110 HR 3945 IH: Clean Energy Partnership Act of U.S. House of Representatives 2007-10-23 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3945 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 23, 2007 Mr. Israel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To provide for the establishment by the Secretary of Energy of a program of Federal support for local governments and school districts to implement clean energy projects.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Clean Energy Partnership Act of 2007.

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Establishment of program

The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program to provide to local educational agencies grants in an amount up to 50 percent of the costs of implementing clean energy projects.

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Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to carry out this Act.

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Definitions

For purposes of this Act— (1)the term clean energy project means— (A)an energy conservation measure; and (B)a project to update or convert municipal or school buildings to generate power from a renewable energy source; (2)the term energy conservation measure means a measure that is applied to an existing school building that improves energy efficiency and is life cycle cost effective and that involves energy conservation, cogeneration facilities, renewable energy sources, improvements in operation and maintenance efficiencies, or retrofit activities; (3)the term local educational agency has the meaning given that term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); and (4)the term renewable energy source means solar heat, solar light, wind, geothermal energy, and biomass, except for— (A)heat from the burning of municipal solid waste; or (B)heat from a dry steam geothermal reservoir which— (i)has no mobile liquid in its natural state; (ii)is a fluid composed of at least 95 percent water vapor; and (iii)has an enthalpy for the total produced fluid greater than or equal to 2.791 megajoules per kilogram (1200 British thermal units per pound).