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‘‘(II) if a final rule described in 
subclause (I) has not been adopted, the 
backstop requirement under clause (v); 
or 
‘‘(III) in the case of California, if 
a final rule described in subclause (I) 
has not been adopted, any California 
regulations relating to these covered 
products adopted pursuant to State 
statute in effect as of the date of enact-
ment of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007. 
‘‘(B) RULEMAKING
BEFORE
JANUARY
1, 
2020.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Jan-
uary 1, 2020, the Secretary shall initiate a 
rulemaking procedure to determine wheth-
er— 
‘‘(I) standards in effect for general 
service lamps should be amended; and 
‘‘(II) the exclusions for certain in-
candescent lamps should be maintained 
or discontinued based, in part, on ex-
cluded lamp sales data collected by the 
Secretary from manufacturers. 
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‘‘(ii) SCOPE.—The rulemaking shall 
not be limited to incandescent lamp tech-
nologies. 
‘‘(iii) AMENDED
STANDARDS.—If the 
Secretary determines that the standards in 
effect for general service lamps should be 
amended, the Secretary shall publish a final 
rule not later than January 1, 2022, with 
an effective date that is not earlier than 3 
years after the date on which the final rule 
is published. 
‘‘(iv) PHASED-IN EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
The Secretary shall consider phased-in effec-
tive dates under this subparagraph after 
considering— 
‘‘(I) the impact of any amend-
ment on manufacturers, retiring and 
repurposing 
existing 
equipment, 
stranded investments, labor contracts, 
workers, and raw materials; and 
‘‘(II) the time needed to work with 
retailers and lighting designers to re-
vise sales and marketing strategies. 
‘‘(7) FEDERAL ACTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) COMMENTS OF SECRETARY.— 
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—With respect to any 
lamp to which standards are applicable 
under this subsection or any lamp specified 
in section 346, the Secretary shall inform 
any Federal entity proposing actions that 
would adversely impact the energy con-
sumption or energy efficiency of the lamp of 
the energy conservation consequences of the 
action. 
‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATION.—The Federal 
entity shall carefully consider the comments 
of the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) AMENDMENT
OF
STANDARDS.—Not-
withstanding section 325(n)(1), the Secretary 
shall not be prohibited from amending any 
standard, by rule, to permit increased energy use 
or to decrease the minimum required energy effi-
ciency of any lamp to which standards are ap-
plicable under this subsection if the action is 
warranted as a result of other Federal action 
(including restrictions on materials or processes) 
that would have the effect of either increasing the 
energy use or decreasing the energy efficiency of 
the product. 
‘‘(8) COMPLIANCE.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the date 
on which standards established pursuant to this 
subsection become effective, or, with respect to 
high-intensity discharge lamps covered under 
section 346, the effective date of standards estab-
lished pursuant to that section, each manufac-
turer of a product to which the standards are 
applicable shall file with the Secretary a labora-
tory report certifying compliance with the appli-
cable standard for each lamp type. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The report shall include 
the lumen output and wattage consumption for 
each lamp type as an average of measurements 
taken over the preceding 12-month period. 
‘‘(C) OTHER LAMP TYPES.—With respect to 
lamp types that are not manufactured during 
the 12-month period preceding the date on which 
the standards become effective, the report shall— 
‘‘(i) be filed with the Secretary not 
later than the date that is 12 months after 
the date on which manufacturing is com-
menced; and 
‘‘(ii) include the lumen output and 
wattage consumption for each such lamp 
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type as an average of measurements taken 
during the 12-month period.’’. 
(13) Section 325(l)(4)(A) of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(l)(4)(A)) (as amended by 
section 321(a)(3)(B) of the Energy Independence and Secu-
rity Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1581)) is amended by striking 
‘‘only’’. 
(14) Section 327(b)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6297(b)(1)(B)) (as amended 
by section 321(d)(3) of the Energy Independence and Secu-
rity Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1585)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon at the end; 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-
serting a period; and 
(C) by striking clause (iii). 
(15) Section 321(e) of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1586) is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘is amended’’ and inserting ‘‘(as amended by 
section 306(b)) is amended’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘or’ after the 
semicolon at the end; 
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‘‘(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘; or’; and’’. 
(16) Section 332(a) of the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6302(a)) (as amended by section 
321(e) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 
2007 (121 Stat. 1586)) is amended by redesignating the sec-
ond paragraph (6) as paragraph (7). 
(17) Section 321(30)(C)(ii) of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291(30)(C)(ii)) (as amended 
by section 322(a)(1)(B) of the Energy Independence and Se-
curity Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1587)) is amended by insert-
ing a period after ‘‘40 watts or higher’’. 
(18) Section 322(b) of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1588)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘6995(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘6295(i)’’. 
(19) Section 327(c) of the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6297(c)) (as amended by sections 
324(f) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 
(121 Stat. 1594)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (8)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (9)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘except that—’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘if the Secretary fails to issue’’ 
and inserting ‘‘except that if the Secretary fails 
to issue’’; 
(ii) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively (and by 
moving the margins of such subparagraphs 2 
ems to the left); and 
(iii) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) is a regulation for general service lamps 
that conforms with Federal standards and effective 
dates; 
‘‘(11) is an energy efficiency standard for gen-
eral service lamps enacted into law by the State of 
Nevada prior to December 19, 2007, if the State has 
not adopted the Federal standards and effective dates 
pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(B)(ii); or’’. 
(20) Section 325(b) of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1596)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘6924(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘6294(c)’’. 
(b) TITLE IV—ENERGY SAVINGS IN BUILDINGS AND 
INDUSTRY.—(1) Section 401 of the Energy Independence 
and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17061) is amended— 
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(ii) in the table at the end, by striking 
‘‘Fiscal Year’’ and inserting ‘‘Calendar 
Year’’; and 
(B) in subclause (II)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(II) Upon petition’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(II) DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF 
NUMERIC REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—On pe-
tition’’; and 
(ii) by striking the last sentence and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(bb) EXCEPTIONS
TO
RE-
QUIREMENT
FOR
CONCURRENCE 
OF SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(AA) IN
GENERAL.— 
The requirement to petition 
and obtain the concurrence of 
the Secretary under this sub-
clause shall not apply to any 
Federal building with respect 
to which the Administrator 
of General Services is re-
quired to transmit a pro-
spectus to Congress under 
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section 3307 of title 40, 
United States Code, or to 
any other Federal building 
designed, constructed, or ren-
ovated by the Administrator 
if the Administrator certifies, 
in writing, that meeting the 
applicable numeric require-
ment under subclause (I) 
with respect to the Federal 
building would be technically 
impracticable in light of the 
specific functional needs for 
the building. 
‘‘(BB) ADJUSTMENT.— 
In the case of a building de-
scribed in subitem (AA), the 
Administrator may adjust 
the applicable numeric re-
quirement of subclause (I) 
downward with respect to the 
building.’’. 
(4) Section 436(c)(3) of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17092(c)(3)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘474’’ and inserting ‘‘494’’. 
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(5) Section 440 of the Energy Independence and Secu-
rity Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17096) is amended by striking 
‘‘and 482’’. 
(6) Section 373(c) of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6343(c)) (as amended by section 451(a) 
of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 
Stat. 1628)) is amended by striking ‘‘Administrator’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 
(c) DATE OF ENACTMENT.—Section 1302 of the En-
ergy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17382) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘enact-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘the date of enactment of this Act’’. 
(d) REFERENCE.—Section 1306(c)(3) of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17386(c)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 1307 (para-
graph (17) of section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regu-
latory Policies Act of 1978)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (19) 
of section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies 
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d))’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section take effect as if included in the 
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public 
Law 110–140; 121 Stat. 1492). 
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SEC. 162. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO ENERGY POLICY 
ACT OF 2005. 
(a) 
TITLE
I—ENERGY
EFFICIENCY.—Section 
325(g)(8)(C)(ii) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6295(g)(8)(C)(ii)) (as added by section 
135(c)(2)(B) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005) is amended 
by striking ‘‘20°F’’ and inserting ‘‘¥20°F’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section take effect as if included in the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 
594). 
Subtitle H—Energy and Efficiency 
Centers 
SEC. 171. CLEAN ENERGY INNOVATION CENTERS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The Secretary shall carry out a pro-
gram to establish Clean Energy Innovation Centers to en-
hance the Nation’s economic, environmental, and energy se-
curity by promoting commercial deployment of clean, in-
digenous energy alternatives to oil and other fossil fuels, 
reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and ensuring that the 
United States maintains a technological lead in developing 
and deploying state-of-the-art energy technologies. To 
achieve these purposes the program shall— 
(1) leverage the expertise and resources of the 
university and private research communities, indus-
try, venture capital, national laboratories, and other 
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participants in energy innovation to support cross- 
disciplinary research and development in areas not 
being served by the private sector in order to develop 
and transfer innovative clean energy technologies into 
the marketplace; 
(2) expand the knowledge base and human cap-
ital necessary to transition to a low-carbon economy; 
and 
(3) promote regional economic development by 
cultivating clusters of clean energy technology firms, 
private research organizations, suppliers, and other 
complementary groups and businesses. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) ALLOWANCE.—The term ‘‘allowance’’ means 
an emission allowance established under section 721 
of the Clean Air Act. 
(2) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means a Clean 
Energy Innovation Center established in accordance 
with this section. 
(3) CLEAN
ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY.—The term 
‘‘clean energy technology’’ means a technology that— 
(A) produces energy from solar, wind, geo-
thermal, biomass, tidal, wave, ocean, and other 
renewable energy resources (as such term is de-
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fined in section 610 of the Public Utility Regu-
latory Policies Act of 1978); 
(B) more efficiently transmits, distributes, 
or stores energy; 
(C) enhances energy efficiency for buildings 
and industry, including combined heat and 
power; 
(D) enables the development of a Smart 
Grid (as described in section 1301 of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17381)), including integration of renew-
able energy resources and distributed generation, 
demand response, demand side management, and 
systems analysis; 
(E) produces an advanced or sustainable 
material with energy or energy efficiency appli-
cations; 
(F) enhances water security through im-
proved water management, conservation, dis-
tribution, and end use applications; or 
(G) improves energy efficiency for transpor-
tation, including electric vehicles. 
(4) CLUSTER.—The term ‘‘cluster’’ means a con-
centration of firms directly involved in the research, 
development, finance, and commercialization of clean 
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energy technologies whose geographic proximity facili-
tates utilization and sharing of skilled human re-
sources, infrastructure, research facilities, educational 
and training institutions, venture capital, and input 
suppliers. 
(5) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘project’’ means an ac-
tivity with respect to which a Center provides support 
under subsection (e). 
(6) QUALIFYING ENTITY.—The term ‘‘qualifying 
entity’’ means each of the following: 
(A) A research university. 
(B) A State institution with a focus on the 
advancement of clean energy technologies. 
(C) A nongovernmental organization with 
research or commercialization expertise in clean 
energy technology development. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(8) TECHNOLOGY FOCUS.—The term ‘‘technology 
focus’’ means the unique technology area in which a 
Center will specialize, and may include solar elec-
tricity, fuels from solar energy, batteries and energy 
storage, electricity grid systems and devices, energy 
efficient building systems and design, advanced mate-
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rials, modeling and simulation, and other clean en-
ergy technology areas designated by the Secretary. 
(9) 
TRANSLATIONAL
RESEARCH.—The 
term 
‘‘translational research’’ means clean energy tech-
nology research to coordinate basic or applied re-
search with technical and commercial applications to 
enable promising discoveries or inventions to attract 
investment sufficient for market penetration and dif-
fusion. 
(c) ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) have ultimate responsibility for, and over-
sight of, all aspects of the program under this section; 
(2) provide for the distribution of allowances to 
consortia for the establishment of 8 Centers pursuant 
to this section, with each Center designated a unique 
technology focus area; 
(3) coordinate the innovation activities of Cen-
ters with those occurring through other Department of 
Energy entities, including the National Laboratories, 
the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy, and 
Energy Frontier Research Centers, and within indus-
try, and to avoid duplication of research, by annu-
ally— 
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(A) issuing guidance regarding national en-
ergy research and development priorities and 
strategic objectives; and 
(B) convening a conference of staff of the 
Department of Energy and representatives from 
such other entities to share research results, pro-
gram plans, and opportunities for collaboration. 
(d) CONSORTIUM.—A consortium shall be eligible to re-
ceive allowances to support the establishment of a Center 
under this section if— 
(1) it is composed of— 
(A) 2 research universities with a combined 
annual research budget of $500,000,000; and 
(B) no fewer than 1 additional qualifying 
entity; 
(2) its members have established a binding agree-
ment that documents— 
(A) the structure of the partnership agree-
ment; 
(B) the governance and management struc-
ture to enable cost-effective implementation of the 
program; 
(C) an intellectual property management 
policy; 
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(D) a conflicts of interest policy consistent 
with subsection (e)(4); 
(E) an accounting structure that meets the 
requirements of the Department and can be au-
dited under subsection (f)(3); and 
(F) that it has an Advisory Board con-
sistent with subsection (e)(3); 
(3) it receives financial contributions from 
States, consortium participants, or other non-Federal 
sources, to be used pursuant to subsection (e)(2); 
(4) it is part of an existing cluster or dem-
onstrates high potential to develop a new cluster; and 
(5) it operates as a nonprofit organization. 
(e) CLEAN ENERGY INNOVATION CENTERS.— 
(1) ROLE.—Centers shall provide support to ac-
tivities leading to commercial deployment of clean en-
ergy technologies pursuant to the purposes of this sec-
tion through issuance of awards to projects managed 
by qualifying entities and other entities meeting the 
Center’s project criteria, including national labora-
tories. Each Center shall— 
(A) develop and publish for public review 
and comment proposed plans, programs, and 
project selection criteria; 
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(B) submit an annual report to the Sec-
retary summarizing the Center’s activities, orga-
nizational expenditures, and Board members, 
which shall include a certification of compliance 
with conflict of interest policies and a descrip-
tion of each project in the research portfolio; 
(C) establish policies— 
(i) regarding intellectual property de-
veloped as a result of Center awards and 
other forms of technology support that en-
courage individual ingenuity and invention 
while speeding knowledge transfer and fa-
cilitating the establishment of rapid com-
mercialization pathways; 
(ii) to prevent resources provided to the 
Center from being used to displace private 
sector investment likely to otherwise occur, 
including investment from private sector 
entities which are members of the consor-
tium; 
(iii) to facilitate the participation of 
private investment firms or other private 
entities that invest in clean energy tech-
nologies to perform due diligence on award 
proposals, to participate in the award re-
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view process, and to provide guidance to 
projects supported by the Center; and 
(iv) to facilitate the participation of 
entrepreneurs with a demonstrated history 
of 
commercializing 
clean 
energy 
tech-
nologies; 
(D) oversee project solicitations, review pro-
posed projects, and select projects for awards; 
and 
(E) monitor project implementation. 
(2) USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF AWARDS BY CEN-
TERS.—A Center shall allocate awards and other sup-
port for— 
(A) clean energy technology projects con-
ducting translational research and related activi-
ties, at least 40 percent of which shall be utilized 
for projects related to the Center’s technology 
focus; and 
(B) administrative expenses, which may 
constitute no more than 10 percent of the award. 
(3) ADVISORY BOARDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Center shall estab-
lish an Advisory Board whose members shall 
have extensive and relevant scientific, technical, 
industry, financial, or research management ex-
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pertise. The Advisory Board shall review the 
Center’s proposed plans, programs, project selec-
tion criteria, and projects and shall ensure that 
projects selected for awards meet the conflict of 
interest policies of the Center. Advisory Board 
members other than those representing consor-
tium members shall serve for no more than three 
years and must comply with conflict of interest 
provisions. 
(B) MEMBERS.—Each Advisory Board shall 
consist of— 
(i) 5 members selected by the consor-
tium’s research universities; 
(ii) 2 members selected by the consor-
tium’s other qualifying entities; and 
(iii) 2 members selected at large by 
other Board members to represent the entre-
preneur and venture capital communities. 
Individuals appointed under clause (iii) shall 
not be State or Federal employees or affiliated 
with the consortium’s qualified entities. 
(C) NONVOTING
MEMBERS.—The Board 
shall also include 1 nonvoting member appointed 
by the Secretary. 
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(D) COMPENSATION.—Members of an Advi-
sory Board may receive reimbursement for travel 
expenses and a reasonable stipend. 
(4) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.— 
(A) PROCEDURES.—Centers shall establish 
procedures to ensure that employees or consortia 
designees for Center activities who are in deci-
sionmaking capacities shall— 
(i) disclose any financial interests in, 
or financial relationships with, applicants 
for or recipients of awards under paragraph 
(1), including those of his or her spouse or 
minor child, unless such relationships or in-
terests would be considered to be remote or 
inconsequential; and 
(ii) recuse himself or herself from any 
funding decision for projects in which he or 
she has a personal financial interest. 
(B) DISQUALIFICATION AND REVOCATION.— 
The Secretary may disqualify an application or 
revoke allowances distributed to the Center or 
awards provided under paragraph (1), if cog-
nizant officials of the Center fail to comply with 
procedures required under subparagraph (A). 
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(f) DISTRIBUTION OF ALLOWANCES TO CLEAN ENERGY 
INNOVATION CENTERS.— 
(1) SELECTION AND SCHEDULE.—Allowances to 
support the establishment of a Center shall be distrib-
uted through a competitive process. Not later than 
120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall solicit proposals from eligible con-
sortia to establish Centers, which shall be submitted 
not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. The Secretary shall select the program 
consortia not later than 270 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act pursuant to subsection (d). The 
Secretary shall award 3 grants for the establishment 
of 3 Centers to be located on the campus of 1890 Land 
Grant Institution (as defined in section 2 of the Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform 
Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7061)). 
(2) TERM
AND
USE
OF
ALLOWANCES.—Allow-
ances distributed to Centers shall be used to provide 
awards pursuant to subsection (e)(1). The amount of 
allowances distributed to support the establishment of 
a Center under this section shall not be less than 10 
and not more than 30 percent of the allowances allo-
cated under section 782(h) of the Clean Air Act, each 
year for a 6 year period. Centers shall be eligible to 
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compete for additional allowance distribution after 
the expiration of the initial period. Centers shall es-
tablish award periods for individual awards. The 
transfer of allowances to a Center shall occur at the 
start of each calendar year. 
(3) AUDIT.—Each Center shall conduct an an-
nual audit to determine the extent to which allow-
ances distributed to the Center, and awards under 
subsection (e) have been utilized in a manner con-
sistent with this section. The auditor shall transmit 
a report of the results of the audit to the Secretary 
and to the Government Accountability Office. The 
Secretary shall include such report in the annual re-
port to Congress, along with a plan to remedy any 
deficiencies cited in the report. The Government Ac-
countability Office may review such audits as appro-
priate and shall have full access to the books, records, 
and personnel of the Center to ensure that allowances 
distributed to the Center, and awards made under 
subsection (e), have been utilized in a manner con-
sistent with this section. 
SEC. 172. BUILDING ASSESSMENT CENTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall provide funding 
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to institutions of higher education for Building Assessment 
Centers to— 
(1) identify opportunities for optimizing energy 
efficiency and environmental performance in existing 
buildings; 
(2) promote high-efficiency building construction 
techniques and materials options; 
(3) promote applications of emerging concepts 
and technologies in commercial and institutional 
buildings; 
(4) train engineers, architects, building sci-
entists, and building technicians in energy-efficient 
design and operation; 
(5) assist local community colleges, trade schools, 
registered apprenticeship programs and other accred-
ited training programs in training building techni-
cians; 
(6) promote research and development for the use 
of alternative energy sources to supply heat and 
power, for buildings, particularly energy-intensive 
buildings; and 
(7) coordinate with and assist State-accredited 
technical training centers and community colleges, 
while ensuring appropriate services to all regions of 
the United States. 
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(b) COORDINATION WITH REGIONAL CENTERS FOR 
ENERGY
AND ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE
AND OUT-
REACH.—A Building Assessment Center may serve as a 
Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Out-
reach established pursuant to section 173. 
(c) COORDINATION AND DUPLICATION.—The Secretary 
shall coordinate efforts under this section with other pro-
grams of the Department of Energy and other Federal agen-
cies to avoid duplication of effort. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal 
year thereafter. 
SEC. 173. CENTERS FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
KNOWLEDGE AND OUTREACH. 
(a) REGIONAL CENTERS FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRON-
MENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND OUTREACH.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish not more than 10 regional Centers for Energy 
and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach at in-
stitutions of higher education to coordinate with and 
advise industrial research and assessment centers, 
Building Assessment Centers, and Clean Energy Ap-
plication Centers located in the region of such Center 
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for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Out-
reach. 
(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—Each 
Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge 
and Outreach shall consist of at least one, new or ex-
isting, high performing, of the following: 
(A) An industrial research and assessment 
center. 
(B) A Clean Energy Application Center. 
(C) A Building Assessment Center. 
(3) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall 
select Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowl-
edge and Outreach through a competitive process, 
based on the following: 
(A) Identification of the highest performing 
industrial research and assessment centers, Clean 
Energy Application Centers, and Building As-
sessment Centers. 
(B) The degree to which an institution of 
higher education maintains credibility among 
regional private sector organizations such as 
trade associations, engineering associations, and 
environmental organizations. 
(C) The degree to which an institution of 
higher education is providing or has provided 
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technical assistance, academic leadership, and 
market leadership in the energy arena in a man-
ner that is consistent with the areas of focus of 
industrial research and assessment centers, Clean 
Energy Application Centers, and Building As-
sessment Centers. 
(D) The presence of an additional indus-
trial research and assessment center, Clean En-
ergy Application Center, or Building Assessment 
Center at the institution of higher education. 
(4) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—In selecting Cen-
ters for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and 
Outreach under this subsection, the Secretary shall 
ensure such Centers are distributed geographically in 
a relatively uniform manner to ensure all regions of 
the Nation are represented. 
(5) REGIONAL
LEADERSHIP.—Each Center for 
Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach 
shall, to the extent possible, provide leadership to all 
other industrial research and assessment centers, 
Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building As-
sessment Centers located in the Center’s geographic re-
gion, as determined by the Secretary. Such leadership 
shall include— 
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(A) developing regional goals specific to the 
purview of the industrial research and assess-
ment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, 
and Building Assessment Centers programs; 
(B) developing regionally specific technical 
resources; and 
(C) outreach to interested parties in the re-
gion to inform them of the information, re-
sources, and services available through the associ-
ated industrial research and assessment centers, 
Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building 
Assessment Centers. 
(6) FURTHER COORDINATION.—To increase the 
value and capabilities of the regionally associated in-
dustrial research and assessment centers, Clean En-
ergy Application Centers, and Building Assessment 
Centers programs, Centers for Energy and Environ-
mental Knowledge and Outreach shall— 
(A) coordinate with Manufacturing Exten-
sion Partnership Centers of the National Insti-
tute of Science and Technology; 
(B) coordinate with the relevant programs 
in the Department of Energy, including the 
Building Technology Program and Industrial 
Technologies Program; 
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(C) increase partnerships with the National 
Laboratories of the Department of Energy to le-
verage the expertise and technologies of the Na-
tional Laboratories to achieve the goals of the in-
dustrial research and assessment centers, Clean 
Energy Application Centers, and Building As-
sessment Centers; 
(D) work with relevant municipal, county, 
and State economic development entities to lever-
age relevant financial incentives for capital in-
vestment and other policy tools for the protection 
and growth of local business and industry; 
(E) partner with local professional and pri-
vate trade associations and business development 
interests to leverage existing knowledge of local 
business challenges and opportunities; 
(F) work with energy utilities and other ad-
ministrators of publicly funded energy programs 
to leverage existing energy efficiency and clean 
energy programs; 
(G) identify opportunities for reducing 
greenhouse gas emissions; and 
(H) promote sustainable business practices 
for those served by the industrial research and 
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assessment centers, Clean Energy Application 
Centers, and Building Assessment Centers. 
(7) WORKFORCE TRAINING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall re-
quire each Center for Energy and Environ-
mental Knowledge and Outreach to establish or 
maintain an internship program for the region 
of such Center, designed to encourage students 
who perform energy assessments to continue 
working with a particular company, building, or 
facility to help implement the recommendations 
contained in any such assessment provided to 
such company, building, or facility. Each Center 
for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and 
Outreach shall act as internship coordinator to 
help match students to available opportunities. 
(B) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share 
of the cost of carrying out internship programs 
described under subparagraph (A) shall be 50 
percent. 
(C) FUNDING.—Subject to the availability 
of appropriations, of the funds made available to 
carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall use 
to carry out this paragraph not less than 
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(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting 
‘‘the Clean Energy Deployment Administra-
tion,’’ after ‘‘Export-Import Bank,’’. 
(3) OFFICES.— 
(A) PRINCIPAL OFFICE.—The Administra-
tion shall— 
(i) maintain the principal office of the 
Administration in the District of Columbia; 
and 
(ii) for purposes of venue in civil ac-
tions, be considered to be a resident of the 
District of Columbia. 
(B) OTHER OFFICES.—The Administration 
may establish other offices in such other places 
as the Administration considers necessary or ap-
propriate for the conduct of the business of the 
Administration. 
(b) ADMINISTRATOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Ad-
ministration shall be— 
(A) appointed by the President, with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, for a 5-year 
term; and 
(B) compensated at the annual rate of basic 
pay prescribed for level II of the Executive 
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