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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 552 

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 

MARCH 13, 2013 

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 2013’’. 

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 Government wide 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, Government wide 

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 Section 801 of the Department of Energy Organiza22 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7321) is amended to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘SEC. 801. QUADRENNIAL ENERGY REVIEW. 

24 ‘‘(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) covers all 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.—Beginning on October 

6 1, 2013, and every 4 years thereafter, the President 

7 shall establish an interagency energy coordination 

8 council to coordinate the Quadrennial Energy Re9 view. 

10 ‘‘(2) CO-CHAIRPERSONS.—The Secretary and 

11 the Director shall be co-chairpersons of the inter12 agency energy coordination council. 

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

14 coordination council shall be comprised of represent15 atives at level I or II of the Executive Schedule of— 

16 ‘‘(A) the Department of Commerce; 

17 ‘‘(B) the Department of Defense; 

18 ‘‘(C) the Department of State; 

19 ‘‘(D) the Department of the Interior; 

20 ‘‘(E) the Department of Agriculture; 

21 ‘‘(F) the Department of the Treasury; 

22 ‘‘(G) the Department of Transportation; 

23 ‘‘(H) the Office of Management and Budg24 et; 

25 ‘‘(I) the National Science Foundation; 


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1 ‘‘(J) the Environmental Protection Agency; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(K) such other Federal organizations, de4 partments, and agencies that the President con5 siders to be appropriate. 

6 ‘‘(c) CONDUCT OF REVIEW.—Each Quadrennial En7 ergy Review shall be conducted to provide an integrated 

8 view of national energy objectives and Federal energy pol9 icy, including the maximum practicable alignment of re10 search programs, incentives, regulations, and partner11 ships. 

12 ‘‘(d) SUBMISSION OF QUADRENNIAL ENERGY RE13 VIEW TO CONGRESS.— 

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

15 2015, and every 4 years thereafter, the Secretary, in 

16 cooperation with the Director, shall publish and sub17 mit to Congress a report on the Quadrennial Energy 

18 Review. 

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

20 paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum— 

21 ‘‘(A) an integrated view of short-, inter22 mediate-, and long-term objectives for Federal 

23 energy policy in the context of economic, envi24 ronmental, and security priorities; 


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1 ‘‘(B) anticipated Federal actions (including 

2 programmatic, regulatory, and fiscal actions) 

3 and resource requirements— 

4 ‘‘(i) to achieve the objectives described 

5 in subparagraph (A); and 

6 ‘‘(ii) to be coordinated across multiple 

7 agencies; 

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

9 parties (including academia, industry, con10 sumers, the public, and Federal agencies) in 

11 achieving the objectives described in subpara12 graph (A), including— 

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

14 including— 

15 ‘‘(I) commercial and residential 

16 buildings; 

17 ‘‘(II) the industrial sector; 

18 ‘‘(III) transportation; and 

19 ‘‘(IV) electric power; 

20 ‘‘(ii) requirements for invention, adop21 tion, development, and diffusion of energy 

22 technologies that are mapped onto each of 

23 the energy use sectors; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) other research that inform strat25 egies to incentivize desired actions; 


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1 ‘‘(D) an assessment of policy options to in2 crease domestic energy supplies and energy effi3 ciency; 

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

5 transmission, and distribution requirements, in6 cluding requirements for renewable energy; 

7 ‘‘(F) an integrated plan for the involve8 ment of the Federal Laboratories in energy pro9 grams; 

10 ‘‘(G) portfolio assessments that describe 

11 the optimal deployment of resources, including 

12 prioritizing financial resources for energy pro13 grams; 

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

15 basic research and applied programs, dem16 onstration programs, and other innovation 

17 mechanisms across the Federal agencies; 

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

19 for, demonstration projects, including time20 frames, milestones, sources of funding, and 

21 management; 

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

23 funding needs for various energy technologies, 

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1 ation of public-private partnerships, loans, and 

2 loan guarantees; 

3 ‘‘(K) an assessment of global competitors 

4 and an identification of programs that can be 

5 enhanced with international cooperation; 

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

7 need to be filled to accelerate the adoption and 

8 diffusion of energy technologies, including con9 sideration of— 

10 ‘‘(i) Federal tax policies; and 

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

12 early adopters and purchasers of new en13 ergy technologies; 

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

15 objectives and actions taking into account esti16 mated Federal budgetary resources; 

17 ‘‘(N) an analysis of— 

18 ‘‘(i) points of maximum leverage for 

19 policy intervention to achieve outcomes; 

20 and 

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

22 be most effective in meeting national goals 

23 for the energy sector; and 

24 ‘‘(O) recommendations for executive 

25 branch organization changes to facilitate the 


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1 development and implementation of Federal en2 ergy policies. 

3 ‘‘(e) EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 

5 the Executive Secretariat with the necessary analyt6 ical, financial, and administrative support for the 

7 conduct of each Quadrennial Energy Review re8 quired under this section. 

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

10 Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Secretary 

11 and provide such assistance, information, and re12 sources as the Secretary may require to assist in 

13 carrying out this section.’’. 

14 SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 

15 Nothing in the Act or an amendment made by this 

16 Act supersedes, modifies, amends, or repeals any provision 

17 of Federal law not expressly superseded, modified, amend18 ed, or repealed by this Act. 

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