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from industrial facilities and electric generation 
carbon sources that are near suitable geological 
reservoirs and could continue sequestration. To 
ensure reduced carbon dioxide emissions, the 
Secretary shall take necessary actions to pro-
vide for the integration of the program under 
this paragraph with the long-term carbon diox-
ide sequestration demonstrations described in 
paragraph (3). These actions should not delay 
implementation of the large-scale sequestration 
tests authorized in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) TECHNOLOGIES.—The technologies 
referred 
to 
in 
subparagraph 
(A) 
are 
precombustion capture, post-combustion cap-
ture, and oxycombustion. 
‘‘(C) SCOPE OF AWARD.—An award under 
this paragraph shall be only for the portion of 
the project that carries out the large-scale cap-
ture (including purification and compression) of 
carbon dioxide, as well as the cost of transpor-
tation and injection of carbon dioxide. 
‘‘(5) PREFERENCE
IN
PROJECT
SELECTION 
FROM MERITORIOUS PROPOSALS.—In making com-
petitive awards under this subsection, subject to the 
requirements of section 989, the Secretary shall—
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‘‘(A) give preference to proposals from 
partnerships among industrial, academic, and 
government entities; and
‘‘(B) require recipients to provide assur-
ances that all laborers and mechanics employed 
by contractors and subcontractors in the con-
struction, repair, or alteration of new or exist-
ing facilities performed in order to carry out a 
demonstration or commercial application activ-
ity authorized under this subsection shall be 
paid wages at rates not less than those pre-
vailing on similar construction in the locality, as 
determined by the Secretary of Labor in ac-
cordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of
title 40, United States Code, and the Secretary 
of Labor shall, with respect to the labor stand-
ards in this paragraph, have the authority and 
functions set forth in Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 Fed. Reg. 3176; 5 
U.S.C. Appendix) and section 3145 of title 40, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(6) COST SHARING.—Activities under this sub-
section shall be considered research and development 
activities that are subject to the cost-sharing re-
quirements of section 988(b), except that the Fed-
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eral share of a project under paragraph (4) shall not 
exceed 50 percent. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this 
section, other than subsection (c)(3) and (4)— 
‘‘(A) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(B) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(C) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
and 
‘‘(D) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 
‘‘(2) SEQUESTRATION.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out 
subsection (c)(3)— 
‘‘(A) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(B) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(C) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
and 
‘‘(D) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 
‘‘(3) CARBON CAPTURE.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out 
subsection (c)(4)— 
‘‘(A) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(B) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
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‘‘(C) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
and 
‘‘(D) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The item 
relating to section 963 in the table of contents for the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 963. Carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstra-
tion program.’’. 
SEC. 4503. REVIEW OF LARGE-SCALE PROGRAMS. 
The Secretary of Energy shall enter into an arrange-
ment with the National Academy of Sciences for an inde-
pendent review and oversight, beginning in 2011, of the 
programs under section 963(c)(3) and (4) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005, as added by section 4502 of this sub-
title, to ensure that the benefits of such programs are 
maximized. Not later than January 1, 2012, the Secretary 
shall transmit to the Congress a report on the results of 
such review and oversight. 
SEC. 4504. SAFETY RESEARCH. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Assistant Administrator for Re-
search and Development of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall conduct a research program to determine 
procedures necessary to protect public health, safety, and 
the environment from impacts that may be associated with 
capture, injection, and sequestration of greenhouse gases 
in subterranean reservoirs.