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Sec. 1312. National Academy of Sciences report.
Sec. 1313. Report on research and development program evaluation methodolo-
gies.
Sec. 1314. Transmission system monitoring study.
Sec. 1315. Interagency review of competition in the wholesale and retail markets
for electric energy.
Sec. 1316. Study on the benefits of economic dispatch.
Sec. 1317. Study of rapid electrical grid restoration.
Sec. 1318. Study of distributed generation.
Sec. 1319. Study on inventory of petroleum and natural gas storage.
Sec. 1320. Natural gas supply shortage report.
Sec. 1321. Split-estate Federal oil and gas leasing and development practices.
Sec. 1322. Resolution of Federal resource development conflicts in the Powder
River Basin.
Sec. 1323. Study of energy efficiency standards.
Sec. 1324. Telecommuting study.
Sec. 1325. Oil bypass filtration technology.
Sec. 1326. Total integrated thermal systems.
Sec. 1327. University collaboration.
Sec. 1328. Hydrogen participation study.
Sec. 1329. Overall employment in a hydrogen economy.
Sec. 1330. Study of best management practices for energy research and develop-
ment programs.
Sec. 1331. Effect of electrical contaminants on reliability of energy production
systems.
Sec. 1332. Alternative fuels reports.
Sec. 1333. Final action on refunds for excessive charges.
Sec. 1334. Fuel cell and hydrogen technology study.
Sec. 1335. Passive solar technologies.
Sec. 1336. Study of link between energy security and increases in vehicle miles
traveled.
Sec. 1337. Study of availability of skilled workers.
Sec. 1338. Science Study on Cumulative Impacts of Multiple Offshore Liquefied
Natural Gas Facilities.
TITLE XIV—INCENTIVES FOR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Sec. 1401. Definitions.
Sec. 1402. Terms and conditions.
Sec. 1403. Eligible projects.
Sec. 1404. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE XV—ENERGY POLICY TAX INCENTIVES
Sec. 1500. Short title; amendment of 1986 Code.
Subtitle A—Electricity Infrastructure
Sec. 1501. Extension and modification of renewable electricity production credit.
Sec. 1502. Application of section 45 credit to agricultural cooperatives.
Sec. 1503 Expansion of resources to wave, current, tidal, and ocean thermal en-
ergy.
Sec. 1504. Clean renewable energy bonds.
Sec. 1505. Treatment of income of certain electric cooperatives.
Sec. 1506. Dispositions of transmission property to implement FERC restruc-
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Sec. 1507. Credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities.
Sec. 1508. Credit for investment in clean coal facilities.
Sec. 1509. Clean energy coal bonds.
Subtitle B—Domestic Fossil Fuel Security
Sec. 1511. Credit for investment in clean coke/cogeneration manufacturing facili-
ties.
Sec. 1512. Temporary expensing for equipment used in refining of liquid fuels.
Sec. 1513. Pass through to patrons of deduction for capital costs incurred by
small refiner cooperatives in complying with Environmental
Protection Agency sulfur regulations.
Sec. 1514. Modifications to enhanced oil recovery credit.
Sec. 1515. Natural gas distribution lines treated as 15-year property.
Subtitle C—Conservation and Energy Efficiency Provisions
Sec. 1521. Energy efficient commercial buildings deduction.
Sec. 1522. Credit for construction of new energy efficient homes.
Sec. 1523. Deduction for business energy property.
Sec. 1524. Credit for certain nonbusiness energy property.
Sec. 1525. Energy credit for combined heat and power system property.
Sec. 1526. Credit for energy efficient appliances.
Sec. 1527. Credit for residential energy efficient property.
Sec. 1528. Credit for business installation of qualified fuel cells and stationary
microturbine power plants.
Sec. 1529. Business solar investment tax credit.
Subtitle D—Alternative Motor Vehicles and Fuels Incentives
Sec. 1531. Alternative motor vehicle credit.
Sec. 1532. Modification of credit for qualified electric vehicles.
Sec. 1533. Credit for installation of alternative fueling stations.
Sec. 1534. Volumetric excise tax credit for alternative fuels.
Sec. 1535. Extension of excise tax provisions and income tax credit for biodiesel.
Subtitle E—Additional Energy Tax Incentives
Sec. 1541. 10-year recovery period for underground natural gas storage facility
property.
Sec. 1542. Expansion of research credit.
Sec. 1543. Small agri-biodiesel producer credit.
Sec. 1544. Improvements to small ethanol producer credit.
Sec. 1545. Credit for equipment for processing or sorting materials gathered
through recycling.
Sec. 1546. 5-year net operating loss carryover if any resulting refund is used for
electric transmission equipment.
Sec. 1547. Credit for qualifying pollution control equipment.
Sec. 1548. Credit for production of coal owned by Indian tribes.
Sec. 1549. Credit for replacement stoves meeting environmental standards in non-
attainment areas.
Sec. 1550. Exemption for equipment for transporting bulk beds of farm crops
from excise tax on retail sale of heavy trucks and trailers.
Sec. 1551. National Academy of Sciences study and report.
Sec. 1552. Income tax exclusion for certain fuel costs of rural carpools.
Sec. 1553. 3-year applicable recovery period for depreciation of qualified energy
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Sec. 1554. Exception from volume cap for certain cooling facilities.
Subtitle F—Revenue Raising Provisions
Sec. 1561. Treatment of kerosene for use in aviation.
Sec. 1562. Repeal of ultimate vendor refund claims with respect to farming.
Sec. 1563. Refunds of excise taxes on exempt sales of fuel by credit card.
Sec. 1564. Additional requirement for exempt purchases.
Sec. 1565. Reregistration in event of change in ownership.
Sec. 1566. Treatment of deep-draft vessels.
Sec. 1567. Reconciliation of on-loaded cargo to entered cargo.
Sec. 1568. Taxation of gasoline blendstocks and kerosene.
Sec. 1569. Nonapplication of export exemption to delivery of fuel to motor vehi-
cles removed from United States.
Sec. 1570. Penalty with respect to certain adulterated fuels.
Sec. 1571. Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund financing rate.
Sec. 1572. Extension of Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financ-
ing rate.
Sec. 1573. Tire excise tax modification.
TITLE XVI—CLIMATE CHANGE
Subtitle A—National Climate Change Technology Deployment
Sec. 1601. Greenhouse gas intensity reducing technology strategies.
Sec. 1602. Climate infrastructure credit.
SUBTITLE B—CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES
Sec. 1611. Climate change technology deployment in developing countries.
Sec. 1612. Sense of the Senate on climate change.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’
means the Department of Energy.
(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘institution of
higher education’’ has the meaning given the
term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education
Act of 1065 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)).
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(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘institution of
higher education’’ includes an organization
that—
(i) is organized, and at all times there-
after operated, exclusively for the benefit of,
to perform the functions of, or to carry out
the functions of 1 or more organizations re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A); and
(ii) is operated, supervised, or con-
trolled by or in connection with 1 or more
of those organizations.
(3) NATIONAL
LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Laboratory’’ means any of the following lab-
oratories owned by the Department:
(A) Ames Laboratory.
(B) Argonne National Laboratory.
(C) Brookhaven National Laboratory.
(D) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
(E) Idaho National Laboratory.
(F) Lawrence Berkeley National Labora-
tory.
(G) Lawrence Livermore National Labora-
tory.
(H) Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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(I) National Energy Technology Labora-
tory.
(J) National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
(K) Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
(L) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
(M) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
(N) Sandia National Laboratories.
(O) Savannah River National Laboratory.
(P) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
(Q) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator
Facility.
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Energy.
(5) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term
‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given the
term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 632).
TITLE I—ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Subtitle A—Federal Programs
SEC. 101. ENERGY AND WATER SAVING MEASURES IN CON-
GRESSIONAL BUILDINGS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part 3 of title V of the National
Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8251 et seq.)
is amended—
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(1) by redesignating section 551 (42 U.S.C.
8259) as section 553; and
(2) by inserting after section 550 (42 U.S.C.
8258b) the following:
‘‘SEC. 551. ENERGY AND WATER SAVINGS MEASURES IN
CONGRESSIONAL BUILDINGS.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) CONGRESSIONAL BUILDING.—The term ‘con-
gressional building’ means a facility administered by
Congress.
‘‘(2) PLAN.—The term ‘plan’ means an energy
conservation and management plan developed under
subsection (b)(1).
‘‘(b) PLAN.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the Capitol
shall develop, update, and implement a cost-effective
energy conservation and management plan for con-
gressional buildings to meet the energy performance
requirements for Federal buildings established under
section 543(a)(1).
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall include—
‘‘(A) a description of the life-cycle cost anal-
ysis used to determine the cost-effectiveness of
proposed energy efficiency projects;
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‘‘(B) a schedule that ensures that complete
energy surveys of all congressional buildings are
conducted every 5 years to determine the cost
and payback period of energy and water con-
servation measures;
‘‘(C) a strategy for installation of life-cycle
cost-effective energy and water conservation
measures;
‘‘(D) the results of a study of the costs and
benefits of installation of submetering in congres-
sional buildings; and
‘‘(E) information packages and ‘how-to’
guides for each Member and employing authority
of Congress that describe simple and cost-effective
methods to save energy and taxpayer dollars in
congressional buildings.
‘‘(3) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005, the Architect of the Capitol shall
submit to Congress the plan developed under para-
graph (1).
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the Capitol
shall annually submit to Congress a report on con-
gressional energy management and conservation pro-
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grams carried out for congressional buildings under
this section.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A report submitted under
paragraph (1) shall describe in detail—
‘‘(A) energy expenditures and savings esti-
mates for each congressional building;
‘‘(B) any energy management and conserva-
tion projects for congressional buildings; and
‘‘(C) future priorities to ensure compliance
with this section.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act is
amended—
(1) by redesignating the item relating to section
551 as section 553; and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section
550 the following:
‘‘Sec. 551. Energy and water savings measures in congressional buildings.’’.
(c) REPEAL.—Section 310 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 1815), is repealed.
SEC. 102. ENERGY MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS.
(a) ENERGY REDUCTION GOALS.—Section 543(a) of
the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
8253(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Subject to’’
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘(A) Subject to
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paragraph (2), each agency shall apply energy con-
servation measures to, and shall improve the design
for the construction of, the Federal buildings of the
agency (including each industrial or laboratory facil-
ity) so that the energy consumption for each gross
square foot of the Federal buildings of the agency for
fiscal years 2006 through 2015 is reduced, as com-
pared with the energy consumption for each gross
square foot of the Federal buildings of the agency for
fiscal year 2004, by the percentage specified in the
following table:
‘‘Fiscal Year
Percentage reduction
2006 ............................................................................................
2007 ............................................................................................
2008 ............................................................................................
2009 ............................................................................................
2010 ............................................................................................
2011 ............................................................................................
2012 ............................................................................................
2013 ............................................................................................
2014 ............................................................................................
2015 ............................................................................................
20.
‘‘(B) The energy reduction goals and baseline estab-
lished in subparagraph (A) supersede—
‘‘(i) all goals and baselines under this paragraph
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of
this subparagraph; and
‘‘(ii) any related reporting requirements.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) Not later than December 31, 2013, the Secretary
shall—
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‘‘(A) review the results of the implementation of
the energy performance requirement established under
paragraph (1); and
‘‘(B) submit to Congress recommendations con-
cerning energy performance requirements for each of
fiscal years 2015 through 2024.’’.
(b) EXCLUSIONS; REVIEW
BY
SECRETARY; CRI-
TERIA.—Section 543(c) of the National Energy Conserva-
tion Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘An agency
may exclude’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘(A)
An agency may exclude, from the energy performance
requirement for a fiscal year established under sub-
section (a) and the energy management requirement
established under subsection (b), any Federal building
or collection of Federal buildings, if the head of the
agency finds that—
‘‘(i) compliance with those requirements would
be impracticable;
‘‘(ii) the agency has completed and submitted all
federally required energy management reports;
‘‘(iii) the agency has achieved compliance with
the energy efficiency requirements of this Act, the En-
ergy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13201 et seq.), Ex-
ecutive orders, and other Federal law; and
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‘‘(iv) the agency has implemented all practicable,
life-cycle cost-effective projects with respect to the Fed-
eral building or collection of Federal buildings to be
excluded.
‘‘(B) A finding of impracticability under subpara-
graph (A)(i) shall be based on—
‘‘(i) the energy intensiveness of activities carried
out in the Federal building or collection of Federal
buildings; or
‘‘(ii) the fact that the Federal building or collec-
tion of Federal buildings is used in the performance
of a national security function.’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in the second sentence—
(i) by striking ‘‘impracticability stand-
ards’’ and inserting ‘‘standards for exclu-
sion’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘a finding of imprac-
ticability’’ and inserting ‘‘the exclusion’’;
and
(B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘en-
ergy consumption requirements’’ and inserting
‘‘requirements of subsections (a) and (b)(1)’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(3) Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall issue guidelines
that establish criteria for exclusions under paragraph (1).’’.
(c) RETENTION OF ENERGY AND WATER SAVINGS.—
Section 546 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act
(42 U.S.C. 8256) is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)(2)(G), by inserting ‘‘of the
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 8262e)’’ after
‘‘159’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) RETENTION OF ENERGY AND WATER SAVINGS.—
(1) An agency may retain any funds appropriated to the
agency for energy expenditures, water expenditures, or
wastewater treatment expenditures, at buildings subject to
the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of section 543,
that are not expended because of energy savings or water
savings.
‘‘(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, funds de-
scribed in paragraph (1) may be used by an agency only
for energy efficiency, water conservation, or unconventional
and renewable energy resources projects.’’.
(d) REPORTS.—Section 548(b) of the National Energy
Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8258(b)) is amended—
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘THE
PRESIDENT AND’’ before ‘‘CONGRESS’’; and
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(2) by inserting ‘‘President and’’ before ‘‘Con-
gress’’.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 550(d) of the
National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
8258b(d)) is amended in the second sentence by striking
‘‘the 20 percent reduction goal established under section
543(a) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42
U.S.C. 8253(a)).’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the energy reduc-
tion goals established under section 543(a).’’.
SEC. 103. ENERGY USE MEASUREMENT AND ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.
Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Pol-
icy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(e) METERING OF ENERGY USE.—(1)(A) Not later
than October 1, 2012, in accordance with guidelines estab-
lished by the Secretary under paragraph (2), each Federal
building shall, for the purposes of efficient use of energy
and reduction in the cost of electricity used in the building,
be metered or submetered.
‘‘(B) Each agency shall use, to the maximum extent
practicable, advanced meters or advanced metering devices
that provide data at least daily on, and that measure at
least hourly, consumption of electricity in the Federal
buildings of the agency.
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‘‘(C) The data shall be—
‘‘(i) incorporated into Federal energy tracking
systems; and
‘‘(ii) made available to Federal facility energy
managers.
‘‘(2)(A) Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, the Secretary (in consultation with
the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Serv-
ices, representatives from the metering industry, utility in-
dustry, energy services industry, energy efficiency industry,
energy efficiency advocacy organizations, national labora-
tories, and universities, and Federal facility energy man-
agers) shall establish guidelines for agencies to carry out
paragraph (1).
‘‘(B) The guidelines shall—
‘‘(i) take into consideration—
‘‘(I) the cost of metering and submetering
and the reduced cost of operation and mainte-
nance expected to result from metering and sub-
metering;
‘‘(II) the extent to which metering and sub-
metering are expected to result in increased po-
tential for energy management, increased poten-
tial for energy savings and energy efficiency im-