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(4) RESEARCH.—The term ‘‘research’’ includes
research on the technologies, materials, and manufac-
turing processes required for white light emitting di-
odes.
(5) WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODE.—The term
‘‘white light emitting diode’’ means a semiconducting
package, using either organic or inorganic materials,
that produces white light using externally applied
voltage.
(b) INITIATIVE.—The Secretary shall carry out a Next
Generation Lighting Initiative in accordance with this sec-
tion to support research, development, demonstration, and
commercial application activities related to advanced solid-
state lighting technologies based on white light emitting di-
odes.
(c) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the Initiative shall
be to develop advanced solid-state organic and inorganic
lighting technologies based on white light emitting diodes
that, compared to incandescent and fluorescent lighting
technologies, are longer lasting, are more energy-efficient
and cost-competitive, and have less environmental impact.
(d) INDUSTRY ALLIANCE.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
competitively select an Industry Alliance to represent par-
ticipants who are private, for-profit firms, including large
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and small businesses, that, as a group, are broadly rep-
resentative of United States solid state lighting research, de-
velopment, infrastructure, and manufacturing expertise as
a whole.
(e) RESEARCH.—
(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall carry out the
research activities of the Initiative through competi-
tively awarded grants to—
(A) researchers, including Industry Alliance
participants;
(B) small businesses;
(C) National Laboratories; and
(D) institutions of higher education.
(2) INDUSTRY ALLIANCE.—The Secretary shall
annually solicit from the Industry Alliance—
(A) comments to identify solid-state lighting
technology needs;
(B) an assessment of the progress of the re-
search activities of the Initiative; and
(C) assistance in annually updating solid-
state lighting technology roadmaps.
(3) AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC.—The information
and roadmaps under paragraph (2) shall be available
to the public.
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(f) DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND COMMER-
CIAL APPLICATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out
a development, demonstration, and commercial appli-
cation program for the Initiative through competi-
tively selected awards.
(2) PREFERENCE.—In making the awards, the
Secretary may give preference to participants in the
Industry Alliance.
(g) COST SHARING.—In carrying out this section, the
Secretary shall require cost sharing in accordance with sec-
tion 1002.
(h) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.—The Secretary may
require (in accordance with section 202(a)(ii) of title 35,
United States Code, section 152 of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2182), and section 9 of the Federal Non-
nuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 5908)) that for any new invention developed under
subsection (e)—
(1) that the Industry Alliance participants who
are active participants in research, development, and
demonstration activities related to the advanced solid-
state lighting technologies that are covered by this sec-
tion shall be granted the first option to negotiate with
the invention owner, at least in the field of solid-state
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lighting, nonexclusive licenses and royalties on terms
that are reasonable under the circumstances;
(2)(i) that, for 1 year after a United States pat-
ent is issued for the invention, the patent holder shall
not negotiate any license or royalty with any entity
that is not a participant in the Industry Alliance de-
scribed in paragraph (1); and
(ii) that, during the year described in clause (i),
the patent holder shall negotiate nonexclusive licenses
and royalties in good faith with any interested par-
ticipant in the Industry Alliance described in para-
graph (1); and
(3) such other terms as the Secretary determines
are required to promote accelerated commercialization
of inventions made under the Initiative.
(i) NATIONAL ACADEMY REVIEW.—The Secretary shall
enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of
Sciences to conduct periodic reviews of the Initiative.
SEC. 913. NATIONAL BUILDING PERFORMANCE INITIATIVE.
(a) INTERAGENCY GROUP.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the
Office of Science and Technology Policy shall estab-
lish an interagency group to develop, in coordination
with the advisory committee established under sub-
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section (e), a National Building Performance Initia-
tive (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Initiative’’).
(2) COCHAIRS.—The interagency group shall be
co-chaired by appropriate officials of the Department
and the Department of Commerce, who shall jointly
arrange for the provision of necessary administrative
support to the group.
(b) INTEGRATION OF EFFORTS.—The Initiative shall
integrate Federal, State, and voluntary private sector ef-
forts to reduce the costs of construction, operation, mainte-
nance, and renovation of commercial, industrial, institu-
tional, and residential buildings.
(c) PLAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of this Act, the interagency
group shall submit to Congress a plan for carrying
out the appropriate Federal role in the Initiative.
(2) INCLUSIONS.—The plan shall include—
(A) research, development, demonstration,
and commercial application of systems and ma-
terials for new construction and retrofit relating
to the building envelope and building system
components;
(B) research, development, demonstration,
and commercial application to develop tech-
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nology and infrastructure enabling the energy ef-
ficient, automated operation of buildings and
building equipment; and
(C) the collection, analysis, and dissemina-
tion of research results and other pertinent infor-
mation on enhancing building performance to
industry, government entities, and the public.
(d) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ROLE.—Within the Fed-
eral portion of the Initiative, the Department shall be the
lead agency for all aspects of building performance related
to use and conservation of energy.
(e) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Director of the Office
of Science and Technology Policy shall establish an advi-
sory committee to—
(1) analyze and provide recommendations on po-
tential private sector roles and participation in the
Initiative; and
(2) review and provide recommendations on the
plan described in subsection (c).
(f) ADMINISTRATION.—Nothing in this section pro-
vides any Federal agency with new authority to regulate
building performance.
SEC. 914. SECONDARY ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY USE
PROGRAM.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) BATTERY.—The term ‘‘battery’’ means an en-
ergy storage device that previously has been used to
provide motive power in a vehicle powered in whole
or in part by electricity.
(2) ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.—The term ‘‘associ-
ated equipment’’ means equipment located where the
batteries will be used that is necessary to enable the
use of the energy stored in the batteries.
(b) PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish
and conduct a research, development, demonstration,
and commercial application program for the sec-
ondary use of batteries.
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The program shall be—
(A) designed to demonstrate the use of bat-
teries in secondary applications, including util-
ity and commercial power storage and power
quality;
(B) structured to evaluate the performance,
including useful service life and costs, of such
batteries in field operations, and the necessary
supporting infrastructure, including reuse and
disposal of batteries; and
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(C) coordinated with ongoing secondary
battery use programs at the National Labora-
tories and in industry.
(c) SOLICITATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
solicit proposals to demonstrate the secondary use of
batteries and associated equipment and supporting
infrastructure in geographic locations throughout the
United States.
(2) ADDITIONAL SOLICITATIONS.—The Secretary
may make additional solicitations for proposals if the
Secretary determines that the solicitations are nec-
essary to carry out this section.
(d) SELECTION OF PROPOSALS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after
the closing date established by the Secretary for re-
ceipt of proposals under subsection (c), the Secretary
shall select up to 5 proposals that may receive finan-
cial assistance under this section once the Department
receives appropriated funds to carry out this section.
(2) FACTORS.—In selecting proposals, the Sec-
retary shall consider—
(A) the diversity of battery type;
(B) geographic and climatic diversity; and
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(C) life-cycle environmental effects of the
approaches.
(3) LIMITATION.—No 1 project selected under
this section shall receive more than 25 percent of the
funds made available to carry out the program under
this section.
(4) NONFEDERAL
INVOLVEMENT.—In selecting
proposals, the Secretary shall consider the extent of
involvement of State or local government and other
persons in each demonstration project to optimize use
of Federal resources.
(5) OTHER
CRITERIA.—In selecting proposals,
the Secretary may consider such other criteria as the
Secretary considers appropriate.
(e) CONDITIONS.—In carrying out this section, the
Secretary shall require that—
(1) relevant information be provided to—
(A) the Department;
(B) the users of the batteries;
(C) the proposers of a project under this sec-
tion; and
(D) the battery manufacturers; and
(2) the costs of carrying out projects and activi-
ties under this section are shared in accordance with
section 1002.
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SEC. 915. ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCIENCE INITIATIVE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish
an Energy Efficiency Science Initiative to be managed by
the Assistant Secretary in the Department with responsi-
bility for energy conservation under section 203(a)(9) of the
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C.
7133(a)(9)), in consultation with the Director of the Office
of Science, for grants to be competitively awarded and sub-
ject to peer review for research relating to energy efficiency.
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to Congress,
along with the annual budget request of the President sub-
mitted to Congress, a report on the activities of the Energy
Efficiency Science Initiative, including a description of the
process used to award the funds and an explanation of how
the research relates to energy efficiency.
SEC. 916. BUILDING STANDARDS.
(a) DEFINITION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING.—
In this section, the term ‘‘high performance building’’
means a building that integrates and optimizes energy effi-
ciency, durability, life-cycle performance, and occupant
productivity.
(b) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 120 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into
an agreement with the National Institute of Building
Sciences to—
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(1) conduct an assessment (in cooperation with
industry, standards development organizations, and
other entities, as appropriate) of whether the current
voluntary consensus standards and rating systems for
high performance buildings are consistent with the re-
search, development and demonstration activities of
the Department;
(2) determine if additional research is required,
based on the findings of the assessment; and,
(3) recommend steps for the Secretary to accel-
erate the development of voluntary consensus-based
standards for high performance buildings that are
based on the findings of the assessment.
(c) GRANT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—
Consistent with subsection (b), the National Technology
Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 3701
et seq.), and the amendments made by that Act, the Sec-
retary shall establish a grant and technical assistance pro-
gram to support the development of voluntary consensus-
based standards for high performance buildings.
Subtitle B—Distributed Energy and
Electric Energy Systems
SEC. 921. DISTRIBUTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC ENERGY
SYSTEMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
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(1) DISTRIBUTED
ENERGY
AND
ELECTRIC
EN-
ERGY SYSTEMS ACTIVITIES.—There are authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out distrib-
uted energy and electric energy systems activities, in-
cluding activities authorized under this subtitle—
(A) $220,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(B) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(C) $260,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
(2) POWER DELIVERY RESEARCH INITIATIVE.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out the Policy Delivery Research Ini-
tiative under subsection 925(e)—
(A) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(B) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(C) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
(b) MICRO-COGENERATION ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.—
From 
amounts 
authorized 
under 
subsection 
(a),
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 shall
be available to carry out activities under section 924.
SEC. 922. HIGH POWER DENSITY INDUSTRY PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a
comprehensive research, development, demonstration, and
commercial application program to improve the energy effi-
ciency of high power density facilities, including data cen-
ters, server farms, and telecommunications facilities.