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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7934 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish the Energy I-Corps program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 4, 2020 

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

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish the Energy 

I-Corps program. 

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 ‘‘Energy Innovation 

5 Corps’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ENERGY I-CORPS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy (herein8 after referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), acting through the 

9 Technology Transfer Coordinator established in section 

10 1001(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

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1 cial application education, training, professional develop2 ment, and mentorship called the ‘‘Energy Innovation 

3 Corps Program’’ (hereinafter in this section referred to 

4 as ‘‘Energy I-Corps’’). 

5 (b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of Energy I-Corps shall 

6 be to help participants described in subsection (c) develop 

7 skills and to accelerate the commercial application of clean 

8 energy technologies and other technologies related to the 

9 mission of the Department of Energy. 

10 (c) PARTICIPANTS.—The Secretary shall carry out 

11 this program for participants consisting of— 

12 (1) employees at the National Laboratories; and 

13 (2) researchers, students, and clean energy en14 trepreneurs. 

15 (d) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out Energy I-Corps, 

16 the Secretary shall support— 

17 (1) commercial application education, training, 

18 and mentoring activities, including workshops, semi19 nars, and short courses; 

20 (2) engagement with private sector entities to 

21 identify future research and development activities; 

22 and 

23 (3) any other activities that the Secretary de24 termines to be relevant. 

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1 (e) STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying 

2 out Energy I-Corps, the Secretary may engage in partner3 ships with National Laboratories, State and local govern4 ments, economic development organizations, and nonprofit 

5 organizations to broaden access to Energy I-Corps and 

6 support relevant activities under this subsection. 

7 (f) FEDERAL COORDINATION.—In carrying out En8 ergy I-Corps, the Secretary may coordinate with any other 

9 Federal science agency program that carries out a similar 

10 program to support entrepreneurial and commercial appli11 cation education, training, professional development, and 

12 mentorship in order to share best practices. 

13 (g) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall submit 3 

14 years after the enactment of this Act and every 3 years 

15 thereafter to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech16 nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

17 on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate an evalua18 tion on the long-term effectiveness of the Energy I-Corps 

19 program and the progress towards achieving the purposes 

20 of the program in subsection (a). 

21 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

22 are authorized to be appropriated to the Technology 

23 Transfer Coordinator established in section 1001(a) of the 

24 Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16391(a)) to carry 

25 out the activities authorized in subsection (a)— 

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1 (1) for participants under subsection (c)(1) 

2 $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 

3 2025; and 

4 (2) for participants under subsection (c)(2) 

5 $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 

6 2025. 

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