115 S2503 ES: Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act
U.S. Senate
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act
. (b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definitions.Title I—Laboratory Modernization and Technology TransferSec. 101. Short title.Sec. 102. Inclusion of early stage technology demonstration in authorized technology transfer
activities.Sec. 103. Sense of Congress on accelerating energy innovation.Sec. 104. Restoration of laboratory directed research and development program.Sec. 105. Research grants database.Sec. 106. Technology transfer and transitions assessment.Sec. 107. Agreements for commercializing technology pilot program.Sec. 108. Short-term cost-share pilot program.Title II—Department of Energy Research CoordinationSec. 201. Short title.Sec. 202. Protection of information.Sec. 203. Crosscutting research and development.Sec. 204. Strategic research portfolio analysis and coordination plan.Sec. 205. Strategy for facilities and infrastructure.Sec. 206. Energy Innovation Hubs.Title III—Department of Energy Office of Science PolicySec. 301. Short title.Sec. 302. Mission.Sec. 303. Basic energy sciences.Sec. 304. Advanced scientific computing research.Sec. 305. High-energy physics.Sec. 306. Biological and environmental research.Sec. 307. Fusion energy.Sec. 308. Nuclear physics.Sec. 309. Science laboratories infrastructure program.
2.In this Act: (1)The term Department means the Department of Energy.
(2)The term Director means the Director of the Office of Science of the Department, except as otherwise indicated. (3)The term National Laboratory has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
(4)The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. <enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Laboratory Modernization and Technology Transfer</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68383C3656E64E99A267C6B73E6C79C5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Laboratory Modernization and Technology Transfer Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2443D99DE0994FB89307337AB9D0E288" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusion of early stage technology demonstration in authorized technology transfer activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1001 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16391">42 U.S.C. 16391</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51FC776658D14FA79EE34656E3722A9D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC83FC3F605B14705B2088604555C137A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (f) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93BFE0EBF8FF4E538A46B1CE00F257E1" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H606E91461F394E379B66652B9ACE4398"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Early stage technology demonstration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall permit the directors of the National Laboratories to use funds authorized to support technology transfer within the Department to carry out early stage and precommercial technology demonstration activities to remove technology barriers that limit private sector interest and demonstrate potential commercial applications of any research and technologies arising from National Laboratory activities.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66B1ACA81DFD467BA4682F0818812CA4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress on accelerating energy innovation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H287AEF6988F84F76B80243109FF427B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">although important progress has been made in cost reduction and deployment of clean energy technologies, accelerating clean energy innovation will help meet critical competitiveness, energy security, and environmental goals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33C72FB6A6BF41789E94276FB373CCF5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accelerating the pace of clean energy innovation in the United States calls for—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE76DDD4A5DCF4839A818B0DFEDAC478D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supporting existing research and development programs at the Department and the world-class National Laboratories;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9AB031A9B0FE45FAB42DEDC718D30AB6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exploring and developing new pathways for innovators, investors, and decision-makers to leverage the resources of the Department for addressing the challenges and comparative strengths of geographic regions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E46BF33D0944740B9DB0EB89B3254F7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recognizing the financial constraints of the Department, regularly reviewing clean energy programs to ensure that taxpayer investments are maximized;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6E872EB5BF34F15B3FE335172949919"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the energy supply, demand, policies, markets, and resource options of the United States vary by geographic region;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H243E375561474D9F9DF84DA1A83683D7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a regional approach to innovation can bridge the gaps between local talent, institutions, and industries to identify opportunities and convert United States investment into domestic companies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1993C936723F43E983D0E2970611AF94"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress, the Secretary, and energy industry participants should advance efforts that promote international, domestic, and regional cooperation on the research and development of energy innovations that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C7E7D1957DE4CAA93A9FE5B057CC8A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide clean, affordable, and reliable energy for everyone;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H277AC931C9CB42A79E3D7DECCA2F3107"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote economic growth;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7CED5DBC5B614409AEDFA1E92C5A0E0C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are critical for energy security; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F1760B89C64415E85BD479FFC2AD195"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are sustainable without government support.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H951BEF5CD4B74B8DB3FE362A892F8D1C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restoration of laboratory directed research and development program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBAE2C9D4F06B49AA8B42A78C3C3BD2D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary shall ensure that laboratory operating contractors do not allocate costs of general and administrative overhead to laboratory directed research and development.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE807F66B526B400A9761061192A48B93"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception for national security laboratories</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall not apply to the national security laboratories with respect to which section 3119 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</external-xref>) applies.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97CF31D94DBC4F18A5C6FB8ED2D012E9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research grants database</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23620C0239704BB3950C81388DA35838"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish and maintain a public database, accessible on the website of the Department, that contains a searchable listing of each unclassified research and development project contract, grant, cooperative agreement, task order for a federally funded research and development center, or other transaction administered by the Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA2D7111D25D431789A663EE53AB925D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each listing described in subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, for each listed project, the Department office carrying out the project, the project name, an abstract or summary of the project, funding levels, project duration, contractor or grantee name (including the names of any subcontractors), and expected objectives and milestones.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D297CF0BA16496994E49F08568D966D"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Relevant literature and patents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide information through the public database established under subsection (a) on relevant literature and patents that are associated with each research and development project contract, grant, or cooperative agreement, or other transaction, of the Department.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B2B5D8271514E5BA7A747B668584949" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technology transfer and transitions assessment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and as often as the Secretary determines to be necessary thereafter, the Secretary shall transmit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that includes recommended changes to the policy of the Department and legislative changes to section 1001 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16391">42 U.S.C. 16391</external-xref>) to improve the ability of the Department to successfully transfer new energy technologies to the private sector.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E25B00FCEA146E4A679E07DB10F3253" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreements for commercializing technology pilot program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC7CE9803077940CFA1F98BD02B053F7B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out the Agreements for Commercializing Technology pilot program of the Department, as announced by the Secretary on December 8, 2011, in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F890C2989C74796A14210121F64EA10"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Terms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each agreement entered into pursuant to the pilot program referred to in subsection (a) shall provide to the contractor of the applicable National Laboratory, to the maximum extent determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, increased authority to negotiate contract terms, such as intellectual property rights, payment structures, performance guarantees, and multiparty collaborations.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA88B6130AA264B6891613C6793F5ED06"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD78266401384C4CBA02348594E99F07"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any director of a National Laboratory may enter into an agreement pursuant to the pilot program referred to in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9A18F05E9284531AF65B35295503CB5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreements with non-Federal entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out paragraph (1) and subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary shall permit the directors of the National Laboratories to execute agreements with a non-Federal entity, including a non-Federal entity already receiving Federal funding that will be used to support activities under agreements executed pursuant to paragraph (1), provided that such funding is solely used to carry out the purposes of the Federal award.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00D18118D5A2474EA8E7D50FDD8F55E4"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restriction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/35/18">chapter 18</external-xref> of title 35, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Bayh-Dole Act</quote>) shall apply if—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2DD84F82A0441D4A11D8CD5BAE9BADD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the agreement is a funding agreement (as that term is defined in section 201 of that title); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34875543D9944FAE955C8CEF4178A797"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least one of the parties to the funding agreement is eligible to receive rights under that chapter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66C0526BBFAE4889A7745D22501D273E"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission to secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each affected director of a National Laboratory shall submit to the Secretary, with respect to each agreement entered into under this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25F525BA85B74DF386BDA45E82955E32"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of information relating to the relevant project;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0CD932E928046C3AC183E5C9E0EA094"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total estimated costs of the project;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8178CA8FFD2542DD81822B1F12172BF8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimated commencement and completion dates of the project; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H711721C0C2DB42D1B746BFCAE3540197"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other documentation determined to be appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96ED94AEF8E54E559A723C0A55BD1C5A"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall require the contractor of the affected National Laboratory to certify that each activity carried out under a project for which an agreement is entered into under this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F1A4BB8D1EB4DC0A3F5CFB54CD95149"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not in direct competition with the private sector; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15BA9FEB180148149597393C49005D6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not present, or minimizes, any apparent conflict of interest, and avoids or neutralizes any actual conflict of interest, as a result of the agreement under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2F77F4FB0014AFD912204CDBCC40872"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The pilot program referred to in subsection (a) shall be extended until September 30, 2019.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF01F84DA41944A499E5AB3725187768"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD79EB0DB5CBB4D4FBA0C89E77641FFE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Overall assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date described in subsection (f), the Secretary, in coordination with directors of the National Laboratories, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07A364390DDA4A87A023BF0DEA386812"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assesses the overall effectiveness of the pilot program referred to in subsection (a);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4A2682608DE4146844AD8528C079D22"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifies opportunities to improve the effectiveness of the pilot program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D63DC1B3A77485D8D598055589D82CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assesses the potential for program activities to interfere with the responsibilities of the National Laboratories to the Department; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D1C6A4F4E554047926435C9D8D85E39"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides a recommendation regarding the future of the pilot program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E9F85CB3FD941688EE5C1F08A0F21AE"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transparency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in coordination with directors of the National Laboratories, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an annual report that accounts for all incidences of, and provides a justification for, non-Federal entities using funds derived from a Federal contract or award to carry out agreements pursuant to this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11C1CFC0C4C04003831F40F5FBC3456D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short-term cost-share pilot program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBAD7EF6E7F6148739E46C9768E3A9DBA"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 988(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16352">42 U.S.C. 16352(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7566B0BC2AC4E4FB1CA3811FA7552A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EB8A0E28994490AA36ACB247BF1DC94"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7532CFADE4C2434DB158C7B0900AFD2C" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC74A141941BC4747B08080EE4A8E01FB"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exemption for institutions of higher education and other nonprofit institutions</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BAEBC2958C641B9B46DE1CA85C56997"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a research or development activity performed by an institution of higher education or nonprofit institution (as defined in section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3703">15 U.S.C. 3703</external-xref>)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1445EEA631C34696BF003D2BDBA24930"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exemption under subparagraph (A) shall apply during the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DCC9E1BE4A54850801FA6EE8E6AE70F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H732125BCCD0446FE99111C0C18048487"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that describes the use of cost-sharing waivers by the Department under section 988(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16352">42 U.S.C. 16352(b)</external-xref>) during the 2-year period ending on the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5733D040EEED45718824BD6E315F0272"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annually during the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that describes the use of cost-sharing waivers by the Department under section 988(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16352">42 U.S.C. 16352(b)</external-xref>) during the period covered by the report.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Department of Energy Research Coordination</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45551E6356994DC390BAC8CFEAD54A17" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Department of Energy Research Coordination Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF50844D89435430096A0C857CA5F47BA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protection of information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5012 of the America Competes Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16538">42 U.S.C. 16538</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D863DC83965417A8C6CDF4546EE6E14"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(3), by striking <quote>subsection (n)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (o)(1)</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB4EFBB0A9444FCEBBB896634904C37B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70009115073D4BD2841B49830AC9321C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (m) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3CECB82B7D440AC933723242A88A14F" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2560A450C3044330B03A641EA2683833"><enum>(n)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protection of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following types of information collected by ARPA–E from recipients of financial assistance awards shall be considered commercial and financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential and not subject to disclosure under section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD538C2D2D6541FCA293B46438B0C9EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plans for commercialization of technologies developed under the award, including business plans, technology-to-market plans, market studies, and cost and performance models.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63CBF5A789D9486D82F3274F02D06B8E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Investments provided to an awardee from third parties (such as venture capital firms, hedge funds, and private equity firms), including amounts and the percentage of ownership of the awardee provided in return for the investments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C8098B7A4E14EA185B2C81D6866D77E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional financial support that the awardee—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H610CE77474CF4A7796BA21E10FF8C4E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans to or has invested into the technology developed under the award; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9627658814449A794AD4ED1EF5111A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is seeking from third parties.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4B256753FA24E9F978D7D4274A1E2E4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revenue from the licensing or sale of new products or services resulting from research conducted under the award.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE582C6C3C08246EBBCF830F883C5A780" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Crosscutting research and development</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD23B6FDB5F3B4EB299EB7DBFD4E76895"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use the capabilities of the Department to identify strategic opportunities for collaborative research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of innovative science and technologies.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D71F51E7FCD4834BA450EC0B8DEEBDC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Existing programs; coordination of activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall seek—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37DCE1B995884051991E9B6F19F42995"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to leverage existing programs of the Department; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C7FFF2519C940178A912B2F9EB8AE62"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to consolidate and coordinate activities throughout the Department to promote collaboration and crosscutting approaches within programs of the Department.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF373CBA9A71B43E19B330FAF02096532"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0478CF4031504E2C9365B53A09B20112"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prioritize activities that use all affordable domestic resources;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C7EB8376E594738822869F20FBBA391"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop a planning, evaluation, and technical assessment framework for setting objective long-term strategic goals and evaluating progress that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91138C5CB76E4043A890AF9EE8D80B24"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensures integrity and independence; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA78CCE9D859B4D59AAD36F62B0059641"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides the flexibility to adapt to market dynamics;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07574092FC5A45DA802F829C73726D04"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that activities shall be undertaken in a manner that does not duplicate other activities within the Department or other Federal Government activities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89EA9522BB684CFFA8A8403021563875"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify programs that may be more effectively left to the States, industry, nongovernmental organizations, institutions of higher education, or other stakeholders.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB1833B6C9A747AA9DA493BAB2C7AAF3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strategic research portfolio analysis and coordination plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended by striking section 994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16358">42 U.S.C. 16358</external-xref>) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCD45CF8960242549784B1B841AD49B3" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3C0749E77A34F34B07EDD824A2DBD94" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>994.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strategic research portfolio analysis and coordination plan</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BD23FC10F1746E6AF4A3E705C48BA44"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall periodically review all of the science and technology activities of the Department in a strategic framework that takes into account—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83442CF1E7A94E9192D8375DB9EDBA27"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the frontiers of science to which the Department can contribute;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4487919718AA44C385E07E8E59E6DEE9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the national needs relevant to the statutory missions of the Department; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17580D020F404D8EA9C21A59CDB5227C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">global energy dynamics.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14BEB5B028DD455F81B6877B2CF4DBC8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination analysis and plan</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14445562D6F0469BA44D8AE660DCD9C9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the review under subsection (a), the Secretary shall develop a plan to improve coordination and collaboration in research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities across organizational boundaries of the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA9B3E3E697A4147BF62DF075FB189BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plan contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan developed under paragraph (1) shall describe—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63A10DE7C6F74399881B228736F49F75"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">crosscutting scientific and technical issues and research questions that span more than one program or major office of the Department;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76C07CA206C146B79A5CD45381C85DFE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ways in which the applied technology programs of the Department are coordinating activities and addressing the questions referred to in subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1B7F075888C4D4A88F0BD316401CD09"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ways in which the technical interchange within the Department, particularly between the Office of Science and the applied technology programs, could be enhanced, including ways in which the research agendas of the Office of Science and the applied programs could better interact and assist each other;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF98EAD77F3684AEC93B532F4EC3252AF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ways in which the Secretary would ensure that the overall research agenda of the Department includes, in addition to fundamental, curiosity-driven research, fundamental research related to topics of concern to the applied programs, and applications in Departmental technology programs of research results generated by fundamental, curiosity-driven research;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H992B9019E9C9435DB1A2CEC7E3BAFCEA"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">critical assessments of any ongoing programs that have experienced subpar performance or cost overruns of 10 percent or more over one or more years;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDF7E37DB16D4CFFAD912585AB07425C"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any activities that may be more effectively left to the States, industry, nongovernmental organizations, institutions of higher education, or other stakeholders; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F136781C72544EDB4E5EAF6AC69F173"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">detailed evaluations and proposals for innovation hubs, institutes, and research centers of the Department, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C79365195874D4BA2B99D0FD64ED4D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an affirmation that the hubs, institutes, and research centers will—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7ACCA98CDF0A4F7B8FF74C37035E765B"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advance the mission of the Department; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H128F6E39E449450394415E5CDCFFC93B"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prioritize research, development, and demonstration; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40205B09F2EF412597E5547CC9FDF0A8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an affirmation that any hubs, institutes, or research centers that are established or renewed within the Office of Science are consistent with the mission of the Office of Science described in subsection (c) of section 209 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7139">42 U.S.C. 7139</external-xref>).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7450C52B87094A468EBD14092EE2980D"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every 4 years, the Secretary shall submit to Congress—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H942333C96F3D4854B88D5670178B408D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the results of the review under subsection (a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H580BC55EF9474023BFA96E46C237843B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the coordination plan under subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F50F67F9748476D8BE11196A14783BC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strategy for facilities and infrastructure</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H815693AF1AC146269BB7EE7E057CBBC4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 993 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16357">42 U.S.C. 16357</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AB42DBB406141A29A3C9040F1F01A9E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section heading and inserting the following: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Strategy for Facilities and Infrastructure</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD2A6D329C2C4547ABAEF7FA41C70AB9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>2008</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F403D5797D841F5BDA3EFD7F319BC6D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended by striking the item relating to section 993 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H892B212B584648499CA734C08D982C56" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 993. Strategy for facilities and infrastructure.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB9283EE3D6144B09BD46167D7E17B8E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Energy Innovation Hubs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BF8341553D745FBAFCFE8FD30287888"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38334CE59B2649FBA24E5033DE88BBAF"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advanced energy technology</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>advanced energy technology</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF47B8C9907DE427B993EC641C48164F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an innovative technology—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CB67A8EF4CA46A493D2C8014ECC5835"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that produces energy from solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, tidal, wave, ocean, or other renewable energy resources;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C68AAB7973E4EDAB43835A74712492B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that produces nuclear energy;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA88BE6C29EAB408C9518E50245B2AAF5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for carbon capture and sequestration;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H408DC7628AED47C78DD72484CEFA2E03"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that enables advanced vehicles, vehicle components, and related technologies that result in significant energy savings;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8697140B29A64F4E94F797B3A2822CF2"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that generates, transmits, distributes, uses, or stores energy more efficiently than conventional technologies, including through Smart Grid technologies; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E631C9A2C2D406EA032EF188FFB42A4"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that enhances the energy independence and security of the United States by enabling improved or expanded supply and production of domestic energy resources, including coal, oil, and natural gas;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6F551CB37D7482AA55D1F3EBA00FEC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a research, development, demonstration, or commercial application activity necessary to ensure the long-term, secure, and sustainable supply of an energy-critical element; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35B4CC16424549578A3923917D8CD7EE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other innovative energy technology area identified by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70AEE1FED85D4201BE057DC7DDE551A7"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hub</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41B0DB99562C4C5AA06CD18CE8D6CB23"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Hub</term> means an Energy Innovation Hub established under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H357DAD00E6A54699950FD7FB755B5B13"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Hub</term> includes any Energy Innovation Hub in existence on the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H280102AC807948109EA2F54496D96EDE"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualifying entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualifying entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12A6DF1522084A6B93E20E94603ED0EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an institution of higher education;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9416F247E0AF4EAEAF2B6C4932DFFF26"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an appropriate State or Federal entity, including a federally funded research and development center of the Department;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H591EE2A6C48145CCAF468D2C3537290C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a nongovernmental organization with expertise in advanced energy technology research, development, demonstration, or commercial application; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15729640B7A74F4B892E48CB250E2C08"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other relevant entity the Secretary determines appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H154CCC71EE60402E858F94D1E2F1E3C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of program</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H016AF89998A54C3BB8E6A9B711287845"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out a program to enhance the economic, environmental, and energy security of the United States by making awards to consortia for establishing and operating hubs, to be known as <quote>Energy Innovation Hubs</quote>, to conduct and support, at, if practicable, one centralized location, multidisciplinary, collaborative research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of advanced energy technologies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3393AB16274488C85E4DB54E079CE7F"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technology development focus</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall designate for each Hub a unique advanced energy technology or basic research focus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D31798D15FD461FB9E86A6756FCC435"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure the coordination of, and avoid unnecessary duplication of, the activities of each Hub with the activities of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29F7B63328C9473F8BA1DDF9B9858EB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other research entities of the Department, including the National Laboratories, the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy, and Energy Frontier Research Centers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06EBCF32300A4AF1B28B96FF42A3F49E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">industry.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F494472B3CD4942B83A90F280051A85"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application process</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD4AFCCE426E4F14AE6582CB0C5A9DFD"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive an award for the establishment and operation of a Hub under subsection (b)(1), a consortium shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00038E8F75554F888EA4B77DB4E8C857"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be composed of not fewer than two qualifying entities;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3BED2D6F57784D09822066039FA18708"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operate subject to a binding agreement, entered into by each member of the consortium, that documents—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3A0A067D3EC4669B85D0E867D996096"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the proposed partnership agreement, including the governance and management structure of the Hub;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3BCD96ACC1C455FAB47CE382B8B8CA3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">measures the consortium will undertake to enable cost-effective implementation of activities under the program described in subsection (b)(1); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77732F03CB0B4CA7B18303395B36AD58"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a proposed budget, including financial contributions from non-Federal sources; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF00EA6A5E3E4A0A9FEF3DD66AB52DFE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operate as a nonprofit organization.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F4DDD8C0D6E4B4DAF6AF80DB50E3BA2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9AF2A683268344AEB13DD29366E03E9D"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A consortium seeking to establish and operate a Hub under subsection (b)(1) shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a detailed description of each element of the consortium agreement required under paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB47C60FAE88741E38C02EBAF121C3BD8"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the consortium members will not be located at one centralized location, the application under subparagraph (A) shall include a communications plan that ensures close coordination and integration of Hub activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DDDF36EC75F48C6AA0D5EE136EC3008"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42313F13208A488C8D0658BC256657BF"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall select consortia for awards for the establishment and operation of Hubs through a competitive selection process.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3910779C1EC3407CBDDA7F86F3B8D589"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting consortia under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37CD4A3DC055493CBB911A1374394D0D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the information disclosed by the consortium under this subsection; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90EF8373EB7946AEB70D088B666AF0C4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any existing facilities a consortium will provide for Hub activities.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0BD3489D6BB44AFA8F4339130D2901FC"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Term</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H574FE0D8B47C4356B0534485ED791631"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An award made to a Hub under this section shall be for a period of not more than 5 years, subject to the availability of appropriations, after which the award may be renewed, subject to a rigorous merit review.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H045092AB4C454B8795B18E47BDA6193D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Existing Hubs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Hub already in existence on, or undergoing a renewal process on, the date of enactment of this Act—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE70DE4EA4584DFC8AA208B6656988DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may continue to receive support during the 5-year period beginning on the date of establishment of that Hub; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0BF53881DEE84DCF87D87CC88164473E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be eligible for renewal of that support at the end of that 5-year period.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0321A5EF9A534C4C9984BF9DCFBB34CA"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hub Operations</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD17D4119EC7435080038AB220738DD3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Hub shall conduct or provide for multidisciplinary, collaborative research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of advanced energy technologies within the technology development focus designated under subsection (b)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9811D3AFCE0647CCBE4CB764875B4ABD"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Hub shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9539EE0AC05D4361AE03EC211B3B1334"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage collaboration and communication among the member qualifying entities of the consortium and awardees;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55E9F743C1F146DFBFA09CE174EB0ED5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop and publish proposed plans and programs on a publicly accessible website;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF79EAC4C31894670BE883A26B87A5DBB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit an annual report to the Department summarizing the activities of the Hub, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7940C4EE089417B8B69173108100FBE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">detailing organizational expenditures; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E4F7BDF90EE428B9133057CB97E94A3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describing each project undertaken by the Hub; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB654BE2C857A4925B85CB8B333932B32"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitor project implementation and coordination.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD905A6EC1FEA4CF6B8124675D42B0F8D"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conflicts of Interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Hub shall maintain conflict of interest procedures, consistent with the conflict of interest procedures of the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02D0FBBDDFFE4000979F8DB3355D0C90"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on construction</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12F152620BF94E43BA2A639E6BFAE1A5"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FEB34FF268A49C28FF99E013E4E27DE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no funds provided under this section may be used for construction of new buildings or facilities for Hubs; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D96A54CA0E64B26B486F8068133F86F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">construction of new buildings or facilities shall not be considered as part of the non-Federal share of a Hub cost-sharing agreement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65A197C7C26A42FC9782E993F0AF82B6"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Test bed and renovation exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this paragraph prohibits the use of funds provided under this section or non-Federal cost share funds for the construction of a test bed or renovations to existing buildings or facilities for the purposes of research if the Secretary determines that the test bed or renovations are limited to a scope and scale necessary for the research to be conducted.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Department of Energy Office of Science Policy</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4CDDBCEDA1F4710BDC915553461B7C5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Department of Energy Office of Science Policy Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H160969DDCF35409CB7810257F6B4ECDE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 209 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7139">42 U.S.C. 7139</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA31DA9B39E92481EA94778F76AA47E46" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D41D8546BD54A3CA1343F828D53CAE9"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The mission of the Office of Science shall be the delivery of scientific discoveries, capabilities, and major scientific tools to transform the understanding of nature and to advance the energy, economic, and national security of the United States.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H848C08C75C1941DE928BF6BF0C43A208" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Basic energy sciences</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06A65F1856EB49C7AF3929C10668CD77"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Energy Frontier Research Centers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93BF93C369F24462937C22EEB3C39A63"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall carry out a program to provide awards, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, to multi-institutional collaborations or other appropriate entities to conduct fundamental and use-inspired energy research to accelerate scientific breakthroughs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75A017F6391B4282BF0A116B59C972AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Collaborations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A collaboration receiving an award under this subsection may include multiple types of institutions and private sector entities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D3E00144686480486F3C290684F6B0A"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection and duration</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18D2E5C4226E4D71BC1EC51554F91367"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A collaboration under this subsection shall be selected for a period of 4 years.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D981D0DC89B4B06BA53A39635CEA525"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Existing centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An Energy Frontier Research Center in existence and supported by the Director on the date of enactment of this Act may continue to receive support for a period of 4 years beginning on the date of establishment of that center.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D27FE1B3FAC46E3A033ECB21553198F"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reapplication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the end of the period described in subparagraph (A) or (B), as applicable, a recipient of an award may reapply for selection on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBB06B8D4D9342729C25D2576897B60A"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with the existing authorities of the Department, the Director may terminate an underperforming center for cause during the performance period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE03FCB0D915E438AAFA195A4348E6CFA"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funding for construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funding provided pursuant to this subsection may be used for the construction of new buildings or facilities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA65C71D0A9104E738850031EF2AEF25B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Basic energy sciences user facilities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27938EE4B13346F2A421763C00D5A16A"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall carry out a program for the development, construction, operation, and maintenance of national user facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37EE30402216427B976408BFBDE4E189"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable, the national user facilities developed, constructed, operated, or maintained under paragraph (1) shall serve the needs of the Department, industry, the academic community, and other relevant entities to create and examine materials and chemical processes for the purpose of improving the competitiveness of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAEDEBEFAE18542EA9F8273B2FD87A2C3"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Included facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The national user facilities developed, constructed, operated, or maintained under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CB074C45CED41E9B6F2EE2ED630AD1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">x-ray light sources;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD99E5D45DF57411CA70D9FF31CFCF37E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">neutron sources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4F179621E2C4D28A5EE56D0DB411105"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nanoscale science research centers; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59C46DF155CB426CB0D7F3C0561033A5"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other facilities as the Director considers appropriate, consistent with section 209 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7139">42 U.S.C. 7139</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F3CCB71F8144B0A89F6EF97875B5C6E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Accelerator research and development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall carry out research and development on advanced accelerator and storage ring technologies relevant to the development of basic energy sciences user facilities, in consultation with the High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics programs of the Office of Science.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H260DA14370B44A8284C0F950E9CDCAD5"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Solar fuels research initiative</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AEFC71987E04F9BB9F9A0F09B9F8CBA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 973 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16313">42 U.S.C. 16313</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA7DE1DD9A2F41BEADC4B255EA406AC9" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84CE82C326304A5A9682D8EC8D9931C0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>973.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Solar fuels research initiative</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C73449D9BCC45D6A76940373A754AB1"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initiative</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61E24EE4669047E9B260E9D5D0696134"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out a research initiative, to be known as the <quote>Solar Fuels Research Initiative</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Initiative</quote>) to expand theoretical and fundamental knowledge of photochemistry, electrochemistry, biochemistry, and materials science useful for the practical development of experimental systems to convert solar energy to chemical energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DAB689675414D6C9CA78AD98CC72B34"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leveraging</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out programs and activities under the Initiative, the Secretary shall leverage expertise and resources from—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE49ABF122A34BDF9A2C0C0EE734081C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Basic Energy Sciences Program and the Biological and Environmental Research Program of the Office of Science; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2785CDF3E4034FEA88127EC728E4C813"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC626111077BC42FDA24EB6666D9193A9"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Teams</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B824FBCD72D44BDA79063890B9BE204"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the Initiative, the Secretary shall organize activities among multidisciplinary teams to leverage, to the maximum extent practicable, expertise from the National Laboratories, institutions of higher education, and the private sector.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H864AB01B69C2471A98C31DA381858EF1"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The multidisciplinary teams described in subparagraph (A) shall pursue aggressive, milestone-driven, basic research goals.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64A83AB77C6240B39BBFF49F517AE47B"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide sufficient resources to the multidisciplinary teams described in subparagraph (A) to achieve the goals described in subparagraph (B) over a period of time to be determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B0763C50A3E49ADBCC6E65CCB781652"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may organize additional activities under this subsection through Energy Frontier Research Centers, Energy Innovation Hubs, or other organizational structures.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA02E042999FE4ECE85D98738C637D4F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Artificial photosynthesis</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82AD1DD07D5E44FB9D663D96D443A7DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out under the Initiative a program to support research needed to bridge scientific barriers to, and discover knowledge relevant to, artificial photosynthetic systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5D5D04DC2FE479ABB0E93927D063213"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the program described in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H598464AC959F42BAB34E60ACF25E98ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences shall support basic research to pursue distinct lines of scientific inquiry, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB965D281EB664863B340D4A8ABFFB442"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">photoinduced production of hydrogen and oxygen from water; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9560C40D1EAA424BB77F3835C673D516"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sustainable photoinduced reduction of carbon dioxide to fuel products including hydrocarbons, alcohols, carbon monoxide, and natural gas; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6AF51DE0530D4FF38FA0358A17029543"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy shall support translational research, development, and validation of physical concepts developed under the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD1A7542E0264DF289DDA16AE7F14029"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Standard of review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall review activities carried out under the program described in paragraph (1) to determine the achievement of technical milestones.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H181E44A179EF4EDB87956EA01448C2FB"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds allocated to the program described in paragraph (1) may be obligated or expended for commercial application of energy technology.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H603CEB69E062483D8F77959590CDDAAB"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biochemistry, replication of natural photosynthesis, and related processes</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CCEADAE51174ECD89AE826BE79930FB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out under the Initiative a program to support research needed to replicate natural photosynthetic processes by use of artificial photosynthetic components and materials.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H732104FDF22648CAA99CA893D2B33A2C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the program described in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H273FD63591F642ABA1E368D19FD0B7DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences shall support basic research to expand fundamental knowledge to replicate natural synthesis processes, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE43A746DF5F4E2FA5FCB03E999EC88F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the photoinduced reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD23CD71667FC4F889720FCD969AE01B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the absorption of carbon dioxide from ambient air;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4028D241DEC04801B70525A57E82E338"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">molecular-based charge separation and storage;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H507E18E9E713485E81A8B65D686A08C6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">photoinitiated electron transfer; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H978F615649BB4D77BD9786086EDC5DCA"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">catalysis in biological or biomimetic systems;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8399852DDF204D969BB2650E2544CD40"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Associate Director of Biological and Environmental Research shall support systems biology and genomics approaches to understand genetic and physiological pathways connected to photosynthetic mechanisms; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83D6D58F2C814B68B4D1C1DA5904FE90"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy shall support translational research, development, and validation of physical concepts developed under the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF491458B4E764504AEFAAE87199F0B72"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Standard of review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall review activities carried out under the program described in paragraph (1) to determine the achievement of technical milestones.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A17B1C1E8BF482D91CDCF8D81986518"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds allocated to the program described in paragraph (1) may be obligated or expended for commercial application of energy technology.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD77DAC33C9EC4F10A1A5AF1639097C57"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended by striking the item relating to section 973 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95A7A1B5F18F463E97721D23EF047165" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H84CE82C326304A5A9682D8EC8D9931C0" level="section">Sec. 973. Solar fuels research initiative.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D219BD277DD479D95EE691617D5A647"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Electricity storage research initiative</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DBD9CFA26524E3483FA8A4212BFBD28"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 975 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16315">42 U.S.C. 16315</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB02FC231B66645B9B138D39F30999B5C" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2250E6CF78044100806A6781361AA8C8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>975.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Electricity storage research initiative</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8955B6AB51474778A35CCD4587AEBA5A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initiative</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62C8999F7EF746DCBD49998995354760"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out a research initiative, to be known as the <quote>Electricity Storage Research Initiative</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Initiative</quote>)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B26BB8D925B4788AF4AAE10DA896A08"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to expand theoretical and fundamental knowledge to control, store, and convert—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H570DBC3749484D709006CE857BD9EBE9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">electrical energy to chemical energy; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFC97C6AD15C4B6C94E7C2AE948E8E33"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">chemical energy to electrical energy; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2618E48575824F80BB20CDBC0737C8EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to support scientific inquiry into the practical understanding of chemical and physical processes that occur within systems involving crystalline and amorphous solids, polymers, and organic and aqueous liquids.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEB7B853FC694D449402908D48AF9122"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leveraging</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out programs and activities under the Initiative, the Secretary shall leverage expertise and resources from—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7BF3E103F384C0CA621536B95B99CC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Basic Energy Sciences Program, the Advanced Scientific Computing Research Program, and the Biological and Environmental Research Program of the Office of Science; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA5EE600EAF0445F9742ECAD7EF92ABB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD334D8E0DECF468685379AF67700E758"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Teams</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3C090D36C7C448397DFC45EB255A872"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the Initiative, the Secretary shall organize activities among multidisciplinary teams to leverage, to the maximum extent practicable, expertise from the National Laboratories, institutions of higher education, and the private sector.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5ABB0A2AFAF04F0580FC1DFEA5D0EFB3"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The multidisciplinary teams described in subparagraph (A) shall pursue aggressive, milestone-driven, basic research goals.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD21C49E1D98648528E6E6C4DB8EABA03"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide sufficient resources to the multidisciplinary teams described in subparagraph (A) to achieve the goals described in subparagraph (B) over a period of time to be determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC22F4C0FCF0C48D392353A8ED64A1C17"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may organize additional activities under this subsection through Energy Frontier Research Centers, Energy Innovation Hubs, or other organizational structures.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8978FBEE2F34F67A369A38EAD1FE8D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Multivalent systems</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE95546FDC23443AF82EA76033F46A815"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out under the Initiative a program to support research needed to bridge scientific barriers to, and discover knowledge relevant to, multivalent ion materials in electric energy storage systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC57E590482D4D009D5F365562951715"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the program described in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2CE8BF8321B477C962B2897EB1F37D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences shall investigate electrochemical properties and the dynamics of materials, including charge transfer phenomena and mass transport in materials; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2AC1BFDD42348A494459EBC2FADF0D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy shall support translational research, development, and validation of physical concepts developed under the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD951D98AAFC8445D9B90D67755648CFB"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Standard of review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall review activities carried out under the program described in paragraph (1) to determine the achievement of technical milestones.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2879C5C71F44BFDA6FB7CBA804F4649"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds allocated to the program described in paragraph (1) may be obligated or expended for commercial application of energy technology.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3975628A43D64301B4B6FEF7769B4BB4"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Electrochemistry modeling and simulation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H39A63FC92056460D9B8F439398D649B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out under the Initiative a program to support research to model and simulate organic electrolytes, including the static and dynamic electrochemical behavior and phenomena of organic electrolytes at the molecular and atomic level in monovalent and multivalent systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA72C7A31F8A34A65B7DEAD9645270BEF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the program described in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CF45442C88D4F2CB12FA4F2D265356E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, in coordination with the Associate Director of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, shall support the development of high performance computational tools through a joint development process to maximize the effectiveness of current and projected high performance computing systems; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2457944F35D54F82AB5D5B55AA5A866B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy shall support translational research, development, and validation of physical concepts developed under the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE04707DE6DE34A829B1E5255EEB2E604"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Standard of review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall review activities carried out under the program described in paragraph (1) to determine the achievement of technical milestones.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9527E06FF0B40F6B5DD77E40B042B28"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds allocated to the program described in paragraph (1) may be obligated or expended for commercial application of energy technology.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FC2FD24694643D0A469BA82B24267D5"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mesoscale electrochemistry</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H692F92DA228A4428A1D53FE21B60EE30"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out under the Initiative a program to support research needed to reveal electrochemistry in confined mesoscale spaces, including scientific discoveries relevant to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC6AFDEC2A1E4934A5C70CA74D8CD34C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bio-electrochemistry and electrochemical energy conversion and storage in confined spaces; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37A3DD728566462D9D0099EC2253564E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the dynamics of the phenomena described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H867701272CEA4F9EAEB33BA0054ED963"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the program described in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8273EFA1B86741A4B4C2DFC7C7EB083A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences and the Associate Director of Biological and Environmental Research shall investigate phenomena of mesoscale electrochemical confinement for the purpose of replicating and controlling new electrochemical behavior; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE6C96B57BC147289E3B6555C1D03D0D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy shall support translational research, development, and validation of physical concepts developed under the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6A9CB04D8B14F2185FF63963EA11268"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Standard of review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall review activities carried out under the program described in paragraph (1) to determine the achievement of technical milestones.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1D1ABAFC13C46758146AB2042C66231"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds allocated to the program described in paragraph (1) may be obligated or expended for commercial application of energy technology.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8106894610924CA496E00B9D7D33F03A"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended by striking the item relating to section 975 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABD4B74A2AAA4783994807B1D1CFC042" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H2250E6CF78044100806A6781361AA8C8" level="section">Sec. 975. Electricity storage research initiative.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E8E264981A8497BA57199584B60B5DE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advanced scientific computing research</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB38B39BF13BE4DA9810BD12124F01292"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">American super computing leadership</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA77FAF7048CF43EFBBA7C501AFF59425"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Renaming of Act</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2CB73CAA0734B3DBAEBF0C2B082CECA"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1 of the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5501">15 U.S.C. 5501</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/423">Public Law 108–423</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004</quote> and inserting <quote>American Super Computing Leadership Act of 2017</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3084E4736B1C4DBB894239CFB587AF4D"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 976(a)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16316">42 U.S.C. 16316(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004</quote> and inserting <quote>American Super Computing Leadership Act of 2017</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF98310ECF3B2433796DFC4665EA4D4B8"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the American Super Computing Leadership Act of 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5541">15 U.S.C. 5541</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB4FE8B87A9240D8B6EEF6ED2AE52214"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2046D7D4A3149519A1CF0528A2C6EFB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB855C6B28DDC427EAB98D95EB4F29F85" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57135D013B944E1C9FB0960DFB81B754"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Department</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Department</term> means the Department of Energy.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBABFBBAC56154DCAB17B9A8958C1E46C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exascale computing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>exascale computing</term> means computing through the use of a computing machine that performs near or above 10 to the 18th power operations per second.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD35627C170ED437AAD8C843861D55324"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6) (as redesignated by subparagraph (A)), by striking <quote>, acting through the Director of the Office of Science of the Department of Energy</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2F5408408704F14BF1CE7A8C62F6A69"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Department of Energy High-End computing research and development program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the American Super Computing Leadership Act of 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5542">15 U.S.C. 5542</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D9426254AAA40EA8968A839D46E35CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>program</quote> and inserting <quote>coordinated program across the Department</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H406E72B4AA364E3D80774314767014C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(2), by striking <quote>, which may</quote> and all that follows through <quote>architectures</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD901A9300FAE4446990C9CA46FD7AFD5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3EBB8DB8B6641BD988ACD896BF7180C" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA2ED8E97CF54B3E94A06AB85761DCA8"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exascale computing program</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24DD2B8E38CC48B49758C2405626B871"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a research program (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Program</quote>) for exascale computing, including the development of two or more exascale computing machine architectures, to promote the missions of the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18618245558D40FAA0AF692852FDE0A4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Execution</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9665497839894D50B6948658D29268E3"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the Program, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47231D22B8AA4B0FAD63007BD5991FC3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish two or more National Laboratory partnerships with industry partners and institutions of higher education for the research and development of two or more exascale computing architectures across all applicable organizations of the Department;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H943B90CB3E2E449FB54D75C70743482C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct mission-related codesign activities in developing the exascale computing architectures under clause (i);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB30CE63554344BB0909FBEA49FACF368"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop such advancements in hardware and software technology as are required to fully realize the potential of an exascale production system in addressing Department target applications and solving scientific problems involving predictive modeling and simulation and large scale data analytics and management;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09A8C9106142481CB59F90F0DBDE46AE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">explore the use of exascale computing technologies to advance a broad range of science and engineering; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD11919AE5E64F3B89823B2EF4B4747E"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide, as appropriate, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, access for researchers in industries in the United States, institutions of higher education, National Laboratories, and other Federal agencies to the exascale computing systems developed pursuant to clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89DE7AF771AD46D4B2F3EE19078C9911"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection of partners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall select the partnerships with the computing facilities of the Department under subparagraph (A) through a competitive, peer-review process.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61BE086023C04888B261AF92B5AB5C60"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Codesign and application development</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FBB7C4ACD1144D9B0F6A0C48316E436"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2B4976DF09C43F58A4684E64623613C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out the Program through an integration of applications, computer science, applied mathematics, and computer hardware architecture using the partnerships established pursuant to paragraph (2) to ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, two or more exascale computing machine architectures are capable of solving Department target applications and broader scientific problems, including predictive modeling and simulation and large scale data analytics and management; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB52516333F6B444D942FC55C9C456915"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct outreach programs to increase the readiness for the use of such platforms by domestic industries, including manufacturers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8EF1BF8AB2543E5BDC5719006C5E652"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6698BFE1989E4F3A9AED399E9D2A0317"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the integration under subparagraph (A) is furthering application science data and computational workloads across application interests, including national security, material science, physical science, cybersecurity, biological science, the Materials Genome and BRAIN Initiatives of the President, advanced manufacturing, and the national electric grid; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA07035FC01E34CB9A42576FA7937C80A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the roles and responsibilities of National Laboratories and industry, including the definition of the roles and responsibilities within the Department to ensure an integrated program across the Department.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99297678B38243A28DCA318FDC095072"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project review</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2E9ED1C8C244E7EAD4569D904AA544E"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exascale architectures developed pursuant to partnerships established pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be reviewed through a project review process.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H395EB27BEC1D4CB88EA2A7FF13690ACB"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8331C2406104684B5B037F47AF1965B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the results of the review conducted under subparagraph (A); and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF00C54055654741B2F62A31AF0651D3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the coordination and management of the Program to ensure an integrated research program across the Department.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F470CF2A0E344BEAC6E1E0AD8C8B63C"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the time of the budget submission of the Department for each fiscal year, the Secretary, in consultation with the members of the partnerships established pursuant to paragraph (2), shall submit to Congress a report that describes funding for the Program as a whole by functional element of the Department and critical milestones.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A67AB6206E94F6C8A809476F8B75393"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">High-Performance computing and networking research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall support research in high-performance computing and networking relevant to energy applications, including modeling, simulation, and advanced data analytics for basic and applied energy research programs carried out by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0181F49527834AEB9BCCC4BB11C5EC35"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applied mathematics and software development for high-End computing systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall carry out activities to develop, test, and support—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24832EA2F5844D23B796D886B9C9B52C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mathematics, models, and algorithms for complex systems and programming environments; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25088F4E58FD44D2ABC4243BDC9F6359"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">tools, languages, and operating systems for high-end computing systems (as defined in section 2 of the American Super Computing Leadership Act of 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5541">15 U.S.C. 5541</external-xref>)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB66DCA7804DC4DC68FF5F407DE2DE6F0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">High-energy physics</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H583612AC798643ECBF49E0D023142D5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DD9D2397A1143649B3D5CF9F43D3B91"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director should incorporate the findings and recommendations of the report of the Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel entitled <quote>Building for Discovery: Strategic Plan for U.S. Particle Physics in the Global Context</quote> into the planning process of the Department; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AF8BC283A6D41D688B33A8846BE111E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the nations that lead in particle physics by hosting international teams dedicated to a common scientific goal attract the world’s best talent and inspire future generations of physicists and technologists.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A45939F8A254A1CA639B3E98CFA3C5C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">International collaboration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director, as practicable and in coordination with other appropriate Federal agencies as necessary, shall ensure the access of United States researchers to the most advanced accelerator facilities and research capabilities in the world, including the Large Hadron Collider.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E1F86DC8133487DB914641B99BB0BEF"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Neutrino research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall carry out research activities on rare decay processes and the nature of the neutrino, which may include collaborations with the National Science Foundation or international collaborations.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB328CE658C2C4C2AACBFD648CF7E8151"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dark energy and dark matter research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall carry out research activities on the nature of dark energy and dark matter, which may include collaborations with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or the National Science Foundation; or international collaborations.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0489DDED260148FF94A50E47F7A37AAB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>306.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biological and environmental research</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC183B8D7D66845288CEF021AB9853575"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biological systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall carry out research and development activities in fundamental, structural, computational, and systems biology to increase systems-level understanding of the complex biological systems, which may include activities—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD36827C5EECC49BD8FFD076D4EF29C41"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to accelerate breakthroughs and new knowledge that would enable the cost-effective, sustainable production of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC612D92FE7E14DC9A1AB279DBD476A19"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">biomass-based liquid transportation fuels;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H385000A6A21243F9875154D662E25194"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bioenergy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEEA9155A3D4452BAC177311767D1B85"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">biobased materials;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9CC374EA4394BBE8CA80F63284B3D29"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve understanding of the global carbon cycle, including processes for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, through photosynthesis and other biological processes, for sequestration and storage; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A2F781EA4A7489291C7659703C406D3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to understand the biological mechanisms used to transform, immobilize, or remove contaminants from subsurface environments.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF50BDBA81024ABAB7D24C8AC202515F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation for research funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall not approve new climate science-related initiatives without making a determination that such work is well-coordinated with any relevant work carried out by other Federal agencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B0FCC56D93A421A9E2D06DFC2863AB9"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Low-Dose radiation research program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DC3EC0090AB4E47A2F7A971660AD730"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall carry out a research program on low-dose radiation.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB63546A8B69E4FBC9BB39B16B1D3655B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of the program is to enhance the scientific understanding of, and reduce uncertainties associated with, the effects of exposure to low-dose radiation to inform improved risk-management methods.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CA0175927B94F84A44515DAEA8B15AB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fusion energy</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H074F335F21CA4FC5BFD1A9A5E66F4868"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fusion materials research and development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the activities authorized in section 978 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16318">42 U.S.C. 16318</external-xref>)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D90928297A646CEA335717F4FEBE65C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy of the Department, shall carry out research and development activities to identify, characterize, and demonstrate materials that can endure the neutron, plasma, and heat fluxes expected in a fusion power system; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB31A28C54A874687A937CD0C1674574C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director shall provide an assessment of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20E5CABD536E445F802EF7C9FE3F027A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the need for one or more facilities that can examine and test potential fusion and next generation fission materials and other enabling technologies relevant to the development of fusion power; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE119A9FDC3B846908ED30C4CA12F2E2A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether a single new facility that substantially addresses magnetic fusion and next generation fission materials research needs is feasible, in conjunction with the expected capabilities of facilities operational as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62C78051D20C452AB15FA498C1996800"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tokamak research and development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall support research and development activities and facility operations to optimize the tokamak approach to fusion energy.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HECB35216423A4174B7794BE72436A253"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inertial fusion energy research and development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall support research and development activities for inertial fusion for energy applications.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89496661648947EF835D44B2095491C4"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alternative and enabling concepts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall support research and development activities and facility operations at institutions of higher education, National Laboratories, and private facilities in the United States for a portfolio of alternative and enabling fusion energy concepts that may provide solutions to significant challenges to the establishment of a commercial magnetic fusion power plant, prioritized based on the ability of the United States to play a leadership role in the international fusion research community.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5E2CB991A474D4E9E48B097F5E0C51A"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination with ARPA–E</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall coordinate with the Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (referred to in this subsection as <quote>ARPA–E</quote>) to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE728BEA3F69D4E54981E84897D62669A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the potential for any fusion energy project supported by ARPA–E to represent a promising approach to a commercially viable fusion power plant;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C87D095C667415DBE116976B12A9217"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine whether the results of any fusion energy project supported by ARPA–E merit the support of follow-on research activities carried out by the Office of Science; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93B5071DD1734219AC9CC28E10B306F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">avoid the unintentional duplication of activities.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FFBFBCB53B54D4892534CEFF01AE01D"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fairness in competition for solicitations for international project activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 33 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2053">42 U.S.C. 2053</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the first sentence the following: <quote>In this section, with respect to international research projects, the term <term>private facilities or laboratories</term> means facilities or laboratories located in the United States.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49145C85F5A54E8EB2A4E33478CE298C"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identification of priorities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2EA84643B134B5296C7341090E4611B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03DA576124E4491CAD17356FADE61974"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the fusion energy research and development activities that the Department proposes to carry out over the 10-year period following the date of the report under not fewer than 3 realistic budget scenarios, including a scenario based on 3-percent annual growth in the non-ITER portion of the budget for fusion energy research and development activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D5A6E02AA6349C79D0B0F857EB55F03"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subparagraph (A) shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1933D3D290114AF8B8D75A9779F501CE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify specific areas of fusion energy research and enabling technology development in which the United States can and should establish or solidify a lead in the global fusion energy development effort;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4095EC3BA2904F93A3565D1D87078678"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify priorities for initiation of facility construction and facility decommissioning under each of the three budget scenarios described in subparagraph (A); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5033E7987F145989C33513C6F40DBC7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the ability of the fusion workforce of the United States to carry out the activities identified under clauses (i) and (ii), including the adequacy of programs at institutions of higher education in the United States to train the leaders and workers of the next generation of fusion energy researchers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D87DB1B48EE4673AF44A62BC7082629"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to develop the report required under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall leverage best practices and lessons learned from the process used to develop the most recent report of the Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel of the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9A2A1B5E44B4B4B9FC0F37E61B40834"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No member of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee shall be excluded from participating in developing or voting on final approval of the report required under paragraph (1)(A).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B453A8DCDDA44D5B0FDE80FA7CA0097" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>308.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nuclear physics</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09046BA0E70449D7AA4CF4CE99BCD115"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Isotope Development and Production for Research Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F374D5354F443368AEE7B0399185B30"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may carry out a program for the production of isotopes, including the development of techniques to produce isotopes, that the Secretary determines are needed for research, medical, industrial, or related purposes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC38489CFD0EB4BD09A064014DF2FE7C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall ensure that isotope production activities carried out under the program under this paragraph do not compete with private industry unless the Director determines that critical national interests require the involvement of the Federal Government.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B7703C2701349469FAD3FF2EC2623A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Renaming of the Rare Isotope Accelerator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 981 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16321">42 U.S.C. 16321</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94C61545C8D446D9A28C07DE30B8A862"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">rare isotope accelerator</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">facility for rare isotope beams</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A3FB1175D46481C8BB059EF8D280AC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Rare Isotope Accelerator</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Facility for Rare Isotope Beams</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE33F0795378645A39A62A25D62B392EB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>309.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Science laboratories infrastructure program</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DB47A37D71D403D840FF846C2FDEFFC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall carry out a program to improve the safety, efficiency, and mission readiness of infrastructure at laboratories of the Office of Science.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41E385286C1A4954BF33546E5E8122CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program under subsection (a) shall include projects—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3267F5BA91B6466DB1E5611CFA93F300"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to renovate or replace space that does not meet research needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8A01CC2194F4798B4225F6210D74B95"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to replace facilities that are no longer cost effective to renovate or operate;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69C98AC39A7D432ABC5024024360EA36"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to modernize utility systems to prevent failures and ensure efficiency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33C785A7BB3345EC9B1ACDB1ADB27AD1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to remove excess facilities to allow safe and efficient operations; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B69BE8D8A3342ACB818F618BE9CCA06"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to construct modern facilities to conduct advanced research in controlled environmental conditions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>Passed the Senate July 23, 2018.Secretary