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(2) The Secretary shall solicit preliminary engineer-
ing designs for geopressured resources production and re-
covery facilities. 
(3) Based upon a review of the preliminary designs, 
the Secretary shall award grants, which may be cost- 
shared, to support the detailed development and comple-
tion of engineering, architectural and technical plans need-
ed to support construction of new designs. 
(4) Based upon a review of the final design plans 
above, the Secretary shall award cost-shared development 
and construction grants for demonstration geopressured 
production facilities that show potential for economic re-
covery of the heat, kinetic energy and gas resources from 
geopressured resources. 
(e) COMPETITIVE GRANT SELECTION.—Not less than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall conduct a national solicitation for applica-
tions for grants under the programs outlined in sub-
sections (b) and (d). Grant recipients shall be selected on 
a competitive basis based on criteria in the respective sub-
section. 
(f) WELL DRILLING.—No funds may be used under 
this section for the purpose of drilling new wells. 
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SEC. 4208. COST SHARING AND PROPOSAL EVALUATION. 
(a) FEDERAL SHARE.—(1) The Federal share of 
costs of projects funded under this subtitle shall be in ac-
cordance with section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005. 
(2) The Secretary may waive the Federal cost share 
requirement for grants awarded to universities, national 
laboratories, or similar noncommercial entities awarded 
grants under this subtitle. 
(3) The Secretary shall allow for a competitive bid-
ding process to play a role in determining the final cost- 
share ratio. 
(b) ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF PRO-
GRAMS.—Programs under this subtitle shall incorporate 
the following organizational and administrative elements: 
(1) Non-Federal participants shall be chosen 
through a competitive selection process. 
(2) The request for proposals for each program 
shall stipulate, at a minimum, the following: 
(A) The non-Federal funding requirements 
for projects. 
(B) The funding mechanism to be used 
(i.e. grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-
ments). 
(C) Milestones and a schedule for comple-
tion. 
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(D) Criteria for evaluating proposals. 
(3) In evaluating proposals, the Secretary shall 
give priority to proposals that draw on relevant ex-
pertise from industry, academia, and the national 
laboratories, as appropriate. 
(4) The Secretary shall coordinate with, and 
where appropriate may provide funds in furtherance 
of the purposes of this subtitle to, other Department 
of Energy research and development programs fo-
cused on drilling, subsurface characterization, and 
other related technologies. 
(5) In evaluating proposals, the Secretary shall 
consult with relevant experts from industry, aca-
demia, and the national laboratories, as appropriate. 
(6) In evaluating proposals, the Secretary shall 
give priority to proposals that demonstrate clear evi-
dence of employing a systems approach. 
(7) In evaluating proposals for projects with a 
field component, the Secretary shall, where appro-
priate, give priority consideration to proposals that 
contain provisions to study local environmental im-
pacts of the technologies developed or the operations 
undertaken. 
(8) In evaluating proposals, the Secretary, in 
coordination with other appropriate agencies, shall 
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