1.This Act may be cited as the
Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas
Research and Development Act
.
2.Section 999A(a) of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16371(a)) is amended—
(a)by striking
The Secretary
and inserting the following:
(1)The
Secretary
;
and
(b)by adding at the
end the following:
(2)The
program established under this section shall be known as the
Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Research and Development
Program
.
.
3.Section 999A of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16371) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(f)In
carrying out the program authorized by this subtitle, the Secretary shall seek
to establish partnerships with research performers in institutions of higher
education and the private sector to undertake research and development not
likely otherwise to be undertaken in the absence of support from the
program.
.
4.
(a)Section 999B(e)(3)
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16372(e)(3)) is amended by striking
The Secretary
and inserting Not later than February 1 of
each year, the Secretary
.
(b)Section 999B(e) is
amended by adding after paragraph (5) the following:
(6)National energy
technology laboratory annual planThe National Energy Technology
Laboratory shall submit to the Secretary its complementary annual research plan
for inclusion as a component of the President’s annual budget request to
Congress.
.
5.Section 999B(f) of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16372(f)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
(4)The program consortium may make awards in the form of
grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other
transactions.
.
6.Program review
and oversightSection 999B(j)
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16372(j)) is amended by striking
The National Energy Technology Laboratory, on behalf of the Secretary,
shall
and inserting The Secretary shall
.
7.Section 999F of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16376) is amended by striking 2014
and inserting
2017
.
8.Definition of
program administration fundsSection 999G(3) of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16377(3)) is amended by inserting the greater of
$4,000,000 or
after not to exceed
.
9.
(a)Section 999H(a) of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16378(a)) is amended—
(1)by striking
$50,000,000
and inserting $150,000,000
;
and
(2)by striking
Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other
Petroleum
and inserting Unconventional Domestic Natural
Gas
.
(b)Section 999H(f) of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16378(f)) is amended by striking
Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other
Petroleum
and inserting Unconventional Domestic Natural
Gas
.