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years. Such term may be extended by the Sec-
retary of the Interior for periods of 10 years. 
(8) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 
the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Energy, shall submit a report to Congress on the 
findings of the pilot program— 
(A) not later than 3 years after the instal-
lation of the first facility pursuant to this sec-
tion; and 
(B) 10 years after the installation of the 
first facility pursuant to this section. 
(c) BUY AMERICAN ACT.—Beginning 3 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, any equipment used 
on lands included within a strategic solar reserve site must 
be American-made, as that term is used in the Buy Amer-
ican Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). 
(d) SUNSET.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b)(7), the authorities contained in this section shall expire 
10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 7305. OTEC REGULATIONS. 
The Administrator of the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration shall, within two years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, issue regulations necessary 
to implement the Administrator’s authority to license off-
shore thermal energy conversion facilities under the Ocean
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Thermal Energy Conversion Research, Development, and 
Demonstration Act (42 U.S.C. 9001 et seq.). 
SEC. 7306. BIOMASS UTILIZATION PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) REPLACEMENT
OF
CURRENT
GRANT
PRO-
GRAM.—Section 210 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15855) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 210. BIOMASS UTILIZATION PILOT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
‘‘(1) The supply of woody biomass for energy 
production is directly linked to forest management 
planning to a degree far greater than in the case of 
other types of energy development. 
‘‘(2) As a consequence of this linkage, the proc-
ess of developing and evaluating appropriate tech-
nologies and facilities for woody biomass energy and 
utilization must be integrated with long-term forest 
management planning processes, particularly in situ-
ations where Federal lands dominate the forested 
landscape. 
‘‘(b) BIOMASS DEFINITION FOR FEDERAL FOREST 
LANDS.—In this section, with respect to organic material 
removed from National Forest System lands or from pub-
lic lands administered by the Secretary of the Interior, the 
term ‘biomass’ covers only organic material from— 
‘‘(1) ecological forest restoration;
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‘‘(2) small-diameter byproducts of hazardous 
fuels treatments; 
‘‘(3) pre-commercial thinnings; 
‘‘(4) brush; 
‘‘(5) mill residues; and 
‘‘(6) slash. 
‘‘(c) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Secretary of the Interior shall establish a pilot 
program, to be known as the ‘Biomass Utilization Pilot 
Program’, involving 10 different forest types on Federal 
lands, under which the Secretary concerned will provide 
technical assistance and grants to persons to support the 
following biomass-related activities: 
‘‘(1) The development of biomass utilization in-
frastructure to support hazardous fuel reduction and 
ecological forest restoration. 
‘‘(2) The research and implementation of inte-
grated facilities that seek to utilize woody biomass 
for its highest and best uses, with particular empha-
sis on projects that are linked to implementing com-
munity wildfire protection plans, ecological forest 
restoration, and economic development in rural com-
munities. 
‘‘(3) The testing of multiple technologies and 
approaches to biomass utilization for energy, with
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emphasis on improving energy efficiency, developing 
thermal applications and distributed heat, biofuels, 
and achieving cleaner emissions including through 
combustion with other fuels, as well as other value- 
added uses. 
‘‘(d) BIOMASS SUPPLY STUDY.—Prior to the develop-
ment of any biomass utilization pilot projects, the Sec-
retary concerned shall develop a study to determine the 
long-term, ecologically sustainable, biomass supply avail-
able in the pilot program area. The study shall incorporate 
results form coordinated resource offering protocol 
(CROP) studies. The study shall also analyze the long- 
term availability of biomass materials within a reasonable 
transportation distance. The biomass supply studies shall 
be developed through a collaborative approach, as evi-
denced by the broad involvement, analysis, and agreement 
of interested persons, including local governments, energy 
developers, conservationists, and land management agen-
cies. The Secretary concerned may direct a resource advi-
sory committee established under section 205 of the Se-
cure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 500 note; Public Law 106–393), 
and reauthorized by the amendments made by Public Law 
110–28, to carry out the requirements of this subsection. 
The results of the biomass supply study shall be a basis
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for determining the project scale, as outlined in subsection 
(g). 
‘‘(e) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND.—The 
following Federal lands may not be included within a pilot 
project site: 
‘‘(1) Federal land containing old-growth forest 
or late-successional forest, unless the Secretary con-
cerned determines that the pilot project on such land 
is appropriate for the applicable forest type and 
maximizes and enhances the retention of late-succes-
sional and large- and old-growth trees, late-succes-
sional and old-growth forest structure, and late-suc-
cessional and old-growth forest composition. 
‘‘(2) Federal land on which the removal of vege-
tation is prohibited, including components of the Na-
tional Wilderness Preservation System. 
‘‘(3) Wilderness Study Areas. 
‘‘(4) Inventoried roadless areas. 
‘‘(5) Components of the National Landscape 
Conservation System. 
‘‘(6) National Monuments. 
‘‘(f) MULTIPLE PROJECTS.—In conducting the pilot 
program, the Secretary concerned shall include a variety 
of projects involving—
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‘‘(1) innovations in facilities of various sizes 
and processing techniques; and 
‘‘(2) the full spectrum of woody biomass pro-
ducing regions of the United States. 
‘‘(g) SELECTION CRITERIA AND PROJECT SCALE.— 
In selecting the projects to be conducted under the pilot 
program, and the appropriate scale of projects, the Sec-
retary concerned shall consider criteria that evaluate exist-
ing economic, ecological, and social conditions, focusing on 
opportunities such as workforce training, job creation, eco-
system health, reducing energy costs, and facilitating the 
production of alternative energy fuels. The agreement on 
the scale of a project shall be reached through a collabo-
rative approach, as evidenced by the broad involvement, 
analysis, and agreement of interested persons, including 
local governments, energy developers, conservationists, 
and land management agencies. In selecting the appro-
priate scale of projects to be conducted under the pilot 
program, the Secretary concerned shall also consider the 
results of the supply study as outlined in subsection (d). 
‘‘(h) MONITORING
AND
REPORTING
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—As part of the pilot program, the Secretary con-
cerned shall impose monitoring and reporting require-
ments to ensure that the ecological, social, and economic 
effects of the projects conducted under the pilot program
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are being monitored and that the accomplishments, chal-
lenges, and lessons of each project are recorded and re-
ported. 
‘‘(i) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) HIGHEST
AND
BEST
USE.—The term 
‘highest and best use’, with regard to biomass, 
means— 
‘‘(A) creating from raw materials those 
products and those biomass uses that will 
achieve the highest market value; and 
‘‘(B) yielding a wide range of existing and 
innovative products and biomass uses that cre-
ate new markets, stimulate existing ones, and 
improve rural economies, maintains or improves 
ecosystem integrity, while also supporting tradi-
tional biomass energy generation. 
‘‘(2) PILOT
PROGRAM.—The term ‘pilot pro-
gram’ means the Biomass Utilization Pilot Program 
established pursuant to this section. 
‘‘(3) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘Sec-
retary concerned’ means the Secretary of Agri-
culture, with respect to National Forest System 
lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect 
to public lands administered by the Secretary of the 
Interior.
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‘‘(4) 
COMMUNITY
WILDFIRE
PROTECTION 
PLAN.—The term ‘community wildfire protection 
plan’ has the meaning given that term in section 
101(3) of the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511(3)), which is further de-
scribed by the Western Governors Association in the 
document entitled ‘Preparing a Community Wildfire 
Protection Plan: A Handbook for Wildland-Interface 
Communities’ and dated March 2004. 
‘‘(5) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘Federal land’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) land of the National Forest System 
(as defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)) administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the Forest Service; and 
‘‘(B) public lands (as defined in section 
103 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)), the sur-
face of which is administered by the Secretary 
of the Interior, acting through the Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management. 
‘‘(6) 
INVENTORIED
ROADLESS
AREA.—The 
term ‘Inventoried roadless area’ means one of the
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areas identified in the set of inventoried roadless 
areas maps contained in the Forest Service Roadless 
Areas Conservation, Final Environmental Impact 
Statement, Volume 2, dated November 2000. 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out the pilot program.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 210 and inserting the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 210. Biomass utilization pilot program.’’. 
SEC. 
7307. 
PROGRAMMATIC 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
IMPACT 
STATEMENT. 
The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the 
Interior shall, in cooperation with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission and the Secretary of Energy, and 
in consultation with appropriate State agencies, jointly 
prepare programmatic environmental impact statements 
which contain all the elements of an environmental impact 
statement under section 102 of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332), regarding 
the impacts of the deployment of marine and hydrokinetic 
renewable energy technologies in the navigable waters of 
the United States. One programmatic environmental im-
pact statement shall be prepared under this section for
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each of the Environmental Protection Agency regions of 
the United States. The agencies shall issue the pro-
grammatic environmental impact statements under this 
section not later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. The programmatic environmental impact 
statements shall evaluate among other things the potential 
impacts of site selection on fish and wildlife and related 
habitat. Nothing in this section shall operate to delay con-
sideration of any application for a license or permit for 
a marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technology 
project. 
Subtitle D—Carbon Capture and 
Climate Change Mitigation 
CHAPTER 1—GEOLOGICAL 
SEQUESTRATION ASSESSMENT 
SEC. 7401. SHORT TITLE. 
This chapter may be cited as the ‘‘National Carbon 
Dioxide Storage Capacity Assessment Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 7402. NATIONAL ASSESSMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ASSESSMENT.—The term ‘‘assessment’’ 
means the national assessment of capacity for car-
bon dioxide completed under subsection (f). 
(2) CAPACITY.—The term ‘‘capacity’’ means the 
portion of a storage formation that can retain car-
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bon dioxide in accordance with the requirements (in-
cluding physical, geological, and economic require-
ments) established under the methodology developed 
under subsection (b). 
(3) ENGINEERED
HAZARD.—The term ‘‘engi-
neered hazard’’ includes the location and completion 
history of any well that could affect potential stor-
age. 
(4) RISK.—The term ‘‘risk’’ includes any risk 
posed 
by 
geomechanical, 
geochemical, 
hydrogeological, structural, and engineered hazards. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the United States Geological Survey. 
(6) STORAGE FORMATION.—The term ‘‘storage 
formation’’ 
means 
a 
deep 
saline 
formation, 
unmineable coal seam, or oil or gas reservoir that is 
capable of accommodating a volume of industrial 
carbon dioxide. 
(b) METHODOLOGY.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop 
a methodology for conducting an assessment under sub-
section (f), taking into consideration— 
(1) the geographical extent of all potential stor-
age formations in all States;
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(2) the capacity of the potential storage forma-
tions; 
(3) the injectivity of the potential storage for-
mations; 
(4) an estimate of potential volumes of oil and 
gas recoverable by injection and storage of industrial 
carbon dioxide in potential storage formations; 
(5) the risk associated with the potential stor-
age formations; and 
(6) the Carbon Sequestration Atlas of the 
United States and Canada that was completed by 
the Department of Energy in April 2006. 
(c) COORDINATION.— 
(1) FEDERAL COORDINATION.— 
(A) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall 
consult with the Secretary of Energy and the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency on issues of data sharing, format, devel-
opment of the methodology, and content of the 
assessment required under this section to en-
sure the maximum usefulness and success of 
the assessment. 
(B) COOPERATION.—The Secretary of En-
ergy and the Administrator shall cooperate with 
the Secretary to ensure, to the maximum extent
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practicable, the usefulness and success of the 
assessment. 
(2) STATE
COORDINATION.—The Secretary 
shall consult with State geological surveys and other 
relevant entities to ensure, to the maximum extent 
practicable, the usefulness and success of the assess-
ment. 
(d) EXTERNAL REVIEW
AND PUBLICATION.—On 
completion of the methodology under subsection (b), the 
Secretary shall— 
(1) publish the methodology and solicit com-
ments from the public and the heads of affected 
Federal and State agencies; 
(2) establish a panel of individuals with exper-
tise in the matters described in paragraphs (1) 
through (5) of subsection (b) composed, as appro-
priate, of representatives of Federal agencies, insti-
tutions of higher education, nongovernmental organi-
zations, State organizations, industry, and inter-
national geoscience organizations to review the 
methodology and comments received under para-
graph (1); and 
(3) on completion of the review under para-
graph (2), publish in the Federal Register the re-
vised final methodology.
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(e) PERIODIC UPDATES.—The methodology devel-
oped under this section shall be updated periodically (in-
cluding at least once every 5 years) to incorporate new 
data as the data becomes available. 
(f) NATIONAL ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of publication of the methodology under 
subsection (d)(1), the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Energy and State geological sur-
veys, shall complete a national assessment of capac-
ity for carbon dioxide in accordance with the meth-
odology. 
(2) GEOLOGICAL
VERIFICATION.—As part of 
the assessment under this subsection, the Secretary 
shall carry out a drilling program to supplement the 
geological data relevant to determining storage ca-
pacity of carbon dioxide in geological storage forma-
tions, including— 
(A) well log data; 
(B) core data; and 
(C) fluid sample data. 
(3) PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER DRILLING PRO-
GRAMS.—As part of the drilling program under 
paragraph (2), the Secretary shall enter, as appro-
priate, into partnerships with other entities to collect
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and integrate data from other drilling programs rel-
evant to the storage of carbon dioxide in geologic 
formations. 
(4) INCORPORATION INTO NATCARB.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—On completion of the 
assessment, the Secretary of Energy shall incor-
porate the results of the assessment using the 
NatCarb database, to the maximum extent 
practicable. 
(B) RANKING.—The database shall include 
the data necessary to rank potential storage 
sites for capacity and risk, across the United 
States, within each State, by formation, and 
within each basin. 
(5) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date on which the assessment is completed, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate a report describing the findings under the as-
sessment. 
(6) PERIODIC UPDATES.—The national assess-
ment developed under this section shall be updated 
periodically (including at least once every 5 years) to 
support public and private sector decisionmaking.
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(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$30,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
2012. 
CHAPTER 2—TERRESTRIAL 
SEQUESTRATION ASSESSMENT 
SEC. 7421. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, act-
ing through the United States Geological Survey, shall— 
(1) conduct an assessment of the amount of 
carbon stored in terrestrial, aquatic, and coastal eco-
systems (including estuaries); 
(2) determine the processes that control the 
flux of carbon in and out of each ecosystem; 
(3) estimate the potential for increasing carbon 
sequestration in natural systems through manage-
ment measures or restoration activities in each eco-
system; and 
(4) develop near-term and long-term adaptation 
strategies that can be employed to enhance the se-
questration of carbon in each ecosystem. 
(b) USE OF NATIVE PLANT SPECIES.—In developing 
management measures, restoration activities, or adapta-
tion strategies, the Secretary shall emphasize the use of 
native plant species for each ecosystem.
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(c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall develop the 
methodology and conduct the assessment in consultation 
with the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and 
the heads of other relevant agencies. 
SEC. 7422. METHODOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Within one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a meth-
odology for conducting the assessment. 
(b) PUBLICATION
OF PROPOSED METHODOLOGY; 
COMMENT.—Upon completion of a proposed methodology, 
the Secretary shall publish the proposed methodology and 
solicit comments from the public and heads of affected 
Federal and State agencies for 60 days before publishing 
a final methodology. 
SEC. 7423. COMPLETION OF ASSESSMENT AND REPORT. 
The Secretary shall— 
(1) complete the national assessment within 3 
years after publication of the final methodology 
under section 7422; and 
(2) submit a report describing the results of the 
assessment to the House Committee on Natural Re-
sources and the Senate Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources within 180 days after the assess-
ment is completed.
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SEC. 7424. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this chapter $15,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2008 through 2012. 
CHAPTER 3—SEQUESTRATION ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 7431. CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE INVENTORY. 
Section 354 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15910) is amended by redesignating subsection (d) 
as subsection (e), and by inserting after subsection (c) the 
following: 
‘‘(d) RECORDS AND INVENTORY.—The Secretary of 
the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, shall maintain records on and an inventory of the 
amount of carbon dioxide stored from Federal energy 
leases.’’. 
SEC. 7432. FRAMEWORK FOR GEOLOGICAL CARBON SE-
QUESTRATION ON FEDERAL LANDS. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report on a recommended regu-
latory and certification framework for conducting geologi-
cal carbon sequestration activities on Federal lands. The 
Secretary shall identify a lead agency within the Depart-
ment of the Interior to develop this framework. One of
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the goals of the framework shall be to identify what ac-
tions need to be taken in order to allow for commercial- 
scale geological carbon sequestration activities to be un-
dertaken on Federal lands as expeditiously as possible. 
CHAPTER 4—NATURAL RESOURCES AND 
WILDLIFE PROGRAMS 
Subchapter A—Natural Resources 
Management and Climate Change 
SEC. 7441. NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL 
ON CLIMATE CHANGE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall establish a National Resources Management Council 
on Climate Change to address the impacts of climate 
change on Federal lands, the ocean environment, and the 
Federal water infrastructure. The Council shall include 
the head of each of the following agencies: 
(1) The Bureau of Land Management. 
(2) The National Park Service. 
(3) United States Geological Survey. 
(4) The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice. 
(5) The Forest Service. 
(6) The Bureau of Reclamation. 
(7) The Council on Environmental Quality. 
(8) The Minerals Management Service.
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(9) The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 
and Enforcement. 
(b) PLAN.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall submit a plan to Congress describing what the agen-
cies listed in subsection (a) shall do both individually and 
cooperatively to accomplish the following: 
(1) Working in cooperation with the United 
States Geological Survey, develop an interagency in-
ventory and Geographic Information System data-
base of United States ecosystems, water supplies, 
and water infrastructure vulnerable to climate 
change. 
(2) Manage land, water, and ocean resources in 
a manner that takes into account projected climate 
change impacts, including but not limited to, pro-
longed periods of drought and changing hydrology. 
(3) Develop consistent protocols to incorporate 
climate change impacts in land and water manage-
ment decisions across land and water resources 
under the jurisdiction of those agencies listed in sub-
section (a). 
(4) Incorporate the most current, peer-reviewed 
science on climate change and the economic, social, 
and ecological impacts of climate change into the de-
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cision making process of those agencies listed in sub-
section (a). 
(c) COORDINATION.—The activities of the Natural 
Resources Management Council on Climate Change shall 
be coordinated with the activities of the United States 
Global Change Research Program. 
Subchapter B—National Policy and Strategy 
for Wildlife 
SEC. 7451. SHORT TITLE. 
This subchapter may be cited as the ‘‘Global Warm-
ing Wildlife Survival Act’’. 
SEC. 7452. NATIONAL POLICY ON WILDLIFE AND GLOBAL 
WARMING. 
It is the policy of the Federal Government, in co-
operation with State, tribal, and affected local govern-
ments, other concerned public and private organizations, 
landowners, and citizens to use all practicable means and 
measures— 
(1) to assist wildlife populations and their habi-
tats in adapting to and surviving the effects of glob-
al warming; and 
(2) to ensure the persistence and resilience of 
the wildlife of the United States, together with its 
habitat, as an essential part of our Nation’s culture, 
landscape, and natural resources.