Sec. 1286. Sanctity of contract. 
Sec. 1287. Consumer privacy and unfair trade practices. 
Subtitle H—Merger Reform 
Sec. 1291. Merger review reform and accountability. 
Sec. 1292. Electric utility mergers. 
Subtitle I—Definitions 
Sec. 1295. Definitions. 
Subtitle J—Technical and Conforming Amendments 
Sec. 1297. Conforming amendments. 
Subtitle K—Economic Dispatch 
Sec. 1298. Economic dispatch. 
TITLE XIII—ENERGY TAX INCENTIVES 
Sec. 1300. Short title; etc. 
Subtitle A—Energy Infrastructure Tax Incentives 
Sec. 1301. Natural gas gathering lines treated as 7-year property. 
Sec. 1302. Natural gas distribution lines treated as 15-year property. 
Sec. 1303. Electric transmission property treated as 15-year property. 
Sec. 1304. Expansion of amortization for certain atmospheric pollution control 
facilities in connection with plants first placed in service after 
1975. 
Sec. 1305. Modification of credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional 
source. 
Sec. 1306. Modifications to special rules for nuclear decommissioning costs. 
Sec. 1307. Arbitrage rules not to apply to prepayments for natural gas. 
Sec. 1308. Determination of small refiner exception to oil depletion deduction. 
Subtitle B—Miscellaneous Energy Tax Incentives 
Sec. 1311. Credit for residential energy efficient property. 
Sec. 1312. Credit for business installation of qualified fuel cells. 
Sec. 1313. Reduced motor fuel excise tax on certain mixtures of diesel fuel. 
Sec. 1314. Amortization of delay rental payments. 
Sec. 1315. Amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures. 
Sec. 1316. Advanced lean burn technology motor vehicle credit. 
Sec. 1317. Credit for energy efficiency improvements to existing homes. 
Subtitle C—Alternative minimum tax relief 
Sec. 1321. New nonrefundable personal credits allowed against regular and 
minimum taxes. 
Sec. 1322. Certain business energy credits allowed against regular and min-
imum taxes. 
TITLE XIV—MISCELLANEOUS 
Subtitle C—Other Provisions 
Sec. 1441. Continuation of transmission security order.
Sec. 1442. Review of agency determinations. 
Sec. 1443. Attainment dates for downwind ozone nonattainment areas. 
Sec. 1444. Energy production incentives. 
Sec. 1446. Regulation of certain oil used in transformers. 
Sec. 1447. Risk assessments. 
Sec. 1448. Oxygen-fuel. 
Sec. 1449. Petrochemical and oil refinery facility health assessment. 
Sec. 1450. United States-Israel cooperation. 
Sec. 1451. Carbon-based fuel cell development. 
TITLE XV—ETHANOL AND MOTOR FUELS 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 1501. Renewable content of motor vehicle fuel. 
Sec. 1502. Fuels safe harbor. 
Sec. 1503. Findings and MTBE transition assistance. 
Sec. 1504. Use of MTBE. 
Sec. 1505. National Academy of Sciences review and presidential determina-
tion. 
Sec. 1506. Elimination of oxygen content requirement for reformulated gaso-
line. 
Sec. 1507. Analyses of motor vehicle fuel changes. 
Sec. 1508. Data collection. 
Sec. 1509. Reducing the proliferation of State fuel controls. 
Sec. 1510. Fuel system requirements harmonization study. 
Sec. 1511. Commercial byproducts from municipal solid waste and cellulosic 
biomass loan guarantee program. 
Sec. 1512. Cellulosic biomass and waste-derived ethanol conversion assistance. 
Sec. 1513. Blending of compliant reformulated gasolines. 
Subtitle B—Underground Storage Tank Compliance 
Sec. 1521. Short title. 
Sec. 1522. Leaking underground storage tanks. 
Sec. 1523. Inspection of underground storage tanks. 
Sec. 1524. Operator training. 
Sec. 1525. Remediation from oxygenated fuel additives. 
Sec. 1526. Release prevention, compliance, and enforcement. 
Sec. 1527. Delivery prohibition. 
Sec. 1528. Federal facilities. 
Sec. 1529. Tanks on Tribal lands. 
Sec. 1530. Additional measures to protect groundwater. 
Sec. 1531. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 1532. Conforming amendments. 
Sec. 1533. Technical amendments. 
Subtitle C—Boutique Fuels 
Sec. 1541. Reducing the proliferation of boutique fuels. 
TITLE XVI—STUDIES 
Sec. 1601. Study on inventory of petroleum and natural gas storage. 
Sec. 1605. Study of energy efficiency standards. 
Sec. 1606. Telecommuting study. 
Sec. 1607. LIHEAP report.
Sec. 1608. Oil bypass filtration technology. 
Sec. 1609. Total integrated thermal systems. 
Sec. 1610. University collaboration. 
Sec. 1611. Reliability and consumer protection assessment. 
Sec. 1612. Report on energy integration with Latin America. 
Sec. 1613. Low-volume gas reservoir study. 
TITLE XVII—RENEWABLE ENERGY 
Sec. 1701. Grants to improve the commercial value of forest biomass for elec-
tric energy, useful heat, transportation fuels, petroleum-based 
product substitutes, and other commercial purposes. 
Sec. 1702. Environmental review for renewable energy projects. 
Sec. 1703. Sense of Congress regarding generation capacity of electricity from 
renewable energy resources on public lands. 
TITLE XVIII—GEOTHERMAL ENERGY 
Sec. 1801. Short title. 
Sec. 1802. Competitive lease sale requirements. 
Sec. 1803. Direct use. 
Sec. 1804. Royalties and near-term production incentives. 
Sec. 1805. Expediting administrative action for geothermal leasing. 
Sec. 1806. Coordination of geothermal leasing and permitting on Federal lands. 
Sec. 1807. Review and report to Congress. 
Sec. 1808. Reimbursement for costs of NEPA analyses, documentation, and 
studies. 
Sec. 1809. Assessment of geothermal energy potential. 
Sec. 1810. Cooperative or unit plans. 
Sec. 1811. Royalty on byproducts. 
Sec. 1812. Repeal of authorities of Secretary to readjust terms, conditions, 
rentals, and royalties. 
Sec. 1813. Crediting of rental toward royalty. 
Sec. 1814. Lease duration and work commitment requirements. 
Sec. 1815. Advanced royalties required for suspension of production. 
Sec. 1816. Annual rental. 
Sec. 1817. Deposit and use of geothermal lease revenues for 5 fiscal years. 
Sec. 1818. Repeal of acreage limitations. 
Sec. 1819. Technical amendments. 
Sec. 1820. Intermountain West Geothermal Consortium. 
TITLE XIX—HYDROPOWER 
Sec. 1901. Increased hydroelectric generation at existing Federal facilities. 
Sec. 1902. Shift of project loads to off-peak periods. 
Sec. 1903. Report identifying and describing the status of potential hydropower 
facilities. 
TITLE XX—OIL AND GAS—RESOURCES 
Subtitle A—Production incentives 
Sec. 2001. Definition of Secretary. 
Sec. 2002. Program on oil and gas royalties in-kind. 
Sec. 2003. Marginal property production incentives. 
Sec. 2004. Incentives for natural gas production from deep wells in the shallow 
waters of the Gulf of Mexico.