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(O) The term ‘‘showcase lamp’’ means a 
lamp that has a tubular bulb with a conven-
tional screw base and which is designated and 
marketed as a showcase lamp. 
(P) The term ‘‘sign service lamp’’ means a 
lamp of the vacuum type or gas-filled with suf-
ficiently low bulb temperature to permit ex-
posed outdoor use on high-speed flashing cir-
cuits. The designation shall be on the lamp 
packaging, and marketing materials shall iden-
tify the lamp as being a sign service lamp. 
(Q) The term ‘‘silver bowl lamp’’ means a 
lamp that has a reflective coating applied di-
rectly to part of the bulb surface and that re-
flects light in a backward direction toward the 
lamp base. The designation shall be on the 
lamp packaging, and marketing materials shall 
identify the lamp as being a silver bowl lamp or 
similar designation. 
(R) The term ‘‘three-way lamp’’ means a 
lamp that employs two filaments, operated sep-
arately and in combination, to provide three 
light levels. The designation shall be on the 
lamp packaging, and marketing materials shall 
identify the lamp as being a three-way lamp. 
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‘‘INCANDESCENT REFLECTOR LAMPS—Continued 
Nominal Lamp Wattage 
Minimum Average 
Lamp Efficacy 
(LPW) 
Effective 
Date (Pe-
riod of 
Months) 
86–115 ....................................................................................
14.0 
116–155 ....................................................................................
14.5 
156–205 ....................................................................................
15.0 
‘‘(C) EXEMPTIONS.—The standards speci-
fied in subparagraph (B) shall not apply to the 
following types of incandescent reflector lamps: 
‘‘(i) Lamps rated at 50 watts or less 
of the following types: ER30, BR30, 
BR40, and ER40 lamps. 
‘‘(ii) Lamps rated at 65 watts of the 
following types: BR30, BR40, and ER40 
lamps. 
‘‘(iii) 
R20 
incandescent 
reflector 
lamps of 45 watts or less. 
‘‘(D) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
‘‘(i) ER, BR, AND BPAR LAMPS.—Ex-
cept as provided in subparagraph (A), the 
standards specified in subparagraph (B) 
shall apply with respect to ER incandes-
cent reflector lamps, BR incandescent re-
flector lamps, BPAR incandescent reflector 
lamps, and similar bulb shapes on and 
after January 1, 2008. 
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‘‘(B) CONTACT
INFORMATION.—Each seg-
ment of the multimedia campaign under sub-
paragraph (A) shall publicize the toll-free tele-
phone number and web site of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development through which 
persons seeking housing counseling can locate a 
housing counseling agency in their State that is 
certified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development and can provide advice on buying 
a home, renting, defaults, foreclosures, credit 
issues, and reverse mortgages. 
‘‘(C) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary, not to exceed $3,000,000 for fis-
cal years 2008, 2009, and 2010, for the develop, 
implement, and conduct of national public serv-
ice multimedia campaigns under this paragraph. 
‘‘(5) EDUCATION
PROGRAMS.—The Secretary 
shall provide advice and technical assistance to 
States, units of general local government, and non-
profit organizations regarding the establishment and 
operation of, including assistance with the develop-
ment of content and materials for, educational pro-
grams to inform and educate consumers, particularly 
those most vulnerable with respect to residential mort-
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY
OF INCENTIVE FUNDING.—(1) 
The Secretary shall provide incentive funding to States to 
implement the requirements of this section, and to im-
prove and implement State residential and commercial 
building energy efficiency codes, including increasing and 
verifying compliance with such codes. In determining 
whether, and in what amount, to provide incentive funding 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider the ac-
tions proposed by the State to implement the requirements 
of this section, to improve and implement residential and 
commercial building energy efficiency codes, and to pro-
mote building energy efficiency through the use of such 
codes. 
‘‘(2) Additional funding shall be provided under this 
subsection for implementation of a plan to achieve and 
document at least a 90 percent rate of compliance with 
residential and commercial building energy efficiency 
codes, based on energy performance— 
‘‘(A) to a State that has adopted and is imple-
menting, on a Statewide basis— 
‘‘(i) a residential building energy efficiency 
code that meets or exceeds the requirements of 
the 2006 IECC, or any succeeding version of 
that code that has received an affirmative de-
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during the period referred to in subparagraph 
(C) a period of not less than 20 days (which 
shall terminate before the commencement of the 
auction) to submit to the Secretary an offer to 
provide, in lieu of the reinsurance coverage 
under this Act otherwise to be made available 
under an auction under this section, coverage 
that is substantially similar to such coverage; 
(E) if the Secretary determines that an 
offer submitted during the period referred to in 
subparagraph (D) is a bona fide offer to pro-
vide reinsurance coverage to be made available 
during the auction for the same contract cycle 
and at a reserve price and terms that are sub-
stantially similar to the reserve price and terms 
for reinsurance coverage otherwise to be made 
available at the auction under this section by 
the Secretary, the Secretary shall accept the 
offer (if still outstanding) and, notwithstanding 
any other provision of this Act, provide that the 
reinsurance coverage provided by such entity in 
accordance with the offer shall be made avail-
able at the auction; and 
(F) if the Secretary accepts an offer pur-
suant to subparagraph (E) to make reinsurance 
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‘‘(C)(i) If a student fails to either remain eligi-
ble or meet established measures of academic 
progress and achievement, the managing agent shall 
instruct the student’s institution of higher education 
to suspend payment of the student’s scholarship. 
‘‘(ii) A suspension of payment shall remain in 
effect until the student is able to demonstrate to the 
satisfaction of the managing agent that he or she is 
again eligible and meets the established measures of 
academic progress and achievement. 
‘‘(iii) A student’s eligibility for a scholarship 
shall be terminated if a suspension period exceeds 
12 months. 
‘‘(D)(i)(I) A student awarded a scholarship 
may, in a manner and under the terms established 
by, and with the approval of, the managing agent, 
postpone or interrupt his or her enrollment at an in-
stitution of higher education for up to 12 months. 
‘‘(II) Such a postponement or interruption shall 
not be considered a suspension for purposes of sub-
paragraph (C). 
‘‘(ii) Neither a student nor the student’s insti-
tution of higher education shall receive the student’s 
scholarship payments during the period of postpone-
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gage loans (such as elderly persons, persons facing 
language barriers, low-income persons, and other po-
tentially vulnerable consumers), regarding home 
mortgages, mortgage refinancing, home equity loans, 
and home repair loans.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO GRANT PROGRAM 
FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP COUNSELING ORGANIZATIONS.— 
Section 106(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Housing and Urban Devel-
opment Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x(c)(5)(A)(ii)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in subclause (IV) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subclause (IV) the fol-
lowing new subclause: 
‘‘(V) notify the housing or mort-
gage applicant of the availability of 
mortgage software systems provided 
pursuant to subsection (g)(3).’’. 
SEC. 134. GRANTS FOR HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE. 
Section 106(a) of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x(a)(3)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
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tories, or local government agencies located in the 
State; and 
(2) have proven experience and capabilities with 
relevant technologies. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2010. 
SEC. 4408. BIOREFINERY ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
Section 932 of Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16232), is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsections: 
‘‘(g) BIOREFINERY ENERGY EFFICIENCY.—The Sec-
retary shall establish a program of research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application for increasing 
energy efficiency and reducing energy consumption in the 
operation of biorefinery facilities. 
‘‘(h) RETROFIT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DEVELOP-
MENT OF ETHANOL FROM CELLULOSIC MATERIALS.— 
The Secretary shall establish a program of research, devel-
opment, demonstration, and commercial application on 
technologies and processes to enable biorefineries that ex-
clusively use corn grain or corn starch as a feedstock to 
produce ethanol to be retrofitted to accept a range of bio-
mass, including lignocellulosic feedstocks.’’. 
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SEC. 4409. STUDY OF INCREASED CONSUMPTION OF ETH-
ANOL-BLENDED 
GASOLINE 
WITH 
HIGHER 
LEVELS OF ETHANOL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation 
with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of 
Transportation, shall conduct a study of the methods of 
increasing consumption in the United States of ethanol- 
blended gasoline with levels of ethanol that are not less 
than 10 percent and not more than 40 percent. 
(b) STUDY.—The study under subsection (a) shall in-
clude— 
(1) a review of production and infrastructure 
constraints on increasing consumption of ethanol; 
(2) an evaluation of the environmental con-
sequences of the ethanol blends described in sub-
section (a) on evaporative and exhaust emissions 
from on-road, off-road, and marine vehicle engines; 
(3) an evaluation of the consequences of the 
ethanol blends described in subsection (a) on the op-
eration, durability, and performance of on-road, off- 
road, and marine vehicle engines; and 
(4) an evaluation of the life cycle impact of the 
use of the ethanol blends described in subsection (a) 
on carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions. 
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report describing the results of the study con-
ducted under this section. 
SEC. 4410. STUDY OF OPTIMIZATION OF FLEXIBLE FUELED 
VEHICLES TO USE E–85 FUEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Transportation, shall conduct a 
study of whether optimizing flexible fueled vehicles to op-
erate using E–85 fuel would increase the fuel efficiency 
of flexible fueled vehicles. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Science and Technology of the House 
of Representatives the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report that describes the results 
of the study under this section, including any rec-
ommendations of the Secretary. 
SEC. 4411. STUDY OF ENGINE DURABILITY AND PERFORM-
ANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF BIO-
DIESEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate 
a study on the effects of the use of biodiesel on the per-
formance and durability of engines and engine systems. 
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‘‘(4) HOMEOWNERSHIP AND RENTAL COUNSELING AS-
SISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make fi-
nancial assistance available under this paragraph to 
States, units of general local governments, and non-
profit organizations providing homeownership or 
rental counseling (as such terms are defined in sub-
section (g)(1)). 
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED ENTITIES.—The Secretary shall 
establish standards and guidelines for eligibility of or-
ganizations (including governmental and nonprofit 
organizations) to receive assistance under this para-
graph. 
‘‘(C) DISTRIBUTION.—Assistance made available 
under this paragraph shall be distributed in a man-
ner that encourages efficient and successful counseling 
programs. 
‘‘(D) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated $45,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for— 
‘‘(i) the operations of the Office of Housing 
Counseling of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development;
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originally financed by the mortgagor through a 
qualified subprime loan. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL
RULES.—In applying sub-
paragraph (A) to any refinancing— 
‘‘(i) subsection (a)(2)(D)(i) shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘12-month period’ for 
‘42-month period’ each place it appears, 
‘‘(ii) subsection (d) (relating to 3-year 
requirement) shall not apply, and 
‘‘(iii) subsection (e) (relating to pur-
chase price requirement) shall be applied by 
using the market value of the residence at 
the time of refinancing in lieu of the acqui-
sition cost. 
‘‘(C) QUALIFIED
SUBPRIME
LOAN.—The 
term ‘qualified subprime loan’ means an adjust-
able rate single-family residential mortgage loan 
made after December 31, 2001, and before Janu-
ary 1, 2008, that the bond issuer determines 
would be reasonably likely to cause financial 
hardship to the borrower if not refinanced. 
‘‘(D) TERMINATION.—This paragraph shall 
not apply to any bonds issued after December 
31, 2010.’’.
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SEC. 8100. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law or regulation, the Secretary of Defense may adjust
wage rates for civilian employees hired for certain health
care occupations as authorized for the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs by section 7455 of title 38, United States
Code.
SEC. 8101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
for programs of the Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall remain available for obligation beyond the cur-
rent fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for research
and technology, which shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009.
SEC. 8102. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31,
United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations
made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same
purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship-
building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any
prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply
to the total amount of the appropriation.
SEC. 8103. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, that not more than 35 percent of funds provided in
this Act for environmental remediation may be obligated
under indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts with
a total contract value of $130,000,000 or higher.
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT 
VEHICLES, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 
equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and acces-
sories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 
expansion of public and private plants, including the land 
necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 
purposes, $4,077,189,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2010. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au-
thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
168 
(b) COMPONENTS.—The study under this section 
shall include— 
(1) an assessment of whether the use of bio-
diesel lessens the durability and performance of con-
ventional diesel engines and engine systems; and 
(2) an assessment of the effects referred to in 
subsection (a) with respect to biodiesel blends at 
varying concentrations, including the following per-
centage concentrations of biodiesel: 
(A) 5 percent biodiesel. 
(B) 10 percent biodiesel. 
(C) 20 percent biodiesel. 
(D) 30 percent biodiesel. 
(E) 100 percent biodiesel. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 24 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House 
of Representatives the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report that describes the results 
of the study under this section, including any rec-
ommendations of the Secretary. 
SEC. 4412. BIOENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AU-
THORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION. 
(a) Section 931 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16231) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) at the end of paragraph (2) by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(B) at the end of paragraph (3) by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) $963,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(2), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$251,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$377,000,000’’; 
(B) 
in 
paragraph 
(3), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$274,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$398,000,000’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) $419,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, of 
which $150,000,00 shall be for section 932(d).’’. 
SEC. 4413. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 977 of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16317) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘and com-
putational biology’’ and inserting ‘‘computational bi-
ology, and environmental science’’; and 
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proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 
for the foregoing purposes, $2,215,976,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2010. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and 
non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and 
electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 
parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 
in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern-
ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses 
necessary 
for 
the 
foregoing 
purposes, 
$11,217,945,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2010.
‘‘(ii) the responsibilities of the Secretary 
under paragraphs (2) through (5) of subsection 
(g); and 
‘‘(iii) assistance pursuant to this paragraph 
for entities providing homeownership and rental 
counseling.’’. 
SEC. 135. REQUIREMENTS TO USE HUD-CERTIFIED COUN-
SELORS UNDER HUD PROGRAMS. 
Section 106(e) of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x(e)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT FOR ASSISTANCE.—An orga-
nization may not receive assistance for counseling ac-
tivities under subsection (a)(1)(iii), (a)(2), (a)(4), (c), 
or (d) of this section, or under section 101(e), unless 
the organization, or the individuals through which the 
organization provides such counseling, has been cer-
tified by the Secretary under this subsection as com-
petent to provide such counseling.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and for certifying organi-
zations’’ before the period at the end of the first 
sentence; and
(B) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘for 
certification’’ and inserting ‘‘, for certification of 
an organization, that each individual through 
which the organization provides counseling shall 
demonstrate, and, for certification of an indi-
vidual,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘organiza-
tions and’’ before ‘‘individuals’’; 
(4) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (5); and 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT UNDER HUD PROGRAMS.— 
Any homeownership counseling or rental housing 
counseling (as such terms are defined in subsection 
(g)(1)) required under, or provided in connection 
with, any program administered by the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be provided 
only by organizations or counselors certified by the 
Secretary under this subsection as competent to pro-
vide such counseling. 
‘‘(4) OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall take such 
actions as the Secretary considers appropriate to en-
sure that individuals and organizations providing 
homeownership or rental housing counseling are
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 
ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ-
ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter-
ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 
in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern-
ment 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway, 
$12,470,280,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2010. 
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap-
ons, and related support equipment including spare parts, 
and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment