(C) develop a set of voluntary industry 
standards to maximize interoperability of elec-
tric grid components, systems, and technologies 
that meet the goals described in paragraph (2). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
ergy to carry out this section $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 10. OFFSHORE WIND SHIPBUILDING. 
(a) OFFSHORE WIND SHIPYARD GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall establish a program to support the refurbish-
ment, retooling, expansion, modernization, and es-
tablishment of shipyards and other manufacturing 
facilities by providing grants for the fabrication, re-
pair, and conversion of vessels needed for the pre- 
construction assessment, construction, operation, 
and maintenance of offshore wind energy projects. 
(2) RECIPIENTS.—Under the program estab-
lished under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Energy 
may provide grants to shipyard owners and opera-
tors, fabricators of the vessels described in para-
graph (1), and relevant component suppliers. 
(3) PREVAILING WAGE.—The Secretary of En-
ergy shall take such action as may be necessary to 
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ensure all laborers and mechanics employed by con-
tractors or subcontractors during construction, alter-
ation, or repair that is supported, in whole or in 
part, by grants provided under this section shall be 
paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on 
similar construction in the locality, as determined by 
the Secretary of Labor in accordance with sub-
chapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 
Code. With respect to the labor standards in this 
subsection, the Secretary of Labor shall have the au-
thority and functions set forth in Reorganization 
Plan Number 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. 
App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United States 
Code. 
(4) COST SHARE.—Section 988(c) of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352(c)) shall 
apply to a grant provided under this section as if 
such grant were a demonstration or commercial ap-
plication activity described in section 988(a) of such 
Act. 
(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Energy to carry out this section 
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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(b) LOAN GUARANTEES FOR WIND TURBINE IN-
STALLATION VESSELS.—Section 1703(b) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513(b)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(14) 
Notwithstanding 
subsection 
(a)(1), 
projects that increase the supply of domestically pro-
duced vessels needed for the pre-construction assess-
ment, construction, operation, and maintenance of 
offshore wind energy projects, including wind tur-
bine installation vessels.’’. 
SEC. 11. ACCESS TO OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY 
AREAS. 
It is the sense of Congress that fishing and boating 
access, and Tribal cultural activities and lifeways, in and 
around offshore renewable energy projects will be main-
tained with narrow exceptions for construction and main-
tenance activities. 
SEC. 12. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the terms ‘‘offshore renewable energy 
project’’ and ‘‘outer Continental Shelf’’ have the meanings 
given such terms in section 2 of the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331). 
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