1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Enhanced Energy Security Act of
2006
.
(b)The table of
contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.
TITLE I—National oil savings plan and requirements
Sec. 101. Oil savings target and action plan.
Sec. 102. Standards and requirements.
Sec. 103. Initial evaluation.
Sec. 104. Review and update of action plan.
Sec. 105. Baseline and analysis requirements.
TITLE II—Federal programs for the conservation of oil
Sec. 201. Federal fleet conservation requirements.
Sec. 202. Assistance for State programs to retire
fuel-inefficient motor vehicles.
Sec. 203. Assistance to States to reduce school bus
idling.
Sec. 204. Near-term vehicle technology program.
Sec. 205. Lightweight materials research and
development.
Sec. 206. Loan guarantees for fuel-efficient automobile
manufacturer and suppliers.
Sec. 207. Funding for alternative infrastructure for the
distribution of transportation fuels.
Sec. 208. Deployment of new technologies to reduce oil use in
transportation.
Sec. 209. Production incentives for cellulosic
biofuels.
TITLE III—Federal programs for the conservation of natural
gas
Sec. 301. Renewable portfolio standard.
Sec. 302. Federal requirement to purchase electricity generated
by renewable energy.
TITLE IV—General energy efficiency programs
Sec. 401. Energy savings performance contracts.
Sec. 402. Deployment of new technologies for high-efficiency
consumer products.
Sec. 403. National media campaign to decrease oil and natural
gas consumption.
Sec. 404. Energy efficiency resource programs.
TITLE V—Assistance to energy consumers
Sec. 501. Energy emergency disaster relief loans to small
business and agricultural producers.
Sec. 502. Efficient and safe equipment replacement program for
weatherization purposes.
2.In this Act, the
term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy.
<enum>I</enum><header>National oil savings plan and
requirements</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55805116cb7a470a84ad931e64b385a4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Oil savings target
and action plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than
270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget (referred to in this title as the
<quote>Director</quote>) shall publish in the Federal Register an action plan
consisting of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID62060fcfa8354fd6ad58cf1d98c05c58"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of requirements proposed or to be
proposed pursuant to section 102 that are authorized to be issued under law in
effect on the date of enactment of this Act, and this Act, that will be
sufficient, when taken together, to save from the baseline determined under
section 105—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID35123b4c87964191bbdd5d005ab20cdb"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2,500,000 barrels of oil per day on average
during calendar year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID46e537d40e5a46b9a5f45eec87b33e41"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">7,000,000 barrels of oil per day on average
during calendar year 2026; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID69e8dec8ba68453abc4c36d75ab5a3cd"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">10,000,000 barrels per day on average
during calendar year 2031; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID660e3ec87b79442cab7ddce876546d18"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a Federal Government-wide analysis
of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5f66aed3d338498da9831dee9eaec1c6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the expected oil savings from the baseline
to be accomplished by each requirement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf09682867e6f488989174ab919122b21"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether all such requirements, taken
together, will achieve the oil savings specified in this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID24528fc8035c477897cf1dd6dff69daa" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Standards and
requirements</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5ad250ce6d034fce8ea9d0ef53709f1b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On or before the date
of publication of the action plan under section 101, the Secretary of Energy,
the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the
head of any other agency the President determines appropriate shall each
propose, or issue a notice of intent to propose, regulations establishing each
standard or other requirement listed in the action plan that is under the
jurisdiction of the respective agency using authorities described in subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID912ac0947b124327a0f61707a280338f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each agency described in
subsection (a) shall use to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3211C4CA91D4441DBED11EC0137FC5AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any authority in existence on the date of
enactment of this Act (including regulations); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0DAD7CB664814B75AACA643244541A18"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any new authority provided under this Act
(including an amendment made by this Act).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDca568e3edfb946cabb90d815ad0e5347"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Final
regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each agency
described in subsection (a) shall promulgate final versions of the regulations
required under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3d1cb9aa074c40978ce680af7c5f6ea3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Agency
analyses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each proposed and
final regulation promulgated under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf4102744e872481e97c1135c2176b05d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be designed to achieve at least the oil
savings resulting from the regulation under the action plan published under
section 101; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5811384942aa44ecb2cffe5348070a46"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be accompanied by an analysis by the
applicable agency describing the manner in which the regulation will promote
the achievement of the oil savings from the baseline determined under section
105.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDac2abff9777b4217a2474298dd36d28d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Initial
evaluation</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa18582bda0cc474fabf02439caa64e15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall publish in
the Federal Register a Federal Government-wide analysis of the oil savings
achieved from the baseline established under section 105.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8132a33a2b2947ce9d67a2399eaa474b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inadequate oil
savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the oil savings
are less than the targets established under section 101, simultaneously with
the analysis required under subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID74cfb5a1f5f04f4583933177be6a3259"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director shall publish a revised action
plan that is adequate to achieve the targets; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7cfb9f3904b0421ba0ebc882aede7e92"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of
Transportation, and the Administrator shall propose new or revised regulations
under subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively, of section 102.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd4624c8c56234915888616630d58c617"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Final
regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
180 days after the date on which regulations are proposed under subsection
(b)(2), the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, and the
Administrator shall promulgate final versions of those regulations.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb9647e97259a4bacbc2bff13b578376c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Review and update of
action plan</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID29e56ee7c637485f9aa07ec67f245607"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than January 1, 2011, and every 3
years thereafter, the Director shall submit to Congress, and publish, a report
that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDea13766f386f4140b6b95e916826b7ff"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluates the progress achieved in
implementing the oil savings targets established under section 101;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6bde967e6c344db8a97bc6deb7e3eef9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyzes the expected oil savings under the
standards and requirements established under this Act and the amendments made
by this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID52047d386fe2447d980d45e81e5acb96"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idCA3AA0B694824BFBAF90954A6F1740A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyzes the potential to achieve oil
savings that are in addition to the savings required by section 101; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBBC3FD7948C64C27A255393EF3F05667" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if
the President determines that it is in the national interest, establishes a
higher oil savings target for calendar year 2017 or any subsequent calendar
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5aa9090cc72e4af1bff59a0f4901debc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inadequate oil
savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the oil savings
are less than the targets established under section 101, simultaneously with
the report required under subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2f150fee02b34fcc8a8556911644c5cc"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director shall publish a revised action
plan that is adequate to achieve the targets; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7b98d0d6bee84f288860907aeb3cd639"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of
Transportation, and the Administrator shall propose new or revised regulations
under subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively, of section 102.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID566031c2ec6247d6ac4f013d701ffe54"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Final
regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
180 days after the date on which regulations are proposed under subsection
(b)(2), the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, and the
Administrator shall promulgate final versions of those regulations.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf78ab9817612400e89d705ca140b4e61" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header>Baseline and
analysis requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In
performing the analyses and promulgating proposed or final regulations to
establish standards and other requirements necessary to achieve the oil savings
required by this title, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of
Transportation, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Agriculture, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the head of any other
agency the President determines to be appropriate shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID10b781cec1244abc9936ca1784fad5eb"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine oil savings as the projected
reduction in oil consumption from the baseline established by the reference
case contained in the report of the Energy Information Administration entitled
<quote>Annual Energy Outlook 2005</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID119dd2e4aa754c758a3295ad5a794f7d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine the oil savings projections
required on an annual basis for each of calendar years 2009 through 2026;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID633b4a3a676b40bf9df115a8290f22ae"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">account for any overlap among the standards
and other requirements to ensure that the projected oil savings from all the
promulgated standards and requirements, taken together, are as accurate as
practicable.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Federal programs for the conservation of oil
</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A4E0A52E35F49B0B6A2DEC425F65EA0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Federal fleet
conservation requirements</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C323AEDCCB44B2AA4365FB80C6C2A27"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part J of title IV of
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6374 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF25EB23692244044B91AC550E28AB77C" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41CC4028252A4F75850B58C68975BE65" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>400FF.</enum><header>Federal fleet
conservation requirements</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID87e1e61f24ba4f11a65a426eccf7d528"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mandatory
reduction in petroleum consumption</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85196DE3C5A44BE4ADED6E391D579EF2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
issue regulations for Federal fleets subject to section 400AA requiring that
not later than October 1, 2009, each Federal agency achieve at least a 20
percent reduction in petroleum consumption, as calculated from the baseline
established by the Secretary for fiscal year 1999.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92725F17DCB841D9B9460369296651D6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plan</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id028A3617C2A94CD1BC8F79E3AA931869"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regulations shall require each Federal
agency to develop a plan to meet the required petroleum reduction level.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7BC8ADC5A164C70BA3877C6DC115E81"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Measures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan may allow an agency to meet the
required petroleum reduction level through—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCAC28535316049A794721FD664FC44EF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of alternative fuels;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idECEA30BC7669401EB332F83DE4EB2CBE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the acquisition of vehicles with higher
fuel economy, including hybrid vehicles;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B0E2304E68D47E6A5A273ECD54EDEB6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the substitution of cars for light
trucks;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1EFBBDBF1DF4C2DBDE2E8B482EB3AAA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an increase in vehicle load factors;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B5348FE6B5F4B58B8B8093EC4520DA1"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a decrease in vehicle miles
traveled;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D62279A6FB043AE949B2A4836F58785"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a decrease in fleet size; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97AF3CE4A47A4ADAAF8B9B2C57977239"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other measures.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE9DA97DE5814DA7BD90D309B415E2BF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Replacement
tires</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regulations shall
include a requirement that each Federal agency purchase energy-efficient
replacement tires for the respective fleet vehicles of the agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9DED11554B241FEBD2B20DC30F8579D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal
employee incentive programs for reducing petroleum consumption</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2502429CF8B84C3D99C25496698354F2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Federal agency
shall actively promote incentive programs that encourage Federal employees and
contractors to reduce petroleum through the use of practices such as—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACC6D90CB0BB4CEBAFEC79A1E0691CC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">telecommuting;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45C695B9B5EB4D7A999550C4D3A5DA8F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public transit;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3522EF13410747F4BBC4C4D4CFB415D0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carpooling; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3FBE27D715A14CFFB4725249F1809583"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bicycling.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8721026B6E064DD88228658DFD747084"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Monitoring and
support for incentive programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the General Services
Administration, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and the
Secretary of the Department of Energy shall monitor and provide appropriate
support to agency programs described in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB8E2FD2046D426A9C93988840528001"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
contents amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table
of contents of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. prec. 6201) is
amended by adding at the end of the items relating to part J of title III the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f9fe82a-4a5b-454f-861d-b03071730aba" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="id41CC4028252A4F75850B58C68975BE65" level="section">Sec. 400FF. Federal fleet conservation
requirements.</toc-entry>
</toc>
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</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDCBCF0DADE614BBD871D7656E4BE7902" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Assistance for State
programs to retire fuel-inefficient motor vehicles</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A92888B9AB349F584FABA6E04AB591D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1966420DAA1A44A3000596F3AE72DE7C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fuel-efficient
automobile</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>fuel-efficient automobile</term> means a passenger automobile or a
light-duty truck that has a fuel economy rating that is 40 percent greater than
the average fuel economy standard prescribed pursuant to section 32902 of title
49, United States Code, or other law, applicable to the passenger automobile or
light-duty truck.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID85090e1b38aa4b0683f14fc7fa81e28b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fuel-inefficient
automobiles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>fuel-inefficient automobile</term> means a passenger automobile or a
light-duty truck manufactured in a model year more than 15 years before the
fiscal year in which appropriations are made under subsection (f) that, at the
time of manufacture, had a fuel economy rating that was equal to or less than
20 miles per gallon.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID496C126063984402A4D4F13D70BE777B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Light-duty
truck</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7748A44E96FD4809859F449DE0E5061C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>light-duty truck</term> means an automobile that is not a passenger
automobile.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32C27E81E5924323BF0DDC8C5A72D6FE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>light-duty truck</term>
includes a pickup truck, a van, or a four-wheel-drive general utility vehicle,
as those terms are defined in section 600.002–85 of title 40, Code of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID186DC990389F4120AE0067DCF1BBE7ED"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means any of
the several States and the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF640295BACF4C1D81DBA47273451EEA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a program, to
be known as the <quote>National Motor Vehicle Efficiency Improvement
Program,</quote> under which the Secretary shall provide grants to States to
operate voluntary programs to offer owners of fuel inefficient automobiles
financial incentives to replace the automobiles with fuel efficient
automobiles.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC4BF4A6094D742FBBEC249FC1EDA214B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility
criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
approve a State plan and provide the funds made available under subsection (f),
if the State plan—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID46E0076B7C414B51BE00D33562654F07"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in paragraph (8),
requires that all passenger automobiles and light-duty trucks turned in be
scrapped, after allowing a period of time for the recovery of spare
parts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE8BA9837CB9F403CA66CD38440A89947"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires that all passenger automobiles and
light-duty trucks turned in be registered in the State in order to be
eligible;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID26715612FB07452F8DBDDBF5DB144696"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires that all passenger automobiles and
light-duty trucks turned in be operational at the time that the passenger
automobiles and light-duty trucks are turned in;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB362383543A44E9A94A1DDD44FFC97CC"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">restricts automobile owners (except
not-for-profit organizations) from turning in more than 1 passenger automobile
and 1 light-duty truck during a 1-year period;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFB3CC6FC577B451BA15359D428DDF6C5"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides an appropriate payment to the
person recycling the scrapped passenger automobile or light-duty truck for each
turned-in passenger automobile or light-duty truck;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID00FB1D1F60BD4DA495C603BB626D2149"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to subsection (d)(2), provides a
minimum payment to the automobile owner for each passenger automobile and
light-duty truck turned in; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDefe549f3f2344a88b130f5bb43a9aba4"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides appropriate exceptions to the
scrappage requirement for vehicles that qualify as antique cars under State
law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID37BFFF27F7F145E6B900615E74E28885"><enum>(d)</enum><header>State
Plan</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idECA5A3B3C3714099B8D9E34BE03BAE22"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to
receive funds under the program, the Governor of a State shall submit to the
Secretary a plan to carry out a program under this section in that
State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FCD3C3E018342039F3EBEA249BFA5CB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
State credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to
the payment under subsection (c)(6), the State plan may provide a credit that
may be redeemed by the owner of the replaced fuel-inefficient automobile at the
time of purchase of the new fuel-efficient automobile.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47149CD97C464090BB3C6E9AE929FA04"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Allocation
formula</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amounts
appropriated pursuant to subsection (f) shall be allocated among the States on
the basis of the number of registered motor vehicles in each State at the time
that the Secretary needs to compute shares under this subsection.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id778F131D2C4B4830944C77C62C2DBAD1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to
carry out this section, to remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id599E380FB11A496A8761E79CEA7FC62E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Assistance to States
to reduce school bus idling</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A88A06B8F8642B1A375DAA2ED74822A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of
policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress encourages
each local educational agency (as defined in section 9101(26) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(26))) that receives Federal
funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301
et seq.) to develop a policy to reduce the incidence of school bus idling at
schools while picking up and unloading students.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID39193a5941eb492d917467146c423895"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy, working in
coordination with the Secretary of Education, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2007 through 2012 for use in educating States and local education
agencies about—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9DDCE18411447F7B57EFF136023915E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">benefits of reducing school bus idling;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAF29107C4694DE28CA53F216A5B312F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ways in which school bus idling may be
reduced.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD5AA08E70274F3A849B64307FC0CA50" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header>Near-term vehicle
technology program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1cbf0a5c37004a4faca9a5678d124ad2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of this section are—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID91aa8702c5d74b2197afb5d719f340d5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to enable and promote, in partnership with
industry, comprehensive development, demonstration, and commercialization of a
wide range of electric drive components, systems, and vehicles using diverse
electric drive transportation technologies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7d917458b09449ee97249605e8f732e9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to make critical public investments to help
private industry, institutions of higher education, National Laboratories, and
research institutions to expand innovation, industrial growth, and jobs in the
United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf0bf147647494ab2a0656458aeb21ba6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to expand the availability of the existing
electric infrastructure for fueling light duty transportation and other on-road
and nonroad vehicles that are using petroleum and are mobile sources of
emissions—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2150e2ee73c64273bd475a6ce123e9c4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">including the more than 3,000,000 reported
units (such as electric forklifts, golf carts, and similar nonroad vehicles) in
use on the date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID67e8a998fc6942dcbf1a79bb60d3683d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with the goal of enhancing the energy
security of the United States, reduce dependence on imported oil, and reduce
emissions through the expansion of grid supported mobility;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID036d7af1a9614e5fb17a8cf375a6b1e9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to accelerate the widespread
commercialization of all types of electric drive vehicle technology into all
sizes and applications of vehicles, including commercialization of plug-in
hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid fuel cell vehicles; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID230805099a5a46858605b8cd93b3d7c6"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve the energy efficiency of and
reduce the petroleum use in transportation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID104adb54eb5d4f7d8b349e7d8176763d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID09b336f7fdfd4edbbe47f256df24ad7f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Battery</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>battery</term> means an
energy storage device used in an on-road or nonroad vehicle powered in whole or
in part using an off-board or on-board source of electricity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcc2d65b6205c4e94b8f07c052da6c3c9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Electric drive
transportation technology</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>electric drive transportation technology</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0b7fa0510fe54ef0b3daf8c014700efb"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">vehicles that use an electric motor for all
or part of their motive power and that may or may not use off-board
electricity, including battery electric vehicles, fuel cell vehicles, engine
dominant hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in
hybrid fuel cell vehicles, and electric rail; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID98d97564fc8d4bc091dac1171c1c1734"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">equipment relating to transportation or
mobile sources of air pollution that use an electric motor to replace an
internal combustion engine for all or part of the work of the equipment,
including corded electric equipment linked to transportation or mobile sources
of air pollution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID166213dd44d84dd4ae5d2e213e881d45"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Engine dominant
hybrid electric vehicle</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>engine dominant hybrid electric vehicle</term> means an on-road or
nonroad vehicle that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDC8599649EE4972B04549B09412D95C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is propelled by an internal combustion
engine or heat engine using—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID099e978a3627422d9d8fcef58cdc2bdc"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any combustible fuel;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID872e1ca29b424cf38a46c3bdeac1891f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an on-board, rechargeable storage device;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8a52d534c9b1444a91c33ebbf3151ab7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has no means of using an off-board source
of electricity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdeb49e5345bb454ebad1fbe3def75dfc"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Fuel cell
vehicle</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>fuel
cell vehicle</term> means an on-road or nonroad vehicle that uses a fuel cell
(as defined in section 3 of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research,
Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID03398357c04c487b9c89c712b2cff5fd"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Nonroad
vehicle</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>nonroad vehicle</term> has the meaning given the term in section 216 of
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7550).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID47757304baa04f709a11561a70f3a7fa"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Plug-in hybrid
electric vehicle</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>plug-in hybrid electric vehicle</term> means an on-road or nonroad
vehicle that is propelled by an internal combustion engine or heat engine
using—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDecb4eadded3d4e9cbb935241bf6f8934"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any combustible fuel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID336664e0314c40c29ea539a1c394a974"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an on-board, rechargeable storage device;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID88854706722e44c5a1172b9b21a143b7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a means of using an off-board source of
electricity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf6df8c9fb5da484fbc6ae96c7ad8c51f"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Plug-in hybrid
fuel cell vehicle</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>plug-in hybrid fuel cell vehicle</term> means a fuel cell vehicle with a
battery powered by an off-board source of electricity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1516f1b46b964dc2a5f2525ffd2f874b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a program of
research, development, demonstration, and commercial application for electric
drive transportation technology, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDde834b19ae4d449a9f694abca3ad67e6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">high capacity, high efficiency
batteries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1d0aeba541e24d72895bb822c9b13aa0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">high efficiency on-board and off-board
charging components;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf1944668d98a4121b0c7fba7231af451"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">high power drive train systems for
passenger and commercial vehicles and for nonroad equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaa6f5227ec714328827fb1484f6d2c2e"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">control system development and power train
development and integration for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in
hybrid fuel cell vehicles, and engine dominant hybrid electric vehicles,
including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID71c283003f6f48f587f61b5ffafcfbf2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development of efficient cooling
systems;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID29de2509d7dd4afb8b2dbf879be692a9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analysis and development of control systems
that minimize the emissions profile when clean diesel engines are part of a
plug-in hybrid drive system; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID47ec7eb5b72241c8aa73272fba990ea6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development of different control systems
that optimize for different goals, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb81d0540e1204603b0ea93bc016263fa"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">battery life;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2f53c5a95ce24dc0a4c7e3093b4504ee"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduction of petroleum consumption;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6035f8ab46f540639c398ddf607831e0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">green house gas reduction;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID70ab4e2610d04b2abde0cc3f3066d79a"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nanomaterial technology applied to both
battery and fuel cell systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0939218e0b7a4aed8cb49ed709a24aee"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">large-scale demonstrations, testing, and
evaluation of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in different applications with
different batteries and control systems, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5e38606b9e1b4d25ac3cff65995250aa"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">military applications;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8a2ec77f6d4b4161ab57d15da1233fbe"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mass market passenger and light-duty truck
applications;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID425ab3ba28e644f7b851990533d307be"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">private fleet applications; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf62ed773ae1648a284dfe2b59ad92407"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">medium- and heavy-duty applications;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfdc46ec6a9694a89b0dac3bf572e68ef"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a nationwide education strategy for
electric drive transportation technologies providing secondary and high school
teaching materials and support for university education focused on electric
drive system and component engineering;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3c36ebf630044489ac3c8f94c24b7e28"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development, in consultation with the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, of procedures for testing
and certification of criteria pollutants, fuel economy, and petroleum use for
light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicle applications, including consideration
of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb11bda1bf10f449eb54b9230e98b7680"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the vehicle and fuel as a system, not just
an engine; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbeeb7e2eb75b416fb43a5cbc85055de8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nightly off-board charging; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID840e89f7706d41daa977d02b0db686f0"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advancement of battery and corded electric
transportation technologies in mobile source applications by—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf8a680b87b4343ebafe807b774d6504a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improvement in battery, drive train, and
control system technologies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID18b0dbd377b34a889c3a04d13585e98b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">working with industry and the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc099558bdaea4e89b732b7d719bd991a"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">understand and inventory markets;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8c1256b97e5247128d720bb0c452dff9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and implement methods of removing
barriers for existing and emerging applications.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID72ce5d54d7994d5c94fe914075573b57"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The goals of the electric drive
transportation technology program established under subsection (c) shall be to
develop, in partnership with industry and institutions of higher education,
projects that focus on—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID744d013e1cec41b4aa24b3949a559f94"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">innovative electric drive technology
developed in the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID382a54359b4843a48b77e9bd0c3bfd8d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">growth of employment in the United States
in electric drive design and manufacturing;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb95ed13d1ecc455eb8c6c9f19f0fe4dc"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">validation of the plug-in hybrid potential
through fleet demonstrations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4c8a25360ca440a4b4f2db3eea59c86e"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acceleration of fuel cell commercialization
through comprehensive development and commercialization of the electric drive
technology systems that are the foundational technology of the fuel cell
vehicle system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc33dc6772f624a6bbdc9b07336b3acc7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $300,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDee735546981f40759047e999ff2243cb" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header>Lightweight
materials research and development</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BCE9174408E4885B02CF9E4CBADD619"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as
practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
establish a research and development program to determine ways in which—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id310DDA9194A74A2F9555F0595F1E18CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the weight of vehicles may be reduced to
improve fuel efficiency without compromising passenger safety; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38EDC6DF9446488993587A8C29B415E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost of lightweight materials (such as
steel alloys and carbon fibers) required for the construction of lighter-weight
vehicles may be reduced.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC41CC53F3164053ACB36F103FACC4FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $60,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2007 through 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID622d90a8af0d4c9683450d280f718786" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header>Loan guarantees for
fuel-efficient automobile manufacturer and suppliers</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9BA3E261F3B4920896E8ED5363FD428"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 712(a) of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16062(a)) is amended in the second
sentence by striking <quote>grants to automobile manufacturers</quote> and
inserting <quote>grants and loan guarantees under section 1703 to automobile
manufacturers and suppliers</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3f3bbb37613c4ced8fa7d80f7cac92e2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1703(b) of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513(b)) is amended by striking
paragraph (8) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14874273DA2448068CA7DDAFC0A3A2D0" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc5799ed4630f4c7f871e5f0e7e046d43"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Production facilities for the manufacture
of fuel-efficient vehicles or parts of such vehicles, including hybrid and
advanced diesel
vehicles.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3a469e6d49f94c6b9893775019aa8931" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header>Funding for
alternative infrastructure for the distribution of transportation
fuels</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19C20F6ECDEE4F03899E3A8F1871628A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established
in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund, to be known as the
<quote>Alternative Fueling Infrastructure Trust Fund</quote> (referred to in
this section as the <quote>Trust Fund</quote>), consisting of such amounts as
are deposited into the Trust Fund under subsection (b) and any interest earned
on investment of amounts in the Trust Fund.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB06445BBC86D493D8E4B636E9B7B88A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall remit
90 percent of the amount collected in civil penalties under section 32912 of
title 49, United States Code, to the Trust Fund.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82EBADF326CF4CC9B70EAEB0B558704D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant
program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6493CC8F9DB94C05B367F0D6A611E7C9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Energy shall obligate such sums as are available in the Trust Fund to establish
a grant program to increase the number of locations at which consumers may
purchase alternative transportation fuels.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4760DF2122904A35B8ED6E1152FD283B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2F3C79C164B4E1E927EFE0E5F8B9C0D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
award grants under this subsection to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38BC014646B74DD3950C9F6C92F80A8B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">individual fueling stations; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33AA66499685424EAF46AF1979405671"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">corporations (including nonprofit
corporations) with demonstrated experience in the administration of grant
funding for the purpose of alternative fueling infrastructure.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id118B4AD88FDF4B85ACD53622844872AC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Maximum amount
of grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant provided
under this subsection may not exceed—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0CB630D1FC444FE9D1AB9CA9F0DFB0F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$150,000 for each site of an individual
fueling station; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4F22BAE480A444C9C9F75E568D7992D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$500,000 for each corporation (including a
nonprofit corporation).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8637368A68A24266AA292849E02A62BC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prioritize the
provision of grants under this subsection to recognized nonprofit corporations
that have proven experience and demonstrated technical expertise in the
establishment of alternative fueling infrastructure, as determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93AAD899715A4C828637DDDE3B9D1AD9"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Administrative
expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 10
percent of the funds provided in any grant may be used by the recipient of the
grant to pay administrative expenses.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09F6998A118245D5BB3EB0CABE561BA4"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Number of
vehicles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing grants
under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider the number of vehicles in
service capable of using a specific type of alternative fuel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id093C52BC96384B1B8F15F51A14F45A52"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Match</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant recipients shall provide a
non-Federal match of not less than $1 for every $3 of grant funds received
under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4068E1176544F5F8D5F36E7E593F59F"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Locations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each grant recipient shall select the
locations for each alternative fuel station to be constructed with grant funds
received under this subsection on a formal, open, and competitive basis.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE986A1FDB09465FA13AA52CC9BED8C0"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Use of
information in selection of recipients</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting grant recipients under this
subsection, the Secretary may consider—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BE219733A964E579275E6365BFE9CFD"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public demand for each alternative fuel in
a particular county based on State registration records indicating the number
of vehicles that may be operated using alternative fuel; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B4816AD9EFA434E88EF0AF0D229F1EA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the opportunity to create or expand
corridors of alternative fuel stations along interstates or highways.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF24C57A82EB4EBFBF1F751158E2BF68"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of grant
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant funds received
under this subsection may be used to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA45CB9711E484097B94F6B11F969F519"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">construct new facilities to dispense
alternative fuels;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E2FE73EBE354BD4B8972C55DD9A9476"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purchase equipment to upgrade, expand, or
otherwise improve existing alternative fuel facilities; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF9F40890C574069AF099A4305DB96B2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purchase equipment or pay for specific
turnkey fueling services by alternative fuel providers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D78156658AA4CB4BA38FEE49C34E7CC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Facilities constructed or upgraded with
grant funds under this subsection shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FC355583C4745B1A6C74AC2FCEAB533"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide alternative fuel available to the
public for a period not less than 4 years;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87EBF7DEEB5C4483976C52B67C7DF7E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish a marketing plan to advance the
sale and use of alternative fuels;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBFD36E63375439EB6E5DF79B520A51F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prominently display the price of
alternative fuel on the marquee and in the station;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21DD5AC6E0C94679973CD54CD087801F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide point of sale materials on
alternative fuel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2056A38A560A455DAA913C908CAE9C4C"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">clearly label the dispenser with consistent
materials;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2430685D300B4038AADE96BC275F5D54"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">price the alternative fuel at the same
margin that is received for unleaded gasoline; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE3F2F0BF32F4C78BE585E0111F93517"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support and use all available tax
incentives to reduce the cost of the alternative fuel to the lowest practicable
retail price.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF40D9EE247041EB93A299EF9E0FBC6E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Opening of
stations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5025441CB0834732A3C1D04B73814F9A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the
date on which each alternative fuel station begins to offer alternative fuel to
the public, the grant recipient that used grant funds to construct the station
shall notify the Secretary of the opening.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57386C6DD63449A897A0ACAA91033390"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Website</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall add each new
alternative fuel station to the alternative fuel station locator on the website
of the Department of Energy when the Secretary receives notification under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4641648BDA2D43AF85B2208C8E305C1A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the receipt
of a grant award under this subsection, and every 180 days thereafter, each
grant recipient shall submit a report to the Secretary that describes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55116B81D0C74DDD9C2E3AD071496FD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the status of each alternative fuel station
constructed with grant funds received under this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id005D418A87814F2D97A391C7E365187B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the quantity of alternative fuel dispensed
at each station during the preceding 180-day period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA58E81B05E242B9B9DB84A52980B686"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average price per gallon of the
alternative fuel sold at each station during the preceding 180-day
period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id282E90FAE0C44BFABC45E66B29C3B8EA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header>Deployment of new
technologies to reduce oil use in transportation</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5D6FC674FFD489CBD4B50103B7D917A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fuel from
cellulosic biomass</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID970d3746f0c043258fe9dd5762f45e73"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
provide deployment incentives under this subsection to encourage a variety of
projects to produce transportation fuel from cellulosic biomass, relying on
different feedstocks in different regions of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb1082439c3fa42e89ba2318b2887678d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project
eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incentives under
this subsection shall be provided on a competitive basis to projects that
produce fuel that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4cd615b08c114faa90b7826727c1095d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meet United States fuel and emission
specifications;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc360834bfa714d64849f92e9abbfd93b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">help diversify domestic transportation
energy supplies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa1c310de83334c4681e5883872e7fb9d"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve or maintain air, water, soil, and
habitat quality.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe82ac827feea41b9bb2001364b798670"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Incentives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incentives under this subsection may
consist of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5a0d48b3632b4cb48f0ec44a6062f7bb"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">loan guarantees under section 1510 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16501), subject to section 1702 of that
Act (22 U.S.C. 16512), for the construction of production facilities and
supporting infrastructure; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf3904445c69d4ce2818b494509b65d32"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">production payments through a reverse
auction in accordance with paragraph (4).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID88b2298f9e7044c7a339337381a6be04"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reverse
auction</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd84aa979d6e546a3abad7f8d42723f59"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing
incentives under this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7df99810f8a34e57a047eee3e8e7325e"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issue regulations under which producers of
fuel from cellulosic biomass may bid for production payments under paragraph
(3)(B); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb1f734a974a64a8aaac308dfdb98a184"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">solicit bids from producers of different
classes of transportation fuel, as the Secretary determines to be
appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2bdc463e4536441e9249d9d79edebc17"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The rules under subparagraph (A) shall
require that incentives be provided to the producers that submit the lowest bid
(in terms of cents per gallon) for each class of transportation fuel from which
the Secretary solicits a bid.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDeef8534cdfa041a9a1e27163af499062"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advanced
technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID622d14e987cc49aa960b291f65451d17"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf1aa56379c304240b0f21f04a225f4ba"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Adjusted fuel
economy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>adjusted fuel economy</term> means the average fuel economy of a
manufacturer for all light duty motor vehicles produced by the manufacturer,
adjusted such that the fuel economy of each vehicle that qualifies for a credit
shall be considered to be equal to the average fuel economy for the weight
class of the vehicle for model year 2002.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID11d61d29a1c04935a88a04c5298b2ef9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Advanced lean
burn technology motor vehicle</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>advanced lean burn
technology motor vehicle</term> means a passenger automobile or a light truck
with an internal combustion engine that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDafaec6c6902c4b499747bcb1dd2adca7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is designed to operate primarily using more
air than is necessary for complete combustion of the fuel;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbd1070dc57364747a9cf0084e441d336"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incorporates direct injection; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID590446f9c4954b139c5c9bf6c1b1e767"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">achieves at least 125 percent of the city
fuel economy of vehicles in the same size class as the vehicle for model year
2002.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3ec0a80f4352445c9d86d643541bec6d"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Advanced
technology vehicle</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>advanced technology vehicle</term> means a light duty motor vehicle
that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2839d8c90b664f01997f640fa0f88be3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a hybrid motor vehicle or an advanced
lean burn technology motor vehicle; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4c25ac1982ca4844bb2a33f9257eacb1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2acdd41068244c109c65bee2ea785620"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Bin 5 Tier II emission standard
established in regulations issued by the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency under section 202(i) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7521(i)), or a lower-numbered Bin emission standard;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc9290d00c93e4c29bf73b8727138e321"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any new emission standard for fine
particulate matter prescribed by the Administrator under that Act (42 U.S.C.
7401 et seq.); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID47d85b7f4b474a35a4138d87a4487b15"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 125 percent of the base year city
fuel economy for the weight class of the vehicle.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9786280e8c59453ebbf2d530e295dd9b"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Engineering
integration costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>engineering integration costs</term> includes the cost of engineering
tasks relating to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID938dd577c56246e08232e3d1e6b34e87"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incorporating qualifying components into
the design of advanced technology vehicles; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf796b8ca31874f8db345c9ca869d1fec"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designing new tooling and equipment for
production facilities that produce qualifying components or advanced technology
vehicles.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe5dac654160b449b8be5c716aa9e59bc"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Hybrid motor
vehicle</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>hybrid
motor vehicle</term> means a motor vehicle that draws propulsion energy from
onboard sources of stored energy that are—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe7de269a230d4d8e9e11ea46a4c32473"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an internal combustion or heat engine using
combustible fuel; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa7bbfc92384b4935b8dccbad606d36f4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a rechargeable energy storage
system.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7b8f7bd9969d4146890dc91d8c583aef"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Qualifying
components</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>qualifying components</term> means components that the Secretary
determines to be—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID855b23256ec04185bae08587f0fdfbd9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specially designed for advanced technology
vehicles; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb5284007c8284eb5853134f7ea469a9d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">installed for the purpose of meeting the
performance requirements of advanced technology vehicles.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3a69fb3d49e340e5a2902b25adfd5a25"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Manufacturer
facility conversion awards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide facility
conversion funding awards under this subsection to automobile manufacturers and
component suppliers to pay not more than 30 percent of the cost of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7f2eabee25614e0b9666ca1ae3d76350"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reequipping or expanding an existing
manufacturing facility in the United States to produce—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa510b6fb453a40ec8228c0b88aa5b4e5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">qualifying advanced technology vehicles;
or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID35c8ccf0bdcc4624a70e1faf9a22e097"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">qualifying components; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd55b7fc6b98249358eb12c79e23f5dc5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">engineering integration performed in the
United States of qualifying vehicles and qualifying components.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID127d1c75df9c4f30aaea246373fd4b81"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Period of
availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An award under
paragraph (2) shall apply to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb7f076aa3ec14e4795fb2baf4c1affe0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilities and equipment placed in service
before December 30, 2017; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb5246fb941584a1293b3c512eaf8315e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">engineering integration costs incurred
during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on
December 30, 2017.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2eed9f477bc5464fb3d2cdd763238de4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Improvement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall issue regulations that
require that, in order for an automobile manufacturer to be eligible for an
award under this subsection during a particular year, the adjusted average fuel
economy of the manufacturer for light duty vehicles produced by the
manufacturer during the most recent year for which data are available shall be
not less than the average fuel economy for all light duty motor vehicles of the
manufacturer for model year 2002.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9A856149F2D4224B5B65AF2F597EA1C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header>Production
incentives for cellulosic biofuels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 942(f) of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16251(f)) is amended by striking <quote>$250,000,000</quote>
and inserting <quote>$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through
2011</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Federal programs for the conservation of
natural gas</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC251F03CE2F4285A9EE1FCB94CEF989" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Renewable portfolio
standard</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF5C158B63564DF18637116971F364E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title VI of the
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FF370D85B3D4EB98D9D2D1DA7F38EC0" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID46a385d8673f4c69af51ba0810353c9c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>610.</enum><header>Federal renewable
portfolio standard</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcd4b4a47f6d04d198b5336e1ad69ce27"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Renewable
energy requirement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb86a041db333486dbc390b2812d4cc18"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each electric utility
that sells electricity to electric consumers shall obtain a percentage of the
base amount of electricity it sells to electric consumers in any calendar year
from new renewable energy or existing renewable energy. The percentage obtained
in a calendar year shall not be less than the amount specified in the following
table:</text>
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<row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1"><bold>Calendar year:</bold></entry><entry rowsep="0"><bold>Minimum annual percentage:</bold></entry>
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<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">2008 through 2011</entry><entry align="left" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">2.55</entry>
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<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">2012 through 2015</entry><entry align="left" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">5.05</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">2016 through 2019</entry><entry align="left" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">7.55</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">2020 through 2030</entry><entry align="left" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">10.0</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbf83cd32e382402692158f2351ec33c9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Means of
compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An electric
utility shall meet the requirements of paragraph (1) by—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3c348d7014594632ba6e4da068cdd937"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">generating electric energy using new
renewable energy or existing renewable energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcf8cbc6ae49742faab8942eaa658ea24"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purchasing electric energy generated by new
renewable energy or existing renewable energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb3c85d255360475f8545d22f57e52887"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purchasing renewable energy credits issued
under subsection (b); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID91b1a25560c943cab346dc5a0207c026"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a combination of the foregoing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5ad3bfb7578c4bcb8b8b95a4ca6ffcf8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Renewable
energy credit trading program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8ccb6d3d112e4b47ac11ef33477cbb5b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
January 1, 2007, the Secretary shall establish a renewable energy credit
trading program to permit an electric utility that does not generate or
purchase enough electric energy from renewable energy to meet its obligations
under subsection (a)(1) to satisfy such requirements by purchasing sufficient
renewable energy credits.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID04caa46aab024c49b18c46c33bfcdb32"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the program, the Secretary
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe49d8d5bcda54416ba30006e14bc0076"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issue renewable energy credits to
generators of electric energy from new renewable energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcecc778d51ac456f81d24dd67b92f4e0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sell renewable energy credits to electric
utilities at the rate of 1.5 cents per kilowatt-hour (as adjusted for inflation
under subsection (g));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa76183894e194bae853c80a664764889"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that a kilowatt hour, including the
associated renewable energy credit, shall be used only once for purposes of
compliance with this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7fd6008f5a5a4814a422dee2e53236fe"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow double credits for generation from
facilities on Indian land, and triple credits for generation from small
renewable distributed generators (meaning those no larger than 1
megawatt).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb8ca7305553d48299921a5ebe97f5f80"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Credits under paragraph (2)(A) may only be
used for compliance with this section for 3 years from the date issued.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7edb737548db4cb38a932acefb626a8d"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Transfers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An electric utility that holds credits in
excess of the amount needed to comply with subsection (a) may transfer such
credits to another electric utility in the same utility holding company
system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID21f3c8224cff44939290ebbc55d52c87"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Eastern
interconnect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a
retail electric supplier that is a member of a power pool located in the
Eastern Interconnect and that is subject to a State renewable portfolio
standard program that provides for compliance primarily through the acquisition
of certificates or credits in lieu of the direct acquisition of renewable
power, the Secretary shall issue renewable energy credits in an amount that
corresponds to the kilowatt-hour obligation represented by the State
certificates and credits issued pursuant to the State program to the extent the
State certificates and credits are associated with renewable resources eligible
under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID88d9dd8baad04f9baddeb2afaea473cc"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID68796778c44945c2a32d340363bc5451"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Civil
penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any electric
utility that fails to meet the renewable energy requirements of subsection (a)
shall be subject to a civil penalty.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDed50934fa5ef44a49e969ca37d3040f3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount of
penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of the
civil penalty shall be determined by multiplying the number of kilowatt-hours
of electric energy sold to electric consumers in violation of subsection (a) by
the greater of 1.5 cents (adjusted for inflation under subsection (g)) or 200
percent of the average market value of renewable energy credits during the year
in which the violation occurred.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID21f7bc340059477282392ce723f9b0da"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Mitigation or
waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
mitigate or waive a civil penalty under this subsection if the electric utility
was unable to comply with subsection (a) for reasons outside of the reasonable
control of the utility. The Secretary shall reduce the amount of any penalty
determined under paragraph (2) by an amount paid by the electric utility to a
State for failure to comply with the requirement of a State renewable energy
program if the State requirement is greater than the applicable requirement of
subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa0d8042754e94b3b861cdeca04b08868"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Procedure for
assessing penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary shall assess a civil penalty under this subsection in accordance with
the procedures prescribed by section 333(d) of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 6303).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd8029747080849b68b2b0b71359bb640"><enum>(d)</enum><header>State renewable
energy account program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8533005e24714c30ba8b7ea961dc78a7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
establish, not later than December 31, 2008, a State renewable energy account
program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaf0b8f2e07b24d31a27bc7ceeeac7b97"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All money collected by the Secretary from
the sale of renewable energy credits and the assessment of civil penalties
under this section shall be deposited into the renewable energy account
established pursuant to this subsection. The State renewable energy account
shall be held by the Secretary and shall not be transferred to the Treasury
Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1b2f133e4268457bad67c7546b53a278"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Proceeds deposited in the State renewable
energy account shall be used by the Secretary, subject to appropriations, for a
program to provide grants to the State agency responsible for developing State
energy conservation plans under section 362 of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6322) for the purposes of promoting renewable
energy production, including programs that promote technologies that reduce the
use of electricity at customer sites such as solar water heating.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5eb39a2bd1064a9ca979ec2c2e5bcd63"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may issue guidelines and
criteria for grants awarded under this subsection. State energy offices
receiving grants under this section shall maintain such records and evidence of
compliance as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID93e2d407dc2d40338b8ee64036fada10"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Preference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In allocating funds under this program, the
Secretary shall give preference—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6d0051d40350461e8d67bcdf1d9cbd4b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to States in regions which have a
disproportionately small share of economically sustainable renewable energy
generation capacity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4efc4169cf89437b8ed92674b1cfa148"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to State programs to stimulate or enhance
innovative renewable energy technologies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID96db1e6bdabe42cc8432ceeea74986b3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall issue rules
implementing this section not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7dde22056156496eb2c0f2083c615a6a"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Exemptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall not apply in any
calendar year to an electric utility—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf2fd70cacfed470197263096cc8ff8e5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that sold less than 4,000,000
megawatt-hours of electric energy to electric consumers during the preceding
calendar year; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7decde327ff04d388e24421ca7caf5a1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in Hawaii.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0a946710440a49a7afe77696cecb1c9e"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Inflation
adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
December 31 of each year beginning in 2008, the Secretary shall adjust for
inflation the price of a renewable energy credit under subsection (b)(2)(B) and
the amount of the civil penalty per kilowatt-hour under subsection
(c)(2).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd39d8c3a324c40769a4f231083b806a7"><enum>(h)</enum><header>State
programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section shall diminish any authority of a State or political subdivision
thereof to adopt or enforce any law or regulation respecting renewable energy,
but, except as provided in subsection (c)(3), no such law or regulation shall
relieve any person of any requirement otherwise applicable under this section.
The Secretary, in consultation with States having such renewable energy
programs, shall, to the maximum extent practicable, facilitate coordination
between the Federal program and State programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9b6936009fc345ff89c3f1ef1279d7a3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Recovery of
costs</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID51a35a389a824d08bae118a7eefa665b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall
issue and enforce such regulations as are necessary to ensure that an electric
utility recovers all prudently incurred costs associated with compliance with
this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0d28c30625f040ad8695d26d7af2d44f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable
law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A regulation under
paragraph (1) shall be enforceable in accordance with the provisions of law
applicable to enforcement of regulations under the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C.
791a et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa44c7cc6129740fc8178dcfaf2a5c609"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9e256613a91b4b8c897f4fed21dbf576"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Base amount of
electricity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>base amount of electricity</term> means the total amount of electricity
sold by an electric utility to electric consumers in a calendar year,
excluding—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID20f13831583d4ee7ba2db97f0ed9f451"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">electricity generated by a hydroelectric
facility (including a pumped storage facility but excluding incremental
hydropower); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID05bc3891a7c544a4a6d12803e7ea5398"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">electricity generated through the
incineration of municipal solid waste.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0fa6479280ee4622be88dcab30b0fa29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distributed
generation facility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>distributed generation facility</term> means a facility at a customer
site.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfe335695308c406995661bcb06df6cbe"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Existing
renewable energy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>existing renewable energy</term> means, except as provided in paragraph
(7)(B), electric energy generated at a facility (including a distributed
generation facility) placed in service prior to January 1, 2003, from solar,
wind, or geothermal energy, ocean energy, biomass (as defined in section 203(a)
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005), or landfill gas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID36d95f2dc9ad464290f3c211404a57aa"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Geothermal
energy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>geothermal energy</term> means energy derived from a geothermal deposit
(within the meaning of section 613(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID54229b180138412fac628b6a61baf35e"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Incremental
geothermal production</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa610694006dd4093a02a25156b6cf37d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>incremental geothermal production</term> means for any year the excess
of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4489f9595a73449d8ee8c4ac61dbd5d0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total kilowatt hours of electricity
produced from a facility (including a distributed generation facility) using
geothermal energy; over</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf72e263061cd4ee588f6bc3b8d203874"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average annual kilowatt hours produced
at such facility for 5 of the previous 7 calendar years before the date of
enactment of this section after eliminating the highest and the lowest kilowatt
hour production years in such 7-year period.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID051f4984dbfd4a378160a73c03621483"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A facility described in
subparagraph (A) that was placed in service at least 7 years before the date of
enactment of this section shall commencing with the year in which such date of
enactment occurs, reduce the amount calculated under subparagraph (A)(ii) each
year, on a cumulative basis, by the average percentage decrease in the annual
kilowatt hour production for the 7-year period described in subparagraph
(A)(ii) with such cumulative sum not to exceed 30 percent.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc1722451a9034ebea755b8640438fb94"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Incremental
hydropower</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>incremental hydropower</term> means additional energy generated as a
result of efficiency improvements or capacity additions made on or after the
date of enactment of this section or the effective date of an existing
applicable State renewable portfolio standard program at a hydroelectric
facility that was placed in service before that date. The term does not include
additional energy generated as a result of operational changes not directly
associated with efficiency improvements or capacity additions. Efficiency
improvements and capacity additions shall be measured on the basis of the same
water flow information used to determine a historic average annual generation
baseline for the hydroelectric facility and certified by the Secretary or the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID688508b4d21f47c9befbb8eea44c24ec"><enum>(7)</enum><header>New renewable
energy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>new
renewable energy</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID413f9e62b0a34e4b889ea0dea861bc3a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">electric energy generated at a facility
(including a distributed generation facility) placed in service on or after
January 1, 2003, from—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID50f45da7a83245499f065c38fd37343c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">solar, wind, or geothermal energy or ocean
energy;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID49ff69e6206a48808a1f7a55e209d35f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">biomass (as defined in section 203(b) of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(b));</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID902c7fd7a13d4afea97141860b530741"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">landfill gas; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfaf6b169d2d84f299e584392bab9b58d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incremental hydropower; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbee4a9d1bef94695830f6ca253417e04"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for electric energy generated at a facility
(including a distributed generation facility) placed in service prior to the
date of enactment of this section—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdc64a244e0954cc1a70291ca1a84ab6a"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the additional energy above the average
generation in the 3 years preceding the date of enactment of this section at
the facility from—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2039f5974d0643f3a29ac9bcbc845fd1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">solar or wind energy or ocean
energy;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf7cae35880ab4e63826ddc67d4695211"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">biomass (as defined in section 203(b) of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(b));</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8b50412d73c3417e91ba2c70a654551b"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">landfill gas; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf4e5303fb5b048649f1e4b77416e0700"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incremental hydropower.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1880b45426474756aa12b4c134568509"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incremental geothermal production.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4474ae3332f544189d1c1b6855fc26eb"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Ocean
energy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>ocean
energy</term> includes current, wave, tidal, and thermal energy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf7d96f6a97fe4a33abf7f7cf1f201cdc"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section expires on December 31,
2030.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2081282c7af642c79aece9b3cb3f3144"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
contents amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table
of contents of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C.
prec. 2601) is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title VI
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69FB3EC672E94F09883B38EBF2A457D5" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 610. Federal renewable
portfolio
standard.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1d721bbc90034231af3480882461bd31" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Federal requirement
to purchase electricity generated by renewable energy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(42 U.S.C. 15852) is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41CD9F0985C045FA81CB95DA9C4BC394" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf50ae48d6864407a80a0d2a9afead7a7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President, acting through the
Secretary, shall ensure that, of the total quantity of electric energy the
Federal Government consumes during any fiscal year, the following amounts shall
be renewable energy:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDede5c02050ee477e81f847b00534d543"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 5 percent in each of fiscal
years 2008 and 2009.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8a6a2fc16c0041b39813b51276b9d160"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 7.5 percent in each of fiscal
years 2010 through 2012.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID40c16a5b453b4d71a47be6802b4b0775"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 10 percent in fiscal years
2013 and each fiscal year
thereafter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>General energy efficiency programs</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E434DB5CB584364A6E8A811E520D56E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Energy savings
performance contracts</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16ABBAEE5CB940E7ADB656265ED8309F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Retention of
savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 546(c) of the
National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8256(c)) is amended by
striking paragraph (5).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2622C0551F4145C78D2D9D0791223EB3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Financing
flexibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 801(a)(2)
of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64F2289FD9D34CD8B150EE68EDD08B18" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3DE802903334278AE17C080362463CE"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Separate
contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out a
contract under this title, a Federal agency may—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B18CF56BADC4B4CB773DD6C5276D514"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into a separate contract for energy
services and conservation measures under the contract; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5947E2EA47E47989DAE8EB5E62D874B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide all or part of the financing
necessary to carry out the
contract.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB792C4AAE618441EB652A689818B76D2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of
energy savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 804(2)
of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287c(2)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE512EBD37C994919BBE135433B17B98F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B),
and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and indenting
appropriately;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35965B9ED13B4051B9FD2B748C0CDE80"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>means a
reduction</quote> and inserting “means—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36CDB9E77CD94115BC835199D4F9BB0E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB39CC9E12934F6D8B51719F9D417031"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a
reduction</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id215717FD1A944BBD8D388C2246C95E49"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50CFB3F03F954812AC46F4C170F2B490"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B7C7F1DD3694346A5B9D496D1AB6931" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8f3261582f13452b9bb8fd4068b5ccdb"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the increased efficient use of an existing
energy source by cogeneration or heat recovery, and installation of renewable
energy systems;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd2677b5004e54285a929727b8a9d468f"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sale or transfer of electrical or
thermal energy generated on-site, but in excess of Federal needs, to utilities
or non-Federal energy users; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2aad3dabc7674e32b8194fe2ee7fabdf"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the increased efficient use of existing
water sources in interior or exterior
applications.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72FDA8B25E4A497FBAE197325D995D0F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Energy and cost
savings in nonbuilding applications</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1d93805990d945baac6773610f47016a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C5864ED58984653B2825B6E27D55F39"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Nonbuilding
application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>nonbuilding application</term> means—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA4CC58C62F74D48AC578199B5E7B770"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any class of vehicles, devices, or
equipment that is transportable under the power of the applicable vehicle,
device, or equipment by land, sea, or air and that consumes energy from any
fuel source for the purpose of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB40A0C3160024C4FA7D14F1ADC0E2B06"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that transportation; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8BEE29530175495B9D67C0BBEFEB152A"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintaining a controlled environment within
the vehicle, device, or equipment; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5653dc2878d84370b8701753a628bbb0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any federally-owned equipment used to
generate electricity or transport water.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2889a9326bb54ddba43226a1a7fa8a03"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Secondary
savings</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA29544593AA463B8F8C7072E9B285BE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>secondary savings</term> means additional energy or cost savings that are
a direct consequence of the energy savings that result from the energy
efficiency improvements that were financed and implemented pursuant to an
energy savings performance contract.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C75DA886102420BBF4F69DAFEFC417F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>secondary savings</term>
includes—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E190CE478084F619E2B07E1A68E237A"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">energy and cost savings that result from a
reduction in the need for fuel delivery and logistical support;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id019838DA9CE74F46B093DAC497AAF541"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">personnel cost savings and environmental
benefits; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A6CABAB87964AC99E31965E9F7E2D4A"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of electric generation
equipment, the benefits of increased efficiency in the production of
electricity, including revenues received by the Federal Government from the
sale of electricity so produced.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB851792A473B4344B161D9CD0DFEC070"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Study</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id951D9AFB4E244187822E8828F74207CB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as
practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the
Secretary of Defense shall jointly conduct, and submit to Congress and the
President a report of, a study of the potential for the use of energy savings
performance contracts to reduce energy consumption and provide energy and cost
savings in nonbuilding applications.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id627082CE4B4E47748EDD1124C7416013"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study under this subsection shall
include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CD9D27EF44741E6A0F1FE04CF22CABF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of the potential energy and
cost savings to the Federal Government, including secondary savings and
benefits, from increased efficiency in nonbuilding applications;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8e691f75d9324c599bf4b248c9086ed2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the feasibility of
extending the use of energy savings performance contracts to nonbuilding
applications, including an identification of any regulatory or statutory
barriers to such use; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID74df3257ae424577b70816f30385a698"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such recommendations as the Secretary and
Secretary of Defense determine to be appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcdc315c6206d4b4f8e037c11a2d44b4d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Deployment of new
technologies for high-efficiency consumer products</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc8bd78fb375643568015c1d56ed7c401"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe9961c61dcf244848a299ac0c8119d4f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Energy
savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>energy
savings</term> means megawatt-hours of electricity or million British thermal
units of natural gas saved by a product, in comparison to projected energy
consumption under the energy efficiency standard applicable to the
product.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID50a1f19ba5334c77a3dbbd1e0c4f5500"><enum>(2)</enum><header>High-efficiency
consumer product</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>high-efficiency consumer product</term> means a covered product to which
an energy conservation standard applies under section 325 of the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295), if the energy efficiency of the product
exceeds the energy efficiency required under the standard.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1306a2656e5042dc86bd1dc9b6821bea"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Financial
incentives program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
beginning October 1, 2006, the Secretary shall competitively award financial
incentives under this section for the manufacture of high-efficiency consumer
products.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc2575bc40b5c4d5cb45a5e6b35a55d7b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID41b71f049dbe4baaa77e551c2c9d81d1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
make awards under this section to manufacturers of high-efficiency consumer
products, based on the bid of each manufacturer in terms of dollars per
megawatt-hour or million British thermal units saved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8b0a302ed6e640f39950b8fd981f78a6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Acceptance of
bids</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making awards under
this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID78ae0ffa196a4a7dabedb622f7c27d15"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">solicit bids for reverse auction from
appropriate manufacturers, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID095296f8762c44cc923c0cf57252078b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">award financial incentives to the
manufacturers that submit the lowest bids that meet the requirements
established by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd69623e607154273a4c1e97385953823"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Forms of
awards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An award for a
high-efficiency consumer product under this section shall be in the form of a
lump sum payment in an amount equal to the product obtained by
multiplying—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa731c5c407804c7eac96c74b20881154"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of the bid by the manufacturer
of the high-efficiency consumer product; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8ab16972b204460c9d1317ebab894e15"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the energy savings during the projected
useful life of the high-efficiency consumer product, not to exceed 10 years, as
determined under regulations issued by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8584A6C60D0400C874CB301D9138EB2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header>National media
campaign to decrease oil and natural gas consumption</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID808837a649a14c1eaaad1989c2ca5ac6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting
through the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>), shall develop
and conduct a national media campaign for the purpose of decreasing oil and
natural gas consumption in the United States over the next decade.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2b5abef6c02d440ca84b717d45d593cd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contract with
entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
carry out subsection (a) directly or through—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdf9a28db8f48428393c78dae1dd5c254"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">competitively bid contracts with 1 or more
nationally recognized media firms for the development and distribution of
monthly television, radio, and newspaper public service announcements;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6ba69fbe9a204f82a7ceb536784344d1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collective agreements with 1 or more
nationally recognized institutes, businesses, or nonprofit organizations for
the funding, development, and distribution of monthly television, radio, and
newspaper public service announcements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID16bbe73472dc421491e5776b756681d8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2f0e4992e9ce40e1aa89cbf7c6b0a259"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made
available to carry out this section shall be used for the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbf469a04815c461180b8ef31e29d3c71"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Advertising
costs</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcd3a39b6adb240dab512244f68e11e37"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purchase of media time and
space.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9ed08941b45e43f3985f795fbd05c804"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Creative and talent costs.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfa088580d94c4ee39bf1549d0405c3ba"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Testing and evaluation of
advertising.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDeb1bebfde273479987565114c4bc4c08"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation of the effectiveness of the
media campaign.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3e88a4654ae648308c7ad704000f4dbc"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The negotiated fees for the winning bidder
on requests from proposals issued either by the Secretary for purposes
otherwise authorized in this section.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6033ec0e83ef449a94213ad8d914bc11"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Entertainment industry outreach,
interactive outreach, media projects and activities, public information, news
media outreach, and corporate sponsorship and participation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID95b5d4caa5f44041bc28910f021b32f9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administrative
costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operational and
management expenses.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7652e04697d04971a7455c27c8ffcf32"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Secretary
shall allocate not less than 85 percent of funds made available under
subsection (e) for each fiscal year for the advertising functions specified
under paragraph (1)(A).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf6b1e5e5b7c142149ff6e7d8d12a8f6a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall annually submit to
Congress a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID743f49f4bafd484183995cd58d3be31f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the strategy of the national media campaign
and whether specific objectives of the campaign were accomplished,
including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDac692a3e31b041c5a9e6c8f7cfb2e73c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determinations concerning the rate of
change of oil and natural gas consumption, in both absolute and per capita
terms; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID77330cd79d7a41b1a319c7fd66d99ff4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation that enables consideration
whether the media campaign contributed to reduction of oil and natural gas
consumption;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaa553345ce024238b9674312c668205d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">steps taken to ensure that the national
media campaign operates in an effective and efficient manner consistent with
the overall strategy and focus of the campaign;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa29748c66a40449785c3b8b7017a5b69"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans to purchase advertising time and
space;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc23fc0f608de4f2a83b93cb6acfe2b8e"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">policies and practices implemented to
ensure that Federal funds are used responsibly to purchase advertising time and
space and eliminate the potential for waste, fraud, and abuse; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe46280fc6d3b489fa0e98ca0af9833c8"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all contracts or cooperative agreements
entered into with a corporation, partnership, or individual working on behalf
of the national media campaign.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID86a041f51992400e89f281a9ad8ab94d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9f8337b84da848d19171f62d4f6a48de" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header>Energy efficiency
resource programs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID78e424d3c10545b896795aa852953bf2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Electric
utility programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 111
of the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9641432479C7467FBE2D390728DDF8F4" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID50df117517244c1b8144e67a4939a0bd"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Energy
efficiency resource programs</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb40b9b60a6844cea9537a780cb60be34"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0d75274180af4f9a95e6d7f523c96a33"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Demand
baseline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>demand baseline</term> means the baseline determined by the Secretary for
an appropriate period preceding the implementation of an energy efficiency
resource program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDed9f53b612624c71b0b1a0408a0e81ed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Energy
efficiency resource programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>energy efficiency resource
program</term> means an energy efficiency or other demand reduction program
that is designed to reduce annual electricity consumption or peak demand of
consumers served by an electric utility by a percentage of the demand baseline
of the utility that is equal to not less than 0.75 percent of the number of
years during which the program is in effect.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6e03fe64a8f749fe90bf231e7bbe29ad"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public
hearings; determinations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbee2c0a14ad1411a899addab89b18eb9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Public
hearing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as
practicable after the date of enactment of this subsection, but not later than
3 years after that date, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each
electric utility over which the State has ratemaking authority) and each
nonregulated electric utility shall, after notice, conduct a public hearing on
the benefits and feasibility of carrying out an energy efficiency resource
program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2da583a398da4103b53d2c17e636b1d9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Energy
efficiency resource program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
State regulatory authority or nonregulated utility shall carry out an energy
efficiency resource program if, on the basis of a hearing under subparagraph
(A), the State regulatory authority or nonregulated utility determines that the
program would—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc1e2db4677dd40a09bfdcd146e134e10"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">benefit end-use customers;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID462da913f7f548c3a0fd7628a54fe093"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be cost-effective based on total resource
cost;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1062ff13376e4c998716144274e25bfb"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serve the public welfare; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2a3d0efa9ec842da907c84da0e926ad3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be feasible to carry out.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID60924c24ba544f53b1e060c1f10afdfe"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Implementation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID48124ecdc41b4838bd97c49fe09fd8e5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>State
regulatory authorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a
State regulatory authority makes a determination under paragraph (2)(B), the
State regulatory authority shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa1b9657579b14f69886a3ca68e0b9207"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require each electric utility over which
the State has ratemaking authority to carry out an energy efficiency resource
program; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0ba66b77dc2e478f8eb921021bf08321"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow such a utility to recover
expenditures incurred by the utility in carrying out the energy efficiency
resource program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf9d54c3a3e3a4f9698a563ebc7de7aa2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nonregulated
electric utilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a
nonregulated electric utility makes a determination under paragraph (2)(B), the
utility shall carry out an energy efficiency resource program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4f7c523c9f8f4886b7c3172fa21bc3ad"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Updating
regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State
regulatory authority or nonregulated utility may update periodically a
determination under paragraph (2)(B) to determine whether an energy efficiency
resource program should be—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID39caaabcc367465f9cd8b28c9bc210e6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">continued;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8a179bb0c794442eb2a6fa8e2ab5a8f0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modified; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd828c3f385684b769ef4b034a046aa72"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">terminated.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID05175725ea074dce9d30f1fc2316a7e5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (2) shall not apply to a State
regulatory authority (or a nonregulated electric utility operating in the
State) that demonstrates to the Secretary that an energy efficiency resource
program is in effect in the
State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6c041ad57fb043caa0be2b9e46ff7eb5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Gas
utilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303 of the
Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3203) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37242661725E4E68BE971DAC12574853" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID49957247e9a24302ac6c3611797b3210"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Energy
efficiency resource programs</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID54d12f60420b4cc9b27f5318050261cb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8f685670bda94df2bee4f80b4417daea"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Demand
baseline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>demand baseline</term> means the baseline determined by the Secretary for
an appropriate period preceding the implementation of an energy efficiency
resource program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd8957575f0d0493d9838679559e469ba"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Energy
efficiency resource programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>energy efficiency resource
program</term> means an energy efficiency or other demand reduction program
that is designed to reduce annual gas consumption or peak demand of consumers
served by a gas utility by a percentage of the demand baseline of the utility
that is equal to not less than 0.75 percent of the number of years during which
the program is in effect.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6b7bfa9ea50d4ee7b9405a62ba99ffbb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public
hearings; determinations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID30183a07b94640f58ca859d0342add4b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Public
hearing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as
practicable after the date of enactment of this subsection, but not later than
3 years after that date, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each
gas utility over which the State has ratemaking authority) and each
nonregulated gas utility shall, after notice, conduct a public hearing on the
benefits and feasibility of carrying out an energy efficiency resource
program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7d3bcaa5bb814691833a88178767f522"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Energy
efficiency resource program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
State regulatory authority or nonregulated utility shall carry out an energy
efficiency resource program if, on the basis of a hearing under subparagraph
(A), the State regulatory authority or nonregulated utility determines that the
program would—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbf79883a87df4daea21fca1970e2c075"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">benefit end-use customers;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID097544700dee4c499171767011c31d71"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be cost-effective based on total resource
cost;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID027046ef17f242aca827f0557d4df4a1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serve the public welfare; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd0663c49b61b4bc2bf2c99ce885380c6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be feasible to carry out.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbe54bf9236c14129afd892b6d2641e21"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Implementation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf0d70d601ee14fc7a3b2d2c40dff119a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>State
regulatory authorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a
State regulatory authority makes a determination under paragraph (2)(B), the
State regulatory authority shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4928a6e1d1334237937853e577349a39"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require each gas utility over which the
State has ratemaking authority to carry out an energy efficiency resource
program; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaea3f7a889ba4a84b54cf8548f8b6b15"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow such a utility to recover
expenditures incurred by the utility in carrying out the energy efficiency
resource program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd4022279127249f687678156011d5f62"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nonregulated
gas utilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a
nonregulated gas utility makes a determination under paragraph (2)(B), the
utility shall carry out an energy efficiency resource program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9d83203c7cd245c0ab63332b2febb129"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Updating
regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State
regulatory authority or nonregulated utility may update periodically a
determination under paragraph (2)(B) to determine whether an energy efficiency
resource program should be—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa6fa7d5945cf4a7e85eff33769b694fc"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">continued;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4b5eb7f4bd744b8fb89f3c917fd1766f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modified; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID742c7ef7f1ee4c4f8cb2df4e84af0a15"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">terminated.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7ecfb61e6611473ead2b5c7417cd907a"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (2) shall not apply to a State
regulatory authority (or a nonregulated gas utility operating in the State)
that demonstrates to the Secretary that an energy efficiency resource program
is in effect in the
State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Assistance to energy consumers</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05F8C5D64E49423A94BE40DE70DA0F7E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Energy emergency
disaster relief loans to small business and agricultural producers</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE43D927A003647AF8B70FAD80A4B1866"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95E2723832A24FA19E3CEE2D3E0182EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Administrator</term> means
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5BB967A931842A99C75B04816B999C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>small business
concern</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7E4E2949A68A424CA0F752EC8C7FB729"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Small Business
Producer Energy Emergency Disaster Loan Program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0EE342A5F363495DABA90251661C4FBF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Disaster loan
authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7(b) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 636(b))
is amended by inserting immediately after paragraph (3) the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Small Business Act" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6132CFF2AFFE4208AB0B3E14A23420E3" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCB9E4B0626D14C0C9A187E7BA386A364"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Energy disaster
loans</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87C594DA4568409EA6CB27FA32A76662"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID72B23DF76F1142FB89AEF34275451EC5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>base price index</term>
means the moving average of the closing unit price on the New York Mercantile
Exchange for heating oil, natural gas, gasoline, or propane for the 10 days
that correspond to the trading days described in clause (ii) in each of the
most recent 2 preceding years;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9D480E6E988C45DBA203F653C0D862DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>current price index</term>
means the moving average of the closing unit price on the New York Mercantile
Exchange, for the 10 most recent trading days, for contracts to purchase
heating oil, natural gas, gasoline, or propane during the subsequent calendar
month, commonly known as the <quote>front month</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3B22CAAF1355425E84F74C713D9B96A2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>significant increase</term>
means—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEF203AFF4BC04CF4AF369FF336F6A80E"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to the price of heating oil,
natural gas, gasoline, or propane, any time the current price index exceeds the
base price index by not less than 40 percent; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID03BBDC0C9FBB41A3A57759E78FA0DC5C"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to the price of kerosene, any
increase which the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy,
determines to be significant.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCF5DB1596DC64A20BCDBF741CEA4ECF2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Loan
authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
may make such loans, either directly or in cooperation with banks or other
lending institutions through agreements to participate on an immediate or
deferred basis, to assist a small business concern that has suffered or that is
likely to suffer substantial economic injury on or after January 1, 2005, as
the result of a significant increase in the price of heating oil, natural gas,
gasoline, propane, or kerosene occurring on or after January 1, 2005.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID61510C824F334834B9A42CAEB8D5E966"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Interest
rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any loan or guarantee
extended pursuant to this paragraph shall be made at the same interest rate as
economic injury loans under paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID983A3D74B0934DFDBA73AD63E5409C4A"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Maximum
amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No loan may be made
under this paragraph, either directly or in cooperation with banks or other
lending institutions through agreements to participate on an immediate or
deferred basis, if the total amount outstanding and committed to the borrower
under this subsection would exceed $1,500,000, unless such borrower constitutes
a major source of employment in its surrounding area, as determined by the
Administrator, in which case the Administrator, in the discretion of the
Administrator, may waive the $1,500,000 limitation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2AD6B4CC44C14505B39C8251EB8EACEB"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Disaster
declaration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
assistance under this paragraph—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD860099E3B44435895B93B79A133997E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a declaration of a disaster area based on
conditions specified in this paragraph shall be required, and shall be made by
the President or the Administrator; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF021891E5F204F5A9AB2CA7DE947F0D6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if no declaration has been made pursuant to
clause (i), the Governor of a State in which a significant increase in the
price of heating oil, natural gas, gasoline, propane, or kerosene has occurred
may certify to the Administrator that small business concerns have suffered
economic injury as a result of such increase and are in need of financial
assistance which is not otherwise available on reasonable terms in that State,
and upon receipt of such certification, the Administrator may make such loans
as would have been available under this paragraph if a disaster declaration had
been issued.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID14239CCD9F9441138786FBE3CDA50E97"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Conversion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
loans made under this paragraph may be used by a small business concern
described in subparagraph (B) to convert from the use of heating oil, natural
gas, gasoline, propane, or kerosene to a renewable or alternative energy
source, including agriculture and urban waste, geothermal energy, cogeneration,
solar energy, wind energy, or fuel
cells.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID847E1F0FD6E54E709B475C908E76528D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(k) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C.
632(k)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID75D3677FFE09406DAE4CC66963BD492F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, a significant
increase in the price of heating oil, natural gas, gasoline, propane, or
kerosene,</quote> after <quote>civil disorders</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4BF92543EEA04299B26836DD77FF2987"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>other</quote> before
<quote>economic</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3303BE586A444B0290BB71ABBF654E11"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agricultural
Producer Emergency Loans</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0414E7B261F74C40ABADE0966803160E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 321(a) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act</act-name> (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID909C4278B0F24B67BEA469DAB69A3660"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD645108B02524F1286CC6B9283A87F13"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>aquaculture operations
have</quote> and inserting <quote>aquaculture operations (i) have</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC0296A8B0DFC48238C3C1FB32827A06D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before <quote>:
<added-phrase>Provided,</added-phrase></quote> the following: <quote>, or
(ii)(I) are owned or operated by such an applicant that is also a small
business concern (as defined in section 3 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 632)), and (II)
have suffered or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury on or after
January 1, 2005, as the result of a significant increase in energy costs or
input costs from energy sources occurring on or after January 1, 2005, in
connection with an energy emergency declared by the President or the
Secretary</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4E697D0219574174895F06FD3C9058F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the third sentence, by inserting before
the period at the end the following: <quote>or by an energy emergency declared
by the President or the Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID331D4F7DC9E24F1B903739BE930D86CB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the fourth sentence—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB60A83D8DD144D5C965772F918183852"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or natural
disaster</quote> each place that term appears and inserting <quote>, natural
disaster, or energy emergency</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6127D29C3C134655A3E74DBE63E1C1F9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or declaration</quote>
after <quote>emergency designation</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2A2854FEAEE5405095A53E0B22934326"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds available on the date of enactment of
this Act for emergency loans under subtitle C of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act</act-name> (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.) shall be available to carry out the
amendments made by paragraph (1) to meet the needs resulting from natural
disasters.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID895C0350179F4367BAD7F31FE60CD634"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Guidelines and
rulemaking</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB0A4F590601F4A7A9C9E40A7145E5E53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator and the Secretary of Agriculture shall
each issue guidelines to carry out subsections (b) and (c), respectively, and
the amendments made thereby, which guidelines shall become effective on the
date of their issuance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7CF0C8A6096F43EBA974ABD8BB250870"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator, after consultation with the Secretary
of Energy, shall promulgate regulations specifying the method for determining a
significant increase in the price of kerosene under section 7(b)(4)(A)(iii)(II)
of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name>, as added by
this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD2741C8944ED4C7ABD1315115BF9B8CC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE231707D105142B48A44433E6044DF19"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Small business
administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
12 months after the date on which the Administrator issues guidelines under
subsection (d)(1), and annually thereafter, until the date that is 12 months
after the end of the effective period of section 7(b)(4) of the Small Business
Act, as added by this section, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small
Business of the House of Representatives, a report on the effectiveness of the
assistance made available under section 7(b)(4) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name>, as added by this
section, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID87E095A17C164BF5B656614ECE01954A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of small business concerns that
applied for a loan under such section 7(b)(4) and the number of those that
received such loans;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID32FCB0301BCA4FE48ABDBC80D50E5740"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the dollar value of those loans;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDB3A7314DD0A4A14973E92F03AA52793"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the States in which the small business
concerns that received such loans are located;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFE66265BEE424C2E968BDBBA71BF2317"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the type of energy that caused the
significant increase in the cost for the participating small business concerns;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3CD724C15B094C11AAA4674F01273CF4"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for ways to improve the
assistance provided under such section 7(b)(4), if any.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB55394CF537C4752A9D85A49BBEB2276"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Department of
agriculture</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 12
months after the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture issues guidelines
under subsection (d)(1), and annually thereafter, until the date that is 12
months after the end of the effective period of the amendments made to section
321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) by
this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of
the Senate and to the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on
Agriculture of the House of Representatives, a report that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID893A4501731346FA9535C8AF19C2476A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the effectiveness of the
assistance made available under section 321(a) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act</act-name> (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)), as amended by this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC769BF1AF3FE4F738154B5D4A9783090"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains recommendations for ways to
improve the assistance provided under such section 321(a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID26FBD152BF50400CAF0121321FE578A5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4635070F89EF4894AFB8CC66A4E91060"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Small
business</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made
by subsection (b) shall apply during the 4-year period beginning on the earlier
of the date on which guidelines are published by the Administrator under
subsection (d)(1) or 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, with
respect to assistance under section 7(b)(4) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name>, as added by this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID960DEBAE05EC4694869F9E8B7E39F4CD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agriculture</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by subsection (c) shall
apply during the 4-year period beginning on the earlier of the date on which
guidelines are published by the Secretary of Agriculture under subsection
(d)(1) or 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, with respect to
assistance under section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)), as amended by this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63DE5B7EE0EA45599DBE79A97DE33C68" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header>Efficient and safe
equipment replacement program for weatherization purposes</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92AAC803746D4EE0B7685ED53332BB67"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part A of title IV of
the Energy Conservation and Production Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14D46662A60A4839B6C1273EA7CB2F50"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating section 422 (42 U.S.C.
6872) as section 423; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F901448D0384CE792B16E867596261A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after section 421 (42 U.S.C.
6871) the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6108F16FAAD4E7DA0D37ABFF3A2BD61" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>422.</enum><header>Efficient and safe
equipment replacement program for weatherization purposes</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE39DE250BC2F45C0B799C34E7C932ACD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
of program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall establish, within the Weatherization Assistance Program, a program to
assist in the replacement of unsafe or highly inefficient heating and cooling
units in low-income households.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id157168773FC245D5B23BBEA6C2E66EE8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1413461A4F5B44C2B53E779261AD2EB9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise
provided in this subsection, the Secretary shall administer the program
established under this section in accordance with this part.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78468619B04F467998DB80EAADCE7E53"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exemption for
high-efficiency heating and cooling equipment expenditures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance for high-efficiency heating and
cooling equipment under this section shall be exempt from the standards
established under section 413(b)(3) and from section 415(c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68AA9386441B48B99247B937F0045C46"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Identification
of heating and cooling system upgrades</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance for system upgrades under this
section shall be based on a standard weatherization audit and appropriate
diagnostic procedures in use by the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE6994F6DFBFD44039B721F60EA2FA219"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Weatherization
of home receiving new heating or cooling system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance may be perceived for a home
receiving a new heating or cooling system under this section regardless of
whether the home is fully weatherized in the year that the home received a new
heating system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAAD3A3273ED4DE996C4DF1DF5E36611"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Fuel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make no rule
prohibiting a grantee from installing high-efficiency equipment that uses a
fuel (including a renewable fuel) most likely to result in reliable supply and
the lowest practicable energy bills, regardless of the fuel previously used by
the household.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16A4A3746FAE48659E5C83483083B9C2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this
section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7989BAB070384E9C8969F7B0CC89CB7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD49DEC625E54809B1D2CD160EBCBD22"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DF00D918ED04B6380A23AF0C062E225"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$60,000,000 for fiscal year
2008.</text>
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</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id783B289F982C444C85E73CFA48E644B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
contents amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table
of contents of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. prec.
6901) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8550087FDF44675ADC5C88AC4C8F7E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the item relating to
section 422 as an item relating to section 423; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C62B6C93C8D4C14A3431A16182799D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after the item relating to
section 421 the following:</text>
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<toc-entry bold="off" idref="idD6108F16FAAD4E7DA0D37ABFF3A2BD61" level="section">Sec. 422. Efficient and safe equipment
program.</toc-entry>
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