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(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND
THE INTER-
NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE’’ after ‘‘MODEL 
ENERGY CODE’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, or, with respect to rehabilitation 
and new construction of public and assisted housing funded 
by HOPE VI revitalization grants under section 24 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), the 
2003 International Energy Conservation Code’’ after 
‘‘1989’’. 
SEC. 154. ENERGY STRATEGY FOR HUD. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall develop 
and implement an integrated strategy to reduce utility expenses 
through cost-effective energy conservation and efficiency measures 
and energy efficient design and construction of public and assisted 
housing. The energy strategy shall include the development of 
energy reduction goals and incentives for public housing agencies. 
The Secretary shall submit a report to Congress, not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, on the energy 
strategy and the actions taken by the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development to monitor the energy usage of public 
housing agencies and shall submit an update every 2 years there-
after on progress in implementing the strategy. 
TITLE II—RENEWABLE ENERGY 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
SEC. 201. ASSESSMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES. 
(a) RESOURCE ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the 
Secretary shall review the available assessments of renewable 
energy resources within the United States, including solar, wind, 
biomass, ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geo-
thermal, and hydroelectric energy resources, and undertake new 
assessments as necessary, taking into account changes in market 
conditions, available technologies, and other relevant factors. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall publish a report based on the assessment under sub-
section (a). The report shall contain— 
(1) a detailed inventory describing the available amount 
and characteristics of the renewable energy resources; and 
(2) such other information as the Secretary believes would 
be useful in developing such renewable energy resources, 
including descriptions of surrounding terrain, population and 
load centers, nearby energy infrastructure, location of energy 
and water resources, and available estimates of the costs needed 
to develop each resource, together with an identification of 
any barriers to providing adequate transmission for remote 
sources of renewable energy resources to current and emerging 
markets, recommendations for removing or addressing such 
barriers, and ways to provide access to the grid that do not 
unfairly disadvantage renewable or other energy producers.
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(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purposes of 
this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
SEC. 202. RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION INCENTIVE. 
(a) INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—Section 1212(a) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the last sentence; 
(2) by designating the first, second, and third sentences 
as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; 
(3) in paragraph (3) (as so designated), by striking ‘‘and 
which satisfies’’ and all that follows through ‘‘deems necessary’’; 
and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), if there are insufficient 
appropriations to make full payments for electric production from 
all qualified renewable energy facilities for a fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall assign— 
‘‘(i) 60 percent of appropriated funds for the fiscal year 
to facilities that use solar, wind, ocean (including tidal, wave, 
current, and thermal), geothermal, or closed-loop (dedicated 
energy crops) biomass technologies to generate electricity; and 
‘‘(ii) 40 percent of appropriated funds for the fiscal year 
to other projects. 
‘‘(B) After submitting to Congress an explanation of the reasons 
for the alteration, the Secretary may alter the percentage require-
ments of subparagraph (A).’’. 
(b) QUALIFIED RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY.—Section 1212(b) 
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘a State or any political’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘nonprofit electrical cooperative’’ and inserting ‘‘a not-
for-profit electric cooperative, a public utility described in sec-
tion 115 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a State, 
Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, 
or the District of Columbia, or a political subdivision thereof, 
an Indian tribal government or subdivision thereof, or a Native 
Corporation (as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602)),’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘landfill gas, livestock methane, ocean 
(including tidal, wave, current, and thermal),’’ after ‘‘wind, bio-
mass,’’. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY WINDOW.—Section 1212(c) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘during 
the 10-fiscal year period beginning with the first full fiscal year 
occurring after the enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘before 
October 1, 2016’’. 
(d) PAYMENT PERIOD.—Section 1212(d) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(d)) is amended in the second sentence 
by inserting ‘‘, or in which the Secretary determines that all nec-
essary Federal and State authorizations have been obtained to 
begin construction of the facility’’ after ‘‘eligible for such payments’’. 
(e) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—Section 1212(e)(1) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(e)(1)) is amended in the first 
sentence by inserting ‘‘landfill gas, livestock methane, ocean 
(including tidal, wave, current, and thermal),’’ after ‘‘wind, bio-
mass,’’.
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(f) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 1212(f) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(f)) is amended by striking 
‘‘the expiration of’’ and all that follows through ‘‘of this section’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2026’’. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 1212 of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317) is amended by striking 
subsection (g) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this 
section for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2026, to remain avail-
able until expended.’’. 
SEC. 203. FEDERAL PURCHASE REQUIREMENT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The President, acting through the Sec-
retary, shall seek to ensure that, to the extent economically feasible 
and technically practicable, of the total amount of electric energy 
the Federal Government consumes during any fiscal year, the fol-
lowing amounts shall be renewable energy: 
(1) Not less than 3 percent in fiscal years 2007 through 
2009. 
(2) Not less than 5 percent in fiscal years 2010 through 
2012. 
(3) Not less than 7.5 percent in fiscal year 2013 and each 
fiscal year thereafter. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BIOMASS.—The term ‘‘biomass’’ means any lignin waste 
material that is segregated from other waste materials and 
is determined to be nonhazardous by the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency and any solid, nonhaz-
ardous, cellulosic material that is derived from— 
(A) any of the following forest-related resources: mill 
residues, precommercial thinnings, slash, and brush, or 
nonmerchantable material; 
(B) solid wood waste materials, including waste pallets, 
crates, dunnage, manufacturing and construction wood 
wastes (other than pressure-treated, chemically-treated, or 
painted wood wastes), and landscape or right-of-way tree 
trimmings, but not including municipal solid waste (gar-
bage), gas derived from the biodegradation of solid waste, 
or paper that is commonly recycled; 
(C) agriculture wastes, including orchard tree crops, 
vineyard, grain, legumes, sugar, and other crop by-products 
or residues, and livestock waste nutrients; or 
(D) a plant that is grown exclusively as a fuel for 
the production of electricity. 
(2) RENEWABLE
ENERGY.—The term ‘‘renewable energy’’ 
means electric energy generated from solar, wind, biomass, 
landfill gas, ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), 
geothermal, municipal solid waste, or new hydroelectric genera-
tion capacity achieved from increased efficiency or additions 
of new capacity at an existing hydroelectric project. 
(c) CALCULATION.—For purposes of determining compliance 
with the requirement of this section, the amount of renewable 
energy shall be doubled if— 
(1) the renewable energy is produced and used on-site 
at a Federal facility;
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(2) the renewable energy is produced on Federal lands 
and used at a Federal facility; or 
(3) the renewable energy is produced on Indian land as 
defined in title XXVI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and used at a Federal facility. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than April 15, 2007, and every 2 years 
thereafter, the Secretary shall provide a report to Congress on 
the progress of the Federal Government in meeting the goals estab-
lished by this section. 
SEC. 204. USE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VI of chapter 31 of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 3177. Use of photovoltaic energy in public buildings 
‘‘(a) PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY COMMERCIALIZATION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General Services 
may establish a photovoltaic energy commercialization program 
for the procurement and installation of photovoltaic solar elec-
tric systems for electric production in new and existing public 
buildings. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the program shall be to 
accomplish the following: 
‘‘(A) To accelerate the growth of a commercially viable 
photovoltaic industry to make this energy system available 
to the general public as an option which can reduce the 
national consumption of fossil fuel. 
‘‘(B) To reduce the fossil fuel consumption and costs 
of the Federal Government. 
‘‘(C) To attain the goal of installing solar energy sys-
tems in 20,000 Federal buildings by 2010, as contained 
in the Federal Government’s Million Solar Roof Initiative 
of 1997. 
‘‘(D) To stimulate the general use within the Federal 
Government of life-cycle costing and innovative procure-
ment methods. 
‘‘(E) To develop program performance data to support 
policy decisions on future incentive programs with respect 
to energy. 
‘‘(3) ACQUISITION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ELECTRIC SYS-
TEMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The program shall provide for the 
acquisition of photovoltaic solar electric systems and associ-
ated storage capability for use in public buildings. 
‘‘(B) ACQUISITION LEVELS.—The acquisition of photo-
voltaic electric systems shall be at a level substantial 
enough to allow use of low-cost production techniques with 
at least 150 megawatts (peak) cumulative acquired during 
the 5 years of the program. 
‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATION.—The Administrator shall administer 
the program and shall— 
‘‘(A) issue such rules and regulations as may be appro-
priate to monitor and assess the performance and operation 
of photovoltaic solar electric systems installed pursuant 
to this subsection; 
‘‘(B) develop innovative procurement strategies for the 
acquisition of such systems; and