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[S. 2660 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 387
116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2660

To establish a grant program for wind energy research, development, and 
                 demonstration, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 22, 2019

Ms. Smith (for herself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                           December 18, 2019

  Reported by Ms. Murkowski, with amendments and an amendment to the 
                                 title
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To establish a grant program for wind energy research, development, and 
                 demonstration, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wind Energy Research and Development 
Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
        <DELETED>    (1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' 
        means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) an institution of higher 
                education;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) a National Laboratory;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) a Federal research agency;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) a State research agency;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) a nonprofit research 
                organization;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) an industrial entity; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (G) a consortium of two or more entities 
                described in subparagraphs (A) through (F).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1001).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) National laboratory.--The term ``National 
        Laboratory'' has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the 
        Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Program.--The term ``program'' means the 
        program established under section 3(a).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of Energy.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Supersized turbine.--The term ``supersized 
        turbine'' means a 12-megawatt or greater wind turbine that 
        typically has a tower height greater than 140 meters and blades 
        greater than 75 meters.</DELETED>

SEC. 3. WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TESTING 
              GRANT PROGRAM.

<DELETED>    (a) Establishment.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a 
        program under which the Secretary shall award grants on a 
        competitive, merit-reviewed basis to eligible entities to 
        conduct research, development, testing, and evaluation of wind 
        energy technologies in accordance with this section.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Purposes.--The purposes of the program are the 
        following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) To improve the energy efficiency, 
                reliability, resilience, security, and capacity of wind 
                energy generation.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) To optimize the design and control of 
                wind energy systems for the broadest practical range of 
                atmospheric conditions.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) To reduce the cost and risk of 
                permitting, construction, operation, and maintenance of 
                wind energy systems, including using technologies to 
                reduce environmental and community impacts, improve 
                grid integration, and reduce regulatory 
                barriers.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) To improve materials, engineering, and 
                manufacturing processes for turbines, including 
                supersized turbines.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) To optimize wind plant performance and 
                integration within hybrid energy systems to enhance 
                cost efficiency and electric grid stability and 
                resilience.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Coordination.--To the maximum extent 
        practicable, the Secretary shall coordinate activities under 
        the program with other relevant programs and capabilities of 
        the Department of Energy and other Federal research 
        programs.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Grant Subject Areas.--In addition to awarding the 
grants described in subsections (c) through (e), the Secretary shall 
award grants under the program to eligible entities to carry out 
research, development, testing, and evaluation in the following subject 
areas:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Wind power plant performance and operations, 
        including--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) wind flows and turbine-to-turbine 
                interactions;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) energy conversion potential;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) turbine and wind plant control 
                paradigms;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) turbine and wind plant 
                security;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) turbine components; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) integrated hybrid plant 
                systems.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) New materials and designs relating to blades, 
        rotors, towers, and drivetrains, including--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) higher tip speed rotor 
                designs;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) low-noise rotor designs;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) advanced drivetrain and generator 
                concepts;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) modular construction and onsite or 
                near-site manufacturing and assembly techniques, 
                including the use of additive manufacturing;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) sustainable and recyclable materials, 
                including thermoplastics, and manufacturing 
                systems;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) supersized turbine design and 
                installation approaches; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (G) lightweight materials.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Offshore wind-specific projects, including--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) fixed and floating substructure 
                concepts;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) projects to assess and mitigate the 
                impacts of hurricane wind flow, freshwater ice, and 
                other conditions specific to the United 
                States;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) innovative operations and maintenance 
                strategies;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) analysis of offshore meteorological, 
                geological, and oceanographic data 
                collection;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) offshore infrastructure monitoring; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) analysis of corrosion and fatigue for 
                the purpose of extending the design life of offshore 
                wind turbine substructures.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Recycling and reuse of wind energy 
        components.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Wind power forecasting and atmospheric 
        measurement systems, including for turbines and plant systems 
        of varying height.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Distributed wind-specific projects, 
        including--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) cost-effective turbine designs, 
                components, and manufacturing; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) microgrid applications.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) Advanced transportation mechanisms for wind 
        turbine components.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) Transformational technologies for harnessing 
        wind energy, including airborne wind energy concepts.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) Methods to extend the operational lifetime of 
        onshore and offshore wind turbines and systems.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) Other research areas, as determined by the 
        Secretary.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Wind Energy Technology Validation and Market 
Transformation Grants.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Demonstration projects.--In carrying out the 
        program, the Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities 
        to carry out demonstration projects that demonstrate and 
        validate new wind energy technologies that have the potential 
        to be cost-competitive for land-based, offshore, and 
        distributed applications.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Facility for hybrid energy system research 
        grants.--In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall award 
        grants to eligible entities to establish a facility or support 
        an existing facility in conducting research and demonstration 
        projects for wind turbines and plants in hybrid energy systems 
        that incorporate diverse generation sources, loads, and storage 
        technologies.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Offshore research facility grants.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--In carrying out the 
                program, the Secretary shall award grants to eligible 
                entities to establish a facility to conduct research, 
                development, and demonstration projects, in 
                coordination with the oceanic and atmospheric science 
                communities, for ocean and atmospheric resource 
                characterization relevant to offshore wind energy 
                development.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Facility requirements.--A facility 
                established using a grant under subparagraph (A) shall 
                be an offshore facility used to evaluate, test, and 
                advance atmospheric, oceanic, biologic, and geologic 
                monitoring technologies that improve offshore wind 
                energy development, including the generation of 
                benchmark data sets for testing offshore wind energy 
                technologies and informing how those technologies may 
                be financed, insured, and regulated.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Offshore support structure testing facility 
        grants.--In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall award 
        grants to eligible entities to establish a facility to conduct 
        research, development, and demonstration projects for large-
        scale and full-scale offshore wind energy support structure 
        components and systems, with an emphasis on innovative 
        structures, including floating substructures.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Applications.--An eligible entity seeking a 
        grant under this subsection shall submit to the Secretary an 
        application at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
        information as the Secretary may require, including, in the 
        case of an application for a grant under paragraph (1), a 
        certification that the proposed demonstration project shall 
        be--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) conducted in collaboration with 
                industry and, as appropriate, with institutions of 
                higher education and other Federal research programs; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) of sufficient size and geographic 
                diversity to measure wind energy system performance 
                under the full productive range of wind conditions in 
                the United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Wind Energy Incubator Grants.--In carrying out the 
program, the Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to 
support innovative technologies that are not significantly represented 
in--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the portfolio of wind energy research 
        activities carried out by the Secretary as of the date of 
        enactment of this Act; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) technology roadmaps used by the Department of 
        Energy as of that date.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Mitigating Regulatory and Market Barrier Grants.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--In carrying out the program, the 
        Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to research, 
        develop, test, and evaluate ways to reduce regulatory and 
        market barriers to the widespread adoption of wind power, 
        including--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) grid transmission and integration 
                challenges; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) permitting issues associated with the 
                potential impacts of wind power systems on wildlife, 
                radar systems, local communities, military operations, 
                and airspace.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Wildlife impact mitigation.--Of the grants 
        awarded under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that a 
        substantial portion include the development, testing, and 
        evaluation of wildlife impact mitigation technologies or 
        strategies to reduce the potential impacts of wind energy 
        facilities on--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) bald and golden eagles;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) bat species;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) marine wildlife; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) other impacted species.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Education and Outreach.--In carrying out the program, 
the Secretary shall support education and outreach activities to 
disseminate information and promote public understanding of wind 
technologies and the wind energy workforce, including the Collegiate 
Wind Competition.</DELETED>
            (1) Economically distressed area.--The term ``economically 
        distressed area'' means an area described in section 301(a) of 
        the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 
        U.S.C. 3161(a)).
            (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
                    (A) an institution of higher education;
                    (B) a National Laboratory;
                    (C) a Federal research agency;
                    (D) a State research agency;
                    (E) a research agency associated with a territory 
                or freely associated state;
                    (F) a tribal energy development organization;
                    (G) an Indian tribe;
                    (H) a tribal organization;
                    (I) a Native Hawaiian community-based organization;
                    (J) a nonprofit research organization;
                    (K) an industrial entity;
                    (L) any other entity, as determined by the 
                Secretary; and
                    (M) a consortium of 2 or more entities described in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (L).
            (3) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
            (4) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1001).
            (5) National laboratory.--The term ``National Laboratory'' 
        has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy 
        Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
            (6) Native Hawaiian community-based organization.--The term 
        ``Native Hawaiian community-based organization'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 6207 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7517).
            (7) Program.--The term ``program'' means the program 
        established under section 3(a).
            (8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.
            (9) Territory or freely associated state.--The term 
        ``territory or freely associated state'' has the meaning given 
        the term ``insular area'' in section 1404 of the Food and 
        Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103).
            (10) Tribal energy development organization.--The term 
        ``tribal energy development organization'' has the meaning 
        given the term in section 2601 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 
        (25 U.S.C. 3501).
            (11) Tribal organization.--The term ``tribal organization'' 
        has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).

SEC. 3. WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a program to 
        conduct research, development, testing, evaluation, 
        demonstration, and commercialization of wind energy 
        technologies in accordance with this section.
            (2) Purposes.--The purposes of the program are the 
        following:
                    (A) To improve the energy efficiency, cost 
                effectiveness, reliability, resilience, security, 
                integration, manufacturability, and recyclability of 
                wind energy technologies.
                    (B) To optimize the performance and operation of 
                wind energy components, turbines, and systems, 
                including through the development of new materials, 
                hardware, and software.
                    (C) To optimize the design and adaptability of wind 
                energy technologies to the broadest practical range of 
                geographic, atmospheric, offshore, and other site 
                conditions, including--
                            (i) at varying hub heights; and
                            (ii) through the use of computer modeling.
                    (D) To support the integration of wind energy 
                technologies with--
                            (i) the electric grid, including 
                        transmission, distribution, microgrids, and 
                        distributed energy systems; and
                            (ii) other energy technologies and systems, 
                        such as--
                                    (I) other generation sources;
                                    (II) demand response technologies;
                                    (III) energy storage technologies; 
                                and
                                    (IV) hybrid systems.
                    (E) To reduce the cost and risk across the lifespan 
                of wind energy technologies, including--
                            (i) manufacturing, permitting, 
                        construction, operations, maintenance, and 
                        recycling; and
                            (ii) through the development of solutions 
                        to transportation barriers to wind components.
                    (F) To reduce and mitigate any potential negative 
                impacts of wind energy technologies on--
                            (i) human communities;
                            (ii) military operations;
                            (iii) aviation;
                            (iv) radar; and
                            (v) wildlife and wildlife habitats.
                    (G) To address barriers to the commercialization 
                and export of wind energy technologies.
                    (H) To support the domestic wind industry, 
                workforce, and supply chain.
            (3) Targets.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish targets 
        for the program relating to near-term (up to 2 years), mid-term 
        (up to 7 years), and long-term (up to 15 years) challenges to 
        the advancement of wind energy technologies, including onshore 
        and offshore technologies.
    (b) Activities.--
            (1) Types of activities.--In carrying out the program, the 
        Secretary shall carry out research, development, demonstration, 
        and commercialization activities, including--
                    (A) awarding grants and awards, on a competitive, 
                merit-reviewed basis;
                    (B) performing precompetitive research and 
                development;
                    (C) establishing or maintaining demonstration 
                facilities and projects, including through stewardship 
                of existing facilities such as the National Wind Test 
                Center;
                    (D) providing technical assistance;
                    (E) entering into contracts and cooperative 
                agreements;
                    (F) providing small business vouchers;
                    (G) conducting education and outreach activities;
                    (H) conducting workforce training activities; and
                    (I) conducting analyses, studies, and reports.
            (2) Subject areas.--The Secretary shall carry out research, 
        development, testing, evaluation, demonstration, and 
        commercialization activities in the following subject areas:
                    (A) Wind power plant performance, operations, and 
                security.
                    (B) New materials and designs relating to all 
                hardware, software, and components of wind energy 
                technologies, including alternatives to minerals and 
                other commodities from foreign sources that are 
                determined to be vulnerable to disruption.
                    (C) Advanced wind energy manufacturing technologies 
                and practices, including materials, processes, and 
                design.
                    (D) Offshore wind-specific projects and plants, 
                including--
                            (i) the deep water floating systems, 
                        materials, components, and operation of 
                        offshore facilities; and
                            (ii) the monitoring and analysis of site 
                        and environmental considerations unique to 
                        offshore sites.
                    (E) Integration of wind energy technologies with--
                            (i) the electric grid, including 
                        transmission, distribution, microgrids, and 
                        distributed energy systems; and
                            (ii) other energy technologies, including--
                                    (I) other generation sources;
                                    (II) demand response technologies; 
                                and
                                    (III) energy storage technologies.
                    (F) Methods to improve the lifetime, maintenance, 
                recycling, and reuse of wind energy components and 
                systems.
                    (G) Wind power forecasting and atmospheric 
                measurement systems, including for turbines and plant 
                systems of varying height.
                    (H) Hybrid wind energy systems that incorporate 
                diverse--
                            (i) generation sources;
                            (ii) loads; and
                            (iii) storage technologies.
                    (I) Reducing, including through education and 
                outreach activities, market barriers to the adoption of 
                wind energy technologies, such as impacts on, or 
                challenges relating to--
                            (i) distributed wind technologies, 
                        including the development of best practices, 
                        models, and voluntary streamlined processes for 
                        local permitting of distributed wind energy 
                        systems to reduce costs;
                            (ii) airspace;
                            (iii) military uses;
                            (iv) radar;
                            (v) local communities;
                            (vi) wildlife and wildlife habitats; and
                            (vii) any other appropriate matter, as 
                        determined by the Secretary.
                    (J) Advanced physics-based and data analysis 
                computational tools, in coordination with the high-
                performance computing programs of the Department of 
                Energy.
                    (K) Transformational technologies for harnessing 
                wind energy.
                    (L) Other research areas that advance the purposes 
                of the program, as determined by the Secretary.
            (3) Prioritization.--In carrying out activities under the 
        program, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that--
                    (A) are located in geographically diverse regions 
                of the United States;
                    (B) support the development or demonstration of 
                projects--
                            (i) in collaboration with tribal energy 
                        development organizations, Indian tribes, 
                        tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian 
                        community-based organizations, or territories 
                        or freely associated states; or
                            (ii) in economically distressed areas;
                    (C) can be replicated in a variety of regions and 
                climates;
                    (D) include business commercialization plans that 
                have the potential for--
                            (i) domestic manufacturing and production 
                        of wind energy technologies; or
                            (ii) exports of wind energy technologies; 
                        and
                    (E) satisfy any other priority that the Secretary 
                determines to be appropriate.
            (4) Coordination.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
        Secretary shall coordinate activities under the program with 
        other relevant programs and capabilities of the Department of 
        Energy and other Federal research programs.
    (c) Wind Technician Training Grant Program.--The Secretary may 
award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to purchase 
large pieces of wind component equipment, such as nacelles, towers, and 
blades, for use in training wind technician students in onshore or 
offshore wind applications.
    (g)(d) Wages.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on 
projects funded by grants under this section shall be paid wages at 
rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a similar character 
in the locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor, in accordance 
with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code.
<DELETED>    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the program--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) $103,692,000 for fiscal year 2020;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) $108,876,600 for fiscal year 2021;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) $114,320,430 for fiscal year 2022;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) $120,036,452 for fiscal year 2023; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) $126,038,274 for fiscal year 2024.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.</DELETED>

        <DELETED>    (1) Section 4 of the Renewable Energy and Energy 
        Efficiency Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 
        12003) is amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by striking paragraph (1); 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by redesignating paragraphs 
                        (2) through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), 
                        respectively; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subsection (c), in the matter 
                preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``the Wind Energy 
                Research Program,''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Section 931(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 
        2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231(a)(2)) is amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking subparagraph (B); 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 
                through (E) as subparagraphs (B) through (D), 
                respectively.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Section 636 of the Energy Independence and 
        Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17215) is amended by striking 
        ``section 931(a)(2)(E)(i)'' and all that follows through the 
        period at the end and inserting ``subparagraph (D)(i) of 
        section 931(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
        16231(a)(2)).''.</DELETED>
    (e) Wind Energy Program Strategic Vision.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than September 1, 2021, and 
        every 6 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
        Congress a report on the strategic vision, progress, goals, and 
        targets of the program, including assessments of wind energy 
        markets and manufacturing.
            (2) Preparation.--The Secretary shall coordinate the 
        preparation of the report under paragraph (1) with--
                    (A) existing peer review processes;
                    (B) studies conducted by the National Laboratories; 
                and
                    (C) the multiyear program planning required under 
                section 994 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
                16358).
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the program $120,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Section 4 of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency 
Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 12003) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``wind, 
        photovoltaics, and solar thermal'' and inserting 
        ``photovoltaics, solar thermal, and other technology'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``wind, photovoltaics, and solar thermal 
                energy'' and inserting ``photovoltaics, solar thermal, 
                and other energy technology'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (1); and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as 
                paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively; and
            (3) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``the Wind Energy Research Program,''.
    (b) Section 931(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16231(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (B); and
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (E) as 
        subparagraphs (B) through (D), respectively.
    (c) Section 636 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 
(42 U.S.C. 17215) is amended by striking ``section 931(a)(2)(E)(i)'' 
and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
``subparagraph (D)(i) of section 931(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231(a)(2)).''.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to establish a 
        program for wind energy research, development, and 
        demonstration, and for other purposes.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 387

116th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 2660

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To establish a grant program for wind energy research, development, and 
                 demonstration, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 18, 2019

         Reported with amendments and an amendment to the title