Energy Accountability Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from making a loan guarantee for any entity that previously defaulted on an obligation under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Under that title, DOE must make loan guarantees for innovative energy technologies, such as technologies to reduce or sequester greenhouse gases.
To amend title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to specify that 
the Secretary of Energy may not make a loan guarantee under such title 
for a project if the applicable borrower has previously defaulted on an 
    obligation guaranteed under such title, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. DISQUALIFICATION OF BORROWERS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY DEFAULTED.

    Section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(r) Disqualification for Previous Defaults.--The Secretary may 
not make a guarantee under this title for a project if the borrower or 
any related or successor entity, as determined by the Secretary, has 
previously defaulted on an obligation guaranteed under this title.''.
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Energy Accountability Act
To amend title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to specify that the Secretary of Energy may not make a loan guarantee under such title for a project if the applicable borrower has previously defaulted on an obligation guaranteed under such title, and for other purposes.
Energy Accountability Act
Rep. Young, Don