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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2483 
To provide for research, development, and demonstration on energy tech-
nologies to ensure the Nation’s continued supply and efficient use of 
affordable, reliable, and clean energy, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2007 
Mr. HALL of Texas (for himself, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. 
SMITH of Texas, Mr. GINGREY, and Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science 
and Technology 
A BILL 
To provide for research, development, and demonstration on 
energy technologies to ensure the Nation’s continued sup-
ply and efficient use of affordable, reliable, and clean 
energy, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Energy for America Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—PRODUCED WATER 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Findings. 
Sec. 103. Definitions. 
Sec. 104. Purposes. 
Sec. 105. Sunset. 
Sec. 106. Funding. 
TITLE II—BIOMASS 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Definitions. 
Sec. 203. Advanced biofuel technologies. 
Sec. 204. Bioenergy. 
TITLE III—PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Near-term vehicle technology program. 
TITLE IV—ENERGY STORAGE 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Sec. 402. Findings. 
Sec. 403. Energy storage systems for electricity transmission and distribution. 
TITLE V—ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS 
Sec. 501. Short title. 
Sec. 502. Energy efficient building grant program. 
TITLE VI—ARPA–E 
Sec. 601. Advanced Research Projects Authority-Energy (ARPA–E). 
TITLE VII—GREEN ENERGY EDUCATION 
Sec. 701. Short title. 
Sec. 702. Definition. 
Sec. 703. Graduate training in energy research and development. 
Sec. 704. Curriculum development for high performance building design. 
TITLE VIII—CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION 
Sec. 801. Carbon capture and sequestration study. 
TITLE I—PRODUCED WATER 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Produced Water Utili-
zation Act of 2007’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2298 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make geothermal heat 
pump systems eligible for the energy credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2007 
Mr. GORDON of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. COOPER, and Ms. LORETTA 
SANCHEZ of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make 
geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS TREATED 
AS ENERGY PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
48(a)(3) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 
(iii), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (iv), and by 
adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(v) equipment which uses the ground 
or ground water as a thermal energy 
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source to heat a structure or as a thermal 
energy sink to cool a structure,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 229 
To provide that no automatic pay adjustment for Members of Congress 
shall be made in the year following a fiscal year in which there is 
a Federal budget deficit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mr. STEARNS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide that no automatic pay adjustment for Members 
of Congress shall be made in the year following a fiscal 
year in which there is a Federal budget deficit. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deficit Accountability 
Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. EFFECT OF A BUDGET DEFICIT. 
Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘Subject to 
subparagraph (B),’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to sub-
paragraph (B) and paragraph (3),’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) An adjustment under paragraph (2) otherwise 
scheduled to take effect in a calendar year shall not be 
made if, as determined by the Office of Management and 
Budget, there was a deficit (as defined by section 3 of 
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 
of 1974) in the preceding fiscal year.’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 22 
To make appropriations for military construction and family housing projects 
for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mr. COLE of Oklahoma (for himself, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HAYES, Mr. FRANKS 
of Arizona, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. 
BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. WILSON 
of South Carolina, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. MILLER of 
Michigan, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. KLINE of Min-
nesota, Mr. BOREN, Mr. SAXTON, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. 
TURNER, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, and Mr. JONES of North Carolina) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ap-
propriations 
A BILL 
To make appropriations for military construction and family 
housing projects for the Department of Defense for fiscal 
year 2007, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FUNDING FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND 
FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS. 
There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for military con-
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struction, family housing, and base realignment and clo-
sure functions administered by the Department of De-
fense, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, an 
amount equal to the total amounts that were authorized 
to be appropriated for such purposes for such fiscal year 
under the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2007 (division B of the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public 
Law 109–364)). Amounts appropriated under this section 
shall only be available to the extent amounts have not pre-
viously been appropriated for such purposes. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2300 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
127 East Locust Street in Fairbury, Illinois, as the ‘‘Dr. Francis Town-
send Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2007 
Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois (for himself, Mr. RUSH, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. 
LIPINSKI, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. DAVIS of 
Illinois, Ms. BEAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KIRK, Mr. WELLER of Illinois, 
Mr. COSTELLO, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. 
HARE, Mr. LAHOOD, and Mr. SHIMKUS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 127 East Locust Street in Fairbury, Illinois, 
as the ‘‘Dr. Francis Townsend Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DR. FRANCIS TOWNSEND POST OFFICE BUILD-
ING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 127 East Locust Street in 
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Fairbury, Illinois, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Dr. Francis Townsend Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Dr. Francis Townsend 
Post Office Building’’. 
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(A) assess the performance of the Depart-
ment in meeting the goals of the plans devel-
oped under paragraph (4); and 
(B) make specific recommendations to the 
Secretary on programs or activities that should 
be established or terminated to meet those 
goals. 
(d) BASIC RESEARCH PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
shall conduct a basic research program on energy storage 
systems to support electricity transmission and distribu-
tion, including— 
(1) materials design; 
(2) materials synthesis and characterization; 
(3) electrolytes, including bioelectrolytes; 
(4) surface and interface dynamics; and 
(5) modeling and simulation. 
(e) APPLIED RESEARCH PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
shall conduct an applied research program on energy stor-
age systems to support electricity transmission and dis-
tribution technologies. 
(f) REVIEW BY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.— 
Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall offer to enter into an arrangement 
with the National Academy of Sciences to assess the per-
formance of the Department in making the United States 
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(1) the Commission shall notify the Committee 
on Standards of Official Conduct of this determina-
tion; 
(2) the applicable committee may overrule the 
determination of the Commission if, within 10 legis-
lative days— 
(A) the committee by an affirmative, roll- 
call vote of two-thirds of the full committee 
votes to overrule the determination of the Com-
mission; 
(B) the committee issues a public report 
detailing its reasoning for overruling the Com-
mission; 
(C) the vote of each member of the com-
mittee on such roll-call vote is included in the 
report; 
(D) dissenting members are allowed to 
issue their own report detailing their reasons 
for disagreeing with the majority vote; and 
(E) if the committee votes to overrule the 
determination of the Commission pursuant to 
subparagraph (B), the Commission may publish 
and make available to the general public a re-
port detailing the reasons that the Commission 
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(A) advanced basic energy-related research 
that shows unique innovation and scientific and 
technical merit and the potential for commercial 
application; 
(B) development of resultant technologies 
and processes for energy supply and efficient 
end use; and 
(C) demonstration and commercial applica-
tion of the most promising energy technologies 
and research applications on both a large and 
small scale; and 
(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Energy. 
(c) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In identifying ARPA–E 
projects for support, the Secretary shall— 
(1) ensure that ARPA–E projects do not alter 
the Department’s current balance of effort along the 
spectrum of energy research and development activi-
ties; 
(2) consider the novelty, scientific and technical 
merit, and potential transformative nature of the 
proposed projects; 
(3) consider the demonstrated capabilities of 
the applicants to successfully carry out the proposed 
research project; 
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requirements of section 18 applicable 
pursuant to subsection (p)(1); and 
‘‘(IV) contains such assurances or 
agreements as the Secretary considers 
necessary to ensure compliance with 
subsection (i)(2). 
‘‘(vi) FAIR
HOUSING; LIMITATION
ON 
EXCLUSION.—The proposed plan shall be 
carried out in a manner that complies with 
section (m) (relating to affirmatively fur-
thering fair housing and limitation on ex-
clusion). 
‘‘(vii) GREEN
DEVELOPMENTS.—The 
proposed plan complies with the require-
ment under subsection (l) (relating to green 
developments). 
‘‘(C) MANDATORY GRADED COMPONENTS.— 
The criteria under this paragraph shall provide 
that, in addition to the requirements under sub-
paragraph (B), the proposed revitalization plan 
shall address and meet minimum requirements 
with respect to, and shall provide additional pri-
ority based on the extent to which the plan satis-
factorily addresses, each of the following issues: 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2305 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a five-year applicable 
recovery period for depreciation of qualified energy management devices. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2007 
Mr. NUNES (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of California) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
a five-year applicable recovery period for depreciation 
of qualified energy management devices. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Conservation 
through ‘Smart Meters’ Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FIVE-YEAR APPLICABLE RECOVERY PERIOD FOR 
DEPRECIATION OF QUALIFIED ENERGY MAN-
AGEMENT DEVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 168(e)(3)(B) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 5-year property) 
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is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (v), 
by striking the period at the end of clause (vi) and insert-
ing ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting after clause (vi) the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(vii) any qualified energy manage-
ment device.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED ENERGY MANAGE-
MENT DEVICE.—Section 168(i) of such Code (relating to 
definitions and special rules) is amended by inserting at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(18) QUALIFIED
ENERGY
MANAGEMENT
DE-
VICE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 
energy management device’ means any energy 
management device which is placed in service 
by a taxpayer who is a supplier of electric en-
ergy or a provider of electric energy services. 
‘‘(B) ENERGY
MANAGEMENT
DEVICE.— 
For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term 
‘energy management device’ means any time- 
based meter and related communication equip-
ment which is capable of being used by the tax-
payer as part of a system that— 
‘‘(i) measures and records electricity 
usage data on a time-differentiated basis 
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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 energy management device 
in support of time-based rates or other 
forms of demand response, and 
‘‘(iii) provides data to such supplier or 
provider so that the supplier or provider 
can provide energy usage information to 
customers electronically.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service in 
taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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(4) consider the viability of avenues for com-
mercial application, including the transfer of tech-
nologies to the private and public sector; and 
(5) consider such other criteria as are estab-
lished by the Secretary. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary for carrying out ARPA–E 
projects— 
(1) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(2) $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
(3) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
(4) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and 
(5) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 
(e) PERSONNEL.— 
(1) HIRING
OF
PERSONNEL.—The Secretary 
shall carry out a program of experimental use of 
special personnel management authority in order to 
facilitate recruitment of eminent experts in science 
or engineering for ARPA–E projects. 
(2) SPECIAL
PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
AU-
THORITY.—Under such program the Secretary may 
utilize the hiring and management authorities de-
scribed in section 1101(b), (c), and (d) of the Strom 
Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for 
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Fiscal Year 1999 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note), except 
that— 
(A) for purposes of subsection (b)(1), the 
number of positions that may be appointed 
shall be no more than 20; and 
(B) for purposes of subsection (c), the 
term of initial appointments for employees may 
not exceed 3 years. 
(f) PROTECTION OF INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Disclosure of information 
that is submitted to the Department of Energy 
under a competitive or noncompetitive process pur-
suant to the authority granted in this section is not 
required under section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code, for five years after the date on which the in-
formation is received by the Department of Energy. 
Such information includes— 
(A) a proposal, proposal abstract, and sup-
porting documents; 
(B) a business plan submitted on a con-
fidential basis; or 
(C) technical information submitted on a 
confidential basis. 
(2) PROJECT
INFORMATION.—The Secretary, 
for a period of up to five years from the receipt by 
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883 
•HR 4137 EH2S 
‘‘(i) DIGITAL
AND
WIRELESS
NET-
WORKING
TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘dig-
ital and wireless networking technology’ 
means 
computer 
and 
communications 
equipment and software that facilitates the 
transmission of information in a digital 
format. 
‘‘(ii) ELIGIBLE
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘eligible institution’ means an institu-
tion that is— 
‘‘(I) a historically Black college 
or university that is a part B institu-
tion, as defined in section 322(2) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1061(2)), an institution de-
scribed in section 326(e)(1)(A), (B), 
or (C) of that Act (20 U.S.C. 
1063b(e)(1)(A), (B), or (C)), or a 
consortium of institutions described in 
this subparagraph; 
‘‘(II) a Hispanic-serving institu-
tion, as defined in section 502(a)(5) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5));
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2484 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish new separate 
fee schedule areas for physicians’ services in States with multiple fee 
schedule areas to improve Medicare physician geographic payment accu-
racy, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2007 
Mr. FARR (for himself, Mr. ISSA, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. BILBRAY, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. 
WOOLSEY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, and Mrs. DAVIS of California) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish 
new separate fee schedule areas for physicians’ services 
in States with multiple fee schedule areas to improve 
Medicare physician geographic payment accuracy, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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lating to such provisions) that is applicable to an 
MA–PD plan under part C of title XVIII of the So-
cial Security Act or a prescription drug plan under 
part D of such title; and 
(2) to assess the effectiveness of the provisions 
described in paragraph (1) and the overall compli-
ance of MA–PD plans under part C of title XVIII 
of such Act and prescription drug plans under part 
D of such title with such provisions. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than May 15, 2009, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a 
report to Congress of the results of the study under sub-
section (a). 
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