(b) SITING CRITERIA.—The Secretary, in conjunction 
with other appropriate Federal agencies, shall develop, 
prior to installation of any technologies under this section, 
siting criteria for marine renewable energy generation dem-
onstration and commercial application projects funded 
under this Act. 
SEC. 5. NATIONAL MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY RE-
SEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRA-
TION CENTERS. 
(a) CENTERS.—The Secretary, acting through the Na-
tional Renewable Energy Laboratory, shall award grants 
to institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof) for 
the establishment of 1 or more National Marine Renewable 
Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Cen-
ters. In selecting locations for Centers, the Secretary shall 
consider sites that meet one of the following criteria: 
(1) Hosts an existing marine renewable energy 
research and development program in coordination 
with a public university engineering program. 
(2) Has proven expertise to support environ-
mental and policy-related issues associated with har-
nessing of energy in the marine environment. 
(3) Has access to and utilizes the marine re-
sources in the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, or 
the Pacific Ocean. 
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The Secretary may give special consideration to historically 
black colleges and universities and land grant universities 
that also meet one of these criteria. In establishing criteria 
for the selection of Centers, the Secretary shall coordinate 
with the Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and At-
mosphere on the criteria related to advancing wave fore-
casting technologies, studying the compatibility with the en-
vironment of marine renewable energy technologies and sys-
tems, and establishing protocols for how the ocean commu-
nity best interacts with marine renewable energy devices 
and parks. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The Centers shall advance research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial application of 
marine renewable energy through a number of initiatives 
including for the purposes described in section 4(1) through 
(13), and shall serve as an information clearinghouse for 
the marine renewable energy industry, collecting and dis-
seminating information on best practices in all areas re-
lated to developing and managing enhanced marine renew-
able energy systems resources. 
(c) DEMONSTRATION OF NEED.—When applying for a 
grant under this section, an applicant shall include a de-
scription of why Federal support is necessary for the Center, 
including evidence that the research of the Center will not 
be conducted in the absence of Federal support. 
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SEC. 6. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as waiving the 
applicability of any requirement under any environmental 
or other Federal or State law. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this Act $50,000,000 for each of the fis-
cal years 2008 through 2012, except that no funds shall be 
appropriated under this section for activities that are re-
ceiving funds under section 931(a)(2)(E)(i) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231(a)(2)(E)(i)). 
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Union Calendar No. 121 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2313 
[Report No. 110–202] 
A BILL 
To establish research, development, demonstration, 
and commercial application programs for marine 
renewable energy technologies. 
JUNE 21, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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