American Power Act - Analysis

Section 1: Short title and table of contents. – Page 1

Section 2: Findings. – Page 9
A short summary of the findings:

1. Congress can take back control of our energy future.

2. A comprehensive approach is required.

3. Energy efficiency is good.

4. Investing in clean energy is good.

5. The US is falling behind the world in building a new clean energy economy.

6. Investing in clean energy is really good.

7. Investing in clean energy creates lots of construction jobs, which pay 17% better than the
average wage.

8. Construction jobs are good. Right now, they are especially good if you live in Idaho [2 R],
Nebraska [1 D, 1 R], Oregon [2 D], New Mexico [2 D], or South Dakota [2 R].

9. Clean energy reduces pollution.

10. The transition to a low-carbon economy must protect poor people by not jacking around
energy prices.

11. Climate change is bad.

12. Climate change is happening fast.

13. Climate change is a serious national security risk.

14. Climate change threatens infrastructure.

15. We are already seeing the effects of climate change.

16. We need to limit average global temperature increases to 2 o C [3.8o F].

17. We need to lead the world responding to climate change.

Even by normal standards, this is weak stuff rhetorically. It focuses on how good “clean energy” will
be for the economy, while saying very little of substance about climate change. More importantly, it
doesn’t define what “clean energy” is.

Section 3: Definitions. – Page 13

TITLE I - DOMESTIC CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
Subtitle A - Nuclear Power
Section 1001. Statement of policy. – Page 14

PART I—ENCOURAGING DOMESTIC NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION

Section 1101. Improvements regarding efficiency of regulatory process. – Page 14
Section 1102. Title 17 innovative technology loan guarantee program. – Page 18
Section 1103. Standby support for certain nuclear plant delays. – Page 20
Section 1104. Spent fuel recycling research and development center of excellence. – Page 26
Section 1105. Permits and licenses; hearings and judicial review; adjudicatory hearing. – Page 28
Section 1106. Continuation of service. – Page 30
Section 1107. Nuclear energy research initiative. – Page 31
Section 1108. Inspections, tests, analyses and acceptance criteria. – Page 33
Section 1109. Environmental reviews for nuclear energy projects. – Page 34

PART II—EXTENSION OF DUTY SUSPENSION FOR CERTAIN NUCLEAR PARTS

Section 1111. Suspension of duty on certain components used in nuclear facilities. – Page 35

PART III—TAX PROVISIONS

Section 1121. 5-year accelerated depreciation period for new nuclear power plants. – Page 38
Section 1122. Investment tax credit for nuclear power facilities. – Page 39

‘‘Section 48E. Nuclear power facility construction credit.

Section 1123. Inclusion of nuclear power facilities in qualifying advanced energy project credit. –
Page 52
Section 1124. Modification of credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities. – Page
52
Section 1125. Treatment of qualified public entities with respect to private activity bonds. – Page 57
Section 1126. Grants for qualified nuclear power facility expenditures in lieu of tax credits. – Page
57

Subtitle B—Offshore Oil and Gas

Section 1201. Findings and purposes. – Page 60
Section 1202. Revenue sharing from outer Continental Shelf areas in certain coastal States. – Page
63
Section 1203. Revenue sharing from areas in Alaska Adjacent zone. – Page 68
Section 1204. Reservation of lands and rights. – Page 72
Section 1205. Impact studies. – Page 74
 Subtitle C—Coal
PART I—NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION
Section 1401. National strategy. – Page 76
Section 1402. Studies and reports. – Page 77

PART II—CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION DEPLOYMENT

Section 1411. Definitions. – Page 80
Section 1412. Special funding program for development and deployment of carbon capture,
sequestration, and conversion technologies. – Page 83
State PUC’s have six months to approve establishment of a Federal carbon sequestration funding
program. If the fund is not approved by 30 states (including DC and Puerto Rico), the program fails. In
any case, the program ends after 10 years.

Section 1413. Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Partnership Council. – Page 85
The Secretary of Energy will establish a Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Partnership
Council. Each member can serve up to eight years. Coal-based electric utilities are guaranteed a
majority vote on the council. Utility candidates will be nominated by the:

 Edison Electric Institute,

 American Public Power Association, and

 National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

Fossil fuel producers and independent generators [Note: independent generation is over half of
current US electric generation] each get at least one vote on the Council. Pro-utility unions get at least
one vote. NGO’s and consumer groups combined get at least one vote. There is no requirement that
NGO/consumer group(s) have any particular focus or expertise related to energy, climate, public
policy, or carbon sequestration.

A Technical Advisory Committee of at least seven academics will provide technical peer review. These
reports will be public information.

Section 1414. Functions and administration of the special funding program. – Page 96
The purpose of the carbon sequestration fund is to give money to commercial scale carbon
sequestration R&D projects that could result in the capture of carbon from at least 10 GW of
generation. This is actually a useless metric because it focuses on plant capacity instead of carbon
quantity, and because 10 GW is roughly 1% of total carbon-based US electric generating capacity. How
long the proposed technology is expected to capture carbon from at least 10 GW of generation is left
as an exercise for the reader.

No project designed to capture carbon from a generator smaller than 100 MW capacity is eligible.
Projects for generators over 300 MW capacity are guaranteed at least 80% of available funding.
Administrative overhead is limited to 5%.

Section 1415. Assessments and funding. – Page 101

Program funding is limited to $2 billion/year, collected by a fossil fuel tax on electric generation.
Initial rates are:
  $1.45/MWh for coal,

 $1.08/MWh for oil, and

 $0.74/MWh for natural gas.

This translates into a carbon tax on electric generation of roughly $1.40/ton.

Implementation details and actual results of any carbon sequestration efforts funded by this program
are a state secret for five years.

Section 1416. ERCOT. – Page 103

Because ERCOT is an isolated regional power pool that centrally controls plant dispatch, the carbon
tax is collected directly from the power pool.

Section 1417. Determination of fossil fuel-based electricity deliveries. – Page 106

Because plant dispatch is chaotic in the rest of the country, the carbon tax will be estimated for
everyone outside of ERCOT on an annual basis. The Department of Energy has six months to figure out
a methodology for doing so. Utilities can appeal within 30 days of an annual determination of the tax
for a given year.

Section 1418. Compliance with assessments. – Page 109

The Department of Energy can sue utilities to get the money if they need to.

Section 1419. Midcourse review. – Page 110

After 5 years, the program will be reviewed by the US Comptroller General.

Section 1420. Recovery of costs. – Page 110

Utilities are guaranteed cost recovery of the carbon tax from end-use customers.

PART III—COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT OF CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION

TECHNOLOGIES
Section 1431. Commercial deployment of carbon capture and permanent sequestration
technologies. – Page 111

‘‘Clean Air Act, Part G, Title VII, Section 794. Commercial deployment of carbon capture and
permanent sequestration technologies.
This program diverts up to 5,664 Mt of carbon emission credits between 2017 and 2050 (roughly 5%
of all carbon credits available in that period) to provide additional carbon emission credits and cash
bonuses to new coal and pet-coke powerplants that install carbon capture and sequestration.

794(a) – Definitions
 Carbon capture and permanent sequestration – defined by US DOE, but must include both
permanent geological sequestration, and conversion of carbon dioxide into a permanently
stable form.

 Enhanced hydrocarbon recovery – carbon dioxide injection into an oil or gas well.

 Qualifying electric generating unit – at least 50% coal or pet-coke fuel input, more than 200
MW capacity if new, CO2 from more than 200 MW capacity captured if retrofitted.
  Qualifying industrial source – at least 50,000 tons/year of CO 2 , does not produce liquid
transportation fuels from solid feedstocks.

 Treated generating capacity – the ratio of sequestration capacity to total plant capacity.

794(b) – Regulations
US DOE has two years to sort out how to give away bonus incentives for carbon sequestration.

794(c) –Eligibility
To get bonus incentives, a generator needs to capture and sequester at least 50% of the emissions
from a qualifying electric generating unit or qualifying industrial source, using carbon capture and
permanent sequestration. Pre-allocated sequestration emission allowances are available for the first
ten years of operation, and can be distributed in advance. Plants that are small, or that burn coal
seasonally, aren’t eligible for extra allowances.

794(d) –Phase I Distribution

Capped at the first 20 GW of total qualifying electric generating unit capacity. Since eligibility only
requires that 50% of emissions from these facilities get captured, the cumulative impact of Phase I is
as low as 10 GW capacity, roughly 1% of US fossil fuel-based generating capacity. Since eligibility only
requires that 50% of the fuel input be coal or pet-coke, the carbon reduction impact will be roughly a
third less than the capacity numbers imply. There are two bonus tiers in Phase I:

The first 10 GW of qualifying electric generating unit capacity that implements capture and
sequestration gets a bonus calibrated to sequestration percentages, ranging from $50/ton at a 50%
capture rate to $96/ton at a 90%+ capture rate.

The second 10 GW of treated qualifying electric generating unit capacity that implements capture and
sequestration gets a bonus ranging from $50/ton at a 50% capture rate to $85/ton at a 90%+ capture
rate.

Anything online by 2017 gets an additional $10/ton.

Money for the bonuses is derived from a carbon tax on revenues flowing from the cap-and-trade
program. Bonuses are in real 2010 dollars, and increase annually with inflation. US DOE can raise
bonus levels or add more future carbon allowances to sweeten the deal if it chooses to.

If the project is injecting CO2 for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery, the size of the bonus is limited to
the project cost net of what a standard well enhanced recovery operation would have cost.

Because this section sets a fixed, real, cash payment, it is effectively a tax on available carbon
allocation credits. It is not completely clear that the source of this money is the carbon credit
allocation pool set aside for promoting carbon sequestration.

794(e) –Phase II Distribution

US DOE must develop a methodology for Phase II at least two years before the Phase I tier is finished.
There is no explicit upper capacity limit to Phase II.

Bonus allowances will be priced by multiple reverse auctions for different classes of projects in
multiple tranches of 10 GW or less, held at least annually. As with Phase I, the bonus will be set on a
sliding scale based on the net percentage of carbon captured by a given project. US DOE can choose to
devise a different distribution methodology if they prefer.
 Because this section establishes a nominal cash payment, it is effectively a tax on available carbon
allocation credits. It is not completely clear that the source of this money is the carbon credit
allocation pool set aside for promoting carbon sequestration.

794(f) –Limits for Certain Electric Generating Units

New coal or pet-coke plants (defined as over 30% coal/pet-coke feedstock, over 200 MW capacity)
permitted from 2009 through 2014 that do not sequester carbon get reduced bonuses. If they begin
operation by the end of 2018, bonuses are reduced by 20% for the years between initial operation
and 2020, or whenever 50%+ sequestration reductions are in place before 2020. If they begin
operation after 2018, bonuses are reduced by 20% for the years between initial operation and
whenever 50%+ sequestration reductions are in place.

New plants permitted from 2015 through 2019 don’t get sequestration bonus allowances if they do
not include 50%+ sequestration at initial operation.

794(g) –Industrial Sources

After the first tier of phase I is complete, up to 15% of the bonus incentive money can be given to
qualifying industrial sources. The distribution method will be similar to the method used in Phase II
for powerplants.

794(h) –Certification and Distribution

Powerplant owners can request eligibility certification for bonus incentives within 90 days of an
application. New generators must include a total construction cost estimate for the powerplant, and
demonstrate advance financing in the form of committed loans, advance take-or-pay guarantees
imposed by a state regulatory commission or legislature, or a default bond provided by the
powerplant owner.

In practice, this section will require state governments to commit, in advance, to pay for any new
powerplants requesting eligibility certification.

If an owner does not ask for eligibility certification, US DOE will determine eligibility when commercial
operations begin.

Sequestration allocations are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis. Up to 70% of first tier and
50% of second tier Phase I allocations may be provided in advance, borrowing from future allocation
years as needed. Advance allocations can cover 100% of the cost of carbon capture and sequestration.
Cost estimates are provided by the powerplant owner.

794(i) –Limitations
72 GW of cumulative capacity is eligible for sequestration bonuses. This means that as little as 3% of
the total capacity of current US fossil-based electric generating plants would have emissions
sequestered under this strategy. Any remaining carbon credits in the sequestration pool are released
once this threshold is reached.

794(j) –Exhaustion of allocation account and annual rollovers

Over-allocations can be borrowed from future years. Priorities can be established as desired by US
DOE on the basis of local coal sourcing, technology choice, host geological formation, or whether the
unit is new or retrofitted.

Section 1432. Carbon capture and sequestration deployment studies. – Page 168

‘‘Clean Air Act, Part G, Title VII, Section 789. Carbon capture and sequestration deployment studies.
 789(a) –Limitations
The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of carbon capture and sequestration by 2033, or within
a year of the exhaustion of the sequestration allowance pool outlined in Section 1431. The
sequestration allowance pool can be replenished by up to 2.5% of total available annual carbon
allowances in a given year, beginning in 2035. New credits will be taken from the Universal Trust Fund
carbon credit allocation pool.

PART IV—PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Section 1441. Performance standards for coal-fired power plants. – Page 171

‘‘Clean Air Act, Title VIII—Greenhouse Gas Standards

800 –Definitions
Clean Air Act Title VII definitions apply, except for the definition of a stationary source.

801 – Performance standards for new coal-fired power plants

Beginning in 2020, new powerplants deriving more than 30% heat input from coal or pet-coke must
reduce net carbon emissions by at least 65%. US DOE may impose more stringent standards based on
a determination of best available carbon control technology.

Powerplants permitted between 2009 and 2019 must reduce net carbon emissions by at least 50%
after 2020, or four years after an highly unlikely determination of widely available carbon control
technology before 2015.

Pre-2009 coal and pet-coke powerplants are exempt from carbon performance standards. Seasonal
coal/pet-coke burners appear to be exempt as well.

If carbon sequestration isn’t widely available by 2017, the US DOE and Congress can slip the deadline
to 2022.

802 – Coal-fueled fleet transition program

As of mid-May 2010, this section contains lots of placeholders. Because it essentially mandates that
de-carbonization of all existing coal plants is voluntary, this section is ripe for abuse.

Existing powerplants that derive 85%+ of heat input from coal or pet-coke are eligible for investment
tax credits and accelerated depreciation.

US DOE will review:

 existing incentives to de-carbonize the existing coal powerplant fleet,

 the potential effect of pollution control exemptions for grandfathered powerplants in

exchange for a future commitment to permanent shutdown of those plants,

 the effect that emerging Federal regulation for non-greenhouse pollutants might have of
powerplant fleet de-carbonization,

 financial incentives that would encourage permanent shutdown of grandfathered

powerplants, and

 employment impacts of any of the above.

The study will propose tax credits and bonus carbon credit allocations to bribe grandfathered plants
to voluntarily reduce carbon intensity or shut down.
 Subtitle D—Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Section 1601. Renewable energy and energy efficiency. – Page 187
Section 1602. Rural energy savings program.

‘‘Section 366. Rural energy savings program.

Section 1603. Support of State renewable energy and energy efficiency programs.
Section 1604. Voluntary renewable energy markets.

Subtitle E—Clean Transportation

PART I—ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE
Section 1701. National transportation low-emission energy plan; pilot program. – Page 208

PART II—TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY

Section 1711. Greenhouse gas emission reductions through transportation efficiency.

‘‘Section 803. Greenhouse gas emission reductions through transportation efficiency.

Section 1712. Investing in transportation greenhouse gas emission reduction programs.

PART III—HIGHWAY TRUST FUND

Section 1721. Augmenting the Highway Trust Fund.

‘‘Section 785. Highway Trust Fund.

Subtitle F—Clean Energy Research and Development
Section 1801. Clean energy technology research and development.

TITLE II—GREENHOUSE GAS POLLUTION REDUCTION

Subtitle A—Reducing Greenhouse Gas Pollution
Section 2001. Reducing greenhouse gas pollution.

‘‘TITLE VII—GREENHOUSE GAS POLLUTION REDUCTION AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM

‘‘PART A—GREENHOUSE GAS POLLUTION REDUCTION TARGETS

‘‘Section 701. Findings.

‘‘Section 702. Economy-wide reduction goals.

‘‘Section 703. Reduction targets for specified sources.

‘‘Section 704. Supplemental pollution reductions.

‘‘Section 705. Review and program recommendations.

 ‘‘PART B—DESIGNATION AND REGISTRATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES

‘‘Section 711. Designation of greenhouse gases.

‘‘Section 712. Carbon dioxide equivalent value of greenhouse gases.

‘‘Section 713. Greenhouse gas registry.

‘‘Section 714. Perfluorocarbon and other nonhydrofluorocarbon fluorinated substance production

regulation.

‘‘PART C—PROGRAM RULES

‘‘Section 721. Emission allowances.

‘‘Section 722. Prohibition of excess emissions.

‘‘Section 723. Penalty for noncompliance.

‘‘Section 724. Trading.

‘‘Section 725. Banking and borrowing.

‘‘Section 726. Cost Containment Reserve.

‘‘Section 727. Permits.

‘‘Section 728. International emission allowances.

‘‘Section 729. Compliance for transportation fuels and refined petroleum products.

‘‘Section 730. Regulations.

‘‘PART D—OFFSET CREDIT PROGRAM FOR DOMESTIC EMISSION REDUCTIONS

‘‘Section 731. Definitions.

‘‘Section 732. Advisory committee.

‘‘Section 733. Establishment of domestic offsets program.

‘‘Section 734. Eligible projects.

‘‘Section 735. Requirements for offset projects.

‘‘Section 736. Approval of offset projects.

‘‘Section 737. Verification of offset projects.

‘‘Section 738. Issuance of offset credits.

‘‘Section 739. Audits and reviews.

‘‘Section 740. Early offset supply.

‘‘Section 741. Productivity study; program review and revision.

‘‘Section 742. Additional regulatory standards for emission reductions.

‘‘PART E—OFFSET CREDIT PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL EMISSION REDUCTIONS

‘‘Section 751. Definitions.

‘‘Section 752. International Offsets Integrity Advisory Committee.

‘‘Section 753. Establishment of international offsets program.

‘‘Section 754. Eligible project types.

‘‘Section 755. Requirements for international offset projects.

‘‘Section 756. Categories of international offset credits.

‘‘Section 757. Approval of offset projects.

‘‘Section 758. Verification of offset projects.

‘‘Section 759. Issuance of offset credits.

‘‘Section 760. Audits.

‘‘Section 761. Program review and revision.

‘‘Section 762. Environmental considerations.

‘‘Section 763. Incorporation by reference.

Section 2002. Definitions.

‘‘Section 700. Definitions.

Subtitle B—Disposition of Allowances

Section 2101. Disposition of allowances for global warming pollution reduction program.

‘‘PART G—DISPOSITION OF ALLOWANCES

‘‘Section 781. Allocation of emission allowances.

‘‘Section 786. Exchange for State allowances.

‘‘Section 787. Deficit Reduction Fund.

‘‘Section 788. Early action recognition.

‘‘Section 790. Auction procedures.

‘‘Section 791. Auctioning allowances for other entities.

‘‘Section 792. Oversight of allocations and auction proceeds.

‘‘Section 793. Protection of affected parties.

‘‘Section 797. Presidential determination.

‘‘Section 798. Merchant generator efficiency incentive.

Subtitle C—Achieving Fast Mitigation

PART I—HYDROFLUOROCARBONS
Section 2201. Hydrofluorocarbons.

‘‘Section 619. Hydrofluorocarbons.

PART II—BLACK CARBON

Section 2211. Report on black carbon sources, impacts, and reduction opportunities.
Section 2212. Black carbon mitigation.

‘‘Section 805. Black carbon.

Section 2213. Black carbon reduction retrofit grant program.

‘‘Section 795. Black carbon reduction retrofit grant program.

Section 2214. Enhanced soil sequestration.

PART III—INTERNATIONAL METHANE

Section 2221. Sense of the Senate on international methane.

PART IV—STUDY ON FAST MITIGATION STRATEGIES

Section 2231. Interagency study on fast mitigation strategies.

Subtitle D—Ensuring Regulatory Predictability for Greenhouse Gases

Section 2301. Criteria pollutants.
Section 2302. Standards of performance for greenhouse gases.
Section 2303. Hazardous air pollutants.
Section 2304. International air pollution.
Section 2305. Retention of State authority.
Section 2306. New source review.
Section 2307. Permit programs.

Subtitle E—Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Markets

Section 2401. Definitions.
Section 2402. Jurisdiction of Commission; restriction of futures trading.
Section 2403. Swap transactions.
Section 2404. Excessive speculation.

‘‘Section 4a. Excessive speculation.

Section 2405. Fraud prohibition.
Section 2406. Prohibited transactions.
Section 2407. Manipulation prohibition.
Section 2408. Trading of greenhouse gas instruments.
Section 2409. Registration for regulated greenhouse gas market participants and compliance
entities.

‘‘Section 4r. Registration for regulated greenhouse gas market participants and compliance entities.
Section 2410. Greenhouse gas instrument trading organizations.

‘‘Section 5h. Greenhouse gas instrument trading organizations.

Section 2411. Greenhouse gas clearing organizations.

‘‘Section 5b–1. Greenhouse gas clearing organizations.

Section 2412. Greenhouse gas allowance short sales.

‘‘Section 5i. Short sale transactions.

Section 2413. Greenhouse gas market emergency and suspension authority.

‘‘Section 8e. Greenhouse gas market emergency and suspension authority.

Section 2414. Territorial application.
Section 2415. Memorandum and information sharing.
Section 2416. Conforming amendments.

Subtitle F—Miscellaneous
Section 2501. Miscellaneous.

‘‘Section 806. State programs.

‘‘Section 807. Forestry sector greenhouse gas accounting.

‘‘Section 808. Studies on impacts of renewable biomass use.

‘‘Section 809. Review of definition of renewable biomass.

Section 2502. Enforcement.
Section 2503. Conforming amendments.
TITLE III—CONSUMER PROTECTION
Subtitle A—Investing in Low-carbon Electricity and Energy Efficiency for
Consumer Protection
Section 3001. Electricity consumers.

‘‘Section 782. Electricity consumers.

Subtitle B—Investing in Low-carbon Heating and Energy Efficiency for

Consumer Protection
Section 3101. Natural gas consumers.

‘‘Section 783. Natural gas consumers.

Section 3102. Home heating oil and propane consumers.

‘‘Section 784. Home heating oil and propane consumers.

Subtitle C—Consumer Relief

Section 3201. Funding for working families refundable relief program.
Section 3202. Refundable credit for working families relief.

‘‘Section 36D. Working families relief.

Section 3203. Funding for energy refund program.
Section 3204. Energy refund program.

‘‘TITLE XXII—ENERGY REFUND PROGRAM

‘‘Section 2201. Energy refund program.

Section 3205. Study on mechanisms for delivering universal refund.
Section 3206. Establishment of Universal Trust Fund.
Section 3207. Universal refund.

‘‘Section 36E. Universal refund.

Subtitle D—Advocating for Consumers

Section 3301. Office of Consumer Advocacy.

TITLE IV—JOB PROTECTION AND GROWTH

Subtitle A—Protecting American Manufacturing Jobs and Preventing
Carbon Leakage
Section 4001. Ensuring real reductions in industrial emissions.
 ‘‘PART F—ENSURING REAL REDUCTIONS IN INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS

‘‘Section 771. Purposes.

‘‘Section 772. Definitions.

‘‘SUBPART 1—EMISSION ALLOWANCE REBATE PROGRAM

‘‘Section 773. Eligible industrial sectors.

‘‘Section 774. Distribution of emission allowance rebates.

‘‘SUBPART 2—PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL REDUCTIONS IN INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS

‘‘Section 775. International negotiations.

‘‘Section 776. Presidential reports and determinations.

‘‘Section 777. International reserve allowance program.

‘‘Section 778. Iron and steel sector.

Section 4002. Domestic fuel production.

‘‘Section 796. Allocations to refineries.

Section 4003. Advanced energy project credit.
Section 4004. Report on the utilization of tax incentives.

Subtitle B—Clean Energy Technology and Jobs

PART I—CLEAN ENERGY CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Section 4101. Clean energy curriculum development grants.
Section 4102. Development of information and resources clearinghouse for vocational education
and job training in renewable energy sectors.
Section 4103. Clean energy construction careers demonstration project.

PART II—TRANSPORTATION

SUBPART A—INVESTING IN CLEAN VEHICLES

Section 4111. Investing in clean vehicles.

SUBPART B—POWERING VEHICLES WITH NATURAL GAS

Section 4121. Credit for qualified natural gas motor vehicles.
Section 4122. Natural gas vehicle bonds.

‘‘Section 54G. Natural gas vehicle bonds.

Section 4123. Incentives for manufacturing facilities producing vehicles fueled by compressed or
liquified natural gas.
‘‘Section 179F. Expensing for manufacturing facilities producing vehicles fueled by compressed
natural gas or liquified natural gas.
Section 4124. Study of increasing natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas vehicles in Federal fleet.

SUBPART C—COMMUNITY INFORMATION

Section 4131. Notice of hydraulic fracturing operations.

SUBPART D—ADDITIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS STANDARDS

Section 4141. Emission standards for mobile sources.

‘‘Section 804. Greenhouse gas emission standards for mobile sources.

PART III—AGRICULTURE
Section 4151. Definitions.
Section 4152. Carbon conservation program.
Section 4153. Carbon Conservation Fund.

PART IV—MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY

Section 4161. Low-carbon industrial technologies research and development.
Section 4162. Technical amendments.

TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES

Section 5001. Statement of policy.
Section 5002. Definitions.
Section 5003. Strategic Interagency Board on International Climate Investment.
Section 5004. Emissions reductions through reduced deforestation.
Section 5005. International Climate Change Adaptation and Global Security Program.
Section 5006. Evaluation and reports.
Section 5007. Report on major economies climate actions.

TITLE VI—COMMUNITY PROTECTION FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS

Section 6001. Definitions.
Section 6002. Council on Environmental Quality.
Section 6003. Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel.
Section 6004. Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Strategy.
Section 6005. Natural resources adaptation science and information.
Section 6006. Federal natural resource agency adaptation plans.
Section 6007. State natural resources adaptation plans.
Section 6008. Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Account.
Section 6009. National Fish and Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information Program.
Section 6010. Additional provisions regarding Indian tribes.
Section 6011. Additional climate change adaptation programs.

TITLE VII—BUDGETARY EFFECTS

Section 7001. Budgetary effects.