nuclear fuel and spent nuclear fuel, for any ex-
amined system. 
(2) ADVANCED NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE SYSTEM 
PLAN.— 
(A) ANALYSIS.—The Secretary shall con-
duct a thorough analysis of more than one pos-
sible configuration of an advanced nuclear fuel 
cycle system using the analytical capability de-
veloped under paragraph (1). Each possible ad-
vanced nuclear fuel cycle system configuration 
examined shall include both advanced burner 
reactors and advanced thermal reactors, and 
the analysis shall consider the degree to which 
each type of reactor could be utilized to reduce 
the toxicity or radioactivity of spent nuclear 
fuel components. The analysis of each possible 
configuration of an advanced nuclear fuel cycle 
system examined shall examine the compat-
ibility of fuel cycle system components, includ-
ing each of the system component technologies 
described in paragraph (1)(A), and the degree 
to which the examined system would meet the 
objectives described in subsection (b). 
(B) PLAN.—Using the results of the anal-
yses developed under subparagraph (A), and 
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not later than June 30, 2007, the Secretary 
shall develop a detailed plan for research, devel-
opment, demonstration, and commercial appli-
cation on advanced nuclear fuel cycle system 
technologies, including proposed technology op-
tions for each of the system component tech-
nologies described in paragraph (1)(A) and any 
proposed engineering-scale demonstrations of 
such system component technologies. The plan 
shall include an estimate of the design, engi-
neering, construction and lifetime operating 
costs of any proposed engineering-scale dem-
onstration. In developing the plan, the Sec-
retary shall consider the integration into an ad-
vanced nuclear fuel cycle system of advanced 
thermal reactors capable of reducing the tox-
icity or radioactivity of spent nuclear fuel com-
ponents. 
(C) CONSULTATION.—In developing the 
plan under subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
shall consult with— 
(i) technical experts from United 
States and foreign companies that design 
or engineer nuclear power plants or nu-
clear fuel reprocessing facilities; 
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(ii) technical experts from United 
States electric utilities that operate nuclear 
power plants; 
(iii) economists with expertise in nu-
clear power and electricity markets; 
(iv) the Nuclear Energy Research Ad-
visory Committee; 
(v) the Chairman of the Nuclear Reg-
ulatory Commission; and 
(vi) the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(3) NATIONAL
ACADEMY
OF
SCIENCES
RE-
VIEW.—The Secretary shall enter into an arrange-
ment with the National Academy of Sciences to con-
duct a review of the plan developed under paragraph 
(2)(B), including by reviewing the validity of the un-
derlying analyses required in paragraph (2)(A). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2008, the 
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report that includes 
the research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
application plan developed under subsection (c)(2)(B), the 
report from the National Academy of Sciences on the re-
view conducted under subsection (c)(3), a revised research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial application 
plan that takes into account the findings, conclusions, and 
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recommendations of the report from the National Acad-
emy of Sciences, and an explanation of any instances 
where the Secretary does not concur with the findings, 
conclusions, and recommendations of the report from the 
National Academy of Sciences. 
(e) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary shall not initiate 
detailed design or construction of any demonstration facil-
ity that is capable of processing 750 kilograms or more 
per year of nuclear fuel or spent nuclear fuel and that 
is designed to demonstrate the advanced nuclear fuel sys-
tem component technologies described in subsection 
(c)(1)(A)(ii) and (iii) until 90 days after the report under 
subsection (d) has been transmitted to Congress. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) ALLOCATIONS.—From amounts authorized 
to be appropriated under section 951(d)(1) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16271(d)(1)), 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this section such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2007 through 
2009. 
(2) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
this section such sums as may be necessary for each 
of fiscal years 2010 through 2012. 
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SEC. 5. ADVANCED BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program of research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application for advanced battery technologies 
for use in motor vehicles, particularly for plug-in hybrid 
electric vehicles. 
(b) OBJECTIVE.—The Secretary shall design the pro-
gram under this section to develop technologies that would 
enable a light-duty, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle to travel 
up to 40 miles on battery power alone. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section— 
(1) $31,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(2) $34,100,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(3) $37,500,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 
(4) $41,250,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘plug-in hybrid electric vehicle’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 10. 
SEC. 6. ADVANCED BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program of research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application for production of liquid fuels from 
biomass. 
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(b) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall design the 
program under this section to— 
(1) develop technologies that would make eth-
anol produced from cellulosic feedstocks cost com-
petitive with ethanol produced from corn by 2012; 
(2) conduct research and development on how 
to apply advanced genetic engineering and bio-
engineering techniques to increase the efficiency and 
lower the cost of industrial-scale production of liquid 
fuels from cellulosic feedstocks; and 
(3) conduct research and development on the 
production of hydrocarbons other than ethanol from 
biomass. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—From 
amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 
931(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16231(c)), there are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary to carry out this section— 
(1) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(2) $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
(3) $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
SEC. 7. ADVANCED HYDROGEN STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program of research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application for technologies to enable practical 
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onboard storage of hydrogen for use as a fuel for light- 
duty motor vehicles. 
(b) OBJECTIVE.—The Secretary shall design the pro-
gram under this section to develop practical hydrogen 
storage technologies that would enable a hydrogen-fueled 
light-duty motor vehicle to travel 300 miles before refuel-
ing. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
to carry out this section— 
(1) $46,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(3) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 
(4) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 8. ADVANCED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program of research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application for advanced solar photovoltaic 
technologies. 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall design the 
program under this section to develop technologies that 
would— 
(1) make electricity generated by solar photo-
voltaic power cost-competitive by 2015; and 
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(2) enable the widespread use of solar photo-
voltaic power. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section— 
(1) $148,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(2) $155,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(3) $165,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 
(4) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 9. ADVANCED WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program of research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application for advanced wind energy tech-
nologies. 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall design the 
program under this section to— 
(1) improve the efficiency and lower the cost of 
wind turbines; 
(2) minimize adverse environmental impacts; 
and 
(3) develop new small-scale wind energy tech-
nologies for use in low wind speed environments. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section— 
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(1) $44,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(2) $48,400,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(3) $53,240,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 
(4) $58,564,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 10. PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECH-
NOLOGY PROGRAM. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Act of 2006’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BATTERY.—The term ‘‘battery’’ means a 
device or system for the electrochemical storage of 
energy. 
(2) E85.—The term ‘‘E85’’ means a fuel blend 
containing 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gaso-
line by volume. 
(3) ELECTRIC DRIVE TRANSPORTATION TECH-
NOLOGY.—The term ‘‘electric drive transportation 
technology’’ means— 
(A) vehicles that use an electric motor for 
all or part of their motive power and that may 
or may not use offboard electricity, including 
battery electric vehicles, fuel cell vehicles, hy-
brid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric ve-
hicles, flexible fuel plug-in hybrid electric vehi-
cles, and electric rail; and 
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(B) related equipment, including electric 
equipment necessary to recharge a plug-in hy-
brid electric vehicle. 
(4) FLEXIBLE
FUEL
PLUG-IN
HYBRID
ELEC-
TRIC VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘flexible fuel plug-in hy-
brid electric vehicle’’ means a plug-in hybrid electric 
vehicle— 
(A) warranted by its manufacturer as ca-
pable of operating on any combination of gaso-
line or E85 for its onboard internal combustion 
or heat engine; or 
(B) that uses a fuel cell for battery charg-
ing when disconnected from offboard power 
sources. 
(5) FUEL CELL VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘fuel cell 
vehicle’’ means an onroad vehicle that uses a fuel 
cell (as defined in section 803 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16152)). 
(6) HYBRID
ELECTRIC
VEHICLE.—The term 
‘‘hybrid electric vehicle’’ means a vehicle that— 
(A) can be propelled using liquid combus-
tible fuel and electric power provided by an on-
board battery; and 
(B) utilizes regenerative power capture 
technology to recover energy expended in brak-
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ing the vehicle for use in recharging the bat-
tery. 
(7) PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE.—The 
term ‘‘plug-in hybrid electric vehicle’’ means a hy-
brid electric onroad light-duty vehicle that can be 
propelled solely on electric power for a minimum of 
20 miles under city driving conditions, and that is 
capable of recharging its battery from an offboard 
electricity source. 
(c) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall conduct a pro-
gram of research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application on technologies needed for the develop-
ment of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, including— 
(1) high capacity, high efficiency batteries, to— 
(A) improve battery life, energy storage ca-
pacity, and power delivery capacity, and lower 
cost; and 
(B) minimize waste and hazardous mate-
rial production in the entire value chain, includ-
ing after the end of the useful life of the bat-
teries; 
(2) high efficiency onboard and offboard charg-
ing components; 
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(3) high power drive train systems for pas-
senger and commercial vehicles and for supporting 
equipment; 
(4) onboard energy management systems, power 
trains, and systems integration for plug-in hybrid 
electric vehicles, flexible fuel plug-in hybrid electric 
vehicles, and hybrid electric vehicles, including effi-
cient cooling systems and systems that minimize the 
emissions profile of such vehicles; and 
(5) lightweight materials, including research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial appli-
cation to reduce the cost of materials such as steel 
alloys and carbon fibers. 
(d) PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEM-
ONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a competitive grant pilot demonstration pro-
gram to provide not more than 25 grants annually 
to State governments, local governments, metropoli-
tan transportation authorities, or combinations 
thereof to carry out a project or projects for dem-
onstration of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. 
(2) APPLICATIONS.— 
(A) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
issue requirements for applying for grants 
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under the demonstration pilot program. The 
Secretary shall require that applications, at a 
minimum, include a description of how data will 
be— 
(i) collected on the— 
(I) performance of the vehicle or 
vehicles and the components, includ-
ing the battery, energy management, 
and charging systems, under various 
driving speeds, trip ranges, traffic, 
and other driving conditions; 
(II) costs of the vehicle or vehi-
cles, including acquisition, operating, 
and maintenance costs, and how the 
project or projects will be self-sus-
taining after Federal assistance is 
completed; and 
(III) emissions of the vehicle or 
vehicles, including greenhouse gases, 
and the amount of petroleum dis-
placed as a result of the project or 
projects; and 
(ii) summarized for dissemination to 
the Department, other grantees, and the 
public. 
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(B) PARTNERS.—An applicant under sub-
paragraph (A) may carry out a project or 
projects under the pilot program in partnership 
with one or more private entities. 
(3) SELECTION CRITERIA.— 
(A) PREFERENCE.—When making awards 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall con-
sider each applicant’s previous experience in-
volving plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and shall 
give preference to proposals that— 
(i) provide the greatest demonstration 
per award dollar, with preference increas-
ing as the number of miles that a plug-in 
hybrid electric vehicle can be propelled 
solely on electric power under city driving 
conditions increases; and 
(ii) maximize the non-Federal share of 
project funding and demonstrate the great-
est likelihood that each project proposed in 
the application will be maintained or ex-
panded after Federal assistance under this 
subsection is completed. 
(B) BREADTH OF DEMONSTRATIONS.—In 
awarding grants under this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall ensure the program will dem-
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onstrate plug-in hybrid electric vehicles under 
various circumstances, including— 
(i) driving speeds; 
(ii) trip ranges; 
(iii) driving conditions; 
(iv) climate conditions; and 
(v) topography, 
to optimize understanding and function of plug- 
in hybrid electric vehicles. 
(4) PILOT PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) SUBSEQUENT FUNDING.—An applicant 
that has received a grant in one year may apply 
for additional funds in subsequent years, but 
the Secretary shall not provide more than 
$10,000,000 in Federal assistance under the 
pilot program to any applicant for the period 
encompassing fiscal years 2007 through fiscal 
year 2011. 
(B) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall 
establish mechanisms to ensure that the infor-
mation and knowledge gained by participants in 
the pilot program are shared among the pilot 
program participants and are available to other 
interested parties, including other applicants. 
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(5) AWARD AMOUNTS.—The Secretary shall de-
termine grant amounts, but the maximum size of 
grants shall decline as the cost of producing plug-in 
hybrid electric vehicles declines or the cost of con-
verting a hybrid electric vehicle to a plug-in hybrid 
electric vehicle declines. 
(e) COST SHARING.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the program under this section in compliance with section 
988(a) through (d) and section 989 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352(a) through (d) and 16353). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary— 
(1) 
for 
carrying 
out 
subsection 
(c), 
$250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 
2011, of which up to $50,000,000 may be used for 
the program described in paragraph (5) of that sub-
section; and 
(2) 
for 
carrying 
out 
subsection 
(d), 
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 
2011. 
SEC. 11. PHOTOVOLTAIC DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Solar Utilization Now Demonstration Act of 2006’’ or 
the ‘‘SUN Act of 2006’’. 
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(b) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
program of grants to States to demonstrate advanced pho-
tovoltaic technology. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) ABILITY TO MEET REQUIREMENTS.—To re-
ceive funding under the program under this section, 
a State must submit a proposal that demonstrates, 
to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the State 
will meet the requirements of subsection (g). 
(2) COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS.—If a 
State has received funding under this section for the 
preceding year, the State must demonstrate, to the 
satisfaction of the Secretary, that it complied with 
the requirements of subsection (g) in carrying out 
the program during that preceding year, and that it 
will do so in the future, before it can receive further 
funding under this section. 
(3) FUNDING
ALLOCATION.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (d), each State submitting a pro-
posal that meets the requirements under subsection 
(c) shall receive funding under the program based on 
the proportion of United States population in the 
State according to the 2000 census. In each fiscal 
year, the portion of funds attributable under this 
paragraph to States that have not submitted pro-
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posals that meet the requirements under subsection 
(c) in the time and manner specified by the Sec-
retary shall be distributed pro rata to the States 
that have submitted proposals that meet the require-
ments under subsection (c) in the specified time and 
manner. 
(d) COMPETITION.—If more than $80,000,000 is 
available for the program under this section for any fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall allocate 75 percent of the total 
amount of funds available according to subsection (c)(3), 
and shall award the remaining 25 percent on a competitive 
basis to the States with the proposals the Secretary con-
siders most likely to encourage the widespread adoption 
of photovoltaic technologies. In awarding funds under this 
subsection, the Secretary may give preference to proposals 
that would demonstrate the use of newer materials or 
technologies. 
(e) PROPOSALS.—Not later than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and in each subsequent fis-
cal year for the life of the program, the Secretary shall 
solicit proposals from the States to participate in the pro-
gram under this section. 
(f) COMPETITIVE CRITERIA.—In awarding funds in 
a competitive allocation under subsection (d), the Sec-
retary shall consider— 
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