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(c) RETAIL TECHNICAL
AND MARKETING ASSIST-
ANCE.—The Secretary shall enter into contracts with enti-
ties with demonstrated experience in assisting retail fueling
stations in installing refueling systems and marketing re-
newable fuel blends nationally, for the provision of technical
and marketing assistance to recipients of grants under this
section. Such assistance shall include—
(1) technical advice for compliance with applica-
ble Federal and State environmental requirements;
(2) help in identifying supply sources and secur-
ing long-term contracts; and
(3) provision of public outreach, education, and
labeling materials.
(d) REFUELING INFRASTRUCTURE CORRIDORS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish
a competitive grant pilot program (referred to in this
subsection as the ‘‘pilot program’’), to be administered
through the Vehicle Technology Deployment Program
of the Department, to provide not more than 10 geo-
graphically-dispersed project grants to State govern-
ments, Indian tribal governments, local governments,
metropolitan transportation authorities, or partner-
ships of those entities to carry out 1 or more projects
for the purposes described in paragraph (2).
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(2) GRANT PURPOSES.—A grant under this sub-
section shall be used for the establishment of refueling
infrastructure corridors, as designated by the Sec-
retary, for renewable fuel blends, including—
(A) installation of infrastructure and equip-
ment necessary to ensure adequate distribution of
renewable fuel blends within the corridor;
(B) installation of infrastructure and
equipment necessary to directly support vehicles
powered by renewable fuel blends; and
(C) operation and maintenance of infra-
structure and equipment installed as part of a
project funded by the grant.
(3) APPLICATIONS.—
(A) REQUIREMENTS.—
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause
(ii), not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
issue requirements for use in applying for
grants under the pilot program.
(ii) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—At a
minimum, the Secretary shall require that
an application for a grant under this
subsection—
(I) be submitted by—
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(aa) the head of a State, trib-
al, or local government or a met-
ropolitan transportation author-
ity, or any combination of those
entities; and
(bb) a registered participant
in the Vehicle Technology Deploy-
ment Program of the Department;
and
(II) include—
(aa) a description of the
project proposed in the applica-
tion, including the ways in which
the project meets the requirements
of this subsection;
(bb) an estimate of the degree
of use of the project, including the
estimated size of fleet of vehicles
operated 
with 
renewable 
fuels
blend available within the geo-
graphic region of the corridor,
measured as a total quantity and
a percentage;
(cc) an estimate of the poten-
tial petroleum displaced as a re-
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sult of the project (measured as a
total quantity and a percentage),
and a plan to collect and dissemi-
nate petroleum displacement and
other relevant data relating to the
project to be funded under the
grant, over the expected life of the
project;
(dd) a description of the
means by which the project will be
sustainable without Federal as-
sistance after the completion of
the term of the grant;
(ee) a complete description of
the costs of the project, including
acquisition, 
construction, 
oper-
ation, and maintenance costs over
the expected life of the project; and
(ff) a description of which
costs of the project will be sup-
ported 
by 
Federal 
assistance
under this subsection.
(B) PARTNERS.—An applicant under sub-
paragraph (A) may carry out a project under
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the pilot program in partnership with public
and private entities.
(4) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In evaluating appli-
cations under the pilot program, the Secretary
shall—
(A) consider the experience of each appli-
cant with previous, similar projects; and
(B) give priority consideration to applica-
tions that—
(i) are most likely to maximize dis-
placement of petroleum consumption, meas-
ured as a total quantity and a percentage;
(ii) are best able to incorporate exist-
ing infrastructure while maximizing, to the
extent practicable, the use of advanced
biofuels;
(iii) demonstrate the greatest commit-
ment on the part of the applicant to ensure
funding for the proposed project and the
greatest likelihood that the project will be
maintained or expanded after Federal as-
sistance under this subsection is completed;
(iv) represent a partnership of public
and private entities; and
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(v) exceed the minimum requirements
of paragraph (3)(A)(ii).
(5) PILOT PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.—
(A) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The Secretary
shall provide not more than $20,000,000 in Fed-
eral assistance under the pilot program to any
applicant.
(B) COST SHARING.—The non-Federal share
of the cost of any activity relating to renewable
fuel blend infrastructure development carried out
using funds from a grant under this subsection
shall be not less than 20 percent.
(C) MAXIMUM
PERIOD
OF
GRANTS.—The
Secretary shall not provide funds to any appli-
cant under the pilot program for more than 2
years.
(D) DEPLOYMENT AND DISTRIBUTION.—The
Secretary shall seek, to the maximum extent
practicable, to ensure a broad geographic dis-
tribution of project sites funded by grants under
this subsection.
(E) 
TRANSFER
OF
INFORMATION
AND
KNOWLEDGE.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
establish
mechanisms to ensure that the information and
knowledge gained by participants in the pilot
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program are transferred among the pilot pro-
gram participants and to other interested par-
ties, including other applicants that submitted
applications.
(6) SCHEDULE.—
(A) INITIAL GRANTS.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90
days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary shall publish in the Federal
Register, Commerce Business Daily, and
such other publications as the Secretary
considers to be appropriate, a notice and re-
quest for applications to carry out projects
under the pilot program.
(ii) DEADLINE.—An application de-
scribed in clause (i) shall be submitted to
the Secretary by not later than 180 days
after the date of publication of the notice
under that clause.
(iii) INITIAL
SELECTION.—Not later
than 90 days after the date by which appli-
cations for grants are due under clause (ii),
the Secretary shall select by competitive,
peer-reviewed proposal up to 5 applications
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for projects to be awarded a grant under the
pilot program.
(B) ADDITIONAL GRANTS.—
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary shall publish in the Federal
Register, Commerce Business Daily, and
such other publications as the Secretary
considers to be appropriate, a notice and re-
quest for additional applications to carry
out projects under the pilot program that
incorporate the information and knowledge
obtained through the implementation of the
first round of projects authorized under the
pilot program.
(ii) DEADLINE.—An application de-
scribed in clause (i) shall be submitted to
the Secretary by not later than 180 days
after the date of publication of the notice
under that clause.
(iii) INITIAL
SELECTION.—Not later
than 90 days after the date by which appli-
cations for grants are due under clause (ii),
the Secretary shall select by competitive,
peer-reviewed proposal such additional ap-
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plications for projects to be awarded a
grant under the pilot program as the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate.
(7) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—
(A) INITIAL
REPORT.—Not later than 60
days after the date on which grants are awarded
under this subsection, the Secretary shall submit
to Congress a report containing—
(i) an identification of the grant re-
cipients and a description of the projects to
be funded under the pilot program;
(ii) an identification of other appli-
cants that submitted applications for the
pilot program but to which funding was not
provided; and
(iii) a description of the mechanisms
used by the Secretary to ensure that the in-
formation and knowledge gained by partici-
pants in the pilot program are transferred
among the pilot program participants and
to other interested parties, including other
applicants that submitted applications.
(B) EVALUATION.—Not later than 2 years
after the date of enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter until the termination of the
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pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report containing an evaluation of
the effectiveness of the pilot program, including
an assessment of the petroleum displacement and
benefits to the environment derived from the
projects included in the pilot program.
(e) RESTRICTION.—No grant shall be provided under
subsection (b) or (c) to a large, vertically integrated oil com-
pany.
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying
out this section $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2008 through 2014.
SEC. 245. STUDY OF THE ADEQUACY OF TRANSPORTATION
OF DOMESTICALLY-PRODUCED RENEWABLE
FUEL BY RAILROADS AND OTHER MODES OF
TRANSPORTATION.
(a) STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Transportation, shall joint-
ly conduct a study of the adequacy of transportation
of domestically-produced renewable fuels by railroad
and other modes of transportation as designated by
the Secretaries.
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(2) COMPONENTS.—In conducting the study
under paragraph (1), the Secretaries shall—
(A) consider the adequacy of existing rail-
road and other transportation and distribution
infrastructure, equipment, service and capacity
to move the necessary quantities of domestically-
produced renewable fuel within the timeframes;
(B)(i) consider the projected costs of moving
the domestically-produced renewable fuel by rail-
road and other modes transportation; and
(ii) consider the impact of the projected
costs on the marketability of the domestically-
produced renewable fuel;
(C) identify current and potential impedi-
ments to the reliable transportation and dis-
tribution of adequate supplies of domestically-
produced renewable fuel at reasonable prices, in-
cluding practices currently utilized by domestic
producers, shippers, and receivers of renewable
fuels;
(D) consider whether adequate competition
exists within and between modes of transpor-
tation for the transportation and distribution of
domestically-produced renewable fuel and, wheth-
er inadequate competition leads to an unfair
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(H) provide recommendations on ways to
facilitate the reliable transportation of adequate
supplies of domestically-produced renewable fuel
at reasonable prices.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall jointly submit
to the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transpor-
tation, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources,
and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of
the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce
of the House of Representatives a report that describes the
results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
SEC. 246. FEDERAL FLEET FUELING CENTERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 2010,
the head of each Federal agency shall install at least 1 re-
newable fuel pump at each Federal fleet fueling center in
the United States under the jurisdiction of the head of the
Federal agency.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than October 31 of the first
calendar year beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act, and each October 31 thereafter, the President shall
submit to Congress a report that describes the progress to-
ward 
complying 
with 
subsection 
(a), 
including
identifying—
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(1) the number of Federal fleet fueling centers
that contain at least 1 renewable fuel pump; and
(2) the number of Federal fleet fueling centers
that do not contain any renewable fuel pumps.
(c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITY.—This sec-
tion shall not apply to a Department of Defense fueling cen-
ter with a fuel turnover rate of less than 100,000 gallons
of fuel per year.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out this section.
SEC. 247. STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR BIODIESEL.
Section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545) is
amended by redesignating subsection (s) as subsection (t),
redesignating subsection (r) (relating to conversion assist-
ance for cellulosic biomass, waste-derived ethanol, approved
renewable fuels) as subsection (s) and by adding the fol-
lowing new subsection at the end thereof:
‘‘(u) STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR BIODIESEL.—
(1) Unless the American Society for Testing and Materials
has adopted a standard for diesel fuel containing 20 percent
biodiesel (commonly known as ‘B20’) within 1 year after
the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator
shall initiate a rulemaking to establish a uniform per gal-
lon fuel standard for such fuel and designate an identifica-
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tion number so that vehicle manufacturers are able to de-
sign engines to use fuel meeting such standard.
‘‘(2) Unless the American Society for Testing and Ma-
terials has adopted a standard for diesel fuel containing
5 percent biodiesel (commonly known as ‘B5’) within 1 year
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Adminis-
trator shall initiate a rulemaking to establish a uniform
per gallon fuel standard for such fuel and designate an
identification so that vehicle manufacturers are able to de-
sign engines to use fuel meeting such standard.
‘‘(3) Whenever the Administrator is required to ini-
tiate a rulemaking under paragraph (1) or (2), the Admin-
istrator shall promulgate a final rule within 18 months
after the date of the enactment of this subsection.
‘‘(4) Not later than 180 days after the enactment of
this subsection, the Administrator shall establish an annual
inspection and enforcement program to ensure that diesel
fuel containing biodiesel sold or distributed in interstate
commerce meets the standards established under regulations
under this section, including testing and certification for
compliance with applicable standards of the American So-
ciety for Testing and Materials. There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out the inspection and enforcement
program under this paragraph $3,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2008 through 2010.
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‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘bio-
diesel’ has the meaning provided by section 312(f) of Energy
Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13220(f)).’’.
SEC. 
248. 
BIOFUELS 
DISTRIBUTION 
AND 
ADVANCED
BIOFUELS INFRASTRUCTURE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination
with the Secretary of Transportation and in consultation
with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, shall carry out a program of research, development,
and demonstration relating to existing transportation fuel
distribution infrastructure and new alternative distribution
infrastructure.
(b) FOCUS.—The program described in subsection (a)
shall focus on the physical and chemical properties of
biofuels and efforts to prevent or mitigate against adverse
impacts of those properties in the areas of—
(1) corrosion of metal, plastic, rubber, cork, fi-
berglass, glues, or any other material used in pipes
and storage tanks;
(2) dissolving of storage tank sediments;
(3) clogging of filters;
(4) 
contamination 
from 
water 
or 
other
adulterants or pollutants;
(5) poor flow properties related to low tempera-
tures;
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(6) oxidative and thermal instability in long-
term storage and uses;
(7) microbial contamination;
(8) problems associated with electrical conduc-
tivity; and
(9) such other areas as the Secretary considers
appropriate.
Subtitle D—Environmental
Safeguards
SEC. 251. WAIVER FOR FUEL OR FUEL ADDITIVES.
Section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7545(f)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(4) The Administrator, upon application of any
manufacturer of any fuel or fuel additive, may waive the
prohibitions established under paragraph (1) or (3) of this
subsection or the limitation specified in paragraph (2) of
this subsection, if he determines that the applicant has es-
tablished that such fuel or fuel additive or a specified con-
centration thereof, and the emission products of such fuel
or fuel additive or specified concentration thereof, will not
cause or contribute to a failure of any emission control de-
vice or system (over the useful life of the motor vehicle,
motor vehicle engine, nonroad engine or nonroad vehicle in
which such device or system is used) to achieve compliance
by the vehicle or engine with the emission standards with
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respect to which it has been certified pursuant to sections
206 and 213(a). The Administrator shall take final action
to grant or deny an application submitted under this para-
graph, after public notice and comment, within 270 days
of the receipt of such an application.’’.
TITLE 
III—ENERGY 
SAVINGS
THROUGH IMPROVED STAND-
ARDS FOR APPLIANCE AND
LIGHTING
Subtitle A—Appliance Energy
Efficiency
SEC. 301. EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY EFFICIENCY STAND-
ARDS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 321 of the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (36)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(36) The’’ and inserting
the following:
‘‘(36) EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) ACTIVE
MODE.—The term ‘active
mode’ means the mode of operation when an ex-
ternal power supply is connected to the main