Sec. 401. Office of Insular Area Energy Policy and Programs
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Title II of the Department of Energy Organization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7131 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: There is established within the Department an Office of Insular Area Energy Policy and Programs (referred to in this section as the Office ). The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary and compensated at a rate equal to that of level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
The Office shall— direct, coordinate, implement, and monitor energy planning, education, management, conservation, and delivery programs of the Department to— assist Insular Areas in developing comprehensive energy plans; expand renewable energy and energy efficiency in Insular Areas; reduce or stabilize energy costs in Insular Areas; enhance and strengthen energy infrastructure in Insular Areas to withstand natural disasters; and work with Insular Areas to develop improved regulatory and oversight conditions; and centralize and align all ongoing Department of Energy efforts in the Insular Areas.
The Director shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate on the status of all projects undertaken and grants approved by the Office. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026. Any funding made available to Insular Areas by the Office of Insular Area Energy Policy and Programs under this or any other Federal law shall not be subject to a non-Federal share funding requirement. .
The table of contents of the Department of Energy Organization Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 217 the following: Sec. 218. Office of Insular Area Energy Policy and Programs. . Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item related to the Director, Office of Science, Department of Energy the following new item: Director, Office of Insular Area Energy Policy and Programs, Department of Energy. .
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