I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2809 
To ensure that the United States leads the world baseline in developing 
and manufacturing next generation energy technologies, to grow the 
economy of the United States, to create new highly trained, highly 
skilled American jobs, to eliminate American overdependence on foreign 
oil, and to address the threat of global warming. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2007 
Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. 
BALDWIN, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JEFFERSON, 
Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. LEE, Mr. SHAYS, and Mr. 
WEINER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
Rules, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Judici-
ary, Financial Services, Science and Technology, Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and the Budget, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To ensure that the United States leads the world baseline 
in developing and manufacturing next generation energy 
technologies, to grow the economy of the United States, 
to create new highly trained, highly skilled American 
jobs, to eliminate American overdependence on foreign 
oil, and to address the threat of global warming. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘New Apollo Energy Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—FINDINGS AND PERFORMANCE GOALS 
Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Performance goals. 
TITLE II—EFFICIENCY 
Subtitle A—Green Buildings 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Findings. 
Sec. 203. Definitions. 
Sec. 204. Coordinating agency. 
Sec. 205. Public education and training. 
Sec. 206. Blue ribbon panel. 
Sec. 207. Research and development report. 
Sec. 208. Greenhouse gas emission standards. 
Sec. 209. Study of use of FHA energy efficient mortgage program. 
Sec. 210. Healthy, high-performance schools. 
Sec. 211. Loan guarantees for public institutions of higher education. 
Sec. 212. Accountability of Federal agencies. 
Sec. 213. State and local government block grants. 
Sec. 214. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 215. Increase and extension of energy efficient commercial buildings de-
duction. 
Subtitle B—Consumer Assistance 
Sec. 221. Appliance standards. 
Sec. 222. Energy Star certification for solar water heaters and tankless water 
heaters. 
Subtitle C—Tax Provision 
Sec. 231. Energy credit for combined heat and power system property. 
TITLE III—TRANSPORTATION SECTOR 
Sec. 301. Performance goals. 
Subtitle A—Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles 
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Sec. 311. Short title. 
Sec. 312. Definition. 
Sec. 313. Research and development grants. 
Sec. 314. Pilot project. 
Sec. 315. Test site. 
Sec. 316. Plan. 
Sec. 317. Plug-in hybrid motor vehicle tax credit. 
Subtitle B—Increase Ridership of Public Transportation 
Sec. 321. Increased uniform dollar limitation for all types of transportation 
fringe benefits. 
Sec. 322. Credit for employer costs of providing certain mass transportation 
fringe benefits to their employees. 
Sec. 323. Clarification of Federal employee benefits. 
Sec. 324. Extension of transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters. 
Subtitle C—Emissions Reductions and Oil Savings 
CHAPTER 1—BIOFUELS SECURITY 
Sec. 331. Short title. 
SUBCHAPTER A—RENEWABLE FUELS 
Sec. 341. Renewable fuel program. 
Sec. 342. Installation of e–85 fuel pumps by major oil companies at owned sta-
tions and branded stations. 
Sec. 343. Minimum Federal fleet requirement. 
Sec. 344. Application of Gasohol Competition Act of 1980. 
SUBCHAPTER B—DUAL FUELED AUTOMOBILES 
Sec. 351. Requirement to manufacture dual fueled automobiles. 
Sec. 352. Manufacturing incentives for dual fueled automobiles. 
CHAPTER 2—EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS 
Sec. 361. Extension of biodiesel tax credits. 
Sec. 362. Low carbon fuel standard. 
Sec. 363. Loan guarantee program to demonstrate low carbon renewable fuel. 
Sec. 364. Require automakers to reduce tailpipe GHG emissions. 
Sec. 365. Elimination of 2–FLEET rule. 
TITLE IV—ELECTRICITY SECTOR 
Subtitle A—Tax Incentives 
Sec. 401. Extension through 2018 for placing qualified facilities in service for 
producing renewable electric energy. 
Sec. 402. Extension of energy credit. 
Sec. 403. Expansion and modification of renewable resource credit. 
Sec. 404. Energy credit for small wind, small geothermal, small biomass, and 
small kinetic hydropower. 
Sec. 405. Modifications for clean renewable energy bonds. 
Sec. 406. Expansion and increase for residential energy efficient property cred-
it. 
Sec. 407. Expansion of renewable resource credit to include thermal energy. 
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Subtitle B—Promoting Energy Efficient Investments 
Sec. 411. Rate modifications promoting energy efficiency investments. 
Sec. 412. Feed-in tariff system study. 
Subtitle C—National Renewable Energy Zones 
Sec. 421. New electricity transmission lines designed primarily to carry elec-
tricity from renewable energy resources. 
Sec. 422. Short title. 
Sec. 423. Findings. 
Sec. 424. National renewable energy zones. 
Sec. 425. Federal Power Marketing Administrations and TVA. 
Sec. 426. Consistency with environmental laws. 
Subtitle D—Net Metering 
Sec.
431. Establishing minimum net metering and interconnection standards. 
Sec. 432. Retail electric and gas utility efficiency policies. 
Subtitle E—Renewable Portfolio Standard 
Sec. 441. Renewable portfolio standard. 
Subtitle F—Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion 
Sec. 451. Short title. 
Sec. 452. Definition. 
Sec. 453. Research and development. 
Sec. 454. Adaptive Management and Environmental Fund. 
Sec. 455. Programmatic environmental impact statement. 
Subtitle G—Carbon Capture and Sequestration 
Sec. 461. Carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstra-
tion program. 
TITLE V—GREEN WORKFORCE 
Subtitle A—Small Manufacturer Assistance 
Sec. 501. Small manufacturer assistance through Hollings Manufacturing Ex-
tension Partnership Program. 
Subtitle B—Green Workforce Education Incentives 
Sec. 511. National Green Certification Standards. 
Sec. 512. Environmentally literate workforce grant program. 
Sec. 513. Carbon neutrality grants in institutions of higher educations. 
Sec. 514. National green ranking system grant. 
Sec. 515. Green building and zero-energy home design training grants. 
Sec. 516. Student loan forgiveness for green workforce members. 
Sec. 517. Definitions. 
TITLE VI—FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEVERAGE TO MOVE NEW 
TECHNOLOGIES TO MARKET 
Subtitle A—Incentives for Clean Energy Technology 
Sec. 601. New Energy Technologies Commission. 
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Sec. 602. Loan Guarantees Program. 
Sec. 603. Grant Program to Create Clean Energy Business Districts. 
Subtitle B—Clean Energy Exports and International Investment 
Sec. 611. Clean energy technology exports program. 
Sec. 612. International energy technology deployment program. 
Subtitle C—Export-Import Bank 
Sec. 621. Require the Export-Import Bank of the United States to meet renew-
able energy targets in its lending practices. 
Sec. 622. Increase in the amount of financing made available by the Export- 
Import Bank for transactions involving renewable energy and 
energy efficiency. 
Sec. 623. Office of renewable energy promotion. 
Sec. 624. Report on Export-Import Bank financing for transactions involving 
renewable energy or energy efficiency. 
Sec. 625. Report on effect of Export-Import Bank financing on greenhouse gas 
emissions. 
Subtitle D—Emerging Clean Energy Technology Venture Capital Fund 
Sec. 631. Findings. 
Sec. 632. Establishment of fund. 
Sec. 633. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE VII—GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS 
Subtitle A—Global Climate Change 
Sec. 701. Global climate change. 
Subtitle B—Climate Change Research Initiatives 
Sec. 711. Research grants through National Science Foundation. 
Sec. 712. Abrupt climate change research. 
Sec. 713. Development of new measurement technologies. 
Sec. 714. Technology development and diffusion. 
Sec. 715. Public land. 
Sec. 716. Sea level rise from polar ice sheet melting. 
TITLE VIII—OFFSETS 
Subtitle A—Denial of Oil and Gas Tax Benefits 
Sec. 801. Short title. 
Sec. 802. Denial of deduction for income attributable to domestic production of 
oil, natural gas, or primary products thereof. 
Sec. 803. 7-year amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures for 
certain major integrated oil companies. 
Subtitle B—Royalties Under Offshore Oil and Gas Leases 
Sec. 811. Short title. 
Sec. 812. Price thresholds for royalty suspension provisions. 
Sec. 813. Clarification of authority to impose price thresholds for certain lease 
sales. 
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Sec. 814. Eligibility for new leases and the transfer of leases; conservation of 
resources fees. 
Sec. 815. Repeal of certain taxpayer subsidized royalty relief for the oil and gas 
industry. 
Subtitle C—Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewable Reserve 
Sec. 821. Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve for investments 
in renewable energy and energy efficiency. 
TITLE I—FINDINGS AND 
PERFORMANCE GOALS 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) A bold new national energy plan can lead to 
a surge of investment in, development of, and de-
ployment of clean energy and energy efficient tech-
nologies that would result in the creation of millions 
of highly-trained manufacturing and technical jobs 
throughout the United States economy. 
(2) Climate change, national security and en-
ergy dependence are a related set of global chal-
lenges. 
(3) The United States currently relies on oil for 
over 95 percent of its transportation fuel needs. 
(4) The United States currently imports 60 
percent of the oil it consumes and consumes about 
one fourth of the world’s daily oil production. 
(5) A major portion of the world’s oil supply is 
controlled by unstable governments and countries 
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that are known to finance, harbor, or otherwise sup-
port terrorism and terrorist activities. 
(6) Since World War II, the United States has 
made significant expenditures of American taxpayer 
dollars in attempts to stabilize governments and pro-
tect United States interests in the Middle East. 
(7) Countries such as Japan, Germany, Den-
mark, and Great Britain lead the United States in 
manufacturing alternative energy technologies that 
both decrease reliance on fossil fuels and do not con-
tribute to global warming. 
(8) The United States has led the world in the 
development of a wide array of technological ad-
vances and is now poised to lead the world, using its 
unique national genius for innovation, in the devel-
opment of a host of new energy technologies. 
(9) Development of renewable energy resources 
in the United States offers a substantial opportunity 
for economic development in rural, agriculture-de-
pendent areas. 
(10) Human activities have caused rapid in-
creases in atmospheric concentrations of carbon di-
oxide and other greenhouse gases in the last century. 
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(11) According to the Intergovernmental Panel 
on Climate Change and the National Research 
Council— 
(A) the earth has warmed in the last cen-
tury; and 
(B) the majority of the observed warming 
is attributable to human activities, including 
fossil fuel-generated carbon dioxide emissions. 
(12) To avoid catastrophic global warming, the 
United States should take decisive action with other 
nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 
percent by 2050. 
(13) Projected climate change poses a serious 
threat to United States national security. 
(14) Projected climate change will add to ten-
sions even in stable regions of the world. 
SEC. 102. PERFORMANCE GOALS. 
In order to ensure that the national energy policy of 
the United States is the most effective policy for pro-
tecting national and homeland security, expanding our 
economy and creating jobs, addressing global warming and 
environmental health concerns, and protecting the inter-
ests of United States consumers, Congress establishes the 
New Apollo Energy Act Performance Goals, which the 
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President shall consider when formulating and enforcing 
national energy policy. These goals are as follows: 
(1) Reduce the projected demand for gasoline in 
the United States by at least 70 billion gallons an-
nually by 2030. 
(2) Create and retain 3,000,000 new highly 
skilled, high-wage jobs in the United States by 2015. 
(3) Meet 10 percent of the country’s electricity 
needs from electricity generated from renewable re-
sources by 2012, and meet 20 percent of the coun-
try’s electricity needs from electricity generated from 
renewable resources by 2020. 
(4) Lower energy costs for consumers by meet-
ing at least 10 percent of projected electricity de-
mand and 5 percent of natural gas demand by 2020 
through increased conservation and improved energy 
efficiency. 
(5) Freeze U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 
2010, at 2009 levels. Beginning in 2011, cuts emis-
sions to achieve 1990 emissions levels by 2020. After 
2020, cut emissions each year to reach 80 percent 
below 1990 levels by 2050. 
(6) Encourage domestic manufacturing and 
production of new energy and energy efficient tech-
nologies. 
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(7) Require that 100 percent of all domestically 
manufactured automobiles be duel-fueled vehicles by 
2017. 
(8) Increase the Federal fleet requirement to 
100 percent duel-fueled or plug-in hybrid vehicles by 
2008. 
(9) Redevelop and enhance existing industrial 
facilities in areas of the country adversely impacted 
by manufacturing job losses. 
(10) Promote rural economic development. 
TITLE II—EFFICIENCY 
Subtitle A—Green Buildings 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advanced Design in 
Energy for Living Efficiently Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 202. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
(1) green building design practices have a posi-
tive effect on the reduction of greenhouse gases, the 
health of the environment, increases in production of 
workers, and improved water supply for commu-
nities; 
(2) buildings account for 38 percent of carbon 
dioxide emissions per year; 
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(3) buildings consume approximately 40 percent 
of the energy and 70 percent of the electricity in the 
United States per year; 
(4) an up-front investment of 2 percent in 
green building design, on average, results in life 
cycle savings of 20 percent of the total operation 
costs of a building; 
(5) case studies show examples of a 2 to 16 
percent increase in productivity in buildings that in-
corporate green building design; 
(6) students with the most daylight in their 
classrooms progressed 20 percent faster on mathe-
matics tests and 26 percent faster on reading tests 
in one year than those with the least day lighting; 
(7) the development of a research agenda for 
green building design must consider whole building 
performance, and such development should be found-
ed on achievable and measurable performance goals; 
(8) the tools and knowledge are currently avail-
able to meet the goals of this Act; and 
(9) green building design is a national priority, 
and can reduce the long-term operating costs for in-
dividuals and enhance their ability to repay the 
mortgage. 
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SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(2) the term ‘‘green building’’ means a building 
that uses sustainable design principles to reduce the 
use of nonrenewable resources, minimize environ-
mental impact, and relate people with the natural 
environment; 
(3) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 101 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001); and 
(4) the term ‘‘State’’ means one of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, or any other common-
wealth, territory, or possession of the United States. 
SEC. 204. COORDINATING AGENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall serve as 
the coordinating agency for Federal information on green 
building design and practices, including information re-
garding construction, use, and decommissioning of green 
buildings, and shall obtain from all Federal agencies any 
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information relating thereto that is not protected from dis-
closure by law. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Adminis-
trator, in consultation with the National Institute of 
Building Sciences, shall make the information obtained 
under subsection (a) readily available to the building in-
dustry and consumers. 
SEC. 205. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in coordina-
tion with the National Institute of Building Sciences and 
in conjunction with private-sector building-related entities, 
shall establish a program to create and distribute informa-
tional materials to increase the knowledge of the general 
public about green building design principles. 
(b) GREEN BUILDING TRAINING.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator, working through a grant to the United States 
Green Building Council, shall provide for the establish-
ment of criteria for appropriate education and training of 
architects, engineers, and developers in green building de-
sign and application. 
SEC. 206. BLUE RIBBON PANEL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The National Institute of 
Building Sciences shall establish a blue ribbon panel to 
provide independent advice and counsel to the Adminis-
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trator on policy issues associated with the conservation of 
energy in residential, commercial, and Federal buildings, 
green building design systems, the health of the indoor 
environment, and reduction of water use and waste out-
put. 
(b) APPOINTMENT.—The blue ribbon panel shall be 
appointed by the Board of Directors of the National Insti-
tute of Building Sciences. Appointees shall represent all 
sectors that are knowledgeable about or affected by green 
buildings, including architects, professional engineers, gov-
ernment officials, representatives of consumer organiza-
tions, representatives of construction labor organizations, 
product manufacturers, builders, housing management ex-
perts, and experts in building standards, codes, research, 
testing, and fire safety. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the blue ribbon 
panel shall report to Congress on the results of study to 
determine best practices for quantifying the information 
necessary to make informed property investment decisions, 
including with respect to buildings that meet carbon-neu-
tral emission standards and use green building design 
practices. 
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SEC. 207. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the National Institute of Building Sciences 
shall report to Congress on the estimated amount of fund-
ing necessary for research and development on green 
building design in the United States. Such report shall in-
clude recommendations on further policies needed to pro-
mote green building design. 
SEC. 208. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION STANDARDS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the National Institute 
of Building Sciences shall establish standards for the con-
struction of new commercial and residential buildings that 
will reduce carbon emissions, compared to emissions from 
similar buildings in 2003, by— 
(1) 40 percent by 2010; and 
(2) 70 percent by 2020. 
(b) COMPLIANCE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 6 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, each State 
shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Adminis-
trator that— 
(A) such State (and all of the local juris-
dictions within such State) has— 
(i) adopted the standards established 
under subsection (a); and 
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(ii) fully implemented such standards; 
or 
(B) technical barriers exist that prevent 
such adoption and implementation. 
(2) SUPPORTING
INFORMATION.—In order to 
make a demonstration to the Administrator under 
paragraph (1), a State shall receive, and submit to 
the Administrator, reports from all local jurisdic-
tions in the State on how many building permits 
were issued each year and how many of these per-
mits met the standards established under subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 209. STUDY OF USE OF FHA ENERGY EFFICIENT MORT-
GAGE PROGRAM. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study of the program of the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for energy effi-
cient mortgages insured under title II of the National 
Housing Act, established and operated pursuant to section 
106 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 12712 
note) and expanded in 1995 pursuant to subsection (b) 
of such section, to determine— 
(1) the extent to which such program is utilized 
by mortgagors in the United States; 
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(2) any impediments to wider or more efficient 
use of such program, including any such impedi-
ments relating to— 
(A) knowledge of or about the program; 
and 
(B) the terms, limitations, or operation of 
the program; 
(3) effective actions which may be taken to in-
crease utilization of the program by mortgagors in 
the United States. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than the expiration of the 
6-month period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
Congress a report describing the findings of the study pur-
suant to subsection (a) and setting forth recommendations 
for actions under subsection (a)(3). 
SEC. 210. HEALTHY, HIGH-PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, acting 
through the National Institute of Building Sciences, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Sec-
retary of Education, is authorized to award grants to 
State educational agencies to permit such State edu-
cational agencies to carry out this section. 
(b) SUBGRANTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency 
receiving a grant under this section shall use funds 
made available under the grant to award subgrants 
to local educational agencies to permit such local 
educational agencies to carry out the activities de-
scribed in subsection (e). 
(2) LIMITATION.—A State educational agency 
shall award subgrants under this subsection to local 
educational agencies that are the neediest, as deter-
mined by the State, and that have made a commit-
ment to develop healthy, high-performance school 
buildings in accordance with the plan developed and 
approved under subsection (c)(1). 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) PLANS.—A State educational agency shall 
award subgrants under this section only to local edu-
cational agencies that, in consultation with the State 
educational agency and State agencies with respon-
sibilities relating to energy and health, have devel-
oped plans that the State educational agency deter-
mines to be feasible and appropriate in order to 
achieve the purposes for which the subgrants are 
made. 
(2) 
SUPPLEMENTING
GRANT
FUNDS.—The 
State educational agency shall encourage local edu-
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cational agencies that receive subgrants under this 
section to supplement their subgrant funds with 
funds from other sources in order to implement their 
plans. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—A State educational agency 
receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant 
funds made available under this section for one or more 
of the following: 
(1) To evaluate compliance by local educational 
agencies with the requirements of this section. 
(2) To distribute information and materials on 
healthy, high-performance school buildings for both 
new and existing facilities. 
(3) To organize and conduct programs for 
school board members, school district personnel, and 
others to disseminate information on healthy, high- 
performance school buildings. 
(4) To provide technical services and assistance 
in planning and designing healthy, high-performance 
school buildings. 
(5) To collect and monitor information per-
taining to healthy, high-performance school building 
projects. 
(e) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency 
that receives a subgrant under this section shall use 
the subgrant funds to plan and prepare for healthy, 
high-performance school building projects that— 
(A) reduce energy use to at least 30 per-
cent below that of a school constructed in com-
pliance with standards prescribed in chapter 8 
of the 2000 International Energy Conservation 
Code, or a similar State code intended to 
achieve substantially equivalent results; 
(B) meet Federal and State health and 
safety codes; and 
(C) support healthful, energy efficient, and 
environmentally sound practices. 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—A local educational agen-
cy that receives a subgrant under this section shall 
use funds for one or more of the following: 
(A) To develop a comprehensive energy 
audit of the energy consumption characteristics 
of a building and the need for additional energy 
conservation 
measures 
necessary 
to 
allow 
schools to meet the guidelines set out in para-
graph (1). 
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(B) To produce a comprehensive analysis 
of building strategies, designs, materials, and 
equipment that— 
(i) are cost effective, produce greater 
energy efficiency, and enhance indoor air 
quality; and 
(ii) can be used when conducting 
school construction and renovation or pur-
chasing materials and equipment. 
(C) To obtain research and provide tech-
nical services and assistance in planning and 
designing 
healthy, 
high-performance 
school 
buildings, including developing a timeline for 
implementation of such plans. 
(f) INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE.—The Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, acting 
through the National Institute of Building Sciences, shall 
provide information and assistance to local educational 
agencies on sustainable design. The information and as-
sistance shall include— 
(1) information on how benefits of sustainable 
design can benefit life cycle costs to all school dis-
tricts at no cost to school districts; and 
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(2) assistance on how to create curriculum for 
environmental science classes to study local effects 
of sustainable design. 
(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator shall 
conduct a biennial review of State actions implementing 
this section and carrying out the plans developed under 
this section through State and local funding, and shall 
submit a report to Congress on the results of such reviews. 
(h) LIMITATIONS.—No funds received under this sec-
tion may be used for any of the following: 
(1) Payment of maintenance of costs in connec-
tion with any projects constructed in whole or in 
part with Federal funds provided under this section. 
(2) Construction, renovation, or repair of school 
facilities. 
(3) Construction, renovation, repair, or acquisi-
tion of a stadium or other facility primarily used for 
athletic contests or exhibitions, or other events for 
which admission is charged to the general public. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘healthy, high-performance school 
building’’ means a school building in which the de-
sign, construction, operation, and maintenance— 
(A) use energy-efficient and affordable 
practices and materials; 
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(B) are cost-effective; 
(C) enhance indoor air quality; and 
(D) protect and conserve water. 
(2) The terms ‘‘local educational agency’’ and 
‘‘State educational agency’’ have the meaning given 
those terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(j) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Subpart 18 (20 U.S.C. 
7277 et seq.) of part D of title V of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 is repealed. 
SEC. 211. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS 
OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Administrator shall establish a 
program to make loan guarantees available to public insti-
tutions of higher education in a State for the construction 
or renovation of permanent buildings that meet the stand-
ards established under section 8(a). 
(b) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish the qualifications necessary for an institution to 
be eligible for a loan guarantee under this section, includ-
ing qualifications to protect the financial interests of the 
Federal Government. 
(c) APPROVAL.—The Administrator shall approve or 
disapprove an application for a loan guarantee under this 
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section not later than 30 days after receiving a completed 
application. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 212. ACCOUNTABILITY OF FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
(a) AGENCY ACTIONS.—Each Federal agency shall— 
(1) increase the energy efficiency of its facilities 
and operations; 
(2) annually transmit to the President and the 
Congress a report on the energy efficiency increases 
and carbon emission reductions associated with its 
facilities and operation; and 
(3) reward agency employees who make signifi-
cant contributions to the reduction of agency carbon 
emissions. 
(b) ENERGY MANAGER TRAINING.—The energy man-
ager, designated under section 304 of Executive Order No. 
13123, of each Federal agency shall be required to receive 
training approved by the Administrator on green building 
design, construction, use, and decommissioning, and to re-
ceive an annual refresher course approved by the Adminis-
trator on those subjects. 
(c) ENERGY EFFICIENCY BUDGET REPORT.—Not 
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 
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