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‘‘(i) $600,000,000, in the case of 
loans 
valued 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$100,000,000; or 
‘‘(ii) $1,000,000,000, in the case of 
loans valued at more than $100,000,000 
but not more than $250,000,000. 
‘‘(C) MAXIMUM TERM OF LOAN GUARAN-
TEED.—The Secretary shall determine the max-
imum term of a loan guarantee provided under 
paragraph (1).’’; 
(4) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 
loan guarantees under subsection (d)’’ after 
‘‘(c)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 
loan guarantees under subsection (d)’’ after 
‘‘(c)’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
clause (viii); 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
of clause (ix) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(x) The level of local ownership.’’; 
and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY
IN
AWARDING
LOAN
GUARAN-
TEES.—In selecting projects to receive loan guaran-
tees under subsection (d), the Secretary shall give 
priority to projects based on the criteria set forth in 
paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection.’’; 
(5) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(i) CONDITION OF PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.—As 
a condition of receiving a grant or loan guarantee under 
this section, the eligible entity shall ensure that all labor-
ers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontrac-
tors in the performance of construction work financed in 
whole or in part with the grant or loan guarantee, as the 
case may be, shall be paid wages at rates not less than 
those prevailing on similar construction in the locality, as 
determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with 
section 3141 through 3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40, 
United States Code. The Secretary of Labor shall have, 
with respect to such labor standards, the authority and 
functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 
of 1950 (15 F. R. 3176; 64 Stat. 1267) and section 3145 
of such title.’’; 
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(6) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’; and 
(7) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(k) ADDITIONAL FUNDING
FOR LOAN GUARAN-
TEES.—Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section— 
‘‘(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(2) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(3) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(4) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and 
‘‘(5) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.’’. 
SEC. 5004. BIODIESEL FUEL EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
Section 9004(d) of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8104(d)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(d) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
make available to carry out this section $2,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.’’. 
SEC. 5005. ENERGY AUDIT AND RENEWABLE ENERGY DE-
VELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
Section 9005(i) of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8105) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
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SEC. 5006. RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS AND ENERGY EF-
FICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS. 
Section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘SEC. 9006. RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘, other agricultural producer’’ 
after ‘‘rancher’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) produce and sell electricity generated by 
new renewable energy systems.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, other agri-
cultural producer’’ after ‘‘rancher’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘50 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘75 percent’’; 
and 
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(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(B) as subparagraph (C) and inserting 
after subparagraph (A) the following: 
‘‘(B) LOAN GUARANTEES.— 
‘‘(i) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The 
amount of a loan guaranteed under this 
section shall not exceed $25,000,000. 
‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE.—A loan 
guaranteed under this section shall not ex-
ceed 75 percent of the cost of the activity 
funded under subsection (a).’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) PRIORITIZATION.—The Secretary shall 
give the greatest priority for grants under subsection 
(a) to activities for which the least percentage of the 
total cost of such activities is requested by the farm-
er, rancher, other agricultural producer, or rural 
small business.’’. 
(5) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (g) and striking subsection (f); 
(6) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(e) FEASIBILITY STUDIES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide 
assistance to a farmer, rancher, other agricultural 
producer, or rural small business to conduct a feasi-
bility study of a project for which assistance may be 
provided under this section. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall use not 
more than 10 percent of the funds made available to 
carry out this section to provide assistance described 
in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall issue reg-
ulations establishing criteria for the receipt of assist-
ance under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) AVOIDANCE
OF
DUPLICATIVE
ASSIST-
ANCE.—An farmer, rancher, other agricultural pro-
ducer, or rural small business that receives assist-
ance to carry out a feasibility study for a project 
under this subsection shall not be eligible for assist-
ance to carry out a feasibility study for the project 
under any other provision of law. 
‘‘(f) SMALL ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The Sec-
retary shall use not less than 15 percent of the 
funds made available under subsection (h) to provide 
grants for activities that have a cost of $50,000 or 
less. 
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(e) GUIDANCE.—No later than September 30, 2008, 
the Administrator shall issue guidelines, for Executive 
agencies, establishing criteria for qualified greenhouse gas 
offsets and qualified renewable energy certificates. Such 
guidelines shall take into account the findings and rec-
ommendations of the report issued under subsection (a) 
and shall— 
(1) establish performance standards for green-
house gas offset projects that benchmark reliably ex-
pected greenhouse gas reductions from identified 
categories of projects that reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions or sequester carbon in accordance with 
subsection (c); and 
(2) establish criteria for qualified renewable en-
ergy certificates to ensure that energy generated is 
renewable and is in accordance with subsection (d). 
(f) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall evaluate the pilot program established by this 
section, including identifying environmental and other 
benefits of the program, as well as its financial costs and 
any disadvantages associated with the program. No later 
than April 1, 2011, the Comptroller General shall provide 
a report to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
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of the Senate providing the details of the evaluation and 
any recommendations for improvement. 
(g) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) Notwithstanding section 6106(3) of this 
Act, the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning 
given to such term in section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘renewable energy’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 203(b) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(b)(2)), 
except that energy generated from municipal solid 
waste shall not be renewable energy. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION.—Of the amount of discre-
tionary funds available to each Executive agency or legis-
lative branch office for each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010, 
not more than 0.01 percent of such amount may be used 
for the purpose of carrying out this section. Such funding 
shall be in addition to any other funds available to the 
Executive agency or legislative branch office for such pur-
pose. 
(i) SUNSET CLAUSE.—This section ceases to be effec-
tive at the end of fiscal year 2010. 
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SEC. 6104. IMPACT ON AGENCY’S PRIMARY MISSION. 
In implementing the requirements of this subtitle, 
each agency should adopt compliance strategies that are 
consistent with the agency’s primary mission. 
SEC. 6105. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 
Nothing in this title or any amendment made by this 
title shall be interpreted to preempt or limit the authority 
of a State to take any action to address global warming. 
SEC. 6106. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(2) The term ‘‘carbon dioxide equivalent’’ 
means, for each greenhouse gas, the quantity of the 
greenhouse gas that makes the same contribution to 
global warming as 1 metric ton of carbon dioxide, as 
determined by the Administrator, taking into ac-
count the global warming potentials published by the 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 
(3) The term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 
to that term in section 551 of the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8259). 
(4) The term ‘‘greenhouse gas’’ means— 
(A) carbon dioxide; 
(B) methane; 
(C) nitrous oxide; 
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(D) hydrofluorocarbons; 
(E) perfluorocarbons; 
(F) sulfur hexafluoride; or 
(G) any other anthropogenically-emitted 
gas that the Administrator, after notice and 
comment, determines contributes to global 
warming to a non-negligible degree. 
SEC. 6107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to implement this subtitle. 
Subtitle B—Federal Government 
Energy Efficiency 
SEC. 6201. FEDERAL VEHICLE FLEETS. 
Section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 13212) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) VEHICLE EMISSION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—No Federal agency shall 
acquire a light duty motor vehicle or medium duty 
passenger vehicle that is not a low greenhouse gas 
emitting vehicle. 
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‘‘(2) GUIDANCE.—Each year, the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency shall issue 
guidance identifying the makes and model numbers 
of vehicles that are low greenhouse gas emitting ve-
hicles. In identifying such vehicles, the Adminis-
trator shall take into account the most stringent 
standards for vehicle greenhouse gas emissions ap-
plicable to and enforceable against motor vehicle 
manufacturers for vehicles sold anywhere in the 
United States. The Administrator shall not identify 
any vehicle as a low greenhouse gas emitting vehicle 
if the vehicle emits greenhouse gases at a higher 
rate than such standards allow for the manufactur-
er’s fleet average grams per mile of carbon dioxide- 
equivalent emissions for that class of vehicle, taking 
into account any emissions allowances and adjust-
ment factors such standards provide. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘medium duty passenger vehicle’ 
has the meaning given that term section 523.2 of 
title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 
SEC. 6202. AGENCY ANALYSES FOR MOBILITY ACQUISI-
TIONS. 
(a) COST ESTIMATE REQUIREMENT.—Each Federal 
agency that owns, operates, maintains, or otherwise funds 
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