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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5640 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 12, 2016 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To provide for the establishment at the Department of 

Energy of an Electricity Storage Basic Research Initiative. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Electricity Storage In3 novation Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ELECTRICITY STORAGE BASIC RESEARCH INITIA5 TIVE. 

6 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 975 of the Energy Policy 

7 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16315) is amended to read as 

8 follows: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 975. ELECTRICITY STORAGE BASIC RESEARCH INI10 TIATIVE. 

11 ‘‘(a) INITIATIVE.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 

13 out a research initiative, to be known as the Elec14 tricity Storage Basic Research Initiative, to expand 

15 theoretical and fundamental knowledge to control, 

16 store, and convert electrical energy to chemical en17 ergy and the inverse. This initiative shall support 

18 scientific inquiry into the practical understanding of 

19 chemical and physical processes that occur within 

20 systems involving crystalline and amorphous solids, 

21 polymers, and organic and aqueous liquids. 

22 ‘‘(2) LEVERAGING.—The Secretary shall lever23 age expertise and resources from the Basic Energy 

24 Sciences Program, Advanced Scientific Computing 

25 Research Program, and Biological and Environ26 mental Research Program within the Office of 


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1 Science, and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Re2 newable Energy, as provided under subsections (b), 

3 (c), and (d). 

4 ‘‘(3) TEAMS.—The Secretary shall organize ac5 tivities under the Electricity Storage Basic Research 

6 Initiative to include multidisciplinary teams levera7 ging expertise from the National Laboratories, uni8 versities, and the private sector to the extent prac9 ticable. These multidisciplinary teams shall pursue 

10 aggressive, milestone-driven basic research goals. 

11 The Secretary shall provide sufficient resources for 

12 those teams to achieve those goals over a period of 

13 time to be determined by the Secretary. 

14 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary 

15 is authorized to organize additional activities under 

16 this subsection through Energy Frontier Research 

17 Centers, Energy Innovation Hubs, or other organiza18 tional structures. 

19 ‘‘(b) MULTIVALENT SYSTEMS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, as 

21 part of the Electricity Storage Basic Research Ini22 tiative, carry out a program to support research 

23 needed to bridge scientific barriers and discover 

24 knowledge relevant to multivalent ion materials in 

25 electric energy storage systems. In carrying out acVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:02 Jul 13, 2016 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5640.RFS H5640

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1 tivities under this subsection, the Director of the Of2 fice of Basic Energy Sciences shall investigate elec3 trochemical properties and the dynamics of mate4 rials, including charge transfer phenomena and mass 

5 transport in materials. The Assistant Secretary for 

6 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy shall sup7 port translational research, development, and valida8 tion of physical concepts developed under this sub9 section. 

10 ‘‘(2) STANDARD OF REVIEW.—The Secretary 

11 shall review the program activities under this sub12 section to determine the achievement of technical 

13 milestones. 

14 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to sub16 section (e), there are authorized for carrying 

17 out activities under this subsection for each of 

18 fiscal years 2017 through 2020— 

19 ‘‘(i) $50,000,000 from funds within 

20 the Basic Energy Sciences Program ac21 count; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) $25,000,000 from funds within 

23 the Energy Efficiency and Renewable En24 ergy account. 


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1 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—No funds authorized 

2 under this subsection may be obligated or ex3 pended for commercial application of energy 

4 technology. 

5 ‘‘(c) ELECTROCHEMISTRY MODELING AND SIMULA6 TION.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, as 

8 part of the Electricity Storage Basic Research Ini9 tiative, carry out a program to support research to 

10 model and simulate organic electrolytes, including 

11 their static and dynamic electrochemical behavior 

12 and phenomena at the molecular and atomic level in 

13 monovalent and multivalent systems. In carrying out 

14 activities under this subsection, the Director of the 

15 Office of Basic Energy Sciences shall, in coordina16 tion with the Associate Director of Advanced Sci17 entific Computing Research, support the develop18 ment of high performance computational tools 

19 through a joint development process to maximize the 

20 effectiveness of current and projected high perform21 ance computing systems. The Assistant Secretary 

22 for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy shall 

23 support translational research, development, and val24 idation of physical concepts developed under this 

25 subsection. 


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1 ‘‘(2) STANDARD OF REVIEW.—The Secretary 

2 shall review the program activities under this sub3 section to determine the achievement of technical 

4 milestones. 

5 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to sub7 section (e), there are authorized for carrying 

8 out activities under this subsection for each of 

9 fiscal years 2017 through 2020— 

10 ‘‘(i) $30,000,000 from funds within 

11 the Basic Energy Sciences Program and 

12 Advanced Scientific Computing Research 

13 Program accounts; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) $15,000,000 from funds within 

15 the Energy Efficiency and Renewable En16 ergy account. 

17 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—No funds authorized 

18 under this subsection may be obligated or ex19 pended for commercial application of energy 

20 technology. 

21 ‘‘(d) MESOSCALE ELECTROCHEMISTRY.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, as 

23 part of the Electricity Storage Basic Research Ini24 tiative, carry out a program to support research 

25 needed to reveal electrochemistry in confined 


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1 mesoscale spaces, including scientific discoveries rel2 evant to bio-electrochemistry and electrochemical en3 ergy conversion and storage in confined spaces and 

4 the dynamics of these phenomena. In carrying out 

5 activities under this subsection, the Director of the 

6 Office of Basic Energy Sciences and the Associate 

7 Director of Biological and Environmental Research 

8 shall investigate phenomena of mesoscale electro9 chemical confinement for the purpose of replicating 

10 and controlling new electrochemical behavior. The 

11 Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Re12 newable Energy shall support translational research, 

13 development, and validation of physical concepts de14 veloped under this subsection. 

15 ‘‘(2) STANDARD OF REVIEW.—The Secretary 

16 shall review the program activities under this sub17 section to determine the achievement of technical 

18 milestones. 

19 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to sub21 section (e), there are authorized for carrying 

22 out activities under this subsection for each of 

23 fiscal years 2017 through 2020— 

24 ‘‘(i) $20,000,000 from funds within 

25 the Basic Energy Sciences Program and 


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1 the Biological and Environmental Research 

2 Program accounts; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) $10,000,000 from funds within 

4 the Energy Efficiency and Renewable En5 ergy account. 

6 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—No funds authorized 

7 under this subsection may be obligated or ex8 pended for commercial application of energy 

9 technology. 

10 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.—No additional funds are authorized 

11 to be appropriated under this section. This section shall 

12 be carried out using funds otherwise authorized by law.’’. 

13 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The item 

14 relating to section 975 in the table of contents of such 

15 Act is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 975. Electricity Storage Basic Research Initiative.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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