SECTION 1. AFFILIATED ISLAND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE 
TEAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AFFILIATED ISLAND.—The term ‘‘affiliated 
island’’ means— 
(A) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
(B) Guam; 
(C) American Samoa; 
(D) the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands; 
(E) the Federated States of Micronesia; 
(F) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; 
(G) the Republic of Palau; and 
(H) the United States Virgin Islands. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy (acting through the Assist-
ant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy), in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of State. 
(3) TEAM.—The term ‘‘team’’ means the team 
established by the Secretary under subsection (b). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall as-
semble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts 
to address the energy needs of each affiliated island— 
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(1) to reduce the reliance and expenditure of 
each affiliated island on imported fossil fuels; 
(2) to increase the use by each affiliated island 
of indigenous, nonfossil fuel energy sources; 
(3) to improve the performance of the energy 
infrastructure of the affiliated island through 
projects— 
(A) to improve the energy efficiency of 
power generation, transmission, and distribu-
tion; and 
(B) to increase consumer energy efficiency; 
(4) to improve the performance of the energy 
infrastructure of each affiliated island through en-
hanced planning, education, and training; 
(5) to adopt research-based and public-private 
partnership-based approaches as appropriate; 
(6) to stimulate economic development and job 
creation; and 
(7) to enhance the engagement by the Federal 
Government in international efforts to address island 
energy needs. 
(c) DUTIES OF TEAM.— 
(1) ENERGY ACTION PLANS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In accordance with 
subparagraph (B), the team shall provide tech-
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nical, programmatic, and financial assistance to 
each utility of each affiliated island, and the 
government of each affiliated island, as appro-
priate, to develop and implement an energy Ac-
tion Plan for each affiliated island to reduce the 
reliance of each affiliated island on imported 
fossil fuels through increased efficiency and use 
of indigenous clean-energy resources. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS.—Each Action Plan 
described in subparagraph (A) for each affili-
ated island shall require and provide for— 
(i) the conduct of 1 or more studies to 
assess opportunities to reduce fossil fuel 
use through— 
(I) the improvement of the en-
ergy efficiency of the affiliated island; 
and 
(II) the increased use by the af-
filiated island of indigenous clean-en-
ergy resources; 
(ii) the identification and implementa-
tion of the most cost-effective strategies 
and projects to reduce the dependence of 
the affiliated island on fossil fuels; 
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(iii) the promotion of education and 
training activities to improve the capacity 
of the local utilities of the affiliated island, 
and the government of the affiliated island, 
as appropriate, to plan for, maintain, and 
operate the energy infrastructure of the af-
filiated island through the use of local or 
regional institutions, as appropriate; 
(iv) the coordination of the activities 
described in clause (iii) to leverage the ex-
pertise and resources of international enti-
ties, the Department of Energy, the De-
partment of the Interior, and the regional 
utilities of the affiliated island; 
(v) the identification, and develop-
ment, as appropriate, of research-based 
and private-public, partnership approaches 
to implement the Action Plan; and 
(vi) any other component that the 
Secretary determines to be necessary to re-
duce successfully the use by each affiliated 
island of fossil fuels. 
(2) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—Not later than 
1 year after the date on which the Secretary estab-
lishes the team and biannually thereafter, the team 
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shall submit to the Secretary a report that contains 
a description of the progress of each affiliated island 
in— 
(A) implementing the Action Plan of the 
affiliated island developed under paragraph 
(1)(A); and 
(B) reducing the reliance of the affiliated 
island on fossil fuels. 
(d) USE OF REGIONAL UTILITY ORGANIZATIONS.— 
To provide expertise to affiliated islands to assist the af-
filiated islands in meeting the purposes of this section, the 
Secretary shall consider— 
(1) including regional utility organizations in 
the establishment of the team; and 
(2) providing assistance through regional utility 
organizations. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORTS
TO CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary re-
ceives a report submitted by the team under subsection 
(c)(2), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a report that contains a summary of 
the report of the team. 
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(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
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