H. R. 6
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five 
An Act 
To ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Policy 
Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—ENERGY EFFICIENCY 
Subtitle A—Federal Programs 
Sec. 101. Energy and water saving measures in congressional buildings. 
Sec. 102. Energy management requirements. 
Sec. 103. Energy use measurement and accountability. 
Sec. 104. Procurement of energy efficient products. 
Sec. 105. Energy savings performance contracts. 
Sec. 106. Voluntary commitments to reduce industrial energy intensity. 
Sec. 107. Advanced Building Efficiency Testbed. 
Sec. 108. Increased use of recovered mineral component in federally funded projects 
involving procurement of cement or concrete. 
Sec. 109. Federal building performance standards. 
Sec. 110. Daylight savings. 
Sec. 111. Enhancing energy efficiency in management of Federal lands. 
Subtitle B—Energy Assistance and State Programs 
Sec. 121. Low-income home energy assistance program. 
Sec. 122. Weatherization assistance. 
Sec. 123. State energy programs. 
Sec. 124. Energy efficient appliance rebate programs. 
Sec. 125. Energy efficient public buildings. 
Sec. 126. Low income community energy efficiency pilot program. 
Sec. 127. State Technologies Advancement Collaborative. 
Sec. 128. State building energy efficiency codes incentives. 
Subtitle C—Energy Efficient Products 
Sec. 131. Energy Star program. 
Sec. 132. HVAC maintenance consumer education program. 
Sec. 133. Public energy education program. 
Sec. 134. Energy efficiency public information initiative. 
Sec. 135. Energy conservation standards for additional products. 
Sec. 136. Energy conservation standards for commercial equipment. 
Sec. 137. Energy labeling. 
Sec. 138. Intermittent escalator study. 
Sec. 139. Energy efficient electric and natural gas utilities study. 
Sec. 140. Energy efficiency pilot program. 
Sec. 141. Report on failure to comply with deadlines for new or revised energy
conservation standards. 
Subtitle D—Public Housing 
Sec. 151. Public housing capital fund.
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Sec. 152. Energy-efficient appliances. 
Sec. 153. Energy efficiency standards. 
Sec. 154. Energy strategy for HUD. 
TITLE II—RENEWABLE ENERGY 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 201. Assessment of renewable energy resources. 
Sec. 202. Renewable energy production incentive. 
Sec. 203. Federal purchase requirement. 
Sec. 204. Use of photovoltaic energy in public buildings. 
Sec. 205. Biobased products. 
Sec. 206. Renewable energy security. 
Sec. 207. Installation of photovoltaic system. 
Sec. 208. Sugar cane ethanol program. 
Sec. 209. Rural and remote community electrification grants. 
Sec. 210. Grants to improve the commercial value of forest biomass for electric en-
ergy, useful heat, transportation fuels, and other commercial purposes. 
Sec. 211. Sense of Congress regarding generation capacity of electricity from renew-
able energy resources on public lands. 
Subtitle B—Geothermal Energy 
Sec. 221. Short title. 
Sec. 222. Competitive lease sale requirements. 
Sec. 223. Direct use. 
Sec. 224. Royalties and near-term production incentives. 
Sec. 225. Coordination of geothermal leasing and permitting on Federal lands. 
Sec. 226. Assessment of geothermal energy potential. 
Sec. 227. Cooperative or unit plans. 
Sec. 228. Royalty on byproducts. 
Sec. 229. Authorities of Secretary to readjust terms, conditions, rentals, and royal-
ties. 
Sec. 230. Crediting of rental toward royalty. 
Sec. 231. Lease duration and work commitment requirements. 
Sec. 232. Advanced royalties required for cessation of production. 
Sec. 233. Annual rental. 
Sec. 234. Deposit and use of geothermal lease revenues for 5 fiscal years. 
Sec. 235. Acreage limitations. 
Sec. 236. Technical amendments. 
Sec. 237. Intermountain West Geothermal Consortium. 
Subtitle C—Hydroelectric 
Sec. 241. Alternative conditions and fishways. 
Sec. 242. Hydroelectric production incentives. 
Sec. 243. Hydroelectric efficiency improvement. 
Sec. 244. Alaska State jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects. 
Sec. 245. Flint Creek hydroelectric project. 
Sec. 246. Small hydroelectric power projects. 
Subtitle D—Insular Energy 
Sec. 251. Insular areas energy security. 
Sec. 252. Projects enhancing insular energy independence. 
TITLE III—OIL AND GAS 
Subtitle A—Petroleum Reserve and Home Heating Oil 
Sec. 301. Permanent authority to operate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and 
other energy programs. 
Sec. 302. National Oilheat Research Alliance. 
Sec. 303. Site selection. 
Subtitle B—Natural Gas 
Sec. 311. Exportation or importation of natural gas. 
Sec. 312. New natural gas storage facilities. 
Sec. 313. Process coordination; hearings; rules of procedure. 
Sec. 314. Penalties. 
Sec. 315. Market manipulation. 
Sec. 316. Natural gas market transparency rules. 
Sec. 317. Federal-State liquefied natural gas forums. 
Sec. 318. Prohibition of trading and serving by certain individuals. 
Subtitle C—Production 
Sec. 321. Outer Continental Shelf provisions.
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Sec. 322. Hydraulic fracturing. 
Sec. 323. Oil and gas exploration and production defined. 
Subtitle D—Naval Petroleum Reserve 
Sec. 331. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction and environmental remediation, 
Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2, Kern County, California. 
Sec. 332. Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2 Lease Revenue Account. 
Sec. 333. Land conveyance, portion of Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2, to 
City of Taft, California. 
Sec. 334. Revocation of land withdrawal. 
Subtitle E—Production Incentives 
Sec. 341. Definition of Secretary. 
Sec. 342. Program on oil and gas royalties in-kind. 
Sec. 343. Marginal property production incentives. 
Sec. 344. Incentives for natural gas production from deep wells in the shallow wa-
ters of the Gulf of Mexico. 
Sec. 345. Royalty relief for deep water production. 
Sec. 346. Alaska offshore royalty suspension. 
Sec. 347. Oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. 
Sec. 348. North Slope Science Initiative. 
Sec. 349. Orphaned, abandoned, or idled wells on Federal land. 
Sec. 350. Combined hydrocarbon leasing. 
Sec. 351. Preservation of geological and geophysical data. 
Sec. 352. Oil and gas lease acreage limitations. 
Sec. 353. Gas hydrate production incentive. 
Sec. 354. Enhanced oil and natural gas production through carbon dioxide injec-
tion. 
Sec. 355. Assessment of dependence of State of Hawaii on oil. 
Sec. 356. Denali Commission. 
Sec. 357. Comprehensive inventory of OCS oil and natural gas resources. 
Subtitle F—Access to Federal Lands 
Sec. 361. Federal onshore oil and gas leasing and permitting practices. 
Sec. 362. Management of Federal oil and gas leasing programs. 
Sec. 363. Consultation regarding oil and gas leasing on public land. 
Sec. 364. Estimates of oil and gas resources underlying onshore Federal land. 
Sec. 365. Pilot project to improve Federal permit coordination. 
Sec. 366. Deadline for consideration of applications for permits. 
Sec. 367. Fair market value determinations for linear rights-of-way across public 
lands and National Forests. 
Sec. 368. Energy right-of-way corridors on Federal land. 
Sec. 369. Oil shale, tar sands, and other strategic unconventional fuels. 
Sec. 370. Finger Lakes withdrawal. 
Sec. 371. Reinstatement of leases. 
Sec. 372. Consultation regarding energy rights-of-way on public land. 
Sec. 373. Sense of Congress regarding development of minerals under Padre Island 
National Seashore. 
Sec. 374. Livingston Parish mineral rights transfer. 
Subtitle G—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 381. Deadline for decision on appeals of consistency determination under the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. 
Sec. 382. Appeals relating to offshore mineral development. 
Sec. 383. Royalty payments under leases under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act. 
Sec. 384. Coastal impact assistance program. 
Sec. 385. Study of availability of skilled workers. 
Sec. 386. Great Lakes oil and gas drilling ban. 
Sec. 387. Federal coalbed methane regulation. 
Sec. 388. Alternate energy-related uses on the Outer Continental Shelf. 
Sec. 389. Oil Spill Recovery Institute. 
Sec. 390. NEPA review. 
Subtitle H—Refinery Revitalization 
Sec. 391. Findings and definitions. 
Sec. 392. Federal-State regulatory coordination and assistance. 
TITLE IV—COAL 
Subtitle A—Clean Coal Power Initiative 
Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations.