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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5634 
To authorize research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
application activities for advanced energy technologies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2006 
Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. CALVERT, and Mr. EHLERS) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science 
A BILL 
To authorize research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application activities for advanced energy tech-
nologies. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advanced Energy Ini-
tiative Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘biomass’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 932(a)(1) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16232(a)(1));
(2) the term ‘‘cellulosic feedstock’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘lignocellulosic feedstock’’ 
in section 932(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16232(a)(2)); 
(3) the term ‘‘engineering-scale’’ means the 
minimum size required to predict with confidence all 
physical processes controlling the performance of a 
full-scale industrial facility; 
(4) the term ‘‘National Laboratory’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘nonmilitary energy labora-
tory’’ in section 903(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16182(3)); 
(5) the term ‘‘plug-in hybrid motor vehicle’’ 
means a motor vehicle that— 
(A) can operate on either liquid combus-
tible fuel or electric power provided by a re-
chargeable battery that can be recharged using 
offboard sources of electric power; 
(B) utilizes regenerative power capture 
technology to recover energy expended in brak-
ing the vehicle for use in recharging the bat-
tery; and 
(C) can operate solely on electric power for 
a minimum of 20 miles under city driving con-
ditions; and
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’means the Secretary of 
Energy. 
SEC. 3. FUTUREGEN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
project to demonstrate the feasibility of the commercial 
application of advanced clean coal energy technology, in-
cluding carbon capture and geological sequestration, for 
electricity generation. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall design the 
project to ensure that— 
(1) the project is operating by 2012; 
(2) the project shall be able— 
(A) to achieve at least a 99 percent reduc-
tion in sulfur dioxide emissions; 
(B) to emit no more than 0.05 pounds of 
nitrogen oxide emissions per million British 
thermal units of energy produced by the 
project; 
(C) to achieve at least a 90 percent reduc-
tion in mercury emissions; 
(D) to emit no more than 0.005 of total 
particulate emissions in the flue gas per million 
British thermal units of energy produced by the 
project; and
(E) to achieve at least a 90 percent reduc-
tion in carbon dioxide emissions; and 
(3) the project demonstrates the feasibility of 
electricity generation from coal using advanced clean 
coal technology with carbon capture and geological 
sequestration at a cost not greater than 10 percent 
higher than the average of all commercial integrated 
coal gasification and combined cycle electric gener-
ating plants operating in the United States as of the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE ADVANCED CLEAN 
COAL TECHNOLOGY.—To reduce technical risk and focus 
development efforts on system integration, the Secretary 
shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that the project uti-
lizes available advanced clean coal technology, such as coal 
gasifier technology, for those components of the project 
where such technology would be appropriate. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—From 
amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 401(a) 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15961(a)), 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
to carry out this section— 
(1) $54,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(2) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(3) $113,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
(4) $81,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
(5) $62,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and 
(6) $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 
SEC. 4. ADVANCED FUEL CYCLE TECHNOLOGIES FOR NU-
CLEAR POWER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program of research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application for advanced nuclear fuel cycle 
technologies for generating electricity and industrial proc-
ess heat from nuclear power, including technologies for 
spent fuel recycling, waste minimization, and reduction of 
radioactivity of final waste products. 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall design the 
program under this section to develop technologies that 
would— 
(1) minimize the volume and heat load of high- 
level nuclear waste destined for storage in a geologi-
cal repository to the extent that a single repository 
would be sufficient for storing all nuclear waste gen-
erated by United States commercial nuclear power 
plants during this century; 
(2) increase the proliferation resistance of com-
mercial nuclear power reactors and their associated 
fuel systems and infrastructure; and
(3) increase the amount of useful energy that 
can be extracted from nuclear fuel. 
(c) SYSTEMS ANALYSIS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 
a comprehensive modeling and simulation capability 
to enable a thorough analysis of possible advanced 
nuclear fuel cycle systems. The modeling and sim-
ulation capability shall be capable of examining— 
(A) all of the components of each advanced 
nuclear fuel cycle system analyzed, including— 
(i) spent fuel separations technologies; 
(ii) advanced burner reactor tech-
nologies; 
(iii) fuel fabrication technologies; 
(iv) advanced thermal reactor tech-
nologies, including advanced thermal reac-
tor designs that would be capable of reduc-
ing the toxicity or radioactivity of spent 
nuclear fuel components; and 
(v) waste disposal technologies; 
(B) the manner in which possible tech-
nology and engineering choices for individual 
components might affect the overall system, 
and how various system components would 
interact with one another; and
(C) quantitative mass flows of nuclear fuel 
and spent nuclear fuel, including projected in-
ventories and transportation requirements for 
nuclear fuel and spent nuclear fuel, for any ex-
amined system. 
(2) ADVANCED NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE SYSTEM 
PLAN.— 
(A) ANALYSIS.—The Secretary shall con-
duct a thorough analysis of more than one pos-
sible configuration of an advanced nuclear fuel 
cycle system using the analytical capability de-
veloped under paragraph (1). Each possible ad-
vanced nuclear fuel cycle system configuration 
examined shall include both advanced burner 
reactors and advanced thermal reactors, and 
the analysis shall consider the degree to which 
each type of reactor can be utilized to reduce 
the toxicity or radioactivity of spent nuclear 
fuel components. The analysis of each possible 
configuration of an advanced nuclear fuel cycle 
system examined shall examine the compat-
ibility of fuel cycle system components, includ-
ing each of the system component technologies 
described in paragraph (1)(A), and the degree
to which the examined system would meet the 
objectives described in subsection (b). 
(B) PLAN.—Using the results of the anal-
yses developed under subparagraph (A), and 
not later than June 30, 2007, the Secretary 
shall develop a detailed plan for research, devel-
opment, demonstration, and commercial appli-
cation on advanced nuclear fuel cycle system 
technologies, including proposed technology op-
tions for each of the system component tech-
nologies described in paragraph (1)(A) and any 
proposed engineering-scale demonstrations of 
such system component technologies. The plan 
shall include an estimate of the design, engi-
neering, construction and lifetime operating 
costs of any proposed engineering-scale dem-
onstration. In developing the plan, the Sec-
retary shall consider the integration into an ad-
vanced nuclear fuel cycle system of advanced 
thermal reactors capable of reducing the tox-
icity or radioactivity of spent nuclear fuel com-
ponents. 
(C) CONSULTATION.—In developing the 
plan under subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
shall consult with—
(i) technical experts from United 
States and foreign companies that design 
or engineer nuclear power plants or nu-
clear fuel reprocessing facilities; 
(ii) technical experts from United 
States electric utilities that operate nuclear 
power plants; 
(iii) economists with expertise in nu-
clear power and electricity markets; 
(iv) the Nuclear Energy Research Ad-
visory Committee; 
(v) the Chairman of the Nuclear Reg-
ulatory Commission; and 
(vi) the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(3) NATIONAL
ACADEMY
OF
SCIENCES
RE-
VIEW.—The Secretary shall enter into an arrange-
ment with the National Academy of Sciences to con-
duct a review of the plan developed under paragraph 
(2)(B), including by reviewing the validity of the un-
derlying analyses required in paragraph (2)(A). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2008, the 
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report that includes 
the research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
application plan developed under subsection (c)(2)(B), the
report from the National Academy of Sciences on the re-
view conducted under subsection (c)(3), and the Sec-
retary’s response to the findings and conclusions con-
tained in the National Academy of Sciences report. 
(e) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary shall not initiate 
detailed design or construction of any demonstration facil-
ity that is capable of processing 500 kilograms or more 
per year of nuclear fuel or spent nuclear fuel and that 
is designed to demonstrate the advanced nuclear fuel sys-
tem component technologies described in subsection 
(c)(1)(A)(ii) and (iii) until 90 days after the report under 
subsection (d) has been transmitted to Congress. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) ALLOCATIONS.—From amounts authorized 
to be appropriated under section 951(d)(1) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16271(d)(1)), 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this section such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2007 through 
2009. 
(2) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
this section such sums as may be necessary for each 
of fiscal years 2010 through 2012.
SEC. 5. ADVANCED BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program of research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application for advanced battery technologies 
for use in motor vehicles, particularly for plug-in hybrid 
motor vehicles. 
(b) OBJECTIVE.—The Secretary shall design the pro-
gram under this section to develop technologies that would 
enable a light-duty, plug-in hybrid motor vehicle to travel 
up to 40 miles on battery power alone. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section— 
(1) $31,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(2) $34,100,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(3) $37,500,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 
(4) $41,250,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 6. ADVANCED BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program of research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application for production of liquid fuels from 
biomass. 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall design the 
program under this section to—
(1) develop technologies that would make eth-
anol produced from cellulosic feedstocks cost com-
petitive with ethanol produced from corn by 2012; 
(2) conduct research and development on how 
to apply advanced genetic engineering and bio-
engineering techniques to increase the efficiency and 
lower the cost of industrial-scale production of liquid 
fuels from cellulosic feedstocks; and 
(3) conduct research and development on the 
production of hydrocarbons other than ethanol from 
biomass. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—From 
amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 
931(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16231(c)), there are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary to carry out this section— 
(1) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(2) $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
(3) $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
SEC. 7. ADVANCED HYDROGEN STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program of research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application for technologies to enable practical 
onboard storage of hydrogen for use as a fuel for light- 
duty motor vehicles.
(b) OBJECTIVE.—The Secretary shall design the pro-
gram under this section to develop practical hydrogen 
storage technologies that would enable a hydrogen-fueled 
light-duty motor vehicle to travel 300 miles before refuel-
ing. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
to carry out this section— 
(1) $46,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(3) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 
(4) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 8. ADVANCED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program of research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application for advanced solar photovoltaic 
technologies. 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall design the 
program under this section to develop technologies that 
would— 
(1) make electricity generated by solar photo-
voltaic power cost-competitive by 2015; and 
(2) enable the widespread use of solar photo-
voltaic power.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section— 
(1) $148,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(2) $155,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(3) $165,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 
(4) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 9. ADVANCED WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program of research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application for advanced wind energy tech-
nologies. 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall design the 
program under this section to— 
(1) improve the efficiency and lower the cost of 
wind turbines; 
(2) minimize adverse environmental impacts; 
and 
(3) develop new small-scale wind energy tech-
nologies for use in low wind speed environments. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section— 
(1) $44,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(2) $48,400,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(3) $53,240,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 
(4) $58,564,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
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