To enhance energy conservation, research and development and to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes.
A BILL
To enhance energy conservation, research and development and to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(a) SHORT TITLE- This Act may be cited as the `Securing America's Future Energy Act of 2001' or the `SAFE Act of 2001'.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS- The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 100. Short title.
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 121. Federal facilities and national energy security.
Sec. 122. Enhancement and extension of authority relating to Federal energy savings performance contracts.
Sec. 123. Clarification and enhancement of authority to enter utility incentive programs for energy savings.
Sec. 124. Federal central air conditioner and heat pump efficiency.
Sec. 125. Advanced building efficiency testbed.
Sec. 126. Use of interval data in Federal buildings.
Sec. 127. Review of Energy Savings Performance Contract program.
Sec. 128. Capitol complex.
Sec. 131. Amendments to State energy programs.
Sec. 132. Reauthorization of energy conservation program for schools and hospitals.
Sec. 133. Amendments to Weatherization Assistance Program.
Sec. 134. LIHEAP.
Sec. 135. High performance public buildings.
Sec. 141. Energy Star program.
Sec. 142. Labeling of energy efficient appliances.
Sec. 143. Appliance standards.
Sec. 151. High occupancy vehicle exception.
Sec. 152. Railroad efficiency.
Sec. 153. Biodiesel fuel use credits.
Sec. 154. Mobile to stationary source trading.
Sec. 161. Review of regulations to eliminate barriers to emerging energy technology.
Sec. 162. Advanced idle elimination systems.
Sec. 163. Study of benefits and feasibility of oil bypass filtration technology.
Sec. 164. Gas flare study.
Sec. 165. Telecommuting study.
Sec. 201. Average fuel economy standards for nonpassenger automobiles.
Sec. 202. Consideration of prescribing different average fuel economy standards for nonpassenger automobiles.
Sec. 203. Dual fueled automobiles.
Sec. 204. Fuel economy of the Federal fleet of automobiles.
Sec. 205. Hybrid vehicles and alternative vehicles.
Sec. 206. Federal fleet petroleum-based nonalternative fuels.
Sec. 207. Study of feasibility and effects of reducing use of fuel for automobiles.
Sec. 301. Budget status of Nuclear Waste Fund.
Sec. 302. License period.
Sec. 303. Cost recovery from Government agencies.
Sec. 304. Depleted uranium hexafluoride.
Sec. 305. Nuclear Regulatory Commission meetings.
Sec. 306. Cooperative research and development and special demonstration projects for the uranium mining industry.
Sec. 307. Maintenance of a viable domestic uranium conversion industry.
Sec. 308. Paducah decontamination and decommissioning plan.
Sec. 401. Alternative conditions and fishways.
Sec. 402. FERC data on hydroelectric licensing.
Sec. 601. Tank draining during transition to summertime RFG.
Sec. 602. Gasoline blendstock requirements.
Sec. 603. Boutique fuels.
Sec. 604. Funding for MTBE contamination.
Sec. 701. Assessment of renewable energy resources.
Sec. 702. Renewable energy production incentive.
Sec. 801. Prohibition on certain pipeline route.
Sec. 802. Historic pipelines.
Sec. 901. Waste reduction and use of alternatives.
Sec. 902. Annual report on United States energy independence.
Sec. 903. Study of aircraft emissions.
Sec. 2001. Short title.
Sec. 2002. Findings.
Sec. 2003. Purposes.
Sec. 2004. Goals.
Sec. 2005. Definitions.
Sec. 2006. Authorizations.
Sec. 2007. Balance of funding priorities.
Sec. 2101. Short title.
Sec. 2102. Definitions.
Sec. 2103. Pilot program.
Sec. 2104. Reports to Congress.
Sec. 2105. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2121. Findings.
Sec. 2122. Definitions.
Sec. 2123. Strategy.
Sec. 2124. High power density industry program.
Sec. 2125. Micro-cogeneration energy technology.
Sec. 2126. Program plan.
Sec. 2127. Report.
Sec. 2128. Voluntary consensus standards.
Sec. 2131. Definitions.
Sec. 2132. Establishment of secondary electric vehicle battery use program.
Sec. 2133. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2141. Short title.
Sec. 2142. Establishment of pilot program.
Sec. 2143. Fuel cell bus development and demonstration program.
Sec. 2144. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2151. Short title.
Sec. 2152. Definition.
Sec. 2153. Next Generation Lighting Initiative.
Sec. 2154. Study.
Sec. 2155. Grant program.
Sec. 2161. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2171. Short title.
Sec. 2172. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2173. Limits on use of funds.
Sec. 2174. Cost sharing.
Sec. 2175. Limitation on demonstration and commercial applications of energy technology.
Sec. 2176. Reprogramming.
Sec. 2177. Budget request format.
Sec. 2178. Other provisions.
Sec. 2181. National Building Performance Initiative.
Sec. 2201. Short title.
Sec. 2202. Purposes.
Sec. 2203. Definitions.
Sec. 2204. Reports to Congress.
Sec. 2205. Hydrogen research and development.
Sec. 2206. Demonstrations.
Sec. 2207. Technology transfer.
Sec. 2208. Coordination and consultation.
Sec. 2209. Advisory Committee.
Sec. 2210. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2211. Repeal.
Sec. 2221. Short title.
Sec. 2222. Findings.
Sec. 2223. Definitions.
Sec. 2224. Authorization.
Sec. 2225. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2241. Transmission infrastructure systems research, development, demonstration, and commercial application.
Sec. 2242. Program plan.
Sec. 2243. Report.
Sec. 2261. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2301. Short title.
Sec. 2302. Findings.
Sec. 2303. Department of Energy program.
Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2321. Program.
Sec. 2341. Nuclear Energy Research Initiative.
Sec. 2342. Nuclear Energy Plant Optimization program.
Sec. 2343. Nuclear energy technologies.
Sec. 2344. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2401. Coal and related technologies programs.
Sec. 2421. Petroleum-oil technology.
Sec. 2422. Gas.
Sec. 2441. Short title.
Sec. 2442. Definitions.
Sec. 2443. Ultra-deepwater program.
Sec. 2444. National Energy Technology Laboratory.
Sec. 2445. Advisory Committee.
Sec. 2446. Research Organization.
Sec. 2447. Grants.
Sec. 2448. Plan and funding.
Sec. 2449. Audit.
Sec. 2450. Fund.
Sec. 2451. Sunset.
Sec. 2461. Fuel cells.
Sec. 2481. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2501. Short title.
Sec. 2502. Findings.
Sec. 2503. Plan for fusion experiment.
Sec. 2504. Plan for fusion energy sciences program.
Sec. 2505. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2521. Definition.
Sec. 2522. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2523. Report.
Sec. 2524. Limitations.
Sec. 2541. Definition.
Sec. 2542. Facility and infrastructure support for nonmilitary energy laboratories.
Sec. 2543. User facilities.
Sec. 2561. Establishment.
Sec. 2562. Report.
Sec. 2581. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2601. Research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of energy technology programs, projects, and activities.
Sec. 2602. Limits on use of funds.
Sec. 2603. Cost sharing.
Sec. 2604. Limitation on demonstration and commercial application of energy technology.
Sec. 2605. Reprogramming.
Sec. 2611. Notice of reorganization.
Sec. 2612. Limits on general plant projects.
Sec. 2613. Limits on construction projects.
Sec. 2614. Authority for conceptual and construction design.
Sec. 2615. National Energy Policy Development Group mandated reports.
Sec. 2616. Periodic reviews and assessments.
Sec. 3001. Short title.
Sec. 3101. Credit for residential solar energy property.
Sec. 3102. Extension and expansion of credit for electricity produced from renewable resources.
Sec. 3103. Credit for qualified stationary fuel cell powerplants.
Sec. 3104. Alternative motor vehicle credit.
Sec. 3105. Extension of deduction for certain refueling property.
Sec. 3106. Modification of credit for qualified electric vehicles.
Sec. 3107. Tax credit for energy efficient appliances.
Sec. 3108. Credit for energy efficiency improvements to existing homes.
Sec. 3109. Business credit for construction of new energy efficient home.
Sec. 3110. Allowance of deduction for energy efficient commercial building property.
Sec. 3111. Allowance of deduction for qualified energy management devices and retrofitted qualified meters.
Sec. 3112. 3-year applicable recovery period for depreciation of qualified energy management devices.
Sec. 3113. Energy credit for combined heat and power system property.
Sec. 3114. New nonrefundable personal credits allowed against regular and minimum taxes.
Sec. 3115. Phaseout of 4.3-cent motor fuel excise taxes on railroads and inland waterway transportation which remain in general fund.
Sec. 3116. Reduced motor fuel excise tax on certain mixtures of diesel fuel.
Sec. 3117. Credit for investment in qualifying advanced clean coal technology.
Sec. 3118. Credit for production from qualifying advanced clean coal technology.
Sec. 3201. Natural gas gathering lines treated as 7-year property.
Sec. 3202. Natural gas distribution lines treated as 10-year property.
Sec. 3203. Petroleum refining property treated as 7-year property.
Sec. 3204. Expensing of capital costs incurred in complying with environmental protection agency sulfur regulations.
Sec. 3205. Environmental tax credit.
Sec. 3206. Determination of small refiner exception to oil depletion deduction.
Sec. 3207. Tax-exempt bond financing of certain electric facilities.
Sec. 3208. Sales or dispositions to implement Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or State electric restructuring policy.
Sec. 3209. Distributions of stock to implement Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or State electric restructuring policy.
Sec. 3210. Modifications to special rules for nuclear decommissioning costs.
Sec. 3211. Treatment of certain income of cooperatives.
Sec. 3212. Repeal of requirement of certain approved terminals to offer dyed diesel fuel and kerosene for nontaxable purposes.
Sec. 3213. Arbitrage rules not to apply to prepayments for natural gas.
Sec. 3301. Oil and gas from marginal wells.
Sec. 3302. Temporary suspension of limitation based on 65 percent of taxable income and extension of suspension of taxable income limit with respect to marginal production.
Sec. 3303. Deduction for delay rental payments.
Sec. 3304. Election to expense geological and geophysical expenditures.
Sec. 3305. 5-year net operating loss carryback for losses attributable to operating mineral interests of oil and gas producers.
Sec. 3306. Extension and modification of credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source.
Sec. 3307. Business related energy credits allowed against regular and minimum tax.
Sec. 3308. Temporary repeal of alternative minimum tax preference for intangible drilling costs.
Sec. 3309. Allowance of enhanced recovery credit against the alternative minimum tax.
Sec. 3310. Extension of certain benefits for energy-related businesses on Indian reservations.
Sec. 4101. Capacity building for energy-efficient, affordable housing.
Sec. 4102. Increase of CDBG public services cap for energy conservation and efficiency activities.
Sec. 4103. FHA mortgage insurance incentives for energy efficient housing.
Sec. 4104. Public housing capital fund.
Sec. 4105. Grants for energy-conserving improvements for assisted housing.
Sec. 4106. North American Development Bank.
Sec. 5000. Short title.
Sec. 5001. Findings.
Sec. 5002. Definitions.
Sec. 5003. Clean coal power initiative.
Sec. 5004. Cost and performance goals.