Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act of 2005

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Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct research, development, demonstration, and commercial application programs (R&D) in high energy physics and nuclear physics, biological and environmental research, basic energy sciences, advanced scientific and computing research, and fusion energy sciences. Sets a deadline for construction of a Rare Isotope Accelerator. Directs the Secretary to establish an R&D program in: (1) genetics, protein science, and computational biology; (2) catalysis science; and (3) advanced scientific computing research. Instructs the Secretary to plan to implement U.S. policy for a fusion energy sciences program. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a Science and Technology Scholarship Program. Requires the Secretary to establish advisory committees to advise the Department's applied programs in: (1) energy efficiency; (2) renewable energy; (3) nuclear energy; and (4) fossil energy. Directs the Secretary to establish R&D programs in: (1) vehicles, buildings, and industrial processes; (2) renewable energy research; (3) civilian nuclear energy research; (4) fuel recycling technology; (5) fossil energy production, upgrading, conversion and consumption; (6) oil and gas research; (7) fuel cells; and (8) ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas. Instructs the Secretary to: (1) plan programs directly related to fuel cells or hydrogen; and (2) conduct programs to address hydrogen production from diverse energy sources. Directs the President to establish an interagency task force to work toward fuel infrastructure for hydrogen and hydrogen-carrier fuels, including buses and other fleet transportation. Establishes the Hydrogen Technical and Fuel Cell Advisory Committee. Directs the Secretary to establish a competitive grant pilot program for acquisition of: (1) alternative fueled vehicles or fuel cell vehicles; (2) hybrid vehicles: and (3) ultra-low sulfur diesel vehicles. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program for: (1) the replacement of certain school buses with alternative fuel school buses and ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel school buses; and (2) installation of retrofit technologies for diesel school buses. Instructs the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements: (1) with private sector fuel cell bus developers for the development of fuel cell-powered school buses; and (2) government entities using natural gas-powered school buses and private sector fuel cell bus developers to demonstrate the use of fuel cell-powered school buses. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a fuel cell transit bus demonstration program; and (2) award grants to universities for the establishment of Centers of Excellence for Energy Systems of the Future to advance new clean coal technologies.

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 29 July 2005

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 29 July 2005

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• Reported to House amended, Part I

  summary · EN · 29 July 2005

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 8 February 2005

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  Introduced in House · EN · 8 February 2005

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• Introduced in House

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