out this section $200,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
SEC. 122. BIOENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
Section 931(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16231(c)) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
paragraph 
(2), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$251,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$377,000,000’’; and 
(2) 
in 
paragraph 
(3), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$274,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$398,000,000’’. 
SEC. 123. BIORESEARCH CENTERS FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 
PROGRAM. 
Section 977(a)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 16317(a)(1)) is amended by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including the estab-
lishment of at least 11 bioresearch centers of varying 
sizes, as appropriate, that focus on biofuels, of which at 
least 2 centers shall be located in each of the 4 Petroleum 
Administration for Defense Districts with no subdistricts 
and 1 center shall be located in each of the subdistricts 
of the Petroleum Administration for Defense District with 
subdistricts’’. 
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SEC. 124. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR RENEWABLE FUEL FA-
CILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1703 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(f) RENEWABLE FUEL FACILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
guarantees under this title for projects that produce 
advanced biofuel (as defined in section 102 of the 
Biofuels for Energy Security and Transportation 
Act of 2007). 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A project under this 
subsection shall employ new or significantly im-
proved technologies for the production of renewable 
fuels as compared to commercial technologies in 
service in the United States at the time that the 
guarantee is issued. 
‘‘(3) ISSUANCE OF FIRST LOAN GUARANTEES.— 
The requirement of section 20320(b) of division B 
of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 
(Public Law 109–289, Public Law 110–5), relating 
to the issuance of final regulations, shall not apply 
to the first 6 guarantees issued under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(4) PROJECT DESIGN.—A project for which a 
guarantee is made under this subsection shall have 
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a project design that has been validated through the 
operation of a continuous process pilot facility with 
an annual output of at least 50,000 gallons of eth-
anol or the energy equivalent volume of other ad-
vanced biofuels. 
‘‘(5) MAXIMUM GUARANTEED PRINCIPAL.—The 
total principal amount of a loan guaranteed under 
this subsection may not exceed $250,000,000 for a 
single facility. 
‘‘(6) AMOUNT OF GUARANTEE.—The Secretary 
shall guarantee 100 percent of the principal and in-
terest due on 1 or more loans made for a facility 
that is the subject of the guarantee under paragraph 
(3). 
‘‘(7) DEADLINE.—The Secretary shall approve 
or disapprove an application for a guarantee under 
this subsection not later than 90 days after the date 
of receipt of the application. 
‘‘(8) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after 
approving or disapproving an application under 
paragraph (7), the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the approval or disapproval (in-
cluding the reasons for the action).’’. 
(b) IMPROVEMENTS TO UNDERLYING LOAN GUAR-
ANTEE AUTHORITY.— 
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(1) 
DEFINITION
OF
COMMERCIAL
TECH-
NOLOGY.—Section 1701(1) of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16511(1)) is amended by strik-
ing subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘commercial 
technology’ does not include a technology if the 
sole use of the technology is in connection 
with— 
‘‘(i) a demonstration plant; or 
‘‘(ii) a project for which the Secretary 
approved a loan guarantee.’’. 
(2) SPECIFIC
APPROPRIATION
OR
CONTRIBU-
TION.—Section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512) is amended by striking sub-
section (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) SPECIFIC
APPROPRIATION
OR
CONTRIBU-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—No guarantee shall be 
made unless— 
‘‘(A) an appropriation for the cost has 
been made; or 
‘‘(B) the Secretary has received from the 
borrower a payment in full for the cost of the 
obligation and deposited the payment into the 
Treasury. 
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