Sec. 1425. Notwithstanding section 1101, and subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, commitments to guarantee loans for renewable energy or efficient end-use energy technologies under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall not exceed a total principal amount of $1,183,000,000, to remain available until committed: *Provided*, That, in addition to the amounts above, for the cost of loan guarantees for renewable energy or efficient end-use energy technologies under section 1703 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, $170,000,000 is appropriated, to remain available until expended: *Provided further*, That the amounts provided in this section are in addition to those provided in any other Act: *Provided further*, That, notwithstanding section 1703(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, funds appropriated for the cost of loan guarantees and loan guarantee authority provided by this section are also available for projects for which an application has been submitted to the Department of Energy prior to February 24, 2011, in whole or in part, for a loan guarantee under section 1705 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005: *Provided further*, That of the authority provided for commitments to guarantee loans for renewable and/or energy efficient systems and manufacturing, and distributed energy generation, transmission and distribution projects under the heading “Department of Energy, Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Authority Loan Program”, in title III of division C of Public Law 111-8, $18,183,000,000 is rescinded: *Provided further*, That for amounts collected pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the source of such payment received from borrowers may not be a loan or other debt obligation that is guaranteed by the Federal Government: *Provided further*, That none of such loan guarantee authority made available by this division shall be available for commitments to guarantee loans for any projects where funds, personnel, or property (tangible or intangible) of any Federal agency, instrumentality, personnel, or affiliated entity are expected be used (directly or indirectly) through acquisitions, contracts, demonstrations, exchanges, grants, incentives, leases, procurements, sales, other transaction authority, or other arrangements, to support the project or to obtain goods or services from the project: *Provided further*, That the previous proviso shall not be interpreted as precluding the use of the loan guarantee authority by this division for commitments to guarantee loans for: (1) projects as a result of such projects benefitting from otherwise allowable Federal income tax benefits; (2) projects as a result of such projects benefitting from being located on Federal land pursuant to a lease or right-of-way agreement for which all consideration for all uses is: (A) paid exclusively in cash; (B) deposited in the Treasury as offsetting receipts; and (C) equal to the fair market value as determined by the head of the relevant Federal agency; (3) projects as a result of such projects benefitting from Federal insurance programs, including under section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210; commonly known as the “Price-Anderson Act”); or (4) electric generation projects using transmission facilities owned or operated by a Federal Power Marketing Administration or the Tennessee Valley Authority that have been authorized, approved, and financed independent of the project receiving the guarantee: *Provided further*, That none of the loan guarantee authority made available by this division shall be available for any project unless the Director of the Office of Management and Budget has certified in advance in writing that the loan guarantee and the project comply with the provisions under this section: *Provided further*, That an additional amount for necessary administrative expenses to carry out this Loan Guarantee program, $58,000,000 is appropriated, to remain available until expended: *Provided further*, That $58,000,000 of the fees collected pursuant to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account to cover administrative expenses and shall remain available until expended, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2011 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0.

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