(2) are listed on the Federal Energy Manage-
ment Program Product Energy Efficiency Rec-
ommendations product list of the Department of En-
ergy. 
SEC. 12. GRANTS FOR ADAPTIVE HOUSING TO ENCOURAGE 
USE OF HIGH EFFICIENCY SYSTEMS AND 
PRODUCTS AND OTHER ENERGY REDUCTION 
ITEMS. 
Section 2102 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) The dollar limitations in effect under subsections 
(b) and (d) may be increased by the lesser of— 
‘‘(1) an amount equal to the actual cost of any 
high efficiency systems or products or other energy- 
use reduction items incorporated into the housing 
unit; or 
‘‘(2) $10,000.’’. 
SEC. 13. GRANTS FOR ADAPTIVE VEHICLES TO ENCOURAGE 
PURCHASE OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHI-
CLES. 
Section 3902(a) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘The amount otherwise available to an eligible individual 
under this subsection may be increased by an amount 
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equal to the difference between the cost of an alternative 
fuel vehicle and the cost of a comparable gas or diesel 
model of the vehicle if the eligible person elects to pur-
chase an alternative fuel vehicle.’’. 
SEC. 14. STUDY ON WATER AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) WATER CONSUMPTION STUDY.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall conduct a study on water consump-
tion by activities of the National Cemetery Administration 
and ways to reduce water consumption. The study shall 
also examine the extent to which the use of grasses and 
other vegetation that is not native to the location of a na-
tional cemetery affects water consumption and evaluate 
the feasibility of composting grass clippings and other 
vegetation collected during cleanup of national cemeteries. 
(b) FUEL CONSUMPTION STUDY.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall conduct a study on fuel consump-
tion by equipment of the National Cemetery Administra-
tion used in maintaining national cemeteries and ways to 
improve fuel efficiency at cemeteries and other facilities 
under the control of the National Cemetery Administra-
tion. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION OF STUDIES.—The 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall complete the studies 
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required under subsections (a) and (b) by not later than 
September 30, 2010. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than March 31, 2011, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the studies conducted under this 
section. 
SEC. 15. USE BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF 
EXPERTISE 
OF 
THE 
NATIONAL 
LABORA-
TORIES REGARDING ENERGY AND WATER EF-
FICIENT TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Energy 
shall enter into a memorandum of understanding for the 
purpose of improving and facilitating the use by the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs of the expertise of the na-
tional laboratories to evaluate energy and water efficient 
technologies for use by the Department to implement this 
Act. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—The memorandum of under-
standing shall provide that the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall request assistance from the national labora-
tories with respect to energy and water efficient tech-
nologies as the Secretary of Veteran Affairs and the Sec-
retary of Energy determine can be provided through the 
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technical skills and experience of the national laboratories, 
using such financial arrangements as the Secretaries de-
termine are appropriate. 
(c) 
ACTIVITIES.—The 
memorandum 
of 
under-
standing shall provide that the national laboratories shall 
carry out those activities necessary to respond to requests 
for assistance from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs re-
ferred to in subsection (b). 
(d) NATIONAL LABORATORIES.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘national laboratory’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15801). 
SEC. 16. PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE SALE OF AIR POLLU-
TION 
EMISSION 
REDUCTION 
INCENTIVES 
AND RETENTION OF PROCEEDS FROM SALES. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
in consultation with the Administrator of General Serv-
ices, may carry out a pilot program to sell economic incen-
tives for the reduction of emission of air pollutants attrib-
utable to a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(b) INCENTIVES AVAILABLE FOR SALE.—Under the 
program, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may sell eco-
nomic incentives for the reduction of emission of air pol-
lutants attributable to a facility of the Department only 
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if such incentives are not otherwise required for the activi-
ties or operations of the Department. 
(c) USE OF PROCEEDS.— 
(1) CREDIT TO DEPARTMENT FACILITIES.—The 
proceeds of sale of economic incentives attributable 
to a facility of the Department shall be credited to 
the funds available to the facility for the costs of 
identifying, quantifying, or valuing economic incen-
tives for the reduction of emission of air pollutants. 
The amount credited shall be equal to the cost in-
curred in identifying, quantifying, or valuing the 
economic incentives sold. 
(2) ALLOCATION TO DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS, 
PROJECTS, 
AND
ACTIVITIES.—If after crediting 
under paragraph (1) a balance remains, the amount 
of such balance shall be available to the Department 
for allocation by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
for programs, projects, and activities of the Depart-
ment necessary for compliance with Federal environ-
mental laws, including the purchase of economic in-
centives for the reduction of emission of air pollut-
ants. To the extent practicable, amounts allocated 
under this paragraph shall be made available to the 
facilities that generated the economic incentives pro-
viding the basis for the amounts. 
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(3) TREATMENT OF PROCEEDS.—Funds cred-
ited under paragraph (1) or allocated under para-
graph (2) shall be merged with the funds to which 
credited or allocated, as the case may be, and shall 
be available for the same purposes and for the same 
period as the funds with which merged. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘eco-
nomic incentives for the reduction of emission of air pol-
lutants’’ means any transferable economic incentives (in-
cluding marketable permits and emission rights) necessary 
or appropriate to meet air quality requirements under the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.). 
(e) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out a 
pilot program under this section shall terminate on Sep-
tember 30, 2011. 
SEC. 17. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS TO CONGRESS BY SEC-
RETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS IN ELEC-
TRONIC FORM. 
(a) SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.—Chapter 1 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘§ 117. Reports to Congress: submission in electronic 
form 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Whenever the Secretary or 
any other official of the Department is required by law 
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