I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 737
To establish an energy program for the United States that unlocks the 
potential of renewable energy and energy efficiency, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2005
Ms. WOOLSEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science 
A BILL 
To establish an energy program for the United States that 
unlocks the potential of renewable energy and energy 
efficiency, 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 
‘‘Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. National research and development policy. 
Sec. 4. Definitions. 
TITLE I—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION
Sec. 101. Enhanced renewable energy research, development, and demonstra-
tion. 
Sec. 102. Enhanced energy efficiency research, development, and demonstra-
tion. 
Sec. 103. Enhanced aeronautical system energy efficiency research, develop-
ment, and demonstration. 
Sec. 104. Assessment of renewable energy resources. 
Sec. 105. Next Generation Lighting Initiative. 
Sec. 106. National Building Performance Initiative. 
Sec. 107. Progress report. 
TITLE II—COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS 
Sec. 201. Study of financing for prototype technologies. 
Sec. 202. Renewable energy in public buildings. 
Sec. 203. Regulatory reviews for new technologies and processes. 
Sec. 204. Small business commercialization assistance. 
Sec. 205. Education and outreach. 
Sec. 206. Industrial energy and water conservation.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that—
(1) there is a need for a robust renewable en-
ergy and energy efficiency research and development 
program that provides a basis for the development, 
demonstration, and deployment of new energy tech-
nologies in partnership with industry; 
(2) Federal budget authority for renewable en-
ergy and energy efficiency research and development 
has declined significantly since 1980; and 
(3) the President’s budget request for fiscal 
year 2006 continues to shortchange the core pro-
grams, imperiling promising technologies that have 
the potential to reduce energy consumption and 
United States dependence on foreign oil, and in-
crease energy efficiency.
SEC. 3. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States that its 
research, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plications programs be designed to enable 20 percent of 
the energy generated in the United States from stationary 
sources to be generated from nonhydropower renewable 
energy sources by the year 2020. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘biomass’’ means any organic 
matter that is available on a renewable or recurring 
basis, including agricultural crops and trees, wood 
and wood wastes and residues, plants (including 
aquatic plants), grasses, residues, fibers, animal 
wastes, and municipal wastes; and 
(2) the term ‘‘renewable energy source’’ 
means—
(A) wind; 
(B) biomass; 
(C) a geothermal source; 
(D) a solar source; 
(E) a photovoltaic source; or 
(F) additional hydroelectric generation ca-
pacity achieved from increased efficiency at an 
existing hydroelectric dam.
TITLE I—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, AND DEMONSTRATION 
SEC. 101. ENHANCED RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH, DE-
VELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION. 
(a) GOALS.—In order to achieve the goal stated in 
section 3, the United States shall have an energy research, 
development, and demonstration program to enhance re-
newable energy with the following goals: 
(1) For wind power, the program should reduce 
the cost of wind electricity by 50 percent by 2010, 
compared to the cost as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act, so that wind power can be widely com-
petitive with fossil-fuel-based electricity in a restruc-
tured electric industry, with concentration within the 
program on a variety of advanced wind turbine con-
cepts and manufacturing technologies. 
(2) For photovoltaics, the programs should pur-
sue research, development, and demonstration that 
would lead to photovoltaic systems prices of $3,000 
per kilowatt by January 1, 2007, and $1,500 per 
kilowatt by January 1, 2010. Program activities 
should include assisting industry in developing man-
ufacturing technologies, giving greater attention to 
balance of system issues, and expanding funda-
mental research on relevant advanced materials.
(3) For solar thermal electric systems the pro-
gram should strengthen ongoing research, develop-
ment, and demonstration combining high-efficiency 
and high-temperature receivers with advanced ther-
mal storage and power cycles, with the goal of mak-
ing solar-only power (including baseload solar power) 
widely competitive with fossil fuel power by 2020. 
(4) For geothermal energy, the program should 
continue work on hydrothermal systems, and reac-
tivate research, development, and demonstration on 
advanced concepts, giving top priority to high-grade 
hot dry-rock geothermal energy. 
(5) For hydrogen-based energy systems, the 
program should support research, development, and 
demonstration on hydrogen-using and hydrogen-pro-
ducing technologies. The program should also co-
ordinate hydrogen-using technology development 
with proton exchange membrane fuel cell vehicle de-
velopment activities under the enhanced energy effi-
ciency program described in section 102. 
(6) For biomass energy—
(A) the program should enable the United 
States to triple bioenergy use by 2012; 
(B) for biomass-based power systems, the 
program should enable commercialization, with-
in five years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, of integrated power-generating tech-
nologies that employ gas turbines and fuel cells 
integrated with biomass gasifiers; and 
(C) for biofuels, the program should accel-
erate research, development, and demonstration 
on advanced cellulosic conversion. 
(7) For hydropower, the program should pro-
vide a new generation of turbine technologies that 
will increase generating capacity and will be less 
damaging to fish and aquatic ecosystems. 
(8) For electric energy and storage, the pro-
gram should develop high capacity superconducting 
transmission lines and generators, and develop dis-
tributed generating systems to accommodate mul-
tiple types of energy sources under a common inter-
connect standard. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
ergy for carrying out activities to achieve the goals de-
scribed in subsection (a)—
(1) $575,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(2) $651,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(3) $736,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(4) $831,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and
(5) $942,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 102. ENHANCED ENERGY EFFICIENCY RESEARCH, DE-
VELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION. 
(a) GOALS.—In order to achieve the goal stated in 
section 3, the United States shall have an energy research, 
development, and demonstration program to enhance en-
ergy efficiency with the following goals: 
(1) For energy efficiency in housing, the pro-
gram should develop technologies, housing compo-
nents, designs, and production methods that will, by 
2010—
(A) reduce the time needed to move tech-
nologies to market by 50 percent, compared to 
the time needed as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act; 
(B) reduce the monthly cost of new hous-
ing by 20 percent, compared to the cost as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act; 
(C) cut the environmental impact and en-
ergy use of new housing by 50 percent, com-
pared to the impact and use as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act; 
(D) ensure that at least 15,000,000 homes 
existing as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act reduce their energy use by 30 percent, com-
pared to the use as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(E) improve durability and reduce mainte-
nance costs by 50 percent compared to the du-
rability and costs as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(2) For industrial energy efficiency, the pro-
gram should, in cooperation with the affected indus-
tries—
(A) develop a microturbine (40 to 300 kilo-
watt) that is more than 40 percent efficient by 
2008, compared to the efficiency as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act; 
(B) develop a microturbine that is more 
than 50 percent efficient by 2012, compared to 
the efficiency as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act; 
(C) develop advanced materials for com-
bustion systems that reduce emissions of nitro-
gen oxides by 30 to 50 percent while increasing 
efficiency 5 to 10 percent by 2009, compared to 
such emissions as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act; and 
(D) improve the energy intensity of the 
major energy-consuming industries by at least
25 percent by 2012, compared to the energy in-
tensity as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(3) For transportation energy efficiency, the 
program should, in cooperation with affected indus-
tries—
(A) develop a production prototype pas-
senger automobile that has fuel economy equiv-
alent to 80 miles per gallon of gasoline by 
2008; 
(B) develop class 7 and 8 heavy duty 
trucks and buses with ultra low emissions and 
the ability to use an alternative fuel that has an 
average fuel economy equivalent to—
(i) 10 miles per gallon of gasoline by 
2012; and 
(ii) 13 miles per gallon of gasoline by 
2015; 
(C) develop a production prototype of a 
passenger automobile with zero equivalent emis-
sions that has an average fuel economy of 100 
miles per gallon of gasoline by 2012; 
(D) improve, by 2015, the average fuel 
economy of trucks—
(i) in classes 1 and 2 by 300 percent; 
and 
(ii) in classes 3 through 6 by 200 per-
cent, 
compared to the fuel economy as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act; and 
(E) mimimize the production of hydrogen 
from fossil fuels. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘alternative fuel’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 301(2) of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 1992; and 
(2) the term ‘‘major energy-consuming indus-
tries’’ means—
(A) the forest product industry; 
(B) the steel industry; 
(C) the aluminum industry; 
(D) the metal casting industry; 
(E) the chemical industry; 
(F) the petroleum refining industry; and 
(G) the glass-making industry. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
ergy for carrying out activities to achieve the goals de-
scribed in subsection (a)—
(1) $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(2) $950,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(3) $1,025,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(4) $1,110,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 
(5) $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
(d) LIMITS ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated under this section may be 
used for—
(1) the promulgation and implementation of en-
ergy efficiency regulations; 
(2) the Weatherization Assistance Program 
under part A of title IV of the Energy Conservation 
and Production Act; 
(3) the State Energy Program under part D of 
title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act; 
or 
(4) the Federal Energy Management Program 
under part 3 of title V of the National Energy Con-
servation Policy Act. 
SEC. 103. ENHANCED AERONAUTICAL SYSTEM ENERGY EF-
FICIENCY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND 
DEMONSTRATION. 
(a) GOALS.—For aeronautical system energy effi-
ciency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion shall seek to—
(1) develop technologies that will enable a 10 
percent increase in aircraft engine energy efficiencies 
by 2015 as compared to the most energy efficient 
engine in the United States commercial aircraft fleet 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) develop air transportation management 
operational concepts and procedures that will enable 
a 15 percent increase in the energy efficiency of the 
overall air transport system on a per flight basis by 
2015 as compared to the efficiency as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for 
carrying out activities to achieve the goals described in 
subsection (a)—
(1) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(2) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(4) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 
(5) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 104. ASSESSMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RE-
SOURCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy
shall submit to the Congress an assessment of all renew-
able energy resources available for commercial applica-
tions within the United States. 
(b) RESOURCE ASSESSMENT.—Such assessment shall 
include a detailed inventory describing the available 
amount and characteristics of renewable energy sources, 
and an estimate of the research, development, demonstra-
tion, and commercial applications efforts necessary to de-
velop each resource. The assessment shall also include 
such other information as the Secretary of Energy believes 
would be useful in achieving wider commercial applications 
of emerging and state-of-the-art renewable energy genera-
tion facilities or devices. 
(c) AVAILABILITY.—The technology development in-
formation and cost estimates in the assessment shall be 
updated annually and made available to the public, along 
with the data used to create the assessment. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purposes of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy 
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may 
be necessary for the fiscal years 2007 through 2024. 
SEC. 105. NEXT GENERATION LIGHTING INITIATIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
Next Generation Lighting Initiative in accordance with
this section to support research, development, demonstra-
tion, and commercial application activities related to ad-
vanced solid-state lighting technologies based on white 
light emitting diodes. 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the initiative 
shall be—
(1) to develop, by 2012, advanced solid-state 
lighting technologies based on white light emitting 
diodes that, compared to incandescent and fluores-
cent lighting technologies, are—
(A) longer lasting; 
(B) more energy-efficient; and 
(C) cost-competitive; 
(2) to develop an inorganic white light emitting 
diode that has an efficiency of 160 lumens per watt 
and a 10-year lifetime; and 
(3) to develop an organic white light emitting 
diode with an efficiency of 100 lumens per watt with 
a 5-year lifetime that—
(A) illuminates over a full color spectrum; 
(B) covers large areas over flexible sur-
faces; and 
(C) does not contain harmful pollutants, 
such as mercury, typical of fluorescent lamps. 
(c) FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH.—
(1) CONSORTIUM.—The Secretary shall carry 
out the fundamental research activities of the Next 
Generation Lighting Initiative through a private 
consortium (which may include private firms, trade 
associations and institutions of higher education), 
which the Secretary shall select through a competi-
tive process. Each proposed consortium shall submit 
to the Secretary such information as the Secretary 
may require, including a program plan agreed to by 
all participants of the consortium. 
(2) JOINT VENTURE.—The consortium shall be 
structured as a joint venture among the participants 
of the consortium. The Secretary shall serve on the 
governing council of the consortium. 
(3) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to be selected 
as the consortium under paragraph (1), an applicant 
must be broadly representative of United States 
solid-state lighting research, development, and man-
ufacturing expertise as a whole. 
(4) GRANTS.—(A) The Secretary shall award 
grants for fundamental research to the consortium, 
which the consortium may disburse to researchers, 
including those who are not participants of the con-
sortium.
(B) To receive a grant, the consortium must 
provide a description to the Secretary of the pro-
posed research and list the parties that will receive 
funding. 
(C) At least 20 percent of the cost of a research 
and development project for which a grant is made 
under this section shall be matched by the consor-
tium, and at least 50 percent of the cost of a dem-
onstration or commercial application project for 
which a grant is made under this section shall be 
matched by the consortium. 
(5) NATIONAL LABORATORIES.—National Lab-
oratories may participate in the research described 
in this section, and may receive funds from the con-
sortium. 
(6) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.—Participants in 
the consortium and the Federal Government shall 
have royalty-free nonexclusive rights to use intellec-
tual property derived from research funded pursuant 
to this subsection. 
(d) DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND COM-
MERCIAL APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the development, demonstration, and commercial applica-
tion activities of the Next Generation Lighting Initiative 
through awards to private firms, trade associations, and
institutions of higher education. In selecting awardees, the 
Secretary may give preference to members of the consor-
tium selected pursuant to subsection (c). 
(e) PLANS AND ASSESSMENTS.—(1) The consortium 
shall formulate an annual operating plan which shall in-
clude research priorities, technical milestones, and plans 
for technology transfer, and which shall be subject to ap-
proval by the Secretary. 
(2) The Secretary shall enter into an arrangement 
with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct periodic 
reviews of the Next Generation Lighting Initiative. The 
Academy shall review the research priorities, technical 
milestones, and plans for technology transfer established 
under paragraph (1) and evaluate the progress toward 
achieving them. The Secretary shall consider the results 
of such reviews in evaluating the plans submitted under 
paragraph (1). 
(f) AUDIT.—The Secretary shall retain an inde-
pendent, commercial auditor to perform an audit of the 
consortium to determine the extent to which the funds au-
thorized by this section have been expended in a manner 
consistent with the purposes of this section. The auditor 
shall transmit a report annually to the Secretary, who 
shall transmit the report to the Congress, along with a 
plan to remedy any deficiencies cited in the report.
(g) SUNSET.—The Next Generation Lighting Initia-
tive shall terminate no later than September 30, 2015. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) ADVANCED
SOLID-STATE
LIGHTING.—The 
term ‘‘advanced solid-state lighting’’ means a 
semiconducting device package and delivery system 
that produces white light using externally applied 
voltage. 
(2) 
FUNDAMENTAL
RESEARCH.—The 
term 
‘‘fundamental research’’ includes basic research on 
both solid-state materials and manufacturing proc-
esses. 
(3) 
INORGANIC
WHITE
LIGHT
EMITTING 
DIODE.—The term ‘‘inorganic white light emitting 
diode’’ means an inorganic semiconducting package 
that produces white light using externally applied 
voltage. 
(4) ORGANIC WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODE.—
The term ‘‘organic white light emitting diode’’ 
means an organic semiconducting compound that 
produces white light using externally applied voltage. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car-
rying out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006