3.0.0 696 2023-01-11T19:57:29Z 2023-01-11T19:57:29Z Senate S S 2007-02-27 110 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-02-27T21:10:00Z 2007-02-27 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2280-2281) IntroReferral 2007-02-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2279-2280) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2007-06-12 False Energy Alternative energy sources Awards, medals, prizes Commemorations Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Energy conservation Energy consumption Energy efficiency Energy research Energy security Engineering Environmental Protection Executive reorganization Federal aid to research Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Imports International competitiveness Laboratories Presidential appointments Research and development Research and development facilities Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Small business Technological innovations Energy 00 2007-02-27 Introduced in Senate 2007-08-23T14:35:54Z Energy Research Act of 2007 - Establishes the Advanced Research Projects Administration - Energy (ARPA-E) to reduce foreign energy imports and to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. economy by: (1) promoting revolutionary changes in the critical technologies that would promote energy competitiveness; (2) turning cutting-edge science and engineering into technologies for energy and environmental application; and (3) accelerating innovation in energy and the environment for both traditional and alternative energy sources and in energy efficiency mechanisms to reduce energy use.

Requires the ARPA-E Director to award competitive grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to institutions of higher education, companies, or consortia of such entities (which may include federally funded research and development centers).

Requires the Director to implement such programs in a manner similar to the Small Business Innovation Research Program in order to ensure that small-business concerns are fully able to participate in the programs.

Authorizes the Director to carry out a program to award cash prizes in recognition of outstanding achievements with potential application to the mission of ARPA-E.

]]> Energy Research Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish an Advanced Research Projects Administration-Energy to initiate high risk, innovative energy research to improve the energy security of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Energy Research Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Energy Research Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s696is/xml/BILLS-110s696is.xml 2007-02-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2280-2281) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.