S.Amdt. 3131

SA 3131. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

At the end of section 1306, add the following:
(h) Secondary Use Applications.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a research,
development, and demonstration program that--
(A) builds on any work carried out under section 915 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16195);
(B) identifies possible uses of a vehicle battery after the
useful life of the battery in a vehicle has been exhausted;
(C) conducts long-term testing to verify performance and
degradation predictions and lifetime valuations for secondary
uses;
(D) evaluates innovative approaches to recycling materials
from plug-in electric drive vehicles and the batteries used
in plug-in electric drive vehicles;
(E)(i) assesses the potential for markets for uses
described in subparagraph (B) to develop; and
(ii) identifies any barriers to the development of those
markets; and
(F) identifies the potential uses of a vehicle battery--
(i) with the most promise for market development; and
(ii) for which market development would be aided by a
demonstration project.
(2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress an initial report on the
findings of the program described in paragraph (1), including
recommendations for stationary energy storage and other
potential applications for batteries used in plug-in electric
drive vehicles.
(3) Secondary use demonstration.--
(A) In general.--Based on the results of the program
described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall develop
guidelines for projects that demonstrate the secondary uses
and innovative recycling of vehicle batteries.
(B) Publication of guidelines.--Not later than 18 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall--
(i) publish the guidelines described in subparagraph (A);
and
(ii) solicit applications for funding for demonstration
projects.
(C) Pilot demonstration program.--Not later than 21 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
select proposals for grant funding under this section, based
on an assessment of which proposals are mostly likely to
contribute to the development of a secondary market for
batteries.
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