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ing a comprehensive set of performance data charac-
terizing the results of the deployment program. 
(f) INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.—The Secretary 
shall, as part of the program established pursuant to sub-
section (a), collect and make available to the public infor-
mation regarding the cost, performance, and other tech-
nical data regarding the deployment and integration of 
plug-in electric drive vehicles. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section such sums as may be 
necessary. 
SEC. 123. PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE MANUFAC-
TURING. 
(a) VEHICLE MANUFACTURING ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM.—The Secretary of Energy shall establish a pro-
gram to provide financial assistance to automobile manu-
facturers to facilitate the manufacture of plug-in electric 
drive vehicles, as defined in section 131(a)(5) of the En-
ergy Independence and Security Act of 2007, that are de-
veloped and produced in the United States. 
(b) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of En-
ergy may provide financial assistance to an automobile 
manufacturer under the program established pursuant to 
subsection (a) for the reconstruction or retooling of facili-
ties for the manufacture of plug-in electric drive vehicles 
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or batteries for such vehicles that are developed and pro-
duced in the United States. 
(c) COORDINATION
WITH
REGIONAL
DEPLOY-
MENT.—The Secretary may provide financial assistance 
under subsection (b) in conjunction with the award of fi-
nancial assistance under the large scale vehicle electrifica-
tion program established pursuant to section 122 of this 
Act. 
(d) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
determine design elements and requirements of the pro-
gram established pursuant to subsection (a), including— 
(1) the type of financial mechanism with which 
to provide financial assistance; 
(2) criteria, in addition to the criteria described 
under subsection (e), for evaluating applications for 
financial assistance; and 
(3) reporting requirements for automobile man-
ufacturers that receive financial assistance under 
this section. 
(e) CRITERIA.—In selecting recipients of financial as-
sistance from among applicant automobile manufacturers, 
the Secretary shall give preference to proposals that— 
(1) are most likely to be successful; and 
(2) are located in local markets that have the 
greatest need for the facility. 
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(f) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall annually submit 
to Congress a report on the program established pursuant 
to this section. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 124. INVESTMENT IN CLEAN VEHICLES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY
VEHICLES
AND 
QUALIFYING
COMPONENTS.—The terms ‘‘advanced 
technology vehicles’’ and ‘‘qualifying components’’ 
shall have the definition of such terms in section 136 
of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 
2007, except that for purposes of this section, the 
average base year as described in such section 
136(a)(1)(C) shall be the following: 
(A) In each of the years 2012 through 
2016, model year 2009. 
(B) In 2017, the Administrator shall, not-
withstanding such section 136(a)(1)(C), deter-
mine an appropriate baseline based on techno-
logical and economic feasibility. 
(2) PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE.—The 
term ‘‘plug-in electric drive vehicle’’ shall have the 
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definition of such term in section 131 of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF ALLOWANCES.—The Adminis-
trator shall, in accordance with this section, distribute 
emission allowances allocated pursuant to section 782(i) 
of the Clean Air Act not later than September 30 of 2012 
and each calendar year thereafter through 2025. 
(c) PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE MANUFAC-
TURING AND DEPLOYMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall, at 
the direction of the Secretary of Energy, provide 
emission allowances allocated pursuant to section 
782(i) to applicants, joint sponsors and automobile 
manufacturers pursuant to sections 122 and 123 of 
this Act. 
(2) ANNUAL AMOUNT.—In each of the years 
2012 through 2017, one-quarter of the portion of 
the emission allowances allocated pursuant to section 
782(i) of the Clean Air Act shall be available to 
carry out paragraph (1) such that— 
(A) one-eighth of the portion shall be avail-
able to carry out section 122; and 
(B) one-eighth of the portion shall be 
available to carry out section 123. 
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(3) PREFERENCE.—In directing the provision 
of emission allowances under this subsection to carry 
out section 122, the Secretary shall give preference 
to applications under section 122(c) that are jointly 
sponsored by one or more automobile manufacturers. 
(4) MULTI-YEAR COMMITMENTS.—The Admin-
istrator shall commit to providing emission allow-
ances to an applicant, joint sponsor, or automobile 
manufacturer for up to five consecutive years if— 
(A) an application under section 122 or 
123 of this Act requests a multi-year commit-
ment; 
(B) such application meets the criteria for 
support established by the Secretary of Energy 
under section 122 or 123 of this Act; 
(C) the Administrator confirms to the Sec-
retary that emission allowances will be available 
for a multi-year commitment; 
(D) the Secretary of Energy determines 
that a multi-year commitment for such applica-
tion will advance the goals of section 122 or 
123; and 
(E) the Secretary of Energy directs the 
Administrator to make a multi-year commit-
ment. 
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(5) INSUFFICIENT APPLICATIONS.—If, in any 
year, emission allowances available under paragraph 
(2) cannot be provided because of insufficient num-
bers of submitted applications that meet the criteria 
for support established by the Secretary of Energy 
under section 122 or 123 of this Act, the remaining 
emission allowances shall be distributed according to 
subsection (d). 
(d) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall, at 
the direction of the Secretary of Energy, provide any 
emission allowances allocated pursuant to section 
782(i) of the Clean Air Act that are not provided 
under subsection (c) to automobile manufacturers 
and component suppliers to pay not more than 30 
percent of the cost of— 
(A) reequipping, expanding, or establishing 
a manufacturing facility in the United States to 
produce— 
(i) qualifying advanced technology ve-
hicles; or 
(ii) qualifying components; and 
(B) engineering integration performed in 
the United States of qualifying vehicles and 
qualifying components. 
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(2) PREFERENCE.—In directing the provision 
of emission allowances under this subsection during 
the years 2012 through 2017, the Secretary shall 
give preference to applications for projects that save 
the maximum number of gallons of fuel. 
SEC. 125. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLE MANUFAC-
TURING INCENTIVE LOANS. 
Section 136(d)(1) of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013(d)(1)) is amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$25,000,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$50,000,000,000’’. 
SEC. 126. DEFINITION OF RENEWABLE BIOMASS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 211(o)(1)(I) of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(I)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(I) RENEWABLE BIOMASS.—The term ‘re-
newable biomass’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(i) 
Materials, 
pre-commercial 
thinnings, or removed invasive species from 
National Forest System land and public 
lands (as defined in section 103 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)), including those 
that are byproducts of preventive treat-
ments 
(such 
as 
trees, 
wood, 
brush, 
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thinnings, chips, and slash), that are re-
moved as part of a federally recognized 
timber sale, or that are removed to reduce 
hazardous fuels, to reduce or contain dis-
ease or insect infestation, or to restore eco-
system health, and that are— 
‘‘(I) not from components of the 
National Wilderness Preservation Sys-
tem, Wilderness Study Areas, Inven-
toried Roadless Areas, old growth 
stands, late-successional stands (ex-
cept for dead, severely damaged, or 
badly infested trees), components of 
the National Landscape Conservation 
System, National Monuments, Na-
tional Conservation Areas, Designated 
Primitive Areas, or Wild and Scenic 
Rivers corridors; 
‘‘(II) 
harvested 
in 
environ-
mentally sustainable quantities, as de-
termined by the appropriate Federal 
land manager; and 
‘‘(III) harvested in accordance 
with Federal and State law, and ap-
plicable land management plans. 
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‘‘(ii) Any organic matter that is avail-
able on a renewable or recurring basis 
from non-Federal land or land belonging to 
an Indian or Indian tribe that is held in 
trust by the United States or subject to a 
restriction against alienation imposed by 
the United States, including— 
‘‘(I) renewable plant material, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(aa) feed grains; 
‘‘(bb) 
other 
agricultural 
commodities; 
‘‘(cc) other plants and trees; 
and 
‘‘(dd) algae; and 
‘‘(II) waste material, including— 
‘‘(aa) crop residue; 
‘‘(bb) other vegetative waste 
material (including wood waste 
and wood residues); 
‘‘(cc) animal waste and by-
products (including fats, oils, 
greases, and manure); 
‘‘(dd) construction waste; 
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‘‘(ee) food waste and yard 
waste; and 
‘‘(ff) the non-fossil biogenic 
portion of municipal solid waste 
and construction, demolition, and 
disaster debris. 
‘‘(iii) Residues and byproducts from 
wood, pulp, or paper products facilities.’’. 
(b) REDUCTION.—The last sentence of section 
211(o)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(o)(7)(D)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘For any 
calendar year in which the Administrator makes such a 
reduction, the Administrator shall also reduce the applica-
ble volume of renewable fuel and advanced biofuels re-
quirement established under paragraph (2)(B) by the 
same volume.’’. 
SEC. 127. OPEN FUEL STANDARD. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) the status of oil as a strategic commodity, 
which derives from its domination of the transpor-
tation sector, presents a clear and present danger to 
the United States; 
(2) in a prior era, when salt was a strategic 
commodity, salt mines conferred national power and 
wars were fought over the control of such mines; 
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(3) technology, in the form of electricity and re-
frigeration, decisively ended salt’s monopoly of meat 
preservation and greatly reduced its strategic impor-
tance; 
(4) fuel competition and consumer choice would 
similarly serve to end oil’s monopoly in the transpor-
tation sector and strip oil of its strategic status; 
(5) the current closed fuel market has allowed 
a cartel of petroleum exporting countries to inflate 
fuel prices, effectively imposing a harmful tax on the 
economy of the United States; 
(6) much of the inflated petroleum revenues the 
oil cartel earns at the expense of the people of the 
United States are used for purposes antithetical to 
the interests of the United States and its allies; 
(7) alcohol fuels, including ethanol and meth-
anol, could potentially provide significant supplies of 
additional fuels that could be produced in the United 
States and in many other countries in the Western 
Hemisphere that are friendly to the United States; 
(8) alcohol fuels can only play a major role in 
securing the energy independence of the United 
States if a substantial portion of vehicles in the 
United States are capable of operating on such fuels; 
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(9) it is not in the best interest of United 
States consumers or the United States Government 
to be constrained to depend solely upon petroleum 
resources for vehicle fuels if alcohol fuels are poten-
tially available; 
(10) existing technology, in the form of flexible 
fuel vehicles, allows internal combustion engine cars 
and trucks to be produced at little or no additional 
cost, which are capable of operating on conventional 
gasoline, alcohol fuels, or any combination of such 
fuels, as availability or cost advantage dictates, pro-
viding a platform on which fuels can compete; 
(11) the necessary distribution system for such 
alcohol fuels will not be developed in the United 
States until a substantial fraction of the vehicles in 
the United States are capable of operating on such 
fuels; 
(12) the establishment of such a vehicle fleet 
and distribution system would provide a large mar-
ket that would mobilize private resources to substan-
tially advance the technology and expand the pro-
duction of alcohol fuels in the United States and 
abroad; 
(13) the United States has an urgent national 
security interest to develop alcohol fuels technology, 
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production, and distribution systems as rapidly as 
possible; 
(14) new cars sold in the United States that 
are equipped with an internal combustion engine 
should allow for fuel competition by being flexible 
fuel vehicles, and new diesel cars should be capable 
of operating on biodiesel; and 
(15) such an open fuel standard would help to 
protect the United States economy from high and 
volatile oil prices and from the threats caused by 
global instability, terrorism, and natural disaster. 
(b) OPEN
FUEL
STANDARD
FOR
TRANSPOR-
TATION.—(1) Chapter 329 of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 32920. Open fuel standard for transportation 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) E85.—The term ‘E85’ means a fuel mix-
ture containing 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent 
gasoline by volume. 
‘‘(2) FLEXIBLE FUEL AUTOMOBILE.—The term 
‘flexible fuel automobile’ means an automobile that 
has been warranted by its manufacturer to operate 
on gasoline, E85, and M85. 
‘‘(3) FUEL CHOICE-ENABLING AUTOMOBILE.— 
The term ‘fuel choice-enabling automobile’ means— 
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‘‘(A) a flexible fuel automobile; or 
‘‘(B) an automobile that has been war-
ranted by its manufacturer to operate on bio-
diesel. 
‘‘(4) LIGHT-DUTY
AUTOMOBILE.—The term 
‘light-duty automobile’ means— 
‘‘(A) a passenger automobile; or 
‘‘(B) a non-passenger automobile. 
‘‘(5) 
LIGHT-DUTY
AUTOMOBILE
MANUFAC-
TURER’S ANNUAL COVERED INVENTORY.—The term 
‘light-duty automobile manufacturer’s annual cov-
ered inventory’ means the number of light-duty 
automobiles powered by an internal combustion en-
gine that a manufacturer, during a given calendar 
year, manufactures in the United States or imports 
from outside of the United States for sale in the 
United States. 
‘‘(6) M85.—The term ‘M85’ means a fuel mix-
ture containing 85 percent methanol and 15 percent 
gasoline by volume. 
‘‘(b) OPEN
FUEL
STANDARD
FOR
TRANSPOR-
TATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may promul-
gate regulations to require each light-duty auto-
mobile manufacturer’s annual covered inventory to 
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be comprised of a minimum percentage of fuel-choice 
enabling automobiles, with sufficient lead time, if 
the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, determines such requirement is a 
cost-effective way to achieve the Nation’s energy 
independence and environmental objectives. The 
cost-effective determination shall consider the future 
availability of both alternative fuel supply and infra-
structure to deliver the alternative fuel to the fuel- 
choice enabling vehicles. 
‘‘(2) TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FROM REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(A) APPLICATION.—A manufacturer may 
request an exemption from the requirement de-
scribed in paragraph (1) by submitting an ap-
plication to the Secretary, at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require by regulation. Each such 
application shall specify the models, lines, and 
types of automobiles affected. 
‘‘(B) EVALUATION.—After evaluating an 
application received from a manufacturer, the 
Secretary may at any time, under such terms 
and conditions, and to such extent as the Sec-
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retary considers appropriate, temporarily ex-
empt, or renew the exemption of, a light-duty 
automobile from the requirement described in 
paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that 
unavoidable events not under the control of the 
manufacturer prevent the manufacturer of such 
automobile from meeting its required produc-
tion volume of fuel choice-enabling automobiles, 
including— 
‘‘(i) a disruption in the supply of any 
component required for compliance with 
the regulations; 
‘‘(ii) a disruption in the use and in-
stallation by the manufacturer of such 
component; or 
‘‘(iii) application to plug-in electric 
drive vehicles causing such vehicles to fail 
to meet State air quality requirements. 
‘‘(C) 
CONSOLIDATION.—The 
Secretary 
may consolidate applications received from mul-
tiple manufacturers under subparagraph (A) if 
they are of a similar nature. 
‘‘(D) CONDITIONS.—Any exemption grant-
ed under subparagraph (B) shall be conditioned 
upon the manufacturer’s commitment to recall 
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the exempted automobiles for installation of the 
omitted components within a reasonable time 
proposed by the manufacturer and approved by 
the Secretary after such components become 
available in sufficient quantities to satisfy both 
anticipated production and recall volume re-
quirements. 
‘‘(E) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall pub-
lish in the Federal Register— 
‘‘(i) notice of each application received 
from a manufacturer; 
‘‘(ii) notice of each decision to grant 
or deny a temporary exemption; and 
‘‘(iii) the reasons for granting or de-
nying such exemptions.’’. 
(2) The table of contents in chapter 329 of such title 
is amended adding at the end the following: 
‘‘32920. Open fuel standard for transportation.’’. 
SEC. 128. DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION. 
Subtitle G of title VII of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16131 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i) in section 
791(3)(B), by inserting ‘‘in any State’’ after ‘‘non-
profit organization or institution’’; 
(2) in section 791(9), by striking ‘‘The term 
‘State’ includes the District of Columbia.’’ and in-
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