1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the American Conservation and Clean
Energy Independence Act
.
(b)The table of
contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Offshore leasing and other energy provisions
Subtitle A—Offshore Leasing
Sec. 101. Leasing program considered approved.
Sec. 102. Lease sales.
Sec. 103. Seaward boundaries of States.
Sec. 104. Military operations.
Sec. 105. Coordination with Adjacent States.
Sec. 106. Gulf of Mexico oil and gas.
Sec. 107. Sharing of revenues.
Sec. 108. Inventory of offshore energy resources.
Sec. 109. Prohibitions on surface occupancy and other
appropriate environmental safeguards.
Subtitle B—Expedited judicial review
Sec. 121. Definitions.
Sec. 122. Exclusive jurisdiction over causes and claims
relating to covered oil and natural gas activities.
Sec. 123. Time for filing petition; standing.
Sec. 124. Timetable.
Sec. 125. Limitation on scope of review and relief.
Sec. 126. Presidential waiver.
Sec. 127. Legal fees.
Sec. 128. Exclusion.
Subtitle C—Other energy provisions
Sec. 131. Elimination of restriction on energy alternatives and
energy efficiency.
Sec. 132. Policies regarding buying and building
American.
Sec. 133. Clean coal technology deployment grant and loan
program.
Title II—Modifying the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and funding
conservation and energy research and development
Sec. 201. Findings.
Sec. 202. Definitions.
Sec. 203. Objectives.
Sec. 204. Modification of the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve.
Sec. 205. Energy Independence and Security Fund.
Title III—Cleaner Energy Production and Energy Conservation
Incentives
Sec. 301. Extension of renewable energy credit.
Sec. 302. Extension of renewable energy credit.
Sec. 303. Extension of credit for alternative fuel
vehicles.
Sec. 304. Extension of alternative fuel vehicle refueling
property credit.
Sec. 305. Extension of credit for energy efficient
appliances.
Sec. 306. Extension of credit for nonbusiness energy
property.
Sec. 307. Extension of credit for residential energy efficient
property.
Sec. 308. Extension of new energy efficient home
credit.
Sec. 309. Extension of energy efficient commercial buildings
deduction.
Sec. 310. Extension of energy credit.
Sec. 311. Extension of credit for clean renewable energy
bonds.
Sec. 312. Extension of credits for biodiesel and renewable
diesel.
Title IV—Increase Diversification and Efficiency of America’s
Transportation and Electric System
Subtitle A—Diversification of Fuel Source for America’s
Short-Haul Transportation System
Sec. 401. Minimum Federal fleet requirement.
Sec. 402. Use of HOV facilities by light-duty plug-in electric
drive vehicles.
Sec. 403. Recharging infrastructure.
Sec. 404. Loan guarantees for advanced battery
purchases.
Sec. 405. Study of end-of-useful life options for motor vehicle
batteries.
Sec. 406. Study and demonstration electrification of postal
fleet.
Sec. 407. Maximum weight study for energy efficiency and
safety.
Subtitle B—Incentives for Diversification of
Transportation
Sec. 420. Amendment of 1986 Code.
Sec. 421. Extension of credit for medium and heavy-duty hybrid
vehicles.
Sec. 422. Extension of credit and extension of temporary
increase in credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property.
Sec. 423. Extension and expansion of credit for new qualified
plug-in electric drive motor vehicles.
Sec. 424. Extension of credit for certain plug-in electric
vehicles.
Sec. 425. Credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor
vehicles.
Sec. 426. Tax credit for most efficient vehicle in
class.
Sec. 427. Study of development of common standards for PHEVs
and EVs between the United States, Europe and Asia.
Subtitle C—Low Carbon Diversification of Electric
System
Sec. 431. Innovative low-carbon loan guarantee
program.
<enum>I</enum><header>Offshore leasing
and other energy provisions</header>
<subtitle id="H287AE7215F4847938BC43415B7C90C51"><enum>A</enum><header>Offshore
Leasing</header>
<section id="HC7814C943C80474BBFE1EC0BF2238813"><enum>101.</enum><header>Leasing program
considered approved</header>
<subsection id="HE28FFA158FAE4E32B8C3810F42FD461D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Draft Proposed
Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010–2015 issued by the
Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the
<term>Secretary</term>) under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is considered to have been approved by the Secretary as a
final oil and gas leasing program under that section, and is considered to be
in full compliance with and in accordance with all requirements of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H32CD5887F93E4AF7B5B55C964C240E07"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Final
environmental impact statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is considered to have issued
a final environmental impact statement for the program described in subsection
(a) in accordance with all requirements under section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB43FDBB483684F4F8FE04AFC1F15F0AA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Lease sales</header>
<subsection id="H7C622FC26839465F913250B82EEADEE8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Outer
Continental Shelf</header>
<paragraph id="H82ABA622CCF941C5AC7D8176B9AAC6E8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), not later than 30
days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 270 days thereafter, the
Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the
<quote>Secretary</quote>) shall conduct a lease sale in each outer Continental
Shelf planning area for which the Secretary determines that there is a
commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for production on
the outer Continental Shelf.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D58A9D7523B42C6BF59841309DFFD03"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subsequent
determinations and sales</header><text>If the Secretary determines that there
is not a commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for
production on the outer Continental Shelf in a planning area under this
subsection, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the
determination and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCA0C8E08E89C48BF8F21609510DDDFD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine whether
there is a commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for
production on the outer Continental Shelf in the planning area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C310FEFB397466F9C6440B45009232F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the Secretary
determines that there is a commercial interest described in subparagraph (A),
conduct a lease sale in the planning area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H97F95DB9D7B74313ADA706142724001E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Renewable energy
and mariculture</header><text>The Secretary may conduct commercial lease sales
of resources owned by United States—</text>
<paragraph id="HDE22CADAE4044825A24FEA0E23602078"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to produce
renewable energy (as defined in section 203(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(42 U.S.C. 15852(b))); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDC29908DD7F44198A119AEF9DE73237F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to cultivate
marine organisms in the natural habitat of the organisms.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27A65905555A486BAB3262AA01F2922C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Seaward boundaries
of States</header>
<subsection id="H26EAB0A316EC4D18A40881D5E9BB87EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Seaward
boundaries</header><text>Section 4 of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1312)
is amended by striking <quote>three geographical miles</quote> each place it
appears and inserting <quote>12 nautical miles</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H41CC96B990E14B2887DBFB87978D0372"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 2 of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5641EF93F39F4B9D9E015C94B0CD0D78"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2), by striking <quote>three geographical miles</quote> and inserting
<quote>12 nautical miles</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C430860665040D3A71D2817CEC5BF5E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5E63FCECC2A84986A5F772A4F26AD7D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>three geographical miles</quote> and inserting <quote>12 nautical
miles</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2ABABBC080404A3AB89211A457DA1C07"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>three marine leagues</quote> and inserting <quote>12 nautical
miles</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4DCCDEA4B9404741A919B1C2BC15CB4F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect of
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H4B8A8464C9E5448CB55718D8F53CA415"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraphs
(2) through (4), the amendments made by this section shall not effect Federal
oil and gas mineral rights and should not effect the States’ current authority
within existing State boundaries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E2E57EB91B54042AE71460EA4816D7A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Existing
leases</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall not affect any
Federal oil and gas lease in effect on the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE34975E17E56498C83A5BA3526529A61"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Taxation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7D9743E13E042EE92691C3F244C5BFD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State may exercise all of the sovereign powers of
taxation of the State within the entire extent of the seaward boundaries of the
State (as extended by the amendments made by this section).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34FC8E92A6894535B7C3E6BA16CD13B7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing
in this paragraph affects the authority of a State to tax any Federal oil and
gas lease in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2695675B34E421A8FCC9A1569BDFF5E"><enum>104.</enum><header>Military
operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall
consult with the Secretary of Defense regarding military operations needs in
the Outer Continental Shelf. The Secretary shall work with the Secretary of
Defense to resolve any conflicts that might arise between such operations and
leasing under this section. If the Secretaries are unable to resolve all such
conflicts, any unresolved issues shall be referred by the Secretaries to the
President in a timely fashion for immediate resolution.</text>
</section><section id="H2A3FEDAA533349CE8C66F15C2A9D6969"><enum>105.</enum><header>Coordination
with Adjacent States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
19 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1345) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4F85E31F30DE42188ED27248C073EB59"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
in the first sentence by inserting <quote>, for any tract located within the
Adjacent State’s Adjacent Zone,</quote> after <quote>government</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF956568B2724E2E93CC83FAA1ACEED6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFDAD4BA5043A46779337ED41CFAD4DBE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H24A6B4895A6146EB8925901F3D66EDE9"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H57736B8B561A4C1DA3D30956277FC57D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to issuing a permit or approval for
the construction of a pipeline to transport crude oil, natural gas or
associated liquids production withdrawn from oil and gas leases on the outer
Continental Shelf, a Federal agency must seek the concurrence of the Adjacent
State if the pipeline is to transit the Adjacent State’s Adjacent Zone between
the outer Continental Shelf and landfall. No State may prohibit construction of
such a pipeline within its Adjacent Zone or its State waters. However, an
Adjacent State may require routing of such a pipeline to one of two alternate
landfall locations in the Adjacent State, designated by the Adjacent State,
located within 60 miles on either side of a proposed landfall location.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2CB4DDBEAE142E998C5A573CA47646E" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF3344E9A03740A0846CBAE3D9335F81"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <term>Adjacent State</term>
means, with respect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract or other
activity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant to the provisions of this
Act, any State the laws of which are declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to
be the law of the United States for the portion of the outer Continental Shelf
on which such program, plan, lease sale, leased tract or activity appertains or
is, or is proposed to be, conducted. For purposes of this subparagraph, the
term <term>State</term> includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, Guam, and the other Territories of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A6853A59F30499DB0E29C993A1D8CE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term <term>Adjacent Zone</term>
means, with respect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or other
activity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant to the provisions of this
Act, the portion of the outer Continental Shelf for which the laws of a
particular Adjacent State are declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the
law of the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E6E5F34F0F8470EB405ABE5A368448C"><enum>106.</enum><header>Gulf of Mexico
oil and gas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104 of
division C of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–432;
120 Stat. 3003) is repealed.</text>
</section><section id="HE13D5FFF6BEE460CA03E0FDA4951C287"><enum>107.</enum><header>Sharing of
revenues</header>
<subsection id="H1E0951E4419D445FBE50DD96647D7F9E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1337(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5DB997F6862A465C8094C3FF5A4E5519"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
by striking <quote>Notwithstanding</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as
provided in paragraph (6), and notwithstanding</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53A7E8C4F90C4EB4B81AE3E9A9D109F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (8) and (9); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFCB0D78814B948228BF31D339C18C461"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (5) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H09F33F606F4F4F979557E53E03E1C30B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H75DA0D75ED8E45499C773D9B64620DE8"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Bonus bids and
royalties under qualified leases</header>
<subparagraph id="H3328971784A34F63921771D6048F2E5C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>New
leases</header><text>Of amounts received by the United States as bonus bids,
royalties, rentals, and other sums collected under any qualified lease on
submerged lands made available for leasing under this Act by the enactment of
the <short-title>American Conservation and Clean Energy
Independence Act</short-title> that are located within the seaward boundaries
of a State established under section 4(a)(2)(A)—</text>
<clause id="H34D1D3B3783B4FBFA33EB6F17361505D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>30
percent shall be paid to the States that are producing States with respect to
those submerged lands;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4629F8747FC14F49BA5C11BE9CADEC0A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>10 percent shall
be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE6FDA59F631C4B48A96621604E2591C0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>20 percent shall
be deposited in the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Reserve established
by paragraph (7);</text>
</clause><clause id="H8103D267F08B4DD19809495FF0237983"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">5 percent shall be deposited into the Clean
Water Reserve established by paragraph (7);</text>
</clause><clause id="H917D8E770CF14044B594179B8E235A26"><enum>(v)</enum><text>10
percent shall be deposited in the Environment Restoration Reserve established
by paragraph (7);</text>
</clause><clause id="H8A6D2CF8853C40C2B6B97D2EDB422818"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>8
percent shall be deposited in the Conservation Reserve established by paragraph
(7);</text>
</clause><clause id="H8E3F3F632DEE4E1094CDF36C60093171"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">10 percent shall be deposited in the Clean
Coal Technology Deployment and Carbon Capture and Sequestration Reserve
established by paragraph (7);</text>
</clause><clause id="H0551F724224D4BF1B01C4025C1CAD23A"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">5 percent shall be deposited in the Carbon
Free Technology and Nuclear Energy Reserve established by paragraph (7);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1364744D85FD4FD7880A89CFA9933611"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>2
percent shall be available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for
carrying out the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621,
et seq.).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD9CF35284CE4621986BD3EDFACE61B3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Leased tract
that lies partially within the seaward boundaries of a State</header><text>In
the case of a leased tract that lies partially within the seaward boundaries of
a State, the amounts of bonus bids and royalties from such tract that are
subject to subparagraph (A)(ii) with respect to such State shall be a
percentage of the total amounts of bonus bids and royalties from such tract
that is equivalent to the total percentage of surface acreage of the tract that
lies within such seaward boundaries.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9321E18E2B7E40E2B76DD9ADF7265FC8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of payments
to States</header><text>Amounts paid to a State under subparagraph (A)(ii)
shall be used by the State for one or more of the following:</text>
<clause id="H26A9A866AE834975867C9722B2329747"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Education.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE05E90DD02A0428BAB7DC460C8B7D58B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Transportation.</text>
</clause><clause id="H11A401A9EF4B42C09B26024B12485A26"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Coastal
restoration, environmental restoration, and beach replenishment.</text>
</clause><clause id="H027B280FBA304D0EB0CB0E813EC9408B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Energy
infrastructure.</text>
</clause><clause id="H42F6C1EFF75C491C8DF11E7CEB087CE0"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Renewable energy
development.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD1B8AB13969849BBA154C59DDE86F3C4"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Energy efficiency
and conservation.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDFF26479EDDB4D8A82A9D5900B02F1F0"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Any other
purpose determined by State law.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H525A2DFE97564D1D9E35F8962A924CE4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this paragraph:</text>
<clause id="H7FEFB380AB624B97821ECEDF22461AA6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Adjacent
state</header><text>The term <term>Adjacent State</term> means, with respect to
any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract or other activity, proposed,
conducted, or approved pursuant to the provisions of this Act, any State the
laws of which are declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the
United States for the portion of the outer Continental Shelf on which such
program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or activity appertains or is, or is
proposed to be, conducted.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0FB2E512EB9648E0924A0F50263C8910"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Adjacent
zone</header><text>The term <term>adjacent zone</term> means, with respect to
any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or other activity, proposed,
conducted, or approved pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the portion of
the outer Continental Shelf for which the laws of a particular adjacent State
are declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United
States.</text>
</clause><clause id="H341A82A033FD4BE4BE1C91157DED1AC9"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Producing
State</header><text>The term <term>producing State</term> means an Adjacent
State having an adjacent zone containing leased tracts from which are derived
bonus bids and royalties under a lease under this Act.</text>
</clause><clause id="H15322860AA9B49A9B548F28AC38B8517"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> includes Puerto Rico and the other territories of the
United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5BFA2A0E323E4149BA9D2DB975381E6C"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Qualified
lease</header><text>The term <term>qualified lease</term> means a natural gas
or oil lease made available under this Act granted after the date of the
enactment of the <short-title>American Conservation and
Clean Energy Independence Act</short-title>, for an area that is available for
leasing as a result of enactment of section 101 of that Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H89BCD0C8C9594E0E94EFB07902EE1A54"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This
paragraph shall apply to bonus bids and royalties received by the United States
under qualified leases after September 30, 2008.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H39D16D9F94D24434B11FAF49FFDE5BB9"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Establishment of
reserve accounts</header>
<subparagraph id="HE87BE1B9D2DB4EFE915AB887B7FEFCE7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For budgetary purposes, there is established as a
separate account to receive deposits under paragraph (6)(A)—</text>
<clause id="H733886D3CF31440389A3D9C1628C25E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency Reserve which shall be applied—</text>
<subclause id="H72FE8F79992F450395AB1C7233C30A3B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>first, to offset
the alternative energy and conservation tax incentives extended by title III of
the <short-title>American Conservation and Clean Energy
Independence Act</short-title>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H64D65FA1D4B94E7F9224A02089CB1EBD"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to extent not applied under subclause (I),
to offset the cost of legislation enacted after the date of the enactment of
the <short-title>American Conservation and Clean Energy
Independence Act</short-title> to accelerate the use of cleaner domestic energy
resources and alternative fuels; to promote the utilization of energy-efficient
products and practices; to promote the development and deployment of smart
transportation systems, energy efficient vehicles, and mass transportation
systems that preserve the environment and increase energy efficiency of
transportation; and to increase research, development, and deployment of clean
renewable energy and efficiency technologies and job training programs for
those purposes;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HF0723C8BD8CD42D28A7EF599209682C5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Clean Water Reserve, to offset the cost
of legislation enacted after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>American Conservation and Clean Energy
Independence Act</short-title> to provide assistance, which may include grants,
matching grants, and no- and low-interest loans, to State, county, and local
governments to rebuild and modernize clean water and sewage
infrastructure;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEE1C443E979441B28B89BC15F3513612"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Environment Restoration Reserve, to
offset the cost of legislation enacted after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>American Conservation and Clean Energy
Independence Act</short-title> to conduct restoration activities to improve the
overall health of the ecosystems primarily or entirely within wildlife refuges,
national parks, lakes, bays, rivers, and streams, including the Great Lakes,
the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento San Joaquin
Bay Delta, the Florida Everglades, New York Harbor, the Colorado River Basin,
the Mississippi River basin and tributaries, and Intracoastal Waterways and
inlets that serve them;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEF4FC217B07842B1A917D6AC05F1F595"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Conservation Reserve, to offset the
cost of legislation enacted after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>American Conservation and Clean Energy
Independence Act</short-title> for conservation research, development, and
deployment programs to increase residential home energy efficiency, such as
weatherization, and conservation tax credits and deductions for energy
efficiency in the residential, commercial, industrial, and public sectors
including Conservation Districts;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5736023B800841B69592B7FE3151F210"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Clean Coal Technology Deployment and
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Reserve, to offset the cost of legislation
enacted after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>American Conservation and Clean Energy
Independence Act</short-title> to promote, through grants, loans, and loan
guarantees, research, development, and construction projects associated with
carbon capture and storage in the production of liquid transportation fuels,
electricity, synthetic natural gas, and chemical feedstock, giving priority to
the construction and modernization of plants that implement the most advanced
pollution controls to prevent the release of carbon, particulate matter, and
other pollutants; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H94CF763666DE4AECAC977522D597DD35"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Carbon Free Technology and Nuclear
Energy Reserve, to offset the cost of legislation enacted after the date of the
enactment of the <short-title>American Conservation and
Clean Energy Independence Act</short-title> to promote the deployment of carbon
free technologies, including through loan guarantees for commercial nuclear
power plants, the disposition and recycling or reprocessing of spent fuel from
nuclear power plants, and the financing of long-term safe storage of spent
fuel.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H273AF03CAA654644AFCBE6C9AA8F71E7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Procedure for
adjustments</header>
<clause id="HE7030830B0AD44EDB9D03C036C7FCB1B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Budget Committee
Chairman</header><text>After the reporting of a bill or joint resolution, or
the offering of an amendment thereto or the submission of a conference report
thereon, providing funding for the purposes set forth in clause (i), (ii),
(iii), or (iv) of subparagraph (A) in excess of the amount of the deposits
under paragraph (6)(A) for those purposes for fiscal year 2009, the chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the applicable House of Congress shall make the
adjustments set forth in clause (ii) for the amount of new budget authority and
outlays in that measure and the outlays flowing from that budget
authority.</text>
</clause><clause id="H64B3A750CCB147EAA7C729751C70561F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Matters to be
adjusted</header><text>The adjustments referred to in clause (i) are to be made
to—</text>
<subclause id="H4450AE6EF532487D9524F640DE43331E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the discretionary
spending limits, if any, set forth in the appropriate concurrent resolution on
the budget;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3BFCEA23CED24F9B8B10C1929644B44C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the allocations
made pursuant to the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant
to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCF00020967344CF3986E2606F33652AF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the budget
aggregates contained in the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget as
required by section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HE1A65B6302234A73B78F4EC5E410BE91"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Amounts of
adjustments</header><text>The adjustments referred to in clauses (i) and (ii)
shall not exceed the receipts estimated by the Congressional Budget Office that
are attributable to this Act for the fiscal year in which the adjustments are
made.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A4C17146EC84518898F4181F62C2C98"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Expenditures
only by Secretary of the Interior in consultation</header><text>Legislation
shall not be treated as legislation referred to in subparagraph (A) unless any
expenditure under such legislation for a purpose referred to in that
subparagraph may be made only after consultation with the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, the Secretary of the Army acting through the Corps
of Engineers, and, as appropriate, the Secretary of State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H44BA0E8711784EF2BBA8CD8B166FE55B"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Maintenance of
effort by States</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Energy, and any other Federal
official with authority to implement legislation referred to in paragraph
(6)(A) shall ensure that financial assistance provided to a State under that
legislation for any purpose with amounts made available under this subsection
or in any legislation with respect to which paragraph (7) applies supplement,
and do not replace, the amounts expended by the State for that purpose before
the date of the enactment of the <short-title>American
Conservation and Clean Energy Independence
Act</short-title>.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6877CDE13E3D4D7991CDD62E20934643"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of
State Seaward Boundaries</header><text>Section 4(a)(2)(A) of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1333(a)(2)(A)) is amended in the first
sentence by striking <quote>, and the President</quote> and all that follows
through the end of the sentence and inserting the following: <quote>. Such
extended lines are deemed to be as indicated on the maps for each Outer
Continental Shelf region entitled <quote>Alaska OCS Region State Adjacent Zone
and OCS Planning Areas</quote>, <quote>Pacific OCS Region State Adjacent Zones
and OCS Planning Areas</quote>, <quote>Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent
Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>, and <quote>Atlantic OCS Region State
Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>, all of which are dated September
2005 and on file in the Office of the Director, Minerals Management Service.
The preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to the treatment under
section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of
division C of Public Law 109–432) of qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues
deposited and disbursed under subsection (a)(2) of that
section.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HEDD2CB62072D4B4BA1BC499A82B34CAC"><enum>108.</enum><header>Inventory of
offshore energy resources</header>
<subsection id="HAA3ACDFC4A6B4C59A29F94A9F2620294"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior (in this section referred
to as the <term>Secretary</term>) shall promptly prepare an inventory of
offshore energy resources of the United States, including through conduct of
geological and geophysical explorations by private industry in all of the
United States outer Continental Shelf areas of the Atlantic Ocean and the
Pacific Ocean under part 251 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or
successor regulations).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H791B565DF777453C8B9C306222793994"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Environmental
studies</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall complete any environmental studies necessary to
gather information essential to an accurate inventory, including geological and
geophysical explorations under part 251 of title 30, Code of Federal
Regulations (or successor regulations).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE202E35F5EEA4A6BB6AA5532D0213B7D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect on oil
and gas leasing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No inventory
that is conducted under this section or any other Federal law (including
regulations) shall restrict, limit, delay, or otherwise adversely
affect—</text>
<paragraph id="H50900DB5058E4F9885CEBE7ACD2DC120"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the development of
any Outer Continental Shelf leasing program under section 18 of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A4F985AFD8346A1899A6810F1DC628F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any leasing,
exploration, development, or production of any Federal offshore oil and gas
leases.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H36361B77EED944DEAEA358D9314EB5D0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="HA7D40A48C82A4F0B86F4D69A21010C1E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall make a 1-time
transfer to the Secretary, without further appropriation and from royalties
collected by the United States in conjunction with the production of oil and
gas, of such sums as are necessary for the Secretary to carry out this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B9642B07573471CACF3C80EFCBC28D8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
amount transferred under paragraph shall not exceed $50,000,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9EB03ADD9C7A43C2BF905567991674D7"><enum>109.</enum><header>Prohibitions on
surface occupancy and other appropriate environmental safeguards</header>
<subsection id="H7100B0E3473C47DDB601A66667A48C0D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="HCB2EFCB4F10C4FE38E22F5B4CDD44DD8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate
regulations that establish appropriate environmental safeguards for the
exploration and production of oil and natural gas on the outer Continental
Shelf.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40BBF8852EFA4635BDC0E0AFE06BBF62"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
regulations shall include provisions ensuring that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3E2925B864944A5E8975D9BEFD6AEE89"><enum>(A)</enum><text>no surface
facility shall be installed for the purpose of production of oil or gas
resources in any area that is within 10 miles from the shore of any coastal
State, in any area of the outer Continental Shelf that has not previously been
made available for oil and gas leasing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0699985C71EB417AA85986DA966A998F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>only temporary
surface facilities are installed for areas that are located—</text>
<clause id="HB71DF7FEE8614D189F528CD8B0E567C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>beyond 10 miles
from the shore from the shore of any coastal State, in any area of the Outer
Continental Shelf that has not previously been made available for oil and gas
leasing; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H062643508FF64DF294FCC68FE97F844D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not
more than 20 miles from the shore;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AC5F48B4A51471C919F302F37236F67"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the impact of
offshore production facilities on coastal vistas is otherwise mitigated;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC46A067A36984FD385C22BE4F042B025"><enum>(D)</enum><text>onshore facilities
that are able to draw upon the resources of the outer Continental Shelf within
10 miles of shore are allowed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H85081E55C79F44CEBDC5379E42BA233E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendment</header><text>Section 105 of the Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–54;
119 Stat. 521) (as amended by section 103(d) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy
Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432)) is amended by
inserting <quote>and any other area that the Secretary of the Interior may
offer for leasing, preleasing, or any related activity under section 104 of
that Act</quote> after <quote>2006)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HAEAF593549934E8AA65F4C18F05E7B7D"><enum>B</enum><header>Expedited judicial
review</header>
<section id="H63094942D66B43EE8A096861353680EA"><enum>121.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="HE194559467FA4BC49733607643623131"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorizing
leasing statute</header><text>The term <term>authorizing leasing statute</term>
means the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), the
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), the Mineral Leasing Act for
Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), and any other law of the United States
directing or authorizing the leasing of Federal lands for oil and gas
production or transmission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H415552590E5341099BA6EE2B51B3F944"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered oil and
natural gas activity</header><text>The term <term>covered oil and natural gas
activity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0AD08C12F58F44EFABE83951AA6A7EC1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the leasing of any
lands pursuant to an authorizing leasing statute for the exploration,
development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or
associated hydrocarbons, including actions or decisions relating to the
selection of which lands may or shall be made available for such leasing;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18E6D15A3D504EAA888DFE2837B0DBCE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any activity taken
or proposed to be taken pursuant or in relation to such leases, including their
suspension, and any environmental analyses relating to such activity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HA219FDE57E0A4C3A80DF18CC268D256E"><enum>122.</enum><header>Exclusive
jurisdiction over causes and claims relating to covered oil and natural gas
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, any Federal action approving any covered oil and
natural gas activity shall be subject to judicial review only—</text>
<paragraph id="HC312249E78CB450EB23240B727758C38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H627A12A80E344A10B2178A445E1115A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>after the person
filing a petition seeking such judicial review has exhausted all available
administrative remedies with respect to such Federal action.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HCB702E0DCF2D4D7D8D1452AD5BF0AF08"><enum>123.</enum><header>Time for filing
petition; standing</header>
<subsection id="HC3D51D08AD064F539049993FCE99C226"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>All petitions referred to in section 122 must be filed
within 30 days after the latter of the challenged Federal action or the
exhaustion of all available administrative remedies with respect to such
Federal action. A claim or challenge shall be barred unless it is filed within
the time specified.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0ABE7F1412E842C78C8D2753EC6A8C50"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standing</header><text>No
person whose legal rights will not be directly and adversely affected by the
challenged action, and who is not within the zone of interest protected by each
Act under which the challenge is brought, shall have standing to file any
petition referred to in section 122.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HFD8D39ACFD954D578CE4642E3FB1FAC7"><enum>124.</enum><header>Timetable</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit shall complete all judicial review, including
rendering a judgment, before the end of the 120-day period beginning on the
date on which a petition referred to in section 122 is filed, unless all
parties to such proceeding agree to an extension of such period.</text>
</section><section id="HC81CF8E0B5824040855AAE4006A5E6BD"><enum>125.</enum><header>Limitation on
scope of review and relief</header>
<subsection id="HF7C8E12C56C940BBA360629F646F91AE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administrative
findings and conclusions</header><text>In any judicial review referred to in
section 122, any administrative findings and conclusions relating to the
challenged Federal action shall be presumed to be correct unless shown
otherwise by clear and convincing evidence contained in the administrative
record.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9D5C0C6C8BCC4068A9EC9DB599142DB3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
prospective relief</header><text>In any judicial review referred to in section
122, the Court shall not grant or approve any prospective relief unless the
court finds that such relief is narrowly drawn, extends no further than
necessary to correct the violation of a Federal law requirement, and is the
least intrusive means necessary to correct the violation concerned.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H598B0D65E8CC4A12980ECCE36C7D4B67"><enum>126.</enum><header>Presidential
waiver</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the President may waive any legal requirement relating
to the approval of any covered oil and natural gas activity if the President
determines in the President’s sole discretion that such activity is important
to the national interest and outweighs such legal requirement.</text>
</section><section id="H9E55219D96FF4C62A451B604CAFC56DA"><enum>127.</enum><header>Legal
fees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any person filing a
petition referred to in section 122 who is not a prevailing party shall pay to
the prevailing parties (including intervening parties), other than the United
States, fees and other expenses incurred by that party in connection with the
judicial review, unless the Court finds that the position of the person was
substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award
unjust.</text>
</section><section id="H858310D880EA4161B8CBB256A577C62C"><enum>128.</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 122 shall not apply to disputes
between the parties to a lease issued pursuant to an authorizing leasing
statute regarding the obligations of such lease or the alleged breach
thereof.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H0186AA985ABF4B29815EF604F57DF7FD"><enum>C</enum><header>Other energy
provisions</header>
<section id="H4F40EB4967344D0D992743A45DA13F21"><enum>131.</enum><header>Elimination of
restriction on energy alternatives and energy efficiency</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E79B4A991A5440BA0B65BB749BA0150"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elimination of
other restrictions on use of energy alternatives</header>
<paragraph id="HDE658C6D27CB4C4E8AC0FBC37459B59B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Renewable
biomass</header><text>Section 211(o)(1)(I) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7545(o)(1)(I)) is amended effective January 1, 2009—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE82D37C4A83243358363302D087301D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by
striking <quote>on non-federal land</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8CF2FF0263144F29BA0C9BDD732C7FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by
striking <quote>that are from non-federal forestlands, including
forestlands</quote> and inserting <quote>from forestlands, including those on
public lands and those</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD65C67CA2A8E4899A27BFA852275CDBB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alternative
fuels</header><text>Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of
2007 (42 U.S.C. 17142) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD7D3DFFC303247E0A19906D7CB6BE720"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on
Number of new Qualified Hybrid Advanced Lean-Burn Technology
Vehicles</header><text>Section 30B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by striking subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAEB9DCF37D4346EEA42F662EB0672F05"><enum>(b)</enum><header>New source
review under the Clean Air Act</header><text>Part A of title I of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 and following) is amended by adding the following new
section at the end thereof:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B6A9FD062344AE8A55DC2FA87F02003" style="OLC">
<section id="H680068D8793E4EAB80792D05CC5126BE"><enum>132</enum><header>New source
review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In promulgating
regulations respecting new source review under this Act, the Administrator
shall include in such regulations provisions providing that routine maintenance
and repair shall not constitute a modification of an existing source requiring
compliance with new source review requirements. Such provisions shall provide
that equipment replacement shall be considered routine maintenance and repair
if it meets each of the following requirements:</text>
<paragraph id="HEB3A39DB11EC41BAAF964558098360C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It does not increase actual emissions of
any air pollutant by more than 5 percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB3D554CC6CCB42A19CE4A512830585C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>It does not
increase actual emissions of any air pollutant by more than 40 tons per
year.</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="section">Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, no State may include in any State implementation plan any provisions
regarding new source review that are more stringent than those contained in the
regulations of the Administrator under this
section.</continuation-text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H078DB9F5141C4F8DB7FFD55A4B6B7DB9"><enum>132.</enum><header>Policies
regarding buying and building American</header>
<subsection id="H1C5DB9B04E274294830CAE22E1C1AC6D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Intent of
Congress</header><text>It is the intent of the Congress that this Act, among
other things, result in a healthy and growing American industrial,
manufacturing, transportation, and service sector employing the vast talents of
America’s workforce to assist in the development of energy from domestic
sources. Moreover, the Congress intends to monitor the deployment of personnel
and material onshore and offshore to encourage the development of American
technology and manufacturing to enable United States workers to benefit from
this Act by good jobs and careers, as well as the establishment of important
industrial facilities to support expanded access to American resources.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6F1272C5833C4873A2042BD8DAF25968"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Safeguard for
Extraordinary Ability</header><text>Section 30(a) of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1356(a)) is amended in the matter preceding
paragraph (1) by striking <quote>regulations which</quote> and inserting
<quote>regulations that shall be supplemental and complimentary with and under
no circumstances a substitution for the provisions of the Constitution and laws
of the United States extended to the subsoil and seabed of the outer
Continental Shelf pursuant to section 4 of this Act, except insofar as such
laws would otherwise apply to individuals who have extraordinary ability in the
sciences, arts, education, or business, which has been demonstrated by
sustained national or international acclaim, and that</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5D3B069B4C3D4488A595EFD3B5D3F780"><enum>133.</enum><header>Clean coal
technology deployment grant and loan program</header>
<subsection id="HA0E497B50F314EF8BA26F96B0E80233F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this section is to encourage
innovative, state of the art energy plants to reduce and eliminate emissions of
CO<subscript>2</subscript> and other greenhouse gases.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC80AA46BF621461E9102E06897BA2992"><enum>(b)</enum><header>DOE
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary Energy
shall implement a competitive grant and loan program to award funding to
qualified projects for a 3-year period for the construction or modernization of
coal fired generation units to enable the use at such units of the most viable
and cost effective technology to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gases. In carrying out such program, the Secretary shall give
priority to the funding of projects that will emit the least amount of carbon
dioxide and other greenhouse gases.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6BB124B7D9DF4253B05DC3352744690F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualified
projects</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H077BF5992AE5416A9EA930D2594F8896"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Projects for the
construction or modernization of units with carbon capture and sequestration or
storage systems shall be qualified for assistance under this section in the
form of grants of up to $2,000,000,000 per unit up to a maximum grant of
$2,000,000 per Megawatt (MW) of capacity. Such projects may be qualfied for
loan guarantees under this section in the amount of up to $3,000,000,000 per
unit up to a maximum of $3,000,000 per Megawatt of capacity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD39D3770B664E2ABBB19F63FFAE6439" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The maximum amount of funding
assistance under this section for construction and modernization costs shall be
as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD85512339B604A48A79B7D64139A8496"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A grant of 75 percent of such costs
and a loan guarantee of 25 percent of such costs for the first year in which
assistance is provided.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB68EBA16E5EA42F6BF85FAB641FCEDD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
grant of 50 percent of such costs and a loan guarantee of 50 percent of such
costs for the second year in which assistance is provided.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C2AD909E34E40008BE16EF3933755B3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
grant of 25 percent of such costs and a loan guarantee of 75 percent of such
costs for the first year in which assistance is provided.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC3B9010556D840E8845D8C6800E11EDC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Minimum
size</header><text>No project shall be qualified for assistance under this
section for any unit that is less than 250 MW of capacity.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Modifying the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve and funding conservation and energy research and
development</header>
<section id="H7648F7CEC6F745869011CA58C03B03DB"><enum>201.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HCFBC79AFCDD94234A1DA502276E16BFA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) was
created by Congress in 1975, to protect the Nation from any future oil supply
disruptions. When the program was established, United States refiners were
capable of handling light and medium crude and the make up of the SPR matched
this capacity. This is not the case today.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1C30BBD269C417F86FDDBC3932BB79C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A
GAO analysis found that nearly half of the refineries considered vulnerable to
supply disruptions are not compatible with the types of oil currently stored in
the SPR and would be unable to maintain normal refining capacity if forced to
rely on SPR oil as currently constituted, thereby reducing the effectiveness of
the SPR in the event of a supply disruption. GAO concluded that the SPR should
be comprised of at least 10 percent heavy crude.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF180CD5D5E2946CC9B6C0299FD8A1C03"><enum>(3)</enum><text>This Act
implements the GAO recommendation and dedicates funds received from the
transactions to existing energy conservation, research, and assistance
programs.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H759B7BD166CB4302BD275CF7ABE5EDE3"><enum>202.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title—</text>
<paragraph id="HB86F226CBDBC42E0991181FF8E2B5CA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>light grade petroleum</term> means crude oil with an API gravity of 35
degrees or higher;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H144BA712575B40B2855C77ACDE4551C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>heavy grade petroleum</term> means crude oil with an API gravity of 26
degrees or lower; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2D390637B0C4C59A344212760EE6243"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB752DF8B98074475819EBB85299D6BE1"><enum>203.</enum><header>Objectives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The objectives of this title are as
follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HBE62DBDC94C04B5D814ED681FD77D984"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To modernize the
composition of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to reflect the current
processing capabilities of refineries in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE78AD345E394351961BAE07DB375238"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To provide
increased funding to accelerate conservation, energy research and development,
and assistance through existing programs.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5DE3AD4BF5E7450FB050C6E1CC0A1285"><enum>204.</enum><header>Modification of
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), the Secretary shall publish a
plan not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act to—</text>
<paragraph id="H3AAB3C788651464B811B60AD093302A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exchange as soon as possible light grade
petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, in an amount equal to 10
percent of the total number of barrels of crude oil in the Reserve as of the
date of enactment of this Act, for an equivalent volume of heavy grade
petroleum plus any additional cash bonus bids received that reflect the
difference in the market value between light grade petroleum and heavy grade
petroleum and the timing of deliveries of the heavy grade petroleum;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5729FDA2CE05419FA3A030B61D80031F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>from the gross
proceeds of the cash bonus bids, deposit the amount necessary to pay for the
direct administrative and operational costs of the exchange into the SPR
Petroleum Account established under section 167 of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6247); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C4C2896374643FEB18D572705DB6496"><enum>(3)</enum><text>deposit 90 percent
of the remaining net proceeds from the exchange into the account established
under section 205(a).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0773E812623B4791A59C63F0426FDB60"><enum>205.</enum><header>Energy
Independence and Security Fund</header>
<subsection id="HBA4AF3AB38FD4FA580F7A77CEF33B66E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States the <quote>Energy
Independence and Security Fund</quote> (in this section referred to as the
<term>Fund</term>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H56C022E091F84B98B2C7C1F2E8FAFB85"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The
Secretary shall be responsible for administering the Fund for the purpose of
carrying out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF382848950A6406B97CCF40795F0F274"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>The
Secretary shall transfer the balance of funds in the SPR Petroleum Account on
the date of enactment of this Act in excess of $10,000,000 into the
Fund.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE2B82D39568A492DAC230A54B1D7FC31"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Distribution of
Funds</header><text>The Secretary shall make amounts from the Fund available
for obligation, without further appropriation and without fiscal year
limitation, for the following purposes:</text>
<paragraph id="HB74957F30879468B8A31E30321F0281A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advanced
Research Projects Agency—Energy</header><text>The Secretary may transfer
amounts to the account <quote>Energy Transformation Acceleration Fund</quote>,
established under section 5012(m) of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C.
16538(m)), including amounts—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD4596137CDE647A9B5850F48C5BB29B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for
university-based research projects; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA529EE3D4D104FFD9A2F9B87A66A7F9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for program
direction expenses.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H353587159371460BB2FD97D295768E9C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Wind energy
research and development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary may transfer amounts to the account <quote>Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy</quote> for necessary expenses for a program to support the
development of next-generation wind turbines, including turbines capable of
operating in areas with low wind speeds, as authorized in section 931(a)(2)(B)
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231(a)(2)(B)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6037E5E125884555978C74FC73786530"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Solar energy
research and development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary may transfer amounts to the account <quote>Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy</quote> for necessary expenses for a program to accelerate the
research, development, demonstration, and deployment of solar energy
technologies, and public education and outreach materials pursuant to such
program, as authorized by section 931(a)(2)(A) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(42 U.S.C. 16231(a)(2)(A)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A61E27DB1BF4D0B80C7AAA5DBB74931"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Low income
weatherization and liheap</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary may transfer amounts to the account <quote>Weatherization Assistance
Program</quote> for necessary expenses for a program to weatherize low income
housing, as authorized by section 411 of the Energy Independence and Security
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140). The Secretary may transfer amounts to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services for distribution to States under section
2604(a) through (d) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42
U.S.C. 8623(a)–(d)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDEAB2A297DC54F859D4FDB78B75ADD04"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Marine and
hydrokinetic renewable electric energy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may transfer amounts to the
account <quote>Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy</quote> for necessary
expenses for a program to accelerate the research, development, demonstration,
and deployment of ocean and wave energy, including hydrokinetic renewable
energy, as authorized by section 931 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16231) and section 636 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of
2007 (42 U.S.C. 17215).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H442415391D684BA690F724F326D62FD3"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Advanced
vehicles research, development, and demonstration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may transfer amounts to the
account <quote>Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy</quote> for necessary
expenses for research, development, and demonstration on advanced,
cost-effective technologies to improve the energy efficiency and environmental
performance of vehicles, as authorized in section 911(a)(2)(A) of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16191(a)(2)(A)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53CD2464A1564F1398B60DCB6E40512C"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Industrial
energy efficiency research and development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may transfer amounts to the
account <quote>Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy</quote> for necessary
expenses for a program to accelerate the research, development, demonstration,
and deployment of new technologies to improve the energy efficiency and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions from industrial processes, as authorized in section
911(a)(2)(C) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16191(a)(2)(C)) and in
section 452 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C.
17111).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0726263C292F49D1940652790047D2D0"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Building and
lighting energy efficiency research and development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may transfer amounts to the
account <quote>Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy</quote> for necessary
expenses for a program to accelerate the research, development, demonstration,
and deployment of new technologies to improve the energy efficiency of and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, as authorized in section 321(g)
of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 6295 note),
section 422 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C.
17082), and section 912 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
16192).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA8675F81B074FE3A54729E5D44EEDB8"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Geothermal
energy development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary may transfer amounts to the account <quote>Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy</quote> for necessary expenses for geothermal research and
development activities to be managed by the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory, as authorized by sections 613, 614, 615, and 616 of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17192–95) and section
931(a)(2)(C) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
16231(a)(2)(C)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC23AE3969E14D1DB2656B2A15F6575D"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Smart grid
technology research, development, and demonstration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may transfer amounts to the
account <quote>Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy</quote> for necessary
expenses for research, development, and demonstration of smart grid
technologies, as authorized by section 1304 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17384).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F342E35A88B457685548E6627E8E05D"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Carbon capture
and storage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
transfer amounts to the account <quote>Fossil Energy Research and
Development</quote> for necessary expenses for a program of demonstration
projects of carbon capture and storage, and for a research program to address
public health, safety, and environmental impacts, as authorized by section 963
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16293) and sections 703 and 707 of
the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17251,
17255).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0EA77F882102491DA4272C43D00455F9"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Nonconventional
domestic natural gas production and environmental research</header>
<subparagraph id="H8620E0935D4849A892AA3F3749512C69"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may transfer amounts to the
account authorized by section 999H(e) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16378(e)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE628D7536CC4899B0AC41C70319760B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may transfer amounts to the
account <quote>Fossil Energy Research and Development</quote> for necessary
expenses for a program of basin-oriented assessments and public and private
partnerships involving States and industry to foster the development of
regional advanced technological, regulatory, and economic development
strategies for the efficient and environmentally sustainable recovery and
market delivery of natural gas and domestic petroleum resources within the
United States, and for support for the Stripper Well Consortium.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7251C35FAAC14B2A81BCD753CCA53ABA"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Hydrogen
research and development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary may transfer amounts to the account <quote>Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy</quote> for necessary expenses for the Department of Energy’s
H–Prize Program, as authorized by section 1008(f) of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16396(f)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H258017D18F904F8899879F7BFA99EF3F"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Energy storage
for transportation and electric power</header>
<subparagraph id="H15327B4AAE8E4F5EA2DD5A3D470C4CE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may transfer amounts to the
account <quote>Basic Energy Sciences</quote> for necessary expenses for a
program to accelerate basic research on energy storage systems to support
electric drive vehicles, stationary applications, and electricity transmission
and distribution, as authorized by section 641(p)(1) of the Energy Independence
and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17231(p)(1)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0B734277B4D4AAC9D5FE54E158202B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may transfer amounts to the
account <quote>Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy</quote> including—</text>
<clause id="H3431B5A7963B4DBF9FA9C1A50B70802C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>amounts for a
program to accelerate applied research on energy storage systems to support
electric drive vehicles, stationary applications, and electricity transmission
and distribution as authorized by section 641(p)(2) of the Energy Independence
and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17231(p)(2));</text>
</clause><clause id="HDE2EC7F43A6F4CB3813FBFCC47DFDC2C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>amounts for
energy storage systems demonstrations as authorized by section 641(p)(4) of the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17231(p)(4));
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H135BB9AD6D6A42D29E6B0DDE87B6A69C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>amounts for
vehicle energy storage systems demonstrations as authorized by section
641(p)(5) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C.
17231(p)(5)).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9619BF8839C5438699139C1FD93E750B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Transfer
Procedures</header><text>The Secretary shall make an initial transfer from the
Fund no later than 30 days after the initial deposit of monies into the Fund.
The Secretary shall make additional transfers no later than 30 days after
subsequent deposits.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4227028E9F714F48B51CF6BCBF39E619"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Management and
Oversight</header>
<paragraph id="H456CF709C1C146ACB118F737E726E5D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Additionality of
fiscal year 2008 transfers</header><text>All amounts transferred under
subsection (d) shall be in addition to, and shall not be substituted for, any
funds appropriated for the same or similar purposes in the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2008.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86528A6E5038492389B236B6BF91E46E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Excess
funds</header><text>The total of all amounts transferred under subsection (d)
and any funds appropriated for the same or similar purposes in the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2008 may not exceed the amounts authorized in other Acts
for such purposes. In the event that amounts made available under this title
plus amounts under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 exceed the
cumulative amounts authorized in other Acts for any program funded by this Act,
the excess amounts shall be distributed to the other programs funded by this
title on a pro rata basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A43A7FFFF734501BB7D22DD5046A604"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Program plans
and performance measures</header><text>The Secretary shall prepare and publish
in the Federal Register a plan for the proposed use of all funds authorized in
subsection (d). The plan also shall identify how the use of these funds will be
additive to, and not displace, annual appropriations. The plans also shall
identify performance measures to assess the additional benefits that may be
realized from the application of the additional funding provided under this
section. The initial plan shall be published in the Federal Register not later
than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EBCADB8DBEC40ADB38D9220DDDEDA77"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Congressional
oversight and review</header><text>Nothing in this section shall limit or
restrict the review and oversight of program plans by the appropriate
committees of Congress. Nothing in this section shall limit or restrict the
authority of Congress to set alternative spending limitations in annual
appropriations Acts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21B499BA7C2340E8A89CB0A840C08C8D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Apportionment</header><text>All
transactions of the Fund shall be exempt from apportionment under the
provisions of subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Cleaner Energy
Production and Energy Conservation Incentives</header>
<section id="HBFEEE072E09F4077B86083429B1EB4FE"><enum>301.</enum><header>Extension of
renewable energy credit</header>
<subsection id="H6938EC3E32474B719067FD76A2644658"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each of the following
provisions of section 45(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
qualified facilities) is amended by striking <quote>January 1, 2014</quote> and
inserting <quote>January 1, 2019</quote>:</text>
<paragraph id="H1D63D79FC0CC4281B04DDB02604EEBF4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Clauses (i) and
(ii) of paragraph (2)(A) (relating to closed-loop biomass facility).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0DE8A0E34DFF4F2AADEA24CDCF26588A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Clauses (i)(I) and
(ii) of paragraph (3)(A) (relating to open-loop biomass facility).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB12E04E11DC4E0B98D37D55DC262F99"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Paragraph (4)
(relating to geothermal energy facility).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB89313D3F3E144FDBDEF532276A92785"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (6) (relating to landfill gas
facilities).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF75659B07B334E19A713C8D912A7975A"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (7) (relating to trash combustion
facilities).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD68DCEE9F7AE43B28C9479973402116A"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (9)
(relating to qualified hydropower facility).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF8EEF632AD14FC28C55D119C601DC6B"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (11) (relating to marine and
hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0D879B7E56DE4FAE8F6EE6A9A2E9CC9B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Wind
facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of
section 45(d) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>January 1,
2013</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2019</quote>:</text>
<paragraph id="HEC1972767AD941FFBED749B060BFBA2A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Paragraph (1)
(relating to wind facility).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF15EBAE386FF49D8907ED8ED6E67D35B"><enum>302.</enum><header>Extension of
renewable energy credit</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Each
of the following provisions of section 45(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to qualified facilities) is amended by striking <quote>January
1, 2013</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2019</quote>:</text>
<paragraph id="H43FCFD2D3D26491683960080BD5AC69C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Paragraph (1)
(relating to wind facility).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5FDCA95EE1044C84AEB032A07008B0BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Clauses (i) and
(ii) of paragraph (2)(A) (relating to closed-loop biomass facility).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E186B95CEF04F2D9337021F88731167"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Clauses (i)(I) and
(ii) of paragraph (3)(A) (relating to open-loop biomass facility).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1C36DDD3F7B4F85B4175B868B2632CC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Paragraph (4)
(relating to geothermal energy facility).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF52AE371E1F44F599F8266C8A1AA42A"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (5) (relating to small irrigation
power facility).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED29F7D30F014A968836FE99C59896EE"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (6) (relating to landfill gas
facilities).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE89CCDE66514DCA9B87895DCB04EE96"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (7) (relating to trash combustion
facilities).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F04DA28559C4B7AAC38F9015FC9066B"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (8) (relating to refined coal
production facility).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01DA09D6DD49438B9E7DBDE72E29423D"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (9)
(relating to qualified hydropower facility).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H26EB65614CAD42BE89F62D77E1557977"><enum>303.</enum><header>Extension of
credit for alternative fuel vehicles</header>
<subsection id="H2A61E64FB819485F8C185B398CEAE34A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Qualified fuel
cell motor vehicles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph
(1) of section 30B(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
striking <quote>December 31, 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2E3EBADA1FB342C69E4B2783F8C358C7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>New advanced
lean burn technology motor vehicle</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section
30B(j) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2010</quote> and
inserting <quote>December 31, 2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEF7FBAB9CC7D4D3D9968176F33836269"><enum>(c)</enum><header>New qualified
hybrid motor vehicle</header><text>Paragraph (3) of section 30B(j) of such Code
is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting
<quote>December 31, 2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H820B7A0CD15D43D1BED412E84F916DD8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>New qualified
alternative fuel vehicle</header><text>Paragraph (4) of section 30B(j) of such
Code is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2010</quote> and inserting
<quote>December 31, 2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H017B0A5183CA4A24BDE93605AC1E2620"><enum>304.</enum><header>Extension of
alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection
(g) of section 30C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
termination) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58C422E064B249D9BB8186014CA7EF35" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA1B09F357C2C4590BEEBAA6B4C77538A"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall not apply to property
placed in service after December 31,
2018.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HA7853D00A51D4E99B5BC76877EF51BA1"><enum>305.</enum><header>Extension of
credit for energy efficient appliances</header>
<subsection id="H24FD1CDE52074DF4A27E152D51044F5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Dishwashers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of section 45M(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to applicable amount) is amended by
striking <quote>in calendar year 2008, 2009, or 2010</quote> in subparagraph
(B) and inserting <quote>after 2007 and before 2019</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0CFCC9A337CB49DE8C6F838FF1F77503"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clothes
washers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraphs (C) and
(D) of section 45M(b)(2) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>in calendar
year 2008, 2009, or 2010</quote> and inserting <quote>after 2007 and before
2019</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFBF192204C624A1E896A70650897B819"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Refrigerators</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraphs (C) and (D) of section
45M(b)(3) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>in calendar year 2008,
2009, or 2010</quote> and inserting <quote>after 2007 and before
2019</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H65F67B2CE6E84D1E927D8A02CE716120"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to
appliances produced after December 31, 2010.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HCED6A6A3BA6647278EDE67B1E955A69F"><enum>306.</enum><header>Extension of
credit for nonbusiness energy property</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 25C(g) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to termination) is amended by striking <quote>December 31,
2010</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2018</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HDACFD66EEAC94FA2B22E53EA389EA017"><enum>307.</enum><header>Extension of
credit for residential energy efficient property</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 25D(g) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to termination) is amended by striking <quote>December 31,
2016</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2018</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H49457F31A95D44B5A04EFB255A4BCBE5"><enum>308.</enum><header>Extension of
new energy efficient home credit</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (g) of section 45L of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to termination) is amended by striking
<quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2018</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H5EE85D368C3A42069B5759EB34621AF4"><enum>309.</enum><header>Extension of
energy efficient commercial buildings deduction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 179D(h) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to termination) is amended by striking <quote>December 31,
2013</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2018</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HCEC1AAF762224E4A847C83A8D661E585"><enum>310.</enum><header>Extension of
energy credit</header>
<subsection id="H50BAB4B7A40C48F4B274B53C0DA4F151"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Solar energy
property</header><text>Paragraphs (2)(A)(i)(II) and (3)(A)(ii) of section 48(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to energy credit) are each
amended by striking <quote>January 1, 2017</quote> and inserting <quote>January
1, 2019</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDC8845FAE3574DEAB3C274B8CE12E2F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fuel cell
property</header><text>Subparagraph (E) of section 48(c)(1) of such Code
(relating to qualified fuel cell property) is amended by striking
<quote>December 31, 2016</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2AAC728575A540E79FEF9DCCC70D846C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Microturbine
property</header><text>Subparagraph (D) of section 48(c)(2) of such Code
(relating to qualified microturbine property) is amended by striking
<quote>December 31, 2016</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3FFFA46BA2FF49D5A06B1E3C215D516E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Property using
thermal energy from ground or ground water</header><text>Clause (vii) of
section 48(a)(3)(A) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>December 31,
2017</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H29F3BA508BBB4C23A7267618A59C2E7D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Combined heat
and power system property</header><text>Clause (iv) of section 48(c)(3)(A) of
such Code is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2017</quote> and inserting
<quote>December 31, 2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H29DD748C03954440BFB7A0A83C03F797"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Small wind
energy property</header><text>Subparagraph (C) of section 48(c)(4) of such Code
is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2016</quote> and inserting
<quote>December 31, 2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H9C6D13A641144B8AB409BCFAB3356D8F"><enum>311.</enum><header>Extension of
credit for clean renewable energy bonds</header>
<subsection id="H3DC6F18EB5144162A0E4684282C4E473"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Section
54(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to termination) is amended
by striking <quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF6BAC37C9A5747E382285FC83BB60606"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to
obligations issued after December 31, 2009.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3B796EA527E34D20A3DD813E3BEBAB76"><enum>312.</enum><header>Extension of
credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel</header>
<subsection id="H19F571C83EAB41E6A45B5158D916749B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 40A(g),
6426(c)(6), and 6427(e)(6)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are each
amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting
<quote>December 31, 2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5482369343624C1986729BD430707629"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to fuel
produced, and sold or used, after December 31, 2009.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Increase
Diversification and Efficiency of America’s Transportation and Electric
System</header>
<subtitle id="H976C0E533E4C49D1A580BBB5537CC380"><enum>A</enum><header>Diversification of
Fuel Source for America’s Short-Haul Transportation System</header>
<section id="HE19679F1B3334A769100CA2D001C3776"><enum>401.</enum><header>Minimum Federal
fleet requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 303
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H266675C804BA4FB7AF8D3B3D006CA6B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H462AB1A924EF45F5ADF92474DF5BC22"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1208A40635E94F2B80D6DA177CCB568F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H94466374255A4EFAA6AC91200499380" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H097A8B5FD5A14F509300300146F7DBF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plug-in electric
drive vehicles</header><text>Of the total number of vehicles acquired by a
Federal fleet under paragraph (1), at least the following percentage of the
vehicles shall be plug-in electric drive vehicles (as defined in section 131(a)
of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C.
17011(a))):</text>
<subparagraph id="HDA1A5E488D994759B3B10072783272BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>10 percent for
fiscal year 2012.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4871AF13C4D4F29A56275FC01FAC7CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The applicable
percentage for the preceding fiscal year increased by 5 percentage points (but
not to exceed a total of 50 percent) for fiscal year 2013 and each subsequent
fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E68060B74154511A50145C7F682669E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)
(as redesignated by subparagraph (A)), by inserting <quote>or (2)</quote> after
<quote>paragraph (1)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC7788C7C58D54CAE00B379325D3F0E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA5AB6A3096314D4F95106BC7E634E39E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6F69C55874644A139611D3FD7CE896D5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation of
Incremental Costs</header><text>Subject to the availability of funds
appropriated to carry out this subsection (to remain available until expended),
the General Services Administration shall pay the incremental cost of
alternative fueled vehicles over the cost of comparable gasoline vehicles for
vehicles that the Administration purchased for the use of the Administration or
on behalf of other agencies, in a total amount of not to exceed $300,000,000
for any of fiscal years 2012 through
2016.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4DC7334C7FCB4E77B8E67C593FDDCFC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in
subsection (f), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H17FC1F404B764DEFBD9BF778548F204" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAAABE0E19BED4DEFB62BCD707AC868F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text>Compliance
with this subsection shall not relieve the Federal agency of the obligations of
the agency under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB04B059C37B64D10B7FEDD397C004514"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (g),
by striking <quote>fiscal years 1993 through 1998</quote> and inserting
<quote>each fiscal year</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9822E535F8EF403DB0034CCE8D4E9833"><enum>402.</enum><header>Use of HOV
facilities by light-duty plug-in electric drive vehicles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 166(b)(5) of title 23, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE8D0EA9FF76A48649E425D76DA003600"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>Before</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided
in subparagraph (D), before</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H555CE0B680214DD499C18AF29F796E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>Before</quote> and inserting <quote>Except
as provided in subparagraph (D), before</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83CB8D9EB23B44BDB280F67EB93646D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB19352BA459649518204ECDD2CDB123F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H545B15A557034FE2A92825178FC2005E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Use by plug-in
electric drive vehicles</header>
<clause id="H8D592B7159DF4C1C9831DA057D1984EA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definition of
plug-in electric drive vehicle</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term
<term>plug-in electric drive vehicle</term> has the meaning given the term in
section 131(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C.
17011(a)).</text>
</clause><clause id="HA7DF38D771C34F5A86A16D65FDB332F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Use of HOV
facilities</header><text>A State agency—</text>
<subclause id="H99141F49B5DC424980D5BDCCFE1BFA9C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall permit
vehicles that are certified as low emission and energy-efficient vehicles in
accordance with subsection (e) that are light-duty plug-in electric drive
vehicles, and that are purchased on or before December 31 of the calendar year
described in clause (iii), as determined by the Secretary, to use HOV
facilities in the State; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC616349776074E1BA07C2389C2EE6636"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shall not impose
any toll or other charge on such a vehicle for use of an HOV facility in the
State.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HECBEE3FB31A64CC28CA0F6DFD942F317"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Calendar
year</header><text>The calendar year referred to in clause (ii)(I) is the
calendar year during which, as determined by the Secretary, the aggregate
number of plug-in electric drive vehicles sold in the United States during all
calendar years exceeds 2,000,000.</text>
</clause><clause id="H7F0E04436B754E058598391C79B78D3F"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Petition</header><text>A
State may petition the Secretary to limit or discontinue the use of an HOV
facility by plug-in electric drive vehicles if the State demonstrates to the
Secretary that the presence of the plug-in electric drive vehicles has degraded
the operation of the HOV
facility.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H780A8F9175484E618466F2005458F874"><enum>403.</enum><header>Recharging
infrastructure</header>
<subsection id="H0D9653E71F004E0BBA6FE1FAA3F63E5E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H1D0ACF57C76F4352809B00A178EC8B5E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Local
government</header><text>The term <term>local government</term> has the meaning
given the term in section 3371 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1482C1FB89544B7C9DA856CB00675E96"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plug-in electric
drive vehicle</header><text>The term <term>plug-in electric drive
vehicle</term> has the meaning given the term in section 131(a) of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011(a)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6AAAC30F09174C2CB46F0837BDE9016"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Range extension
infrastructure</header><text>The term <term>range extension
infrastructure</term> includes equipment, products, or services for recharging
plug-in electric drive vehicles that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD030F5BB8EE4962860049428DB7583E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are available to
retail consumers of electric drive vehicles on a nondiscriminatory
basis;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44AAC57039F246AAA620C5F3F8BF3435"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide for
extending driving range through battery exchange or rapid recharging;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF59040C7FBC4B33813519281EB076D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>are comparable in
convenience and price to petroleum-based refueling services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H16B771CCA1A64A47A4CE41A999C14E2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="H5B80BAB0489E43DD86296E19A3D8A276"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F5F164D6A5644BA8CDA33CF611AFD2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number and
distribution of recharging facilities, including range extension
infrastructure, that will be required for drivers of plug-in electric drive
vehicles to reliably recharge the electric drive vehicles;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BF53210BFBC4547B1CE004DF8983850"><enum>(B)</enum><text>minimum technical
standards for public recharging facilities in coordination with the National
Institute of Standards and Technology; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9EA5280479846739CB8D32DA621E618"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the concurrent
technical and infrastructure investments that electric utilities and
electricity providers will be required to make to support widespread deployment
of recharging infrastructure and the estimated costs of the investments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEABB4AB872644E82AEAF41037B7222B8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Components</header><text>In
conducting the study required under this subsection, the Secretary shall
analyze—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF6A602A3C8A8451FA51B5301C874068"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the variety and
density of recharging infrastructure options necessary to power plug-in
electric drive vehicles under diverse scenarios, including—</text>
<clause id="H53D3E9FFFB4F4103B8AC43D7221DA300"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
ratio of residential, commercial, and public recharging infrastructure options
necessary to support 10 percent, 20 percent, and 50 percent penetration of
plug-in electric vehicles on a city fleet basis;</text>
</clause><clause id="H067BE751902141899186DE6B7779C4B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
ratio of residential, commercial, and public recharging infrastructure options
necessary to support 10 percent, 20 percent, and 50 percent penetration of
plug-in electric vehicles on a national fleet basis; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC3D3E3EECF3248D5B3DA8023DB3B8ED7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the potential
impact of fast charging on penetration rates and utility power management
requirements;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA63396221FC2471EB9007739EC9C7D37"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether use of
parking spots with access to recharging facilities should be limited to plug-in
electric drive vehicles; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D61A6F166F14C14AE1051C01BEC00CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such other issues
as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF40E68110C5642FDA68B0173BA1DF75D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of the
study conducted under this subsection, including any recommendations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB615DF3A32A64DD688780089CBDECA19"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants and Loans
to State and Local Governments for Recharging Infrastructure</header>
<paragraph id="HCAC91759F6E44AE788C88327F887D49F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Effective beginning October 1, 2010, the Secretary shall
establish a program under which the Secretary shall provide grants and loans to
local governments to assist in the installation of recharging facilities for
electric drive vehicles in areas under the jurisdiction of the local
governments. The Secretary shall provide funding under this section to State or
local governments to pay not more than fifty percent of the recharging
infrastructure cost.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA4B3073F10314A3AB5EEDBE445CFBDE3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To
be eligible to obtain a grant or loan under this subsection, a local government
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB2BE590BE1724A5789E4EF1462298F99"><enum>(A)</enum><text>demonstrate to the
Secretary that the applicant has taken into consideration the findings of the
report submitted under subsection (b)(3), unless the local government
demonstrates to the Secretary that an alternative variety and density of
recharging infrastructure options would better meet the purposes of this
section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6816A8CC089D4DECB619DC57DBC0F5E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>agree not to
charge a premium for use of a parking space used to recharge an electric drive
vehicle other than a charge for electric energy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF93CFB925E8B4E639843917977791D77"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish guidelines for carrying out this subsection that are
consistent with the report submitted under subsection (b)(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87AA573FD237427B00DE0950F03E8DC5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary to carry out this subsection a total of $250,000,000 for grants and a
total of $250,000,000 for loans, to remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H461546804E3C4C79805759A2007FEF9F"><enum>404.</enum><header>Loan guarantees
for advanced battery purchases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle B of title I of the Energy and
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H25D5B1938E52448B8315FAF7E3C973D2" style="OLC">
<section id="H849439822191445E80BCD39318A4DADC"><enum>137.</enum><header>Loan guarantees
for advanced battery purchases</header>
<subsection id="H55CBFBCA48DF4041B408CC6F4EFFF7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HCDC83805F43E4F7CA8F2A85ED45E4C88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Plug-in electric
drive vehicle</header><text>The term <term>plug-in electric drive
vehicle</term> has the meaning given the term in section 131(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F1CC211E6E044D5AF9CB8E195F2DA1F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Range extension
infrastructure</header><text>The term <term>range extension
infrastructure</term> includes equipment, products, or services for recharging
plug-in electric drive vehicles that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4CD74B6AB7E745339F89A9ABEE56B066"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are available to
retail consumers of electric drive vehicles on a nondiscriminatory
basis;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBC80E877D934779B6CDBA2C886F0093"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide for
extended driving range through battery exchange or rapid recharging; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FECF4FC9DA74FDBB99D057BD9DBFC23"><enum>(C)</enum><text>are comparable in
convenience and price to petroleum-based refueling services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF30F7ABD0B724C4A8162FDB1AA6E41E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Loan
Guarantees</header><text>The Secretary shall guarantee loans made to eligible
entities for the aggregate purchase by an eligible entity of not less than
5,000 batteries that use advanced battery technology within a calendar
year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7446E124A9D8490082C8E6DC4BAD4506"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible
Entities</header><text>To be eligible to obtain a loan guarantee under this
section, an entity shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="H49F0FFBB980948AE8E4FD9FB6628D6D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an original
equipment manufacturer;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C2AE41073D34D06B856865FA364B140"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a vehicle
manufacturer;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H818B7791085840C69F145B4403A1E67B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an electric
utility;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8CA57E29E7B943A4BBCAB08890128B84"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any provider of
range extension infrastructure; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C9A70E3B4C74954A015A6E85D132DFA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any other
qualified entity, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD8804954A3F24D148E6787797CE3A017"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDE12EE8C0AA54CE3AA96D5D2B0FA6300"><enum>(e)</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><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H3832C133F50842CF805E6C45A58E6C5D"><enum>405.</enum><header>Study of
end-of-useful life options for motor vehicle batteries</header>
<subsection id="H3F67CEC9F99341679EAF004023F8FC1F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>In combination with the research, demonstration, and
deployment activities conducted under section 641(k) of the Energy and
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17231(k)), the Secretary shall
conduct a study on the end-of-useful life options for motor vehicle batteries,
including recommendations for stationary storage applications and recyclability
design specifications.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H25BBD28799F04B5E8B20402228617807"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of the
study conducted under subsection (a), including any recommendations.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5DB807CDE2AD41458B8BAAFD8C26D1AB"><enum>406.</enum><header>Study and
demonstration electrification of postal fleet</header>
<subsection id="HDD58F23763FB40C6A500F67E8B7EBE4F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Postal Service shall conduct a study of what portion
of its mail delivery vehicles are capable of being replaced with plug-in hybrid
electric vehicles.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H39906F6F3849441DB089C2DBCB97E273"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Postal Service
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results
of the study conducted under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4142B022AD39428EAC8E39D78DB73812"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prototype
Plug-In Electric Hybrid Mail Delivery Vehicles</header><text>Not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Postal One service shall
contact for the development of a prototype plug-in electric hybrid mail
delivery vehicles.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8812AE6F32554C18AB00FDE0256DB1BA"><enum>407.</enum><header>Maximum weight
study for energy efficiency and safety</header>
<subsection id="H91D22A6E0E5B40C0A80383C17BAECE74"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, shall
conduct a study to investigate whether oil savings goals can be achieved in the
trucking industry without adverse safety consequences by determining the safety
impacts and other effects of increasing the maximum allowable gross weight for
vehicles using the Interstate System to allow for larger, more fuel-efficient
tractor-trailers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEAAAAF05E1BB4243A396C2FAAFD0CD0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study
Components</header><text>In conducting the study under this section, the
Secretary of Transportation shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD31924DB0DAE4BA7AD2CF3C5BEC6D125"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine whether
a vehicle with a supplementary sixth axle and a gross weight of up to 97,000
pounds that is traveling at 60 miles per hour is capable of stopping at a
distance of 355 feet or less;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92C8A6AAE86E4A968897FAF784C00EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>determine whether
the use of the Interstate System by vehicles described in paragraph (1) would
require a fundamental alteration of the vehicle architecture that is commonly
used for the transportation of goods as of the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A5F700267204AD88DCB21961F7C2D06"><enum>(3)</enum><text>analyze the safety
impacts of allowing vehicles described in paragraph (1) to use the Interstate
System; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE82ED992FE6544EFABDD7C85A50220"><enum>(4)</enum><text>consider the
potential impact on highway safety of applying lower speed limits on such
vehicles than the speed limits in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE45AAAF582324B9B8164CEB43AB6085"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall submit a report to Congress that contains the results of the study
conducted under this section, including a determination by the Secretary as to
whether permitting vehicles with a supplementary sixth axle and a gross weight
of not more than 97,000 pounds to use the Interstate System would have an
adverse impact on highway safety.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD453C095FA76492B8896EE507B667335"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>Interstate System</term> has the meaning given
that term in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H857C7B3993694C1F904456934F30F470"><enum>B</enum><header>Incentives for
Diversification of Transportation</header>
<section id="H57822E36341B4C409E91940063FFAEA7"><enum>420.</enum><header>Amendment of
1986 Code</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise
expressly provided, whenever in this subtitle an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other
provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
</section><section id="H64DC31EB352B4A51AFC1ADEF21C343F3"><enum>421.</enum><header>Extension of
credit for medium and heavy-duty hybrid vehicles</header>
<subsection id="H7F76D5076DA14A93A43366FAF6C9B1FC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Paragraph (3) of section 30B(k) is amended by striking
<quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1B6BB3196DA247658B269A4675564FCF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to vehicles
acquired after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H87A6F6832553453EAEABF4D1E213BEC"><enum>422.</enum><header>Extension of
credit and extension of temporary increase in credit for alternative fuel
vehicle refueling property</header>
<subsection id="HCF17BCCD38FD4DC3A278446D8D2CDDD8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of
Credit</header><text>Subsection (g) of section 30C is amended by striking
<quote>service—</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>service after
December 31, 2018.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H109F1FF3E2B24D3F9B0055441125CE32"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of
Temporary Increase</header><text>Paragraph (6) of section 30C(e) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDC69D477BED7407FB3A302066CACD19D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>January 1, 2011</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2019</quote>,
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC733E7F07C734949BD67FEB851C5CDDE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and
2010</header-in-text></quote> in the heading and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">through
2018</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H14D94A72BCAE480DBF00D0A6788C4BB5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2010.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC621D051869248D19635DEC4A75000F3"><enum>423.</enum><header>Extension and
expansion of credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor
vehicles</header>
<subsection id="H4CE7159848034A70AE78EBCD4DB96E95"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Section
30D is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB4C3D499A8DF4491B8A31B9C04441670" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB4A7A8DA0FB8493E94749E7500685FFC"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>This
section shall not apply to any property purchased after December 31,
2018.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H00E6D9B3FAC549FB92169992294FEC79"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restoration of
Credit for Large New Qualified Plug-In Electric Drive Motor Vehicles Weighing
Over 14,000 Pounds</header>
<paragraph id="HEBF55098A140418E824B488D8ED85C3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The last sentence of
section 30D(b)(3) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7288BF579BE94CBAA9DC66A4AAC8DED" style="OLC">
<text>The amount determined under this
paragraph shall not exceed—</text><subparagraph id="HC93AAD79DB4D4EBEBAF3934E967B0184"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,000, in the
case of any new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle with a gross
vehicle weight rating of not more than 14,000 pounds,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39051DD1C8E845D9B226355467084D2E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$10,000, in the
case of any new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle with a gross
vehicle weight rating of more than 14,000 pounds but not more than 26,000
pounds, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H912992738E6B494AAC853D2C019FBC4D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$12,500, in the
case of any new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle with a gross
vehicle weight rating of more than 26,000
pounds.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89500BB312944AD90066126236DA4550"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 30D(d) is amended by adding
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (D), by striking subparagraph
(E), and by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (E).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7C7525D572C24369AC4D2DFD124DB887"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Increase in Per
Manufacturer Cap</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 30D(e) is amended by
striking <quote>200,000</quote> and inserting <quote>400,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9508240CC7654857BC1BD9843095C6D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to vehicles
acquired after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE45C47217C9A48A9B94033A7B8AC8E94"><enum>424.</enum><header>Extension of
credit for certain plug-in electric vehicles</header>
<subsection id="H3E2E0520DD084B88B2B676BCD548F864"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Subsection (f) of section 30 is amended by striking
<quote>December 31, 2011</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H915C48619BA6400600A4418F66FEC31"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to vehicles
acquired after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H37274E071BA141238D997E014BAA3D44"><enum>425.</enum><header>Credit for new
qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles</header>
<subsection id="H63172479A07A47E59838CF70635D3F50"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plug-In electric
drive motor vehicle credit</header><text>Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A
of chapter 1 (relating to other credits) is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HC4A84BDFF6844DA8827CA3C2053EF507"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of
section 30D is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H50726503B2AF47929055A395681DCB3F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9907AC7E520A43780096CDE0104DF62C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allowance of
credit</header>
<paragraph id="H89D695BA88BD4868AC2E3DF3E7EA42B8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax
imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to the applicable
amount with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFC345D23BA334EE785FB37DED5C4B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each new qualified
plug-in electric drive motor vehicle placed in service by the taxpayer during
the taxable year, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA07DB6F5819F456BA5CB455482DB1D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each automotive
grade battery purchased by the taxpayer during the taxable year subject to a
minimum purchase of 1,000 batteries with a battery capacity no smaller than 5
kilowatt hours.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H23BBF50EA3FD4E1000EE0000EB89E8E7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable
amount</header>
<subparagraph id="H9DD29AE0DB3E4B1C80DC9932F700915D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For purposes of
paragraph (1)(A), the applicable amount is the sum of—</text>
<clause id="H0711A9BAB1F04DD4AABE0567B28DF32"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$2,500, plus</text>
</clause><clause id="H5439ADE3384A42FD940111A97C77D86D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$417 for each
kilowatt hour of traction battery capacity in excess of kilowatt hours.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C44B3AC915542179630476700246F48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For purposes of
paragraph (1)(B), the applicable amount is the sum of—</text>
<clause id="HC8A2B9FAC8F047208E00A6F34BE8A9FE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$1,000,
plus</text>
</clause><clause id="H8041148B21BE484DB6D7AA7BB3586FA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$200 for each
kilowatt hour of traction battery capacity in excess of 5 kilowatt
hours.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA070D72F1EB42ACBA90CBDF99E94411"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsection (c)(6)
is amended by striking the the period and inserting <quote>, and</quote> and
inserting after it:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAB3AF67DF2D547A9A95B10EC00FBC331" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H89E625C81B564A8BB84978E2D4094FDF"><enum>(7)</enum><text>is not powered by
a battery for which any taxpayer received a tax credit pursuant to subsection
(a)(1)(B) of this
section.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A63D3EAC9964C9EBCD15E7C72BEA9AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subsections (d),
(e), (f), and (g) are redesignated as subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) and a
new subsection (d) is inserted:</text>
<quoted-block id="H46B32749D9824092A839AC66DBE600E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC2FB5C74EB5D411D9DCE8F8D6DD5003C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Qualified
automotive battery</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term
<term>qualified automotive battery</term> means a battery with at least 5
kilowatt hours of traction battery capacity that is designed for use in
qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles but is purchased for
non-automotive
applications.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFABEEBA2A90049DE99E94F6EBADCEED9"><enum>426.</enum><header>Tax credit for
most efficient vehicle in class</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of
chapter 1 (relating to other credits) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF80221DCBF4A4E65B92625B44DA950CE" style="OLC">
<section id="H88325463741843A4A498E96E4DFC4F93"><enum>30E.</enum><header>Most efficient
vehicle in class credit</header>
<subsection id="H4D8E9C5B0ED3471CBF5187CF638F55DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allowance of
credit</header><text>There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed
by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to $2,000 for each car
that is determined to be the <term>most efficient vehicle in class</term>
placed in service by the taxpayer during the taxable year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H786E7D4E4C424E65A9DE4100487659B2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Most efficient
vehicle in class</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term
<term>most efficient vehicle in class</term> means the motor vehicle identified
as the most efficient vehicle in each class of vehicle in the Annual Fuel
Economy Guide published by the Environmental Protection
Agency.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HD2538D30B22B4C56008CFA3467E832BE"><enum>427.</enum><header>Study of
development of common standards for PHEVs and EVs between the United States,
Europe and Asia</header>
<subsection id="H68220E4EC6444D72A44660F54108F4AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study identifying the
components of electric vehicles, hybrid-electric vehicles and plug-in
hybrid-electric vehicles for which it is important that there be common
standards within the United States and between the United States, European and
Asian automakers and examine the extent to which such standards are (or are
not) or have been (or have not been) developed, and the status of any such
efforts to develop such standards.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC812495F3A5E41449EF97264ED14F95D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of the
study conducted under subsection (a), including any recommendations.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HA97C5260CA354873853713D1D18E32D9"><enum>C</enum><header>Low Carbon
Diversification of Electric System</header>
<section id="HAA71B586834B422CB7CEC743DC5F748C"><enum>431.</enum><header>Innovative
low-carbon loan guarantee program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1703 of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA02A1A0CE0044E9E8F25C12DD669B85C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFA2D9AD999DC4AB3AEDEF529ECB63EC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H689AA45C8FAD42D68600DED800DD1811"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Innovative
low-carbon technology projects in accordance with subsection
(f).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F3E7E07DEC944F78C377ED7902F79CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFE5951C9832841F688377BAA0E3BDD" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAA6C8F16338F4840A3852C90D4F0E900"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Innovative
Low-Carbon Technology Projects</header>
<paragraph id="H1083568F996F43C90055BF0688E3BDCF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may make guarantees to carry out innovative
low-carbon technologies projects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6614179B045F48529FF402AE2C600452"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<subparagraph id="HAFE6766F0A9349FCA0505003373CE6C2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2
U.S.C. 661 et seq.), the total principal amount of loans guaranteed to carry
out projects under this subsection shall not exceed $50,000,000,000, to remain
available until committed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26C1C74F3FD446B796004D04791DB43C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional
amounts</header><text>Amounts made available to carry out this subsection shall
be in addition to any other authority provided for fiscal year 2010 or any
previous fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D9787EB172D44C1855BD2F263BF3F2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Source of
funds</header>
<clause id="HAEE6E8A2F61B4A26B699431841E2E0F4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Amounts made available to carry out this subsection shall
be—</text>
<subclause id="HBCC19B7C0A364914A34744295051A165"><enum>(I)</enum><text>derived from
amounts received from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) for fiscal year
2010 or any previous fiscal year; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2CAF7321D1C642B28401CD4751134480"><enum>(II)</enum><text>collected in
accordance with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et
seq.).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HDFD41CAE306E44DFBF73B6FCC31EAC36"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>The
source of payment received from borrowers described in clause (i) shall be not
considered a loan or other debt obligation that is guaranteed by the Federal
Government.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD808E0A2E94144AF8D2598CDCC00A145"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Subsidy
cost</header><text>In accordance with section 1702(b)(2), no appropriations to
carry out this subsection shall be available to pay the subsidy cost of
guarantees.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section></subtitle>