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(2) not more than 8 percent shall be made 
available to Federally Funded Research and Devel-
opment Centers; 
(3) not more than 10 percent may be used for 
administrative expenses; 
(4) at least 2.5 percent shall be designated for 
technology transfer and outreach activities; and 
(5) during the first 5 years of operation of 
ARPA–E, no funds may be used for construction of 
new buildings or facilities. 
SEC. 4003. ADVICE. 
(a) ADVISORY COMMITTEES.—The Director may seek 
advice on any aspect of ARPA–E from— 
(1) existing Department of Energy advisory 
committees; and 
(2) new advisory committees organized to sup-
port the programs of ARPA–E and to provide advice 
and assistance on— 
(A) specific program tasks; or 
(B) overall direction of ARPA–E. 
(b) ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF ADVICE.—The Direc-
tor may seek advice and review from the National Acad-
emy of Sciences, the National Academy for Engineering, 
and any other professional or scientific organization with 
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expertise in specific processes or technologies under devel-
opment by ARPA–E. 
SEC. 4004. ARPA–E EVALUATION. 
After ARPA–E has been in operation for 54 months, 
the President’s Committee on Science and Technology 
shall begin an evaluation (to be completed within 12 
months) of how well ARPA–E is achieving its goals and 
mission. The evaluation shall include the recommendation 
of such Committee on whether ARPA–E should be contin-
ued or terminated, as well as lessons-learned from its oper-
ation. The evaluation shall be made available to Congress 
and to the public upon completion. 
SEC. 4005. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 
The authorities granted by this subtitle are in addi-
tion to existing authorities granted to the Secretary of En-
ergy, and not intended to supersede or modify any existing 
authorities. 
Subtitle B—Marine Renewable 
Energy Technologies 
SEC. 4101. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Marine Renewable 
Energy Research and Development Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 4102. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The United States has a critical national in-
terest in developing clean, domestic, renewable 
sources of energy in order to reduce environmental 
impacts of energy production, increase national secu-
rity, improve public health, and bolster economic 
stability. 
(2) Marine renewable energy technologies are a 
nonemitting source of power production. 
(3) Marine renewable energy may serve as an 
alternative to fossil fuels and create thousands of 
new jobs within the United States. 
(4) Europe has already successfully delivered 
electricity to the grid through the deployment of 
wave and tidal energy devices off the coast of Scot-
land. 
(5) Recent studies from the Electric Power Re-
search Institute, in conjunction with the Department 
of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 
have identified an abundance of viable sites within 
the United States with ample wave and tidal re-
sources to be harnessed by marine power tech-
nologies. 
(6) Sustained and expanded research, develop-
ment, demonstration, and commercial application 
programs are needed to locate and characterize ma-
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rine renewable energy resources, and to develop the 
technologies that will enable their widespread com-
mercial development. 
(7) Federal support is critical to reduce the fi-
nancial risk associated with developing new marine 
renewable energy technologies, thereby encouraging 
the private sector investment necessary to make ma-
rine renewable energy resources commercially viable 
as a source of electric power and for other applica-
tions. 
SEC. 4103. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this subtitle— 
(1) MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY.—The term 
‘‘Marine Renewable Energy’’ means energy derived 
from one or more of the following sources: 
(A) Waves. 
(B) Tidal flows. 
(C) Ocean currents. 
(D) Ocean thermal energy conversion. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
SEC. 4104. MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in conjunction 
with other appropriate agencies, shall support programs 
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of research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
application to expand marine renewable energy produc-
tion, including programs to— 
(1) study and compare existing marine renew-
able energy extraction technologies; 
(2) research, develop, and demonstrate ad-
vanced marine renewable energy systems and tech-
nologies; 
(3) reduce the manufacturing and operation 
costs of marine renewable energy technologies; 
(4) investigate efficient and reliable integration 
with the utility grid and intermittency issues; 
(5) advance wave forecasting technologies; 
(6) conduct experimental and numerical mod-
eling for optimization of marine energy conversion 
devices and arrays; 
(7) increase the reliability and survivability of 
marine renewable energy technologies, including de-
velopment of corrosive-resistant materials; 
(8) study, in conjunction with the Assistant Ad-
ministrator for Research and Development of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the Undersecre-
tary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and 
other Federal agencies as appropriate, the environ-
mental impacts of marine renewable energy tech-
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