110 HR 2483 IH: Green Energy Education Act of
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-05-24
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Energy for America
Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Produced Water
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Findings.
Sec. 103. Definitions.
Sec. 104. Purposes.
Sec. 105. Sunset.
Sec. 106. Funding.
Title II—Biomass
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Definitions.
Sec. 203. Advanced biofuel technologies.
Sec. 204. Bioenergy.
Title III—Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Near-term vehicle technology program.
Title IV—Energy Storage
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Findings.
Sec. 403. Energy storage systems for electricity transmission
and distribution.
Title V—Energy Efficient Buildings
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Energy efficient building grant program.
Title VI—ARPA–E
Sec. 601. Advanced Research Projects Authority-Energy
(ARPA–E).
Title VII—Green Energy Education
Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Definition.
Sec. 703. Graduate training in energy research and
development.
Sec. 704. Curriculum development for high performance building
design.
Title VIII—Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Sec. 801. Carbon capture and sequestration study.
<enum>I</enum><header>Produced
Water</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4A4063A789C416EA87400A97000943D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Produced Water Utilization Act
of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H105753647CF44A0281ADFAB2A949EF7D"><enum>102.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress finds as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HB8DB09BE39864EEB92E84E9F12DF316"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The population of
the United States is increasing, and as the population increases, additional
potable water supplies are required to sustain individuals, agricultural
production, and industrial users, particularly in the Mountain West and desert
Southwest, where water resources are scarce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D6C157BC1AC476B984503F052D134EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>During the
development of domestic energy sources, including coalbed methane, oil, and
natural gas, water may be extracted from underground sources and brought to the
surface, often increasing energy production from subsurface geological
formations in the process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB679DEB91F424154B70600223FD28F87"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Produced water
frequently contains increased levels of potentially harmful dissolved solids,
rendering much of the water nonpotable and unsuitable for agricultural or
industrial uses, and encouraging reinjection of the water to subsurface
geological formations to safely dispose of it, which may lead to reduced
production of domestic energy resources and increased costs to
producers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H17BDD01664F84B8384F4097855005713"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Increasing
environmentally responsible surface utilization of produced water would—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBCEC63BABF0F42B4A604AA00C433F43D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase water
supplies available for agricultural and industrial use;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AB1CB2D561543518C4097B9A0125F04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reduce the amount
of produced water returned to underground formations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE041E671B95B4E3891DBB8CA5FF1332"><enum>(C)</enum><text>increase domestic
energy production by reducing costs associated with reinjection of produced
water to the subsurface.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H081715B8CDA34A00A23920899F66183E"><enum>103.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HE88D9C2346884791ACE4A26C751BD7E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Existing
program</header><text>The term <term>existing program</term> means a program at
the Department of Energy which is engaged in research, development,
demonstration, and commercial application of technologies for unconventional
domestic natural gas production and other domestic petroleum production as of
the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49F2A4BACF634B079282D14300FA0066"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Produced
water</header><text>The term <term>produced water</term> means water from an
underground source that is brought to the surface as part of the process of
exploration for or development of coalbed methane, oil, natural gas, or any
other substance to be used as an energy source.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7CDCBB2B00D749A5B6CC1FB27F988EA7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF784170C5EFE462EA042142D629B64B5"><enum>104.</enum><header>Purposes</header>
<subsection id="HC04F4D7E216341ED81542B53CE578B8E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
carry out under this title, in conjunction with an existing program, a program
of research, development, and demonstration of technologies for environmentally
sustainable utilization of produced water for use for agriculture, irrigation,
municipal, or industrial uses, or other environmentally sustainable purposes.
The program shall be designed to maximize the utilization of produced water in
the United States by increasing the quality of produced water and reducing the
environmental impacts of produced water.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H61515547202D4BF3ACFF79A140E66848"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program
elements</header><text>The program under this title shall address the following
areas, including improving safety and minimizing environmental impacts of
activities within each area:</text>
<paragraph id="H5EE166FB406144FA006860E7E1A2F28F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Produced water
recovery, including research for desalination and demineralization to reduce
total dissolved solids in the produced water.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB33DA0BAE7B4E61A96B5E532279556C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Produced water
utilization for agricultural, irrigation, municipal, or industrial uses, or
other environmentally sustainable purposes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2199A43A9882484AB5DB6E3400A95738"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Reinjection of
produced water into subsurface geological formations to increase energy
production.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C290DFF663940C29F85658C93C84716"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program
administration</header><text>The program under this title shall be administered
by a consortium, administering an existing program, whose members have
collectively demonstrated capabilities and experience in planning and managing
research, development, demonstration, and commercial application programs for
unconventional natural gas and other petroleum production and produced water
utilization.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAF48BCB23B7443009C87F2605FB4202"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Activities at the
national energy technology laboratory</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, through the National Energy
Technology Laboratory, shall carry out a program of research, development, and
demonstration activities complementary to and supportive of the research,
development, and demonstration programs under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC901EE9E57B54859B9ED615867067B17"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
carrying out this title, the Secretary shall consult regularly with the
Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H59B94867621644E7A4105DCC3DCC3C7C"><enum>105.</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authority provided by this title shall
terminate on September 30, 2016.</text>
</section><section id="HB55F009C821340ED81FF55D99400E6B1"><enum>106.</enum><header>Funding</header>
<subsection id="HBD32F438E74C4982864FD800E4E05282"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Amounts
appropriated for this title for each fiscal year shall be allocated as
follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H2FAACA759E18453084645C35A3BDFEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>75
percent shall be for activities under section 104(a), (b), and (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7CF87A5594547F49D65C0B884F85451"><enum>(2)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be for activities under section 104(d) and other activities under section 104,
including administrative functions such as program direction, overall program
oversight, and contract management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB3E5BEEF2F074200A454BA354142E22"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this title $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2016.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Biomass</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H033647A5560D48C5A723B979F37E10B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Biomass Research, Development,
and Demonstration Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H259739BE6B744477884EA517A4B92303"><enum>202.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the purposes of this title—</text>
<paragraph id="HD4E12C7974F74F32005800D6D77E5EE4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given that term in
section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H204ADA98C82548E9B43128765CAF462B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H549B114420204CB790D190D84500D69"><enum>203.</enum><header>Advanced biofuel
technologies</header>
<subsection id="H044F920AF5FA4C65BD1695E6C0FD7783"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>Section
932 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16232">42 U.S.C. 16232</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H349A7F026AB24F6AB659C59D930000DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2), by inserting <quote>, including motor and other fuels from
biomass</quote> after <quote>biofuels</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A582D81355748C6AA43B495EDD3BC87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H69D97F5FCCBD49FFB2F54C5800B0A300"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12DB9F443FFB4FF1A136FF1B00BFA688"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding the
following new paragraph after paragraph (1):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49DB57B33F7D4519A6F39C1B9DD9C252" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3594CA0CC86142A8ABCD8DEC3E83108"><enum>(2)</enum><text>technologies that
would make biofuels produced from cellulosic feedstocks cost competitive with
biofuels produced from corn by
2012;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB78CECCFBF094F69B9F1C9CFF4DC1C5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
as so redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by inserting <quote>,
including through conducting research and development on the production of
hydrocarbons and bioproducts other than ethanol from biomass</quote> after
<quote>systems</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92FBA280E49A4A6A8F7076E9DD2981AF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), as so redesignated by
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by inserting <quote>, including through
conducting research and development on how to apply advanced genetic
engineering and advanced bioengineering techniques to increase the efficiency
and lower the cost of industrial-scale production of liquid fuels from
cellulosic feedstocks</quote> after <quote>facilities</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5564AB0B9ABF46388E64BC7EEFFBFB70"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Institution of
Higher Education Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary shall designate not less than 10 percent of the funds appropriated
for carrying out section 932(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
16232(d)) for grants to competitively selected institutions of higher education
around the country focused on meeting the objectives stated in such section
932(d).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCE7470593CB04507A8F68BF97973A8B3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>Section 931(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16231">42 U.S.C. 16231(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5916A81C8DA24DC293EF4BCC214DBEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
subsection (c)(1), by striking <quote>$100,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$150,000,000</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81DB4B0F76D44F8097CD979AE9DEE6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
subsection (c)(2), by striking <quote>$125,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$160,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5514E55A856048BFB5F0C5978B2E00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in
subsection (c)(3), by striking <quote>$150,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$175,000,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9BD602CC187540F99710131414FD42A6"><enum>204.</enum><header>Bioenergy</header>
<subsection id="HFBB4FA4265314239A61B25EEBF107DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Bioenergy
Program</header><text>Section 932(d)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16232(d)(1)(B)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6C1CFE58474B4E788700EC2FB5604637"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (iii); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H535EA354625045A3AD02C9DF6200EBE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding after
clause (iv) the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block id="H08AEB06D2ABE40A58B24111C621CB9F3" style="OLC">
<clause id="H8EB82A4E874B4423AE00093DD62CEE5"><enum>(v)</enum><text>biodegradable
natural plastics in or from biomass;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF9F4AA2E1E3448919DEE150076F6583"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>Section 931 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16231) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H492F3A80916B465694EB5CDA79519319"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1), by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>, including
$25,000,000 for activities under section 932(d)(1)(B)(v)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94AC3C2DFEF84412881610B7FB00B402"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2), by inserting before
the semicolon the following: <quote>, including $25,000,000 for activities
under section 932(d)(1)(B)(v)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5FE2594033CC43319B453CE700457FB1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(3), by inserting before
the period the following: <quote>, including $25,000,000 for activities under
section 932(d)(1)(B)(v)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Plug-In Hybrid
Electric Vehicles</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB17900AC6F924761A1E84FED82F686F0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H95C903D2978746479B6274B5DABFFEFB"><enum>302.</enum><header>Near-term
vehicle technology program</header>
<subsection id="H5975813F840542D2941693023C6CBA02"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H4451ED67DB52440FA1286C574F6800E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Battery</header><text>The
term <term>battery</term> means a device or system for the electrochemical
storage of energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1B0C8AB91DB49D7A0F5009C5DB5CA26"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Biomass</header><text>The
term <term>biomass</term> has meaning given the term in section 932 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16232">42 U.S.C. 16232</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCECE964E9FDF4BBCAA6139C1F8A100FF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>E<enum-in-header>85</enum-in-header></header><text>The
term <term>E85</term> means a fuel blend containing 85 percent ethanol and 15
percent gasoline by volume.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40C21FE93BB046B786FEC27E1CFFD518"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Electric drive
transportation technology</header><text>The term <term>electric drive
transportation technology</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D54CBC748F640960084C2E5C3529392"><enum>(A)</enum><text>vehicles that use
an electric motor for all or part of their motive power and that may or may not
use offboard electricity, including battery electric vehicles, fuel cell
vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, flexible
fuel plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and electric rail; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB119007752F648CDB2005488D737DB9B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">related equipment, including electric
equipment necessary to recharge a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF18FE5CC740048ED9E8E777300B0326E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Flexible fuel
plug-in hybrid electric vehicle</header><text>The term <term>flexible fuel
plug-in hybrid electric vehicle</term> means a plug-in hybrid electric
vehicle—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDEB1F1B5FAF0402383DD686116F17352"><enum>(A)</enum><text>warranted by its
manufacturer as capable of operating on any combination of gasoline or E85 for
its onboard internal combustion or heat engine; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0145CCF9CFE4CB894D2081C7406AADE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that uses a fuel
cell for battery charging when disconnected from offboard power sources.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H13E247796C2345C4B2A34328E4A8882B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Fuel cell
vehicle</header><text>The term <term>fuel cell vehicle</term> means an onroad
vehicle that uses a fuel cell (as defined in section 803 of the Energy Policy
Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16152">42 U.S.C. 16152</external-xref>)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF328704E2AA34D0393AAFA4C0468DB00"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Hybrid electric
vehicle</header><text>The term <term>hybrid electric vehicle</term> means an
onroad vehicle that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB6E35E9A8A734318B3006CB9B8156E72"><enum>(A)</enum><text>can operate on
either liquid combustible fuel or electric power provided by an onboard
battery; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A1BB7E7BDF74A92AD4FD50740C151D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>utilizes
regenerative power capture technology to recover energy expended in braking the
vehicle for use in recharging the battery.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H945208ACDC2E4883BE50391224FABEAA"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Plug-in hybrid
electric vehicle</header><text>The term <term>plug-in hybrid electric
vehicle</term> means a hybrid electric vehicle that can operate solely on
electric power for a minimum of 20 miles under city driving conditions, and
that is capable of recharging its battery from an offboard electricity
source.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3EC86DC5E9D94A8CA6A42C12ECFD299"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H546D4526E3F740E294ECAF29E2877B8F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The
Secretary shall conduct a program of research, development, demonstration, and
commercial application on technologies needed for the development of plug-in
hybrid electric vehicles, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H26F47A8E53684FF78200CA4E771027C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">high capacity, high efficiency batteries,
to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDEF476E61EF14B448C16F273AB48B22D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve battery
life, energy storage capacity, and power delivery capacity, and lower cost;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA75FAE6CE6E44B99818E2B94CBCB69AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>minimize waste and
hazardous material production in the entire value chain, including after the
end of the useful life of the batteries;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF00759D4F9014F87AA4C65BCC32B2E72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>high efficiency
onboard and offboard charging components;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HABDE89723C86407B8FCABAC81F84F870"><enum>(3)</enum><text>high power drive
train systems for passenger and commercial vehicles and for supporting
equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H731B37C1A72F44D39284F00BBCE9E00"><enum>(4)</enum><text>onboard energy
management systems, power trains, and systems integration for plug-in hybrid
electric vehicles, flexible fuel plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and hybrid
electric vehicles, including efficient cooling systems and systems that
minimize the emissions profile of such vehicles; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3128217B918D4AFFAA24235BCC823358"><enum>(5)</enum><text>lightweight
materials, including research, development, demonstration, and commercial
application to reduce the cost of materials such as steel alloys and carbon
fibers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H37E8A51ACC3D457C8005694D44B66344"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plug-In hybrid
electric vehicle demonstration program</header>
<paragraph id="H2C53084CD83B4BFEBA08C83D6E0087BF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a competitive
grant pilot demonstration program to provide not more than 25 grants annually
to State governments, local governments, metropolitan transportation
authorities, or combinations thereof to carry out a project or projects for
demonstration of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE942AAC9665D4151A079F7AB03D84DB7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subparagraph id="H8EFB6EE4CAF841D78203E74EF24DB967"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
Secretary shall issue requirements for applying for grants under the
demonstration pilot program. The Secretary shall require that applications, at
a minimum, include a description of how data will be—</text>
<clause id="HA90946A329794B929709DC61AD69BA90"><enum>(i)</enum><text>collected on
the—</text>
<subclause id="H5BA3CBFBECC24A9C0009D8C5A46E8E56"><enum>(I)</enum><text>performance of the
vehicle or vehicles and the components, including the battery, energy
management, and charging systems, under various driving speeds, trip ranges,
traffic, and other driving conditions;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H89AA5CFDE79D447692A51C3D6F292C89"><enum>(II)</enum><text>costs of the
vehicle or vehicles, including acquisition, operating, and maintenance costs,
and how the project or projects will be self-sustaining after Federal
assistance is completed; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5CD84711CD4E4B76B0A600AA543F5E07"><enum>(III)</enum><text>emissions of the
vehicle or vehicles, including greenhouse gases, and the amount of petroleum
displaced as a result of the project or projects; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H9841AC420B334EA8A9443D4D40AE94C5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>summarized for
dissemination to the Department, other grantees, and the public.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18AE50E82CCD4B8B9BCD5F0079D776D2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Partners</header><text>An
applicant under subparagraph (A) may carry out a project or projects under the
pilot program in partnership with one or more private entities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7CA0EB2EF0D74ADF884EB03B98671D04"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header>
<subparagraph id="H2BBD21D82A4847D08B6DAC12A3F9D897"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Preference</header><text>When
making awards under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider each
applicant’s previous experience involving plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and
shall give preference to proposals that—</text>
<clause id="H98C8788105B544AFB34493C2D2D2D538"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the greatest demonstration per
award dollar, with preference increasing as the number of miles that a plug-in
hybrid electric vehicle can operate solely on electric power under city driving
conditions increases; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H08024CF22043480B882D93B6D2B5F55B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>demonstrate the
greatest commitment on the part of the applicant to ensure funding for the
proposed project or projects and the greatest likelihood that each project
proposed in the application will be maintained or expanded after Federal
assistance under this subsection is completed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HACDB8721C4F14FDA9D8C78A3DE68E223"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Breadth of
demonstrations</header><text>In awarding grants under this subsection, the
Secretary shall ensure the program will demonstrate plug-in hybrid electric
vehicles under various circumstances, including—</text>
<clause id="H14B3BB14EACB4BF386A25515FA543633"><enum>(i)</enum><text>driving
speeds;</text>
</clause><clause id="H152DAA5308DE48DB86676727DB494D2F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>trip
ranges;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC97E987A8D0B41A3A9147E92D7E27779"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>driving
conditions;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4B2D4DFDC5F242F6B7A35414ED344400"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>climate
conditions; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H32DBD854325C4CBE8DF169AEED01E534"><enum>(v)</enum><text>topography,</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">to
optimize understanding and function of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF29ADAF968FB44B2958CD000B091D91D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pilot project
requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H6C789D61006E47B19BFAA20063AF2BA4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Subsequent
funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An applicant that has
received a grant in one year may apply for additional funds in subsequent
years, but the Secretary shall not provide more than $10,000,000 in Federal
assistance under the pilot program to any applicant for the period encompassing
fiscal years 2008 through fiscal year 2012.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H827810AEBD1844B7ADA8A2E4E5ABFBF1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Information</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish mechanisms to ensure that the information and
knowledge gained by participants in the pilot program are shared among the
pilot program participants and are available to other interested parties,
including other applicants.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H167FAC762C6141D8B240607C081D25F1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Award
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
determine grant amounts, but the maximum size of grants shall decline as the
cost of producing plug-in hybrid electric vehicles declines or the cost of
converting a hybrid electric vehicle to a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
declines.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD67A3D9144D49E190CD1937A1A76000"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cost
sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
carry out the program under this section in compliance with section 988(a)
through (d) and section 989 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
16352(a) through (d) and 16353).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB78DB9AF0B4D49E1A1259F2600A3E76"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H44C96A687C524253BAC226AD90D332B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for carrying out subsection (b),
$250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, of which up to
$50,000,000 may be used for the program described in paragraph (5) of that
subsection; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9FE7D86AF027475BBFE6AE0817F00B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for carrying out subsection (c),
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Energy
Storage</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE06D229E11A34C3691CA4F280900D337" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Energy Storage Solutions for
America Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H66FC13BDAE67498B00E6A86E7F579D80"><enum>402.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H03AA50F166194EBB8C6570BD89E414B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as
demand rises by an estimated 40 percent in the electricity sector by 2030, we
will need solutions that are clean, reliable, and affordable; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H26034735FFAA4A9FB7E3CA3B63DDC59D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>improved energy
storage capability will allow for more wind and solar energy because it
addresses the problem of intermittency inherent in these renewable sources of
energy.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H69C95A3077AD47CCA239D4C32389EB75"><enum>403.</enum><header>Energy storage
systems for electricity transmission and distribution</header>
<subsection id="H876FCAD79AA849AD86ADE1BF9FE608E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HBBD010E754194CCF94F9566F9B8DFE54"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Council</header><text>The
term <term>Council</term> means the Energy Storage Advisory Council established
under subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22CA39D068234BD6BB16C000C471F976"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Department</header><text>The
term <term>Department</term> means the Department of Energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8877B4D560748C999B9C946E2118FF2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3B1065C3CF0B4AFB9856E21D5C02C8D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The
Secretary shall carry out a research, development, and demonstration program to
support the ability of the United States to remain globally competitive in
energy storage systems for electricity transmission and distribution.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB4F5932C436D4203B0794D9BEBF334E1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Energy Storage
Advisory Council</header>
<paragraph id="HC72A1750264643FA8E62965FC72C9BA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
establish an Energy Storage Advisory Council.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E1E6406C8B54A44ADA93CBCE3E7134D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Composition</header>
<subparagraph id="H5608F40D07E34ED2AD17852FF7CDE4EA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Council shall consist of
not less than 15 individuals appointed by the Secretary, based on
recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC845DF8359B349EB94713E751552D651"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Energy storage
industry</header><text>The Council shall consist primarily of representatives
of the energy storage industry of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC688D51701174038BB95F91008BA3DE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The
Secretary shall select a Chairperson for the Council from among the members
appointed under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0152B72077C940F1A9E6DC774EC9423"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Meetings</header>
<subparagraph id="HA2EF9A9F114646D0BBA6A7443D5BA711"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Council shall meet not less than once a year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51B3BB364ED0461A92D1E64BE3AFF427"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal Advisory
Committee Act</header><text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.
2) shall apply to a meeting of the Council.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF45D38072300497BBB38DB08BDA30979"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Plans</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, in conjunction with
the Secretary, the Council shall develop 5-year plans for integrating basic and
applied research so that the United States retains a globally competitive
domestic energy storage industry for electricity transmission and
distribution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H013EE3160D294230BC83B11715576E26"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The
Council shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H64D1E09E58F44CB7AF4FD3882257BA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assess the
performance of the Department in meeting the goals of the plans developed under
paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3517CAC410524D1082BB112D4D96359D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make specific
recommendations to the Secretary on programs or activities that should be
established or terminated to meet those goals.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H84B0E202B3CE4328821B6D6E11663DB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Basic research
program</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a basic research program on
energy storage systems to support electricity transmission and distribution,
including—</text>
<paragraph id="H6EFE5A4F8D6A450EA0F973DE52F6534"><enum>(1)</enum><text>materials
design;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H468ABFC4116F4FAAB9DA1386F21911E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>materials
synthesis and characterization;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H929A81D0899440EFA76789397979D0A7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>electrolytes,
including bioelectrolytes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4233E1A8B1C04E3C889E7D00B5AD6334"><enum>(4)</enum><text>surface and
interface dynamics; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB2E23D22A144569AD29E700646F2C23"><enum>(5)</enum><text>modeling and
simulation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA2574451FB0B4D1EACC5E6F005658D1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applied research
program</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct an applied research program
on energy storage systems to support electricity transmission and distribution
technologies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0A2054EB1AEB480ABE3183EC26C9A5B0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Review by
National Academy of Sciences</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall offer to enter into an
arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to assess the performance of
the Department in making the United States globally competitive in energy
storage systems for electricity transmission and distribution.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4229C29B394E4A5CA014DF3658D5F670"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary to carry out—</text>
<paragraph id="H5D37F30082354411B72D42FE82D8563D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the basic research
program under subsection (d) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through
2012; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H643933AF4F8044AFB5CFAE3563E3F46"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the applied
research program under subsection (e) $80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008
through 2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Energy Efficient
Buildings</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FAED754E164498E8BD2BB3A456E531" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Energy Efficient Buildings Act
of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H391B87CC836F4AEE9EAE969EDDC8159E"><enum>502.</enum><header>Energy
efficient building grant program</header>
<subsection id="H0BD63944F6884CB59BF04C48BCFB2289"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Energy Efficient
Building Pilot Grant Program</header>
<paragraph id="H749F314246A24E09AFF09FFEBE821FBF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy (in
this title referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall establish a pilot
program to award grants to businesses and organizations for new construction of
energy efficient buildings, or major renovations of buildings that will result
in energy efficient buildings, to demonstrate innovative energy efficiency
technologies, especially those sponsored by the Department of Energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDAAF2F60601475BBB2CC6027D731144"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Awards</header><text>The
Secretary shall award grants under this subsection competitively to those
applicants whose proposals—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF5F52A47FDC42BD85BA812881BE889F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>best
demonstrate—</text>
<clause id="HF86A969BF422404681C8C977C39C73D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>likelihood to meet
or exceed the standards referred to in subsection (b)(2);</text>
</clause><clause id="HDAE9EFAF105148D3B475401F92BCB0B8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>likelihood to
maximize cost-effective energy efficiency opportunities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1A1F7CEF1F794FAD87D751FA02D6003C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>advanced energy
efficiency technologies; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H125D32AB2D304DD8A9A6E81E93DC00C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>maximize the
leverage of private investment for costs related to increasing the energy
efficiency of the building.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF45FD92FB13F419FB5380070E73EFC00"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>The
Secretary shall give due consideration to proposals for buildings that are
likely to serve low and moderate income populations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3BAB4F03F8884A3E9257EB3C39D8978F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Amount of
grants</header><text>Grants under this subsection shall be for up to 50 percent
of design and energy modeling costs, not to exceed $50,000 per building. No
single grantee may be eligible for more than 3 grants per year under this
program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H993AE770DAC747BEBE53E194EDB5004"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Grant
payments</header>
<subparagraph id="H841A53D814B245D6B844923BEB6588A9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial
payment</header><text>The Secretary shall pay 50 percent of the total amount of
the grant to grant recipients upon selection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB801FDF44CB64DCF84C11DFC42B52000"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Remainder of
payment</header><text>The Secretary shall pay the remaining 50 percent of the
grant only after independent certification, by a professional engineer or other
qualified professional, that operational buildings are energy efficient
buildings as defined in subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D00C9B27C734051B1941387680000AA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Failure to
comply</header><text>The Secretary shall not provide the remainder of the
payment unless the building is certified within 6 months after operation of the
completed building to meet the requirements described in subparagraph (B), or
in the case of major renovations the building is certified within 6 months of
the completion of the renovations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9D9BB06A6C1493B8E4B872C418DC5BB"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report to
congress</header><text>Not later than 3 years after awarding the first grant
under this subsection, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report
containing—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B1D0E9FFA514A6A8BAF6704C87C94B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the total number
and dollar amount of grants awarded under this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB85892B414154D449019379C7700EDD7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an estimate of
aggregate cost and energy savings enabled by the pilot program under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB737B7BDA443423CADA89451DECA2C68"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Administrative
expenses</header><text>Administrative expenses for the program under this
subsection shall not exceed 10 percent of appropriated funds.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9147759CA447422C81C6101D47412B24"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of
Energy Efficient Building</header><text>For purposes of this section the term
<quote>energy efficient building</quote> means a building that—</text>
<paragraph id="HC309ABF327A7475D9263CDAF01A68B1C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>achieves a
reduction in energy consumption of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEED7DE7ED1E64C30B7AD0077B908962"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at least 30 percent
for new construction, compared to the energy standards set by the 2004
International Energy Conservation Code (in the case of residential buildings)
or ASHRAE Standard 90.1–2004; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA332DF2FBBA47268EA0007FCFC701CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at least 20
percent for major renovations, compared to energy consumption before
renovations are begun;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7B1018E7B7154D5D8492792270A2F100"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is constructed or
renovated in accordance with the most current, appropriate, and applicable
voluntary consensus standards, as determined by the Secretary, such as those
listed in the assessment under section 914(b), or revised or developed under
section 914(c), of the <act-name>Energy Policy Act of 2005</act-name>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48F8D20A32384C25A0CBE716AE05AFC5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>after construction
or renovation—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDACDE00BF7F94747B043D3C409C369C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>uses heating,
ventilating, and air conditioning systems that perform at no less than Energy
Star standards; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDB4694BF5A74962809DE33E30C784AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if Energy Star
standards are not applicable, uses Federal Energy Management Program
recommended heating, ventilating, and air conditioning products.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB3A2830404FD472781C422D9B5AD89F3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for carrying out this section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years 2008 through 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>ARPA–E</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H39A9D200F2324C2AB0006558B36DACE6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Advanced Research
Projects Authority-Energy (ARPA–E)</header>
<subsection id="HBFB02E3DE856494981B406111BA4B2BD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The
Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H4D88271F56444656BB94F9F8AFE2F133"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Energy through existing
authorities and programs promotes technology transfer of basic and applied
research funded by the Department of Energy and performed at its national
laboratories, nonprofit and educational institutions, and the private sector,
but there is a need to more quickly identify opportunities to accelerate the
commercial application of new energy technologies to meet national energy
needs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H23A1D3CEAEA24D72B3F1202C8BE000E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The principal Department of Energy program
organizations that already oversee various projects for basic and applied
research and commercialization of new energy technologies are the Office of
Science, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the National
Nuclear Security Administration, the Office of Fossil Energy, the Office of
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, and the Office of Nuclear
Energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B0674D068F0494DB52146FC2B44F3DA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A
more fully integrated Departmental approach to advanced energy research will
help bridge the gap between basic research and applied technology to overcome
long-term and high-risk technological barriers to the development of advanced
energy technologies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D15B98857334E9F9D2BBDC5281258AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H4A1E05F819F040C9BECE2FB7C0EB9110"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<quote>ARPA–E project</quote> means a project identified by the Secretary that
shows promise to accelerate efforts to overcome long-term and high-risk
technological barriers to the development of advanced energy technologies,
including projects on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H228C32747770420BB35B18759CC8AB76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advanced basic
energy-related research that shows unique innovation and scientific and
technical merit and the potential for commercial application;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AD64B68446749E7A7841771003808BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>development of
resultant technologies and processes for energy supply and efficient end use;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H269FB7F0E3D74F2DB60986803F736949"><enum>(C)</enum><text>demonstration and
commercial application of the most promising energy technologies and research
applications on both a large and small scale; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H59B015A9F49D43B4B6B27EC3C07F7FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2D169037B2344D73BC00F33E76C3B506"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header><text>In identifying ARPA–E projects for support, the
Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HEA65CC9BFD53422ABB1B00C0E0E5ABB1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure that ARPA–E
projects do not alter the Department’s current balance of effort along the
spectrum of energy research and development activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H222918B0DB1C42FBB29DB0613F26DEAA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the novelty, scientific and
technical merit, and potential transformative nature of the proposed
projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6F646B765DE4C3EB2D3C8EEFE91D8DC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the demonstrated capabilities of
the applicants to successfully carry out the proposed research project;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7F1631079D1431D9929C7480214AC36"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the viability of avenues for
commercial application, including the transfer of technologies to the private
and public sector; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA4BE86AF3BDB42D3B946B8C0835CC31D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>consider such
other criteria as are established by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA0B80D7DA40F408EAC4CC05EC83E46CD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out ARPA–E
projects—</text>
<paragraph id="HFBA200C5AAA04BE0A25088E7D5D1CE31"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8684B2926CB04A7A915B007C5FE26482"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$125,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE483DE353F94EAC9C42F612FB009EA2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$150,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H988F15F5033C498C9819AA1E61852944"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$275,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H479689F5167B47EEA2BF1282B000B076"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for
fiscal year 2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD691471BEB504D39A9ADE8EA4DA8BA29"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Personnel</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4CAF0A8933145B496537F8C3497F295"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hiring of
personnel</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program of experimental
use of special personnel management authority in order to facilitate
recruitment of eminent experts in science or engineering for ARPA–E
projects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4B09176B3494152BA965F3DB1CF96B8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special
personnel management authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under such program the Secretary may
utilize the hiring and management authorities described in section 1101(b),
(c), and (d) of the <act-name>Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1999</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3104">5 U.S.C. 3104</external-xref> note), except that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H079DDE3D639A469AB815FFA1EA40C509"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for purposes of
subsection (b)(1), the number of positions that may be appointed shall be no
more than 20; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5942D7D6F54F4BDBA6C828867B7F1896"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for purposes of
subsection (c), the term of initial appointments for employees may not exceed 3
years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD6478515ABDF4D62B03CAFFEC3B8C787"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Protection of
Information</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6761203FD1247BAAFBE6DB9D63B8920"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosure of
information that is submitted to the Department of Energy under a competitive
or noncompetitive process pursuant to the authority granted in this section is
not required under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, for five years
after the date on which the information is received by the Department of
Energy. Such information includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6B4BE1427A64AE49C40C100EF60C7DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a proposal,
proposal abstract, and supporting documents;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87CDF500565D4EBEA9B7E83279FD5949"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a business plan
submitted on a confidential basis; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF3F65C23C6542A395B7A2E399489BF1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>technical
information submitted on a confidential basis.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H46ECE028F88D44968CBE0099C13C9E65"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project
information</header><text>The Secretary, for a period of up to five years from
the receipt by the Department of information that results from any transaction
identified as an ARPA–E project, and which is of a character that it would be
protected from disclosure under the meaning of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552(b)(4)</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, if the information had been obtained from a non-Government
party, may provide appropriate protections against the dissemination of such
information, including exemption from subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFFCA80042194401FA6574582FBEAEC30"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Cost
sharing</header><text>Any transaction authorized by this section shall be cost
shared according to the principles set forth in section 988 of the
<act-name>Energy Policy Act of 2005</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16352">42 U.S.C. 16352</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9F859B297E824215A44DD13C4007101"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Coordination with
other Agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
may coordinate program activities associated with an ARPA–E project with other
agencies, and may enter into agreements with other agencies to further the
success of an ARPA–E project. Where appropriate the Secretary shall coordinate
technology transfer efforts with the Technology Transfer Coordinator
established in section 1001 of the <act-name>Energy Policy Act of
2005</act-name>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5D8AB14B45F4426B8E239851F811D03D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Award of Prize
Money</header><text>To the extent considered appropriate by the Secretary, the
Secretary may exercise the authority provided in section 1008 of the
<act-name>Energy Policy Act of 2005</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16396">42 U.S.C. 16396</external-xref>) to award
prizes for achievements under an ARPA–E project.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDECF216C36474C10A32BCCD525249262"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Relationship to
Other Authorities</header><text>The authorities granted by this section are in
addition to existing authorities granted to the Secretary, and are not intended
to supersede or modify any existing authorities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD03F27E2FED14955A8D80027FD86C95B"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Issuance of
Directive</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Department of Energy shall
issue a Directive that sets forth how the Department intends to identify,
manage, and administer ARPA–E projects.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB0246FCE835448D0A97093DD00C2EA5"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Initial
projects</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall designate up to 2 ARPA–E projects for
funding.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8A07205EA1D140BBB7DC00638DDE30E4"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress describing the status
of any proposed or existing ARPA–E projects.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H02E3432614C743FAB19BEAE332C5EF89"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Positive
recommendation</header><text>The Secretary shall take no actions under this
section unless the study conducted under section 1821(b)(3) of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 contains a recommendation that the management practices used
by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are applicable to the research
programs at the Department of Energy.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Green Energy
Education</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBC64502CB264992948B483164870029" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Green Energy Education Act of
2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HAD45A69836074B26B26BE3005764F3F"><enum>702.</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the purposes of this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H7C230667E2F544AAB327E989FF9560D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The
term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the National Science
Foundation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B207EC68BCB406AABEC4B00530080BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>High performance
building</header><text>The term <term>high performance building</term> has the
meaning given that term in section 914(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16194(a)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6C3F565E6164B9CA6090000ACA06F8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H286F114E97D046BC9C20F26381B4F577"><enum>703.</enum><header>Graduate
training in energy research and development</header>
<subsection id="H9EEBF2EDDFAA41F8B63E92BD00668FEF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>In
carrying out research, development, demonstration, and commercial application
activities authorized for the Department of Energy, the Secretary may
contribute funds to the National Science Foundation for the Integrative
Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program to support projects that
enable graduate education related to such activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE52781E8505E4EBC84B6D03163D11589"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
Director shall consult with the Secretary when preparing solicitations and
awarding grants for projects described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HAF2B736E2DDF4BF4B849D04C981D2084"><enum>704.</enum><header>Curriculum
development for high performance building design</header>
<subsection id="H8B8B358267CE4378BB87E7ED87FE23"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out advanced energy technology
research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities
authorized for the Department of Energy related to high performance buildings,
the Secretary may contribute funds to curriculum development activities at the
National Science Foundation for the purpose of improving undergraduate or
graduate interdisciplinary engineering and architecture education related to
the design and construction of high performance buildings, including
development of curricula, of laboratory activities, of training practicums, or
of design projects. A primary goal of curriculum development activities
supported under this section shall be to improve the ability of engineers,
architects, landscape architects, and planners to work together on the
incorporation of advanced energy technologies during the design and
construction of high performance buildings.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H64F948BF9A6B443D82B52F38066134EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
Director shall consult with the Secretary when preparing solicitations and
awarding grants for projects described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBE1C320F467C4726B38FA9BA892AF35"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
awarding grants with respect to which the Secretary has contributed funds under
this section, the Director shall give priority to applications from
departments, programs, or centers of a school of engineering that are partnered
with schools, departments, or programs of design, architecture, and city,
regional, or urban planning.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Carbon Capture
and Sequestration</header>
<section id="H9299917D0FA04BACADE88D38A7E1C1CF"><enum>801.</enum><header>Carbon capture
and sequestration study</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Energy shall transmit to the Congress the results of a study on the feasibility
of large-scale biological sequestration of carbon dioxide for coal power
systems, including an analysis of the feasibility of creating a closed loop
carbon cycle through biological sequestration.</text>
</section>