110 HR 2556 IH: Carbon Capture and Sequestration Act of 2007
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 Savings Act of 2007
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(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—Biofuels for energy security and transportation
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Subtitle A—Renewable fuel standard
Sec. 111. Renewable fuel standard.
Sec. 112. Production of renewable fuel using renewable energy.
Subtitle B—Renewable fuels infrastructure
Sec. 121. Infrastructure pilot program for renewable fuels.
Sec. 122. Bioenergy research and development.
Sec. 123. Bioresearch centers for systems biology program.
Sec. 124. Loan guarantees for renewable fuel facilities.
Sec. 125. Grants for renewable fuel production research and development in certain States.
Sec. 126. Grants for infrastructure for transportation of biomass to local biorefineries.
Sec. 127. Biorefinery information center.
Sec. 128. Alternative fuel database and materials.
Sec. 129. Fuel tank cap labeling requirement.
Sec. 130. Biodiesel.
Subtitle C—Studies
Sec. 141. Study of advanced biofuels technologies.
Sec. 142. Study of increased consumption of ethanol-blended gasoline with higher levels of ethanol.
Sec. 143. Pipeline feasibility study.
Sec. 144. Study of optimization of flexible fueled vehicles to use E–85 fuel.
Sec. 145. Study of credits for use of renewable electricity in electric vehicles.
Sec. 146. Study of engine durability associated with the use of biodiesel.
Sec. 147. Study of incentives for renewable fuels.
Sec. 148. Study of streamlined lifecycle analysis tools for the evaluation of renewable carbon content of biofuels.
Sec. 149. Study of the adequacy of railroad transportation of domestically-produced renewable fuel.
Sec. 150. Study of effects of ethanol-blended gasoline on off road vehicles.
TITLE II—Energy efficiency promotion
Sec. 201. Short title.
Subtitle A—Promoting advanced lighting technologies
Sec. 211. Accelerated procurement of energy efficient lighting.
Sec. 212. Incandescent reflector lamp efficiency standards.
Sec. 213. Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prizes.
Sec. 214. Renewable energy construction grants.
Subtitle B—Expediting new energy efficiency standards
Sec. 221. Definition of energy conservation standard.
Sec. 222. Regional efficiency standards for heating and cooling products.
Sec. 223. Furnace fan rulemaking.
Sec. 224. Expedited rulemakings.
Sec. 225. Periodic reviews.
Sec. 226. Energy efficiency labeling for consumer products.
Sec. 227. Residential boiler efficiency standards.
Sec. 228. Technical corrections.
Sec. 229. Electric motor efficiency standards.
Sec. 230. Energy standards for home appliances.
Sec. 231. Improved energy efficiency for appliances and buildings in cold climates.
Sec. 232. Deployment of new technologies for high-efficiency consumer products.
Sec. 233. Industrial efficiency program.
Subtitle C—Promoting high efficiency vehicles, advanced batteries, and energy storage
Sec. 241. Lightweight materials research and development.
Sec. 242. Loan guarantees for fuel-efficient automobile parts manufacturers.
Sec. 243. Advanced technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program.
Sec. 244. Energy storage competitiveness.
Sec. 245. Advanced transportation technology program.
Subtitle D—Setting energy efficiency goals
Sec. 251. National goals for energy savings in transportation.
Sec. 252. National energy efficiency improvement goals.
Sec. 253. National media campaign.
Sec. 254. Modernization of electricity grid system.
Subtitle E—Promoting Federal leadership in energy efficiency and renewable energy
Sec. 261. Federal fleet conservation requirements.
Sec. 262. Federal requirement to purchase electricity generated by renewable energy.
Sec. 263. Energy savings performance contracts.
Sec. 264. Energy management requirements for Federal buildings.
Sec. 265. Combined heat and power and district energy installations at Federal sites.
Sec. 266. Federal building energy efficiency performance standards.
Sec. 267. Application of International Energy Conservation Code to public and assisted housing.
Sec. 268. Energy efficient commercial buildings initiative.
Subtitle F—Assisting State and local governments in energy efficiency
Sec. 271. Weatherization assistance for low-income persons.
Sec. 272. State energy conservation plans.
Sec. 273. Utility energy efficiency programs.
Sec. 274. Energy efficiency and demand response program assistance.
Sec. 275. Energy and environmental block grant.
Sec. 276. Energy sustainability and efficiency grants for institutions of higher education.
Sec. 277. Workforce training.
Sec. 278. Assistance to States to reduce school bus idling.
TITLE III—Carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program.
Sec. 303. Carbon dioxide storage capacity assessment.
Sec. 304. Carbon capture and storage initiative.
2.In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy.
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biofuels for energy security and transportation</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5651525614C14F1BA2EA3E56AA92E4E2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Biofuels for Energy Security and Transportation Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3F6BCB88D0B4BBABDA6500D21DCB0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD21C9696FF3B48599219E6E4D49FC19"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advanced biofuel</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9CE752DFB854ABDB8B471BE597F5D0"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>advanced biofuel</term> means fuel derived from renewable biomass other than corn starch.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34DA0A07E6814147A370B490B6477B52"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>advanced biofuel</term> includes—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC2570CC347E46F2B56D5E540000E45B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ethanol derived from cellulose, hemicellulose, or lignin;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB95D37FB552F45E6858F6FDBFCAB5B4E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ethanol derived from sugar or starch, other than ethanol derived from corn starch;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H295EBB7CADDA4E708BED60013EA8A2C9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ethanol derived from waste material, including crop residue, other vegetative waste material, animal waste, and food waste and yard waste;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D4A958E3D8845EF929C1D74E4BC6F8B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">diesel-equivalent fuel derived from renewable biomass, including vegetable oil and animal fat;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E56B883A82944A29D75979EBF89C271"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">biogas produced through the conversion of organic matter from renewable biomass; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C8E942DE689446588CB1DD869BF10"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">butanol or higher alcohols produced through the conversion of organic matter from renewable biomass.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0E372F8AD7749438E9E3C26EA9EDCC"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cellulosic biomass ethanol</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>cellulosic biomass ethanol</term> means ethanol derived from any cellulose, hemicellulose, or lignin that is derived from renewable biomass.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BF8DC03544F4DF988D112AEA0D2ED13"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conventional biofuel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>conventional biofuel</term> means ethanol derived from corn starch.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H687C3173DC064676B04100512141527D"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Renewable biomass</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>renewable biomass</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DE2A06EF1634600A7C0698456AB28EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">biomass (as defined by section 210 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15855">42 U.S.C. 15855</external-xref>)) (excluding the bole of old-growth trees of a forest from the late successional state of forest development) that is harvested where permitted by law and in accordance with applicable land management plans from—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE32CFAECE7E4F62B85C605EB3DE8F31"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Forest System land; or</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC79BF10582824379B8EF4E8E5FDCA51"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1702">43 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref>)); or</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BA03FFE936442A3B0E3C701F5CD2892"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis from non-Federal land or from land belonging to an Indian tribe, or an Indian individual, that is held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2650FFA7DB834DCC944B2D6BCAF8F42B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">renewable plant material, including—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03005A4A6F52430D89A743029F82B186"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">feed grains;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF36609330BAC4AB18DCB77DBFD6BF5FC"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other agricultural commodities;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D855E3B4B834A3EB98156959EFF8E6"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other plants and trees; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0EDAD9BE1FC042CAA02813C8AC7B9431"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">algae; and</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H818A6E5F8A014FA6A8A7A993E457D7E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">waste material, including—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABC06054793B41069371EBEC5B1795E7"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">crop residue;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DF5671CBC074C059BE86177242CD3BD"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other vegetative waste material (including wood waste and wood residues);</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B890FBC3CB0466EA720EB3D4FB92ED"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">animal waste and byproducts (including fats, oils, greases, and manure); and</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8AACA147AB7D4CB398DA51D17DEE3992"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">food waste and yard waste.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45FF8A7CAA324767B0A95835B7CBAEAF"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Renewable fuel</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB1920EA84BF46F3BC8E3039F6C860C0"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>renewable fuel</term> means motor vehicle fuel, boiler fuel, or home heating fuel that is—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0897BD379EC64C4295A4C9F0B52154CF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">produced from renewable biomass; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D37D50F28794597BAA9A6CD82001EE2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">used to replace or reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in a fuel or fuel mixture used to operate a motor vehicle, boiler, or furnace.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C6E5A2186E74227A0DBB45BB3696CA2"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>renewable fuel</term> includes—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H591D1F25553846CEBD3B7BC3092C31EF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conventional biofuel; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H481F29D9C77F4747B74CC0ABDEA997F4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advanced biofuel.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HECF0754A7CAC4F798FC167A572A80017"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Small refinery</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>small refinery</term> means a refinery for which the average aggregate daily crude oil throughput for a calendar year (as determined by dividing the aggregate throughput for the calendar year by the number of days in the calendar year) does not exceed 75,000 barrels.</text> </paragraph></section>
<subtitle commented="no" id="H409F62BD36CC47339913E53F38ABB34B" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Renewable fuel standard</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA001526CB8AD44BBB816B1A4F2533700" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Renewable fuel standard</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCA752E0EA6244A4915C7DCD3C8CF48C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Renewable fuel program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H399AA488305E47AA9189A46920DFFC9E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5257F5A069044D2BAD9486DF8D3867D8"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall promulgate regulations to ensure that motor vehicle fuel, home heating oil, and boiler fuel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States (except in noncontiguous States or territories), on an annual average basis, contains the applicable volume of renewable fuel determined in accordance with paragraph (2).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DB98E1B184D49A1AA19B858F2C50035"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provisions of regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regardless of the date of promulgation, the regulations promulgated under subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DEA325D397B4B7B85F3FD70DD3FD885"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall contain compliance provisions applicable to refineries, blenders, distributors, and importers, as appropriate, to ensure that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2780C5D98B29459BA1F7E2D913B39DC"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requirements of this subsection are met; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F2EAD157A6E41DDA9AF77F92391669D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">renewable fuels produced from facilities built after the date of enactment of this Act achieve at least a 20 percent reduction in life cycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to gasoline; but</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6D3DF8AFDD54E0180F1D509EE639E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDDE4A978CB19440BB18463A3922D7DF5"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">restrict geographic areas in the contiguous United States in which renewable fuel may be used; or</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87051E7E430B426683A45798F500CFC4"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">impose any per-gallon obligation for the use of renewable fuel.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F75BDEF4DB14BE1B78700F5F5F02972"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Relationship to other regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations promulgated under this paragraph shall, to the maximum extent practicable, incorporate the program structure, compliance, and reporting requirements established under the final regulations promulgated to implement the renewable fuel program established by the amendment made by section 1501(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>; 119 Stat. 1067).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3471AC79853F4A588B05EE2DC61E7E9B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicable volume</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85D77372549F49DCA168E8701BB12722"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Calendar years 2008 through 2022</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96175A40C89B419B0051BA435D9B966"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Renewable fuel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of paragraph (1), subject to clause (ii), the applicable volume for any of calendar years 2008 through 2022 shall be determined in accordance with the following table:</text>
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<row><entry namest="column1" morerows="0" align="left" valign="bottom" colname="column1"/><entry namest="column2" morerows="0" rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2"><bold>Applicable volume of<linebreak/> renewable fuel</bold></entry></row>
<row><entry namest="column1" morerows="0" align="left" valign="bottom" colname="column1"><bold>Calendar year:</bold></entry><entry namest="column2" morerows="0" rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2"><bold> (in billions of gallons):</bold></entry></row></thead>
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<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2008</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">8.5</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2009</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">10.5</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2010</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">12.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2011</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">12.6</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2012</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">13.2</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2013</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">13.8</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2014</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">14.4</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2015</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">15.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2016</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">18.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2017</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">21.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2018</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">24.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2019</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">27.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2020</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">30.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2021</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">33.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2022</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">36.0.</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2649048F080044F8B8B27B2364A50331"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advanced biofuels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of paragraph (1), of the volume of renewable fuel required under clause (i), the applicable volume for any of calendar years 2016 through 2022 for advanced biofuels shall be determined in accordance with the following table:</text>
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<row><entry namest="column1" morerows="0" rowsep="0" align="left" colname="column1"></entry><entry namest="column2" morerows="0" rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2"><bold>Applicable volume of<linebreak/>advanced biofuels</bold></entry></row>
<row><entry namest="column1" morerows="0" rowsep="0" align="left" colname="column1"><bold>Calendar year:</bold></entry><entry namest="column2" morerows="0" rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2"><bold>(in billions of gallons):</bold></entry></row></thead>
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<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2016</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">3.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2017</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">6.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2018</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">9.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2019</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">12.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2020</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">15.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2021</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">18.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2022</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">21.0.</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59B56A476FE34EFFBD709EA99324FBA0"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Calendar year 2023 and thereafter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (C), for the purposes of paragraph (1), the applicable volume for calendar year 2023 and each calendar year thereafter shall be determined by the President, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, based on a review of the implementation of the program during calendar years 2007 through 2022, including a review of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72EF1069CCB64DB1861B1B00DC64C850"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of renewable fuels on the energy security of the United States;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50EBFC26A84944168DCC49B057266E4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the expected annual rate of future production of renewable fuels, including advanced biofuels;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3B8927D7A7743389E00D78437EBF2EE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of renewable fuels on the infrastructure of the United States, including deliverability of materials, goods, and products other than renewable fuel, and the sufficiency of infrastructure to deliver renewable fuel; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7C47135231E46969889C8FD407E8E29"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of the use of renewable fuels on other factors, including job creation, the price and supply of agricultural commodities, rural economic development, and the environment.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD29C0557FC1B4FE4BB004EEEB8133FD4"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum applicable volume</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (D), for the purpose of paragraph (1), the applicable volume for calendar year 2023 and each calendar year thereafter shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBDF1FE97BFFC40CF893542008B9C2558"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of gallons of gasoline that the President estimates will be sold or introduced into commerce in the calendar year; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25F4A84ACCF645F284327569EEAAFF06"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ratio that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7EFB33A40554D82BC014EC2B98FEB98"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">36,000,000,000 gallons of renewable fuel; bears to</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14FAE1F9B2F446E48E5B68EDE6BA3EE2"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of gallons of gasoline sold or introduced into commerce in calendar year 2022.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H727FF99C07EC4DD3ADF2A4CDF7585727"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum percentage of advanced biofuel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of paragraph (1) and subparagraph (C), at least 60 percent of the minimum applicable volume for calendar year 2023 and each calendar year thereafter shall be advanced biofuel.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C992575F5F74E528062DD32BC7D9F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicable percentages</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E614B11A1BA44A9ADF3A071C6C8F46D"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provision of estimate of volumes of gasoline sales</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than October 31 of each of calendar years 2008 through 2021, the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration shall provide to the President an estimate, with respect to the following calendar year, of the volumes of gasoline projected to be sold or introduced into commerce in the United States.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F8D785248914B32BB000095DF007111"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination of applicable percentages</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DA65DC42ECB41E0B10279982C95003B"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than November 30 of each of calendar years 2008 through 2022, based on the estimate provided under paragraph (1), the President shall determine and publish in the Federal Register, with respect to the following calendar year, the renewable fuel obligation that ensures that the requirements of subsection (a) are met.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61698165564C4DF09F538684FAD24140"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The renewable fuel obligation determined for a calendar year under subparagraph (A) shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5AC6523D44D44A0A729AAEF00EB66E1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be applicable to refineries, blenders, and importers, as appropriate;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70B31B29A8E34EEDB4709C038E006FA5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be expressed in terms of a volume percentage of gasoline sold or introduced into commerce in the United States; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CB1A8CCB15F4770A5B11B00ADDC1CEA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to paragraph (3)(A), consist of a single applicable percentage that applies to all categories of persons specified in clause (i).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB95D8EAE8EAF467DAFCA85234D27D1B3"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Adjustments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining the applicable percentage for a calendar year, the President shall make adjustments—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBFBCF0323B241BEB2BDF7845FEF825E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to prevent the imposition of redundant obligations on any person specified in paragraph (2)(B)(i); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FF8EC558990420880CA63159575F01F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to account for the use of renewable fuel during the previous calendar year by small refineries that are exempt under subsection (g).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB5AB73D6A474EC9A7C24FFC23009600"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Volume conversion factors for renewable fuels based on energy content or requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62FF7CC7FCB844B4B301CE208926003B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of subsection (a), the President shall assign values to specific types of advanced biofuels for the purpose of satisfying the fuel volume requirements of subsection (a)(2) in accordance with this subsection.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A1B55454751490081490038C06502F"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Energy content relative to ethanol</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For advanced biofuel, 1 gallon of the advanced biofuel shall be considered to be the equivalent of 1 gallon of renewable fuel multiplied by the ratio that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H281CCE93E1A64464B50963ABBD53F600"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of British thermal units of energy produced by the combustion of 1 gallon of the advanced biofuel (as measured under conditions determined by the Secretary); bears to</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFEE00E431DF24CADADF0AC9BEED1E1C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of British thermal units of energy produced by the combustion of 1 gallon of pure ethanol (as measured under conditions determined by the Secretary to be comparable to conditions described in subparagraph (A)).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6C9F6FF1A07432E8972A8217BE07EF"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transitional energy-related conversion factors for cellulosic biomass ethanol</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any of calendar years 2008 through 2015, 1 gallon of cellulosic biomass ethanol shall be considered to be the equivalent of 2.5 gallons of renewable fuel.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9159B232C446407FB644CE08D6B80350"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Credit program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB17F235882CF4B92BBAEF7E129823619"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President, in consultation with the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall implement a credit program to manage the renewable fuel requirement of this section in a manner consistent with the credit program established by the amendment made by section 1501(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>; 119 Stat. 1067).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H771A8914806C44E28DD900B15E37BA"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Market transparency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the credit program under this subsection, the President shall facilitate price transparency in markets for the sale and trade of credits, with due regard for the public interest, the integrity of those markets, fair competition, and the protection of consumers and agricultural producers.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02403DDE68F7418FB5ED81F5B0700E6"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Seasonal variations in renewable fuel use</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H418A3FD6AFFC4143965EEAC4DFE7533"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of calendar years 2008 through 2022, the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration shall conduct a study of renewable fuel blending to determine whether there are excessive seasonal variations in the use of renewable fuel.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26A26AB66BAE4D1BA472DD008F3824A8"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulation of excessive seasonal variations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, for any calendar year, the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, based on the study under paragraph (1), makes the determinations specified in paragraph (3), the President shall promulgate regulations to ensure that 25 percent or more of the quantity of renewable fuel necessary to meet the requirements of subsection (a) is used during each of the 2 periods specified in paragraph (4) of each subsequent calendar year.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44CC8967B0CC4E51AF44BD7360E29100"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determinations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The determinations referred to in paragraph (2) are that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5FF3C954105410B826426B0EA448211"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">less than 25 percent of the quantity of renewable fuel necessary to meet the requirements of subsection (a) has been used during 1 of the 2 periods specified in paragraph (4) of the calendar year;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2B9A604BBAD4704A17547AC00598DFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a pattern of excessive seasonal variation described in subparagraph (A) will continue in subsequent calendar years; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD65C47AF8B404C2893C5087FAE5200A9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promulgating regulations or other requirements to impose a 25 percent or more seasonal use of renewable fuels will not significantly—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7008911EBBC54529B9828B9586183CE6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase the price of motor fuels to the consumer; or</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7F4B8CD457A4CB4B61E56C69CC5A83F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prevent or interfere with the attainment of national ambient air quality standards.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD6CF90EC53248E5B15BDFD03D325E66"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Periods</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 2 periods referred to in this subsection are—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DDEA9F3C8F6418AB880F6E6BE1358D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">April through September; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86A6BF8CF0EF42629F78DEDAF8CD0204"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">January through March and October through December.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H177E8CE90CDD44CDA563F802241BD175"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waivers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H345CBD4999A140A1BE6FA1F6477B4EA9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, may waive the requirements of subsection (a) in whole or in part on petition by one or more States by reducing the national quantity of renewable fuel required under subsection (a), based on a determination by the President (after public notice and opportunity for comment), that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CC14AE8BF944A2BA14B77157D5FEF8C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implementation of the requirement would severely harm the economy or environment of a State, a region, or the United States; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98041159DF934E0684CE77C697EEB33"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">extreme and unusual circumstances exist that prevent distribution of an adequate supply of domestically-produced renewable fuel to consumers in the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H397E4932DC3047EE849997A54778BE77"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Petitions for waivers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall approve or disapprove a State petition for a waiver of the requirements of subsection (a) within 90 days after the date on which the petition is received by the President.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB376A33A93FF4BA0B06E5D51F53978FE"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination of waivers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A waiver granted under paragraph (1) shall terminate after 1 year, but may be renewed by the President after consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA714CA9D1C3D44A69D5D88004BE160B9"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary makes a determination under paragraph (1)(B) that railroad transportation of domestically-produced renewable fuel is inadequate, based on either the service provided by, or the price of, the railroad transportation, the President shall submit to Congress a report that describes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC51E505D64E2405E8DBD2200992EC4B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the actions the Federal Government is taking, or will take, to address the inadequacy, including a description of the specific powers of the applicable Federal agencies; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H762A0B0F80AC48118D329F9C4B67FB2D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the President finds that there are inadequate Federal powers to address the railroad service or pricing inadequacies, recommendations for legislation to provide appropriate powers to Federal agencies to address the inadequacies.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DDFF3A6F4D74B5295D47EBF6B648BE7"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Small refineries</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B15EC1C406F41FC9F228F6F6DF2083C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Temporary exemption</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31DF37A96CAA4B12B056CF77D151FE52"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACEEBB5765E54632ABDA6748CFB0C1E3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">small refineries (other than a small refinery described in clause (ii)) until calendar year 2013; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBA172A9B12446EEA609455D1E5F4933"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">small refineries owned by a small business refiner (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/45H">section 45H(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) until calendar year 2015.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E850B15252147B19283EE72FA99F500"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of exemption</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16DEE59D07454639978694385BE7B6F0"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study by Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2008, the Secretary shall submit to the President and Congress a report describing the results of a study to determine whether compliance with the requirements of subsection (a) would impose a disproportionate economic hardship on small refineries.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE6F5794052D4959B96E6EAF1D4D9827"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a small refinery that the Secretary determines under clause (i) would be subject to a disproportionate economic hardship if required to comply with subsection (a), the President shall extend the exemption under subparagraph (A) for the small refinery for a period of not less than 2 additional years.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H39F416ECFA2F49008366D1B750005B62"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Petitions based on disproportionate economic hardship</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H869BE0F0CBA34194B765002DAD968FFF"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A small refinery may at any time petition the President for an extension of the exemption under paragraph (1) for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE04A9D8A09264EBA9DC04C71B3C5F97F"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation of petitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In evaluating a petition under subparagraph (A), the President, in consultation with the Secretary, shall consider the findings of the study under paragraph (1)(B) and other economic factors.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC7B0CA192FC4DC5ADC84ED7C962CD23"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline for action on petitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall act on any petition submitted by a small refinery for a hardship exemption not later than 90 days after the date of receipt of the petition.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47C421F9188E42CD9C2549D17D714B27"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Opt-in for small refineries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A small refinery shall be subject to the requirements of subsection (a) if the small refinery notifies the President that the small refinery waives the exemption under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D7AEC7EC7EE4B7095D341C98FFE108C"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Penalties and enforcement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCD23E013F79418F907F90BFFBB7BC4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil penalties</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C9AF7FA685749A9BE4B60446455D000"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person that violates a regulation promulgated under subsection (a), or that fails to furnish any information required under such a regulation, shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty of not more than the total of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E2B641DB76D4921AB2653CD2B9F82F3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$25,000 for each day of the violation; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACC1C83C85B2439EA96D7C4CC7E86F88"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of economic benefit or savings received by the person resulting from the violation, as determined by the President.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7F44DFE465F4C0BB721F0DC964E414"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Collection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil penalties under subparagraph (A) shall be assessed by, and collected in a civil action brought by, the Secretary or such other officer of the United States as is designated by the President.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE714AA21828640C48E06364C49092479"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Injunctive authority</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H400CEB68A52D4EA0AD2EC015B61FF993"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E3F3643823247AC82E34FD6C067BCDF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">restrain a violation of a regulation promulgated under subsection (a);</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1CBFC1DC2054481A29DBB7D009E4890"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">award other appropriate relief; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB12D9DA931234D9CB9678273CCE48D9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compel the furnishing of information required under the regulation.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5899C4219FA241E1B3EF30AAACD06EAD"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An action to restrain such violations and compel such actions shall be brought by and in the name of the United States.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5364B14C3BB452D006D038913D76620"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpoenas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the action, a subpoena for a witness who is required to attend a district court in any district may apply in any other district.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB054484112194DDBA5D27E3D1027F7D6"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Voluntary labeling program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H499E593FDB5A4DA18700F97C31C7BAB1"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall establish criteria for a system of voluntary labeling of renewable fuels based on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC20000D809C54372942C0029D640F12"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consumer education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall ensure that the labeling system under this subsection provides useful information to consumers making fuel purchases.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC41F978E2D544BBBB0327E5DD7006F57"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Flexibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this subsection, the President may establish more than 1 label, as appropriate.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H915E37F0BB4240A1B2E7FB4D375543A"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section, this section takes effect on January 1, 2008.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFA9E48D5D8F4A228E07ABA88B018F4C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Production of renewable fuel using renewable energy</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6B11DBB3F0D4030B1B349C38F59C0F3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H295AD3DFF7E54913840039CCB52672FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Facility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>facility</term> means a facility used for the production of renewable fuel.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H333CC0F833C04A5C9C6D9CF255ADBC1D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Renewable energy</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63FD8D72DCD245AAAEB4B88009CB7F8"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>renewable energy</term> has the meaning given the term in section 203(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15852">42 U.S.C. 15852(b)</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95FE51AC80CA46C1A46239DBDE600B1"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>renewable energy</term> includes biogas produced through the conversion of organic matter from renewable biomass.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D6BAF7C6C9D49848C71D24133FEC31D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional credit</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6ACB5DD35F3D476EA5F136000538E6EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall provide a credit under the program established under section 111(d) to the owner of a facility that uses renewable energy to displace more than 90 percent of the fossil fuel normally used in the production of renewable fuel.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3302E7F4FF54B8E9B00596D37F28B59"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Credit amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may provide the credit in a quantity that is not more than the equivalent of 1.5 gallons of renewable fuel for each gallon of renewable fuel produced in a facility described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="HC7C4CE3BA6B845D398C5DC3EB006D71" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Renewable fuels infrastructure</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB282D901273643E5002872659EFD6293" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>121.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Infrastructure pilot program for renewable fuels</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34D898DEFD3F4E0089F99CB647BAC92"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall establish a competitive grant pilot program (referred to in this section as the <quote>pilot program</quote>), to be administered through the Vehicle Technology Deployment Program of the Department of Energy, to provide not more than 10 geographically-dispersed project grants to State governments, Indian tribal governments, local governments, metropolitan transportation authorities, or partnerships of those entities to carry out 1 or more projects for the purposes described in subsection (b).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2B8B6B1910D4239A4B48981A739B5F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant under this section shall be used for the establishment of refueling infrastructure corridors, as designated by the Secretary, for gasoline blends that contain not less than 11 percent, and not more than 85 percent, renewable fuel or diesel fuel that contains at least 10 percent renewable fuel, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDDAEB3A9D6E44F758F5187D4F5031985"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">installation of infrastructure and equipment necessary to ensure adequate distribution of renewable fuels within the corridor;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1BE1EF92C3A41398190CE2BFC656D42"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">installation of infrastructure and equipment necessary to directly support vehicles powered by renewable fuels; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5DA4E76953C481EB851B45877E1BA21"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operation and maintenance of infrastructure and equipment installed as part of a project funded by the grant.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9AB3650D0934414DB233309729C26F79"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06CB574D44A842E1B29C04EDF8FD0146"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79DC3188F23344E1B20011C7F963CFE4"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue requirements for use in applying for grants under the pilot program.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3427E9C8D4FF442699DC4384BC5BEBDD"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At a minimum, the Secretary shall require that an application for a grant under this section—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9D2E894F9EE422382ECE9665DBD2BFE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be submitted by—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A280F3D76FF4A0387D6CC3DA797CC"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the head of a State, tribal, or local government or a metropolitan transportation authority, or any combination of those entities; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H591589E13E6D4003AC05B9334D3B007F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a registered participant in the Vehicle Technology Deployment Program of the Department of Energy; and</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB6D0A1EF78E4237ACE38564333F6999"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2054D5872DD2464FA9CFEC74274FA42C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the project proposed in the application, including the ways in which the project meets the requirements of this section;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA870C157F0947F0894539B1656B124C"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of the degree of use of the project, including the estimated size of fleet of vehicles operated with renewable fuel available within the geographic region of the corridor, measured as a total quantity and a percentage;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB16EB17AA4248649C76E53C942F6D6D"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of the potential petroleum displaced as a result of the project (measured as a total quantity and a percentage), and a plan to collect and disseminate petroleum displacement and other relevant data relating to the project to be funded under the grant, over the expected life of the project;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E4EBBA19E274594B947F5FBE4CC15E6"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the means by which the project will be sustainable without Federal assistance after the completion of the term of the grant;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB348E1E5EE474E8791080013E862D0D6"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a complete description of the costs of the project, including acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance costs over the expected life of the project; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF46D79BD25C9411196CDB4C7F93795B"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of which costs of the project will be supported by Federal assistance under this subsection.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA55BF44DF4314336A3005C4267EDCA40"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Partners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An applicant under paragraph (1) may carry out a project under the pilot program in partnership with public and private entities.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H458BFED096EB4230BA98CFAE00C0C621"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In evaluating applications under the pilot program, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB15702BC6E9F40CC9CF158682C8B00FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the experience of each applicant with previous, similar projects; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85A71CF710A84B9DA178D8F60094CC6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">give priority consideration to applications that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC1145653EE04FBCAEB5FAE794CE4CD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are most likely to maximize displacement of petroleum consumption, measured as a total quantity and a percentage;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA152375AF1684CE9AFDD9F6267E16546"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are best able to incorporate existing infrastructure while maximizing, to the extent practicable, the use of advanced biofuels;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC56E836DACF34DE59434D040E00F385"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate the greatest commitment on the part of the applicant to ensure funding for the proposed project and the greatest likelihood that the project will be maintained or expanded after Federal assistance under this subsection is completed;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79FAA6ED302C4482B70007B6C0C84D8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">represent a partnership of public and private entities; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84AF6F5132344CE597FC00DF5CCBE17B"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exceed the minimum requirements of subsection (c)(1)(B).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8297D99729174BB8AB9FDE1C52A88573"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pilot project requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBD4DC80629849C09D95D9B7B50000F9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maximum amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide not more than $20,000,000 in Federal assistance under the pilot program to any applicant.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9381A67C711482D86F21B39E69D3D2E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The non-Federal share of the cost of any activity relating to renewable fuel infrastructure development carried out using funds from a grant under this section shall be not less than 20 percent.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H457F6EC281E4483B847E37DBA9B9A6D7"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maximum period of grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not provide funds to any applicant under the pilot program for more than 2 years.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3059D6AB49E34B2EB9A3FE8E593D60FE"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deployment and distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall seek, to the maximum extent practicable, to ensure a broad geographic distribution of project sites funded by grants under this section.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B7B1F65712B454CB172006C7646C7A4"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer of information and knowledge</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish mechanisms to ensure that the information and knowledge gained by participants in the pilot program are transferred among the pilot program participants and to other interested parties, including other applicants that submitted applications.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD7B746A7E7545AB86C1E900F3077D06"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Schedule</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3680298A61A4498DA600AE6D58B54635"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial grants</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE267155D9D9E47ADB788927308E31621"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register, Commerce Business Daily, and such other publications as the Secretary considers to be appropriate, a notice and request for applications to carry out projects under the pilot program.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7BCFD62719445BAA3F6E067F0ED019F"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application described in subparagraph (A) shall be submitted to the Secretary by not later than 180 days after the date of publication of the notice under that subparagraph.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99D930E1BCB34B48AFBEA5100974003F"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date by which applications for grants are due under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall select by competitive, peer-reviewed proposal up to 5 applications for projects to be awarded a grant under the pilot program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H549DF52401764C69BC10EC00E1914B3D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional grants</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BEB68637F7F40EAA4B6D5488644B792"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register, Commerce Business Daily, and such other publications as the Secretary considers to be appropriate, a notice and request for additional applications to carry out projects under the pilot program that incorporate the information and knowledge obtained through the implementation of the first round of projects authorized under the pilot program.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H594D40179BFB44588EC9A4007BF73C85"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application described in subparagraph (A) shall be submitted to the Secretary by not later than 180 days after the date of publication of the notice under that subparagraph.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H940D1DC994B843D59900FDD5F2EB298C"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date by which applications for grants are due under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall select by competitive, peer-reviewed proposal such additional applications for projects to be awarded a grant under the pilot program as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FD7A157D940438894D549E67E4B7D"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports to Congress</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C784C792D3A4D3AB6504B68C262F482"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date on which grants are awarded under this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5DEE10DD3334F8FAE577D8F7900EEA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of the grant recipients and a description of the projects to be funded under the pilot program;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F6B2B38F72E421AA41094069DA1DB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of other applicants that submitted applications for the pilot program but to which funding was not provided; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EDBA9088C724DEFBEFC95F348675300"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the mechanisms used by the Secretary to ensure that the information and knowledge gained by participants in the pilot program are transferred among the pilot program participants and to other interested parties, including other applicants that submitted applications.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9E408E5ECC54F089F23D1622046C780"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until the termination of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing an evaluation of the effectiveness of the pilot program, including an assessment of the petroleum displacement and benefits to the environment derived from the projects included in the pilot program.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3D248C23FCA4E31BCC8319C35AB65E6"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7F5451B8D214981A600FA40E5602598" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>122.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bioenergy research and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACC3CB526DD847C79BA31CFF7F5C1B77"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>$251,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$377,000,000</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC77684764CF94E138FEBFBFC8B4EBED"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>$274,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$398,000,000</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF153DE6BD744E5F8D912B3CD3F07846" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>123.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bioresearch centers for systems biology program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 977(a)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16317">42 U.S.C. 16317(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, including the establishment of at least 11 bioresearch centers of varying sizes, as appropriate, that focus on biofuels, of which at least 2 centers shall be located in each of the 4 Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts with no subdistricts and 1 center shall be located in each of the subdistricts of the Petroleum Administration for Defense District with subdistricts</quote>.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38C7E5A8242E4426A7C7B7FEB78D6B62" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>124.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Loan guarantees for renewable fuel facilities</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C0190A85D5F4EF59C3BCC19E27FED8"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1703 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16513">42 U.S.C. 16513</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H496924417CEF4236BE64C2817D27C0E5" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H834D717D36C0478FA08672724EF1DC88"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Renewable fuel facilities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FF263F753064CC3BAB9A67AC13DEFB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make guarantees under this title for projects that produce advanced biofuel (as defined in section 102 of the <short-title>Biofuels for Energy Security and Transportation Act of 2007</short-title>).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H621D84AB347341739E88BE6DEBF1CC8"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A project under this subsection shall employ new or significantly improved technologies for the production of renewable fuels as compared to commercial technologies in service in the United States at the time that the guarantee is issued.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21C22C385F0346C684A4B4CC5158F46C"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Issuance of first loan guarantees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirement of section 20320(b) of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/289">Public Law 109–289</external-xref>, <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/5">Public Law 110–5</external-xref>), relating to the issuance of final regulations, shall not apply to the first 6 guarantees issued under this subsection.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64D0E46C3CEC4C99BEB6FA3650E4AA75"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project design</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A project for which a guarantee is made under this subsection shall have a project design that has been validated through the operation of a continuous process pilot facility with an annual output of at least 50,000 gallons of ethanol or the energy equivalent volume of other advanced biofuels.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D21EBE529E84D39B68200AE12BB72A8"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maximum guaranteed principal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total principal amount of a loan guaranteed under this subsection may not exceed $250,000,000 for a single facility.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H422D58767C4B45B49B93F4F23BEC46BB"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amount of guarantee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall guarantee 100 percent of the principal and interest due on 1 or more loans made for a facility that is the subject of the guarantee under paragraph (3).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACF432B6DAE14F97AABCFFB22C5B2633"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall approve or disapprove an application for a guarantee under this subsection not later than 90 days after the date of receipt of the application.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3206CD5F743641CF92AD20E087B8245"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after approving or disapproving an application under paragraph (7), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the approval or disapproval (including the reasons for the action).</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFEBF20D9D1F041EB9269F12798C8AF9E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improvements to underlying loan guarantee authority</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56B7AD1C4E5A40B7008319EBD60EB12"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of commercial technology</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1701(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16511">42 U.S.C. 16511(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74E9314927FE41F9B5193F37A05B2714" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C6776046A8345358C2B872749F224C4"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>commercial technology</term> does not include a technology if the sole use of the technology is in connection with—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B7BC1E237104922A5AC9B47DD5235C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a demonstration plant; or</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC95C122ABD614A3CB0C0DF8C2EDB918D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a project for which the Secretary approved a loan guarantee.</text> </clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9947D9CEABFD4B4B856CD0DF00ECD2C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specific appropriation or contribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16512">42 U.S.C. 16512</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC89F7E05BF6A459486F4EA9CA9E50088" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE4959C5E9674DB08111513FBBAA546C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specific appropriation or contribution</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA98036D361C4BEAAA754DBB3D00C785"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No guarantee shall be made unless—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2994EB1EB704D63A7C81C4BFF82BE6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an appropriation for the cost has been made; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0BE1A9D136114ADFA93EB1C8977B6C6B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary has received from the borrower a payment in full for the cost of the obligation and deposited the payment into the Treasury.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD11F87662114F4AB1B050C5AFC83852"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The source of payments received from a borrower under paragraph (1)(B) shall not be a loan or other debt obligation that is made or guaranteed by the Federal Government.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF183A5B70070401792EDC25B6900AFF3"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Relation to other laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 504(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FCRA90">Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/661c">2 U.S.C. 661c(b)</external-xref>) shall not apply to a loan or loan guarantee made in accordance with paragraph (1)(B).</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD8D6C6483D24ECD968231C1C4E158EC"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16512">42 U.S.C. 16512</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C7736695A1E44BCB603DBAFA37C0074" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3895E489F7D14615B570A441E63B913"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amount</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB767AA2DEB84C189581549FED7900D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall guarantee up to 100 percent of the principal and interest due on 1 or more loans for a facility that are the subject of the guarantee.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB1BC9FCCEB948A493D4482166C7F407"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total amount of loans guaranteed for a facility by the Secretary shall not exceed 80 percent of the total cost of the facility, as estimated at the time at which the guarantee is issued.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11F6BDFAA05B4EC29225E7003C9F4C31"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subrogation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1702(g)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16512">42 U.S.C. 16512(g)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE851C332A4384A83A432C8CDC416E5EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (B); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C2D2B24270E4F499827A416601AF88"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCB33DBF5348464BA624B8E125E198DB"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16512">42 U.S.C. 16512(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF52780264004362A1D073C4E7CA6F" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56CD436B194F462B9C5BEC3E00029000"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fees collected under this subsection shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79C01634925E45E39698E2E8B57D0545"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be deposited by the Secretary into a special fund in the Treasury to be known as the <quote>Incentives For Innovative Technologies Fund</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H245DBCAB951146A79D5D7321AD1FC601"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">remain available to the Secretary for expenditure, without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, for administrative expenses incurred in carrying out this title.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB92683240D642A08E00323CDACABAC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>125.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants for renewable fuel production research and development in certain States</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4A6C578A7A3429897823E97E0BF7692"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide grants to eligible entities to conduct research into, and develop and implement, renewable fuel production technologies in States with low rates of ethanol production, including low rates of production of cellulosic biomass ethanol, as determined by the Secretary.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC775663B98564D4E975757096929431B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant under the section, an entity shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4FA0959597474F91AC1400825421B733"><enum>(1)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5C55A1032D794F16B9A75759D89CB765"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be an institution of higher education (as defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15801">42 U.S.C. 15801</external-xref>)) located in a State described in subsection (a);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE088FDC2CD1E4019B88DA63166827C1C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be an institution—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEABD08697F024F06994787B1BD1711CA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">referred to in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note);</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H014A16DF151F4909AAC4CBFF8D78FEDA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is eligible for a grant under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1801">25 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.</external-xref>), including Diné College; or</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6E30D351A3446D58D6FAFDF600069B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is eligible for a grant under the Navajo Community College Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/640a">25 U.S.C. 640a et seq.</external-xref>); or</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67561F1882F04A7EB58DE34760CC497" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be a consortium of such institutions of higher education, industry, State agencies, Indian tribal agencies, or local government agencies located in the State; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06F7DAFAB1CF4106BF363F1D52C95837"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have proven experience and capabilities with relevant technologies.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34F11B378CA4436B851C59B86B9F0022"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2010.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD22A3CC48FA441FF0093000300F000E8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>126.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants for infrastructure for transportation of biomass to local biorefineries</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF634C4A7C4D4422AB177009EDE9EDBF1"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a program under which the Secretary shall provide grants to Indian tribal and local governments and other eligible entities (as determined by the Secretary) (referred to in this section as <quote>eligible entities</quote>) to promote the development of infrastructure to support the separation, production, processing, and transportation of biomass to local biorefineries.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4B1DBEC04954D2A9C26002DE8326E8B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Phases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct the program in the following phases:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D3B08AF8D1B4DF7AABAA0E04300333C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the first phase of the program, the Secretary shall make grants to eligible entities to assist the eligible entities in the development of local projects to promote the development of infrastructure to support the separation, production, processing, and transportation of biomass to local biorefineries.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD528280CB903492FAF8F01B028CFCE31"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the second phase of the program, the Secretary shall make competitive grants to eligible entities to implement projects developed under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H015C4DB2DD194D509923F7F95D4715E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91FEF6436DA048F800F280C20000734B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>127.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biorefinery information center</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H161AA5E7F8EB4E358F8BB076B839F4C2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall establish a biorefinery information center to make available to interested parties information on—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E47B8CF4DFF44CA8B001B7D7908D522"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">renewable fuel resources, including information on programs and incentives for renewable fuels;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H783E79CE60A54AE589009BD04F9B57B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">renewable fuel producers;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H961DF00123AA4AF4A049F8292DA9B1FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">renewable fuel users; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E34FF2BEE44469F9E4EE61CCE292CD9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">potential renewable fuel users.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E70D5B842EC43E4B18114EF9B8E14F5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In administering the biorefinery information center, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE213A75DC683423CA6A8CE4202CC4FDF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">continually update information provided by the center;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7A5E4A123324053A6910810DC108FE8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make information available to interested parties on the process for establishing a biorefinery; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H164CEDA928904CFEA8C093A1109C3FF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make information and assistance provided by the center available through a toll-free telephone number and website.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4BDC98FB387409181ECC5F5556848DA"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2277B4D669F849B38B483750A27F2399" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>128.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alternative fuel database and materials</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall jointly establish and make available to the public—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9FACEF9070A4FA28181537CFD46DE67"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a database that describes the physical properties of different types of alternative fuel; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H421724FCD2DC4FED00E9CF7160B469E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standard reference materials for different types of alternative fuel.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H519A7AFD939947429FF800BF74D0311F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>129.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fuel tank cap labeling requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 406(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13232">42 U.S.C. 13232(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF071CD362FD04BC795F38DB2E2EF62D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The Federal Trade Commission</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6C31F5855BA406987B111BC13CC82C8" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AE477ECEB334373A91E4CCD155C5615"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Trade Commission</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9ADB53DC9664B09840057F1EB6C6EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A0D81F86A984D728861F18422CDA890" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F2BEF3F00054BB48C62F2021E6C8B49"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fuel tank cap labeling requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning with model year 2010, the fuel tank cap of each alternative fueled vehicle manufactured for sale in the United States shall be clearly labeled to inform consumers that such vehicle can operate on alternative fuel.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9800FD689EB149559C2E00D50074A241" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>130.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biodiesel</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H381C411D1BF1400386385FFFE3EEFF46"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on any research and development challenges inherent in increasing to 5 percent the proportion of diesel fuel sold in the United States that is biodiesel (as defined in section 757 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16105">42 U.S.C. 16105</external-xref>)).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5597E3DD0BE42C0AFB1B6A1667CCF"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall promulgate regulations providing for the uniform labeling of biodiesel blends that are certified to meet applicable standards published by the American Society for Testing and Materials.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA11CF81801FC43E2A6C7F2F95C1439BA"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National biodiesel fuel quality standard</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A4BD625057C4DFBAC7D8BEB88AF86CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Quality regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 180 days following the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall promulgate regulations to ensure that only biodiesel that is tested and certified to comply with the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) 6751 standard is introduced into interstate commerce.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C877ECA324046F384D8AC1DE5C5D7"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall ensure that all biodiesel entering interstate commerce meets the requirements of paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H300AE2A5E32944AD82BC825B651FE7DE"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out this section:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE7BE50537A14DA2AD527DB122DF6BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD37B2E7596641E7874869C97678236F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC5AD0211F6D4423BB7CD6C5C5DDCBF5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="H1F26B3C89FCF4F27B2234FAA77FAA320" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Studies</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1B110D39CC749F5A64696003964B499" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>141.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"> Study of advanced biofuels technologies</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05D8574A91924AF78EDB00C2044159FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than October 1, 2012, the Secretary shall offer to enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences under which the Academy shall conduct a study of technologies relating to the production, transportation, and distribution of advanced biofuels.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00C3EEFF7DD944C79F9E4C77EBD2A09"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scope</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study, the Academy shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A7E84942462465F9CAF9C6DE1F5C32"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include an assessment of the maturity of advanced biofuels technologies;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CF80B7F93CC467A9609C2B23E29FBCA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider whether the rate of development of those technologies will be sufficient to meet the advanced biofuel standards required under section 111;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F49A2384E9944C6981BD205936C7902"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the effectiveness of the research and development programs and activities of the Department of Energy relating to advanced biofuel technologies; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H682943B7F29B4ACA82622C01629D33A5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make policy recommendations to accelerate the development of those technologies to commercial viability, as appropriate.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8C28E8CB0F34E25A4973B65E56C4B38"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than November 30, 2014, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report describing the results of the study conducted under this section.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B473B2620414B18A2699EF8C547A99B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>142.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study of increased consumption of ethanol-blended gasoline with higher levels of ethanol</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F6D1EDDD9EA4155B04C73BA1014BCBC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of Transportation, and after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, shall conduct a study of the feasibility of increasing consumption in the United States of ethanol-blended gasoline with levels of ethanol that are not less than 10 percent and not more than 40 percent.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE76DDEA2356E41868FFDD2176E19274C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study under subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H286F1EBE4B1E4C3EBD57DAE400F94CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of production and infrastructure constraints on increasing consumption of ethanol;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53C0E58908FA46D8BA68B6683E006771"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of the economic, market, and energy-related impacts of State and regional differences in ethanol blends;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A532A139C1042EEBF3107D8E5899E00"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of the economic, market, and energy-related impacts on gasoline retailers and consumers of separate and distinctly labeled fuel storage facilities and dispensers;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1A06E7F9D3845B2A7784BBA29C152F2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of the environmental impacts of mid-level ethanol blends on evaporative and exhaust emissions from on-road, off-road, and marine engines, recreational boats, vehicles, and equipment;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82247E24B9E74D7A94F0B155CA57F403"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of the impacts of mid-level ethanol blends on the operation, durability, and performance of on-road, off-road, and marine engines, recreational boats, vehicles, and equipment; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H815DB3B2EFFD442F82BF4BEE77FE66C2"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of the safety impacts of mid-level ethanol blends on consumers that own and operate off-road and marine engines, recreational boats, vehicles, or equipment.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A928B64CBE443A2BB232EA1E2B0F4E3"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study conducted under this section.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3994B49E3E1E4EE48EC5A537B6228F66" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>143.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pipeline feasibility study</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5EDD45BA2223468400AC6F45E84CD0BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Transportation, shall conduct a study of the feasibility of the construction of dedicated ethanol pipelines.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70FC664C372948548943DD56676C40C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Factors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study, the Secretary shall consider—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H706F1A43F74F4A9C85934DF07E0306C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the quantity of ethanol production that would make dedicated pipelines economically viable;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E2CD3C1345D44509D4BEC48FF25D527"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">existing or potential barriers to dedicated ethanol pipelines, including technical, siting, financing, and regulatory barriers;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0929AFD942A846208EE7BB1B0000009D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">market risk (including throughput risk) and means of mitigating the risk;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4218B787E2DE4BA3BABB7B44297E3200"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regulatory, financing, and siting options that would mitigate risk in those areas and help ensure the construction of 1 or more dedicated ethanol pipelines;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5DD415A25C14DCBABCBCB90E3DD9ED"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">financial incentives that may be necessary for the construction of dedicated ethanol pipelines, including the return on equity that sponsors of the initial dedicated ethanol pipelines will require to invest in the pipelines;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7A8299FDB5A425A95E87E601C36D9A8"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">technical factors that may compromise the safe transportation of ethanol in pipelines, identifying remedial and preventative measures to ensure pipeline integrity; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1060AC6C39764FB9BBBDF1873EAA1426"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8F45AF31B85498EB345B3E1DDA51046"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study conducted under this section.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFEFF183125834471AEF2FA5D3228687B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>144.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study of optimization of flexible fueled vehicles to use E–85 fuel</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF83D94EF47A84F83AA3E07E1D524D39"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study of methods of increasing the fuel efficiency of flexible fueled vehicles by optimizing flexible fueled vehicles to operate using E–85 fuel.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0045B95486804E49A687BAB3C9D84125"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report that describes the results of the study, including any recommendations of the Secretary.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD396585699014CA78D412F51232CB5CC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>145.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study of credits for use of renewable electricity in electric vehicles</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BEF955F7725425BBCB7D9B7A236C154"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of electric vehicle</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>electric vehicle</term> means an electric motor vehicle (as defined in section 601 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13271">42 U.S.C. 13271</external-xref>)) for which the rechargeable storage battery—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A5BD6B2180241E58F7E684982B9759E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receives a charge directly from a source of electric current that is external to the vehicle; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA8484D6C41145B58C03DC8257CFCD2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides a minimum of 80 percent of the motive power of the vehicle.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6514CB198B96498FB63777E59776BB26"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study on the feasibility of issuing credits under the program established under section 111(d) to electric vehicles powered by electricity produced from renewable energy sources.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1759BC5A332E4F51B683430167834502"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that describes the results of the study, including a description of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA9529D56E5A43A5B4230705C9906941"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">existing programs and studies on the use of renewable electricity as a means of powering electric vehicles; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB497AB362C44476D92A5C3157CD840AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">alternatives for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H846310D836E94557A21C27BEC6950100"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designing a pilot program to determine the feasibility of using renewable electricity to power electric vehicles as an adjunct to a renewable fuels mandate;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFA0B2A513BE4AE598D28DBFA232899F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allowing the use, under the pilot program designed under subparagraph (A), of electricity generated from nuclear energy as an additional source of supply;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBED2E91B9D5545F7A6BB22E78B533700"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifying the source of electricity used to power electric vehicles; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7EECF659FEA44DC82C199003400D71F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">equating specific quantities of electricity to quantities of renewable fuel under section 111(d).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA27F244D1C374AAD9104FCA903C4BC73" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>146.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study of engine durability associated with the use of biodiesel</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB657BAA982F6406F8C28BC7BCBC5FD09"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate a study on the effects of the use of biodiesel on engine durability.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEF4BA6C566049BCB2FBB072CA884EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Components</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study under this section shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6DDA94495524D94964E9F2091B8D688"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of whether the use of biodiesel in conventional diesel engines lessens engine durability; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD28FD8E176F4BBB8C06E98D9E67100"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the effects referred to in subsection (a) with respect to biodiesel blends at varying concentrations, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H516B282236E24E4D83D3C9897404DAB4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">B5;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C7A3F8D906D4DF3B37F12701EF2DA3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">B10;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43E01C5C0A7D4F2BB9267400BE293368"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">B20; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE456C09887D4E549D3E5F68B2A3ADC0"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">B30.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42CD8BF2881641739D5687D585AC2552" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>147.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study of incentives for renewable fuels</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BFEF30AFEFB4D4BBD7770866F219BBC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall conduct a study of the renewable fuels industry and markets in the United States, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD15470A73C184811A1FFF02C3AC8716"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the costs to produce conventional and advanced biofuels;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98CC0442C53A4E9BBFEECEAC95E3F8F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the factors affecting the future market prices for those biofuels, including world oil prices; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57C6FCDBBAA648A3909DF22EFE36DCA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the financial incentives necessary to enhance, to the maximum extent practicable, the biofuels industry of the United States to reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign oil during calendar years 2011 through 2030.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA44FF925314423DA0D895F02EB603B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study shall include an analysis of the options for financial incentives and the advantage and disadvantages of each option.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD80FB0FB80C74D5C9B4F1635515CC943"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a report that describes the results of the study.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BF81DC6DE444096BE59398165F4BB25" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>148.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study of streamlined lifecycle analysis tools for the evaluation of renewable carbon content of biofuels</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H295F82346A9E4D97861F398C26FACBC2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall conduct a study of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA466FA1BCF844DDA951605428D74842"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">published methods for evaluating the lifecycle fossil and renewable carbon content of fuels, including conventional and advanced biofuels; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFC0278168974D91913544745B803330"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">methods for performing simplified, streamlined lifecycle analyses of the fossil and renewable carbon content of biofuels.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34ADB6EF89A64EEEB7BEDC678B382D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that describes the results of the study under subsection (a), including recommendations for a method for performing a simplified, streamlined lifecycle analysis of the fossil and renewable carbon content of biofuels that includes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HECC791B086424236AC8DF1F5CAF213A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carbon inputs to feedstock production; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H255C824842B44CAC8B82215E26E82D00"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carbon inputs to the biofuel production process, including the carbon associated with electrical and thermal energy inputs.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F9541F3EC42489888B8B9C903BDA762" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>149.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study of the adequacy of railroad transportation of domestically-produced renewable fuel</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83594798B61A4474B05002913B1329FC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D7ED9DDCF6547FC8BFFEF9042399C6D"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall conduct a study of the adequacy of railroad transportation of domestically-produced renewable fuel.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E89179AB266457C848CAFBC03A37C37"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Components</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C5F1DBCECB2417C931837ED84B8C753"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the adequacy of, and appropriate location for, tracks that have sufficient capacity, and are in the appropriate condition, to move the necessary quantities of domestically-produced renewable fuel within the timeframes required by section 111;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H349EA8B1A11F4B7D84B842141885A526"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the adequacy of the supply of railroad tank cars, locomotives, and rail crews to move the necessary quantities of domestically-produced renewable fuel in a timely fashion;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFAA297605F9487D8FBC25FF104E06F2"><enum>(C)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3FA7F67146BF46E3B072D79810E5CFDA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the projected costs of moving the domestically-produced renewable fuel using railroad transportation; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H352450AB7CB24BEDAFE52DA5A752F87D" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of the projected costs on the marketability of the domestically-produced renewable fuel;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0CCAD0471EC947DFB2B95C821DFE34C6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether there is adequate railroad competition to ensure—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4C9AD39E650460489B463C07D7072B9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a fair price for the railroad transportation of domestically-produced renewable fuel; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC500A814DEB04A969463C8F66F363639"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acceptable levels of service for railroad transportation of domestically-produced renewable fuel;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54F5BCBD502343F4ACCCEDF495FB9EFD"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any rail infrastructure capital costs that the railroads indicate should be paid by the producers or distributors of domestically-produced renewable fuel;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D586E983EAD459BAEE992144758238D"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether Federal agencies have adequate legal authority to ensure a fair and reasonable transportation price and acceptable levels of service in cases in which the domestically-produced renewable fuel source does not have access to competitive rail service;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52D44B7848DC47D5BAC6943EFF9F13E"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether Federal agencies have adequate legal authority to address railroad service problems that may be resulting in inadequate supplies of domestically-produced renewable fuel in any area of the United States; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H164892D360E442B187275027BCDDC2DD"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recommendations for any additional legal authorities for Federal agencies to ensure the reliable railroad transportation of adequate supplies of domestically-produced renewable fuel at reasonable prices.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H945D99E5A102404080D6658258BCEA1C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that describes the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E89B56F871E461EA5DFDF2937324B65" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>150.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study of effects of ethanol-blended gasoline on off road vehicles</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC579EAF8398948CC9176B25078F38C64"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA94397BC14FB4CE6B97600AB5CE848CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall conduct a study to determine the effects of ethanol-blended gasoline on off-road vehicles and recreational boats.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H163EA5AF31E4448FAF5DE6E3FA884D3"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study shall include an evaluation of the operational, safety, durability, and environmental impacts of ethanol-blended gasoline on off-road and marine engines, recreational boats, and related equipment.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6869EEC80A2F458AA5A74851B94B00B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>II</enum><header>Energy efficiency promotion</header>
<section id="H4454A5A1776D4EB1A6B51479575CF038" 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>Energy Efficiency Promotion Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text> </section>
<subtitle commented="no" id="H0450939C6E3D42C7B6B9F7AEC535A2D1" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Promoting advanced lighting technologies</header>
<section id="HFDE73AD705294CFEB49DE184483D8EBD"><enum>211.</enum><header>Accelerated procurement of energy efficient lighting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 553 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8259b">42 U.S.C. 8259b</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HD5BCDB3F2E1B4A65B5B7F673FFDABCFD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Accelerated procurement of energy efficient lighting</header>
<paragraph id="H6333528269A3449988D29FC4A454BCD5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than October 1, 2013, in accordance with guidelines issued by the Secretary, all general purpose lighting in Federal buildings shall be Energy Star products or products designated under the Federal Energy Management Program.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H22F3A03D57174A369DCA98B8722F613"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidelines</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9ED464994DA140AFBD23728D1EE5E515"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall issue guidelines to carry out this subsection.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01F1979E84594B20AB5BB248ED9900FE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Replacement costs</header><text>The guidelines shall take into consideration the costs of replacing all general service lighting and the reduced cost of operation and maintenance expected to result from such replacement.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="H11409D127DB04A428D53CBB400A0AEA8"><enum>212.</enum><header>Incandescent reflector lamp efficiency standards</header>
<subsection id="HC68A2714EA0844058056F7F42BAAFFFE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 321 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6291">42 U.S.C. 6291</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HED778A5114774466842D02EF08E4F543"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (30)(C)(ii)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4AE5EB29990F4CAC9D63CEEFD6C418B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I)—</text>
<clause id="H4D6697909B1A4031AFD5AE17B2F9C894"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or similar bulb shapes (excluding ER or BR)</quote> and inserting <quote>ER, BR, BPAR, or similar bulb shapes</quote>; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HA1F114D3D6AE4AF998AF4C265530471F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2.75</quote> and inserting <quote>2.25</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEAEE18E66DE54B1786C9D7C7E963F0D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>is either—</quote> and all that follows through subclause (II) and inserting <quote>has a rated wattage that is 40 watts or higher</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8016E6633CE84E8C9B5EE5DE2003680"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HECD16C7A33FF4F0000BBC3029B1D03D"><enum>(52)</enum><header>BPAR incandescent reflector lamp</header><text>The term <term>BPAR incandescent reflector lamp</term> means a reflector lamp as shown in figure C78.21–278 on page 32 of ANSI C78.21–2003.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD23762A6077F40E7844D57E89D009525"><enum>(53)</enum><header>BR incandescent reflector lamp; BR30; BR40</header>
<subparagraph id="H924C1DA62CEE44BFB62DFB00A71BA801"><enum>(A)</enum><header>BR incandescent reflector lamp</header><text>The term <term>BR incandescent reflector lamp</term> means a reflector lamp that has—</text>
<clause id="HF46C42D81C2D4D2E931FE86DD37063BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a bulged section below the major diameter of the bulb and above the approximate baseline of the bulb, as shown in figure 1 (RB) on page 7 of ANSI C79.1–1994, incorporated by reference in <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/10/430.22">section 430.22</external-xref> of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this paragraph); and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H8C286C580D16449CA2F40026E056A060"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a finished size and shape shown in ANSI C78.21–1989, including the referenced reflective characteristics in part 7 of ANSI C78.21–1989, incorporated by reference in <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/10/430.22">section 430.22</external-xref> of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this paragraph).</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H499EE5D77D384AA7A41EE3D43EAF7D9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>BR<enum-in-header>30</enum-in-header></header><text>The term <term>BR30</term> means a BR incandescent reflector lamp with a diameter of 30/8ths of an inch.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H586C9B72C0F2472BB2C73168EE1D7E00"><enum>(C)</enum><header>BR<enum-in-header>40</enum-in-header></header><text>The term <term>BR40</term> means a BR incandescent reflector lamp with a diameter of 40/8ths of an inch.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36684F52CBE64B9B006BC70080A1A611"><enum>(54)</enum><header>ER incandescent reflector lamp; ER30; ER40</header>
<subparagraph id="HE6D7686720144A6AB8489967E175EF85"><enum>(A)</enum><header>ER incandescent reflector lamp</header><text>The term <term>ER incandescent reflector lamp</term> means a reflector lamp that has—</text>
<clause id="H2038001F997B43518568F44455C26059"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an elliptical section below the major diameter of the bulb and above the approximate baseline of the bulb, as shown in figure 1 (RE) on page 7 of ANSI C79.1–1994, incorporated by reference in <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/10/430.22">section 430.22</external-xref> of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this paragraph); and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HB5B3BCC3FB5F4A89823484D88008CC2E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a finished size and shape shown in ANSI C78.21–1989, incorporated by reference in <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/10/430.22">section 430.22</external-xref> of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this paragraph).</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3EE26AA9A853466887F39842FF3CF214"><enum>(B)</enum><header>ER<enum-in-header>30</enum-in-header></header><text>The term <term>ER30</term> means an ER incandescent reflector lamp with a diameter of 30/8ths of an inch.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3187E246B8DA4E1F99FCCE6BF4485B5F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>ER<enum-in-header>40</enum-in-header></header><text>The term <term>ER40</term> means an ER incandescent reflector lamp with a diameter of 40/8ths of an inch.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBB07F2B0F60E4E108814C259A5F900EF"><enum>(55)</enum><header>R20 incandescent reflector lamp</header><text>The term <term>R20 incandescent reflector lamp</term> means a reflector lamp that has a face diameter of approximately 2.5 inches, as shown in figure 1(R) on page 7 of ANSI C79.1–1994.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFEF6C2A4B8364A369D08EF161E2B2807"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards for fluorescent lamps and incandescent reflector lamps</header><text>Section 325(i) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6925">42 U.S.C. 6925(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H0E46B1924D7545DFB510CCF616BAA387"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Standards</header>
<subparagraph id="H881E7D10B088405FAFEA52AD4DAB44B3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition of effective date</header><text>In this paragraph (other than subparagraph (D)), the term <term>effective date</term> means, with respect to each type of lamp specified in a table contained in subparagraph (B), the last day of the period of months corresponding to that type of lamp (as specified in the table) that follows October 24, 1992.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3AA1FFDB97834F1DA921FD1C008D4905"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum standards</header><text>Each of the following general service fluorescent lamps and incandescent reflector lamps manufactured after the effective date specified in the tables contained in this paragraph shall meet or exceed the following lamp efficacy and CRI standards:</text>
<table table-type="" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 4 num" align-to-level="section" frame="topbot" colsep="1" rowsep="0" line-rules="hor-ver" rule-weights="4.4.4.0.0.17" subformat="S6211"><ttitle>FLUORESCENT LAMPS</ttitle>
<tgroup cols="5" rowsep="0" ttitle-size="10" thead-tbody-ldg-size="7.7.9" grid-typeface="1.1"><colspec colname="column1" colsep="0" coldef="txt" min-data-value="10" colwidth="156pts"/><colspec colname="column2" colsep="0" align="center" coldef="fig" min-data-value="13" colwidth="103pts"/><colspec colname="column3" colsep="0" align="center" coldef="fig" min-data-value="10" colwidth="105pts"/><colspec colname="column4" colsep="0" align="center" coldef="fig" min-data-value="15" colwidth="126.75pt"/><colspec colname="column5" align="center" coldef="fig" min-data-value="15" colwidth="124.25pt"/><thead>
<row><entry namest="column1" morerows="0" rowsep="1" align="center" colname="column1">Lamp Type</entry><entry namest="column2" morerows="0" rowsep="1" align="center" colname="column2">Nominal<linebreak/> Lamp Wattage</entry><entry namest="column3" morerows="0" rowsep="1" align="center" colname="column3">Minimum<linebreak/> CRI</entry><entry namest="column4" morerows="0" rowsep="1" align="center" colname="column4">Minimum Average<linebreak/> Lamp Efficacy<linebreak/> (LPW)</entry><entry namest="column5" morerows="0" rowsep="1" align="center" colname="column5">Effective Date<linebreak/> (Period of<linebreak/> Months)</entry></row></thead>
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<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="column1">4-foot medium bi-pin</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">>35 W</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column3">69</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column4">75.0</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column5">36</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1"/><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">≤35 W</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column3">45</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column4">75.0</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column5">36</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="column1">2-foot U-shaped</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">>35 W</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column3">69</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column4">68.0</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column5">36</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1"/><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">≤35 W</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column3">45</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column4">64.0</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column5">18</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="column1">8-foot slimline</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">65 W</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column3">69</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column4">80.0</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column5">18</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1"/><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">≤65 W</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column3">45</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column4">80.0</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column5">18</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="column1">8-foot high output</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">>100 W</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column3">69</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column4">80.0</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column5">18</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1"/><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">≤100 W</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column3">45</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column4">80.0</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column5">18</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table>
<table table-type="" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 2 num" align-to-level="section" frame="topbot" colsep="1" rowsep="0" line-rules="hor-ver" rule-weights="4.4.4.0.0.0" subformat="S6211"><ttitle>INCANDESCENT REFLECTOR LAMPS</ttitle>
<tgroup cols="3" rowsep="0" ttitle-size="10" thead-tbody-ldg-size="7.7.9" grid-typeface="1.1"><colspec colname="column1" colsep="0" coldef="txt" min-data-value="150" colwidth="189pts"/><colspec colname="column2" colsep="0" align="center" coldef="fig" min-data-value="15" colwidth="140pts"/><colspec colname="column3" rowsep="0" align="center" coldef="fig" min-data-value="15" colwidth="121pts"/><thead>
<row><entry namest="column1" morerows="0" rowsep="1" align="center" colname="column1">Nominal Lamp Wattage</entry><entry namest="column2" morerows="0" rowsep="1" align="center" colname="column2">Minimum Average<linebreak/> Lamp Efficacy<linebreak/> (LPW)</entry><entry namest="column3" morerows="0" rowsep="1" align="center" colname="column3">Effective Date<linebreak/> (Period of<linebreak/> Months)</entry></row></thead>
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<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1"> 40–50</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">10.5</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column3">36</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1"> 50–66</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">11.0</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column3">36</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1"> 67–85</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">12.5</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column3">36</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1"> 86–115</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">14.0</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column3">36</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">116–155</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">14.5</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column3">36</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">156–205</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">15.0</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column3">36</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFC900880CA024F61962502E78272EDC8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exemptions</header><text>The standards specified in subparagraph (B) shall not apply to the following types of incandescent reflector lamps:</text>
<clause id="HA78BF203E1BC42BC00D34776874647CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Lamps rated at 50 watts or less that are ER30, BR30, BR40, or ER40 lamps.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H4ADB07B47680494E9DC2A5A175DFF834"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Lamps rated at 65 watts that are BR30, BR40, or ER40 lamps.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H4777422E829B4776B7A39F4C01331D76"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>R20 incandescent reflector lamps rated 45 watts or less.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC93CE0AB60404501A93B9C64BFEC3900"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Effective dates</header>
<clause id="HB502919E2E7B4DE18DEB5F8C3CB60082"><enum>(i)</enum><header>ER, BR, and BPAR lamps</header><text>The standards specified in subparagraph (B) shall apply with respect to ER incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent reflector lamps, BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, and similar bulb shapes on and after January 1, 2008.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCDBCE382B7354299B14C8843EA64A400"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Lamps between 2.25–2.75 inches in diameter</header><text>The standards specified in subparagraph (B) shall apply with respect to incandescent reflector lamps with a diameter of more than 2.25 inches, but not more than 2.75 inches, on and after January 1, 2008.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section id="H0A1E26971DB1499F9BD820B7D4889F4C"><enum>213.</enum><header>Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prizes</header>
<subsection id="H55C48784FD6842CEA62EFA057FC5E09F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, as part of the program carried out under section 1008 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16396">42 U.S.C. 16396</external-xref>), the Secretary shall establish and award Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prizes for solid state lighting in accordance with this section.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H29E3B94CDC0245E3851FA9C8CD3D4489"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prize specifications</header>
<paragraph id="HCA4A6B2D5E8E4DC6878900433874FF49"><enum>(1)</enum><header>60-watt Incandescent Replacement Lamp Prize</header><text>The Secretary shall award a 60-Watt Incandescent Replacement Lamp Prize to an entrant that produces a solid-state light package simultaneously capable of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H334845AE0FD34D7487692862A095BC41"><enum>(A)</enum><text>producing a luminous flux greater than 900 lumens;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA6993305260458480469F207BE0D2BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consuming less than or equal to 10 watts;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H60F13810FFD1400CA0C22367867B26B8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>having an efficiency greater than 90 lumens per watt;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H10FE180982EC483B98E3CE70B4EE37C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>having a color rendering index greater than 90;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H409A6CFA91224336005F4B56A97FEE82"><enum>(E)</enum><text>having a correlated color temperature of not less than 2,750, and not more than 3,000, degrees Kelvin;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC705764D2536477B9CB6B3E2B07F3CA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>having 70 percent of the lumen value under subparagraph (A) exceeding 25,000 hours under typical conditions expected in residential use;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB8E17C0AB05144AABD5109A1D8002336"><enum>(G)</enum><text>having a light distribution pattern similar to a soft 60-watt incandescent A19 bulb;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6687CE8B7F6C4E0F885BCB63006FFB8D"><enum>(H)</enum><text>having a size and shape that fits within the maximum dimensions of an A19 bulb in accordance with American National Standards Institute standard C78.20–2003, figure C78.20–211;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD1FC9BBBC2774570ABE0006E00DCCE66"><enum>(I)</enum><text>using a single contact medium screw socket; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H97B6A7200D8C45DBA8D614C46DB2E00"><enum>(J)</enum><text>mass production for a competitive sales commercial market satisfied by the submission of 10,000 such units equal to or exceeding the criteria described in subparagraphs (A) through (I).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8E5C693F98B24CA189008804BC0007C3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>PAR Type 38 Halogen Replacement Lamp Prize</header><text>The Secretary shall award a Parabolic Aluminized Reflector Type 38 Halogen Replacement Lamp Prize (referred to in this section as the <quote>PAR Type 38 Halogen Replacement Lamp Prize</quote>) to an entrant that produces a solid-state-light package simultaneously capable of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4A56BDC5CFD54BDBAFBDC3791CAC6234"><enum>(A)</enum><text>producing a luminous flux greater than or equal to 1,350 lumens;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1FD8120368474AD38DAF165C35CEB490"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consuming less than or equal to 11 watts;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF9F16DE495A4443CA2E3679C20F4A86"><enum>(C)</enum><text>having an efficiency greater than 123 lumens per watt;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6728B0DC97F046F28D5BFE9DD9F2E4B5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>having a color rendering index greater than or equal to 90;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5446D1D384A74224A9DC33C7DE4CD880"><enum>(E)</enum><text>having a correlated color coordinate temperature of not less than 2,750, and not more than 3,000, degrees Kelvin;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB12353BC31754F838FEA502609F819E0"><enum>(F)</enum><text>having 70 percent of the lumen value under subparagraph (A) exceeding 25,000 hours under typical conditions expected in residential use;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE3457E975FB44ACD8400189DDFD37C02"><enum>(G)</enum><text>having a light distribution pattern similar to a PAR 38 halogen lamp;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H594DC17C5C1745D49314EA8B86CEE52"><enum>(H)</enum><text>having a size and shape that fits within the maximum dimensions of a PAR 38 halogen lamp in accordance with American National Standards Institute standard C78–21–2003, figure C78.21–238;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE2E2B201B5E340FF93AE36DA7BA4B289"><enum>(I)</enum><text>using a single contact medium screw socket; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H688339F9959E4421B2BC2900D6F2243F"><enum>(J)</enum><text>mass production for a competitive sales commercial market satisfied by the submission of 10,000 such units equal to or exceeding the criteria described in subparagraphs (A) through (I).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H409CBA832C474C2F92FDBCB616133570"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Twenty-First Century Lamp Prize</header><text>The Secretary shall award a Twenty-First Century Lamp Prize to an entrant that produces a solid-state-light-light capable of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H57F6229B7C354296AEDC1FF9C0D6BF1B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>producing a light output greater than 1,200 lumens;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H236D1FD1FFD4493691F4EFDC21BAD8D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>having an efficiency greater than 150 lumens per watt;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0047AAF3FA41440EA13E65AA1400C2D1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>having a color rendering index greater than 90;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA2C7EDA56694CF486658317592BD73E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>having a color coordinate temperature between 2,800 and 3,000 degrees Kelvin; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4782405D40A9431BB1CD3E1F6402CA71"><enum>(E)</enum><text>having a lifetime exceeding 25,000 hours.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5DF7FC67D88E4D6EB4528F2692B7F8FE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Private funds</header><text>The Secretary may accept and use funding from private sources as part of the prizes awarded under this section.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H78FD05C68142422D9773FB7347919318"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical review</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a technical review committee composed of non-Federal officers to review entrant data submitted under this section to determine whether the data meets the prize specifications described in subsection (b).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HA95A6E13A76D49E9B5A3303FDFE9479F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Third party administration</header><text>The Secretary may competitively select a third party to administer awards under this section.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H2CFE2D153FA2464DBE42130031663FDD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Award amounts</header><text>Subject to the availability of funds to carry out this section, the amount of—</text>
<paragraph id="H26676753CB404F349BD2BD3D31BE4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the 60-Watt Incandescent Replacement Lamp Prize described in subsection (b)(1) shall be $10,000,000;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0E3A18814BD54A0FBBFD9FE284001ECC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the PAR Type 38 Halogen Replacement Lamp Prize described in subsection (b)(2) shall be $5,000,000; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H333B311FC6A14248A7F53840ED4BF32E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Twenty-First Century Lamp Prize described in subsection (b)(3) shall be $5,000,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H03AFBC0394F544AC98E33D04CFF443B2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Federal procurement of solid-state-lights</header>
<paragraph id="HA07AFA700E1642D784F15657D237E416"><enum>(1)</enum><header>60-watt incandescent replacement</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), as soon as practicable after the successful award of the 60-Watt Incandescent Replacement Lamp Prize under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary (in consultation with the Administrator of General Services) shall develop governmentwide Federal purchase guidelines with a goal of replacing the use of 60-watt incandescent lamps in Federal Government buildings with a solid-state-light package described in subsection (b)(1) by not later than the date that is 5 years after the date the award is made.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1528FD04F8274B6ABB6EDC47E3B7FA38"><enum>(2)</enum><header>PAR 38 halogen replacement lamp replacement</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), as soon as practicable after the successful award of the PAR Type 38 Halogen Replacement Lamp Prize under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary (in consultation with the Administrator of General Services) shall develop governmentwide Federal purchase guidelines with the goal of replacing the use of PAR 38 halogen lamps in Federal Government buildings with a solid-state-light package described in subsection (b)(2) by not later than the date that is 5 years after the date the award is made.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75E1BB96BEE84BB28630AE114F0EAE5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waivers</header>
<subparagraph id="H705764E9A26647C4B2B3853C6679B009"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary or the Administrator of General Services may waive the application of paragraph (1) or (2) if the Secretary or Administrator determines that the return on investment from the purchase of a solid-state-light package described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b), respectively, is cost prohibitive.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H21FE3B4B11064F1C99CA5E3629D2BD35"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report of waiver</header><text>If the Secretary or Administrator waives the application of paragraph (1) or (2), the Secretary or Administrator, respectively, shall submit to Congress an annual report that describes the waiver and provides a detailed justification for the waiver.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5FB75BDF321743588B3F92CE958D2C9C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Bright Light Tomorrow Award Fund</header>
<paragraph id="H14FE550FCD9D4FE3AE3DCA2500045C37"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the United States Treasury a Bright Light Tomorrow permanent fund without fiscal year limitation to award prizes under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B13E489F2B44B5100EF03E3DA97F0B0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sources of funding</header><text>The fund established under paragraph (1) shall accept—</text>
<subparagraph id="H58C2155B6FB44C5EB37414C0FEF37E8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>fiscal year appropriations; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D53C349741A497BB4398EF310864804"><enum>(B)</enum><text>private contributions authorized under subsection (c).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64001AA095EB4CBE003C7939B0B162F6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="H11468E407FA4412BB1EEC6CFDCA45063"><enum>214.</enum><header>Renewable energy construction grants</header>
<subsection id="HF515AE5F30984DE1B0DBE42ACA0098E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H3C611379DEF0448F9FD655652E1E6EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Alaska small hydroelectric power</header><text>The term <term>Alaska small hydroelectric power</term> means power that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6BB2143AEC754A208E796851A36E9E03"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is generated—</text>
<clause id="H2FABE49BCAE6453A91EA6596437EED56"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the State of Alaska;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H11FA38DFC3654E9700538C86C6DB1ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>without the use of a dam or impoundment of water; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H56AA3F393F304419B6A92DF83198FF00"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>through the use of—</text>
<subclause id="HFD2E7709B38642EBAC99D6EA4B1D195F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a lake tap (but not a perched alpine lake); or</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HEE738AB0459A4DD28FA59D92DEC59999"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a run-of-river screened at the point of diversion; and</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C8BCBBD9030477D96B9BD1C3954161C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has a nameplate capacity rating of a wattage that is not more than 15 megawatts.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBBE1D5A5595E4006BC289408EA3A16B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible applicant</header><text>The term <term>eligible applicant</term> means any—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF48C6B86BBBC43159D5184E6A1F8D569"><enum>(A)</enum><text>governmental entity;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9A8832DC5CF74678B0EC0257B90D781"><enum>(B)</enum><text>private utility;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5840940152574AEEB45CE1F69E620065"><enum>(C)</enum><text>public utility;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H21946142B39C4480B4AA89922C491100"><enum>(D)</enum><text>municipal utility;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7FC53B9D70DE4CAAA591E949F9026264"><enum>(E)</enum><text>cooperative utility;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HED83F66CD87A4BE8006F0590A75EE6D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Indian tribes; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H80836815B116467AB4E35C224C5DD5A8"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Regional Corporation (as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>)).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F86528032B94B87A99CC3637DAB1F5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Ocean energy</header>
<subparagraph id="H540E777072704AFDA6ECC66158B8A515"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The term <term>ocean energy</term> includes current, wave, and tidal energy.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF41A7C7726D484C86E6EE648B1B988D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The term <term>ocean energy</term> excludes thermal energy.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBEA97BD7886C4DE9BFB485BDCEAD6861"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Renewable energy project</header><text>The term <term>renewable energy project</term> means a project—</text>
<subparagraph id="H00834E6D329441C9B43C6BE800E10000"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the commercial generation of electricity; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB271E7C8D66141498E044BEB97D6C257"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that generates electricity from—</text>
<clause id="H4C7CDDEE14C1475200DF66AA9028826D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>solar, wind, or geothermal energy or ocean energy;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H2D0223C1CE714EEA8FAE337834962165"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>biomass (as defined in section 203(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15852">42 U.S.C. 15852(b)</external-xref>));</text> </clause>
<clause id="HBB51EBC715B44E0396FDDE88959B2103"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>landfill gas; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="HC6921F5E455F4E8A9D5F2E0033FD346F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Alaska small hydroelectric power.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H019760E2D77C4F33B7B233643394962"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Renewable energy construction grants</header>
<paragraph id="HBECF3D3D848643BA9142CDBD76DAD9A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall use amounts appropriated under this section to make grants for use in carrying out renewable energy projects.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0869142291324437AC37855902970262"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall set forth criteria for use in awarding grants under this section.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8EB5EB5B334E4761B20097E9EA90E1B8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To receive a grant from the Secretary under paragraph (1), an eligible applicant shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a written assurance that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5ABFE188225242F79300799D6F9BDC15"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors during construction, alteration, or repair that is financed, in whole or in part, by a grant under this section shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40, United States Code; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0FDD45298BD34084918D40144F4FD55F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of Labor shall, with respect to the labor standards described in this paragraph, have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (5 U.S.C. App.) and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/3145">section 3145</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52CCC1F232B04D2098682DD28125BA73"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header><text>Each eligible applicant that receives a grant under this subsection shall contribute to the total cost of the renewable energy project constructed by the eligible applicant an amount not less than 50 percent of the total cost of the project.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6AF8433D92840D9AEEAED6DF172DB52"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="H0CDD324691554DBCADC3B5C1DB0E2A1"><enum>B</enum><header>Expediting new energy efficiency standards</header>
<section id="HBE7196820F1A49529C20C78B3F58E5F8"><enum>221.</enum><header>Definition of energy conservation standard</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 321 of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6291">42 U.S.C. 6291</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:</act-name></text>
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<paragraph id="H04F0B5C2E1B14734B901DD715075B685"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Energy conservation standard</header>
<subparagraph id="HAA15EC05048C4853992C90CF53A77622"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>energy conservation standard</term> means 1 or more performance standards that prescribe a minimum level of energy efficiency or a maximum quantity of energy use and, in the case of a showerhead, faucet, water closet, urinal, clothes washer, and dishwasher, water use, for a covered product, determined in accordance with test procedures prescribed under section 323.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEFA5974773944C19A69744FA9DDD4DF2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The term <term>energy conservation standard</term> includes—</text>
<clause id="H04682641689A49EFBD6D5FC431763DD4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1 or more design requirements, as part of a consensus agreement under section 325(hh); and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HE51181A8875849748345669539009FF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any other requirements that the Secretary may prescribe under subsections (o) and (r) of section 325.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H39F76B999D8F4624AFD75BF06573ACB6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The term <term>energy conservation standard</term> does not include a performance standard for a component of a finished covered product.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" id="HAE14A89184CB4E9196EB47A7C5E0A2BE"><enum>222.</enum><header>Regional efficiency standards for heating and cooling products</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD352488514C7436FA0FAF5CA9FFD2F9D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 327 of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6297">42 U.S.C. 6297</external-xref>) is amended—</act-name></text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7248FEEC68234C3785495FE639253EB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCBEFC2445D2B46349181FED824FDE6AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</act-name></text>
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<subsection id="HF42F604255F74DCEBD5C53EAFF504DCD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regional efficiency standards for heating and cooling products</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H008A0C2CDB9D4407938BE6EFD4CCAF55"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2E63B1DA2C9945BFBB61B55206A01BA9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>The Secretary may determine, after notice and comment, that more stringent Federal energy conservation standards are appropriate for furnaces, boilers, or central air conditioning equipment than applicable Federal energy conservation standards.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H662D02D5C9774F10AECCF4DFA18640B4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>The Secretary may determine that more stringent standards are appropriate for up to 2 different regions only after finding that the regional standards—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HC1E832777EC649B9B3E120DE413D68AB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>would contribute to energy savings that are substantially greater than that of a single national energy standard; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HE17DFCBB3B934FE8A9E868C238B59915"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are economically justified.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3703ADEBB15043A1B093BB924EC3232D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Regions</header><text>On making a determination described in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall establish the regions so that the more stringent standards would achieve the maximum level of energy savings that is technologically feasible and economically justified.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA74EDA1C2B8D4E92819228661CD222ED"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Factors</header><text>In determining the appropriateness of 1 or more regional standards for furnaces, boilers, and central and commercial air conditioning equipment, the Secretary shall consider all of the factors described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 325(o).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF4C47DC3D3CE439AB91FEB15C5C2930"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State petition</header><text>After a determination made by the Secretary under paragraph (1), a State may petition the Secretary requesting a rule that a State regulation that establishes a standard for furnaces, boilers, or central air conditioners become effective at a level determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for the region that includes the State.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF23DD11BFE31446CA3ED6DE86D3B7BEB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rule</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (4) through (7), the Secretary may issue the rule during the period described in paragraph (4) and after consideration of the petition and the comments of interested persons.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H455617F61FD24CFEB9B284752F147B3E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Procedure</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAE93CB8A2C1946E9850057FF5B16C5A8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The Secretary shall provide notice of any petition filed under paragraph (2) and afford interested persons a reasonable opportunity to make written comments, including rebuttal comments, on the petition.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H155604A5A809419BAB7260CBAC59D500"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Decision</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), during the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the petition is filed, the Secretary shall issue the requested rule or deny the petition.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H77B4C6EB3E0E42B5A4FE952B41E9FBD0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>The Secretary may publish in the Federal Register a notice—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H65982086292B4EA187DBB475FC336FE4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>extending the period to a specified date, but not longer than 1 year after the date on which the petition is filed; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H509EB309DC2F468B82F92BD1365357C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describing the reasons for the delay.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H21415BE78AA84ACC8D60B8357FA4658"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Denials</header><text>If the Secretary denies a petition under this subsection, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice of, and the reasons for, the denial.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB4530AD7FAFC4A45B114365266321189"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Finding of significant burden on manufacturing, marketing, distribution, sale, or servicing of covered product on national basis</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFA810D14FEF24CDDBFA9E4C38A5F00"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may not issue a rule under this subsection if the Secretary finds (and publishes the finding) that interested persons have established, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the State regulation will significantly burden manufacturing, marketing, distribution, sale, or servicing of a covered product on a national basis.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3A7975875AAE43B1A7CF8E83CC02C891"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Factors</header><text>In determining whether to make a finding described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall evaluate all relevant factors, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H63121A21011F4640009893A74F22822D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the extent to which the State regulation will increase manufacturing or distribution costs of manufacturers, distributors, and others;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H873C818797A34FF3A4B9F08581EA08A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the extent to which the State regulation will disadvantage smaller manufacturers, distributors, or dealers or lessen competition in the sale of the covered product in the State; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H08AFA4D4105647FAB7B45746DEB903BD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the extent to which the State regulation would cause a burden to manufacturers to redesign and produce the covered product type (or class), taking into consideration the extent to which the regulation would result in a reduction—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HF188E7045E49418B896EB09E4FFBE70"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the current models, or in the projected availability of models, that could be shipped on the effective date of the regulation to the State and within the United States; or</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H872424ACC706404594201B81219E1D9D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the current or projected sales volume of the covered product type (or class) in the State and the United States.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE7CE598640A5490FB2D81BD12628C3BF"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Application</header><text>No State regulation shall become effective under this subsection with respect to any covered product manufactured before the date specified in the determination made by the Secretary under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9649DBF1F726464B9631C8ABC58BD76E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Petition to withdraw Federal rule following amendment of Federal standard</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2C4C947B72BE45679D1893D4BD106D46"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a State has issued a rule under paragraph (3) with respect to a covered product and subsequently a Federal energy conservation standard concerning the product is amended pursuant to section 325, any person subject to the State regulation may file a petition with the Secretary requesting the Secretary to withdraw the rule issued under paragraph (3) with respect to the product in the State.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD19ECD16D15842D899EA004BD42638F9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Burden of proof</header><text>The Secretary shall consider the petition in accordance with paragraph (5) and the burden shall be on the petitioner to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the rule received by the State under paragraph (3) should be withdrawn as a result of the amendment to the Federal standard.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3C43FAC5143642FDA8D6BAAB86924AF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Withdrawal</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the petitioner has shown that the rule issued by the Secretary under paragraph (3) should be withdrawn in accordance with subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall withdraw the rule.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H068494761C9841CB82CAAA4738DE3CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8B4EED2C2AB74E20B1E8692B11CA6949"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 327 of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6297">42 U.S.C. 6297</external-xref>) is amended—</act-name></text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5EC70F3DD33C405C0092484B4DBF4C70"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HAABA18BBAF7A4D258B1DAA47EC31CB00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>subsection (e)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (f)</quote>; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H127B95464C8B4EA0A2E0E3826C00A1DB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H8D105CD61D7244F89887A0ADC499BF04"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subsection (f)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (g)(1)</quote>; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H1220C823E564485FA9DB2818A944C2DC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subsection (f)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (g)(2)</quote>; and</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCA7B9BCAC8924D15A4C1E46DD9D233C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(3), by striking <quote>subsection (f)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (g)(3)</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3E4FBB44AF8C4CE988687D916EE67286"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 345(b)(2) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6316">42 U.S.C. 6316(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4BB59AA35C6D415ABD09007E9F780117"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Relationship to certain State regulations</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a standard prescribed or established under section 342(a) with respect to the equipment specified in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (H), (I), and (J) of section 340 shall not supersede a State regulation that is effective under the terms, conditions, criteria, procedures, and other requirements of section 327(e).</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H234F6CEDAD9C4127A4B265DCD7998359"><enum>223.</enum><header>Furnace fan rulemaking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 325(f)(3) of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295(f)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</act-name></text>
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<subparagraph id="H29E4D29FF3F64B45998383C7594DD84D"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Final rule</header>
<clause id="H2D813501D3C242E1BD49FDE005B30CF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall publish a final rule to carry out this subsection not later than December 31, 2014.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB38463E25A454D66BF8648E25E4595EA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The standards shall meet the criteria established under subsection (o).</text> </clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="H7741DDA6454449A8AC610000B65993BD"><enum>224.</enum><header>Expedited rulemakings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HEF8E11B458B14EC5894784E15CDA5700"><enum>(hh)</enum><header>Expedited rulemaking for consensus standards</header>
<paragraph id="H6E444CFC72404102001295C6C6001EB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct an expedited rulemaking based on an energy conservation standard or test procedure recommended by interested persons, if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H168E6CBD672249E2893FAB6C4937C279"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the interested persons (demonstrating significant and broad support from manufacturers of a covered product, States, utilities, and environmental, energy efficiency, and consumer advocates) submit a joint comment or petition recommending a consensus energy conservation standard or test procedure; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB6BCDE3F4EB34F73AAF3213D95F7F562"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that the joint comment or petition includes evidence that (assuming no other evidence were considered) provides an adequate basis for determining that the proposed consensus energy conservation standard or test procedure proposed in the joint comment or petition complies with the provisions and criteria of this Act (including subsection (o)) that apply to the type or class of covered products covered by the joint comment or petition.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D077D12D28D4A06AAD04C37B414DA00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedure</header>
<subparagraph id="H84CF60C7070B417CAC3E93A97624A800"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (p) or section 336(a), if the Secretary receives a joint comment or petition that meets the criteria described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall conduct an expedited rulemaking with respect to the standard or test procedure proposed in the joint comment or petition in accordance with this paragraph.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H19A30C0978C949B69BBF9381C894A071"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Advanced notice of proposed rulemaking</header><text>If no advanced notice of proposed rulemaking has been issued under subsection (p)(1) with respect to the rulemaking covered by the joint comment or petition, the requirements of subsection (p) with respect to the issuance of an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking shall not apply.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H304B09539C60435D8D9FC8C901EF79F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Publication of determination</header><text>Not later than 60 days after receipt of a joint comment or petition described in paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall publish a description of a determination as to whether the proposed standard or test procedure covered by the joint comment or petition meets the criteria described in paragraph (1).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H643A346BF00B42EDAE611BAEAF7CEDB4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Proposed rule</header>
<clause id="H28FFE7BC90CA4567B96F7B438798DC00"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the proposed consensus standard or test procedure covered by the joint comment or petition meets the criteria described in paragraph (1), not later than 30 days after the determination, the Secretary shall publish a proposed rule proposing the consensus standard or test procedure covered by the joint comment or petition.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H841E072220644119BE72D400F6F99543"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Public comment period</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (p), the public comment period for the proposed rule shall be the 30–day period beginning on the date of the publication of the proposed rule in the Federal Register.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H0F2D440032B342248F39B2D319D70CF"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Public hearing</header><text>Notwithstanding section 336(a), the Secretary may waive the holding of a public hearing with respect to the proposed rule.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0B1EEF32D00E4673B6D51FCAB8FB15F"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Final rule</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (p)(4), the Secretary—</text>
<clause id="HA7A9F86E035D401ABB57D6F6D6D65568"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may publish a final rule at any time after the 60-day period beginning on the date of publication of the proposed rule in the Federal Register; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H75779B0A2C7044D2ADAE77EE39E0A700"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall publish a final rule not later than 120 days after the date of publication of the proposed rule in the Federal Register.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H940920B4C05F44B40017D7DB6F12A72E"><enum>225.</enum><header>Periodic reviews</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5C38D8D4FEE34D1FBD445355A5D42637"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Test procedures</header><text>Section 323(b)(1) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6293">42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(1)</quote> and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HEB262589A70D4B6BB700D93A4001B9B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Test procedures</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6B31048D2D9F42B695FB102D49671E38"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>At least once every 7 years, the Secretary shall review test procedures for all covered products and—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HEDA5CB89E87A4F0296F9B9B314D4AD33"><enum>(i)</enum><text>amend test procedures with respect to any covered product, if the Secretary determines that amended test procedures would more accurately or fully comply with the requirements of paragraph (3); or</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H8D87EFD0331A4D199773C444B2B3A34"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>publish notice in the Federal Register of any determination not to amend a test procedure.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB627466400874C02A6F9E3C7FA038C44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Energy conservation standards</header><text>Section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (m) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HFD72A6BD3D374DCF85AB91A2EFD43D"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Further rulemaking</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3F294A630C6F489C8FF1C0216E6CB465"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>After issuance of the last final rules required for a product under this part, the Secretary shall, not later than 5 years after the date of issuance of a final rule establishing or amending a standard or determining not to amend a standard, publish a final rule to determine whether standards for the product should be amended based on the criteria described in subsection (n)(2).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC28079E21E2E4AB5B00066676B19829F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Analysis</header><text>Prior to publication of the determination, the Secretary shall publish a notice of availability describing the analysis of the Department and provide opportunity for written comment.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H582012BEB01B4E25B8365E88CBFD1018"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Final rule</header><text>Not later than 3 years after a positive determination under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall publish a final rule amending the standard for the product.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H71D67BAB02324385BB5E2B96B030916"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application of amendment</header><text>An amendment prescribed under this subsection shall apply to a product manufactured after a date that is 5 years after—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9DAAD54B0CE34762AD97A6E4A18B284"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the effective date of the previous amendment made pursuant to this part; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H272788F3A8C546F1B5EC05363357205"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the previous final rule published under this part did not amend the standard, the earliest date by which a previous amendment could have been in effect, except that in no case may an amended standard apply to products manufactured within 3 years after publication of the final rule establishing a standard.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8D67D342D3C142D5809E1400C496EBCD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>Section 342(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6313">42 U.S.C. 6313(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H6FC5A9C454684A348669F848A0824B9C"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Amended energy efficiency standards</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3223A0BA05714CD200569D026C8B37E8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Analysis of potential energy savings</header><text>If ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 is amended with respect to any small commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment, large commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment, packaged terminal central and commercial air conditioners, packaged terminal heat pumps, warm-air furnaces, packaged boilers, storage water heaters, instantaneous water heaters, or unfired hot water storage tanks, not later than 180 days after the amendment of the standard, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register for public comment an analysis of the energy savings potential of amended energy efficiency standards.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4E6166B7E9F94B71A5FAB3E021FDDE22"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amended uniform national standard for products</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H2DD25F1B1B394D27B84BD5005CD3F6B1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), not later than 18 months after the date of publication of the amendment to the ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 for a product described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall establish an amended uniform national standard for the product at the minimum level for the applicable effective date specified in the amended ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HED67D64426A74C4D84D4FCB1F47700A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>More stringent standard</header><text>Clause (i) shall not apply if the Secretary determines, by rule published in the Federal Register, and supported by clear and convincing evidence, that adoption of a uniform national standard more stringent than the amended ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 for the product would result in significant additional conservation of energy and is technologically feasible and economically justified.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0CFA3F740F3B482E00FB85B13DB29BED"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Rule</header><text>If the Secretary makes a determination described in subparagraph (B)(ii) for a product described in subparagraph (A), not later than 30 months after the date of publication of the amendment to the ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 for the product, the Secretary shall issue the rule establishing the amended standard.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H18743EA43A4F483283D3B2D865AA4632"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Amendment of standards</header>
<clause commented="no" id="HC16C1B57EF8C4F6E8CD7BF8629DB31D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>After issuance of the most recent final rule for a product under this subsection, not later than 5 years after the date of issuance of a final rule establishing or amending a standard or determining not to amend a standard, the Secretary shall publish a final rule to determine whether standards for the product should be amended based on the criteria described in subparagraph (A).</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H70AB5BEAFBF8421DA0152515BBA6BAEE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Analysis</header><text>Prior to publication of the determination, the Secretary shall publish a notice of availability describing the analysis of the Department and provide opportunity for written comment.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HEB44E61A098B4624BA262419CE08EA5C"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Final rule</header><text>Not later than 3 years after a positive determination under clause (i), the Secretary shall publish a final rule amending the standard for the product.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3B387A4D315D4B69A185FB49738196"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Test procedures</header><text>Section 343(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6313">42 U.S.C. 6313(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(a)</quote> and all that follows through the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H803DD6215A214022A5CE1DDD3F313AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prescription by Secretary; requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H096218071D0B4600BCC61DDCED38DF9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Test procedures</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5086B432B9EC480B9D8E442C5D07F64E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>At least once every 7 years, the Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of each class of covered equipment and—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H103B541AAF2147F100DF6800406D1E47"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the Secretary determines that amended test procedures would more accurately or fully comply with the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3), shall prescribe test procedures for the class in accordance with this section; or</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HDE4B53A4343F4906AF3986705CF0D6BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall publish notice in the Federal Register of any determination not to amend a test procedure.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="H75EA7B2D52CC465891B3FCB9FC6FCDF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (b) and (c) take effect on January 1, 2012.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H9E0585DF21EC4EC19FB281FBB45705F4"><enum>226.</enum><header>Energy efficiency labeling for consumer products</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H09CB8E6C737442BAAE37796D3F4570C2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act or not later than 18 months after test procedures have been developed for a consumer electronics product category described in subsection (b), whichever is later, the Federal Trade Commission, in consultation with the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate regulations, in accordance with the Energy Star program and in a manner that minimizes, to the maximum extent practicable, duplication with respect to the requirements of that program and other national and international energy labeling programs, to add the consumer electronics product categories described in subsection (b) to the Energy Guide labeling program of the Commission.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9928F76A67B547D800D06566BD9223B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consumer electronics product categories</header><text>The consumer electronics product categories referred to in subsection (a) are the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE7F3BD598B314C9398281005F6515C3E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Televisions.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H08128646F81B4D97B9EC605919500D7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Personal computers.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8E336D9254374037A06137DAD5DBAA0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Cable or satellite set-top boxes.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2ECD8F6DEBA84ECEBF8400E625B6705"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Stand-alone digital video recorder boxes.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H11D9371CAEB3484C9705AD8F9BC99CAC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Computer monitors.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC503B09319284FE193B979493CB0CC2E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Label placement</header><text>The regulations shall include specific requirements for each product on the placement of Energy Guide labels.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE2BBDCF2914B4CE285345DB099B9AB85"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deadline for labeling</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of promulgation of regulations under subsection (a), the Commission shall require labeling electronic products described in subsection (b) in accordance with this section (including the regulations).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA927451F67E94F67BB00334122E75BD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authority To include additional product categories</header><text>The Commission may add additional product categories to the Energy Guide labeling program if the product categories include products, as determined by the Commission—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCFAAAA69BF3D4FE5AF13B5E3EEABF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that have an annual energy use in excess of 100 kilowatt hours per year; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA8AC9A08A3A4578B34638EBA42E00BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for which there is a significant difference in energy use between the most and least efficient products.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HDACA6207610D4BDE990842BB22006F21"><enum>227.</enum><header>Residential boiler efficiency standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 325(f) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H957D7250DA02432593D200E8C0F1403E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF62A110D2FF042B28460E5BE844E4CF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HC4B9E536315D4598979F8DDF00B632ED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Boilers</header>
<subparagraph id="HC2AFD99287554A54BDD5F59EC718A96F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), boilers manufactured on or after September 1, 2012, shall meet the following requirements:</text>
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<row><entry align="center" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1">Boiler Type</entry><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Minimum Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Design Requirements</entry> </row> </thead>
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<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Gas Hot Water</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">82%</entry><entry colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">No Constant Burning Pilot,<linebreak/> Automatic Means for<linebreak/> Adjusting Water Temperature</entry> </row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Gas Steam </entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">80%</entry><entry colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">No Constant Burning Pilot</entry> </row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Oil Hot Water</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">84%</entry><entry colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Automatic Means for<linebreak/> Adjusting Temperature</entry> </row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Oil Steam</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">82%</entry><entry colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">None</entry> </row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Electric Hot Water</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">None</entry><entry colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Automatic Means for<linebreak/> Adjusting Temperature</entry> </row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Electric Steam</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">None</entry><entry colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">None</entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDCBE68135F75459EAD30D62BC075A8AE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Pilots</header><text>The manufacturer shall not equip gas hot water or steam boilers with constant-burning pilot lights.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE7F31E3A55F84FA19F79A1DE6D15A655"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Automatic means for adjusting water temperature</header>
<clause id="H63E50DE6A4214EABB7BDD59547204871"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The manufacturer shall equip each gas, oil, and electric hot water boiler (other than a boiler equipped with tankless domestic water heating coils) with an automatic means for adjusting the temperature of the water supplied by the boiler to ensure that an incremental change in inferred heat load produces a corresponding incremental change in the temperature of water supplied.</text> </clause>
<clause id="HA13732474FDC4ECB8EC68BDB251F36E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Certain boilers</header><text>For a boiler that fires at 1 input rate, the requirements of this subparagraph may be satisfied by providing an automatic means that allows the burner or heating element to fire only when the means has determined that the inferred heat load cannot be met by the residual heat of the water in the system.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H82E350F18AE242DC85C5ED44DAE20BC"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>No inferred heat load</header><text>When there is no inferred heat load with respect to a hot water boiler, the automatic means described in clauses (i) and (ii) shall limit the temperature of the water in the boiler to not more than 140 degrees Fahrenheit.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E1D62AE237F405593294084E07D9BBA"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Operation</header><text>A boiler described in clause (i) or (ii) shall be operable only when the automatic means described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) is installed.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section id="HAC855154C8E44394904189C4BA00FFFF"><enum>228.</enum><header>Technical corrections</header>
<subsection id="H42CBBD5155FC4731AC091022731930B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of fluorescent lamp</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 321(30)(B)(viii) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6291">42 U.S.C. 6291(30)(B)(viii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>82</quote> and inserting <quote>87</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HA679F16C70DB4453A12717C6864F27F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards for commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment</header><text>Section 342(a)(1) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6313">42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>but before January 1, 2010,</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HA42903AFDF8942CA81CA003920C5575D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mercury vapor lamp ballasts</header>
<paragraph id="HA6A9A8B1493F40BF86CAC1B937818C00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 321 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6291">42 U.S.C. 6291</external-xref>) (as amended by section 212(a)(2)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2F06AA59963C4F43ABF3E2E6FD6932B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (46)(A)—</text>
<clause id="H23469EFF5E664F59A56352C727A09CC8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>bulb</quote> and inserting <quote>the arc tube</quote>; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H3E684A6B1CA64C389F50BC25526F4166"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>has a bulb</quote> and inserting <quote>wall loading is</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H82BEAB0A92654554BCD9A796969DE160"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (47)(A), by striking <quote>operating at a partial</quote> and inserting <quote>typically operating at a partial vapor</quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H15D0B8BD826B49A3B87BAE7178A300A8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (48), by inserting <quote>intended for general illumination</quote> after <quote>lamps</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H72BCEDC42B9C4988BB805531DFF62485"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H2A4187985EB14ECA9CE06342F5629128"><enum>(56)</enum><text>The term <term>specialty application mercury vapor lamp ballast</term> means a mercury vapor lamp ballast that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H03882C56EEA442008D2600817B6FDE42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is designed and marketed for medical use, optical comparators, quality inspection, industrial processing, or scientific use, including fluorescent microscopy, ultraviolet curing, and the manufacture of microchips, liquid crystal displays, and printed circuit boards; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B4BA6C53A12436DAFCC952CADB48B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a specialty application mercury vapor lamp ballast, is labeled as a specialty application mercury vapor lamp ballast.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1102F4A56B844A81A7DA93448F303576"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standard setting authority</header><text>Section 325(ee) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295(ee)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>(other than specialty application mercury vapor lamp ballasts)</quote> after <quote>ballasts</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H1B7EDC7C0353411797AE11DBB3CCF706"><enum>229.</enum><header>Electric motor efficiency standards</header>
<subsection id="HF25E4505F90C449A9C31A5A63CE4B9CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 340(13) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6311">42 U.S.C. 6311(13)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H1513F98EB64C45739D0700D2EBA1FFC8" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2188A8D9F5824476AC3897B2EECC919"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The term <term>electric motor</term> means—</text>
<subclause id="HDD1F7299BBAF4216BD85C05D589B29D" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a general purpose electric motor—subtype I; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H82692E5491F84241A24C7BC18B773C9E" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a general purpose electric motor—subtype II.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="HA9A80DEE030144ABB6F7009F183C637E" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The term <term>general purpose electric motor—subtype I</term> means any motor that <deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough"></deleted-phrase> is considered a general purpose motor under <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/10/431.12">section 431.12</external-xref> of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text> </clause>
<clause id="H07ABDF681CCC47C6A5F326E40000903E" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The term <term>general purpose electric motor—subtype II</term> means a motor that, in addition to the design elements for a general purpose electric motor—subtype I, incorporates the design elements (as established in National Electrical Manufacturers Association MG–1 (2006)) for any of the following:</text>
<subclause id="H6412B2C18FE1459F8DB2EDD80000FBA1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>A U–Frame Motor.</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H507D0518A5BA424E84C188DB7063D591"><enum>(II)</enum><text>A Design C Motor.</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H02CFB953EB8D431C90B296C319AE0995"><enum>(III)</enum><text>A close-coupled pump motor.</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H65DC5439926D4D8BAA0551EBA858E634"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>A footless motor.</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HD6582277CA144EFC9D6EEADEF600CD5B"><enum>(V)</enum><text>A vertical solid shaft normal thrust (tested in a horizontal configuration).</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H00C3A70104774B179666E702C32DE5AB"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>An 8-pole motor.</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HE4122E43C267439394FDF78733CCB372"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>A poly-phase motor with voltage of not more than 600 volts (other than 230 or 460 volts).</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="HC9E16402FA184E549984B3F9C6869BBB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>Section 342(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6313">42 U.S.C. 6313(13)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HA712513592B64F5B00257130E760E4B5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Standards</header>
<subparagraph id="H067C38E4C6C34EF89D84EF9E1ED4A1E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>General purpose electric motors—subtype I</header>
<clause id="H8B606F012D4B4E90A7192F7594B8422F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, a general purpose electric motor—subtype I with a power rating of not less than 1, and not more than 200, horsepower manufactured (alone or as a component of another piece of equipment) after the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this subparagraph, shall have a nominal full load efficiency established in Table 12–12 of National Electrical Manufacturers Association (referred to in this paragraph as <quote>NEMA</quote>) MG–1 (2006).</text> </clause>
<clause id="H54E45FFCAB0048EABB1763C13305F756"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Fire pump motors</header><text>A fire pump motor shall have a nominal full load efficiency established in Table 12–11 of NEMA MG–1 (2006).</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H708A289D2282421F89CBBC67D2430054"><enum>(B)</enum><header>General purpose electric motors—subtype II</header><text>A general purpose electric motor—subtype II with a power rating of not less than 1, and not more than 200, horsepower manufactured (alone or as a component of another piece of equipment) after the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this subparagraph, shall have a nominal full load efficiency established in Table 12–11 of NEMA MG–1 (2006).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A90BA17C6DA4D34B8B1502D70FD8815"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Design B, general purpose electric motors</header><text>A NEMA Design B, general purpose electric motor with a power rating of not less than 201, and not more than 500, horsepower manufactured (alone or as a component of another piece of equipment) after the 3-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subparagraph shall have a nominal full load efficiency established in Table 12–11 of NEMA MG–1 (2006).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="H8280B658EA9F4FB68E3FE7AC7C4D4657"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section take effect on the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="HCF6534C211934F5388C0009336B4E576"><enum>230.</enum><header>Energy standards for home appliances</header>
<subsection id="H200A603CD98D4B0290A38F002B61B5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of energy conservation standard</header><text>Section 321(6)(A) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6291">42 U.S.C. 6291(6)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or, in the case of</quote> and inserting <quote>and, in the case of residential clothes washers, residential dishwashers,</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H45AC5B4CC8194CCE843DCCCF381C77BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers</header><text>Section 325(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HBB89AEEE31E042969134A59F6E35A2A3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers manufactured on or after January 1, 2014</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2010, the Secretary shall publish a final rule determining whether to amend the standards in effect for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers manufactured on or after January 1, 2014, and including any amended standards.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="HD987F6581B4E408DA15380F5F3522FEE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Residential clothes washers and dishwashers</header><text>Section 325(g)(4) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295(g)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H29D82B6EA575440EB9481CE7DF98E58B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Clothes washers</header>
<clause id="HF0B2456FAD204A3EB09F2F59D5F7CAB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Clothes washers manufactured on or after January 1, 2011</header><text>A residential clothes washer manufactured on or after January 1, 2011, shall have—</text>
<subclause id="HAC9852188F294EC0A67966A36CCFB816"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a modified energy factor of at least 1.26; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H678F123E3FC542FD9C6534DEBB7FE5B0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a water factor of not more than 9.5.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H82F57E9BC0C94BBAA9EE17533D15336F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Clothes washers manufactured on or after January 1, 2012</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2012, the Secretary shall publish a final rule determining whether to amend the standards in effect for residential clothes washers manufactured on or after January 1, 2012, and including any amended standards.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H83C667A809C74BC19E0743524D288025"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Dishwashers</header>
<clause id="H423BEA248169414DA7851DEE5E586930"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Dishwashers manufactured on or after January 1, 2010</header><text>A dishwasher manufactured on or after January 1, 2010, shall use not more than—</text>
<subclause id="H9508CF3D26B04A2EA868FDF7046D084"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of a standard-size dishwasher, 355 kWh per year or 6.5 gallons of water per cycle; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HA8BE885CF8CA4BFEB8E9449E7777D326"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of a compact-size dishwasher, 260 kWh per year or 4.5 gallons of water per cycle.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82A34989A85249DD008F792EBCA0A8BD"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Dishwashers manufactured on or after January 1, 2018</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2015, the Secretary shall publish a final rule determining whether to amend the standards for dishwashers manufactured on or after January 1, 2018, and including any amended standards.</text> </clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="H9E2C9BE9BA914CDCA05746265979EEAB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Dehumidifiers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 325(cc) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295(cc)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD7C7211712D04056BD07B4BC05731162"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>and before October 1, 2012,</quote> after <quote>2007,</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE08278D0D17E4CE688BC3BD77FCA5BF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H91A4C98EF9FC4BAA86C6E3ABAB2B0085"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Dehumidifiers manufactured on or after October 1, 2012</header><text>Dehumidifiers manufactured on or after October 1, 2012, shall have an Energy Factor that meets or exceeds the following values:</text>
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<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" rowsep="0"></entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2" rowsep="0"><bold>Minimum Energy Factor</bold></entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" rowsep="0"><bold>Product capacity (pints/day):</bold></entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2" rowsep="0"><bold>(liters/KWh):</bold></entry> </row> </thead>
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<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">Up to 35.00</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1.35</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">35.01–45.00</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1.50</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">45.01–54.00</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1.60</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">54.01–75.00</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1.70</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">Greater than 75.00</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">2.50.</entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9A079FB75904997B249DC65BDA63F46"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Energy Star program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 324A(d)(2) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6294a">42 U.S.C. 6294a(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2010</quote> and inserting <quote>2009</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="H3EDFBAB51EC34D2BB68B56E0D71914F3"><enum>231.</enum><header>Improved energy efficiency for appliances and buildings in cold climates</header>
<subsection id="H0919EDC425184F48BAAF1433C68CEEC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Research</header><text>Section 911(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16191">42 U.S.C. 16191(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H008A8A1B239A4B7B86F903A4B97D0059"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE160119108594B7BBA21C7A6ED8541DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE9C1A867325D42AA9208CA60D58055E0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HFE2AF77D8A8D45398F42ED8EA2675CAB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>technologies to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and mechanical systems for buildings in cold climates, including combined heat and power units and increased use of renewable resources, including fuel.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDE84867F52664B8D9D40C126EBC1EE83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rebates</header><text>Section 124 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15821">42 U.S.C. 15821</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6BD7CFEAB423443782EEB0B594E7EA29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by inserting <quote>, or products with improved energy efficiency in cold climates,</quote> after <quote>residential Energy Star products</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC3A8CE428C4148A4AE1CE315BEB25F57"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by inserting <quote>or product with improved energy efficiency in a cold climate</quote> after <quote>residential Energy Star product</quote> each place it appears.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FCD6C84CD204E61A9589756A8D6735B"><enum>232.</enum><header>Deployment of new technologies for high-efficiency consumer products</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FCCBFCEC7FB463D835BD71200D01F00"><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="H75A28193F645425A836E007FAB4DFDD8"><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="H1D6AC2F0323A49B9B1A7DA47FC232904"><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 product that exceeds the energy efficiency of comparable products available in the market by a percentage determined by the Secretary to be an appropriate benchmark for the consumer product category competing for an award under this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE273EB985A8421DABE7AA7DBBDA3B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Financial incentives program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective beginning October 1, 2007, 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="HFB31958A95FC4DA3887800E79404E9A9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8CAB0D6FC219437600F7AD4B460934D7"><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="HA753C6159EB449CC9B1E459127D1C66D"><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="H130557771AFB4A038460BDF28E7070CC"><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="H1A62FAF3EAA643858C03F9CC587E91A6"><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="H1409F6EEF1CF41AFA6EFEA73DBF5307"><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="H414BBDA8EA464386925DAFA995913DF"><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="H32AA18510BC74ED09DAD4B1B25B4006E"><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 id="HED22C4A452DF4D7D988049AE96B20600"><enum>233.</enum><header>Industrial efficiency program</header>
<subsection id="HB7DA54CC08C9421E87757ECFC800CB94"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H9C95FF5A0F6E410A945010A169EF2511"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term eligible entity means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD59246D4E9A9420EB464897C31F080C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an institution of higher education under contract or in partnership with a nonprofit or for-profit private entity acting on behalf of an industrial or commercial sector or subsector;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9DC2185EBA1543C882E1B7B823F8885"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a nonprofit or for-profit private entity acting on behalf on an industrial or commercial sector or subsector; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB9C2BB58588343A3BBE3510593B176C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a consortia of entities acting on behalf of an industrial or commercial sector or subsector.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D664F39892548A2812B942167CA9E19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Energy-intensive commercial applications</header><text>The term <term>energy-intensive commercial applications</term> means processes and facilities that use significant quantities of energy as part of the primary economic activities of the processes and facilities, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7DE05FA8377D43BFADA3152D0065FEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information technology data centers;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H07BC5B9F732D4E6BAF6D02F686FBA22E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>product manufacturing; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE06DDBB22B334C9DA15123D726485CFC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>food processing.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5343DBB549B54A2F8CB105B4EB41A97"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Feedstock</header><text>The term <term>feedstock</term> means the raw material supplied for use in manufacturing, chemical, and biological processes.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFFD71248C38C4733BB76B5DFF4D4DB7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Materials manufacturers</header><text>The term <term>materials manufacturers</term> means the energy-intensive primary manufacturing industries, including the aluminum, chemicals, forest and paper products, glass, metal casting, and steel industries.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6EDF268879514BE68E2B6235A45C4B91"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Partnership</header><text>The term <quote>partnership</quote> means an energy efficiency and utilization partnership established under subsection (c)(1)(A).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF384CBE5E7C64603AC685E8357E9E6A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <quote>program</quote> means the industrial efficiency program established under subsection (b).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7E72E3903A194163BE6E4463B533A1A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program under which the Secretary, in cooperation with materials manufacturers, companies engaged in energy-intensive commercial applications, and national industry trade associations representing the manufactures and companies, shall support, develop, and promote the use of new materials manufacturing and industrial and commercial processes, technologies, and techniques to optimize energy efficiency and the economic competitiveness of the United States.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H1E3E7200054B4C5391ACD28D93A81641"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Partnerships</header>
<paragraph id="HE345E9EC692E41CCAAE0874FF7D89023"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As part of the program, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8C91949060FC4C64A42EBA38A2E40080"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish energy efficiency and utilization partnerships between the Secretary and eligible entities to conduct research on, develop, and demonstrate new processes, technologies, and operating practices and techniques to significantly improve energy efficiency and utilization by materials manufacturers and in energy-intensive commercial applications, including the conduct of activities to—</text>
<clause id="H1015F208C18449F58E8EBC600D83D57"><enum>(i)</enum><text>increase the energy efficiency of industrial and commercial processes and facilities in energy-intensive commercial application sectors;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H586A48B00C61494B00FC1F8BF321DF4C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>research, develop, and demonstrate advanced technologies capable of energy intensity reductions and increased environmental performance in energy-intensive commercial application sectors; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H5101EFCDE40D40409EAA74C216675881"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>promote the use of the processes, technologies, and techniques described in clauses (i) and (ii); and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCB3C7EE26DD845C592B67FC834FC00A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>pay the Federal share of the cost of any eligible partnership activities for which a proposal has been submitted and approved in accordance with paragraph (3)(B).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD5ACB7EF78274063973245A137F809D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header><text>Partnership activities eligible for financial assistance under this subsection include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1843E6A061B747A9BBEFCBA370832C81"><enum>(A)</enum><text>feedstock and recycling research, development, and demonstration activities to identify and promote—</text>
<clause id="HE75D46216B774580BF86B3182715E598"><enum>(i)</enum><text>opportunities for meeting manufacturing feedstock requirements with more energy efficient and flexible sources of feedstock or energy supply;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H88D680E61F314B748429ECE74431F94"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>strategies to develop and deploy technologies that improve the quality and quantity of feedstocks recovered from process and waste streams; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HEBD799BE0F8C459995549F8894E2F9DC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other methods using recycling, reuse, and improved industrial materials;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA5C04A2E8A9845F09B00AA9D67E6E229"><enum>(B)</enum><text>industrial and commercial energy efficiency and sustainability assessments to—</text>
<clause id="HBB1EA1DFB8784296B93DB26ECBD83F85"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assist individual industrial and commercial sectors in developing tools, techniques, and methodologies to assess—</text>
<subclause id="H95F2319C5DE740B6ADF9853669E37E32"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the unique processes and facilities of the sectors;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H61135AA83D1D447AB1B43BC3B3CDB4EB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the energy utilization requirements of the sectors; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HB37755944AAF41BBBCA2CDC1AC95DC2F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the application of new, more energy efficient technologies; and</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H4A03D0B921144057B18B17835F099009"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>conduct energy savings assessments;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEEBA9B6CA3A246ED82614C70171463D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the incorporation of technologies and innovations that would significantly improve the energy efficiency and utilization of energy-intensive commercial applications; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H53FF6113DA78492EB99CD1925D9EDF33"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other activities that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75734FD2B8054DD8A802D4002D2DF944"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Proposals</header>
<subparagraph id="H957E52C3B07F45179D00B1BD0552E2BB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible for financial assistance under this subsection, a partnership shall submit to the Secretary a proposal that describes the proposed research, development, or demonstration activity to be conducted by the partnership.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5771016C392D40DCAD0034BB49EF2EE2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review</header><text>After reviewing the scientific, technical, and commercial merit of a proposals submitted under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall approve or disapprove the proposal.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7BE0DC7990414F9888B26ED35E4CBBEB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Competitive awards</header><text>The provision of financial assistance under this subsection shall be on a competitive basis.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB378A1E6EA444B0DA4B8F700FCE534BD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cost-sharing requirement</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall require cost sharing in accordance with section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16352">42 U.S.C. 16352</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H27836230761D40268500C3E04878F4D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H60EE6ADA35B34925803FC36753A61E9C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD7E744DB26C946EAA783BB81FB990951"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$184,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H899D940081074DA496B32F010975E80"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$190,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4A015BC258304DD0AE8682A037D3C8C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$196,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1698615489B64CD59D00438385D81364"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$202,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD0C184065F7B4E58B032C543AE97DA00"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$208,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9894B899D2A8411DAC926E01F65DE045"><enum>(F)</enum><text>such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C696368914A4296B8B384F73E57FE49"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Partnership activities</header><text>Of the amounts made available under paragraph (1), not less than 50 percent shall be used to pay the Federal share of partnership activities under subsection (c).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="HD9CE2F176F3C4DBA89DDBD6D2FB8892"><enum>C</enum><header>Promoting high efficiency vehicles, advanced batteries, and energy storage</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF1B8A74F35446A5B6183609C1E894B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>241.</enum><header>Lightweight materials research and development</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB237515B4034089AF2700B5544333AF"><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="H2BA2F6F865DD4B7DB2BDD47214BA39E5"><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="H7E60065CD0C041EC9C365D70388EF29E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost of lightweight materials (such as steel alloys, fiberglass, and carbon composites) required for the construction of lighter-weight vehicles may be reduced.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6E8AB190D3A41E4832F70EC53BFC2A3"><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="HE17BC16633B04A68A121FAE8C70340DB"><enum>242.</enum><header>Loan guarantees for fuel-efficient automobile parts manufacturers</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F410A30AE5C42E5A0214266D3FE2832"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 712(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16062">42 U.S.C. 16062(a)</external-xref>) 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="H97A8BBB1C8F647519D1819C832BE6128"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1703(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16513">42 U.S.C. 16513(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EA2594BD61F4D629EF3E06C72134400" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEDE251E536874D4F0032CA478D2FEBF5"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Production facilities for the manufacture of fuel efficient vehicles or parts of those vehicles, including electric drive transportation technology 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="H1913CF2FA2CA4876B6A3E9D588007994"><enum>243.</enum><header>Advanced technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3D22D69A64B4548AC98F6E755C6A129"><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="HCAF70928AB36449CA9E9C5371437CC20"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adjusted average fuel economy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>adjusted average fuel economy</term> means the average fuel economy of a manufacturer for all light duty vehicles produced by the manufacturer, adjusted such that the fuel economy of each vehicle that qualifies for an award shall be considered to be equal to the average fuel economy for vehicles of a similar footprint for model year 2005.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6831612E10249F693E67E2390B33854"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Advanced technology vehicle</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>advanced technology vehicle</term> means a light duty vehicle that meets—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDD54387E7C9440188C009C333A27B27"><enum>(A)</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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7521">42 U.S.C. 7521(i)</external-xref>), or a lower-numbered Bin emission standard;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H277F9C2FB75F44F0940059D77599474C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any new emission standard for fine particulate matter prescribed by the Administrator under that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5D7704F85CE42FCBD23EBAD804FD601"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 125 percent of the average base year combined fuel economy, calculated on an energy-equivalent basis, for vehicles of a substantially similar footprint.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H190BA48FDA0C428BB6E2C6F5574152D7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Combined fuel economy</header><text>The term <term>combined fuel economy</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE12BAA346BD64F34AFDAF4E24C3E6F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the combined city/highway miles per gallon values, as reported in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/32908">section 32908</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H886A793BB1594E9CBFCEBD23C28BE7D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an electric drive vehicle with the ability to recharge from an off-board source, the reported mileage, as determined in a manner consistent with the Society of Automotive Engineers recommended practice for that configuration or a similar practice recommended by the Secretary, using a petroleum equivalence factor for the off-board electricity (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/10/474">section 474</external-xref> of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA995030E5F2545038B075400A65B2E00"><enum>(4)</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>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC709D4E343634DA980EE035BBA907150"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incorporating qualifying components into the design of advanced technology vehicles; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36E62CAC95E1431A97686CC017DA04A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designing new tooling and equipment for production facilities that produce qualifying components or advanced technology vehicles.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H868B634A74004F6AB6796C6806FF0099"><enum>(5)</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>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19B84BFC0B2C41DB998D43D1C7F0D19B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specially designed for advanced technology vehicles; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD5C7B9C38BB48B4BABC88CE36FA8539"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">installed for the purpose of meeting the performance requirements of advanced technology vehicles.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC7E5C6D028824670B6F36E4BFFB5001F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advanced vehicles manufacturing facility</header><text>The Secretary shall provide facility funding awards under this section to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers to pay not more than 30 percent of the cost of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEF6C65CC847402BA081C737E36520ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reequipping, expanding, or establishing a manufacturing facility in the United States to produce—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9B08B605DC8471DB37FDAF53F3F8243"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">qualifying advanced technology vehicles; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC0E7492172049008E35D269BA43123"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">qualifying components; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD3369B2DA814AABAA4CBFEBE89432CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">engineering integration performed in the United States of qualifying vehicles and qualifying components.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA38A64DE8DDE4BD888E953A4DDE6ABEA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Period of availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An award under subsection (b) shall apply to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA803F0A161E34C879724C21C5BD7BEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilities and equipment placed in service before December 30, 2017; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7FAFD096B88430AB37EF09740C500D5"><enum>(2)</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> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48E43E0AD4A1490D98A55D16BFF43F24"><enum>(d)</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 section 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 vehicles of the manufacturer for model year 2005.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="H83D5B836F8594F869526E9837E50431C"><enum>244.</enum><header>Energy storage competitiveness</header>
<subsection id="HBBCB75B37743412AB517966007E5CAE0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text>This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>United States Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H6C5ED55130214A3898932B047E8B142D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Energy storage systems for motor transportation and electricity transmission and distribution</header>
<paragraph id="HEDB21994FB8646DCA713857EA33F7C6B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H64D0A832151C464AB261A35C9D9F0330"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Council</header><text>The term <term>Council</term> means the Energy Storage Advisory Council established under paragraph (3).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8C82506194874A76852DDC009FCE7A0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Compressed air energy storage</header><text>The term <term>compressed air energy storage</term> means, in the case of an electricity grid application, the storage of energy through the compression of air.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD8DD8BC47314423BA95545C3F8EF71CB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Department</header><text>The term <term>Department</term> means the Department of Energy.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H712E532AF26F4861A0D0D7EDCDCD3D16"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Flywheel</header><text>The term <term>flywheel</term> means, in the case of an electricity grid application, a device used to store rotational kinetic energy.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB25C87B63AFD4A369760CD5309BCBA3C"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Ultracapacitor</header><text>The term <term>ultracapacitor</term> means an energy storage device that has a power density comparable to conventional capacitors but capable of exceeding the energy density of conventional capacitors by several orders of magnitude.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB222F592BBF54AABBAC485EF7D006CD8"><enum>(2)</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 motor transportation and electricity transmission and distribution.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBBB36D5E632C461F95AA19BF002FED43"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Energy Storage Advisory Council</header>
<subparagraph id="HCB2B67D1025F47BB9161C65B325906B7"><enum>(A)</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> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H846356A398EB4DEC98CD12A0C99F59B5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Composition</header>
<clause id="HCC928905155E4EFBBE7790C4CD33383"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), the Council shall consist of not less than 15 individuals appointed by the Secretary, based on recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H4243E89B709E4ADABCA8B1FA3199936B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Energy storage industry</header><text>The Council shall consist primarily of representatives of the energy storage industry of the United States.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H22564476AFC74BE8B508285B6200C0B7"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The Secretary shall select a Chairperson for the Council from among the members appointed under clause (i)</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE01CB0FB629455FADA5896B95D403ED"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Meetings</header>
<clause id="H94735A9330574DEAA5447027004F4B22"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Council shall meet not less than once a year.</text> </clause>
<clause id="HF8C153717D4640B994731B8C9ECCBBD0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Federal Advisory Committee Act</header><text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/5/2">5 U.S.C. App. 2</external-xref>) shall apply to a meeting of the Council.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H86BFBB60AA694E35B182DBA970F87813"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Plans</header><text>No 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 motor transportation and electricity transmission and distribution.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H78C28239D08C4F38953ED907A354D8CF"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Council shall—</text>
<clause id="H36CBFEF8D921408793A8786FB2638F8E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assess the performance of the Department in meeting the goals of the plans developed under subparagraph (D); and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H1B5B5C6302C743119CE8062BCABCD964"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>make specific recommendations to the Secretary on programs or activities that should be established or terminated to meet those goals.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H37C91731EF2843B6B169C2A6069F749E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Basic research program</header>
<subparagraph id="H64EA35A2E53745FF86274520689BE567"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Basic research</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a basic research program on energy storage systems to support motor transportation and electricity transmission and distribution, including—</text>
<clause id="H53F4FB57E8674C8B99098CC3CF05693"><enum>(i)</enum><text>materials design;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H3517D6DA455249EA00614600573714F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>materials synthesis and characterization;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H2F47516CDAD84233ADFE0044CADEFB87"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>electrolytes, including bioelectrolytes;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H15BA6E522BDA4C5A8C9FE692571CECA4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>surface and interface dynamics; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H568EDA973B1C4145AC94CAF911B03623"><enum>(v)</enum><text>modeling and simulation.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5BF0F3EB7FF449428395157B03AC7C48"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nanoscience centers</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the nanoscience centers of the Department—</text>
<clause id="H8B7C71DC4A7A4313800056947C48A48"><enum>(i)</enum><text>support research in the areas described in subparagraph (A), as part of the mission of the centers; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HCEBD1934B3A2493298ADC579FFCD902"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>coordinate activities of the centers with activities of the Council.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H89B0C8A5E42B47D08EC858F8F599FAE4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Applied research program</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct an applied research program on energy storage systems to support motor transportation and electricity transmission and distribution technologies, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF11B99FED98C48C18C7352FC52F57287"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ultracapacitors;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1BC7083BA7CB4CCAB618545BDD0152C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>flywheels;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBEFDDF79CAE147F5A946B81B2F00BB72"><enum>(C)</enum><text>batteries;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC320DD57DC3F4970B81027AF29645C9C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>compressed air energy systems;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD046B74260FF4B94BFAD334BA01FEBD5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>power conditioning electronics; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H22DC1B25D86E4C309052A4C1B16C3000"><enum>(F)</enum><text>manufacturing technologies for energy storage systems.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF622B6A4F23A4F42A8B743E2B6A23E4B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Energy storage research centers</header>
<subparagraph id="HBDE1EBDAF8164929BF6FB8007B7233A6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish, through competitive bids, 4 energy storage research centers to translate basic research into applied technologies to advance the capability of the United States to maintain a globally competitive posture in energy storage systems for motor transportation and electricity transmission and distribution.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H910797555A984D4EADDB72C916DE88DD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Program management</header><text>The centers shall be jointly managed by the Under Secretary for Science and the Under Secretary of Energy of the Department.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A7332A5962A457D96F957A8004E1EEE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Participation agreements</header><text>As a condition of participating in a center, a participant shall enter into a participation agreement with the center that requires that activities conducted by the participant for the center promote the goal of enabling the United States to compete successfully in global energy storage markets.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H08BE6148F1F842A7B18D215762369F55"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Plans</header><text>A center shall conduct activities that promote the achievement of the goals of the plans of the Council under paragraph (3)(D).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBEC9949D08364537B499F472C33B753"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><text>In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary shall require cost-sharing in accordance with section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16352">42 U.S.C. 16352</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFEE3153A9B7245CCB24165227DF81CBD"><enum>(F)</enum><header>National laboratories</header><text>A national laboratory (as defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15801">42 U.S.C. 15801</external-xref>)) may participate in a center established under this paragraph, including a cooperative research and development agreement (as defined in section 12(d) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3710a">15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)</external-xref>)).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2B4C36E930264B098568F2C3F46B6C62"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Intellectual property</header><text>A participant shall be provided appropriate intellectual property rights commensurate with the nature of the participation agreement of the participant.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H31452F7A45124612A7651568316DE840"><enum>(7)</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 motor transportation and electricity transmission and distribution.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDAA5F36C36274FDA9C00BC9FA790E7E3"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE13D5D8E813C4B9EB7E89B6828D400C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the basic research program under paragraph (4) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2017;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1600137A4C1542D99D981EED07009F52"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the applied research program under paragraph (5) $80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2017; and;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27885049FBB34E42AFFEEC45D06FDC2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the energy storage research center program under paragraph (6) $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2017.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H57DC31647E894705BEEB6BDFB46CD41"><enum>245.</enum><header>Advanced transportation technology program</header>
<subsection id="H53EE6F532CE749D0A2E28187A7AAAAC9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Electric drive vehicle demonstration program</header>
<paragraph id="HB74AFE0222EC4ECC92AC1B9C3C9B560"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of electric drive vehicle</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>electric drive vehicle</term> means a precommercial vehicle that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H49EB0DD72D0E4F3482AA31250772AFC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>draws motive power from a battery with at least 4 kilowatt-hours of electricity;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H131DAAE97C4044DCBAD31E1F0401E0EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>can be recharged from an external source of electricity for motive power; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDC058CE505564AAFB1A1B05DADD8DD90"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is a light-, medium-, or heavy-duty onroad or nonroad vehicle.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62377AC706FD49CA983781CF05A33935"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a competitive program to provide grants for demonstrations of electric drive vehicles.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA018DA78DBE4627B1F794E3D3CEC51B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>A State government, local government, metropolitan transportation authority, air pollution control district, private entity, and nonprofit entity shall be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A854304CEE74070A9BE333132ED4BBA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to proposals that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8EF4611B66B740E085407E0316353C86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are likely to contribute to the commercialization and production of electric drive vehicles in the United States; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE77EB20607564FD7906EC6D7F629AFC2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reduce petroleum usage.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9DC4B2F7CF38480C942244304BFEB6EE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Scope of demonstrations</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that the program established under this subsection includes a variety of applications, manufacturers, and end-uses.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE54C765F4930475A9C650028FF76E5AC"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>The Secretary shall require a grant recipient under this subsection to submit to the Secretary, on an annual basis, data relating to vehicle, performance, life cycle costs, and emissions of vehicles demonstrated under the grant, including emissions of greenhouse gases.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB955ECE6810402592BBB3C49228F2F9"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><text>Section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16352">42 U.S.C. 16352</external-xref>) shall apply to a grant made under this subsection.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A1B5B7AAAE14AF18B4548945567001B"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Authorizations of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall be available each fiscal year only to make grants local and municipal governments.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0A35720855DD430C004CD1EB039E0583"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Near-term oil saving transportation deployment program</header>
<paragraph id="H7389CE42B8EC488D905BDD7E382805F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of qualified transportation project</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>qualified transportation project</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4514F115B8114373A4AB2505E58DD07C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a project that simultaneously reduces emissions of criteria pollutants, greenhouse gas emissions, and petroleum usage by at least 40 percent as compared to commercially available, petroleum-based technologies used in nonroad vehicles; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5AD5A3E82906477AA7433F12CFE5365F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an electrification project involving onroad commercial trucks, rail transportation, or ships, and any associated infrastructure (including any panel upgrades, battery chargers, trenching, and alternative fuel infrastructure).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H681D689EC5194FC791AE15C64D583714"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall establish a program to provide grants to eligible entities for the conduct of qualified transportation projects.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F60886096274CFA99A902FC7C8152"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In providing grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to large-scale projects and large-scale aggregators of projects.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4837E50492BD40C2BED79EF77B808CEB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><text>Section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16352">42 U.S.C. 16352</external-xref>) shall apply to a grant made under this subsection.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4762F55508AC4E6A9C978C003700D64E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to carry this subsection $90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="HEAD86463D2FF4B7F88507D96067BB2A6"><enum>D</enum><header>Setting energy efficiency goals</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6796D263ECE45AAA365D8C266CA37C8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>251.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National goals for energy savings in transportation</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D98B739BC4C42E08C2CA5D2EC06A156"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The goals of the United States are to reduce gasoline usage in the United States from the levels projected under subsection (b) by—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5711B4C5B5BA48459777A6D87D708938"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">20 percent by calendar year 2017;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD98C62360B145F9B17D48289E865BFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">35 percent by calendar year 2025; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACBFC2B55A604CD2900557F25F264D29"><enum>(3)</enum><text>45 percent by calendar year 2030.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9997D58FDE8549F09E03EE4CA14D61AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Measurement</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a), reduction in gasoline usage shall be measured from the estimates for each year in subsection (a) contained in the reference case in the report of the Energy Information Administration entitled <quote>Annual Energy Outlook 2007</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H55CE8361AA53480DBA875F3D9D23DC2D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Strategic plan</header>
<paragraph id="HF2F98AEC10EB467C9CCAC9B3E12B4C95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall develop a strategic plan to achieve the national goals for reduction in gasoline usage established under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBFCD9E42B2804A3485AE75FE1DAD00D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public input and comment</header><text>The Secretary shall develop the plan in a manner that provides appropriate opportunities for public comment.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF4F0930315944981B5146DA944408FD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Plan contents</header><text>The strategic plan shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H73066A53B6D94458BDBEF941686516D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish future regulatory, funding, and policy priorities to ensure compliance with the national goals;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D41F9D333F4474A9DE530AFB0D49DB9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include energy savings estimates for each sector; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD678021985E248B981682F724C23D5F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include data collection methodologies and compilations used to establish baseline and energy savings data.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H86E06F77CB9F45E7A6A177643783102D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Plan updates</header>
<paragraph id="H9E88C2A207534D62981E322CA8FED813"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2399C26EF32941B7979BAF1BE5E98B07"><enum>(A)</enum><text>update the strategic plan biennially; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDEB8F666BDE04DF6B96749E880006150"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include the updated strategic plan in the national energy policy plan required by section 801 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7321">42 U.S.C. 7321</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H69C505CAA23E4377B0FE0889A45FCB4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In updating the plan, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFE0ECF6AAE1048A3A8DB4374CDF92520"><enum>(A)</enum><text>report on progress made toward implementing efficiency policies to achieve the national goals established under subsection (a); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87050E0B8C024F9693F4E2BC557E1592"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, verify energy savings resulting from the policies.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H41BF3C845AC04B99BBACB29B3D7DD7B0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report to Congress and public</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make available to the public, the initial strategic plan developed under subsection (c) and each updated plan.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="HF4B1C535AC4E4A39BAA8C2E18B715310"><enum>252.</enum><header>National energy efficiency improvement goals</header>
<subsection id="HC52AB481E24942690060F051FDD64823"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The goals of the United States are—</text>
<paragraph id="H3A0B52F3CA1643889637E5E8C34732D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to achieve an improvement in the overall energy productivity of the United States (measured in gross domestic product per unit of energy input) of at least 2.5 percent per year by the year 2012; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H016C592449E54F909BAB03CAEA42D524"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to maintain that annual rate of improvement each year through 2030.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB482C1FB54874AAB8F3461D98463B6D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Strategic plan</header>
<paragraph id="H6927F7050CDC40F50013C5CCE086A280"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall develop a strategic plan to achieve the national goals for improvement in energy productivity established under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H59F0E0B39B7940B292B471C10090581D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public input and comment</header><text>The Secretary shall develop the plan in a manner that provides appropriate opportunities for public input and comment.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF60F24AC90E4457FB797CA3D75405D82"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan contents</header><text>The strategic plan shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HEFE307ECFD3E4553A4EBD8AF9B656"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish future regulatory, funding, and policy priorities to ensure compliance with the national goals;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H51F3B8BD2F904A8F8E7C923DC15F1373"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include energy savings estimates for each sector; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H830552336DCB483AA3FD84690061CF1B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include data collection methodologies and compilations used to establish baseline and energy savings data.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF98E3A5636BB43C8AF55E2825AF6578"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Plan updates</header>
<paragraph id="H188872263C0D4B10AE7DE4FFDE2EB8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBC1823E81CA748F1906E1208DAED2D16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>update the strategic plan biennially; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB370D25AAB414AC3ABACC238BA002FEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include the updated strategic plan in the national energy policy plan required by section 801 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7321">42 U.S.C. 7321</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H29C643A50D354991A9911C00C524BD23"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In updating the plan, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F3107B17E874C36A4CA7FF60575B7FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>report on progress made toward implementing efficiency policies to achieve the national goals established under subsection (a); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF6DA639CEFAE4FDDB4EAA4237DB7046F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>verify, to the maximum extent practicable, energy savings resulting from the policies.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H67381A01979B4FAFAAE327C0394168C8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report to Congress and public</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make available to the public, the initial strategic plan developed under subsection (b) and each updated plan.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2F18017E6244625807D00C41EE139EE"><enum>253.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National media campaign</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H176470FEF15546D3BA2890E86E06D201"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94AD7C7E387D4E159300DCE755EDF376"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to increase energy efficiency throughout the economy of the United States over the next decade;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD268011D0FF14318A243906D704B7DF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to promote the national security benefits associated with increased energy efficiency; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H64195862A83B47E687B81677A7E759E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to decrease oil consumption in the United States over the next decade.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H274A9DB74D93471DAB404CF91DEB7824"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="H1A048C4B13854090ABA1CFB4E11DDBDE"><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="HD6125F61AC894DEB93D0D2CD541C493"><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="HE538DF0EAA074D968601256D46F8B800"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD63E5BFC15864EBB00FE8E4360F3F652"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="HC3294C84F53441178F8D00F2C9C8BDA"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advertising costs</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3CFE8D534C247D4BF1C8036DF5FB592"><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="H2DDB878A8AE94DF1B79FDCB0D4001627"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Creative and talent costs.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF02C45DC73645209953A9DE321F69F6"><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="H11DD52AF535A4A87B0F673FB2FF21B00"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation of the effectiveness of the media campaign.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB86D65051BE4371844DC61900005042"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="HF22F0653CE07408F8B1F8955CE9336A6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="HB65F73AF0DC8492C98FF5F05F94F617E"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="H3040323C6A374F6690E2842178D26E00"><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="H67D94143CD49418087D0648D916D7C7F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determinations concerning the rate of change of energy consumption, in both absolute and per capita terms; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DD991B25BBF4C489C00EFA0107B633E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation that enables consideration whether the media campaign contributed to reduction of energy consumption;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4221E7A202B49A5A71D7FC536FE951C"><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="H47F9DF9B60A446EC94EA05D5627E3D4C"><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="H0AE170BFE25441108706905D6F378135"><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="HD35E599D9A1541C2A63400EE09353D64"><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="H032EC233F91A4FB3B5DBAB4F80C02857"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14F59D73DEFF4F1E9932645FAE6DBEBF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</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 2008 through 2012.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1119427F82714076B35771D401221162"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Decreased oil consumption</header><text>The Secretary shall use not less than 50 percent of the amount that is made available under this section for each fiscal year to develop and conduct a national media campaign to decrease oil consumption in the United States over the next decade.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H44F9E1633B324945BD553F009822A324"><enum>254.</enum><header>Modernization of electricity grid system</header>
<subsection id="H5AD589D8CA9243E1864E51A3CE6D38D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text>It is the policy of the United States that developing and deploying advanced technology to modernize and increase the efficiency of the electricity grid system of the United States is essential to maintain a reliable and secure electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure that can meet future demand growth.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HCC1BEAEEFC7143529EE482154605E8F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Programs</header><text>The Secretary, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall carry out programs to support the use, development, and demonstration of advanced transmission and distribution technologies, including real-time monitoring and analytical software—</text>
<paragraph id="HA5D8BC0A29304BA18121B820AE49B30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to maximize the capacity and efficiency of electricity networks;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDF903320A4F146D99070FABD8CB3832F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to enhance grid reliability;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H882D3BF1A12F4D8EABCD265DD2AD80F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to reduce line losses;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2A38FA80E6264A73959ECD6FE8359EE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to facilitate the transition to real-time electricity pricing;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H466612D1A4254B298CACFCABB7573B2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to allow grid incorporation of more onsite renewable energy generators;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F6564FD7B004DBC9546D0C3E61AEF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to enable electricity to displace a portion of the petroleum used to power the national transportation system of the United States; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H728D271505F5482A9036E21F85F084F4"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to enable broad deployment of distributed generation and demand side management technology.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="H60E579A095E143CAA442D2E04C82A1C2"><enum>E</enum><header>Promoting Federal leadership in energy efficiency and renewable energy</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0EF5DA8691C5420796127D2E1D257E93" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>261.</enum><header>Federal fleet conservation requirements</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0836CAA99F7243D5B14D4408FA538CB0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal fleet conservation requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D2199F8D6CC46CBB028EB49007BCAEB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part J of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6374">42 U.S.C. 6374 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC60777883504BBFA48F514DEBB40795" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>400FF.</enum><header>Federal fleet conservation requirements</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CE76FA685E94251B94C0487EEACFDF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mandatory reduction in petroleum consumption</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF351093A904D4B7187A7CF9CA99888B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall issue regulations (including provisions for waivers from the requirements of this section) for Federal fleets subject to section 400AA requiring that not later than October 1, 2015, each Federal agency achieve at least a 20 percent reduction in petroleum consumption, and that each Federal agency increase alternative fuel consumption by 10 percent annually, as calculated from the baseline established by the Secretary for fiscal year 2005.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H619DAB35566F48188D5E5EE94BDA27B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plan</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76A423FD2E404B05820098A51B26B49"><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 levels and the alternative fuel consumption increases.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA79F3D7CB6346E8896527A5F411F2BE"><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="H202481713ECC4EAE86B327DC53ACF101"><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="HB44AF0A0C7924A75996DB967A6895B19"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the acquisition of vehicles with higher fuel economy, including hybrid vehicles, neighborhood electric vehicles, electric vehicles, and plug–in hybrid vehicles if the vehicles are commercially available;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H819B0B7B828D439CBCAB9FE0AE68D4B1"><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="H2B9DCFFF55C348F2B451459FBCA2A030"><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="HC993132440A24F5800FA7D7200AC523C"><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="H42A88BDA91A7405284E3CD21D72D6E21"><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="H6251EE0A8BAF4946B129ABD68D10D967"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other measures.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49C1F92012A44B74BC9764E36CED04AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal employee incentive programs for reducing petroleum consumption</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1E114C47FDC438FB3B100848BE69D24"><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 usage through the use of practices such as—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D3FEFB98BAA43A6BEC7D903D743DC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">telecommuting;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H477C7C0407204DBC879133ADE74086EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public transit;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDC9989A5C614578A2929C387CE46BF3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carpooling; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA39C8D6C9FA4BD6BA4F6EE6002C3B45"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bicycling.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB95D88CE1B7145138262A80068016651"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Monitoring and support for incentive programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of General Services, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and the Secretary of Energy shall monitor and provide appropriate support to agency programs described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC852BE44AE084EC487B6DB6BA0A3CA83"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Recognition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may establish a program under which the Secretary recognizes private sector employers and State and local governments for outstanding programs to reduce petroleum usage through practices described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD906DF6BDC04DE3A7A7C589E9EA8E61"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Replacement tires</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C3706BBF812425F9FDB2FBAC961B79E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), the regulations issued under subsection (a)(1) shall include a requirement that, to the maximum extent practicable, each Federal agency purchase energy-efficient replacement tires for the respective fleet vehicles of the agency.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04BBF2B6BE15486FA600F5562BABAAAB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section does not apply to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F9CEAA33CF042F1AA0059C29D1B48A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">law enforcement motor vehicles;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65EE7630222E47C8A559D12110829FEA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">emergency motor vehicles; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2EE56CE82104763A102BC4F9393B473"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">motor vehicles acquired and used for military purposes that the Secretary of Defense has certified to the Secretary must be exempt for national security reasons.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F620208268E478785BA38D331C8AF94"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual reports on compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report that summarizes actions taken by Federal agencies to comply with this section.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBDA2302FBB8D4818A4BC002972B8D56F"><enum>(2)</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>
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<toc-entry bold="off" idref="HAC60777883504BBFA48F514DEBB40795" level="section">Sec. 400FF. Federal fleet conservation requirements.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83F2CB7E24D54CC88C782526FE98A5D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the amendment made by this section $10,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0090DBF0FA1F4238B7A9D4245F6BA39"><enum>262.</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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15852">42 U.S.C. 15852</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F5FC1D1DAEF4551BCA589B310B709C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B86C8BA810043D0001150A94CF62936"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67F6D513CF3847D897EB4F14E24DF84"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President, acting through the Secretary, shall require that, to the extent economically feasible and technically practicable, of the total quantity of domestic electric energy the Federal Government consumes during any fiscal year, the following percentages shall be renewable energy from facilities placed in service after January 1, 1999:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BB3D7E5C2B0422B8016F637F5D961B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 10 percent in fiscal year 2010.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBB30A3C420D43718C3617F163962D24"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 15 percent in fiscal year 2015.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26567168C43F4F5300ABB6B8B46738A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Capitol complex</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the Secretary, shall ensure that, of the total quantity of electric energy the Capitol complex consumes during any fiscal year, the percentages prescribed in paragraph (1) shall be renewable energy.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA1F5421DBD7B4C6BA2F0A0D4F65DC02"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver authority</header><text>The President may reduce or waive the requirement under paragraph (1) on a fiscal-year basis if the President determines that complying with paragraph (1) for a fiscal year would result in—</text>
<subparagraph id="H982B6BC2406E48909B1D00DFE8D5EA56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a negative impact on military training or readiness activities conducted by the Department of Defense;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6D608A8FCF1C4FB8BCCBC586CC6D3C5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a negative impact on domestic preparedness activities conducted by the Department of Homeland Security; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD1AE60C2C7EB4C4BA166782BF4157633"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a requirement that a Federal agency provide emergency response services in the event of a natural disaster or terrorist attack.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3AF1BB9BAD347738635D2B0DBFB0047"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H4E15C3BEEF104D4280155FA8C9D2815C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Contracts for renewable energy from public utility services</header><text>Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/501">section 501(b)(1)(B)</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, a contract for renewable energy from a public utility service may be made for a period of not more than 50 years.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC2B130479F7489696E3A21862ADB133"><enum>263.</enum><header>Energy savings performance contracts</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6B2FFE069C54E058B9F7200E9C040A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Retention of savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 546(c) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8256">42 U.S.C. 8256(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (5).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32CA4936C8864A3183CF1D07AEC89618"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sunset and reporting requirements</header><text>Section 801 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287">42 U.S.C. 8287</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (c).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11E655E5BB22412EBAB4BDFD88B000B1"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287c">42 U.S.C. 8287c(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A692B9A81754D7F00366BDF91C4D900"><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="HDE78B3D5DAC841559DCE741C03EB850"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>means a reduction</quote> and inserting “means—</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B5E0A2687DC45A59B9F3EB900CFFB41"><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="HDB4DF206C2CF4F2780D881A361750309"><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="HA5068B9E8AE14E2E9044D9EAB79EE3D3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76FD0933BF2748F6A71C79F56C1C8990"><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="HDADE07903FF54941BB8B7FBD89D4543"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if otherwise authorized by Federal or State law (including regulations), the sale or transfer of electrical or thermal energy generated on-site from renewable energy sources or cogeneration, 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="H54928232AEF5479E81154BD31354BA18"><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" id="HF2200B938F2D4EFD8F14FA315BE9E855"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notification</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H11C0024E54D843A5AC7BAA4D64FDD3BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority to enter into contracts</header><text>Section 801(a)(2)(D) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287">42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)(D)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF29098AA41924914BDC7F90074467607"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H833D15D0A35B4B7CB2EB9BB7DC6800F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking clause (iii); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H69802B614C6945D0AA2FB5EA49C1B972"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (iii).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H951019AF92BA4A78A28E28D592BD7D85"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Section 548(a)(2) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8258">42 U.S.C. 8258(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and any termination penalty exposure</quote> after <quote>the energy and cost savings that have resulted from such contracts</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD1A09DF55EDA458DA3CBFAE59E5C61E2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2913">Section 2913</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (e).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBAB17346A1E477C80C824FD66ACC4A5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Energy and cost savings in nonbuilding applications</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F9B555355B147098E60CCC569C5A42C"><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="HB2D69F72C6964B08B182DE987821005B"><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="H1B52F57BB6C64E0D9B3689D800B9D907"><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="H13B00B3A15724FEEB7FDDA292EB8BD4"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that transportation; or</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66EB9D0A55A64D93BD4CCFBAA3E11564"><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="HF0909C18707C42F09D77DB00009ECD3"><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="HDFF5653E15464EF9992F9FB74CE6F2DE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Secondary savings</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H404FA13D6A68412486FF2FF2B0004679"><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="H2FE3FE2EC19743EDA5B4345B33DD6F8"><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="HBE0E96E2486E40C486C3FFEE323532E9"><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="H97968EA35D8F4F5F82747F21C983B4AA"><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="H85B9972ED30643F7839647E09D27CF1E"><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="H7A34DD8587304DB8BEE57BE52E201ECB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Study</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E923F41797443F3940100C82C8E355C"><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="H2ADC6C354AD74C2A88448021F96FA8E"><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="H7C0A5C85CAD74E779B13E6DF63738748"><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="H73DBA86FB7E649508B9BBEAEF36B05B7"><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="HBD3F4FAC55004B838B44DE243E5486F5"><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="H620EBA210BD94FC58362D75C1CE527D1"><enum>264.</enum><header>Energy management requirements for Federal buildings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 543(a)(1) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the table and inserting the following:</text>
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<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" rowsep="0"></entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2" rowsep="0"><bold>Percentage</bold></entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" rowsep="0"><bold>Fiscal year:</bold></entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2" rowsep="0"><bold>reduction:</bold></entry> </row> </thead>
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<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2006</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">2</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2007</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">4</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2008</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">9</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2009</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">12</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2010</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">15</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2011</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">18</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2012</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">21</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2013</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">24</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2014</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">27</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2015</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">30.</entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D38BB1012D9413CAC96FAB31C97757"><enum>265.</enum><header>Combined heat and power and district energy installations at Federal sites</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H5CF9E18685344F2886F706828CECAAEA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Combined heat and power and district energy installations at Federal sites</header>
<paragraph id="H9BEFC26437B34E598C871F73FEA1C8E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services and the Secretary of Defense, shall identify Federal sites that could achieve significant cost-effective energy savings through the use of combined heat and power or district energy installations.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A89618251314711A7A5403118006FFB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information and technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide agencies with information and technical assistance that will enable the agencies to take advantage of the energy savings described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9B7F49B172784B1892186F1C4B50E2ED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Energy performance requirements</header><text>Any energy savings from the installations described in paragraph (1) may be applied to meet the energy performance requirements for an agency under subsection (a)(1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="HE5AEF7F8E46B46CA81FEEC11297016F3"><enum>266.</enum><header>Federal building energy efficiency performance standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305(a)(3)(A) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6834">42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD40D2A824A6548A3A105C0A5F1644039"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>this paragraph</quote> and by inserting <quote>the <short-title>Energy Efficiency Promotion Act of 2007</short-title></quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8AD74B938096410FB652D9EA9B6CC2D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7BD7C72C585D4A2291C9FBA2CA84442F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE318D6F8E6874BAEB24C43A2CDEB4E77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause (III); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11A6F1ABD8254CAFA0DA3E015D937CFC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subclause (I) the following:</text>
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<subclause id="HC16D703F1C11496CA541B5B1344774E4" indent="up2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the buildings be designed, to the extent economically feasible and technically practicable, so that the fossil fuel-generated energy consumption of the buildings is reduced, as compared with the fossil fuel-generated energy consumption by a similar Federal building in fiscal year 2003 (as measured by Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey or Residential Energy Consumption Survey data from the Energy Information Agency), by the percentage specified in the following table:</text>
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<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" rowsep="0"></entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2" rowsep="0"><bold>Percentage</bold></entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" rowsep="0"><bold>Fiscal year:</bold></entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2" rowsep="0"><bold>reduction:</bold></entry> </row> </thead>
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<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2007</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">50</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2010</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">60</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2015</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">70</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2020</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">80</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2025</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">90</entry> </row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2030</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">100;</entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> </subclause>
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<section id="HAF9AF99F26894481B52E091FCCECFD34"><enum>267.</enum><header>Application of International Energy Conservation Code to public and assisted housing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 109 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12709">42 U.S.C. 12709</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H49E445B031684A9097A909ED24004E41"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking, <quote>, where such standards are determined to be cost effective by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development</quote>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1639D5F2FE394F2593283C82FFCF7CD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEB3D6ABCF34F436D9E00767FBC9C7D10"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the Council of American Building Officials Model Energy Code, 1992</quote> and inserting <quote>2006 International Energy Conservation Code</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H172AA8E020AA400CB292DC8E20D3909D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, and, with respect to rehabilitation and new construction of public and assisted housing funded by HOPE VI revitalization grants under section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437v">42 U.S.C. 1437v</external-xref>), the 2003 International Energy Conservation Code</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H96CDF417A8E5471383854773B2E12151"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H66BD2893A68F43AE82FCFBE0928D4772"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Model Energy Code</header-in-text>.—</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">International Energy Conservation Code</header-in-text>.—</quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7DC8103184AA4C45877F00DBB3FCF59"><enum>(B)</enum><text>after <quote>all new construction</quote> in the first sentence insert <quote>and rehabilitation</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H43DD5FE0BDE94B71B39EB348B6D6CDFD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, and, with respect to rehabilitation and new construction of public and assisted housing funded by HOPE VI revitalization grants under section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437v">42 U.S.C. 1437v</external-xref>), the 2003 International Energy Conservation Code</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0569409899454789A34150678FCFDA66"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2634FE9DBA284A6AA56C97B3BE7B94C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Model Energy Code and</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7FF08911D342475FB2FA69401F5CB13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, or, with respect to rehabilitation and new construction of public and assisted housing funded by HOPE VI revitalization grants under section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437v">42 U.S.C. 1437v</external-xref>), the 2003 International Energy Conservation Code</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA750A64CB4B448898020B7CF34B5C88F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HDE1042FDB7044AA7B315783C11564F46"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Failure To amend the standards</header><text>If the Secretaries have not, within 1 year after the requirements of the 2006 IECC or the ASHRAE Standard 90.1–2004 are revised, amended the standards or made a determination under subsection (c) of this section, and if the Secretary of Energy has made a determination under section 304 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6833">42 U.S.C. 6833</external-xref>) that the revised code or standard would improve energy efficiency, all new construction and rehabilitation of housing specified in subsection (a) shall meet the requirements of the revised code or standard.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA8D6733862FD444C84D8D517185DE4EE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking <quote>CABO Model Energy Code, 1992</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the 2006 IECC</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H854EA60D690E4C2F99506475C5BEF24"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by striking <quote>1989</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2004</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="H39094EE6DE3F42AD8DB424F67D1085C0"><enum>268.</enum><header>Energy efficient commercial buildings initiative</header>
<subsection id="HCE2147129BCA4FC4005DA1AA3B00EDF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H70F202AB2A3C49CA84D4C3893600769F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consortium</header><text>The term <term>consortium</term> means a working group that is comprised of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB33AD5E2FDF74CDBB7331DC7CED2E9B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>individuals representing—</text>
<clause id="H71DAA96C89604DF188C9EC1E008D1300"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1 or more businesses engaged in—</text>
<subclause id="H18BCF2A166994BC7ABDEC7CC3F6BB7DD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>commercial building development;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H1737C710917A434998074FE1B0DF43CB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>construction; or</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H8DF8B940CE004319A1F21E3BDF16CB62"><enum>(III)</enum><text>real estate;</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H8A556A0A65FE4C78BB35A288FA44EC75"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>financial institutions;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HE924935487094701BB19506F88A31689"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>academic or research institutions;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H6B184EA10090415DB6F387E95812A114"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>State or utility energy efficiency programs;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HAD3F04280FAB4B7595CB8819D463F3BF"><enum>(v)</enum><text>nongovernmental energy efficiency organizations; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H9C449306A7E449819441C52100012920"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the Federal Government;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD77C5BD59C074563927FCC3449FF4DA7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 or more building designers; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC422ABDC51694B4282648737A128CDFA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>1 or more individuals who own or operate 1 or more buildings.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFA5CAB3386A143378E52665E4EA45304"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Energy efficient commercial building</header><text>The term <term>energy efficient commercial building</term> means a commercial building that is designed, constructed, and operated—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB59CCAC6F3C3484BB7FDE0EAB823582C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to require a greatly reduced quantity of energy;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF6F694A319CE4ABE9200E81BE81465FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to meet, on an annual basis, the balance of energy needs of the commercial building from renewable sources of energy; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB63152A15CB64AB8904982072DA91387"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to be economically viable.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6241AC1791D640BCB68E269D752534DB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Initiative</header><text>The term <term>initiative</term> means the Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Initiative.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC3EDFC5F82804D77B72EBBAF7FDBF7F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Initiative</header>
<paragraph id="H7B53ADA8808D4459BE18F0D2E5D9F0A0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the consortium to develop and carry out the initiative—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD8A9E36B8D0D4C1ABA72D5206C788C2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to reduce the quantity of energy consumed by commercial buildings located in the United States; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF9CF8DBA602D459092F42CAAE97BEECA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to achieve the development of energy efficient commercial buildings in the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E0643400CD6410AB16BBD80AFDF369"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Goal of initiative</header><text>The goal of the initiative shall be to develop technologies and practices and implement policies that lead to energy efficient commercial buildings for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAFB261AB24644712A0F568F0DB41BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any commercial building newly constructed in the United States by 2030;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA5C3A4B6FC0A4967A910023F79B4DA59"><enum>(B)</enum><text>50 percent of the commercial building stock of the United States by 2040; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H242F15D5A8D84C9AB135496D2DE98000"><enum>(C)</enum><text>all commercial buildings in the United States by 2050.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF789966D05C24E27B0D5CADCC4D2905"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Components</header><text>In carrying out the initiative, the Secretary, in collaboration with the consortium, may—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCF9B87AAF81449F492E16FF8C7DAC1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct research and development on building design, materials, equipment and controls, operation and other practices, integration, energy use measurement and benchmarking, and policies;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H17080D6B31DB49A8A113D827BDDA2E5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conduct demonstration projects to evaluate replicable approaches to achieving energy efficient commercial buildings for a variety of building types in a variety of climate zones;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H68DD53A887F3499B9B3096C11FE1841C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>conduct deployment activities to disseminate information on, and encourage widespread adoption of, technologies, practices, and policies to achieve energy efficient commercial buildings; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H74AB62204A494B5081EE63C5D4DD18C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>conduct any other activity necessary to achieve any goal of the initiative, as determined by the Secretary, in collaboration with the consortium.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD489272E9CF4437AA17C7686A5E6D00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H6B68EFB0221749C1A089CFF080AC85E7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFDD722D12E5E4478AC9246398B4F40C4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional funding</header><text>In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), the Secretary may allocate funds from other appropriations to the initiative without changing the purpose for which the funds are appropriated.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="HB753599FCC494C8D98FC5CDC3EF77D38"><enum>F</enum><header>Assisting State and local governments in energy efficiency</header>
<section id="H136D14EBC1D64510AEA6B1B001C5F00"><enum>271.</enum><header>Weatherization assistance for low-income persons</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 422 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6872">42 U.S.C. 6872</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$700,000,000 for fiscal year 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>$750,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="H60FFEBF994B7491784C8F556574394ED"><enum>272.</enum><header>State energy conservation plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 365(f) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6325">42 U.S.C. 6325(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal year 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="H6F9F19B677F142BAB58BB523EF3811C"><enum>273.</enum><header>Utility energy efficiency programs</header>
<subsection id="HA5462464EB014B31A08930284E78EC83"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Electric utilities</header><text>Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2621">16 U.S.C. 2621(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H4242E94BFEB7480187B43B8295A3ADA5"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Integrated resource planning</header><text>Each electric utility shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDB258EA16C144796ADB974CD20B90623"><enum>(A)</enum><text>integrate energy efficiency resources into utility, State, and regional plans; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H19508BE39FDC4839A1C9036471927DD8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>adopt policies establishing cost-effective <italic></italic>energy efficiency as a priority resource.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9EAAAD9D06BA4E3FA02E4746635703BB"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Rate design modifications to promote energy efficiency investments</header>
<subparagraph id="HBB7391485A0244EE94D29B3C8491A912"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The rates allowed to be charged by any electric utility shall—</text>
<clause id="H787942B20F5F4B9ABAF968F7DBAEB09"><enum>(i)</enum><text>align utility incentives with the delivery of cost-effective energy efficiency; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HE7091A9B099D457C820591AED7339F8F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>promote energy efficiency investments.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H22842F47804C4A44893C537E9C9E1E73"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Policy options</header><text>In complying with subparagraph (A), each State regulatory authority and each nonregulated utility shall consider—</text>
<clause id="H7B4A0EAB5E46465A9BD323FBF4003781"><enum>(i)</enum><text>removing the throughput incentive and other regulatory and management disincentives to energy efficiency;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H81B99AD5F53048BBBBAE4B973600A621"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing utility incentives for the successful management of energy efficiency programs;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H67FCB0ACA7AF4E7FBA7661C90016E632"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>including the impact on adoption of energy efficiency as 1 of the goals of retail rate design, recognizing that energy efficiency must be balanced with other objectives;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HE61DD3DDD1614EBA8CDA18EA95B0069F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>adopting rate designs that encourage energy efficiency for each customer class; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H65A8F031AA26470AB302936E141EF232"><enum>(v)</enum><text>allowing timely recovery of energy efficiency-related costs.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="H78D2B22F6BE34F2F81CDF8FDF497BFCD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Natural gas utilities</header><text>Section 303(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3203">16 U.S.C. 3203(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HF7EE6829BD52453A8F245ED1F7DC8CC9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Energy efficiency</header><text>Each natural gas utility shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6DB6914AC6A34C41A9AF32B05FBA43"><enum>(A)</enum><text>integrate energy efficiency resources into the plans and planning processes of the natural gas utility; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEFF07F23A94E4D6DA03360947C30F4A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>adopt policies that establish energy efficiency as a priority resource in the plans and planning processes of the natural gas utility.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H312D9B700EA946AE9E204E5F65373E3C"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Rate design modifications to promote energy efficiency investments</header>
<subparagraph id="H5E4A943F4F4649D3A3B2AC3F8DB28671"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The rates allowed to be charged by a natural gas utility shall align utility incentives with the deployment of cost-effective energy efficiency.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4A18236866FF45AA98C479DC437D81D1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Policy options</header><text>In complying with subparagraph (A), each State regulatory authority and each nonregulated utility shall consider—</text>
<clause id="HB95AB5A2ECA242748862B090C46D1B86"><enum>(i)</enum><text>separating fixed-cost revenue recovery from the volume of transportation or sales service provided to the customer;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H2205C4DE324745DD86D580F284DBFF18"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing to utilities incentives for the successful management of energy efficiency programs, such as allowing utilities to retain a portion of the cost-reducing benefits accruing from the programs;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H404882C1109D481C8B587D05816012F1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>promoting the impact on adoption of energy efficiency as 1 of the goals of retail rate design, recognizing that energy efficiency must be balanced with other objectives; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B40FF5A68FC4FA692D095CC13688207"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>adopting rate designs that encourage energy efficiency for each customer class.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section id="H85C10D74C0EF497A0000DC5DFFCB74A7"><enum>274.</enum><header>Energy efficiency and demand response program assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide technical assistance regarding the design and implementation of the energy efficiency and demand response programs established under this title, and the amendments made by this title, to State energy offices, public utility regulatory commissions, and nonregulated utilities through the appropriate national laboratories of the Department of Energy.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H2556B5816393429D82CE42A3FC1DECD6"><enum>275.</enum><header>Energy and environmental block grant</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5301">42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="HC0D8E382C6ED4333BAABCD51C5BE11C0"><enum>123.</enum><header>Energy and environmental block grant</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H73020B72EFB842389025B606753001FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1631611F0B0F4EF7A8CA10932C52A206"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9006C2472F9E489AA78D07BC8600A9B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5610F574B4B147A6A7D4024E601CED2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an eligible unit of local government within a State; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H52CAC7662CC04DAAB95123DB57C71E73"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an Indian tribe.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4CF0034FE45448E69DA9B1A1EBB3DC52"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible unit of local government</header><text>The term <term>eligible unit of local government</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD11C1D7BDFAC4979A500A7D67575528C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a city with a population—</text>
<clause id="H5A40FF4EB365407CA2603E004002ED83"><enum>(i)</enum><text>of at least 35,000; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="H466074B2E8EA45B68EAF048D6350AD14"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that causes the city to be 1 of the top 10 most populous cities of the State in which the city is located; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3BE07BDF91834EB1A3A730F425346DAE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a county with a population—</text>
<clause id="H58340A8564A147E1A6FB50B4789E06DF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>of at least 200,000; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="H60B3F1B0C9AB4AB49BB0A29356F6D3F4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that causes the county to be 1 of the top 10 most populous counties of the State in which the county is located.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE7822409CA8E4BE3B79BE6954DA8BAD6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H979554CE5DCC4EA1B9972C45653FE04E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H00CD7D5D0CAA465A85332B227461BEA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF7F6E573BF3437CBED41E7F8D0D099"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the District of Columbia;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEBD86663FE42486CA9E64C25C4B9C564"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE7A08EC3AC57485191007372F8713752"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other territory or possession of the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA34526F227744C38BF9D08DA3635B231"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to assist State and local governments in implementing strategies—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC512A4E249BC436598DF487E00BF2C8B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to reduce fossil fuel emissions created as a result of activities within the boundaries of the States or units of local government;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD41DB7E3EF594D4B824BB6D04CA4D8C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to reduce the total energy use of the States and units of local government; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8122CD49F27D41DA95486DB952A01244"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to improve energy efficiency in the transportation sector, building sector, and any other appropriate sectors.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5DC8B1B95DA144C594975281DDF06B5C"><enum>(c)</enum><header> Program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H04E7724B1C754549A5E9416F4FE9380"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide to eligible entities block grants to carry out eligible activities (as specified under paragraph (2)) relating to the implementation of environmentally beneficial energy strategies.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3E9154D80FE64E750002194C57DDBDC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, shall establish a list of activities that are eligible for assistance under the grant program.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1BBB8683DACE4E11B0F9F5FCEECBC893"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation to States and eligible units of local government</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDF215176E44F4208B9D42C9BBA402046"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amounts made available to provide grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall allocate—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HDB0F5203F66E437591D0AAE20088C48E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>70 percent to eligible units of local government; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H0B5B0B79C26F403396F5F1D9B0FBEE8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>30 percent to States.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1E48E9EC21E14D389701555759DE6385"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Distribution to eligible units of local government</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H02D41BF77F114029A7C8FC08B488135D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a formula for the distribution of amounts under subparagraph (A)(i) to eligible units of local government, taking into account any factors that the Secretary determines to be appropriate, including the residential and daytime population of the eligible units of local government.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H869415C17F25413B8EF1C81B238C9689"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>Amounts shall be distributed to eligible units of local government under clause (i) only if the eligible units of local government meet the criteria for distribution established by the Secretary for units of local government.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9862AD7ECF4C4FA293C2ADCE55CEAD7B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Distribution to States</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H1E8331ED5D0A428894C5C6178611DBCE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amounts provided to States under subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary shall distribute—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H2446361F6B4A474184F2E2C36F95FC91"><enum>(I)</enum><text>at least 1.25 percent to each State; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="HCA7B392B39E6490F8EC6E8C67E582CDF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the remainder among the States, based on a formula, to be determined by the Secretary, that takes into account the population of the States and any other criteria that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H7AD41F18B531413B9F509EF793B97E1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>Amounts shall be distributed to States under clause (i) only if the States meet the criteria for distribution established by the Secretary for States.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HE9127075B49A45818DD81C9400BF005E"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Limitation on use of State funds</header><text>At least 40 percent of the amounts distributed to States under this subparagraph shall be used by the States for the conduct of eligible activities in nonentitlement areas in the States, in accordance with any criteria established by the Secretary.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBC1030317D4C4D4583C4BF1E61011871"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date on which an eligible entity first receives a grant under this section, and every 2 years thereafter, the eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary a report that describes any eligible activities carried out using assistance provided under this subsection.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE9649AAB0C1C4FDBAF30B8BE36C785F8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB0E56DE5C9BF499D884E5DCA405116C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Environmentally beneficial energy strategies supplemental grant program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEE4BF9A65E634952BB00A024DD80E640"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide to each eligible entity that meets the applicable criteria under subparagraph (B)(ii) or (C)(ii) of subsection (c)(3) a supplemental grant to pay the Federal share of the total costs of carrying out an activity relating to the implementation of an environmentally beneficial energy strategy.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2073730DC94D4809B474349F9C3F195D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for a grant under paragraph (1), an eligible entity shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB788F706711E4585A1B69F261B71D2A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the eligible entity meets the applicable criteria under subparagraph (B)(ii) or (C)(ii) of subsection (c)(3); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H14B3AC2B2CE94218B9D6ABE4B9C9A82E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit to the Secretary for approval a plan that describes the activities to be funded by the grant.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7EAFDF8CD4FA47A69DDB47A6E4B7E36"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cost-sharing requirement</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7FC6B1F483DE42D9AC6FDDB5D3E2EBF8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of carrying out any activities under this subsection shall be 75 percent.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H585B5EE2DB124B129D57737BB4F039FC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H1F162F9EA5994BD5B6074EA5E88726F2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Form</header><text>Not more than 50 percent of the non-Federal share may be in the form of in-kind contributions.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H164DD6E8881341EBBFC8421B978FEDF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Amounts provided to an eligible entity under subsection (c) shall not be used toward the non-Federal share.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBD4AF24D79A74D2ABBCBB80004959FB2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Maintenance of effort</header><text>An eligible entity shall provide assurances to the Secretary that funds provided to the eligible entity under this subsection will be used only to supplement, not to supplant, the amount of Federal, State, and local funds otherwise expended by the eligible entity for eligible activities under this subsection.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA8D1CA04813745CE9E1C8152A1537053"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H801F5832C1AC437AA7CC233F3150E1AC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grants to other States and communities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB7D5E5E1F2D34CD4AC67917E0087A835"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the total amount of funds that are made available each fiscal year to carry out this section, the Secretary shall use 2 percent of the amount to make competitive grants under this section to States and units of local government that are not eligible entities or to consortia of such units of local government.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0513F8C37D204D3695AED7A66321AEBB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To be eligible for a grant under this subsection, a State, unit of local government, or consortia described in paragraph (1) shall apply to the Secretary for a grant to carry out an activity that would otherwise be eligible for a grant under subsection (c) or (d).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H288600E0BCBC40F0A0F5F5DFBE3C51D6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H003CB218A5A34AB781DB8126610DC59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>States with populations of less than 2,000,000; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBD711F8BFF6A4A509D329E47B4000052"><enum>(B)</enum><text>projects that would result in significant energy efficiency improvements, reductions in fossil fuel use, or capital improvements.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="H462D48321EF64C5B8D8B3BB51873174E"><enum>276.</enum><header>Energy sustainability and efficiency grants for institutions of higher education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part G of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by inserting after section 399 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/371h">42 U.S.C. 371h</external-xref>) the following:</text>
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<section id="H29DDD7999E4B4E6980A20000C97F8962"><enum>399A.</enum><header>Energy sustainability and efficiency grants for institutions of higher education</header>
<subsection id="H89DCBD06C3FB4A32A272F487433B008D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HEF69DDBBDC94469D96AD5659A71FE718"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Energy sustainability</header><text>The term <term>energy sustainability</term> includes using a renewable energy resource and a highly efficient technology for electricity generation, transportation, heating, or cooling.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA388AAFD5249469A9461F3811BBA5C05"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15801">42 U.S.C. 15801</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H62042963B22848728CD73444CDCF74A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants for energy efficiency improvement</header>
<paragraph id="HD355C82F3CD845CAAE8397626DF28C47"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall award not more than 100 grants to institutions of higher education to carry out projects to improve energy efficiency on the grounds and facilities of the institution of higher education, including not less than 1 grant to an institution of higher education in each State.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBBF9CC54C1544E2D8937668B358B9D90"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Condition</header><text>As a condition of receiving a grant under this subsection, an institution of higher education shall agree to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2FF5AEA07A094F38A0F58E98009BBDEF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>implement a public awareness campaign concerning the project in the community in which the institution of higher education is located; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE728EA38F3C4DECBD44A306C7CE1F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit to the Secretary, and make available to the public, reports on any efficiency improvements, energy cost savings, and environmental benefits achieved as part of a project carried out under paragraph (1).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCB0C0D0462FA4AD6941951E484EEEB92"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants for innovation in energy sustainability</header>
<paragraph id="H160BB21235514FDEBEF53C3331493EAC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall award not more than 250 grants to institutions of higher education to engage in innovative energy sustainability projects, including not less than 2 grants to institutions of higher education in each State.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H04C01F3D26F549C6A20000EBB2F18471"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Innovation projects</header><text>An innovation project carried out with a grant under this subsection shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E2E57D900764049BEE486EE44A2E956"><enum>(A)</enum><text>involve—</text>
<clause id="HF403C5955105484AB0A800ED00A93748"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an innovative technology that is not yet commercially available; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="HF936A289FFD049E3AC3F9900B5D4D60"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>available technology in an innovative application that maximizes energy efficiency and sustainability;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H10138A17C18F4AFB9EB7ECBE4E1CBFF4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have the greatest potential for testing or demonstrating new technologies or processes; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5A599B8EB9A3406BA43DE3ED2FAAC5F8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensure active student participation in the project, including the planning, implementation, evaluation, and other phases of the project.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFDA843AC568049EC9B8897A4007FEDA5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Condition</header><text>As a condition of receiving a grant under this subsection, an institution of higher education shall agree to submit to the Secretary, and make available to the public, reports that describe the results of the projects carried out under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE0EBCCF4C75148828E59563B733BCCCF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Awarding of grants</header>
<paragraph id="H9C0A4E967A514AE3BBDD31C730D7BB00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An institution of higher education that seeks to receive a grant under this section may submit to the Secretary an application for the grant at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary may prescribe.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H07DFDB85F32A4448975217FF2546D077"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a committee to assist in the selection of grant recipients under this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H33A4C7A4369F401FB690A0BEAC959157"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Allocation to institutions of higher education with small endowments</header><text>Of the amount of grants provided for a fiscal year under this section, the Secretary shall provide not less 50 percent of the amount to institutions of higher education that have an endowment of not more than $100,000,000, with 50 percent of the allocation set aside for institutions of higher education that have an endowment of not more than $50,000,000.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HB0C1115C0F68494382BBA6044A15BED"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Grant amounts</header><text>The maximum amount of grants for a project under this section shall not exceed—</text>
<paragraph id="H1C54F19A0C8E400D8B27FBD6729E006"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of grants for energy efficiency improvement under subsection (b), $1,000,000; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1CF0AA492B654F8E9C05B1E0C102E038"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of grants for innovation in energy sustainability under subsection (c), $500,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H227155B270494E3E9309D03E59438230"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="H3773B1DF6094492DAAA1BEB1B3F4D57"><enum>277.</enum><header>Workforce training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1101 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16411">42 U.S.C. 16411</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC88542BF88F547D39791D153DAE55E1B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A2C73B0E13E45D5BCECB972D005E9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H796D9FC39F064102BDD84422F3988689"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Workforce training</header>
<paragraph id="H878FA84E066443698716FAD8AA43301"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Labor, shall promulgate regulations to implement a program to provide workforce training to meet the high demand for workers skilled in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H666B8156D0F140C9B5A7008D5C21A662"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with representatives of the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries concerning skills that are needed in those industries.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7811CCA8AE254C738B00D6A2C8066FEB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>278.</enum><header>Assistance to States to reduce school bus idling</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FA2E8C3F37D40159351EA2FA8D655FE"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801(26)</external-xref>)) that receives Federal funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6301">20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.</external-xref>) 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="H4E2370C35C3C45358BCCF950B2C9994E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, 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="HB919896D2AC14E46B600806CAE66F2FA"><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="H1D046E9EA730433AACE055D316CF046D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ways in which school bus idling may be reduced.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>III</enum><header>Carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration</header>
<section id="H223905485A3941A0B3A38F7BBA9EB57B"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Carbon Capture and Sequestration Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H809D64D44B0343F1B68FC6CCD55EF90" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 963 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16293">42 U.S.C. 16293</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C1CEF4E934B45429FD0E425F5EC33C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">research and development</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">and storage research, development, and demonstration</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C7EA70CF3304B6D9F098978860948BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H365E76260A9D47FC879F0498D2F8C831"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>research and development</quote> and inserting <quote>and storage research, development, and demonstration</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9EE3253147344C72A1575CDB325573E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>capture technologies on combustion-based systems</quote> and inserting <quote>capture and storage technologies related to energy systems</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE41AE184D9154085A4DBFC493EEB70FE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CBB3CE8316E4A0781F49A0A9B87F59"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AFF30AB49A64E1AAA19981C95C88B56"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB36EAAB5B1C64DC3A9C79400807EA3D4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBCB3FB2001E42B094D34300F65FC19E" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H594D66CDA8D2438D8BB943CE64212355"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to expedite and carry out large-scale testing of carbon sequestration systems in a range of geological formations that will provide information on the cost and feasibility of deployment of sequestration technologies.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA78FEDE624D4273B1005269D501AD3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7AE0E08D029D4110BBCE3FDB1C88C400"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Programmatic activities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA78AECC761E64F789F6B7E6C987900BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Energy research and development underlying carbon capture and storage technologies and carbon use activities</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC3452EAC05740D0B1B880FBEF1300F"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out fundamental science and engineering research (including laboratory-scale experiments, numeric modeling, and simulations) to develop and document the performance of new approaches to capture and store, recycle, or reuse carbon dioxide.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CC89FFB2E5049609704004FD540FC00"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program integration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that fundamental research carried out under this paragraph is appropriately applied to energy technology development activities, the field testing of carbon sequestration, and carbon use activities, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFEE61CC858D84714A16E7FF1B11F9D42"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development of new or improved technologies for the capture of carbon dioxide;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCFAD807C82147908DA97EA958C458F8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development of new or improved technologies that reduce the cost and increase the efficacy of the compression of carbon dioxide required for the storage of carbon dioxide;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB17757EB7BB9467284DABDDAA46E6009"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modeling and simulation of geological sequestration field demonstrations;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF117B397AA4C4349B2163B8FF1437ECE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">quantitative assessment of risks relating to specific field sites for testing of sequestration technologies; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HC2CD4E60857C46658C65BC78823CC86B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>research and development of new and improved technologies for carbon use, including recycling and reuse of carbon dioxide.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H580E3956958442CCBEEC5DDF7799541B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Carbon capture demonstration project</header>
<subparagraph id="H0D4EC85A9C8C437C84B039493ED328C4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a demonstration of large-scale carbon dioxide capture from an appropriate gasification facility selected by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBBB15E9BC76642CF887958684CA78475"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Link to storage activities</header><text>The Secretary may require the use of carbon dioxide from the project carried out under subparagraph (A) in a field testing validation activity under this section.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCBE4B6E624441E4A339AB43979EB28"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Field validation testing activities</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6011B22EC664A8DB1FA7E93AF92FB4F"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall promote, to the maximum extent practicable, regional carbon sequestration partnerships to conduct geologic sequestration tests involving carbon dioxide injection and monitoring, mitigation, and verification operations in a variety of candidate geological settings, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5700FF3759948A184151E35E4C623B9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operating oil and gas fields;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H801DFEB3718A4E82A107FC00001D345C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">depleted oil and gas fields;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H432A4DB72051493BB0E46EEE90D54527"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">unmineable coal seams;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H13BDFCC8E899454B976643C53D285700"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deep saline formations;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73E155AF42A64C16930077F76CC3F624"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deep geological systems that may be used as engineered reservoirs to extract economical quantities of heat from geothermal resources of low permeability or porosity; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HE2995DFC0995474C969B5F04E2DAFE26"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>deep geologic systems containing basalt formations.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB17BF01D1522489A9ED3162420D78CEF"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Objectives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The objectives of tests conducted under this paragraph shall be—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H064B0B4F9EF343349C897C2F36D55E50"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop and validate geophysical tools, analysis, and modeling to monitor, predict, and verify carbon dioxide containment;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H711E9CCC491F45CE8BE4D6F31B99FAA9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to validate modeling of geological formations;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C92ABCA89E140478C07E2406D0200CD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to refine storage capacity estimated for particular geological formations;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD6E1404F95C405392457D414E000000"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to determine the fate of carbon dioxide concurrent with and following injection into geological formations;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H371D06B6505D4700B75883968B14E83D"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop and implement best practices for operations relating to, and monitoring of, injection and storage of carbon dioxide in geologic formations;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88EA1418381548E4B0B5670554456349"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assess and ensure the safety of operations related to geological storage of carbon dioxide; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBAC2AD2C918A498CA92BEEB87894A5B6"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to allow the Secretary to promulgate policies, procedures, requirements, and guidance to ensure that the objectives of this subparagraph are met in large-scale testing and deployment activities for carbon capture and storage that are funded by the Department of Energy.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H144CE5041F8646CE9F6C4318FB331075"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Large-scale testing and deployment</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2460AEF23854BADA1CBF6C804E53060"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct not less than 7 initial large-volume sequestration tests for geological containment of carbon dioxide (at least 1 of which shall be international in scope) to validate information on the cost and feasibility of commercial deployment of technologies for geological containment of carbon dioxide.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA827CA3A2764187A096E8BC6030CDF3"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Diversity of formations to be studied</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting formations for study under this paragraph, the Secretary shall consider a variety of geological formations across the United States, and require characterization and modeling of candidate formations, as determined by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B53EF89322E43749D5F6C7902B6699E"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preference in project selection from meritorious proposals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making competitive awards under this subsection, subject to the requirements of section 989, the Secretary shall give preference to proposals from partnerships among industrial, academic, and government entities.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC969EBC7CB534911A5E8D2E1A0180004"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities under this subsection shall be considered research and development activities that are subject to the cost-sharing requirements of section 988(b).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFD4BEED56FD14302A533F1F6EE1F7F11"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Program Review and Report</header><text>During fiscal year 2011, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6FB0EE88D95B45C9885417E95CE71492"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct a review of programmatic activities carried out under this subsection; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H018EFA23CC84492496E7086BE2E29389"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make recommendations with respect to continuation of the activities.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4FDB483974149128B18D4EBECD54443"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H3196C36CF4024F29A3C1831538CDAE99"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$150,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H28D50B863E6B47B4A746036164F2371E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5B445D393B4641EDA658F4031BAB2637"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8F3D940B692F4B6C85D4267FC9F505C5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$180,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFBD59B1D439F4DF998C6B095ABEC2EC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$165,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section id="H062EC017A9E94701908000F750CDB14D"><enum>303.</enum><header>Carbon dioxide storage capacity assessment</header>
<subsection id="H7A4E0F10F109426DA02130373EE5F3BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section</text>
<paragraph id="H4796B5018C79477EACD3636C10435C82"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>The term <term>assessment</term> means the national assessment of capacity for carbon dioxide completed under subsection (f).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H59BD04A295E54B8A868DB7F596A78B73"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Capacity</header><text>The term <term>capacity</term> means the portion of a storage formation that can retain carbon dioxide in accordance with the requirements (including physical, geological, and economic requirements) established under the methodology developed under subsection (b).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB2F40237F184DE8B300E61E00B1BA3E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Engineered hazard</header><text>The term <term>engineered hazard</term> includes the location and completion history of any well that could affect potential storage.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC615D052AB4B4239843294333FCE6D6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Risk</header><text>The term <term>risk</term> includes any risk posed by geomechanical, geochemical, hydrogeological, structural, and engineered hazards.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBC5174C62FAC46C58122121CE5BE18F2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE60AC104B1794A7CA77854E5328C5B8F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Storage formation</header><text>The term <term>storage formation</term> means a deep saline formation, unmineable coal seam, or oil or gas reservoir that is capable of accommodating a volume of industrial carbon dioxide.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA9EF5C707CD3456F9F73A49DDAA9535"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Methodology</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a methodology for conducting an assessment under subsection (f), taking into consideration—</text>
<paragraph id="HD2DF15ACF0DF48DAA3A6B8D2A1AD0034"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the geographical extent of all potential storage formations in all States;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H24879333228F4428A5032BF384250CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the capacity of the potential storage formations;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1BC586D361954061AA46DCFB846950F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the injectivity of the potential storage formations;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F12CB438BB54F130087162DB099CE39"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an estimate of potential volumes of oil and gas recoverable by injection and storage of industrial carbon dioxide in potential storage formations;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC622AA21F37444909F44ED507354006B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the risk associated with the potential storage formations; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA803C6BED184E5BBAFC0276F2AB002D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Carbon Sequestration Atlas of the United States and Canada that was completed by the Department of Energy in April 2006.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H414BE979F36849ECBC3ECC269980F199"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination</header>
<paragraph id="H51FC2181391746599B77F18D4CC33A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal coordination</header>
<subparagraph id="HF3780881C8794F00ABCF07CBE177F866"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on issues of data sharing, format, development of the methodology, and content of the assessment required under this title to ensure the maximum usefulness and success of the assessment.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7BFBCA4EDD8847A1AA3B3B25961C7E3D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>The Secretary of Energy and the Administrator shall cooperate with the Secretary to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, the usefulness and success of the assessment.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6BA109D454040A5B29F9C42074968A1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall consult with State geological surveys and other relevant entities to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, the usefulness and success of the assessment.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2BE14DB664054C7385AE9F11384123C2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>External review and publication</header><text>On completion of the methodology under subsection (b), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0EA8295493544761AF58C7E4CB14E018"><enum>(1)</enum><text>publish the methodology and solicit comments from the public and the heads of affected Federal and State agencies;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H24EC6F6B006547F6003E6562898D5166"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish a panel of individuals with expertise in the matters described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (b) composed, as appropriate, of representatives of Federal agencies, institutions of higher education, nongovernmental organizations, State organizations, industry, and international geoscience organizations to review the methodology and comments received under paragraph (1); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H20CBEAED78494FEA9B00D7AD312547CB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>on completion of the review under paragraph (2), publish in the Federal Register the revised final methodology.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA1A918BADF7245E082A2E507D2D5BD55"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Periodic Updates</header><text>The methodology developed under this section shall be updated periodically (including at least once every 5 years) to incorporate new data as the data becomes available.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H21F0ADEE286542B1A222438B4600753E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>National assessment</header>
<paragraph id="H4586B5AE97A845DA89EA4C564D3B9C4B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of publication of the methodology under subsection (d)(1), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and State geological surveys, shall complete a national assessment of capacity for carbon dioxide in accordance with the methodology.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6608016EB3C6482BBF00148722A6D79D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Geological verification</header><text>As part of the assessment under this subsection, the Secretary shall carry out a drilling program to supplement the geological data relevant to determining storage capacity of carbon dioxide in geological storage formations, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H976886EA85314A408C61B4EF2E910047"><enum>(A)</enum><text>well log data;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2BCF94A1E5FC4A1BA5A112D0BB1730F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>core data; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4665C40B400943BCA97503521F6140A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>fluid sample data.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD5A7DF938F66431089A88411B6B65EE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Partnership with other drilling programs</header><text>As part of the drilling program under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall enter, as appropriate, into partnerships with other entities to collect and integrate data from other drilling programs relevant to the storage of carbon dioxide in geologic formations.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDFCD3003C1B14E61B22E23D48B5FA6C3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Incorporation into NatCarb</header>
<subparagraph id="H830F3395977D49E0B00066085B87B5FA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On completion of the assessment, the Secretary of Energy shall incorporate the results of the assessment using the NatCarb database, to the maximum extent practicable.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H43D516ADBE174B9F82AAC72337839189"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Ranking</header><text>The database shall include the data necessary to rank potential storage sites for capacity and risk, across the United States, within each State, by formation, and within each basin.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDDC07697665E4DDCB3B6EDA3D14E0000"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which the assessment is completed, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives a report describing the findings under the assessment.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D86B680241A4580006130E51D03E186"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Periodic updates</header><text>The national assessment developed under this section shall be updated periodically (including at least once every 5 years) to support public and private sector decisionmaking.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10A741D42CC84A9DBDAC462655CB0BF"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $30,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73C4654BEBD04F7C8C7064D2C3D9AE12"><enum>304.</enum><header>Carbon capture and storage initiative</header>
<subsection id="H6C4C6F9D1BE74A35A0BF9D51B110E9DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Industrial sources of carbon dioxide defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>industrial sources of carbon dioxide</term> means one or more facilities to—</text>
<paragraph id="H2168A690DE1B416BBB6B75DC00538791"><enum>(1)</enum><text>generate electric energy from fossil fuels;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB93599C36A864427A6A342A37D54BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>refine petroleum;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4E87363D377D492E9EB88DC203B3C900"><enum>(3)</enum><text>manufacture iron or steel;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4A2DAFBB3F1544D89563145E3E16FA66"><enum>(4)</enum><text>manufacture cement or cement clinker;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5987BB64687A4197B8CEC5D596788328"><enum>(5)</enum><text>manufacture commodity chemicals (including from coal gasification); or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2423F70BC4BF45EF8C9843106784C6F2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>manufacture transportation fuels from coal.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7F5F30385FE947EEA3D6644297EF3654"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program establishment</header>
<paragraph id="H11AB6DE35B9A47A9A1C304C4E1C7EE2E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program to demonstrate technologies for the large-scale capture of carbon dioxide from industrial sources of carbon dioxide.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H260B769877194CD1A6A08321BCA8EFF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scope of award</header><text>An award under this section shall be only for the portion of the project that carries out the large-scale capture (including purification and compression) of carbon dioxide, as well as the cost of transportation and injection of carbon dioxide.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H60F85F5D62654C659E00F83202AAD290"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualifications for award</header><text>To be eligible for an award under this section, a project proposal must include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H6EFBD5119CCB4F86898FF1009363D6F6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Capacity</header><text>The capture of not less than eighty-five percent of the produced carbon dioxide at the facility, and not less than 500,000 short tons of carbon dioxide per year.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB0A4C139027414FBAEE18FE704300D3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Storage agreement</header><text>A binding agreement for the storage of all of the captured carbon dioxide in—</text>
<clause id="H142EF7A658DE461CB2F45CA12CAF75F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a field testing validation activity under section 963 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended by this Act; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="HCB6913A34BE3404AA6652DDC92706786"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other geological storage projects approved by the Secretary.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE65CB49D08AB45EA9800E8C7F00F000"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Purity level</header><text>A purity level of at least 95 percent for the captured carbon dioxide delivered for storage.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1879BC32271E4288909475B99C1500B5"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Commitment to continued operation of successful unit</header><text>If the project successfully demonstrates capture and storage of carbon dioxide, a commitment to continued capture and storage of carbon dioxide after the conclusion of the demonstration.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5AF4AE311AD2481BB055E14E30A4B7F5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cost-sharing</header><text>The cost-sharing requirements of section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall apply to this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF9EF2A89B12943BC8885FFD6C41E7884"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $100,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2009 through 2013.</text> </subsection></section>