any existing coastal State authority pursuant to State or 
Federal law. 
‘‘(k) PRIORITY.—Any area that is identified as suit-
able for potential alternative energy development under sur-
veys developed with assistance under this section shall be 
given priority consideration by Federal agencies for the 
siting, licensing, leasing, or permitting of alternative en-
ergy facilities. Any area that is identified as unsuitable 
under surveys developed with assistance under this section 
shall be avoided by Federal agencies to the maximum extent 
practicable. 
‘‘(l) ASSISTANCE BY THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) under section 307(a) and to the extent prac-
ticable, make available to coastal States the resources 
and capabilities of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration to provide technical assistance 
to the coastal States to develop surveys under this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(2) encourage other Federal agencies with rel-
evant expertise to participate in providing technical 
assistance under this subsection.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
318(a) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1464) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1)(C) by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) for grants under section 306B such sums as 
are necessary; and’’. 
SEC. 302. CANAL-SIDE POWER PRODUCTION AT BUREAU OF 
RECLAMATION PROJECTS. 
(a) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall complete an evaluation and re-
port to Congress on the potential for developing rights-of- 
way along Bureau of Reclamation canals and infrastruc-
ture for solar or wind energy production through leasing 
of lands or other means. The report to Congress shall speci-
fy— 
(1) location of potential rights-of-way for energy 
production; 
(2) total acreage available for energy production; 
(3) existing transmission infrastructure at sites; 
(4) estimates of fair market leasing value of po-
tential energy sites; and 
(5) estimate energy development potential at 
sites. 
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(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this section the 
Secretary of the Interior shall consult with persons that 
would be affected by development of rights-of-ways referred 
to in subsection (a), including the beneficiaries of the canal 
and infrastructure evaluated under that subsection. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section— 
(1) shall be construed to authorize the Bureau of 
Reclamation or any contractor hired by the Bureau 
of Reclamation to inventory or access rights-of-way 
owned or operated and maintained by non-Federal 
interests, unless such interests provide written permis-
sion for such inventory or an agreement or contract 
governing Federal access is in effect; 
(2) shall be construed to impede accessibility, 
impair project operations and maintenance, or create 
additional costs for entities managing the rights-of- 
way; or 
(3) shall be used as the basis of an increase in 
project-use power or preference power costs that will 
be borne by the consumer. 
SEC. 303. INCREASING ENERGY EFFICIENCIES FOR WATER 
DESALINATION. 
The Water Desalination Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 10301 
note; Public Law 104–298) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 10. RESEARCH ON REVERSE OSMOSIS TECHNOLOGY 
FOR WATER DESALINATION AND WATER RE-
CYCLING. 
‘‘(a) RESEARCH PROGRAM.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall 
implement a program to research methods for improving 
the energy efficiency of reverse osmosis technology for water 
desalination, water contamination, and water recycling. 
‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall submit to Congress a report which shall include— 
‘‘(1) a review of existing and emerging tech-
nologies, both domestic and international, that are 
likely to improve energy efficiency or utilize renew-
able energy sources at existing and future desalina-
tion and recycling facilities; and 
‘‘(2) an analysis of the economic viability of en-
ergy efficiency technologies.’’. 
SEC. 304. ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE DE-
VELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC SOLAR RESERVES 
ON FEDERAL LANDS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to estab-
lish a pilot program for the development of strategic solar 
reserve on Federal lands for the advancement, development, 
assessment, and installation of commercial concentrating 
solar power energy systems. 
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(b) STRATEGIC SOLAR RESERVE PROGRAM.— 
(1) SITE SELECTION.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the 
Secretary of Defense, and the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission, States, tribal, or local units of 
governments, as appropriate, affected utility indus-
tries, and other interested persons, shall complete the 
following: 
(A) Identify Federal lands under the juris-
diction of the Bureau of Land Management, sub-
ject to valid existing rights, that are suitable and 
feasible for the installation of concentrating solar 
power energy systems sufficient to create a solar 
energy reserve of no less than 4 GW and no more 
than 25 GW. 
(B) Perform any environmental reviews 
that may be required to complete the designation 
of such solar reserves. 
(C) Incorporate the designated solar reserves 
into the relevant agency land use and resource 
management plans or equivalent plans. 
(D) Identify the needed transmission up-
grades to the solar reserves. 
(2) MINIMUM POWER OF SITES.—Each site iden-
tified as suitable and feasible for the installation of 
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concentrating solar power systems shall be sufficient 
for the installation of at least 1 GW. 
(3) LANDS NOT INCLUDED.—The following Fed-
eral lands shall not be included within a strategic 
solar reserve site: 
(A) Components of the National Landscape 
Conservation System. 
(B) Areas of Critical Environmental Con-
cern. 
(4) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC SOLAR 
RESERVE LEASING PROGRAM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the In-
terior, in consultation with the Secretary of En-
ergy and following the completion of the require-
ments under paragraph (1)(B), shall expedi-
tiously implement a strategic solar reserve leas-
ing program in order to lease lands identified 
under paragraph (1)(A) to produce no less than 
4 GW and no more than 25 GW of concentrating 
solar power from those lands. 
(B) CRITERIA
FOR
APPLICATIONS.—The 
Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Energy, shall establish criteria 
for approving applications to lease lands under 
this paragraph based, in part, on the proposed 
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concentrating solar power technologies proposed 
to be used under such leases. 
(C) VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGIES.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Energy, shall provide for a variety 
of concentrating solar power technologies to be 
used under leases under this paragraph. 
(D) MILESTONES.—The Secretary of the In-
terior, in consultation with the Secretary of En-
ergy, shall develop milestones for activities under 
leases under this subsection to ensure due dili-
gence in the development of lands under such 
leases. 
(5) ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall complete all necessary en-
vironmental surveys, compliance and permitting for 
rights-of-way pursuant to title V of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 for each strategic 
solar reserve, as expeditiously as possible. The appli-
cant shall pay all costs of environmental compliance, 
including when a determination is made that the 
land is not suitable and feasible for such installation 
or the bid is withdrawn following the initiation of 
such environmental compliance. 
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(6) PERMITS.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall ensure that all strategic solar reserve installa-
tion pursuant to this section is permitted using an 
expedited permitting process. The Secretary shall, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Energy, complete 
the preparation of a Programmatic Environmental 
Impact Statement by the Departments of Energy and 
the Interior for concentrating solar power on Federal 
lands. 
(7) RENTAL FEES; LEASE TERM.—The rental fee 
for each strategic solar reserve right-of-way authoriza-
tion under this subsection shall be established at $300 
per acre during the 10-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. Rental fees after 
such period shall be established by regulations pro-
mulgated by the Secretary of the Interior and shall be 
adjusted by the Secretary each 5 years thereafter. The 
rental fee shall be paid in annual payments com-
mencing on the day of operation. During the develop-
ment and construction phase of a project, the rental 
fee shall be waived. The leases shall be for a term of 
30 years. The rental fees established in this section 
shall apply to all concentrating solar power projects 
that have pending applications with the Bureau of 
Land Management as of June 1, 2007. 
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(8) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 
the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of En-
ergy, shall submit a report to Congress on the find-
ings of the pilot project— 
(A) not later than 3 years after the installa-
tion of the first facility pursuant to this section; 
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 Amer-
ican-made, as that term is used in the Buy American Act 
(41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). 
(d) DAVIS-BACON ACT.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the prevailing wage requirements of sub-
chapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United State Code, 
shall apply to any labor funded under this Act. 
(e) 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. 305. 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 
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to implement the Administrator’s authority to license off-
shore thermal energy conversion facilities under the Ocean 
Thermal Energy Conversion Research, Development, and 
Demonstration Act (42 U.S.C. 9001 et seq.). 
SEC. 306. BIOMASS UTILIZATION PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) REPLACEMENT OF CURRENT GRANT PROGRAM.— 
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 process 
of developing and evaluating appropriate technologies 
and facilities for woody biomass energy and utiliza-
tion must be integrated with long-term forest manage-
ment planning processes, particularly in situations 
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 public 
lands administered by the Secretary of the Interior, the 
term ‘biomass’ covers only organic material from— 
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