‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct analysis and evaluation in support of the re-
newable energy programs under this subtitle. These 
activities shall be used to guide budget and program 
decisions, and shall include— 
‘‘(A) economic and technical analysis of re-
newable energy potential, including resource as-
sessment; 
‘‘(B) analysis of past program perform-
ance, both in terms of technical advances and 
in market introduction of renewable energy; 
‘‘(C) assessment of domestic and inter-
national market drivers, including the impacts 
of any Federal, State, or local grants, loans, 
loan guarantees, tax incentives, statutory or 
regulatory requirements, or other government 
initiatives; and 
‘‘(D) any other analysis or evaluation that 
the Secretary considers appropriate. 
‘‘(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary may designate 
up to 1 percent of the funds appropriated for car-
rying out this subtitle for analysis and evaluation ac-
tivities under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—This analysis 
and evaluation shall be submitted to the Committee 
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on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate at least 30 days be-
fore each annual budget request is submitted to 
Congress.’’. 
SEC. 248. BIOENERGY PROGRAM. 
Section 932 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16232) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 932. BIOENERGY PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall conduct a pro-
gram of research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application for bioenergy, including innovations 
in— 
‘‘(1) biopower energy systems; 
‘‘(2) biofuels; 
‘‘(3) bioproducts; 
‘‘(4) integrated biorefineries that may produce 
biopower, biofuels, and bioproducts; and 
‘‘(5) cross-cutting research and development in 
feedstocks. 
‘‘(b) BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS.—The goals of 
the biofuels and bioproducts programs shall be to develop, 
in partnership with industry and institutions of higher 
education— 
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‘‘(1) advanced biochemical and thermochemical 
conversion technologies capable of making fuels from 
lignocellulosic feedstocks that are price-competitive 
with fossil-based fuels and fully compatible with ei-
ther internal combustion engines or fuel cell-powered 
vehicles; 
‘‘(2) advanced biotechnology processes capable 
of making biofuels and bioproducts with emphasis on 
development of biorefinery technologies using en-
zyme-based processing systems; and 
‘‘(3) other advanced processes that will enable 
the development of cost-effective bioproducts, includ-
ing biofuels. 
‘‘(d) RETROFIT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DEVELOP-
MENT OF ETHANOL FROM CELLULOSIC MATERIALS.— 
The Secretary shall establish a program of research, devel-
opment, demonstration, and commercial application for 
technologies and processes to enable biorefineries that ex-
clusively use corn grain or corn starch as a feedstock to 
produce ethanol to be retrofitted to accept a range of bio-
mass, including lignocellulosic feedstocks. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BIOMASS.—The term ‘biomass’ means— 
‘‘(A) any organic material grown for the 
purpose of being converted to energy; 
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‘‘(B) any organic byproduct of agriculture 
(including wastes from food production and 
processing) that can be converted into energy; 
or 
‘‘(C) any waste material that can be con-
verted to energy, is segregated from other waste 
materials, and is derived from— 
‘‘(i) any of the following forest-related 
resources: mill residues, precommercial 
thinnings, slash, brush, or otherwise non-
merchantable material; 
‘‘(ii) wood waste materials, including 
waste pallets, crates, dunnage, manufac-
turing and construction wood wastes (other 
than pressure-treated, chemically treated, 
or painted wood wastes), and landscape or 
right-of-way tree trimmings, but not in-
cluding municipal solid waste, gas derived 
from the biodegradation of municipal solid 
waste, or paper that is commonly recycled; 
or 
‘‘(iii) solids derived from waste water 
treatment processes. 
‘‘(2) 
LIGNOCELLULOSIC
FEEDSTOCK.—The 
term ‘lignocellulosic feedstock’ means any portion of 
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a plant or coproduct from conversion, including 
crops, trees, forest residues, and agricultural resi-
dues not specifically grown for food, including from 
barley grain, grapeseed, rice bran, rice hulls, rice 
straw, soybean matter, and sugarcane bagasse.’’. 
SEC. 249. CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER RESEARCH PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 934 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16234) is repealed. 
SEC. 250. RENEWABLE ENERGY IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 
Section 935 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16235) and the item relating thereto in the table 
of contents of that Act are repealed. 
Subtitle D—Fossil Energy Research 
and Development 
SEC. 261. FOSSIL ENERGY. 
Section 961 of Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16291) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 961. FOSSIL ENERGY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out re-
search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plication programs in fossil energy, including activities 
under this subtitle, with the goal of improving the effi-
ciency, effectiveness, and environmental performance of 
fossil energy production, upgrading, conversion, and con-
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