Family Entertainment and Copyright Act 2005
An Act
To ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE- This Act may be cited as the `Energy Policy Act of 2005'.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS- The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Subtitle A--Federal Programs
Sec. 101. Energy and water saving measures in congressional buildings.
Sec. 102. Energy management requirements.
Sec. 103. Energy use measurement and accountability.
Sec. 104. Procurement of energy efficient products.
Sec. 105. Energy savings performance contracts.
Sec. 106. Voluntary commitments to reduce industrial energy intensity.
Sec. 107. Advanced Building Efficiency Testbed.
Sec. 108. Increased use of recovered mineral component in federally funded projects involving procurement of cement or concrete.
Sec. 109. Federal building performance standards.
Sec. 110. Daylight savings.
Sec. 111. Enhancing energy efficiency in management of Federal lands.
Subtitle B--Energy Assistance and State Programs
Sec. 121. Low-income home energy assistance program.
Sec. 122. Weatherization assistance.
Sec. 123. State energy programs.
Sec. 124. Energy efficient appliance rebate programs.
Sec. 125. Energy efficient public buildings.
Sec. 126. Low income community energy efficiency pilot program.
Sec. 127. State Technologies Advancement Collaborative.
Sec. 128. State building energy efficiency codes incentives.
Subtitle C--Energy Efficient Products
Sec. 131. Energy Star program.
Sec. 132. HVAC maintenance consumer education program.
Sec. 133. Public energy education program.
Sec. 134. Energy efficiency public information initiative.
Sec. 135. Energy conservation standards for additional products.
Sec. 136. Energy conservation standards for commercial equipment.
Sec. 137. Energy labeling.
Sec. 138. Intermittent escalator study.
Sec. 139. Energy efficient electric and natural gas utilities study.
Sec. 140. Energy efficiency pilot program.
Sec. 141. Report on failure to comply with deadlines for new or revised energy conservation standards.
Subtitle D--Public Housing
Sec. 151. Public housing capital fund.
Sec. 152. Energy-efficient appliances.
Sec. 153. Energy efficiency standards.
Sec. 154. Energy strategy for HUD.
TITLE II--RENEWABLE ENERGY
Subtitle A--General Provisions
Sec. 201. Assessment of renewable energy resources.
Sec. 202. Renewable energy production incentive.
Sec. 203. Federal purchase requirement.
Sec. 204. Use of photovoltaic energy in public buildings.
Sec. 205. Biobased products.
Sec. 206. Renewable energy security.
Sec. 207. Installation of photovoltaic system.
Sec. 208. Sugar cane ethanol program.
Sec. 209. Rural and remote community electrification grants.
Sec. 210. Grants to improve the commercial value of forest biomass for electric energy, useful heat, transportation fuels, and other commercial purposes.
Sec. 211. Sense of Congress regarding generation capacity of electricity from renewable energy resources on public lands.
Subtitle B--Geothermal Energy
Sec. 222. Competitive lease sale requirements.
Sec. 224. Royalties and near-term production incentives.
Sec. 225. Coordination of geothermal leasing and permitting on Federal lands.
Sec. 226. Assessment of geothermal energy potential.
Sec. 227. Cooperative or unit plans.
Sec. 228. Royalty on byproducts.
Sec. 229. Authorities of Secretary to readjust terms, conditions, rentals, and royalties.
Sec. 230. Crediting of rental toward royalty.
Sec. 231. Lease duration and work commitment requirements.
Sec. 232. Advanced royalties required for cessation of production.
Sec. 234. Deposit and use of geothermal lease revenues for 5 fiscal years.
Sec. 235. Acreage limitations.
Sec. 236. Technical amendments.
Sec. 237. Intermountain West Geothermal Consortium.
Subtitle C--Hydroelectric
Sec. 241. Alternative conditions and fishways.
Sec. 242. Hydroelectric production incentives.
Sec. 243. Hydroelectric efficiency improvement.
Sec. 244. Alaska State jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects.
Sec. 245. Flint Creek hydroelectric project.
Sec. 246. Small hydroelectric power projects.
Subtitle D--Insular Energy
Sec. 251. Insular areas energy security.
Sec. 252. Projects enhancing insular energy independence.
TITLE III--OIL AND GAS
Subtitle A--Petroleum Reserve and Home Heating Oil
Sec. 301. Permanent authority to operate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and other energy programs.
Sec. 302. National Oilheat Research Alliance.
Sec. 303. Site selection.
Subtitle B--Natural Gas
Sec. 311. Exportation or importation of natural gas.
Sec. 312. New natural gas storage facilities.
Sec. 313. Process coordination; hearings; rules of procedure.
Sec. 315. Market manipulation.
Sec. 316. Natural gas market transparency rules.
Sec. 317. Federal-State liquefied natural gas forums.
Sec. 318. Prohibition of trading and serving by certain individuals.
Subtitle C--Production
Sec. 321. Outer Continental Shelf provisions.
Sec. 322. Hydraulic fracturing.
Sec. 323. Oil and gas exploration and production defined.
Subtitle D--Naval Petroleum Reserve
Sec. 331. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction and environmental remediation, Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2, Kern County, California.
Sec. 332. Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2 Lease Revenue Account.
Sec. 333. Land conveyance, portion of Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2, to City of Taft, California.
Sec. 334. Revocation of land withdrawal.
Subtitle E--Production Incentives
Sec. 341. Definition of Secretary.
Sec. 342. Program on oil and gas royalties in-kind.
Sec. 343. Marginal property production incentives.
Sec. 344. Incentives for natural gas production from deep wells in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Sec. 345. Royalty relief for deep water production.
Sec. 346. Alaska offshore royalty suspension.
Sec. 347. Oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Sec. 348. North Slope Science Initiative.
Sec. 349. Orphaned, abandoned, or idled wells on Federal land.
Sec. 350. Combined hydrocarbon leasing.
Sec. 351. Preservation of geological and geophysical data.
Sec. 352. Oil and gas lease acreage limitations.
Sec. 353. Gas hydrate production incentive.
Sec. 354. Enhanced oil and natural gas production through carbon dioxide injection.
Sec. 355. Assessment of dependence of State of Hawaii on oil.
Sec. 356. Denali Commission.
Sec. 357. Comprehensive inventory of OCS oil and natural gas resources.
Subtitle F--Access to Federal Lands
Sec. 361. Federal onshore oil and gas leasing and permitting practices.
Sec. 362. Management of Federal oil and gas leasing programs.
Sec. 363. Consultation regarding oil and gas leasing on public land.
Sec. 364. Estimates of oil and gas resources underlying onshore Federal land.
Sec. 365. Pilot project to improve Federal permit coordination.
Sec. 366. Deadline for consideration of applications for permits.
Sec. 367. Fair market value determinations for linear rights-of-way across public lands and National Forests.
Sec. 368. Energy right-of-way corridors on Federal land.
Sec. 369. Oil shale, tar sands, and other strategic unconventional fuels.
Sec. 370. Finger Lakes withdrawal.
Sec. 371. Reinstatement of leases.
Sec. 372. Consultation regarding energy rights-of-way on public land.
Sec. 373. Sense of Congress regarding development of minerals under Padre Island National Seashore.
Sec. 374. Livingston Parish mineral rights transfer.
Subtitle G--Miscellaneous
Sec. 381. Deadline for decision on appeals of consistency determination under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972.
Sec. 382. Appeals relating to offshore mineral development.
Sec. 383. Royalty payments under leases under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
Sec. 384. Coastal impact assistance program.
Sec. 385. Study of availability of skilled workers.
Sec. 386. Great Lakes oil and gas drilling ban.
Sec. 387. Federal coalbed methane regulation.
Sec. 388. Alternate energy-related uses on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Sec. 389. Oil Spill Recovery Institute.
Subtitle H--Refinery Revitalization
Sec. 391. Findings and definitions.
Sec. 392. Federal-State regulatory coordination and assistance.
TITLE IV--COAL
Subtitle A--Clean Coal Power Initiative
Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 402. Project criteria.
Sec. 404. Clean coal centers of excellence.
Subtitle B--Clean Power Projects
Sec. 411. Integrated coal/renewable energy system.
Sec. 412. Loan to place Alaska clean coal technology facility in service.
Sec. 413. Western integrated coal gasification demonstration project.
Sec. 414. Coal gasification.
Sec. 415. Petroleum coke gasification.
Sec. 416. Electron scrubbing demonstration.
Sec. 417. Department of Energy transportation fuels from Illinois basin coal.
Subtitle C--Coal and Related Programs
Sec. 421. Amendment of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
Subtitle D--Federal Coal Leases
Sec. 432. Repeal of the 160-acre limitation for coal leases.
Sec. 433. Approval of logical mining units.
Sec. 434. Payment of advance royalties under coal leases.
Sec. 435. Elimination of deadline for submission of coal lease operation and reclamation plan.
Sec. 436. Amendment relating to financial assurances with respect to bonus bids.
Sec. 437. Inventory requirement.
Sec. 438. Application of amendments.
TITLE V--INDIAN ENERGY
Sec. 502. Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs.
Sec. 504. Consultation with Indian tribes.
Sec. 505. Four Corners transmission line project and electrification.
Sec. 506. Energy efficiency in federally assisted housing.
TITLE VI--NUCLEAR MATTERS
Subtitle A--Price-Anderson Act Amendments
Sec. 602. Extension of indemnification authority.
Sec. 603. Maximum assessment.
Sec. 604. Department liability limit.
Sec. 605. Incidents outside the United States.
Sec. 607. Inflation adjustment.
Sec. 608. Treatment of modular reactors.
Sec. 610. Civil penalties.
Subtitle B--General Nuclear Matters
Sec. 622. Nuclear Regulatory Commission scholarship and fellowship program.
Sec. 623. Cost recovery from Government agencies.
Sec. 624. Elimination of pension offset for certain rehired Federal retirees.
Sec. 625. Antitrust review.
Sec. 626. Decommissioning.
Sec. 627. Limitation on legal fee reimbursement.
Sec. 628. Decommissioning pilot program.
Sec. 629. Whistleblower protection.
Sec. 630. Medical isotope production.
Sec. 631. Safe disposal of greater-than-Class C radioactive waste.
Sec. 632. Prohibition on nuclear exports to countries that sponsor terrorism.
Sec. 633. Employee benefits.
Sec. 634. Demonstration hydrogen production at existing nuclear power plants.
Sec. 635. Prohibition on assumption by United States Government of liability for certain foreign incidents.
Sec. 636. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 637. Nuclear Regulatory Commission user fees and annual charges.
Sec. 638. Standby support for certain nuclear plant delays.
Sec. 639. Conflicts of interest relating to contracts and other arrangements.
Subtitle C--Next Generation Nuclear Plant Project
Sec. 641. Project establishment.
Sec. 642. Project management.
Sec. 643. Project organization.
Sec. 644. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sec. 645. Project timelines and authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle D--Nuclear Security
Sec. 651. Nuclear facility and materials security.
Sec. 652. Fingerprinting and criminal history record checks.
Sec. 653. Use of firearms by security personnel.
Sec. 654. Unauthorized introduction of dangerous weapons.
Sec. 655. Sabotage of nuclear facilities, fuel, or designated material.
Sec. 656. Secure transfer of nuclear materials.
Sec. 657. Department of Homeland Security consultation.
TITLE VII--VEHICLES AND FUELS
Subtitle A--Existing Programs
Sec. 701. Use of alternative fuels by dual fueled vehicles.
Sec. 702. Incremental cost allocation.
Sec. 703. Alternative compliance and flexibility.
Sec. 704. Review of Energy Policy Act of 1992 programs.
Sec. 705. Report concerning compliance with alternative fueled vehicle purchasing requirements.
Sec. 706. Joint flexible fuel/hybrid vehicle commercialization initiative.
Sec. 707. Emergency exemption.
Subtitle B--Hybrid Vehicles, Advanced Vehicles, and Fuel Cell Buses
Part 1--Hybrid Vehicles
Sec. 711. Hybrid vehicles.
Sec. 712. Efficient hybrid and advanced diesel vehicles.
Part 2--Advanced Vehicles
Sec. 722. Reports to Congress.
Sec. 723. Authorization of appropriations.
Part 3--Fuel Cell Buses
Sec. 731. Fuel cell transit bus demonstration.
Subtitle C--Clean School Buses
Sec. 741. Clean school bus program.
Sec. 742. Diesel truck retrofit and fleet modernization program.
Sec. 743. Fuel cell school buses.
Subtitle D--Miscellaneous
Sec. 751. Railroad efficiency.
Sec. 752. Mobile emission reductions trading and crediting.
Sec. 753. Aviation fuel conservation and emissions.
Sec. 754. Diesel fueled vehicles.
Sec. 755. Conserve by Bicycling Program.
Sec. 756. Reduction of engine idling.
Sec. 757. Biodiesel engine testing program.
Sec. 758. Ultra-efficient engine technology for aircraft.
Sec. 759. Fuel economy incentive requirements.
Subtitle E--Automobile Efficiency
Sec. 771. Authorization of appropriations for implementation and enforcement of fuel economy standards.
Sec. 772. Extension of maximum fuel economy increase for alternative fueled vehicles.
Sec. 773. Study of feasibility and effects of reducing use of fuel for automobiles.
Sec. 774. Update testing procedures.
Subtitle F--Federal and State Procurement
Sec. 782. Federal and State procurement of fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen energy systems.
Sec. 783. Federal procurement of stationary, portable, and micro fuel cells.
Subtitle G--Diesel Emissions Reduction
Sec. 792. National grant and loan programs.
Sec. 793. State grant and loan programs.
Sec. 794. Evaluation and report.
Sec. 795. Outreach and incentives.
Sec. 796. Effect of subtitle.
Sec. 797. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE VIII--HYDROGEN
Sec. 801. Hydrogen and fuel cell program.
Sec. 806. Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Task Force.
Sec. 807. Technical Advisory Committee.
Sec. 809. Codes and standards.
Sec. 812. Solar and wind technologies.
Sec. 813. Technology transfer.
Sec. 814. Miscellaneous provisions.
Sec. 816. Savings clause.
TITLE IX--RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Subtitle A--Energy Efficiency
Sec. 911. Energy efficiency.
Sec. 912. Next Generation Lighting Initiative.
Sec. 913. National Building Performance Initiative.
Sec. 914. Building standards.
Sec. 915. Secondary electric vehicle battery use program.
Sec. 916. Energy Efficiency Science Initiative.
Sec. 917. Advanced Energy Efficiency Technology Transfer Centers.
Subtitle B--Distributed Energy and Electric Energy Systems
Sec. 921. Distributed energy and electric energy systems.
Sec. 922. High power density industry program.
Sec. 923. Micro-cogeneration energy technology.
Sec. 924. Distributed energy technology demonstration programs.
Sec. 925. Electric transmission and distribution programs.
Subtitle C--Renewable Energy
Sec. 931. Renewable energy.
Sec. 932. Bioenergy program.
Sec. 933. Low-cost renewable hydrogen and infrastructure for vehicle propulsion.
Sec. 934. Concentrating solar power research program.
Sec. 935. Renewable energy in public buildings.
Subtitle D--Agricultural Biomass Research and Development Programs
Sec. 941. Amendments to the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000.
Sec. 942. Production incentives for cellulosic biofuels.
Sec. 943. Procurement of biobased products.
Sec. 944. Small business bioproduct marketing and certification grants.
Sec. 945. Regional bioeconomy development grants.
Sec. 946. Preprocessing and harvesting demonstration grants.
Sec. 947. Education and outreach.
Subtitle E--Nuclear Energy
Sec. 951. Nuclear energy.
Sec. 952. Nuclear energy research programs.
Sec. 953. Advanced fuel cycle initiative.
Sec. 954. University nuclear science and engineering support.
Sec. 955. Department of Energy civilian nuclear infrastructure and facilities.
Sec. 956. Security of nuclear facilities.
Sec. 957. Alternatives to industrial radioactive sources.
Subtitle F--Fossil Energy
Sec. 962. Coal and related technologies program.
Sec. 963. Carbon capture research and development program.
Sec. 964. Research and development for coal mining technologies.
Sec. 965. Oil and gas research programs.
Sec. 966. Low-volume oil and gas reservoir research program.
Sec. 967. Complex well technology testing facility.
Sec. 968. Methane hydrate research.
Subtitle G--Science
Sec. 972. Fusion energy sciences program.
Sec. 973. Catalysis research program.
Sec. 975. Solid state lighting.
Sec. 976. Advanced scientific computing for energy missions.
Sec. 977. Systems biology program.
Sec. 978. Fission and fusion energy materials research program.
Sec. 979. Energy and water supplies.
Sec. 980. Spallation Neutron Source.
Sec. 981. Rare isotope accelerator.
Sec. 982. Office of Scientific and Technical Information.
Sec. 983. Science and engineering education pilot program.
Sec. 984. Energy research fellowships.
Sec. 984A. Science and technology scholarship program.
Subtitle H--International Cooperation
Sec. 985. Western Hemisphere energy cooperation.
Sec. 986. Cooperation between United States and Israel.
Sec. 986A. International energy training.
Subtitle I--Research Administration and Operations
Sec. 987. Availability of funds.
Sec. 989. Merit review of proposals.
Sec. 990. External technical review of Departmental programs.
Sec. 991. National Laboratory designation.
Sec. 992. Report on equal employment opportunity practices.
Sec. 993. Strategy and plan for science and energy facilities and infrastructure.
Sec. 994. Strategic research portfolio analysis and coordination plan.
Sec. 995. Competitive award of management contracts.
Sec. 996. Western Michigan demonstration project.
Sec. 997. Arctic Engineering Research Center.
Sec. 998. Barrow Geophysical Research Facility.
Subtitle J--Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Resources
Sec. 999A. Program authority.
Sec. 999B. Ultra-deepwater and unconventional onshore natural gas and other petroleum research and development program.
Sec. 999C. Additional requirements for awards.
Sec. 999D. Advisory committees.
Sec. 999E. Limits on participation.
TITLE X--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Sec. 1001. Improved technology transfer of energy technologies.
Sec. 1002. Technology Infrastructure Program.
Sec. 1003. Small business advocacy and assistance.
Sec. 1005. Relationship to other laws.
Sec. 1006. Improved coordination and management of civilian science and technology programs.
Sec. 1007. Other transactions authority.
Sec. 1008. Prizes for achievement in grand challenges of science and technology.
Sec. 1009. Technical corrections.
Sec. 1010. University collaboration.
Sec. 1011. Sense of Congress.
TITLE XI--PERSONNEL AND TRAINING
Sec. 1101. Workforce trends and traineeship grants.
Sec. 1102. Educational programs in science and mathematics.
Sec. 1103. Training guidelines for nonnuclear electric energy industry personnel.
Sec. 1104. National Center for Energy Management and Building Technologies.
Sec. 1105. Improved access to energy-related scientific and technical careers.
Sec. 1106. National Power Plant Operations Technology and Educational Center.
TITLE XII--ELECTRICITY
Subtitle A--Reliability Standards
Sec. 1211. Electric reliability standards.
Subtitle B--Transmission Infrastructure Modernization
Sec. 1221. Siting of interstate electric transmission facilities.
Sec. 1222. Third-party finance.
Sec. 1223. Advanced transmission technologies.
Sec. 1224. Advanced Power System Technology Incentive Program.
Subtitle C--Transmission Operation Improvements
Sec. 1231. Open nondiscriminatory access.
Sec. 1232. Federal utility participation in Transmission Organizations.
Sec. 1233. Native load service obligation.
Sec. 1234. Study on the benefits of economic dispatch.
Sec. 1235. Protection of transmission contracts in the Pacific Northwest.
Sec. 1236. Sense of Congress regarding locational installed capacity mechanism.
Subtitle D--Transmission Rate Reform
Sec. 1241. Transmission infrastructure investment.
Sec. 1242. Funding new interconnection and transmission upgrades.
Subtitle E--Amendments to PURPA
Sec. 1251. Net metering and additional standards.
Sec. 1252. Smart metering.
Sec. 1253. Cogeneration and small power production purchase and sale requirements.
Sec. 1254. Interconnection.
Subtitle F--Repeal of PUHCA
Sec. 1263. Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
Sec. 1264. Federal access to books and records.
Sec. 1265. State access to books and records.
Sec. 1266. Exemption authority.
Sec. 1267. Affiliate transactions.
Sec. 1268. Applicability.
Sec. 1269. Effect on other regulations.
Sec. 1271. Savings provisions.
Sec. 1272. Implementation.
Sec. 1273. Transfer of resources.
Sec. 1274. Effective date.
Sec. 1275. Service allocation.
Sec. 1276. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1277. Conforming amendments to the Federal Power Act.
Subtitle G--Market Transparency, Enforcement, and Consumer Protection
Sec. 1281. Electricity market transparency.
Sec. 1282. False statements.
Sec. 1283. Market manipulation.
Sec. 1285. Refund effective date.
Sec. 1286. Refund authority.
Sec. 1287. Consumer privacy and unfair trade practices.
Sec. 1288. Authority of court to prohibit individuals from serving as officers, directors, and energy traders.
Sec. 1289. Merger review reform.
Sec. 1290. Relief for extraordinary violations.
Subtitle H--Definitions
Subtitle I--Technical and Conforming Amendments
Sec. 1295. Conforming amendments.
Subtitle J--Economic Dispatch
Sec. 1298. Economic dispatch.
TITLE XIII--ENERGY POLICY TAX INCENTIVES
Sec. 1300. Short title; amendment to 1986 Code.
Subtitle A--Electricity Infrastructure
Sec. 1301. Extension and modification of renewable electricity production credit.
Sec. 1302. Application of section 45 credit to agricultural cooperatives.
Sec. 1303. Clean renewable energy bonds.
Sec. 1304. Treatment of income of certain electric cooperatives.
Sec. 1305. Dispositions of transmission property to implement FERC restructuring policy.
Sec. 1306. Credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities.
Sec. 1307. Credit for investment in clean coal facilities.
Sec. 1308. Electric transmission property treated as 15-year property.
Sec. 1309. Expansion of amortization for certain atmospheric pollution control facilities in connection with plants first placed in service after 1975.
Sec. 1310. Modifications to special rules for nuclear decommissioning costs.
Sec. 1311. Five-year net operating loss carryover for certain losses.
Subtitle B--Domestic Fossil Fuel Security
Sec. 1321. Extension of credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source for facilities producing coke or coke gas.
Sec. 1322. Modification of credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source.
Sec. 1323. Temporary expensing for equipment used in refining of liquid fuels.
Sec. 1324. Pass through to owners of deduction for capital costs incurred by small refiner cooperatives in complying with Environmental Protection Agency sulfur regulations.
Sec. 1325. Natural gas distribution lines treated as 15-year property.
Sec. 1326. Natural gas gathering lines treated as 7-year property.
Sec. 1327. Arbitrage rules not to apply to prepayments for natural gas.
Sec. 1328. Determination of small refiner exception to oil depletion deduction.
Sec. 1329. Amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures.
Subtitle C--Conservation and Energy Efficiency Provisions
Sec. 1331. Energy efficient commercial buildings deduction.
Sec. 1332. Credit for construction of new energy efficient homes.
Sec. 1333. Credit for certain nonbusiness energy property.
Sec. 1334. Credit for energy efficient appliances.
Sec. 1335. Credit for residential energy efficient property.
Sec. 1336. Credit for business installation of qualified fuel cells and stationary microturbine power plants.
Sec. 1337. Business solar investment tax credit.
Subtitle D--Alternative Motor Vehicles and Fuels Incentives
Sec. 1341. Alternative motor vehicle credit.
Sec. 1342. Credit for installation of alternative fueling stations.
Sec. 1343. Reduced motor fuel excise tax on certain mixtures of diesel fuel.
Sec. 1344. Extension of excise tax provisions and income tax credit for biodiesel.
Sec. 1345. Small agri-biodiesel producer credit.
Sec. 1346. Renewable diesel.
Sec. 1347. Modification of small ethanol producer credit.
Sec. 1348. Sunset of deduction for clean-fuel vehicles and certain refueling property.
Subtitle E--Additional Energy Tax Incentives
Sec. 1351. Expansion of research credit.
Sec. 1352. National Academy of Sciences study and report.
Sec. 1353. Recycling study.
Subtitle F--Revenue Raising Provisions
Sec. 1361. Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund financing rate.
Sec. 1362. Extension of Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate.
Sec. 1363. Modification of recapture rules for amortizable section 197 intangibles.
Sec. 1364. Clarification of tire excise tax.
TITLE XIV--MISCELLANEOUS
Subtitle A--In General
Sec. 1401. Sense of Congress on risk assessments.
Sec. 1402. Energy production incentives.
Sec. 1403. Regulation of certain oil used in transformers.
Sec. 1404. Petrochemical and oil refinery facility health assessment.
Sec. 1405. National Priority Project Designation.
Sec. 1406. Cold cracking.
Subtitle B--Set America Free
Sec. 1423. United States Commission on North American Energy Freedom.
Sec. 1424. North American energy freedom policy.
TITLE XV--ETHANOL AND MOTOR FUELS
Subtitle A--General Provisions
Sec. 1501. Renewable content of gasoline.
Sec. 1503. Claims filed after enactment.
Sec. 1504. Elimination of oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline.
Sec. 1505. Public health and environmental impacts of fuels and fuel additives.
Sec. 1506. Analyses of motor vehicle fuel changes.
Sec. 1507. Additional opt-in areas under reformulated gasoline program.
Sec. 1508. Data collection.
Sec. 1509. Fuel system requirements harmonization study.
Sec. 1510. Commercial byproducts from municipal solid waste and cellulosic biomass loan guarantee program.
Sec. 1511. Renewable fuel.
Sec. 1512. Conversion assistance for cellulosic biomass, waste-derived ethanol, approved renewable fuels.
Sec. 1513. Blending of compliant reformulated gasolines.
Sec. 1514. Advanced biofuel technologies program.
Sec. 1515. Waste-derived ethanol and biodiesel.
Sec. 1516. Sugar ethanol loan guarantee program.
Subtitle B--Underground Storage Tank Compliance
Sec. 1522. Leaking underground storage tanks.
Sec. 1523. Inspection of underground storage tanks.
Sec. 1524. Operator training.
Sec. 1525. Remediation from oxygenated fuel additives.
Sec. 1526. Release prevention, compliance, and enforcement.
Sec. 1527. Delivery prohibition.
Sec. 1528. Federal facilities.
Sec. 1529. Tanks on tribal lands.
Sec. 1530. Additional measures to protect groundwater.
Sec. 1531. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1532. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 1533. Technical amendments.
Subtitle C--Boutique Fuels
Sec. 1541. Reducing the proliferation of boutique fuels.
TITLE XVI--CLIMATE CHANGE
Subtitle A--National Climate Change Technology Deployment
Sec. 1601. Greenhouse gas intensity reducing technology strategies.
Subtitle B--Climate Change Technology Deployment in Developing Countries
Sec. 1611. Climate change technology deployment in developing countries.
TITLE XVII--INCENTIVES FOR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Sec. 1702. Terms and conditions.
Sec. 1703. Eligible projects.
Sec. 1704. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE XVIII--STUDIES
Sec. 1801. Study on inventory of petroleum and natural gas storage.
Sec. 1802. Study of energy efficiency standards.
Sec. 1803. Telecommuting study.
Sec. 1804. LIHEAP Report.
Sec. 1805. Oil bypass filtration technology.
Sec. 1806. Total integrated thermal systems.
Sec. 1807. Report on energy integration with Latin America.
Sec. 1808. Low-volume gas reservoir study.
Sec. 1809. Investigation of gasoline prices.
Sec. 1810. Alaska natural gas pipeline.
Sec. 1811. Coal bed methane study.
Sec. 1812. Backup fuel capability study.
Sec. 1813. Indian land rights-of-way.
Sec. 1814. Mobility of scientific and technical personnel.
Sec. 1815. Interagency review of competition in the wholesale and retail markets for electric energy.
Sec. 1816. Study of rapid electrical grid restoration.
Sec. 1817. Study of distributed generation.
Sec. 1818. Natural gas supply shortage report.
Sec. 1819. Hydrogen participation study.
Sec. 1820. Overall employment in a hydrogen economy.
Sec. 1821. Study of best management practices for energy research and development programs.
Sec. 1822. Effect of electrical contaminants on reliability of energy production systems.
Sec. 1823. Alternative fuels reports.
Sec. 1824. Final action on refunds for excessive charges.
Sec. 1825. Fuel cell and hydrogen technology study.
Sec. 1826. Passive solar technologies.
Sec. 1827. Study of link between energy security and increases in vehicle miles traveled.
Sec. 1828. Science study on cumulative impacts of multiple offshore liquefied natural gas facilities.
Sec. 1829. Energy and water saving measures in congressional buildings.
Sec. 1830. Study of availability of skilled workers.
Sec. 1831. Review of Energy Policy Act of 1992 programs.
Sec. 1832. Study on the benefits of economic dispatch.
Sec. 1833. Renewable energy on Federal land.
Sec. 1834. Increased hydroelectric generation at existing Federal facilities.
Sec. 1835. Split-estate Federal oil and gas leasing and development practices.
Sec. 1836. Resolution of Federal resource development conflicts in the Powder River Basin.
Sec. 1837. National security review of international energy requirements.
Sec. 1838. Used oil re-refining study.
Sec. 1839. Transmission system monitoring.
Sec. 1840. Report identifying and describing the status of potential hydropower facilities.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Except as otherwise provided, 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)).
(B) INCLUSION- The term `institution of higher education' includes an organization that--
(i) is organized, and at all times thereafter operated, exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the functions of one or more organizations referred to in subparagraph (A); and
(ii) is operated, supervised, or controlled by or in connection with one or more of those organizations.
(3) NATIONAL LABORATORY- The term `National Laboratory' means any of the following laboratories owned by the Department:
(B) Argonne National Laboratory.
(C) Brookhaven National Laboratory.
(D) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
(E) Idaho National Laboratory.
(F) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
(G) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
(H) Los Alamos National Laboratory.
(I) National Energy Technology Laboratory.
(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 CONGRESSIONAL 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 by adding at the end the following:
`SEC. 552. ENERGY AND WATER SAVINGS MEASURES IN CONGRESSIONAL BUILDINGS.
`(a) In General- The Architect of the Capitol--
`(1) shall develop, update, and implement a cost-effective energy conservation and management plan (referred to in this section as the `plan') for all facilities administered by Congress (referred to in this section as `congressional buildings') to meet the energy performance requirements for Federal buildings established under section 543(a)(1); and
`(2) shall submit the plan to Congress, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section.
`(b) Plan Requirements- The plan shall include--
`(1) a description of the life cycle cost analysis used to determine the cost-effectiveness of proposed energy efficiency projects;
`(2) a schedule of energy surveys to ensure complete surveys of all congressional buildings every 5 years to determine the cost and payback period of energy and water conservation measures;
`(3) a strategy for installation of life cycle cost-effective energy and water conservation measures;
`(4) the results of a study of the costs and benefits of installation of submetering in congressional buildings; and
`(5) information packages and `how-to' guides for each Member and employing authority of Congress that detail simple, cost-effective methods to save energy and taxpayer dollars in the workplace.
`(c) Annual Report- The Architect of the Capitol shall submit to Congress annually a report on congressional energy management and conservation programs required under this section that describes in detail--
`(1) energy expenditures and savings estimates for each facility;
`(2) energy management and conservation projects; and
`(3) future priorities to ensure compliance with this section.'.
(b) Table of Contents Amendment- The table of contents of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to part 3 of title V the following new item:
`Sec. 552. 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-
(1) AMENDMENT- Section 543(a)(1) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(a)(1)) is amended by striking `its Federal buildings so that' and all that follows through the end and inserting `the Federal buildings of the agency (including each industrial or laboratory facility) so that the energy consumption per gross square foot of the Federal buildings of the agency in fiscal years 2006 through 2015 is reduced, as compared with the energy consumption per gross square foot of the Federal buildings of the agency in fiscal year 2003, by the percentage specified in the following table:
`Fiscal Year
Percentage reduction
--2
--4
--6
--8
--10
--12
--14
--16
--18
--20.'.
(2) REPORTING BASELINE- The energy reduction goals and baseline established in paragraph (1) of section 543(a) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(a)(1)), as amended by this subsection, supersede all previous goals and baselines under such paragraph, and related reporting requirements.
(b) Review and Revision of Energy Performance Requirement- Section 543(a) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(a)) is further amended by adding at the end the following:
`(3) Not later than December 31, 2014, the Secretary shall review the results of the implementation of the energy performance requirement established under paragraph (1) and submit to Congress recommendations concerning energy performance requirements for fiscal years 2016 through 2025.'.
(c) Exclusions- Section 543(c)(1) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(c)(1)) is amended by striking `An agency may exclude' and all that follows through the end and inserting `(A) An agency may exclude, from the energy performance requirement for a fiscal year established under subsection (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 Energy Policy Act of 1992, Executive orders, and other Federal law; and
`(iv) the agency has implemented all practicable, life cycle cost-effective projects with respect to the Federal building or collection of Federal buildings to be excluded.
`(B) A finding of impracticability under subparagraph (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 collection of Federal buildings is used in the performance of a national security function.'.
(d) Review by Secretary- Section 543(c)(2) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(c)(2)) is amended--
(1) by striking `impracticability standards' and inserting `standards for exclusion';
(2) by striking `a finding of impracticability' and inserting `the exclusion'; and
(3) by striking `energy consumption requirements' and inserting `requirements of subsections (a) and (b)(1)'.
(e) Criteria- Section 543(c) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(c)) is further amended by adding at the end the following:
`(3) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall issue guidelines that establish criteria for exclusions under paragraph (1).'.
(f) Retention of Energy and Water Savings- Section 546 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8256) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
`(e) Retention of Energy and Water Savings- An agency may retain any funds appropriated to that agency for energy expenditures, water expenditures, or wastewater treatment expenditures, at buildings subject to the requirements of section 543(a) and (b), that are not made because of energy savings or water savings. Except as otherwise provided by law, such funds may be used only for energy efficiency, water conservation, or unconventional and renewable energy resources projects. Such projects shall be subject to the requirements of section 3307 of title 40, United States Code.'.
(g) 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
(2) by inserting `President and' before `Congress'.
(h) 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 reduction goals established under section 543(a).'.
SEC. 103. ENERGY USE MEASUREMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253) is further amended by adding at the end the following:
`(e) Metering of Energy Use-
`(1) DEADLINE- By October 1, 2012, in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary under paragraph (2), all Federal buildings shall, for the purposes of efficient use of energy and reduction in the cost of electricity used in such buildings, be metered. Each agency shall use, to the maximum extent practicable, advanced meters or advanced metering devices that provide data at least daily and that measure at least hourly consumption of electricity in the Federal buildings of the agency. Such data shall be incorporated into existing Federal energy tracking systems and made available to Federal facility managers.
`(A) IN GENERAL- Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, in consultation with the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, representatives from the metering industry, utility industry, energy services industry, energy efficiency industry, energy efficiency advocacy organizations, national laboratories, universities, and Federal facility managers, shall establish guidelines for agencies to carry out paragraph (1).
`(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR GUIDELINES- The guidelines shall--
`(i) take into consideration--
`(I) the cost of metering and the reduced cost of operation and maintenance expected to result from metering;
`(II) the extent to which metering is expected to result in increased potential for energy management, increased potential for energy savings and energy efficiency improvement, and cost and energy savings due to utility contract aggregation; and
`(III) the measurement and verification protocols of the Department of Energy;
`(ii) include recommendations concerning the amount of funds and the number of trained personnel necessary to gather and use the metering information to track and reduce energy use;
`(iii) establish priorities for types and locations of buildings to be metered based on cost-effectiveness and a schedule of one or more dates, not later than 1 year after the date of issuance of the guidelines, on which the requirements specified in paragraph (1) shall take effect; and
`(iv) establish exclusions from the requirements specified in paragraph (1) based on the de minimis quantity of energy use of a Federal building, industrial process, or structure.
`(3) PLAN- Not later than 6 months after the date guidelines are established under paragraph (2), in a report submitted by the agency under section 548(a), each agency shall submit to the Secretary a plan describing how the agency will implement the requirements of paragraph (1), including (A) how the agency will designate personnel primarily responsible for achieving the requirements and (B) demonstration by the agency, complete with documentation, of any finding that advanced meters or advanced metering devices, as defined in paragraph (1), are not practicable.'.
SEC. 104. PROCUREMENT OF ENERGY EFFICIENT PRODUCTS.
(a) Requirements- Part 3 of title V of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8251 et seq.), as amended by section 101, is amended by adding at the end the following:
`SEC. 553. FEDERAL PROCUREMENT OF ENERGY EFFICIENT PRODUCTS.
`(a) Definitions- In this section:
`(1) AGENCY- The term `agency' has the meaning given that term in section 7902(a) of title 5, United States Code.
`(2) ENERGY STAR PRODUCT- The term `Energy Star product' means a product that is rated for energy efficiency under an Energy Star program.
`(3) ENERGY STAR PROGRAM- The term `Energy Star program' means the program established by section 324A of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
`(4) FEMP DESIGNATED PRODUCT- The term `FEMP designated product' means a product that is designated under the Federal Energy Management Program of the Department of Energy as being among the highest 25 percent of equivalent products for energy efficiency.
`(5) PRODUCT- The term `product' does not include any energy consuming product or system designed or procured for combat or combat-related missions.
`(b) Procurement of Energy Efficient Products-
`(1) REQUIREMENT- To meet the requirements of an agency for an energy consuming product, the head of the agency shall, except as provided in paragraph (2), procure--
`(A) an Energy Star product; or
`(B) a FEMP designated product.
`(2) EXCEPTIONS- The head of an agency is not required to procure an Energy Star product or FEMP designated product under paragraph (1) if the head of the agency finds in writing that--
`(A) an Energy Star product or FEMP designated product is not cost-effective over the life of the product taking energy cost savings into account; or
`(B) no Energy Star product or FEMP designated product is reasonably available that meets the functional requirements of the agency.
`(3) PROCUREMENT PLANNING- The head of an agency shall incorporate into the specifications for all procurements involving energy consuming products and systems, including guide specifications, project specifications, and construction, renovation, and services contracts that include provision of energy consuming products and systems, and into the factors for the evaluation of offers received for the procurement, criteria for energy efficiency that are consistent with the criteria used for rating Energy Star products and for rating FEMP designated products.
`(c) Listing of Energy Efficient Products in Federal Catalogs- Energy Star products and FEMP designated products shall be clearly identified and prominently displayed in any inventory or listing of products by the General Services Administration or the Defense Logistics Agency. The General Services Administration or the Defense Logistics Agency shall supply only Energy Star products or FEMP designated products for all product categories covered by the Energy Star program or the Federal Energy Management Program, except in cases where the agency ordering a product specifies in writing that no Energy Star product or FEMP designated product is available to meet the buyer's functional requirements, or that no Energy Star product or FEMP designated product is cost-effective for the intended application over the life of the product, taking energy cost savings into account.
`(d) Specific Products- (1) In the case of electric motors of 1 to 500 horsepower, agencies shall select only premium efficient motors that meet a standard designated by the Secretary. The Secretary shall designate such a standard not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this section, after considering the recommendations of associated electric motor manufacturers and energy efficiency groups.
`(2) All Federal agencies are encouraged to take actions to maximize the efficiency of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, including appropriate cleaning and maintenance, including the use of any system treatment or additive that will reduce the electricity consumed by air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. Any such treatment or additive must be--
`(A) determined by the Secretary to be effective in increasing the efficiency of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment without having an adverse impact on air conditioning performance (including cooling capacity) or equipment useful life;
`(B) determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to be environmentally safe; and
`(C) shown to increase seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER) or energy efficiency ratio (EER) when tested by the National Institute of Standards and Technology according to Department of Energy test procedures without causing any adverse impact on the system, system components, the refrigerant or lubricant, or other materials in the system.
Results of testing described in subparagraph (C) shall be published in the Federal Register for public review and comment. For purposes of this section, a hardware device or primary refrigerant shall not be considered an additive.
`(e) Regulations- Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue guidelines to carry out this section.'.
(b) Conforming Amendment- The table of contents of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 552 the following new item:
`Sec. 553. Federal procurement of energy efficient products.'.
SEC. 105. ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS.
(a) Extension- Section 801(c) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(c)) is amended by striking `2006' and inserting `2016'.
(b) Extension of Authority- Any energy savings performance contract entered into under section 801 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287) after October 1, 2003, and before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be considered to have been entered into under that section.
SEC. 106. VOLUNTARY COMMITMENTS TO REDUCE INDUSTRIAL ENERGY INTENSITY.
(a) Definition of Energy Intensity- In this section, the term `energy intensity' means the primary energy consumed for each unit of physical output in an industrial process.
(b) Voluntary Agreements- The Secretary may enter into voluntary agreements with one or more persons in industrial sectors that consume significant quantities of primary energy for each unit of physical output to reduce the energy intensity of the production activities of the persons.
(c) Goal- Voluntary agreements under this section shall have as a goal the reduction of energy intensity by not less than 2.5 percent each year during the period of calendar years 2007 through 2016.
(d) Recognition- The Secretary, in cooperation with other appropriate Federal agencies, shall develop mechanisms to recognize and publicize the achievements of participants in voluntary agreements under this section.
(e) Technical Assistance- A person that enters into an agreement under this section and continues to make a good faith effort to achieve the energy efficiency goals specified in the agreement shall be eligible to receive from the Secretary a grant or technical assistance, as appropriate, to assist in the achievement of those goals.
(f) Report- Not later than each of June 30, 2012, and June 30, 2017, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that--
(1) evaluates the success of the voluntary agreements under this section; and
(2) provides independent verification of a sample of the energy savings estimates provided by participating firms.
SEC. 107. ADVANCED BUILDING EFFICIENCY TESTBED.
(a) Establishment- The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, shall establish an Advanced Building Efficiency Testbed program for the development, testing, and demonstration of advanced engineering systems, components, and materials to enable innovations in building technologies. The program shall evaluate efficiency concepts for government and industry buildings, and demonstrate the ability of next generation buildings to support individual and organizational productivity and health (including by improving indoor air quality) as well as flexibility and technological change to improve environmental sustainability. Such program shall complement and not duplicate existing national programs.
(b) Participants- The program established under subsection (a) shall be led by a university with the ability to combine the expertise from numerous academic fields including, at a minimum, intelligent workplaces and advanced building systems and engineering, electrical and computer engineering, computer science, architecture, urban design, and environmental and mechanical engineering. Such university shall partner with other universities and entities who have established programs and the capability of advancing innovative building efficiency technologies.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations- There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2008, to remain available until expended. For any fiscal year in which funds are expended under this section, the Secretary shall provide one-third of the total amount to the lead university described in subsection (b), and provide the remaining two-thirds to the other participants referred to in subsection (b) on an equal basis.
SEC. 108. INCREASED USE OF RECOVERED MINERAL COMPONENT IN FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS INVOLVING PROCUREMENT OF CEMENT OR CONCRETE.
(a) Amendment- Subtitle F of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6961 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`INCREASED USE OF RECOVERED MINERAL COMPONENT IN FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS INVOLVING PROCUREMENT OF CEMENT OR CONCRETE
`SEC. 6005. (a) Definitions- In this section:
`(1) AGENCY HEAD- The term `agency head' means--
`(A) the Secretary of Transportation; and
`(B) the head of any other Federal agency that, on a regular basis, procures, or provides Federal funds to pay or assist in paying the cost of procuring, material for cement or concrete projects.
`(2) CEMENT OR CONCRETE PROJECT- The term `cement or concrete project' means a project for the construction or maintenance of a highway or other transportation facility or a Federal, State, or local government building or other public facility that--
`(A) involves the procurement of cement or concrete; and
`(B) is carried out, in whole or in part, using Federal funds.
`(3) RECOVERED MINERAL COMPONENT- The term `recovered mineral component' means--
`(A) ground granulated blast furnace slag, excluding lead slag;
`(B) coal combustion fly ash; and
`(C) any other waste material or byproduct recovered or diverted from solid waste that the Administrator, in consultation with an agency head, determines should be treated as recovered mineral component under this section for use in cement or concrete projects paid for, in whole or in part, by the agency head.
`(b) Implementation of Requirements-
`(1) IN GENERAL- Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator and each agency head shall take such actions as are necessary to implement fully all procurement requirements and incentives in effect as of the date of enactment of this section (including guidelines under section 6002) that provide for the use of cement and concrete incorporating recovered mineral component in cement or concrete projects.
`(2) PRIORITY- In carrying out paragraph (1), an agency head shall give priority to achieving greater use of recovered mineral component in cement or concrete projects for which recovered mineral components historically have not been used or have been used only minimally.
`(3) FEDERAL PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS- The Administrator and each agency head shall carry out this subsection in accordance with section 6002.
`(c) Full Implementation Study-
`(1) IN GENERAL- The Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Energy, shall conduct a study to determine the extent to which procurement requirements, when fully implemented in accordance with subsection (b), may realize energy savings and environmental benefits attainable with substitution of recovered mineral component in cement used in cement or concrete projects.
`(2) MATTERS TO BE ADDRESSED- The study shall--
`(i) the extent to which recovered mineral components are being substituted for Portland cement, particularly as a result of procurement requirements; and
`(ii) the energy savings and environmental benefits associated with the substitution;
`(B) identify all barriers in procurement requirements to greater realization of energy savings and environmental benefits, including barriers resulting from exceptions from the law; and
`(C)(i) identify potential mechanisms to achieve greater substitution of recovered mineral component in types of cement or concrete projects for which recovered mineral components historically have not been used or have been used only minimally;
`(ii) evaluate the feasibility of establishing guidelines or standards for optimized substitution rates of recovered mineral component in those cement or concrete projects; and
`(iii) identify any potential environmental or economic effects that may result from greater substitution of recovered mineral component in those cement or concrete projects.
`(3) REPORT- Not later than 30 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the study.
`(d) Additional Procurement Requirements- Unless the study conducted under subsection (c) identifies any effects or other problems described in subsection (c)(2)(C)(iii) that warrant further review or delay, the Administrator and each agency head shall, not later than 1 year after the date on which the report under subsection (c)(3) is submitted, take additional actions under this Act to establish procurement requirements and incentives that provide for the use of cement and concrete with increased substitution of recovered mineral component in the construction and maintenance of cement or concrete projects--
`(1) to realize more fully the energy savings and environmental benefits associated with increased substitution; and
`(2) to eliminate barriers identified under subsection (c)(2)(B).
`(e) Effect of Section- Nothing in this section affects the requirements of section 6002 (including the guidelines and specifications for implementing those requirements).'.
(b) Conforming Amendment- The table of contents of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by adding after the item relating to section 6004 the following:
`Sec. 6005. Increased use of recovered mineral component in federally funded projects involving procurement of cement or concrete.'.
SEC. 109. FEDERAL BUILDING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
Section 305(a) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking `CABO Model Energy Code, 1992 (in the case of residential buildings) or ASHRAE Standard 90.1-1989' and inserting `the 2004 International Energy Conservation Code (in the case of residential buildings) or ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2004'; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
`(3)(A) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall establish, by rule, revised Federal building energy efficiency performance standards that require that--
`(i) if life-cycle cost-effective for new Federal buildings--
`(I) the buildings be designed to achieve energy consumption levels that are at least 30 percent below the levels established in the version of the ASHRAE Standard or the International Energy Conservation Code, as appropriate, that is in effect as of the date of enactment of this paragraph; and
`(II) sustainable design principles are applied to the siting, design, and construction of all new and replacement buildings; and
`(ii) if water is used to achieve energy efficiency, water conservation technologies shall be applied to the extent that the technologies are life-cycle cost-effective.
`(B) Not later than 1 year after the date of approval of each subsequent revision of the ASHRAE Standard or the International Energy Conservation Code, as appropriate, the Secretary shall determine, based on the cost-effectiveness of the requirements under the amendment, whether the revised standards established under this paragraph should be updated to reflect the amendment.
`(C) In the budget request of the Federal agency for each fiscal year and each report submitted by the Federal agency under section 548(a) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8258(a)), the head of each Federal agency shall include--
`(i) a list of all new Federal buildings owned, operated, or controlled by the Federal agency; and
`(ii) a statement specifying whether the Federal buildings meet or exceed the revised standards established under this paragraph.'.
SEC. 110. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS.
(a) Amendment- Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking `first Sunday of April' and inserting `second Sunday of March'; and
(2) by striking `last Sunday of October' and inserting `first Sunday of November'.
(b) Effective Date- Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later.
(c) Report to Congress- Not later than 9 months after the effective date stated in subsection (b), the Secretary shall report to Congress on the impact of this section on energy consumption in the United States.
(d) Right to Revert- Congress retains the right to revert the Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedules once the Department study is complete.
SEC. 111. ENHANCING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL LANDS.
(a) Sense of the Congress- It is the sense of the Congress that Federal agencies should enhance the use of energy efficient technologies in the management of natural resources.
(b) Energy Efficient Buildings- To the extent practicable, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall seek to incorporate energy efficient technologies in public and administrative buildings associated with management of the National Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System, National Forest System, National Marine Sanctuaries System, and other public lands and resources managed by the Secretaries.
(c) Energy Efficient Vehicles- To the extent practicable, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall seek to use energy efficient motor vehicles, including vehicles equipped with biodiesel or hybrid engine technologies, in the management of the National Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System, National Forest System, National Marine Sanctuaries System, and other public lands and resources managed by the Secretaries.
Subtitle B--Energy Assistance and State Programs
SEC. 121. LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations- Section 2602(b) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621(b)) is amended by striking `and $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2004' and inserting `and $5,100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2007'.
(b) Renewable Fuels- The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
`RENEWABLE FUELS
`SEC. 2612. In providing assistance pursuant to this title, a State, or any other person with which the State makes arrangements to carry out the purposes of this title, may purchase renewable fuels, including biomass.'.
(c) Report to Congress- The Secretary shall report to Congress on the use of renewable fuels in providing assistance under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.).
SEC. 122. WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations- Section 422 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6872) is amended by striking `for fiscal years 1999 through 2003 such sums as may be necessary' and inserting `$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2008'.
(b) Eligibility- Section 412(7) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6862(7)) is amended by striking `125 percent' both places it appears and inserting `150 percent'.
SEC. 123. STATE ENERGY PROGRAMS.
(a) State Energy Conservation Plans- Section 362 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6322) is amended by inserting at the end the following new subsection:
`(g) The Secretary shall, at least once every 3 years, invite the Governor of each State to review and, if necessary, revise the energy conservation plan of such State submitted under subsection (b) or (e). Such reviews should consider the energy conservation plans of other States within the region, and identify opportunities and actions carried out in pursuit of common energy conservation goals.'.
(b) State Energy Efficiency Goals- Section 364 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6324) is amended to read as follows:
`STATE ENERGY EFFICIENCY GOALS
`SEC. 364. Each State energy conservation plan with respect to which assistance is made available under this part on or after the date of enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall contain a goal, consisting of an improvement of 25 percent or more in the efficiency of use of energy in the State concerned in calendar year 2012 as compared to calendar year 1990, and may contain interim goals.'.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations- Section 365(f) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6325(f)) is amended by striking `for fiscal years 1999 through 2003 such sums as may be necessary' and inserting `$100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 and $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2008'.
SEC. 124. ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCE REBATE PROGRAMS.
(a) Definitions- In this section:
(1) ELIGIBLE STATE- The term `eligible State' means a State that meets the requirements of subsection (b).
(2) ENERGY STAR PROGRAM- The term `Energy Star program' means the program established by section 324A of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
(3) RESIDENTIAL ENERGY STAR PRODUCT- The term `residential Energy Star product' means a product for a residence that is rated for energy efficiency under the Energy Star program.
(4) STATE ENERGY OFFICE- The term `State energy office' means 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).
(5) STATE PROGRAM- The term `State program' means a State energy efficient appliance rebate program described in subsection (b)(1).
(b) Eligible States- A State shall be eligible to receive an allocation under subsection (c) if the State--
(1) establishes (or has established) a State energy efficient appliance rebate program to provide rebates to residential consumers for the purchase of residential Energy Star products to replace used appliances of the same type;
(2) submits an application for the allocation at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary may require; and
(3) provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the State will use the allocation to supplement, but not supplant, funds made available to carry out the State program.
(c) Amount of Allocations-
(1) IN GENERAL- Subject to paragraph (2), for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to the State energy office of each eligible State to carry out subsection (d) an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the amount made available under subsection (f) for the fiscal year by the ratio that the population of the State in the most recent calendar year for which data are available bears to the total population of all eligible States in that calendar year.
(2) MINIMUM ALLOCATIONS- For each fiscal year, the amounts allocated under this subsection shall be adjusted proportionately so that no eligible State is allocated a sum that is less than an amount determined by the Secretary.
(d) Use of Allocated Funds- The allocation to a State energy office under subsection (c) may be used to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of establishing and carrying out a State program.
(e) Issuance of Rebates- Rebates may be provided to residential consumers that meet the requirements of the State program. The amount of a rebate shall be determined by the State energy office, taking into consideration--
(1) the amount of the allocation to the State energy office under subsection (c);
(2) the amount of any Federal or State tax incentive available for the purchase of the residential Energy Star product; and
(3) the difference between the cost of the residential Energy Star product and the cost of an appliance that is not a residential Energy Star product, but is of the same type as, and is the nearest capacity, performance, and other relevant characteristics (as determined by the State energy office) to, the residential Energy Star product.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations- There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
SEC. 125. ENERGY EFFICIENT PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
(a) Grants- The Secretary may make 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), or, if no such agency exists, a State agency designated by the Governor of the State, to assist units of local government in the State in improving the energy efficiency of public buildings and facilities--
(1) through construction of new energy efficient public buildings that use at least 30 percent less energy than a comparable public building constructed in compliance with standards prescribed in the most recent version of the International Energy Conservation Code, or a similar State code intended to achieve substantially equivalent efficiency levels; or
(2) through renovation of existing public buildings to achieve reductions in energy use of at least 30 percent as compared to the baseline energy use in such buildings prior to renovation, assuming a 3-year, weather-normalized average for calculating such baseline.
(b) Administration- State energy offices receiving grants under this section shall--
(1) maintain such records and evidence of compliance as the Secretary may require; and
(2) develop and distribute information and materials and conduct programs to provide technical services and assistance to encourage planning, financing, and design of energy efficient public buildings by units of local government.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations- For the purposes of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. Not more than 10 percent of appropriated funds shall be used for administration.
SEC. 126. LOW INCOME COMMUNITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Grants- The Secretary is authorized to make grants to units of local government, private, non-profit community development organizations, and Indian tribe economic development entities to improve energy efficiency; identify and develop alternative, renewable, and distributed energy supplies; and increase energy conservation in low income rural and urban communities.
(b) Purpose of Grants- The Secretary may make grants on a competitive basis for--
(1) investments that develop alternative, renewable, and distributed energy supplies;
(2) energy efficiency projects and energy conservation programs;
(3) studies and other activities that improve energy efficiency in low income rural and urban communities;
(4) planning and development assistance for increasing the energy efficiency of buildings and facilities; and
(5) technical and financial assistance to local government and private entities on developing new renewable and distributed sources of power or combined heat and power generation.
(c) Definition- For purposes of this section, the term `Indian tribe' means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaskan Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations- For the purposes of this section there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008.
SEC. 127. STATE TECHNOLOGIES ADVANCEMENT COLLABORATIVE.
(a) In General- The Secretary, in cooperation with the States, shall establish a cooperative program for research, development, demonstration, and deployment of technologies in which there is a common Federal and State energy efficiency, renewable energy, and fossil energy interest, to be known as the `State Technologies Advancement Collaborative' (referred to in this section as the `Collaborative').
(b) Duties- The Collaborative shall--
(1) leverage Federal and State funding through cost-shared activity;
(2) reduce redundancies in Federal and State funding; and
(3) create multistate projects to be awarded through a competitive process.
(c) Administration- The Collaborative shall be administered through an agreement between the Department and appropriate State-based organizations.
(d) Funding Sources- Funding for the Collaborative may be provided from--
(1) amounts specifically appropriated for the Collaborative; or
(2) amounts that may be allocated from other appropriations without changing the purpose for which the amounts are appropriated.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations- There are authorized to carry out this section such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
SEC. 128. STATE BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY CODES INCENTIVES.
Section 304(e) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6833(e)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence the following: `, including increasing and verifying compliance with such codes'; and
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
`(2) Additional funding shall be provided under this subsection for implementation of a plan to achieve and document at least a 90 percent rate of compliance with residential and commercial building energy efficiency codes, based on energy performance--
`(A) to a State that has adopted and is implementing, on a statewide basis--
`(i) a residential building energy efficiency code that meets or exceeds the requirements of the 2004 International Energy Conservation Code, or any succeeding version of that code that has received an affirmative determination from the Secretary under subsection (a)(5)(A); and
`(ii) a commercial building energy efficiency code that meets or exceeds the requirements of the ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2004, or any succeeding version of that standard that has received an affirmative determination from the Secretary under subsection (b)(2)(A); or
`(B) in a State in which there is no statewide energy code either for residential buildings or for commercial buildings, to a local government that has adopted and is implementing residential and commercial building energy efficiency codes, as described in subparagraph (A).
`(3) Of the amounts made available under this subsection, the Secretary may use $500,000 for each fiscal year to train State and local officials to implement codes described in paragraph (2).
`(4)(A) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection--
`(i) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010; and
`(ii) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter.
`(B) Funding provided to States under paragraph (2) for each fiscal year shall not exceed one-half of the excess of funding under this subsection over $5,000,000 for the fiscal year.'.
Subtitle C--Energy Efficient Products
SEC. 131. ENERGY STAR PROGRAM.
(a) In General- The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by inserting after section 324 (42 U.S.C. 6294) the following:
`ENERGY STAR PROGRAM
`SEC. 324A. (a) In General- There is established within the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency a voluntary program to identify and promote energy-efficient products and buildings in order to reduce energy consumption, improve energy security, and reduce pollution through voluntary labeling of, or other forms of communication about, products and buildings that meet the highest energy conservation standards.
`(b) Division of Responsibilities- Responsibilities under the program shall be divided between the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with the terms of applicable agreements between those agencies.
`(c) Duties- The Administrator and the Secretary shall--
`(1) promote Energy Star compliant technologies as the preferred technologies in the marketplace for--
`(A) achieving energy efficiency; and
`(2) work to enhance public awareness of the Energy Star label, including by providing special outreach to small businesses;
`(3) preserve the integrity of the Energy Star label;
`(4) regularly update Energy Star product criteria for product categories;
`(5) solicit comments from interested parties prior to establishing or revising an Energy Star product category, specification, or criterion (or prior to effective dates for any such product category, specification, or criterion);
`(6) on adoption of a new or revised product category, specification, or criterion, provide reasonable notice to interested parties of any changes (including effective dates) in product categories, specifications, or criteria, along with--
`(A) an explanation of the changes; and
`(B) as appropriate, responses to comments submitted by interested parties; and
`(7) provide appropriate lead time (which shall be 270 days, unless the Agency or Department specifies otherwise) prior to the applicable effective date for a new or a significant revision to a product category, specification, or criterion, taking into account the timing requirements of the manufacturing, product marketing, and distribution process for the specific product addressed.
`(d) Deadlines- The Secretary shall establish new qualifying levels--
`(1) not later than January 1, 2006, for clothes washers and dishwashers, effective beginning January 1, 2007; and
`(2) not later than January 1, 2008, for clothes washers, effective beginning January 1, 2010.'.
(b) Table of Contents Amendment- The table of contents of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. prec. 6201) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 324 the following:
`Sec. 324A. Energy Star program.'.
SEC. 132. HVAC MAINTENANCE CONSUMER EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Section 337 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6307) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(c) HVAC Maintenance- (1) To ensure that installed air conditioning and heating systems operate at maximum rated efficiency levels, the Secretary shall, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, carry out a program to educate homeowners and small business owners concerning the energy savings from properly conducted maintenance of air conditioning, heating, and ventilating systems.
`(2) The Secretary shall carry out the program under paragraph (1), on a cost-shared basis, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and any other entities that the Secretary determines to be appropriate, including industry trade associations, industry members, and energy efficiency organizations.
`(d) Small Business Education and Assistance- (1) The Administrator of the Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall develop and coordinate a Government-wide program, building on the Energy Star for Small Business Program, to assist small businesses in--
`(A) becoming more energy efficient;
`(B) understanding the cost savings from improved energy efficiency;
`(C) understanding and accessing Federal procurement opportunities with regard to Energy Star technologies and products; and
`(D) identifying financing options for energy efficiency upgrades.
`(2) The Secretary, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall--
`(A) make program information available to small business concerns directly through the district offices and resource partners of the Small Business Administration, including small business development centers, women's business centers, and the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), and through other Federal agencies, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Agriculture; and
`(B) coordinate assistance with the Secretary of Commerce for manufacturing-related efforts, including the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.
`(3) The Secretary, on a cost shared basis in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall provide to the Small Business Administration all advertising, marketing, and other written materials necessary for the dissemination of information under paragraph (2).
`(4) The Secretary, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, as part of the outreach to small business concerns under the Energy Star Program for Small Business Program, may enter into cooperative agreements with qualified resources partners (including the National Center for Appropriate Technology) to establish, maintain, and promote a Small Business Energy Clearinghouse (in this subsection referred to as the `Clearinghouse').
`(5) The Secretary, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall ensure that the Clearinghouse provides a centralized resource where small business concerns may access, telephonically and electronically, technical information and advice to help increase energy efficiency and reduce energy costs.
`(6) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection, to remain available until expended.'.
SEC. 133. PUBLIC ENERGY EDUCATION PROGRAM.
(a) In General- Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convene an organizational conference for the purpose of establishing an ongoing, self-sustaining national public energy education program.
(b) Participants- The Secretary shall invite to participate in the conference individuals and entities representing all aspects of energy production and distribution, including--
(2) professional societies;
(3) educational organizations;
(4) trade associations; and
(5) governmental agencies.
(c) Purpose, Scope, and Structure-
(1) PURPOSE- The purpose of the conference shall be to establish an ongoing, self-sustaining national public energy education program to examine and recognize interrelationships between energy sources in all forms, including--
(A) conservation and energy efficiency;
(B) the role of energy use in the economy; and
(C) the impact of energy use on the environment.
(2) SCOPE AND STRUCTURE- Taking into consideration the purpose described in paragraph (1), the participants in the conference invited under subsection (b) shall design the scope and structure of the program described in subsection (a).
(d) Technical Assistance- The Secretary shall provide technical assistance and other guidance necessary to carry out the program described in subsection (a).
(e) Authorization of Appropriations- There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.
SEC. 134. ENERGY EFFICIENCY PUBLIC INFORMATION INITIATIVE.
(a) In General- The Secretary shall carry out a comprehensive national program, including advertising and media awareness, to inform consumers about--
(1) the need to reduce energy consumption during the 4-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act;
(2) the benefits to consumers of reducing consumption of electricity, natural gas, and petroleum, particularly during peak use periods;
(3) the importance of low energy costs to economic growth and preserving manufacturing jobs in the United States; and
(4) practical, cost-effective measures that consumers can take to reduce consumption of electricity, natural gas, and gasoline, including--
(A) maintaining and repairing heating and cooling ducts and equipment;
(B) weatherizing homes and buildings;
(C) purchasing energy efficient products; and
(D) proper tire maintenance.
(b) Cooperation- The program carried out under subsection (a) shall--
(1) include collaborative efforts with State and local government officials and the private sector; and
(2) incorporate, to the maximum extent practicable, successful State and local public education programs.
(c) Report- Not later than July 1, 2009, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the effectiveness of the program under this section.
(d) Termination of Authority- The program carried out under this section shall terminate on December 31, 2010.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations- There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
SEC. 135. ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS FOR ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS.
(a) Definitions- Section 321 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (D)--
(i) in clause (i), by striking `C78.1-1978(R1984)' and inserting `C78.81-2003 (Data Sheet 7881-ANSI-1010-1)';
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking `C78.1-1978(R1984)' and inserting `C78.81-2003 (Data Sheet 7881-ANSI-3007-1)'; and
(iii) in clause (iii), by striking `C78.1-1978(R1984)' and inserting `C78.81-2003 (Data Sheet 7881-ANSI-1019-1)'; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
`(M) The term `F34T12 lamp' (also known as a `F40T12/ES lamp') means a nominal 34 watt tubular fluorescent lamp that is 48 inches in length and 1 1/2 inches in diameter, and conforms to ANSI standard C78.81-2003 (Data Sheet 7881-ANSI-1006-1).
`(N) The term `F96T12/ES lamp' means a nominal 60 watt tubular fluorescent lamp that is 96 inches in length and 1 1/2 inches in diameter, and conforms to ANSI standard C78.81-2003 (Data Sheet 7881-ANSI-3006-1).
`(O) The term `F96T12HO/ES lamp' means a nominal 95 watt tubular fluorescent lamp that is 96 inches in length and 1 1/2 inches in diameter, and conforms to ANSI standard C78.81-2003 (Data Sheet 7881-ANSI-1017-1).
`(P) The term `replacement ballast' means a ballast that--
`(i) is designed for use to replace an existing ballast in a previously installed luminaire;
`(ii) is marked `FOR REPLACEMENT USE ONLY';
`(iii) is shipped by the manufacturer in packages containing not more than 10 ballasts; and
`(iv) has output leads that when fully extended are a total length that is less than the length of the lamp with which the ballast is intended to be operated.';
(2) in paragraph (30)(S)--
(A) by inserting `(i)' before `The term'; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
`(ii) The term `medium base compact fluorescent lamp' does not include--
`(aa) specifically designed to be used for special purpose applications; and
`(bb) unlikely to be used in general purpose applications, such as the applications described in subparagraph (D); or
`(II) any lamp not described in subparagraph (D) that is excluded by the Secretary, by rule, because the lamp is--
`(aa) designed for special applications; and
`(bb) unlikely to be used in general purpose applications.'; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
`(32) The term `battery charger' means a device that charges batteries for consumer products, including battery chargers embedded in other consumer products.
`(33)(A) The term `commercial prerinse spray valve' means a handheld device designed and marketed for use with commercial dishwashing and ware washing equipment that sprays water on dishes, flatware, and other food service items for the purpose of removing food residue before cleaning the items.
`(B) The Secretary may modify the definition of `commercial prerinse spray valve' by rule--
`(i) to include products--
`(I) that are extensively used in conjunction with commercial dishwashing and ware washing equipment;
`(II) the application of standards to which would result in significant energy savings; and
`(III) the application of standards to which would meet the criteria specified in section 325(o)(4); and
`(ii) to exclude products--
`(I) that are used for special food service applications;
`(II) that are unlikely to be widely used in conjunction with commercial dishwashing and ware washing equipment; and
`(III) the application of standards to which would not result in significant energy savings.
`(34) The term `dehumidifier' means a self-contained, electrically operated, and mechanically encased assembly consisting of--
`(A) a refrigerated surface (evaporator) that condenses moisture from the atmosphere;
`(B) a refrigerating system, including an electric motor;
`(C) an air-circulating fan; and
`(D) means for collecting or disposing of the condensate.
`(35)(A) The term `distribution transformer' means a transformer that--
`(i) has an input voltage of 34.5 kilovolts or less;
`(ii) has an output voltage of 600 volts or less; and
`(iii) is rated for operation at a frequency of 60 Hertz.
`(B) The term `distribution transformer' does not include--
`(i) a transformer with multiple voltage taps, the highest of which equals at least 20 percent more than the lowest;
`(ii) a transformer that is designed to be used in a special purpose application and is unlikely to be used in general purpose applications, such as a drive transformer, rectifier transformer, auto-transformer, Uninterruptible Power System transformer, impedance transformer, regulating transformer, sealed and nonventilating transformer, machine tool transformer, welding transformer, grounding transformer, or testing transformer; or
`(iii) any transformer not listed in clause (ii) that is excluded by the Secretary by rule because--
`(I) the transformer is designed for a special application;
`(II) the transformer is unlikely to be used in general purpose applications; and
`(III) the application of standards to the transformer would not result in significant energy savings.
`(36) The term `external power supply' means an external power supply circuit that is used to convert household electric current into DC current or lower-voltage AC current to operate a consumer product.
`(37) The term `illuminated exit sign' means a sign that--
`(A) is designed to be permanently fixed in place to identify an exit; and
`(B) consists of an electrically powered integral light source that--
`(i) illuminates the legend `EXIT' and any directional indicators; and
`(ii) provides contrast between the legend, any directional indicators, and the background.
`(38) The term `low-voltage dry-type distribution transformer' means a distribution transformer that--
`(A) has an input voltage of 600 volts or less;
`(C) does not use oil as a coolant.
`(39) The term `pedestrian module' means a light signal used to convey movement information to pedestrians.
`(40) The term `refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machine' means a commercial refrigerator that cools bottled or canned beverages and dispenses the bottled or canned beverages on payment.
`(41) The term `standby mode' means the lowest power consumption mode, as established on an individual product basis by the Secretary, that--
`(A) cannot be switched off or influenced by the user; and
`(B) may persist for an indefinite time when an appliance is--
`(i) connected to the main electricity supply; and
`(ii) used in accordance with the instructions of the manufacturer.
`(42) The term `torchiere' means a portable electric lamp with a reflector bowl that directs light upward to give indirect illumination.
`(43) The term `traffic signal module' means a standard 8-inch (200mm) or 12-inch (300mm) traffic signal indication that--
`(A) consists of a light source, a lens, and all other parts necessary for operation; and
`(B) communicates movement messages to drivers through red, amber, and green colors.
`(44) The term `transformer' means a device consisting of 2 or more coils of insulated wire that transfers alternating current by electromagnetic induction from 1 coil to another to change the original voltage or current value.
`(45)(A) The term `unit heater' means a self-contained fan-type heater designed to be installed within the heated space.
`(B) The term `unit heater' does not include a warm air furnace.
`(46)(A) The term `high intensity discharge lamp' means an electric-discharge lamp in which--
`(i) the light-producing arc is stabilized by bulb wall temperature; and
`(ii) the arc tube has a bulb wall loading in excess of 3 Watts/cm2.
`(B) The term `high intensity discharge lamp' includes mercury vapor, metal halide, and high-pressure sodium lamps described in subparagraph (A).
`(47)(A) The term `mercury vapor lamp' means a high intensity discharge lamp in which the major portion of the light is produced by radiation from mercury operating at a partial pressure in excess of 100,000 Pa (approximately 1 atm).
`(B) The term `mercury vapor lamp' includes clear, phosphor-coated, and self-ballasted lamps described in subparagraph (A).
`(48) The term `mercury vapor lamp ballast' means a device that is designed and marketed to start and operate mercury vapor lamps by providing the necessary voltage and current.
`(49) The term `ceiling fan' means a nonportable device that is suspended from a ceiling for circulating air via the rotation of fan blades.
`(50) The term `ceiling fan light kit' means equipment designed to provide light from a ceiling fan that can be--
`(A) integral, such that the equipment is attached to the ceiling fan prior to the time of retail sale; or
`(B) attachable, such that at the time of retail sale the equipment is not physically attached to the ceiling fan, but may be included inside the ceiling fan at the time of sale or sold separately for subsequent attachment to the fan.
`(51) The term `medium screw base' means an Edison screw base identified with the prefix E-26 in the `American National Standard for Electric Lamp Bases', ANSI/IEC C81.61-2003, published by the American National Standards Institute.'.
(b) Test Procedures- Section 323 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6293) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:
`(9) Test procedures for illuminated exit signs shall be based on the test method used under version 2.0 of the Energy Star program of the Environmental Protection Agency for illuminated exit signs.
`(10)(A) Test procedures for distribution transformers and low voltage dry-type distribution transformers shall be based on the `Standard Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consumption of Distribution Transformers' prescribed by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA TP 2-1998).
`(B) The Secretary may review and revise the test procedures established under subparagraph (A).
`(C) For purposes of section 346(a), the test procedures established under subparagraph (A) shall be considered to be the testing requirements prescribed by the Secretary under section 346(a)(1) for distribution transformers for which the Secretary makes a determination that energy conservation standards would--
`(i) be technologically feasible and economically justified; and
`(ii) result in significant energy savings.
`(11) Test procedures for traffic signal modules and pedestrian modules shall be based on the test method used under the Energy Star program of the Environmental Protection Agency for traffic signal modules, as in effect on the date of enactment of this paragraph.
`(12)(A) Test procedures for medium base compact fluorescent lamps shall be based on the test methods for compact fluorescent lamps used under the August 9, 2001, version of the Energy Star program of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy.
`(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), medium base compact fluorescent lamps shall meet all test requirements for regulated parameters of section 325(cc).
`(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), if manufacturers document engineering predictions and analysis that support expected attainment of lumen maintenance at 40 percent rated life and lamp lifetime, medium base compact fluorescent lamps may be marketed before completion of the testing of lamp life and lumen maintenance at 40 percent of rated life.
`(13) Test procedures for dehumidifiers shall be based on the test criteria used under the Energy Star Program Requirements for Dehumidifiers developed by the Environmental Protection Agency, as in effect on the date of enactment of this paragraph unless revised by the Secretary pursuant to this section.
`(14) The test procedure for measuring flow rate for commercial prerinse spray valves shall be based on American Society for Testing and Materials Standard F2324, entitled `Standard Test Method for Pre-Rinse Spray Valves'.
`(15) The test procedure for refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines shall be based on American National Standards Institute/American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Standard 32.1-2004, entitled `Methods of Testing for Rating Vending Machines for Bottled, Canned or Other Sealed Beverages'.
`(16)(A)(i) Test procedures for ceiling fans shall be based on the `Energy Star Testing Facility Guidance Manual: Building a Testing Facility and Performing the Solid State Test Method for ENERGY STAR Qualified Ceiling Fans, Version 1.1' published by the Environmental Protection Agency.
`(ii) Test procedures for ceiling fan light kits shall be based on the test procedures referenced in the Energy Star specifications for Residential Light Fixtures and Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs, as in effect on the date of enactment of this paragraph.
`(B) The Secretary may review and revise the test procedures established under subparagraph (A).'; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
`(f) Additional Consumer and Commercial Products- (1) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall prescribe testing requirements for refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines.
`(2) To the maximum extent practicable, the testing requirements prescribed under paragraph (1) shall be based on existing test procedures used in industry.'.
(c) Standard Setting Authority- Section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295) is amended--
(1) in subsection (f)(3), by adding at the end the following:
`(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if the requirements of subsection (o) are met, the Secretary may consider and prescribe energy conservation standards or energy use standards for electricity used for purposes of circulating air through duct work.';
(A) in paragraph (6)(B), by inserting `and labeled' after `designed'; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
`(8)(A) Each fluorescent lamp ballast (other than replacement ballasts or ballasts described in subparagraph (C))--
`(i)(I) manufactured on or after July 1, 2009;
`(II) sold by the manufacturer on or after October 1, 2009; or
`(III) incorporated into a luminaire by a luminaire manufacturer on or after July 1, 2010; and
`(I) to operate at nominal input voltages of 120 or 277 volts;
`(II) to operate with an input current frequency of 60 Hertz; and
`(III) for use in connection with F34T12 lamps, F96T12/ES lamps, or F96T12HO/ES lamps;
shall have a power factor of 0.90 or greater and shall have a ballast efficacy factor of not less than the following:
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>`Application for operation of Ballastinputvoltage Totalnominallampwatts Ballastefficacyfactor <
> One F34T12 lamp 120/277 34 2.61 <
> Two F34T12 lamps 120/277 68 1.35 <
> Two F96T12/ES lamps 120/277 120 0.77 <
> Two F96T12HO/ES lamps 120/277 190 0.42. <
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`(B) The standards described in subparagraph (A) shall apply to all ballasts covered by subparagraph (A)(ii) that are manufactured on or after July 1, 2010, or sold by the manufacturer on or after October 1, 2010.
`(C) The standards described in subparagraph (A) do not apply to--
`(i) a ballast that is designed for dimming to 50 percent or less of the maximum output of the ballast;
`(ii) a ballast that is designed for use with 2 F96T12HO lamps at ambient temperatures of 20«F or less and for use in an outdoor sign; or
`(iii) a ballast that has a power factor of less than 0.90 and is designed and labeled for use only i
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