as it may deem advisable.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H8C990A678B5341EA916E616E28BBB0EA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>After notice and opportunity for hearing, the Commission shall approve the proposed disposition, consolidation, acquisition, or change in control, if it finds that the proposed transaction will be consistent with the public interest. In evaluating whether a transaction will be consistent with the public interest, the Commission shall consider whether the proposed transaction—</text> <subparagraph id="HEE47D6949BE045DB859E66FE401F5CE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>will adequately protect consumer interests;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H75077159C728404A95BAB3FC826F507"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will be consistent with competitive wholesale markets;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1957786B1725478688F8236DF6AAA171"><enum>(C)</enum><text>will impair the financial integrity of any public utility that is a party to the transaction or an associate company of any party to the transaction; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA91C5D05DCCD4B908ED01C80155FFC14"><enum>(D)</enum><text>satisfies such other criteria as the Commission considers consistent with the public interest.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HCA42456E954C433CA3FCFA50AF516374"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Commission shall, by rule, adopt procedures for the expeditious consideration of applications for the approval of dispositions, consolidations, or acquisitions under this section. Such rules shall identify classes of transactions, or specify criteria for transactions, that normally meet the standards established in paragraph (4). The Commission shall provide expedited review for such transactions. The Commission shall grant or deny any other application for approval of a transaction not later than 180 days after the application is filed. If the Commission does not act within 180 days, such application shall be deemed granted unless the Commission finds, based on good cause, that further consideration is required to determine whether the proposed transaction meets the standards of paragraph (4) and issues an order tolling the time for acting on the application for not more than 180 days, at the end of which additional period the Commission shall grant or deny the application.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HDE9194A5FCB04599A9B000120419E038"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For purposes of this subsection, the terms <term>associate company</term>, <term>holding company</term>, and <term>holding company system</term> have the meaning given those terms in the <short-title>Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005</short-title>.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H370B09DD1161481F935C80B233B3767D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect 12 months after the date of enactment of this section.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H7193784DEFDC415DAF87B57FDF148CB4"><enum>I</enum><header>Definitions</header> <section id="HD1AA196E90CB4FC0B46D6DB17C0900E2"><enum>1295.</enum><header>Definitions</header> <subsection id="H8869B25FD44A4A48A009031B5C000067"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Electric utility</header><text>Section 3(22) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/796">16 U.S.C. 796(22)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HAC40EEF964234E22861301DD09BE4151"> <paragraph id="HBE45542F5E7146EB9B94F36920B1643"><enum>(22)</enum><header>Electric utility</header><text>The term <term>electric utility</term> means any person or Federal or State agency (including any entity described in section 201(f)) that sells electric energy; such term includes the Tennessee Valley Authority and each Federal power marketing administration.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H9FCC4A66532E4D6FA0634F7621DA164B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transmitting utility</header><text>Section 3(23) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/796">16 U.S.C. 796(23)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H5C14B120284142E4A4CCC4315847C2C"> <paragraph id="HD508CE09A5A542C8B92FCB82484CA700"><enum>(23)</enum><header>Transmitting utility</header><text>The term <term>transmitting utility</term> means an entity, including any entity described in section 201(f), that owns, operates, or controls facilities used for the transmission of electric energy—</text> <subparagraph id="H7C68A8CEAB7C4BF5B6983B75D974E2E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in interstate commerce; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA0222094684D4FDCA1042B717DFD9380"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the sale of electric energy at wholesale.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HA1DF5D5B8F894BA49251D4984D129640"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional definitions</header><text>Section 3 of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/796">16 U.S.C. 796</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H576DBA618A7F460CB67DD27DB4173DC2"> <paragraph id="H7042A2723D8C4E3FACE682E3D9F537F1"><enum>(26)</enum><header>Electric cooperative</header><text>The term <term>electric cooperative</term> means a cooperatively owned electric utility.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H76FAD70421354FDE899F99E5260043CF"><enum>(27)</enum><header>RTO</header><text>The term <term>Regional Transmission Organization</term> or <term>RTO</term> means an entity of sufficient regional scope approved by the Commission to exercise operational or functional control of facilities used for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce and to ensure nondiscriminatory access to such facilities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H010AFEAB0F094E628D844D0085B347FF"><enum>(28)</enum><header>ISO</header><text>The term <term>Independent System Operator</term> or <term>ISO</term> means an entity approved by the Commission to exercise operational or functional control of facilities used for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce and to ensure nondiscriminatory access to such facilities.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H4CE6682B20B745CAB9678F00007F1EB7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>For the purposes of this title, the term <term>Commission</term> means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9083F3018B6B4CC1993C9511D0157130"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Section 201(f) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824">16 U.S.C. 824(f)</external-xref>) is amended by adding after <quote>political subdivision of a state,</quote> the following: <quote>an electric cooperative that has financing under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/901">7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.</external-xref>) or that sells less than 4,000,000 megawatt hours of electricity per year,</quote>.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H45D2C9BF52524064998813C78936D5E7"><enum>J</enum><header>Technical and Conforming Amendments</header> <section id="HAB84E4B9B90B4A829C258243C256D53B"><enum>1297.</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Federal Power Act is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HDCC5D6117C9649598B073372EDA1E2ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 201(b)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824">16 U.S.C. 824(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H1FD3EEDDB492469EA11F8D27C6682900"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In the first sentence by striking <quote>210, 211, and 212</quote> and inserting <quote>203(a)(2), 206(e), 210, 211, 211A, 212, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, and 222</quote>.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFF8CBDC6065D439BA5F07545C45E308"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the second sentence by striking <quote>210 or 211</quote> and inserting <quote>203(a)(2), 206(e), 210, 211, 211A, 212, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, and 222</quote>.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2B36EDA498474A80BE3051B8D1B6FBD6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 201(b)(2) of such Act is amended by striking <quote>The</quote> in the first place it appears and inserting <quote>Notwithstanding section 201(f), the</quote> and in the second sentence after <quote>any order</quote> by inserting <quote>or rule</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46C8ADD85BD74D5DBC8FF7EE04DFEC6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 201(e) of such Act is amended by striking <quote>210, 211, or 212</quote> and inserting <quote>206(e), 206(f), 210, 211, 211A, 212, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, and 222</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE6936C8ED19A40ECADF0EDCEC0CAC699"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 206 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824e">16 U.S.C. 824e</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H3E47982444EA46E78CB3BFD2BBD9A068"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In subsection (b), in the seventh sentence, by striking <quote>the public utility to make</quote>.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8932062DE9F44DD6A4007056F8837BB2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking <quote>hearing had</quote> and inserting <quote>hearing held</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2D9DDCE7C9A340E2B1C1B6A8F6331DCF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 211(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824j">16 U.S.C. 824j(c)</external-xref>) is amended by—</text> <subparagraph id="H511D4089AD0846EBB47E2CB7E6D0D305"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking <quote>(2)</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFEEF12B924464B70942BC656B62572E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking <quote>(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>(1)</quote></text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD2E7294794D14AD49EB6C1C99342FC7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>striking <quote>(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>(2)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9D7D8915375B4231A408957600ED80E7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>striking <quote>termination of modification</quote> and inserting <quote>termination or modification</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47F01D8E3D034B47AA00852D2CB79CDF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 211(d)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824j">16 U.S.C. 824j(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>electric utility</quote> the second time it appears and inserting <quote>transmitting utility</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H579DF4090FFF47D081F607DF77B2C56B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 315 (c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/825n">16 U.S.C. 825n(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>section</quote>.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HB28246B2485D4B37880130C7E987A691"><enum>K</enum><header>Economic Dispatch</header> <section id="H850F9A7C5F56414A9900F92C6858A003"><enum>1298.</enum><header>Economic dispatch</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part II of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824">16 U.S.C. 824 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3D5842D503044493B0701F4929C905CE" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H738F71E0E8DD49768C83C418A239EEB6"><enum>223.</enum><header>Joint board on economic dispatch</header> <subsection id="H8E76124F60C04B0DA5954DA77727287E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission shall convene a joint board pursuant to section 209 of this Act to study the issue of security constrained economic dispatch for a market region.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDCF139EA59604024B5222D10AF5E588"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The Commission shall request each State to nominate a representative for such joint board.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFD7646B8109D4B3499B85969787D5FCC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Powers</header><text>The board’s sole authority shall be to consider issues relevant to what constitutes <quote>security constrained economic dispatch</quote> and how such a mode of operating an electric energy system affects or enhances the reliability and affordability of service to customers.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEBB5DED62E3A44FD9E25AEBFB229443D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to the Congress</header><text>The board shall issue a report on these matters within one year of enactment of this section, including any consensus recommendations for statutory or regulatory reform.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle> <enum>XIV</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header> <subtitle id="H73E4A7D2443C470DBC9D945D96E814C9"><enum>C</enum><header>Other Provisions</header> <section id="H0B3B405876544264AA18F546EDE63F42"><enum>1441.</enum><header>Continuation of transmission security order</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Department of Energy Order No. 202–03–2, issued by the Secretary of Energy on August 28, 2003, shall remain in effect unless rescinded by Federal statute.</text></section> <section id="H1335A6DF7EEC453883CBFD944383A3EC"><enum>1442.</enum><header>Review of agency determinations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/717f">15 U.S.C. 717f</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H27C27659813B490CBD2B55223468BDDB"> <subsection id="H35AF3101BDB24382A2647B918F4853F4"><enum>(i)</enum> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H73F70AA8A0894E5B9EF194E1D1387564"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over any civil action—</text> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H2EC523EA5478426EBB3092739B194931"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for review of any order or action of any Federal or State administrative agency or officer to issue, condition, or deny any permit, license, concurrence, or approval issued under authority of any Federal law, other than the <act-name parsable-cite="CZMA72">Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1451">16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.</external-xref>), required for the construction of a natural gas pipeline for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity is issued by the Commission under this section;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H0037DA73EA66402995415963E4E9143B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>alleging unreasonable delay by any Federal or State administrative agency or officer in entering an order or taking other action described in subparagraph (A); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HF27793F381F94A8BB9C30075CFB5C83E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>challenging any decision made or action taken under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H516BA8CCB8FF46EBBF9F36F45C42F7C6"><enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H040F49C32D1B4E249DD82CD73D3C5609"><enum>(A)</enum><text>If the Court finds that the order, action, or failure to act is not consistent with the public convenience and necessity (as determined by the Commission under this section), or would prevent the construction and operation of natural gas facilities authorized by the certificate of public convenience and necessity, the permit, license, concurrence, or approval that is the subject of the order, action, or failure to act shall be deemed to have been issued subject to any conditions set forth in the reviewed order or action that the Court finds to be consistent with the public convenience and necessity.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H3762B63925294C77808311B0E865948C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the failure of an agency or officer to issue any such permit, license, concurrence, or approval within the later of 1 year after the date of filing of an application for the permit, license, concurrence, or approval or 60 days after the date of issuance of the certificate of public convenience and necessity under this section, shall be considered to be unreasonable delay unless the Court, for good cause shown, determines otherwise.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HF8EC3240B0FA419787717F84708D4692"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Court shall set any action brought under paragraph (1) for expedited consideration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H247B48872B4645279F7E762B62DA8CD0"><enum>1443.</enum><header>Attainment dates for downwind ozone nonattainment areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 181 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.7511) is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Clean Air Act" id="H1D1F24FE647F4EEFAAF5C128C7C4EB04"> <subsection id="HFEA587827C1F4A25B0F75D747BB00CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Extended attainment date for certain downwind areas</header> <paragraph id="HE4BC0FD64CF147F595A1430033E76211"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H370AC905959D41ABB24049A06D435346"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <term>upwind area</term> means an area that—</text> <clause indent="up1" id="H1BD94C2C7FCE4744B614787C74012C32"><enum>(i)</enum><text>significantly contributes to nonattainment in another area, hereinafter referred to as a <quote>downwind area</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause indent="up1" id="H6B590B81EF3D4EBFBF9C7913286B38A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is either—</text> <subclause id="HECDF1EA0924144DC94E4BAFF09619582"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a nonattainment area with a later attainment date than the downwind area, or</text></subclause> <subclause id="HCDCAAC87F8CB46E9B64C5754024BF2F7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an area in another State that the Administrator has found to be significantly contributing to nonattainment in the downwind area in violation of section 110(a)(2)(D) and for which the Administrator has established requirements through notice and comment rulemaking to eliminate the emissions causing such significant contribution.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HB19CE18D435E4FDD91CD9173E7071564"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term <term>current classification</term> means the classification of a downwind area under this section at the time of the determination under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0D54CF267D774BCD9C572BE6002BE5C3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>If the Administrator—</text> <subparagraph id="H79B3AA0DB5014E17A682C800427D0094"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determines that any area is a downwind area with respect to a particular national ambient air quality standard for ozone; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H42F39DEE650B4FA387DB8B4C8C593B1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>approves a plan revision for such area as provided in paragraph (3) prior to a reclassification under subsection (b)(2)(A),</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">the Administrator, in lieu of such reclassification, shall extend the attainment date for such downwind area for such standard in accordance with paragraph (5).</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H98E2EA2A3C0949EB838E11525FCD9705"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Required approval</header><text>In order to extend the attainment date for a downwind area under this subsection, the Administrator must approve a revision of the applicable implementation plan for the downwind area for such standard that—</text> <subparagraph id="HD8020FDC3E42481B991301894300836E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>complies with all requirements of this Act applicable under the current classification of the downwind area, including any requirements applicable to the area under section 172(c) for such standard; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB3CDA0FFE7AC406FAD0083FDE789BC75"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes any additional measures needed to demonstrate attainment by the extended attainment date provided under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H178CD073A7A94432B36B42F393B7F9C5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prior reclassification determination</header><text>If, no more than 18 months prior to the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator made a reclassification determination under subsection (b)(2)(A) for any downwind area, and the Administrator approves the plan revision referred to in paragraph (3) for such area within 12 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the reclassification shall be withdrawn and the attainment date extended in accordance with paragraph (5) upon such approval. The Administrator shall also withdraw a reclassification determination under subsection (b)(2)(A) made after the date of enactment of this subsection and extend the attainment date in accordance with paragraph (5) if the Administrator approves the plan revision referred to in paragraph (3) within 12 months of the date the reclassification determination under subsection (b)(2)(A) is issued. In such instances the <quote>current classification</quote> used for evaluating the revision of the applicable implementation plan under paragraph (3) shall be the classification of the downwind area under this section immediately prior to such reclassification.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H704B43801D424801AD67FEBC2FB42E4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Extended date</header><text>The attainment date extended under this subsection shall provide for attainment of such national ambient air quality standard for ozone in the downwind area as expeditiously as practicable but no later than the date on which the last reductions in pollution transport necessary for attainment in the downwind area are required to be achieved by the upwind area or areas.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H40CC57826F7F4AEC8166255654EDD263"><enum>1444.</enum><header>Energy production incentives</header> <subsection id="H81E2F8BD7B0849D585C2C5CA4D818640"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State may provide to any entity—</text> <paragraph id="HEE2FCB9210DE40488960DB4FD2E5A509"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a credit against any tax or fee owed to the State under a State law, or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8958C624F5224E029064B4E08C038F56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any other tax incentive,</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">determined by the State to be appropriate, in the amount calculated under and in accordance with a formula determined by the State, for production described in subsection (b) in the State by the entity that receives such credit or such incentive.</continuation-text></subsection> <subsection id="H12469218326D442A98D2ECE47D80916"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the production in the State of—</text> <paragraph id="H0223470BBA084EAA8B91C712240063B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>electricity from coal mined in the State and used in a facility, if such production meets all applicable Federal and State laws and if such facility uses scrubbers or other forms of clean coal technology,</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9A7CA95525F4445594CE4D05E7CC519"><enum>(2)</enum><text>electricity from a renewable source such as wind, solar, or biomass, or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6B44E8C592B245B48865554745D2934E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ethanol.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H89EBC56D0CC84782967D7FC294808192"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect on interstate commerce</header><text>Any action taken by a State in accordance with this section with respect to a tax or fee payable, or incentive applicable, for any period beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act shall—</text> <paragraph id="HD328992987964C668C40A24CA6F8051D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be considered to be a reasonable regulation of commerce; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2CA5D4BBFCC440B2854E501C007F3E38"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not be considered to impose an undue burden on interstate commerce or to otherwise impair, restrain, or discriminate, against interstate commerce.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HA2CFEE3CB98A471FAD91F771ACD9CBFD" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1446.</enum><header>Regulation of certain oil used in transformers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency, vegetable oil made from soybeans and used in electric transformers as thermal insulation shall not be regulated as an oil as defined under section 2(a)(1)(A) of the Edible Oil Regulatory Reform Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2720">33 U.S.C. 2720(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>).</text></section> <section id="HCAA85566B77D4364BF610671F2AC9E6D"><enum>1447.</enum><header>Risk assessments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle B of title XXX of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD8000F2F10BA49CD941E5193AFA1B482" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H5A17B0CC39DA4A04B507CFEE7CBE0046"><enum>3022.</enum><header>Risk assessment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Federal agencies conducting assessments of risks to human health and the environment from energy technology, production, transport, transmission, distribution, storage, use, or conservation activities shall use sound and objective scientific practices in assessing such risks, shall consider the best available science (including peer reviewed studies), and shall include a description of the weight of the scientific evidence concerning such risks.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H1FC6A04588FC417ABC93AD15C92DD550" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1448.</enum><header>Oxygen-fuel</header> <subsection id="H09126B1126584D15A89D009493006FA9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program on oxygen-fuel systems. If feasible, the program shall include renovation of at least one existing large unit and one existing small unit, and construction of one new large unit and one new small unit. Cost sharing shall not be required.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5BBAD28D12F54F9AAD86DF32A9C8FF45"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section—</text> <paragraph id="H3F3AB5132F2F4DE3AFE9DAC5B39ACEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5D1CEFC8FE1F4A0F9D2DE96B55CFCCDB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H94976DADB733401DBB018D7D628F17CD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBF0ED6555BFC4B4E87114F0053141BD3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text> <paragraph id="HBEFE1DD685D847FB82A4EC7F3FF58FA5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <quote>large unit</quote> means a unit with a generating capacity of 100 megawatts or more;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4BFCA24960834C9495FF8371F450CDB0"><enum>(2)</enum><text> the term <quote>oxygen-fuel systems</quote> means systems that utilize fuel efficiency benefits of oil, gas, coal, and biomass combustion using substantially pure oxygen, with high flame temperatures and the exclusion of air from the boiler, in industrial or electric utility steam generating units; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H13194C4F294745AC904C18C8E0F7DDC4"><enum>(3)</enum><text> the term <quote>small unit</quote> means a unit with a generating capacity in the 10-50 megawatt range.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HC5376F76B9884CAE9F937F08733E47C8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1449.</enum><header>Petrochemical and oil refinery facility health assessment</header> <subsection id="HA9D725183C4D4630AFF0A4DBB7D92D1F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Energy shall conduct a study of direct and significant health impacts to persons resulting from living in proximity to petrochemical and oil refinery facilities. The Secretary shall consult with the Director of the National Cancer Institute and other Federal Government bodies with expertise in the field it deems appropriate in the design of such study. The study shall be conducted according to sound and objective scientific practices and present the weight of the scientific evidence. The Secretary shall obtain scientific peer review of the draft study.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H062EDF65D48C41A3B8ACE70000ED2F40"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>The Secretary shall transmit the results of the study to Congress within 6 months of the enactment of this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB6232FA3CC6A4617AAB114F967BBF59F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for activities under this section such sums as are necessary for the completion of the study.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <enum>XV</enum><header>Ethanol and motor fuels</header> <subtitle id="H8552E55BC97E40A09D3C44A2631EEF04"><enum>A</enum><header>General Provisions</header> <section id="H96DA645DC9F5477D83AE01D0E4CF492F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1501.</enum><header>Renewable content of motor vehicle fuel</header> <subsection id="H0C72E685B22A4E58A3AEBA9933FC696B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 211 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFAFF70E0BA2A498FBB8DA931C2F10154"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (o) as subsection (q); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC5BB649FA484281AAA81C17B49DC260"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (n) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H76C7404F4D2D43DF9415AE7EC27DA11E"> <subsection id="H4BC83EBF4ADC4F2781495973AB3E5EEB"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Renewable fuel program</header> <paragraph id="H60992C875A674B29BB94CE53E38495E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <subparagraph id="H881216A77476422C8E7D00FB691C0072"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Ethanol</header> <clause display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD43169344DD04C529F769FC1B69D274D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The term <term>cellulosic biomass ethanol</term> means ethanol derived from any lignocellulosic or hemicellulosic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis, including—</text> <subclause indent="up1" id="H1F5A6B3873D44AEEAB7F6C8D4DCF9856"><enum>(I)</enum><text>dedicated energy crops and trees;</text></subclause> <subclause indent="up1" id="H047F816EBECF4623A5752D005DE69387"><enum>(II)</enum><text>wood and wood residues;</text></subclause> <subclause indent="up1" id="HDBBED98DF40E4514AF26AA7088E83276"><enum>(III)</enum><text>plants;</text></subclause> <subclause indent="up1" id="H1FB87C8687384A25BF62060878823B91"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>grasses;</text></subclause> <subclause indent="up1" id="H2F319DAF0D954D63B64906244BD28B89"><enum>(V)</enum><text>agricultural residues; and</text></subclause> <subclause indent="up1" id="H667B61E81B2F4A9399F033D1B4C366F7"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>fibers.</text> <item indent="up2" id="H4936055966144161A6A8DB59510462BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The term <term>waste derived ethanol</term> means ethanol derived from—</text></item></subclause> <subclause indent="up1" id="H0765A782E45A4432B6BBB18D74DA4458"><enum>(I)</enum><text>animal wastes, including poultry fats and poultry wastes, and other waste materials; or</text></subclause> <subclause indent="up1" id="H3F078F8B14A0455FAB87EAAFAF192360"><enum>(II)</enum><text>municipal solid waste.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD370794FF3C740B9B8E2FE3D16ABCED3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Renewable fuel</header> <clause id="HF48F577FB0D540369EA231C13E993B2C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>renewable fuel</term> means motor vehicle fuel that—</text> <subclause id="H0578A5E087874C57B39814BD112BCEF2"><enum>(I)</enum> <item display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB36A7B5A51C7484DBF3F4C56A442E884"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>is produced from grain, starch, oilseeds, or other biomass; or</text></item> <item indent="up1" id="H850AE27EC86742E994009849ACDFA727"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>is natural gas produced from a biogas source, including a landfill, sewage waste treatment plant, feedlot, or other place where decaying organic material is found; and</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H3C74A74C56554C64B7E898540602E761"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is used to replace or reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in a fuel mixture used to operate a motor vehicle.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H4EB5EE3602944B0385A51003240BFA6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>renewable fuel</term> includes cellulosic biomass ethanol, waste derived ethanol, and biodiesel (as defined in section 312(f) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13220">42 U.S.C. 13220(f)</external-xref>) and any blending components derived from renewable fuel (provided that only the renewable fuel portion of any such blending component shall be considered part of the applicable volume under the renewable fuel program established by this subsection).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H93EB9F29951E4F10BEBAAB18DBCD0308"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Small refinery</header><text>The term <term>small refinery</term> means a refinery for which average aggregate daily crude oil throughput for the calendar year (as determined by dividing the aggregate throughput for the calendar year by the number of days in the calendar year) does not exceed 75,000 barrels.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFF28CC12AAB465181F0FA002E38204F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renewable fuel program</header> <subparagraph id="H69F5372B274F478C8F003D2259E81C5D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations ensuring that motor vehicle fuel sold or dispensed to consumers in the contiguous United States, on an annual average basis, contains the applicable volume of renewable fuel as specified in subparagraph (B). Regardless of the date of promulgation, such regulations shall contain compliance provisions for refiners, blenders, and importers, as appropriate, to ensure that the requirements of this section are met, but shall not restrict where renewable fuel can be used, or impose any per-gallon obligation for the use of renewable fuel. If the Administrator does not promulgate such regulations, the applicable percentage referred to in paragraph (4), on a volume percentage of gasoline basis, shall be 2.2 in 2005.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBC5DFE24285C4D25B9374C12231186F3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicable volume</header> <clause id="HC3C07615EA4940658B44AA6003B82AC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Calendar years 2005 through 2012</header><text>For the purpose of subparagraph (A), the applicable volume for any of calendar years 2005 through 2012 shall be determined in accordance with the following table:</text> <table table-type="subformat-2-Flush-Right-Boxhead-Fig" align-to-level="section" frame="none" line-rules="no-gen" rule-weights="0.0.0.4.0.0" subformat="S6211"> <tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col1" colwidth="275" colsep="0" coldef="txt" min-data-value="0"/><colspec colname="col2" colwidth="80" colsep="0" coldef="txt" min-data-value="0"/><thead> <row><entry colname="I49" rowsep="0" align="left"><bold></bold></entry><entry colname="I50" rowsep="0" align="right"><bold>Applicable volume of renewable fuel</bold></entry></row> <row><entry colname="I49" rowsep="0" align="left"><bold>Calendar year</bold></entry><entry colname="I50" rowsep="0" align="right"><bold>(in billions of gallons)</bold></entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry colname="I15" rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2005</entry><entry colname="I07" rowsep="0" align="right">3.1</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2006</entry><entry colname="I07" rowsep="0" align="right">3.3</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2007</entry><entry colname="I07" rowsep="0" align="right">3.5</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2008</entry><entry colname="I07" rowsep="0" align="right">3.8</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2009</entry><entry colname="I07" rowsep="0" align="right">4.1</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2010</entry><entry colname="I07" rowsep="0" align="right">4.4</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2011</entry><entry colname="I07" rowsep="0" align="right">4.7</entry></row> <row><entry colname="I15" rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2012</entry><entry colname="I07" rowsep="0" align="right">5.0</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></clause> <clause id="HB89C4C88A20B4466BE022F75AB7FE479"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Calendar year 2013 and thereafter</header><text>For the purpose of subparagraph (A), the applicable volume for calendar year 2013 and each calendar year thereafter shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—</text> <subclause id="H70E88BC923E3493082EF1C4CE2B200C6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of gallons of gasoline that the Administrator estimates will be sold or introduced into commerce in the calendar year; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HB658F16641BD430F8ECC263F832D32C9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the ratio that—</text> <item id="HA30BD240BC0545C4A573DA295ED79F74"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>5.0 billion gallons of renewable fuels; bears to</text></item> <item id="H5A459940D7DF49818E77022430BF067"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the number of gallons of gasoline sold or introduced into commerce in calendar year 2012.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4220ADC597164DCF80F1EF01C7B09FBC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Non-contiguous State opt-in</header><text>Upon the petition of a non-contiguous State, the Administrator may allow the renewable fuel program established by subtitle A of title XV of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to apply in such non-contiguous State at the same time or any time after the Administrator promulgates regulations under paragraph (2). The Administrator may promulgate or revise regulations under paragraph (2), establish applicable percentages under paragraph (4), provide for the generation of credits under paragraph (6), and take such other actions as may be necessary to allow for the application of the renewable fuels program in a non-contiguous State.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC92E844659A3497B9F2BE0AB4198BBF0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Applicable percentages</header> <subparagraph id="H164D894B251B4343BBCCD44640C48976"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Provision of estimate of volumes of gasoline sales</header><text>Not later than October 31 of each of calendar years 2005 through 2011, the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration shall provide to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency an estimate of the volumes of gasoline that will be sold or introduced into commerce in the United States during the following calendar year.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC1D45ED6C8424B8AAC5463F5449396A3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination of applicable percentages</header> <clause id="HE63040D34CE5417FA59EBD3369F8FD67"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than November 30 of each of the calendar years 2005 through 2011, based on the estimate provided under subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall determine and publish in the Federal Register, with respect to the following calendar year, the renewable fuel obligation that ensures that the requirements of paragraph (2) are met.</text></clause> <clause id="H0BF49507B35947A093D04FDD49F86CF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Required elements</header><text>The renewable fuel obligation determined for a calendar year under clause (i) shall—</text> <subclause id="HD1A02FE48CE64F90A25BC0AFF8A292D0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be applicable to refiners, blenders, and importers, as appropriate;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H83C21785A89E40B0B8CE5C418C6B3000"><enum>(II)</enum><text>be expressed in terms of a volume percentage of gasoline sold or introduced into commerce; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H521F0A4AFEEF459E9E27EB21D130B5B3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>subject to subparagraph (C)(i), consist of a single applicable percentage that applies to all categories of persons specified in subclause (I).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB24A21B38B574797BEB7E86BD7EBC1B1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>In determining the applicable percentage for a calendar year, the Administrator shall make adjustments—</text> <clause id="H9E26980536D144C2A339007C36FCE302"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to prevent the imposition of redundant obligations to any person specified in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I); and</text></clause> <clause id="HDD5262DBD4434BC7ABF7B464E712822B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to account for the use of renewable fuel during the previous calendar year by small refineries that are exempt under paragraph (11).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3DB1E4FBD7E1478FB8BC016DF800BE24"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Equivalency</header><text>For the purpose of paragraph (2), 1 gallon of either cellulosic biomass ethanol or waste derived ethanol—</text> <subparagraph id="H844A108777C64C6188F765D111657E29"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be considered to be the equivalent of 1.5 gallon of renewable fuel; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H15523881C1904B9DBAF643873BD45D58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the cellulostic biomass ethanol or waste derived ethanol is derived from agricultural residue or wood residue or is an agricultural byproduct (as that term is used in section 919 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005), shall be considered to be the equivalent of 2.5 gallons of renewable fuel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H27AA0F4AEBA440DFA3E8B6D3E48F7B8"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Credit program</header> <subparagraph id="H9D4F65E6C9B04CD880BF2CE722F5DA0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The regulations promulgated to carry out this subsection shall provide for the generation of an appropriate amount of credits by any person that refines, blends, or imports gasoline that contains a quantity of renewable fuel that is greater than the quantity required under paragraph (2). Such regulations shall provide for the generation of an appropriate amount of credits for biodiesel fuel. If a small refinery notifies the Administrator that it waives the exemption provided paragraph (11), the regulations shall provide for the generation of credits by the small refinery beginning in the year following such notification.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H94B2C1A1CA904A98B1A452045686385C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of credits</header><text>A person that generates credits under subparagraph (A) may use the credits, or transfer all or a portion of the credits to another person, for the purpose of complying with paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF56CC114EBC54D5CB30815886DFD07AA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Life of credits</header><text>A credit generated under this paragraph shall be valid to show compliance—</text> <clause id="HA9DF3CECDED143BAA91BA22DEA04E335"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the calendar year in which the credit was generated or the next calendar year; or</text></clause> <clause id="HC0E2068E1FBD492EB796D0025EFFB4D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the calendar year in which the credit was generated or next two consecutive calendar years if the Administrator promulgates regulations under paragraph (7).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H46562549A8E446FB9487F4FEC789DD01"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Inability to purchase sufficient credits</header><text>The regulations promulgated to carry out this subsection shall include provisions allowing any person that is unable to generate or purchase sufficient credits to meet the requirements under paragraph (2) to carry forward a renewable fuel deficit provided that, in the calendar year following the year in which the renewable fuel deficit is created, such person shall achieve compliance with the renewable fuel requirement under paragraph (2), and shall generate or purchase additional renewable fuel credits to offset the renewable fuel deficit of the previous year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8E7A0908240C4C2AB178F1A6E33EA05"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Seasonal variations in renewable fuel use</header> <subparagraph id="HD4A6D209230E421DAA76EB99A6A89E00"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Study</header><text>For each of the calendar years 2005 through 2012, the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration shall conduct a study of renewable fuels blending to determine whether there are excessive seasonal variations in the use of renewable fuels.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFB5670338A6C4FF199AB39B28268A500"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Regulation of excessive seasonal variations</header><text>If, for any calendar year, the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, based on the study under subparagraph (A), makes the determinations specified in subparagraph (C), the Administrator shall promulgate regulations to ensure that 35 percent or more of the quantity of renewable fuels necessary to meet the requirement of paragraph (2) is used during each of the periods specified in subparagraph (D) of each subsequent calendar year.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF840F5FEDF1A496BA422969F89AF1B72"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Determinations</header><text>The determinations referred to in subparagraph (B) are that—</text> <clause id="H9C1AF640EE2F4AC7837D8615B5841450"><enum>(i)</enum><text>less than 35 percent of the quantity of renewable fuels necessary to meet the requirement of paragraph (2) has been used during one of the periods specified in subparagraph (D) of the calendar year;</text></clause> <clause id="H8830FEE4586049BB00B5BF69291F8448"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a pattern of excessive seasonal variation described in clause (i) will continue in subsequent calendar years; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA26CBBDBCFD94B33869800D7B325CF05"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>promulgating regulations or other requirements to impose a 35 percent or more seasonal use of renewable fuels will not prevent or interfere with the attainment of national ambient air quality standards or significantly increase the price of motor fuels to the consumer.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBAC7DDEE742C40CD886DDFD3DB93F634"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Periods</header><text>The two periods referred to in this paragraph are—</text> <clause id="H9BBAD5E3123F4519BDD7C2BD28168C44"><enum>(i)</enum><text>April through September; and</text></clause> <clause id="H14DB449CE96A4C3EAFC047DE7D14ADC2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>January through March and October through December.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD07C163A255D446BBDD6F5D600C3F851"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>Renewable fuels blended or consumed in 2005 in a State which has received a waiver under section 209(b) shall not be included in the study in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0E720015DE1C465B92768D29964934B1"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Waivers</header> <subparagraph id="H0CEF3C98D2D645C8A3F3BFE55821BBC1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy, may waive the requirement of paragraph (2) in whole or in part on petition by one or more States by reducing the national quantity of renewable fuel required under this subsection—</text> <clause id="H21352254DA1448B796C0E35F0002E896"><enum>(i)</enum><text>based on a determination by the Administrator, after public notice and opportunity for comment, that implementation of the requirement would severely harm the economy or environment of a State, a region, or the United States; or</text></clause> <clause id="H98E6EDEC63D543739D76D707CE69F41"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>based on a determination by the Administrator, after public notice and opportunity for comment, that there is an inadequate domestic supply or distribution capacity to meet the requirement.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H29166B0F71F443DBB9A3F7418E8EF1F9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Petitions for waivers</header><text>The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy, shall approve or disapprove a State petition for a waiver of the requirement of paragraph (2) within 90 days after the date on which the petition is received by the Administrator.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1DEEFCE640BF45238649765D222172EF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Termination of waivers</header><text>A waiver granted under subparagraph (A) shall terminate after 1 year, but may be renewed by the Administrator after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF2F9E94606344E7F96AA39935216EC1F"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Study and waiver for initial year of program</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of Energy shall complete for the Administrator a study assessing whether the renewable fuels requirement under paragraph (2) will likely result in significant adverse consumer impacts in 2005, on a national, regional, or State basis. Such study shall evaluate renewable fuel supplies and prices, blendstock supplies, and supply and distribution system capabilities. Based on such study, the Secretary shall make specific recommendations to the Administrator regarding waiver of the requirements of paragraph (2), in whole or in part, to avoid any such adverse impacts. Within 270 days after the enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall, consistent with the recommendations of the Secretary, waive, in whole or in part, the renewable fuels requirement under paragraph (2) by reducing the national quantity of renewable fuel required under this subsection in 2005. This paragraph shall not be interpreted as limiting the Administrator’s authority to waive the requirements of paragraph (2) in whole, or in part, under paragraph (8) or paragraph (10), pertaining to waivers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB5832698C3B4EE8948000428EE009F"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Assessment and waiver</header><text>The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall evaluate the requirement of paragraph (2) and determine, prior to January 1, 2007, and prior to January 1 of any subsequent year in which the applicable volume of renewable fuel is increased under paragraph (2)(B), whether the requirement of paragraph (2), including the applicable volume of renewable fuel contained in paragraph (2)(B) should remain in effect, in whole or in part, during 2007 or any year or years subsequent to 2007. In evaluating the requirement of paragraph (2) and in making any determination under this section, the Administrator shall consider the best available information and data collected by accepted methods or best available means regarding—</text> <subparagraph id="HE0F4F530399E458C9487BB3F838B74DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the capacity of renewable fuel producers to supply an adequate amount of renewable fuel at competitive prices to fulfill the requirement of paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H99C25D8586784E8CA4D7AE3DEE000211"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the potential of the requirement of paragraph (2) to significantly raise the price of gasoline, food (excluding the net price impact on the requirement in paragraph (2) on commodities used in the production of ethanol), or heating oil for consumers in any significant area or region of the country above the price that would otherwise apply to such commodities in the absence of such requirement;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7BF07DB172E7478FAC3CC059E72B671D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the potential of the requirement of paragraph (2) to interfere with the supply of fuel in any significant gasoline market or region of the country, including interference with the efficient operation of refiners, blenders, importers, wholesale suppliers, and retail vendors of gasoline, and other motor fuels; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9A8D47497CCC4BEC9EEEB538C7901CFA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the potential of the requirement of paragraph (2) to cause or promote exceedances of Federal, State, or local air quality standards.</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">If the Administrator determines, by clear and convincing information, after public notice and the opportunity for comment, that the requirement of paragraph (2) would have significant and meaningful adverse impact on the supply of fuel and related infrastructure or on the economy, public health, or environment of any significant area or region of the country, the Administrator may waive, in whole or in part, the requirement of paragraph (2) in any one year for which the determination is made for that area or region of the country, except that any such waiver shall not have the effect of reducing the applicable volume of renewable fuel specified in paragraph (2)(B) with respect to any year for which the determination is made. In determining economic impact under this paragraph, the Administrator shall not consider the reduced revenues available from the Highway Trust Fund (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9503">section 9503</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) as a result of the use of ethanol.</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE06CF7E519444029B5C6D1FBE7B85017"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Small refineries</header> <subparagraph id="H4C934FC52AC04BAE901EBBF20027F9FB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The requirement of paragraph (2) shall not apply to small refineries until the first calendar year beginning more than 5 years after the first year set forth in the table in paragraph (2)(B)(i). Not later than December 31, 2007, the Secretary of Energy shall complete for the Administrator a study to determine whether the requirement of paragraph (2) would impose a disproportionate economic hardship on small refineries. For any small refinery that the Secretary of Energy determines would experience a disproportionate economic hardship, the Administrator shall extend the small refinery exemption for such small refinery for no less than two additional years.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1FF9505B280246DEB016B02CB180989D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Economic hardship</header> <clause id="H4E6130D1B6FC46529E486873BEB12E1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Extension of exemption</header><text>A small refinery may at any time petition the Administrator for an extension of the exemption from the requirement of paragraph (2) for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship. In evaluating a hardship petition, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall consider the findings of the study in addition to other economic factors.</text></clause> <clause id="H16FCF807FC024DC28829FA5DB762E7DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Deadline for action on petitions</header><text>The Administrator shall act on any petition submitted by a small refinery for a hardship exemption not later than 90 days after the receipt of the petition.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H19C96FAFB2B14CB9B93F8BC7C326D30"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Credit program</header><text>If a small refinery notifies the Administrator that it waives the exemption provided by this Act, the regulations shall provide for the generation of credits by the small refinery beginning in the year following such notification.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCA6BA42D54334F839DF0E49887EDCD9D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Opt-in for small refiners</header><text>A small refinery shall be subject to the requirements of this section if it notifies the Administrator that it waives the exemption under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H64671E9D653246899B51CE97AB4FB7D"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Ethanol market concentration analysis</header> <subparagraph id="H3C85740E80C84BC9994010568B0990CE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Analysis</header> <clause id="H59FA5985F2274A0FB5532420638BE928"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Federal Trade Commission shall perform a market concentration analysis of the ethanol production industry using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index to determine whether there is sufficient competition among industry participants to avoid price setting and other anticompetitive behavior.</text></clause> <clause id="HC49A0FFEC5524E4490CB1ED3A4212D60"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Scoring</header><text>For the purpose of scoring under clause (i) using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, all marketing arrangements among industry participants shall be considered.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF79578D1A5104E83AAA8FC753F27775B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than December 1, 2005, and annually thereafter, the Federal Trade Commission shall submit to Congress and the Administrator a report on the results of the market concentration analysis performed under subparagraph (A)(i).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8865B7DA0C474B029700274075F312DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalties and enforcement</header><text>Section 211(d) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(d)</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H5030C51E006A482C93FDE94DC2D8ADED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H891CD93C63924B2000958004D35D525"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>or (n)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>(n), or (o)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD0B94052B79340EEA8B7142F73544813"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>or (m)</quote> and inserting <quote>(m), or (o)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HABC803B82EA04BB1B52FAF57E49EC7EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In the first sentence of paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and (n)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>(n), and (o)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE04E560804804C20890724B2306C3D7B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Survey of renewable fuel market</header> <paragraph id="H2251C072290748FEB200C0007024222D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Survey and report</header><text>Not later than December 1, 2006, and annually thereafter, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in consultation with the Secretary of Energy acting through the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H15E1425A08F140D889B33428D6A0C83C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct, with respect to each conventional gasoline use area and each reformulated gasoline use area in each State, a survey to determine the market shares of—</text> <clause id="HB8736BDE32D54440A66C52E83FEBA2B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conventional gasoline containing ethanol;</text></clause> <clause id="HC44656B17A374F71AF83F04CDCC1D6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reformulated gasoline containing ethanol;</text></clause> <clause id="HAC8D7A746846424BA39EE64D060F56C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>conventional gasoline containing renewable fuel; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE170A50CCB8D4931BA2DABE0C31F49D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>reformulated gasoline containing renewable fuel; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H56B4B243B91A4BC98222F6ED76E409A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit to Congress, and make publicly available, a report on the results of the survey under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H146D009AA5CB48289512F0246133F013"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recordkeeping and reporting requirements</header><text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the <quote>Administrator</quote>) may require any refiner, blender, or importer to keep such records and make such reports as are necessary to ensure that the survey conducted under paragraph (1) is accurate. The Administrator, to avoid duplicative requirements, shall rely, to the extent practicable, on existing reporting and recordkeeping requirements and other information available to the Administrator including gasoline distribution patterns that include multistate use areas.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD2F91AD5DD1D4A73B7F1BCF160BBB755"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicable law</header><text>Activities carried out under this subsection shall be conducted in a manner designed to protect confidentiality of individual responses.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H67F9C0E733CE446080E185EA9281C215"><enum>1502.</enum><header>Fuels safe harbor</header> <subsection id="H053458CED8204955A0BE1B13E0730BD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal or State law, no renewable fuel, as defined by section 211(o)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name>, or methyl tertiary butyl ether (hereinafterin this section referred to as <quote>MTBE</quote>), used or intended to be used as a motor vehicle fuel, nor any motor vehicle fuel containing such renewable fuel or MTBE, shall be deemed a defective product by virtue of the fact that it is, or contains, such a renewable fuel or MTBE, if it does not violate a control or prohibition imposed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Administrator</quote>) under section 211 of such Act, and the manufacturer is in compliance with all requests for information under subsection (b) of such section 211 of such Act. If the safe harbor provided by this section does not apply, the existence of a claim of defective product shall be determined under otherwise applicable law. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect the liability of any person for environmental remediation costs, drinking water contamination, negligence for spills or other reasonably foreseeable events, public or private nuisance, trespass, breach of warranty, breach of contract, or any other liability other than liability based upon a claim of defective product.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9FAE6A3216FD4CAF9E00798D25D3CFB5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>This section shall be effective as of September 5, 2003, and shall apply with respect to all claims filed on or after that date.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H4650FC9238B141418C93D027989DAA70"><enum>1503.</enum><header>Findings and MTBE transition assistance</header> <subsection id="H743C203E0C834F20A32E3D7600360017"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds that—</text> <paragraph id="HF96EAF6EFC614534A610F8EF00F4F594"><enum>(1)</enum><text>since 1979, methyl tertiary butyl ether (hereinafter in this section referred to as <quote>MTBE</quote>) has been used nationwide at low levels in gasoline to replace lead as an octane booster or anti-knocking agent;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H807EE164F79F42B9A541F1C581C39005"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Public Law 101–549 (commonly known as the <quote><act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> Amendments of 1990</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>) established a fuel oxygenate standard under which reformulated gasoline must contain at least 2 percent oxygen by weight;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H478CF58E53D74B558B94CB62A2F0D24D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>at the time of the adoption of the fuel oxygen standard, Congress was aware that significant use of MTBE would result from the adoption of that standard, and that the use of MTBE would likely be important to the cost-effective implementation of that program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0FF9947E48A1493C891621D08C00003D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Congress was aware that gasoline and its component additives can and do leak from storage tanks;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H354483DA9DB841B69103C9A58CF689CA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the fuel industry responded to the fuel oxygenate standard established by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/549">Public Law 101–549</external-xref> by making substantial investments in—</text> <subparagraph id="H3AF45DB8C227485185A2CB7802ED3B37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>MTBE production capacity; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H50E1DB10B10B485F8748C62F005117F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>systems to deliver MTBE-containing gasoline to the marketplace;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE501638DC3CB49CFA47737BD12001D86"><enum>(6)</enum><text>having previously required oxygenates like MTBE for air quality purposes, Congress has—</text> <subparagraph id="HAD5F09EBC748413AA509ED73D277AD73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reconsidered the relative value of MTBE in gasoline;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H44F1356327EF496FA4AAD8D1E5109EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>decided to establish a date certain for action by the Environmental Protection Agency to prohibit the use of MTBE in gasoline; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB6C37BBD2C7A4DCB87765299C8C11876"><enum>(C)</enum><text>decided to provide for the elimination of the oxygenate requirement for reformulated gasoline and to provide for a renewable fuels content requirement for motor fuel; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H497F4E28B6FA4148A45C3BB5EBC3701B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>it is appropriate for Congress to provide some limited transition assistance—</text> <subparagraph id="H2D66711DA7B44DB1B200D3058CDFEE8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to merchant producers of MTBE who produced MTBE in response to a market created by the oxygenate requirement contained in the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8C0AF0AA92B74662B1A076D898FD9143"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the purpose of mitigating any fuel supply problems that may result from the elimination of the oxygenate requirement for reformulated gasoline and from the decision to establish a date certain for action by the Environmental Protection Agency to prohibit the use of MTBE in gasoline.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1448D7CE240C426CB594FAA21D86003F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purpose of this section is to provide assistance to merchant producers of MTBE in making the transition from producing MTBE to producing other fuel additives.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC9CBD6D6FFEC46D68DF0017790F5CFDC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>MTBE merchant producer conversion assistance</header><text>Section 211(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Clean Air Act" id="HBFF281BE3625427B92AA1646DE44C0C"> <paragraph id="HEF1788C74DB8492992F293736323B280"><enum>(5)</enum><header>MTBE merchant producer conversion assistance</header> <subparagraph id="H271BC0D5390441A8ADB6E54E65ADF59E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header> <clause id="HD3E4F0E20E744904821B81E79D828EE0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator, may make grants to merchant producers of methyl tertiary butyl ether (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as <quote>MTBE</quote>) in the United States to assist the producers in the conversion of eligible production facilities described in subparagraph (C) to the production of iso-octane, iso-octene, alkylates, or renewable fuels.</text></clause> <clause id="HCC4698CA8DA84B02B73303AFFDEA2C49"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, may determine that transition assistance for the production of iso-octane, iso-octene, alkylates, or renewable fuels is inconsistent with the provisions of subparagraph (B) and, on that basis, may deny applications for grants authorized by this paragraph.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6005EA99615744B08B74C900995EF8ED"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Further grants</header><text>The Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator, may also further make grants to merchant producers of MTBE in the United States to assist the producers in the conversion of eligible production facilities described in subparagraph (C) to the production of such other fuel additives (unless the Administrator determines that such fuel additives may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or the environment) that, consistent with this subsection—</text> <clause id="HACC434E38AA0407DB2009EB325927727"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have been registered and have been tested or are being tested in accordance with the requirements of this section; and</text></clause> <clause id="H517DDD2D18F0432B88A2FE9B83BB8237"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>will contribute to replacing gasoline volumes lost as a result of amendments made to subsection (k) of this section by section 1504(a) and 1506 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H382B0FE67BEC4469AAAA89C0A8FDF4A1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligible production facilities</header><text>A production facility shall be eligible to receive a grant under this paragraph if the production facility—</text> <clause id="HC74D498E69234921ADD327ACCB37E961"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is located in the United States; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2E26707E184D4D1C8933989994AD1031"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>produced MTBE for consumption before April 1, 2003 and ceased production at any time after the date of enactment of this paragraph.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA418E68895A3407DAD65323E4C568085"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2012, to remain available until expended.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H1D8B9D98573840B7AEFCCFDAECDA5AF"><enum>1504.</enum><header>Use of MTBE</header> <subsection id="H4630E1F7DD714E82B41F3BADBEB492A5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsections (e) and (f), not later than December 31, 2014, the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (hereinafter in this section referred to as <quote>MTBE</quote>) in motor vehicle fuel in any State other than a State described in subsection (c) is prohibited.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H62BC4AB2EA3C4AD4AAB036BF6FE30406"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (hereafter referred to in this section as the <quote>Administrator</quote>) shall promulgate regulations to effect the prohibition in subsection (a).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA328BB522FDD4865B671F8E27268541B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>States that authorize use</header><text>A State described in this subsection is a State in which the Governor of the State submits a notification to the Administrator authorizing the use of MTBE in motor vehicle fuel sold or used in the State.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3721949D485844BBADEE81B213005216"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Publication of notice</header><text>The Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register each notice submitted by a State under subsection (c).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE3AE82AFCF864435ADE72E00BC000401"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Trace quantities</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Administrator may allow trace quantities of MTBE, not to exceed 0.5 percent by volume, to be present in motor vehicle fuel in cases that the Administrator determines to be appropriate.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H241733739BEA4863A1A2C0735CDFA816"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Administrator, under authority of subsection (a), shall not prohibit or control the production of MTBE for export from the United States or for any other use other than for use in motor vehicle fuel.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H67AE76DF2F254E2D8648141E48F4F176"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effect on State law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this title have no effect regarding any available authority of States to limit the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether in motor vehicle fuel.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H767756BA6ADB45C1924524B3DA3C4D7C"><enum>1505.</enum><header>National Academy of Sciences review and presidential determination</header> <subsection id="HD8D35A382C424777BBD0E9A938EB3600"><enum>(a)</enum><header>NAS review</header><text>Not later than May 31, 2013, the Secretary shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to review the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (hereafter referred to in this section as <quote>MTBE</quote>) in fuel and fuel additives. The review shall only use the best available scientific information and data collected by accepted methods or the best available means. The review shall examine the use of MTBE in fuel and fuel additives, significant beneficial and detrimental effects of this use on environmental quality or public health or welfare including the costs and benefits of such effects, likely effects of controls or prohibitions on MTBE regarding fuel availability and price, and other appropriate and reasonable actions that are available to protect the environment or public health or welfare from any detrimental effects of the use of MTBE in fuel or fuel additives. The review shall be peer-reviewed prior to publication and all supporting data and analytical models shall be available to the public. The review shall be completed no later than May 31, 2014.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H93CF553B762E4481A602C7370391F051"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Presidential determination</header><text>No later than June 30, 2014, the President may make a determination that restrictions on the use of MTBE to be implemented pursuant to section 1504 shall not take place and that the legal authority contained in section 1504 to prohibit the use of MTBE in motor vehicle fuel shall become null and void.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H88FC6C791D924516915484C43731006C"><enum>1506.</enum><header>Elimination of oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline</header> <subsection id="HB91E6BCC2AC443A796882BF663C2C197"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elimination</header> <paragraph id="HAED9D45EB9E0434D8C4F00C203BBA27"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 211(k) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(k)</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H676A27ECBF7A4027921FAF39DD006FF5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H27DDEFFAFEE84B4B8D46127B2EBEE508"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the second sentence of subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>(including the oxygen content requirement contained in subparagraph (B))</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="H46963A163898433CBAF52FDBD3ACEDB7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B); and</text></clause> <clause id="HA820ECB59C6447899B460030EF33A9E1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H440E27C314A84B2BA7BF938FD4BCC0E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In paragraph (3)(A), by striking clause (v).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H39D5E58408764CF991A814A0DF007FD0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In paragraph (7)—</text> <clause id="H2060A8EE3F48407AAC9BE7B714827700"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subclause id="H5E1032DB254D434393B47952EB58FD2E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking clause (i); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9C79238214E945838B39B0FE49A66E6E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HCBA7B047401747079E935F00A390B1F4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text> <subclause id="HB68B132E389149F5A69647B8F9F2492B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking clause (ii).</text></subclause> <subclause id="HAFAFAB85AB374601B2AEA78BE6FDB571"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C6FCB4542FC41E5B4039F143C5E9813"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1) take effect 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, except that such amendments shall take effect upon such date of enactment in any State that has received a waiver under section 209(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H46F68F40306447568959ADF229BC98FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maintenance of toxic air pollutant emission reductions</header><text>Section 211(k)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(k)(1)</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H97EB3FB4F41D4BCABB48FCF17F7800"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By striking <quote>Within 1 year after the enactment of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> Amendments of 1990,</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Clean Air Act" id="H3248EAFD103D46CA8562CD085D9C907"> <subparagraph id="H71DF49AF956E41209F7F5492E5BEB55"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than November 15, 1991,</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H18387D33B2D8467BB5023D16C6C92BF6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H8A7C71EAF9F143D090C35E83D8DD6D7B"> <subparagraph id="H8B8CE8BEEE6E444298CC3F21ED71DE1E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Maintenance of toxic air pollutant emissions reductions from reformulated gasoline</header> <clause id="H2CDB04D3BD4845538EEC198961B7C27"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subparagraph the term <term>PADD</term> means a Petroleum Administration for Defense District.</text></clause> <clause id="H96B42DBE20AC4D4998F0EFCAA9EAA8C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Regulations regarding emissions of toxic air pollutants</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this subparagraph the Administrator shall establish, for each refinery or importer, standards for toxic air pollutants from use of the reformulated gasoline produced or distributed by the refinery or importer that maintain the reduction of the average annual aggregate emissions of toxic air pollutants for reformulated gasoline produced or distributed by the refinery or importer during calendar years 1999 and 2000, determined on the basis of data collected by the Administrator with respect to the refinery or importer.</text></clause> <clause id="H228D30F5FC6E4276BB59C003F5EF377"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Standards applicable to specific refineries or importers</header> <subclause id="H701A0A46753D4F2A9200B1FFD1D763A4"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Applicability of standards</header><text>For any calendar year, the standards applicable to a refinery or importer under clause (ii) shall apply to the quantity of gasoline produced or distributed by the refinery or importer in the calendar year only to the extent that the quantity is less than or equal to the average annual quantity of reformulated gasoline produced or distributed by the refinery or importer during calendar years 1999 and 2000.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HB42D84E0BADB44758F35FF595BDA35CB"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Applicability of other standards</header><text>For any calendar year, the quantity of gasoline produced or distributed by a refinery or importer that is in excess of the quantity subject to subclause (I) shall be subject to standards for toxic air pollutants promulgated under subparagraph (A) and paragraph (3)(B).</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H3FB8F3B400F64F43B3D7D4164E277256"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Credit program</header><text>The Administrator shall provide for the granting and use of credits for emissions of toxic air pollutants in the same manner as provided in paragraph (7).</text></clause> <clause id="H83158E02C25740A600C962338DAF0812"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Regional protection of toxics reduction baselines</header> <subclause id="H18C87E16A7D144948BE2F8D2F14EE56B"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, and not later than April 1 of each calendar year that begins after that date of enactment, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register a report that specifies, with respect to the previous calendar year—</text> <item id="H5592D4BAAD974131BC001B4D2BCB8B48"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the quantity of reformulated gasoline produced that is in excess of the average annual quantity of reformulated gasoline produced in 1999 and 2000; and</text></item> <item id="H2C8D354DE93E47E9A1EF26DC9F04F606"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the reduction of the average annual aggregate emissions of toxic air pollutants in each PADD, based on retail survey data or data from other appropriate sources.</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H5CC7BC76297442AE98B0DD29F741CEA"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Effect of failure to maintain aggregate toxics reductions</header><text>If, in any calendar year, the reduction of the average annual aggregate emissions of toxic air pollutants in a PADD fails to meet or exceed the reduction of the average annual aggregate emissions of toxic air pollutants in the PADD in calendar years 1999 and 2000, the Administrator, not later than 90 days after the date of publication of the report for the calendar year under subclause (I), shall—</text> <item id="HE432544B18D3402987BDD2490050B707"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>identify, to the maximum extent practicable, the reasons for the failure, including the sources, volumes, and characteristics of reformulated gasoline that contributed to the failure; and</text></item> <item id="H7BEEFD1D975B44B6A9F589ECC3378D8B"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>promulgate revisions to the regulations promulgated under clause (ii), to take effect not earlier than 180 days but not later than 270 days after the date of promulgation, to provide that, notwithstanding clause (iii)(II), all reformulated gasoline produced or distributed at each refinery or importer shall meet the standards applicable under clause (ii) not later than April 1 of the year following the report in subclause (II) and for subsequent years.</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="H4375404E4FA64EE4823315733E3900A2"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Regulations to control hazardous air pollutants from motor vehicles and motor vehicle fuels</header><text>Not later than July 1, 2005, the Administrator shall promulgate final regulations to control hazardous air pollutants from motor vehicles and motor vehicle fuels, as provided for in <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/40/80.1045">section 80.1045</external-xref> of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subparagraph).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H41FCB183C3A4413FB95E6D602B7E1E67"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consolidation in reformulated gasoline regulations</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall revise the reformulated gasoline regulations under subpart D of part 80 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to consolidate the regulations applicable to VOC-Control Regions 1 and 2 under section 80.41 of that title by eliminating the less stringent requirements applicable to gasoline designated for VOC-Control Region 2 and instead applying the more stringent requirements applicable to gasoline designated for VOC-Control Region 1.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6FC4A596C3BD45449C53A2FB0000CA66"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this section is intended to affect or prejudice either any legal claims or actions with respect to regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the <quote>Administrator</quote>) prior to the date of enactment of this Act regarding emissions of toxic air pollutants from motor vehicles or the adjustment of standards applicable to a specific refinery or importer made under such prior regulations and the Administrator may apply such adjustments to the standards applicable to such refinery or importer under clause (iii)(I) of section 211(k)(1)(B) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name>, except that—</text> <paragraph id="HA3FC4A025B9A406191E3CBC40096CB9E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Administrator shall revise such adjustments to be based only on calendar years 1999–2000; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA596945CB8804730997E7B7D00C4FEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for adjustments based on toxic air pollutant emissions from reformulated gasoline significantly below the national annual average emissions of toxic air pollutants from all reformulated gasoline, the Administrator may revise such adjustments to take account of the scope of Federal or State prohibitions on the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether imposed after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, except that any such adjustment shall require such refiner or importer, to the greatest extent practicable, to maintain the reduction achieved during calendar years 1999–2000 in the average annual aggregate emissions of toxic air pollutants from reformulated gasoline produced or distributed by the refinery or importer; <italic>Provided</italic>, that any such adjustment shall not be made at a level below the average percentage of reductions of emissions of toxic air pollutants for reformulated gasoline supplied to PADD I during calendar years 1999–2000.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H7C6DFC22D36E4F9F00A7C30416BF1F88"><enum>1507.</enum><header>Analyses of motor vehicle fuel changes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 211 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after subsection (o) the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Clean Air Act" id="HB1390239A6274C920004112D490952C2"> <subsection id="HCD4AD09901404FD59E3E61D4CBF74859"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Analyses of motor vehicle fuel changes and emissions model</header> <paragraph id="H20A398535B1C4D1795E55FE5B5181D81"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Anti-backsliding analysis</header> <subparagraph id="H49EB1E75085C4C44B18025A2D97E97F4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Draft analysis</header><text>Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall publish for public comment a draft analysis of the changes in emissions of air pollutants and air quality due to the use of motor vehicle fuel and fuel additives resulting from implementation of the amendments made by subtitle A of title XV of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H02873A97D97143D1B9D768768084AC49"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Final analysis</header><text>After providing a reasonable opportunity for comment but not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator shall publish the analysis in final form.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE9234743024441819D2874550628B9AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Emissions model</header><text>For the purposes of this subsection, as soon as the necessary data are available, the Administrator shall develop and finalize an emissions model that reasonably reflects the effects of gasoline characteristics or components on emissions from vehicles in the motor vehicle fleet during calendar year 2005.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HB46785C97B874DBB9DC6A398994FB800"><enum>1508.</enum><header>Data collection</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 205 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7135">42 U.S.C. 7135</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF52E9CE0E31A4DEA8037C3B729C4ADB6"> <subsection id="H88797CD27FA64E8CB7CD11F747847484"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Renewable fuels survey</header> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA5A1D0B663C74DE99E34DFCC5B00AA7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In order to improve the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of the Nation’s renewable fuels mandate, the Administrator shall conduct and publish the results of a survey of renewable fuels demand in the motor vehicle fuels market in the United States monthly, and in a manner designed to protect the confidentiality of individual responses. In conducting the survey, the Administrator shall collect information both on a national and regional basis, including each of the following:</text> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H45B7D8E5DB8A46569E48E15B48B021D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The quantity of renewable fuels produced.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H10993B968B614E229F33B57EF0DDCC14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The quantity of renewable fuels blended.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H865C29E2EBD244810078E34135984283"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The quantity of renewable fuels imported.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HBE34E87A32FB4AB2A4A62C369B6E615D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The quantity of renewable fuels demanded.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H46BA0D14734D4780AB2764738C7786A7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Market price data.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H07A9DA63B4A04ED7BAECDEA25FD14CC"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Such other analyses or evaluations as the Administrator finds is necessary to achieve the purposes of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H705F920BC9AD40A19C824682721557F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Administrator shall also collect or estimate information both on a national and regional basis, pursuant to subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1), for the 5 years prior to implementation of this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HBE120918FEBD4D39B6419EFB89B137C3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>This subsection does not affect the authority of the Administrator to collect data under section 52 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/790a">15 U.S.C. 790a</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H2EE35CB1E76B422E9D30F99356E9E1C2"><enum>1509.</enum><header>Reducing the proliferation of State fuel controls</header> <subsection id="HBC24A827635349CBB54333E359D5D71F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>EPA approval of State plans with fuel controls</header><text>Section 211(c)(4)(C) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(c)(4)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>The Administrator shall not approve a control or prohibition respecting the use of a fuel or fuel additive under this subparagraph unless the Administrator, after consultation with the Secretary of Energy, publishes in the Federal Register a finding that, in the Administrator’s judgment, such control or prohibition will not cause fuel supply or distribution interruptions or have a significant adverse impact on fuel producibility in the affected area or contiguous areas.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H51E0C3F05649451D819100E178CACB5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the <quote>Administrator</quote>), in cooperation with the Secretary of Energy, shall undertake a study of the projected effects on air quality, the proliferation of fuel blends, fuel availability, and fuel costs of providing a preference for each of the following:</text> <paragraph id="H0317B5CA53E0455BB6605BD1357F6911"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Reformulated gasoline referred to in subsection (k) of section 211 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name>.</text> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H82E2DF1BF8EE4AC08CFC9065EEFA0FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A low RVP gasoline blend that has been certified by the Administrator as having a Reid Vapor Pressure of 7.0 pounds per square inch (psi).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HAB94E103A20640CCA1D700097724009D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A low RVP gasoline blend that has been certified by the Administrator as having a Reid Vapor Pressure of 7.8 pounds per square inch (psi).</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">In carrying out such study, the Administrator shall obtain comments from affected parties. The Administrator shall submit the results of such study to the Congress not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, together with any recommended legislative changes.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H200AE44ACED64D85AEF5602F5FAC75B2"><enum>1510.</enum><header>Fuel system requirements harmonization study</header> <subsection id="HF5C4667EF02440C889593F2C36B5751"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header> <paragraph id="H17B3067445AE4AFC83EFFDDB105D2F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Administrator</quote>) and the Secretary of Energy shall jointly conduct a study of Federal, State, and local requirements concerning motor vehicle fuels, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HE699106FF9B64A10BB97333637C9B282"><enum>(A)</enum><text>requirements relating to reformulated gasoline, volatility (measured in Reid vapor pressure), oxygenated fuel, and diesel fuel; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBA01717390464CC2B2008028CFD127A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other requirements that vary from State to State, region to region, or locality to locality.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H44553075E2434E6FB6A61C00BC77626"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required elements</header><text>The study shall assess—</text> <subparagraph id="H9F3D141B13B64B0280E98BA8B5BC88F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the effect of the variety of requirements described in paragraph (1) on the supply, quality, and price of motor vehicle fuels available to consumers in various States and localities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4781F6ECDF1D4F7698E3FBD90512B84"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the effect of the requirements described in paragraph (1) on achievement of—</text> <clause id="H46E45C74E79047FAA5CC009895614C50"><enum>(i)</enum><text>national, regional, and local air quality standards and goals; and</text></clause> <clause id="HCE8DE93628354D2D9773C7E1AC35352E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>related environmental and public health protection standards and goals;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H004AE2A738294FB3B979002516267157"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the effect of Federal, State, and local motor vehicle fuel regulations, including multiple motor vehicle fuel requirements, on—</text> <clause id="H4517AEFB351D42D69CBE04DEC6F9D697"><enum>(i)</enum><text>domestic refineries;</text></clause> <clause id="H919547DE4B9643E4A4EB9BC9DA19C01D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fuel distribution system; and</text></clause> <clause id="H231C4B51E0A847A4854EFF2167C7A7B8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>industry investment in new capacity;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB3CC215656324FADB7C96E2598F81000"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the effect of the requirements described in paragraph (1) on emissions from vehicles, refineries, and fuel handling facilities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H857BE208AE1D45C5A1335B67EAA06C94"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the feasibility of developing national or regional motor vehicle fuel slates for the 48 contiguous States that, while improving air quality at the national, regional and local levels consistent with the attainment of national ambient air quality standards, could—</text> <clause id="H7B405F65BDB14AA7B6D94FF28FD5419"><enum>(i)</enum><text>enhance flexibility in the fuel distribution infrastructure and improve fuel fungibility;</text></clause> <clause id="H1BB85B99F856487AB4554FC23C856C9F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reduce price volatility and costs to consumers and producers;</text></clause> <clause id="HA3925BFD6CA544B0A15D5905EE8BC1F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide increased liquidity to the gasoline market; and</text></clause> <clause id="HD926B83B99E5490A811EA94DA3B4853E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>enhance fuel quality, consistency, and supply;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA58FBCC315694A19B84C4E6600270517"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the feasibility of providing incentives to promote cleaner burning motor vehicle fuel; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEC126D82BE2940AA908D6D748F255DF6"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the extent to which improvements in air quality and any increases or decreases in the price of motor fuel can be projected to result from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier II requirements for conventional gasoline and vehicle emission systems, the reformulated gasoline program, the renewable content requirements established by this subtitle, State programs regarding gasoline volatility, and any other requirements imposed by States or localities affecting the composition of motor fuel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE02169BF4CBC490C00A3BD1F98005521"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header> <paragraph id="HEA051CD010864F9BB955C420A600B19E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2007, the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE79BCF44B70E4E06854BEFE6383178F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recommendations</header> <subparagraph id="HC515E96506054382BA2D7F268B48E1AC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The report under this subsection shall contain recommendations for legislative and administrative actions that may be taken—</text> <clause id="H124BE30B0D624874AFD627F4E138707E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to improve air quality;</text></clause> <clause id="H22454FBAAD4A4E7AB226562FDAEA3DDB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to reduce costs to consumers and producers; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB40063B3F11246DF9EE5CB5BDACB396"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to increase supply liquidity.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB7C37BB97CB64828BA70B64705D400F8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Required considerations</header><text>The recommendations under subparagraph (A) shall take into account the need to provide advance notice of required modifications to refinery and fuel distribution systems in order to ensure an adequate supply of motor vehicle fuel in all States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8670D81572C14E4EA494E4EB914100AE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In developing the report under this subsection, the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy shall consult with—</text> <subparagraph id="H3AF8F60EAB24402AA4ABF64D4FF44600"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Governors of the States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H83A31B2944424832ACE5C7B3FCE0087B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>automobile manufacturers;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9FA7A376FB9B4BCA98464EF619C631B7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>motor vehicle fuel producers and distributors; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1CC01BDCA32D4113B4A44D7F149B00B8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the public.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HEA449C85E7E341989B3C47E4463944F5"><enum>1511.</enum><header>Commercial byproducts from municipal solid waste and cellulosic biomass loan guarantee program</header> <subsection id="HEE9DBFD7177F44B589BE1DDEB96D7B5E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of municipal solid waste</header><text>In this section, the term <term>municipal solid waste</term> has the meaning given the term <term>solid waste</term> in section 1004 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6903">42 U.S.C. 6903</external-xref>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H695573C3C7064113B3C71078FA27D017"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header><text>The Secretary of Energy (hereinafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall establish a program to provide guarantees of loans by private institutions for the construction of facilities for the processing and conversion of municipal solid waste and cellulosic biomass into fuel ethanol and other commercial byproducts.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H17FC2F801C3E496F8E01A769C1B64DC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Secretary may provide a loan guarantee under subsection (b) to an applicant if—</text> <paragraph id="H267848604DA84A0188DD23A35F00E23"><enum>(1)</enum><text>without a loan guarantee, credit is not available to the applicant under reasonable terms or conditions sufficient to finance the construction of a facility described in subsection (b);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1BF9B589C9AB45E5BF9BFA6B07F5E500"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the prospective earning power of the applicant and the character and value of the security pledged provide a reasonable assurance of repayment of the loan to be guaranteed in accordance with the terms of the loan; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFCB502D5A8344C1F969B1105C0A9D600"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the loan bears interest at a rate determined by the Secretary to be reasonable, taking into account the current average yield on outstanding obligations of the United States with remaining periods of maturity comparable to the maturity of the loan.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H22CA903E8BF44813948C08F3003F17F6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>In selecting recipients of loan guarantees from among applicants, the Secretary shall give preference to proposals that—</text> <paragraph id="H977C9C2B064847788B18FC595343ACBB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>meet all applicable Federal and State permitting requirements;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46AD7713F9E44E95A9743779BEDA9C3B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are most likely to be successful; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H57F419B191DF455E851934E4CFDA87F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>are located in local markets that have the greatest need for the facility because of—</text> <subparagraph id="H757DD3345D854668B8BBBC79FC026B13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the limited availability of land for waste disposal;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA9A2C233D1248919C6EAFD409D976E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the availability of sufficient quantities of cellulosic biomass; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD7774A0D92464B24A50900D8E3F214A7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a high level of demand for fuel ethanol or other commercial byproducts of the facility.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8410E9FA7FCC4E5300D3A9CF7B04F7D6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Maturity</header><text>A loan guaranteed under subsection (b) shall have a maturity of not more than 20 years.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H03FFDE33DC184298BFB761A54D233FF4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>The loan agreement for a loan guaranteed under subsection (b) shall provide that no provision of the loan agreement may be amended or waived without the consent of the Secretary.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H41FE215937074C38878D4E4EDBF89DE4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Assurance of repayment</header><text>The Secretary shall require that an applicant for a loan guarantee under subsection (b) provide an assurance of repayment in the form of a performance bond, insurance, collateral, or other means acceptable to the Secretary in an amount equal to not less than 20 percent of the amount of the loan.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2EB91FCEEA824D21BB9DF9012BD54B"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Guarantee fee</header><text>The recipient of a loan guarantee under subsection (b) shall pay the Secretary an amount determined by the Secretary to be sufficient to cover the administrative costs of the Secretary relating to the loan guarantee.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9EEA8C1E55C64F94B72EF72BA0E384D5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Full faith and credit</header><text>The full faith and credit of the United States is pledged to the payment of all guarantees made under this section. Any such guarantee made by the Secretary shall be conclusive evidence of the eligibility of the loan for the guarantee with respect to principal and interest. The validity of the guarantee shall be incontestable in the hands of a holder of the guaranteed loan.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H65D63B8D582849A6947B141DA2BEF612"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Until each guaranteed loan under this section has been repaid in full, the Secretary shall annually submit to Congress a report on the activities of the Secretary under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8E9ABBE7F72D4E0B96FB608D57CC301"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H388F3E5307754137B31D93BEF05691F7"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><text>The authority of the Secretary to issue a loan guarantee under subsection (b) terminates on the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H320AE9D5B9CF4A548038B1DD43557F6B"><enum>1512.</enum><header>Cellulosic biomass and waste-derived ethanol conversion assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 211 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Clean Air Act" id="H0113A66F1CDA4AA2A43C9622E3B98E0"> <subsection id="H609A39C7E7804C95AA14C392F800F0D9"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Cellulosic biomass and waste-derived ethanol conversion assistance</header> <paragraph id="H69C4E8E1523145C4982061550829006E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Energy may provide grants to merchant producers of cellulosic biomass ethanol and waste-derived ethanol in the United States to assist the producers in building eligible production facilities described in paragraph (2) for the production of ethanol.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3718364CCFAF4C82894E11E2F16C266F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible production facilities</header><text>A production facility shall be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection if the production facility—</text> <subparagraph id="HF36AE8ED9434421F8964B07821652126"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is located in the United States; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H28FEF5266C5F4310BC58DCC67A61655"><enum>(B)</enum><text>uses cellulosic biomass or waste-derived feedstocks derived from agricultural residues, wood residues, municipal solid waste, or agricultural byproducts as that term is used in section 919 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7FD82975EA6740C6BA18C881FD645CAE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated the following amounts to carry out this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="HABD3E893E4EC45DDAC86DF1681021739"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H92A0F4ABAB944908001B7629BEFCE158"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA8B753466B534BE0BC3F8B684331B318"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H3348E8630AD744F29E66864D552EB192"><enum>1513.</enum><header>Blending of compliant reformulated gasolines</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 211 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Clean Air Act" id="H2DEA5B584B974068BF94895DCBE0994E"> <subsection id="HAB22D44B02BA443285BA9F844863DDE"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Blending of compliant reformulated gasolines</header> <paragraph id="H3D5BC5885B4B47C1A311796433C20868"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsections (h) and (k) and subject to the limitations in paragraph (2) of this subsection, it shall not be a violation of this subtitle for a gasoline retailer, during any month of the year, to blend at a retail location batches of ethanol-blended and non-ethanol-blended reformulated gasoline, provided that—</text> <subparagraph id="HF400336E71054035B4C3EAC436F6BB3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each batch of gasoline to be blended has been individually certified as in compliance with subsections (h) and (k) prior to being blended;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8D48F36FA5B147B0930032D51DF9F16"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the retailer notifies the Administrator prior to such blending, and identifies the exact location of the retail station and the specific tank in which such blending will take place;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD10CD6AE63BB40BFBC694B2D2116BE1C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the retailer retains and, as requested by the Administrator or the Administrator’s designee, makes available for inspection such certifications accounting for all gasoline at the retail outlet; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H89AEE9E062534624B0F06908D2754997"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the retailer does not, between June 1 and September 15 of each year, blend a batch of VOC-controlled, or <quote>summer</quote>, gasoline with a batch of non-VOC-controlled, or <quote>winter</quote>, gasoline (as these terms are defined under subsections (h) and (k)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HDEB5CBC40CCA4762953FF9B7E25DB1F8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <subparagraph id="HFAFA3E8ECFE84A038897B4AE58845630"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Frequency limitation</header><text>A retailer shall only be permitted to blend batches of compliant reformulated gasoline under this subsection a maximum of two blending periods between May 1 and September 15 of each calendar year.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0E11E448D6014426B122B7D3A17C842E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duration of blending period</header><text>Each blending period authorized under subparagraph (A) shall extend for a period of no more than 10 consecutive calendar days.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H76423053AF0B4B53AD213C58287DDD66"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Surveys</header><text>A sample of gasoline taken from a retail location that has blended gasoline within the past 30 days and is in compliance with subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (1) shall not be used in a VOC survey mandated by 40 C.F.R. Part 80.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01094D95A4234531AAC1B0005FDCFF2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State implementation plans</header><text>A State shall be held harmless and shall not be required to revise its State implementation plan under section 110 to account for the emissions from blended gasoline authorized under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF6BA31E4515746EDB9F682B98BD84CBA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Preservation of State law</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H72FFEE190D53472EAFD9A1F3879D3101"><enum>(A)</enum><text>preempt existing State laws or regulations regulating the blending of compliant gasolines; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD8C44F9FFDEE47B7AEB2F2E25568AF89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prohibit a State from adopting such restrictions in the future.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB8CA3B9A6E234CE1A8D4DDB42348ED4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Administrator shall promulgate, after notice and comment, regulations implementing this subsection within one year after the date of enactment of this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA9FA6E65F9B647EC814970ECAA00D8A8"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>This subsection shall become effective 15 months after the date of its enactment and shall apply to blended batches of reformulated gasoline on or after that date, regardless of whether the implementing regulations required by paragraph (6) have been promulgated by the Administrator by that date.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97C3086BE18947D88461CCDB5B922220"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Liability</header><text>No person other than the person responsible for blending under this subsection shall be subject to an enforcement action or penalties under subsection (d) solely arising from the blending of compliant reformulated gasolines by the retailers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC4C51A6632B14836B3F7C84A5B3A9D8"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Formulation of gasoline</header><text>This subsection does not grant authority to the Administrator or any State (or any subdivision thereof) to require reformulation of gasoline at the refinery to adjust for potential or actual emissions increases due to the blending authorized by this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HFC35E3D2641648B094D6F9BC74F43D15"><enum>B</enum><header>Underground Storage Tank Compliance</header> <section id="H5AA3A6B0D7BA478AAD309735AB65B0CE"><enum>1521.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2005</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HA809BABDD4BC4771B9BAE5B5A9005C72"><enum>1522.</enum><header>Leaking underground storage tanks</header> <subsection id="HC0157251EA4A4933B5297B76E13BCF28"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 9004 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991c">42 U.S.C. 6991c</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Solid Waste Disposal Act" id="HBB1D2CBA5FB748D0AFDB89CF2D3F2400"> <subsection id="H5389633EBB7E47E88EE3D023DA7FBDEB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Trust Fund distribution</header> <paragraph id="H4BD029B5C3FA491DA23657AD09F6C385"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header> <subparagraph id="H4CFE373EFD41488FAEA795C71D82CFF4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amount and permitted uses of distribution</header><text>The Administrator shall distribute to States not less than 80 percent of the funds from the Trust Fund that are made available to the Administrator under section 9014(2)(A) for each fiscal year for use in paying the reasonable costs, incurred under a cooperative agreement with any State for—</text> <clause id="H791DAF7E002A4E0AB100085D13A26BF7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>corrective actions taken by the State under section 9003(h)(7)(A);</text></clause> <clause id="HFBA3A82026B04A05ADD99E17B9C4672E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>necessary administrative expenses, as determined by the Administrator, that are directly related to State fund or State assurance programs under subsection (c)(1); or</text></clause> <clause id="HA064AED3DE634FD8869169FAEEFF3009"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>enforcement, by a State or a local government, of State or local regulations pertaining to underground storage tanks regulated under this subtitle.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB028342002B54CB7BDB22D73ECB8015D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of funds for enforcement</header><text>In addition to the uses of funds authorized under subparagraph (A), the Administrator may use funds from the Trust Fund that are not distributed to States under subparagraph (A) for enforcement of any regulation promulgated by the Administrator under this subtitle.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4A33F2B8884945E5B55DE7C51014DD73"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Prohibited uses</header><text>Funds provided to a State by the Administrator under subparagraph (A) shall not be used by the State to provide financial assistance to an owner or operator to meet any requirement relating to underground storage tanks under subparts B, C, D, H, and G of part 280 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0B4A78638F174A269349B3D10089D9D6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation</header> <subparagraph id="HD7F24ABA0E2F41F59B7D423465B3A6D7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Process</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), in the case of a State with which the Administrator has entered into a cooperative agreement under section 9003(h)(7)(A), the Administrator shall distribute funds from the Trust Fund to the State using an allocation process developed by the Administrator.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4C296CAB2AA443D088D6F5A6FB0067BF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Diversion of State funds</header><text>The Administrator shall not distribute funds under subparagraph (A)(iii) of subsection (f)(1) to any State that has diverted funds from a State fund or State assurance program for purposes other than those related to the regulation of underground storage tanks covered by this subtitle, with the exception of those transfers that had been completed earlier than the date of enactment of this subsection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H837CDF34E74A4D359E1B271CF481D86B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Revisions to process</header><text>The Administrator may revise the allocation process referred to in subparagraph (A) after—</text> <clause id="HDF3F5A5F82384C7497C0D4FAAF195BBE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consulting with State agencies responsible for overseeing corrective action for releases from underground storage tanks; and</text></clause> <clause id="H623C125955FC4F4A9273D2064800A77E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>taking into consideration, at a minimum, each of the following:</text> <subclause id="HC78B9A281EE04948817362B3A55E4253"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The number of confirmed releases from federally regulated leaking underground storage tanks in the States.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H64EF3429E7EF4842BBD51C74D937D052"><enum>(II)</enum><text>The number of federally regulated underground storage tanks in the States.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H83DCD899C295441E84FDA11F92A6B488"><enum>(III)</enum><text>The performance of the States in implementing and enforcing the program.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H03060A4697714F209EE74665E200F735"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>The financial needs of the States.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE51E2BD7B2124968BC51C6D550341375"><enum>(V)</enum><text>The ability of the States to use the funds referred to in subparagraph (A) in any year.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C21D0F222C04A1AB94274941E5560C8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distributions to State agencies</header><text>Distributions from the Trust Fund under this subsection shall be made directly to a State agency that—</text> <subparagraph id="H9E39BB7D762E4E37A9FE622096B6CB2C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enters into a cooperative agreement referred to in paragraph (2)(A); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA56E9FE01FA24775A3ECDC6716076495"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is enforcing a State program approved under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H1DB0E8D8B8974D9A00A5DA30F87477CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Withdrawal of approval of State funds</header><text>Section 9004(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991c">42 U.S.C. 6991c(c)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting the following new paragraph at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Solid Waste Disposal Act" id="H1C81641A6F2644BDB6B498BCC1FE317C"> <paragraph id="H8C0663CE975B42D69517DF3F006D596E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Withdrawal of approval</header><text>After an opportunity for good faith, collaborative efforts to correct financial deficiencies with a State fund, the Administrator may withdraw approval of any State fund or State assurance program to be used as a financial responsibility mechanism without withdrawing approval of a State underground storage tank program under section 9004(a).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H75380F40DB5842E5BDE28760001C6C7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Ability to pay</header><text>Section 9003(h)(6) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6591a">42 U.S.C. 6591a(h)(6)</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following new subparagraph at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H72B20D7D818842EC85C62124B02E7D1D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H8EA206D50FFE4BDFB9FD3D83CDD4C5DF"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Inability or limited ability to pay</header> <clause id="H6803E5285BD140D8003F3118C5E3B1C2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining the level of recovery effort, or amount that should be recovered, the Administrator (or the State pursuant to paragraph (7)) shall consider the owner or operator’s ability to pay. An inability or limited ability to pay corrective action costs must be demonstrated to the Administrator (or the State pursuant to paragraph (7)) by the owner or operator.</text></clause> <clause id="HE5F6E8FD111C41BFA73E4E00889154EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining whether or not a demonstration is made under clause (i), the Administrator (or the State pursuant to paragraph (7)) shall take into consideration the ability of the owner or operator to pay corrective action costs and still maintain its basic business operations, including consideration of the overall financial condition of the owner or operator and demonstrable constraints on the ability of the owner or operator to raise revenues.</text></clause> <clause id="H6A6DA07C24CA45C1BB41894BD4C28658"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An owner or operator requesting consideration under this subparagraph shall promptly provide the Administrator (or the State pursuant to paragraph (7)) with all relevant information needed to determine the ability of the owner or operator to pay corrective action costs.</text></clause> <clause id="HA0A4930FE1FC414785B183C3F0EF0095"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Alternative payment methods</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator (or the State pursuant to paragraph (7)) shall consider alternative payment methods as may be necessary or appropriate if the Administrator (or the State pursuant to paragraph (7)) determines that an owner or operator cannot pay all or a portion of the costs in a lump sum payment.</text></clause> <clause id="HFBBFE3442A75407EA0F463508D0599D"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Misrepresentation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an owner or operator provides false information or otherwise misrepresents their financial situation under clause (ii), the Administrator (or the State pursuant to paragraph (7)) shall seek full recovery of the costs of all such actions pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (A) without consideration of the factors in subparagraph (B).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H91F07E27947B4AEF8286436444099D19"><enum>1523.</enum><header>Inspection of underground storage tanks</header> <subsection id="HE6EAA4B5017C44D390697FA841446594"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inspection requirements</header><text>Section 9005 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991d">42 U.S.C. 6991d</external-xref>) is amended by inserting the following new subsection at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Solid Waste Disposal Act" id="H863A0880DE544629BED35EADF9F01453"> <subsection id="HA1D11DF159AA449F9F2FF1E9808EC375"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inspection requirements</header> <paragraph id="HC7BA6CB5C4BE491F99F3C68D3F3641CB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Uninspected tanks</header><text>In the case of underground storage tanks regulated under this subtitle that have not undergone an inspection since December 22, 1998, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator or a State that receives funding under this subtitle, as appropriate, shall conduct on-site inspections of all such tanks to determine compliance with this subtitle and the regulations under this subtitle (40 C.F.R. 280) or a requirement or standard of a State program developed under section 9004.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H74CB003CDE4B4B878E5FBDEA9C1CC7D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Periodic inspections</header><text>After completion of all inspections required under paragraph (1), the Administrator or a State that receives funding under this subtitle, as appropriate, shall conduct on-site inspections of each underground storage tank regulated under this subtitle at least once every 3 years to determine compliance with this subtitle and the regulations under this subtitle (40 C.F.R. 280) or a requirement or standard of a State program developed under section 9004. The Administrator may extend for up to one additional year the first 3-year inspection interval under this paragraph if the State demonstrates that it has insufficient resources to complete all such inspections within the first 3-year period.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H77FEB71AEA7943A8BB7B15D3C6438E25"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inspection authority</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish the Administrator’s or a State’s authorities under section 9005(a).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H0F6575C79ED54F80BC32DBFD7DA1E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study of alternative inspection programs</header><text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in coordination with a State, shall gather information on compliance assurance programs that could serve as an alternative to the inspection programs under section 9005(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991d">42 U.S.C. 6991d(c)</external-xref>) and shall, within 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, submit a report to the Congress containing the results of such study.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HCA871A1A2A9B4649AE4D64DD95E6364"><enum>1524.</enum><header>Operator training</header> <subsection id="H51B685CF8B164527BD66C76C4DC5CF86"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 9010 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991i">42 U.S.C. 6991i</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Solid Waste Disposal Act" id="H49B8062F8BA943ACB4851BD2D3B1FE89"> <section id="H53DDCC857F9E4391BF1493DB007FF419"><enum>9010.</enum><header>Operator training</header> <subsection id="H9418B4F3EE6540B8BE824670AD58794"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Guidelines</header> <paragraph id="H5F3CA3E904474C1AA15F00CFA19D0000"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2005</short-title>, in consultation and cooperation with States and after public notice and opportunity for comment, the Administrator shall publish guidelines that specify training requirements for—</text> <subparagraph id="HCBCCA1FA9ECC4D01ABADF1DFE1DC849"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> persons having primary responsibility for on-site operation and maintenance of underground storage tank systems;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBF8CB85BC21041D9A5EDE71C539CB0A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">persons having daily on-site responsibility for the operation and maintenance of underground storage tanks systems; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC6B7974E2A4C40FBA7A2C631240094DF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">daily, on-site employees having primary responsibility for addressing emergencies presented by a spill or release from an underground storage tank system.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8178DCDDF64C4D70908F352EBD245C9D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>The guidelines described in paragraph (1) shall take into account—</text> <subparagraph id="H88453CCEF05A454D80290035C75C5864"><enum>(A)</enum><text>State training programs in existence as of the date of publication of the guidelines;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H602032F862194DDEA912D5AC5B5E1E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>training programs that are being employed by tank owners and tank operators as of the date of enactment of the <short-title>Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2005</short-title>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F6BEA3BAB2D4D22974C1DFA9DFDD033"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the high turnover rate of tank operators and other personnel;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H75BD832AB5E344D898BA176C87DA4496"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the frequency of improvement in underground storage tank equipment technology;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9F6CE7DABB9C4811AB82922207C7D212"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the nature of the businesses in which the tank operators are engaged;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF656BCDE0AA14E94AEED14006E09C28B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> the substantial differences in the scope and length of training needed for the different classes of persons described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1); and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3975CA04A5C34997AD5F00F252336B83"><enum>(G)</enum><text>such other factors as the Administrator determines to be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE8478AB51B164FA8BC95D4F04CB64C36"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State programs</header> <paragraph id="H838C3E8447CE491C84BF8425AF798570"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Administrator publishes the guidelines under subsection (a)(1), each State that receives funding under this subtitle shall develop State-specific training requirements that are consistent with the guidelines developed under subsection (a)(1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC505D7FF35749F8AD077CC74EDB7FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>State requirements described in paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H388C3E0243BD4BA68BC1CEE449DF017C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be consistent with subsection (a);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8D619C75BDD244F7BAFF8F60AD8B6FBF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be developed in cooperation with tank owners and tank operators;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFB535BA18AAD466C9B50EE10EB13D49F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>take into consideration training programs implemented by tank owners and tank operators as of the date of enactment of this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB69772E1A7AA467DAB474803A72C16A8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>be appropriately communicated to tank owners and operators.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAF7544D2973E4A9E984F9B004D90C6D6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Financial incentive</header><text>The Administrator may award to a State that develops and implements requirements described in paragraph (1), in addition to any funds that the State is entitled to receive under this subtitle, not more than $200,000, to be used to carry out the requirements.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H70A387E9339B4DF8B86EAEA42B3453ED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Training</header><text>All persons that are subject to the operator training requirements of subsection (a) shall—</text> <paragraph id="H8E6EEA58EE3A46BB8EB9BBDFCB7FA23E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>meet the training requirements developed under subsection (b); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A6CB67B2BCE4AE5B2691E678B93397E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>repeat the applicable requirements developed under subsection (b), if the tank for which they have primary daily on-site management responsibilities is determined to be out of compliance with—</text> <subparagraph id="HB42D6CD8FB0746239D6E74D411C872D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a requirement or standard promulgated by the Administrator under section 9003; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H837647EE80C640A492006DF78739D7C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a requirement or standard of a State program approved under section 9004.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H1D0D8C3ABEB845A6950094F424000043"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State program requirement</header><text>Section 9004(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991c">42 U.S.C. 6991c(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (8) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Solid Waste Disposal Act" id="HF0ECD358E8D345429B912FF22830F18C"> <paragraph id="H406307C4170148948D0389C64B5608D3"><enum>(9)</enum><text>State-specific training requirements as required by section 9010.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H865917AF60F945E8BBA2545F65412D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>Section 9006(d)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991e">42 U.S.C. 6991e</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HE443699F6FFC4D71BB41A027D17745D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF625E42F39F041A6A7E582194E1CEF00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By adding the following new subparagraph after subparagraph (C):</text> <quoted-block id="HBD7E1F01F6524F3FBCDB898421A029BA"> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HBDA57C4FEDFA42BEA9362BCFCF2B5C64"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the training requirements established by States pursuant to section 9010 (relating to operator training); or</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB626D7B9A279467FA96579503D8FD300"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The item relating to section 9010 in table of contents for the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="Solid Waste Disposal Act" id="H4EAE6079465540689E9219F7006F4FE7"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9010. Operator training</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H0141FAEB4BA747ADA5D4F72E4DA44698"><enum>1525.</enum><header>Remediation from oxygenated fuel additives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9003(h) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991b">42 U.S.C. 6991b(h)</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H1BE4B6B4E899450BA493F900AFF1F939"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In paragraph (7)(A)—</text> <subparagraph id="H5671DD23F44D44BFAFDBCAC805DA7D56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1), (2), and (12)</quote> ; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA664C43869944C00B6AA6F06F800746E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and including the authorities of paragraphs (4), (6), and (8) of this subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>and the authority under sections 9011 and 9012 and paragraphs (4), (6), and (8),</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H924C3373A2424CF58DCFB59BF784ACEB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H8E8CD4A20C9849CC931E6582D5B03600"> <paragraph id="HD72969136A7B4AE9ACA2C920B61C4BD3"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Remediation of oxygenated fuel contamination</header> <subparagraph id="H39C51180851D49B1A04203AB2CD5CC1B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator and the States may use funds made available under section 9014(2)(B) to carry out corrective actions with respect to a release of a fuel containing an oxygenated fuel additive that presents a threat to human health or welfare or the environment.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H52D871B57B54401A9D74A8C665FAE8C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicable authority</header><text>The Administrator or a State shall carry out subparagraph (A) in accordance with paragraph (2), and in the case of a State, in accordance with a cooperative agreement entered into by the Administrator and the State under paragraph (7).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HA12B5BA3054B423EA2C3BB10BD0442F7"><enum>1526.</enum><header>Release prevention, compliance, and enforcement</header> <subsection id="HC5EFEBC5A41D42448E124033DD21E8F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Release prevention and compliance</header><text>Subtitle I of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991">42 U.S.C. 6991 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Solid Waste Disposal Act" id="H6296DECF0BAF46EA006CA95D693821B"> <section id="H9131D289B0594328B39B7F6CBAB9041F"><enum>9011.</enum><header>Use of funds for release prevention and compliance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds made available under section 9014(2)(D) from the Trust Fund may be used to conduct inspections, issue orders, or bring actions under this subtitle—</text> <paragraph id="H70BFB6901DA8485F9900AA6261C2A08C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by a State, in accordance with a grant or cooperative agreement with the Administrator, of State regulations pertaining to underground storage tanks regulated under this subtitle; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC4CCBE6E2CF24AA2AFD3F256A6FB4F32"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by the Administrator, for tanks regulated under this subtitle (including under a State program approved under section 9004).</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HE220C45E15D4458CAED0BCAB24E6A88E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Government-owned tanks</header><text>Section 9003 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991b">42 U.S.C. 6991b</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Solid Waste Disposal Act" id="H6FB10E28EB3C424500FB1CA830E30027"> <subsection id="H63EF377F4F9C4509A6DC270312BFA80"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Government-owned tanks</header> <paragraph id="H2267454136644DD68FEF994B1F24BFC0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State compliance report</header> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H286313E4014D43B285127E37F8FF0375"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, each State that receives funding under this subtitle shall submit to the Administrator a State compliance report that—</text> <clause indent="up1" id="H140DE986DE4E4179BE50F6425BECFD44"><enum>(i)</enum><text>lists the location and owner of each underground storage tank described in subparagraph (B) in the State that, as of the date of submission of the report, is not in compliance with section 9003; and</text></clause> <clause indent="up1" id="H0F7151C212134C118E23F5567BA41851"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>specifies the date of the last inspection and describes the actions that have been and will be taken to ensure compliance of the underground storage tank listed under clause (i) with this subtitle.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="HC94176400E064E79AC6D14F7336E2C51"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An underground storage tank described in this subparagraph is an underground storage tank that is—</text> <clause id="HA559FADC981947F2A8D4BA000235CD96"><enum>(i)</enum><text>regulated under this subtitle; and</text></clause> <clause id="H5040D3FD1AC24F81B0B889B31CF1F9E2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>owned or operated by the Federal, State, or local government.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H303208A01FC6446DB8BFFAED7DA0869C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Administrator shall make each report, received under subparagraph (A), available to the public through an appropriate media.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H08EFF0E29DDE4C60B28F730083DE1800"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Financial incentive</header><text>The Administrator may award to a State that develops a report described in paragraph (1), in addition to any other funds that the State is entitled to receive under this subtitle, not more than $50,000, to be used to carry out the report.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H84FC101C1049495E8FADEC699CB644F1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Not a safe harbor</header><text>This subsection does not relieve any person from any obligation or requirement under this subtitle.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HABBC5E4ED50F485DA7D36FC0711E93C1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public record</header><text>Section 9002 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991a">42 U.S.C. 6991a</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Solid Waste Disposal Act" id="H6D117EDB131142E9946CCEC17768CF91"> <subsection id="H652B2F01D1054F7C9B92A45C7F2F00C7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public record</header> <paragraph id="H104950E6E7674BA088148610FA28E863"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator shall require each State that receives Federal funds to carry out this subtitle to maintain, update at least annually, and make available to the public, in such manner and form as the Administrator shall prescribe (after consultation with States), a record of underground storage tanks regulated under this subtitle.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFDBA59A28F414FBD96D4177052BC3818"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the public record of a State, respectively, shall include, for each year—</text> <subparagraph id="H745CD65AF635414EA53EC8D83B00EA94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number, sources, and causes of underground storage tank releases in the State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H306E04F41FBE4D5200008E004B6CC34E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the record of compliance by underground storage tanks in the State with—</text> <clause id="H1AE03F7DED124691BC008CD15D6E20DE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>this subtitle; or</text></clause> <clause id="H46F6D8E73EBD4A35A07310686164DFF0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an applicable State program approved under section 9004; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H004A0901E770437CB993BA7814798B30"><enum>(C)</enum><text>data on the number of underground storage tank equipment failures in the State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HD3DBAEFB80C748A4AF739EDA075006E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Incentive for performance</header><text>Section 9006 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991e">42 U.S.C. 6991e</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Solid Waste Disposal Act" id="HAD48205707A049CAB9826444F8BF0089"> <subsection id="H4D03A428352A4512B9BE89FD9BE931DD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Incentive for performance</header><text>Both of the following may be taken into account in determining the terms of a civil penalty under subsection (d):</text> <paragraph id="H22D9C042B81D4650A18C2E43B683734E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The compliance history of an owner or operator in accordance with this subtitle or a program approved under section 9004.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5A0EFC4FD9734F0A8CA648338DD82E3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any other factor the Administrator considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H2149E95257554358B98D889D6000D98F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents for such subtitle I is amended by adding the following new item at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB922DF9848FB406E82DCA5AFFD6248DA"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9011. Use of funds for release prevention and compliance</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HEDBBCA8F8E3E435F8358885B9BA106DB"><enum>1527.</enum><header>Delivery prohibition</header> <subsection id="HC3EBF3A3B7644B61976EA79B0073C49F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle I of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991">42 U.S.C. 6991 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Solid Waste Disposal Act" id="H16C013D00EA24BD3A52EA4FA3ED1DD23"> <section id="H39AC81799B64409FBFF623E08BBDB33"><enum>9012.</enum><header>Delivery prohibition</header> <subsection id="H3E67F4E68734422287C13CCFB45D5274"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header> <paragraph id="HAB33C82E4CC043828713FFEE3BE1D779"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition of delivery or deposit</header><text>Beginning 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, it shall be unlawful to deliver to, deposit into, or accept a regulated substance into an underground storage tank at a facility which has been identified by the Administrator or a State implementing agency to be ineligible for fuel delivery or deposit.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA68739A39CA4637A34C03AF7D546D9F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator and States that receive funding under this subtitle shall, in consultation with the underground storage tank owner and product delivery industries, for territory for which they are the primary implementing agencies, publish guidelines detailing the specific processes and procedures they will use to implement the provisions of this section. The processes and procedures include, at a minimum—</text> <subparagraph id="HE17C38285FEE44E2B19CAB65BBDE9C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the criteria for determining which underground storage tank facilities are ineligible for delivery or deposit;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAD95E2917D6B4443A90355480002F0F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the mechanisms for identifying which facilities are ineligible for delivery or deposit to the underground storage tank owning and fuel delivery industries;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4818B98D503B4AAA9906EABC890004B5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the process for reclassifying ineligible facilities as eligible for delivery or deposit; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF15A0273DD7544FCBE8EB2FEFA09D44"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a delineation of, or a process for determining, the specified geographic areas subject to paragraph (4).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE0E63CEA8C842C59FB35CAE4689E449"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Delivery prohibition notice</header> <subparagraph id="H11D34817846048BDB724D0B2E2591B79"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Roster</header><text>The Administrator and each State implementing agency that receives funding under this subtitle shall establish within 24 months after the date of enactment of this section a Delivery Prohibition Roster listing underground storage tanks under the Administrator’s or the State’s jurisdiction that are determined to be ineligible for delivery or deposit pursuant to paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCED267EF09884E0ABEEF3EC1F8BD908C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Administrator and each State, as appropriate, shall make readily known, to underground storage tank owners and operators and to product delivery industries, the underground storage tanks listed on a Delivery Prohibition Roster by:</text> <clause id="H8F5F66C75FA94D0AAFE43600165B96FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>posting such Rosters, including the physical location and street address of each listed underground storage tank, on official web sites and, if the Administrator or the State so chooses, other electronic means;</text></clause> <clause id="H5EB675EEE3FC4C428F6EE81DEC39F75"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>updating these Rosters periodically; and</text></clause> <clause id="HBAE43A3B5C9A4F249374F45E19EF9106"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>installing a tamper-proof tag, seal, or other device blocking the fill pipes of such underground storage tanks to prevent the delivery of product into such underground storage tanks.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D8727FA5FC1476294C591906D3D83C4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Roster updates</header><text>The Administrator and the State shall update the Delivery Prohibition Rosters as appropriate, but not less than once a month on the first day of the month.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAE6AC3CF976E400EAB06BD5444BB6FBD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Tampering with device</header> <clause id="H6D745D0AD8074E9FB6D77C33233D6D59"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>It shall be unlawful for any person, other than an authorized representative of the Administrator or a State, as appropriate, to remove, tamper with, destroy, or damage a device installed by the Administrator or a State, as appropriate, under subparagraph (B)(iii) of this subsection.</text></clause> <clause id="H2E7175D386224DE300BE9302021ABAA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Civil penalties</header><text>Any person violating clause (i) of this subparagraph shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violation.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDDDF15092A5F4514A9ADFF7895BA08D1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation</header> <subparagraph id="H7616D11AF9A24EE38D1B63A23EC82B7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Rural and remote areas</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Administrator or a State shall not include an underground storage tank on a Delivery Prohibition Roster under paragraph (3) if an urgent threat to public health, as determined by the Administrator, does not exist and if such a delivery prohibition would jeopardize the availability of, or access to, fuel in any rural and remote areas.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3A13C2BC4C1649148E08879EE79226A8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicability of limitation</header><text>The limitation under subparagraph (A) shall apply only during the 180-day period following the date of a determination by the Administrator or the appropriate State that exercising the authority of paragraph (3) is limited by subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H19FB79214B5A4FD29D35D8DC2956CC97"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect on State authority</header><text>Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of a State to prohibit the delivery of a regulated substance to an underground storage tank.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H97C68ED988944283B39DFD00757CDC97"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Defense to violation</header><text>A person shall not be in violation of subsection (a)(1) if the underground storage tank into which a regulated substance is delivered is not listed on the Administrator’s or the appropriate State’s Prohibited Delivery Roster 7 calendar days prior to the delivery being made.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HE03FAC33DBCE43A5A8BCE63419FABB83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>Section 9006(d)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991e">42 U.S.C. 6991e(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HD0F4527B24CC4630B2B1BB7FE7141006"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By adding the following new subparagraph after subparagraph (D):</text> <quoted-block id="H11F0FAE8B7AF410E831BD1BABFD26355"> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H18C39D46AF0C415997CF1E1347AB5039"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the delivery prohibition requirement established by section 9012,</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4C1D4A1E76B84FFDBEF70970E10046D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By adding the following new sentence at the end thereof: <quote>Any person making or accepting a delivery or deposit of a regulated substance to an underground storage tank at an ineligible facility in violation of section 9012 shall also be subject to the same civil penalty for each day of such violation.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4B141A1F1CEF4D189D343011C8545198"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents for such subtitle I is amended by adding the following new item at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFFDB014F96C0493200FE57193DEBC5ED"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9012. Delivery prohibition</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H037F684D395A41398C00F8572972ECE2"><enum>1528.</enum><header>Federal facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9007 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991f">42 U.S.C. 6991f</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Solid Waste Disposal Act" id="HED91179A2393401BB1EBD4F5F8A17E6"> <section id="H1B51825022B54A52BF34FC1139E16639"><enum>9007.</enum><header>Federal facilities</header> <subsection id="H39BA83F9ADB9430399772269E96E2281"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Federal Government (1) having jurisdiction over any underground storage tank or underground storage tank system, or (2) engaged in any activity resulting, or which may result, in the installation, operation, management, or closure of any underground storage tank, release response activities related thereto, or in the delivery, acceptance, or deposit of any regulated substance to an underground storage tank or underground storage tank system shall be subject to, and comply with, all Federal, State, interstate, and local requirements, both substantive and procedural (including any requirement for permits or reporting or any provisions for injunctive relief and such sanctions as may be imposed by a court to enforce such relief), respecting underground storage tanks in the same manner, and to the same extent, as any person is subject to such requirements, including the payment of reasonable service charges. The Federal, State, interstate, and local substantive and procedural requirements referred to in this subsection include, but are not limited to, all administrative orders and all civil and administrative penalties and fines, regardless of whether such penalties or fines are punitive or coercive in nature or are imposed for isolated, intermittent, or continuing violations. The United States hereby expressly waives any immunity otherwise applicable to the United States with respect to any such substantive or procedural requirement (including, but not limited to, any injunctive relief, administrative order or civil or administrative penalty or fine referred to in the preceding sentence, or reasonable service charge). The reasonable service charges referred to in this subsection include, but are not limited to, fees or charges assessed in connection with the processing and issuance of permits, renewal of permits, amendments to permits, review of plans, studies, and other documents, and inspection and monitoring of facilities, as well as any other nondiscriminatory charges that are assessed in connection with a Federal, State, interstate, or local underground storage tank regulatory program. Neither the United States, nor any agent, employee, or officer thereof, shall be immune or exempt from any process or sanction of any State or Federal Court with respect to the enforcement of any such injunctive relief. No agent, employee, or officer of the United States shall be personally liable for any civil penalty under any Federal, State, interstate, or local law concerning underground storage tanks with respect to any act or omission within the scope of the official duties of the agent, employee, or officer. An agent, employee, or officer of the United States shall be subject to any criminal sanction (including, but not limited to, any fine or imprisonment) under any Federal or State law concerning underground storage tanks, but no department, agency, or instrumentality of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Federal Government shall be subject to any such sanction. The President may exempt any underground storage tank of any department, agency, or instrumentality in the executive branch from compliance with such a requirement if he determines it to be in the paramount interest of the United States to do so. No such exemption shall be granted due to lack of appropriation unless the President shall have specifically requested such appropriation as a part of the budgetary process and the Congress shall have failed to make available such requested appropriation. Any exemption shall be for a period not in excess of one year, but additional exemptions may be granted for periods not to exceed one year upon the President’s making a new determination. The President shall report each January to the Congress all exemptions from the requirements of this section granted during the preceding calendar year, together with his reason for granting each such exemption.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD61CF60431B9435ABD3881A312484555"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review of and report on Federal underground storage tanks</header> <paragraph id="HB30A73BA68424FD9B9FF1FD9C97529F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2005</short-title>, each Federal agency that owns or operates 1 or more underground storage tanks, or that manages land on which 1 or more underground storage tanks are located, shall submit to the Administrator, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the United States House of Representatives, and the Committee on the Environment and Public Works of the United States Senate a compliance strategy report that—</text> <subparagraph id="H5531BAED3F2A4C5BA93EA3818D00DFBE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>lists the location and owner of each underground storage tank described in this paragraph;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD557D7F46D0540DF9936F1005E883F17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>lists all tanks that are not in compliance with this subtitle that are owned or operated by the Federal agency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDF0C11555E7F4D9BB9A5A9DFDE4B4808"><enum>(C)</enum><text>specifies the date of the last inspection by a State or Federal inspector of each underground storage tank owned or operated by the agency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE3D554974A3B4D088583668BB18CF7C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>lists each violation of this subtitle respecting any underground storage tank owned or operated by the agency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4435DC31D1E64D7D96A002DDC08F2892"><enum>(E)</enum><text>describes the operator training that has been provided to the operator and other persons having primary daily on-site management responsibility for the operation and maintenance of underground storage tanks owned or operated by the agency; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3DC2F3BB9D88477FA713EE95E920C4B8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>describes the actions that have been and will be taken to ensure compliance for each underground storage tank identified under subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C5C6E193B9F42D18EC37FE108E79D02"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Not a safe harbor</header><text>This subsection does not relieve any person from any obligation or requirement under this subtitle.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H4CC599E2A09D478592D17C0039F0FA05"><enum>1529.</enum><header>Tanks on Tribal lands</header> <subsection id="H883A4B1F5580468AADA2829B68CD2E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle I of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991">42 U.S.C. 6991 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Solid Waste Disposal Act" id="HA59A177DE86C4D76AF36015E3641951B"> <section id="HE387B1BD77EE4D608DD11861D62DC452"><enum>9013.</enum><header>Tanks on Tribal lands</header> <subsection id="H6B5F3D1A2704429C8B8395F167502529"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategy</header><text>The Administrator, in coordination with Indian tribes, shall, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, develop and implement a strategy—</text> <paragraph id="H2B17AEE57BEF42F28EFB820076476DEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>giving priority to releases that present the greatest threat to human health or the environment, to take necessary corrective action in response to releases from leaking underground storage tanks located wholly within the boundaries of—</text> <subparagraph id="HD59E7AC238A04FFA8D7DE7B668282D87"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an Indian reservation; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEF7EB31EF1104FE5A8ED5C4165E3B52E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other area under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D3BE29049F64617B335C0F882C0AE8E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to implement and enforce requirements concerning underground storage tanks located wholly within the boundaries of—</text> <subparagraph id="HD7AC8AD69C644A2F82D39B7924CD6E35"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an Indian reservation; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE4E7851E284D4CEF82CBD5FA38931C2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other area under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF1E350F15AF542E5910579D4368DC1BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report that summarizes the status of implementation and enforcement of this subtitle in areas located wholly within—</text> <paragraph id="HD429EDF4A676481E9206D794A0596024"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the boundaries of Indian reservations; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB11613C2E2184212839C4587D80721EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any other areas under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe.</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">The Administrator shall make the report under this subsection available to the public.</continuation-text></subsection> <subsection id="HB62AE53D845641A48D4347E91FFAFD49"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Not a safe harbor</header><text>This section does not relieve any person from any obligation or requirement under this subtitle.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6B2DA3C53A1741A28B37E106AF2828C1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>State authority</header><text>Nothing in this section applies to any underground storage tank that is located in an area under the jurisdiction of a State, or that is subject to regulation by a State, as of the date of enactment of this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HB6331D25615747F8A9BF0082760053A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents for such subtitle I is amended by adding the following new item at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDB5428CA714B4B909E00E390EF7F8100"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9013. Tanks on Tribal lands</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HE513DDBCD1754B8896AFF4B4315B03D0"><enum>1530.</enum><header>Additional measures to protect groundwater</header> <subsection id="H7C2ED112F088420CA827CD00AAE1C4A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991b">42 U.S.C. 6991b</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H86D17492878345629360DC10CBB13CAD" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H7AB1B7B2151F412BB72EE626340ACE8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Additional measures to protect groundwater from contaimination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall require each State that receives funding under this subtitle to require one of the following:</text> <paragraph id="H966C5D405D494AEAA530689431CC90E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Tank and piping secondary containment</header> <subparagraph id="H124EE89AB3864D4A9132F57462C0A521" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each new underground storage tank, or piping connected to any such new tank, installed after the effective date of this subsection, or any existing underground storage tank, or existing piping connected to such existing tank, that is replaced after the effective date of this subsection, shall be secondarily contained and monitored for leaks if the new or replaced underground storage tank or piping is within 1,000 feet of any existing community water system or any existing potable drinking water well.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5B92F5885DC64B6AB21767E1B97E6B60" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text> In the case of a new underground storage tank system consisting of one or more underground storage tanks and connected by piping, subparagraph (A) shall apply to all underground storage tanks and connected pipes comprising such system. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3586C505B2014598B4F81140A467BB4F" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a replacement of an existing underground storage tank or existing piping connected to the underground storage tank, subparagraph (A) shall apply only to the specific underground storage tank or piping being replaced, not to other underground storage tanks and connected pipes comprising such system.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDADA8B970C784D3D83F15EF18728B7DE" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each installation of a new motor fuel dispenser system, after the effective date of this subsection, shall include under-dispenser spill containment if the new dispenser is within 1,000 feet of any existing community water system or any existing potable drinking water well.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H32E6A6EF99714E3C87D684D1A8EFB400" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This paragraph shall not apply to repairs to an underground storage tank, piping, or dispenser that are meant to restore a tank, pipe, or dispenser to operating condition</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4881F551672B4284A094B43F4324CA27" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this subsection: </text> <clause id="H32C6DE2EC62F4D2686B31C6482B6F611"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘secondarily contained’ means a release detection and prevention system that meets the requirements of 40 CFR 280.43(g), but shall not include under-dispenser spill containment or control systems.</text></clause> <clause id="H34D6BFE3B9E0400D947FC072D6CF243"><enum>(ii) </enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘underground storage tank’ has the meaning given to it in section 9001, except that such term does not include tank combinations or more than a single underground pipe connected to a tank.</text></clause> <clause id="H88395F8364FF48698D7D08FD94A7AED3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘installation of a new motor fuel dispenser system’ means the installation of a new motor fuel dispenser and the equipment necessary to connect the dispenser to the underground storage tank system, but does not mean the installation of a motor fuel dispenser installed separately from the equipment need to connect the dispenser to the underground storage tank system.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE0B6AEB13CF34CCB8F2FD9AEDEA34600" indent="up1"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may issue regulations or guidelines implementing the requirements of this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9872A24E1C2D4EEFAF7B00F504B49081"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evidence of financial responsibility and certification</header> <subparagraph id="H62212089FB6A44409C138968582CFDB2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Manufacturer and installer financial responsibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person that manufactures an underground storage tank or piping for an underground storage tank system or that installs an underground storage tank system is required to maintain evidence of financial responsibility under section 9003(d) in order to provide for the costs of corrective actions directly related to releases caused by improper manufacture or installation unless the person can demonstrate themselves to be already covered as an owner or operator of an underground storage tank under section 9003.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC54CD7D84DF940A3953429FB6B749407"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Installer certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator and each State that receives funding under this subtitle, as appropriate, shall require that a person that installs an underground storage tank system is—</text> <clause id="H0E5D39EBD21A4A098D76DF943B13D6EA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certified or licensed by the tank and piping manufacturer; </text></clause> <clause id="H55B672E5DDA346C7868B41C47FC569C2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certified or licensed by the Administrator or a State, as appropriate;</text></clause> <clause id="HF69318B6B6304AA38FD5B87E9C6C17B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has their underground storage tank system installation certified by a registered professional engineer with education and experience in underground storage tank system installation;</text></clause> <clause id="H5A2EB337B50A426DA6A0BCA205CEE13C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has had their installation of the underground storage tank inspected and approved by the Administrator or the State, as appropriate;</text></clause> <clause id="H845E66196A564D24B66C8571F5FB47E"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compliant with a code of practice developed by a nationally recognized association of independent testing laboratory and in accordance with the manufacturers instructions; or</text></clause> <clause id="H33C84F87F5614B1791B290258ADB882"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compliant with another method that is determined by the Administrator or a State, as appropriate, to be no less protective of human health and the environment.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H6D90A6D59EC14E8ABE6F40AFBBC8131D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection shall take effect 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3764EEF5ED0544A9A1C7263DA0E8CC14"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Promulgation of regulations or guidelines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall issue regulations or guidelines implementing the requirements of this subsection, including guidance to differentiate between the terms “repair” and “replace” for the purposes of section 9003(i)(1) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5344950E7B1D4640AE19A2B438EED63"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9006(d)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991e">42 U.S.C. 6991e(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following new subparagraph after subparagraph (C):</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEC91D6606B4F4D1BA2BBBA17BBE9F2FD" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H984D686CC48F4177A200AC6297F9B3F9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the requirements establishd in section 9003(i),</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H8EE87B6753EE4C91B66ED9EB74657B95"><enum>1531.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <subsection id="HE4B1996275F24324B2B8C5791245003D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle I of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991">42 U.S.C. 6991 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Solid Waste Disposal Act" id="HDB8DE81EBC6D4379BE92DB1493F1E99C"> <section id="HEB9B3C3E1FF2466D8C00EAF4494C408B"><enum>9014.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator the following amounts:</text> <paragraph id="H6EFA0DD246C849E9868F39CC52869743"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To carry out subtitle I (except sections 9003(h), 9005(c), 9011 and 9012) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0F191DA5D6D48DF9DAE69C275B66376"><enum>(2)</enum><text>From the Trust Fund, notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9508">section 9508(c)(1)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986:</text> <subparagraph id="H7B80DFE438654C10ACE200F047C4BECD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to carry out section 9003(h) (except section 9003(h)(12)) $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD464EC1D75BE4F1893E81D26448353E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to carry out section 9003(h)(12), $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1E68025BCBCD442E98ADE7873D801BE4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to carry out sections 9004(f) and 9005(c) $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBE48F2D3AA7B4BD48721EAC6DB88B711"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to carry out sections 9011 and 9012 $55,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H9393851C2D7C4D1680DA544C26E28085"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents for such subtitle I is amended by adding the following new item at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF42B710B2BA44D31B18FB9743B63B63E"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9014. Authorization of appropriations</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H80B53B2B1E574086BB448CB99FF0EF8"><enum>1532.</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <subsection id="H0E342B15C2CD42C290A18100F65000DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 9001 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991">42 U.S.C. 6991</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HFBD422EDCAB34BD3813F6C5700FFDE6F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By striking <quote>For the purposes of this subtitle—</quote> and inserting <quote>In this subtitle:</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFBBA2810CFAB4747BDA6DE922F508682"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) as paragraphs (10), (7), (4), (3), (8), (5), (2), and (6), respectively.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB6E7AFC5665E4E3D90F8FC97393970AF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>By inserting before paragraph (2) (as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HD93293247B5C4B43AA55627445D9E7F3"> <paragraph id="H420401F0B0DD43D2B77CE245FDCC52E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header> <subparagraph id="H239B13502ED34A1DAC331CBDF3AC41A1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community that is recognized as being eligible for special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC653EA2F5FEB41F29FE995B20067E485"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> includes an Alaska Native village, as defined in or established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5F74F3BAD6C44C799C79BB166EEE61CA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>By inserting after paragraph (8) (as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H71EBBD08ED584046A4FA500F02129C1"> <paragraph id="H75B5774AA92E420A824FD9AAD233521"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Trust Fund</header><text>The term <term>Trust Fund</term> means the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund established by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9508">section 9508</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H05E9E7E5BC95488CB08F285267A337D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>The <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 6901 and following) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HCA528D11D5A34EBB97DAB0003FD59661"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 9003(f) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991b">42 U.S.C. 6991b(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HFE506FA3E3A54CD9BC7F1F3F62ACF9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>9001(2)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>9001(7)(B)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H38173F021EA1415FA5DEB1EEBED6B07"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking <quote>9001(2)(A)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>9001(7)(A)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD2D968D6824F4DC9BFD25D478F9F9F84"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 9003(h) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991b">42 U.S.C. 6991b(h)</external-xref>) is amended in paragraphs (1), (2)(C), (7)(A), and (11) by striking <quote>Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Trust Fund</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE0F6C13C3FC247A289A3A3D48500E95D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 9009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991h">42 U.S.C. 6991h</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H5641A901878047F1A6A6360909FCCC1B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>9001(2)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>9001(7)(B)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H099E7C46BA2B423B93966C35DC79D04C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>section 9001(1) (A) and (B)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 9001(10)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H33796B6FEFF44DC0BD8592B22B4671AA"><enum>1533.</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name> is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HCC0CF78BD392410DB5009736DE7D287C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 9001(4)(A) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991">42 U.S.C. 6991(4)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>sustances</quote> and inserting <quote>substances</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69F7C062DDF74CF18C6EFE5F93FE39D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 9003(f)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991b">42 U.S.C. 6991b(f)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>subsection (c) and (d) of this section</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (c) and (d)</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC5A417860A634C12B2BCC7006E7040BC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 9004(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991c">42 U.S.C. 6991c(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>in 9001(2) (A) or (B) or both</quote> and inserting <quote>in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 9001(7)</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF253BEDD9C7B49829171001F90C706BB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 9005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6991d">42 U.S.C. 6991d</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H834A791D05F24E9285778582F23CDD99"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>study taking</quote> and inserting <quote>study, taking</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H12E387E5EAF348F1A264371BB47B99F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>relevent</quote> and inserting <quote>relevant</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H63ADDB3139CA4185A4C45CD0131779EE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4), by striking <quote>Evironmental</quote> and inserting <quote>Environmental</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HAA62815764B34982B9E753D9A8EA4292"><enum>C</enum><header>Boutique Fuels</header> <section id="H1E3EE56B62324588A0292E53C9D97D03"><enum>1541.</enum><header>Reducing the proliferation of boutique fuels</header> <subsection id="H334DFD96617748C1A9523476E1BC11DB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Temporary waivers during supply emergencies</header><text>Section 211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(c)(4)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>(i)</quote> after <quote>(C)</quote> and by adding the following new clauses at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H760A50DC602B438A83A9B5396E15FB7" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H288D7B9638004B5394D3E27996012D00" indent="up3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may temporarily waive a control or prohibition respecting the use of a fuel or fuel additive required or regulated by the Administrator pursuant to subsection (c), (h), (i), (k), or (m) of this section or prescribed in an applicable implementation plan under section 110 approved by the Administrator under clause (i) of this subparagraph if, after consultation with, and concurrence by, the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator determines that—</text> <subclause id="HABB8CCC26F654207BA5DCBF406482885"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">extreme and unusual fuel or fuel additive supply circumstances exist in a State or region of the Nation which prevent the distribution of an adequate supply of the fuel or fuel additive to consumers;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H11105002CD744856A790088E23A79895"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such extreme and unusual fuel and fuel additive supply circumstances are the result of a natural disaster, an Act of God, a pipeline or refinery equipment failure, or another event that could not reasonably have been foreseen or prevented and not the lack of prudent planning on the part of the suppliers of the fuel or fuel additive to such State or region; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HADCB27A392764518B5781C60DD009E51"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">it is in the public interest to grant the waiver (for example, when a waiver is necessary to meet projected temporary shortfalls in the supply of the fuel or fuel additive in a State or region of the Nation which cannot otherwise be compensated for).</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HB077426358AF445FA2103FAFD3CFD463" indent="up3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Administrator makes the determinations required under clause (ii), such a temporary extreme and unusual fuel and fuel additive supply circumstances waiver shall be permitted only if—</text> <subclause id="H7C07816EDEE14C0EB563FA46663CE6D"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the waiver applies to the smallest geographic area necessary to address the extreme and unusual fuel and fuel additive supply circumstances;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H0944BA7B0F8C47C9AA8955DE8B9F82F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the waiver is effective for a period of 20 calendar days or, if the Administrator determines that a shorter waiver period is adequate, for the shortest practicable time period necessary to permit the correction of the extreme and unusual fuel and fuel additive supply circumstances and to mitigate impact on air quality;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HA50A91C655674A9797F11590E247948D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the waiver permits a transitional period, the exact duration of which shall be determined by the Administrator, after the termination of the temporary waiver to permit wholesalers and retailers to blend down their wholesale and retail inventory;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H622FB007C3AE49A08DC0F44696D75526"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the waiver applies to all persons in the motor fuel distribution system; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD6C3C42663194BEE9195867CD23DFF48"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the Administrator has given public notice to all parties in the motor fuel distribution system, and local and State regulators, in the State or region to be covered by the waiver.</text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">The term <quote>motor fuel distribution system</quote> as used in this clause shall be defined by the Administrator through rulemaking.</continuation-text></clause> <clause id="H4A911C09401C40BBA73D10CE006C6180" indent="up3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Within 180 days of the date of enactment of this clause, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations to implement clauses (ii) and (iii).</text></clause> <clause id="HDAEBD0E0D97E451B9DC5216E44E0F872" indent="up3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Nothing in this subparagraph shall—</text> <subclause id="H8EFED91B4C4D4D88BAC62600C8176B93"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">limit or otherwise affect the application of any other waiver authority of the Administrator pursuant to this section or pursuant to a regulation promulgated pursuant to this section; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H07D7945D5DC043F4B047F13400491D81"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject any State or person to an enforcement action, penalties, or liability solely arising from actions taken pursuant to the issuance of a waiver under this subparagraph.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H1FCCF0E7F79745FBA61DCE8E3654BAA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limit on number of boutique fuels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(c)(4)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9550C3B5BACC4B0F914B8684D59FC0FA"> <clause id="H06DD16A40C4441A8857136553051133D" indent="up3"><enum>(vi)</enum> <subclause id="H496BC2CF6C194A7A9F2495F499C312EB" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall have no authority, when considering a State implementation plan or a State implementation plan revision, to approve under this paragraph any fuel included in such plan or revision if the effect of such approval increases the total number of fuels approved under this paragraph as of September 1, 2004, in all State implementation plans.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5592248F879C4A1BB7E1693D72F58FB0" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall determine the total number of fuels approved under this paragraph as of September 1, 2004, in all State implementation plans and shall publish a list of such fuels, including the states and Petroleum Administration for Defense District in which they are used, in the Federal Register for public review and comment no later than 90 days after enactment.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H440DA69A9A6E4F1DBC7600A4447C0023" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall remove a fuel from the list published under subclause (II) if a fuel ceases to be included in a State implementation plan or if a fuel in a State implementation plan is identical to a Federal fuel formulation implemented by the Administrator, but the Administrator shall not reduce the total number of fuels authorized under the list published under subclause (II).</text></subclause> <subclause id="H04FAA8139C2D4DCCBB2F4D86FB379E4" indent="up1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subclause (I) shall not limit the Administrator’s authority to approve a control or prohibition respecting any new fuel under this paragraph in a State implementation plan or revision to a State implementation plan if such new fuel: </text> <item id="H74FB281BBFF24385A4EE189E77B96C09"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">completely replaces a fuel on the list published under subclause (II); or</text></item> <item id="H002D1E4CC4FA4EB1BB8CFA473EE31FA6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not increase the total number of fuels on the list published under subclause (II) as of September 1, 2004.</text></item><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subclause">In the event that the total number of fuels on the list published under subclause (II) at the time of the Administrator's consideration of a control or prohibition respecting a new fuel is lower than the total number of fuels on such list as of September 1, 2004, the Administrator may approve a control or prohibition respecting a new fuel under this subclause if the Administrator, after consultation with the Secretary of Energy, publishes in the Federal Register after notice and comment a finding that, in the Administrator’s judgment, such control or prohibition respecting a new fuel will not cause fuel supply or distribution interruptions or have a significant adverse impact on fuel producibility in the affected area or contiguous areas.</continuation-text></subclause> <subclause id="H239DD62514A94FA1BD42D28FFAF974B" indent="up1"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall have no authority under this paragraph, when considering any particular State's implementation plan or a revision to that State's implementation plan, to approve any fuel unless that fuel was, as of the date of such consideration, approved in at least one State implementation plan in the applicable Petroleum Administration for Defense District. However, the Administrator may approve as part of a State implementation plan or State implementation plan revision a fuel with a summertime Reid Vapor Pressure of 7.0 psi. In no event shall such approval by the Administrator cause an increase in the total number of fuels on the list published under subclause (II).</text></subclause> <subclause id="H21F191FA098C4AFC002F42D17005218" indent="up1"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this clause shall be construed to have any effect regarding any available authority of States to require the use of any fuel additive registered in accordance with subsection (b), including any fuel additive registered in accordance with subsection (b) after the enactment of this subclause.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H4E76B51FCB074EBB93FE718300E61FF6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Study and report to Congress on boutique fuels</header> <paragraph id="HCD91E6BDE1CB45D9A60043E273E4027"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Joint study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Energy shall undertake a study of the effects on air quality, on the number of fuel blends, on fuel availability, on fuel fungibility, and on fuel costs of the State plan provisions adopted pursuant to section 211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(c)(4)(C)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5E950D68451D439F8D0814A211B66403"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Focus of study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The primary focus of the study required under paragraph (1) shall be to determine how to develop a Federal fuels system that maximizes motor fuel fungibility and supply, preserves air quality standards, and reduces motor fuel price volatility that results from the proliferation of boutique fuels, and to recommend to Congress such legislative changes as are necessary to implement such a system. The study should include the impacts on overall energy supply, distribution, and use as a result of the legislative changes recommended. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0877C911C7474B72AD878122F262BBB9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Responsibility of Administrator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the study required by this section, the Administrator shall coordinate obtaining comments from affected parties interested in the air quality impact assessment portion of the study. The Administrator shall use sound and objective science practices, shall consider the best available science, and shall consider and include a description of the weight of the scientific evidence.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC30F575DC6184E7FB300F1ACCBB7C1DA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Responsibility of Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the study required by this section, the Secretary shall coordinate obtaining comments from affected parties interested in the fuel availability, number of fuel blends, fuel fungibility and fuel costs portion of the study.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H880FCE2FD06F43F3ACC835A6EA40285D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator and the Secretary jointly shall submit the results of the study required by this section in a report to the Congress not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, together with any recommended regulatory and legislative changes. Such report shall be submitted to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4F6A9D2CEB7F408FB395CAAC3402002D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated jointly to the Administrator and the Secretary $500,000 for the completion of the study required under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFEED09BE5BCC47BD98A503F324792E69"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H7669EA3C5D1F4D0F8B72C5A62E491CE5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Administrator</quote> means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC03166013C244E5DAB59EC5E00BCB995"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCEDA8C7468D74A57A58E8650DDAA0040"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>fuel</quote> means gasoline, diesel fuel, and any other liquid petroleum product commercially known as gasoline and diesel fuel for use in highway and nonroad motor vehicles. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H918CCB41BA1440B4BA5DFC7527112B16"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>a control or prohibition respecting a new fuel</quote> means a control or prohibition on the formulation, composition, or emissions characteristics of a fuel that would require the increase or decrease of a constituent in gasoline or diesel fuel.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <enum>XVI</enum><header>Studies</header> <section id="H6CEEAAC69B044FAAA7DB179128F7C731" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1601.</enum><header>Study on inventory of petroleum and natural gas storage</header> <subsection id="H7B2F0BA05F1448D296FAE344C3B1B7F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For purposes of this section <quote>petroleum</quote> means crude oil, motor gasoline, jet fuel, distillates, and propane.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB3AF06BA87164B12B2B0CBD3743B652B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Secretary of Energy shall conduct a study on petroleum and natural gas storage capacity and operational inventory levels, nationwide and by major geographical regions.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H050511A6F3C24E9FB1261000BA472D3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The study shall address—</text> <paragraph id="H32810A2857D74F5188AEF8BA06DFF977"><enum>(1)</enum><text>historical normal ranges for petroleum and natural gas inventory levels;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD9C91D2EACD043EE81BFE0AB7D6BB33"><enum>(2)</enum><text>historical and projected storage capacity trends;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H89E3213C91C848D8AE62A44B8D65907E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>estimated operation inventory levels below which outages, delivery slowdown, rationing, interruptions in service, or other indicators of shortage begin to appear;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H75025A98ACA140CB83D2D74C593BE15C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>explanations for inventory levels dropping below normal ranges; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H093FC62C98234A5D8158EF422F2D66C2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the ability of industry to meet United States demand for petroleum and natural gas without shortages or price spikes, when inventory levels are below normal ranges.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H065656635316410E00B009EC7E9FCC37"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit a report to Congress on the results of the study, including findings and any recommendations for preventing future supply shortages.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H4BFF9DF8FF414E80B834F0A3B755A7CF"><enum>1605.</enum><header>Study of energy efficiency standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall contract with the National Academy of Sciences for a study, to be completed within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, to examine whether the goals of energy efficiency standards are best served by measurement of energy consumed, and efficiency improvements, at the actual site of energy consumption, or through the full fuel cycle, beginning at the source of energy production. The Secretary shall submit the report to Congress.</text></section> <section id="H58945AE482A248AC8E0012AB3D478669"><enum>1606.</enum><header>Telecommuting study</header> <subsection id="H07AEA459A9AC48A78EDEB4931F589B5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study required</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, the Administrator of General Services, and the Administrator of NTIA, shall conduct a study of the energy conservation implications of the widespread adoption of telecommuting by Federal employees in the United States.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3771E95D98B84179A3B56F574B3D8028"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Required subjects of study</header><text>The study required by subsection (a) shall analyze the following subjects in relation to the energy saving potential of telecommuting by Federal employees:</text> <paragraph id="H5353E57DA1CF45AE96F8D97256B4035"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Reductions of energy use and energy costs in commuting and regular office heating, cooling, and other operations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5AB4AED45C76496D924787478EFE18B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Other energy reductions accomplished by telecommuting.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7725B6E18D524B5696E12F1F6E141600"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Existing regulatory barriers that hamper telecommuting, including barriers to broadband telecommunications services deployment.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8CBB2E71BD664F0EBA52F72528EDB995"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Collateral benefits to the environment, family life, and other values.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1C7E221911314BB0A5A7D12BA5A11537"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the President and Congress a report on the study required by this section not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. Such report shall include a description of the results of the analysis of each of the subject described in subsection (b).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7A2F3B5AB52F463CAE94A1ED7F3BD041"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As used in this section:</text> <paragraph id="HF868C2408AFF4E999817FE0641B0006D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02CE72A5FE774BDEA12742D810281881"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>The term <term>Commission</term> means the Federal Communications Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC954EDD279834D0E85BAFD267477FC95"><enum>(3)</enum><header>NTIA</header><text>The term <term>NTIA</term> means the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the Department of Commerce.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H08684D70BAB14BFCAB944D69A310FC55"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Telecommuting</header><text>The term <term>telecommuting</term> means the performance of work functions using communications technologies, thereby eliminating or substantially reducing the need to commute to and from traditional worksites.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H45ED4C0E7A1743FC8BFCAE60A15CC79F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Federal employee</header><text>The term <term>Federal employee</term> has the meaning provided the term <term>employee</term> by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2105">section 2105</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H11877BB930FF43EB8B381EFD367CFDFC"><enum>1607.</enum><header>LIHEAP report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall transmit to Congress a report on how the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program could be used more effectively to prevent loss of life from extreme temperatures. In preparing such report, the Secretary shall consult with appropriate officials in all 50 States and the District of Columbia.</text></section> <section id="H2DFB0E4B60174565B02D25FBFC3EC1A0"><enum>1608.</enum><header>Oil bypass filtration technology</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall—</text> <paragraph id="HA5F596D0F75D4FE097226D13B879001E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a joint study of the benefits of oil bypass filtration technology in reducing demand for oil and protecting the environment;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7987AD71F9E7431ABEF6B2F50090812F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>examine the feasibility of using oil bypass filtration technology in Federal motor vehicle fleets; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1640D07099FF43FBB13DC904A06553DC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include in such study, prior to any determination of the feasibility of using oil bypass filtration technology, the evaluation of products and various manufacturers.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H25D98F524A6B4B9C90955C0789ED2114"><enum>1609.</enum><header>Total integrated thermal systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall—</text> <paragraph id="H6285D0593F8C42C7BD6031831D69E19F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a study of the benefits of total integrated thermal systems in reducing demand for oil and protecting the environment; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H001639C4CCF4467999322F49A90043BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>examine the feasibility of using total integrated thermal systems in Department of Defense and other Federal motor vehicle fleets.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HBAC939E9AB504C2B91ABE48EE1256"><enum>1610.</enum><header>University collaboration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall transmit to Congress a report that examines the feasibility of promoting collaborations between large institutions of higher education and small institutions of higher education through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements made by the Secretary for energy projects. The Secretary shall also consider providing incentives for the inclusion of small institutions of higher education, including minority-serving institutions, in energy research grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements.</text></section> <section id="H7D12F935167E4F9CA24B0878A4885FD6"><enum>1611.</enum><header>Reliability and consumer protection assessment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and each 5 years thereafter, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall assess the effects of the exemption of electric cooperatives and government-owned utilities from Commission regulation under section 201(f) of the Federal Power Act. The assessment shall include any effects on—</text> <paragraph id="H5DD2EB3FE8814323A615B31F909C037E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reliability of interstate electric transmission networks;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7B85902AC0C24F33867894DCD6FE00C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>benefit to consumers, and efficiency, of competitive wholesale electricity markets;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H565F3B50AECC42A7BBF8C494D29998B1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>just and reasonable rates for electricity consumers; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1976F97EDD044BC19744D3293294428"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the ability of the Commission to protect electricity consumers.</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="section">If the Commission finds that the 201(f) exemption results in adverse effects on consumers or electric reliability, the Commission shall make appropriate recommendations to Congress pursuant to section 311 of the Federal Power Act.</continuation-text></section> <section id="H7A5780F09CF949E7AF40AEBD30CEC76"><enum>1612.</enum><header>Report on energy integration with Latin America</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the United States House of Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate concerning the status of energy export development in Latin America and efforts by the Secretary and other departments and agencies of the United States to promote energy integration with Latin America. The report shall contain a detailed analysis of the status of energy export development in Mexico and a description of all significant efforts by the Secretary and other departments and agencies to promote a constructive relationship with Mexico regarding the development of that nation’s energy capacity. In particular this report shall outline efforts the Secretary and other departments and agencies have made to ensure that regulatory approval and oversight of United States/Mexico border projects that result in the expansion of Mexican energy capacity are effectively coordinated across departments and with the Mexican government.</text></section> <section id="H159E27860E6C4D48BB47535963654762"><enum>1613.</enum><header>Low-volume gas reservoir study</header> <subsection id="H58C047DD50BF47B6A78055DB00E92858"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall make a grant to an organization of oil and gas producing States, specifically those containing significant numbers of marginal oil and natural gas wells, for conducting an annual study of low-volume natural gas reservoirs. Such organization shall work with the State geologist of each State being studied.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE7F8B0F293D24744972C58D228B0B440"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The studies under this section shall—</text> <paragraph id="HEB4016C9D7EC4877A4772EDB5018DDF0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine the status and location of marginal wells and gas reservoirs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F92FA4AC7204D6BA22CF647119D8E9E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>gather the production information of these marginal wells and reservoirs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB9AEB66A6654A94A7D3E83455DE1559"><enum>(3)</enum><text>estimate the remaining producible reserves based on variable pipeline pressures;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1AF3164FD1A64DB599C269F1BA813863"><enum>(4)</enum><text>locate low-pressure gathering facilities and pipelines;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5E31C5A87BED4A67ABA351BFFBCE596"><enum>(5)</enum><text>recommend incentives which will enable the continued production of these resources;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7935A99651564CDAB2FB6B893CB0FBE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>produce maps and literature to disseminate to States to promote conservation of natural gas reserves; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D4402A7CB1F47D9BB95571F129CEFCF"><enum>(7)</enum><text>evaluate the amount of natural gas that is being wasted through the practice of venting or flaring of natural gas produced in association with crude oil well production.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H592776D518B9494E974DE1B4FD4C14ED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Data analysis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Data development and analysis under this section shall be performed by an institution of higher education with GIS capabilities. If the organization receiving the grant under subsection (a) does not have GIS capabilities, such organization shall contract with one or more entities with—</text> <paragraph id="H8107CE76F81942ABB3307019C1F788AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">technological capabilities and resources to perform advanced image processing, GIS programming, and data analysis; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2D8E4FB8AC9E4A7387F2F2E7C39DE800"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the ability to—</text> <subparagraph id="HAE82F431365E4628B4D3F3F798DDB467"><enum>(A)</enum><text>process remotely sensed imagery with high spatial resolution;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB43D1192821E47B1A71513685B1CAF82"><enum>(B)</enum><text>deploy global positioning systems;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H733C23DC8FB143F2B217A1C2FE808FDB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>process and synthesize existing, variable-format gas well, pipeline, gathering facility, and reservoir data;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9B8B798423FE4D10A451483E86DD0330"><enum>(D)</enum><text>create and query GIS databases with infrastructure location and attribute information;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE25BB9BE584D4241BE12626CD7B69565"><enum>(E)</enum><text>write computer programs to customize relevant GIS software;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H38176FA2B7F24190A1CCA1D73CE7BDF2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>generate maps, charts, and graphs which summarize findings from data research for presentation to different audiences; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD7B892ACE90B4AD2B79D6C4DFBB9F753"><enum>(G)</enum><text>deliver data in a variety of formats, including Internet Map Server for query and display, desktop computer display, and access through handheld personal digital assistants.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDC997F2B9E4C4CC384CDFFF064042B00"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for carrying out this section—</text> <paragraph id="HC955B6852B15480C92F426EEC34E3B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$1,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE985BD168E3B458DA15068DD50E62EEB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$450,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2010.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4B58B1346D364B42B812ED12157200AD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <quote>GIS</quote> means geographic information systems technology that facilitates the organization and management of data with a geographic component.</text></subsection></section> July 29, 2005 Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment July 29, 2005 Committees on Science, Resources, Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, and Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed