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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Children's Health Insurance for
Long-Term Development Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

The purpose of this act is to provide health insurance coverage for
children during the Infant Neurological Risk Exposure Period (INREP).
The INREP extends through age 3 and encompasses the period of most
rapid neurological changes in young children. Health coverage will
improve children's health and, through routine health supervision,
promote parents' caregiving skills through these critical years.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that--
(1) 86 percent of children with private health insurance
are under-insured with respect to well-child care;
(2) because the human brain develops rapidly until the age
of 3, children need regular screenings and follow-up care to
detect neurological abnormalities and ensure normal
development;
(3) regular pediatric visits enable physicians to provide
guidance on parental activities, such as reading, that
stimulate the brain development of infants; and
(4) children deserve health care coverage that promotes
normal brain and nervous system development.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this Act:
(1) Beneficiary.--The term ''beneficiary'' has the meaning
given such term under section 3(8) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(8)).
(2) Child.--The term ''child'' means an individual who is
age 3 or younger.
(3) Employee health benefit plan.--
(A) In general.--The term ''employee health benefit
plan'' means any employee welfare benefit plan,
governmental plan, or church plan (as defined under paragraphs (1),
(32), and (33) of section 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002 (1), (32), and (33))) that provides or pays
for health benefits (such as provider and hospital benefits) for
participants and beneficiaries whether--
(i) directly;
(ii) through a health plan offered by a
health plan issuer as defined in paragraph (6);
or
(iii) otherwise.
(B) Rule of construction.--An employee health
benefit plan shall not be construed to be a health plan
or a health plan issuer.
(C) Arrangements not included.--Such term does not
include the following, or any combination thereof:
(i) Coverage only for accident, or
disability income insurance, or any combination
thereof.
(ii) Medicare supplemental health insurance
(as defined under section 1882(g)(1) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ss(g)(1))).
(iii) Coverage issued as a supplement to
liability insurance.
(iv) Liability insurance, including general
liability insurance and automobile liability
insurance.
(v) Workers' compensation or similar
insurance.
(vi) Automobile medical payment insurance.
(vii) Coverage for a specified disease or
illness.
(viii) Hospital or fixed indemnity
insurance.
(ix) Short-term limited duration insurance.
(x) Credit-only, dental-only, or vision-
only insurance.
(xi) A health insurance policy providing
benefits only for long-term care, nursing home
care, home health care, community-based care, or any combination
thereof.
(4) Group purchaser.--The term ''group purchaser'' means
any person (as defined in section 3(9) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(9))) or
entity that purchases or pays for health benefits (such as
provider or hospital benefits) on behalf of participants or
beneficiaries in connection with an employee health benefit
plan.
(5) Health plan.--
(A) In general.--The term ''health plan'' means any
group health plan or individual health plan.
(B) Group health plan.--The term ''group health
plan'' means any contract, policy, certificate, or
other arrangement offered by a health plan issuer to a
group purchaser that provides or pays for health
benefits (such as provider and hospital benefits) in
connection with an employee health benefit plan.
(C) Individual health plan.--The term ''individual
health plan'' means any contract, policy, certificate,
or other arrangement offered by a health plan issuer to
individuals that provides or pays for health benefits
(such as provider and hospital benefits) and that is
not a group health plan.
(D) Arrangements not included.--Such term does not
include the following, or any combination thereof:
(i) Coverage only for accident, or
disability income insurance, or any combination
thereof.
(ii) Medicare supplemental health insurance
(as defined under section 1882(g)(1) of the
Social Security Act).
(iii) Coverage issued as a supplement to
liability insurance.
(iv) Liability insurance, including general
liability insurance and automobile liability
insurance.
(v) Workers' compensation or similar
insurance.
(vi) Automobile medical payment insurance.
(vii) Coverage for a specified disease or
illness.
(viii) Hospital or fixed indemnity
insurance.
(ix) Short-term limited duration insurance.
(x) Credit-only, dental-only, or vision-
only insurance.
(xi) A health insurance policy providing
benefits only for long-term care, nursing home
care, home health care, community-based care,
or any combination thereof.
(E) Certain plans included.--Such term includes any
plan or arrangement not described in any clause of
subparagraph (D) that provides for benefit payments, on
a periodic basis, for--
(i) a specified disease or illness; or
(ii) a period of hospitalization;
without regard to the costs incurred or services
rendered during the period to which the payments
relate.
(6) Health plan issuer.--The term ''health plan issuer''
means any entity that is licensed (prior to or after the date
of enactment of this Act) by a State to offer a health plan.
(7) Participant.--The term ''participant'' has the meaning
given such term under section 3(7) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(7)).
(8) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' unless otherwise
specified means the Secretary of Labor.

SEC. 5. REQUIRED HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a health
plan or an employee health benefit plan shall ensure that coverage is
provided with respect to a child who is a beneficiary under such plan
for all medically necessary health care and related services,
including--
(1) appropriate screening services at intervals that meet
reasonable standards of medical and dental practice;
(2) all appropriate immunizations;
(3) necessary case management, transportation, and
scheduling assistance; and
(4) such other necessary health care, diagnostic services,
treatment, and other measures to correct or ameliorate defects
and physical and mental illnesses and conditions discovered by
the screening services, whether or not such services are
covered for participants or policyholders under the plan.
(b) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), a health plan or an
employee health benefit plan shall not be required to provide coverage
for health care and related services that are not safe, are not
effective, or are experimental.

SEC. 6. PROHIBITIONS.

In implementing the requirements of this Act, a health plan or an
employee health benefit plan may not use a service limitation,
including a lifetime benefit limit, of the plan to deny medically
necessary health care and related services described in section 4 to a
child.

SEC. 7. NOTICE.

(a) Employee Health Benefit Plan.--An employee health benefit plan
shall provide conspicuous notice to each participant regarding coverage
required under this Act not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and as part of its summary plan description.
(b) Health Plan.--A health plan shall provide notice to each
policyholder regarding coverage required under this Act. Such notice
shall be in writing, prominently positioned, and be transmitted--
(1) in a mailing made within 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act by such plan to the policyholder; and
(2) as part of the annual informational packet sent to the
policyholder.

SEC. 8. APPLICABILITY.

(a) Construction.--
(1) In general.--A requirement or standard imposed under
this Act on a health plan shall be deemed to be a requirement
or standard imposed on the health plan issuer. Such
requirements or standards shall be enforced by the State
insurance commissioner for the State involved or the official
or officials designated by the State to enforce the
requirements of this Act. In the case of a health plan offered
by a health plan issuer in connection with an employee health
benefit plan, the requirements or standards imposed under this
Act shall be enforced with respect to the health plan issuer by
the State insurance commissioner for the State involved or the
official or officials designated by the State to enforce the
requirements of this Act.
(2) Limitation.--Except as provided in section 8(c), the
Secretary shall not enforce the requirements or standards of
this Act as they relate to health plan issuers or health plans.
In no case shall a State enforce the requirements or standards
of this Act as they relate to employee health benefit plans.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed
to affect or modify the provisions of section 514 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1144).

SEC. 9. ENFORCEMENT.

(a) Health Plan Issuers.--Each State shall require that each health
plan issued, sold, renewed, offered for sale or operated in such State
by a health plan issuer meet the standards established under this Act.
A State shall submit such information as required by the Secretary
demonstrating effective implementation of the requirements of this Act.
(b) Employee Health Benefit Plans.--With respect to employee health
benefit plans, the standards established under this Act shall be
enforced in the same manner as provided for under sections 502, 504,
506, and 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29
U.S.C. 1132, 1134, 1136, and 1140). The civil penalties contained in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 502(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1132(c)
(1) and (2)) shall apply to any information required by the Secretary
to be disclosed and reported under this section.
(c) Failure To Enforce.--In the case of the failure of a State to
substantially enforce the standards and requirements set forth in this
Act with respect to health plans, the Secretary, in consultation with
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall enforce the standards
of this Act in such State. In the case of a State that fails to
substantially enforce the standards set forth in this Act, each health
plan issuer operating in such State shall be subject to civil
enforcement as provided for under sections 502, 504, 506, and 510 of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1132,
1134, 1136, and 1140). The civil penalties contained in paragraphs (1)
and (2) of section 502(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(1) and (2))
shall apply to any information required by the Secretary to be
disclosed and reported under this section.
(d) Regulations.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, may promulgate such regulations as may be
necessary or appropriate to carry out this Act.

SEC. 10. PREEMPTION.

(a) In General.--The provisions of sections 4, 5, and 6 shall not
preempt a State law or regulation--
(1) that provides greater protections to patients or
policyholders than those required in this Act; or
(2) that requires health plans to provide coverage for
pediatric care in accordance with guidelines established by the
American Academy of Pediatrics or other established
professional medical associations.
(b) Employee Health Benefit Plans.--Nothing in this section affects
the application of this Act to employee health benefit plans, as
defined in section 2(3).

SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.

Except as otherwise provided for in this Act, the provisions of
this Act shall apply as follows:
(1) With respect to health plans, such provisions shall
apply to such plans on the first day of the contract year
beginning on or after June 1, 1997.
(2) With respect to employee health benefit plans, such
provisions shall apply to such plans on the first day of the
first plan year beginning on or after June 1, 1997.
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Children's Health Insurance for Long-Term Development Act of 1996 - Requires health plans and employee health benefit plans to ensure coverage of all medically necessary health care and related services for children during the Infant Neurological Risk Exposure Period (INREP), which extends through age three and encompasses the period of most rapid neurological changes in young children. Prohibits health plans from using a service limitation, including a lifetime benefit limit, to deny medically necessary health care and related services to a child.
Sets forth enforcement provisions.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Iran voted in the United Nations General Assembly on
December 10, 1948, to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, thereby committing to guarantee the ''life, liberty,
and security of person'' of all people and rejecting ''cruel,
inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment''.
(2) The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran
guarantees certain human rights and fundamental freedoms,
including political and civil rights, along with economic,
social, and cultural rights, including a prohibition on torture
and a guarantee of sentencing according to the law.
(3) The Islamic Republic of Iran is a party to 4 major
United Nations human rights treaties: the Convention on the
Rights of the Child (which it ratified on July 13, 1994), the
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Racial Discrimination (which it ratified on August 29, 1968),
and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights (both of which it ratified on June 24, 1975).
(4) The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is
violating its international and constitutional obligations to
respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of its
citizens, including by--
(A) using torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading
treatment or punishment, including flogging, and
amputations;
(B) carrying out an increasingly high rate of
executions in the absence of internationally recognized
safeguards, including public executions and executions
of juvenile offenders;
(C) using stoning as a method of execution and
maintaining a high number of persons in prison who
continue to face sentences of execution by stoning;
(D) carrying out arrests, violent repression, and
sentencing of women exercising their right to peaceful
assembly, a campaign of intimidation against women's
rights defenders, and continuing discrimination against
women and girls;
(E) permitting or carrying out increasing
discrimination and other human rights violations
against persons belonging to religious, ethnic,
linguistic, or other minorities;
(F) imposing ongoing, systematic, and serious
restrictions of freedom of peaceful assembly and
association and freedom of opinion and expression,
including the continuing closures of media outlets,
arrests of journalists, and the censorship of
expression in online forums such as blogs and websites;
and
(G) imposing severe limitations and restrictions on
freedom of religion and belief, including by carrying
out arbitrary arrests, indefinite detentions, and
lengthy jail sentences for those exercising their
rights to freedom of religion or belief and proposing a
provision in a draft penal code that sets out a
mandatory death sentence for apostasy, the abandoning
of one's faith.
(5) On June 19, 2009, the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights expressed concerns about the increasing number
of arrests not in conformity with the law and the illegal use
of excessive force in responding to protests following the June
12, 2009, elections in Iran, resulting in at least dozens of
deaths and hundreds of injuries.
(6) On August 1, 2009, authorities in the Islamic Republic
of Iran began a mass trial of more than 100 individuals in
connection with election protests, most of whom were held for
weeks, in solitary confinement, with little or no access to
their lawyers or families, and many of whom showed signs of
torture or abuse.
(7) The Supreme Leader of Iran issued a statement on
October 28, 2009, effectively criminalizing dissent in the
aftermath of the national election of June 12, 2009.
(8) On November 4, 2009, security forces in the Islamic
Republic of Iran used brutal force to disperse thousands of
protesters, resulting in a number of injuries and arrests, in
violation of international standards regarding the
proportionate use of force against peaceful demonstrations.
(9) At least 8 citizens of Iran were killed and an
undetermined number were injured on December 27, 2009, when
security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran violently broke
up peaceful gatherings during the Ashura holiday.
(10) The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has
recently sentenced numerous Iranian citizens to death without
due process for politicized crimes relating to the peaceful
demonstrations that followed the June 12, 2009, elections,
including ''waging war against God'', and has begun carrying
out those execution sentences, including the death by hanging
of 2 individuals on January 28, 2010.

SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ARE COMPLICIT IN
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES COMMITTED AGAINST CITIZENS OF IRAN OR
THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER THE JUNE 12, 2009, ELECTIONS
IN IRAN.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e), the
President shall impose sanctions described in subsection (c) with
respect to each person on the list required by subsection (b).
(b) List of Persons Who Are Complicit in Certain Human Rights
Abuses.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a list of persons who are
citizens of Iran that the President determines are complicit in
human rights abuses committed against citizens of Iran or their
family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether
such abuses occurred in Iran.
(2) Updates of list.--The President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees an updated list under
paragraph (1) periodically and as new information becomes
available.
(3) Public availability.--The list required by paragraph
(1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the
websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department
of State.
(4) Consideration of data from other countries and
nongovernmental organizations.--In preparing the list required
by paragraph (1), the President shall consider data already
obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations,
including organizations in Iran, that monitor the human rights
abuses of the Government of Iran.
(c) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the following:
(1) Visa ban.--Ineligibility for a visa to enter the United
States.
(2) Financial sanctions.--Sanctions authorized under the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.), including blocking of property and restrictions or
prohibitions on financial transactions and the exportation and
importation of property.
(d) Exceptions To Comply With International Agreements.--The
President may, by regulation, authorize exceptions to the imposition of
sanctions under this section to permit the United States to comply with
the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of
America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed June
26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, and other
applicable international agreements.
(e) Waiver.--The President may waive the requirement to impose or
maintain sanctions with respect to a person under subsection (a) or the
requirement to include a person on the list required by subsection (b)
if the President--
(1) determines that such a waiver is in the national
interest of the United States; and
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a
report describing the reasons for the determination.
(f) Termination of Sanctions.--The provisions of this section shall
cease to have force and effect on the date on which the President
determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees
that the Government of Iran has--
(1) unconditionally released all political prisoners,
including the citizens of Iran detained in the aftermath of the
June 12, 2009, presidential election in Iran;
(2) ceased its practices of violence, unlawful detention,
torture, and abuse of citizens of Iran while engaging in
peaceful political activity; and
(3) conducted a transparent investigation into the
killings, arrest, and abuse of peaceful political activists in
Iran and prosecuted those responsible.
(g) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section,
the term ''appropriate congressional committees'' has the meaning given
that term in section 14(2) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
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Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act - Directs the President to impose visa entry and financial sanctions on a person determined to be complicit in human rights abuses committed against Iranian citizens or their family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Iran.

Requires that: (1) the list of such persons required by this Act be made available to the public and posted on the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State websites; and (2) the President consider data obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations that monitor Iran's human rights abuses in preparing such list.

Authorizes the President to: (1) not apply such sanctions in order to permit U.S. compliance with the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations and other international agreements; and (2) waive such sanctions if in the U.S. national interest.

Terminates sanctions upon presidential certification to Congress that the government of Iran has: (1) released all political prisoners; (2) ceased its practices of violence and abuse of Iranian citizens engaging in peaceful political activity; and (3) conducted a transparent investigation into the killings and abuse of peaceful political activists in Iran and prosecuted those responsible.

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SECTION 1. RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD.

(a) In General.--Title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following:

''SEC. 610. FEDERAL RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD.

''(a) Renewable Energy Requirement.--
''(1) In general.--Each electric utility that sells
electricity to electric consumers shall obtain a percentage of
the base amount of electricity it sells to electric consumers
in any calendar year from new renewable energy or existing
renewable energy. The percentage obtained in a calendar year
shall not be less than the amount specified in the following
table:

''Calendar year: Minimum annual percentage:
2010............................ 1
2011............................ 2
2012............................ 4
2013............................ 6
2014............................ 8
2015............................ 10
2016............................ 12
2017............................ 14
2018............................ 16
2019............................ 18
2020............................ 20
2021............................ 21
2022............................ 22
2023............................ 23
2024............................ 24
2025............................ 25.

''(2) Means of compliance.--An electric utility shall meet
the requirements of paragraph (1) by--
''(A) submitting to the Secretary renewable energy
credits issued under subsection (b);
''(B) making alternative compliance payments to the
Secretary at the rate of 2 cents per kilowatt hour (as
adjusted for inflation under subsection (g)); or
''(C) a combination of activities described in
subparagraphs (A) and (B).
''(b) Renewable Energy Credit Trading Program.--
''(1) In general.--Not later than July 1, 2009, the
Secretary shall establish a renewable energy credit trading
program under which electric utilities shall submit to the
Secretary renewable energy credits to certify the compliance of
the electric utilities with respect to obligations under
subsection (a)(1).
''(2) Administration.--As part of the program, the
Secretary shall--
''(A) issue tradeable renewable energy credits to
generators of electric energy from new renewable
energy;
''(B) issue nontradeable renewable energy credits
to generators of electric energy from existing
renewable energy;
''(C) issue renewable energy credits to electric
utilities associated with State renewable portfolio
standard compliance mechanisms pursuant to subsection
(h);
''(D) ensure that a kilowatt hour, including the
associated renewable energy credit, shall be used only
once for purposes of compliance with this Act;
''(E) allow double credits for generation from
facilities on Indian land, and triple credits for
generation from small renewable distributed generators
(meaning those no larger than 1 megawatt); and
''(F) ensure that, with respect to a purchaser
that, as of the date of enactment of this section, has
a purchase agreement from a renewable energy facility
placed in service before that date, the credit
associated with the generation of renewable energy
under the contract is issued to the purchaser of the
electric energy.
''(3) Duration.--A credit described in subparagraph (A) or
(B) of paragraph (2) may only be used for compliance with this
section during the 3-year period beginning on the date of
issuance of the credit.
''(4) Transfers.--An electric utility that holds credits in
excess of the quantity of credits needed to comply with
subsection (a) may transfer the credits to another electric
utility in the same utility holding company system.
''(5) Delegation of market function.--The Secretary may
delegate to an appropriate market-making entity the
administration of a national tradeable renewable energy credit
market for purposes of creating a transparent national market
for the sale or trade of renewable energy credits.
''(c) Enforcement.--
''(1) Civil penalties.--Any electric utility that fails to
meet the compliance requirements of subsection (a) shall be
subject to a civil penalty.
''(2) Amount of penalty.--The amount of the civil penalty
shall be determined by multiplying the number of kilowatt-hours
of electric energy sold to electric consumers in violation of
subsection (a) by the greater of 2 cents (adjusted for
inflation under subsection (g)) or 200 percent of the average
market value of renewable energy credits during the year in
which the violation occurred.
''(3) Mitigation or waiver.--The Secretary may mitigate or
waive a civil penalty under this subsection if the electric
utility was unable to comply with subsection (a) for reasons
outside of the reasonable control of the utility. The Secretary
shall reduce the amount of any penalty determined under
paragraph (2) by an amount paid by the electric utility to a
State for failure to comply with the requirement of a State
renewable energy program if the State requirement is greater
than the applicable requirement of subsection (a).
''(4) Procedure for assessing penalty.--The Secretary shall
assess a civil penalty under this subsection in accordance with
the procedures prescribed by section 333(d) of the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 6303).
''(d) State Renewable Energy Account Program.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish, not later
than December 31, 2008, a State renewable energy account
program.
''(2) Deposits.--All money collected by the Secretary from
alternative compliance payments and the assessment of civil
penalties under this section shall be deposited into the
renewable energy account established pursuant to this
subsection. The State renewable energy account shall be held by
the Secretary and shall not be transferred to the Treasury
Department.
''(3) Use.--Proceeds deposited in the State renewable
energy account shall be used by the Secretary, subject to
appropriations, for a program to provide grants to the State
agency responsible for developing State energy conservation
plans under section 362 of the Energy Policy and Conservation
Act (42 U.S.C. 6322) for the purposes of promoting renewable
energy production, including programs that promote technologies
that reduce the use of electricity at customer sites such as
solar water heating.
''(4) Administration.--The Secretary may issue guidelines
and criteria for grants awarded under this subsection. State
energy offices receiving grants under this section shall
maintain such records and evidence of compliance as the
Secretary may require.
''(5) Preference.--In allocating funds under this program,
the Secretary shall give preference--
''(A) to States in regions which have a
disproportionately small share of economically
sustainable renewable energy generation capacity; and
''(B) to State programs to stimulate or enhance
innovative renewable energy technologies.
''(e) Rules.--The Secretary shall issue rules implementing this
section not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
section.
''(f) Exemptions.--This section shall not apply in any calendar
year to an electric utility--
''(1) that sold less than 4,000,000 megawatt-hours of
electric energy to electric consumers during the preceding
calendar year; or
''(2) in Hawaii.
''(g) Inflation Adjustment.--Not later than December 31 of each
year beginning in 2008, the Secretary shall adjust for inflation the
price of a renewable energy credit under subsection (b)(2) and the
amount of the civil penalty per kilowatt-hour under subsection (c)(2).
''(h) State Programs.--
''(1) In general.--Nothing in this section diminishes any
authority of a State or political subdivision of a State to
adopt or enforce any law or regulation respecting renewable
energy, but, except as provided in subsection (c)(3), no such
law or regulation shall relieve any person of any requirement
otherwise applicable under this section. The Secretary, in
consultation with States having such renewable energy programs,
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, facilitate
coordination between the Federal program and State programs.
''(2) Regulations.--
''(A) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation
with States, shall promulgate regulations to ensure
that an electric utility subject to the requirements of
this section that is also subject to a State renewable
energy standard receives renewable energy credits in
relation to equivalent quantities of renewable energy
associated with compliance mechanisms, other than the
generation or purchase of renewable energy by the
electric utility, including the acquisition of
certificates or credits and the payment of taxes, fees,
surcharges, or other financial compliance mechanisms by
the electric utility or a customer of the electric
utility, directly associated with the generation or
purchase of renewable energy.
''(B) Prohibition on double counting.--The
regulations promulgated under this paragraph shall
ensure that a kilowatt hour associated with a renewable
energy credit issued pursuant to this subsection shall
not be used for compliance with this section more than
once.
''(i) Recovery of Costs.--
''(1) In general.--The Commission shall issue and enforce
such regulations as are necessary to ensure that an electric
utility recovers all prudently incurred costs associated with
compliance with this section.
''(2) Applicable law.--A regulation under paragraph (1)
shall be enforceable in accordance with the provisions of law
applicable to enforcement of regulations under the Federal
Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.).
''(j) Wind Energy Development Study.--The Secretary, in
consultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies, shall
conduct, and submit to Congress a report describing the results of, a
study on methods to increase transmission line capacity for wind energy
development.
''(k) Definitions.--In this section:
''(1) Base amount of electricity.--The term 'base amount of
electricity' means the total amount of electricity sold by an
electric utility to electric consumers in a calendar year,
excluding municipal waste and electricity generated by a
hydroelectric facility (including a pumped storage facility,
but excluding incremental hydropower).
''(2) Distributed generation facility.--The term
'distributed generation facility' means a facility at a
customer site.
''(3) Existing renewable energy.--The term 'existing
renewable energy' means, except as provided in paragraph
(7)(B), electric energy generated at a facility (including a
distributed generation facility) placed in service prior to
January 1, 2001, from solar, wind, or geothermal energy, ocean
energy, biomass (as defined in section 203(a) of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005), or landfill gas.
''(4) Geothermal energy.--The term 'geothermal energy'
means energy derived from a geothermal deposit (within the
meaning of section 613(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986).
''(5) Incremental geothermal production.--
''(A) In general.--The term 'incremental geothermal
production' means for any year the excess of--
''(i) the total kilowatt hours of
electricity produced from a facility (including
a distributed generation facility) using
geothermal energy; over
''(ii) the average annual kilowatt hours
produced at such facility for 5 of the previous
7 calendar years before the date of enactment
of this section after eliminating the highest
and the lowest kilowatt hour production years
in such 7-year period.
''(B) Special rule.--A facility described in
subparagraph (A) that was placed in service at least 7
years before the date of enactment of this section
shall, commencing with the year in which such date of
enactment occurs, reduce the amount calculated under
subparagraph (A)(ii) each year, on a cumulative basis,
by the average percentage decrease in the annual
kilowatt hour production for the 7-year period
described in subparagraph (A)(ii) with such cumulative
sum not to exceed 30 percent.
''(6) Incremental hydropower.--The term 'incremental
hydropower' means additional energy generated as a result of
efficiency improvements or capacity additions made on or after
January 1, 2001, or the effective date of an existing
applicable State renewable portfolio standard program at a
hydroelectric facility that was placed in service before that
date. The term does not include additional energy generated as
a result of operational changes not directly associated with
efficiency improvements or capacity additions. Efficiency
improvements and capacity additions shall be measured on the
basis of the same water flow information used to determine a
historic average annual generation baseline for the
hydroelectric facility and certified by the Secretary or the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
''(7) New renewable energy.--The term 'new renewable
energy' means--
''(A) electric energy generated at a facility
(including a distributed generation facility) placed in
service on or after January 1, 2001, from--
''(i) solar, wind, or geothermal energy or
ocean energy;
''(ii) biomass (as defined in section
203(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 15852(b));
''(iii) landfill gas; or
''(iv) incremental hydropower; and
''(B) for electric energy generated at a facility
(including a distributed generation facility) placed in
service prior to the date of enactment of this
section--
''(i) the additional energy above the
average generation in the 3 years preceding the
date of enactment of this section at the
facility from--
''(I) solar or wind energy or ocean
energy;
''(II) biomass (as defined in
section 203(b) of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(b));
''(III) landfill gas; or
''(IV) incremental hydropower.
''(ii) incremental geothermal production.
''(8) Ocean energy.--The term 'ocean energy' includes
current, wave, tidal, and thermal energy.
''(l) Sunset.--This section expires on December 31, 2040.''.
(b) Table of Contents Amendment.--The table of contents of the
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. prec. 2601)
is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title VI the
following:

''Sec. 610. Federal renewable portfolio standard.''.
answer:
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to set forth a federal renewable energy portfolio standard applicable to calendar years 2010 to 2025.

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish: (1) a renewable energy credit trading program under which electric utilities shall submit to the Secretary renewable energy credits to certify their compliance with such standard; and (2) a state renewable energy account program for grants to state agencies to promote renewable energy production (including programs that promote technologies that reduce the use of electricity at customer sites such as solar water heating).

Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue and enforce regulations to ensure that an electric utility recovers all prudently incurred costs associated with compliance with this Act.

Instructs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on methods to increase transmission line capacity for wind energy development.