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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2483 

To provide for research, development, and demonstration on energy technologies to ensure the Nation’s continued supply and efficient use of 

affordable, reliable, and clean energy, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2007 

Mr. HALL of Texas (for himself, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. 

SMITH of Texas, Mr. GINGREY, and Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science 

and Technology 

A BILL 

To provide for research, development, and demonstration on 

energy technologies to ensure the Nation’s continued supply and efficient use of affordable, reliable, and clean 

energy, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Energy for America Act’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—PRODUCED WATER 

Sec. 101. Short title. 

Sec. 102. Findings. 

Sec. 103. Definitions. 

Sec. 104. Purposes. 

Sec. 105. Sunset. 

Sec. 106. Funding. 

TITLE II—BIOMASS 

Sec. 201. Short title. 

Sec. 202. Definitions. 

Sec. 203. Advanced biofuel technologies. 

Sec. 204. Bioenergy. 

TITLE III—PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES 

Sec. 301. Short title. 

Sec. 302. Near-term vehicle technology program. 

TITLE IV—ENERGY STORAGE 

Sec. 401. Short title. 

Sec. 402. Findings. 

Sec. 403. Energy storage systems for electricity transmission and distribution. 

TITLE V—ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS 

Sec. 501. Short title. 

Sec. 502. Energy efficient building grant program. 

TITLE VI—ARPA–E 

Sec. 601. Advanced Research Projects Authority-Energy (ARPA–E). 

TITLE VII—GREEN ENERGY EDUCATION 

Sec. 701. Short title. 

Sec. 702. Definition. 

Sec. 703. Graduate training in energy research and development. 

Sec. 704. Curriculum development for high performance building design. 

TITLE VIII—CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION 

Sec. 801. Carbon capture and sequestration study. 

1 TITLE I—PRODUCED WATER 

2 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Produced Water Utili4 zation Act of 2007’’. 

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1 SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds as follows: 

3 (1) The population of the United States is in4 creasing, and as the population increases, additional 

5 potable water supplies are required to sustain indi6 viduals, agricultural production, and industrial 

7 users, particularly in the Mountain West and desert 

8 Southwest, where water resources are scarce. 

9 (2) During the development of domestic energy 

10 sources, including coalbed methane, oil, and natural 

11 gas, water may be extracted from underground 

12 sources and brought to the surface, often increasing 

13 energy production from subsurface geological forma14 tions in the process. 

15 (3) Produced water frequently contains in16 creased levels of potentially harmful dissolved solids, 

17 rendering much of the water nonpotable and unsuit18 able for agricultural or industrial uses, and encour19 aging reinjection of the water to subsurface geologi20 cal formations to safely dispose of it, which may lead 

21 to reduced production of domestic energy resources 

22 and increased costs to producers. 

23 (4) Increasing environmentally responsible sur24 face utilization of produced water would— 

25 (A) increase water supplies available for 

26 agricultural and industrial use; 

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1 (B) reduce the amount of produced water 

2 returned to underground formations; and 

3 (C) increase domestic energy production by 

4 reducing costs associated with reinjection of 

5 produced water to the subsurface. 

6 SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this title: 

8 (1) EXISTING PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘existing 

9 program’’ means a program at the Department of 

10 Energy which is engaged in research, development, 

11 demonstration, and commercial application of tech12 nologies for unconventional domestic natural gas 

13 production and other domestic petroleum production 

14 as of the date of enactment of this Act. 

15 (2) PRODUCED WATER.—The term ‘‘produced 

16 water’’ means water from an underground source 

17 that is brought to the surface as part of the process 

18 of exploration for or development of coalbed meth19 ane, oil, natural gas, or any other substance to be 

20 used as an energy source. 

21 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

22 the Secretary of Energy. 

23 SEC. 104. PURPOSES. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out 

25 under this title, in conjunction with an existing program, 

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1 a program of research, development, and demonstration 

2 of technologies for environmentally sustainable utilization 

3 of produced water for use for agriculture, irrigation, mu4 nicipal, or industrial uses, or other environmentally sus5 tainable purposes. The program shall be designed to maxi6 mize the utilization of produced water in the United States 

7 by increasing the quality of produced water and reducing 

8 the environmental impacts of produced water. 

9 (b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program under this 

10 title shall address the following areas, including improving 

11 safety and minimizing environmental impacts of activities 

12 within each area: 

13 (1) Produced water recovery, including research 

14 for desalination and demineralization to reduce total 

15 dissolved solids in the produced water. 

16 (2) Produced water utilization for agricultural, 

17 irrigation, municipal, or industrial uses, or other en18 vironmentally sustainable purposes. 

19 (3) Reinjection of produced water into sub20 surface geological formations to increase energy pro21 duction. 

22 (c) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—The program 

23 under this title shall be administered by a consortium, ad24 ministering an existing program, whose members have col25 lectively demonstrated capabilities and experience in planmstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 ning and managing research, development, demonstration, 

2 and commercial application programs for unconventional 

3 natural gas and other petroleum production and produced 

4 water utilization. 

5 (d) ACTIVITIES AT THE NATIONAL ENERGY TECH6 NOLOGY LABORATORY.—The Secretary, through the Na7 tional Energy Technology Laboratory, shall carry out a 

8 program of research, development, and demonstration ac9 tivities complementary to and supportive of the research, 

10 development, and demonstration programs under sub11 section (b). 

12 (e) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this title, the 

13 Secretary shall consult regularly with the Secretary of the 

14 Interior and the Administrator of the Environmental Pro15 tection Agency. 

16 SEC. 105. SUNSET. 

17 The authority provided by this title shall terminate 

18 on September 30, 2016. 

19 SEC. 106. FUNDING. 

20 (a) ALLOCATION.—Amounts appropriated for this 

21 title for each fiscal year shall be allocated as follows: 

22 (1) 75 percent shall be for activities under sec23 tion 104(a), (b), and (c). 

24 (2) 25 percent shall be for activities under sec25 tion 104(d) and other activities under section 104, 

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1 including administrative functions such as program 

2 direction, overall program oversight, and contract 

3 management. 

4 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

5 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 

6 $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2016. 

7 TITLE II—BIOMASS 

8 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

9 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Biomass Research, 

10 Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007’’. 

11 SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 

12 For the purposes of this title— 

13 (1) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 

14 has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) 

15 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

16 1001(a)); and 

17 (2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

18 of Energy. 

19 SEC. 203. ADVANCED BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGIES. 

20 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 932 of the Energy Pol21 icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16232) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘, includ23 ing motor and other fuels from biomass’’ after 

24 ‘‘biofuels’’; and 

25 (2) in subsection (c)— 

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1 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

2 through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), re3 spectively; 

4 (B) by adding the following new paragraph 

5 after paragraph (1): 

6 ‘‘(2) technologies that would make biofuels pro7 duced from cellulosic feedstocks cost competitive 

8 with biofuels produced from corn by 2012;’’; 

9 (C) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated 

10 by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by in11 serting ‘‘, including through conducting re12 search and development on the production of 

13 hydrocarbons and bioproducts other than eth14 anol from biomass’’ after ‘‘systems’’; and 

15 (D) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated 

16 by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by in17 serting ‘‘, including through conducting re18 search and development on how to apply ad19 vanced genetic engineering and advanced bio20 engineering techniques to increase the efficiency 

21 and lower the cost of industrial-scale production 

22 of liquid fuels from cellulosic feedstocks’’ after 

23 ‘‘facilities’’. 

24 (b) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

25 GRANTS.—The Secretary shall designate not less than 10 

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1 percent of the funds appropriated for carrying out section 

2 932(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

3 16232(d)) for grants to competitively selected institutions 

4 of higher education around the country focused on meet5 ing the objectives stated in such section 932(d). 

6 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

7 931(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

8 16231(c)) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 

10 ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000,000’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking 

12 ‘‘$125,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$160,000,000’’; and 

13 (3) in subsection (c)(3), by striking 

14 ‘‘$150,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$175,000,000’’. 

15 SEC. 204. BIOENERGY. 

16 (a) BIOENERGY PROGRAM.—Section 932(d)(1)(B) of 

17 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

18 16232(d)(1)(B)) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iii); 

20 and 

21 (2) by adding after clause (iv) the following new 

22 clause: 

23 ‘‘(v) biodegradable natural plastics in 

24 or from biomass; and’’. 

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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

2 931 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231) 

3 is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting before the 

5 semicolon the following: ‘‘, including $25,000,000 

6 for activities under section 932(d)(1)(B)(v)’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting before the 

8 semicolon the following: ‘‘, including $25,000,000 

9 for activities under section 932(d)(1)(B)(v)’’; and 

10 (3) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting before the 

11 period the following: ‘‘, including $25,000,000 for 

12 activities under section 932(d)(1)(B)(v)’’. 

13 TITLE III—PLUG-IN HYBRID 

14 ELECTRIC VEHICLES 

15 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

16 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Plug-In Hybrid Elec17 tric Vehicle Act of 2007’’. 

18 SEC. 302. NEAR-TERM VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. 

19 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) BATTERY.—The term ‘‘battery’’ means a 

21 device or system for the electrochemical storage of 

22 energy. 

23 (2) BIOMASS.—The term ‘‘biomass’’ has mean24 ing given the term in section 932 of the Energy Pol25 icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16232). 

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1 (3) E85.—The term ‘‘E85’’ means a fuel blend 

2 containing 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gaso3 line by volume. 

4 (4) ELECTRIC DRIVE TRANSPORTATION TECH5 NOLOGY.—The term ‘‘electric drive transportation 

6 technology’’ means— 

7 (A) vehicles that use an electric motor for 

8 all or part of their motive power and that may 

9 or may not use offboard electricity, including 

10 battery electric vehicles, fuel cell vehicles, hy11 brid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric ve12 hicles, flexible fuel plug-in hybrid electric vehi13 cles, and electric rail; and 

14 (B) related equipment, including electric 

15 equipment necessary to recharge a plug-in hy16 brid electric vehicle. 

17 (5) FLEXIBLE FUEL PLUG-IN HYBRID ELEC18 TRIC VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘flexible fuel plug-in hy19 brid electric vehicle’’ means a plug-in hybrid electric 

20 vehicle— 

21 (A) warranted by its manufacturer as ca22 pable of operating on any combination of gaso23 line or E85 for its onboard internal combustion 

24 or heat engine; or 

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1 (B) that uses a fuel cell for battery charg2 ing when disconnected from offboard power 

3 sources. 

4 (6) FUEL CELL VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘fuel cell 

5 vehicle’’ means an onroad vehicle that uses a fuel 

6 cell (as defined in section 803 of the Energy Policy 

7 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16152)). 

8 (7) HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE.—The term 

9 ‘‘hybrid electric vehicle’’ means an onroad vehicle 

10 that— 

11 (A) can operate on either liquid combus12 tible fuel or electric power provided by an on13 board battery; and 

14 (B) utilizes regenerative power capture 

15 technology to recover energy expended in brak16 ing the vehicle for use in recharging the bat17 tery. 

18 (8) PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE.—The 

19 term ‘‘plug-in hybrid electric vehicle’’ means a hy20 brid electric vehicle that can operate solely on elec21 tric power for a minimum of 20 miles under city 

22 driving conditions, and that is capable of recharging 

23 its battery from an offboard electricity source. 

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

25 the Secretary of Energy. 

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1 (b) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall conduct a pro2 gram of research, development, demonstration, and com3 mercial application on technologies needed for the develop4 ment of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, including— 

5 (1) high capacity, high efficiency batteries, to— 

6 (A) improve battery life, energy storage ca7 pacity, and power delivery capacity, and lower 

8 cost; and 

9 (B) minimize waste and hazardous mate10 rial production in the entire value chain, includ11 ing after the end of the useful life of the bat12 teries; 

13 (2) high efficiency onboard and offboard charg14 ing components; 

15 (3) high power drive train systems for pas16 senger and commercial vehicles and for supporting 

17 equipment; 

18 (4) onboard energy management systems, power 

19 trains, and systems integration for plug-in hybrid 

20 electric vehicles, flexible fuel plug-in hybrid electric 

21 vehicles, and hybrid electric vehicles, including effi22 cient cooling systems and systems that minimize the 

23 emissions profile of such vehicles; and 

24 (5) lightweight materials, including research, 

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1 cation to reduce the cost of materials such as steel 

2 alloys and carbon fibers. 

3 (c) PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEM4 ONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 

5 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es6 tablish a competitive grant pilot demonstration pro7 gram to provide not more than 25 grants annually 

8 to State governments, local governments, metropoli9 tan transportation authorities, or combinations 

10 thereof to carry out a project or projects for dem11 onstration of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. 

12 (2) APPLICATIONS.— 

13 (A) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 

14 issue requirements for applying for grants 

15 under the demonstration pilot program. The 

16 Secretary shall require that applications, at a 

17 minimum, include a description of how data will 

18 be— 

19 (i) collected on the— 

20 (I) performance of the vehicle or 

21 vehicles and the components, includ22 ing the battery, energy management, 

23 and charging systems, under various 

24 driving speeds, trip ranges, traffic, 

25 and other driving conditions; 

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1 (II) costs of the vehicle or vehi2 cles, including acquisition, operating, 

3 and maintenance costs, and how the 

4 project or projects will be self-sus5 taining after Federal assistance is 

6 completed; and 

7 (III) emissions of the vehicle or 

8 vehicles, including greenhouse gases, 

9 and the amount of petroleum dis10 placed as a result of the project or 

11 projects; and 

12 (ii) summarized for dissemination to 

13 the Department, other grantees, and the 

14 public. 

15 (B) PARTNERS.—An applicant under sub16 paragraph (A) may carry out a project or 

17 projects under the pilot program in partnership 

18 with one or more private entities. 

19 (3) SELECTION CRITERIA.— 

20 (A) PREFERENCE.—When making awards 

21 under this subsection, the Secretary shall con22 sider each applicant’s previous experience in23 volving plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and shall 

24 give preference to proposals that— 

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1 (i) provide the greatest demonstration 

2 per award dollar, with preference increas3 ing as the number of miles that a plug-in 

4 hybrid electric vehicle can operate solely on 

5 electric power under city driving conditions 

6 increases; and 

7 (ii) demonstrate the greatest commit8 ment on the part of the applicant to ensure 

9 funding for the proposed project or 

10 projects and the greatest likelihood that 

11 each project proposed in the application 

12 will be maintained or expanded after Fed13 eral assistance under this subsection is 

14 completed. 

15 (B) BREADTH OF DEMONSTRATIONS.—In 

16 awarding grants under this subsection, the Sec17 retary shall ensure the program will dem18 onstrate plug-in hybrid electric vehicles under 

19 various circumstances, including— 

20 (i) driving speeds; 

21 (ii) trip ranges; 

22 (iii) driving conditions; 

23 (iv) climate conditions; and 

24 (v) topography, 

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1 to optimize understanding and function of plug2 in hybrid electric vehicles. 

3 (4) PILOT PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.— 

4 (A) SUBSEQUENT FUNDING.—An applicant 

5 that has received a grant in one year may apply 

6 for additional funds in subsequent years, but 

7 the Secretary shall not provide more than 

8 $10,000,000 in Federal assistance under the 

9 pilot program to any applicant for the period 

10 encompassing fiscal years 2008 through fiscal 

11 year 2012. 

12 (B) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall 

13 establish mechanisms to ensure that the infor14 mation and knowledge gained by participants in 

15 the pilot program are shared among the pilot 

16 program participants and are available to other 

17 interested parties, including other applicants. 

18 (5) AWARD AMOUNTS.—The Secretary shall de19 termine grant amounts, but the maximum size of 

20 grants shall decline as the cost of producing plug-in 

21 hybrid electric vehicles declines or the cost of con22 verting a hybrid electric vehicle to a plug-in hybrid 

23 electric vehicle declines. 

24 (d) COST SHARING.—The Secretary shall carry out 

25 the program under this section in compliance with section 

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1 988(a) through (d) and section 989 of the Energy Policy 

2 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352(a) through (d) and 16353). 

3 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary— 

5 (1) for carrying out subsection (b), 

6 $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 

7 2012, of which up to $50,000,000 may be used for 

8 the program described in paragraph (5) of that sub9 section; and 

10 (2) for carrying out subsection (c), $50,000,000 

11 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 

12 TITLE IV—ENERGY STORAGE 

13 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 

14 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Storage Solu15 tions for America Act of 2007’’. 

16 SEC. 402. FINDINGS. 

17 The Congress finds that— 

18 (1) as demand rises by an estimated 40 percent 

19 in the electricity sector by 2030, we will need solu20 tions that are clean, reliable, and affordable; and 

21 (2) improved energy storage capability will 

22 allow for more wind and solar energy because it ad23 dresses the problem of intermittency inherent in 

24 these renewable sources of energy. 

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1 SEC. 403. ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRICITY 

2 TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 

5 Energy Storage Advisory Council established under 

6 subsection (c). 

7 (2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

8 means the Department of Energy. 

9 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

10 the Secretary of Energy. 

11 (b) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out a re12 search, development, and demonstration program to sup13 port the ability of the United States to remain globally 

14 competitive in energy storage systems for electricity trans15 mission and distribution. 

16 (c) ENERGY STORAGE ADVISORY COUNCIL.— 

17 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 

18 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec19 retary shall establish an Energy Storage Advisory 

20 Council. 

21 (2) COMPOSITION.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara23 graph (B), the Council shall consist of not less 

24 than 15 individuals appointed by the Secretary, 

25 based on recommendations of the National 

26 Academy of Sciences. 

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1 (B) ENERGY STORAGE INDUSTRY.—The 

2 Council shall consist primarily of representa3 tives of the energy storage industry of the 

4 United States. 

5 (C) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary shall 

6 select a Chairperson for the Council from 

7 among the members appointed under subpara8 graph (A). 

9 (3) MEETINGS.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall meet 

11 not less than once a year. 

12 (B) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

13 ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

14 U.S.C. App. 2) shall apply to a meeting of the 

15 Council. 

16 (4) PLANS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

17 date of enactment of this Act, in conjunction with 

18 the Secretary, the Council shall develop 5-year plans 

19 for integrating basic and applied research so that 

20 the United States retains a globally competitive do21 mestic energy storage industry for electricity trans22 mission and distribution. 

23 (5) REVIEW.—The Council shall— 

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1 (A) assess the performance of the Depart2 ment in meeting the goals of the plans devel3 oped under paragraph (4); and 

4 (B) make specific recommendations to the 

5 Secretary on programs or activities that should 

6 be established or terminated to meet those 

7 goals. 

8 (d) BASIC RESEARCH PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

9 shall conduct a basic research program on energy storage 

10 systems to support electricity transmission and distribu11 tion, including— 

12 (1) materials design; 

13 (2) materials synthesis and characterization; 

14 (3) electrolytes, including bioelectrolytes; 

15 (4) surface and interface dynamics; and 

16 (5) modeling and simulation. 

17 (e) APPLIED RESEARCH PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

18 shall conduct an applied research program on energy stor19 age systems to support electricity transmission and dis20 tribution technologies. 

21 (f) REVIEW BY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.— 

22 Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this 

23 Act, the Secretary shall offer to enter into an arrangement 

24 with the National Academy of Sciences to assess the per25 formance of the Department in making the United States 

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1 globally competitive in energy storage systems for elec2 tricity transmission and distribution. 

3 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

5 out— 

6 (1) the basic research program under sub7 section (d) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 

8 through 2012; and 

9 (2) the applied research program under sub10 section (e) $80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 

11 through 2012. 

12 TITLE V—ENERGY EFFICIENT 

13 BUILDINGS 

14 SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 

15 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Efficient 

16 Buildings Act of 2007’’. 

17 SEC. 502. ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING GRANT PROGRAM. 

18 (a) ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING PILOT GRANT

19 PROGRAM.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 

21 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec22 retary of Energy (in this title referred to as the 

23 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish a pilot program to 

24 award grants to businesses and organizations for 

25 new construction of energy efficient buildings, or 

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1 major renovations of buildings that will result in en2 ergy efficient buildings, to demonstrate innovative 

3 energy efficiency technologies, especially those spon4 sored by the Department of Energy. 

5 (2) AWARDS.—The Secretary shall award 

6 grants under this subsection competitively to those 

7 applicants whose proposals— 

8 (A) best demonstrate— 

9 (i) likelihood to meet or exceed the 

10 standards referred to in subsection (b)(2); 

11 (ii) likelihood to maximize cost-effec12 tive energy efficiency opportunities; and 

13 (iii) advanced energy efficiency tech14 nologies; and 

15 (B) maximize the leverage of private in16 vestment for costs related to increasing the en17 ergy efficiency of the building. 

18 (3) CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary shall give 

19 due consideration to proposals for buildings that are 

20 likely to serve low and moderate income populations. 

21 (4) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Grants under this 

22 subsection shall be for up to 50 percent of design 

23 and energy modeling costs, not to exceed $50,000 

24 per building. No single grantee may be eligible for 

25 more than 3 grants per year under this program. 

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1 (5) GRANT PAYMENTS.— 

2 (A) INITIAL PAYMENT.—The Secretary 

3 shall pay 50 percent of the total amount of the 

4 grant to grant recipients upon selection. 

5 (B) REMAINDER OF PAYMENT.—The Sec6 retary shall pay the remaining 50 percent of the 

7 grant only after independent certification, by a 

8 professional engineer or other qualified profes9 sional, that operational buildings are energy ef10 ficient buildings as defined in subsection (b). 

11 (C) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—The Secretary 

12 shall not provide the remainder of the payment 

13 unless the building is certified within 6 months 

14 after operation of the completed building to 

15 meet the requirements described in subpara16 graph (B), or in the case of major renovations 

17 the building is certified within 6 months of the 

18 completion of the renovations. 

19 (6) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 

20 years after awarding the first grant under this sub21 section, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a 

22 report containing— 

23 (A) the total number and dollar amount of 

24 grants awarded under this subsection; and 

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1 (B) an estimate of aggregate cost and en2 ergy savings enabled by the pilot program 

3 under this subsection. 

4 (7) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Administra5 tive expenses for the program under this subsection 

6 shall not exceed 10 percent of appropriated funds. 

7 (b) DEFINITION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILD8 ING.—For purposes of this section the term ‘‘energy effi9 cient building’’ means a building that— 

10 (1) achieves a reduction in energy consumption 

11 of— 

12 (A) at least 30 percent for new construc13 tion, compared to the energy standards set by 

14 the 2004 International Energy Conservation 

15 Code (in the case of residential buildings) or 

16 ASHRAE Standard 90.1–2004; or 

17 (B) at least 20 percent for major renova18 tions, compared to energy consumption before 

19 renovations are begun; 

20 (2) is constructed or renovated in accordance 

21 with the most current, appropriate, and applicable 

22 voluntary consensus standards, as determined by the 

23 Secretary, such as those listed in the assessment 

24 under section 914(b), or revised or developed under 

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1 section 914(c), of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 

2 and 

3 (3) after construction or renovation— 

4 (A) uses heating, ventilating, and air con5 ditioning systems that perform at no less than 

6 Energy Star standards; or 

7 (B) if Energy Star standards are not ap8 plicable, uses Federal Energy Management Pro9 gram recommended heating, ventilating, and air 

10 conditioning products. 

11 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car13 rying out this section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

14 years 2008 through 2012. 

15 TITLE VI—ARPA–E 

16 SEC. 601. ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AUTHORITY17 ENERGY (ARPA–E). 

18 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 

19 (1) The Department of Energy through existing 

20 authorities and programs promotes technology trans21 fer of basic and applied research funded by the De22 partment of Energy and performed at its national 

23 laboratories, nonprofit and educational institutions, 

24 and the private sector, but there is a need to more 

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1 mercial application of new energy technologies to 

2 meet national energy needs. 

3 (2) The principal Department of Energy pro4 gram organizations that already oversee various 

5 projects for basic and applied research and commer6 cialization of new energy technologies are the Office 

7 of Science, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Re8 newable Energy, the National Nuclear Security Ad9 ministration, the Office of Fossil Energy, the Office 

10 of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, and 

11 the Office of Nuclear Energy. 

12 (3) A more fully integrated Departmental ap13 proach to advanced energy research will help bridge 

14 the gap between basic research and applied tech15 nology to overcome long-term and high-risk techno16 logical barriers to the development of advanced en17 ergy technologies. 

18 (b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

19 (1) the term ‘‘ARPA–E project’’ means a 

20 project identified by the Secretary that shows prom21 ise to accelerate efforts to overcome long-term and 

22 high-risk technological barriers to the development 

23 of advanced energy technologies, including projects 

24 on— 

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1 (A) advanced basic energy-related research 

2 that shows unique innovation and scientific and 

3 technical merit and the potential for commercial 

4 application; 

5 (B) development of resultant technologies 

6 and processes for energy supply and efficient 

7 end use; and 

8 (C) demonstration and commercial applica9 tion of the most promising energy technologies 

10 and research applications on both a large and 

11 small scale; and 

12 (2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

13 of Energy. 

14 (c) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In identifying ARPA–E 

15 projects for support, the Secretary shall— 

16 (1) ensure that ARPA–E projects do not alter 

17 the Department’s current balance of effort along the 

18 spectrum of energy research and development activi19 ties; 

20 (2) consider the novelty, scientific and technical 

21 merit, and potential transformative nature of the 

22 proposed projects; 

23 (3) consider the demonstrated capabilities of 

24 the applicants to successfully carry out the proposed 

25 research project; 

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1 (4) consider the viability of avenues for com2 mercial application, including the transfer of tech3 nologies to the private and public sector; and 

4 (5) consider such other criteria as are estab5 lished by the Secretary. 

6 (d) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap7 propriated to the Secretary for carrying out ARPA–E 

8 projects— 

9 (1) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

10 (2) $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

11 (3) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

12 (4) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and 

13 (5) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 

14 (e) PERSONNEL.— 

15 (1) HIRING OF PERSONNEL.—The Secretary 

16 shall carry out a program of experimental use of 

17 special personnel management authority in order to 

18 facilitate recruitment of eminent experts in science 

19 or engineering for ARPA–E projects. 

20 (2) SPECIAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AU21 THORITY.—Under such program the Secretary may 

22 utilize the hiring and management authorities de23 scribed in section 1101(b), (c), and (d) of the Strom 

24 Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for 

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1 Fiscal Year 1999 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note), except 

2 that— 

3 (A) for purposes of subsection (b)(1), the 

4 number of positions that may be appointed 

5 shall be no more than 20; and 

6 (B) for purposes of subsection (c), the 

7 term of initial appointments for employees may 

8 not exceed 3 years. 

9 (f) PROTECTION OF INFORMATION.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Disclosure of information 

11 that is submitted to the Department of Energy 

12 under a competitive or noncompetitive process pur13 suant to the authority granted in this section is not 

14 required under section 552 of title 5, United States 

15 Code, for five years after the date on which the in16 formation is received by the Department of Energy. 

17 Such information includes— 

18 (A) a proposal, proposal abstract, and sup19 porting documents; 

20 (B) a business plan submitted on a con21 fidential basis; or 

22 (C) technical information submitted on a 

23 confidential basis. 

24 (2) PROJECT INFORMATION.—The Secretary, 

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1 the Department of information that results from any 

2 transaction identified as an ARPA–E project, and 

3 which is of a character that it would be protected 

4 from disclosure under the meaning of section 

5 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code, if the infor6 mation had been obtained from a non-Government 

7 party, may provide appropriate protections against 

8 the dissemination of such information, including ex9 emption from subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, 

10 United States Code. 

11 (g) COST SHARING.—Any transaction authorized by 

12 this section shall be cost shared according to the principles 

13 set forth in section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

14 (42 U.S.C. 16352). 

15 (h) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—The 

16 Secretary may coordinate program activities associated 

17 with an ARPA–E project with other agencies, and may 

18 enter into agreements with other agencies to further the 

19 success of an ARPA–E project. Where appropriate the 

20 Secretary shall coordinate technology transfer efforts with 

21 the Technology Transfer Coordinator established in sec22 tion 1001 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. 

23 (i) AWARD OF PRIZE MONEY.—To the extent consid24 ered appropriate by the Secretary, the Secretary may exer25 cise the authority provided in section 1008 of the Energy 

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1 Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16396) to award prizes for 

2 achievements under an ARPA–E project. 

3 (j) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORITIES.—The 

4 authorities granted by this section are in addition to exist5 ing authorities granted to the Secretary, and are not in6 tended to supersede or modify any existing authorities. 

7 (k) ISSUANCE OF DIRECTIVE.—Not later than 120 

8 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Depart9 ment of Energy shall issue a Directive that sets forth how 

10 the Department intends to identify, manage, and admin11 ister ARPA–E projects. 

12 (l) INITIAL PROJECTS.—Not later than 270 days 

13 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

14 designate up to 2 ARPA–E projects for funding. 

15 (m) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

17 submit a report to Congress describing the status of any 

18 proposed or existing ARPA–E projects. 

19 (n) POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.—The Secretary 

20 shall take no actions under this section unless the study 

21 conducted under section 1821(b)(3) of the Energy Policy 

22 Act of 2005 contains a recommendation that the manage23 ment practices used by the Defense Advanced Research 

24 Projects Agency are applicable to the research programs 

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1 TITLE VII—GREEN ENERGY 

2 EDUCATION 

3 SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Green Energy Edu5 cation Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 702. DEFINITION. 

7 For the purposes of this title: 

8 (1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

9 the Director of the National Science Foundation. 

10 (2) HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING.—The term 

11 ‘‘high performance building’’ has the meaning given 

12 that term in section 914(a) of the Energy Policy Act 

13 of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16194(a)). 

14 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

15 the Secretary of Energy. 

16 SEC. 703. GRADUATE TRAINING IN ENERGY RESEARCH AND 

17 DEVELOPMENT. 

18 (a) FUNDING.—In carrying out research, develop19 ment, demonstration, and commercial application activi20 ties authorized for the Department of Energy, the Sec21 retary may contribute funds to the National Science Foun22 dation for the Integrative Graduate Education and Re23 search Traineeship program to support projects that en24 able graduate education related to such activities. 

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1 (b) CONSULTATION.—The Director shall consult with 

2 the Secretary when preparing solicitations and awarding 

3 grants for projects described in subsection (a). 

4 SEC. 704. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR HIGH PER5 FORMANCE BUILDING DESIGN. 

6 (a) FUNDING.—In carrying out advanced energy 

7 technology research, development, demonstration, and 

8 commercial application activities authorized for the De9 partment of Energy related to high performance buildings, 

10 the Secretary may contribute funds to curriculum develop11 ment activities at the National Science Foundation for the 

12 purpose of improving undergraduate or graduate inter13 disciplinary engineering and architecture education related 

14 to the design and construction of high performance build15 ings, including development of curricula, of laboratory ac16 tivities, of training practicums, or of design projects. A 

17 primary goal of curriculum development activities sup18 ported under this section shall be to improve the ability 

19 of engineers, architects, landscape architects, and planners 

20 to work together on the incorporation of advanced energy 

21 technologies during the design and construction of high 

22 performance buildings. 

23 (b) CONSULTATION.—The Director shall consult with 

24 the Secretary when preparing solicitations and awarding 

25 grants for projects described in subsection (a). 

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1 (c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants with respect to 

2 which the Secretary has contributed funds under this sec3 tion, the Director shall give priority to applications from 

4 departments, programs, or centers of a school of engineer5 ing that are partnered with schools, departments, or pro6 grams of design, architecture, and city, regional, or urban 

7 planning. 

8 TITLE VIII—CARBON CAPTURE 

9 AND SEQUESTRATION 

10 SEC. 801. CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION STUDY. 

11 Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

12 of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall transmit to the 

13 Congress the results of a study on the feasibility of large14 scale biological sequestration of carbon dioxide for coal 

15 power systems, including an analysis of the feasibility of 

16 creating a closed loop carbon cycle through biological se17 questration. 

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