and $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 
2010. 
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 2006; 
(2) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(4) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 
(5) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
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 2006 through 2010, and such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 
2026. 
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 2006 through 2010, and such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 
2024. 
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 2006; 
(2) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(4) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 
(5) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
Such funds shall remain available until expended.
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