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(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The advisory committee estab-
lished under this section shall have a balanced membership 
that shall include members representing the following 
communities: 
(1) Providers of seed capital. 
(2) Venture capitalists. 
(3) Private equity sources. 
(4) Investment banking corporate finance. 
(5) Investment banking mergers and acquisi-
tions. 
(6) Equity capital markets. 
(7) Debt capital markets. 
(8) Research analysts. 
(9) Sales and trading. 
(10) Commercial lenders. 
(11) Residential lenders. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to the Secretary of Energy for carrying out this 
section. 
PART 9—ENERGY EFFICIENCY BLOCK GRANT 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 9091. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this part— 
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(1) the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a State or 
an eligible unit of local government within a State; 
(2) the term ‘‘eligible unit of local government’’ 
means— 
(A) a city with a population of at least 
50,000; and 
(B) a county with a population of at least 
200,000; 
(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Energy; and 
(4) the term ‘‘State’’ means one of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United 
States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, and any other common-
wealth, territory, or possession of the United States. 
SEC. 9092. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. 
The Secretary shall establish an Energy Efficiency 
Block Grant Program to make block grants to eligible en-
tities as provided in this part. 
SEC. 9093. ALLOCATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated for 
making grants under this part for each fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall allocate 70 percent to be provided to eligi-
ble units of local government as provided in subsection (b) 
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and 30 percent to be provided to States as provided in 
subsection (c). 
(b) ELIGIBLE UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The 
Secretary shall provide grants to eligible units of local gov-
ernment according to a formula giving equal weight to— 
(1) population, according to the most recent 
available Census data; and 
(2) daytime population, or another similar fac-
tor such as square footage of commercial, office, and 
industrial space, as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) STATES.—The Secretary shall provide grants to 
States according to a formula based on population, accord-
ing to the most recent available Census data. 
(d) PUBLICATION OF ALLOCATION FORMULAS.—Not 
later than 90 days before the beginning of any fiscal year 
in which grants are to made under this part, the Secretary 
shall publish in the Federal Register the formulas for allo-
cation described in subsection (b)(1) and (b)(2). 
SEC. 9094. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 
Funds provided through a grant under this part may 
be used for the following activities: 
(1) Development and implementation of an En-
ergy Efficiency Strategy under section 9095. 
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