(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘IN GEN-
ERAL.—’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) As part of the program under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall establish a new initiative to support 
development of basic discoveries in biofuels through com-
pletion of prototypes, to facilitate commercialization of 
new biofuels technologies and ensure that adequate re-
sources are committed to develop products rather than 
merely funding research. Such initiative shall— 
‘‘(A) provide up to 10 contracts at a time for 
biofuels technology development leading to prototype 
construction and demonstration; 
‘‘(B) feature fixed-price development contracts 
with deliverable prototypes and incentives on product 
performance; and 
‘‘(C) use competitive but flexible procurement 
structures such as Broad Agency Announcements 
with rolling awards, and require a non-Federal cor-
porate contribution of at least 20 percent.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2008 through 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2009 through 2019’’. 
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SEC. 202. INCREASE IN CREDIT FOR RESEARCH RELATING 
TO ALTERNATIVE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
PROCESSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 41 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection 
(h) as subsection (i) and by inserting after subsection (g) 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) INCREASE IN CREDIT AMOUNT FOR RESEARCH 
RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
PROCESSES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any expense 
or payment relating to a qualified resource— 
‘‘(A) subsection (a) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘40 percent’ for ‘20 percent’ each 
place it occurs, 
‘‘(B) subsection (c)(4) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘6 percent’ for ‘3 percent’ in sub-
paragraph (A)(i), ‘8 percent’ for ‘4 percent’ in 
subparagraph (A)(ii), and ‘10 percent’ for ‘5 
percent’ in subparagraph (A)(iii), 
‘‘(C) subsection (c)(5) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘24 percent’ for ‘12 percent’ in 
subparagraph (A) and ‘12 percent’ for ‘6 per-
cent’ in subparagraph (B)(ii), and 
‘‘(D) such expense or payment shall be 
taken into account for purposes of this section 
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after taking into account expenses and pay-
ments which do not relate to a qualified re-
source. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED RESOURCE.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1), the term ‘qualified resource’ means— 
‘‘(A) any clean-burning fuel (as defined in 
section 179A(e)(1), other than diesel fuel), and 
‘‘(B) any closed-loop system, including any 
anaerobic digester.’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR RESEARCH RELAT-
ING TO ALTERNATIVE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY PROC-
ESSES.—Subsection (i) of section 41 of such Code, as re-
designated by subsection (a), is amended by redesignating 
paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and by inserting after 
paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) RESEARCH
RELATING
TO
ALTERNATIVE 
AND
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
PROCESSES.—For pur-
poses of subsection (h) only, paragraph (1)(B) shall 
be applied by substituting ‘December 31, 2009’ for 
‘December 31, 2007’.’’. 
(c) ALLOWANCE AGAINST ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM 
TAX.—Subparagraph (B) of section 38(c)(4) of such Code 
is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iii), 
by striking the period at the end of clause (iv) and insert-
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ing ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting after clause (iv) the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(v) the credit determined under sec-
tion 41 to the extent that such credit is at-
tributable to the increase for research re-
lating to alternative and renewable energy 
processes under subsection (h) thereof.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
December 31, 2007. 
SEC. 203. CREDIT FOR PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN BIOMATE-
RIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to business related credits) is amended by 
inserting after section 40B the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 40C. USE OF RENEWABLE RESOURCE MATERIALS IN 
MANUFACTURING BIOMATERIALS. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of section 38, 
the qualifying biomaterials credit determined under this 
section is 25 cents for each pound of qualifying biomate-
rial produced by the taxpayer during the taxable year for 
sale or use in the ordinary course of a trade or business 
of the taxpayer. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The credit determined 
under subsection (a) for any taxable year shall not 
exceed $125,000,000. 
‘‘(2) CONTROLLED GROUPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
subsection, all persons treated as a single em-
ployer under subsection (a) or (b) of section 52 
or subsection (m) or (o) of section 414 shall be 
treated as a single taxpayer. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION
OF
FOREIGN
CORPORA-
TIONS.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), in 
applying subsections (a) and (b) of section 52 
to this section, section 1563 shall be applied 
without regard to subsection (b)(2)(C) thereof. 
‘‘(c) QUALIFYING BIOMATERIAL.—For purposes of 
this section— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualifying bio-
material’ means a commercial or industrial prod-
uct— 
‘‘(A)(i) which is produced by chemically or 
biologically transforming feedstocks to produce 
one or more compounds that are distinct from 
the feedstocks, and 
‘‘(ii) at least 75 percent (by weight) of the 
feedstocks which are used to produce such ma-
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terial consist of organic matter that is available 
on a renewable or recurring basis, or 
‘‘(B) which is a polymer resulting from the 
polymerization of material described in para-
graph (1) as the sole monomer. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Such term shall not in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) any food, feed, or fuel, and 
‘‘(B) any material which was produced in 
total quantities of at least 1 million pounds per 
year in 2000. 
‘‘(d) EXCLUSIONS.—This section shall not apply to— 
‘‘(1) any material resulting from a process the 
primary purpose of which is the production of a 
transportation fuel, and 
‘‘(2) any polymer produced from a monomer for 
which credit is allowed under this section. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—This section shall not apply to 
any material produced after the 5-year period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
(b) CREDIT PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS CREDIT.— 
Section 38(b) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ 
at the end of paragraph (32), by striking the period at 
the end of paragraph (33) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(34) the qualifying biomaterials credit deter-
mined under section 40C(a).’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
40B the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 40C. Use of renewable resource materials in manufacturing biomate-
rials.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to material produced in taxable 
years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE III—IMPROVING ACCESS 
TO ETHANOL AT THE PUMP 
SEC. 301. MODIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE 
REFUELING PROPERTY CREDIT. 
(a) INCREASE IN CREDIT AMOUNT.—Section 30C of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to alternative 
fuel vehicle refueling property credit) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘30 percent’’ in subsection (a) 
and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$30,000’’ in subsection (b)(1) 
and inserting ‘‘$50,000’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CONVERTED REFUELING PROP-
ERTY.—Subsection (c) of section 30C of such Code (defin-
ing qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property) is 
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amended by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF CONVERTED REFUELING 
PROPERTY.—In the case of qualified alternative fuel 
vehicle refueling property which is converted from 
other property which is not qualified alternative fuel 
vehicle refueling property, the cost taken into ac-
count under this section shall include the cost of 
such other property and not just the price difference 
between the 2 properties.’’. 
(c) TREATMENT OF DUAL USE PROPERTY.—Sub-
section (c) of section 30C of such Code (defining qualified 
alternative fuel vehicle refueling property) is amended by 
inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF DUAL USE PROPERTY.— 
The cost of qualified alternative fuel vehicle refuel-
ing property which may be taken into account under 
this section shall determined without regard to 
whether such property also stores or dispenses any 
fuel which is not an alternative fuel.’’. 
(d) MODIFICATION OF CREDIT TERMINATION.—Sub-
section (g) of section 30C of such Code is amended by 
adding at the end the following flush sentence: 
‘‘Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this section 
shall apply to property placed in service in any State at 
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least until the date that the Secretary determines (in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary 
of Transportation) that at least 15 percent of the retail 
motor fuel stations in such State store and dispense blend-
ed fuel containing at least 10 percent ethanol.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years 
ending after such date. 
TITLE IV—DEVELOPING THE U.S. 
HYDROGEN 
FUEL 
INFRA-
STRUCTURE 
SEC. 401. HYDROGEN INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
of Commerce shall establish a program with the goal of 
making publicly available at least 100 hydrogen fueling 
pumps at retail gas stations by 2014 in regions designated 
by the Secretary under subsection (b). 
(b) DESIGNATION OF REGIONS.—The Secretary of 
Commerce, in conjunction with the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, shall designate 2 initial regions for locating hydro-
gen fueling pumps funded under this section. Such regions 
shall be in densely populated, geographically diverse areas 
that have some existing hydrogen fueling stations. 
(c) FUNDING.— 
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(1) FEDERAL
FUNDING.—The Secretary of 
Commerce shall provide amounts appropriated pur-
suant to subsection (f) for the acquisition and instal-
lation of hydrogen fueling pumps at retail gas sta-
tions in the regions designated under subsection (b) 
or subsection (e). 
(2) NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION.—At least 
10 percent of the cost of acquiring and installing a 
hydrogen fueling pump receiving funding under 
paragraph (1) shall be provided by non-Federal 
sources. 
(d) OWNERSHIP OF PUMPS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Hydrogen fueling pumps for 
which funding is provided under this section shall 
remain the property of the United States, except as 
provided in paragraph (2). 
(2) SALE OF PUMPS.—The Secretary of Com-
merce may, after December 31, 2013, negotiate the 
sale of a pump described in paragraph (1) to the 
owner of the retail gas station at which the pump 
is located. 
(e) ADDITIONAL REGIONS.—After the goal described 
in subsection (a) has been achieved, the Secretary of Com-
merce may designate a third region in addition to the 2 
designated under subsection (b), and may provide funding 
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for the availability of hydrogen fueling pumps at retail gas 
stations in that region in accordance with the require-
ments of this section. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Com-
merce for carrying out this section $50,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013. If the Secretary 
designates a third region under subsection (e), there are 
authorized to be appropriated for such purposes an addi-
tional $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 and 
2015. 
SEC. 402. ACQUISITION OF FUEL CELL VEHICLES. 
(a) FEDERAL PURCHASE.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2012 through 2014 for the purchase by the Federal Gov-
ernment of fuel cell vehicles. 
(b) COST DIFFERENTIAL FUNDING.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services such sums as may be necessary to enable 
such Administrator to provide amounts, for the purchase 
of fuel cell vehicles by Federal and State agencies in re-
gions designated under section 501(b) or (e), equal to the 
difference between the cost of acquiring such vehicles and 
the cost of acquiring other alternative power or traditional 
gas fueled vehicles. 
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TITLE V—MANAGING OUR 
NATION’S ENERGY RESOURCES 
SEC. 501. COMMITTEE REPORTS IN HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES REQUIRED TO INCLUDE DOMESTIC 
ENERGY IMPACT STATEMENTS. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO RULE.—Clause 3(d) of rule XIII 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) A statement [if timely submitted to the 
committee (except for the Committee on Appropria-
tions) by the Comptroller General before the filing of 
the report], for each such bill or joint resolution that 
would have an impact on the governance of public 
lands, including the outer Continental Shelf, of the 
impact of such bill on domestic energy availability. 
‘‘(B) Each such statement shall contain— 
‘‘(i) the physical/geographic size of any 
new areas of public lands which are opened up 
or closed off for energy exploration; and 
‘‘(ii) the total amount of cubic feet of dry 
natural gas or the total number of barrels of oil 
or liquid natural gas, or the total number of 
short tons of coal, which could be recovered 
from any public lands which are opened up or 
closed off for energy exploration.’’. 
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(b) EXERCISE
OF
RULEMAKING
POWERS.—The 
amendment made by subsection (a) is enacted as an exer-
cise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representa-
tives, and as such shall be considered as part of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives, with full recognition of 
the constitutional right of the House of Representatives 
to change such Rules at any time, in the same manner, 
and to the same extent as in the case of any other Rule 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 502. DOMESTIC ENERGY IMPACT STATEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 719 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(i) The Comptroller General shall, to the extent 
practicable, prepare for each bill or joint resolution re-
ported by any committee of the House of Representatives 
or the Senate (except for the Committee on Appropria-
tions) that would have an impact on domestic energy avail-
ability, and submit to such committee a domestic energy 
impact statement containing— 
‘‘(1) the physical/geographic size of any new 
areas of public lands which are opened up or closed 
off for energy exploration; and 
‘‘(2) the total amount of cubic feet of dry nat-
ural gas or the total number of barrels of oil or liq-
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uid natural gas, or the total number of short tons 
of coal, which could be recovered from any public 
lands which are opened up or closed off for energy 
exploration.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to bills and joint resolutions re-
ported by committees of the House of Representatives or 
the Senate 90 or more days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
Æ 
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