(c) NEW STANDARDS.—Section 325 of the Energy Pol-
icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(u) BATTERY CHARGER AND EXTERNAL POWER SUP-
PLY ELECTRIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL RULEMAKING.—(A) The Secretary 
shall, within 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this subsection, prescribe by notice and comment, 
definitions and test procedures for the power use of 
battery chargers and external power supplies. In es-
tablishing these test procedures, the Secretary shall 
consider, among other factors, existing definitions and 
test procedures used for measuring energy consump-
tion in standby mode and other modes and assess the 
current and projected future market for battery char-
gers and external power supplies. This assessment 
shall include estimates of the significance of potential 
energy savings from technical improvements to these 
products and suggested product classes for standards. 
Prior to the end of this time period, the Secretary 
shall hold a scoping workshop to discuss and receive 
comments on plans for developing energy conservation 
standards for energy use for these products. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall, within 3 years after 
the date of enactment of this subsection, issue a final
rule that determines whether energy conservation 
standards shall be issued for battery chargers and ex-
ternal power supplies or classes thereof. For each 
product class, any such standards shall be set at the 
lowest level of energy use that— 
‘‘(i) meets the criteria and procedures of 
subsections (o), (p), (q), (r), (s), and (t); and 
‘‘(ii) will result in significant overall an-
nual energy savings, considering both standby 
mode and other operating modes. 
‘‘(2) REVIEW OF STANDBY ENERGY USE IN COV-
ERED PRODUCTS.—In determining pursuant to sec-
tion 323 whether test procedures and energy conserva-
tion standards pursuant to this section should be re-
vised, the Secretary shall consider, for covered prod-
ucts that are major sources of standby mode energy 
consumption, whether to incorporate standby mode 
into such test procedures and energy conservation 
standards, taking into account, among other relevant 
factors, standby mode power consumption compared 
to overall product energy consumption. 
‘‘(3) RULEMAKING.—The Secretary shall not 
propose a standard under this section unless the Sec-
retary has issued applicable test procedures for each 
product pursuant to section 323.
‘‘(4) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Any standard issued 
under this subsection shall be applicable to products 
manufactured or imported 3 years after the date of 
issuance. 
‘‘(5) VOLUNTARY
PROGRAMS.—The Secretary 
and the Administrator shall collaborate and develop 
programs, including programs pursuant to section 
324A (relating to Energy Star Programs) and other 
voluntary industry agreements or codes of conduct, 
that are designed to reduce standby mode energy use. 
‘‘(v) SUSPENDED CEILING FANS, VENDING MACHINES, 
AND COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATORS, FREEZERS, AND RE-
FRIGERATOR-FREEZERS.—The Secretary shall not later 
than 36 months after the date on which testing requirements 
are prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to section 323(f), 
prescribe, by rule, energy conservation standards for sus-
pended ceiling fans, refrigerated bottled or canned beverage 
vending machines, and commercial refrigerators, freezers, 
and refrigerator-freezers. In establishing standards under 
this subsection, the Secretary shall use the criteria and pro-
cedures contained in subsections (o) and (p). Any standard 
prescribed under this subsection shall apply to products 
manufactured 3 years after the date of publication of a final 
rule establishing such standard.
‘‘(w) ILLUMINATED EXIT SIGNS.—Illuminated exit 
signs manufactured on or after January 1, 2006, shall meet 
the Version 2.0 Energy Star Program performance require-
ments for illuminated exit signs prescribed by the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
‘‘(x) TORCHIERES.—Torchieres manufactured on or 
after January 1, 2006— 
‘‘(1) shall consume not more than 190 watts of 
power; and 
‘‘(2) shall not be capable of operating with lamps 
that total more than 190 watts. 
‘‘(y) LOW VOLTAGE DRY-TYPE DISTRIBUTION TRANS-
FORMERS.—The efficiency of low voltage dry-type distribu-
tion transformers manufactured on or after January 1, 
2006, shall be the Class I Efficiency Levels for distribution 
transformers specified in Table 4–2 of the ‘Guide for Deter-
mining Energy Efficiency for Distribution Transformers’ 
published by the National Electrical Manufacturers Asso-
ciation (NEMA TP–1–2002). 
‘‘(z) TRAFFIC SIGNAL MODULES.—Traffic signal mod-
ules manufactured on or after January 1, 2006, shall meet 
the performance requirements used under the Energy Star 
program of the Environmental Protection Agency for traffic 
signals, as in effect on the date of enactment of this sub-
section, and shall be installed with compatible, electrically
connected signal control interface devices and conflict moni-
toring systems. 
‘‘(aa) UNIT HEATERS.—Unit heaters manufactured on 
or after the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this subsection shall be equipped with an intermittent 
ignition device and shall have either power venting or an 
automatic flue damper. 
‘‘(bb) 
MEDIUM
BASE
COMPACT
FLUORESCENT 
LAMPS.—Bare lamp and covered lamp (no reflector) me-
dium base compact fluorescent lamps manufactured on or 
after January 1, 2006, shall meet the following require-
ments prescribed by the August 9, 2001, version of the En-
ergy Star Program Requirements for Compact Fluorescent 
Lamps, Energy Star Eligibility Criteria, Energy-Effi-
ciency Specification issued by the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency and Department of Energy: minimum initial 
efficacy; lumen maintenance at 1000 hours; lumen mainte-
nance at 40 percent of rated life; rapid cycle stress test; 
and lamp life. The Secretary may, by rule, establish re-
quirements for color quality (CRI); power factor; operating 
frequency; and maximum allowable start time based on the 
requirements prescribed by the August 9, 2001, version of 
the Energy Star Program Requirements for Compact Fluo-
rescent Lamps. The Secretary may, by rule, revise these re-
quirements or establish other requirements considering en-
ergy savings, cost effectiveness, and consumer satisfaction. 
‘‘(cc) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 327 shall apply— 
‘‘(1) to products for which standards are to be es-
tablished under subsections (u) and (v) on the date on 
which a final rule is issued by the Department of En-
ergy, except that any State or local standards pre-
scribed or enacted for any such product prior to the 
date on which such final rule is issued shall not be 
preempted until the standard established under sub-
section (u) or (v) for that product takes effect; and 
‘‘(2) to products for which standards are estab-
lished under subsections (w) through (bb) on the date 
of enactment of those subsections, except that any 
State or local standards prescribed or enacted prior 
to the date of enactment of those subsections shall not 
be preempted until the standards established under 
subsections (w) through (bb) take effect. 
‘‘(dd) CEILING FANS.— 
‘‘(1) FEATURES.—All ceiling fans manufactured 
on or after January 1, 2006, shall have the following 
features: 
‘‘(A) Lighting controls operate independ-
ently from fan speed controls.
‘‘(B) Adjustable speed controls (either more 
than 1 speed or variable speed). 
‘‘(C) The capability of reversible fan action, 
except for fans sold for industrial applications, 
outdoor applications, and where safety standards 
would be violated by the use of the reversible 
mode. The Secretary may promulgate regulations 
to define in greater detail the exceptions pro-
vided under this subparagraph but may not sub-
stantively expand the exceptions. 
‘‘(2) REVISED STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
provision of this Act, if the requirements of sub-
sections (o) and (p) are met, the Secretary may 
consider and prescribe energy efficiency or en-
ergy use standards for electricity used by ceiling 
fans to circulate air in a room. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—If the Sec-
retary sets such standards, the Secretary shall 
consider— 
‘‘(i) exempting or setting different 
standards for certain product classes for 
which the primary standards are not tech-
nically feasible or economically justified; 
and
‘‘(ii) establishing separate exempted 
product classes for highly decorative fans for 
which air movement performance is a sec-
ondary design feature. 
‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—Any air movement 
standard prescribed under this subsection shall 
apply to products manufactured on or after the 
date that is 3 years after the date of publication 
of a final rule establishing the standard.’’. 
(d) RESIDENTIAL FURNACE FANS.—Section 325(f)(3) 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6295(f)(3)) is amended by adding the following new sub-
paragraph at the end: 
‘‘(D) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, the 
Secretary may consider, and prescribe, if the requirements 
of subsection (o) of this section are met, energy efficiency 
or energy use standards for electricity used for purposes of 
circulating air through duct work.’’. 
SEC. 134. ENERGY LABELING. 
(a) RULEMAKING ON EFFECTIVENESS OF CONSUMER 
PRODUCT LABELING.—Section 324(a)(2) of the Energy Pol-
icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294(a)(2)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) Not later than 3 months after the date of enact-
ment of this subparagraph, the Commission shall initiate
a rulemaking to consider the effectiveness of the current con-
sumer products labeling program in assisting consumers in 
making purchasing decisions and improving energy effi-
ciency and to consider changes to the labeling rules that 
would improve the effectiveness of consumer product labels. 
Such rulemaking shall be completed not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this subparagraph. 
‘‘(G)(i) Not later than 18 months after date of enact-
ment of this subparagraph, the Commission shall prescribe 
by rule, pursuant to this section, labeling requirements for 
the electricity used by ceiling fans to circulate air in a 
room. 
‘‘(ii) The rule prescribed under clause (i) shall apply 
to products manufactured after the later of— 
‘‘(I) January 1, 2009; or 
‘‘(II) the date that is 60 days after the final rule 
is prescribed.’’. 
(b) RULEMAKING
ON LABELING
FOR ADDITIONAL 
PRODUCTS.—Section 324(a) of the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294(a)) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) The Secretary or the Commission, as appropriate, 
may, for covered products referred to in subsections (u) 
through (aa) of section 325, prescribe, by rule, pursuant to 
this section, labeling requirements for such products after
a test procedure has been set pursuant to section 323. In 
the case of products to which TP–1 standards under section 
325(y) apply, labeling requirements shall be based on the 
‘Standard for the Labeling of Distribution Transformer Ef-
ficiency’ prescribed by the National Electrical Manufactur-
ers Association (NEMA TP–3) as in effect upon the date 
of enactment of this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 135. PREEMPTION. 
Section 327 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6297) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h) CEILING FANS.—Effective on January 1, 2006, 
this section shall apply to and supersede all State and local 
standards prescribed or enacted for ceiling fans and ceiling 
fan light kits.’’. 
SEC. 136. STATE CONSUMER PRODUCT ENERGY EFFICIENCY 
STANDARDS. 
Section 327 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6297) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(h) LIMITATION ON PREEMPTION.—Subsections (a) 
and (b) shall not apply with respect to State regulation 
of energy consumption or water use of any covered product 
during any period of time—
‘‘(1) after the date which is 3 years after a Fed-
eral standard is required by law to be established or 
revised, but has not been established or revised; and 
‘‘(2) before the date on which such Federal stand-
ard is established or revised.’’. 
Subtitle D—Public Housing 
SEC. 145. GRANTS FOR ENERGY-CONSERVING IMPROVE-
MENTS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING. 
Section 251(b)(1) of the National Energy Conservation 
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8231(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘financed with loans’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘assisted’’; 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘1959,’’ the following: 
‘‘which are eligible multifamily housing projects (as 
such term is defined in section 512 of the Multifamily 
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note)) and are subject to mort-
gage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency 
plans under such Act,’’; and 
(3) by inserting after the period at the end of the 
first sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Such im-
provements may also include the installation of en-
ergy and water conserving fixtures and fittings that 
conform to the American Society of Mechanical Engi-
neers/American National Standards Institute stand-
ards A112.19.2–1998 and A112.18.1–2000, or any re-
vision thereto, applicable at the time of installation.’’. 
SEC. 147. ENERGY-EFFICIENT APPLIANCES. 
In purchasing appliances, a public housing agency 
shall purchase energy-efficient appliances that are Energy 
Star products or FEMP-designated products, as such terms 
are defined in section 553 of the National Energy Conserva-
tion Policy Act (as amended by this title), unless the pur-
chase of energy-efficient appliances is not cost-effective to 
the agency. 
SEC. 149. ENERGY STRATEGY FOR HUD. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall develop and implement an integrated strategy to re-
duce utility expenses through cost-effective energy conserva-
tion and efficiency measures and energy efficient design 
and construction of public and assisted housing. The energy 
strategy shall include the development of energy reduction 
goals and incentives for public housing agencies. The Sec-
retary shall submit a report to Congress, not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, on the en-
ergy strategy and the actions taken by the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development to monitor the energy 
usage of public housing agencies and shall submit an up-
date every 2 years thereafter on progress in implementing 
the strategy.
TITLE II—RENEWABLE ENERGY 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
SEC. 
201. 
ASSESSMENT 
OF 
RENEWABLE 
ENERGY 
RE-
SOURCES. 
(a) RESOURCE
ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, and each 
year thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall review the 
available assessments of renewable energy resources within 
the United States, including solar, wind, biomass, ocean 
(tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, and hydro-
electric energy resources, and undertake new assessments as 
necessary, taking into account changes in market condi-
tions, available technologies, and other relevant factors. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and each year there-
after, the Secretary shall publish a report based on the as-
sessment under subsection (a). The report shall contain— 
(1) a detailed inventory describing the available 
amount and characteristics of the renewable energy 
resources; and 
(2) such other information as the Secretary be-
lieves would be useful in developing such renewable 
energy resources, including descriptions of sur-
rounding terrain, population and load centers, near-
by energy infrastructure, location of energy and water
resources, and available estimates of the costs needed 
to develop each resource, together with an identifica-
tion of any barriers to providing adequate trans-
mission for remote sources of renewable energy re-
sources to current and emerging markets, rec-
ommendations for removing or addressing such bar-
riers, and ways to provide access to the grid that do 
not unfairly disadvantage renewable or other energy 
producers. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purposes of this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of Energy $10,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
SEC. 202. RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION INCENTIVE. 
(a) INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—Section 1212(a) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘and which satisfies’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘Secretary shall establish.’’ and inserting ‘‘. If there 
are insufficient appropriations to make full payments for 
electric production from all qualified renewable energy fa-
cilities in any given year, the Secretary shall assign 60 per-
cent of appropriated funds for that year to facilities that 
use solar, wind, geothermal, or closed-loop (dedicated energy 
crops) biomass technologies to generate electricity, and as-
sign the remaining 40 percent to other projects. The Sec-
retary may, after transmitting to Congress an explanation 
of the reasons therefor, alter the percentage requirements of 
the preceding sentence.’’. 
(b) QUALIFIED RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY.—Sec-
tion 1212(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
13317(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘a State or any political’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘nonprofit electrical coopera-
tive’’ and inserting ‘‘a not-for-profit electric coopera-
tive, a public utility described in section 115 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a State, Common-
wealth, territory, or possession of the United States or 
the District of Columbia, or a political subdivision 
thereof, or an Indian tribal government or subdivi-
sion thereof,’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘landfill gas, livestock methane, 
ocean (tidal, wave, current, and thermal),’’ after 
‘‘wind, biomass,’’. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY WINDOW.—Section 1212(c) of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(c)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘during the 10-fiscal year period beginning 
with the first full fiscal year occurring after the enactment 
of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘after October 1, 2005, and 
before October 1, 2015’’.
(d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—Section 1212(e)(1) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(e)(1)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘landfill gas, livestock methane, 
ocean (tidal, wave, current, and thermal),’’ after ‘‘wind, 
biomass,’’. 
(e) SUNSET.—Section 1212(f) of the Energy Policy Act 
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
expiration of’’ and all that follows through ‘‘of this section’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1212(g) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
13317(g)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out this section for fiscal 
years 2005 through 2025. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Funds made 
available under paragraph (1) shall remain available 
until expended.’’. 
SEC. 203. FEDERAL PURCHASE REQUIREMENT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The President, acting through the 
Secretary of Energy, shall seek to ensure that, to the extent 
economically feasible and technically practicable, of the 
total amount of electric energy the Federal Government con-
sumes during any fiscal year, the following amounts shall 
be renewable energy: 
(1) Not less than 3 percent in fiscal years 2007 
through 2009. 
(2) Not less than 5 percent in fiscal years 2010 
through 2012. 
(3) Not less than 7.5 percent in fiscal year 2013 
and each fiscal year thereafter. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BIOMASS.—The term ‘‘biomass’’ means any 
solid, nonhazardous, cellulosic material that is de-
rived from— 
(A) any of the following forest-related re-
sources: mill residues, precommercial thinnings, 
slash, and brush, or nonmerchantable material; 
(B) solid wood waste materials, including 
waste pallets, crates, dunnage, manufacturing 
and construction wood wastes (other than pres-
sure-treated, chemically-treated, or painted wood 
wastes), and landscape or right-of-way tree trim-
mings, but not including municipal solid waste 
(garbage), gas derived from the biodegradation of 
solid waste, or paper that is commonly recycled; 
(C) agriculture wastes, including orchard 
tree crops, vineyard, grain, legumes, sugar, and