I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1343
To establish an energy program for the United States that unlocks the 
potential of renewable energy and energy efficiency, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself, Mr. LAMPSON, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. 
MOORE, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. HONDA, and Mr. MATHE-
SON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Science 
A BILL 
To establish an energy program for the United States that 
unlocks the potential of renewable energy and energy 
efficiency, 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 
‘‘Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Act of 2003’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. National research and development policy. 
Sec. 4. Definitions.
TITLE I—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION 
Sec. 101. Enhanced renewable energy research, development, and demonstra-
tion. 
Sec. 102. Enhanced energy efficiency research, development, and demonstra-
tion. 
Sec. 103. Enhanced aeronautical system energy efficiency research, develop-
ment, and demonstration. 
Sec. 104. Assessment of renewable energy resources. 
Sec. 105. Next Generation Lighting Initiative. 
Sec. 106. National Building Performance Initiative. 
Sec. 107. Progress report. 
TITLE II—COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS 
Sec. 201. Study of financing for prototype technologies. 
Sec. 202. Renewable energy in public buildings. 
Sec. 203. Regulatory reviews for new technologies and processes. 
Sec. 204. Small business commercialization assistance. 
Sec. 205. Education and outreach. 
Sec. 206. Industrial energy and water conservation.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that—
(1) there is a need for a robust renewable en-
ergy and energy efficiency research and development 
program that provides a basis for the development, 
demonstration, and deployment of new energy tech-
nologies in partnership with industry; 
(2) Federal budget authority for renewable en-
ergy and energy efficiency research and development 
has declined significantly since 1980; and 
(3) the President’s budget request for fiscal 
year 2004 continues to shortchange the core pro-
grams, imperiling promising technologies that have 
the potential to reduce energy consumption and 
United States dependence on foreign oil, and in-
crease energy efficiency.
SEC. 3. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States that its 
research, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plications programs be designed to enable 20 percent of 
the energy generated in the United States from stationary 
sources to be generated from nonhydropower renewable 
energy sources by the year 2020. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘biomass’’ means any organic 
matter that is available on a renewable or recurring 
basis, including agricultural crops and trees, wood 
and wood wastes and residues, plants (including 
aquatic plants), grasses, residues, fibers, animal 
wastes, and municipal wastes; and 
(2) the term ‘‘renewable energy source’’ 
means— 
(A) wind; 
(B) biomass; 
(C) a geothermal source; 
(D) a solar source; 
(E) a photovoltaic source; or 
(F) additional hydroelectric generation ca-
pacity achieved from increased efficiency at an 
existing hydroelectric dam.
TITLE I—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, AND DEMONSTRATION 
SEC. 101. ENHANCED RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH, DE-
VELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION. 
(a) GOALS.—In order to achieve the goal stated in 
section 3, the United States shall have an energy research, 
development, and demonstration program to enhance re-
newable energy with the following goals: 
(1) For wind power, the program should reduce 
the cost of wind electricity by 50 percent by 2008, 
compared to the cost as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act, so that wind power can be widely com-
petitive with fossil-fuel-based electricity in a restruc-
tured electric industry, with concentration within the 
program on a variety of advanced wind turbine con-
cepts and manufacturing technologies. 
(2) For photovoltaics, the programs should pur-
sue research, development, and demonstration that 
would lead to photovoltaic systems prices of $3,000 
per kilowatt by January 1, 2005, and $1,500 per 
kilowatt by January 1, 2008. Program activities 
should include assisting industry in developing man-
ufacturing technologies, giving greater attention to 
balance of system issues, and expanding funda-
mental research on relevant advanced materials.
(3) For solar thermal electric systems the pro-
gram should strengthen ongoing research, develop-
ment, and demonstration combining high-efficiency 
and high-temperature receivers with advanced ther-
mal storage and power cycles, with the goal of mak-
ing solar-only power (including baseload solar power) 
widely competitive with fossil fuel power by 2017. 
(4) For geothermal energy, the program should 
continue work on hydrothermal systems, and reac-
tivate research, development, and demonstration on 
advanced concepts, giving top priority to high-grade 
hot dry-rock geothermal energy. 
(5) For hydrogen-based energy systems, the 
program should support research, development, and 
demonstration on hydrogen-using and hydrogen-pro-
ducing technologies. The program should also co-
ordinate hydrogen-using technology development 
with proton exchange membrane fuel cell vehicle de-
velopment activities under the enhanced energy effi-
ciency program described in section 102. 
(6) For biomass energy—
(A) the program should enable the United 
States to triple bioenergy use by 2010; 
(B) for biomass-based power systems, the 
program should enable commercialization, with-
in five years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, of integrated power-generating tech-
nologies that employ gas turbines and fuel cells 
integrated with biomass gasifiers; and 
(C) for biofuels, the program should accel-
erate research, development, and demonstration 
on advanced cellulosic conversion. 
(7) For hydropower, the program should pro-
vide a new generation of turbine technologies that 
will increase generating capacity and will be less 
damaging to fish and aquatic ecosystems. 
(8) For electric energy and storage, the pro-
gram should develop high capacity superconducting 
transmission lines and generators, and develop dis-
tributed generating systems to accommodate mul-
tiple types of energy sources under a common inter-
connect standard. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
ergy for carrying out activities to achieve the goals de-
scribed in subsection (a)—
(1) $575,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 
(2) $651,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
(3) $736,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(4) $831,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(5) $942,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 102. ENHANCED ENERGY EFFICIENCY RESEARCH, DE-
VELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION. 
(a) GOALS.—In order to achieve the goal stated in 
section 3, the United States shall have an energy research, 
development, and demonstration program to enhance en-
ergy efficiency with the following goals: 
(1) For energy efficiency in housing, the pro-
gram should develop technologies, housing compo-
nents, designs, and production methods that will, by 
2010—
(A) reduce the time needed to move tech-
nologies to market by 50 percent, compared to 
the time needed as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act; 
(B) reduce the monthly cost of new hous-
ing by 20 percent, compared to the cost as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act; 
(C) cut the environmental impact and en-
ergy use of new housing by 50 percent, com-
pared to the impact and use as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act; 
(D) ensure that at least 15,000,000 homes 
existing as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act reduce their energy use by 30 percent, com-
pared to the use as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(E) improve durability and reduce mainte-
nance costs by 50 percent compared to the du-
rability and costs as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(2) For industrial energy efficiency, the pro-
gram should, in cooperation with the affected indus-
tries—
(A) develop a microturbine (40 to 300 kilo-
watt) that is more than 40 percent efficient by 
2008, compared to the efficiency as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act; 
(B) develop a microturbine that is more 
than 50 percent efficient by 2012, compared to 
the efficiency as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act; 
(C) develop advanced materials for com-
bustion systems that reduce emissions of nitro-
gen oxides by 30 to 50 percent while increasing 
efficiency 5 to 10 percent by 2009, compared to 
such emissions as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act; and 
(D) improve the energy intensity of the 
major energy-consuming industries by at least
25 percent by 2012, compared to the energy in-
tensity as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(3) For transportation energy efficiency, the 
program should, in cooperation with affected indus-
tries— 
(A) develop a production prototype pas-
senger automobile that has fuel economy equiv-
alent to 80 miles per gallon of gasoline by 
2006; 
(B) develop class 7 and 8 heavy duty 
trucks and buses with ultra low emissions and 
the ability to use an alternative fuel that has an 
average fuel economy equivalent to—
(i) 10 miles per gallon of gasoline by 
2009; and 
(ii) 13 miles per gallon of gasoline by 
2012; 
(C) develop a production prototype of a 
passenger automobile with zero equivalent emis-
sions that has an average fuel economy of 100 
miles per gallon of gasoline by 2012; 
(D) improve, by 2012, the average fuel 
economy of trucks—
(i) in classes 1 and 2 by 300 percent; 
and 
(ii) in classes 3 through 6 by 200 per-
cent, 
compared to the fuel economy as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act; and 
(E) mimimize the production of hydrogen 
from fossil fuels. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘alternative fuel’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 301(2) of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 1992; and 
(2) the term ‘‘major energy-consuming indus-
tries’’ means—
(A) the forest product industry; 
(B) the steel industry; 
(C) the aluminum industry; 
(D) the metal casting industry; 
(E) the chemical industry; 
(F) the petroleum refining industry; and 
(G) the glass-making industry. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
ergy for carrying out activities to achieve the goals de-
scribed in subsection (a)—
(1) $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 
(2) $950,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
(3) $1,025,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(4) $1,110,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
(5) $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
(d) LIMITS ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated under this section may be 
used for—
(1) the promulgation and implementation of en-
ergy efficiency regulations; 
(2) the Weatherization Assistance Program 
under part A of title IV of the Energy Conservation 
and Production Act; 
(3) the State Energy Program under part D of 
title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act; 
or 
(4) the Federal Energy Management Program 
under part 3 of title V of the National Energy Con-
servation Policy Act.
SEC. 103. ENHANCED AERONAUTICAL SYSTEM ENERGY EF-
FICIENCY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND 
DEMONSTRATION. 
(a) GOALS.—For aeronautical system energy effi-
ciency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion shall seek to—
shall submit to the Congress an assessment of all renew-
able energy resources available for commercial applica-
tions within the United States. 
(b) RESOURCE ASSESSMENT.—Such assessment shall 
include a detailed inventory describing the available 
amount and characteristics of renewable energy sources, 
and an estimate of the research, development, demonstra-
tion, and commercial applications efforts necessary to de-
velop each resource. The assessment shall also include 
such other information as the Secretary of Energy believes 
would be useful in achieving wider commercial applications 
of emerging and state-of-the-art renewable energy genera-
tion facilities or devices. 
(c) AVAILABILITY.—The technology development in-
formation and cost estimates in the assessment shall be 
updated annually and made available to the public, along 
with the data used to create the assessment. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purposes of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy 
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, and such sums as may 
be necessary for the fiscal years 2005 through 2022. 
SEC. 105. NEXT GENERATION LIGHTING INITIATIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
Next Generation Lighting Initiative in accordance with
this section to support research, development, demonstra-
tion, and commercial application activities related to ad-
vanced solid-state lighting technologies based on white 
light emitting diodes. 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the initiative 
shall be—
(1) to develop, by 2012, advanced solid-state 
lighting technologies based on white light emitting 
diodes that, compared to incandescent and fluores-
cent lighting technologies, are—
(A) longer lasting; 
(B) more energy-efficient; and 
(C) cost-competitive; 
(2) to develop an inorganic white light emitting 
diode that has an efficiency of 160 lumens per watt 
and a 10-year lifetime; and 
(3) to develop an organic white light emitting 
diode with an efficiency of 100 lumens per watt with 
a 5-year lifetime that—
(A) illuminates over a full color spectrum; 
(B) covers large areas over flexible sur-
faces; and 
(C) does not contain harmful pollutants, 
such as mercury, typical of fluorescent lamps. 
(c) FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH.—
(1) CONSORTIUM.—The Secretary shall carry 
out the fundamental research activities of the Next 
Generation Lighting Initiative through a private 
consortium (which may include private firms, trade 
associations and institutions of higher education), 
which the Secretary shall select through a competi-
tive process. Each proposed consortium shall submit 
to the Secretary such information as the Secretary 
may require, including a program plan agreed to by 
all participants of the consortium. 
(2) JOINT VENTURE.—The consortium shall be 
structured as a joint venture among the participants 
of the consortium. The Secretary shall serve on the 
governing council of the consortium. 
(3) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to be selected 
as the consortium under paragraph (1), an applicant 
must be broadly representative of United States 
solid-state lighting research, development, and man-
ufacturing expertise as a whole. 
(4) GRANTS.—(A) The Secretary shall award 
grants for fundamental research to the consortium, 
which the consortium may disburse to researchers, 
including those who are not participants of the con-
sortium.
(B) To receive a grant, the consortium must 
provide a description to the Secretary of the pro-
posed research and list the parties that will receive 
funding. 
(C) At least 20 percent of the cost of a research 
and development project for which a grant is made 
under this section shall be matched by the consor-
tium, and at least 50 percent of the cost of a dem-
onstration or commercial application project for 
which a grant is made under this section shall be 
matched by the consortium. 
(5) NATIONAL LABORATORIES.—National Lab-
oratories may participate in the research described 
in this section, and may receive funds from the con-
sortium. 
(6) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.—Participants in 
the consortium and the Federal Government shall 
have royalty-free nonexclusive rights to use intellec-
tual property derived from research funded pursuant 
to this subsection. 
(d) DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND COM-
MERCIAL APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the development, demonstration, and commercial applica-
tion activities of the Next Generation Lighting Initiative 
through awards to private firms, trade associations, and
institutions of higher education. In selecting awardees, the 
Secretary may give preference to members of the consor-
tium selected pursuant to subsection (c). 
(e) PLANS AND ASSESSMENTS.—(1) The consortium 
shall formulate an annual operating plan which shall in-
clude research priorities, technical milestones, and plans 
for technology transfer, and which shall be subject to ap-
proval by the Secretary. 
(2) The Secretary shall enter into an arrangement 
with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct periodic 
reviews of the Next Generation Lighting Initiative. The 
Academy shall review the research priorities, technical 
milestones, and plans for technology transfer established 
under paragraph (1) and evaluate the progress toward 
achieving them. The Secretary shall consider the results 
of such reviews in evaluating the plans submitted under 
paragraph (1). 
(f) AUDIT.—The Secretary shall retain an inde-
pendent, commercial auditor to perform an audit of the 
consortium to determine the extent to which the funds au-
thorized by this section have been expended in a manner 
consistent with the purposes of this section. The auditor 
shall transmit a report annually to the Secretary, who 
shall transmit the report to the Congress, along with a 
plan to remedy any deficiencies cited in the report.
(g) SUNSET.—The Next Generation Lighting Initia-
tive shall terminate no later than September 30, 2013. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) ADVANCED
SOLID-STATE
LIGHTING.—The 
term ‘‘advanced solid-state lighting’’ means a 
semiconducting device package and delivery system 
that produces white light using externally applied 
voltage. 
(2) 
FUNDAMENTAL
RESEARCH.—The 
term 
‘‘fundamental research’’ includes basic research on 
both solid-state materials and manufacturing proc-
esses. 
(3) 
INORGANIC
WHITE
LIGHT
EMITTING 
DIODE.—The term ‘‘inorganic white light emitting 
diode’’ means an inorganic semiconducting package 
that produces white light using externally applied 
voltage. 
(4) ORGANIC WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODE.—
The term ‘‘organic white light emitting diode’’
means an organic semiconducting compound that 
produces white light using externally applied voltage. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car-
rying out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2004
and $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2005 through 
2008. 
SEC. 106. NATIONAL BUILDING PERFORMANCE INITIATIVE. 
(a) INTERAGENCY GROUP.—Not later than 3 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish 
an interagency group to develop, in coordination with the 
advisory committee established under subsection (e), a 
National Building Performance Initiative (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Initiative’’). The interagency group 
shall be cochaired by appropriate officials of the Depart-
ment and the Department of Commerce, who shall jointly 
arrange for the provision of necessary administrative sup-
port to the group. 
(b) INTEGRATION OF EFFORTS.—The Initiative shall 
integrate Federal, State, and voluntary private sector ef-
forts to reduce the costs of construction, operation, main-
tenance, and renovation of commercial, industrial, institu-
tional, and residential buildings. 
(c) PLAN.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the interagency group shall submit 
to Congress a plan for carrying out the appropriate Fed-
eral role in the Initiative. The plan shall include—
(1) research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application of systems and materials for
new construction and retrofit relating to the building 
envelope and building system components; and 
(2) the collection, analysis, and dissemination of 
research results and other pertinent information on 
enhancing building performance to industry, govern-
ment entities, and the public. 
(d) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ROLE.—Within the 
Federal portion of the Initiative, the Department shall be 
the lead agency for all aspects of building performance re-
lated to use and conservation of energy. 
(e) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Science and Technology Policy shall establish 
an advisory committee to—
(A) analyze and provide recommendations 
on potential private sector roles and participa-
tion in the Initiative; and 
(B) review and provide recommendations 
on the plan described in subsection (c). 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—Membership of the advisory 
committee shall include representatives with a broad 
range of appropriate expertise, including expertise 
in—
(A) building research and technology;
(B) architecture, engineering, and building 
materials and systems; and 
(C) the residential, commercial, and indus-
trial sectors of the construction industry. 
(f) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section provides 
any Federal agency with new authority to regulate build-
ing performance. 
SEC. 107. PROGRESS REPORT. 
The Secretary of Energy shall transmit to the Com-
mittee on Science of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate an annual report assessing the progress made pursu-
ant to this title in achieving the goal set forth in section 
3. The first such report shall be transmitted along with 
the first annual budget request from the President occur-
ring at least 6 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
TITLE II—COMMERCIAL 
APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 201. STUDY OF FINANCING FOR PROTOTYPE TECH-
NOLOGIES. 
(a) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of 
Energy shall commission an independent assessment of in-
novative financing techniques to facilitate construction of
new renewable energy and energy efficiency facilities that 
might not otherwise be built in a competitive market. 
(b) CONDUCT OF THE ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary 
of Energy shall retain an independent contractor with 
proven expertise in financing large capital projects or in 
financial services consulting to conduct the assessment 
under this section.
(c) CONTENT OF THE ASSESSMENT.—The assess-
ment shall include a comprehensive examination of all 
available techniques to safeguard private investors against 
risks (including both market-based and government-im-
posed risks) that are beyond the control of the investors. 
Such techniques may include Federal loan guarantees, 
Federal price guarantees, special tax considerations, and 
direct Federal investment. 
(d) REPORT.—The Secretary of Energy shall submit 
the results of the independent assessment to the Congress 
not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of 
this section. 
SEC. 202. RENEWABLE ENERGY IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 
(a) DEMONSTRATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 
PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Energy shall establish a 
program for the demonstration of innovative technologies 
for solar and other renewable energy sources in buildings 
owned or operated by a State or local government, and
for the dissemination of information resulting from such 
demonstration to interested parties. 
(b) LIMIT ON FEDERAL FUNDING.—The Secretary of 
Energy shall provide under this section no more than 40 
percent of the incremental costs of the solar or other re-
newable energy source project funded. 
(c) PREFERRED PROJECTS.—The Secretary of En-
ergy shall give preference in making awards under this 
section to projects by municipalities seeking to achieve sig-
nificant transition to a renewable energy infrastructure. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
ergy for carrying out this section—
(1) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 
(2) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
(3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(4) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(5) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 203. REGULATORY REVIEWS FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES 
AND PROCESSES. 
(a) REGULATORY REVIEWS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every five 
years thereafter, the Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy shall oversee a review of each Federal 
agency’s regulations and policies to identify—
(1) existing regulations and policies that act as 
barriers to the development and commercialization of 
emerging renewable energy and energy efficiency 
technologies and processes (including fuel cells, com-
bined heat and power, distributed generation, and 
small-scale renewable energy); and 
(2) actions the agency is taking or could take 
to—
(A) remove barriers to market entry for 
emerging renewable energy and energy effi-
ciency technologies; 
(B) increase energy efficiency; or 
(C) encourage the use of new processes to 
meet energy and environmental goals. 
(b) REPORTS
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every five years thereafter, the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall report to the Con-
gress on the results of the agency reviews conducted under 
subsection (a). 
(c) CONTENTS OF THE REPORTS.—The reports re-
quired under subsection (b) shall—
(1) identify all regulatory and policy barriers to 
the development and commercialization of emerging
renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies 
and processes; 
(2) actions taken, or proposed to be taken, that 
are identified under subsection (a)(2); and 
(3) recommendations for changes in laws or 
regulations that may be needed to—
(A) expedite the siting and development of 
energy production and distribution facilities; 
and 
(B) encourage the adoption of energy effi-
ciency and process improvements. 
SEC. 204. SMALL BUSINESS COMMERCIALIZATION ASSIST-
ANCE. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Energy shall pro-
vide assistance, to small businesses with less than 100 em-
ployees and startup companies, for the commercial appli-
cation of renewable energy and energy efficiency tech-
nologies developed by or with support from the Depart-
ment of Energy. Such assistance shall be provided through 
a competitive review process. 
(b) APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
establish requirements for applications for assistance 
under this section. Such applications shall contain a com-
mercial application plan, including a description of the fi-
nancial, business, and technical support (including sup-
port from universities and national laboratories) the appli-
cant anticipates in its commercial application effort. 
(c) SELECTION.—The Secretary of Energy shall se-
lect applicants to receive assistance under this section on 
the basis of which applications are the most likely to result 
in commercial application of renewable energy and energy 
efficiency technologies. 
(d) LIMIT ON FEDERAL FUNDING.—The Secretary of 
Energy shall provide under this section no more than 50 
percent of the costs of the project funded. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
ergy for carrying out this section $200,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2004 through 2008, and such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 
2024. 
SEC. 205. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Energy shall estab-
lish a program education and outreach, including innova-
tive education and outreach techniques, on renewable en-
ergy and energy efficiency technologies to manufacturers, 
consumers, engineers, architects, builders, energy service 
companies, universities, facility planners and managers, 
State and local governments, and other appropriate enti-
ties.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
ergy for carrying out this section $100,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2004 through 2008, and such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 
2022. 
SEC. 206. INDUSTRIAL ENERGY AND WATER CONSERVA-
TION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a competitive matching grant pilot program to support 
voluntary local government programs that seek to promote 
innovative energy efficiency technologies and processes to 
reduce the industrial use of water and the discharge of 
wastewater from commercial and industrial entities. The 
grant program shall be administered by the Assistant Sec-
retary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in 
partnership with municipal entities, including publicly 
owned treatment works, and nongovernmental organiza-
tions and associations, including watershed groups spon-
sored by governmental entities, whose mission relates to 
energy or water conservation and efficiency. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—Assistance provided under this 
section may include—
(1) technical and planning assistance, including 
studies, energy and wastewater audits, modeling,
data collection, surveys, preconstruction, engineer-
ing, and design assistance; 
(2) financial assistance (including the provision 
either of matching grants of up to 50 percent of 
total costs to municipal entities or loan guarantees) 
for projects selected; and 
(3) funding for a period of up to 2 years for 
personnel to assist in the development and imple-
mentation of a program that meets the goals of this 
section. 
(c) SELECTION CRITERIA.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall select 
proposals to be funded under this section on the 
basis of the following: 
(A) Ability to maximize energy efficiency 
technology to reduce the demand for water in 
commercial or industrial entities. 
(B) Reductions in the discharge of waste-
water from commercial or industrial entities. 
(C) Technical feasibility and technology 
transfer plan for distributing the results of the 
proposal to be funded. 
(D) Cost-effectiveness. 
(E) Other environmental and economic 
benefits, including brownfields cleanup and re-
development, job retention, and economic revi-
talization. 
(2) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—In selecting pro-
posals to be funded under this section, the Secretary 
shall make every effort to ensure geographic diver-
sity in those proposals funded. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car-
rying out this section—
(1) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 
(2) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
(3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(4) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
(5) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
Such funds shall remain available until expended.
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