requirements of subsection (a), the Secretary shall pay to the proposer the full amount of the discount payment, to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.

(c) CALCULATIONS OF DISCOUNT PAYMENTS. (1) The discount payment shall be no greater than

(A) the price differential; or

(B) the price of the comparable conventionally fueled motor vehicle.

(2) The purchase price of the electric motor vehicle, less the discount payment and less any additional reduction in the purchase price of the electric motor vehicle that may result from contributions provided by other parties, may not be less than the manufacturer's suggested retail price of a comparable conventionally fueled motor vehicle.

(3) The maximum discount payment shall be no greater than $10,000 per electric motor vehicle.

SEC. 614. [42 U.S.C. 13284] COST-SHARING.

(a) REQUIREMENT.-The Secretary shall require at least 50 percent of the costs directly and specifically related to any project under this subtitle to be from non-Federal sources. Such share may be in the form of cash, personnel, services, equipment, and other

resources.

(b) REDUCTION.-The Secretary may reduce the amount of costs required to be provided by non-Federal sources under subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that the reduction is necessary and appropriate

(1) considering the technological risks involved in the project; and

(2) in order to meet the objectives of this subtitle.

SEC. 615. [42 U.S.C. 13285] REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

(a) PROGRESS REPORTS.-The Secretary shall report annually to Congress on the progress being made, through demonstration projects supported under this subtitle, to accelerate the development and use of electric motor vehicles.

(b) REPORT ON ENCOURAGING THE PURCHASE AND USE OF ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLES.-Within 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on methods for encouraging the purchase and use of electric motor vehicles. Such report shall—

(1) address the potential cost of purchasing and maintaining electric motor vehicles, including the initial cost of the batteries and the cost of replacement batteries;

(2) identify methods for reducing, subsidizing, or sharing such costs; and

(3) include recommendations for legislative and administrative measures to encourage the purchase and use of electric motor vehicles.

SEC. 616. [42 U.S.C. 13286] AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for purposes of this subtitle $50,000,000 for the 10-year period beginning with the first full fiscal year after the date of enactment of this Act, to remain available until expended.

Subtitle B-Electric Motor Vehicle Infrastructure and Support Systems Development Program

SEC. 621. [42 U.S.C. 13291] GENERAL AUTHORITY.

(a) PROGRAM.-The Secretary shall undertake a program with one or more non-Federal persons, including fleet operators, for costshared research, development, demonstration, or commercial application of an infrastructure and support systems program.

(b) ELIGIBILITY.-A non-Federal person shall be eligible to receive financial assistance under this subtitle only if such person demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the person will conduct a substantial portion of activities under the project in the United States using domestic labor and materials.

(c) COORDINATION.-Activities under this subtitle shall be coordinated with activities under subtitle A.

SEC. 622. [42 U.S.C. 13292] PROPOSALS.

(a) SOLICITATION.-Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit proposals from nonFederal persons, including fleet operators, for projects under this subtitle. Within 240 days after proposals have been solicited, the Secretary shall select proposals.

(b) CRITERIA.-(1) The Secretary shall provide financial assistance to no more than 10 projects under this subtitle, unless the Secretary determines that the total amount of available funds is not likely to be otherwise used.

(2) The proposals selected by the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, represent geographically and climatically diverse regions of the United States.

(3) The aggregate Federal financial assistance for each project under this subtitle may not exceed $4,000,000.

(c) PROJECTS.-The infrastructure and support systems programs for which projects are selected under this subtitle may address

(1) the ability to service electric motor vehicles and to provide or service associated equipment;

(2) the installation of charging facilities;

(3) rates and cost recovery for electric utilities who invest in infrastructure capital-related expenditures;

(4) the development of safety and health procedures and guidelines related to battery charging, watering, and emissions;

and

(5) the conduct of information dissemination programs;

(6) such other subjects as the Secretary considers necessary in order to address the infrastructure and support systems needed to support the development and use of energy storage technologies, including advanced batteries, and the demonstration of electric motor vehicles.

SEC. 623. [42 U.S.C. 13293] PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.

(a) IN GENERAL.-In the case of activities, including joint venture activities, under this title, and in the case of any existing or

future activities, including joint venture activities, related primarily to battery technology for electric motor vehicles under other provisions of law, where the knowledge resulting from research and development activities conducted pursuant to such activities, including joint venture activities, is for the benefit of the participants (particularly domestic companies) that provide financial resources to a project under this title, the Secretary, for a period of up to 5 years after the development of information that

(1) results from research and development activities conducted under this title; and

(2) would be a trade secret or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential if the information had been obtained from a participant,

shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, provide appropriate protections against the dissemination of such information to the public, and the provisions of section 1905 of title 18, United States Code, shall apply to such information. Nothing in this subsection provides protections against the dissemination of such information to Congress.

(b) DEFINITION.-For purposes of subsection (a), the term "domestic companies" means entities which are substantially involved in the United States in the domestic production of motor vehicles for sale in the United States and have a substantial percentage of their production facilities in the United States.

SEC. 624. [42 U.S.C. 13294] COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING LAW.

Nothing in this title shall be deemed to convey to any person, partnership, corporation, or other entity, immunity from civil or criminal liability under any antitrust law or to create defenses to actions under any antitrust law.

[Section 625 repealed by section 401(b) of Pub. L. 105–362, 112 Stat. 3282.]

SEC. 626. [42 U.S.C. 13296] AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for purposes of this subtitle $40,000,000 for the 5-year period beginning with the first full fiscal year after the date of enactment of this Act, to remain available until expended.

The purposes of this title are to promote

(1) increases in the production and utilization of energy from renewable energy resources;

(2) further advances of renewable energy technologies; and (3) exports of United States renewable energy technologies and services.

SEC. 1203. [42 U.S.C. 13312] RENEWABLE ENERGY EXPORT TECHNOLOGY TRAINING.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.-The Secretary, through the Agency for International Development, shall establish a program

for the training of individuals from developing countries in the operation and maintenance of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies in accordance with this section. The Secretary and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development shall, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, enter into a written agreement to carry out this program.

(b) PURPOSE.-The purpose of the program established under this section shall be to train appropriate persons in the system design, operation, and maintenance of renewable energy and energy efficiency equipment manufactured in the United States, including equipment for water pumping, heating and purification, and the production of electric power in remote areas.

(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996, to carry out this section.

SEC. 1204. [42 U.S.C. 13313] RENEWABLE ENERGY ADVANCEMENT AWARDS.

(a) AUTHORITY.-The Secretary shall make Renewable Energy Advancement Awards in recognition of developments that advance the practical application of biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, photovoltaic, solar thermal, ocean thermal, and wind technologies to consumer, utility, or industrial uses, in accordance with this section. Except as provided in subsection (f), Renewable Energy Advancement Awards shall include a cash award.

(b) SELECTION CRITERIA.-The Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Committee on Demonstration and Commercial Application of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technologies (in this section referred to as the "Advisory Committee"), under section 6 of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989, shall develop criteria to be applied in the selection of award recipients under this section. Such criteria shall include the following:

(1) The degree to which the technological development increases the utilization of renewable energy.

(2) The degree to which the development will have a significant impact, by benefitting a large number of people, by reducing the costs of an important industrial process or commercial product or service, or otherwise.

tial.

(3) The ingenuity of the development.

(4) Whether the application has significant export poten

(5) The environmental soundness of the development.

(c) SELECTION.-Beginning in fiscal year 1994, and annually thereafter for a period of 10 years, the Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, shall select developments described in subsection (a) that are worthy of receiving an award under this section, and shall make such awards.

(d) ELIGIBILITY.-Awards may be made under this section only to individuals who are United States nationals or permanent resident aliens, or to non-Federal organizations that are organized under the laws of the United States or the laws of a State of the United States.

(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $50,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996 for carrying out this section.

(f) AWARDS MADE IN ABSENCE OF APPROPRIATIONS.-The Secretary shall make honorary awards under this section if sufficient funds are not available for financial awards in any fiscal year.

SEC. 1205. [42 U.S.C. 13314] STUDY OF TAX AND RATE TREATMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS.

(a) The Secretary, in conjunction with State regulatory commissions, shall undertake a study to determine if conventional taxation and ratemaking procedures result in economic barriers to or incentives for renewable energy power plants compared to conventional power plants.

(b) Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress on the results of the study undertaken under subsection (a).

SEC. 1206. STUDY OF RICE MILLING ENERGY BY-PRODUCT MAR

KETING.

The Department of Energy shall conduct a study to facilitate the marketing of energy byproducts from rice milling.

SEC. 1209. [42 U.S.C. 13315] DATA SYSTEM AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION.

The Secretary of Commerce, in his or her role as a member of the interagency working group established under section 256 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6276), shall

(1) develop a comprehensive data base and information dissemination system, using the National Trade Data Bank and the Commercial Information Management System of the Department of Commerce, that will provide information on the specific energy technology needs of foreign countries, and the technical and economic competitiveness of various renewable energy and energy efficiency products and technologies;

(2) make such information available to industry, Federal and multilateral lending agencies, nongovernmental organizations, host-country and donor-agency officials, and such others as the Secretary of Commerce considers necessary; and

(3) prepare and transmit to the Congress not later than June 1, 1993, and biennially thereafter, a comprehensive report evaluating the full range of energy and environmental technologies necessary to meet the energy needs of foreign countries, including―

(A) information on the specific energy needs of foreign countries;

(B) an inventory of United States technologies and services to meet those needs;

(C) an update on the status of ongoing bilateral and multilateral programs which promote United States exports of renewable energy and energy efficiency products and technologies; and

(D) an evaluation of current programs (and recommendations for future programs) that develop and promote energy efficiency and sustainable use of indigenous renewable energy resources in foreign countries to reduce the generation of greenhouse gases.