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Calendar No. 9 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 6 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 18, 2007 
Received and read the first time 
JANUARY 22, 2007 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To reduce our Nation’s dependency on foreign oil by invest-
ing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, 
promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing 
greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Effi-
ciency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative 
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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Creating Long-Term 
Energy Alternatives for the Nation Act of 2007’’ or the 
‘‘CLEAN Energy Act of 2007’’. 
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TITLE I—DENIAL OF OIL AND 
GAS TAX BENEFITS 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Ending Subsidies for 
Big Oil Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 102. DENIAL OF DEDUCTION FOR INCOME ATTRIB-
UTABLE TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF OIL, 
NATURAL 
GAS, 
OR 
PRIMARY 
PRODUCTS 
THEREOF. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
199(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating 
to exceptions) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of 
clause (ii), by striking the period at the end of clause (iii) 
and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and by inserting after clause (iii) the 
following new clause: 
‘‘(iv) the sale, exchange, or other dis-
position of oil, natural gas, or any primary 
product thereof.’’. 
(b) PRIMARY PRODUCT.—Section 199(c)(4)(B) of 
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
flush sentence: 
‘‘For purposes of clause (iv), the term ‘primary 
product’ has the same meaning as when used in 
section 927(a)(2)(C), as in effect before its re-
peal.’’. 
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(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 199(c)(4) 
of such Code is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i)(III) by striking 
‘‘electricity, natural gas,’’ and inserting ‘‘electricity’’, 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii) by striking ‘‘elec-
tricity, natural gas,’’ and inserting ‘‘electricity’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2007. 
SEC. 103. 7-YEAR AMORTIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL AND 
GEOPHYSICAL EXPENDITURES FOR CERTAIN 
MAJOR INTEGRATED OIL COMPANIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
167(h)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating 
to special rule for major integrated oil companies) is 
amended by striking ‘‘5-year’’ and inserting ‘‘7-year’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE II—ROYALTIES UNDER 
OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASES 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Royalty Relief for 
American Consumers Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 202. PRICE THRESHOLDS FOR ROYALTY SUSPENSION 
PROVISIONS. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall agree to a request 
by any lessee to amend any lease issued for any Central 
and Western Gulf of Mexico tract during the period of 
January 1, 1998, through December 31, 1999, to incor-
porate price thresholds applicable to royalty suspension 
provisions, that are equal to or less than the price thresh-
olds described in clauses (v) through (vii) of section 
8(a)(3)(C) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1337(a)(3)(C)). Any amended lease shall impose 
the new or revised price thresholds effective October 1, 
2006. Existing lease provisions shall prevail through Sep-
tember 30, 2006. 
SEC. 203. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE 
PRICE THRESHOLDS FOR CERTAIN LEASE 
SALES. 
Congress reaffirms the authority of the Secretary of 
the Interior under section 8(a)(1)(H) of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(1)(H)) to 
vary, based on the price of production from a lease, the 
suspension of royalties under any lease subject to section 
304 of the Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty 
Relief Act (Public Law 104–58; 43 U.S.C. 1337 note). 
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