(g) APPLICATION
OF
EGTRRA SUNSET.—The 
amendment made by subsection (d)(1)(A) shall be subject 
to title IX of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Rec-
onciliation Act of 2001 in the same manner as the provi-
sion of such Act to which such amendment relates. 
SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR ALTERNATIVE FUEL 
VEHICLES. 
Paragraph (4) of section 30B(j) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 
SEC. 203. EXTENSION OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE RE-
FUELING PROPERTY CREDIT. 
Paragraph (1) of section 30C(g) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘hydrogen,’’ 
inserting ‘‘hydrogen or alternative fuels (as defined in sec-
tion 30B(e)(4)(B)),’’. 
Subtitle B—Tapping America’s 
Ingenuity and Creativity 
SEC. 211. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) ADMINISTERING ENTITY.—The term ‘‘ad-
ministering entity’’ means the entity with which the 
Secretary enters into an agreement under section 
214(c). 
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(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
SEC. 212. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to provide incen-
tives to encourage the development and implementation of 
innovative energy technologies and new energy sources 
that will reduce our reliance on foreign energy. 
SEC. 213. PRIZE AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program to competitively award cash prizes in conformity 
with this subtitle to advance the research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application of innovative 
energy technologies and new energy sources. 
(b) ADVERTISING AND SOLICITATION OF COMPETI-
TORS.— 
(1) ADVERTISING.—The Secretary shall widely 
advertise prize competitions to encourage broad par-
ticipation in the program carried out under sub-
section (a), including individuals, universities, com-
munities, and large and small businesses. 
(2) ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH FEDERAL REG-
ISTER NOTICE.—The Secretary shall announce each 
prize competition by publishing a notice in the Fed-
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eral Register. This notice shall include essential ele-
ments of the competition such as the subject of the 
competition, the duration of the competition, the eli-
gibility requirements for participation in the com-
petition, the process for participants to register for 
the competition, the amount of the prize, and the 
criteria for awarding the prize. 
(c) ADMINISTERING THE COMPETITION.—The Sec-
retary may enter into an agreement with a private, non-
profit entity to administer the prize competitions, subject 
to the provisions of this subtitle. The administering entity 
shall perform the following functions: 
(1) Advertise the competition and its results. 
(2) Raise funds from private entities and indi-
viduals to pay for administrative costs and cash 
prizes. 
(3) Develop, in consultation with and subject to 
the final approval of the Secretary, criteria to select 
winners based upon the goal of safely and ade-
quately storing nuclear used fuel. 
(4) Determine, in consultation with and subject 
to the final approval of the Secretary, the appro-
priate amount of the awards. 
(5) Protect against the administering entity’s 
unauthorized use or disclosure of a registered par-
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ticipant’s intellectual property, trade secrets, and 
confidential business information. Any information 
properly identified as trade secrets or confidential 
business information that is submitted by a partici-
pant as part of a competitive program under this 
subtitle may be withheld from public disclosure. 
(6) Develop and promulgate sufficient rules to 
define the parameters of designing and proposing in-
novative energy technologies and new energy sources 
with input from industry, citizens, and corporations 
familiar with such activities. 
(d) FUNDING SOURCES.—Prizes under this subtitle 
may consist of Federal appropriated funds, funds provided 
by the administering entity, or funds raised through 
grants or donations. The Secretary may accept funds from 
other Federal agencies for such cash prizes and, notwith-
standing section 3302(b) of title 31, United States Code, 
may use such funds for the cash prize program. Other 
than publication of the names of prize sponsors, the Sec-
retary may not give any special consideration to any pri-
vate sector entity or individual in return for a donation 
to the Secretary or administering entity. 
(e) ANNOUNCEMENT
OF PRIZES.—The Secretary 
may not publish a notice required by subsection (b)(2) 
until all the funds needed to pay out the announced 
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amount of the prize have been appropriated to the Depart-
ment or the Department has received from the admin-
istering entity a written commitment to provide all nec-
essary funds. 
SEC. 214. ELIGIBILITY. 
To be eligible to win a prize under this subtitle, an 
individual or entity— 
(1) shall notify the administering entity of in-
tent to submit ideas and intent to collect the prize 
upon selection; 
(2) shall comply with all the requirements stat-
ed in the Federal Register notice required under sec-
tion 213(b)(2); 
(3) in the case of a private entity, shall be in-
corporated in and maintain a primary place of busi-
ness in the United States, and in the case of an in-
dividual, whether participating singly or in a group, 
shall be a citizen of the United States; 
(4) shall not be a Federal entity, a Federal em-
ployee acting within the scope of his or her employ-
ment, or an employee of a national laboratory acting 
within the scope of employment; 
(5) shall not use Federal funding or other Fed-
eral resources to compete for the prize; and 
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(6) shall not be an entity acting on behalf of 
any foreign government or agent. 
SEC. 215. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. 
The Federal Government shall not, by virtue of offer-
ing or awarding a prize under this subtitle, be entitled to 
any intellectual property rights derived as a consequence 
of, or in direct relation to, the participation by a registered 
participant in a competition authorized by this subtitle. 
This section shall not be construed to prevent the Federal 
Government from negotiating a license for the use of intel-
lectual property developed for a prize competition under 
this subtitle. The Federal Government may seek assur-
ances that technologies for which prizes are awarded 
under this subtitle are offered for commercialization in the 
event an award recipient does not take, or is not expected 
to take within a reasonable time, effective steps to achieve 
practical application of the technology. 
SEC. 216. WAIVER OF LIABILITY. 
The Secretary may require registered participants to 
waive claims against the Federal Government and the ad-
ministering entity (except claims for willful misconduct) 
for any injury, death, damage, or loss of property, revenue, 
or profits arising from the registered participants’ partici-
pation in a competition under this subtitle. The Secretary 
shall give notice of any waiver required under this section 
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in the notice required by section 213(b)(2). The Secretary 
may not require a registered participant to waive claims 
against the administering entity arising out of the unau-
thorized use or disclosure by the administering entity of 
the registered participant’s intellectual property, trade se-
crets, or confidential business information. 
SEC. 217. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AWARDS.—40 percent of amounts in the Amer-
ican Energy Trust Fund shall be available without further 
appropriation to carry out specified provisions of this sec-
tion. 
(b) TREATMENT
OF AWARDS.—Amounts received 
pursuant to an award under this subtitle may not be taxed 
by any Federal, State, or local authority. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—In addition to the amounts 
authorized under subsection (a), there are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Secretary for each of fiscal years 
2009 through 2020 $2,000,000 for the administrative 
costs of carrying out this subtitle. 
(d) CARRYOVER OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated for 
prize awards under this subtitle shall remain available 
until expended and may be transferred, reprogrammed, or 
expended for other purposes only after the expiration of 
11 fiscal years after the fiscal year for which the funds 
were originally appropriated. No provision in this subtitle 
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permits obligation or payment of funds in violation of sec-
tion 1341 of title 31, United States Code. 
SEC. 218. NEXT GENERATION AUTOMOBILE PRIZE PRO-
GRAM. 
The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program 
to award a prize in the amount of $500,000,000 to the 
first automobile manufacturer incorporated in the United 
States to manufacture and sell in the United States 
50,000 midsized sedan automobiles which operate on gaso-
line and can travel 100 miles per gallon. 
SEC. 219. ADVANCED BATTERY MANUFACTURING INCEN-
TIVE PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADVANCED BATTERY.—The term ‘‘advanced 
battery’’ means an electrical storage device suitable 
for vehicle applications. 
(2) ENGINEERING
INTEGRATION
COSTS.—The 
term ‘‘engineering integration costs’’ includes the 
cost of engineering tasks relating to— 
(A) incorporation of qualifying components 
into the design of advanced batteries; and 
(B) design of tooling and equipment and 
developing manufacturing processes and mate-
rial suppliers for production facilities that 
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produce qualifying components or advanced bat-
teries. 
(b) ADVANCED BATTERY MANUFACTURING FACIL-
ITY.—The Secretary shall provide facility funding awards 
under this section to advanced battery manufacturers to 
pay not more than 30 percent of the cost of reequipping, 
expanding, or establishing a manufacturing facility in the 
United States to produce advanced batteries. 
(c) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—An award under sub-
section (b) shall apply to— 
(1) facilities and equipment placed in service 
before December 30, 2020; and 
(2) engineering integration costs incurred dur-
ing the period beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act and ending on December 30, 2020. 
(d) DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this subtitle, and subject to 
the availability of appropriated funds, the Secretary 
shall carry out a program to provide a total of not 
more than $100,000,000 in loans to eligible individ-
uals and entities (as determined by the Secretary) 
for the costs of activities described in subsection (b). 
(2) SELECTION OF ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—The 
Secretary shall select eligible projects to receive 
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loans under this subsection in cases in which, as de-
termined by the Secretary, the award recipient— 
(A) is financially viable without the receipt 
of additional Federal funding associated with 
the proposed project; 
(B) will provide sufficient information to 
the Secretary for the Secretary to ensure that 
the qualified investment is expended efficiently 
and effectively; and 
(C) has met such other criteria as may be 
established and published by the Secretary. 
(3) RATES, 
TERMS, 
AND
REPAYMENT
OF 
LOANS.—A loan provided under this subsection— 
(A) shall have an interest rate that, as of 
the date on which the loan is made, is equal to 
the cost of funds to the Department of the 
Treasury for obligations of comparable matu-
rity; 
(B) shall have a term equal to the lesser 
of— 
(i) the projected life, in years, of the 
eligible project to be carried out using 
funds from the loan, as determined by the 
Secretary; and 
(ii) 25 years; 
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(C) may be subject to a deferral in repay-
ment for not more than 5 years after the date 
on which the eligible project carried out using 
funds from the loan first begins operations, as 
determined by the Secretary; and 
(D) shall be made by the Federal Financ-
ing Bank. 
(e) FEES.—The cost of administering a loan made 
under this section shall not exceed $100,000. 
(f) SET ASIDE FOR SMALL MANUFACTURERS.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF COVERED FIRM.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘covered firm’’ means a firm 
that— 
(A) employs fewer than 500 individuals; 
and 
(B) manufactures automobiles or compo-
nents of automobiles. 
(2) SET ASIDE.—Of the amount of funds used 
to provide awards for each fiscal year under sub-
section (b), the Secretary shall use not less than 10 
percent to provide awards to covered firms or con-
sortia led by a covered firm. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated from the American En-
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ergy Trust Fund such sums as are necessary to carry out 
this section for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013. 
Subtitle C—Home and Business 
Tax Incentives 
SEC. 221. EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT 
APPLIANCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 45M of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to applicable 
amount) is amended by striking ‘‘calendar year 2006 or 
2007’’ each place it appears in paragraphs (1)(A)(i), 
(1)(B)(i), (1)(C)(ii)(I), and (1)(C)(iii)(I), and inserting 
‘‘calendar year 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 
2012, or 2013’’. 
(b) RESTART OF CREDIT LIMITATION.—Paragraph 
(1) of section 45M(e) of such Code (relating to aggregate 
credit amount allowed) is amended by inserting ‘‘begin-
ning after December 31, 2007’’ after ‘‘for all prior taxable 
years’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to appliances produced after De-
cember 31, 2007. 
SEC. 222. EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR NONBUSINESS EN-
ERGY PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 25C(g) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to termination) is amend-
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ed by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2013’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
December 31, 2007. 
SEC. 223. EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR RESIDENTIAL EN-
ERGY EFFICIENT PROPERTY. 
Section 25D(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to termination) is amended by striking ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2013’’. 
SEC. 224. EXTENSION OF NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME 
CREDIT. 
Subsection (g) of section 45L of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (relating to termination) is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2013’’. 
SEC. 225. EXTENSION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT COMMERCIAL 
BUILDINGS DEDUCTION. 
Section 179D(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to termination) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2013’’. 
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SEC. 226. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL RULE TO IMPLEMENT 
FERC 
AND 
STATE 
ELECTRIC 
RESTRUC-
TURING POLICY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 451(i) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘January 1, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2014’’. 
(b) EXTENSION
OF PERIOD
FOR TRANSFER
OF 
OPERATIONAL
CONTROL
AUTHORIZED
BY
FERC.— 
Clause (ii) of section 451(i)(4)(B) of such Code is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
date which is 4 years after the close of the taxable year 
in which the transaction occurs’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) EXTENSION.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to transactions after De-
cember 31, 2007. 
(2) TRANSFERS OF OPERATIONAL CONTROL.— 
The amendment made by subsection (b) shall take 
effect as if included in section 909 of the American 
Jobs Creation Act of 2004. 
SEC. 227. HOME ENERGY AUDITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by inserting after section 25D the fol-
lowing new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 25E. HOME ENERGY AUDITS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual, 
there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed 
by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to 
50 percent of the amount of qualified energy audit paid 
or incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) DOLLAR
LIMITATION.—The amount al-
lowed as a credit under subsection (a) with respect 
to a residence of the taxpayer for a taxable year 
shall not exceed $400. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION
BASED
ON
AMOUNT
OF 
TAX.—In the case of any taxable year to which sec-
tion 26(a)(2) does not apply, the credit allowed 
under subsection (a) shall not exceed the excess of— 
‘‘(A) the sum of the regular tax liability 
(as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tax im-
posed by section 55, over 
‘‘(B) the sum of the credits allowable 
under this subpart (other than this section) and 
section 27 for the taxable year. 
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED ENERGY AUDIT.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘qualified energy audit’ means an 
energy audit of the principal residence of the taxpayer per-
formed by a qualified energy auditor through a com-
prehensive site visit. Such audit may include a blower door 
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test, an infra-red camera test, and a furnace combustion 
efficiency test. In addition, such audit shall include such 
substitute tests for the tests specified in the preceding sen-
tence, and such additional tests, as the Secretary may by 
regulation require. A principal residence shall not be taken 
into consideration under this subparagraph unless such 
residence is located in the United States. 
‘‘(d) PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘principal residence’ has the same mean-
ing as when used in section 121. 
‘‘(e) QUALIFIED ENERGY AUDITOR.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall specify 
by regulations the qualifications required to be a 
qualified energy auditor for purposes of this section. 
Such regulations shall include rules prohibiting con-
flicts-of-interest, including the disallowance of com-
missions or other payments based on goods or non- 
audit services purchased by the taxpayer from the 
auditor. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall pre-
scribe the procedures and methods for certifying 
that an auditor is a qualified energy auditor. To the 
maximum extent practicable, such procedures and 
methods shall provide for a variety of sources to ob-
tain certifications.’’. 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred 
in taxable years beginning after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) APPLICATION
OF
EGTRRA
SUNSET.—The 
amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (3) of 
subsection (b) shall be subject to title IX of the Eco-
nomic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 
2001 in the same manner as the provisions of such 
Act to which such amendments relate. 
SEC. 228. ACCELERATED RECOVERY PERIOD FOR DEPRE-
CIATION OF SMART METERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 168(e)(3)(B) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end of clause (v), by striking the period at the end 
of clause (vi) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting after 
clause (vi) the following new clause: 
‘‘(vii) any qualified smart electric 
meter.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 168(i) of such Code is 
amended by inserting at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(18) QUALIFIED SMART ELECTRIC METERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 
smart electric meter’ means any smart electric 
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meter which is placed in service by a taxpayer 
who is a supplier of electric energy or a pro-
vider of electric energy services. 
‘‘(B) SMART ELECTRIC METER.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A), the term ‘smart 
electric meter’ means any time-based meter and 
related communication equipment which is ca-
pable of being used by the taxpayer as part of 
a system that— 
‘‘(i) measures and records electricity 
usage data on a time-differentiated basis 
in at least 24 separate time segments per 
day, 
‘‘(ii) provides for the exchange of in-
formation between supplier or provider and 
the customer’s electric meter in support of 
time-based rates or other forms of demand 
response, 
‘‘(iii) provides data to such supplier or 
provider so that the supplier or provider 
can provide energy usage information to 
customers electronically, and 
‘‘(iv) provides net metering.’’. 
(c) CONTINUED APPLICATION OF 150 PERCENT DE-
CLINING BALANCE METHOD.—Paragraph (2) of section 
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168(b) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end of subparagraph (B), by redesignating subparagraph 
(C) as subparagraph (D), and by inserting after subpara-
graph (B) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) any property (other than property de-
scribed in paragraph (3)) which is a qualified 
smart electric meter, or’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle D—Refinery Permit 
Process Schedule 
SEC. 231. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Refinery Permit 
Process Schedule Act’’. 
SEC. 232. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this subtitle— 
(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(2) the term ‘‘applicant’’ means a person who 
(with the approval of the governor of the State, or 
in the case of Native American tribes or tribal terri-
tories the designated leader of the tribe or tribal 
community, where the proposed refinery would be lo-
cated) is seeking a Federal refinery authorization; 
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(3) the term ‘‘biomass’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 932(a)(1) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005; 
(4) the term ‘‘Federal refinery authorization’’— 
(A) means any authorization required 
under Federal law, whether administered by a 
Federal or State administrative agency or offi-
cial, with respect to siting, construction, expan-
sion, or operation of a refinery; and 
(B) includes any permits, licenses, special 
use authorizations, certifications, opinions, or 
other approvals required under Federal law 
with respect to siting, construction, expansion, 
or operation of a refinery; 
(5) the term ‘‘refinery’’ means— 
(A) a facility designed and operated to re-
ceive, load, unload, store, transport, process, 
and refine crude oil by any chemical or physical 
process, including distillation, fluid catalytic 
cracking, hydrocracking, coking, alkylation, 
etherification, polymerization, catalytic reform-
ing, isomerization, hydrotreating, blending, and 
any combination thereof, in order to produce 
gasoline or distillate; 
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(B) a facility designed and operated to re-
ceive, load, unload, store, transport, process, 
and refine coal by any chemical or physical 
process, including liquefaction, in order to 
produce gasoline or diesel as its primary out-
put; or 
(C) a facility designed and operated to re-
ceive, load, unload, store, transport, process (in-
cluding biochemical, photochemical, and bio-
technology processes), and refine biomass in 
order to produce biofuel; and 
(6) the term ‘‘State’’ means a State, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, and any other territory or possession of the 
United States. 
SEC. 233. STATE ASSISTANCE. 
(a) STATE ASSISTANCE.—At the request of a gov-
ernor of a State, or in the case of Native American tribes 
or tribal territories the designated leader of the tribe or 
tribal community, the Administrator is authorized to pro-
vide financial assistance to that State or tribe or tribal 
community to facilitate the hiring of additional personnel 
to assist the State or tribe or tribal community with exper-
tise in fields relevant to consideration of Federal refinery 
authorizations. 
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alignment Act (Public Law 100–526; 10 U.S.C. 
2687 note); and 
(2) the term ‘‘closed military installation’’ 
means a military installation closed or approved for 
closure pursuant to a base closure law. 
SEC. 236. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 
Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to affect 
the application of any environmental or other law, or to 
prevent any party from bringing a cause of action under 
any environmental or other law, including citizen suits. 
SEC. 237. REFINERY REVITALIZATION REPEAL. 
Subtitle H of title III of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 and the items relating thereto in the table of con-
tents of such Act are repealed. 
TITLE III—NEW AND EXPANDING 
TECHNOLOGIES 
Subtitle A—Alternative Fuels 
SEC. 301. REPEAL. 
Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17142) is repealed. 
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interest rates and amortization schedules, for 
the repayment of such loan within the full term 
of the agreement, subject to the following limi-
tations: 
‘‘(i) If in any calendar quarter during 
the primary term of the agreement the 
market price is less than the cap price, the 
project may elect to defer some or all of its 
repayment obligations due in that quarter. 
Any unpaid obligations will continue to ac-
crue interest. 
‘‘(ii) If in any calendar quarter during 
the primary term of the agreement the 
market price is greater than the cap price, 
the project shall meet its scheduled repay-
ment obligation plus deferred repayment 
obligations, but shall not be required to 
pay in that quarter an amount that is 
more than the excess of the market price 
over the cap price, times the output of the 
project. 
‘‘(iii) At the end of the primary term 
of the agreement, the cumulative amount 
of any deferred repayment obligations, to-
gether with accrued interest, shall be am-
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