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(6) STORAGE
FORMATION.—The term ‘‘storage
formation’’ 
means 
a 
deep 
saline 
formation,
unmineable coal seam, or oil or gas reservoir that is
capable of accommodating a volume of industrial car-
bon dioxide.
(b) METHODOLOGY.—Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop
a methodology for conducting an assessment under sub-
section (f), taking into consideration—
(1) the geographical extent of all potential stor-
age formations in all States;
(2) the capacity of the potential storage forma-
tions;
(3) the injectivity of the potential storage forma-
tions;
(4) an estimate of potential volumes of oil and
gas recoverable by injection and storage of industrial
carbon dioxide in potential storage formations;
(5) the risk associated with the potential storage
formations; and
(6) the work done to develop the Carbon Seques-
tration Atlas of the United States and Canada that
was completed by the Department of Energy.
(c) COORDINATION.—
(1) FEDERAL COORDINATION.—
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(A) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall
consult with the Secretary of Energy and the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency on issues of data sharing, format, devel-
opment of the methodology, and content of the
assessment required under this title to ensure the
maximum usefulness and success of the assess-
ment.
(B) COOPERATION.—The Secretary of En-
ergy and the Administrator shall cooperate with
the Secretary to ensure, to the maximum extent
practicable, the usefulness and success of the as-
sessment.
(2) STATE COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall
consult with State geological surveys and other rel-
evant entities to ensure, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the usefulness and success of the assessment.
(d) EXTERNAL REVIEW AND PUBLICATION.—On com-
pletion of the methodology under subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall—
(1) publish the methodology and solicit comments
from the public and the heads of affected Federal and
State agencies;
(2) establish a panel of individuals with exper-
tise in the matters described in paragraphs (1)
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through (5) of subsection (b) composed, as appro-
priate, of representatives of Federal agencies, institu-
tions of higher education, nongovernmental organiza-
tions, State organizations, industry, and inter-
national geoscience organizations to review the meth-
odology and comments received under paragraph (1);
and
(3) on completion of the review under paragraph
(2), publish in the Federal Register the revised final
methodology.
(e) PERIODIC UPDATES.—The methodology developed
under this section shall be updated periodically (including
at least once every 5 years) to incorporate new data as the
data becomes available.
(f) NATIONAL ASSESSMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after
the date of publication of the methodology under sub-
section (d)(1), the Secretary, in consultation with the
Secretary of Energy and State geological surveys,
shall complete a national assessment of capacity for
carbon dioxide in accordance with the methodology.
(2) GEOLOGICAL VERIFICATION.—As part of the
assessment under this subsection, the Secretary shall
carry out a drilling program to supplement the geo-
logical data relevant to determining storage capacity
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of carbon dioxide in geological storage formations,
including—
(A) well log data;
(B) core data; and
(C) fluid sample data.
(3) PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER DRILLING PRO-
GRAMS.—As part of the drilling program under para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall enter, as appropriate,
into partnerships with other entities to collect and in-
tegrate data from other drilling programs relevant to
the storage of carbon dioxide in geologic formations.
(4) INCORPORATION INTO NATCARB.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—On completion of the as-
sessment, the Secretary of Energy and the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall incorporate the re-
sults of the assessment using—
(i) the NatCarb database, to the max-
imum extent practicable; or
(ii) a new database developed by the
Secretary of Energy, as the Secretary of
Energy determines to be necessary.
(B) RANKING.—The database shall include
the data necessary to rank potential storage sites
for capacity and risk, across the United States,
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within each State, by formation, and within
each basin.
(5) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the
date on which the assessment is completed, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee
on Science and Technology of the House of Represent-
atives a report describing the findings under the as-
sessment.
(6) PERIODIC
UPDATES.—The national assess-
ment developed under this section shall be updated pe-
riodically (including at least once every 5 years) to
support public and private sector decisionmaking.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$30,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through
2012.
SEC. 304. CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE INITIATIVE.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) INDUSTRIAL
SOURCES
OF
CARBON
DIOX-
IDE.—The term ‘‘industrial sources of carbon diox-
ide’’ means one or more facilities to—
(A) generate electric energy from fossil fuels;
(B) refine petroleum;
(C) manufacture iron or steel;
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(D) manufacture cement or cement clinker;
(E) manufacture commodity chemicals (in-
cluding from coal gasification);
(F) manufacture transportation fuels from
coal; or
(G) manufacture biofuels.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Energy.
(b) PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out
a program to demonstrate technologies for the large-
scale capture of carbon dioxide from industrial
sources of carbon dioxide.
(2) SCOPE OF AWARD.—An award under this
section shall be only for the portion of the project
that—
(A) carries out the large-scale capture (in-
cluding purification and compression) of carbon
dioxide;
(B) provides for the cost of transportation
and injection of carbon dioxide; and
(C) incorporates a comprehensive measure-
ment, monitoring, and validation program.
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(3) QUALIFICATIONS FOR AWARD.—To be eligible
for an award under this section, a project proposal
must include the following:
(A) CAPACITY.—The capture of not less
than eighty-five percent of the produced carbon
dioxide at the facility, and not less than 500,000
short tons of carbon dioxide per year.
(B) STORAGE
AGREEMENT.—A binding
agreement for the storage of all of the captured
carbon dioxide in—
(i) a field testing validation activity
under section 963 of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005, as amended by this Act; or
(ii) other geological storage projects ap-
proved by the Secretary.
(C) PURITY LEVEL.—A purity level of at
least 95 percent carbon dioxide by volume for the
captured carbon dioxide delivered for storage.
(D) COMMITMENT
TO
CONTINUED
OPER-
ATION OF SUCCESSFUL UNIT.—If the project suc-
cessfully demonstrates capture and storage of
carbon dioxide, a commitment to continued cap-
ture and storage of carbon dioxide after the con-
clusion of the demonstration.
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(4) COST-SHARING.—The cost-sharing require-
ments of section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
shall apply to this section.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out
this section $100,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2009
through 2013.
SEC. 305. CAPITOL POWER PLANT CARBON DIOXIDE EMIS-
SIONS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
The first section of the Act of March 4, 1911 (2 U.S.C.
2162; 36 Stat. 1414, chapter 285), is amended in the sev-
enth undesignated paragraph (relating to the Capitol power
plant), under the heading ‘‘PUBLIC BUILDINGS’’, under the
heading ‘‘UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR’’—
(1) by striking ‘‘ninety thousand dollars:’’ and
inserting ‘‘$90,000.’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘Provided, That hereafter the’’
and all that follows through the end of the proviso
and inserting the following:
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—The heating, lighting, and power
plant constructed under the terms of the Act approved April
28, 1904 (33 Stat. 479, chapter 1762), shall be known as
the ‘Capitol power plant’, and all vacancies occurring in
the force operating that plant and the substations in connec-
tion with the plant shall be filled by the Architect of the
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Capitol, with the approval of the commission in control of
the House Office Building appointed under the first section
of the Act of March 4, 1907 (2 U.S.C. 2001).
‘‘(b) CAPITOL POWER PLANT CARBON DIOXIDE EMIS-
SIONS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency.
‘‘(B) 
CARBON
DIOXIDE
ENERGY
EFFI-
CIENCY.—The term ‘carbon dioxide energy effi-
ciency’, with respect to a project, means the
quantity of electricity used to power equipment
for carbon dioxide capture and storage or use.
‘‘(C) 
PROGRAM.—The 
term 
‘program’
means the competitive grant demonstration pro-
gram established under paragraph (2)(B).
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—
‘‘(A) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—Not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, the Architect of the Capitol, in cooperation
with the Administrator, shall complete a feasi-
bility study evaluating the available methods to
proceed with the project and program established
under this section, taking into consideration—
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‘‘(i) the availability of carbon capture
technologies;
‘‘(ii) energy conservation and carbon
reduction strategies; and
‘‘(iii) security of operations at the
Capitol power plant.
‘‘(B) COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.—The
Architect of the Capitol, in cooperation with the
Administrator, shall establish a competitive
grant demonstration program under which the
Architect of the Capitol shall, subject to the
availability of appropriations, provide to eligible
entities, as determined by the Architect of the
Capitol, in cooperation with the Administrator,
grants to carry out projects to demonstrate, dur-
ing the 2-year period beginning on the date of
enactment of this subsection, the capture and
storage or use of carbon dioxide emitted from the
Capitol power plant as a result of burning coal.
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(A) PROVISION OF GRANTS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the
Capitol, in cooperation with the Adminis-
trator, shall provide the grants under the
program on a competitive basis.
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‘‘(ii) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—
In providing grants under the program, the
Architect of the Capitol, in cooperation with
the 
Administrator, 
shall 
take 
into
consideration—
‘‘(I) the practicability of conver-
sion by the proposed project of carbon
dioxide into useful products, such as
transportation fuel;
‘‘(II) the carbon dioxide energy ef-
ficiency of the proposed project; and
‘‘(III) 
whether 
the 
proposed
project is able to reduce more than 1
air pollutant regulated under this Act.
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
ENTITIES.—An
entity that receives a grant under the program
shall—
‘‘(i) use to carry out the project of the
entity a technology designed to reduce or
eliminate emission of carbon dioxide that is
in existence on the date of enactment of this
subsection that has been used—
‘‘(I) by not less than 3 other fa-
cilities (including a coal-fired power
plant); and
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‘‘(II) on a scale of not less than 5
times the size of the proposed project of
the entity at the Capitol power plant;
and
‘‘(ii) carry out the project of the entity
in consultation with, and with the concur-
rence of, the Architect of the Capitol and the
Administrator.
‘‘(C) CONSISTENCY WITH CAPITOL POWER
PLANT
MODIFICATIONS.—The Architect of the
Capitol may require changes to a project under
the program that are necessary to carry out any
modifications to be made to the Capitol power
plant.
‘‘(4) INCENTIVE.—In addition to the grant under
this subsection, the Architect of the Capitol may pro-
vide to an entity that receives such a grant an incen-
tive award in an amount equal to not more than
$50,000, of which—
‘‘(A) $15,000 shall be provided after the
project of the entity has sustained operation for
a period of 100 days, as determined by the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol;
‘‘(B) $15,000 shall be provided after the
project of the entity has sustained operation for
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a period of 200 days, as determined by the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol; and
‘‘(C) $20,000 shall be provided after the
project of the entity has sustained operation for
a period of 300 days, as determined by the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol.
‘‘(5) TERMINATION.—The program shall termi-
nate on the date that is 2 years after the date of en-
actment of this subsection.
‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
the program $3,000,000.’’.
SEC. 306. ASSESSMENT OF CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND
METHANE AND NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS
FROM TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) ADAPTATION STRATEGY.—The term ‘‘adapta-
tion strategy’’ means a land use and management
strategy that can be used to increase the sequestration
capabilities of any terrestrial ecosystem.
(2) 
ASSESSMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘assessment’’
means the national assessment authorized under sub-
section (b).
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(3) COVERED
GREENHOUSE
GAS.—The term
‘‘covered greenhouse gas’’ means carbon dioxide, ni-
trous oxide, and methane gas.
(4) NATIVE PLANT SPECIES.—The term ‘‘native
plant species’’ means any noninvasive, naturally oc-
curring plant species within a terrestrial ecosystem.
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(6) FEDERAL LAND—The term ‘‘Federal land’’
means—
(A) land of the National Forest System (as
defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and Range-
land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974
(16 U.S.C. 1609(a))) administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of
the Forest Service; and
(B) public lands (as defined in section 103
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)), the surface of which
is administered by the Secretary of the Interior,
acting through the Director of the Bureau of
Land Management.
(7) TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM.—
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘terrestrial
ecosystem’’ means any ecological and surficial
geological system on Federal land.
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘terrestrial
ecosystem’’ includes—
(i) forest land;
(ii) grassland; and
(iii) freshwater aquatic ecosystems.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF ASSESSMENT.—Not later than
2 years after the date on which the final methodology is
published under subsection (f)(3)(D), the Secretary shall
complete a national assessment of—
(1) the quantity of carbon stored in and released
from terrestrial ecosystems; including from man-
caused and natural fires; and
(2) the annual flux of covered greenhouse gases
in and out of terrestrial ecosystems.
(c) COMPONENTS.—In conducting the assessment
under subsection (b), the Secretary shall—
(1) determine the processes that control the flux
of covered greenhouse gases in and out of each terres-
trial ecosystem;
(2) estimate the technical and economic potential
for increasing carbon sequestration in natural and
managed terrestrial ecosystems through management
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activities or restoration activities in each terrestrial
ecosystem;
(3) develop near-term and long-term adaptation
strategies or mitigation strategies that can be
employed—
(A) to enhance the sequestration of carbon
in each terrestrial ecosystem;
(B) to reduce emissions of covered green-
house gases; and
(C) to adapt to climate change; and
(4) estimate annual carbon sequestration capac-
ity of terrestrial ecosystems under a range of policies
in support of management activities to optimize se-
questration.
(d) USE OF NATIVE PLANT SPECIES.—In developing
restoration activities under subsection (c)(2) and manage-
ment strategies and adaptation strategies under subsection
(c)(3), the Secretary shall emphasize the use of native plant
species (including mixtures of many native plant species)
for sequestering covered greenhouse gas in each terrestrial
ecosystem.
(e) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the assessment
under subsection (b) and developing the methodology under
subsection (f), the Secretary shall consult with—
(1) the Secretary of Energy;
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(2) the Secretary of Agriculture;
(3) the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency;
(4) the heads of other relevant agencies;
(5) consortia based at institutions of higher edu-
cation and with research corporations; and
(6) Federal forest and grassland managers.
(f) METHODOLOGY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
develop a methodology for conducting the assessment.
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The methodology developed
under paragraph (1)—
(A) shall—
(i) determine the method for meas-
uring, monitoring, quantifying, and mone-
tizing covered greenhouse gas emissions and
reductions, including methods for allocating
and managing offsets or credits; and
(ii) estimate the total capacity of each
terrestrial ecosystem to—
(I) sequester carbon; and
(II) reduce emissions of covered
greenhouse gases; and
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(B) may employ economic and other sys-
tems models, analyses, and estimations, to be de-
veloped in consultation with each of the individ-
uals described in subsection (e).
(3) EXTERNAL REVIEW AND PUBLICATION.—On
completion of a proposed methodology, the Secretary
shall—
(A) publish the proposed methodology;
(B) at least 60 days before the date on
which the final methodology is published, solicit
comments from—
(i) the public; and
(ii) heads of affected Federal and State
agencies;
(C) establish a panel to review the proposed
methodology published under subparagraph (A)
and any comments received under subparagraph
(B), to be composed of members—
(i) with expertise in the matters de-
scribed in subsections (c) and (d); and
(ii) that are, as appropriate, represent-
atives of Federal agencies, institutions of
higher education, nongovernmental organi-
zations, State organizations, industry, and
international organizations; and
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(D) on completion of the review under sub-
paragraph (C), publish in the Federal register
the revised final methodology.
(g) ESTIMATE; REVIEW.—The Secretary shall—
(1) based on the assessment, prescribe the data,
information, and analysis needed to establish a sci-
entifically sound estimate of—
(A) the carbon sequestration capacity of rel-
evant terrestrial ecosystems;
(B) a national inventory of covered green-
house gas sources that is consistent with the in-
ventory prepared by the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency entitled the ‘‘Inventory of U.S.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-
2005’’; and
(C) the willingness of covered greenhouse
gas emitters to pay to sequester the covered
greenhouse gases emitted by the applicable
emitters in designated terrestrial ecosystems; and
(2) not later than 180 days after the date on
which the assessment is completed, submit to the
heads of applicable Federal agencies and the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report that describes
the results of the assessment.
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(h) DATA AND REPORT AVAILABILITY.—On completion
of the assessment, the Secretary shall incorporate the results
of the assessment into a web-accessible database for public
use.
SEC. 307. ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary of
Commerce shall establish within the Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration, and shall carry out, a program of
scientific research on abrupt climate change.
(b) PURPOSES OF PROGRAM.—The purposes of the pro-
gram are as follows:
(1) To develop a global array of terrestrial and
oceanographic indicators of paleoclimate in order to
sufficiently identify and describe past instances of ab-
rupt climate change.
(2) To improve understanding of thresholds and
nonlinearities in geophysical systems related to the
mechanisms of abrupt climate change.
(3) To incorporate such mechanisms into ad-
vanced geophysical models of climate change.
(4) To test the output of such models against an
improved global array of records of past abrupt cli-
mate changes.
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(c) ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘abrupt climate change’’ means a change in
the climate that occurs so rapidly or unexpectedly that
human or natural systems have difficulty adapting to the
climate as changed.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of such
sums previously authorized, there is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Department of Commerce for each of fiscal
years 2009 through 2014, to remain available until ex-
pended, such sums as are necessary, not to exceed
$10,000,000, to carry out the research program required
under this section.
TITLE IV—COST-EFFECTIVE AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAIN-
ABLE PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Subtitle A—Public Buildings Cost
Reduction
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Public Buildings
Cost Reduction Act of 2007’’.
SEC. 402. COST-EFFECTIVE AND GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP
TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATION PROGRAM.
(a) DEFINITION OF ADMINISTRATOR.—In this section,
the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services.
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(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a program to accelerate the use of more cost-
effective technologies and practices and geothermal
heat pumps at GSA facilities.
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The program established
under this subsection shall—
(A) ensure centralized responsibility for the
coordination of cost reduction-related and geo-
thermal heat pump-related recommendations,
practices, and activities of all relevant Federal
agencies;
(B) provide technical assistance and oper-
ational guidance to applicable tenants to achieve
the goal identified in subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii);
and
(C) establish methods to track the success of
Federal departments and agencies with respect to
that goal.
(c) ACCELERATED USE OF TECHNOLOGIES.—
(1) REVIEW.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program
under this section, not later than 90 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall conduct a review of—
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(i) current use of cost-effective lighting
technologies and geothermal heat pumps in
GSA facilities; and
(ii) the availability to managers of
GSA facilities of cost-effective lighting tech-
nologies and geothermal heat pumps.
(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The review under
subparagraph (A) shall—
(i) examine the use of cost-effective
lighting 
technologies, 
geothermal 
heat
pumps, and other cost-effective technologies
and practices by Federal agencies in GSA
facilities; and
(ii) as prepared in consultation with
the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, identify cost-effective
lighting technology and geothermal heat
pump technology standards that could be
used for all types of GSA facilities.
(2) REPLACEMENT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program
under this section, not later than 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall establish, using available appropria-
tions, a cost-effective lighting technology and geo-
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thermal heat pump technology acceleration pro-
gram to achieve maximum feasible replacement
of existing lighting, heating, cooling technologies
with cost-effective lighting technologies and geo-
thermal heat pump technologies in each GSA fa-
cility.
(B) ACCELERATION PLAN TIMETABLE.—
(i) IN
GENERAL.—To implement the
program established under subparagraph
(A), not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall establish a timetable, including mile-
stones for specific activities needed to re-
place existing lighting, heating, cooling
technologies with cost-effective lighting tech-
nologies and geothermal heat pump tech-
nologies, to the maximum extent feasible
(including at the maximum rate feasible),
at each GSA facility.
(ii) GOAL.—The goal of the timetable
under clause (i) shall be to complete, using
available appropriations, maximum feasible
replacement of existing lighting, heating,
and cooling technologies with cost-effective
lighting technologies and geothermal heat
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pump technologies by not later than the
date that is 5 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
(d) GSA FACILITY TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES.—
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall—
(1) ensure that a manager responsible for accel-
erating the use of cost-effective technologies and prac-
tices and geothermal heat pump technologies is des-
ignated for each GSA facility; and
(2) submit to Congress a plan, to be implemented
to the maximum extent feasible (including at the
maximum rate feasible) using available appropria-
tions, by not later than the date that is 5 years after
the date of enactment of this Act, that—
(A) with respect to cost-effective technologies
and practices—
(i) identifies the specific activities
needed to achieve a 20-percent reduction in
operational costs through the application of
cost-effective technologies and practices from
2003 levels at GSA facilities by not later
than 5 years after the date of enactment of
this Act;
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(ii) describes activities required and
carried out to estimate the funds necessary
to achieve the reduction described in clause
(i);
(B) includes an estimate of the funds nec-
essary to carry out this section;
(C) describes the status of the implementa-
tion of cost-effective technologies and practices
and geothermal heat pump technologies and
practices at GSA facilities, including—
(i) the extent to which programs, in-
cluding the program established under sub-
section (b), are being carried out in accord-
ance with this subtitle; and
(ii) the status of funding requests and
appropriations for those programs;
(D) identifies within the planning, budg-
eting, and construction processes, all types of
GSA facility-related procedures that inhibit new
and existing GSA facilities from implementing
cost-effective technologies or geothermal heat
pump technologies;
(E) recommends language for uniform
standards for use by Federal agencies in imple-
menting cost-effective technologies and practices
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and geothermal heat pump technologies and
practices;
(F) in coordination with the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, reviews the budget process
for capital programs with respect to alternatives
for—
(i) permitting Federal agencies to re-
tain all identified savings accrued as a re-
sult of the use of cost-effective technologies
and geothermal heat pump technologies; and
(ii) identifying short- and long-term
cost savings that accrue from the use of cost-
effective technologies and practices and geo-
thermal heat pump technologies and prac-
tices;
(G)(i) with respect to geothermal heat pump
technologies, achieves substantial operational cost
savings through the application of the tech-
nologies; and
(ii) with respect to cost-effective technologies
and practices, achieves cost savings through the
application of cost-effective technologies and
practices sufficient to pay the incremental addi-
tional costs of installing the cost-effective tech-
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nologies and practices by not later than the date
that is 5 years after the date of installation; and
(H) includes recommendations to address
each of the matters, and a plan for implementa-
tion of each recommendation, described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (G).
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out this section, to remain available until ex-
pended.
SEC. 403. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DEM-
ONSTRATION GRANT PROGRAM FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS.
(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency (referred to in this
section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall establish a dem-
onstration program under which the Administrator
shall provide competitive grants to assist local govern-
ments (such as municipalities and counties), with re-
spect to local government buildings—
(A) to deploy cost-effective technologies and
practices; and
(B) to achieve operational cost savings,
through the application of cost-effective tech-
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nologies and practices, as verified by the Admin-
istrator.
(2) COST SHARING.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the
cost of an activity carried out using a grant pro-
vided under this section shall be 40 percent.
(B) WAIVER OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The
Administrator may waive up to 100 percent of
the local share of the cost of any grant under this
section should the Administrator determine that
the community is economically distressed, pursu-
ant to objective economic criteria established by
the Administrator in published guidelines.
(3) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant
provided under this subsection shall not exceed
$1,000,000.
(b) GUIDELINES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall issue guidelines to implement the grant program
established under subsection (a).
(2) 
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
guidelines 
under
paragraph (1) shall establish—
(A) 
standards 
for 
monitoring 
and
verification of operational cost savings through