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                                                 Union Calendar No. 346
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4091

                          [Report No. 116-432]

 To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the ARPA-E program, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2019

    Ms. Johnson of Texas (for herself and Mr. Lamb) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, 
                             and Technology

                             June 18, 2020

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Mast, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Foster, Mr. 
Swalwell of California, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Hill 
 of California, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
Schiff, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Rouda, Mrs. Fletcher, 
  Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Case, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Riggleman, Ms. 
      Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Pappas, Mr. 
 Fortenberry, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Katko, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. 
 Lynch, Mr. Crow, Mr. Allred, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Mr. 
   Crenshaw, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Schneider, Mr. 
   Lujan, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Baird, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
   Peters, Mr. Himes, Mr. Welch, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Ms. 
 Stefanik, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Keating, 
 Ms. Wild, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Porter, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. Michael F. Doyle 
 of Pennsylvania, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. DeSaulnier, Miss Gonzalez-
Colon of Puerto Rico, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Rooney of Florida, Mr. 
      Waltz, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Woodall, Mr. 
         Fleischmann, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, and Mr. Gallagher


                             June 18, 2020

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 
                               30, 2019]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the ARPA-E program, 
                        and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. ARPA-E AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Establishment.--Section 5012(b) of the America COMPETES Act (42 
U.S.C. 16538(b)) is amended by striking ``development of energy 
technologies'' and inserting ``development of transformative science 
and technology solutions to address the energy and environmental 
missions of the Department''.
    (b) Goals.--Section 5012(c) of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 
16538(c)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1)(A) and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) to enhance the economic and energy security 
                of the United States through the development of energy 
                technologies that--
                            ``(i) reduce imports of energy from foreign 
                        sources;
                            ``(ii) reduce energy-related emissions, 
                        including greenhouse gases;
                            ``(iii) improve the energy efficiency of 
                        all economic sectors;
                            ``(iv) provide transformative solutions to 
                        improve the management, clean-up, and disposal 
                        of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel; 
                        and
                            ``(v) improve the resilience, reliability, 
                        and security of infrastructure to produce, 
                        deliver, and store energy; and''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
        (A), by striking ``energy technology projects'' and inserting 
        ``advanced technology projects''.
    (c) Responsibilities.--Section 5012(e)(3)(A) of the America 
COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(e)(3)(A)) is amended by striking 
``energy''.
    (d) Reports and Roadmaps.--Section 5012(h) of the America COMPETES 
Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(h)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(h) Reports and Roadmaps.--
            ``(1) Annual report.--As part of the annual budget request 
        submitted for each fiscal year, the Director shall provide to 
        the relevant authorizing and appropriations committees of 
        Congress a report that--
                    ``(A) describes projects supported by ARPA-E during 
                the previous fiscal year;
                    ``(B) describes projects supported by ARPA-E during 
                the previous fiscal year that examine topics and 
                technologies closely related to other activities funded 
                by the Department, and includes an analysis of whether 
                in supporting such projects, the Director is in 
                compliance with subsection (i)(1)(A); and
                    ``(C) describes current, proposed, and planned 
                projects to be carried out pursuant to subsection 
                (e)(3)(D).
            ``(2) Strategic vision roadmap.--Not later than October 1, 
        2021, and every four years thereafter, the Director shall 
        provide to the relevant authorizing and appropriations 
        committees of Congress a roadmap describing the strategic 
        vision that ARPA-E will use to guide the choices of ARPA-E for 
        future technology investments over the following 4 fiscal 
        years.''.
    (e) Coordination and Nonduplication.--Section 5012(i)(1) of the 
America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(i)(1)) is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(1) In general.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
        Director shall ensure that--
                    ``(A) the activities of ARPA-E are coordinated 
                with, and do not duplicate the efforts of, programs and 
                laboratories within the Department and other relevant 
                research agencies; and
                    ``(B) ARPA-E does not provide funding for a project 
                unless the prospective grantee demonstrates sufficient 
                attempts to secure private financing or indicates that 
                the project is not independently commercially 
                viable.''.
    (f) Evaluation.--Section 5012(l) of the America COMPETES Act (42 
U.S.C. 16538(l)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
        enactment of the ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2019, the 
        Secretary is authorized to enter into a contract with the 
        National Academy of Sciences under which the National Academy 
        shall conduct an evaluation of how well ARPA-E is achieving the 
        goals and mission of ARPA-E.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``shall'' and inserting ``may''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the 
                recommendation of the National Academy of Sciences'' 
                and inserting ``a recommendation''.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--Paragraph (2) of section 
5012(o) of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(o)) is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--Subject to 
        paragraph (4), there are authorized to be appropriated to the 
        Director for deposit in the Fund, without fiscal year 
        limitation--
                    ``(A) $428,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;
                    ``(B) $497,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;
                    ``(C) $567,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
                    ``(D) $651,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and
                    ``(E) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.''.
    (h) Technical Amendments.--Section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act 
(42 U.S.C. 16538) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (g)(3)(A)(iii), by striking ``subpart'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``subparagraph''; and
            (2) in subsection (o)(4)(B), by striking ``(c)(2)(D)'' and 
        inserting ``(c)(2)(C)''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 346

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4091

                          [Report No. 116-432]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the ARPA-E program, 
                        and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 18, 2020

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed