following the completion of the requirements con-
tained in subparagraph (B). 
(B) The Secretary of Energy, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Interior, shall establish a 
program within the Department of Energy to admin-
ister the selection and installation of concentrating 
solar power technologies on such Federal lands iden-
tified in paragraph (1)(A). The Secretary of Energy 
shall establish criteria for an application process to 
allow for a variety of concentrating solar tech-
nologies and for project development milestones to 
ensure due diligence in the development of the stra-
tegic solar reserves. 
(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 Management Act of 1976 for each stra-
tegic solar reserve, as expeditiously as possible. The 
applicant shall pay all costs of environmental compli-
ance, including when a determination is made that 
the land is not suitable and feasible for such instal-
lation or the bid is withdrawn following the initiation 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 Interior for concentrating solar power on Fed-
eral lands. 
(7) RENTAL
FEES.—The rental fee for each 
strategic solar reserve right-of-way authorization 
under this subsection shall be established at the 
greater of $200 per acre or fair market value for the 
first year of operation and increasing 25 percent 
after the first 5 years and an additional 25 percent 
in the tenth year of the pilot program, to be paid in 
annual payments commencing on the day of oper-
ation. During the development and construction 
phase of a project, the rental fee shall be waived. 
The leases shall be for a term of 30 years. 
(8) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 
the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Energy, shall submit a report to Congress on the 
findings of the pilot project— 
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(A) not later than 3 years after the instal-
lation of the first facility pursuant to this sec-
tion; and 
(B) 10 years after the installation of the 
first facility pursuant to this section. 
(c) BUY AMERICAN ACT.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall comply with 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.—The authorities contained in this sec-
tion shall expire 10 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 308. 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 
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.). 
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SEC. 309. BIOMASS UTILIZATION PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) REPLACEMENT
OF
CURRENT
GRANT
PRO-
GRAM.—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 proc-
ess of developing and evaluating appropriate tech-
nologies and facilities for woody biomass energy and 
utilization must be integrated with long-term forest 
management planning processes, particularly in situ-
ations 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 pub-
lic lands administered by the Secretary of the Interior, the 
term ‘biomass’ covers only organic material from— 
‘‘(1) ecological forest restoration; 
‘‘(2) pre-commercial thinnings; 
‘‘(3) brush; 
‘‘(4) mill residues; and 
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‘‘(5) slash. 
‘‘(c) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Secretary of the Interior shall establish a pilot 
program, to be known as the ‘Biomass Utilization Pilot 
Program’, involving 10 different forest types on Federal 
Lands, under which the Secretary concerned will provide 
technical assistance and grants to persons to support the 
following biomass-related activities on Federal lands: 
‘‘(1) The development of biomass utilization in-
frastructure to support hazardous fuel reduction and 
ecological forest restoration. 
‘‘(2) The research and implementation of inte-
grated facilities that seek to utilize woody biomass 
for its highest and best uses, with particular empha-
sis on projects that are linked to implementing com-
munity wildfire protection plans, ecological forest 
restoration, and economic development in rural com-
munities. 
‘‘(3) The testing of multiple technologies and 
approaches to biomass utilization for energy, with 
emphasis on improving energy efficiency, developing 
thermal applications and distributed heat, biofuels, 
and achieving cleaner emissions including through 
combustion with other alternative fuels, as well as 
other value-added uses. 
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