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109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                H. R. 6

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109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 6

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                                 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. 107. Voluntary commitments to reduce industrial energy intensity.
Sec. 108. Advanced Building Efficiency Testbed.
Sec. 109. Federal building performance standards.
Sec. 111. Daylight savings.
Sec. 112. 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.
                 Subtitle C--Energy Efficient Products

Sec. 131. Energy Star Program.
Sec. 132. HVAC maintenance consumer education program.
Sec. 133. Energy conservation standards for additional products.
Sec. 134. Energy labeling.
Sec. 135. Preemption.
Sec. 136. State consumer product energy efficiency standards.
Sec. 137. Intermittent escalators.
                       Subtitle D--Public Housing

Sec. 141. Capacity building for energy-efficient, affordable housing.
Sec. 142. Increase of CDBG public services cap for energy conservation 
                            and efficiency activities.
Sec. 143. FHA mortgage insurance incentives for energy efficient 
                            housing.
Sec. 144. Public housing capital fund.
Sec. 145. Grants for energy-conserving improvements for assisted 
                            housing.
Sec. 147. Energy-efficient appliances.
Sec. 148. Energy efficiency standards.
Sec. 149. 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. Insular areas energy security.
Sec. 205. Use of photovoltaic energy in public buildings.
Sec. 206. Biobased products.
Sec. 207. Renewable energy security.
Sec. 208. Installation of photovoltaic system.
Sec. 209. Sugar cane ethanol pilot program.
                       Subtitle C--Hydroelectric

                     Part I--Alternative conditions

Sec. 231. Alternative conditions and fishways.
                     Part II--Additional hydropower

Sec. 241. Hydroelectric production incentives.
Sec. 242. Hydroelectric efficiency improvement.
Sec. 243. Small hydroelectric power projects.
                    TITLE III--OIL AND GAS--COMMERCE

           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.
Sec. 304. Suspension of Strategic Petroleum Reserve deliveries.
                   Subtitle B--Production Incentives

Sec. 320. Liquefaction or gasification natural gas terminals.
Sec. 327. Hydraulic fracturing.
Sec. 328. Oil and gas exploration and production defined.
Sec. 329. Outer Continental Shelf provisions.
Sec. 330. Appeals relating to pipeline construction or offshore mineral 
                            development projects.
Sec. 332. Natural gas market reform.
Sec. 333. Natural gas market transparency.
Sec. 334. Oil, gas, and mineral industry workers.
                   Subtitle C--Access to Federal Land

Sec. 344. Consultation regarding oil and gas leasing on public land.
Sec. 346. Compliance with Executive Order No. 13211; actions concerning 
                            regulations that significantly affect 
                            energy supply, distribution, or use.
Sec. 355. Encouraging Great Lakes oil and gas drilling ban.
Sec. 358. Federal coalbed methane regulation.
                  Subtitle D--Refining Revitalization

Sec. 371. Short title.
Sec. 372. Findings.
Sec. 373. Purpose.
Sec. 374. Designation of Refinery Revitalization Zones.
Sec. 375. Memorandum of understanding.
Sec. 376. State environmental permitting assistance.
Sec. 377. Coordination and expeditious review of permitting process.
Sec. 378. Compliance with all environmental regulations required.
Sec. 379. Definitions.
                             TITLE IV--COAL

                Subtitle A--Clean Coal Power Initiative

Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 402. Project criteria.
Sec. 403. Report.
Sec. 404. Clean Coal Centers of Excellence.
                    Subtitle B--Clean Power Projects

Sec. 411. Coal technology loan.
Sec. 412. Coal gasification.
Sec. 414. Petroleum coke gasification.
Sec. 416. Electron scrubbing demonstration.
                 Subtitle D--Coal and Related Programs

Sec. 441. Clean air coal program.
                         TITLE V--INDIAN ENERGY

Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs.
Sec. 503. Indian energy.
Sec. 504. Consultation with Indian tribes.
Sec. 505. Four Corners transmission line project.
                       TITLE VI--NUCLEAR MATTERS

               Subtitle A--Price-Anderson Act Amendments

Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Extension of indemnification authority.
Sec. 603. Maximum assessment.
Sec. 604. Department of Energy liability limit.
Sec. 605. Incidents outside the United States.
Sec. 606. Reports.
Sec. 607. Inflation adjustment.
Sec. 608. Treatment of modular reactors.
Sec. 609. Applicability.
Sec. 610. Prohibition on assumption by United States Government of 
                            liability for certain foreign incidents.
Sec. 611. Civil penalties.
Sec. 612. Financial accountability.
                  Subtitle B--General Nuclear Matters

Sec. 621. Licenses.
Sec. 622. NRC training program.
Sec. 623. Cost recovery from government agencies.
Sec. 624. Elimination of pension offset.
Sec. 625. Antitrust review.
Sec. 626. Decommissioning.
Sec. 627. Limitation on legal fee reimbursement.
Sec. 629. Report on feasibility of developing commercial nuclear energy 
                            generation facilities at existing 
                            Department of Energy sites.
Sec. 630. Uranium sales.
Sec. 631. Cooperative research and development and special 
                            demonstration projects for the uranium 
                            mining industry.
Sec. 632. Whistleblower protection.
Sec. 633. Medical isotope production.
Sec. 634. Fernald byproduct material.
Sec. 635. Safe disposal of greater-than-class c radioactive waste.
Sec. 636. Prohibition on nuclear exports to countries that sponsor 
                            terrorism.
Sec. 638. National uranium stockpile.
Sec. 639. Nuclear Regulatory Commission meetings.
Sec. 640. Employee benefits.
         Subtitle C--Additional Hydrogen Production Provisions

Sec. 651. Hydrogen production programs.
Sec. 652. Definitions.
                      Subtitle D--Nuclear Security

Sec. 661. Nuclear facility threats.
Sec. 662. Fingerprinting for criminal history record checks.
Sec. 663. Use of firearms by security personnel of licensees and 
                            certificate holders of the Commission.
Sec. 664. Unauthorized introduction of dangerous weapons.
Sec. 665. Sabotage of nuclear facilities or fuel.
Sec. 666. Secure transfer of nuclear materials.
Sec. 667. Department of Homeland Security consultation.
Sec. 668. Authorization of appropriations.
                     TITLE VII--VEHICLES AND FUELS

                     Subtitle A--Existing Programs

Sec. 701. Use of alternative fuels by dual-fueled vehicles.
Sec. 704. Incremental cost allocation.
Sec. 705. Lease condensates.
Sec. 706. Review of Energy Policy Act of 1992 programs.
Sec. 707. Report concerning compliance with alternative fueled vehicle 
                            purchasing requirements.
  Subtitle B--Hybrid Vehicles, Advanced Vehicles, and Fuel Cell Buses

                        Part 1--Hybrid vehicles

Sec. 711. Hybrid vehicles.
Sec. 712. Hybrid retrofit and electric conversion program.
Sec. 713. Efficient hybrid and advanced diesel vehicles.
                       Part 2--Advanced vehicles

Sec. 721. Definitions.
Sec. 722. Pilot program.
Sec. 723. Reports to Congress.
Sec. 724. Authorization of appropriations.
                        Part 3--Fuel cell buses

Sec. 731. Fuel cell transit bus demonstration.
                     Subtitle C--Clean School Buses

Sec. 741. Definitions.
Sec. 742. Program for replacement of certain school buses with clean 
                            school buses.
Sec. 743. Diesel retrofit program.
Sec. 743A. Diesel truck retrofit and fleet modernization program.
Sec. 744. 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 of heavy-duty vehicles.
Sec. 757. Biodiesel engine testing program.
Sec. 758. High occupancy vehicle exception.
Sec. 759. Ultra-efficient engine technology for aircraft.
                   Subtitle E--Automobile Efficiency

Sec. 771. Authorization of appropriations for implementation and 
                            enforcement of fuel economy standards.
Sec. 772. Revised considerations for decisions on maximum feasible 
                            average fuel economy.
Sec. 773. Extension of maximum fuel economy increase for alternative 
                            fueled vehicles.
Sec. 774. Study of feasibility and effects of reducing use of fuel for 
                            automobiles.
Sec. 775. Update testing procedures.
                          TITLE VIII--HYDROGEN

Sec. 801. Definitions.
Sec. 802. Plan.
Sec. 803. Programs.
Sec. 804. Interagency task force.
Sec. 805. Advisory Committee.
Sec. 806. External review.
Sec. 807. Miscellaneous provisions.
Sec. 808. Savings clause.
Sec. 809. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 810. Solar and wind technologies.
Sec. 811. Hydrogen fuel cell buses.
                   TITLE IX--RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Sec. 900. Short title; definitions.
                      Subtitle A--Science Programs

Sec. 901. Office of Science programs.
Sec. 902. Systems biology program.
Sec. 903. Catalysis Research and Development Program.
Sec. 904. Hydrogen.
Sec. 905. Advanced scientific computing research.
Sec. 906.  Fusion Energy Sciences program.
Sec. 907. Science and Technology Scholarship Program.
Sec. 908. Office of Scientific and Technical Information.
Sec. 909. Science and engineering pilot program.
Sec. 910. Authorization of appropriations.
           Subtitle B--Research Administration and Operations

Sec. 911. Cost Sharing.
Sec. 912. Reprogramming.
Sec. 913. Merit-based competition.
Sec. 914. External technical review of departmental programs.
Sec. 915. Competitive award of management contracts.
Sec. 916. National Laboratory designation.
Sec. 917. Report on equal employment opportunity practices.
Sec. 918. User facility best practices plan.
Sec. 919. Support for science and energy infrastructure and facilities.
Sec. 920. Coordination plan.
Sec. 921. Availability of funds.
                     Subtitle C--Energy Efficiency

             Chapter 1--Vehicles, Buildings, and Industries

Sec. 922. Programs.
Sec. 923. Vehicles.
Sec. 924. Buildings.
Sec. 925. Industries.
Sec. 926. Demonstration and commercial application.
Sec. 927. Secondary electric vehicle battery use program.
Sec. 928. Next generation lighting initiative.
Sec. 929. Definitions.
Sec. 930. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 931. Limitation on use of funds.
       Chapter 2--Distributed Energy and Electric Energy Systems

Sec. 932. Distributed energy.
Sec. 933. Electricity transmission and distribution and energy 
                            assurance.
Sec. 933A. Advanced portable power devices.
Sec. 934. Authorization of appropriations.
                      Subtitle D--Renewable energy

Sec. 935. Findings.
Sec. 936. Definitions.
Sec. 937. Programs.
Sec. 938. Solar.
Sec. 939. Bioenergy programs.
Sec. 940. Wind.
Sec. 941. Geothermal.
Sec. 942. Photovoltaic demonstration program.
Sec. 943. Additional programs.
Sec. 944. Analysis and evaluation.
Sec. 945. Authorization of appropriations.
                  Subtitle E--Nuclear Energy Programs

Sec. 946. Definition.
Sec. 947. Programs.
              Chapter 1--Nuclear Energy Research Programs

Sec. 948. Advanced fuel recycling program.
Sec. 949. University nuclear science and engineering support.
Sec. 950. University-National Laboratory interactions.
Sec. 951. Nuclear Power 2010 Program.
Sec. 952. Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative.
Sec. 953. Civilian infrastructure and facilities.
Sec. 954. Nuclear energy research and development infrastructure plan.
Sec. 955. Idaho National Laboratory facilities plan.
Sec. 956. Authorization of appropriations.
            Chapter 2--Next Generation Nuclear Plant Program

Sec. 957. Definitions.
Sec. 958. Next generation nuclear power plant.
Sec. 959. Advisory committee.
Sec. 960. Program requirements.
Sec. 961. Authorization of appropriations.
                       Subtitle F--Fossil Energy

                      Chapter 1--Research Programs

Sec. 962. Enhanced fossil energy research and development programs.
Sec. 963. Fossil research and development.
Sec. 964. Oil and gas research and development.
Sec. 965. Transportation fuels.
Sec. 966. Fuel cells.
Sec. 967. Carbon dioxide capture research and development.
Sec. 968. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 968A. Western michigan demonstration project.
Sec. 968B. Western hemisphere energy cooperation.
Sec. 968C. Arctic engineering research center.
Sec. 968D. Barrow geophysical research facility.
  Chapter 2--Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other 
                          Petroleum Resources

Sec. 969. Program authority.
Sec. 970. Ultra-deepwater and unconventional onshore natural gas and 
                            other petroleum research and development 
                            program.
Sec. 971. Additional requirements for awards.
Sec. 972. Advisory committees.
Sec. 973. Limits on participation.
Sec. 974. Sunset.
Sec. 975. Definitions.
Sec. 976. Funding.
                TITLE X--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT

Sec. 1002. Other transactions authority.
Sec. 1003. University collaboration.
Sec. 1004. Sense of Congress.
                         TITLE XII--ELECTRICITY

Sec. 1201. Short title.
                   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. Transmission system monitoring.
Sec. 1224. Advanced transmission technologies.
Sec. 1225. Electric transmission and distribution programs.
Sec. 1226. Advanced Power System Technology Incentive Program.
Sec. 1227. Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution.
            Subtitle C--Transmission Operation Improvements

Sec. 1231. Open nondiscriminatory access.
Sec. 1232. Sense of Congress on Regional Transmission Organizations.
Sec. 1233. Regional Transmission Organization applications progress 
                            report.
Sec. 1234. Federal utility participation in Regional Transmission 
                            Organizations.
Sec. 1235. Standard market design.
Sec. 1236. Native load service obligation.
Sec. 1237. Study on the benefits of economic dispatch.
                  Subtitle D--Transmission Rate Reform

Sec. 1241. Transmission infrastructure investment.
                    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. 1261. Short title.
Sec. 1262. Definitions.
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. 1270. Enforcement.
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. Market transparency rules.
Sec. 1282. Market manipulation.
Sec. 1283. Enforcement.
Sec. 1284. Refund effective date.
Sec. 1285. Refund authority.
Sec. 1286. Sanctity of contract.
Sec. 1287. Consumer privacy and unfair trade practices.
                       Subtitle H--Merger Reform

Sec. 1291. Merger review reform and accountability.
Sec. 1292. Electric utility mergers.
                        Subtitle I--Definitions

Sec. 1295. Definitions.
            Subtitle J--Technical and Conforming Amendments

Sec. 1297. Conforming amendments.
                     Subtitle K--Economic Dispatch

Sec. 1298. Economic dispatch.
                   TITLE XIII--ENERGY TAX INCENTIVES

Sec. 1300. Short title; etc.
            Subtitle A--Energy Infrastructure Tax Incentives

Sec. 1301. Natural gas gathering lines treated as 7-year property.
Sec. 1302. Natural gas distribution lines treated as 15-year property.
Sec. 1303. Electric transmission property treated as 15-year property.
Sec. 1304. Expansion of amortization for certain atmospheric pollution 
                            control facilities in connection with 
                            plants first placed in service after 1975.
Sec. 1305. Modification of credit for producing fuel from a 
                            nonconventional source.
Sec. 1306. Modifications to special rules for nuclear decommissioning 
                            costs.
Sec. 1307. Arbitrage rules not to apply to prepayments for natural gas.
Sec. 1308. Determination of small refiner exception to oil depletion 
                            deduction.
            Subtitle B--Miscellaneous Energy Tax Incentives

Sec. 1311. Credit for residential energy efficient property.
Sec. 1312. Credit for business installation of qualified fuel cells.
Sec. 1313. Reduced motor fuel excise tax on certain mixtures of diesel 
                            fuel.
Sec. 1314. Amortization of delay rental payments.
Sec. 1315. Amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures.
Sec. 1316. Advanced lean burn technology motor vehicle credit.
Sec. 1317. Credit for energy efficiency improvements to existing homes.
               Subtitle C--Alternative minimum tax relief

Sec. 1321. New nonrefundable personal credits allowed against regular 
                            and minimum taxes.
Sec. 1322. Certain business energy credits allowed against regular and 
                            minimum taxes.
                        TITLE XIV--MISCELLANEOUS

                      Subtitle C--Other Provisions

Sec. 1441. Continuation of transmission security order.
Sec. 1442. Review of agency determinations.
Sec. 1443. Attainment dates for downwind ozone nonattainment areas.
Sec. 1444. Energy production incentives.
Sec. 1446. Regulation of certain oil used in transformers.
Sec. 1447. Risk assessments.
Sec. 1448. Oxygen-fuel.
Sec. 1449. Petrochemical and oil refinery facility health assessment.
Sec. 1450. United States-Israel cooperation.
Sec. 1451. Carbon-based fuel cell development.
Sec. 1452. National priority project designation.
                   TITLE XV--ETHANOL AND MOTOR FUELS

                     Subtitle A--General Provisions

Sec. 1501. Renewable content of motor vehicle fuel.
Sec. 1502. Fuels safe harbor.
Sec. 1503. Findings and MTBE transition assistance.
Sec. 1504. Use of MTBE.
Sec. 1505. National Academy of Sciences review and presidential 
                            determination.
Sec. 1506. Elimination of oxygen content requirement for reformulated 
                            gasoline.
Sec. 1507. Analyses of motor vehicle fuel changes.
Sec. 1508. Data collection.
Sec. 1509. Reducing the proliferation of State fuel controls.
Sec. 1510. Fuel system requirements harmonization study.
Sec. 1511. Commercial byproducts from municipal solid waste and 
                            cellulosic biomass loan guarantee program.
Sec. 1512. Conversion assitance for cellulosic biomass, waste-derived 
                            ethanol, approved renewable fuels.
Sec. 1513. Blending of compliant reformulated gasolines.
            Subtitle B--Underground Storage Tank Compliance

Sec. 1521. Short title.
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--STUDIES

Sec. 1601. Study on inventory of petroleum and natural gas storage.
Sec. 1605. Study of energy efficiency standards.
Sec. 1606. Telecommuting study.
Sec. 1607. LIHEAP report.
Sec. 1608. Oil bypass filtration technology.
Sec. 1609. Total integrated thermal systems.
Sec. 1610. University collaboration.
Sec. 1611. Reliability and consumer protection assessment.
Sec. 1612. Report on energy integration with Latin America.
Sec. 1613. Low-volume gas reservoir study.
Sec. 1614. Consolidation of gasoline industry.
Sec. 1615. Study of fuel savings from information technology for 
                            transportation.
Sec. 1616. Feasibility study of mustard seed biodiesel.
                TITLE XVII--RENEWABLE ENERGY--RESOURCES

Sec. 1701. Grants to improve the commercial value of forest biomass for 
                            electric energy, useful heat, 
                            transportation fuels, petroleum-based 
                            product substitutes, and other commercial 
                            purposes.
Sec. 1702. Environmental review for renewable energy projects.
Sec. 1703. Sense of Congress regarding generation capacity of 
                            electricity from renewable energy resources 
                            on public lands.
                     TITLE XVIII--GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

Sec. 1801. Short title.
Sec. 1802. Competitive lease sale requirements.
Sec. 1803. Direct use.
Sec. 1804. Royalties and near-term production incentives.
Sec. 1805. Expediting administrative action for geothermal leasing.
Sec. 1806. Coordination of geothermal leasing and permitting on Federal 
                            lands.
Sec. 1807. Review and report to Congress.
Sec. 1808. Reimbursement for costs of NEPA analyses, documentation, and 
                            studies.
Sec. 1809. Assessment of geothermal energy potential.
Sec. 1810. Cooperative or unit plans.
Sec. 1811. Royalty on byproducts.
Sec. 1812. Repeal of authorities of Secretary to readjust terms, 
                            conditions, rentals, and royalties.
Sec. 1813. Crediting of rental toward royalty.
Sec. 1814. Lease duration and work commitment requirements.
Sec. 1815. Advanced royalties required for suspension of production.
Sec. 1816. Annual rental.
Sec. 1817. Deposit and use of geothermal lease revenues for 5 fiscal 
                            years.
Sec. 1818. Repeal of acreage limitations.
Sec. 1819. Technical amendments.
Sec. 1820. Intermountain West Geothermal Consortium.
                    TITLE XIX--HYDROPOWER--RESOURCES

Sec. 1901. Increased hydroelectric generation at existing Federal 
                            facilities.
Sec. 1902. Shift of project loads to off-peak periods.
Sec. 1903. Report identifying and describing the status of potential 
                            hydropower facilities.
                    TITLE XX--OIL AND GAS--RESOURCES

                   Subtitle A--Production incentives

Sec. 2001. Definition of Secretary.
Sec. 2002. Program on oil and gas royalties in-kind.
Sec. 2003. Marginal property production incentives.
Sec. 2004. Incentives for natural gas production from deep wells in the 
                            shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Sec. 2005. Royalty relief for deep water production.
Sec. 2006. Alaska offshore royalty suspension.
Sec. 2007. Oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in 
                            Alaska.
Sec. 2008. Orphaned, abandoned, or idled wells on Federal land.
Sec. 2009. Combined hydrocarbon leasing.
Sec. 2010. Alternate energy-related uses on the outer Continental 
                            Shelf.
Sec. 2011. Preservation of geological and geophysical data.
Sec. 2012. Oil and gas lease acreage limitations.
Sec. 2013. Deadline for decision on appeals of consistency 
                            determination under the Coastal Zone 
                            Management Act of 1972.
Sec. 2014. Reimbursement for costs of NEPA analyses, documentation, and 
                            studies.
Sec. 2015. Gas hydrate production incentive.
Sec. 2016. Onshore deep gas production incentive.
Sec. 2017. Enhanced oil and natural gas production incentive.
Sec. 2018. Oil shale.
Sec. 2019. Use of information about oil and gas public challenges.
                   Subtitle B--Access to Federal land

Sec. 2021. Office of Federal Energy Project Coordination.
Sec. 2022. Federal onshore oil and gas leasing and permitting 
                            practices.
Sec. 2023. Management of Federal oil and gas leasing programs.
Sec. 2024. Consultation regarding oil and gas leasing on public land.
Sec. 2025. Estimates of oil and gas resources underlying onshore 
                            Federal land.
Sec. 2026. Pilot project to improve Federal permit coordination.
Sec. 2027. Deadline for consideration of applications for permits.
Sec. 2028. Clarification of fair market rental value determinations for 
                            public land and Forest Service rights-of-
                            way.
Sec. 2029. Energy facility rights-of-way and corridors on Federal land.
Sec. 2030. Consultation regarding energy rights-of-way on public land.
Sec. 2031. Electricity transmission line right-of-way, Cleveland 
                            National Forest and adjacent public land, 
                            California.
Sec. 2032. Sense of Congress regarding development of minerals under 
                            Padre Island National Seashore.
Sec. 2033. Livingston Parish mineral rights transfer.
                  Subtitle C--Naval Petroleum Reserves

Sec. 2041. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction and environmental 
                            remediation, Naval Petroleum Reserve 
                            Numbered 2, Kern County, California.
Sec. 2042. Land conveyance, portion of Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 
                            2, to City of Taft, California.
Sec. 2043. Revocation of land withdrawal.
Sec. 2044. Effect of transfer and conveyance.
                  Subtitle D--Miscellaneous Provisions

Sec. 2051. Split-estate Federal oil and gas leasing and development 
                            practices.
Sec. 2052. Royalty payments under leases under the Outer Continental 
                            Shelf Lands Act.
Sec. 2053. Domestic offshore energy reinvestment.
Sec. 2054. Repurchase of leases that are not allowed to be explored or 
                            developed.
Sec. 2055. Limitation on required review under NEPA.
                       TITLE XXI--COAL--RESOURCES

Sec. 2101. Short title.
Sec. 2102. Lease modifications for contiguous coal lands or coal 
                            deposits.
Sec. 2103. Approval of logical mining units.
Sec. 2104. Payment of advance royalties under coal leases.
Sec. 2105. Elimination of deadline for submission of coal lease 
                            operation and reclamation plan.
Sec. 2106. Amendment relating to financial assurances with respect to 
                            bonus bids.
Sec. 2107. Inventory requirement.
Sec. 2108. Application of amendments.
Sec. 2109. Resolution of Federal resource development conflicts in the 
                            Powder River Basin.
            TITLE XXII--ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN DOMESTIC ENERGY

Sec. 2201. Short title.
Sec. 2202. Definitions.
Sec. 2203. Leasing program for lands within the coastal plain.
Sec. 2204. Lease sales.
Sec. 2205. Grant of leases by the Secretary.
Sec. 2206. Lease terms and conditions.
Sec. 2207. Coastal Plain environmental protection.
Sec. 2208. Expedited judicial review.
Sec. 2209. Federal and State distribution of revenues.
Sec. 2210. Rights-of-way across the Coastal Plain.
Sec. 2211. Conveyance.
Sec. 2212. Local government impact aid and community service 
                            assistance.
                  TITLE XXIII--SET AMERICA FREE (SAFE)

Sec. 2301. Short title.
Sec. 2302. Findings.
Sec. 2303. Purpose.
Sec. 2304. United States Commission on North American Energy Freedom.
Sec. 2305. North American energy freedom policy.
 TITLE XXIV--GRAND CANYON HYDROGEN-POWERED TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION

Sec. 2401. Short title.
Sec. 2402. Definitions.
Sec. 2403. Findings.
Sec. 2404. Research, development, and demonstration program.
Sec. 2405. Reports to Congress.
Sec. 2406. Authorization of appropriations.
                    TITLE XXV--ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 2501. Limitation on rent and other charges with respect to wind 
                            energy development projects on public 
                            lands.

                       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.
    (d) Energy Infrastructure.--The Architect of the Capitol, building 
on the Master Plan Study completed in July 2000, shall commission a 
study to evaluate the energy infrastructure of the Capital Complex to 
determine how the infrastructure could be augmented to become more 
energy efficient, using unconventional and renewable energy resources, 
in a way that would enable the Complex to have reliable utility service 
in the event of power fluctuations, shortages, or outages.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol to carry out subsection 
(d), $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.

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
  
        2006...................................................      2 
        2007...................................................      4 
        2008...................................................      6 
        2009...................................................      8 
        2010...................................................     10 
        2011...................................................     12 
        2012...................................................     14 
        2013...................................................     16 
        2014...................................................     18 
        2015...................................................  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.''.
    (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 or submetered. 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 energy managers.
            ``(2) Guidelines.--
                    ``(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 energy 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 
                                submetering and the reduced cost of 
                                operation and maintenance expected to 
                                result from metering and submetering;
                                    ``(II) the extent to which metering 
                                and submetering are 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 and 
                        submetered based on cost-effectiveness and a 
                        schedule of 1 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.
    ``(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) Limitations.--
            (1) In general.--Section 801(a)(2) of the National Energy 
        Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following subparagraph:
    ``(E) All Federal agencies combined may not, after the date of 
enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, enter into more than a 
total of 100 contracts under this title. Payments made by the Federal 
Government under all contracts permitted by this subparagraph combined 
shall not exceed a total of $500,000,000. Each Federal agency shall 
appoint a coordinator for Energy Savings Performance Contracts with the 
responsibility to monitor the number of such contracts for that Federal 
agency and the investment value of each contract. The coordinators for 
each Federal agency shall meet monthly and report to the Office of 
Management and Budget to ensure that the limits specified in this 
subparagraph on the number of contracts and the payments made for the 
contracts are not exceeded. No Federal agency shall enter into a 
contract under this title unless the Office of Management and Budget 
has approved such contract.''.
            (2) Definition.--Section 804(1) of the National Energy 
        Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287c(1)) is amended to read 
        as follows:
            ``(1) The term `Federal agency' means the Department of 
        Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department 
        of Energy.''.
            (3) Validity of contracts.--The amendments made by this 
        subsection shall not affect the validity of contracts entered 
        into under title VIII of the National Energy Conservation 
        Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287 et seq.) before the date of 
        enactment of this Act, or of contracts described in subsection 
        (c).
    (b) Permanent Extension.--Effective October 1, 2006, section 801(c) 
of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(c)) is 
repealed.
    (c) 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, 2006, and 
before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be deemed to have been 
entered into pursuant to such section 801 as amended by subsection (a) 
of this section.

SEC. 107. VOLUNTARY COMMITMENTS TO REDUCE INDUSTRIAL ENERGY INTENSITY.

    (a) Voluntary Agreements.--The Secretary of Energy is authorized to 
enter into voluntary agreements with 1 or more persons in industrial 
sectors that consume significant amounts of primary energy per unit of 
physical output to reduce the energy intensity of their production 
activities by a significant amount relative to improvements in each 
sector in recent years.
    (b) Recognition.--The Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and other 
appropriate Federal agencies, shall recognize and publicize the 
achievements of participants in voluntary agreements under this 
section.
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``energy intensity'' 
means the primary energy consumed per unit of physical output in an 
industrial process.

SEC. 108. ADVANCED BUILDING EFFICIENCY TESTBED.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Energy, 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 of Energy 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 \1/3\ of the 
total amount to the lead university described in subsection (b), and 
provide the remaining \2/3\ to the other participants referred to in 
subsection (b) on an equal basis.

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'' and inserting ``the 2003 International Energy 
        Conservation Code''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) Revised Federal Building Energy Efficiency Performance 
Standards.--
            ``(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary of Energy 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) such buildings be designed so as to 
                        achieve energy consumption levels at least 30 
                        percent below those of the version current as 
                        of the date of enactment of this paragraph of 
                        the ASHRAE Standard or the International Energy 
                        Conservation Code, as appropriate; and
                            ``(II) sustainable design principles are 
                        applied to the siting, design, and construction 
                        of all new and replacement buildings; and
                    ``(ii) where water is used to achieve energy 
                efficiency, water conservation technologies shall be 
                applied to the extent they are life-cycle cost 
                effective.
            ``(B) Additional revisions.--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 of Energy shall determine, based on 
        the cost-effectiveness of the requirements under the 
        amendments, whether the revised standards established under 
        this paragraph should be updated to reflect the amendments.
            ``(C) Statement on compliance of new buildings.--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 concerning whether the Federal 
                buildings meet or exceed the revised standards 
                established under this paragraph.''.

SEC. 111. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 
U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``April'' and inserting ``March''; and
            (2) by striking ``October'' and inserting ``November''.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 9 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall report to Congress 
on the impact this section on energy consumption in the United States.

SEC. 112. 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 of Energy 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) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.
            (5) 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).
            (6) 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 of Energy 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 of 
Energy $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 of Energy 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 of 
Energy $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008.

                 Subtitle C--Energy Efficient Products

SEC. 131. ENERGY STAR PROGRAM.

    (a) Amendment.--The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6201 et seq.) is amended by inserting the following after section 324:

``SEC. 324A. ENERGY STAR PROGRAM.

    ``There is established at 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 efficiency 
standards. Responsibilities under the program shall be divided between 
the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency 
consistent with the terms of agreements between the 2 agencies. The 
Administrator and the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) promote Energy Star compliant technologies as the 
        preferred technologies in the marketplace for achieving energy 
        efficiency and to reduce pollution;
            ``(2) work to enhance public awareness of the Energy Star 
        label, including special outreach to small businesses;
            ``(3) preserve the integrity of the Energy Star label;
            ``(4) solicit comments from interested parties prior to 
        establishing or revising an Energy Star product category, 
        specification, or criterion (or effective dates for any of the 
        foregoing);
            ``(5) upon 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 
        an explanation of such changes and, where appropriate, 
        responses to comments submitted by interested parties; and
            ``(6) provide appropriate lead time (which shall be 9 
        months, unless the Agency or Department determines otherwise) 
        prior to the 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.''.
    (b) Table of Contents Amendment.--The table of contents of the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 324 the following new item:

``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.--For the purpose of ensuring that installed 
air conditioning and heating systems operate at their 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 resulting from properly conducted maintenance of air 
conditioning, heating, and ventilating systems. The Secretary shall 
carry out the program in a cost-shared manner in cooperation with the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and such other 
entities as the Secretary considers appropriate, including industry 
trade associations, industry members, and energy efficiency 
organizations.
    ``(d) Small Business Education and Assistance.--The Administrator 
of the Small Business Administration, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, shall develop and coordinate a Government-wide 
program, building on the existing Energy Star for Small Business 
Program, to assist small businesses to become more energy efficient, 
understand the cost savings obtainable through efficiencies, and 
identify financing options for energy efficiency upgrades. The 
Secretary and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
shall make the program information available directly to small 
businesses and through other Federal agencies, including the Federal 
Emergency Management Program and the Department of Agriculture.''.

SEC. 133. ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS FOR ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 321 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6291) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (30)(S), by striking the period and adding 
        at the end the following: ``but does not include any lamp 
        specifically designed to be used for special purpose 
        applications and that is unlikely to be used in general purpose 
        applications such as those described in subparagraph (D), and 
        also does not include any lamp not described in subparagraph 
        (D) that is excluded by the Secretary, by rule, because the 
        lamp is designed for special applications and is unlikely to be 
        used in general purpose applications.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(32) The term `battery charger' means a device that 
        charges batteries for consumer products and includes battery 
        chargers embedded in other consumer products.
            ``(33) The term `commercial refrigerators, freezers, and 
        refrigerator-freezers' means refrigerators, freezers, or 
        refrigerator-freezers that--
                    ``(A) are not consumer products regulated under 
                this Act; and
                    ``(B) incorporate most components involved in the 
                vapor-compression cycle and the refrigerated 
                compartment in a single package.
            ``(34) The term `external power supply' means an external 
        power supply circuit that is used to convert household electric 
        current into either DC current or lower-voltage AC current to 
        operate a consumer product.
            ``(35) 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 illuminates the legend `EXIT' and any 
                directional indicators and provides contrast between 
                the legend, any directional indicators, and the 
                background.
            ``(36)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 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) transformers with multiple voltage taps, with 
                the highest voltage tap equaling at least 20 percent 
                more than the lowest voltage tap;
                    ``(ii) transformers, such as those commonly known 
                as drive transformers, rectifier transformers, auto-
                transformers, Uninterruptible Power System 
                transformers, impedance transformers, regulating 
                transformers, sealed and nonventilating transformers, 
                machine tool transformers, welding transformers, 
                grounding transformers, or testing transformers, that 
                are designed to be used in a special purpose 
                application and are unlikely to be used in general 
                purpose applications; 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.
            ``(37) The term `low-voltage dry-type distribution 
        transformer' means a distribution transformer that--
                    ``(A) has an input voltage of 600 volts or less;
                    ``(B) is air-cooled; and
                    ``(C) does not use oil as a coolant.
            ``(38) The term `standby mode' means the lowest power 
        consumption mode that--
                    ``(A) cannot be switched off or influenced by the 
                user; and
                    ``(B) may persist for an indefinite time when an 
                appliance is connected to the main electricity supply 
                and used in accordance with the manufacturer's 
                instructions,
        as defined on an individual product basis by the Secretary.
            ``(39) The term `torchiere' means a portable electric lamp 
        with a reflector bowl that directs light upward so as to give 
        indirect illumination.
            ``(40) The term `traffic signal module' means a standard 8-
        inch (200mm) or 12-inch (300mm) traffic signal indication, 
        consisting of a light source, a lens, and all other parts 
        necessary for operation, that communicates movement messages to 
        drivers through red, amber, and green colors.
            ``(41) 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.
            ``(42) The term `unit heater' means a self-contained fan-
        type heater designed to be installed within the heated space, 
        except that such term does not include a warm air furnace.
            ``(43) The term `ceiling fan' means a non-portable device 
        that is suspended from a ceiling for circulating air via the 
        rotation of fan blades.
            ``(44) The term `ceiling fan light kit' means equipment 
        designed to provide light from a ceiling fan which 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 
                package at the time of sale or sold separately for 
                subsequent attachment to the fan.''.
    (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) 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). The Secretary may review 
and revise this test procedure. For purposes of section 346(a), this 
test procedure shall be deemed to be 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 be technologically feasible and economically justified, 
and would result in significant energy savings.
    ``(11) Test procedures for traffic signal 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) Test procedures for medium base compact fluorescent lamps 
shall be based on the test methods used under the August 9, 2001, 
version of the Energy Star program of the Environmental Protection 
Agency and Department of Energy for compact fluorescent lamps. Covered 
products shall meet all test requirements for regulated parameters in 
section 325(bb). However, covered products may be marketed prior to 
completion of lamp life and lumen maintenance at 40 percent of rated 
life testing provided manufacturers document engineering predictions 
and analysis that support expected attainment of lumen maintenance at 
40 percent rated life and lamp life time.
    ``(13) The Secretary shall, not later than 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this paragraph, prescribe testing requirements for 
ceiling fans and ceiling fan light kits.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Additional Consumer and Commercial Products.--The Secretary 
shall, not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, prescribe testing requirements for refrigerated bottled or 
canned beverage vending machines, and commercial refrigerators, 
freezers, and refrigerator-freezers. Such testing requirements shall be 
based on existing test procedures used in industry to the extent 
practical and reasonable.''.
    (c) New Standards.--Section 325 of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(u) Battery Charger and External Power Supply Electric Energy 
Consumption.--
            ``(1) Initial rulemaking.--(A) The Secretary shall, within 
        18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
        prescribe by notice and comment, definitions and test 
        procedures for the power use of battery chargers and external 
        power supplies. In establishing these test procedures, the 
        Secretary shall consider, among other factors, existing 
        definitions and test procedures used for measuring energy 
        consumption in standby mode and other modes and assess the 
        current and projected future market for battery chargers and 
        external power supplies. This assessment shall include 
        estimates of the significance of potential energy savings from 
        technical improvements to these products and suggested product 
        classes for standards. Prior to the end of this time period, 
        the Secretary shall hold a scoping workshop to discuss and 
        receive comments on plans for developing energy conservation 
        standards for energy use for these products.
            ``(B) The Secretary shall, within 3 years after the date of 
        enactment of this subsection, issue a final rule that 
        determines whether energy conservation standards shall be 
        issued for battery chargers and external power supplies or 
        classes thereof. For each product class, any such standards 
        shall be set at the lowest level of energy use that--
                    ``(i) meets the criteria and procedures of 
                subsections (o), (p), (q), (r), (s), and (t); and
                    ``(ii) will result in significant overall annual 
                energy savings, considering both standby mode and other 
                operating modes.
            ``(2) Review of standby energy use in covered products.--In 
        determining pursuant to section 323 whether test procedures and 
        energy conservation standards pursuant to this section should 
        be revised, the Secretary shall consider, for covered products 
        that are major sources of standby mode energy consumption, 
        whether to incorporate standby mode into such test procedures 
        and energy conservation standards, taking into account, among 
        other relevant factors, standby mode power consumption compared 
        to overall product energy consumption.
            ``(3) Rulemaking.--The Secretary shall not propose a 
        standard under this section unless the Secretary has issued 
        applicable test procedures for each product pursuant to section 
        323.
            ``(4) Effective date.--Any standard issued under this 
        subsection shall be applicable to products manufactured or 
        imported 3 years after the date of issuance.
            ``(5) Voluntary programs.--The Secretary and the 
        Administrator shall collaborate and develop programs, including 
        programs pursuant to section 324A (relating to Energy Star 
        Programs) and other voluntary industry agreements or codes of 
        conduct, that are designed to reduce standby mode energy use.
    ``(v) Vending Machines, and Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and 
Refrigerator-Freezers.--The Secretary shall not later than 36 months 
after the date on which testing requirements are prescribed by the 
Secretary pursuant to section 323(f), prescribe, by rule, energy 
conservation standards for refrigerated bottled or canned beverage 
vending machines and commercial refrigerators, freezers, and 
refrigerator-freezers. In establishing standards under this subsection, 
the Secretary shall use the criteria and procedures contained in 
subsections (o) and (p). Any standard prescribed under this subsection 
shall apply to products manufactured 3 years after the date of 
publication of a final rule establishing such standard.
    ``(w) Illuminated Exit Signs.--Illuminated exit signs manufactured 
on or after January 1, 2006, shall meet the Version 2.0 Energy Star 
Program performance requirements for illuminated exit signs prescribed 
by the Environmental Protection Agency.
    ``(x) Torchieres.--Torchieres manufactured on or after January 1, 
2006--
            ``(1) shall consume not more than 190 watts of power; and
            ``(2) shall not be capable of operating with lamps that 
        total more than 190 watts.
    ``(y) Low Voltage Dry-Type Distribution Transformers.--The 
efficiency of low voltage dry-type distribution transformers 
manufactured on or after January 1, 2006, shall be the Class I 
Efficiency Levels for distribution transformers specified in Table 4-2 
of the `Guide for Determining Energy Efficiency for Distribution 
Transformers' published by the National Electrical Manufacturers 
Association (NEMA TP-1-2002).
    ``(z) Traffic Signal Modules.--Traffic signal modules manufactured 
on or after January 1, 2006, shall meet the performance requirements 
used under the Energy Star program of the Environmental Protection 
Agency for traffic signals, as in effect on the date of enactment of 
this subsection, and shall be installed with compatible, electrically 
connected signal control interface devices and conflict monitoring 
systems.
    ``(aa) Unit Heaters.--Unit heaters manufactured on or after the 
date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this subsection 
shall be equipped with an intermittent ignition device and shall have 
either power venting or an automatic flue damper.
    ``(bb) Medium Base Compact Fluorescent Lamps.--Bare lamp and 
covered lamp (no reflector) medium base compact fluorescent lamps 
manufactured on or after January 1, 2006, shall meet the following 
requirements prescribed by the August 9, 2001, version of the Energy 
Star Program Requirements for Compact Fluorescent Lamps, Energy Star 
Eligibility Criteria, Energy-Efficiency Specification issued by the 
Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy: minimum 
initial efficacy; lumen maintenance at 1000 hours; lumen maintenance at 
40 percent of rated life; rapid cycle stress test; and lamp life. The 
Secretary may, by rule, establish requirements for color quality (CRI); 
power factor; operating frequency; and maximum allowable start time 
based on the requirements prescribed by the August 9, 2001, version of 
the Energy Star Program Requirements for Compact Fluorescent Lamps. The 
Secretary may, by rule, revise these requirements or establish other 
requirements considering energy savings, cost effectiveness, and 
consumer satisfaction.
    ``(cc) Effective Date.--Section 327 shall apply--
            ``(1) to products for which standards are to be established 
        under subsections (u) and (v) on the date on which a final rule 
        is issued by the Department of Energy, except that any State or 
        local standards prescribed or enacted for any such product 
        prior to the date on which such final rule is issued shall not 
        be preempted until the standard established under subsection 
        (u) or (v) for that product takes effect; and
            ``(2) to products for which standards are established under 
        subsections (w) through (bb) on the date of enactment of those 
        subsections, except that any State or local standards 
        prescribed or enacted prior to the date of enactment of those 
        subsections shall not be preempted until the standards 
        established under subsections (w) through (bb) take effect.
    ``(dd) Ceiling Fans.--
            ``(1) Features.--All ceiling fans manufactured on or after 
        January 1, 2006, shall have the following features:
                    ``(A) Lighting controls operate independently from 
                fan speed controls.
                    ``(B) Adjustable speed controls (either more than 1 
                speed or variable speed).
                    ``(C) The capability of reversible fan action, 
                except for fans sold for industrial applications, 
                outdoor applications, and where safety standards would 
                be violated by the use of the reversible mode. The 
                Secretary may promulgate regulations to define in 
                greater detail the exceptions provided under this 
                subparagraph but may not substantively expand the 
                exceptions.
            ``(2) Revised standards.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any provision of 
                this Act, if the requirements of subsections (o) and 
                (p) are met, the Secretary may consider and prescribe 
                energy efficiency or energy use standards for 
                electricity used by ceiling fans to circulate air in a 
                room.
                    ``(B) Special consideration.--If the Secretary sets 
                such standards, the Secretary shall consider--
                            ``(i) exempting or setting different 
                        standards for certain product classes for which 
                        the primary standards are not technically 
                        feasible or economically justified; and
                            ``(ii) establishing separate exempted 
                        product classes for highly decorative fans for 
                        which air movement performance is a secondary 
                        design feature.
                    ``(C) Application.--Any air movement standard 
                prescribed under this subsection shall apply to 
                products manufactured on or after the date that is 3 
                years after the date of publication of a final rule 
                establishing the standard.''.
    (d) Residential Furnace Fans.--Section 325(f)(3) of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(f)(3)) is amended by adding 
the following new subparagraph at the end:
    ``(D) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, the Secretary may 
consider, and prescribe, if the requirements of subsection (o) of this 
section are met, energy efficiency or energy use standards for 
electricity used for purposes of circulating air through duct work.''.

SEC. 134. ENERGY LABELING.

    (a) Rulemaking on Effectiveness of Consumer Product Labeling.--
Section 324(a)(2) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6294(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(F) Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this 
subparagraph, the Commission shall initiate a rulemaking to consider 
the effectiveness of the current consumer products labeling program in 
assisting consumers in making purchasing decisions and improving energy 
efficiency and to consider changes to the labeling rules that would 
improve the effectiveness of consumer product labels. Such rulemaking 
shall be completed not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this subparagraph.
    ``(G)(i) Not later than 18 months after date of enactment of this 
subparagraph, the Commission shall prescribe by rule, pursuant to this 
section, labeling requirements for the electricity used by ceiling fans 
to circulate air in a room.
    ``(ii) The rule prescribed under clause (i) shall apply to products 
manufactured after the later of--
            ``(I) January 1, 2009; or
            ``(II) the date that is 60 days after the final rule is 
        prescribed.''.
    (b) Rulemaking on Labeling for Additional Products.--Section 324(a) 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294(a)) is 
further amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5) The Secretary or the Commission, as appropriate, may, for 
covered products referred to in subsections (u) through (aa) of section 
325, prescribe, by rule, pursuant to this section, labeling 
requirements for such products after a test procedure has been set 
pursuant to section 323. In the case of products to which TP-1 
standards under section 325(y) apply, labeling requirements shall be 
based on the `Standard for the Labeling of Distribution Transformer 
Efficiency' prescribed by the National Electrical Manufacturers 
Association (NEMA TP-3) as in effect upon the date of enactment of this 
paragraph.''.

SEC. 135. PREEMPTION.

    Section 327 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6297) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Ceiling Fans.--Effective on January 1, 2006, this section 
shall apply to and supersede all State and local standards prescribed 
or enacted for ceiling fans and ceiling fan light kits.''.

SEC. 136. STATE CONSUMER PRODUCT ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS.

    Effective 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, section 
327 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6297) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Limitation on Preemption.--Subsections (a) and (b) shall not 
apply with respect to State regulation of energy consumption or water 
use of any covered product during any period of time--
            ``(1) after the date which is 3 years after a Federal 
        standard is required by law to be established, but has not been 
        established; and
            ``(2) before the date on which such Federal standard is 
        established or revised.''.

SEC. 137. INTERMITTENT ESCALATORS.

    Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 
U.S.C. 8253) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(e) Intermittent Escalators.--
            ``(1) Requirement.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        any escalator acquired for installation in a Federal building 
        shall be an intermittent escalator.
            ``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply at a 
        location outside the United States where the Federal agency 
        determines that to acquire an intermittent escalator would 
        require substantially greater cost to the Government over the 
        life of the escalator.
            ``(3) Additional energy conservation measures.--In addition 
        to complying with paragraph (1), Federal agencies shall 
        incorporate other escalator energy conservation measures, as 
        appropriate.
            ``(4) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
        term `intermittent escalator' means an escalator that remains 
        in a stationary position until it automatically operates at the 
        approach of a passenger, returning to a stationary position 
        after the passenger completes passage.''.

                       Subtitle D--Public Housing

SEC. 141. CAPACITY BUILDING FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

    Section 4(b) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 
note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon at 
        the end the following: ``, including capabilities regarding the 
        provision of energy efficient, affordable housing and 
        residential energy conservation measures''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the semicolon the 
        following: ``, including such activities relating to the 
        provision of energy efficient, affordable housing and 
        residential energy conservation measures that benefit low-
        income families''.

SEC. 142. INCREASE OF CDBG PUBLIC SERVICES CAP FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION 
              AND EFFICIENCY ACTIVITIES.

    Section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or efficiency'' after ``energy 
        conservation'';
            (2) by striking ``, and except that'' and inserting ``; 
        except that''; and
            (3) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the 
        following: ``; and except that each percentage limitation under 
        this paragraph on the amount of assistance provided under this 
        title that may be used for the provision of public services is 
        hereby increased by 10 percent, but such percentage increase 
        may be used only for the provision of public services 
        concerning energy conservation or efficiency''.

SEC. 143. FHA MORTGAGE INSURANCE INCENTIVES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT 
              HOUSING.

    (a) Single Family Housing Mortgage Insurance.--Section 203(b)(2) of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) is amended, in the 
first undesignated paragraph beginning after subparagraph (B)(ii)(IV) 
(relating to solar energy systems), by striking ``20 percent'' and 
inserting ``30 percent''.
    (b) Multifamily Housing Mortgage Insurance.--Section 207(c) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1713(c)) is amended, in the last 
undesignated paragraph beginning after paragraph (3) (relating to solar 
energy systems and residential energy conservation measures), by 
striking ``20 percent'' and inserting ``30 percent''.
    (c) Cooperative Housing Mortgage Insurance.--Section 213(p) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715e(p)) is amended by striking ``20 
per centum'' and inserting ``30 percent''.
    (d) Rehabilitation and Neighborhood Conservation Housing Mortgage 
Insurance.--Section 220(d)(3)(B)(iii)(IV) of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715k(d)(3)(B)(iii)(IV)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``with respect to rehabilitation projects 
        involving not more than five family units,''; and
            (2) by striking ``20 per centum'' and inserting ``30 
        percent''.
    (e) Low-Income Multifamily Housing Mortgage Insurance.--Section 
221(k) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715l(k)) is amended by 
striking ``20 per centum'' and inserting ``30 percent''.
    (f) Elderly Housing Mortgage Insurance.--Section 231(c)(2)(C) of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715v(c)(2)(C)) is amended by 
striking ``20 per centum'' and inserting ``30 percent''.
    (g) Condominium Housing Mortgage Insurance.--Section 234(j) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715y(j)) is amended by striking ``20 
per centum'' and inserting ``30 percent''.

SEC. 144. PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND.

    Section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437g) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting a semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraphs:
                    ``(K) improvement of energy and water-use 
                efficiency by installing fixtures and fittings that 
                conform to the American Society of Mechanical 
                Engineers/American National Standards Institute 
                standards A112.19.2-1998 and A112.18.1-2000, or any 
                revision thereto, applicable at the time of 
                installation, and by increasing energy efficiency and 
                water conservation by such other means as the Secretary 
                determines are appropriate; and
                    ``(L) integrated utility management and capital 
                planning to maximize energy conservation and efficiency 
                measures.''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(2)(C)--
                    (A) by striking ``The'' and inserting the 
                following:
                            ``(i) In general.--The''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) Third party contracts.--Contracts 
                        described in clause (i) may include contracts 
                        for equipment conversions to less costly 
                        utility sources, projects with resident-paid 
                        utilities, and adjustments to frozen base year 
                        consumption, including systems repaired to meet 
                        applicable building and safety codes and 
                        adjustments for occupancy rates increased by 
                        rehabilitation.
                            ``(iii) Term of contract.--The total term 
                        of a contract described in clause (i) shall not 
                        exceed 20 years to allow longer payback periods 
                        for retrofits, including windows, heating 
                        system replacements, wall insulation, site-
                        based generation, advanced energy savings 
                        technologies, including renewable energy 
                        generation, and other such retrofits.''.

SEC. 145. GRANTS FOR ENERGY-CONSERVING IMPROVEMENTS FOR ASSISTED 
              HOUSING.

    Section 251(b)(1) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8231(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``financed with loans'' and inserting 
        ``assisted'';
            (2) by inserting after ``1959,'' the following: ``which are 
        eligible multifamily housing projects (as such term is defined 
        in section 512 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
        Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note)) and are 
        subject to mortgage restructuring and rental assistance 
        sufficiency plans under such Act,''; and
            (3) by inserting after the period at the end of the first 
        sentence the following new sentence: ``Such improvements may 
        also include the installation of energy and water conserving 
        fixtures and fittings that conform to the American Society of 
        Mechanical Engineers/American National Standards Institute 
        standards A112.19.2-1998 and A112.18.1-2000, or any revision 
        thereto, applicable at the time of installation.''.

SEC. 147. ENERGY-EFFICIENT APPLIANCES.

    In purchasing appliances, a public housing agency shall purchase 
energy-efficient appliances that are Energy Star products or FEMP-
designated products, as such terms are defined in section 553 of the 
National Energy Conservation Policy Act (as amended by this title), 
unless the purchase of energy-efficient appliances is not cost-
effective to the agency.

SEC. 148. ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS.

    Section 109 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12709) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``1 year after the date of 
                        the enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 
                        1992'' and inserting ``September 30, 2006'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end;
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) rehabilitation and new construction of public 
                and assisted housing funded by HOPE VI revitalization 
                grants under section 24 of the United States Housing 
                Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), where such standards are 
                determined to be cost effective by the Secretary of 
                Housing and Urban Development.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, and, with 
                respect to rehabilitation and new construction of 
                public and assisted housing funded by HOPE VI 
                revitalization grants under section 24 of the United 
                States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), the 2003 
                International Energy Conservation Code'' after ``90.1-
                1989')'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``within 1 year after the date of 
                the enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 1992'' and 
                inserting ``by September 30, 2006''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``, and, with respect to 
                rehabilitation and new construction of public and 
                assisted housing funded by HOPE VI revitalization 
                grants under section 24 of the United States Housing 
                Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), the 2003 International 
                Energy Conservation Code'' before the period at the 
                end; and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the heading, by inserting ``and the 
                International Energy Conservation Code'' after ``Model 
                Energy Code''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``, or, with respect to 
                rehabilitation and new construction of public and 
                assisted housing funded by HOPE VI revitalization 
                grants under section 24 of the United States Housing 
                Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), the 2003 International 
                Energy Conservation Code'' after ``1989''.

SEC. 149. ENERGY STRATEGY FOR HUD.

    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall develop and 
implement an integrated strategy to reduce utility expenses through 
cost-effective energy conservation and efficiency measures and energy 
efficient design and construction of public and assisted housing. The 
energy strategy shall include the development of energy reduction goals 
and incentives for public housing agencies. The Secretary shall submit 
a report to Congress, not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, on the energy strategy and the actions taken by 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development to monitor the energy 
usage of public housing agencies and shall submit an update every 2 
years thereafter on progress in implementing the strategy.

                       TITLE II--RENEWABLE ENERGY

                     Subtitle A--General Provisions

SEC. 201. ASSESSMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES.

    (a) Resource Assessment.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of 
Energy shall review the available assessments of renewable energy 
resources within the United States, including solar, wind, biomass, 
ocean (tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, and 
hydroelectric energy resources, and undertake new assessments as 
necessary, taking into account changes in market conditions, available 
technologies, and other relevant factors.
    (b) Contents of Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall 
publish a report based on the assessment under subsection (a). The 
report shall contain--
            (1) a detailed inventory describing the available amount 
        and characteristics of the renewable energy resources; and
            (2) such other information as the Secretary believes would 
        be useful in developing such renewable energy resources, 
        including descriptions of surrounding terrain, population and 
        load centers, nearby energy infrastructure, location of energy 
        and water resources, and available estimates of the costs 
        needed to develop each resource, together with an 
        identification of any barriers to providing adequate 
        transmission for remote sources of renewable energy resources 
        to current and emerging markets, recommendations for removing 
        or addressing such barriers, and ways to provide access to the 
        grid that do not unfairly disadvantage renewable or other 
        energy producers.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purposes of this 
section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Energy $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.

SEC. 202. RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION INCENTIVE.

    (a) Incentive Payments.--Section 1212(a) of the Energy Policy Act 
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(a)) is amended by striking ``and which 
satisfies'' and all that follows through ``Secretary shall establish.'' 
and inserting ``. If there are insufficient appropriations to make full 
payments for electric production from all qualified renewable energy 
facilities in any given year, the Secretary shall assign 60 percent of 
appropriated funds for that year to facilities that use solar, wind, 
geothermal, or closed-loop (dedicated energy crops) biomass 
technologies to generate electricity, and assign the remaining 40 
percent to other projects. The Secretary may, after transmitting to 
Congress an explanation of the reasons therefor, alter the percentage 
requirements of the preceding sentence.''.
    (b) Qualified Renewable Energy Facility.--Section 1212(b) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``a State or any political'' and all that 
        follows through ``nonprofit electrical cooperative'' and 
        inserting ``a not-for-profit electric cooperative, a public 
        utility described in section 115 of the Internal Revenue Code 
        of 1986, a State, Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the 
        United States or the District of Columbia, or a political 
        subdivision thereof, or an Indian tribal government or 
        subdivision thereof,''; and
            (2) by inserting ``landfill gas, livestock methane, ocean 
        (tidal, wave, current, and thermal),'' after ``wind, 
        biomass,''.
    (c) Eligibility Window.--Section 1212(c) of the Energy Policy Act 
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(c)) is amended by striking ``during the 10-
fiscal year period beginning with the first full fiscal year occurring 
after the enactment of this section'' and inserting ``after October 1, 
2005, and before October 1, 2015''.
    (d) Amount of Payment.--Section 1212(e)(1) of the Energy Policy Act 
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(e)(1)) is amended by inserting ``landfill gas, 
livestock methane, ocean (tidal, wave, current, and thermal),'' after 
``wind, biomass,''.
    (e) Sunset.--Section 1212(f) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 13317(f)) is amended by striking ``the expiration of'' and all 
that follows through ``of this section'' and inserting ``September 30, 
2025''.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1212(g) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(g)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), there are 
        authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to 
        carry out this section for fiscal years 2005 through 2025.
            ``(2) Availability of funds.--Funds made available under 
        paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.''.

SEC. 203. FEDERAL PURCHASE REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Requirement.--The President, acting through the Secretary of 
Energy, shall seek to ensure that, to the extent economically feasible 
and technically practicable, of the total amount of electric energy the 
Federal Government consumes during any fiscal year, the following 
amounts shall be renewable energy:
            (1) Not less than 3 percent in fiscal years 2007 through 
        2009.
            (2) Not less than 5 percent in fiscal years 2010 through 
        2012.
            (3) Not less than 7.5 percent in fiscal year 2013 and each 
        fiscal year thereafter.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Biomass.--The term ``biomass'' means any solid, 
        nonhazardous, cellulosic material that is derived from--
                    (A) any of the following forest-related resources: 
                mill residues, precommercial thinnings, slash, and 
                brush, or nonmerchantable material;
                    (B) solid wood waste materials, including waste 
                pallets, crates, dunnage, manufacturing and 
                construction wood wastes (other than pressure-treated, 
                chemically-treated, or painted wood wastes), and 
                landscape or right-of-way tree trimmings, but not 
                including municipal solid waste (garbage), gas derived 
                from the biodegradation of solid waste, or paper that 
                is commonly recycled;
                    (C) agriculture wastes, including orchard tree 
                crops, vineyard, grain, legumes, sugar, and other crop 
                by-products or residues, and livestock waste nutrients; 
                or
                    (D) a plant that is grown exclusively as a fuel for 
                the production of electricity.
            (2) Renewable energy.--The term ``renewable energy'' means 
        electric energy generated from solar, wind, biomass, landfill 
        gas, ocean (tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, 
        municipal solid waste, or new hydroelectric generation capacity 
        achieved from increased efficiency or additions of new capacity 
        at an existing hydroelectric project.
    (c) Calculation.--For purposes of determining compliance with the 
requirement of this section, the amount of renewable energy shall be 
doubled if--
            (1) the renewable energy is produced and used on-site at a 
        Federal facility;
            (2) the renewable energy is produced on Federal lands and 
        used at a Federal facility; or
            (3) the renewable energy is produced on Indian land as 
        defined in title XXVI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 
        U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and used at a Federal facility.
    (d) Report.--Not later than April 15, 2007, and every 2 years 
thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall provide a report to Congress 
on the progress of the Federal Government in meeting the goals 
established by this section.

SEC. 204. INSULAR AREAS ENERGY SECURITY.

    Section 604 of the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize 
appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for 
other purposes'', approved December 24, 1980 (48 U.S.C. 1492), is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(4) by striking the period and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following 
        new paragraphs:
            ``(5) electric power transmission and distribution lines in 
        insular areas are inadequate to withstand damage caused by the 
        hurricanes and typhoons which frequently occur in insular areas 
        and such damage often costs millions of dollars to repair; and
            ``(6) the refinement of renewable energy technologies since 
        the publication of the 1982 Territorial Energy Assessment 
        prepared pursuant to subsection (c) reveals the need to 
        reassess the state of energy production, consumption, 
        infrastructure, reliance on imported energy, opportunities for 
        energy conservation and increased energy efficiency, and 
        indigenous sources in regard to the insular areas.'';
            (3) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
    ``(e)(1) The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Energy and the head of government of each insular area, 
shall update the plans required under subsection (c) by--
            ``(A) updating the contents required by subsection (c);
            ``(B) drafting long-term energy plans for such insular 
        areas with the objective of reducing, to the extent feasible, 
        their reliance on energy imports by the year 2012, increasing 
        energy conservation and energy efficiency, and maximizing, to 
        the extent feasible, use of indigenous energy sources; and
            ``(C) drafting long-term energy transmission line plans for 
        such insular areas with the objective that the maximum 
        percentage feasible of electric power transmission and 
        distribution lines in each insular area be protected from 
        damage caused by hurricanes and typhoons.
    ``(2) Not later than December 31, 2006, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall submit to Congress the updated plans for each insular 
area required by this subsection.''; and
            (4) by amending subsection (g)(4) to read as follows:
            ``(4) Power line grants for insular areas.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior is 
                authorized to make grants to governments of insular 
                areas of the United States to carry out eligible 
                projects to protect electric power transmission and 
                distribution lines in such insular areas from damage 
                caused by hurricanes and typhoons.
                    ``(B) Eligible projects.--The Secretary may award 
                grants under subparagraph (A) only to governments of 
                insular areas of the United States that submit written 
                project plans to the Secretary for projects that meet 
                the following criteria:
                            ``(i) The project is designed to protect 
                        electric power transmission and distribution 
                        lines located in 1 or more of the insular areas 
                        of the United States from damage caused by 
                        hurricanes and typhoons.
                            ``(ii) The project is likely to 
                        substantially reduce the risk of future damage, 
                        hardship, loss, or suffering.
                            ``(iii) The project addresses 1 or more 
                        problems that have been repetitive or that pose 
                        a significant risk to public health and safety.
                            ``(iv) The project is not likely to cost 
                        more than the value of the reduction in direct 
                        damage and other negative impacts that the 
                        project is designed to prevent or mitigate. The 
                        cost benefit analysis required by this 
                        criterion shall be computed on a net present 
                        value basis.
                            ``(v) The project design has taken into 
                        consideration long-term changes to the areas 
                        and persons it is designed to protect and has 
                        manageable future maintenance and modification 
                        requirements.
                            ``(vi) The project plan includes an 
                        analysis of a range of options to address the 
                        problem it is designed to prevent or mitigate 
                        and a justification for the selection of the 
                        project in light of that analysis.
                            ``(vii) The applicant has demonstrated to 
                        the Secretary that the matching funds required 
                        by subparagraph (D) are available.
                    ``(C) Priority.--When making grants under this 
                paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to grants 
                for projects which are likely to--
                            ``(i) have the greatest impact on reducing 
                        future disaster losses; and
                            ``(ii) best conform with plans that have 
                        been approved by the Federal Government or the 
                        government of the insular area where the 
                        project is to be carried out for development or 
                        hazard mitigation for that insular area.
                    ``(D) Matching requirement.--The Federal share of 
                the cost for a project for which a grant is provided 
                under this paragraph shall not exceed 75 percent of the 
                total cost of that project. The non-Federal share of 
                the cost may be provided in the form of cash or 
                services.
                    ``(E) Treatment of funds for certain purposes.--
                Grants provided under this paragraph shall not be 
                considered as income, a resource, or a duplicative 
                program when determining eligibility or benefit levels 
                for Federal major disaster and emergency assistance.
                    ``(F) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
                authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
                paragraph $5,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning 
                after the date of the enactment of this paragraph.''.

SEC. 205. USE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter VI of chapter 31 of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 3177. Use of photovoltaic energy in public buildings
    ``(a) Photovoltaic Energy Commercialization Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator of General Services 
        may establish a photovoltaic energy commercialization program 
        for the procurement and installation of photovoltaic solar 
        electric systems for electric production in new and existing 
        public buildings.
            ``(2) Purposes.--The purposes of the program shall be to 
        accomplish the following:
                    ``(A) To accelerate the growth of a commercially 
                viable photovoltaic industry to make this energy system 
                available to the general public as an option which can 
                reduce the national consumption of fossil fuel.
                    ``(B) To reduce the fossil fuel consumption and 
                costs of the Federal Government.
                    ``(C) To attain the goal of installing solar energy 
                systems in 20,000 Federal buildings by 2010, as 
                contained in the Federal Government's Million Solar 
                Roof Initiative of 1997.
                    ``(D) To stimulate the general use within the 
                Federal Government of life-cycle costing and innovative 
                procurement methods.
                    ``(E) To develop program performance data to 
                support policy decisions on future incentive programs 
                with respect to energy.
            ``(3) Acquisition of photovoltaic solar electric systems.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The program shall provide for 
                the acquisition of photovoltaic solar electric systems 
                and associated storage capability for use in public 
                buildings.
                    ``(B) Acquisition levels.--The acquisition of 
                photovoltaic electric systems shall be at a level 
                substantial enough to allow use of low-cost production 
                techniques with at least 150 megawatts (peak) 
                cumulative acquired during the 5 years of the program.
            ``(4) Administration.--The Administrator shall administer 
        the program and shall--
                    ``(A) issue such rules and regulations as may be 
                appropriate to monitor and assess the performance and 
                operation of photovoltaic solar electric systems 
                installed pursuant to this subsection;
                    ``(B) develop innovative procurement strategies for 
                the acquisition of such systems; and
                    ``(C) transmit to Congress an annual report on the 
                results of the program.
    ``(b) Photovoltaic Systems Evaluation Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this section, the Administrator shall establish a 
        photovoltaic solar