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SEC. 4105. NATIONAL MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY RE-
SEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRA-
TION CENTERS. 
(a) CENTERS.—The Secretary, acting through the 
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, shall award 
grants to institutions of higher education (or consortia 
thereof) for the establishment of 1 or more National Ma-
rine Renewable Energy Research, Development, and Dem-
onstration Centers. In selecting locations for Centers, the 
Secretary shall consider sites that meet one of the fol-
lowing criteria: 
(1) Hosts an existing marine renewable energy 
research and development program in coordination 
with a public university engineering program. 
(2) Has proven expertise to support environ-
mental and policy-related issues associated with har-
nessing of energy in the marine environment. 
(3) Has access to and utilizes the marine re-
sources in the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, 
or the Pacific Ocean. 
The Secretary may give special consideration to histori-
cally black colleges and universities and land grant univer-
sities that also meet one of these criteria. In establishing 
criteria for the selection of Centers, the Secretary shall 
coordinate with the Undersecretary of Commerce for 
Oceans and Atmosphere on the criteria related to advanc-
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ing wave forecasting technologies, studying the compat-
ibility with the environment of marine renewable energy 
technologies and systems, and establishing protocols for 
how the ocean community best interacts with marine re-
newable energy devices and parks. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The Centers shall advance research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial application 
of marine renewable energy through a number of initia-
tives including for the purposes described in section 
4104(1) through (13), and shall serve as an information 
clearinghouse for the marine renewable energy industry, 
collecting and disseminating information on best practices 
in all areas related to developing and managing enhanced 
marine renewable energy systems resources. 
(c) DEMONSTRATION OF NEED.—When applying for 
a grant under this section, an applicant shall include a 
description of why Federal support is necessary for the 
Center, including evidence that the research of the Center 
will not be conducted in the absence of Federal support. 
SEC. 4106. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS. 
Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed as waiving 
the applicability of any requirement under any environ-
mental or other Federal or State law. 
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SEC. 4107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this subtitle $50,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2008 through 2012, except that no funds 
shall be appropriated under this section for activities that 
are receiving funds under section 931(a)(2)(E)(i) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231(a)(2)(E)(i)). 
Subtitle C—Geothermal Energy 
SEC. 4201. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Advanced Geo-
thermal Energy Research and Development Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 4202. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States has a critical national in-
terest in developing clean, domestic, renewable 
sources of energy in order to mitigate the causes of 
climate change, reduce other environmental impacts 
of energy production, increase national security, im-
prove public health, and bolster economic stability. 
(2) Geothermal energy is a renewable energy re-
source. 
(3) Geothermal energy is unusual among renew-
able energy sources because of its ability to provide 
an uninterrupted supply of baseload electricity. 
(4) Recently published assessments by rep-
utable experts, including the Massachusetts Institute 
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