Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Con-
gress a report comparing the energy efficiency budget re-
quest by the President for each Federal agency for fiscal 
years 2006 and 2007 with the requests from the agency 
to the President for energy efficiency budget amounts for 
those fiscal years. 
SEC. 
213. 
STATE 
AND 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT 
BLOCK 
GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall make 
block grants to State and local governments. Such grants 
may be used for— 
(1) the renovation of existing buildings to 
achieve the standards established by the National 
Institute of Building Sciences under section 8(a); 
(2) redesigning existing plans for new buildings 
to enable those plans to meet such standards; 
(3) research and development of technologies to 
enable and support green building design and the 
achievement of such standards; and 
(4) public education and training, including 
training for homeowners, business owners, first time 
home buyers, and contractors, on green buildings 
and their construction, use, and decommissioning. 
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(b) MANDATORY USE.—All block grants received 
under this section shall be used, at least in part, for the 
purpose described in subsection (a)(4). 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—No State or local government may 
receive a block grant under this section unless it dem-
onstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator that— 
(1) the State or local government (and in the 
case of a State, all the local jurisdictions within the 
State) has— 
(A) adopted the standards established 
under section 8(a); and 
(B) fully implemented such standards; or 
(2) technical barriers exist that prevent such 
adoption and implementation. 
(d) RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT
COORDINA-
TION.—The Administrator shall monitor activities de-
scribed in subsection (a)(3) to prevent unnecessary dupli-
cation of research and development efforts. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator for 
making grants under this section $1,000,000,000 for the 
period encompassing fiscal years 2009 through 2018. 
SEC. 214. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Ad-
ministrator for carrying out this Act, other than sections 
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11 and 13 $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 
through 2013. 
SEC. 215. INCREASE AND EXTENSION OF ENERGY EFFI-
CIENT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS DEDUCTION. 
(a) INCREASE.—Section 179D of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to energy efficient commercial 
buildings deduction) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘$1.80’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$2.25’’, and 
(2) in subsection (d)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘by sub-
stituting’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘by substituting ‘$.75’ for 
‘$2.25’.’’. 
(b) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of section 179D of 
such Code (relating to termination) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2013’’. 
(c) 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. 
Subtitle B—Consumer Assistance 
SEC. 221. APPLIANCE STANDARDS. 
(a) CONSUMER APPLIANCE REQUIREMENT.—Section 
325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
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6295) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(ii) STANDBY MODE.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), any final rule adopted after July 1, 
2012, to set a new or revised energy efficiency 
standard for a covered product shall specify that a 
covered product manufactured on or after the effec-
tive date of such new or revised standard shall, when 
in standby mode, operate with not more than 1 watt 
of electric power. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) EXTENSIONS.—The Secretary may 
provide a single extension of up to 2 years for 
compliance with paragraph (1) with respect to 
a covered product if the Secretary finds that 
such extension is appropriate. 
‘‘(B) EXEMPTIONS.—The Secretary may 
provide an exemption from the requirement 
under paragraph (1) for a covered product, 
after public notice and opportunity for com-
ment, if the Secretary finds that— 
‘‘(i) achieving the requirement is not 
technologically feasible and economically 
justified for that covered product; or 
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‘‘(ii) such an exemption is warranted 
for medical or military reasons. 
Any exemption provided under this subpara-
graph shall be reviewed at least once every 5 
years.’’. 
(b) CONSUMER APPLIANCE TEST PROCEDURES.— 
Section 323(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6293(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(17) Not later than July 1, 2009, the Secretary 
shall issue a final rule establishing test procedures for 
standby power consumption for all covered products, ex-
cept for products for which the current test procedure al-
ready measures standby power consumption.’’. 
(c) REPEAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 325(u) of the En-
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6295(u)) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3) 
through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), re-
spectively. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date de-
scribed in section 325(ii)(I) of the Energy Policy 
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