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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1768 

To provide for the demonstration and commercial application of innovative 

energy technologies derived from federally-sponsored research and development programs, by incorporating those technologies into Federal buildings and associated facilities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2007 

Mr. GORDON of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Science and Technology 

A BILL 

To provide for the demonstration and commercial application 

of innovative energy technologies derived from federallysponsored research and development programs, by incorporating those technologies into Federal buildings and 

associated facilities, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Stimulus of 

5 Commercial Application of Energy Technology Act of 

6 2007’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 For purposes of this Act: 

3 (1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

4 means the Department of Energy. 

5 (2) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Inno6 vative Energy Technologies Fund for Federal Build7 ings established in section 3. 

8 (3) INNOVATIVE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.—The 

9 term ‘‘innovative energy technology’’ means a tech10 nology, including an advanced energy conservation 

11 or renewable energy technology, that was developed, 

12 in whole or in part, with the support of the Depart13 ment. 

14 (4) INNOVATIVE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

15 PROJECT.—The term ‘‘innovative energy technology 

16 project’’ means a project that— 

17 (A) results in the commercial application 

18 of an innovative energy technology; and 

19 (B) assists a Federal agency in meeting or 

20 exceeding all Federal energy efficiency require21 ments then in effect, including applicable Exec22 utive orders such as Executive Order No. 

23 13423. 

24 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

25 the Secretary of Energy. 

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1 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy 

4 shall establish the Innovative Energy Technologies Fund 

5 for Federal Buildings. The Secretary of Energy shall ad6 minister the Fund to enable Federal agencies to dem7 onstrate innovative energy technologies for retrofit or new 

8 construction of Federal buildings and facilities. 

9 (b) CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES.—Not later than 6 

10 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec11 retary shall establish criteria and guidelines for Federal 

12 agencies to borrow from and pay back to the Fund. 

13 SEC. 4. LOANS FROM THE FUND. 

14 (a) GENERAL PROCEDURE.—Federal agencies may 

15 apply to the Secretary for a loan for financing the dem16 onstration of innovative energy technology projects, and 

17 shall repay the Fund from savings in energy and other 

18 costs attributable to actions taken as a result of the dem19 onstration project undertaken with the loan. 

20 (b) PURPOSES OF LOAN.—In addition to financing 

21 an innovative energy technology project, a Federal agency 

22 may use the loan amount to pay the costs of administra23 tion and the development of proposals for subsequent 

24 projects to further develop the technology (including data 

25 collection and energy surveys), and to acquire and operate 

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1 equipment necessary to monitor and verify associated en2 ergy savings. 

3 (c) REPAYMENTS.—A Federal agency shall repay to 

4 the Fund the principal amount of the loan and fees deter5 mined by the Secretary to cover costs of administering the 

6 loan. The repayment period shall be 15 years, or less as 

7 appropriate to the project. 

8 SEC. 5. REPORTS AND AUDITS. 

9 (a) REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY.—Not later than 

10 1 year after a Federal agency implements its first innova11 tive energy technology project for which a loan is provided 

12 under this Act, and each year thereafter until the date 

13 that final repayment of all loans provided to that agency 

14 under this Act is due, the Federal agency shall transmit 

15 to the Secretary an annual report that— 

16 (1) states whether projects meet or fail to meet 

17 the energy savings projections for the projects based 

18 on measured savings; 

19 (2) for each project that fails to meet the en20 ergy savings projections, states the reasons for fail21 ure and describes proposed remedies; and 

22 (3) for each project that meets the energy sav23 ings projections, proposes expanded demonstrations 

24 of the innovative energy technology demonstrated 

25 with the loan funds. 

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1 (b) AUDITS.—The Secretary may audit any innova2 tive energy technology project financed with a loan from 

3 the Fund to assess the project’s performance. 

4 (c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—At the end of each fis5 cal year, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report 

6 on the operations of the Fund, including a statement of 

7 the total receipts into the Fund, the total expenditures 

8 from the Fund to each Federal agency, and examples of 

9 project successes and failures in meeting energy savings 

10 projections. 

11 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There are author13 ized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the establish14 ment of the Fund, $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

15 years 2008 through 2017. 

16 (b) OPERATION OF FUND.—There are authorized to 

17 be appropriated to the Secretary from the Fund, for car18 rying out the loan program under this Act, such sums as 

19 may be necessary. 

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