(1) relating to any offshore wind resource lo-
cated in any appropriate area of the outer Conti-
nental Shelf, as determined by the Secretary; and 
(2) that is completed on or after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(e) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section— 
(1) delays any final regulation to be promul-
gated by the Secretary of the Interior to carry out 
section 8(p) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)); or 
(2) limits the authority of the Secretary to lease 
any offshore wind resource located in any appro-
priate area of the outer Continental Shelf, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
Subtitle D—Environmental 
Safeguards 
SEC. 
161. 
GRANTS 
FOR 
PRODUCTION 
OF 
ADVANCED 
BIOFUELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
grant program to encourage the production of advanced 
biofuels. 
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(b) REQUIREMENTS
AND
PRIORITY.—In making 
grants under this section, the Secretary— 
(1) shall make awards to the proposals for ad-
vanced biofuels with the greatest reduction in 
lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to the 
comparable motor vehicle fuel lifecycle emissions 
during calendar year 2007; and 
(2) shall not make an award to a project that 
does not achieve at least a 50-percent reduction in 
such lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
2015. 
SEC. 162. STUDIES OF EFFECTS OF RENEWABLE FUEL USE. 
Section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(t) STUDIES OF EFFECTS OF RENEWABLE FUEL 
USE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this subsection, the Admin-
istrator shall offer to enter into appropriate arrange-
ments with the National Academy of Sciences and 
any other independent research institute determined 
to be appropriate by the Administrator, in consulta-
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tion with appropriate Federal agencies, to conduct 2 
studies on the effects of increased domestic use of 
renewable fuels under the Renewable Fuels, Con-
sumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 
2007. 
‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE STUDIED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The studies under this 
subsection shall assess, quantify, and rec-
ommend analytical methodologies in relation to 
environmental changes associated with the in-
creased domestic use of renewable fuels under 
the Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and 
Energy Efficiency Act of 2007, including pro-
duction, handling, transportation, and use of 
the fuels. 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIC
MATTERS.—The studies 
shall include an assessment and quantification, 
to the maximum extent practicable, of signifi-
cant changes— 
‘‘(i) in air and water quality and the 
quality of other natural resources; 
‘‘(ii) in land use patterns; 
‘‘(iii) in the rate of deforestation in 
the United States and globally; 
‘‘(iv) to greenhouse gas emissions; 
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‘‘(v) to significant geographic areas 
and habitats with high biodiversity values 
(including species richness, the presence of 
species that are exclusively native to a 
place, or the presence of endangered spe-
cies); or 
‘‘(vi) in the long-term capacity of the 
United States to produce biomass feed-
stocks. 
‘‘(C) BASELINE COMPARISON.—In making 
an assessment or quantifying effects of in-
creased use of renewable fuels, the studies shall 
use an appropriate baseline involving increased 
use of the conventional transportation fuels, if 
displacement by use of renewable fuels had not 
occurred. 
‘‘(3) REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.—The Adminis-
trator shall submit to Congress a report summa-
rizing the assessments and findings of— 
‘‘(A) the first study, along with any rec-
ommendations by the Administrator to mitigate 
adverse effects identified by the study, not later 
than 3 years after the date of enactment of this 
subsection; and 
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