,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjac   
,mrs4 ,christensen 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,pierluisi1 ,mr4 ,faleomavaega1 ,mr4    
,sablan1 and ,ms4 ,bordallo7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the   
,secretary of the ,interior to assemble 
a team of technical1 policy1 and        
financial experts to address the energy 
needs of the insular areas of the       
,united ,states and the ,freely         
,associated ,states through the         
development of action plans aimed at    
reducing reliance on imported fossil    
fuels and increasing use of indigenous  
clean-energy resources1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,insular areas and       
,freely ,associated ,states energy      
development  7a7 ,definitions ,in this  
section3  7#a7 ,comprehensive energy    
plan ,the term comprehensive energy plan
 means a comprehensive energy plan      

prepared and updated under subsections  
7c7 and 7e7 of section #fjd of the ,act 
entitled ,an ,act to authorize          
appropriations for certain insular areas
 of the ,united ,states1 and for other  
purposes1 approved ,december #bd1 #aihj 
7#dh ,u4,s4,c4 #adib74  7#b7 ,energy    
action plan ,the term energy action plan
 means the plan required by subsection  
7d74  7#c7 ,freely ,associated ,states  
,the term ,freely ,associated ,states   
means the ,federated ,states of         
,micronesia1 the ,republic of the       
,marshall ,islands1 and the ,republic of
 ,palau4  7#d7 ,insular areas ,the term 
insular areas means ,american ,samoa1   
the ,commonwealth of the ,northern      
,mariana ,islands1 the ,commonwealth of 
,puerto ,rico1 ,guam1 and the ,virgin   
,islands4  7#e7 ,secretary ,the term    
,secretary means the ,secretary of the  
,interior4  7#f7 ,team ,the term team   
means the team established by the       
,secretary under subsection 7b74  7b7   
,establishment ,not later than #ahj days

 after the date of enactment of this    
,act1 the ,secretary shall establish a  
team of technical1 policy1 and financial
 experts--  7#a7 to develop an energy   
action plan addressing the energy needs 
of each of the insular areas and ,freely
 ,associated ,states2 and  7#b7 to      
assist each of the insular areas and    
,freely ,associated ,states in          
implementing such plan4  7c7            
,participation of regional utility      
organizations ,in establishing the team1
 the ,secretary shall consider including
 regional utility organizations4  7d7   
,energy action plan ,in accordance with 
subsection 7b71 the energy action plan  
shall include--  7#a7 recommendations1  
based on the comprehensive energy plan  
where applicable1 to--  7,a7 reduce     
reliance and expenditures on imported   
fossil fuels2  7,b7 develop indigenous1 
nonfossil fuel energy sources2 and  7,c7
 improve performance of energy          
infrastructure and overall energy       
efficiency2  7#b7 a schedule for        

implementation of such recommendations  
and identification and prioritization of
 specific projects2  7#c7 a financial   
and engineering plan for implementing   
and sustaining projects2 and  7#d7      
benchmarks for measuring progress toward
 implementation4  7e7 ,reports to       
,secretary ,not later than #a year after
 the date on which the ,secretary       
establishes the team and annually       
thereafter1 the team shall submit to the
 ,secretary a report detailing progress 
made in fulfilling its charge and in    
implementing the energy action plan4    
7f7 ,annual reports to ,congress ,not   
later than #cj days after the date on   
which the ,secretary receives a report  
submitted by the team under subsection  
7e71 the ,secretary shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of ,congress a   
summary of the report of the team4