I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 622
To reauthorize and revise the Renewable Energy Production Incentive 
program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 8, 2005
Mrs. BONO (for herself and Mr. MARKEY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To reauthorize and revise the Renewable Energy Production 
Incentive program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Renewable Energy 
Production Incentive Reform Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—Section 1212(a) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and which satisfies’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘Secretary shall establish.’’ and inserting
‘‘. If there are insufficient appropriations to make full pay-
ments for electric production from all qualified renewable 
energy facilities in any given year, the Secretary shall as-
sign 60 percent of appropriated funds for that year to fa-
cilities that use solar, wind, geothermal, or closed-loop 
(dedicated energy crops) biomass technologies to generate 
electricity, and assign the remaining 40 percent to other 
projects. The Secretary may, after transmitting to the 
Congress an explanation of the reasons therefor, alter the 
percentage requirements of the preceding sentence.’’. 
(b) QUALIFIED RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY.—
Section 1212(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 13317(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘a State or any political’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘nonprofit electrical cooper-
ative’’ and inserting ‘‘a not-for-profit electric cooper-
ative, a public utility described in section 115 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a State, Common-
wealth, territory, or possession of the United States 
or the District of Columbia, or a political subdivision 
thereof, or an Indian tribal government of subdivi-
sion thereof,’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘landfill gas,’’ after ‘‘wind, bio-
mass,’’.
(c) ELIGIBILITY WINDOW.—Section 1212(c) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(c)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘during the 10-fiscal year period be-
ginning with the first full fiscal year occurring after the 
enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘after October 
1, 2005, and before October 1, 2015’’. 
(d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—Section 1212(e)(1) of 
the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(e)(1)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘landfill gas,’’ after ‘‘wind, bio-
mass,’’. 
(e) SUNSET.—Section 1212(f) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(f)) is amended by striking 
‘‘the expiration of’’ and all that follows through ‘‘of this 
section’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1212(g) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
13317(g)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this section for fis-
cal years 2005 through 2025.
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made 
available under paragraph (1) shall remain available 
until expended.’’.
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