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SEC. 1533. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
The Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 9001(4)(A) (42 U.S.C. 6991(4)(A)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘sustances’’ and inserting 
‘‘substances’’. 
(2) Section 9003(f)(1) (42 U.S.C. 6991b(f)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (c) and (d) of 
this section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (c) and 
(d)’’. 
(3) Section 9004(a) (42 U.S.C. 6991c(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘in 9001(2) (A) or (B) or 
both’’ and inserting ‘‘in subparagraph (A) or (B) of 
section 9001(7)’’. 
(4) Section 9005 (42 U.S.C. 6991d) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘study 
taking’’ and inserting ‘‘study, taking’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking 
‘‘relevent’’ and inserting ‘‘relevant’’; and 
(C) in subsection (b)(4), by striking 
‘‘Evironmental’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘Environ-
mental’’.
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Subtitle C—Boutique Fuels 
SEC. 1541. REDUCING THE PROLIFERATION OF BOUTIQUE 
FUELS. 
(a) TEMPORARY WAIVERS DURING SUPPLY EMER-
GENCIES.—Section 211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7545(c)(4)(C)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after 
‘‘(C)’’ and by adding the following new clauses at the end 
thereof: 
‘‘(ii) The Administrator may temporarily waive a con-
trol or prohibition respecting the use of a fuel or fuel addi-
tive required or regulated by the Administrator pursuant 
to subsection (c), (h), (i), (k), or (m) of this section or 
prescribed in an applicable implementation plan under sec-
tion 110 approved by the Administrator under clause (i) 
of this subparagraph if, after consultation with, and con-
currence by, the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator 
determines that— 
‘‘(I) extreme and unusual fuel or fuel additive 
supply circumstances exist in a State or region of 
the Nation which prevent the distribution of an ade-
quate supply of the fuel or fuel additive to con-
sumers; 
‘‘(II) such extreme and unusual fuel and fuel 
additive supply circumstances are the result of a 
natural disaster, an Act of God, a pipeline or refin-
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ery equipment failure, or another event that could 
not reasonably have been foreseen or prevented and 
not the lack of prudent planning on the part of the 
suppliers of the fuel or fuel additive to such State 
or region; and 
‘‘(III) it is in the public interest to grant the 
waiver (for example, when a waiver is necessary to 
meet projected temporary shortfalls in the supply of 
the fuel or fuel additive in a State or region of the 
Nation which cannot otherwise be compensated for). 
‘‘(iii) If the Administrator makes the determinations 
required under clause (ii), such a temporary extreme and 
unusual fuel and fuel additive supply circumstances waiver 
shall be permitted only if— 
‘‘(I) the waiver applies to the smallest geo-
graphic area necessary to address the extreme and 
unusual fuel and fuel additive supply circumstances; 
‘‘(II) the waiver is effective for a period of 20 
calendar days or, if the Administrator determines 
that a shorter waiver period is adequate, for the 
shortest practicable time period necessary to permit 
the correction of the extreme and unusual fuel and 
fuel additive supply circumstances and to mitigate 
impact on air quality;
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‘‘(III) the waiver permits a transitional period, 
the exact duration of which shall be determined by 
the Administrator, after the termination of the tem-
porary waiver to permit wholesalers and retailers to 
blend down their wholesale and retail inventory; 
‘‘(IV) the waiver applies to all persons in the 
motor fuel distribution system; and 
‘‘(V) the Administrator has given public notice 
to all parties in the motor fuel distribution system, 
and local and State regulators, in the State or re-
gion to be covered by the waiver. 
The term ‘motor fuel distribution system’ as used in this 
clause shall be defined by the Administrator through rule-
making. 
‘‘(iv) Within 180 days of the date of enactment of 
this clause, the Administrator shall promulgate regula-
tions to implement clauses (ii) and (iii). 
‘‘(v) Nothing in this subparagraph shall— 
‘‘(I) limit or otherwise affect the application of 
any other waiver authority of the Administrator pur-
suant to this section or pursuant to a regulation 
promulgated pursuant to this section; and 
‘‘(II) subject any State or person to an enforce-
ment action, penalties, or liability solely arising from
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actions taken pursuant to the issuance of a waiver 
under this subparagraph.’’. 
(b) LIMIT ON NUMBER OF BOUTIQUE FUELS.—Sec-
tion 211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(c)(4)), as amended by subsection (a), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v)(I) The Administrator shall have no authority, 
when considering a State implementation plan or a State 
implementation plan revision, to approve under this para-
graph any fuel included in such plan or revision if the ef-
fect of such approval increases the total number of fuels 
approved under this paragraph as of September 1, 2004, 
in all State implementation plans. 
‘‘(II) The Administrator, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Energy, shall determine the total number of 
fuels approved under this paragraph as of September 1, 
2004, in all State implementation plans and shall publish 
a list of such fuels, including the states and Petroleum 
Administration for Defense District in which they are 
used, in the Federal Register for public review and com-
ment no later than 90 days after enactment. 
‘‘(III) The Administrator shall remove a fuel from the 
list published under subclause (II) if a fuel ceases to be 
included in a State implementation plan or if a fuel in 
a State implementation plan is identical to a Federal fuel
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formulation implemented by the Administrator, but the 
Administrator shall not reduce the total number of fuels 
authorized under the list published under subclause (II). 
‘‘(IV) Subclause (I) shall not limit the Administra-
tor’s authority to approve a control or prohibition respect-
ing any new fuel under this paragraph in a State imple-
mentation plan or revision to a State implementation plan 
if such new fuel: 
‘‘(aa) completely replaces a fuel on the list pub-
lished under subclause (II); or 
‘‘(bb) does not increase the total number of 
fuels on the list published under subclause (II) as of 
September 1, 2004. 
In the event that the total number of fuels on the list pub-
lished under subclause (II) at the time of the Administra-
tor’s consideration of a control or prohibition respecting 
a new fuel is lower than the total number of fuels on such 
list as of September 1, 2004, the Administrator may ap-
prove a control or prohibition respecting a new fuel under 
this subclause if the Administrator, after consultation with 
the Secretary of Energy, publishes in the Federal Register 
after notice and comment a finding that, in the Adminis-
trator’s judgment, such control or prohibition respecting 
a new fuel will not cause fuel supply or distribution inter-
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ruptions or have a significant adverse impact on fuel 
producibility in the affected area or contiguous areas. 
‘‘(V) The Administrator shall have no authority 
under this paragraph, when considering any particular 
State’s implementation plan or a revision to that State’s 
implementation plan, to approve any fuel unless that fuel 
was, as of the date of such consideration, approved in at 
least one State implementation plan in the applicable Pe-
troleum Administration for Defense District. However, the 
Administrator may approve as part of a State implementa-
tion plan or State implementation plan revision a fuel with 
a summertime Reid Vapor Pressure of 7.0 psi. In no event 
shall such approval by the Administrator cause an increase 
in the total number of fuels on the list published under 
subclause (II). 
‘‘(VI) Nothing in this clause shall be construed to 
have any effect regarding any available authority of States 
to require the use of any fuel additive registered in accord-
ance with subsection (b), including any fuel additive reg-
istered in accordance with subsection (b) after the enact-
ment of this subclause.’’. 
(c) STUDY AND REPORT TO CONGRESS ON BOU-
TIQUE FUELS.— 
(1) JOINT STUDY.—The Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary
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of Energy shall undertake a study of the effects on 
air quality, on the number of fuel blends, on fuel 
availability, on fuel fungibility, and on fuel costs of 
the State plan provisions adopted pursuant to sec-
tion 211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(c)(4)(C)). 
(2) FOCUS OF STUDY.—The primary focus of 
the study required under paragraph (1) shall be to 
determine how to develop a Federal fuels system 
that maximizes motor fuel fungibility and supply, 
addresses air quality requirements, and reduces 
motor fuel price volatility including that which has 
resulted from the proliferation of boutique fuels, and 
to recommend to Congress such legislative changes 
as are necessary to implement such a system. The 
study should include the impacts on overall energy 
supply, distribution, and use as a result of the legis-
lative changes recommended. 
(3) CONDUCT OF STUDY.—In carrying out their 
joint duties under this section, the Administrator 
and the Secretary shall use sound science and objec-
tive science practices, shall consider the best avail-
able science, shall use data collected by accepted 
means and shall consider and include a description 
of the weight of the scientific evidence. The Adminis-
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trator and the Secretary shall coordinate the study 
required by this section with other studies required 
by the act and shall endeavor to avoid duplication of 
effort with regard to such studies. 
(4) RESPONSIBILITY
OF
ADMINISTRATOR.—In 
carrying out the study required by this section, the 
Administrator shall coordinate obtaining comments 
from affected parties interested in the air quality 
impact assessment portion of the study. 
(5) RESPONSIBILITY OF SECRETARY.—In car-
rying out the study required by this section, the Sec-
retary shall coordinate obtaining comments from af-
fected parties interested in the fuel availability, 
number of fuel blends, fuel fungibility and fuel costs 
portion of the study. 
(6) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator 
and the Secretary jointly shall submit the results of 
the study required by this section in a report to the 
Congress not later than 12 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, together with any rec-
ommended regulatory and legislative changes. Such 
report shall be submitted to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate.
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(7) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated jointly to the 
Administrator and the Secretary $500,000 for the 
completion of the study required under this sub-
section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Energy. 
(3) The term ‘‘fuel’’ means gasoline, diesel fuel, 
and any other liquid petroleum product commercially 
known as gasoline and diesel fuel for use in highway 
and nonroad motor vehicles. 
(4) The term ‘‘a control or prohibition respect-
ing a new fuel’’ means a control or prohibition on 
the formulation, composition, or emissions character-
istics of a fuel that would require the increase or de-
crease of a constituent in gasoline or diesel fuel. 
TITLE XVI—STUDIES 
SEC. 1601. STUDY ON INVENTORY OF PETROLEUM AND 
NATURAL GAS STORAGE. 
(a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section ‘‘pe-
troleum’’ means crude oil, motor gasoline, jet fuel, dis-
tillates, and propane.
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(b) STUDY.—The Secretary of Energy shall conduct 
a study on petroleum and natural gas storage capacity and 
operational inventory levels, nationwide and by major geo-
graphical regions. 
(c) CONTENTS.—The study shall address— 
(1) historical normal ranges for petroleum and 
natural gas inventory levels; 
(2) historical and projected storage capacity 
trends; 
(3) estimated operation inventory levels below 
which outages, delivery slowdown, rationing, inter-
ruptions in service, or other indicators of shortage 
begin to appear; 
(4) explanations for inventory levels dropping 
below normal ranges; and 
(5) the ability of industry to meet United 
States demand for petroleum and natural gas with-
out shortages or price spikes, when inventory levels 
are below normal ranges. 
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Energy shall submit a report to Congress on the results 
of the study, including findings and any recommendations 
for preventing future supply shortages.
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SEC. 1605. STUDY OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS. 
The Secretary of Energy shall contract with the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences for a study, to be completed 
within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, to 
examine whether the goals of energy efficiency standards 
are best served by measurement of energy consumed, and 
efficiency improvements, at the actual site of energy con-
sumption, or through the full fuel cycle, beginning at the 
source of energy production. The Secretary shall submit 
the report to Congress. 
SEC. 1606. TELECOMMUTING STUDY. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Commission, the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management, the Administrator of General 
Services, and the Administrator of NTIA, shall conduct 
a study of the energy conservation implications of the 
widespread adoption of telecommuting by Federal employ-
ees in the United States. 
(b) REQUIRED SUBJECTS OF STUDY.—The study re-
quired by subsection (a) shall analyze the following sub-
jects in relation to the energy saving potential of telecom-
muting by Federal employees: 
(1) Reductions of energy use and energy costs 
in commuting and regular office heating, cooling, 
and other operations.
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(2) Other energy reductions accomplished by 
telecommuting. 
(3) Existing regulatory barriers that hamper 
telecommuting, including barriers to broadband tele-
communications services deployment. 
(4) Collateral benefits to the environment, fam-
ily life, and other values. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall submit 
to the President and Congress a report on the study re-
quired by this section not later than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act. Such report shall include 
a description of the results of the analysis of each of the 
subject described in subsection (b). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(3) NTIA.—The term ‘‘NTIA’’ means the Na-
tional Telecommunications and Information Admin-
istration of the Department of Commerce. 
(4) TELECOMMUTING.—The term ‘‘telecom-
muting’’ means the performance of work functions 
using communications technologies, thereby elimi-
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nating or substantially reducing the need to com-
mute to and from traditional worksites. 
(5) FEDERAL EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘Federal 
employee’’ has the meaning provided the term ‘‘em-
ployee’’ by section 2105 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 1607. LIHEAP REPORT. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall transmit to Congress a report on how the Low-In-
come Home Energy Assistance Program could be used 
more effectively to prevent loss of life from extreme tem-
peratures. In preparing such report, the Secretary shall 
consult with appropriate officials in all 50 States and the 
District of Columbia. 
SEC. 1608. OIL BYPASS FILTRATION TECHNOLOGY. 
The Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall— 
(1) conduct a joint study of the benefits of oil 
bypass filtration technology in reducing demand for 
oil and protecting the environment; 
(2) examine the feasibility of using oil bypass 
filtration technology in Federal motor vehicle fleets; 
and
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(3) include in such study, prior to any deter-
mination of the feasibility of using oil bypass filtra-
tion technology, the evaluation of products and var-
ious manufacturers. 
SEC. 1609. TOTAL INTEGRATED THERMAL SYSTEMS. 
The Secretary of Energy shall— 
(1) conduct a study of the benefits of total inte-
grated thermal systems in reducing demand for oil 
and protecting the environment; and 
(2) examine the feasibility of using total inte-
grated thermal systems in Department of Defense 
and other Federal motor vehicle fleets. 
SEC. 1610. UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall transmit to Con-
gress a report that examines the feasibility of promoting 
collaborations between large institutions of higher edu-
cation and small institutions of higher education through 
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements made by the 
Secretary for energy projects. The Secretary shall also 
consider providing incentives for the inclusion of small in-
stitutions of higher education, including minority-serving 
institutions, in energy research grants, contracts, and co-
operative agreements.
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SEC. 1611. RELIABILITY AND CONSUMER PROTECTION AS-
SESSMENT. 
Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and each 5 years thereafter, the Federal En-
ergy Regulatory Commission shall assess the effects of the 
exemption of electric cooperatives and government-owned 
utilities from Commission regulation under section 201(f) 
of the Federal Power Act. The assessment shall include 
any effects on— 
(1) reliability of interstate electric transmission 
networks; 
(2) benefit to consumers, and efficiency, of 
competitive wholesale electricity markets; 
(3) just and reasonable rates for electricity con-
sumers; and 
(4) the ability of the Commission to protect 
electricity consumers. 
If the Commission finds that the 201(f) exemption results 
in adverse effects on consumers or electric reliability, the 
Commission shall make appropriate recommendations to 
Congress pursuant to section 311 of the Federal Power 
Act. 
SEC. 1612. REPORT ON ENERGY INTEGRATION WITH LATIN 
AMERICA. 
The Secretary of Energy shall submit an annual re-
port to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
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United States House of Representatives and to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United 
States Senate concerning the status of energy export de-
velopment in Latin America and efforts by the Secretary 
and other departments and agencies of the United States 
to promote energy integration with Latin America. The 
report shall contain a detailed analysis of the status of 
energy export development in Mexico and a description of 
all significant efforts by the Secretary and other depart-
ments and agencies to promote a constructive relationship 
with Mexico regarding the development of that nation’s 
energy capacity. In particular this report shall outline ef-
forts the Secretary and other departments and agencies 
have made to ensure that regulatory approval and over-
sight of United States/Mexico border projects that result 
in the expansion of Mexican energy capacity are effectively 
coordinated across departments and with the Mexican gov-
ernment. 
SEC. 1613. LOW-VOLUME GAS RESERVOIR STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Energy shall make a 
grant to an organization of oil and gas producing States, 
specifically those containing significant numbers of mar-
ginal oil and natural gas wells, for conducting an annual 
study of low-volume natural gas reservoirs. Such organiza-