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(b) PURPOSE OF GRANTS.—The Secretary may make grants on 
a competitive basis for— 
(1) investments that develop alternative, renewable, and 
distributed energy supplies; 
(2) energy efficiency projects and energy conservation pro-
grams; 
(3) studies and other activities that improve energy effi-
ciency in low income rural and urban communities; 
(4) planning and development assistance for increasing the 
energy efficiency of buildings and facilities; and 
(5) technical and financial assistance to local government 
and private entities on developing new renewable and distrib-
uted sources of power or combined heat and power generation. 
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Indian 
tribe’’ means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized 
group or community, including any Alaskan Native village or 
regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant 
to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.), that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and 
services provided by the United States to Indians because of their 
status as Indians. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purposes of 
this section there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008. 
SEC. 127. STATE TECHNOLOGIES ADVANCEMENT COLLABORATIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation with the States, 
shall establish a cooperative program for research, development, 
demonstration, and deployment of technologies in which there is 
a common Federal and State energy efficiency, renewable energy, 
and fossil energy interest, to be known as the ‘‘State Technologies 
Advancement Collaborative’’ (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘Collaborative’’). 
(b) DUTIES.—The Collaborative shall— 
(1) leverage Federal and State funding through cost-shared 
activity; 
(2) reduce redundancies in Federal and State funding; and 
(3) create multistate projects to be awarded through a 
competitive process. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Collaborative shall be administered 
through an agreement between the Department and appropriate 
State-based organizations. 
(d) FUNDING SOURCES.—Funding for the Collaborative may be 
provided from— 
(1) amounts specifically appropriated for the Collaborative; 
or 
(2) amounts that may be allocated from other appropria-
tions without changing the purpose for which the amounts 
are appropriated. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to carry out this section such sums as are necessary for each 
of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
SEC. 128. STATE BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY CODES INCENTIVES. 
Section 304(e) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6833(e)) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at 
the end of the first sentence the following: ‘‘, including 
increasing and verifying compliance with such codes’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) Additional funding shall be provided under this subsection 
for implementation of a plan to achieve and document at least 
a 90 percent rate of compliance with residential and commercial 
building energy efficiency codes, based on energy performance— 
‘‘(A) to a State that has adopted and is implementing, 
on a statewide basis— 
‘‘(i) a residential building energy efficiency code that 
meets or exceeds the requirements of the 2004 Inter-
national Energy Conservation Code, or any succeeding 
version of that code that has received an affirmative deter-
mination from the Secretary under subsection (a)(5)(A); 
and 
‘‘(ii) a commercial building energy efficiency code that 
meets or exceeds the requirements of the ASHRAE 
Standard 90.1–2004, or any succeeding version of that 
standard that has received an affirmative determination 
from the Secretary under subsection (b)(2)(A); or 
‘‘(B) in a State in which there is no statewide energy 
code either for residential buildings or for commercial buildings, 
to a local government that has adopted and is implementing 
residential and commercial building energy efficiency codes, 
as described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) Of the amounts made available under this subsection, 
the Secretary may use $500,000 for each fiscal year to train State 
and local officials to implement codes described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4)(A) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection— 
‘‘(i) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010; 
and 
‘‘(ii) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2011 and 
each fiscal year thereafter. 
‘‘(B) Funding provided to States under paragraph (2) for each 
fiscal year shall not exceed one-half of the excess of funding under 
this subsection over $5,000,000 for the fiscal year.’’. 
Subtitle C—Energy Efficient Products 
SEC. 131. ENERGY STAR PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
is amended by inserting after section 324 (42 U.S.C. 6294) the 
following: 
‘‘ENERGY STAR PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 324A. (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established within the 
Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency 
a voluntary program to identify and promote energy-efficient prod-
ucts and buildings in order to reduce energy consumption, improve 
energy security, and reduce pollution through voluntary labeling 
of, or other forms of communication about, products and buildings 
that meet the highest energy conservation standards. 
‘‘(b) DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES.—Responsibilities under the 
program shall be divided between the Department of Energy and
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the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with the terms 
of applicable agreements between those agencies. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Administrator and the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) promote Energy Star compliant technologies as the 
preferred technologies in the marketplace for— 
‘‘(A) achieving energy efficiency; and 
‘‘(B) reducing pollution; 
‘‘(2) work to enhance public awareness of the Energy Star 
label, including by providing special outreach to small 
businesses; 
‘‘(3) preserve the integrity of the Energy Star label; 
‘‘(4) regularly update Energy Star product criteria for 
product categories; 
‘‘(5) solicit comments from interested parties prior to estab-
lishing or revising an Energy Star product category, specifica-
tion, or criterion (or prior to effective dates for any such product 
category, specification, or criterion); 
‘‘(6) on adoption of a new or revised product category, 
specification, 
or 
criterion, 
provide 
reasonable 
notice 
to 
interested parties of any changes (including effective dates) 
in product categories, specifications, or criteria, along with— 
‘‘(A) an explanation of the changes; and 
‘‘(B) as appropriate, responses to comments submitted 
by interested parties; and 
‘‘(7) provide appropriate lead time (which shall be 270 
days, unless the Agency or Department specifies otherwise) 
prior to the applicable effective date for a new or a significant 
revision to a product category, specification, or criterion, taking 
into account the timing requirements of the manufacturing, 
product marketing, and distribution process for the specific 
product addressed. 
‘‘(d) DEADLINES.—The Secretary shall establish new qualifying 
levels— 
‘‘(1) not later than January 1, 2006, for clothes washers 
and dishwashers, effective beginning January 1, 2007; and 
‘‘(2) not later than January 1, 2008, for clothes washers, 
effective beginning January 1, 2010.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. prec. 6201) 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 324 
the following:
‘‘Sec. 324A. Energy Star program.’’.
SEC. 132. HVAC MAINTENANCE CONSUMER EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
Section 337 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6307) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) HVAC MAINTENANCE.—(1) To ensure that installed air 
conditioning and heating systems operate at maximum rated effi-
ciency levels, the Secretary shall, not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this subsection, carry out a program 
to educate homeowners and small business owners concerning the 
energy savings from properly conducted maintenance of air condi-
tioning, heating, and ventilating systems. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall carry out the program under paragraph 
(1), on a cost-shared basis, in cooperation with the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency and any other entities 
that the Secretary determines to be appropriate, including industry