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[H.R. 6552 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6552

     To provide incentives for the reduction of green house gases.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2008

  Mr. Terry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on 
   Oversight and Government Reform, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and 
 Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide incentives for the reduction of green house gases.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Incentivizing 
Renewable Energy Production Act of 2008''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
              TITLE I--REDUCTION OF METHANE GAS EMISSIONS

Sec. 101. Closed-loop ethanol plant eligibility for loan guarantee 
                            program.
Sec. 102. Livestock energy investment credit.
     TITLE II--RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES

Sec. 201. Funding the renewable energy technology Valley of Death.
Sec. 202. Increase in credit for research relating to alternative and 
                            renewable energy processes.
Sec. 203. Credit for production of certain biomaterials.
           TITLE III--IMPROVING ACCESS TO ETHANOL AT THE PUMP

Sec. 301. Modification of alternative fuel vehicle refueling property 
                            credit.
       TITLE IV--DEVELOPING THE U.S. HYDROGEN FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE

Sec. 401. Hydrogen infrastructure.
Sec. 402. Acquisition of fuel cell vehicles.
            TITLE V--MANAGING OUR NATION'S ENERGY RESOURCES

Sec. 501. Committee reports in House of Representatives required to 
                            include domestic energy impact statements.
Sec. 502. Domestic energy impact statements.

              TITLE I--REDUCTION OF METHANE GAS EMISSIONS

SEC. 101. CLOSED-LOOP ETHANOL PLANT ELIGIBILITY FOR LOAN GUARANTEE 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 1703(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16513(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(11) Closed-loop ethanol plants powered by industrial 
        fuel cells, including ethanol or methanol powered fuel cells 
        and fuel cells powered by animal wastes as well as fuel cells 
        powered by cellulosic biomass, biogas, or effluent from animal 
        waste.''.

SEC. 102. LIVESTOCK ENERGY INVESTMENT CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after 
section 40A the following new section:

``SEC. 40B. RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCED FROM LIVESTOCK WASTE USING EPA-
              VERIFIED TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL 
              TREATMENT OF LIVESTOCK WASTE.

    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of section 38, the livestock-
derived renewable energy production credit for any taxable year is an 
amount equal to the product of--
            ``(1) $5.56, and
            ``(2) each million British thermal units (mmBtu) of 
        livestock-derived renewable energy--
                    ``(A) produced by the taxpayer--
                            ``(i) from qualified energy feedstock,
                            ``(ii) at a qualified facility during the 
                        7-year period beginning on the date the 
                        facility was originally placed in service, and
                            ``(iii) using an EPA-verified technology 
                        that provides comprehensive livestock waste 
                        treatment addressing significant reductions to 
                        nitrogen and phosphorus nutrient discharges, 
                        order and air emissions including greenhouse 
                        gases and ammonia, methane, hydrogen sulfide 
                        and volatile organic compounds, and
                    ``(B) either--
                            ``(i) sold by the taxpayer to an unrelated 
                        person during the taxable year, or
                            ``(ii) used by the taxpayer during the 
                        taxable year.
    ``(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Livestock-derived renewable energy.--The term 
        `livestock-derived renewable energy' means fuel which is 
        derived by processing qualified energy feedstock.
            ``(2) Qualified energy feedstock.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified energy 
                feedstock' means manure of agricultural livestock, 
                including litter, wood shavings, straw, rice hulls, 
                bedding material, and other materials incidentally 
                collected with the manure.
                    ``(B) Agricultural livestock.--The term 
                `agricultural livestock' means poultry, cattle, sheep, 
                swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines.
            ``(3) Qualified facility.--The term `qualified facility' 
        means a facility--
                    ``(A) which is owned by the taxpayer,
                    ``(B) which is located in the United States,
                    ``(C) which is originally placed in service before 
                January 1, 2018, and
                    ``(D) the livestock-derived renewable energy output 
                of which is--
                            ``(i) marketed through interconnection with 
                        a gas distribution or transmission pipeline, or
                            ``(ii) used on-site or off-site in a 
                        quantity that is sufficient to offset the 
                        consumption of at least 50,000 mmBtu annually 
                        of commercially-marketed fuel derived from 
                        coal, crude oil, natural gas, propane, or other 
                        fossil fuel.
            ``(4) EPA-verified technology.--The term `EPA-verified 
        technology' means any technology the performance of which is 
        verified by the Environmental Technology Verification Program 
        of the Environmental Protection Agency.
    ``(c) Reduction of Credit Based on Market Price of Btus.--
            ``(1) In general.--If the market price per mmBtu's exceeds 
        $11, the amount otherwise applicable under subsection (a)(1) 
        for the taxable year (without regard to paragraph (1)) shall be 
        reduced (but not below zero) by the amount which bears the same 
        ratio to the amount otherwise so applicable as such excess 
        bears to $5.
            ``(2) Rounding.--Any reduction determined under 
        subparagraph (A) which is not a multiple of 10 cents shall be 
        rounded to the nearest multiple of 10 cents.
            ``(3) Market price.--For purposes of this paragraph, the 
        market price per mmBtu for any taxable year shall be the daily 
        average market price per mmBtu on the Chicago exchange during 
        the 3-month period ending at the close of the preceding taxable 
        year.
    ``(d) Special Rules.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Production attributable to the taxpayer.--In the case 
        of a facility in which more than 1 person has an ownership 
        interest, except to the extent provided in regulations 
        prescribed by the Secretary, production from the qualified 
        facility shall be allocated among such persons in proportion to 
        their respective ownership interests in the gross sales from 
        such qualified facility.
            ``(2) Related persons.--Persons shall be treated as related 
        to each other if such persons would be treated as a single 
        employer under the regulations prescribed under section 52(b). 
        In the case of a corporation which is a member of an affiliated 
        group of corporations filing a consolidated return, such 
        corporation shall be treated as selling livestock-derived 
        renewable energy to an unrelated person if such biogas is sold 
        to such a person by another member of such group.
            ``(3) Pass-thru in the case of estates and trusts.--Under 
        regulations prescribed by the Secretary, rules similar to the 
        rules of subsection (d) of section 52 shall apply.
            ``(4) Coordination with credit from producing fuel from a 
        nonconventional source.--The amount of livestock-derived 
        renewable energy produced and sold or used by the taxpayer 
        during any taxable year which is taken into account under this 
        section shall be reduced by the amount of livestock-derived 
        renewable energy produced and sold by the taxpayer in such 
        taxable year which is taken into account under section 45K.
            ``(5) Credit eligibility in the case of government-owned 
        facilities using poultry waste.--In the case of a facility 
        using poultry waste to produce livestock-derived renewable 
        energy and owned by a governmental unit, subparagraph (B) of 
        subsection (b)(3) shall be applied by substituting `is leased 
        or operated by the taxpayer' for `is owned by the taxpayer'.
    ``(e) Transferability of Credit.--
            ``(1) In general.--A taxpayer may transfer the credit under 
        this section through an assignment to any person. Such transfer 
        may be revoked only with the consent of the Secretary.
            ``(2) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
        regulations as necessary to ensure that any credit transferred 
        under paragraph (1) is claimed once and not reassigned by such 
        other person.
    ``(f) Adjustment Based on Inflation.--
            ``(1) In general.--The $5.56 amount in subsection (a)(1) 
        and the $11 amount in subsection (c)(2)(A) shall each be 
        adjusted by multiplying such amount by the inflation adjustment 
        factor for the calendar year in which the sale occurs. If any 
        amount as increased under the preceding sentence is not a 
        multiple of 0.1 cent, such amount shall be rounded to the 
        nearest multiple of 0.1 cent.
            ``(2) Computation of inflation adjustment factor.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall, not later 
                than April 1 of each calendar year, determine and 
                publish in the Federal Register the inflation 
                adjustment factor in accordance with this paragraph.
                    ``(B) Inflation adjustment factor.--The term 
                `inflation adjustment factor' means, with respect to a 
                calendar year, a fraction the numerator of which is the 
                GDP implicit price deflator for the preceding calendar 
                year and the denominator of which is the GDP implicit 
                price deflator for calendar year 2007. The term `GDP 
                implicit price deflator' means the most recent revision 
                of the implicit price deflator for the gross domestic 
                product as computed and published by the Department of 
                Commerce before March 15 of the calendar year.''.
    (b) Credit Treated as Business Credit.--Section 38(b) of such Code 
is amended by striking ``plus'' at the end of paragraph (30), by 
striking the period at the end of paragraph (31) and inserting ``, 
plus'', and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(32) the livestock-derived renewable energy production 
        credit under section 40B(a).''.
    (c) Credit Allowed Against Amt.--Section 38(c)(4)(B) of such Code 
is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (i), by striking 
the period at the end of clause (ii)(II) and inserting ``, and'', and 
by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(iii) the credit determined under section 
                        40B.''.
    (d) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of 
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 40A the following new 
item:

``Sec. 40B. Renewable energy produced from livestock waste using EPA-
                            verified technologies for the comprehensive 
                            environmental treatment of livestock 
                            waste.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to energy produced, and sold or used, in taxable years beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     TITLE II--RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES

SEC. 201. FUNDING THE RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY VALLEY OF DEATH.

    Section 207 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17022) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``In General.--''; 
                and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(2) As part of the program under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall establish a new initiative to support development of basic 
discoveries in biofuels through completion of prototypes, to facilitate 
commercialization of new biofuels technologies and ensure that adequate 
resources are committed to develop products rather than merely funding 
research. Such initiative shall--
            ``(A) provide up to 10 contracts at a time for biofuels 
        technology development leading to prototype construction and 
        demonstration;
            ``(B) feature fixed-price development contracts with 
        deliverable prototypes and incentives on product performance; 
        and
            ``(C) use competitive but flexible procurement structures 
        such as Broad Agency Announcements with rolling awards, and 
        require a non-Federal corporate contribution of at least 20 
        percent.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``2008 through 2015'' 
        and inserting ``2009 through 2019''.

SEC. 202. INCREASE IN CREDIT FOR RESEARCH RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE AND 
              RENEWABLE ENERGY PROCESSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i) and by 
inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Increase in Credit Amount for Research Relating to 
Alternative and Renewable Energy Processes.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of any expense or payment 
        relating to a qualified resource--
                    ``(A) subsection (a) shall be applied by 
                substituting `40 percent' for `20 percent' each place 
                it occurs,
                    ``(B) subsection (c)(4) shall be applied by 
                substituting `6 percent' for `3 percent' in 
                subparagraph (A)(i), `8 percent' for `4 percent' in 
                subparagraph (A)(ii), and `10 percent' for `5 percent' 
                in subparagraph (A)(iii),
                    ``(C) subsection (c)(5) shall be applied by 
                substituting `24 percent' for `12 percent' in 
                subparagraph (A) and `12 percent' for `6 percent' in 
                subparagraph (B)(ii), and
                    ``(D) such expense or payment shall be taken into 
                account for purposes of this section after taking into 
                account expenses and payments which do not relate to a 
                qualified resource.
            ``(2) Qualified resource.--For purposes of paragraph (1), 
        the term `qualified resource' means--
                    ``(A) any clean-burning fuel (as defined in section 
                179A(e)(1), other than diesel fuel), and
                    ``(B) any closed-loop system, including any 
                anaerobic digester.''.
    (b) Extension of Credit for Research Relating to Alternative and 
Renewable Energy Processes.--Subsection (i) of section 41 of such Code, 
as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by redesignating 
paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Research relating to alternative and renewable energy 
        processes.--For purposes of subsection (h) only, paragraph 
        (1)(B) shall be applied by substituting `December 31, 2009' for 
        `December 31, 2007'.''.
    (c) Allowance Against Alternative Minimum Tax.--Subparagraph (B) of 
section 38(c)(4) of such Code is amended by striking ``and'' at the end 
of clause (iii), by striking the period at the end of clause (iv) and 
inserting ``, and'', and by inserting after clause (iv) the following 
new clause:
                            ``(v) the credit determined under section 
                        41 to the extent that such credit is 
                        attributable to the increase for research 
                        relating to alternative and renewable energy 
                        processes under subsection (h) thereof.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2007.

SEC. 203. CREDIT FOR PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN BIOMATERIALS.

    (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business related 
credits) is amended by inserting after section 40B the following new 
section:

``SEC. 40C. USE OF RENEWABLE RESOURCE MATERIALS IN MANUFACTURING 
              BIOMATERIALS.

    ``(a) General Rule.--For purposes of section 38, the qualifying 
biomaterials credit determined under this section is 25 cents for each 
pound of qualifying biomaterial produced by the taxpayer during the 
taxable year for sale or use in the ordinary course of a trade or 
business of the taxpayer.
    ``(b) Limitation.--
            ``(1) In general.--The credit determined under subsection 
        (a) for any taxable year shall not exceed $125,000,000.
            ``(2) Controlled groups.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection, 
                all persons treated as a single employer under 
                subsection (a) or (b) of section 52 or subsection (m) 
                or (o) of section 414 shall be treated as a single 
                taxpayer.
                    ``(B) Inclusion of foreign corporations.--For 
                purposes of subparagraph (A), in applying subsections 
                (a) and (b) of section 52 to this section, section 1563 
                shall be applied without regard to subsection (b)(2)(C) 
                thereof.
    ``(c) Qualifying Biomaterial.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualifying biomaterial' means 
        a commercial or industrial product--
                    ``(A)(i) which is produced by chemically or 
                biologically transforming feedstocks to produce one or 
                more compounds that are distinct from the feedstocks, 
                and
                    ``(ii) at least 75 percent (by weight) of the 
                feedstocks which are used to produce such material 
                consist of organic matter that is available on a 
                renewable or recurring basis, or
                    ``(B) which is a polymer resulting from the 
                polymerization of material described in paragraph (1) 
                as the sole monomer.
            ``(2) Exceptions.--Such term shall not include--
                    ``(A) any food, feed, or fuel, and
                    ``(B) any material which was produced in total 
                quantities of at least 1 million pounds per year in 
                2000.
    ``(d) Exclusions.--This section shall not apply to--
            ``(1) any material resulting from a process the primary 
        purpose of which is the production of a transportation fuel, 
        and
            ``(2) any polymer produced from a monomer for which credit 
        is allowed under this section.
    ``(e) Termination.--This section shall not apply to any material 
produced after the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this section.''.
    (b) Credit Part of General Business Credit.--Section 38(b) of such 
Code is amended by striking ``plus'' at the end of paragraph (32), by 
striking the period at the end of paragraph (33) and inserting ``, 
plus'', and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(34) the qualifying biomaterials credit determined under 
        section 40C(a).''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for part IV of 
subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 40B the following new item:

``Sec. 40C. Use of renewable resource materials in manufacturing 
                            biomaterials.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to material produced in taxable years ending after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

           TITLE III--IMPROVING ACCESS TO ETHANOL AT THE PUMP

SEC. 301. MODIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE REFUELING PROPERTY 
              CREDIT.

    (a) Increase in Credit Amount.--Section 30C of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (relating to alternative fuel vehicle refueling property 
credit) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``30 percent'' in subsection (a) and 
        inserting ``50 percent'', and
            (2) by striking ``$30,000'' in subsection (b)(1) and 
        inserting ``$50,000''.
    (b) Treatment of Converted Refueling Property.--Subsection (c) of 
section 30C of such Code (defining qualified alternative fuel vehicle 
refueling property) is amended by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Treatment of converted refueling property.--In the 
        case of qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property 
        which is converted from other property which is not qualified 
        alternative fuel vehicle refueling property, the cost taken 
        into account under this section shall include the cost of such 
        other property and not just the price difference between the 2 
        properties.''.
    (c) Treatment of Dual Use Property.--Subsection (c) of section 30C 
of such Code (defining qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling 
property) is amended by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(4) Treatment of dual use property.--The cost of 
        qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property which may 
        be taken into account under this section shall determined 
        without regard to whether such property also stores or 
        dispenses any fuel which is not an alternative fuel.''.
    (d) Modification of Credit Termination.--Subsection (g) of section 
30C of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following flush 
sentence:
``Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this section shall apply to 
property placed in service in any State at least until the date that 
the Secretary determines (in consultation with the Secretary of Energy 
and the Secretary of Transportation) that at least 15 percent of the 
retail motor fuel stations in such State store and dispense blended 
fuel containing at least 10 percent ethanol.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.

       TITLE IV--DEVELOPING THE U.S. HYDROGEN FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE

SEC. 401. HYDROGEN INFRASTRUCTURE.

    (a) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary of Commerce shall 
establish a program with the goal of making publicly available at least 
100 hydrogen fueling pumps at retail gas stations by 2014 in regions 
designated by the Secretary under subsection (b).
    (b) Designation of Regions.--The Secretary of Commerce, in 
conjunction with the Secretary of Transportation, shall designate 2 
initial regions for locating hydrogen fueling pumps funded under this 
section. Such regions shall be in densely populated, geographically 
diverse areas that have some existing hydrogen fueling stations.
    (c) Funding.--
            (1) Federal funding.--The Secretary of Commerce shall 
        provide amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (f) for the 
        acquisition and installation of hydrogen fueling pumps at 
        retail gas stations in the regions designated under subsection 
        (b) or subsection (e).
            (2) Non-federal contribution.--At least 10 percent of the 
        cost of acquiring and installing a hydrogen fueling pump 
        receiving funding under paragraph (1) shall be provided by non-
        Federal sources.
    (d) Ownership of Pumps.--
            (1) In general.--Hydrogen fueling pumps for which funding 
        is provided under this section shall remain the property of the 
        United States, except as provided in paragraph (2).
            (2) Sale of pumps.--The Secretary of Commerce may, after 
        December 31, 2013, negotiate the sale of a pump described in 
        paragraph (1) to the owner of the retail gas station at which 
        the pump is located.
    (e) Additional Regions.--After the goal described in subsection (a) 
has been achieved, the Secretary of Commerce may designate a third 
region in addition to the 2 designated under subsection (b), and may 
provide funding for the availability of hydrogen fueling pumps at 
retail gas stations in that region in accordance with the requirements 
of this section.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for carrying out this section 
$50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013. If the 
Secretary designates a third region under subsection (e), there are 
authorized to be appropriated for such purposes an additional 
$50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 and 2015.

SEC. 402. ACQUISITION OF FUEL CELL VEHICLES.

    (a) Federal Purchase.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
$50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2014 for the 
purchase by the Federal Government of fuel cell vehicles.
    (b) Cost Differential Funding.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator of General Services such sums as may 
be necessary to enable such Administrator to provide amounts, for the 
purchase of fuel cell vehicles by Federal and State agencies in regions 
designated under section 501(b) or (e), equal to the difference between 
the cost of acquiring such vehicles and the cost of acquiring other 
alternative power or traditional gas fueled vehicles.

            TITLE V--MANAGING OUR NATION'S ENERGY RESOURCES

SEC. 501. COMMITTEE REPORTS IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REQUIRED TO 
              INCLUDE DOMESTIC ENERGY IMPACT STATEMENTS.

    (a) Amendment to Rule.--Clause 3(d) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph:
            ``(4)(A) A statement [if timely submitted to the committee 
        (except for the Committee on Appropriations) by the Comptroller 
        General before the filing of the report], for each such bill or 
        joint resolution that would have an impact on the governance of 
        public lands, including the outer Continental Shelf, of the 
        impact of such bill on domestic energy availability.
            ``(B) Each such statement shall contain--
                    ``(i) the physical/geographic size of any new areas 
                of public lands which are opened up or closed off for 
                energy exploration; and
                    ``(ii) the total amount of cubic feet of dry 
                natural gas or the total number of barrels of oil or 
                liquid natural gas, or the total number of short tons 
                of coal, which could be recovered from any public lands 
                which are opened up or closed off for energy 
                exploration.''.
    (b) Exercise of Rulemaking Powers.--The amendment made by 
subsection (a) is enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
House of Representatives, and as such shall be considered as part of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives, with full recognition of the 
constitutional right of the House of Representatives to change such 
Rules at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the 
case of any other Rule of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 502. DOMESTIC ENERGY IMPACT STATEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 719 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) The Comptroller General shall, to the extent practicable, 
prepare for each bill or joint resolution reported by any committee of 
the House of Representatives or the Senate (except for the Committee on 
Appropriations) that would have an impact on domestic energy 
availability, and submit to such committee a domestic energy impact 
statement containing--
            ``(1) the physical/geographic size of any new areas of 
        public lands which are opened up or closed off for energy 
        exploration; and
            ``(2) the total amount of cubic feet of dry natural gas or 
        the total number of barrels of oil or liquid natural gas, or 
        the total number of short tons of coal, which could be 
        recovered from any public lands which are opened up or closed 
        off for energy exploration.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to bills and joint resolutions reported by committees of the 
House of Representatives or the Senate 90 or more days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
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