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of the programs authorized by this title, the measurable 
cost and performance-based goals for the applied pro-
grams, and the progress in meeting such goals. Such re-
views and assessments shall be completed and reports con-
taining the results of all such reviews and assessments 
transmitted to the Congress not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 915. COMPETITIVE AWARD OF MANAGEMENT CON-
TRACTS. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary by this title may be used to award a manage-
ment and operating contract for a National Laboratory 
(excluding those named in subparagraphs (G), (H), (N), 
(O) of section 900(b)(6)), unless such contract is competi-
tively awarded, or the Secretary grants, on a case-by-case 
basis, a waiver. The Secretary may not delegate the au-
thority to grant such a waiver and shall submit to the Con-
gress a report notifying it of the waiver, and setting forth 
the reasons for the waiver, at least 60 days prior to the 
date of the award of such contract. 
SEC. 916. NATIONAL LABORATORY DESIGNATION. 
After the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary 
shall not designate a facility that is not referred to in sec-
tion 900(b)(6) as a National Laboratory.
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SEC. 917. REPORT ON EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 
PRACTICES. 
Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall 
transmit to Congress a report on the equal employment 
opportunity practices at National Laboratories. Such re-
port shall include—
(1) a thorough review of each laboratory con-
tractor’s equal employment opportunity policies, in-
cluding promotion to management and professional 
positions and pay raises; 
(2) a statistical report on complaints and their 
disposition in the laboratories; 
(3) a description of how equal employment op-
portunity practices at the laboratories are treated in 
the contract and in calculating award fees for each 
contractor; 
(4) a summary of disciplinary actions and their 
disposition by either the Department or the relevant 
contractors for each laboratory; 
(5) a summary of outreach efforts to attract 
women and minorities to the laboratories; 
(6) a summary of efforts to retain women and 
minorities in the laboratories; and 
(7) a summary of collaboration efforts with the 
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to
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improve equal employment opportunity practices at 
the laboratories. 
SEC. 918. USER FACILITY BEST PRACTICES PLAN. 
The Secretary shall not allow any Department facility 
to begin functioning as a user facility after the date of 
enactment of this Act until the Secretary, for that facil-
ity—
(1) develops a plan to ensure that the facility 
will—
(A) have a skilled staff to support a wide 
range of users; 
(B) have a fair method for allocating time 
to users that provides for input from facility 
management, user representatives, and outside 
experts; and 
(C) be operated in a safe and fiscally pru-
dent manner; and 
(2) transmits such plan to Congress and 60 
days have elapsed. 
SEC. 919. SUPPORT FOR SCIENCE AND ENERGY INFRA-
STRUCTURE AND FACILITIES. 
(a) STRATEGY.—The Secretary shall develop and im-
plement a strategy for infrastructure and facilities sup-
ported primarily from the Office of Science and the ap-
plied programs at each National Laboratory and Depart-
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ment research facility. Such strategy shall provide cost-
effective means for—
(1) maintaining existing facilities and infra-
structure, as needed; 
(2) closing unneeded facilities; 
(3) making facility modifications; and 
(4) building new facilities. 
(b) REPORT.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall pre-
pare and transmit to the Congress not later than 
June 1, 2007, a report summarizing the strategies 
developed under subsection (a). 
(2) CONTENTS.—For each National Laboratory 
and Department research facility, for the facilities 
primarily used for science and energy research, such 
report shall contain—
(A) the current priority list of proposed fa-
cilities and infrastructure projects, including 
cost and schedule requirements; 
(B) a current 10-year plan that dem-
onstrates the reconfiguration of its facilities and 
infrastructure to meet its missions and to ad-
dress its long-term operational costs and return 
on investment;
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(C) the total current budget for all facili-
ties and infrastructure funding; and 
(D) the current status of each facility and 
infrastructure project compared to the original 
baseline cost, schedule, and scope. 
SEC. 920. COORDINATION PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop a co-
ordination plan to improve coordination and collaboration 
in research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
application activities across Department organizational 
boundaries. 
(b) PLAN CONTENTS.—The plan shall describe—
(1) how the Secretary will ensure that the ap-
plied programs are coordinating their activities, in-
cluding a description of specific research questions 
that cross organizational boundaries and of how the 
relevant applied programs are coordinating their ef-
forts to answer those questions, and how such cross-
cutting research questions will be identified in the 
future; 
(2) how the Secretary will ensure that research 
that has been supported by the Office of Science is 
being or will be used by the applied programs, in-
cluding a description of specific Office of Science-
supported research that is relevant to the applied
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programs and of how the applied programs have 
used or will use that research; and 
(3) a description of how the Secretary will en-
sure that the research agenda of the Office of 
Science includes research questions of concern to the 
applied programs, including a description of specific 
research questions that the Office of Science will ad-
dress to assist the applied programs. 
(c) PLAN TRANSMITTAL.—The Secretary shall trans-
mit the coordination plan to Congress not later than 9 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 
2 years thereafter shall transmit a revised coordination 
plan. 
(d) CONFERENCE.—Not less than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convene 
a conference of program managers from the Office of 
Science and the applied programs to review ideas and ex-
plore possibilities for effective cross-program collaboration. 
The Secretary also shall invite participation relevant Fed-
eral agencies and other programs in the Federal Govern-
ment conducting relevant research, and other stakeholders 
as appropriate. 
SEC. 921. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 
Funds appropriated to the Secretary for activities au-
thorized under this title shall remain available for three
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years. Funds that are not obligated at the end of three 
years shall be returned to the Treasury. 
Subtitle C—Energy Efficiency 
CHAPTER 1—VEHICLES, BUILDINGS, AND 
INDUSTRIES 
SEC. 922. PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct pro-
grams of energy efficiency research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial application, including activi-
ties described in this chapter. Such programs shall be fo-
cused on the following objectives: 
(1) Increasing the energy efficiency of vehicles, 
buildings, and industrial processes. 
(2) Reducing the Nation’s demand for energy, 
especially energy from foreign sources. 
(3) Reducing the cost of energy and making the 
economy more efficient and competitive. 
(4) Improving the Nation’s energy security. 
(5) Reducing the environmental impact of en-
ergy-related activities. 
(b) GOALS.—
(1) INITIAL
GOALS.—In accordance with the 
performance plan and report requirements in section 
4 of the Government Performance Results Act of 
1993, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress,
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along with the President’s annual budget request for 
fiscal year 2007, a report containing outcome meas-
ures with explicitly stated cost and performance 
baselines. The measures shall specify energy effi-
ciency performance goals, with quantifiable 5-year 
cost and energy savings target levels, for vehicles, 
buildings, and industries, and any other such goals 
the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT
TRANSMITTALS.—The Sec-
retary shall transmit to the Congress, along with the 
President’s annual budget request for each fiscal 
year after 2007, a report containing—
(A) a description, including quantitative 
analysis, of progress in achieving performance 
goals transmitted under paragraph (1), as com-
pared to the baselines transmitted under para-
graph (1); and 
(B) any amendments to such goals. 
(c) PUBLIC INPUT.—The Secretary shall consider ad-
vice from industry, universities, and other interested par-
ties through seeking comments in the Federal Register 
and other means before transmitting each report under 
subsection (b).
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SEC. 923. VEHICLES. 
(a) ADVANCED, COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES.— 
The Secretary shall conduct a program of research, devel-
opment, demonstration, and commercial application of ad-
vanced, cost-effective technologies to improve the energy 
efficiency and environmental performance of light-duty 
and heavy-duty vehicles, including—
(1) hybrid and electric propulsion systems, in-
cluding plug-in hybrid systems; 
(2) advanced engines, including combustion en-
gines; 
(3) advanced materials, including high strength, 
lightweight materials, such as nanostructured mate-
rials, composites, multimaterial parts, carbon fibers, 
and materials with high thermal conductivity; 
(4) technologies for reduced drag and rolling re-
sistance; 
(5) whole-vehicle design optimization to reduce 
the weight of component parts and thus increase the 
fuel economy of the vehicle, including fiber optics to 
replace traditional wiring; 
(6) thermoelectric devices that capture waste 
heat and convert thermal energy into electricity; and 
(7) advanced drivetrains. 
(b) LOW-COST HYDROGEN PROPULSION AND INFRA-
STRUCTURE.—The Secretary of Energy shall—
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(1) establish a research, development, and dem-
onstration program to determine the feasibility of 
using hydrogen propulsion in light-weight vehicles 
and the integration of the associated hydrogen pro-
duction infrastructure using off-the-shelf compo-
nents; and 
(2) identify universities and institutions that—
(A) have expertise in researching and test-
ing vehicles fueled by hydrogen, methane, and 
other fuels; 
(B) have expertise in integrating off-the-
shelf components to minimize cost; and 
(C) within two years can test a vehicle 
based on an existing commercially available 
platform with a curb weight of not less than 
2,000 pounds before modifications, that—
(i) operates solely on hydrogen gas; 
(ii) can travel a minimum of 300 
miles under normal road conditions; and 
(iii) uses hydrogen produced from 
water using only solar energy. 
SEC. 924. BUILDINGS. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall conduct a pro-
gram of research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application of cost-effective technologies, for new
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construction and retrofit, to improve the energy efficiency 
and environmental performance of commercial, industrial, 
institutional, and residential buildings. The program shall 
use a whole-buildings approach, integrating work on ele-
ments including—
(1) advanced controls, including occupancy sen-
sors, daylighting controls, wireless technologies, 
automated responses to changes in the internal and 
external environment, and real time delivery of infor-
mation on building system and component perform-
ance; 
(2) building envelope, including windows, roof-
ing systems and materials, and building-integrated 
photovoltaics; 
(3) building systems components, including—
(A) lighting; 
(B) appliances, including advanced tech-
nologies, such as stand-by load technologies, for 
office equipment, food service equipment, and 
laundry equipment; and 
(C) heating, ventilation, and cooling sys-
tems, including ground-source heat pumps and 
radiant heating; and 
(4) onsite renewable energy generation.
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(b) ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING PILOT GRANT 
PROGRAM.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall establish a pilot program to award 
grants to businesses and organizations for new con-
struction of energy efficient buildings, or major ren-
ovations of buildings that will result in energy effi-
cient buildings, to demonstrate innovative energy ef-
ficiency technologies, especially those sponsored by 
the Department. 
(2) AWARDS.—The Secretary shall award 
grants under this subsection competitively to those 
applicants whose proposals—
(A) best demonstrate—
(i) likelihood to meet or exceed the de-
sign standards referred to in paragraph 
(7); 
(ii) likelihood to maximize cost-effec-
tive energy efficiency opportunities; and 
(iii) advanced energy efficiency tech-
nologies; and 
(B) are least likely to be realized without 
Federal assistance.
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(3) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Grants under this 
subsection shall be for up to 50 percent of design 
and energy modeling costs, not to exceed $50,000 
per building. No single grantee may be eligible for 
more than 3 grants per year under this program. 
(4) GRANT PAYMENTS.—
(A) INITIAL
PAYMENT.—The Secretary 
shall pay 50 percent of the total amount of the 
grant to grant recipients upon selection. 
(B) REMAINDER OF PAYMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall pay the remaining 50 percent of the 
grant only after independent certification of 
operational buildings for compliance with the 
standards for energy efficient buildings de-
scribed in paragraph (7). 
(C) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—The Secretary 
shall not provide the remainder of the payment 
unless the building is certified within 6 months 
after operation of the completed building to 
meet the requirements described in subpara-
graph (B), or in the case of major renovations 
the building is certified within 6 months of the 
completion of the renovations. 
(5) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 
years after awarding the first grant under this sub-
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section, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a 
report containing—
(A) the total number and dollar amount of 
grants awarded under this subsection; and 
(B) an estimate of aggregate cost and en-
ergy savings enabled by the pilot program 
under this subsection. 
(6) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Administra-
tive expenses for the program under this subsection 
shall not exceed 10 percent of appropriated funds. 
(7) DEFINITION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILD-
ING.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘en-
ergy efficient building’’ means a building that is 
independently certified—
(A) to meet or exceed the applicable 
United States Green Building Council’s Leader-
ship in Energy and Environmental Design 
standards for a silver, gold, or platinum rating; 
and 
(B) to achieve a reduction in energy con-
sumption of—
(i) at least 25 percent for new con-
struction, compared to the energy stand-
ards set by the Federal Building Code (10 
CFR part 434); and
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(ii) at least 20 percent for major ren-
ovations, compared to energy consumption 
before renovations are begun. 
(c) STANDARDIZATION REPORT AND PROGRAM.—
(1) REPORT.—The Secretary shall enter into an 
arrangement with the National Institute of Building 
Sciences to—
(A) conduct a comprehensive assessment of 
how well current voluntary consensus standards 
related to buildings match state-of-the-art 
knowledge on the design, construction, oper-
ation, repair, and renovation of high-perform-
ance buildings; and 
(B) recommend steps for the Secretary to 
take to accelerate the development and promul-
gation of voluntary consensus standards for 
high-performance buildings that would address 
all major high-performance building attributes, 
including energy efficiency, sustainability, safe-
ty and security, life-cycle cost, and productivity. 
(2) PROGRAM.—After receiving the report 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish a 
program of technical assistance and grants to sup-
port standards development organizations in—
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(A) the revision of existing standards, to 
reflect current knowledge of high-performance 
buildings; and 
(B) the development and promulgation of 
new standards in areas important to high-per-
formance buildings where there is no existing 
standard or where an existing standard cannot 
easily be modified. 
SEC. 925. INDUSTRIES. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall conduct a pro-
gram of research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application of advanced technologies to improve 
the energy efficiency, environmental performance, and 
process efficiency of energy-intensive and waste-intensive 
industries. Such program shall be focused on industries 
whose total annual energy consumption amounts to more 
than 1.0 percent of the total nationwide annual energy 
consumption, according to the most recent data available 
to the Department. Research and development efforts 
under this section shall give a higher priority to broad-
benefit efficiency technologies that have practical applica-
tion across industry sectors. 
(b) ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL TECHNOLOGY.—
The program conducted under subsection (a) shall include 
research on, and development, demonstration, and com-
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mercial application of, advanced control devices to improve 
the energy efficiency of electric motors, including those 
used in industrial processes, heating, ventilation, and cool-
ing. 
SEC. 926. DEMONSTRATION AND COMMERCIAL APPLICA-
TION. 
(a) APPLIANCES AND TESTING.—The Secretary shall 
conduct research and analysis to determine whether, given 
Department-sponsored and other advances in energy effi-
ciency technologies, demonstration and commercial appli-
cation of innovative, cost-effective energy savings and pol-
lution reducing technologies could be used to improve ap-
pliances and test procedures used to measure appliance 
efficiency. 
(b) BUILDING ENERGY CODES.—The Secretary shall, 
in coordination with government, nongovernment, and 
commercial partners, conduct research and analyses of the 
best cost-effective practices in the development and updat-
ing of building energy codes, including for manufactured 
housing. Analyses shall focus on how to encourage energy 
efficiency and adoption of newly developed energy produc-
tion and use equipment. 
(c) ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 
CENTERS.—
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(1) GRANTS.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall make grants to nonprofit institutions, State 
and local governments, or universities (or consortia 
thereof), to establish a geographically dispersed net-
work of Advanced Energy Technology Transfer Cen-
ters, to be located in areas the Secretary determines 
have the greatest need of the services of such Cen-
ters. 
(2) ACTIVITIES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Center shall oper-
ate a program to encourage demonstration and 
commercial application of advanced energy 
methods and technologies through education 
and outreach to building and industrial profes-
sionals, and to other individuals and organiza-
tions with an interest in efficient energy use. 
(B) ADVISORY PANEL.—Each Center shall 
establish an advisory panel to advise the Center 
on how best to accomplish the activities under 
subparagraph (A). 
(3) APPLICATION.—A person seeking a grant 
under this subsection shall submit to the Secretary 
an application in such form and containing such in-
formation as the Secretary may require. The Sec-
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retary may award a grant under this subsection to 
an entity already in existence if the entity is other-
wise eligible under this subsection. 
(4) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall 
award grants under this subsection on the basis of 
the following criteria, at a minimum: 
(A) The ability of the applicant to carry 
out the activities in paragraph (2). 
(B) The extent to which the applicant will 
coordinate the activities of the Center with 
other entities, such as State and local govern-
ments, utilities, and educational and research 
institutions. 
(5) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Secretary shall re-
quire a non-Federal matching requirement of at 
least 50 percent of the costs of establishing and op-
erating each Center. 
(6) ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.—The Secretary 
shall establish an advisory committee to advise the 
Secretary on the establishment of Centers under this 
subsection. The advisory committee shall be com-
posed of individuals with expertise in the area of ad-
vanced energy methods and technologies, including 
at least 1 representative from—
(A) State or local energy offices;
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(B) energy professionals; 
(C) trade or professional associations; 
(D) architects, engineers, or construction 
professionals; 
(E) manufacturers; 
(F) the research community; and 
(G) nonprofit energy or environmental or-
ganizations. 
(7) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section: 
(A) ADVANCED
ENERGY
METHODS
AND 
TECHNOLOGIES.—The term ‘‘advanced energy 
methods and technologies’’ means all methods 
and technologies that promote energy efficiency 
and conservation, including distributed genera-
tion technologies, and life-cycle analysis of en-
ergy use. 
(B) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means 
an Advanced Energy Technology Transfer Cen-
ter established pursuant to this subsection. 
(C) 
DISTRIBUTED
GENERATION.—The 
term ‘‘distributed generation’’ means an electric 
power generation facility that is designed to 
serve retail electric consumers at or near the fa-
cility site.
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(d) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and once every 3 years there-
after, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report 
on the results of research and analysis under this section. 
In calculating cost-effectiveness for purposes of such re-
ports, the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the 
avoided cost of additional energy production, savings to 
the economy from lower peak energy prices and reduced 
price volatility, and the public and private benefits of re-
duced pollution. 
SEC. 927. SECONDARY ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY USE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.—The term ‘‘asso-
ciated equipment’’ means equipment located where 
the batteries will be used that is necessary to enable 
the use of the energy stored in the batteries. 
(2) BATTERY.—The term ‘‘battery’’ means an 
energy storage device that previously has been used 
to provide motive power in a vehicle powered in 
whole or in part by electricity. 
(b) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish and 
conduct a research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application program for the secondary use of bat-
teries if the Secretary finds that there are sufficient num-
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bers of such batteries to support the program. The pro-
gram shall be—
(1) designed to demonstrate the use of batteries 
in secondary applications, including utility and com-
mercial power storage and power quality; 
(2) structured to evaluate the performance, in-
cluding useful service life and costs, of such bat-
teries in field operations, and the necessary sup-
porting infrastructure, including reuse and disposal 
of batteries; and 
(3) coordinated with ongoing secondary battery 
use programs at the National Laboratories and in 
industry. 
(c) SOLICITATION.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, if the Secretary finds 
under subsection (b) that there are sufficient numbers of 
batteries to support the program, the Secretary shall so-
licit proposals to demonstrate the secondary use of bat-
teries and associated equipment and supporting infra-
structure in geographic locations throughout the United 
States. The Secretary may make additional solicitations 
for proposals if the Secretary determines that such solici-
tations are necessary to carry out this section. 
(d) SELECTION OF PROPOSALS.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, not 
later than 90 days after the closing date established 
by the Secretary for receipt of proposals under sub-
section (c), select up to 5 proposals which may re-
ceive financial assistance under this section, subject 
to the availability of appropriations. 
(2) DIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT.—In 
selecting proposals, the Secretary shall consider di-
versity of battery type, geographic and climatic di-
versity, and life-cycle environmental effects of the 
approaches. 
(3) LIMITATION.—No 1 project selected under 
this section shall receive more than 25 percent of the 
funds authorized for the program under this section. 
(4) OPTIMIZATION OF FEDERAL RESOURCES.—
The Secretary shall consider the extent of involve-
ment of State or local government and other persons 
in each demonstration project to optimize use of 
Federal resources. 
(5) OTHER CRITERIA.—The Secretary may con-
sider such other criteria as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(e) CONDITIONS.—The Secretary shall require that—