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 12 2 STA T .384 3 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 343 —O CT. 3 , 2008 ‘ ‘ (i)dev e lopm e nt o fc ell u lo s ic et ha nol o r other non - fossil fuels , ‘‘(ii) technolo g ies for the capture and se q uestration of car b on dio x ide produced through the use of fossil fuels, ‘‘(iii) increasing the efficienc y of existing tech- nologies for producing nonfossil fuels, ‘‘(iv) automobile battery technologies and other technologies to reduce fossil fuel consumption in transportation, or ‘‘(v) technologies to reduce energy use in buildings . ‘‘( C ) M ass commuting facilities and related facilities that reduce the consumption of energy, including expendi- tures to reduce pollution from vehicles used for mass com- muting. ‘‘( D ) Demonstration pro j ects designed to promote the commerciali z ation of — ‘‘(i) green building technology, ‘‘(ii) conversion of agricultural w aste for use in the production of fuel or otherwise, ‘‘(iii) advanced battery manufacturing technologies, ‘‘(iv) technologies to reduce pea k use of electricity, or ‘‘(v) technologies for the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide emitted from combusting fossil fuels in order to produce electricity. ‘‘( E ) P ublic education campaigns to promote energy efficiency. ‘‘( 2 ) SPECIALRU LE SFO R PRI V A T E ACTIVIT YB O ND S.— F or pur- poses of this section, in the case of any private activity bond, the term ‘qualified conservation purposes ’ shall not include any expenditure which is not a capital expenditure. ‘‘(g) POPULATION.— ‘‘( 1 ) I N G ENERAL.— T he population of any State or local government shall be determined for purposes of this section as provided in section 1 46 (j) for the calendar year which includes the date of the enactment of this section. ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR COUNTIES.—In determining the population of any county for purposes of this section, any popu- lation of such county which is taken into account in determining the population of any municipality which is a large local govern- ment shall not be taken into account in determining the popu- lation of such county. ‘‘(h) A PPLICATION TO INDIAN TRIBAL G OVERN M ENTS.—An Indian tribal government shall be treated for purposes of this section in the same manner as a large local government, except that— ‘‘(1) an Indian tribal government shall be treated for pur- poses of subsection (e) as located within a State to the extent of so much of the population of such government as resides within such State, and ‘‘(2) any bond issued by an Indian tribal government shall be treated as a qualified energy conservation bond only if issued as part of an issue the available project proceeds of which are used for purposes for which such Indian tribal government could issue bonds to which section 1 03 (a) applies.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

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