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Union Calendar No. 352 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5656 

[Report No. 109–611] 

To provide for Federal energy research, development, demonstration, and 

commercial application activities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 21, 2006 

Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. HALL, Mr. SMITH of Texas, 

Mr. CALVERT, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, and Mr. 

WAMP) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Science 

JULY 28, 2006 

Additional sponsors: Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. SCHWARZ of Michigan, Mr. 

AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. 

REICHERT, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, and Mr. ROHRABACHER

JULY 28, 2006 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 21, 2006] 

A BILL 

To provide for Federal energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities, and for 

other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Energy Research, Devel5 opment, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act 

6 of 2006’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 For the purposes of this Act— 

9 (1) the term ‘‘biomass’’ has the meaning given 

10 that term in section 932(a)(1) of the Energy Policy 

11 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16232(a)(1)); 

12 (2) the term ‘‘cellulosic feedstock’’ has the mean13 ing given the term ‘‘lignocellulosic feedstock’’ in sec14 tion 932(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

15 U.S.C. 16232(a)(2)); 

16 (3) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart17 ment of Energy; 

18 (4) the term ‘‘engineering-scale’’ means the min19 imum size required to predict with confidence all 

20 physical processes controlling the performance of a 

21 full-scale industrial facility; 

22 (5) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 

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

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

25 1001(a)); 


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1 (6) the term ‘‘National Laboratory’’ has the 

2 meaning given the term ‘‘nonmilitary energy labora3 tory’’ in section 903(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 

4 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16182(3)); and 

5 (7) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 

6 Energy. 

7 SEC. 3. FUTUREGEN. 

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

9 project of research, development, and demonstration de10 signed to demonstrate the feasibility of the commercial ap11 plication of advanced clean coal energy technology, includ12 ing carbon capture and geological sequestration, for elec13 tricity generation. 

14 (b) INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT.—The Secretary may 

15 conduct the project through a financial assistance coopera16 tive agreement with a consortium of coal-fired power pro17 ducers, coal companies, and others. 

18 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure 

19 that— 

20 (1) a FutureGen demonstration facility is oper21 ating by 2012; 

22 (2) the FutureGen demonstration facility is de23 signed to be able— 

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1 ing coal containing 3 pounds or less of sulfur per 

2 million British thermal units, the project shall 

3 be able to emit no more than 0.03 pounds of sul4 fur dioxide emissions per million British ther5 mal units; 

6 (B) to emit no more than 0.05 pounds of 

7 nitrogen oxide emissions per million British 

8 thermal units; 

9 (C) to achieve at least a 90 percent reduc10 tion in mercury emissions; 

11 (D) to emit no more than 0.005 pounds of 

12 total particulate emissions in the flue gas per 

13 million British thermal units; 

14 (E) to achieve at least a 90 percent reduc15 tion in carbon dioxide emissions; 

16 (F) to demonstrate that the technology can 

17 be applied to a diversity of United States coal 

18 types; and 

19 (G) to demonstrate the feasibility of elec20 tricity generation from coal using advanced 

21 clean coal technology with carbon capture and 

22 geological sequestration at a cost not greater 

23 than 10 percent higher than the average of all 

24 commercial integrated coal gasification combined 

25 cycle electric generating plants operating in the 


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1 United States as of the date of enactment of this 

2 Act. 

3 (d) SYSTEM INTEGRATION.—To reduce technical risk 

4 and focus development efforts on system integration, the 

5 Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that the 

6 FutureGen demonstration facility is designed to utilize 

7 available advanced clean coal technology, as well as first8 of-a-kind technology components, as appropriate. 

9 (e) DATA PROTECTION.—The Secretary may agree to 

10 protect FutureGen information to the same extent author11 ized for the Clean Coal Power Initiative pursuant to section 

12 402(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

13 16231(h)). 

14 (f) CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary may accept con15 tributions from private and public sources, including for16 eign nations and international contributors, and use such 

17 contributions to offset a portion of the Federal share of the 

18 project costs. 

19 SEC. 4. ADVANCED NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE TECHNOLOGIES 

20 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEM21 ONSTRATION PLAN. 

22 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advanced 

23 recycling reactor’’ means a nuclear reactor that is capable 

24 of significantly reducing the toxicity or radioactivity of 

25 spent nuclear fuel components. 


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1 (b) SYSTEMS ANALYSIS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop a 

3 comprehensive modeling and simulation capability to 

4 enable a thorough analysis of possible advanced nu5 clear fuel cycle systems. The modeling and simulation 

6 capability shall be capable of examining— 

7 (A) all of the components of each advanced 

8 nuclear fuel cycle system analyzed, including— 

9 (i) spent fuel separations technologies; 

10 (ii) advanced recycling reactor tech11 nologies; 

12 (iii) fuel fabrication technologies; 

13 (iv) advanced thermal reactor tech14 nologies, including advanced thermal reac15 tor designs that would be capable of reduc16 ing the toxicity or radioactivity of spent 

17 nuclear fuel components; and 

18 (v) waste disposal technologies; 

19 (B) the manner in which possible technology 

20 and engineering choices for individual compo21 nents might affect the overall system, and how 

22 various system components would interact with 

23 one another; 

24 (C) quantitative mass flows of nuclear fuel 

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1 ventories and transportation requirements for 

2 nuclear fuel and spent nuclear fuel, for any ex3 amined system; and 

4 (D) estimated costs associated with building 

5 and operating the examined fuel cycle system, 

6 including a comparison with the estimated costs 

7 of building and operating a more conventional 

8 future fuel cycle system that includes geologic se9 questration of high-level nuclear waste but that 

10 does not include recycling of spent fuel compo11 nents. 

12 (2) ADVANCED NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE TECH13 NOLOGIES PLAN.— 

14 (A) ANALYSIS.—The Secretary shall conduct 

15 a thorough analysis of more than 1 possible con16 figuration of an advanced nuclear fuel cycle sys17 tem using the analytical capability developed 

18 under paragraph (1). Each analysis of a possible 

19 configuration of an advanced nuclear fuel cycle 

20 system shall examine— 

21 (i) the compatibility of fuel cycle sys22 tem components, including each of the sys23 tem component technologies described in 

24 paragraph (1)(A); and 


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1 (ii) the degree to which the examined 

2 system would— 

3 (I) minimize the toxicity and ra4 dioactivity of spent nuclear fuel; 

5 (II) increase the proliferation re6 sistance of commercial nuclear power 

7 reactors and their associated fuel sys8 tems and infrastructure; 

9 (III) maximize the amount of use10 ful energy that can be extracted from 

11 nuclear fuel; and 

12 (IV) minimize the costs of con13 struction and operation of commercial 

14 nuclear power reactors and their asso15 ciated fuel systems and infrastructure. 

16 (B) PLAN.—Using the results of the anal17 yses developed under subparagraph (A), and not 

18 later than June 30, 2007, the Secretary shall de19 velop a detailed plan for research, development, 

20 and demonstration for advanced nuclear fuel 

21 cycle system technologies, including proposed 

22 technology options for each of the system compo23 nent technologies described in paragraph (1)(A) 

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1 plan shall include an estimate of the design, en2 gineering, construction, and lifetime operating 

3 costs of any proposed engineering-scale dem4 onstration, including decontamination and de5 commissioning costs. In developing the plan, the 

6 Secretary shall consider the integration into an 

7 advanced nuclear fuel cycle system of advanced 

8 thermal reactors capable of reducing the toxicity 

9 or radioactivity of spent nuclear fuel compo10 nents. 

11 (C) CONSULTATION.—In developing the 

12 plan under subparagraph (B), the Secretary 

13 shall consult with— 

14 (i) technical experts from United 

15 States and foreign companies that design or 

16 engineer nuclear power plants or nuclear 

17 fuel reprocessing facilities; 

18 (ii) technical experts from United 

19 States electric utilities that operate nuclear 

20 power plants; 

21 (iii) economists with expertise in nu22 clear power and electricity markets; 

23 (iv) the Nuclear Energy Research Ad24 visory Committee; 


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1 (v) the Chairman of the Nuclear Regu2 latory Commission; and 

3 (vi) the Administrator of the Environ4 mental Protection Agency. 

5 (3) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REVIEW.— 

6 The Secretary shall enter into an arrangement with 

7 the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a review 

8 of the plan developed under paragraph (2)(B), includ9 ing by reviewing the validity of the underlying anal10 yses required under paragraph (2)(A). 

11 (c) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2008, the Sec12 retary shall transmit to Congress a report that includes— 

13 (1) the research, development, and demonstration 

14 plan developed under subsection (b)(2)(B), and the re15 port from the National Academy of Sciences on the 

16 review conducted under subsection (b)(3); 

17 (2) a revised research, development, and dem18 onstration plan that takes into account the findings, 

19 conclusions, and recommendations of the report from 

20 the National Academy of Sciences; and 

21 (3) an explanation of any instances where the 

22 Secretary does not concur with the findings, conclu23 sions, and recommendations of the report from the 

24 National Academy of Sciences. 


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1 (d) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary shall not initiate 

2 detailed design or construction of any demonstration facil3 ity that is capable of processing 750 kilograms or more per 

4 year of nuclear fuel or spent nuclear fuel and that is de5 signed to demonstrate the advanced nuclear fuel system 

6 component technologies described in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii) 

7 and (iii) until 90 days after the report under subsection 

8 (c) has been transmitted to Congress. 

9 SEC. 5. ADVANCED BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGIES. 

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

11 program of research, development, demonstration, and com12 mercial application for production of motor and other fuels 

13 from biomass. 

14 (b) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall design the pro15 gram under this section to— 

16 (1) develop technologies that would make ethanol 

17 produced from cellulosic feedstocks cost competitive 

18 with ethanol produced from corn by 2012; 

19 (2) conduct research and development on how to 

20 apply advanced genetic engineering and bio21 engineering techniques to increase the efficiency and 

22 lower the cost of industrial-scale production of liquid 

23 fuels from cellulosic feedstocks; and 


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1 (3) conduct research and development on the pro2 duction of hydrocarbons other than ethanol from bio3 mass. 

4 (c) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION GRANTS.— 

5 The Secretary shall designate not less than 10 percent of 

6 the funds appropriated under subsection (d) for each fiscal 

7 year to carry out the program for grants to competitively 

8 selected institutions of higher education around the country 

9 focused on meeting the objectives stated in subsection (b). 

10 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—From 

11 amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 931(c) 

12 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231(c)), there 

13 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

14 out this section— 

15 (1) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 

16 (2) $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 

17 (3) $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 

18 SEC. 6. ADVANCED HYDROGEN STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES. 

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

20 program of research, development, demonstration, and com21 mercial application for technologies to enable practical on22 board storage of hydrogen for use as a fuel for light-duty 

23 motor vehicles. 

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1 age technologies that would enable a hydrogen-fueled light2 duty motor vehicle to travel 300 miles before refueling. 

3 SEC. 7. ADVANCED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGIES. 

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

5 program of research, development, demonstration, and com6 mercial application for advanced solar photovoltaic tech7 nologies. 

8 (b) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall design the pro9 gram under this section to develop technologies that 

10 would— 

11 (1) make electricity generated by solar photo12 voltaic power cost-competitive by 2015; and 

13 (2) enable the widespread use of solar photo14 voltaic power. 

15 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

16 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 

17 this section— 

18 (1) $148,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 

19 (2) $155,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

20 (3) $165,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

21 (4) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

22 SEC. 8. ADVANCED WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. 

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

24 program of research, development, demonstration, and com25 mercial application for advanced wind energy technologies. 


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1 (b) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall design the pro2 gram under this section to— 

3 (1) improve the efficiency and lower the cost of 

4 wind turbines; 

5 (2) minimize adverse environmental impacts; 

6 and 

7 (3) develop new small-scale wind energy tech8 nologies for use in low wind speed environments. 

9 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

10 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 

11 this section— 

12 (1) $44,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 

13 (2) $48,400,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

14 (3) $53,240,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

15 (4) $58,564,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

16 SEC. 9. CONTINUING PROGRAMS. 

17 The Secretary shall continue to carry out the research, 

18 development, demonstration, and commercial application 

19 activities authorized in sections 921(b)(1) (for distributed 

20 energy), 923 (for micro-cogeneration technology), and 

21 931(a)(2)(C), (D),and (E)(i) (for geothermal energy, hydro22 power, and ocean energy) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. 


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1 SEC. 10. PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

4 ‘‘Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Act of 2006’’. 

5 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) BATTERY.—The term ‘‘battery’’ means a de7 vice or system for the electrochemical storage of en8 ergy. 

9 (2) E85.—The term ‘‘E85’’ means a fuel blend 

10 containing 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline 

11 by volume. 

12 (3) ELECTRIC DRIVE TRANSPORTATION TECH13 NOLOGY.—The term ‘‘electric drive transportation 

14 technology’’ means— 

15 (A) vehicles that use an electric motor for 

16 all or part of their motive power and that may 

17 or may not use offboard electricity, including 

18 battery electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, 

19 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, flexible fuel plug20 in hybrid electric vehicles, and electric rail; and 

21 (B) related equipment, including electric 

22 equipment necessary to recharge a plug-in hy23 brid electric vehicle. 

24 (4) FLEXIBLE FUEL PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC

25 VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘flexible fuel plug-in hybrid elec26 tric vehicle’’ means a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle 


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1 warranted by its manufacturer as capable of oper2 ating on any combination of gasoline or E85 for its 

3 onboard internal combustion or heat engine. 

4 (5) HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘hy5 brid electric vehicle’’ means a vehicle that— 

6 (A) can be propelled using liquid combus7 tible fuel and electric power provided by an on8 board battery; and 

9 (B) utilizes regenerative power capture tech10 nology to recover energy expended in braking the 

11 vehicle for use in recharging the battery. 

12 (6) PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE.—The 

13 term ‘‘plug-in hybrid electric vehicle’’ means a hybrid 

14 electric onroad light-duty vehicle that can be propelled 

15 solely on electric power for a minimum of 20 miles 

16 under city driving conditions, and that is capable of 

17 recharging its battery from an offboard electricity 

18 source. 

19 (c) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall conduct a pro20 gram of research, development, demonstration, and commer21 cial application on technologies needed for the development 

22 of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric drive trans23 portation, including— 

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


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1 (A) improve battery life, energy storage ca2 pacity, and power delivery capacity, and lower 

3 cost; and 

4 (B) minimize waste and hazardous mate5 rial production in the entire value chain, includ6 ing after the end of the useful life of the batteries; 

7 (2) high efficiency onboard and offboard charg8 ing components; 

9 (3) high power drive train systems for passenger 

10 and commercial vehicles and for supporting equip11 ment; 

12 (4) onboard energy management systems, power 

13 trains, and systems integration for plug-in hybrid 

14 electric vehicles, flexible fuel plug-in hybrid electric 

15 vehicles, and hybrid electric vehicles, including effi16 cient cooling systems and systems that minimize the 

17 emissions profile of such vehicles; and 

18 (5) lightweight materials, including research, de19 velopment, demonstration, and commercial applica20 tion to reduce the cost of materials such as steel alloys 

21 and carbon fibers. 

22 (d) PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEM23 ONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 

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1 to provide not more than 25 grants annually to State 

2 governments, local governments and public entities, 

3 metropolitan transportation authorities, or combina4 tions thereof to carry out a project or projects for 

5 demonstration of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. 

6 (2) APPLICATIONS.— 

7 (A) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 

8 issue requirements for applying for grants under 

9 the demonstration pilot program. The Secretary 

10 shall require that applications, at a minimum, 

11 include a description of how data will be— 

12 (i) collected on the— 

13 (I) performance of the vehicle or 

14 vehicles and the components, including 

15 the battery, energy management, and 

16 charging systems, under various driv17 ing speeds, trip ranges, traffic, and 

18 other driving conditions; 

19 (II) costs of the vehicle or vehicles, 

20 including acquisition, operating, and 

21 maintenance costs, and how the project 

22 or projects will be self-sustaining after 

23 Federal assistance is completed; and 

24 (III) emissions of the vehicle or 

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1 and the amount of petroleum displaced 

2 as a result of the project or projects; 

3 and 

4 (ii) summarized for dissemination to 

5 the Department, other grantees, and the 

6 public. 

7 (B) PARTNERS.—An applicant under sub8 paragraph (A) may carry out a project or 

9 projects under the pilot program in partnership 

10 with one or more private or nonprofit entities, 

11 which may include institutions of higher edu12 cation, including Historically Black Colleges and 

13 Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and 

14 other minority-serving institutions. 

15 (3) SELECTION CRITERIA.— 

16 (A) PREFERENCE.—When making awards 

17 under this subsection, the Secretary shall con18 sider each applicant’s previous experience involv19 ing plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and shall give 

20 preference to proposals that— 

21 (i) provide the greatest demonstration 

22 per award dollar, with preference increas23 ing as the number of miles that a plug-in 

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1 ly on electric power under city driving con2 ditions increases; and 

3 (ii) maximize the non-Federal share of 

4 project funding and demonstrate the great5 est likelihood that each project proposed in 

6 the application will be maintained or ex7 panded after Federal assistance under this 

8 subsection is completed. 

9 (B) BREADTH OF DEMONSTRATIONS.—In 

10 awarding grants under this subsection, the Sec11 retary shall ensure the program will demonstrate 

12 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles under various 

13 circumstances, including— 

14 (i) driving speeds; 

15 (ii) trip ranges; 

16 (iii) driving conditions; 

17 (iv) climate conditions; and 

18 (v) topography, 

19 to optimize understanding and function of plug20 in hybrid electric vehicles. 

21 (4) PILOT PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.— 

22 (A) SUBSEQUENT FUNDING.—An applicant 

23 that has received a grant in one year may apply 

24 for additional funds in subsequent years, but the 

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1 $10,000,000 in Federal assistance under the pilot 

2 program to any applicant for the period encom3 passing fiscal years 2007 through fiscal year 

4 2011. 

5 (B) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall es6 tablish mechanisms to ensure that the informa7 tion and knowledge gained by participants in 

8 the pilot program are shared among the pilot 

9 program participants and are available to other 

10 interested parties, including other applicants. 

11 (5) AWARD AMOUNTS.—The Secretary shall de12 termine grant amounts, but the maximum size of 

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

14 hybrid electric vehicles declines or the cost of con15 verting a hybrid electric vehicle to a plug-in hybrid 

16 electric vehicle declines. 

17 (e) COST SHARING.—The Secretary shall carry out the 

18 program under this section in compliance with section 

19 988(a) through (d) and section 989 of the Energy Policy 

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

21 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

22 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary— 

23 (1) for carrying out subsection (c), $250,000,000 

24 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011, of which 


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1 up to $50,000,000 may be used for the program de2 scribed in paragraph (5) of that subsection; and 

3 (2) for carrying out subsection (d), $50,000,000 

4 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 

5 SEC. 11. PHOTOVOLTAIC DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 

6 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

7 ‘‘Solar Utilization Now Demonstration Act of 2006’’ or the 

8 ‘‘SUN Act of 2006’’. 

9 (b) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a pro10 gram of grants to States to demonstrate advanced photo11 voltaic technology. 

12 (c) REQUIREMENTS.— 

13 (1) ABILITY TO MEET REQUIREMENTS.—To re14 ceive funding under the program under this section, 

15 a State must submit a proposal that demonstrates, to 

16 the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the State will 

17 meet the requirements of subsection (g). 

18 (2) COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS.—If a 

19 State has received funding under this section for the 

20 preceding year, the State must demonstrate, to the 

21 satisfaction of the Secretary, that it complied with the 

22 requirements of subsection (g) in carrying out the 

23 program during that preceding year, and that it will 

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1 (3) FUNDING ALLOCATION.—Except as provided 

2 in subsection (d), each State submitting a proposal 

3 that meets the requirements under subsection (c) shall 

4 receive funding under the program based on the pro5 portion of United States population in the State ac6 cording to the 2000 census. In each fiscal year, the 

7 portion of funds attributable under this paragraph to 

8 States that have not submitted proposals that meet 

9 the requirements under subsection (c) in the time and 

10 manner specified by the Secretary shall be distributed 

11 pro rata to the States that have submitted proposals 

12 that meet the requirements under subsection (c) in the 

13 specified time and manner. 

14 (d) COMPETITION.—If more than $80,000,000 is avail15 able for the program under this section for any fiscal year, 

16 the Secretary shall allocate 75 percent of the total amount 

17 of funds available according to subsection (c)(3), and shall 

18 award the remaining 25 percent on a competitive basis to 

19 the States with the proposals the Secretary considers most 

20 likely to encourage the widespread adoption of photovoltaic 

21 technologies. In awarding funds under this subsection, the 

22 Secretary may give preference to proposals that would dem23 onstrate the use of newer materials or technologies. 

24 (e) PROPOSALS.—Not later than 6 months after the 

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1 year for the life of the program, the Secretary shall solicit 

2 proposals from the States to participate in the program 

3 under this section. 

4 (f) COMPETITIVE CRITERIA.—In awarding funds in a 

5 competitive allocation under subsection (d), the Secretary 

6 shall consider— 

7 (1) the likelihood of a proposal to encourage the 

8 demonstration of, or lower the costs of, advanced pho9 tovoltaic technologies; and 

10 (2) the extent to which a proposal is likely to— 

11 (A) maximize the amount of photovoltaics 

12 demonstrated; 

13 (B) maximize the proportion of non-Federal 

14 cost share; and 

15 (C) limit State administrative costs. 

16 (g) STATE PROGRAM.—A program operated by a State 

17 with funding under this section shall provide competitive 

18 awards for the demonstration of advanced photovoltaic tech19 nologies. Each State program shall— 

20 (1) require a contribution of at least 60 percent 

21 per award from non-Federal sources, which may in22 clude any combination of State, local, and private 

23 funds, except that at least 10 percent of the funding 

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1 (2) limit awards for any single project to a max2 imum of $1,000,000; 

3 (3) prohibit any nongovernmental recipient from 

4 receiving more than $1,000,000 per year; 

5 (4) endeavor to fund recipients in the commer6 cial, industrial, institutional, governmental, and resi7 dential sectors; 

8 (5) limit State administrative costs to no more 

9 than 10 percent of the grant; 

10 (6) report annually to the Secretary on— 

11 (A) the amount of funds disbursed; 

12 (B) the amount of photovoltaics purchased; 

13 and 

14 (C) the results of the monitoring under 

15 paragraph (7); 

16 (7) provide for measurement and verification of 

17 the output of a representative sample of the 

18 photovoltaics systems demonstrated throughout the av19 erage working life of the systems, or at least 20 years; 

20 (8) require that applicant buildings must have 

21 received an independent energy efficiency audit dur22 ing the 6-month period preceding the filing of the ap23 plication; and 

24 (9) encourage Historically Black Colleges and 

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1 other minority-serving institutions to apply for 

2 grants under this program. 

3 (h) UNEXPENDED FUNDS.—If a State fails to expend 

4 any funds received under subsection (c) or (d) within 3 

5 years of receipt, such remaining funds shall be returned to 

6 the Treasury. 

7 (i) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall report to Congress 

8 5 years after funds are first distributed to the States under 

9 this section— 

10 (1) the amount of photovoltaics demonstrated; 

11 (2) the number of projects undertaken; 

12 (3) the administrative costs of the program; 

13 (4) the amount of funds that each State has not 

14 received because of a failure to submit a qualifying 

15 proposal, as described in subsection (c)(3); 

16 (5) the results of the monitoring under subsection 

17 (g)(7); and 

18 (6) the total amount of funds distributed, includ19 ing a breakdown by State. 

20 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

21 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the pur22 poses of carrying out this section— 

23 (1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 

24 (2) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

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1 (4) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

2 (5) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

3 SEC. 12. ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING GRANT PROGRAM. 

4 (a) ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING PILOT GRANT PRO5 GRAM.— 

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

7 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

8 establish a pilot program to award grants to busi9 nesses and organizations for new construction of en10 ergy efficient buildings, or major renovations of build11 ings that will result in energy efficient buildings, to 

12 demonstrate innovative energy efficiency technologies, 

13 especially those sponsored by the Department. 

14 (2) AWARDS.—The Secretary shall award grants 

15 under this subsection competitively to those appli16 cants whose proposals— 

17 (A) best demonstrate— 

18 (i) likelihood to meet or exceed the 

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

20 (ii) likelihood to maximize cost-effec21 tive energy efficiency opportunities; and 

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1 (B) maximize the leverage of private invest2 ment for costs related to increasing the energy ef3 ficiency of the building. 

4 (3) CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary shall give 

5 due consideration to proposals for buildings that are 

6 likely to serve low and moderate income populations. 

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

8 subsection shall be for up to 50 percent of design and 

9 energy modeling costs, not to exceed $50,000 per 

10 building. No single grantee may be eligible for more 

11 than 3 grants per year under this program. 

12 (5) GRANT PAYMENTS.— 

13 (A) INITIAL PAYMENT.—The Secretary shall 

14 pay 50 percent of the total amount of the grant 

15 to grant recipients upon selection. 

16 (B) REMAINDER OF PAYMENT.—The Sec17 retary shall pay the remaining 50 percent of the 

18 grant only after independent certification, by a 

19 professional engineer or other qualified profes20 sional, that operational buildings are energy effi21 cient buildings as defined in subsection (b). 

22 (C) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—The Secretary 

23 shall not provide the remainder of the payment 

24 unless the building is certified within 6 months 

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1 the requirements described in subparagraph (B), 

2 or in the case of major renovations the building 

3 is certified within 6 months of the completion of 

4 the renovations. 

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

6 years after awarding the first grant under this sub7 section, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a re8 port containing— 

9 (A) the total number and dollar amount of 

10 grants awarded under this subsection; and 

11 (B) an estimate of aggregate cost and en12 ergy savings enabled by the pilot program under 

13 this subsection. 

14 (7) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Administra15 tive expenses for the program under this subsection 

16 shall not exceed 10 percent of appropriated funds. 

17 (b) DEFINITION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING.— 

18 For purposes of this section the term ‘‘energy efficient build19 ing’’ means a building that— 

20 (1) achieves a reduction in energy consumption 

21 of— 

22 (A) at least 30 percent for new construction, 

23 compared to the energy standards set by the 

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1 (in the case of residential buildings) or 

2 ASHRAE Standard 90.1–2004; or 

3 (B) at least 20 percent for major renova4 tions, compared to energy consumption before 

5 renovations are begun; 

6 (2) is constructed or renovated in accordance 

7 with the most current, appropriate, and applicable 

8 voluntary consensus standards, as determined by the 

9 Secretary, such as those listed in the assessment under 

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

11 914(c), of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; and 

12 (3) after construction or renovation— 

13 (A) uses heating, ventilating, and air condi14 tioning systems that perform at no less than En15 ergy Star standards; or 

16 (B) if Energy Star standards are not appli17 cable, uses Federal Energy Management Pro18 gram recommended heating, ventilating, and air 

19 conditioning products. 

20 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

21 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying 

22 out this section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 

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1 SEC. 13. ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. 

2 Section 917 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

3 U.S.C. 16197) is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 917. ADVANCED ENERGY EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGY 

5 TRANSFER CENTERS. 

6 ‘‘(a) GRANTS.—Not later than 18 months after the date 

7 of enactment of the Energy Research, Development, Dem8 onstration, and Commercial Application Act of 2006, the 

9 Secretary shall make grants to nonprofit institutions, State 

10 and local governments, cooperative extension services, or 

11 universities (or consortia thereof), to establish a geographi12 cally dispersed network of Advanced Energy Efficiency 

13 Technology Transfer Centers, to be located in areas the Sec14 retary determines have the greatest need of the services of 

15 such Centers. In establishing the network, the Secretary 

16 shall consider the special needs and opportunities for in17 creased energy efficiency for manufactured and site-built 

18 housing, including construction, renovation, and retrofit. In 

19 making awards under this section, the Secretary shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) give priority to applicants already oper21 ating or partnered with an outreach program capable 

22 of transferring knowledge and information about ad23 vanced energy efficiency methods and technologies; 

24 ‘‘(2) ensure that, to the extent practicable, the 

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1 ‘‘(A) about a variety of technologies and 

2 ‘‘(B) in a variety of geographic areas; and 

3 ‘‘(3) give preference to applicants that would sig4 nificantly expand on or fill a gap in existing pro5 grams in a geographical region. 

6 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—Each Center shall operate a pro7 gram to encourage demonstration and commercial applica8 tion of advanced energy methods and technologies through 

9 education and outreach to building and industrial profes10 sionals, and to other individuals and organizations with 

11 an interest in efficient energy use. Funds awarded under 

12 this section may be used for the following activities: 

13 ‘‘(1) Developing and distributing informational 

14 materials on technologies that could use energy more 

15 efficiently. 

16 ‘‘(2) Carrying out demonstrations of advanced 

17 energy methods and technologies. 

18 ‘‘(3) Developing and conducting seminars, work19 shops, long-distance learning sessions, and other ac20 tivities to aid in the dissemination of knowledge and 

21 information on technologies that could use energy 

22 more efficiently. 

23 ‘‘(4) Providing or coordinating onsite energy 

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1 sioning of building heating and cooling systems, for 

2 a wide range of energy end-users. 

3 ‘‘(5) Examining the energy efficiency needs of 

4 energy end-users to develop recommended research 

5 projects for the Department. 

6 ‘‘(6) Hiring experts in energy efficient tech7 nologies to carry out activities described in para8 graphs (1) through (5). 

9 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—A person seeking a grant under 

10 this section shall submit to the Secretary an application 

11 in such form and containing such information as the Sec12 retary may require. The Secretary may award a grant 

13 under this section to an entity already in existence if the 

14 entity is otherwise eligible under this section. The applica15 tion shall include, at a minimum— 

16 ‘‘(1) a description of the applicant’s outreach 

17 program, and the geographic region it would serve, 

18 and of why the program would be capable of transfer19 ring knowledge and information about advanced en20 ergy technologies that increase efficiency of energy 

21 use; 

22 ‘‘(2) a description of the activities the applicant 

23 would carry out, of the technologies that would be 

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1 help facilitate a regional approach to carrying out 

2 those activities; 

3 ‘‘(3) a description of how the proposed activities 

4 would be appropriate to the specific energy needs of 

5 the geographic region to be served; 

6 ‘‘(4) an estimate of the number and types of en7 ergy end-users expected to be reached through such ac8 tivities; and 

9 ‘‘(5) a description of how the applicant will as10 sess the success of the program. 

11 ‘‘(d) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall 

12 award grants under this section on the basis of the following 

13 criteria, at a minimum: 

14 ‘‘(1) The ability of the applicant to carry out the 

15 proposed activities. 

16 ‘‘(2) The extent to which the applicant will co17 ordinate the activities of the Center with other entities 

18 as appropriate, such as State and local governments, 

19 utilities, universities, and National Laboratories. 

20 ‘‘(3) The appropriateness of the applicant’s out21 reach program for carrying out the program described 

22 in this section. 

23 ‘‘(4) The likelihood that proposed activities could 

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1 ‘‘(e) COST-SHARING.—In carrying out this section, the 

2 Secretary shall require cost-sharing in accordance with the 

3 requirements of section 988 for commercial application ac4 tivities. 

5 ‘‘(f) DURATION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) INITIAL GRANT PERIOD.—A grant awarded 

7 under this section shall be for a period of 5 years. 

8 ‘‘(2) INITIAL EVALUATION.—Each grantee under 

9 this section shall be evaluated during its third year 

10 of operation under procedures established by the Sec11 retary to determine if the grantee is accomplishing 

12 the purposes of this section described in subsection 

13 (a). The Secretary shall terminate any grant that 

14 does not receive a positive evaluation. If an evalua15 tion is positive, the Secretary may extend the grant 

16 for 3 additional years beyond the original term of the 

17 grant. 

18 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL EXTENSION.—If a grantee re19 ceives an extension under paragraph (2), the grantee 

20 shall be evaluated again during the second year of the 

21 extension. The Secretary shall terminate any grant 

22 that does not receive a positive evaluation. If an eval23 uation is positive, the Secretary may extend the grant 

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1 ‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—No grantee may receive more 

2 than 11 years of support under this section without 

3 reapplying for support and competing against all 

4 other applicants seeking a grant at that time. 

5 ‘‘(g) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds awarded under 

6 this section may be used for the construction of facilities. 

7 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) ADVANCED ENERGY METHODS AND TECH9 NOLOGIES.—The term ‘advanced energy methods and 

10 technologies’ means all methods and technologies that 

11 promote energy efficiency and conservation, including 

12 distributed generation technologies, and life-cycle 

13 analysis of energy use. 

14 ‘‘(2) CENTER.—The term ‘Center’ means an Ad15 vanced Energy Technology Transfer Center estab16 lished pursuant to this section. 

17 ‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTED GENERATION.—The term ‘dis18 tributed generation’ means an electric power genera19 tion technology, including photovoltaic, small wind 

20 and micro-combined heat and power, that is designed 

21 to serve retail electric consumers on-site. 

22 ‘‘(4) COOPERATIVE EXTENSION.—The term ‘Co23 operative Extension’ means the extension services es24 tablished at the land-grant colleges and universities 

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1 ‘‘(5) LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AND UNIVER2 SITIES.—The term ‘land-grant colleges and univer3 sities’ means— 

4 ‘‘(A) 1862 Institutions (as defined in sec5 tion 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 

6 and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 

7 7601)); 

8 ‘‘(B) 1890 Institutions (as defined in sec9 tion 2 of that Act); and 

10 ‘‘(C) 1994 Institutions (as defined in sec11 tion 2 of that Act). 

12 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi13 tion to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated in 

14 section 911, there are authorized to be appropriated for the 

15 program under this section such sums as may be appro16 priated.’’. 

17 SEC. 14. GREEN ENERGY EDUCATION. 

18 (a) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section: 

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

20 Director of the National Science Foundation. 

21 (2) HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING.—The term 

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

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

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1 (b) GRADUATE TRAINING IN ENERGY RESEARCH AND

2 DEVELOPMENT.— 

3 (1) FUNDING.—In carrying out research, devel4 opment, demonstration, and commercial application 

5 activities authorized for the Department, the Sec6 retary may contribute funds to the National Science 

7 Foundation for the Integrative Graduate Education 

8 and Research Traineeship program to support 

9 projects that enable graduate education related to 

10 such activities. 

11 (2) CONSULTATION.—The Director shall consult 

12 with the Secretary when preparing solicitations and 

13 awarding grants for projects described in paragraph 

14 (1). 

15 (c) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR HIGH PERFORM16 ANCE BUILDING DESIGN.— 

17 (1) FUNDING.—In carrying out advanced energy 

18 technology research, development, demonstration, and 

19 commercial application activities authorized for the 

20 Department related to high performance buildings, 

21 the Secretary may contribute funds to curriculum de22 velopment activities at the National Science Founda23 tion for the purpose of improving undergraduate or 

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1 of high performance buildings, including development 

2 of curricula, of laboratory activities, of training 

3 practicums, or of design projects. A primary goal of 

4 curriculum development activities supported under 

5 this section shall be to improve the ability of engi6 neers, architects, and planners to work together on the 

7 incorporation of advanced energy technologies during 

8 the design and construction of high performance 

9 buildings. 

10 (2) CONSULTATION.—The Director shall consult 

11 with the Secretary when preparing solicitations and 

12 awarding grants for projects described in paragraph 

13 (1). 

14 (3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants with respect 

15 to which the Secretary has contributed funds under 

16 this subsection, the Director shall give priority to ap17 plications from departments, programs, or centers of 

18 a school of engineering that are partnered with 

19 schools, departments, or programs of design, architec20 ture, and city, regional, or urban planning, and due 

21 consideration to applications from Historically Black 

22 Colleges and Universities and other minority serving 

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1 SEC. 15. ARPA–E STUDY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter into an 

3 arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to con4 duct a detailed study of, and make further recommendations 

5 on, the October 2005 National Academy of Sciences rec6 ommendation to establish an Advanced Research Projects 

7 Agency-Energy (in this section referred to as ARPA–E). 

8 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after the date 

9 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to 

10 Congress the study described in subsection (a) and the Sec11 retary’s response to the findings, conclusions, and rec12 ommendations of that study. 

13 (c) TERMS OF REFERENCE.—The Secretary shall en14 sure that the study described in subsection (a) addresses the 

15 following questions: 

16 (1) What basic research related to new energy 

17 technologies is occurring now, what entities are fund18 ing it, and what is preventing the results of that re19 search from reaching the market? 

20 (2) What economic evidence indicates that the 

21 limiting factor in the market penetration of new en22 ergy technologies is a lack of basic research on path23 breaking new technologies? What barriers do those 

24 trying to develop new energy technologies face during 

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1 (3) To what extent is the Defense Advanced Re2 search Projects Agency an appropriate model for an 

3 energy research agency, given that the Federal Gov4 ernment would not be the primary customer for its 

5 technology and where cost is an important concern? 

6 (4) How would research and development spon7 sored by ARPA–E differ from research and develop8 ment conducted by the National Laboratories or spon9 sored by the Department through the Office of 

10 Science, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renew11 able Energy, the Office of Fossil Energy, the Office of 

12 Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, and the 

13 Office of Nuclear Energy? 

14 (5) Should industry or National Laboratories be 

15 recipients of ARPA–E grants? What institutional or 

16 organizational arrangements would be required to en17 sure that ARPA–E sponsors transformational, rather 

18 than incremental, research and development? 

19 SEC. 16. COAL METHANATION. 

20 (a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a pro21 gram of research, development, demonstration, and commer22 cial application of coal gasification facilities that convert 

23 coal into pipeline quality gaseous fuels for direct use or sub24 sequent chemical or physical conversion. 


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1 (b) PROCEDURES.—The program established under 

2 subsection (a) shall be carried out using procedures de3 scribed in title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. 

4 SEC. 17. ALTERNATIVE BIOBASED FUELS AND ULTRA LOW 

5 SULFUR DIESEL. 

6 (a) ALTERNATIVE FUEL AND ULSD INFRASTRUCTURE

7 AND ADDITIVES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—The Sec8 retary, in consultation with the National Institute of 

9 Standards and Technology, shall carry out a program of 

10 research, development, demonstration, and commercial ap11 plication of materials to be added to alternative biobased 

12 fuels and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuels to make them more 

13 compatible with existing infrastructure used to store and 

14 deliver petroleum-based fuels to the point of final sale. The 

15 program shall address— 

16 (1) materials to prevent or mitigate— 

17 (A) corrosion of metal, plastic, rubber, cork, 

18 fiberglass, glues, or any other material used in 

19 pipes and storage tanks; 

20 (B) dissolving of storage tank sediments; 

21 (C) clogging of filters; 

22 (D) contamination from water or other 

23 adulterants or pollutants; 

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1 (F) oxidative and thermal instability in 

2 long-term storage and use; 

3 (G) increased volatile emissions; 

4 (H) microbial contamination; 

5 (I) problems associated with electrical con6 ductivity; and 

7 (J) increased nitrogen oxide emissions; 

8 (2) alternatives to conventional methods for re9 furbishment and cleaning of gasoline and diesel tanks, 

10 including tank lining applications; and 

11 (3) other problems as identified by the Secretary 

12 in consultation with the National Institute of Stand13 ards and Technology. 

14 (b) SULFUR TESTING FOR DIESEL FUELS.— 

15 (1) PROGRAM.—The Secretary, in consultation 

16 with the National Institute of Standards and Tech17 nology, shall carry out a research, development, and 

18 demonstration program on portable, low-cost, and ac19 curate methods and technologies for testing of sulfur 

20 content in fuel, including Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel 

21 and Low Sulfur Diesel. 

22 (2) SCHEDULE OF DEMONSTRATIONS.—Not later 

23 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 

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1 (c) STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS AND DATA

2 BASE DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 6 months after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act, the National Institute of 

4 Standards and Technology shall develop a physical prop5 erties data base and standard reference materials for alter6 native fuels. Such data base and standard reference mate7 rials shall be maintained and updated as appropriate as 

8 additional alternative fuels become available. 

9 SEC. 18. BIOENERGY. 

10 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

11 931 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231) 

12 is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘, including 

14 $25,000,000 for section 932(d)(1)(B)(v)’’ after ‘‘sec15 tion 932(d)’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting ‘‘, including 

17 $25,000,000 for section 932(d)(1)(B)(v)’’ after ‘‘sec18 tion 932(d)’’; and 

19 (3) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting ‘‘, including 

20 $25,000,000 for section 932(d)(1)(B)(v)’’ after ‘‘sec21 tion 932(d)’’. 

22 (b) BIOENERGY PROGRAM.—Section 932(d)(1)(B) of 

23 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16232(d)(1)(B)) 

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

2 and 

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

4 clause: 

5 ‘‘(v) biodegradable natural plastics 

6 from biomass; and’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 352 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5656 

[Report No. 109

–611] 

A BILL 

To provide for Federal energy research, developactivities, and for other purposes. ment, demonstration, and commercial application 

JULY 28, 2006 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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