I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 612 
To provide for Federal energy research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application activities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 8, 2005 
Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself and Mr. BOEHLERT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Science 
A BILL 
To provide for Federal energy research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial application activities, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Energy Basic and Applied Sciences Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—SCIENCE PROGRAMS 
Sec. 101. Office of Science programs.
Sec. 102. Systems biology program. 
Sec. 103. Catalysis Research and Development Program. 
Sec. 104. Hydrogen. 
Sec. 105. Advanced scientific computing research. 
Sec. 106. Fusion Energy Sciences program. 
Sec. 107. Science and Technology Scholarship Program. 
Sec. 108. Office of Scientific and Technical Information. 
Sec. 109. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS 
Sec. 201. Cost sharing. 
Sec. 202. Reprogramming. 
Sec. 203. Merit-based competition. 
Sec. 204. External technical review of departmental programs. 
Sec. 205. Competitive award of management contracts. 
Sec. 206. National Laboratory designation. 
Sec. 207. Report on equal employment opportunity practices. 
Sec. 208. User facility best practices plan. 
Sec. 209. Support for science and energy infrastructure and facilities. 
Sec. 210. Coordination plan. 
Sec. 211. Availability of funds. 
TITLE III—ENERGY EFFICIENCY 
Subtitle A—Vehicles, Buildings, and Industries 
Sec. 301. Programs. 
Sec. 302. Vehicles. 
Sec. 303. Buildings. 
Sec. 304. Industries. 
Sec. 305. Demonstration and commercial application. 
Sec. 306. Secondary electric vehicle battery use program. 
Sec. 307. Definition of cost-effective. 
Sec. 308. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 309. Limitation on use of funds. 
Subtitle B—Distributed Energy and Electric Energy Systems 
Sec. 321. Distributed energy. 
Sec. 322. Electricity transmission and distribution and energy assurance. 
Sec. 323. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE IV—RENEWABLE ENERGY 
Sec. 401. Findings. 
Sec. 402. Definitions. 
Sec. 403. Programs. 
Sec. 404. Solar. 
Sec. 405. Bioenergy programs. 
Sec. 406. Wind. 
Sec. 407. Geothermal. 
Sec. 408. Photovoltaic demonstration program. 
Sec. 409. Additional programs. 
Sec. 410. Analysis and evaluation. 
Sec. 411. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE V—NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAMS 
Sec. 501. Definition. 
Sec. 502. Programs. 
Subtitle A—Nuclear energy research programs 
Sec. 511. Advanced fuel recycling program. 
Sec. 512. University nuclear science and engineering support. 
Sec. 513. University-National Laboratory interactions. 
Sec. 514. Nuclear Power 2010 Program. 
Sec. 515. Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative. 
Sec. 516. Civilian infrastructure and facilities. 
Sec. 517. Nuclear energy research and development infrastructure plan. 
Sec. 518. Idaho National Laboratory facilities plan. 
Sec. 519. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Next Generation Nuclear Plant Program 
Sec. 531. Definitions. 
Sec. 532. Next generation nuclear power plant. 
Sec. 533. Advisory committee. 
Sec. 534. Program requirements. 
Sec. 535. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE VI—FOSSIL ENERGY 
Subtitle A—Research Programs 
Sec. 601. Enhanced fossil energy research and development programs. 
Sec. 602. Fossil research and development. 
Sec. 603. Oil and gas research and development. 
Sec. 604. Transportation fuels. 
Sec. 605. Fuel cells. 
Sec. 606. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other 
Petroleum Resources 
Sec. 611. Program authority. 
Sec. 612. Ultra-deepwater program. 
Sec. 613. Unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources program. 
Sec. 614. Additional requirements for awards. 
Sec. 615. Advisory committees. 
Sec. 616. Limits on participation. 
Sec. 617. Sunset. 
Sec. 618. Definitions. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) APPLIED PROGRAMS.—The term ‘‘applied 
programs’’ means the research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial application programs of
the Department concerning energy efficiency, renew-
able energy, nuclear energy, fossil energy, and elec-
tricity transmission and distribution. 
(2) BIOMASS.—The term ‘‘biomass’’ means— 
(A) any organic material grown for the 
purpose of being converted to energy; 
(B) any organic byproduct of agriculture 
(including wastes from food production and 
processing) that can be converted into energy; 
or 
(C) any waste material that can be con-
verted to energy, is segregated from other waste 
materials, and is derived from— 
(i) any of the following forest-related 
resources: mill residues, precommercial 
thinnings, slash, brush, or otherwise non-
merchantable material; or 
(ii) wood waste materials, including 
waste pallets, crates, dunnage, manufac-
turing and construction wood wastes (other 
than pressure-treated, chemically-treated, 
or painted wood wastes), and landscape or 
right-of-way tree trimmings, but not in-
cluding municipal solid waste, gas derived
from the biodegradation of municipal solid 
waste, or paper that is commonly recycled. 
(3) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(4) DEPARTMENTAL MISSION.—The term ‘‘de-
partmental mission’’ means any of the functions 
vested in the Secretary of Energy by the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.) or other law. 
(5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(6) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Laboratory’’ means any of the following lab-
oratories owned by the Department: 
(A) Ames Laboratory. 
(B) Argonne National Laboratory. 
(C) Brookhaven National Laboratory. 
(D) Fermi National Accelerator Labora-
tory. 
(E) Idaho National Laboratory. 
(F) Lawrence Berkeley National Labora-
tory.
(G) Lawrence Livermore National Labora-
tory. 
(H) Los Alamos National Laboratory. 
(I) National Energy Technology Labora-
tory. 
(J) National Renewable Energy Labora-
tory. 
(K) Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 
(L) Pacific Northwest National Labora-
tory. 
(M) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. 
(N) Sandia National Laboratories. 
(O) Savannah River National Laboratory. 
(P) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. 
(Q) Thomas Jefferson National Accel-
erator Facility. 
(7) RENEWABLE ENERGY.—The term ‘‘renew-
able energy’’ means energy from wind, sunlight, the 
flow of water, heat from the Earth, or biomass that 
can be converted into a usable form such as process 
heat, electricity, fuel, or space heat. 
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States 
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the North-
ern Mariana Islands, and any other commonwealth, 
territory, or possession of the United States. 
(10) UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘‘university’’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘‘institution of higher 
education’’ in section 101 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(11) USER FACILITY.—The term ‘‘user facility’’ 
means a research and development facility sup-
ported, in whole or in part, by Departmental funds 
that is open, at a minimum, to all qualified United 
States researchers. 
TITLE I—SCIENCE PROGRAMS 
SEC. 101. OFFICE OF SCIENCE PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct, 
through the Office of Science, programs of research, devel-
opment, demonstration, and commercial application in 
high energy physics and nuclear physics, biological and en-
vironmental research, basic energy sciences, advanced sci-
entific and computing research, and fusion energy 
sciences, including activities described in this title. The 
programs shall include support for facilities and infra-
structure, education, outreach, information, analysis, and 
coordination activities.
(b) RARE ISOTOPE ACCELERATOR.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall con-
struct and operate a Rare Isotope Accelerator. The 
Secretary shall commence construction no later than 
September 30, 2008. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this subsection. The Secretary shall not spend more 
than $1,100,000,000 for all activities associated 
with the Rare Isotope Accelerator prior to operation. 
SEC. 102. SYSTEMS BIOLOGY PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a research, development, and demonstration 
program in genetics, protein science, and computa-
tional biology to support the energy, national secu-
rity, and environmental missions of the Department. 
(2) GRANTS.—The program shall support indi-
vidual researchers and multidisciplinary teams of re-
searchers 
through 
competitive, 
merit-reviewed 
grants. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the pro-
gram, the Secretary shall consult with other Federal 
agencies that conduct genetic and protein research.
(b) GOALS.—The program shall have the goal of de-
veloping technologies and methods based on the biological 
functions of genomes, microbes, and plants that— 
(1) can facilitate the production of fuels, includ-
ing hydrogen; 
(2) convert carbon dioxide to organic carbon; 
(3) detoxify soils and water, including at De-
partmental facilities, contaminated with heavy met-
als and radiological materials; and 
(4) address other Department missions as iden-
tified by the Secretary. 
(c) PLAN.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall prepare and transmit to Congress a 
research plan describing how the program author-
ized pursuant to this section will be undertaken to 
accomplish the program goals established in sub-
section (b). 
(2) REVIEW
OF
PLAN.—The Secretary shall 
contract with the National Academy of Sciences to 
review the research plan developed under this sub-
section. The Secretary shall transmit the review to 
Congress not later than 18 months after transmittal 
of the research plan under paragraph (1), along with
the Secretary’s response to the recommendations 
contained in the review. 
(d) USER
FACILITIES
AND
ANCILLARY
EQUIP-
MENT.—Within the funds authorized to be appropriated 
pursuant to this title, the amounts specified under section 
109(b)(1), (c)(1), (d)(1), (e)(1), and (f)(1) shall be avail-
able for projects to develop, plan, construct, acquire, or 
operate special equipment, instrumentation, or facilities, 
including user facilities, for researchers conducting re-
search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plication in systems biology and proteomics and associated 
biological disciplines. 
(e) PROHIBITION ON BIOMEDICAL AND HUMAN CELL 
AND HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH.— 
(1) NO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH.—In carrying 
out the program under this section, the Secretary 
shall not conduct biomedical research. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section shall 
authorize the Secretary to conduct any research or 
demonstrations— 
(A) on human cells or human subjects; or 
(B) designed to have direct application 
with respect to human cells or human subjects.
SEC. 103. CATALYSIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall conduct 
a program of research and development in catalysis 
science, including efforts to— 
(1) enable molecular-level catalyst design by 
coupling 
experimental 
and 
computational 
ap-
proaches; 
(2) enable nanoscale, high-throughput syn-
thesis, assay, and characterization; and 
(3) synthesize catalysts with specific site archi-
tectures. 
(b) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the pro-
gram under this section, the Secretary shall— 
(1) support both individual researchers and 
multidisciplinary teams of researchers to pioneer 
new approaches in catalytic design; 
(2) develop, plan, construct, acquire, or operate 
special equipment or facilities, including user facili-
ties; 
(3) support technology transfer activities to 
benefit industry and other users of catalysis science 
and engineering; and 
(4) coordinate research and development activi-
ties with industry and other Federal agencies.
SEC. 104. HYDROGEN. 
The Secretary shall conduct a program of funda-
mental research and development in support of programs 
authorized in title VII of this Act. 
SEC. 105. ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH. 
The Secretary shall conduct an advanced scientific 
computing research and development program, including 
in applied mathematics and the activities authorized by 
the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revital-
ization Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 5541 et seq.). The Sec-
retary shall carry out this program with the goal of sup-
porting departmental missions and providing the high-per-
formance computational, networking, and workforce re-
sources that are required for world leadership in science. 
SEC. 106. FUSION ENERGY SCIENCES PROGRAM. 
(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 
of the United States to conduct research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application to provide for 
the scientific, engineering, and commercial infrastructure 
necessary to ensure that the United States is competitive 
with other nations in providing fusion energy for its own 
needs and the needs of other nations, including by dem-
onstrating electric power or hydrogen production for the 
United States energy grid utilizing fusion energy at the 
earliest date possible. 
(b) PLANNING.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall transmit to Congress a plan, with pro-
posed cost estimates, budgets, and lists of potential 
international partners, for the implementation of the 
policy described in subsection (a). The plan shall en-
sure that— 
(A) existing fusion research facilities are 
more fully utilized; 
(B) fusion science, technology, theory, ad-
vanced computation, modeling, and simulation 
are strengthened; 
(C) new magnetic and inertial fusion re-
search and development facilities are selected 
based on scientific innovation, cost effective-
ness, and their potential to advance the goal of 
practical fusion energy at the earliest date pos-
sible, and those that are selected are funded at 
a cost-effective rate; 
(D) communication of scientific results and 
methods between the fusion energy science com-
munity and the broader scientific and tech-
nology communities is improved; 
(E) inertial confinement fusion facilities 
are utilized to the extent practicable for the
purpose of inertial fusion energy research and 
development; and 
(F) attractive alternative inertial and mag-
netic fusion energy approaches are more fully 
explored. 
(2) COSTS AND SCHEDULES.—Such plan shall 
also address the status of and, to the degree pos-
sible, costs and schedules for— 
(A) the design and implementation of 
international or national facilities for the test-
ing of fusion materials; and 
(B) the design and implementation of 
international or national facilities for the test-
ing and development of key fusion technologies. 
(c) UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN ITER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States may par-
ticipate in ITER only in accordance with this sub-
section. 
(2) AGREEMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to negotiate an agreement for United 
States participation in ITER. 
(B) 
CONTENTS.—Any 
agreement 
for 
United States participation in ITER shall, at a 
minimum—
(i) clearly define the United States fi-
nancial contribution to construction and 
operating costs, as well as any other costs 
associated with the project; 
(ii) ensure that the share of ITER’s 
high-technology components manufactured 
in the United States is at least propor-
tionate to the United States financial con-
tribution to ITER; 
(iii) ensure that the United States will 
not be financially responsible for cost over-
runs in components manufactured in other 
ITER participating countries; 
(iv) guarantee the United States full 
access to all data generated by ITER; 
(v) enable United States researchers 
to propose and carry out an equitable 
share of the experiments at ITER; 
(vi) provide the United States with a 
role in all collective decisionmaking related 
to ITER; and 
(vii) describe the process for dis-
continuing or decommissioning ITER and 
any United States role in that process.
(3) PLAN.—The Secretary, in consultation with 
the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, 
shall develop a plan for the participation of United 
States scientists in ITER that shall include the 
United States research agenda for ITER, methods 
to evaluate whether ITER is promoting progress to-
ward making fusion a reliable and affordable source 
of power, and a description of how work at ITER 
will relate to other elements of the United States fu-
sion program. The Secretary shall request a review 
of the plan by the National Academy of Sciences. 
(4) LIMITATION.—No Federal funds shall be 
expended for the construction of ITER until the 
Secretary has transmitted to Congress— 
(A) the agreement negotiated pursuant to 
paragraph (2) and 120 days have elapsed since 
that transmission; 
(B) a report describing the management 
structure of ITER and providing a fixed dollar 
estimate of the cost of United States participa-
tion in the construction of ITER, and 120 days 
have elapsed since that transmission; 
(C) a report describing how United States 
participation in ITER will be funded without 
reducing funding for other programs in the Of-
fice of Science, including other fusion programs, 
and 60 days have elapsed since that trans-
mission; and 
(D) the plan required by paragraph (3) 
(but not the National Academy of Sciences re-
view of that plan), and 60 days have elapsed 
since that transmission. 
(5) ALTERNATIVE
TO
ITER.—If at any time 
during the negotiations on ITER, the Secretary de-
termines that construction and operation of ITER is 
unlikely or infeasible, the Secretary shall send to 
Congress, as part of the budget request for the fol-
lowing year, a plan for implementing a domestic 
burning plasma experiment including costs and 
schedules for such a plan. The Secretary shall refine 
such plan in full consultation with the Fusion En-
ergy Sciences Advisory Committee and shall also 
transmit such plan to the National Academy of 
Sciences for review. 
(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) CONSTRUCTION.— The term ‘‘con-
struction’’ means the physical construction of 
the ITER facility, and the physical construc-
tion, purchase, or manufacture of equipment or 
components that are specifically designed for
the ITER facility, but does not mean the design 
of the facility, equipment, or components. 
(B) ITER.—The term ‘‘ITER’’ means the 
international burning plasma fusion research 
project in which the President announced 
United States participation on January 30, 
2003, or any similar international project. 
SEC. 107. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 
to establish a Science and Technology Scholarship 
Program to award scholarships to individuals that is 
designed to recruit and prepare students for careers 
in the Department. 
(2) COMPETITIVE PROCESS.—Individuals shall 
be selected to receive scholarships under this section 
through a competitive process primarily on the basis 
of academic merit, with consideration given to finan-
cial need and the goal of promoting the participation 
of individuals identified in section 33 or 34 of the 
Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b). 
(3) SERVICE AGREEMENTS.—To carry out the 
Program the Secretary shall enter into contractual
agreements with individuals selected under para-
graph (2) under which the individuals agree to serve 
as full-time employees of the Department, for the 
period described in subsection (f)(1), in positions 
needed by the Department and for which the individ-
uals are qualified, in exchange for receiving a schol-
arship. 
(b) SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligi-
ble to participate in the Program, an individual must— 
(1) be enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a 
full-time student at an institution of higher edu-
cation in an academic program or field of study de-
scribed in the list made available under subsection 
(d); 
(2) be a United States citizen; and 
(3) at the time of the initial scholarship award, 
not be a Federal employee as defined in section 
2105 of title 5 of the United States Code. 
(c) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—An individual seeking 
a scholarship under this section shall submit an applica-
tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information, agreements, or assurances as 
the Secretary may require. 
(d) ELIGIBLE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS.—The Secretary 
shall make publicly available a list of academic programs
and fields of study for which scholarships under the Pro-
gram may be utilized, and shall update the list as nec-
essary. 
(e) SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide a 
scholarship under the Program for an academic year 
if the individual applying for the scholarship has 
submitted to the Secretary, as part of the applica-
tion required under subsection (c), a proposed aca-
demic program leading to a degree in a program or 
field of study on the list made available under sub-
section (d). 
(2) DURATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—An individual 
may not receive a scholarship under this section for 
more than 4 academic years, unless the Secretary 
grants a waiver. 
(3) 
SCHOLARSHIP
AMOUNT.—The 
dollar 
amount of a scholarship under this section for an 
academic year shall be determined under regulations 
issued by the Secretary, but shall in no case exceed 
the cost of attendance. 
(4) AUTHORIZED
USES.—A scholarship pro-
vided under this section may be expended for tuition, 
fees, and other authorized expenses as established by 
the Secretary by regulation.
(5) CONTRACTS REGARDING DIRECT PAYMENTS 
TO INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary may enter into a 
contractual agreement with an institution of higher 
education under which the amounts provided for a 
scholarship under this section for tuition, fees, and 
other authorized expenses are paid directly to the in-
stitution with respect to which the scholarship is 
provided. 
(f) PERIOD OF OBLIGATED SERVICE.— 
(1) DURATION
OF
SERVICE.—The period of 
service for which an individual shall be obligated to 
serve as an employee of the Department is, except 
as provided in subsection (h)(2), 24 months for each 
academic year for which a scholarship under this 
section is provided. 
(2) SCHEDULE FOR SERVICE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), obligated service under para-
graph (1) shall begin not later than 60 days 
after the individual obtains the educational de-
gree for which the scholarship was provided. 
(B) DEFERRAL.—The Secretary may defer 
the obligation of an individual to provide a pe-
riod of service under paragraph (1) if the Sec-
retary determines that such a deferral is appro-
priate. The Secretary shall prescribe the terms 
and conditions under which a service obligation 
may be deferred through regulation. 
(g) PENALTIES
FOR
BREACH
OF
SCHOLARSHIP 
AGREEMENT.— 
(1) FAILURE TO COMPLETE ACADEMIC TRAIN-
ING.—Scholarship recipients who fail to maintain a 
high level of academic standing, as defined by the 
Secretary by regulation, who are dismissed from 
their educational institutions for disciplinary rea-
sons, or who voluntarily terminate academic training 
before graduation from the educational program for 
which the scholarship was awarded, shall be in 
breach of their contractual agreement and, in lieu of 
any service obligation arising under such agreement, 
shall be liable to the United States for repayment 
not later than 1 year after the date of default of all 
scholarship funds paid to them and to the institution 
of higher education on their behalf under the agree-
ment, except as provided in subsection (h)(2). The 
repayment period may be extended by the Secretary 
when determined to be necessary, as established by 
regulation. 
(2) FAILURE
TO
BEGIN
OR
COMPLETE
THE 
SERVICE
OBLIGATION
OR
MEET
THE
TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS OF DEFERMENT.—A scholarship recipi-
ent who, for any reason, fails to begin or complete 
a service obligation under this section after comple-
tion of academic training, or fails to comply with the 
terms and conditions of deferment established by the 
Secretary pursuant to subsection (f)(2)(B), shall be 
in breach of the contractual agreement. When a re-
cipient breaches an agreement for the reasons stated 
in the preceding sentence, the recipient shall be lia-
ble to the United States for an amount equal to— 
(A) the total amount of scholarships re-
ceived by such individual under this section; 
plus 
(B) the interest on the amounts of such 
awards which would be payable if at the time 
the awards were received they were loans bear-
ing interest at the maximum legal prevailing 
rate, as determined by the Treasurer of the 
United States, 
multiplied by 3. 
(h) WAIVER OR SUSPENSION OF OBLIGATION.— 
(1) DEATH OF INDIVIDUAL.—Any obligation of 
an individual incurred under the Program (or a con-
tractual agreement thereunder) for service or pay-
ment shall be canceled upon the death of the indi-
vidual. 
(2) IMPOSSIBILITY OR EXTREME HARDSHIP.— 
The Secretary shall by regulation provide for the 
partial or total waiver or suspension of any obliga-
tion of service or payment incurred by an individual 
under the Program (or a contractual agreement 
thereunder) whenever compliance by the individual is 
impossible or would involve extreme hardship to the 
individual, or if enforcement of such obligation with 
respect to the individual would be contrary to the 
best interests of the Government. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) COST OF ATTENDANCE.—The term ‘‘cost of 
attendance’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1087ll). 
(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 
the Science and Technology Scholarship Program es-
tablished under this section. 
SEC. 108. OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFOR-
MATION. 
The Secretary shall maintain within the Department 
the Office of Scientific and Technical Information.
SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
under 
the 
21st 
Century 
Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (15 
U.S.C. 7501 et seq.) and the Department of Energy High- 
End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 
5541 et seq.), the following sums are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary for the purposes of carrying 
out this title: 
(1) For fiscal year 2006, $3,785,000,000. 
(2) For fiscal year 2007, $4,153,000,000. 
(3) For fiscal year 2008, $4,628,000,000. 
(4) For fiscal year 2009, $5,300,000,000. 
(5) For fiscal year 2010, $5,800,000,000. 
(b) 2006 ALLOCATIONS.—From amounts authorized 
under subsection (a)(1), the following sums are authorized 
for fiscal year 2006: 
(1) SYSTEMS
BIOLOGY.—For activities under 
section 102, $100,000,000. 
(2) SCIENTIFIC
COMPUTING.—For activities 
under section 105, $252,000,000. 
(3) FUSION ENERGY SCIENCES.—For activities 
under section 106, excluding activities under sub-
section (c) of that section, $335,000,000. 
(4) SCHOLARSHIP.—For the scholarship pro-
gram described in section 107, $800,000.
(5) OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL IN-
FORMATION.—For activities under section 108, 
$7,000,000. 
(c) 2007 ALLOCATIONS.—From amounts authorized 
under subsection (a)(2), the following sums are authorized 
for fiscal year 2007: 
(1) SYSTEMS
BIOLOGY.—For activities under 
section 102, such sums as may be necessary. 
(2) SCIENTIFIC
COMPUTING.—For activities 
under section 105, $270,000,000. 
(3) FUSION ENERGY SCIENCES.—For activities 
under section 106, excluding activities under sub-
section (c) of that section, $349,000,000. 
(4) SCHOLARSHIP.—For the scholarship pro-
gram described in section 107, $1,600,000. 
(5) OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL IN-
FORMATION.—For activities under section 108, 
$7,500,000. 
(d) 2008 ALLOCATIONS.—From amounts authorized 
under subsection (a)(3), the following sums are authorized 
for fiscal year 2008: 
(1) SYSTEMS
BIOLOGY.—For activities under 
section 102, such sums as may be necessary. 
(2) SCIENTIFIC
COMPUTING.—For activities 
under section 105, $350,000,000.
(3) FUSION ENERGY SCIENCES.—For activities 
under section 106, excluding activities under sub-
section (c) of that section, $362,000,000. 
(4) SCHOLARSHIP.—For the scholarship pro-
gram described in section 107, $2,000,000. 
(5) OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL IN-
FORMATION.—For activities under section 108, 
$8,000,000. 
(e) 2009 ALLOCATIONS.—From amounts authorized 
under subsection (a)(4), the following sums are authorized 
for fiscal year 2009: 
(1) SYSTEMS
BIOLOGY.—For activities under 
section 102, such sums as may be necessary. 
(2) SCIENTIFIC
COMPUTING.—For activities 
under section 105, $375,000,000. 
(3) FUSION ENERGY SCIENCES.—For activities 
under section 106, excluding activities under sub-
section (c) of that section, $377,000,000. 
(4) SCHOLARSHIP.—For the scholarship pro-
gram described in section 107, $2,000,000. 
(5) OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL IN-
FORMATION.—For activities under section 108, 
$8,000,000.
(f) 2010 ALLOCATIONS.—From amounts authorized 
under subsection (a)(5), the following sums are authorized 
for fiscal year 2010: 
(1) SYSTEMS
BIOLOGY.—For activities under 
section 102, such sums as may be necessary. 
(2) SCIENTIFIC
COMPUTING.—For activities 
under section 105, $400,000,000. 
(3) FUSION ENERGY SCIENCES.—For activities 
under section 106, excluding activities under sub-
section (c) of that section, $393,000,000. 
(4) SCHOLARSHIP.—For the scholarship pro-
gram described in section 107, $2,000,000. 
(5) OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL IN-
FORMATION.—For activities under section 108, 
$8,500,000. 
(g) ITER CONSTRUCTION.—From amounts author-
ized under subsection (a) and in addition to amounts au-
thorized under subsections (b)(3), (c)(3), (d)(3), (e)(3), 
and (f)(3), there are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary such sums as may be necessary for ITER con-
struction, consistent with the limitations of section 106(c).
TITLE II—RESEARCH ADMINIS-
TRATION AND OPERATIONS 
SEC. 201. COST SHARING. 
(a) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Except as oth-
erwise provided in this Act, for research and development 
programs carried out under this Act, the Secretary shall 
require a commitment from non-Federal sources of at 
least 20 percent of the cost of the project. The Secretary 
may reduce or eliminate the non-Federal requirement 
under this subsection if the Secretary determines that the 
research and development is of a basic or fundamental na-
ture. 
(b) DEMONSTRATION
AND COMMERCIAL APPLICA-
TION.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Sec-
retary shall require at least 50 percent of the costs related 
to any demonstration or commercial application activities 
under this Act to be provided from non-Federal sources. 
The Secretary may reduce the non-Federal requirement 
under this subsection if the Secretary determines that the 
reduction is necessary and appropriate considering the 
technological risks involved in the project and is necessary 
to meet the objectives of this Act. 
(c) CALCULATION OF AMOUNT.—In calculating the 
amount of the non-Federal commitment under subsection
(a) or (b), the Secretary may include personnel, services, 
equipment, and other resources. 
(d) SIZE OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The Secretary 
may consider the amount of the non-Federal share in se-
lecting projects under this Act. 
SEC. 202. REPROGRAMMING. 
(a) DISTRIBUTION REPORT.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of an Act appropriating 
amounts authorized under this Act, the Secretary shall 
transmit to Congress a report explaining how such 
amounts will be distributed among the activities author-
ized by this Act. 
(b) REPROGRAMMING LETTER.—No amount author-
ized by this Act shall be obligated or expended for a pur-
pose inconsistent with the appropriations Act appro-
priating such amount, the report accompanying such ap-
propriations Act, or a distribution report transmitted 
under subsection (a) if such obligation or expenditure 
would change an individual amount, as represented in 
such an Act, report, or distribution report, by more than 
2 percent or $2,000,000, whichever is smaller, unless the 
Secretary has transmitted to Congress a letter of expla-
nation and a period of 30 days has elapsed after Congress 
receives the letter.
(c) COMPUTATION.—The computation of the 30-day 
period described in subsection (b) shall exclude any day 
on which either House of Congress is not in session be-
cause of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day 
certain. 
SEC. 203. MERIT-BASED COMPETITION. 
(a) COMPETITIVE MERIT REVIEW.—Awardees of 
funds authorized under this Act shall be selected through 
open competitions. Funds shall be competitively awarded 
only after an impartial review of the scientific and tech-
nical merit of the proposals for such awards has been car-
ried out by or for the Department on the basis of criteria 
outlined by the Secretary in the solicitation of proposals. 
(b) COMPETITION.—Competitive awards under this 
Act shall involve competitions open to all qualified entities 
within one or more of the following categories: 
(1) Institutions of higher education. 
(2) National Laboratories. 
(3) Nonprofit and for-profit private entities. 
(4) State and local governments. 
(5) Consortia of entities described in para-
graphs (1) through (4). 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary 
shall notify Congress within 30 days after awarding more 
than $500,000 through a competition described in sub-
section (b) that is limited to 1 of the categories described 
in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (b). 
(d) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive the require-
ment under subsection (a) requiring competition if the 
Secretary considers it necessary to more quickly advance 
research, development, demonstration, or commercial ap-
plication activities. The Secretary shall notify Congress 
within 30 days when a waiver is granted under this sub-
section. The Secretary may not delegate the waiver au-
thority under this subsection for awards over $500,000. 
SEC. 204. EXTERNAL TECHNICAL REVIEW OF DEPART-
MENTAL PROGRAMS. 
(a) NATIONAL APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH
AND 
DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
one or more advisory committees to review and ad-
vise the Department’s applied programs in the fol-
lowing areas: 
(A) Energy efficiency. 
(B) Renewable energy. 
(C) Nuclear energy. 
(D) Fossil energy. 
(2) EXISTING
ADVISORY
COMMITTEES.—The 
Secretary may designate an existing advisory com-
mittee within the Department to fulfill the respon-
sibilities of an advisory committee under this sub-
section. 
(b) OFFICE OF SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEES.— 
(1) USE OF EXISTING COMMITTEES.—Except as 
otherwise provided under the Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act, the Secretary shall continue to use the 
scientific program advisory committees chartered 
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.) by the Office of Science to oversee re-
search and development programs under that Office. 
(2) REPORT.—Before the Department issues 
any new guidance regarding the membership for Of-
fice of Science scientific program advisory commit-
tees, the Secretary shall transmit a report to the 
Congress outlining the reasons for the proposed 
changes, and 60 days must have elapsed after trans-
mittal of the report before the Department may im-
plement those changes. 
(3) SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be a 
Science Advisory Committee for the Office of 
Science that includes the chairs of each of the 
advisory committees described in paragraph (1). 
(B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Science Ad-
visory Committee shall—
(i) advise the Secretary on science 
issues; 
(ii) advise the Secretary with respect 
to the well-being and management of the 
National Laboratories and Department re-
search facilities; 
(iii) advise the Secretary with respect 
to education and workforce training activi-
ties required for effective short-term and 
long-term basic and applied research ac-
tivities of the Office of Science; and 
(iv) advise the Secretary with respect 
to the well-being of the university research 
programs supported by the Office of 
Science. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—Each member of an advisory 
committee appointed under this section shall have signifi-
cant scientific, technical, or other appropriate expertise. 
The membership of each committee shall represent a wide 
range of expertise, including at least one third with exper-
tise from outside the disciplines covered by the program, 
and a diverse set of interests. 
(d) MEETINGS AND PURPOSES.—Each advisory com-
mittee under this section shall meet at least semiannually 
to review and advise on the progress made by the respec-
tive research, development, demonstration, and commer-
cial application program or programs. The advisory com-
mittee shall also review the measurable cost and perform-
ance-based goals for the applied programs, and the 
progress on meeting such goals. 
(e) REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall enter into arrangements with the National 
Academy of Sciences to conduct reviews and assessments 
of the programs authorized by this Act, 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. 205. COMPETITIVE AWARD OF MANAGEMENT CON-
TRACTS. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary by this Act 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 2(6)), unless such contract is competitively 
awarded, or the Secretary grants, on a case-by-case basis, 
a waiver. The Secretary may not delegate the authority
to grant such a waiver and shall submit to the Congress 
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. 206. 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 2(6) as a National Laboratory. 
SEC. 207. 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 
improve equal employment opportunity practices at 
the laboratories. 
SEC. 208. USER FACILITY BEST PRACTICES PLAN. 
The Secretary shall not designate any new or existing 
facility as a user facility 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. 209. 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-
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; 
(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. 210. 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 
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. 211. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 
Funds appropriated to the Secretary for activities au-
thorized under this Act shall remain available for three 
years. Funds that are not obligated at the end of three 
years shall be returned to the Treasury. 
TITLE III—ENERGY EFFICIENCY 
Subtitle A—Vehicles, Buildings, 
and Industries 
SEC. 301. 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 subtitle. 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, 
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). 
SEC. 302. VEHICLES. 
The Secretary shall conduct a program of research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial application 
of advanced, cost-effective technologies to improve the en-
ergy 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. 
SEC. 303. BUILDINGS. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall conduct a pro-
gram of research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application of cost-effective technologies, for new 
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, including the Next Generation 
Lighting Initiative described in subsection (b); 
(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. 
(b) NEXT GENERATION LIGHTING INITIATIVE.—The 
program conducted under subsection (a)(3)(A) shall in-
clude a Next Generation Lighting Initiative to support re-
search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plication activities related to advanced lighting tech-
nologies for both general white light illumination needs 
and specialized applications such as exit ramp and stair-
way illumination. Such activities shall be focused on ad-
vanced lighting technologies, including solid-state organic 
and inorganic technologies that, compared to current 
lighting technologies, deliver superior performance, are 
longer lasting, are more energy-efficient, are better 
matched to customer needs, have less environmental im-
pact, and are cost-competitive.
(c) 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.
(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-
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 
C.F.R. part 434); and
(ii) at least 20 percent for major ren-
ovations, compared to energy consumption 
before renovations are begun. 
SEC. 304. 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-
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.
(c) REAUTHORIZATION OF STEEL AND ALUMINUM 
ENERGY CONSERVATION
AND TECHNOLOGY COMPETI-
TIVENESS ACT OF 1988.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Section 9 of the Steel and Aluminum Energy Con-
servation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 
1988 (15. U.S.C. 5108) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this Act $20,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2006 through 2010.’’. 
(2) 
STEEL
PROJECT
PRIORITIES.—Section 
4(c)(1) of the Steel and Aluminum Energy Con-
servation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 
1988 (15 U.S.C. 5103(c)(1)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (H), by striking 
‘‘coatings for sheet steels’’ and inserting ‘‘sheet 
and bar steels’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(K) The development of technologies 
which reduce greenhouse gas emissions.’’.
(3) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The Steel 
and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology 
Competitiveness Act of 1988 is further amended— 
(A) by striking section 7 (15 U.S.C. 5106); 
and 
(B) in section 4(b)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by in-
serting ‘‘AND REPORT’’ after ‘‘MANAGE-
MENT PLAN’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Within 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of the Act en-
acting this sentence’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘to expand the steel 
research and development initiative to in-
clude aluminum and’’; and 
(iv) by inserting ‘‘, and shall transmit 
such plan to Congress’’ after ‘‘carry out 
the purposes of this Act’’. 
SEC. 305. 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.— 
(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-
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; 
(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. 
(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. 306. 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-
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.— 
(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— 
(1) relevant information be provided to the De-
partment, the users of the batteries, the proposers, 
and the battery manufacturers; 
(2) the proposer provide at least 50 percent of 
the costs associated with the proposal; and 
(3) the proposer provide to the Secretary such 
information regarding the disposal of the batteries 
as the Secretary may require to ensure that the pro-
poser disposes of the batteries in accordance with 
applicable law.
SEC. 307. DEFINITION OF COST-EFFECTIVE. 
For purposes of this subtitle, the term ‘‘cost-effec-
tive’’ means resulting in a simple payback of costs in 10 
years or less. 
SEC. 308. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
In addition to the sums authorized in the Steel and 
Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competi-
tiveness Act of 1988, as amended in section 304 of this 
Act, the following sums are authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary for the purposes of carrying out this sub-
title: 
(1) For fiscal year 2006, $620,000,000, includ-
ing— 
(A) $200,000,000 for carrying out the ve-
hicles program under section 302; 
(B) $100,000,000 for carrying out the 
buildings program under section 303, of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for the grant program 
under section 303(c); 
(C) $100,000,000 for carrying out the in-
dustries program under section 304(a); 
(D) $2,000,000 for carrying out the elec-
tric motor control technology program under 
section 304(b);
(E) $10,000,000 for carrying out dem-
onstration and commercial applications activi-
ties under section 305; and 
(F) $4,000,000 for carrying out the sec-
ondary electric vehicle battery use program 
under section 306. 
(2) For fiscal year 2007, $700,000,000, includ-
ing— 
(A) $240,000,000 for carrying out the ve-
hicles program under section 302; 
(B) $130,000,000 for carrying out the 
buildings program under section 303, of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for the grant program 
under section 303(c); 
(C) $115,000,000 for carrying out the in-
dustries program under section 304(a); 
(D) $2,000,000 for carrying out the elec-
tric motor control technology program under 
section 304(b); 
(E) $10,000,000 for carrying out dem-
onstration and commercial applications activi-
ties under section 305; and 
(F) $7,000,000 for carrying out the sec-
ondary electric vehicle battery use program 
under section 306.
(3) For fiscal year 2008, $800,000,000, includ-
ing— 
(A) $270,000,000 for carrying out the ve-
hicles program under section 302; 
(B) $160,000,000 for carrying out the 
buildings program under section 303, of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for the grant program 
under section 303(c); 
(C) $140,000,000 for carrying out the in-
dustries program under section 304(a); 
(D) $2,000,000 for carrying out the elec-
tric motor control technology program under 
section 304(b); 
(E) $10,000,000 for carrying out dem-
onstration and commercial applications activi-
ties under section 305; and 
(F) $7,000,000 for carrying out the sec-
ondary electric vehicle battery use program 
under section 306. 
(4) For fiscal year 2009, $925,000,000, includ-
ing— 
(A) $310,000,000 for carrying out the ve-
hicles program under section 302; 
(B) $200,000,000 for carrying out the 
buildings program under section 303, of which
$10,000,000 shall be for the grant program 
under section 303(c); 
(C) $170,000,000 for carrying out the in-
dustries program under section 304(a); 
(D) $10,000,000 for carrying out dem-
onstration and commercial applications activi-
ties under section 305; and 
(E) $7,000,000 for carrying out the sec-
ondary electric vehicle battery use program 
under section 306. 
(5) For fiscal year 2010, $1,000,000,000, in-
cluding— 
(A) $340,000,000 for carrying out the ve-
hicles program under section 302; 
(B) $240,000,000 for carrying out the 
buildings program under section 303, of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for the grant program 
under section 303(c); 
(C) $190,000,000 for carrying out the in-
dustries program under section 304(a); 
(D) $10,000,000 for carrying out dem-
onstration and commercial applications activi-
ties under section 305; and
(E) $7,000,000 for carrying out the sec-
ondary electric vehicle battery use program 
under section 306. 
SEC. 309. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
under this subtitle may be used for— 
(1) the issuance and implementation of energy 
efficiency regulations; 
(2) the Weatherization Assistance Program 
under part A of title IV of the Energy Conservation 
and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.); 
(3) the State Energy Program under part D of 
title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.); or 
(4) the Federal Energy Management Program 
under part 3 of title V of the National Energy Con-
servation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8251 et seq.). 
Subtitle B—Distributed Energy and 
Electric Energy Systems 
SEC. 321. DISTRIBUTED ENERGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct pro-
grams of distributed energy resources and systems reli-
ability and efficiency research, development, demonstra-
tion, and commercial application to improve the reliability 
and efficiency of distributed energy resources and systems,
including activities described in this subtitle. The pro-
grams shall address advanced energy technologies and sys-
tems and advanced grid reliability technologies. The pro-
grams shall include the integration of— 
(1) renewable energy resources; 
(2) fuel cells; 
(3) combined heat and power systems; 
(4) microturbines; 
(5) advanced natural gas turbines; 
(6) advanced internal combustion engine gen-
erators; 
(7) energy storage devices; 
(8) interconnection standards, protocols, and 
equipment; 
(9) ancillary equipment for dispatch and con-
trol; and 
(10) any other energy technologies, as appro-
priate. 
(b) 
MICRO-COGENERATION
ENERGY
TECH-
NOLOGY.—The Secretary shall make competitive, merit- 
based grants to consortia for the development of micro- 
cogeneration energy technology. The consortia shall ex-
plore— 
(1) the use of small-scale combined heat and 
power in residential heating appliances; or
(2) the use of excess power to operate other ap-
pliances within the residence and supply excess gen-
erated power to the power grid. 
(c) 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, 
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 performance 
goals, with quantifiable 5-year cost and energy sav-
ings target levels, for distributed energy resources 
and systems, 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. 
SEC. 322. ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION 
AND ENERGY ASSURANCE. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall conduct a re-
search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plication program on advanced control devices to improve 
the energy efficiency and reliability of the electric trans-
mission and distribution systems and to protect the Na-
tion against severe energy supply disruptions. This pro-
gram shall address, at a minimum— 
(1) advanced energy delivery and storage tech-
nologies, materials, and systems, including new 
transmission technologies, such as flexible alter-
nating current transmission systems, composite con-
ductor materials, and other technologies that en-
hance reliability, operational flexibility, or power-car-
rying capability; 
(2) advanced grid reliability and efficiency tech-
nology development; 
(3) technologies contributing to significant load 
reductions; 
(4) advanced metering, load management, and 
control technologies; 
(5) technologies to enhance existing grid compo-
nents;
(6) the development and use of high-tempera-
ture superconductors to— 
(A) enhance the reliability, operational 
flexibility, or power-carrying capability of elec-
tric transmission or distribution systems; or 
(B) increase the efficiency of electric en-
ergy generation, transmission, distribution, or 
storage systems; 
(7) integration of power systems, including sys-
tems to deliver high-quality electric power, electric 
power reliability, and combined heat and power; 
(8) supply of electricity to the power grid by 
small-scale, distributed, and residential-based power 
generators; 
(9) the development and use of advanced grid 
design, operation, and planning tools; 
(10) any other infrastructure technologies, as 
appropriate; and 
(11) technology transfer and education. 
(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, 
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 performance 
goals, with quantifiable 5-year cost and energy sav-
ings target levels, for electricity transmission and 
distribution and energy assurance, 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. 
SEC. 323. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following sums are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the purposes 
of carrying out this subtitle: 
(1) For fiscal year 2006, $210,000,000. 
(2) For fiscal year 2007, $230,000,000. 
(3) For fiscal year 2008, $250,000,000. 
(4) For fiscal year 2009, $270,000,000.
(5) For fiscal year 2010, $290,000,000. 
(b) 
MICRO-COGENERATION
ENERGY
TECH-
NOLOGY.—From the amounts authorized under subsection 
(a), $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 
are authorized for activities under section 321(b). 
(c) ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION 
AND ENERGY ASSURANCE.—From the amounts author-
ized under subsection (a), the following sums are author-
ized for activities under section 322: 
(1) For fiscal year 2006, $120,000,000. 
(2) For fiscal year 2007, $130,000,000. 
(3) For fiscal year 2008, $155,000,000. 
(4) For fiscal year 2009, $165,000,000. 
(5) For fiscal year 2010, $175,000,000. 
TITLE IV—RENEWABLE ENERGY 
SEC. 401. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Renewable energy is a growth industry 
around the world. However, the United States has 
not been investing as heavily as other countries, and 
is losing market share. 
(2) Since 1996, the United States has lost sig-
nificant market share in the solar industry, dropping 
from 44 percent of the world market to 13 percent 
in 2003.
(3) 
In 
2003, 
Japan 
spent 
more 
than 
$200,000,000 on solar research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial application and other in-
centives, 
and 
Germany 
provided 
more 
than 
$750,000,000 in low cost financing for solar photo-
voltaic projects. This compares to United States 
Government spending of $139,000,000 in 2003 for 
research, development, demonstration, and commer-
cial application and other incentives. 
(4) Germany and Japan each had domestic 
photovoltaic industries that employed more than 
10,000 people in 2003, while in the same year the 
United States photovoltaics industry employed only 
2,000 people. 
(5) The United States is becoming increasingly 
dependent on imported energy. 
(6) The high cost of fossil fuels is hurting the 
United States economy. 
(7) Small reductions in peak demand can result 
in very large reductions in price, according to energy 
market experts. 
(8) Although the United States has only 2 per-
cent of the world’s oil reserves and 3 percent of the 
world’s natural gas reserves, our Nation’s renewable 
energy resources are vast and largely untapped.
(9) Renewable energy can reduce the demand 
for imported energy, reducing costs and decreasing 
the variability of energy prices. 
(10) By using domestic renewable energy re-
sources, the United States can reduce the amount of 
money sent into unstable regions of the world and 
keep it in the United States. 
(11) By supporting renewable energy research 
and development, and funding demonstration and 
commercial application programs for renewable en-
ergy, the United States can create an export indus-
try and improve the balance of trade. 
(12) Renewable energy can significantly reduce 
the environmental impacts of energy production. 
SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this title: 
(1) BIOBASED PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘biobased 
product’’ means a product determined by the Sec-
retary to be a commercial or industrial product 
(other than food or feed) that is— 
(A) composed, in whole or in significant 
part, of— 
(i) biological products;
(ii) renewable domestic agricultural 
materials (including plant, animal, and 
marine materials); or 
(iii) forestry materials; and 
(B) produced in connection with the con-
version of biomass to energy or fuel. 
(2) CELLULOSIC
BIOMASS.—The term ‘‘cel-
lulosic 
biomass’’ 
means 
a 
crop 
containing 
lignocellulose or hemicellulose, including barley 
grain, grapeseed, forest thinnings, rice bran, rice 
hulls, rice straw, soybean matter, sugarcane bagasse, 
and any crop grown specifically for the purpose of 
producing cellulosic feedstocks. 
SEC. 403. PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct pro-
grams of renewable energy research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial application, including activi-
ties described in this title. Such programs shall be focused 
on the following objectives: 
(1) Increasing the conversion efficiency of all 
forms of renewable energy through improved tech-
nologies. 
(2) Decreasing the cost of renewable energy 
generation and delivery.
(3) Promoting the diversity of the energy sup-
ply. 
(4) Decreasing the Nation’s dependence on for-
eign energy supplies. 
(5) Improving United States energy security. 
(6) Decreasing the environmental impact of en-
ergy-related activities. 
(7) Increasing the export of renewable genera-
tion equipment from the United States. 
(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, 
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 renewable en-
ergy performance goals, with quantifiable 5-year cost 
and energy savings target levels, for wind power, 
photovoltaics, solar thermal systems (including con-
centrating and solar hot water), geothermal energy, 
biomass-based systems, biofuels, and hydropower, 
and any other such goals the Secretary considers ap-
propriate.
(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). 
SEC. 404. SOLAR. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall conduct a pro-
gram of research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application for solar energy, including— 
(1) photovoltaics; 
(2) solar hot water and solar space heating; and 
(3) concentrating solar power. 
(b) BUILDING
INTEGRATION.—For photovoltaics, 
solar hot water, and space heating, the Secretary shall 
conduct research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application to support the development of products 
that can be easily integrated into new and existing build-
ings. 
(c) MANUFACTURE.—The Secretary shall conduct re-
search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plication of manufacturing techniques that can produce 
low-cost, high-quality solar systems. 
SEC. 405. BIOENERGY PROGRAMS. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall conduct a pro-
gram of research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application for cellulosic biomass, including— 
(1) biomass conversion to heat and electricity; 
(2) biomass conversion to liquid fuels; 
(3) biobased products; 
(4) integrated biorefineries that may produce 
heat, electricity, liquid fuels, and biobased products; 
(5) cross-cutting activities on feedstocks and 
enzymes; and 
(6) life-cycle economic analysis. 
(b) BIOFUELS AND BIOBASED PRODUCTS.—The ob-
jectives of the biofuels and biobased products programs 
under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a), and 
of the biorefinery demonstration program under sub-
section (c), shall be to develop, in partnership with indus-
try—
(1) advanced biochemical and thermochemical 
conversion technologies capable of making high-value 
biobased chemical feedstocks and products, to sub-
stitute for petroleum-based feedstocks and products, 
biofuels that are price-competitive with gasoline or 
diesel in either internal combustion engines or fuel 
cell-powered vehicles, and biobased products from a 
variety of feedstocks, including grains, cellulosic bio-
mass, and agricultural byproducts; and 
(2) advanced biotechnology processes capable of 
making biofuels and biobased products, with empha-
sis on development of biorefinery technologies, in-
cluding enzyme-based processing technologies. 
(c) BIOMASS INTEGRATED REFINERY DEMONSTRA-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 
a program to demonstrate the commercial applica-
tion of at least 5 integrated biorefineries. The Sec-
retary shall ensure geographical distribution of bio-
refinery demonstrations under this subsection. The 
Secretary shall not provide more than $100,000,000 
under this subsection for any single biorefinery dem-
onstration. The Secretary shall award the biorefinery 
demonstrations so as to encourage—
(A) the demonstration of a wide variety of 
cellulosic biomass feedstocks; 
(B) the commercial application of biomass 
technologies for a variety of uses, including— 
(i) liquid transportation fuels; 
(ii) high-value biobased chemicals; 
(iii) substitutes for petroleum-based 
feedstocks and products; and 
(iv) energy in the form of electricity 
or useful heat; and 
(C) the demonstration of the collection and 
treatment of a variety of biomass feedstocks. 
(2) PROPOSALS.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall solicit proposals for demonstration of 
advanced biorefineries. The Secretary shall select 
only proposals that— 
(A) demonstrate that the project will be 
able to operate profitably without direct Federal 
subsidy after initial construction costs are paid; 
and 
(B) enable the biorefinery to be easily rep-
licated. 
(d) GRANTS.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated for activities authorized under this section, not less
than $5,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be made avail-
able for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Univer-
sities, Tribal Colleges, and Hispanic-Serving Institutions. 
SEC. 406. WIND. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall conduct a pro-
gram of research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application for wind energy, including— 
(1) low speed wind energy; 
(2) offshore wind energy; 
(3) testing and verification; and 
(4) distributed wind energy generation. 
(b) FACILITY.—The Secretary shall construct and op-
erate a research and testing facility capable of testing the 
largest wind turbines that are expected to be manufac-
tured in the next 15 years. The Secretary shall consider 
the need for testing offshore turbine designs in siting the 
facility. All private users of the facility shall be required 
to pay the Department all costs associated with their use 
of the facility, including capital costs prorated at normal 
business amortization rates. 
(c) REGIONAL FIELD VERIFICATION PROGRAM.—Of 
the funds authorized to be appropriated for activities au-
thorized under this section, not less than $4,000,000 for 
each fiscal year shall be made available for the Regional 
Field Verification Program of the Department.