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Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(f)), the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall provide notice of the proposed leasing activity 
in writing to the holders of special recreation permits for 
commercial use, competitive events, and other organized 
activities on the lands being offered for lease. 
(b) CONSERVATION EASEMENT HOLDERS.— 
(1) If the holder of a conservation easement or 
similar property interest in the surface estate of 
lands eligible for leasing under the Mineral Leasing 
Act has informed the Secretary of the Interior of the 
existence of such property interest, the Secretary 
shall treat such holder as a surface estate owner for 
purposes of section 7221(d) of this title. 
(2) As soon as possible after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
establish a means for holders of property interests 
described in paragraph (1) to provide notice of such 
interests, and shall inform the public regarding such 
means. 
SEC. 7603. DAVIS-BACON ACT. 
All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors 
and subcontractors on construction, repair, or alteration 
projects that are funded in whole or in part or otherwise 
authorized under sections 7304 or 7306 shall be paid 
wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar 
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construction in the locality, as determined by the Sec-
retary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chap-
ter 31 of title 40, United States Code. The Secretary of 
Labor shall, with respect to the labor standards in this 
title, have the authority and functions set forth in Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 Fed. Reg. 3176; 
5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 7604. ROAN PLATEAU, COLORADO. 
(a) LEASES FOR TOP OF PLATEAU.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall include in each lease under the Mineral 
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) for lands to 
which this subsection applies a prohibition of surface 
occupancy for purposes of exploration for or develop-
ment of oil or gas. 
(2) APPLICATION.—This subsection applies to 
all Federal lands in Colorado that were formerly 
designated as Naval Oil Shale Reserves 1 and 3 that 
are located within the rim boundary, as such bound-
ary is depicted on Map 1 accompanying the Bureau 
of Land Management’s final Resource Management 
Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact State-
ment for the Roan Plateau Planning Area dated Au-
gust, 2006. 
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(b) REPORT ON CLEANUP STATUS.—No later than 
30 days after the date of enactment of this Act— 
(1) the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide 
to the appropriate Committees of Congress a report 
detailing the total amounts received by the United 
States under leases of Federal lands in Colorado for-
merly designated as Naval Oil Shale Reserves 1 and 
3 pursuant to section 7439 of title 10, United States 
Code, and covered into the Treasury pursuant to 
subsection (f) of such section; and 
(2) the Secretary of the Interior shall provide to 
the appropriate committees of Congress a report— 
(A) detailing the amounts expended by the 
United States for environmental restoration, 
waste management, and environmental compli-
ance activities with respect to the lands de-
scribed in paragraph (1), to repay the cost to 
the United States to originally install wells, 
gathering lines, and related equipment on such 
lands, and any other cost incurred by the 
United States with respect to such lands; and 
(B) stating what further actions are re-
quired to complete the needed environmental 
restoration, waste management, and environ-
mental compliance activities with regard to such 
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lands, the estimated cost of such activities, and 
when the Secretary expects such activities will 
be completed. 
SEC. 7605. REPORT ON STATUS OF REGULATIONS WITH RE-
SPECT TO WIND ENERGY PROJECTS. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Minerals Management Service, shall submit 
a report to Congress on the status of regulations required 
to be issued under section 8(p)(8)) of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(8)) with re-
spect to the production of wind energy on the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf. 
TITLE VIII—TRANSPORTATION 
AND INFRASTRUCTURE 
SEC. 8001. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation En-
ergy Security and Climate Change Mitigation Act of 
2007’’. 
SEC. 8002. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Evidence that atmospheric warming and cli-
mate change are occurring is unequivocal. 
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(2) Observed and anticipated impacts of climate 
change can result in economic harm and environ-
mental damage to the United States and the world. 
(3) The Nation’s water resources, ecosystems, 
and infrastructure will be under increasing stress 
and pressure in coming decades, particularly due to 
climate change. 
(4) Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, 
methane, and nitrous oxides, can lead to atmos-
pheric warming and climate change. 
(5) Transportation and buildings are among the 
leading sources of greenhouse gas emissions. 
(6) Increased reliance on energy efficient and 
renewable energy transportation and public buildings 
can strengthen our Nation’s energy security and 
mitigate the effects of climate change by cutting 
greenhouse gas emissions. 
(7) The Federal Government can strengthen 
our Nation’s energy security and mitigate the effects 
of climate change by promoting energy efficient 
transportation and public buildings, creating incen-
tives for the use of alternative fuel vehicles and re-
newable energy, and ensuring sound water resource 
and natural disaster preparedness planning. 
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(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are to 
strengthen our Nation’s energy security and mitigate the 
effects of climate change by promoting energy efficient 
transportation and public buildings, creating incentives for 
the use of alternative fuel vehicles and renewable energy, 
and ensuring sound water resource and natural disaster 
preparedness planning. 
Subtitle A—Department of 
Transportation 
SEC. 8101. CENTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRON-
MENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(2) by adding after subsection (f) the following: 
‘‘(g) CENTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRON-
MENT.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Department a Center for Climate Change and 
Environment to plan, coordinate, and implement— 
‘‘(A) department-wide research, strategies, 
and actions under the Department’s statutory 
authority to reduce transportation-related en-
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ergy use and mitigate the effects of climate 
change; and 
‘‘(B) department-wide research strategies 
and action to address the impacts of climate 
change on transportation systems and infra-
structure. 
‘‘(2) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The Center shall es-
tablish a clearinghouse of low-cost solutions, includ-
ing projects that are being or could be implemented 
under the congestion mitigation and air quality im-
provement program of section 149 of title 23, to re-
duce congestion and transportation-related energy 
use and air pollution and mitigate the effects of cli-
mate change.’’. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The Center for Climate Change 
and Environment of the Department of Transportation 
shall coordinate its activities with the United States Global 
Change Research Program. 
(c) LOW-COST CONGESTION SOLUTIONS.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Center for Climate Change 
and Environment, in coordination with the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, shall conduct a study to 
examine fuel efficiency savings and clean air impacts 
of major transportation projects, to identify low-cost 
solutions to reduce congestion and transportation-re-
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lated energy use and mitigate the effects of climate 
change, to alleviate such problems as railroad pric-
ing that may force freight off the more fuel efficient 
railroads and onto less fuel efficient trucks, and to 
examine the potential fuel savings from intelligent 
transportation systems that help businesses and con-
sumers to plan their travel and avoid delays, includ-
ing web-based real-time transit information systems, 
congestion information systems, carpool information 
systems, parking information systems, freight route 
management, and traffic management systems. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this title, the Secretary of 
Transportation, in coordination with the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall 
transmit to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives a report 
on low-cost solutions to reducing congestion and 
transportation-related energy use and mitigating the 
effects of climate change. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the 
Center to carry out its duties under section 102(g) of title 
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49, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal years 2008 through 2011. 
Subtitle B—Highways and Transit 
PART 1—PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 8201. GRANTS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 
SERVICES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts 
allocated 
under 
section 
5338(b)(2)(B) of title 49, United States Code, to 
carry out section 5307 of such title, there is author-
ized to be appropriated $750,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2008 and 2009 to carry out such section 
5307. Such funds shall be apportioned in accordance 
with section 5336 (other than subsections (i)(1) and 
(j)) of such title but may not be combined or com-
mingled with any other funds apportioned under 
such section 5336. 
(2) FORMULA GRANTS FOR OTHER THAN UR-
BANIZED AREAS.—In addition to amounts allocated 
under section 5338(b)(2)(G) of title 49, United 
States Code, to carry out section 5311 of such title, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to carry out 
such section 5311. Such funds shall be apportioned 
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in accordance with such section 5311 but may not 
be combined or commingled with any other funds 
apportioned under such section 5311. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding sections 5307 
and 5311 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary 
of Transportation may make grants under such sections 
from amounts appropriated under subsection (a) only for 
one or more of the following: 
(1) If the recipient of the grant is reducing, or 
certifies to the Secretary that, during the term of 
the grant, the recipient will reduce one or more fares 
the recipient charges for public transportation, or in 
the case of subsection (f) of such section 5311, 
intercity bus service, those operating costs of equip-
ment and facilities being used to provide the public 
transportation, or in the case of subsection (f) of 
such section 5311, intercity bus service, that the re-
cipient is no longer able to pay from the revenues 
derived from such fare or fares as a result of such 
reduction. 
(2) If the recipient of the grant is expanding, 
or certifies to the Secretary that, during the term of 
the grant, the recipient will expand public transpor-
tation service, or in the case of subsection (f) of 
such section 5311, intercity bus service, those oper-
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