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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Marine Renewable Energy Promotion 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the Adaptive Management 
        and Environmental Fund established by section 3(c).
            (2) Marine renewable energy.--The term ``marine renewable 
        energy'' means energy from--
                    (A) waves, tides, and currents in oceans, 
                estuaries, and tidal areas;
                    (B) free flowing water in rivers, lakes, man made 
                channels, and streams; and
                    (C) differentials in ocean temperature or ocean 
                thermal energy conversion.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.

SEC. 3. MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Research and Development Program.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a marine 
        renewable energy research and development program that is 
        focused on--
                    (A) developing new marine renewable energy 
                technologies;
                    (B) reducing the manufacturing and operation costs 
                of marine renewable energy technologies;
                    (C) increasing the reliability and survivability of 
                marine renewable energy facilities;
                    (D) integrating marine renewable energy into the 
                national electric grid;
                    (E) identifying opportunities for cross-pollination 
                and development of economies of scale between offshore 
                wind and marine renewable energy sources;
                    (F) identifying the environmental impacts of marine 
                renewable energy and ways to address any negative 
                impacts; and
                    (G)(i) applying advanced systems engineering and 
                system integration methods to identify critical 
                interfaces and develop open standards for marine 
                renewable energy;
                    (ii) transferring the resulting intellectual 
                property to industry stakeholders as public information 
                through published interface definitions, standards, and 
                demonstration projects; and
                    (iii) developing incentives for industry to comply 
                with the standards.
            (2) Administration.--The program established under 
        paragraph (1) shall be separate from any wind and hydropower 
        program carried out by the Secretary.
    (b) Marine-Based Energy Device Verification Program.--
            (1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a marine-
        based energy device verification program to provide a bridge 
        from the wave, tidal, current, or thermal energy capture device 
        design and development efforts underway across the industry to 
        commercial deployment of marine renewable energy devices.
            (2) Purposes.--The purposes of the program are to fund, 
        facilitate the development and installation of, and evaluate 
        marine renewable energy projects, in partnership with the 
        Electric Power Research Institute, the National Renewable 
        Energy Laboratory, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 
        Marine Sciences Laboratory, and the Sandia National 
        Laboratories, and in conjunction with universities and other 
        institutions of higher education, private business entities, 
        and other appropriate organizations, in order--
                    (A) to increase marine renewable energy experience; 
                and
                    (B) to build and operate enough candidate devices 
                to obtain statistically significant operating and 
                maintenance data.
            (3) Objectives.--The objectives of the program include--
                    (A) verifying the performance, reliability, 
                maintainability, and cost of new marine renewable 
                energy device designs and system components in an 
                operating environment;
                    (B) providing States, regulators, utilities, and 
                other stakeholders with a valid opportunity to test and 
                evaluate marine renewable energy technology in new 
                areas;
                    (C) documenting and communicating the experience 
                from those projects for the benefit of utilities, 
                independent power producers, other nonutility 
                generators, device suppliers, and others in the marine 
                renewable energy development community; and
                    (D) resolving environmental issues through robust 
                characterization, reliable impact prediction, effective 
                monitoring, development and use of adaptive management, 
                and informing engineering design to improve 
                environmental performance.
    (c) Adaptive Management and Environmental Fund.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
                    (A) the use of marine renewable energy technologies 
                can reduce contributions to global warming;
                    (B) marine renewable energy technologies can be 
                produced domestically;
                    (C) marine renewable energy is a nascent industry; 
                and
                    (D) the United States must work to promote new 
                renewable energy technologies that reduce contributions 
                to global warming gases and improve domestic energy 
                production.
            (2) Fund.--
                    (A) Establishment.--There is established in the 
                Treasury of the United States a revolving fund, to be 
                known as the ``Adaptive Management and Environmental 
                Fund'', consisting of such amounts as are appropriated 
                to the Fund under subsection (d).
                    (B) Expenditures from fund.--
                            (i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), on 
                        request by the Secretary, the Secretary of the 
                        Treasury shall transfer from the Fund to the 
                        Secretary such amounts as the Secretary 
                        determines are necessary to provide grants to 
                        eligible entities to assist the entities in 
                        complying with Federal, State, or local 
                        regulatory permit requirements through 
                        assessment and demonstration of the 
                        environmental effects of marine renewable 
                        energy projects (including environmental 
                        studies, design, fabrication, deployment, 
                        operating, monitoring, environmental 
                        mitigation, and decommissioning costs).
                            (ii) Administrative expenses.--An amount 
                        not exceeding 10 percent of the amounts in the 
                        Fund shall be available for each fiscal year to 
                        pay the administrative expenses necessary to 
                        carry out this subsection.
                    (C) Transfers of amounts.--
                            (i) In general.--The amounts required to be 
                        transferred to the Fund under this paragraph 
                        shall be transferred at least monthly from the 
                        general fund of the Treasury to the Fund on the 
                        basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the 
                        Treasury.
                            (ii) Adjustments.--Proper adjustment shall 
                        be made in amounts subsequently transferred to 
                        the extent prior estimates were in excess of or 
                        less than the amounts required to be 
                        transferred.
            (3) Eligibility.--
                    (A) In general.--To be eligible for a grant under 
                this subsection, an entity shall provide to the 
                Secretary a regulatory permit that includes conditions 
                for the removal of the marine renewable energy project 
                supported by the grant if the permitting authority 
                finds that the marine renewable energy project has an 
                unacceptable adverse impact on the environment.
                    (B) Administration.--A marine renewable energy 
                project shall not be required to be removed in the 
                absence of a finding by the permitting authority that 
                the project has an unacceptable adverse impact.
            (4) Public availability.--The results of any assessment or 
        demonstration conducted under this subsection shall be made 
        available to the public, except to the extent that the 
        assessment or demonstration contains information that is 
        protected from disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5, 
        United States Code.
            (5) Audit requirements.--
                    (A) In general.--Any entity that receives a grant 
                under this subsection shall--
                            (i) track the use of grant funds from the 
                        Fund; and
                            (ii) certify annually to the Secretary that 
                        the grant funds were used only for purposes 
                        authorized under this subsection.
                    (B) Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish 
                procedures to ensure that the Secretary is able to 
                oversee and audit the use of funds by eligible 
                entities.
                    (C) Annual audits.--The Secretary shall conduct an 
                audit, at least annually, of the use of grant funds 
                received under this subsection by each eligible entity.
                    (D) Ineligibility.--The Secretary may declare an 
                entity ineligible for a grant under this subsection on 
                a finding of inappropriate use of funding.
            (6) Sunset provision.--
                    (A) Report.--The Secretary shall submit a report to 
                the appropriate committees of Congress if the Secretary 
                determines that the technologies and activities 
                supported under this subsection have achieved a level 
                of maturity that is sufficient to enable the program 
                authorized under this subsection to cease.
                    (B) Termination.--The program authorized under this 
                subsection and the Fund shall cease to exist effective 
                on the date of submission of a report described in 
                subparagraph (A).
            (7) Administration.--The Secretary may use amounts in the 
        Fund to provide assistance to State resource agencies that are 
        processing applications for permits required for marine 
        renewables projects that have received assistance from the Fund 
        to assist staff with understanding and evaluating applications 
        and participating in the applicable Federal Energy Regulatory 
        Commission or Minerals Management Service regulatory process.
            (8) Environmental requirement.--Nothing in this section 
        eliminates or otherwise affects any requirement imposed under 
        the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
        et seq.).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2010 through 2021.
[EX A]: Marine Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2009 - Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a marine renewable energy research and development program, separate from any DOE wind and hydropower program, focused on: (1) developing new marine renewable energy technologies; (2) reducing the manufacturing and operation costs of such technologies; (3) increasing the reliability and survivability of marine renewable energy facilities; (4) integrating marine renewable energy into the national electric grid; (5) identifying opportunities for cross pollination and development of economies of scale between offshore wind and marine renewable energy sources; (6) identifying the environmental impacts of marine renewable energy and ways to address negative impacts; (7) applying advanced systems engineering and system integration methods to identify critical interfaces and develop open standards for marine renewable energy; (8) transferring the resulting intellectual property to industry stakeholders as public information through published interface definitions, standards, and demonstration projects; and (9) developing incentives for industry to comply with such standards.

Requires DOE to establish a marine-based energy device verification program to provide a bridge from the wave, tidal, current, or thermal energy capture device design and development efforts underway across the industry to commercial deployment of marine renewable energy devices. Sets forth as purpose of the Program to fund, facilitate the development and installation of, and evaluate marine renewable energy projects, in partnership with the Electric Power Research Institute, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Marine Sciences Laboratory, and the Sandia National Laboratories in order to: (1) increase marine renewable energy experience; and (2) build and operate enough candidate devices to obtain statistically significant operating and maintenance data.

Establishes an Adaptive Management and Environmental Fund to provide grants for complying with requirements through assessment and demonstration of the environmental effects of marine renewable energy projects.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bus Utility and Safety in School 
Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) school transportation issues remain a concern for 
        parents, local educational agencies, lawmakers, the National 
        Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National 
        Transportation Safety Board, and the Environmental Protection 
        Agency;
            (2) millions of children face potential future health 
        problems because of exposure to noxious fumes emitted from 
        older school buses;
            (3) many rural local educational agencies are operating 
        outdated, unsafe school buses that are failing inspection, 
        resulting in a depletion of the school bus fleets of the local 
        educational agencies; and
            (4) many rural local educational agencies are unable to 
        afford newer and safer buses.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to establish within the 
Department of Education a Federal cost-sharing program to assist rural 
local educational agencies with older, unsafe school bus fleets in 
purchasing newer, safer school buses.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Rural local educational agency.--The term ``rural local 
        educational agency'' means a local educational agency, as 
        defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801), with respect to which--
                    (A) each county in which a school served by the 
                local educational agency is located has a total 
                population density of fewer than 10 persons per square 
                mile;
                    (B) all schools served by the local educational 
                agency are designated with a school locale code of 7 or 
                8, as determined by the Secretary of Education; or
                    (C) all schools served by the local educational 
                agency have been designated, by official action taken 
                by the legislature of the State in which the local 
                educational agency is located, as rural schools for 
                purposes relating to the provision of educational 
                services to students in the State.
            (2) School bus.--The term ``school bus'' means a vehicle 
        the primary purpose of which is to transport students to and 
        from school or school activities.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Education.

SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--From amounts made available under subsection (e) 
for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide grants, on a competitive 
basis, to rural local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of 
the cost of purchasing new school buses.
    (b) Application.--
            (1) In general.--Each rural local educational agency that 
        seeks to receive a grant under this Act shall submit to the 
        Secretary for approval an application at such time, in such 
        manner, and accompanied by such information (in addition to 
        information required under paragraph (2)) as the Secretary may 
        require.
            (2) Contents.--Each application submitted under paragraph 
        (1) shall include--
                    (A) documentation that, of the total number of 
                school buses operated by the rural local educational 
                agency, not less than 50 percent of the school buses 
                are in need of repair or replacement;
                    (B) documentation of the number of miles that each 
                school bus operated by the rural local educational 
                agency traveled in the most recent 9-month academic 
                year;
                    (C) documentation that the rural local educational 
                agency is operating with a reduced fleet of school 
                buses;
                    (D) a certification from the rural local 
                educational agency that--
                            (i) authorizes the application of the rural 
                        local educational agency for a grant under this 
                        Act; and
                            (ii) describes the dedication of the rural 
                        local educational agency to school bus 
                        replacement programs and school transportation 
                        needs (including the number of new school buses 
                        needed by the rural local educational agency); 
                        and
                    (E) an assurance that the rural local educational 
                agency will pay the non-Federal share of the cost of 
                the purchase of new school buses under this Act from 
                non-Federal sources.
    (c) Priority.--
            (1) In general.--In providing grants under this Act, the 
        Secretary shall give priority to rural local educational 
        agencies that, as determined by the Secretary--
                    (A) are transporting students in a bus manufactured 
                before 1977;
                    (B) have a grossly depleted fleet of school buses; 
                or
                    (C) serve a school that is required, under section 
                1116(b)(9) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
                Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(9)), to provide 
                transportation to students to enable the students to 
                transfer to another public school served by the rural 
                local educational agency.
    (d) Payments; Federal Share.--
            (1) Payments.--The Secretary shall pay to each rural local 
        educational agency having an application approved under this 
        section the Federal share described in paragraph (2) of the 
        cost of purchasing such number of new school buses as is 
        specified in the approved application.
            (2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of 
        purchasing a new school bus under this Act shall be 75 percent.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act--
            (1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
            (2) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 
        2007 through 2011.
[EX A]: Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to rural local educational agencies (LEAs) to pay the federal share (75%) of costs of purchasing new school buses. Requires the Secretary, in providing such grants, to give priority to rural LEAs that: (1) are transporting students in a bus manufactured before 1977; (2) have a grossly depleted fleet of school buses; or (3) serve a school required by law to provide transportation to students to enable them to transfer to another public school served by the rural LEA.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Airport Security Personnel 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Airport security screener.--The term ``airport security 
        screener'' means an individual who is employed to perform 
        security screening services at an airport in the United States.
            (2) Lawful permanent resident alien.--The term ``lawful 
        permanent resident alien'' means an alien lawfully admitted for 
        permanent residence, as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20)).
            (3) Qualified lawful permanent resident alien defined.--The 
        term ``qualified lawful permanent resident alien'' means an 
        alien with respect to whom a certification has been made by the 
        Under Secretary of Transportation for Security under section 
        111(e)(1)(B) of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act 
        (Public Law 107-71), as added by section 3 of this Act.

SEC. 3. TRANSITIONAL EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY FOR QUALIFIED LAWFUL 
              PERMANENT RESIDENT AIRPORT SECURITY SCREENERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 111 of the Aviation and Transportation 
Security Act (Public Law 107-71) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(e) Special Transition Rule for Qualified Lawful Permanent 
Resident Aliens.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any rule or regulation 
        promulgated to implement the citizenship requirement in section 
        44935(e)(2)(A)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, as amended 
        by subsection (a), or any other provision of law prohibiting 
        the employment of aliens by the Federal Government, an alien 
        shall be eligible for hiring or continued employment as an 
        airport security screener until the naturalization process for 
        such alien is completed, if--
                    ``(A) the Attorney General makes the certification 
                described in paragraph (2) to the Under Secretary of 
                Transportation for Security with respect to the alien; 
                and
                    ``(B) the Under Secretary of Transportation for 
                Security makes the certification described in paragraph 
                (3) to the Attorney General with respect to such alien.
            ``(2) Certification by the attorney general.--A 
        certification under this paragraph is a certification by the 
        Attorney General, upon the request of the Under Secretary of 
        Transportation for Security, with respect to an alien described 
        in paragraph (1) that--
                    ``(A) the alien is a lawful permanent resident 
                alien (as defined in section 2 of the Airport Security 
                Personnel Protection Act); and
                    ``(B)(i) an application for naturalization has been 
                approved, and the alien is awaiting the holding of a 
                ceremony for the administration of the oath of 
                renunciation and allegiance, as required by section 337 
                of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448);
                    ``(ii) an application for naturalization filed by 
                the alien prior to the date of enactment of this Act is 
                pending before the Immigration and Naturalization 
                Service but has not been finally adjudicated; or
                    ``(iii) the alien--
                            ``(I) satisfies, or will satisfy within one 
                        year of the date of certification if the alien 
                        remains in the United States, the residence 
                        requirements applicable to the alien in the 
                        Immigration and Nationality Act, or any other 
                        Act that are necessary for eligibility for 
                        naturalization; and
                            ``(II) not more than 180 days after the 
                        date of enactment of the Airport Security 
                        Personnel Protection Act, filed under section 
                        334(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
                        an application for a declaration of intention 
                        to become a United States citizen.
            ``(3) Certification by the under secretary of 
        transportation.--A certification under this paragraph is a 
        certification by the Under Secretary of Transportation for 
        Security with respect to an alien described in paragraph (1) 
        that--
                    ``(A) the Under Secretary has decided to hire or 
                continue the employment of such alien; and
                    ``(B) the alien--
                            ``(i) meets the qualifications to be a 
                        security screener under section 44935(f);
                            ``(ii) was employed as an airport security 
                        screener as of the date of enactment of this 
                        Act, as determined by the Under Secretary of 
                        Transportation for Security; and
                            ``(iii) has undergone and successfully 
                        completed an employment investigation 
                        (including a criminal history record check) 
                        required by section 44935(e)(2)(B) of such 
                        title, as amended by subsection (a).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be 
deemed effective as if included in the enactment of the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act.

SEC. 4. EXPEDITED NATURALIZATION FOR QUALIFIED LAWFUL PERMANENT 
              RESIDENT AIRPORT SECURITY SCREENERS.

    (a) Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--For the purpose of enabling qualified 
        lawful permanent resident aliens to satisfy in a timely manner 
        the citizenship requirement in section 44935(e)(2)(A)(ii) of 
        title 49, United States Code, the Attorney General shall 
        expedite--
                    (A) the processing and adjudication of an 
                application for naturalization filed by any qualified 
                lawful permanent resident alien who was employed as an 
                airport security screener as of the date of enactment 
                of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Public 
                Law 107-71); and
                    (B) if such application for naturalization is 
                approved, the holding of a ceremony for administration 
                of the oath of renunciation and allegiance to such 
                qualified lawful permanent resident alien, as required 
                by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
                (8 U.S.C. 1448).
    (b) Deadlines for Completed Action.--The Attorney General shall 
complete the actions described in subsection (a)--
            (1) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, in the case of a qualified lawful permanent resident 
        alien with respect to whom an application for naturalization is 
        approved but such alien is awaiting the holding of a ceremony 
        for the administration of the oath of renunciation and 
        allegiance, as required by section 337 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448);
            (2) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, in the case of a qualified lawful permanent resident 
        alien with respect to whom an application for naturalization 
        was pending on the date of enactment of this Act; and
            (3) not later than 180 days after the date on which an 
        application for naturalization is received by the Attorney 
        General, in the case of a qualified lawful permanent resident 
        alien with respect to whom an application for naturalization is 
        filed after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to lower the standards of qualification set forth in title 
III of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) that 
applicants for naturalization must meet in order to become naturalized 
citizens of the United States.
[EX A]:
Airport Security Personnel Protection Act - Amends the Aviation and Transportation Security Act to establish a special rule granting transitional employment eligibility, upon a specified certification by the Attorney General, to qualified lawful permanent resident alien airport security screeners until their naturalization process is completed.Directs the Attorney General to expedite the naturalization process for such screeners.