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Union Calendar No. 346 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4091 

[Report No. 116–432] 

To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the ARPA–E 

program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2019 

Ms. JOHNSON of Texas (for herself and Mr. LAMB) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

JUNE 18, 2020 

Additional sponsors: Mr. MAST, Mr. BEYER, Mr. TONKO, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. 

SWALWELL of California, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, 

Ms. HILL of California, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. 

COHEN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. 

ROUDA, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. CASE, Ms. 

STEVENS, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. 

PERLMUTTER, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. 

KATKO, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. CROW, Mr. 

ALLRED, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. 

BACON, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. 

HUFFMAN, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. PETERS, 

Mr. HIMES, Mr. WELCH, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. HURD of Texas, Ms. 

STEFANIK, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. 

KEATING, Ms. WILD, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. PORTER, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. 

MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N of Puerto Rico, Ms. CASTOR of 

Florida, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, 

Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mrs. BROOKS of 

Indiana, and Mr. GALLAGHER


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JUNE 18, 2020 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 30, 2019] 

A BILL 

To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the 

ARPA–E program, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘ARPA–E Reauthoriza5 tion Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ARPA–E AMENDMENTS. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 5012(b) of the America 

8 COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(b)) is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘development of energy technologies’’ and inserting ‘‘de10 velopment of transformative science and technology solu11 tions to address the energy and environmental missions of 

12 the Department’’. 

13 (b) GOALS.—Section 5012(c) of the America COM14 PETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(c)) is amended— 

15 (1) by striking paragraph (1)(A) and inserting 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(A) to enhance the economic and energy se18 curity of the United States through the develop19 ment of energy technologies that— 

20 ‘‘(i) reduce imports of energy from for21 eign sources; 

22 ‘‘(ii) reduce energy-related emissions, 

23 including greenhouse gases; 

24 ‘‘(iii) improve the energy efficiency of 

25 all economic sectors; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) provide transformative solutions 

2 to improve the management, clean-up, and 

3 disposal of radioactive waste and spent nu4 clear fuel; and 

5 ‘‘(v) improve the resilience, reliability, 

6 and security of infrastructure to produce, 

7 deliver, and store energy; and’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 

9 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘energy technology 

10 projects’’ and inserting ‘‘advanced technology 

11 projects’’. 

12 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section 5012(e)(3)(A) of the 

13 America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(e)(3)(A)) is 

14 amended by striking ‘‘energy’’. 

15 (d) REPORTS AND ROADMAPS.—Section 5012(h) of the 

16 America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(h)) is amended 

17 to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(h) REPORTS AND ROADMAPS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—As part of the annual 

20 budget request submitted for each fiscal year, the Di21 rector shall provide to the relevant authorizing and 

22 appropriations committees of Congress a report 

23 that— 

24 ‘‘(A) describes projects supported by ARPA– 

25 E during the previous fiscal year; 


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1 ‘‘(B) describes projects supported by ARPA– 

2 E during the previous fiscal year that examine 

3 topics and technologies closely related to other 

4 activities funded by the Department, and in5 cludes an analysis of whether in supporting such 

6 projects, the Director is in compliance with sub7 section (i)(1)(A); and 

8 ‘‘(C) describes current, proposed, and 

9 planned projects to be carried out pursuant to 

10 subsection (e)(3)(D). 

11 ‘‘(2) STRATEGIC VISION ROADMAP.—Not later 

12 than October 1, 2021, and every four years thereafter, 

13 the Director shall provide to the relevant authorizing 

14 and appropriations committees of Congress a road15 map describing the strategic vision that ARPA–E 

16 will use to guide the choices of ARPA–E for future 

17 technology investments over the following 4 fiscal 

18 years.’’. 

19 (e) COORDINATION AND NONDUPLICATION.—Section 

20 5012(i)(1) of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 16538(i)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the maximum extent 

23 practicable, the Director shall ensure that— 

24 ‘‘(A) the activities of ARPA–E are coordi25 nated with, and do not duplicate the efforts of, 


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1 programs and laboratories within the Depart2 ment and other relevant research agencies; and 

3 ‘‘(B) ARPA–E does not provide funding for 

4 a project unless the prospective grantee dem5 onstrates sufficient attempts to secure private fi6 nancing or indicates that the project is not inde7 pendently commercially viable.’’. 

8 (f) EVALUATION.—Section 5012(l) of the America 

9 COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(l)) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 

13 the date of enactment of the ARPA–E Reauthoriza14 tion Act of 2019, the Secretary is authorized to enter 

15 into a contract with the National Academy of 

16 Sciences under which the National Academy shall 

17 conduct an evaluation of how well ARPA–E is 

18 achieving the goals and mission of ARPA–E.’’; and 

19 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

21 (A), by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’; 

22 and 

23 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the 

24 recommendation of the National Academy of 

25 Sciences’’ and inserting ‘‘a recommendation’’. 


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1 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Para2 graph (2) of section 5012(o) of the America COMPETES 

3 Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(o)) is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

5 Subject to paragraph (4), there are authorized to be 

6 appropriated to the Director for deposit in the Fund, 

7 without fiscal year limitation— 

8 ‘‘(A) $428,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

9 ‘‘(B) $497,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

10 ‘‘(C) $567,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

11 ‘‘(D) $651,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 

12 ‘‘(E) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.’’. 

13 (h) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 5012 of the 

14 America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (g)(3)(A)(iii), by striking ‘‘sub16 part’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘subpara17 graph’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (o)(4)(B), by striking 

19 ‘‘(c)(2)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(c)(2)(C)’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 346 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4091 

[Report No. 116–432] 

A BILL 

To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauposes. thorize the ARPA–E program, and for other purJUNE 18, 2020 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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