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barley grain, grapeseed, rice bran, rice hulls, rice 
straw, soybean matter, and sugarcane bagasse.’’. 
SEC. 649. CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER RESEARCH PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 934 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16234) is repealed. 
SEC. 650. RENEWABLE ENERGY IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 
Section 935 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16235) and the item relating thereto in the table 
of contents of that Act are repealed. 
Subtitle E—Fossil Energy Research 
and Development 
SEC. 661. FOSSIL ENERGY. 
Section 961 of Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16291) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 961. FOSSIL ENERGY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out re-
search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plication programs in fossil energy, including activities 
under this subtitle, with the goal of improving the effi-
ciency, effectiveness, and environmental performance of 
fossil energy production, upgrading, conversion, and con-
sumption. Such programs shall take into consideration the 
following objectives: 
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‘‘(1) Increasing the energy conversion efficiency 
of all forms of fossil energy through improved tech-
nologies. 
‘‘(2) Decreasing the cost of all fossil energy 
production, generation, and delivery. 
‘‘(3) Promoting diversity of energy supply. 
‘‘(4) Decreasing the dependence of the United 
States on foreign energy supplies. 
‘‘(5) Decreasing the environmental impact of 
energy-related activities. 
‘‘(6) Increasing the export of fossil energy-re-
lated equipment, technology, and services from the 
United States. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) USES.—None of the funds authorized for 
carrying out this section may be used for Fossil En-
ergy Environmental Restoration. 
‘‘(2) INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
Not less than 20 percent of the funds appropriated 
for carrying out section 964 of this Act for each fis-
cal year shall be dedicated to research and develop-
ment carried out at institutions of higher education. 
‘‘(3) USE FOR REGULATORY ASSESSMENTS OR 
DETERMINATIONS.—The results of any research, de-
velopment, demonstration, or commercial application 
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projects or activities of the Department may not be 
used for regulatory assessments or determinations 
by Federal regulatory authorities. 
‘‘(c) ASSESSMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) CONSTRAINTS
AGAINST
BRINGING
RE-
SOURCES TO MARKET.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the America COMPETES 
Reauthorization Act of 2015, the Secretary shall 
transmit to Congress an assessment of the technical, 
institutional, policy, and regulatory constraints to 
bringing new domestic fossil resources to market. 
‘‘(2) TECHNOLOGY
CAPABILITIES.—Not later 
than 2 years after the date of enactment of the 
America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015, 
the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a long-term 
assessment of existing and projected technological 
capabilities for expanded production from domestic 
unconventional oil, gas, and methane reserves.’’. 
SEC. 662. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, 
AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 962 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16292) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
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(B) in paragraph (11), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) specific additional programs to address 
water use and reuse; 
‘‘(13) the testing, including the construction of 
testing facilities, of high temperature materials for 
use in advanced systems for combustion or use of 
coal; and 
‘‘(14) innovations to application of existing coal 
conversion systems designed to increase efficiency of 
conversion, flexibility of operation, and other modi-
fications to address existing usage requirements.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) 
as subsections (c) through (e), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) TRANSFORMATIONAL COAL TECHNOLOGY PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program es-
tablished under subsection (a), the Secretary may 
carry out a program designed to undertake research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial appli-
cation of technologies, including the accelerated de-
velopment of— 
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‘‘(A) chemical looping technology; 
‘‘(B) supercritical carbon dioxide power 
generation cycles; 
‘‘(C) pressurized oxycombustion, including 
new and retrofit technologies; and 
‘‘(D) other technologies that are character-
ized by the use of— 
‘‘(i) alternative energy cycles; 
‘‘(ii) thermionic devices using waste 
heat; 
‘‘(iii) fuel cells; 
‘‘(iv) replacement of chemical proc-
esses with biotechnology; 
‘‘(v) nanotechnology; 
‘‘(vi) new materials in applications 
(other than extending cycles to higher tem-
perature and pressure), such as mem-
branes or ceramics; 
‘‘(vii) carbon utilization, such as in 
construction materials, using low quality 
energy to reconvert back to a fuel, or man-
ufactured food; 
‘‘(viii) advanced gas separation con-
cepts; and 
‘‘(ix) other technologies, including— 
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