including administrative functions such as program 
direction, overall program oversight, and contract 
management. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2016. 
TITLE II—BIOMASS 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Biomass Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this title— 
(1) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001(a)); and 
(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Energy. 
SEC. 203. ADVANCED BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 932 of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16232) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing motor and other fuels from biomass’’ after 
‘‘biofuels’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), re-
spectively; 
(B) by adding the following new paragraph 
after paragraph (1): 
‘‘(2) technologies that would make biofuels pro-
duced from cellulosic feedstocks cost competitive 
with biofuels produced from corn by 2012;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated 
by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by in-
serting ‘‘, including through conducting re-
search and development on the production of 
hydrocarbons and bioproducts other than eth-
anol from biomass’’ after ‘‘systems’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated 
by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by in-
serting ‘‘, including through conducting re-
search and development on how to apply ad-
vanced genetic engineering and advanced bio-
engineering techniques to increase the efficiency 
and lower the cost of industrial-scale production 
of liquid fuels from cellulosic feedstocks’’ after 
‘‘facilities’’. 
(b) 
INSTITUTION
OF
HIGHER
EDUCATION 
GRANTS.—The Secretary shall designate not less than 10 
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percent of the funds appropriated for carrying out section 
932(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16232(d)) for grants to competitively selected institutions 
of higher education around the country focused on meet-
ing the objectives stated in such section 932(d). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
931(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16231(c)) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
subsection 
(c)(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000,000’’; 
(2) 
in 
subsection 
(c)(2), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$125,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$160,000,000’’; and 
(3) 
in 
subsection 
(c)(3), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$150,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$175,000,000’’. 
SEC. 204. BIOENERGY. 
(a) BIOENERGY PROGRAM.—Section 932(d)(1)(B) of 
the 
Energy 
Policy 
Act 
of 
2005 
(42 
U.S.C. 
16232(d)(1)(B)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iii); 
and 
(2) by adding after clause (iv) the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(v) biodegradable natural plastics in 
or from biomass; and’’. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
931 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting before the 
semicolon the following: ‘‘, including $25,000,000 
for activities under section 932(d)(1)(B)(v)’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting before the 
semicolon the following: ‘‘, including $25,000,000 
for activities under section 932(d)(1)(B)(v)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting before the 
period the following: ‘‘, including $25,000,000 for 
activities under section 932(d)(1)(B)(v)’’. 
TITLE III—PLUG-IN HYBRID 
ELECTRIC VEHICLES 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Plug-In Hybrid Elec-
tric Vehicle Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 302. NEAR-TERM VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BATTERY.—The term ‘‘battery’’ means a 
device or system for the electrochemical storage of 
energy. 
(2) BIOMASS.—The term ‘‘biomass’’ has mean-
ing given the term in section 932 of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16232). 
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