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to-liquids, petroleum coke-to-liquids, oil shale, tar 
sands, heavy oil, and Alaska natural gas-to-liquids 
and to assess the production of low-rank coal water 
fuel (in this subsection referred to as ‘‘LRCWF’’). 
(2) LRCWF.—The LRCWF grant project loca-
tion shall use lignite coal from fields near the 
Tombigbee River within 60 miles of a land-grant col-
lege and shall be allocated $15,000,000 for expendi-
ture during fiscal year 2007. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) COAL-TO-LIQUIDS
FRONT-END
ENGI-
NEERING AND DESIGN.—The terms ‘‘coal-to-liq-
uids front-end engineering and design’’ and 
‘‘FEED’’ mean those expenditures necessary to 
engineer, design, and obtain permits for a facil-
ity for a particular geographic location which 
will utilize a process or technique to produce 
liquid fuels from coal resources. 
(B) LOW-RANK
COAL
WATER
FUEL.—In 
this subsection the term ‘‘low-rank coal water 
fuel’’ means a liquid fuel produced from hydro-
thermal treatment of lignite and sub-bituminous 
coals. 
(4) GRANT PROVISIONS.—All grants shall re-
quire a 50 percent non-Federal cost share. The first 
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4 FEED grant recipients who receive full project 
construction financing commitments, based on ear-
liest calendar date, shall not be required to repay 
any of their grants. The next 4 FEED grant recipi-
ents who receive such commitments shall be required 
to repay 25 percent of the grant. The next 4 FEED 
grant recipients who receive such commitments shall 
be required to repay 50 percent of the grant, and 
the remaining FEED grant recipients shall be re-
quired to repay 75 percent of the grant. The 
LRCWF recipient shall not be required to repay the 
grant. Any required repayment shall be paid as part 
of the closing process for any construction financing 
relating to the grant. No repayment shall require the 
payment of interest if repaid within 5 years of the 
issuance of the grant. FEED grants shall be limited 
to a maximum of $1,000,000 per 1,000 barrels per 
day of liquid fuels production capacity, not to exceed 
$25 million per year. 
(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection— 
(A) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
(B) $37,500,000 for each of fiscal years 
2008 through 2013. 
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(g) RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM OCEAN WAVE, CUR-
RENT, AND THERMAL RESOURCES.— 
(1) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall establish a grant program for the production of 
renewable energy from ocean waves, currents, and 
thermal resources. 
(2) GRANT PROVISIONS.—All grants under this 
subsection shall require a 50 percent non-Federal 
cost share. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection funds for each of fiscal years 2007 
through 2011 in the amount of not less than 
$20,000,000 each year, and thereafter in such 
amounts as the Secretary may find appropriate. 
(h) AMENDMENT TO THE SURFACE MINING CON-
TROL AND RECLAMATION ACT OF 1977.—Section 507 of 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
(30 U.S.C. 1267) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(i) Any person who provides the regulatory authority 
with a map under subsection (b)(13) or (b)(14) shall not 
be liable to any other person in any way for the accuracy 
or completeness of any such map which was not prepared 
and certified by or on behalf of such person.’’. 
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SEC. 25. LEASES FOR AREAS LOCATED WITHIN 100 MILES 
OF CALIFORNIA OR FLORIDA. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
TO CANCEL
AND EXCHANGE 
CERTAIN EXISTING OIL AND GAS LEASES; PROHIBITION 
ON SUBMITTAL OF EXPLORATION PLANS FOR CERTAIN 
LEASES PRIOR TO JUNE 30, 2010.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Within 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the lessee of an existing oil 
and gas lease for an area located completely within 
100 miles of the coastline within the California or 
Florida Adjacent Zones shall have the option, with-
out compensation, of exchanging such lease for a 
new oil and gas lease having a primary term of 5 
years. For the area subject to the new lease, the les-
see may select any unleased tract on the outer Con-
tinental Shelf that is in an area available for leasing. 
Further, with the permission of the relevant Gov-
ernor, such a lessee may convert its existing oil and 
gas lease into a natural gas lease having a primary 
term of 5 years and covering the same area as the 
existing lease or another area within the same 
State’s Adjacent Zone within 100 miles of the coast-
line. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS.—The Secretary 
of the Interior shall establish a reasonable adminis-
trative process to implement paragraph (1). Ex-
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changes and conversions under subsection (a), in-
cluding the issuance of new leases, shall not be con-
sidered to be major Federal actions for purposes of 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Further, such actions con-
ducted in accordance with this section are deemed to 
be in compliance all provisions of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.). 
(3) OPERATING
RESTRICTIONS.—A new lease 
issued in exchange for an existing lease under this 
section shall be subject to such national defense op-
erating stipulations on the OCS tract covered by the 
new lease as may be applicable upon issuance. 
(4) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give pri-
ority in the lease exchange process based on the 
amount of the original bonus bid paid for the 
issuance of each lease to be exchanged. The Sec-
retary shall allow leases covering partial tracts to be 
exchanged for leases covering full tracts conditioned 
upon payment of additional bonus bids on a per-acre 
basis as determined by the average per acre of the 
original bonus bid per acre for the partial tract 
being exchanged. 
(5) EXPLORATION
PLANS.—Any exploration 
plan submitted to the Secretary of the Interior after 
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