(6) SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVAN-
TAGED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘socially and eco-
nomically disadvantaged individual’’ means an indi-
vidual described as socially and economically dis-
advantaged in section 8(a) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)). 
(7) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(2) of title 
38, United States Code. 
(8) VETERAN-OWNED
BUSINESS.—The term 
‘‘veteran-owned business’’ means a business— 
(A) not less than 51 percent of which is 
owned by one or more veterans or, in the case 
of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 
percent of the stock of which is owned by one 
or more veterans; and 
(B) the management and daily business 
operations of which are controlled by one or 
more veterans. 
SEC. 8. GULF OF MEXICO CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Council shall establish a 
Gulf of Mexico clean energy program to make grants to 
eligible entities for qualified clean energy projects and 
qualified energy efficiency projects, in accordance with this 
section. 
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(b) APPLICATION.—In order to be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit 
to the Council an application at such time, in such form, 
and containing such information as the Council may re-
quire. 
(c) REPORT.—An eligible entity receiving a grant 
under this section shall submit an annual report to the 
Council containing such information as the Council may 
require. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) CLEAN
ENERGY
PROJECT.—The term 
‘‘clean energy project’’ means any electricity genera-
tion, transmission, storage, heating, cooling, indus-
trial process, or manufacturing project the primary 
purpose of which is the deployment, development, or 
production of an energy system or technology that 
avoids, reduces, or sequesters air pollutants or an-
thropogenic greenhouse gases, including projects 
based on the following energy technologies: 
(A) Solar. 
(B) Wind. 
(C) Geothermal. 
(D) Biomass. 
(E) Hydropower. 
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(F) Ocean. 
(G) Fuel cell. 
(H) Advanced battery. 
(I) Carbon capture and sequestration. 
(J) Next generation biofuels. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a State or local government, an indi-
vidual, a nonprofit organization, or a private busi-
ness. 
(3) ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT.—The term 
‘‘energy efficiency project’’ means any project, tech-
nology, function, or measure that results in the re-
duction of energy use required to achieve the same 
level of service or output prior to the application of 
such project, technology, function, or measure, or 
substantially reduces greenhouse gas emissions rel-
ative to emissions that would have occurred prior to 
the application of such project, technology, function, 
or measure. 
(4) QUALIFIED CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT.—The 
term ‘‘qualified clean energy project’’ means a clean 
energy project that— 
(A) is carried out within a Gulf State; 
(B) pays wages in accordance with sub-
chapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 
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States Code (commonly known as the Davis- 
Bacon Act); and 
(C) satisfies any other conditions estab-
lished by the Council. 
(5) 
QUALIFIED
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY 
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘qualified energy efficiency 
project’’ means an energy efficiency project, includ-
ing Smart Grid technologies and functions charac-
terized in section 1301 of the Energy Independence 
and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17381) and 
end-use technologies for efficiency gains in new con-
struction and across existing infrastructure, that— 
(A) is carried out within a Gulf State; 
(B) pays wages in accordance with sub-
chapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 
States Code (commonly known as the Davis- 
Bacon Act); and 
(C) satisfies any other conditions estab-
lished by the Council. 
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Gulf 
of Mexico Economic and Environmental Recovery 
Fund established by section 3(a). 
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(2) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 
Gulf of Mexico Recovery Council established by sec-
tion 2(a). 
(3) GULF
COAST.—The term ‘‘Gulf coast’’ 
means the coastal zones, as determined pursuant to 
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1451 et seq.), of the States of Alabama, 
Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi and adjacent 
State waters and submerged lands of the Outer Con-
tinental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. 
(4) GULF
STATES.—The term ‘‘Gulf States’’ 
means the States of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, 
and Mississippi. 
(5) GULF OIL SPILL.—The term ‘‘Gulf oil spill’’ 
means the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by 
the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon 
that began on April 20, 2010. 
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