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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2036 
To promote the development and use of marine and hydrokinetic renewable 
energy technologies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2007 
Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HALL of New York, Ms. BORDALLO, 
Mr. DELAHUNT, and Mr. BLUMENAUER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
addition to the Committees on Science and Technology, Ways and Means, 
and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To promote the development and use of marine and 
hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Marine and 
Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘marine and 
hydrokinetic renewable energy’’ means electrical energy 
from— 
(1) waves, tides, and currents in oceans, estu-
aries, and tidal areas; 
(2) free flowing water in rivers, lakes, and 
streams; 
(3) free flowing water in man-made channels, 
including projects that utilize nonmechanical struc-
tures to accelerate the flow of water for electric 
power production purposes; and 
(4) differentials in ocean temperature (ocean 
thermal energy conversion). 
The term shall not include energy from any source that 
utilizes a dam, diversionary structure, or impoundment for 
electric power production purposes, except as provided in 
paragraph (3). 
SEC. 3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Energy, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Sec-
retary of the Interior, shall establish a program of marine 
and hydrokinetic renewable energy research focused on— 
(1) developing and demonstrating marine and 
hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies; 
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(2) reducing the manufacturing and operation 
costs of marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy 
technologies; 
(3) increasing the reliability and survivability of 
marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities; 
(4) integrating marine and hydrokinetic renew-
able energy into electric grids; 
(5) identifying opportunities for cross fertiliza-
tion and development of economies of scale between 
offshore wind and marine and hydrokinetic renew-
able energy sources; 
(6) identifying, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, the environmental impacts of marine and 
hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies and ways 
to address adverse impacts, and providing public in-
formation concerning technologies and other means 
available for monitoring and determining environ-
mental impacts; and 
(7) standards development, demonstration, and 
technology transfer for advanced systems engineer-
ing and system integration methods to identify crit-
ical interfaces. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
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ergy for carrying out this section $50,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2008 through 2017. 
SEC. 4. ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
FUND. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) the use of marine and hydrokinetic renew-
able energy technologies can avoid contributions to 
global warming gases, and such technologies can be 
produced domestically; 
(2) marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy 
is a nascent industry; and 
(3) the United States must work to promote 
new renewable energy technologies that reduce con-
tributions to global warming gases and improve our 
country’s domestic energy production in a manner 
that is consistent with environmental protection, 
recreation, and other public values. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall establish an Adaptive Management and Environ-
mental Fund, and shall lend amounts from that fund to 
entities described in subsection (f) to cover the costs of 
projects that produce marine and hydrokinetic renewable 
energy. Such costs include design, fabrication, deploy-
ment, operation, monitoring, and decommissioning costs. 
Loans under this section may be subordinate to project- 
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related loans provided by commercial lending institutions 
to the extent the Secretary of Energy considers appro-
priate. 
(c) REASONABLE ACCESS.—As a condition of receiv-
ing a loan under this section, a recipient shall provide rea-
sonable access, to Federal or State agencies and other re-
search institutions as the Secretary considers appropriate, 
to the project area and facilities for the purposes of inde-
pendent environmental research. 
(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The results of any as-
sessment or demonstration paid for, in whole or in part, 
with funds provided under this section shall be made avail-
able to the public, except to the extent that they contain 
information that is protected from disclosure under sec-
tion 552(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
(e) REPAYMENT OF LOANS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall require a recipient of a loan under this section 
to repay the loan, plus interest at a rate of 2.1 per-
cent per year, over a period not to exceed 20 years, 
beginning after the commercial generation of electric 
power from the project commences. Such repayment 
shall be required at a rate that takes into account 
the economic viability of the loan recipient and en-
sures regular and timely repayment of the loan. 
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