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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10220 

To establish the National Institutes of Clean Energy. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2024 

Mr. HUFFMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To establish the National Institutes of Clean Energy. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Institutes of 

5 Clean Energy Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF CLEAN ENERGY. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.—The 

9 term ‘‘advanced energy technology’’ means a tech10 nology that— 

11 (A) reduces greenhouse gas emissions with 

12 high conversion efficiency; 


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1 (B) minimizes energy, water, and material 

2 resource use; 

3 (C) was produced by or helps generate a 

4 renewable energy source; and 

5 (D) minimizes environmental harms to or 

6 negative public health impacts on frontline, vul7 nerable, and disadvantaged communities. 

8 (2) FRONTLINE, VULNERABLE, AND DISADVAN9 TAGED COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘frontline, vulner10 able, and disadvantaged community’’ means a com11 munity— 

12 (A) in an area described in section 301(a) 

13 of the Public Works and Economic Develop14 ment Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3161(a)); and 

15 (B) in which climate change, pollution, or 

16 environmental destruction have exacerbated sys17 temic racial, regional, social, environmental, 

18 gender, and economic injustices by dispropor19 tionately affecting Black, Brown, and Indige20 nous peoples, other communities of color, mi21 grant communities, deindustrialized commu22 nities, depopulated rural communities, the poor, 

23 low-income workers, women, the elderly, the 

24 unhoused, people with disabilities, or youth. 


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1 (3) INSTITUTES.—The term ‘‘Institutes’’ means 

2 the National Institutes of Clean Energy established 

3 under subsection (b). 

4 (4) LAND-GRANT COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.— 

5 The term ‘‘land-grant college or university’’ means— 

6 (A) an institution that is eligible to receive 

7 funds under the Act of July 2, 1862 (commonly 

8 known as the ‘‘First Morrill Act’’) (12 Stat. 

9 503, chapter 130; 7 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) or the 

10 Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known as 

11 the ‘‘Second Morrill Act’’) (26 Stat. 417, chap12 ter 841; 7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including 

13 Tuskegee University; and 

14 (B) a 1994 Institution (as defined in sec15 tion 532 of the Equity in Educational Land16 Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; 

17 Public Law 103–382)). 

18 (5) MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

19 term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ means an insti20 tution of higher education described in section 

21 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

22 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 

23 (6) RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE.—The term 

24 ‘‘renewable energy source’’ means energy generated 


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1 from a renewable source, including the following re2 newable energy sources: 

3 (A) Solar, including electricity. 

4 (B) Wind. 

5 (C) Ocean, including tidal, wave, current, 

6 and thermal. 

7 (D) Geothermal, including electricity and 

8 heat pumps. 

9 (E) Hydroelectric generation capacity 

10 achieved from increased efficiency or additions 

11 of new capacity at an existing hydroelectric 

12 project that was placed in service on or after 

13 January 1, 1999. 

14 (F) Hydrogen derived from a renewable 

15 energy source. 

16 (G) Thermal energy generated by any of 

17 the sources described in subparagraphs (A) 

18 through (F). 

19 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than January 1, 

20 2028, there shall be established the National Institutes of 

21 Clean Energy, which shall be an agency of the Department 

22 of Energy. 

23 (c) ACTIVITIES.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Institutes shall— 


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1 (A) invest in clean energy science, climate 

2 science, innovation, and research and develop3 ment to reduce emissions and build climate re4 silience; and 

5 (B) support— 

6 (i) clean energy research areas, in7 cluding— 

8 (I) demonstration projects for 

9 clean energy and climate research and 

10 development priorities, including 

11 microgrids, energy storage, electric ve12 hicles, and advanced energy tech13 nologies in hard-to-decarbonize sec14 tors, such as the aviation and ship15 ping sectors; and 

16 (II) clean energy research areas 

17 that are underrepresented in existing 

18 Federal research and development 

19 funding, such as long-duration grid 

20 storage; 

21 (ii) research and development projects 

22 focusing on the impacts of energy produc23 tion in frontline communities, including 

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1 munities, that have been disproportionately 

2 impacted by environmental injustices; and 

3 (iii) research and development 

4 projects focused on impacts of clean energy 

5 and energy production on job loss, job cre6 ation, and workforce development, particu7 larly in heavily unionized workforce sec8 tors. 

9 (2) PRIORITY.—In carrying out paragraph (1), 

10 the Institutes shall give priority to— 

11 (A) the development of technologies that 

12 will— 

13 (i) minimize environmental harms to 

14 or negative public health impacts on front15 line, vulnerable, and disadvantaged com16 munities; 

17 (ii) improve the public health of front18 line, vulnerable, and disadvantaged com19 munities; or 

20 (iii) create high-quality jobs with 

21 strong labor standards in frontline, vulner22 able, and disadvantaged communities; 

23 (B) research and development of advanced 

24 energy technologies; 


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1 (C) climate science and innovation and 

2 clean energy technology; 

3 (D) research and development that will be 

4 conducted at— 

5 (i) public universities and colleges; 

6 (ii) land-grant colleges and univer7 sities; 

8 (iii) minority-serving institutions, in9 cluding historically Black colleges and uni10 versities; and 

11 (iv) consortia comprising 1 or more of 

12 the entities described in clauses (i) through 

13 (iii); and 

14 (E) research and development in geo15 graphic areas that have seen the worst job 

16 losses between 2016 and 2024, including rural 

17 areas and areas impacted by 

18 deindustrialization. 

19 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

20 authorized to be appropriated $400,000,000,000 for the 

21 period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034 to establish and 

22 operate the Institutes. 

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