I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5316
To protect the energy security of the United States and decrease America’s
dependency on foreign oil sources to 50 percent by the year 2010 by
enhancing the use of renewable energy resources, conserving energy re-
sources, improving energy efficiencies, and increasing domestic energy
supplies, mitigating the effect of increases in energy prices on the Amer-
ican consumer, including the poor and elderly, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
Mr. BRADY of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Re-
sources, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To protect the energy security of the United States and
decrease America’s dependency on foreign oil sources
to 50 percent by the year 2010 by enhancing the use
of renewable energy resources, conserving energy re-
sources, improving energy efficiencies, and increasing do-
mestic energy supplies, mitigating the effect of increases
in energy prices on the American consumer, including
the poor and elderly, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Independence
for America Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) increasing dependence on foreign sources of
oil causes systemic harm to all sectors of the domes-
tic United States economy, threatens national secu-
rity, undermines the ability of federal, state, and
local units of government to provide essential serv-
ices, and jeopardizes the peace, security, and welfare
of the American people;
(2) dependence on imports of foreign oil was 46
percent in 1992, but has risen to more than 55 per-
cent by the beginning of 2000, and is estimated by
the Department of Energy to rise to 65 percent by
2020 unless current policies are altered;
(3) at the same time, despite increased energy
efficiencies, energy use in the United States is ex-
pected to increase 27 percent by 2020.
(4) the United States lacks a comprehensive na-
tional energy policy and has taken actions that limit
the availability and capability of the domestic energy
sources of oil and gas, coal, nuclear and hydro;
(5) a comprehensive energy strategy needs to be
developed to combat this trend, decrease the United
States dependence on imported oil supplies and
strengthen our national energy security;
(6) the goal of this comprehensive strategy
must be to decrease the United States dependence
on foreign oil supplies to not more than 50 percent
by the year 2010;
(7) in order to meet this goal, this comprehen-
sive energy strategy needs to be multi-faceted and
include enhancing the use of renewable energy re-
sources (including hydro, nuclear, solar, wind, and
biomass), conserving energy resources (including im-
proving energy efficiencies), and increasing domestic
supplies of nonrenewable resources (including oil,
natural gas, and coal);
(8) however, conservation efforts and alter-
native fuels alone will not enable America to meet
this goal as conventional energy sources supply 96
percent of America’s power at this time; and
(9) immediate actions also need to be taken in
order to mitigate the effect of recent increases in oil
prices on the American consumer, including the poor
and the elderly.
(b) PURPOSES.—This purposes of this Act are to pro-
tect the energy security of the United States by decreasing
America’s dependency of foreign oil sources to not more
than 50 percent by the year 2010 by enhancing the use
of renewable energy resources, conserving energy re-
sources (including improving energy efficiencies), and in-
creasing domestic energy supplies and to mitigate the im-
mediate effect of increases in energy prices on the Amer-
ican consumer, including the poor and the elderly.
TITLE I—ENERGY SECURITY AC-
TIONS 
REQUIRED 
OF 
THE
SECRETARY OF ENERGY
SEC. 101. ANNUAL REPORT ON UNITED STATES ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE.
(a) REPORT.—Beginning on June 15, 2001, and an-
nually thereafter, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation
with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other Fed-
eral agencies, shall submit a report to the President and
the Congress which evaluates the progress the United
States has made toward obtaining the goal of not more
than 50 percent dependence on foreign oil sources by
2010. The Secretary shall adopt as interim goals, a reduc-
tion in dependence on oil imports to not more than 54
percent by 2005 and 52 percent by 2008.
(b) ALTERNATIVES.—The report shall specify what
specific legislation or administrative actions must be im-
plemented to meet this goal and set forth a range of op-
tions and alternatives with a benefit/cost analysis for each
option or alternative together with an estimate for the con-
tribution that each option or alternative could make to re-
duce foreign oil imports. The report shall indicate, in de-
tail, options and alternatives (1) to increase the use of re-
newable domestic energy sources, including conventional
and non-conventional sources such as, but not limited to,
increased hydroelectric generation at existing Federal fa-
cilities, (2) to conserve energy resources, including improv-
ing efficiencies and decreasing consumption, and (3) to in-
crease domestic production and use of oil, natural gas, and
coal, including any actions that would need to be imple-
mented to provide access to, and transportation of, these
energy resources.
(c) REFINERY CAPACITY.—As part of the reports
submitted in 2001, 2005, and 2008, the Secretary shall
examine and report on the condition of the domestic refin-
ery industry and the extent of domestic storage capacity
for various categories of petroleum products and make
such recommendations as he believes will enhance domes-
tic capabilities to respond to short-term shortages of var-
ious fuels due to climate or supply interruptions.
SEC. 102. REPORT OF THE NATIONAL PETROLEUM COUN-
CIL.
The Secretary of Energy shall immediately review the
report of the National Petroleum Council submitted to
him on December 15, 1999, and shall submit such report,
together with any recommendations for administrative or
legislative actions, to the President no later than October
1, 2000.
SEC. 103. INTERAGENCY WORK GROUP ON NATURAL GAS.
(a) INTERAGENCY WORK GROUP.—The Secretary of
Energy shall establish an Interagency Work Group on
Natural Gas (referred to as ‘‘Group’’ in this subsection)
within the National Economic Council. The Group shall
include representatives from each Federal agency that has
a significant role in the development and implementation
of natural gas policy, resource assessment, or technologies
for natural gas exploration, production, transportation,
and use.
(b) STRATEGY AND COMPREHENSIVE POLICY.—The
Group shall develop a strategy and comprehensive policy
for the use of natural gas as an essential component of
overall national objectives of energy security, economic
growth, and environmental protection. In developing the
strategy and policy, the Group shall solicit and consider
suggestions from States and local units of government, in-
dustry, and other non-Federal groups, organizations, or
individuals possessing information or expertise in one or
more areas under review by the Group. The policy shall
recognize the significant lead times required for the devel-
opment of additional natural gas supplies and the delivery
infrastructure required to transport those supplies. The
Group shall consider, but is not limited to, issues of access
to and development of resources, transportation, tech-
nology development, environmental regulation and the as-
sociated economic and environmental costs of alternatives,
education of future workforce, financial incentives related
to exploration, production, transportation, development,
and use of natural gas.
(c) REPORT.—The Group shall prepare a report set-
ting forth its recommendations on a comprehensive policy
for the use of natural gas and the specific elements of a
national strategy to achieve the objectives of the policy.
The report shall be transmitted to the Secretary of Energy
within six months from the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(d) SECRETARY REVIEW.—The Secretary of Energy
shall review the report and, within 3 months, submit the
report, together with any recommendations for adminis-
trative or legislative actions, to the President and the Con-
gress.
(e) TRENDS.—The Group shall monitor trends for
the assumptions used in developing its report, including
the specific elements of a national strategy to achieve the
objectives of the comprehensive policy and shall advise the
Secretary whenever it anticipates changes that might re-
quire alterations in the strategy.
(f) PROGRESS REPORT.—On June 1, 2002, and every
two years thereafter, the Group shall submit a report to
the President and the Congress evaluating the progress
that has been made in the prior two years in implementing
the strategy and accomplishing the objectives of the com-
prehensive policy.
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO EN-
ERGY 
POLICY 
AND 
CON-
SERVATION 
ACT 
AND 
AC-
TIONS AFFECTING THE STRA-
TEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE I OF EPCA.
Title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act
(42 U.S.C. 6211–6251) is amended—
(1) in section 161(h) (42 U.S.C. 6241), by—
(A) striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of (1)(A),
(B) striking ‘‘,’’ and inserting ‘‘; and’’ at
the end of (1)(B), and
(C) inserting after subparagraph (B) the
following new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) concurs in the determination of the
Secretary of Defense that action taken under
this subsection will not impair national secu-
rity.’’, and
(D) striking ‘‘Reserve’’ and inserting ‘‘Re-
serve, if the Secretary finds that action taken
under this subsection will not have an adverse
effect on the domestic petroleum industry,’’ at
the end of (1);
(2) in section 166 (42 U.S.C. 6246), by striking
‘‘March 31, 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31,
2003’’; and
(3) in section 181 (42 U.S.C. 6251), by striking
‘‘March 31, 2000’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2003’’.
SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE II OF EPCA.
Title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act
(42 U.S.C. 6261–6285) is amended—
(1) in section 256(h) (42 U.S.C. 6276(h)), by
inserting ‘‘through 2003’’ after ‘‘1997’’; and
(2) in section 281 (42 U.S.C. 6285), by striking
‘March 31, 2000’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘December 31, 2003’’.
SEC. 203. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE STUDY AND
REPORT.
The President shall immediately establish an Inter-
agency Panel on the Strategic Petroleum Study (referred
to as the ‘‘Panel’’ in this section) to study oil markets
and estimate the extent and frequency of fluctuations in
the supply and price of, and demand for crude oil in the
future and determine appropriate capacity of and uses for
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The Panel may rec-
ommend changes in existing authorities to provide addi-
tional flexibility for and strengthen the ability of the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve to respond to energy require-
ments. The Panel shall complete its study and submit a
report containing its findings and any recommendations
to the President and the Congress within six months from
the date of enactment of this Act.
TITLE III—PROVISIONS TO PRO-
TECT CONSUMERS AND LOW
INCOME FAMILIES AND EN-
COURAGE 
ENERGY 
EFFI-
CIENCIES
SEC. 301. CHANGES IN WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM TO
PROTECT LOW-INCOME PERSONS.
(a) The matter under the heading ‘‘ENERGY CON-
SERVATION (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)’’ in title II
of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2000 (113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–180),
is amended by striking ‘‘grants:’’ and all that follows and
inserting ‘‘grants.’’.
(b) Section 415 of the Energy Conservation and Pro-
duction Act (42 U.S.C. 6865) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking the first
sentence;
(2) in subsection (a)(2) by—
(A) striking ‘‘(A)’’,
(B) striking ‘‘approve a State’s application
to waive the 40 percent requirement established
in paragraph (1) if the State includes in its
plan’’ and inserting ‘‘establish’’, and
(C) striking subparagraph (B);
(3) in subsection (c)(1) by—
(A) striking ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (4)’’ and
inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’,
(B) 
striking 
‘‘$1600’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$2500’’,
(C) striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C),
(D) striking the period and inserting
‘‘, and’’ in subparagraph (D), and
(E) inserting after subparagraph (D) the
following new subparagraph:
‘‘(E) the cost of making heating and cool-
ing modifications, including replacement’’;
(4) in subsection (c)(3) by—
(A) striking ‘‘1991, the $1600 per dwelling
unit limitation’’ and inserting ‘‘2000, the $2500
per dwelling unit average’’,
(B) striking ‘‘limitation’’ and inserting
‘‘average’’ each time it appears, and
(C) inserting ‘‘the’’ after ‘‘beginning of’’ in
subparagraph (B); and
(5) by striking subsection (c)(4).
SEC. 302. SUMMER FILL AND FUEL BUDGETING PROGRAMS.
(a) Part C of title II of the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6211 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 273. SUMMER FILL AND FUEL BUDGETING PRO-
GRAMS.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) BUDGET
CONTRACT.—The term ‘budget
contract’ means a contract between a retailer and a
consumer under which the heating expenses of the
consumer are spread evenly over a period of months.
‘‘(2) 
FIXED-PRICE
CONTRACT.—The 
term
‘fixed-price contract’ means a contract between a re-
tailer and a consumer under which the retailer
charges the consumer a set price for propane, ker-
osene, or heating oil without regard to market price
fluctuations.
‘‘(3) PRICE CAP CONTRACT.—The term ‘price
cap contract’ means a contract between a retailer
and a consumer under which the retailer charges the
consumer the market price for propane, kerosene, or
heating oil, but the cost of the propane, kerosene, or
heating oil may not exceed a maximum amount stat-
ed in the contract.
‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE.—At the request of the chief execu-
tive officer of a State, the Secretary shall provide informa-
tion, technical assistance, and funding—
‘‘(1) to develop education and outreach pro-
grams to encourage consumers to fill their storage
facilities for propane, kerosene, and heating oil dur-
ing the summer months; and
‘‘(2) to promote the use of budget contracts,
price cap contracts, fixed-price contracts, and other
advantageous financial arrangements;
to avoid severe seasonal price increases for and supply
shortages of those products.
‘‘(c) PREFERENCE.—In implementing this section,
the Secretary shall give preference to States that con-
tribute public funds or leverage private funds to develop
State summer fill and fuel budgeting programs.
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section—
‘‘(1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
‘‘(2) such sums as are necessary for each fiscal
year thereafter.
‘‘(e) INAPPLICABILITY OF EXPIRATION PROVISION.—
Section 281 does not apply to this section.’’.
(b) The table of contents in the first section of the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. prec.
6201) is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 272 the following:
‘‘Sec. 273. Summer fill and fuel budgeting programs.’’.
SEC. 303. ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCIENCE INITIATIVE.
There are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000
for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as are necessary for
each fiscal year thereafter be for an Energy Efficiency
Science Initiative to be managed by the Assistant Sec-
retary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in
consultation with the Director of the Office of Science, for
grants to be competitively awarded and subject to peer re-
view for research relating to energy efficiency. The Sec-
retary of Energy shall submit to the Committee on Science
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives, and to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources and the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate, an annual report on the activities of the
Energy Efficiency Science Initiative, including a descrip-
tion of the process used to award the funds and an expla-
nation of how the research relates to energy efficiency.
SEC. 304. NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Title I of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act is amended by—
(1) redesignating part D as part E;
(2) redesignating section 181 as section 191;
and
(3) inserting after part C the following new
part D—
‘‘PART D—NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL
RESERVE
‘‘ESTABLISHMENT
‘‘SEC. 181. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Act, the Secretary may establish, maintain, and
operate in the Northeast, a Northeast Home Heating Oil
Reserve. A Reserve established under this part is not a
component of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve established
under part B of this title. A Reserve established under
this part shall contain no more than 2 million barrels of
petroleum distillate.
‘‘(b) For the purposes of this part—
‘‘(1) the term ‘Northeast’ means the States of
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania,
and New Jersey; and
‘‘(2) the term ‘petroleum distillate’ includes
heating oil and diesel fuel.
‘‘AUTHORITY
‘‘SEC. 182. To the extent necessary or appropriate
to carry out this part, the Secretary may—
‘‘(1) purchase, contract for, lease, or otherwise
acquire, in whole or in part, storage and related fa-
cilities, and storage services;
‘‘(2) use, lease, maintain, sell, or otherwise dis-
pose of storage and related facilities acquired under
this part;
‘‘(3) acquire by purchase, exchange (including
exchange of petroleum product from the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve or received as royalty from Fed-
eral lands), lease, or otherwise, petroleum distillate
for storage in the Northeast Home Heating Oil Re-
serve;
‘‘(4) store petroleum distillate in facilities not
owned by the United States;
‘‘(5) sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of pe-
troleum distillate from the Reserve established under
this part; and
‘‘(4) the estimated costs of establishment, main-
tenance, and operation of the Reserve.
The storage of petroleum distillate in a storage facility
that meets existing environmental requirements is not a
‘major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of
the human environment’ as that term is used in section
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969.
‘‘NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE ACCOUNT
‘‘SEC. 184. (a) Upon a decision of the Secretary of
Energy to establish a Reserve under this part, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall establish in the Treasury of
the United States an account known as the ‘Northeast
Home Heating Oil Reserve Account’ (referred to in this
section as the ‘Account’).
‘‘(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in
the Account any amounts appropriated to the Account and
any receipts from the sale, exchange, or other disposition
of petroleum distillate from the Reserve.
‘‘(c) The Secretary of Energy may obligate amounts
in the Account to carry out activities under this part with-
out the need for further appropriation, and amounts avail-
able to the Secretary of Energy for obligation under this
section shall remain available without fiscal year limita-
tion.
‘‘EXEMPTIONS
‘‘SEC. 185. An action taken under this part—
‘‘(1) is not subject to the rulemaking require-
ments of section 523 of this Act, section 501 of the
Department of Energy Organization Act, or section
553 of title 5, United States Code; and
‘‘(2) is not subject to laws governing the Fed-
eral procurement of goods and services, including
the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 (including the Competition in Con-
tracting Act) and the Small Business Act.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out part D of title I of the Energy Pol-
icy and Conservation Act.
TITLE IV—PROVISIONS TO EN-
HANCE THE USE OF DOMES-
TIC ENERGY RESOURCES
Subtitle A—Hydroelectric
Resources
SEC. 401. USE OF FEDERAL FACILITIES.
(a) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
of the Army shall each inventory all dams, impoundments,
and other facilities under their jurisdiction.
(b) Based on this inventory and other information,
the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of the Army
shall each submit a report to the Congress within six
months from the date of enactment of this Act. Each re-
port shall—
(1) Describe, in detail, each facility that is ca-
pable, with or without modification, of producing ad-
ditional hydroelectric power. For each such facility,
the report shall state the full potential for the facil-
ity to generate hydroelectric power, whether the fa-
cility is currently generating hydroelectric power,
and the costs to install, upgrade, modify, or take
other actions to increase the hydroelectric generating
capability of the facility. For each facility that cur-
rently has hydroelectric generating equipment, the
report shall indicate the condition of such equip-
ment, the maintenance requirements, and the sched-
ule for any improvements as well as the purposes for
which power is generated.
(2) Describe what actions are planned and un-
derway to increase the hydroelectric production from
facilities under his jurisdiction and shall include any
recommendations the Secretary deems advisable to
increase such production, reduce costs, and improve
efficiency at Federal facilities, including, but not
limited to, use of lease of power privilege and con-
tracting with non-Federal entities for operation and
maintenance.
SEC. 402. EXPEDITED FERC HYDROELECTRIC LICENSING
PROCEDURES.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall
immediately undertake a comprehensive review of policies,
procedures and regulations for the licensing of hydro-
electric projects to determine how to reduce the cost and
time of obtaining a license. The Commission shall report
its findings within six months of the date of enactment
to the Congress, including any recommendations for legis-
lative changes.
Subtitle B—Nuclear Resources
SEC. 410. NUCLEAR GENERATION.
The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion shall submit a report to the Congress within six
months from the date of enactment of this Act on the state
of nuclear power generation and production in the United
States and the potential for increasing nuclear generating
capacity and production as part of this nation’s energy
mix. The report shall also review the status of the reli-
censing process for civilian nuclear power plants, including
current and anticipated applications, and recommenda-
tions for improvements in the process, including rec-
ommendations for expediting the process and ensuring
that relicensing is accomplished in a timely manner.
SEC. 411. NRC HEARING PROCEDURE.
Section 189(a)(1) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(42 U.S.C. 2239(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end
the following—
‘‘(C) HEARINGS.—A hearing under this
section shall be conducted using informal adju-
dicatory procedures established under sections
553 and 555 of title 5, United States Code, un-
less the Commission determines that formal ad-
judicatory procedures are necessary—
‘‘(i) to develop a sufficient record; or
‘‘(ii) to achieve fairness.’’.
Subtitle C—Development of a Na-
tional Spent Nuclear Fuel Strat-
egy
SEC. 415. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Prior to permanent closure of the geologic
repository in Yucca Mountain, Congress must deter-
mine whether the spent fuel in the repository should
be treated as waste subject to permanent burial or
should be considered an energy resource that is
needed to meet future energy requirements.
(2) Future use of nuclear energy may require
construction of a second geologic repository unless
Yucca Mountain can safely accommodate additional
spent fuel. Improved spent fuel strategies may in-
crease the capacity of Yucca Mountain.
(3) Prior to construction of any second perma-
nent geologic repository, the nation’s current plans
for permanent burial of spent fuel should be reevalu-
ated.
SEC. 416. OFFICE OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL RESEARCH.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an Office
of Spent Nuclear Fuel Research (referred to as the ‘‘Of-
fice’’ in this section) within the Office of Nuclear Energy
Science and Technology of the Department of Energy.
The Office shall be headed by the Associate Director of
the Office of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘head’’), who shall be a
member of the Senior Executive Service appointed by the
Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy Science and
Technology, and compensated at a rate determined by ap-
plicable law.
(b) OFFICE HEAD.—The head of the Office shall be
responsible for carrying out an integrated research, devel-
opment, and demonstration program on technologies for
treatment, recycling, and disposal of high-level nuclear ra-
dioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, subject to the gen-
eral supervision of the Secretary. The head of the Office
shall report to the Director of the Office of Nuclear En-
ergy Science and Technology. The first head of the Office
shall be appointed within 90 days of the date of enactment
of this Act.
(c) GRANT
AND CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—In car-
rying out the Secretary’s responsibilities under this sec-
tion, the Secretary may make grants, or enter into con-
tracts, for the purposes of the research projects and activi-
ties described in subsection (d)(2).
(d)(1) DUTIES.—The head of the Office shall involve
national laboratories, universities, the commercial nuclear
industry, and other organizations to investigate tech-
nologies for the treatment, recycling, and disposal of spent
nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.
(2) The head of the Office shall:
(A) develop a research plan to provide rec-
ommendations by 2015;
(B) identify technologies for the treatment, re-
cycling, and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-
level radioactive waste;
(C) conduct research and development activities
on such technologies;
(D) ensure that all activities include as key ob-
jectives minimization of proliferation concerns and
risk to health of the general public or site workers,
as well as development of cost-effective technologies;
(E) require research on both reactor- and accel-
erator-based transmutation systems;
(F) require research on advanced processing
and separations;
(G) encourage that research efforts include par-
ticipation of international collaborators;
(H) be authorized to fund international collabo-
rators when they bring unique capabilities not avail-
able in the United States and their host country is
unable to provide for their support;
(I) ensure that research efforts with the Office
are coordinated with research on advance fuel cycles
and reactors conducted within the Office of Nuclear
Energy Science and Technology.
(e) REPORT.—The head of the Office shall annually
prepare and submit a report to the Congress on the activi-
ties and expenditures of the Office, including the process
that has been made to achieve the objectives of subsection
(b).
Subtitle D—Coal Resources
SEC. 420. COAL GENERATING CAPACITY.
The Secretary of Energy shall examine existing coal-
fired power plants and submit a report to the Congress
within six months from the enactment of this Act on the
potential of such plants for increased generation and any
impediments to achieving such increase. The report shall
describe, in detail, options for improving the efficiency of
these plants. The report shall include recommendations for
a program of research, development, demonstration, and
commercial application to develop economically and envi-
ronmentally acceptable advanced technologies for current
electricity generation facilities using coal as the primary
feedstock, including commercial-scale applications of ad-
vanced clean coal technologies. The report shall also in-
clude an assessment of the costs to develop and dem-
onstrate such technologies and the time required to under-
take such development and demonstration.
SEC. 425. COAL LIQUEFACTION.
The Secretary of Energy shall provide grants for the
refinement and demonstration of new technologies for the
conversion of coal to liquids. Such grants shall be for the
design and construction of an indirect liquefaction plant
capable of production in commercial quantities. There are
authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of this sec-
tion such sums as may be necessary through fiscal year
2004.
TITLE 
V—ARCTIC 
COASTAL
PLAIN DOMESTIC ENERGY SE-
CURITY ACT OF 2000
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Arctic Coastal Plain
Domestic Energy Security Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS.
When used in this title the term—
(1) ‘‘Coastal Plain’’ means that area identified
as such in the map entitled ‘‘Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge’’, dated August 1980, as referenced in sec-
tion 1002(b) of the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 3142(b)(1))
comprising approximately 1,549,000 acres; and
(2) ‘‘Secretary’’, except as otherwise provided,
means the Secretary of the Interior or the Sec-
retary’s designee.
SEC. 503. LEASING PROGRAM FOR LANDS WITHIN THE
COASTAL PLAIN.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Congress hereby author-
izes and directs the Secretary, acting through the Bureau
of Land Management in consultation with the Fish and
Wildlife Service and other appropriate Federal offices and
agencies, to take such actions as are necessary to establish
and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program
that will result in an environmentally sound program for
the exploration, development, and production of the oil
and gas resources of the Coastal Plain and to administer
the provisions of this title through regulations, lease
terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations,
and other provisions that ensure the oil and gas explo-
ration, development, and production activities on the
Coastal Plain will result in no significant adverse effect
on fish and wildlife, their habitat, subsistence resources,
and the environment, and shall require the application of
the best commercially available technology for oil and gas
exploration, development, and production, on all new ex-
ploration, development, and production operations, and
whenever practicable, on existing operations, and in a
manner to ensure the receipt of fair market value by the
public for the mineral resources to be leased.
(b) REPEAL.—The prohibitions and limitations con-
tained in section 1003 of the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 3143) are
hereby repealed.
(c) COMPATIBILITY.—Congress hereby determines
that the oil and gas leasing program and activities author-
ized by this section in the Coastal Plain are compatible
with the purposes for which the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge was established, and that no further findings or
decisions are required to implement this determination.
(d) SOLE AUTHORITY.—This title shall be the sole
authority for leasing on the Coastal Plain: Provided, That
nothing in this title shall be deemed to expand or limit
State and local regulatory authority.
(e) FEDERAL LAND.—The Coastal Plain shall be
considered ‘‘Federal land’’ for the purposes of the Federal
Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982.
(f) SPECIAL AREAS.—The Secretary, after consulta-
tion with the State of Alaska, City of Kaktovik, and the
North Slope Borough, is authorized to designate up to a
total of 45,000 acres of the Coastal Plain as Special Areas
and close such areas to leasing if the Secretary determines
that these Special Areas are of such unique character and
interest so as to require special management and regu-
latory protection. The Secretary may, however, permit
leasing of all or portions of any Special Areas within the
Coastal Plain by setting lease terms that limit or condition
surface use and occupancy by lessees of such lands but
permit the use of horizontal drilling technology from sites
on leases located outside the designated Special Areas.
(g) LIMITATION
ON CLOSED AREAS.—The Sec-
retary’s sole authority to close lands within the Coastal