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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1938 

To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to replace the current 

requirement for a biennial energy policy plan with a Quadrennial Energy 

Review, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 16, 2014 

Mr. PRYOR (for himself, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. 

COONS, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. TESTER, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, and 

Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to 

replace the current requirement for a biennial energy 

policy plan with a Quadrennial Energy Review, and for 

other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Quadrennial Energy 

5 Review Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) the President’s Council of Advisors on 

2 Science and Technology recommends that the United 

3 States develop a Governmentwide Federal energy 

4 policy and update the policy regularly with strategic 

5 Quadrennial Energy Reviews similar to the reviews 

6 conducted by the Department of Defense; 

7 (2) as the lead agency in support of energy 

8 science and technology innovation, the Department 

9 of Energy has conducted a Quadrennial Technology 

10 Review of the energy technology policies and pro11 grams of the Department; 

12 (3) the Quadrennial Technology Review of the 

13 Department of Energy serves as the basis for coordi14 nation with other agencies and on other programs 

15 for which the Department has a key role; 

16 (4) a Quadrennial Energy Review would— 

17 (A) establish integrated, Governmentwide 

18 national energy objectives in the context of eco19 nomic, environmental, and security priorities; 

20 (B) coordinate actions across Federal 

21 agencies; 

22 (C) identify the resources needed for the 

23 invention, adoption, and diffusion of energy 

24 technologies; and 


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1 (D) provide a strong analytical base for 

2 Federal energy policy decisions; 

3 (5) a Quadrennial Energy Review should be es4 tablished taking into account estimated Federal 

5 budgetary resources; 

6 (6) the development of an energy policy result7 ing from a Quadrennial Energy Review would— 

8 (A) enhance the energy security of the 

9 United States; 

10 (B) create jobs; and 

11 (C) mitigate environmental harm; and 

12 (7) while a Quadrennial Energy Review will be 

13 a product of the executive branch, the review will 

14 have substantial input from— 

15 (A) Congress; 

16 (B) the energy industry; 

17 (C) academia; 

18 (D) nongovernmental organizations; and 

19 (E) the public. 

20 SEC. 3. QUADRENNIAL ENERGY REVIEW. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 801 of the Department of 

22 Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7321) is amended 

23 to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘SEC. 801. QUADRENNIAL ENERGY REVIEW. 

25 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 

2 the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 

3 Policy within the Executive Office of the President. 

4 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL LABORATORY.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘Federal 

6 Laboratory’ has the meaning given the term 

7 ‘laboratory’ in section 12(d) of the Stevenson8 Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 

9 U.S.C. 3710a(d)). 

10 ‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘Federal Lab11 oratory’ includes a federally funded research 

12 and development center sponsored by a Federal 

13 agency. 

14 ‘‘(3) INTERAGENCY ENERGY COORDINATION

15 COUNCIL.—The term ‘interagency energy coordina16 tion council’ means a council established under sub17 section (b)(1). 

18 ‘‘(4) QUADRENNIAL ENERGY REVIEW.—The 

19 term ‘Quadrennial Energy Review’ means a com20 prehensive multiyear review, coordinated across Fed21 eral agencies, that— 

22 ‘‘(A) focuses on energy programs and tech23 nologies; 

24 ‘‘(B) establishes energy objectives across 

25 the Federal Government; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) covers each of the areas described in 

2 subsection (d)(2). 

3 ‘‘(b) INTERAGENCY ENERGY COORDINATION COUN4 CIL.— 

5 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 

6 after the date of enactment of the Energy Savings 

7 and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013, and 

8 every 4 years thereafter, the President shall estab9 lish an interagency energy coordination council to 

10 coordinate the Quadrennial Energy Review. 

11 ‘‘(2) CO-CHAIRPERSONS.—The appropriate sen12 ior Federal Government official designated by the 

13 President and the Director shall be co-chairpersons 

14 of the interagency energy coordination council. 

15 ‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The interagency energy 

16 coordination council shall be comprised of represent17 atives at level I or II of the Executive Schedule of— 

18 ‘‘(A) the Department of Energy; 

19 ‘‘(B) the Department of Commerce; 

20 ‘‘(C) the Department of Defense; 

21 ‘‘(D) the Department of State; 

22 ‘‘(E) the Department of the Interior; 

23 ‘‘(F) the Department of Agriculture; 

24 ‘‘(G) the Department of the Treasury; 

25 ‘‘(H) the Department of Transportation; 


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1 ‘‘(I) the Office of Management and Budg2 et; 

3 ‘‘(J) the National Science Foundation; 

4 ‘‘(K) the Environmental Protection Agen5 cy; and 

6 ‘‘(L) such other Federal organizations, de7 partments, and agencies that the President con8 siders to be appropriate. 

9 ‘‘(c) CONDUCT OF REVIEW.—Each Quadrennial En10 ergy Review shall be conducted to provide an integrated 

11 view of important national energy objectives and Federal 

12 energy policy, including the maximum practicable align13 ment of research programs, incentives, regulations, and 

14 partnerships. 

15 ‘‘(d) SUBMISSION OF QUADRENNIAL ENERGY RE16 VIEW TO CONGRESS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than August 1, 

18 2015, and every 4 years thereafter, the President 

19 shall publish and submit to Congress a report on the 

20 Quadrennial Energy Review. 

21 ‘‘(2) INCLUSIONS.—The report described in 

22 paragraph (1) should include, as appropriate— 

23 ‘‘(A) an integrated view of short-, inter24 mediate-, and long-term objectives for Federal 


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1 energy policy in the context of economic, envi2 ronmental, and security priorities; 

3 ‘‘(B) anticipated Federal actions (including 

4 programmatic, regulatory, and fiscal actions) 

5 and resource requirements— 

6 ‘‘(i) to achieve the objectives described 

7 in subparagraph (A); and 

8 ‘‘(ii) to be coordinated across multiple 

9 agencies; 

10 ‘‘(C) an analysis of the prospective roles of 

11 parties (including academia, industry, con12 sumers, the public, and Federal agencies) in 

13 achieving the objectives described in subpara14 graph (A), including— 

15 ‘‘(i) an analysis, by energy use sector, 

16 including— 

17 ‘‘(I) commercial and residential 

18 buildings; 

19 ‘‘(II) the industrial sector; 

20 ‘‘(III) transportation; and 

21 ‘‘(IV) electric power; 

22 ‘‘(ii) requirements for invention, adop23 tion, development, and diffusion of energy 

24 technologies that are mapped onto each of 

25 the energy use sectors; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) other research that inform strat2 egies to incentivize desired actions; 

3 ‘‘(D) an assessment of policy options to in4 crease domestic energy supplies and energy effi5 ciency; 

6 ‘‘(E) an evaluation of energy storage, 

7 transmission, and distribution requirements, in8 cluding requirements for renewable energy; 

9 ‘‘(F) an integrated plan for the involve10 ment of the Federal Laboratories in energy pro11 grams; 

12 ‘‘(G) portfolio assessments that describe 

13 the optimal deployment of resources, including 

14 prioritizing financial resources for energy pro15 grams; 

16 ‘‘(H) a mapping of the linkages among 

17 basic research and applied programs, dem18 onstration programs, and other innovation 

19 mechanisms across the Federal agencies; 

20 ‘‘(I) an identification of, and projections 

21 for, demonstration projects, including time22 frames, milestones, sources of funding, and 

23 management; 

24 ‘‘(J) an identification of public and private 

25 funding needs for various energy technologies, 


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1 systems, and infrastructure, including consider2 ation of public-private partnerships, loans, and 

3 loan guarantees; 

4 ‘‘(K) an assessment of global competitors 

5 and an identification of programs that can be 

6 enhanced with international cooperation; 

7 ‘‘(L) an identification of policy gaps that 

8 need to be filled to accelerate the adoption and 

9 diffusion of energy technologies, including con10 sideration of— 

11 ‘‘(i) Federal tax policies; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) the role of Federal agencies as 

13 early adopters and purchasers of new en14 ergy technologies; 

15 ‘‘(M) a priority list for implementation of 

16 objectives and actions taking into account esti17 mated Federal budgetary resources; 

18 ‘‘(N) an analysis of— 

19 ‘‘(i) points of maximum leverage for 

20 policy intervention to achieve outcomes; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(ii) areas of energy policy that can 

23 be most effective in meeting national goals 

24 for the energy sector; and 


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1 ‘‘(O) recommendations for executive 

2 branch organization changes to facilitate the 

3 development and implementation of Federal en4 ergy policies. 

5 ‘‘(e) INTERIM REPORTS.—The President may pre6 pare and publish interim reports as part of the Quadren7 nial Energy Review. 

8 ‘‘(f) EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy 

10 shall provide the Quadrennial Energy Review with 

11 an Executive Secretariat who shall make available 

12 the necessary analytical, financial, and administra13 tive support for the conduct of each Quadrennial 

14 Energy Review required under this section. 

15 ‘‘(2) COOPERATION.—The heads of applicable 

16 Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Secretary 

17 and provide such assistance, information, and re18 sources as the Secretary may require to assist in 

19 carrying out this section.’’. 

20 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—Nothing in this Act or an 

21 amendment made by this Act supersedes, modifies, 

22 amends, or repeals any provision of Federal law not ex23 pressly superseded, modified, amended, or repealed by this 

24 Act. 

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