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Union Calendar No. 346
116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4091
[Report No. 116-432]
To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the ARPA-E program,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 30, 2019
Ms. Johnson of Texas (for herself and Mr. Lamb) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space,
and Technology
June 18, 2020
Additional sponsors: Mr. Mast, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Foster, Mr.
Swalwell of California, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Hill
of California, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cohen, Mr.
Schiff, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Rouda, Mrs. Fletcher,
Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Case, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Riggleman, Ms.
Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Pappas, Mr.
Fortenberry, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Katko, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr.
Lynch, Mr. Crow, Mr. Allred, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Mr.
Crenshaw, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Schneider, Mr.
Lujan, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Baird, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr.
Peters, Mr. Himes, Mr. Welch, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Ms.
Stefanik, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Keating,
Ms. Wild, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Porter, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. Michael F. Doyle
of Pennsylvania, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. DeSaulnier, Miss Gonzalez-
Colon of Puerto Rico, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Rooney of Florida, Mr.
Waltz, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Woodall, Mr.
Fleischmann, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, and Mr. Gallagher
June 18, 2020
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July
30, 2019]
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A BILL
To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the ARPA-E program,
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 ``ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of
2019''.
SEC. 2. ARPA-E AMENDMENTS.
(a) Establishment.--Section 5012(b) of the America COMPETES Act (42
U.S.C. 16538(b)) is amended by striking ``development of energy
technologies'' and inserting ``development of transformative science
and technology solutions to address the energy and environmental
missions of the Department''.
(b) Goals.--Section 5012(c) of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C.
16538(c)) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1)(A) and inserting the
following:
``(A) to enhance the economic and energy security
of the United States through the development of energy
technologies that--
``(i) reduce imports of energy from foreign
sources;
``(ii) reduce energy-related emissions,
including greenhouse gases;
``(iii) improve the energy efficiency of
all economic sectors;
``(iv) provide transformative solutions to
improve the management, clean-up, and disposal
of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel;
and
``(v) improve the resilience, reliability,
and security of infrastructure to produce,
deliver, and store energy; and''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``energy technology projects'' and inserting
``advanced technology projects''.
(c) Responsibilities.--Section 5012(e)(3)(A) of the America
COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(e)(3)(A)) is amended by striking
``energy''.
(d) Reports and Roadmaps.--Section 5012(h) of the America COMPETES
Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(h)) is amended to read as follows:
``(h) Reports and Roadmaps.--
``(1) Annual report.--As part of the annual budget request
submitted for each fiscal year, the Director shall provide to
the relevant authorizing and appropriations committees of
Congress a report that--
``(A) describes projects supported by ARPA-E during
the previous fiscal year;
``(B) describes projects supported by ARPA-E during
the previous fiscal year that examine topics and
technologies closely related to other activities funded
by the Department, and includes an analysis of whether
in supporting such projects, the Director is in
compliance with subsection (i)(1)(A); and
``(C) describes current, proposed, and planned
projects to be carried out pursuant to subsection
(e)(3)(D).
``(2) Strategic vision roadmap.--Not later than October 1,
2021, and every four years thereafter, the Director shall
provide to the relevant authorizing and appropriations
committees of Congress a roadmap describing the strategic
vision that ARPA-E will use to guide the choices of ARPA-E for
future technology investments over the following 4 fiscal
years.''.
(e) Coordination and Nonduplication.--Section 5012(i)(1) of the
America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(i)(1)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(1) In general.--To the maximum extent practicable, the
Director shall ensure that--
``(A) the activities of ARPA-E are coordinated
with, and do not duplicate the efforts of, programs and
laboratories within the Department and other relevant
research agencies; and
``(B) ARPA-E does not provide funding for a project
unless the prospective grantee demonstrates sufficient
attempts to secure private financing or indicates that
the project is not independently commercially
viable.''.
(f) Evaluation.--Section 5012(l) of the America COMPETES Act (42
U.S.C. 16538(l)) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of the ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2019, the
Secretary is authorized to enter into a contract with the
National Academy of Sciences under which the National Academy
shall conduct an evaluation of how well ARPA-E is achieving the
goals and mission of ARPA-E.''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
striking ``shall'' and inserting ``may''; and
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the
recommendation of the National Academy of Sciences''
and inserting ``a recommendation''.
(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--Paragraph (2) of section
5012(o) of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(o)) is amended to
read as follows:
``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--Subject to
paragraph (4), there are authorized to be appropriated to the
Director for deposit in the Fund, without fiscal year
limitation--
``(A) $428,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;
``(B) $497,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;
``(C) $567,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
``(D) $651,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and
``(E) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.''.
(h) Technical Amendments.--Section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act
(42 U.S.C. 16538) is amended--
(1) in subsection (g)(3)(A)(iii), by striking ``subpart''
each place it appears and inserting ``subparagraph''; and
(2) in subsection (o)(4)(B), by striking ``(c)(2)(D)'' and
inserting ``(c)(2)(C)''.
Union Calendar No. 346
116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4091
[Report No. 116-432]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the ARPA-E program,
and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
June 18, 2020
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed