PART 8—ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY FINANCING 
Sec. 9089. Advisory committee. 
PART 9—ENERGY EFFICIENCY BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM 
Sec. 9091. Definitions. 
Sec. 9092. Establishment of program. 
Sec. 9093. Allocations. 
Sec. 9094. Eligible activities. 
Sec. 9095. Requirements. 
Sec. 9096. Review and evaluation. 
Sec. 9097. Technical Assistance and Education Program. 
Sec. 9098. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Smart Grid Facilitation 
Sec. 9101. Short title. 
PART 1—SMART GRID 
Sec. 9111. Statement of policy on modernization of electricity grid. 
Sec. 9112. Grid Modernization Commission. 
Sec. 9113. Grid assessment and report. 
Sec. 9114. Federal matching fund for smart grid investment costs. 
Sec. 9115. Smart Grid technology deployment. 
Sec. 9116. Smart Grid Information Requirements. 
Sec. 9117. State consideration of incentives for Smart Grid. 
Sec. 9118. DOE study of security attributes of Smart Grid systems. 
PART 2—DEMAND RESPONSE 
Sec. 9121. Electricity sector demand response. 
Subtitle C—Loan Guarantees 
Sec. 9201. Amount of loans guaranteed. 
Sec. 9202. Exclusion of categories. 
Subtitle D—Renewable Fuel Infrastructure and International Cooperation 
PART 1—RENEWABLE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE 
Sec. 9301. Renewable fuel infrastructure development. 
Sec. 9302. Prohibition on franchise agreement restrictions related to renewable 
fuel infrastructure. 
Sec. 9303. Renewable fuel dispenser requirements. 
Sec. 9304. Pipeline feasibility study. 
Sec. 9305. Study of ethanol-blended gasoline with greater levels of ethanol. 
Sec. 9306. Study of the adequacy of railroad transportation of domestically-pro-
duced renewable fuel. 
Sec. 9307. Standard specifications for biodiesel. 
Sec. 9308. Grants for cellulosic ethanol production. 
Sec. 9309. Consumer education campaign relating to flexible-fuel vehicles. 
Sec. 9310. Review of new renewable fuels or new renewable fuel additives. 
Sec. 9311. Domestic manufacturing conversion grant program. 
Sec. 9312. Cellulosic ethanol and biofuels research. 
Sec. 9313. Federal fleet fueling centers. 
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‘‘(I) from any sources other than 
the Small Business Administration 
that meet criteria established by the 
Administrator; 
‘‘(II) payable or available over a 
multiyear period acceptable to the Ad-
ministrator (not to exceed 10 years); 
and 
‘‘(III) in an amount not less than 
30 percent of the total amount of cap-
ital and commitments raised under 
paragraph (1); 
‘‘(ii) shall have purchased an annu-
ity— 
‘‘(I) from an insurance company 
acceptable to the Administrator; 
‘‘(II) using funds (other than the 
funds raised under paragraph (1)), 
from any source other than the Ad-
ministrator; and 
‘‘(III) that yields cash payments 
over a multiyear period acceptable to 
the Administrator (not to exceed 10 
years) in an amount not less than 30 
percent of the total amount of capital 
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and commitments raised under para-
graph (1); or 
‘‘(iii) shall have binding commitments 
(for contributions in cash or in kind) of the 
type described in clause (i) and shall have 
purchased an annuity of the type described 
in clause (ii), which in the aggregate make 
available, over a multiyear period accept-
able to the Administrator (not to exceed 10 
years), an amount not less than 30 percent 
of the total amount of capital and commit-
ments raised under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) 
EXCEPTION.—The 
Administrator 
may, in the discretion of the Administrator and 
based upon a showing of special circumstances 
and good cause, consider an applicant to have 
satisfied the requirements of subparagraph (A) 
if the applicant has— 
‘‘(i) a viable plan that reasonably 
projects the capacity of the applicant to 
raise the amount (in cash or in-kind) re-
quired under subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) binding commitments in an 
amount equal to not less than 20 percent 
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of the total amount required under para-
graph (A). 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—In order to comply 
with the requirements of subparagraphs (A) 
and (B), the total amount of a company’s in- 
kind contributions may not exceed 50 percent 
of the company’s total contributions. 
‘‘(e) FINAL APPROVAL; DESIGNATION.—The Admin-
istrator shall, with respect to each applicant conditionally 
approved to operate as a Renewable Fuel Capital Invest-
ment Company under subsection (c), either— 
‘‘(1) grant final approval to the applicant to op-
erate as a Renewable Fuel Capital Investment com-
pany under this part and designate the applicant as 
such a company, if the applicant— 
‘‘(A) satisfies the requirements of sub-
section (d) on or before the expiration of the 
time period described in that subsection; and 
‘‘(B) enters into a participation agreement 
with the Administrator; or 
‘‘(2) if the applicant fails to satisfy the require-
ments of subsection (d) on or before the expiration 
of the time period described in that subsection, re-
voke the conditional approval granted under that 
subsection. 
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‘‘SEC. 385. DEBENTURES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may guar-
antee the timely payment of principal and interest, as 
scheduled, on debentures issued by any Renewable Fuel 
Capital Investment company. 
‘‘(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Administrator 
may make guarantees under this section on such terms 
and conditions as it deems appropriate, except that the 
term of any debenture guaranteed under this section shall 
not exceed 15 years. 
‘‘(c) FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE UNITED 
STATES.—The full faith and credit of the United States 
is pledged to pay all amounts that may be required to be 
paid under any guarantee under this part. 
‘‘(d) MAXIMUM GUARANTEE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Under this section, the Ad-
ministrator may guarantee the debentures issued by 
a Renewable Fuel Capital Investment company only 
to the extent that the total face amount of out-
standing guaranteed debentures of such company 
does not exceed 150 percent of the private capital of 
the company, as determined by the Administrator. 
‘‘(2) 
TREATMENT
OF
CERTAIN
FEDERAL 
FUNDS.—For the purposes of paragraph (1), private 
capital shall include capital that is considered to be 
Federal funds, if such capital is contributed by an 
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investor other than an agency or department of the 
Federal Government. 
‘‘SEC. 386. ISSUANCE AND GUARANTEE OF TRUST CERTIFI-
CATES. 
‘‘(a) ISSUANCE.—The Administrator may issue trust 
certificates representing ownership of all or a fractional 
part of debentures issued by a Renewable Fuel Capital 
Investment company and guaranteed by the Administrator 
under this part, if such certificates are based on and 
backed by a trust or pool approved by the Administrator 
and composed solely of guaranteed debentures. 
‘‘(b) GUARANTEE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator may, 
under such terms and conditions as it deems appro-
priate, guarantee the timely payment of the principal 
of and interest on trust certificates issued by the 
Administrator or its agents for purposes of this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Each guarantee under this 
subsection shall be limited to the extent of principal 
and interest on the guaranteed debentures that com-
pose the trust or pool. 
‘‘(3) PREPAYMENT OR DEFAULT.—In the event 
that a debenture in a trust or pool is prepaid, or in 
the event of default of such a debenture, the guar-
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antee of timely payment of principal and interest on 
the trust certificates shall be reduced in proportion 
to the amount of principal and interest such prepaid 
debenture represents in the trust or pool. Interest on 
prepaid or defaulted debentures shall accrue and be 
guaranteed by the Administrator only through the 
date of payment of the guarantee. At any time dur-
ing its term, a trust certificate may be called for re-
demption due to prepayment or default of all deben-
tures. 
‘‘(c) FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE UNITED 
STATES.—The full faith and credit of the United States 
is pledged to pay all amounts that may be required to be 
paid under any guarantee of a trust certificate issued by 
the Administrator or its agents under this section. 
‘‘(d) FEES.—The Administrator shall not collect a fee 
for any guarantee of a trust certificate under this section, 
but any agent of the Administrator may collect a fee ap-
proved by the Administrator for the functions described 
in subsection (f )(2). 
‘‘(e) SUBROGATION AND OWNERSHIP RIGHTS.— 
‘‘(1) SUBROGATION.—In the event the Adminis-
trator pays a claim under a guarantee issued under 
this section, it shall be subrogated fully to the rights 
satisfied by such payment. 
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SEC. 4303. THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a program of research and development to provide lower 
cost and more viable thermal energy storage technologies 
to enable the shifting of electric power loads on demand 
and extend the operating time of concentrating solar 
power electric generating plants. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car-
rying out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, 
$7,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $9,000,000 for fiscal year 
2010, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and $12,000,000 
for fiscal year 2012. 
SEC. 4304. CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER COMMERCIAL 
APPLICATION STUDIES. 
(a) INTEGRATION.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
study on methods to integrate concentrating solar power 
into regional electricity transmission systems, and to iden-
tify new transmission or transmission upgrades needed to 
bring electricity from high concentrating solar power re-
source areas to growing electric power load centers 
throughout the United States. The study shall analyze and 
assess cost-effective approaches for management and 
large-scale integration of concentrating solar power into 
regional electric transmission grids to improve electric reli-
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ability, to efficiently manage load, and to reduce demand 
on the natural gas transmission system for electric power. 
The Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the 
results of this study not later than 12 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) WATER
CONSUMPTION.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Energy shall transmit to Congress a report 
on the results of a study on methods to reduce the amount 
of water consumed by concentrating solar power systems. 
SEC. 4305. SOLAR ENERGY CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT 
AND CERTIFICATION GRANTS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
in the Office of Solar Energy Technologies a competitive 
grant program to create and strengthen solar industry 
workforce training and internship programs in installa-
tion, operation, and maintenance of solar energy products. 
The goal of this program is to ensure a supply of well- 
trained individuals to support the expansion of the solar 
energy industry. 
(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Grant funds may be 
used to support the following activities: 
(1) Creation and development of a solar energy 
curriculum appropriate for the local educational, en-
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trepreneurial, and environmental conditions, includ-
ing curriculum for community colleges. 
(2) Support of certification programs, such as 
the North American Board of Certified Energy 
Practitioners, for individual solar energy system in-
stallers, instructors, and training programs. 
(3) Internship programs that provide hands-on 
participation by students in commercial applications. 
(4) Activities required to obtain certification of 
training programs and facilities by the Institute of 
Sustainable Power or an equivalent industry-accept-
ed quality-control certification program. 
(5) Incorporation of solar-specific learning mod-
ules into traditional occupational training and in-
ternship programs for construction-related trades. 
(6) The purchase of equipment necessary to 
carry out activities under this section. 
(7) Support of programs that provide guidance 
and updates to solar energy curriculum instructors. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANTS.—Grants may be 
awarded under this section for up to 3 years. The Sec-
retary shall award grants to ensure sufficient geographic 
distribution of training programs nationally. Grants shall 
only be awarded for programs certified by the Institute 
of Sustainable Power or an equivalent industry-accepted 
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quality-control certification institution, or for new and 
growing programs with a credible path to certification. 
Due consideration shall be given to women, underrep-
resented minorities, and persons with disabilities. 
(d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall make public, via 
the website of the Department or upon request, informa-
tion on the name and institution for all grants awarded 
under this section, including a brief description of the 
project as well as the grant award amount. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car-
rying out this section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012. 
SEC. 4306. DAYLIGHTING SYSTEMS AND DIRECT SOLAR 
LIGHT PIPE TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a program of research and development to provide assist-
ance in the demonstration and commercial application of 
direct solar renewable energy sources to provide alter-
natives to traditional power generation for lighting and il-
lumination, including light pipe technology, and to pro-
mote greater energy conservation and improved efficiency. 
All direct solar renewable energy devices supported under 
this program shall have the capability to provide measur-
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able data on the amount of kilowatt-hours saved over the 
traditionally powered light sources they have replaced. 
(b) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall transmit to 
Congress an annual report assessing the measurable data 
derived from each project in the direct solar renewable en-
ergy sources program and the energy savings resulting 
from its use. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘direct solar renewable energy’’ 
means energy from a device that converts sunlight 
into useable light within a building, tunnel, or other 
enclosed structure, replacing artificial light gen-
erated by a light fixture and doing so without the 
conversion of the sunlight into another form of en-
ergy; and 
(2) the term ‘‘light pipe’’ means a device de-
signed to transport visible solar radiation from its 
collection point to the interior of a building while ex-
cluding interior heat gain in the nonheating season. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car-
rying out this section $3,500,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012. 
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(2) promote the systematic evaluation of the 
impact of expanded biofuel production on the envi-
ronment, including forestlands, and on the food sup-
ply for humans and animals. 
(c) SMALL-SCALE
PRODUCTION
AND
USE
OF 
BIOFUELS.—The Secretary, in cooperation with the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, shall establish a research and devel-
opment program to facilitate small-scale production, local, 
and on-farm use of biofuels, including the development of 
small-scale gasification technologies for production of 
biofuel from cellulosic feedstocks. 
SEC. 4414. STUDY OF OPTIMIZATION OF BIOGAS USED IN 
NATURAL GAS VEHICLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
conduct a study of methods of increasing the fuel effi-
ciency of vehicles using biogas by optimizing natural gas 
vehicle systems that can operate on biogas, including the 
advancement of vehicle fuel systems and the combination 
of hybrid-electric and plug-in hybrid electric drive plat-
forms with natural gas vehicle systems using biogas. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall 
submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate and the Committee on Science and 
Technology of the House of Representatives a report that 
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describes the results of the study, including any rec-
ommendations of the Secretary. 
SEC. 4415. STANDARDS FOR BIOFUELS DISPENSERS. 
In the absence of appropriate private sector stand-
ards adopted prior to the date of enactment of this Act, 
and consistent with the National Technology Transfer and 
Advancement Act of 1995, the Secretary of Energy, in 
consultation with the Director of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, shall develop standards for 
biofuel dispenser systems in order to promote broader 
biofuels adoption and utilization. 
SEC. 4416. ALGAL BIOMASS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Science and Technology of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate a report on the progress of the re-
search and development that is being conducted on the 
use of algae as a feedstock for the production of biofuels. 
The report shall identify continuing research and develop-
ment challenges and any regulatory or other barriers 
found by the Secretary that hinder the use of this re-
source, as well as recommendations on how to encourage 
and further its development as a viable transportation 
fuel. 
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Subtitle F—Carbon Capture and 
Storage 
SEC. 4501. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Department of En-
ergy Carbon Capture and Storage Research, Development, 
and Demonstration Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 4502. CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE RESEARCH, 
DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 963 of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16293) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘RE-
SEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT’’ and inserting 
‘‘AND
STORAGE
RESEARCH, 
DEVELOPMENT, 
AND DEMONSTRATION’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘research and develop-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘and storage research, de-
velopment, and demonstration’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘capture technologies on 
combustion-based systems’’ and inserting ‘‘cap-
ture and storage technologies related to electric 
power generating systems’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) to expedite and carry out large-scale test-
ing of carbon sequestration systems in a range of ge-
ological formations that will provide information on 
the cost and feasibility of deployment of sequestra-
tion technologies.’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEER-
ING
RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT
AND
DEM-
ONSTRATION
SUPPORTING
CARBON
CAPTURE
AND 
STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
carry out fundamental science and engineering 
research 
(including 
laboratory-scale 
experi-
ments, numeric modeling, and simulations) to 
develop and document the performance of new 
approaches to capture and store carbon dioxide, 
or to learn how to use carbon dioxide in prod-
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ucts to lead to an overall reduction of carbon 
dioxide emissions. 
‘‘(B) PROGRAM INTEGRATION.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that fundamental research 
carried out under this paragraph is appro-
priately applied to energy technology develop-
ment activities and the field testing of carbon 
sequestration and carbon use activities, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) development of new or advanced 
technologies for the capture of carbon diox-
ide; 
‘‘(ii) development of new or advanced 
technologies that reduce the cost and in-
crease the efficacy of the compression of 
carbon dioxide required for the storage of 
carbon dioxide; 
‘‘(iii) modeling and simulation of geo-
logical sequestration field demonstrations; 
‘‘(iv) quantitative assessment of risks 
relating to specific field sites for testing of 
sequestration technologies; and 
‘‘(v) research and development of new 
and advanced technologies for carbon use, 
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including recycling and reuse of carbon di-
oxide. 
‘‘(2) FIELD
VALIDATION
TESTING
ACTIVI-
TIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
promote, to the maximum extent practicable, 
regional carbon sequestration partnerships to 
conduct geologic sequestration tests involving 
carbon dioxide injection and monitoring, mitiga-
tion, and verification operations in a variety of 
candidate geological settings, including— 
‘‘(i) operating oil and gas fields; 
‘‘(ii) depleted oil and gas fields; 
‘‘(iii) unmineable coal seams; 
‘‘(iv) deep saline formations; 
‘‘(v) deep geologic systems that may 
be used as engineered reservoirs to extract 
economical quantities of heat from geo-
thermal resources of low permeability or 
porosity; 
‘‘(vi) deep geologic systems containing 
basalt formations; and 
‘‘(vii) high altitude terrain oil and gas 
fields. 
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eral share of a project under paragraph (4) shall not 
exceed 50 percent. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this 
section, other than subsection (c)(3) and (4)— 
‘‘(A) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(B) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(C) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
and 
‘‘(D) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 
‘‘(2) SEQUESTRATION.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out 
subsection (c)(3)— 
‘‘(A) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(B) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(C) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
and 
‘‘(D) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 
‘‘(3) CARBON CAPTURE.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out 
subsection (c)(4)— 
‘‘(A) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(B) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
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‘‘(C) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
and 
‘‘(D) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The item 
relating to section 963 in the table of contents for the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 963. Carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstra-
tion program.’’. 
SEC. 4503. REVIEW OF LARGE-SCALE PROGRAMS. 
The Secretary of Energy shall enter into an arrange-
ment with the National Academy of Sciences for an inde-
pendent review and oversight, beginning in 2011, of the 
programs under section 963(c)(3) and (4) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005, as added by section 4502 of this sub-
title, to ensure that the benefits of such programs are 
maximized. Not later than January 1, 2012, the Secretary 
shall transmit to the Congress a report on the results of 
such review and oversight. 
SEC. 4504. SAFETY RESEARCH. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Assistant Administrator for Re-
search and Development of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall conduct a research program to determine 
procedures necessary to protect public health, safety, and 
the environment from impacts that may be associated with 
capture, injection, and sequestration of greenhouse gases 
in subterranean reservoirs. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out this sec-
tion $5,000,000 for each fiscal year. 
SEC. 4505. GEOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION TRAINING AND 
RESEARCH. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall enter into an arrangement with the National 
Academy of Sciences to undertake a study that— 
(A) defines an interdisciplinary program in 
geology, engineering, hydrology, environmental 
science, and related disciplines that will support 
the Nation’s capability to capture and sequester 
carbon dioxide from anthropogenic sources; 
(B) addresses undergraduate and graduate 
education, especially to help develop graduate 
level programs of research and instruction that 
lead to advanced degrees with emphasis on geo-
logical sequestration science; 
(C) develops guidelines for proposals from 
colleges and universities with substantial capa-
bilities in the required disciplines that wish to 
implement geological sequestration science pro-
grams that advance the Nation’s capacity to ad-
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dress carbon management through geological 
sequestration science; and 
(D) outlines a budget and recommenda-
tions for how much funding will be necessary to 
establish and carry out the grant program 
under subsection (b). 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of En-
ergy shall transmit to the Congress a copy of the re-
sults of the study provided by the National Academy 
of Sciences under paragraph (1). 
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary for carrying out this subsection $1,000,000 
for fiscal year 2008. 
(b) GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of En-
ergy, through the National Energy Technology Lab-
oratory, shall establish a competitive grant program 
through which colleges and universities may apply 
for and receive 4-year grants for— 
(A) salary and startup costs for newly des-
ignated faculty positions in an integrated geo-
logical carbon sequestration science program; 
and 
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(B) internships for graduate students in 
geological sequestration science. 
(2) RENEWAL.—Grants under this subsection 
shall be renewable for up to 2 additional 3-year 
terms, based on performance criteria, established by 
the National Academy of Sciences study conducted 
under subsection (a), that include the number of 
graduates of such programs. 
(3) INTERFACE WITH REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL 
CARBON
SEQUESTRATION
PARTNERSHIPS.—To the 
greatest extent possible, geological carbon sequestra-
tion science programs supported under this sub-
section shall interface with the research of the Re-
gional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships operated 
by the Department of Energy to provide internships 
and practical training in carbon capture and geologi-
cal sequestration. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary for carrying out this subsection such sums as 
may be necessary. 
SEC. 4506. UNIVERSITY BASED RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Energy, in 
consultation with other appropriate agencies, shall estab-
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of enactment of this Act. Revised Plans shall be submitted 
to the Congress at least once every 5 years thereafter. In 
the development of each Plan, the President shall conduct 
a formal assessment process under this section to deter-
mine the needs of appropriate Federal, State, regional, 
and local authorities and other interested parties regard-
ing the types of information needed by them in developing 
policies to reduce society’s vulnerability to global change 
and shall utilize these assessments, including the reviews 
by the National Academy of Sciences and the National 
Governors Association under subsections (e) and (f), in 
developing the Plan. 
(b) CONTENTS OF THE PLAN.—The Plan shall— 
(1) establish, for the 10-year period beginning 
in the year the Plan is submitted, the goals and pri-
orities for Federal global change research which 
most effectively advance scientific understanding of 
global change and provide information of use to 
Federal, State, regional, and local authorities in the 
development of policies relating to global change; 
(2) describe specific activities, including efforts 
to determine user information needs, research activi-
ties, data collection, database development, and data 
analysis requirements, development of regional sce-
narios, assessment of model predictability, assess-
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ment of climate change impacts, participation in 
international research efforts, and information man-
agement, required to achieve such goals and prior-
ities; 
(3) identify relevant programs and activities of 
the Federal agencies that contribute to the Program 
directly and indirectly; 
(4) set forth the role of each Federal agency in 
implementing the Plan; 
(5) consider and utilize, as appropriate, reports 
and studies conducted by Federal agencies, the Na-
tional Research Council, or other entities; 
(6) make recommendations for the coordination 
of the global change research and assessment activi-
ties of the United States with such activities of other 
nations and international organizations, including— 
(A) a description of the extent and nature 
of international cooperative activities; 
(B) bilateral and multilateral efforts to 
provide worldwide access to scientific data and 
information; and 
(C) improving participation by developing 
nations in international global change research 
and environmental data collection; 
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(7) detail budget requirements for Federal glob-
al change research and assessment activities to be 
conducted under the Plan; 
(8) catalog the type of information identified by 
appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local deci-
sionmakers needed to develop policies to reduce soci-
ety’s vulnerability to global change and indicate how 
the planned research will meet these decisionmakers’ 
information needs; 
(9) identify the observing systems currently em-
ployed in collecting data relevant to global and re-
gional climate change research and prioritize addi-
tional observation systems that may be needed to en-
sure adequate data collection and monitoring of 
global change; 
(10) describe specific activities designed to fa-
cilitate outreach and data and information exchange 
with regional, State, and local governments and 
other user communities; and 
(11) identify and describe regions of the United 
States that are likely to experience similar impacts 
of global change or are likely to share similar 
vulnerabilities to global change. 
(c) RESEARCH ELEMENTS.—The Plan shall include 
at a minimum the following research elements: 
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(1) Global measurements, establishing world-
wide to regional scale observations prioritized to un-
derstand global change and to meet the information 
needs of decisionmakers on all relevant spatial and 
time scales. 
(2) Information on economic, demographic, and 
technological trends that contribute to changes in 
the Earth system and that influence society’s vulner-
ability to global and regional climate change. 
(3) Development of indicators and baseline 
databases to document global change, including 
changes in species distribution and behavior, extent 
of glaciations, and changes in sea level. 
(4) Studies of historical changes in the Earth 
system, using evidence from the geological and fossil 
record. 
(5) Assessments of predictability using quan-
titative models of the Earth system to simulate glob-
al and regional environmental processes and trends. 
(6) Focused research initiatives to understand 
the nature of and interaction among physical, chem-
ical, biological, land use, and social processes related 
to global and regional climate change. 
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(7) Focused research initiatives to determine 
and then meet the information needs of appropriate 
Federal, State, and regional decisionmakers. 
(d) INFORMATION MANAGEMENT.—The Plan shall 
incorporate, to the extent practicable, the recommenda-
tions relating to data acquisition, management, integra-
tion, and archiving made by the interagency climate and 
other global change data management working group es-
tablished under section 4633. 
(e) NATIONAL ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES EVALUA-
TION.—The President shall enter into an agreement with 
the National Academy of Sciences under which the Acad-
emy shall— 
(1) evaluate the scientific content of the Plan; 
and 
(2) recommend priorities for future global and 
regional climate change research and assessment. 
(f) NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION EVALUA-
TION.—The President shall enter into an agreement with 
the National Governors Association Center for Best Prac-
tices under which that Center shall— 
(1) evaluate the utility to State, local, and re-
gional decisionmakers of each Plan and of the antici-
pated and actual information outputs of the Pro-
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