; termination (A) In general The Secretary may provide support to the Consortium for a period of not more than ten years, subject to the availability of appropriations. (B) Merit review Not later than five years after the date on which the Consortium is established, the Secretary shall conduct a review to determine whether the Consortium has achieved the technical goals and milestones identified under paragraph (3)(A). (6) Definitions In this section: (A) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. (B) LDAR The term LDAR means a technology, program, or activity that is intended to monitor, detect, measure, or repair methane leaks. (C) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. (7) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section the following: (A) $36,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. (B) $38,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. (C) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2027. (D) $42,000,000 for fiscal year 2028. (E) $44,000,000 for fiscal year 2029. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle F of title IX of such Act the following new item: Sec. 969E. Methane leak detection and mitigation. . (c) National facilities for testing and intercalibration program relating to methane (1) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall establish a program through the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Center for Greenhouse Gas Measurements, Standards, and Information established pursuant to section 10222 of the Research and