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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5634 

To authorize research, development, demonstration, and commercial 

application activities for advanced energy technologies. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 16, 2006 

Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. CALVERT, and Mr. EHLERS) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science 

A BILL 

To authorize research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities for advanced energy technologies. 

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 ‘‘Advanced Energy Ini5 tiative Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 For the purposes of this Act— 

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

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

10 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16232(a)(1)); 
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1 (2) the term ‘‘cellulosic feedstock’’ has the 

2 meaning given the term ‘‘lignocellulosic feedstock’’ 

3 in section 932(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 

4 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16232(a)(2)); 

5 (3) the term ‘‘engineering-scale’’ means the 

6 minimum size required to predict with confidence all 

7 physical processes controlling the performance of a 

8 full-scale industrial facility; 

9 (4) the term ‘‘National Laboratory’’ has the 

10 meaning given the term ‘‘nonmilitary energy labora11 tory’’ in section 903(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 

12 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16182(3)); 

13 (5) the term ‘‘plug-in hybrid motor vehicle’’ 

14 means a motor vehicle that— 

15 (A) can operate on either liquid combus16 tible fuel or electric power provided by a re17 chargeable battery that can be recharged using 

18 offboard sources of electric power; 

19 (B) utilizes regenerative power capture 

20 technology to recover energy expended in brak21 ing the vehicle for use in recharging the bat22 tery; and 

23 (C) can operate solely on electric power for 

24 a minimum of 20 miles under city driving con25 ditions; and 
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1 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’means the Secretary of 

2 Energy. 

3 SEC. 3. FUTUREGEN. 

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

5 project to demonstrate the feasibility of the commercial 

6 application of advanced clean coal energy technology, in7 cluding carbon capture and geological sequestration, for 

8 electricity generation. 

9 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall design the 

10 project to ensure that— 

11 (1) the project is operating by 2012; 

12 (2) the project shall be able— 

13 (A) to achieve at least a 99 percent reduc14 tion in sulfur dioxide emissions; 

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

16 nitrogen oxide emissions per million British 

17 thermal units of energy produced by the 

18 project; 

19 (C) to achieve at least a 90 percent reduc20 tion in mercury emissions; 

21 (D) to emit no more than 0.005 of total 

22 particulate emissions in the flue gas per million 

23 British thermal units of energy produced by the 

24 project; and 
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1 (E) to achieve at least a 90 percent reduc2 tion in carbon dioxide emissions; and 

3 (3) the project demonstrates the feasibility of 

4 electricity generation from coal using advanced clean 

5 coal technology with carbon capture and geological 

6 sequestration at a cost not greater than 10 percent 

7 higher than the average of all commercial integrated 

8 coal gasification and combined cycle electric gener9 ating plants operating in the United States as of the 

10 date of enactment of this Act. 

11 (c) COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE ADVANCED CLEAN

12 COAL TECHNOLOGY.—To reduce technical risk and focus 

13 development efforts on system integration, the Secretary 

14 shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that the project uti15 lizes available advanced clean coal technology, such as coal 

16 gasifier technology, for those components of the project 

17 where such technology would be appropriate. 

18 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—From 

19 amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 401(a) 

20 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15961(a)), 

21 there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 

22 to carry out this section— 

23 (1) $54,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 

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

25 (3) $113,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
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1 (4) $81,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

2 (5) $62,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and 

3 (6) $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 

4 SEC. 4. ADVANCED FUEL CYCLE TECHNOLOGIES FOR NU5 CLEAR POWER. 

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

7 program of research, development, demonstration, and 

8 commercial application for advanced nuclear fuel cycle 

9 technologies for generating electricity and industrial proc10 ess heat from nuclear power, including technologies for 

11 spent fuel recycling, waste minimization, and reduction of 

12 radioactivity of final waste products. 

13 (b) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall design the 

14 program under this section to develop technologies that 

15 would— 

16 (1) minimize the volume and heat load of high17 level nuclear waste destined for storage in a geologi18 cal repository to the extent that a single repository 

19 would be sufficient for storing all nuclear waste gen20 erated by United States commercial nuclear power 

21 plants during this century; 

22 (2) increase the proliferation resistance of com23 mercial nuclear power reactors and their associated 

24 fuel systems and infrastructure; and 
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1 (3) increase the amount of useful energy that 

2 can be extracted from nuclear fuel. 

3 (c) SYSTEMS ANALYSIS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 

5 a comprehensive modeling and simulation capability 

6 to enable a thorough analysis of possible advanced 

7 nuclear fuel cycle systems. The modeling and sim8 ulation capability shall be capable of examining— 

9 (A) all of the components of each advanced 

10 nuclear fuel cycle system analyzed, including— 

11 (i) spent fuel separations technologies; 

12 (ii) advanced burner reactor tech13 nologies; 

14 (iii) fuel fabrication technologies; 

15 (iv) advanced thermal reactor tech16 nologies, including advanced thermal reac17 tor designs that would be capable of reduc18 ing the toxicity or radioactivity of spent 

19 nuclear fuel components; and 

20 (v) waste disposal technologies; 

21 (B) the manner in which possible tech22 nology and engineering choices for individual 

23 components might affect the overall system, 

24 and how various system components would 

25 interact with one another; and 
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1 (C) quantitative mass flows of nuclear fuel 

2 and spent nuclear fuel, including projected in3 ventories and transportation requirements for 

4 nuclear fuel and spent nuclear fuel, for any ex5 amined system. 

6 (2) ADVANCED NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE SYSTEM

7 PLAN.— 

8 (A) ANALYSIS.—The Secretary shall con9 duct a thorough analysis of more than one pos10 sible configuration of an advanced nuclear fuel 

11 cycle system using the analytical capability de12 veloped under paragraph (1). Each possible ad13 vanced nuclear fuel cycle system configuration 

14 examined shall include both advanced burner 

15 reactors and advanced thermal reactors, and 

16 the analysis shall consider the degree to which 

17 each type of reactor can be utilized to reduce 

18 the toxicity or radioactivity of spent nuclear 

19 fuel components. The analysis of each possible 

20 configuration of an advanced nuclear fuel cycle 

21 system examined shall examine the compat22 ibility of fuel cycle system components, includ23 ing each of the system component technologies 

24 described in paragraph (1)(A), and the degree 
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1 to which the examined system would meet the 

2 objectives described in subsection (b). 

3 (B) PLAN.—Using the results of the anal4 yses developed under subparagraph (A), and 

5 not later than June 30, 2007, the Secretary 

6 shall develop a detailed plan for research, devel7 opment, demonstration, and commercial appli8 cation on advanced nuclear fuel cycle system 

9 technologies, including proposed technology op10 tions for each of the system component tech11 nologies described in paragraph (1)(A) and any 

12 proposed engineering-scale demonstrations of 

13 such system component technologies. The plan 

14 shall include an estimate of the design, engi15 neering, construction and lifetime operating 

16 costs of any proposed engineering-scale dem17 onstration. In developing the plan, the Sec18 retary shall consider the integration into an ad19 vanced nuclear fuel cycle system of advanced 

20 thermal reactors capable of reducing the tox21 icity or radioactivity of spent nuclear fuel com22 ponents. 

23 (C) CONSULTATION.—In developing the 

24 plan under subparagraph (B), the Secretary 

25 shall consult with— 
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1 (i) technical experts from United 

2 States and foreign companies that design 

3 or engineer nuclear power plants or nu4 clear fuel reprocessing facilities; 

5 (ii) technical experts from United 

6 States electric utilities that operate nuclear 

7 power plants; 

8 (iii) economists with expertise in nu9 clear power and electricity markets; 

10 (iv) the Nuclear Energy Research Ad11 visory Committee; 

12 (v) the Chairman of the Nuclear Reg13 ulatory Commission; and 

14 (vi) the Administrator of the Environ15 mental Protection Agency. 

16 (3) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES RE17 VIEW.—The Secretary shall enter into an arrange18 ment with the National Academy of Sciences to con19 duct a review of the plan developed under paragraph 

20 (2)(B), including by reviewing the validity of the un21 derlying analyses required in paragraph (2)(A). 

22 (d) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2008, the 

23 Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report that includes 

24 the research, development, demonstration, and commercial 

25 application plan developed under subsection (c)(2)(B), the 
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1 report from the National Academy of Sciences on the re2 view conducted under subsection (c)(3), and the Sec3 retary’s response to the findings and conclusions con4 tained in the National Academy of Sciences report. 

5 (e) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary shall not initiate 

6 detailed design or construction of any demonstration facil7 ity that is capable of processing 500 kilograms or more 

8 per year of nuclear fuel or spent nuclear fuel and that 

9 is designed to demonstrate the advanced nuclear fuel sys10 tem component technologies described in subsection 

11 (c)(1)(A)(ii) and (iii) until 90 days after the report under 

12 subsection (d) has been transmitted to Congress. 

13 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

14 (1) ALLOCATIONS.—From amounts authorized 

15 to be appropriated under section 951(d)(1) of the 

16 Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16271(d)(1)), 

17 there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec18 retary to carry out this section such sums as may 

19 be necessary for each of fiscal years 2007 through 

20 2009. 

21 (2) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—There are author22 ized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 

23 this section such sums as may be necessary for each 

24 of fiscal years 2010 through 2012. 
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1 SEC. 5. ADVANCED BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES. 

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

3 program of research, development, demonstration, and 

4 commercial application for advanced battery technologies 

5 for use in motor vehicles, particularly for plug-in hybrid 

6 motor vehicles. 

7 (b) OBJECTIVE.—The Secretary shall design the pro8 gram under this section to develop technologies that would 

9 enable a light-duty, plug-in hybrid motor vehicle to travel 

10 up to 40 miles on battery power alone. 

11 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

13 out this section— 

14 (1) $31,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 

15 (2) $34,100,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

16 (3) $37,500,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

17 (4) $41,250,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

18 SEC. 6. ADVANCED BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGIES. 

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

20 program of research, development, demonstration, and 

21 commercial application for production of liquid fuels from 

22 biomass. 

23 (b) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall design the 

24 program under this section to— 
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1 (1) develop technologies that would make eth2 anol produced from cellulosic feedstocks cost com3 petitive with ethanol produced from corn by 2012; 

4 (2) conduct research and development on how 

5 to apply advanced genetic engineering and bio6 engineering techniques to increase the efficiency and 

7 lower the cost of industrial-scale production of liquid 

8 fuels from cellulosic feedstocks; and 

9 (3) conduct research and development on the 

10 production of hydrocarbons other than ethanol from 

11 biomass. 

12 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—From 

13 amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 

14 931(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

15 16231(c)), there are authorized to be appropriated to the 

16 Secretary to carry out this section— 

17 (1) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 

18 (2) $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 

19 (3) $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 

20 SEC. 7. ADVANCED HYDROGEN STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES. 

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

22 program of research, development, demonstration, and 

23 commercial application for technologies to enable practical 

24 onboard storage of hydrogen for use as a fuel for light25 duty motor vehicles. 
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1 (b) OBJECTIVE.—The Secretary shall design the pro2 gram under this section to develop practical hydrogen 

3 storage technologies that would enable a hydrogen-fueled 

4 light-duty motor vehicle to travel 300 miles before refuel5 ing. 

6 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi7 tion to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, 

8 there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 

9 to carry out this section— 

10 (1) $46,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 

11 (2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

12 (3) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

13 (4) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

14 SEC. 8. ADVANCED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGIES. 

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

16 program of research, development, demonstration, and 

17 commercial application for advanced solar photovoltaic 

18 technologies. 

19 (b) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall design the 

20 program under this section to develop technologies that 

21 would— 

22 (1) make electricity generated by solar photo23 voltaic power cost-competitive by 2015; and 

24 (2) enable the widespread use of solar photo25 voltaic power. 
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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

3 out this section— 

4 (1) $148,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 

5 (2) $155,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

6 (3) $165,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

7 (4) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

8 SEC. 9. ADVANCED WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. 

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

10 program of research, development, demonstration, and 

11 commercial application for advanced wind energy tech12 nologies. 

13 (b) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall design the 

14 program under this section to— 

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

16 wind turbines; 

17 (2) minimize adverse environmental impacts; 

18 and 

19 (3) develop new small-scale wind energy tech20 nologies for use in low wind speed environments. 

21 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

22 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

23 out this section— 

24 (1) $44,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 

25 (2) $48,400,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
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1 (3) $53,240,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

2 (4) $58,564,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

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