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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4869 

To provide for Department of Energy fundamental science, basic research 

activities, and applied energy research and development. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 13, 2014 

Mrs. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 

HALL, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. STOCKMAN) introduced the following bill; 

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

A BILL 

To provide for Department of Energy fundamental science, 

basic research activities, and applied energy research and 

development. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Department of Energy Research and Development Act 

6 of 2014’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 


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TITLE I—EINSTEIN ACT 

Sec. 101. Short title. 

Subtitle A—Office of Science 

Sec. 111. Mission. 

Sec. 112. Basic energy sciences. 

Sec. 113. Advanced scientific computing research. 

Sec. 114. High energy physics. 

Sec. 115. Biological and environmental research. 

Sec. 116. Fusion energy. 

Sec. 117. Nuclear physics. 

Sec. 118. Science laboratories infrastructure program. 

Sec. 119. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle B—Miscellaneous 

Sec. 121. Transparency. 

Sec. 122. National Energy Technology Laboratory. 

Sec. 123. Savings clause. 

Sec. 124. Under Secretary for Science and Energy. 

Sec. 125. National Laboratories operations and performance management. 

Sec. 126. Sense of Congress on an integrated strategy for National Laboratories in the 21st century. 

Sec. 127. Agreements for Commercializing Technology pilot program. 

Sec. 128. Technology transfer. 

Sec. 129. Inclusion of early-stage technology demonstration in authorized technology transfer activities. 

Sec. 130. Funding competitiveness for institutions of higher education and 

other nonprofit institutions. 

Sec. 131. Report by Government Accountability Office. 

Sec. 132. Definitions. 

TITLE II—ONE FUTURE 

Sec. 201. Short title. 

Subtitle A—Crosscutting Research and Development 

Sec. 211. Crosscutting research and development. 

Sec. 212. Strategic research portfolio analysis and coordination plan. 

Sec. 213. Strategy for facilities and infrastructure. 

Sec. 214. Distributed energy and electric energy systems. 

Sec. 215. Distributed energy technology coordinating consortia. 

Sec. 216. Electric transmission and distribution research and development. 

Subtitle B—Nuclear Energy Research and Development 

Sec. 221. Objectives. 

Sec. 222. Program objectives study. 

Sec. 223. Nuclear energy research and development programs. 

Sec. 224. Small modular reactor program. 

Sec. 225. Conventional improvements to nuclear power plants. 

Sec. 226. Fuel cycle research and development. 

Sec. 227. Nuclear energy enabling technologies program. 

Sec. 228. Technical standards collaboration. 

Sec. 229. Evaluation of long-term operating needs. 


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Sec. 230. Available facilities database. 

Sec. 231. Nuclear waste disposal. 

Subtitle C—Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Research and 

Development 

Sec. 241. Energy efficiency. 

Sec. 242. Next Generation Lighting Initiative. 

Sec. 243. Building standards. 

Sec. 244. Secondary electric vehicle battery use program. 

Sec. 245. Energy Efficiency Science Initiative. 

Sec. 246. Advanced Energy Technology Transfer Centers. 

Sec. 247. Renewable energy. 

Sec. 248. Bioenergy program. 

Sec. 249. Concentrating solar power research program. 

Sec. 250. Renewable energy in public buildings. 

Subtitle D—Fossil Energy Research and Development 

Sec. 261. Fossil energy. 

Sec. 262. Pioneering Energy Research. 

Sec. 263. Research, development, demonstration, and commercial application 

programs. 

Sec. 264. High efficiency gas turbines research and development. 

Subtitle E—Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy 

Sec. 281. ARPA–E amendments. 

Subtitle F—Miscellaneous 

Sec. 291. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 292. Definitions. 

1 TITLE I—EINSTEIN ACT 

2 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Enabling Innovation 

4 for Science, Technology, and Energy in America Act of 

5 2014’’ or the ‘‘EINSTEIN Act’’. 

6 Subtitle A—Office of Science 

7 SEC. 111. MISSION. 

8 Section 209 of the Department of Energy Organiza9 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7139) is amended by adding at the 

10 end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(c) MISSION.—The mission of the Office of Science 

2 shall be the delivery of scientific discoveries, capabilities, 

3 and major scientific tools to transform the understanding 

4 of nature and to advance the energy, economic, and na5 tional security of the United States. In support of this 

6 mission, the Director shall carry out programs on basic 

7 energy sciences, advanced scientific computing research, 

8 high energy physics, biological and environmental re9 search, fusion energy sciences, and nuclear physics, includ10 ing as provided under subtitle A of the Enabling Innova11 tion for Science, Technology, and Energy in America Act 

12 of 2014, through activities focused on— 

13 ‘‘(1) fundamental scientific discoveries through 

14 the study of matter and energy; 

15 ‘‘(2) science for national need, including— 

16 ‘‘(A) advancing an agenda for American 

17 energy independence through research on en18 ergy production, storage, transmission, effi19 ciency, and use; and 

20 ‘‘(B) advancing our understanding of the 

21 Earth’s climate through research in atmos22 pheric and environmental sciences; and 

23 ‘‘(3) National Scientific User Facilities to de24 liver the 21st century tools of science, engineering, 

25 and technology and provide the Nation’s researchers 


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1 with the most advanced tools of modern science in2 cluding accelerators, colliders, supercomputers, light 

3 sources and neutron sources, and facilities for study4 ing materials science. 

5 ‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENT OF

6 ENERGY PROGRAMS.—The Under Secretary for Science 

7 and Energy shall ensure the coordination of Office of 

8 Science activities and programs with other activities of the 

9 Department.’’. 

10 SEC. 112. BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES. 

11 (a) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a pro12 gram in basic energy sciences, including materials sciences 

13 and engineering, chemical sciences, physical biosciences, 

14 and geosciences, for the purpose of providing the scientific 

15 foundations for new energy technologies. 

16 (b) MISSION.—The mission of the program described 

17 in subsection (a) shall be to support fundamental research 

18 to understand, predict, and ultimately control matter and 

19 energy at the electronic, atomic, and molecular levels in 

20 order to provide the foundations for new energy tech21 nologies and to support Department missions in energy, 

22 environment, and national security. 

23 (c) BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES USER FACILITIES.— 

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1 tional user facilities to support the program under this 

2 section. As practicable, these facilities shall serve the 

3 needs of the Department, industry, the academic commu4 nity, and other relevant entities to create and examine new 

5 materials and chemical processes for the purposes of ad6 vancing new energy technologies and improving the com7 petitiveness of the United States. These facilities shall in8 clude— 

9 (1) x-ray light sources; 

10 (2) neutron sources; 

11 (3) nanoscale science research centers; and 

12 (4) other facilities the Director considers appro13 priate, consistent with section 209 of the Depart14 ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7139). 

15 (d) LIGHT SOURCE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE.— 

16 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—In support of the sub17 program authorized in subsection (c), the Director 

18 shall establish an initiative to sustain and advance 

19 global leadership of light source user facilities. 

20 (2) LEADERSHIP STRATEGY.—Not later than 9 

21 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and 

22 biennially thereafter, the Director shall prepare, in 

23 consultation with relevant stakeholders, and submit 

24 to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

25 of the House of Representatives and the Committee 


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1 on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a 

2 light source leadership strategy that— 

3 (A) identifies, prioritizes, and describes 

4 plans for the development, construction, and op5 eration of light sources over the next decade; 

6 (B) describes plans for optimizing manage7 ment and use of existing light source facilities; 

8 and 

9 (C) assesses the international outlook for 

10 light source user facilities and describes plans 

11 for United States cooperation in such projects. 

12 (3) ADVISORY COMMITTEE FEEDBACK AND

13 RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 45 days after 

14 submission of the strategy described in paragraph 

15 (2), the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 

16 shall provide the Director, the Committee on 

17 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 

18 Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and 

19 Natural Resources of the Senate a report of the Ad20 visory Committee’s analyses, findings, and rec21 ommendations for improving the strategy, including 

22 a review of the most recent budget request for the 

23 initiative. 

24 (4) PROPOSED BUDGET.—The Director shall 

25 transmit annually to Congress a proposed budget 


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1 corresponding to the activities identified in the strat2 egy. 

3 (e) ACCELERATOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOP4 MENT.—The Director shall carry out research and devel5 opment on advanced accelerator and storage ring tech6 nologies relevant to the development of Basic Energy 

7 Sciences user facilities, in consultation with the Office of 

8 Science’s High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics pro9 grams. 

10 (f) EPSCOR.— 

11 (1) CONTINUATION OF PROGRAM.—The Sec12 retary shall continue to carry out the Experimental 

13 Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, estab14 lished at the Department of Energy under section 

15 2203(b)(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 

16 U.S.C. 13503(b)(3)) (in this subsection referred to 

17 as ‘‘EPSCoR’’), with the objective of expanding the 

18 research capabilities of the eligible States to enable 

19 them to better address the many energy and energy20 related issues that confront their States and the Na21 tion on a daily basis. 

22 (2) REPRESENTATION.—Advisory committees, 

23 workshops, and review panels are critical tools to 

24 help the Department to make sound decisions about 

25 how to best spend research and development funds, 


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1 as well as to identify other opportunities to advance 

2 the Department’s research priorities. The Secretary 

3 shall ensure that the process for nominating mem4 bers to such advisory committees and review panels 

5 considers candidates from a broad range of geo6 graphic locations, with an objective of reflecting an 

7 expansive geographic distribution of research univer8 sities. 

9 (3) CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS.—The Director 

10 shall report to the Committee on Science, Space, and 

11 Technology of the House of Representatives and the 

12 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 

13 Senate on an annual basis, using the most recent 

14 available data, on— 

15 (A) the total research funding made avail16 able by the Department to each State in the 

17 Nation; 

18 (B) the total amount of research funding 

19 made available, by State, under EPSCoR; 

20 (C) the total amount of Department re21 search funding made available to all institutions 

22 and entities within EPSCoR States; 

23 (D) a breakdown of the EPSCoR funds 

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1 (E) the geographic breakdown of members 

2 of the Department’s research advisory boards; 

3 and 

4 (F) efforts and accomplishments to more 

5 fully integrate the EPSCoR States in major ac6 tivities and initiatives of the Department. 

7 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

8 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec9 retary of Energy for the EPSCoR program for fiscal 

10 year 2015, $22,000,000. 

11 SEC. 113. ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH. 

12 (a) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a re13 search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap14 plication program to advance computational and net15 working capabilities to analyze, model, simulate, and pre16 dict complex phenomena relevant to the development of 

17 new energy technologies and the competitiveness of the 

18 United States. 

19 (b) FACILITIES.—The Director, as part of the pro20 gram described in subsection (a), shall develop and main21 tain world-class computing and network facilities for 

22 science and deliver critical research in applied mathe23 matics, computer science, and advanced networking to 

24 support the Department’s missions. 


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1 (c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Department of 

2 Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 

3 (15 U.S.C. 5541) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) 

4 through (5) and inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(1) CO-DESIGN.—The term ‘co-design’ means 

6 the joint development of application algorithms, 

7 models, and codes with computer technology archi8 tectures and operating systems to maximize effective 

9 use of high-end computing systems. 

10 ‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘Department’ 

11 means the Department of Energy. 

12 ‘‘(3) EXASCALE.—The term ‘exascale’ means 

13 computing system performance at or near 10 to the 

14 18th power floating point operations per second. 

15 ‘‘(4) HIGH-END COMPUTING SYSTEM.—The 

16 term ‘high-end computing system’ means a com17 puting system with performance that substantially 

18 exceeds that of systems that are commonly available 

19 for advanced scientific and engineering applications. 

20 ‘‘(5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

21 The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 

22 meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 

23 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

24 ‘‘(6) LEADERSHIP SYSTEM.—The term ‘Leader25 ship System’ means a high-end computing system 


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1 that is among the most advanced in the world in 

2 terms of performance in solving scientific and engi3 neering problems. 

4 ‘‘(7) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘Na5 tional Laboratory’ means any one of the seventeen 

6 laboratories owned by the Department. 

7 ‘‘(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

8 the Secretary of Energy. 

9 ‘‘(9) SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY.—The term 

10 ‘software technology’ includes optimal algorithms, 

11 programming environments, tools, languages, and 

12 operating systems for high-end computing systems.’’. 

13 (d) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HIGH-END COM14 PUTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—Sec15 tion 3 of the Department of Energy High-End Computing 

16 Revitalization Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 5542) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘pro19 gram’’ and inserting ‘‘coordinated program 

20 across the Department’’; 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para22 graph (1); 

23 (C) by striking the period at the end of 

24 paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 


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1 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(3) partner with universities, National Labora4 tories, and industry to ensure the broadest possible 

5 application of the technology developed in this pro6 gram to other challenges in science, engineering, 

7 medicine, and industry.’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘vector’’ 

9 and all that follows through ‘‘architectures’’ and in10 serting ‘‘computer technologies that show promise of 

11 substantial reductions in power requirements and 

12 substantial gains in parallelism of multicore proc13 essors, concurrency, memory and storage, band14 width, and reliability’’; 

15 (3) by striking subsection (b)(3) and inserting 

16 the following paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(3) in concert with architecture development 

18 efforts, conduct research in applied mathematics, 

19 computer science, and software development, includ20 ing— 

21 ‘‘(A) research on operating systems, pro22 gramming environments, and languages to sup23 port advanced architectures; and 

24 ‘‘(B) research on mathematical modeling 

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1 ulation and data analysis of large-scale sci2 entific problems and design of engineered sys3 tems on advanced architectures;’’; and 

4 (4) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(d) EXASCALE COMPUTING PROGRAM.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con8 duct a coordinated research and development pro9 gram to develop exascale computing systems to ad10 vance the missions of the Department. 

11 ‘‘(2) EXECUTION.—The Secretary shall, on a 

12 competitive, merit-reviewed basis, establish 2 or 

13 more National Laboratory-industry-university part14 nerships to conduct integrated research, develop15 ment, and engineering of multiple exascale architec16 tures, and— 

17 ‘‘(A) conduct mission-related co-design ac18 tivities in developing exascale platforms; 

19 ‘‘(B) develop those advancements in hard20 ware and software technology required to fully 

21 realize the potential of an exascale production 

22 system in addressing Department target appli23 cations and solving scientific problems involving 

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1 ‘‘(C) explore the use of exascale computing 

2 technologies to advance a broad range of 

3 science and engineering. 

4 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out this 

5 program, the Secretary shall— 

6 ‘‘(A) provide, on a competitive, merit-re7 viewed basis, access for researchers in United 

8 States industry, institutions of higher edu9 cation, National Laboratories, and other Fed10 eral agencies to exascale systems, as appro11 priate; and 

12 ‘‘(B) conduct outreach programs to in13 crease the readiness for the use of exascale 

14 platforms by domestic industries, including 

15 manufacturers. 

16 ‘‘(4) REPORTS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) INTEGRATED STRATEGY AND PRO18 GRAM MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Secretary 

19 shall submit to Congress, not later than 90 

20 days after the date of enactment of the Ena21 bling Innovation for Science, Technology, and 

22 Energy in America Act of 2014, a report out23 lining an integrated strategy and program man24 agement plan, including target dates for 

25 prototypical and production exascale platforms, 


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1 interim milestones to reaching these targets, 

2 functional requirements, roles and responsibil3 ities of National Laboratories and industry, ac4 quisition strategy, and estimated resources re5 quired, to achieve this exascale system capa6 bility. The report shall include the Secretary’s 

7 plan for Departmental organization to manage 

8 and execute the Exascale Computing Program, 

9 including definition of the roles and responsibil10 ities within the Department to ensure an inte11 grated program across the Department. The re12 port shall also include a plan for ensuring bal13 ance and prioritizing across ASCR subprograms 

14 in a flat or slow-growth budget environment. 

15 ‘‘(B) STATUS REPORTS.—At the time of 

16 the budget submission of the Department for 

17 each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit a 

18 report to Congress that describes the status of 

19 milestones and costs in achieving the objectives 

20 of the exascale computing program. 

21 ‘‘(C) EXASCALE MERIT REPORT.—At least 

22 18 months prior to the initiation of construction 

23 or installation of any exascale-class computing 

24 facility, the Secretary shall transmit a plan to 

25 the Congress detailing— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the proposed facility’s cost projec2 tions and capabilities to significantly accel3 erate the development of new energy tech4 nologies; 

5 ‘‘(ii) technical risks and challenges 

6 that must be overcome to achieve success7 ful completion and operation of the facility; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(iii) an independent assessment of 

10 the scientific and technological advances 

11 expected from such a facility relative to 

12 those expected from a comparable invest13 ment in expanded research and applica14 tions at terascale-class and petascale-class 

15 computing facilities, including an evalua16 tion of where investments should be made 

17 in the system software and algorithms to 

18 enable these advances.’’. 

19 SEC. 114. HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. 

20 (a) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a re21 search program on the elementary constituents of matter 

22 and energy and the nature of space and time. 

23 (b) UNDERGROUND SCIENCE.— 

24 (1) PURPOSE.—The Director shall create, pre25 serve, and maintain United States facilities essential 


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1 to underground scientific research supported by the 

2 Department. 

3 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after 

4 the date of enactment of this Act, and biennially 

5 thereafter, the Director shall submit to the Com6 mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Committee on En8 ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report 

9 on the activities to steward national leadership in 

10 underground science, including— 

11 (A) methods for coordination between ac12 tivities carried out under this section and activi13 ties carried out under section 117; 

14 (B) demonstration of engagement with 

15 other relevant Federal agencies, including the 

16 National Science Foundation; 

17 (C) plans for sustaining and advancing 

18 United States leadership in underground 

19 science, particularly as they relate to develop20 ment of scientific user facilities to explore the 

21 frontiers of particle physics and science in gen22 eral; and 

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1 ation previous Department and National Re2 search Council reports. 

3 (3) GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF UNDERGROUND

4 SCIENCE.—The Director shall carry out a competi5 tive program to award grants to scientists and engi6 neers at institutions of higher education, nonprofit 

7 institutions, and National Laboratories to conduct 

8 research in underground science. 

9 (4) TRANSFER OF STEWARDSHIP.—If the De10 partment determines that one or more underground 

11 research facilities are no longer required to carry out 

12 the program described in this section, the Secretary 

13 may designate another appropriate steward of un14 derground research facilities. If such stewardship is 

15 transferred, the Secretary shall provide notification 

16 to Congress within 30 days. 

17 (c) ACCELERATOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOP18 MENT.—The Director shall carry out research and devel19 opment in advanced accelerator concepts and technologies, 

20 including laser technologies, to reduce the necessary scope 

21 and cost for the next generation of particle accelerators. 

22 SEC. 115. BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 

23 (a) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a pro24 gram of research, development, and demonstration in the 

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1 ronmental science to support the energy and environ2 mental missions of the Department. 

3 (b) PRIORITY RESEARCH.—In carrying out this sec4 tion, the Director shall prioritize fundamental research on 

5 biological systems and genomics science with the greatest 

6 potential to enable technological solutions for American 

7 energy independence. 

8 (c) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 12 months after 

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

10 shall submit a report to Congress identifying climate 

11 science-related initiatives under this section that overlap 

12 or duplicate initiatives of other Federal agencies and the 

13 extent of such overlap or duplication. 

14 (d) LIMITATION.—The Director shall not approve 

15 new climate science-related initiatives to be carried out 

16 through the Office of Science without making a determina17 tion that such work is unique and not duplicative of work 

18 by other Federal agencies. Not later than 3 months after 

19 receiving the assessment required under subsection (c), 

20 the Director shall cease those climate science-related ini21 tiatives identified in the assessment as overlapping or du22 plicative, unless the Director justifies that such work is 

23 critical to achieving American energy independence. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out 

2 a research program on low dose radiation. The pur3 pose of the program is to enhance the scientific un4 derstanding of and reduce uncertainties associated 

5 with the effects of exposure to low dose radiation in 

6 order to inform improved risk management methods. 

7 (2) STUDY.—Not later than 60 days after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall 

9 enter into an agreement with the National Acad10 emies to conduct a study assessing the current sta11 tus and development of a long-term strategy for low 

12 dose radiation research. The study shall be con13 ducted in coordination with Federal agencies that 

14 perform ionizing radiation effects research and shall 

15 leverage the most current studies in this field. Such 

16 study shall— 

17 (A) identify current scientific challenges 

18 for understanding the long-term effects of ion19 izing radiation; 

20 (B) assess the status of current low dose 

21 radiation research in the United States and 

22 internationally; 

23 (C) formulate overall scientific goals for 

24 the future of low-dose radiation research in the 

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1 (D) recommend a long-term strategic and 

2 prioritized research agenda to address scientific 

3 research goals for overcoming the identified sci4 entific challenges in coordination with other re5 search efforts; 

6 (E) define the essential components of a 

7 research program that would address this re8 search agenda within the universities and the 

9 National Laboratories; and 

10 (F) assess the cost-benefit effectiveness of 

11 such a program. 

12 (3) RESEARCH PLAN.—Not later than 90 days 

13 after the completion of the study performed under 

14 paragraph (2) the Secretary shall deliver to the 

15 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

16 House of Representatives and the Committee on En17 ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate a 5-year 

18 research plan that responds to the study’s findings 

19 and recommendations and identifies and prioritizes 

20 research needs. 

21 (4) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

22 ‘‘low dose radiation’’ means a radiation dose of less 

23 than 100 millisieverts. 


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1 (5) PROHIBITION ON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH.— 

2 Section 977(e) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

3 U.S.C. 16317(e)) is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH.—In 

5 carrying out the program under this section, the Secretary 

6 shall not conduct biomedical research.’’. 

7 SEC. 116. FUSION ENERGY. 

8 (a) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a fusion 

9 energy sciences research program to expand the funda10 mental understanding of plasmas and matter at very high 

11 temperatures and densities and to build the scientific 

12 foundation necessary to enable fusion power. 

13 (b) PLAN.—Not later than 12 months after the date 

14 of enactment of this Act, the Director shall prepare, in 

15 consultation with relevant stakeholders including experts 

16 in fusion science and technology and engineering and oper17 ations, and submit to the Committee on Science, Space, 

18 and Technology of the House of Representatives and the 

19 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen20 ate a plan to carry out the program set forth in subsection 

21 (a). The plan shall— 

22 (1) outline the tasks required to resolve the re23 maining scientific, engineering, and materials chal24 lenges, including a schedule for accomplishing these 

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1 (2) identify priorities for initiation of facility 

2 construction and facility decommissioning under var3 ious budget scenarios; 

4 (3) specify how existing domestic experimental 

5 capabilities and United States participation in the 

6 ITER project contribute to this effort, and what ad7 ditional capabilities, including facilities for materials, 

8 plasma confinement, and fusion technologies and ad9 vances in large scale computer simulations may be 

10 needed within the United States; 

11 (4) provide a strategy to develop conceptual de12 signs for building a demonstration power plant in13 cluding the associated cost and schedule under var14 ious budget scenarios, and address considerations 

15 with respect to operability, reliability, and maintain16 ability; and 

17 (5) describe options of involving international 

18 partners or collaborators and explain how such part19 nerships or collaborations might be leveraged to de20 crease costs or accelerate the schedule while enhanc21 ing United States leadership in fusion science and 

22 technology. 

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1 ment’s Fusion Energy Science Advisory Committee shall 

2 provide the Director, the Committee on Science, Space, 

3 and Technology of the House of Representatives, and the 

4 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen5 ate a report of its findings, analyses, and recommenda6 tions to improve the plan, including a review of the most 

7 recent budget request. 

8 (d) ITER STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall 

9 conduct a study to identify uncertainties and the outlook 

10 regarding on-schedule completion of the International 

11 Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. The study shall re12 view, examine, and investigate any management and tech13 nical challenges, as well as financial risks, associated with 

14 the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. 

15 Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 

16 this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report 

17 to Congress on the results of the study. 

18 SEC. 117. NUCLEAR PHYSICS. 

19 (a) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a pro20 gram of experimental and theoretical research, and sup21 port associated facilities, to discover, explore, and under22 stand all forms of nuclear matter. 

23 (b) ISOTOPE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION FOR

24 RESEARCH APPLICATIONS.—The Director shall carry out 

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1 development of techniques to produce isotopes, that the 

2 Secretary determines are needed for research, medical, in3 dustrial, or other purposes. In making this determination, 

4 the Secretary shall— 

5 (1) ensure that, as has been the policy of the 

6 United States since the publication in 1965 of Fed7 eral Register notice 30 Fed. Reg. 3247, isotope pro8 duction activities do not compete with private indus9 try unless critical national interests necessitate the 

10 Federal Government’s involvement; 

11 (2) ensure that activities undertaken pursuant 

12 to this section, to the extent practicable, promote the 

13 growth of a robust domestic isotope production in14 dustry; and 

15 (3) consider any relevant recommendations 

16 made by Federal advisory committees, the National 

17 Academies, and interagency working groups in which 

18 the Department participates. 

19 SEC. 118. SCIENCE LABORATORIES INFRASTRUCTURE PRO20 GRAM. 

21 (a) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a pro22 gram to improve the safety, efficiency, and mission readi23 ness of infrastructure at Office of Science laboratories. 

24 The program shall include projects to— 


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1 (1) renovate or replace space that does not 

2 meet research needs; 

3 (2) replace facilities that are no longer cost ef4 fective to renovate or operate; 

5 (3) modernize utility systems to prevent failures 

6 and ensure efficiency; 

7 (4) remove excess facilities to allow safe and ef8 ficient operations; and 

9 (5) construct modern facilities to conduct ad10 vanced research in controlled environmental condi11 tions. 

12 (b) APPROACH.—In carrying out this section, the Di13 rector shall utilize all available approaches and mecha14 nisms, including capital line items, minor construction 

15 projects, energy savings performance contracts, utility en16 ergy service contracts, alternative financing, and expense 

17 funding, as appropriate. 

18 SEC. 119. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

19 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2014.—There are authorized to be 

20 appropriated to the Secretary for the Office of Science for 

21 fiscal year 2014 $5,071,000,000, of which— 

22 (1) $1,712,757,000 shall be for Basic Energy 

23 Science; 

24 (2) $797,521,000 shall be for High Energy 

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1 (3) $610,196,000 shall be for Biological and 

2 Environmental Research; 

3 (4) $569,938,000 shall be for Nuclear Physics; 

4 (5) $478,593,000 shall be for Advanced Sci5 entific Computing Research; 

6 (6) $505,677,000 shall be for Fusion Energy 

7 Sciences; 

8 (7) $97,818,000 shall be for Science Labora9 tories Infrastructure; 

10 (8) $185,000,000 shall be for Science Program 

11 Direction; 

12 (9) $87,000,000 shall be for Safeguards and 

13 Security; and 

14 (10) $26,500,000 shall be for Workforce Devel15 opment for Teachers and Scientists. 

16 (b) FISCAL YEAR 2015.—There are authorized to be 

17 appropriated to the Secretary for the Office of Science for 

18 fiscal year 2015 $5,324,550,000, of which— 

19 (1) $1,900,000,000 shall be for Basic Energy 

20 Science; 

21 (2) $825,000,000 shall be for High Energy 

22 Physics; 

23 (3) $500,000,000 shall be for Biological and 

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1 (5) $600,000,000 shall be for Advanced Sci2 entific Computing Research; 

3 (6) $521,288,000 shall be for Fusion Energy 

4 Sciences; 

5 (7) $79,189,000 shall be for Science Labora6 tories Infrastructure; 

7 (8) $185,000,000 shall be for Science Program 

8 Direction; 

9 (9) $94,000,000 shall be for Safeguards and 

10 Security; and 

11 (10) $26,500,000 shall be for Workforce Devel12 opment for Teachers and Scientists. 

13 Subtitle B—Miscellaneous 

14 SEC. 121. TRANSPARENCY. 

15 (a) COST SHARE.—The Secretary shall make public 

16 all cost-share waivers granted under section 988(b)(3) or 

17 (c)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

18 16352(b)(3) or (c)(2)) not later than 30 days after the 

19 waiver is issued. The information shall include— 

20 (1) the name of the entity receiving the waiver; 

21 (2) a justification for the reduction or elimi22 nation; 

23 (3) the final cost share percentage; 

24 (4) the amount of total cost share; 

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1 (6) a description of the supported project. 

2 (b) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AGREEMENTS.—The 

3 Secretary shall make public, not later than 30 days after 

4 a National Laboratory enters into a technology transfer 

5 agreement with a nongovernment entity, basic, nonpropri6 etary information related to such technology transfer 

7 agreement, including— 

8 (1) Cooperative Research and Development 

9 Agreements; 

10 (2) non-Federal Work for Others Agreements; 

11 and 

12 (3) Agreements for Commercializing Tech13 nology under the pilot program described in section 

14 127. 

15 (c) FINANCIAL AWARDS.—The Secretary shall make 

16 public all grants, agreements, and other financial support 

17 for all research, development, demonstration, and commer18 cial application activities within 30 days of an agreement. 

19 The information shall include— 

20 (1) the name of the project recipient, including 

21 all project partners; 

22 (2) the amount of the award; 

23 (3) a project description; and 

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1 (d) EXEMPTION.—This section shall not require the 

2 disclosure of information protected from disclosure under 

3 section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code. 

4 SEC. 122. NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY. 

5 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the Department 

6 of Energy owns 17 National Laboratories, 16 of which are 

7 contractor-operated. The National Energy Technology 

8 Laboratory is the exclusive Government-operated labora9 tory. 

10 (b) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the 

11 date of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall 

12 enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of 

13 Public Administration to conduct an assessment of the 

14 management and operations of the National Energy Tech15 nology Laboratory. 

16 (c) ELEMENTS OF ASSESSMENT.—The assessment 

17 performed under subsection (b) shall— 

18 (1) compare laboratory management as a gov19 ernment-owned, government-operated model com20 pared to a government-owned, contractor-operated 

21 model; 

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1 (3) identify a strategy for transitioning the lab2 oratory to a government-owned, contractor-operated 

3 model. 

4 (d) SECRETARY’S RESPONSE.—Not later than 90 

5 days after the completion of the assessment performed 

6 under subsection (b), the Secretary shall deliver to the 

7 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

8 House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 

9 and Natural Resources of the Senate a response to the 

10 findings and recommendations of the National Academy 

11 of Public Administration. 

12 SEC. 123. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 

13 Nothing in this subtitle or an amendment made by 

14 this subtitle abrogates or otherwise affects the primary re15 sponsibilities of any National Laboratory to the Depart16 ment. 

17 SEC. 124. UNDER SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE AND ENERGY. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(b) of the Department 

19 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7132(b)) is 

20 amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary for Science’’ 

22 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Under Sec23 retary for Science and Energy’’; and 

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1 (A) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 

4 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

5 and 

6 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (G) 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(H) establish appropriate linkages be9 tween offices under the jurisdiction of the 

10 Under Secretary; and 

11 ‘‘(I) perform such functions and duties as 

12 the Secretary shall prescribe, consistent with 

13 this section.’’. 

14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

15 (1) Section 3164(b)(1) of the Department of 

16 Energy Science Education Enhancement Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 7381a(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Under 

18 Secretary for Science’’ and inserting ‘‘Under Sec19 retary for Science and Energy’’. 

20 (2) Section 641(h)(2) of the United States En21 ergy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 (42 

22 U.S.C. 17231(h)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘Under 

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1 SEC. 125. NATIONAL LABORATORIES OPERATIONS AND 

2 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure that 

4 the following duties and responsibilities are carried out 

5 through one or more appropriate statutory or administra6 tive entities: 

7 (1) Evaluation, coordination, and promotion of 

8 transfer of National Laboratory research and devel9 opment results to the market in collaboration with 

10 the Technology Transfer Coordinator. 

11 (2) Submission to the Secretary of reports de12 scribing recommendations for best practices for the 

13 National Laboratories including, with respect to 

14 management and operations procedures, conflict of 

15 interest regulations, engagement with the private 

16 sector, and technology transfer methodologies. 

17 (3) Implementation of other duties, as the Sec18 retary determines appropriate, to improve the oper19 ations and performance of the National Labora20 tories. 

21 (b) REPORTING.—The Secretary, in consultation with 

22 the appropriate committees of Congress, shall provide an 

23 annual update on progress made in carrying out sub24 section (a), including the improvement of National Lab25 oratory operations and performance and strategic depart26 mental and National Laboratory coordination. 


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1 SEC. 126. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON AN INTEGRATED STRAT2 EGY FOR NATIONAL LABORATORIES IN THE 

3 21ST CENTURY. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that— 

5 (1) the establishment of the independent Com6 mission to Review the Effectiveness of the National 

7 Energy Laboratories under section 319 of title III of 

8 division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

9 2014, is an important step towards developing a co10 ordinated strategy for the National Laboratories in 

11 the 21st century; and 

12 (2) Congress looks forward to— 

13 (A) receiving the findings and conclusions 

14 of the Commission; and 

15 (B) engaging with the Administration— 

16 (i) in strengthening the mission of the 

17 National Laboratories; and 

18 (ii) to reform and modernize the oper19 ations and management of the National 

20 Laboratories. 

21 SEC. 127. AGREEMENTS FOR COMMERCIALIZING TECH22 NOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out the 

24 Agreements for Commercializing Technology pilot pro25 gram of the Department, as announced by the Secretary 

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1 (b) TERMS.—Each agreement entered into pursuant 

2 to the pilot program referred to in subsection (a) shall 

3 provide to the contractor of the applicable National Lab4 oratory, to the maximum extent determined to be appro5 priate by the Secretary, increased authority to negotiate 

6 contract terms, such as intellectual property rights, in7 demnification, payment structures, performance guaran8 tees, and multiparty collaborations. 

9 (c) ELIGIBILITY.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

11 provision of law (including regulations), any Na12 tional Laboratory may enter into an agreement pur13 suant to the pilot program referred to in subsection 

14 (a). 

15 (2) AGREEMENTS WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTI16 TIES.—To carry out paragraph (1) and subject to 

17 paragraph (3), the Secretary shall permit the direc18 tors of the National Laboratories to execute agree19 ments with non-Federal entities, including non-Fed20 eral entities already receiving Federal funding that 

21 will be used to support activities under agreements 

22 executed pursuant to paragraph (1). 

23 (3) RESTRICTION.—The requirements of chap24 ter 18 of title 35, United States Code (commonly 

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1 (A) the agreement is a funding agreement 

2 (as that term is defined in section 201 of that 

3 title); and 

4 (B) at least 1 of the parties to the funding 

5 agreement is eligible to receive rights under 

6 that chapter. 

7 (d) SUBMISSION TO SECRETARY.—Each affected di8 rector of a National Laboratory shall submit to the Sec9 retary, with respect to each agreement entered into under 

10 this section— 

11 (1) a summary of information relating to the 

12 relevant project; 

13 (2) the total estimated costs of the project; 

14 (3) estimated commencement and completion 

15 dates of the project; and 

16 (4) other documentation determined to be ap17 propriate by the Secretary. 

18 (e) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall require the 

19 contractor of the affected National Laboratory to certify 

20 that each activity carried out under a project for which 

21 an agreement is entered into under this section— 

22 (1) is not in direct competition with the private 

23 sector; and 

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1 actual conflict of interest, as a result of the agree2 ment under this section. 

3 (f) EXTENSION.—The pilot program referred to in 

4 subsection (a) shall be extended for a term of 2 years after 

5 the date of enactment of this Act. 

6 (g) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 

7 described in subsection (f), the Secretary, in coordination 

8 with directors of the National Laboratories, shall submit 

9 to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 

10 the House of Representatives and the Committee on En11 ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report that— 

12 (1) assesses the overall effectiveness of the pilot 

13 program referred to in subsection (a); 

14 (2) identifies opportunities to improve the effec15 tiveness of the pilot program; 

16 (3) assesses the potential for program activities 

17 to interfere with the responsibilities of the National 

18 Laboratories to the Department; and 

19 (4) provides a recommendation regarding the 

20 future of the pilot program. 

21 SEC. 128. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

23 the Secretary shall delegate to directors of the National 

24 Laboratories signature authority with respect to any 

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1 which (including the National Laboratory contributions 

2 and project recipient cost share) is less than $500,000. 

3 (b) AGREEMENTS.—Subsection (a) applies to— 

4 (1) a cooperative research and development 

5 agreement; 

6 (2) a non-Federal work-for-others agreement; 

7 and 

8 (3) Agreements for Commercializing Tech9 nology entered into under the pilot program de10 scribed in section 127. 

11 (c) ADMINISTRATION.— 

12 (1) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The director of the af13 fected National Laboratory and the affected con14 tractor shall carry out an agreement under this sec15 tion in accordance with applicable policies of the De16 partment, including by ensuring that the agreement 

17 does not compromise any national security, eco18 nomic, or environmental interest of the United 

19 States. 

20 (2) CERTIFICATION.—The director of the af21 fected National Laboratory and the affected con22 tractor shall certify that each activity carried out 

23 under a project for which an agreement is entered 

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1 or neutralizes any actual conflict of interest, as a re2 sult of the agreement under this section. 

3 (3) AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS.—On entering 

4 an agreement under this section, the director of a 

5 National Laboratory shall submit to the Secretary 

6 for monitoring and review all records of the National 

7 Laboratory relating to the agreement. 

8 (4) RATES.—The director of a National Lab9 oratory may charge higher rates for services per10 formed under a partnership agreement entered into 

11 pursuant to this section, regardless of the full cost 

12 of recovery. 

13 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 12 of the 

14 Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 

15 U.S.C. 3710a) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 

18 (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 

19 and indenting the subparagraphs appropriately; 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘Each Federal agency’’ 

21 and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para23 graph (2), each Federal agency’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

2 (1), in accordance with section 128(a) of the Ena3 bling Innovation for Science, Technology, and En4 ergy in America Act of 2014, approval by the Sec5 retary of Energy shall not be required for any tech6 nology transfer agreement proposed to be entered 

7 into by a National Laboratory of the Department of 

8 Energy, the total cost of which (including the Na9 tional Laboratory contributions and project recipient 

10 cost share) is less than $500,000.’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘subsection 

12 (a)(1)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sub13 section (a)(1)(A)’’. 

14 SEC. 129. INCLUSION OF EARLY-STAGE TECHNOLOGY DEM15 ONSTRATION IN AUTHORIZED TECHNOLOGY 

16 TRANSFER ACTIVITIES. 

17 Section 1001 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

18 U.S.C. 16391) is amended by— 

19 (1) redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 

20 (h); and 

21 (2) inserting after subsection (f) the following: 

22 ‘‘(g) EARLY-STAGE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRA23 TION.—The Secretary shall permit the directors of the Na24 tional Laboratories to use funds allocated for technology 

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1 and pre-commercial technology demonstration activities to 

2 remove technology barriers that limit private sector inter3 est and demonstrate potential commercial applications of 

4 any research and technologies arising from National Lab5 oratory activities intended to meet the Federal Govern6 ment’s research needs.’’. 

7 SEC. 130. FUNDING COMPETITIVENESS FOR INSTITUTIONS 

8 OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND OTHER NON9 PROFIT INSTITUTIONS. 

10 Section 988(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

11 U.S.C. 16352(b)) is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Except as 

13 provided in paragraphs (2) and (3)’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and 

15 (4)’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(4) EXEMPTION FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGH18 ER EDUCATION AND OTHER NONPROFIT INSTITU19 TIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall 

21 not apply to a research or development activity 

22 performed by an institution of higher education 

23 or nonprofit institution (as defined in section 4 

24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 

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1 ‘‘(B) TERMINATION DATE.—The exemp2 tion under subparagraph (A) shall apply during 

3 the 6-year period beginning on the date of en4 actment of this paragraph.’’. 

5 SEC. 131. REPORT BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF6 FICE. 

7 Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 

8 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

9 shall submit to Congress a report describing the results 

10 of the projects developed under sections 127, 128, and 

11 129, and the amendments made thereby, including infor12 mation regarding— 

13 (1) partnerships initiated as a result of those 

14 projects and the potential linkages presented by 

15 those partnerships with respect to national priorities 

16 and other taxpayer-funded research; and 

17 (2) whether the activities carried out under 

18 those projects result in— 

19 (A) fiscal savings; 

20 (B) expansion of National Laboratory ca21 pabilities; 

22 (C) increased efficiency of technology 

23 transfers; or 

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1 SEC. 132. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this title: 

3 (1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

4 means the Department of Energy. 

5 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

6 the Director of the Office of Science. 

7 (3) NATIONAL LABORATORIES.—The term ‘‘Na8 tional Laboratories’’ means Department of Energy 

9 nonmilitary national laboratories, including— 

10 (A) Ames Laboratory; 

11 (B) Argonne National Laboratory; 

12 (C) Brookhaven National Laboratory; 

13 (D) Fermi National Accelerator Labora14 tory; 

15 (E) Idaho National Laboratory; 

16 (F) Lawrence Berkeley National Labora17 tory; 

18 (G) National Energy Technology Labora19 tory; 

20 (H) National Renewable Energy Labora21 tory; 

22 (I) Oak Ridge National Laboratory; 

23 (J) Pacific Northwest National Labora24 tory; 

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1 (M) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; 

2 (N) Thomas Jefferson National Accel3 erator Facility; and 

4 (O) any laboratories operated by the Na5 tional Nuclear Security Administration, but 

6 only with respect to the civilian energy activities 

7 thereof. 

8 (4) OFFICE OF SCIENCE.—The term ‘‘Office of 

9 Science’’ means the Department of Energy Office of 

10 Science. 

11 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

12 the Secretary of Energy. 

13 (6) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ means, 

14 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 

15 (7) UNDER SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Under 

16 Secretary’’ means the Under Secretary for Science 

17 and Energy. 

18 TITLE II—ONE FUTURE 

19 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

20 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Our Nation’s Energy 

21 Future Act of 2014’’ or the ‘‘ONE Future Act’’. 

22 Subtitle A—Crosscutting Research 

23 and Development 

24 SEC. 211. CROSSCUTTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

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1 (1) The President believes that the United 

2 States energy policy must have ‘‘an all-of-the-above 

3 strategy for the 21st century that develops every 

4 source of American-made energy’’. 

5 (2) The Department plays a strategic role in 

6 critical energy research and development to ensure a 

7 balanced, prosperous, and secure energy future. 

8 (b) ADDRESSING OUR NATION’S ENERGY FUTURE

9 ISSUES.—The Secretary shall, through the Under Sec10 retary for Science and Energy, utilize the capabilities of 

11 the Department to address issues facing our Nation’s en12 ergy future, including identifying strategic opportunities 

13 for collaborative research, development, demonstration, 

14 and commercial application of innovative science and tech15 nologies for— 

16 (1) advancing the state of the energy-water17 land use nexus; 

18 (2) improving energy transmission and distribu19 tion systems security and resiliency; 

20 (3) utilizing supercritical carbon dioxide in elec21 tric power generation; 

22 (4) subsurface engineering; 

23 (5) exascale computing; and 

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1 (c) CROSSCUTTING APPROACHES.—To the maximum 

2 extent practicable, the Secretary shall seek to leverage ex3 isting programs, and consolidate and coordinate activities, 

4 throughout the Department to promote collaboration and 

5 crosscutting approaches within programs. 

6 (d) ADDITIONAL ACTIONS.—The Secretary shall— 

7 (1) prioritize activities that promote the utiliza8 tion of all affordable domestic resources; 

9 (2) identify opportunities for public-private 

10 partnerships, innovative financing mechanisms, and 

11 grant challenges; 

12 (3) develop a rigorous and realistic planning, 

13 evaluation, and technical assessment framework for 

14 setting objective, long-term strategic goals and eval15 uating progress that ensures the integrity and inde16 pendence to insulate planning from political influ17 ence and the agility and flexibility to adapt to mar18 ket dynamics; 

19 (4) ensure that activities shall be undertaken in 

20 a manner that does not duplicate other activities 

21 within the Department or other Federal Government 

22 activities; and 

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1 organizations, institutions of higher education, or 

2 other stakeholders. 

3 SEC. 212. STRATEGIC RESEARCH PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS 

4 AND COORDINATION PLAN. 

5 Section 994 of Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

6 16358) is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 994. STRATEGIC RESEARCH PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS 

8 AND COORDINATION PLAN. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall periodically 

10 review all of the science and technology activities of the 

11 Department in a strategic framework that takes into ac12 count the frontiers of science to which the Department 

13 can contribute, the national needs relevant to the Depart14 ment’s statutory missions, and global energy dynamics. 

15 ‘‘(b) COORDINATION ANALYSIS AND PLAN.—As part 

16 of the review under subsection (a), the Secretary shall de17 velop a coordination plan to improve coordination and col18 laboration in research, development, demonstration, and 

19 commercial application activities across Department orga20 nizational boundaries. 

21 ‘‘(c) PLAN CONTENTS.—The plan shall describe— 

22 ‘‘(1) cross-cutting scientific and technical issues 

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1 ‘‘(2) how the applied technology programs of 

2 the Department are coordinating their activities, and 

3 addressing those questions; 

4 ‘‘(3) ways in which the technical interchange 

5 within the Department, particularly between the Of6 fice of Science and the applied technology programs, 

7 can be enhanced, including ways in which the re8 search agendas of the Office of Science and the ap9 plied programs can interact and assist each other; 

10 ‘‘(4) a description of how the Secretary will en11 sure that the Department’s overall research agenda 

12 include, in addition to fundamental, curiosity-driven 

13 research, fundamental research related to topics of 

14 concern to the applied programs, and applications in 

15 Departmental technology programs of research re16 sults generated by fundamental, curiosity-driven re17 search; 

18 ‘‘(5) critical assessments of any ongoing pro19 grams that have experienced sub-par performance or 

20 cost over-runs of 10 percent or more over one or 

21 more years; and 

22 ‘‘(6) activities that may be more effectively left 

23 to the States, industry, nongovernmental organiza24 tions, institutions of higher education, or other 

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1 ‘‘(d) PLAN TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 1 year 

2 after the date of enactment of the ONE Future Act, and 

3 every 4 years thereafter, the Secretary shall transmit to 

4 the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

5 House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 

6 and Natural Resources of the Senate the results of the 

7 review under subsection (a) and the coordination plan 

8 under subsection (b).’’. 

9 SEC. 213. STRATEGY FOR FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUC10 TURE. 

11 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 993 of the Energy Pol12 icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16357) is amended— 

13 (1) by amending the section heading to read as 

14 follows: ‘‘STRATEGY FOR FACILITIES AND IN15 FRASTRUCTURE’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘2008’’ in17 serting ‘‘2018’’. 

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

19 relating to section 993 in the table of contents of the En20 ergy Policy Act of 2005 is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 993. Strategy for facilities and infrastructure.’’. 

21 SEC. 214. DISTRIBUTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC ENERGY 

22 SYSTEMS. 

23 Section 921 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 921. DISTRIBUTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC ENERGY 

2 SYSTEMS. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out 

4 programs of research, development, demonstration, and 

5 commercial application on distributed energy resources 

6 and systems reliability and efficiency, to improve the reli7 ability and efficiency of distributed energy resources and 

8 systems, integrating advanced energy technologies with 

9 grid connectivity, including activities described in this sub10 title. The programs shall address advanced energy tech11 nologies and systems and advanced grid security, resil12 iency, and reliability technologies. 

13 ‘‘(b) OBJECTIVES.—To the maximum extent prac14 ticable, the Secretary shall seek to— 

15 ‘‘(1) leverage existing programs; 

16 ‘‘(2) consolidate and coordinate activities 

17 throughout the Department to promote collaboration 

18 and crosscutting approaches; 

19 ‘‘(3) ensure activities are undertaken in a man20 ner that does not duplicate other activities within 

21 the Department or other Federal Government activi22 ties; and 

23 ‘‘(4) identify programs that may be more effec24 tively left to the States, industry, nongovernmental 

25 organizations, institutions of higher education, or 

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1 SEC. 215. DISTRIBUTED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COORDI2 NATING CONSORTIA. 

3 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 924 of the Energy Pol4 icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16214) is amended— 

5 (1) by amending the section heading to read as 

6 follows: ‘‘DISTRIBUTED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

7 COORDINATING CONSORTIA’’; 

8 (2) by striking paragraph (2) of subsection (b); 

9 and 

10 (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) of sub11 section (b) as paragraph (2). 

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

13 relating to section 924 in the table of contents of the En14 ergy Policy Act of 2005 is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 924. Distributed energy technology coordinating consortia.’’. 

15 SEC. 216. ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION RE16 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

17 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 925 of the Energy Pol18 icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16215) is amended— 

19 (1) by amending the section heading to read as 

20 follows: ‘‘ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DIS21 TRIBUTION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘innovations 

23 for’’ after ‘‘which shall include’’; 

24 (3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ 

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1 (4) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) CONSORTIUM.—The Secretary shall con5 sider implementing the program under this section 

6 using a consortium of participants from industry, in7 stitutions of higher education, and National Labora8 tories. 

9 ‘‘(2) OBJECTIVES.—To the maximum extent 

10 practicable the Secretary shall seek to— 

11 ‘‘(A) leverage existing programs; 

12 ‘‘(B) consolidate and coordinate activities, 

13 throughout the Department to promote collabo14 ration and crosscutting approaches; 

15 ‘‘(C) ensure activities are undertaken in a 

16 manner that does not duplicate other activities 

17 within the Department or other Federal Gov18 ernment activities; and 

19 ‘‘(D) identify programs that may be more 

20 effectively left to the States, industry, non21 governmental organizations, institutions of 

22 higher education, or other stakeholders.’’. 

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

24 relating to section 925 in the table of contents of the En25 ergy Policy Act of 2005 is amended to read as follows: 

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1 Subtitle B—Nuclear Energy 

2 Research and Development 

3 SEC. 221. OBJECTIVES. 

4 Section 951 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

5 U.S.C. 16271) is amended— 

6 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol7 lows: 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct pro9 grams of civilian nuclear energy research, development, 

10 demonstration, and commercial application, including ac11 tivities described in this subtitle. Such programs shall take 

12 into consideration the following objectives: 

13 ‘‘(1) Enhancing nuclear power’s viability as 

14 part of the United States energy portfolio. 

15 ‘‘(2) Reducing used nuclear fuel and nuclear 

16 waste products generated by civilian nuclear energy. 

17 ‘‘(3) Supporting technological advances in areas 

18 that industry by itself is not likely to undertake be19 cause of technical and financial uncertainty. 

20 ‘‘(4) Providing the technical means to reduce 

21 the likelihood of nuclear proliferation. 

22 ‘‘(5) Maintaining a cadre of nuclear scientists 

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1 ‘‘(6) Maintaining National Laboratory and uni2 versity nuclear programs, including their infrastruc3 ture. 

4 ‘‘(7) Supporting both individual researchers and 

5 multidisciplinary teams of researchers to pioneer 

6 new approaches in nuclear energy, science, and tech7 nology. 

8 ‘‘(8) Developing, planning, constructing, acquir9 ing, and operating special equipment and facilities 

10 for the use of researchers. 

11 ‘‘(9) Supporting technology transfer and other 

12 appropriate activities to assist the nuclear energy in13 dustry, and other users of nuclear science and engi14 neering, including activities addressing reliability, 

15 availability, productivity, component aging, safety, 

16 and security of nuclear power plants. 

17 ‘‘(10) Reducing the environmental impact of 

18 nuclear energy-related activities. 

19 ‘‘(11) Researching and developing technologies 

20 and processes to meet Federal and State require21 ments and standards for nuclear power systems.’’; 

22 (2) by striking subsections (b) through (d); and 

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1 SEC. 222. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES STUDY. 

2 Section 951 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

3 U.S.C. 16271) is further amended by adding at the end 

4 the following new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM OBJECTIVES STUDY.—In furtherance 

6 of the program objectives listed in subsection (a) of this 

7 section, the Government Accountability Office shall, within 

8 one year after the date of enactment of this subsection, 

9 transmit to the Congress a report on the results of a study 

10 on the scientific and technical merit of major Federal and 

11 State requirements and standards, including moratoria, 

12 that delay or impede the further development and com13 mercialization of nuclear power, and how the Department 

14 can assist in overcoming such delays or impediments.’’. 

15 SEC. 223. NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP16 MENT PROGRAMS. 

17 Section 952 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

18 U.S.C. 16272) is amended by striking subsections (c) 

19 through (e) and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(c) REACTOR CONCEPTS.— 

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

22 out a program of research, development, demonstra23 tion, and commercial application to advance nuclear 

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1 ‘‘(2) DESIGNS AND TECHNOLOGIES.—In con2 ducting the program under this subsection, the Sec3 retary shall examine advanced reactor designs and 

4 nuclear technologies, including those that— 

5 ‘‘(A) are economically competitive with 

6 other electric power generation plants; 

7 ‘‘(B) have higher efficiency, lower cost, and 

8 improved safety compared to reactors in oper9 ation as of the date of enactment of the ONE 

10 Future Act; 

11 ‘‘(C) utilize passive safety features; 

12 ‘‘(D) minimize proliferation risks; 

13 ‘‘(E) substantially reduce production of 

14 high-level waste per unit of output; 

15 ‘‘(F) increase the life and sustainability of 

16 reactor systems currently deployed; 

17 ‘‘(G) use improved instrumentation; 

18 ‘‘(H) are capable of producing large-scale 

19 quantities of hydrogen or process heat; 

20 ‘‘(I) minimize water usage or use alter21 natives to water as a cooling mechanism; or 

22 ‘‘(J) use nuclear energy as part of an inte23 grated energy system. 

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1 Secretary shall seek opportunities to enhance the 

2 progress of the program through international co3 operation through such organizations as the Genera4 tion IV International Forum or any other inter5 national collaboration the Secretary considers appro6 priate. 

7 ‘‘(4) EXCEPTIONS.—No funds authorized to be 

8 appropriated to carry out the activities described in 

9 this subsection shall be used to fund the activities 

10 authorized under sections 641 through 645.’’. 

11 SEC. 224. SMALL MODULAR REACTOR PROGRAM. 

12 Section 952 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

13 U.S.C. 16272) is further amended by adding at the end 

14 the following new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(d) SMALL MODULAR REACTOR PROGRAM.— 

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

17 out a small modular reactor program to promote re18 search, development, demonstration, and commercial 

19 application of small modular reactors, including 

20 through cost-shared projects for commercial applica21 tion of reactor systems designs. 

22 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con23 sult with and utilize the expertise of the Secretary 

24 of the Navy in establishing and carrying out such 

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1 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—Activities may 

2 also include development of advanced computer mod3 eling and simulation tools, by Federal and non-Fed4 eral entities, which demonstrate and validate new de5 sign capabilities of innovative small modular reactor 

6 designs. 

7 ‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this 

8 subsection, the term ‘small modular reactor’ means 

9 a nuclear reactor meeting generally accepted indus10 try standards— 

11 ‘‘(A) with a rated capacity of less than 300 

12 electrical megawatts; 

13 ‘‘(B) with respect to which most parts can 

14 be factory assembled and shipped as modules to 

15 a reactor plant site for assembly; and 

16 ‘‘(C) that can be constructed and operated 

17 in combination with similar reactors at a single 

18 site.’’. 

19 SEC. 225. CONVENTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO NUCLEAR 

20 POWER PLANTS. 

21 Section 952 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

22 U.S.C. 16272) is further amended by adding at the end 

23 the following new subsection: 

24 ‘‘(e) CONVENTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO NUCLEAR

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry 

2 out a Nuclear Energy Research Initiative for re3 search and development related to power conversion 

4 improvements to nuclear power plants to promote 

5 the research, development, demonstration, and com6 mercial application of— 

7 ‘‘(A) cooling systems; 

8 ‘‘(B) turbine technologies; 

9 ‘‘(C) heat exchangers and pump design; 

10 ‘‘(D) special coatings to improve lifetime of 

11 components and performance of heat exchang12 ers; and 

13 ‘‘(E) advanced power conversion systems 

14 for advanced reactor technologies. 

15 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary may 

16 undertake initiatives under this subsection only when 

17 the goals are relevant and proper to enhance the 

18 performance of technologies developed under sub19 section (c). Not more than $10,000,000 of funds au20 thorized for this section may be used for carrying 

21 out this subsection.’’. 

22 SEC. 226. FUEL CYCLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

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1 (1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘AD2 VANCED FUEL CYCLE INITIATIVE’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘FUEL CYCLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 

4 (2) by striking subsection (a); 

5 (3) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) 

6 as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and 

7 (4) by inserting before subsection (d), as so re8 designated by paragraph (3) of this subsection, the 

9 following new subsections: 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 

11 fuel cycle research, development, demonstration, and com12 mercial application program (referred to in this section as 

13 the ‘program’) on fuel cycle options that improve uranium 

14 resource utilization, maximize energy generation, minimize 

15 nuclear waste creation, improve safety, mitigate risk of 

16 proliferation, and improve waste management in support 

17 of a national strategy for spent nuclear fuel and the reac18 tor concepts research, development, demonstration, and 

19 commercial application program under section 952(c). 

20 ‘‘(b) FUEL CYCLE OPTIONS.—Under this section the 

21 Secretary may consider implementing the following initia22 tives: 

23 ‘‘(1) OPEN CYCLE.—Developing fuels, including 

24 the use of nonuranium materials and alternate 

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1 generation, improve safety performance and mar2 gins, and minimize the amount of nuclear waste pro3 duced in an open fuel cycle. 

4 ‘‘(2) RECYCLE.—Developing advanced recycling 

5 technologies, including advanced reactor concepts to 

6 improve resource utilization, reduce proliferation 

7 risks, and minimize radiotoxicity, decay heat, and 

8 mass and volume of nuclear waste to the greatest 

9 extent possible. 

10 ‘‘(3) ADVANCED STORAGE METHODS.—Devel11 oping advanced storage technologies for both onsite 

12 and long-term storage that substantially prolong the 

13 effective life of current storage devices or that sub14 stantially improve upon existing nuclear waste stor15 age technologies and methods, including repositories. 

16 ‘‘(4) ALTERNATIVE AND DEEP BOREHOLE

17 STORAGE METHODS.—Developing alternative storage 

18 methods for long-term storage, including deep 

19 boreholes into stable crystalline rock formations and 

20 mined repositories in a range of geologic media. 

21 ‘‘(5) FAST TEST REACTOR.—Investigating the 

22 potential research benefits of a fast test reactor to 

23 conduct experiments on fuels and materials related 

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1 utilization, reduce proliferation risks, and reduce nu2 clear waste products. 

3 ‘‘(6) OTHER TECHNOLOGIES.—Developing any 

4 other technology or initiative that the Secretary de5 termines is likely to advance the objectives of the 

6 program. 

7 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL ADVANCED RECYCLING AND

8 CROSSCUTTING ACTIVITIES.—In addition to and in sup9 port of the specific initiatives described in paragraphs (1) 

10 through (6) of subsection (b), the Secretary may support 

11 the following activities: 

12 ‘‘(1) Development and testing of integrated 

13 process flow sheets for advanced nuclear fuel recy14 cling processes. 

15 ‘‘(2) Research to characterize the byproducts 

16 and waste streams resulting from fuel recycling 

17 processes. 

18 ‘‘(3) Research and development on reactor con19 cepts or transmutation technologies that improve re20 source utilization or reduce the radiotoxicity of waste 

21 streams. 

22 ‘‘(4) Research and development on waste treat23 ment processes and separations technologies, ad24 vanced waste forms, and quantification of prolifera25 tion risks. 


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1 ‘‘(5) Identification and evaluation of test and 

2 experimental facilities necessary to successfully im3 plement the advanced fuel cycle initiative. 

4 ‘‘(6) Advancement of fuel cycle-related modeling 

5 and simulation capabilities. 

6 ‘‘(7) Research to understand the behavior of 

7 high-burnup fuels.’’. 

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating 

9 to section 953 in the table of contents of the Energy Policy 

10 Act of 2005 is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 953. Fuel cycle research and development.’’. 

11 SEC. 227. NUCLEAR ENERGY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES 

12 PROGRAM. 

13 (a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle E of title IX of the En14 ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16271 et seq.) is 

15 amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 958. NUCLEAR ENERGY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES. 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 

18 program to support the integration of activities under19 taken through the reactor concepts research, development, 

20 demonstration, and commercial application program under 

21 section 952(c) and the fuel cycle research and development 

22 program under section 953, and support crosscutting nu23 clear energy concepts. Activities commenced under this 

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1 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—Activities conducted under this 

2 section may include research involving— 

3 ‘‘(1) advanced reactor materials; 

4 ‘‘(2) advanced radiation mitigation methods; 

5 ‘‘(3) advanced proliferation and security risk 

6 assessment methods; 

7 ‘‘(4) advanced sensors and instrumentation; 

8 ‘‘(5) advanced nuclear manufacturing methods; 

9 ‘‘(6) high performance computation modeling, 

10 including multiphysics, multidimensional modeling 

11 and simulation for nuclear energy systems; and 

12 ‘‘(7) any crosscutting technology or trans13 formative concept aimed at establishing substantial 

14 and revolutionary enhancements in the performance 

15 of future nuclear energy systems that the Secretary 

16 considers relevant and appropriate to the purpose of 

17 this section. 

18 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit, as part 

19 of the annual budget submission of the Department, a re20 port on the activities of the program conducted under this 

21 section, which shall include a brief evaluation of each ac22 tivity’s progress.’’. 

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1 adding at the end of the items for subtitle E of title IX 

2 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 958. Nuclear energy enabling technologies.’’. 

3 SEC. 228. TECHNICAL STANDARDS COLLABORATION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National In5 stitute of Standards and Technology shall establish a nu6 clear energy standards committee (in this section referred 

7 to as the ‘‘technical standards committee’’) to facilitate 

8 and support, consistent with the National Technology 

9 Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995, the development 

10 or revision of technical standards for new and existing nu11 clear power plants and advanced nuclear technologies. 

12 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The technical standards 

14 committee shall include representatives from appro15 priate Federal agencies and the private sector, and 

16 be open to materially affected organizations involved 

17 in the development or application of nuclear energy18 related standards. 

19 (2) CO-CHAIRS.—The technical standards com20 mittee shall be co-chaired by a representative from 

21 the National Institute of Standards and Technology 

22 and a representative from a private sector standards 

23 organization. 

24 (c) DUTIES.—The technical standards committee 

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1 (1) perform a needs assessment to identify and 

2 evaluate the technical standards that are needed to 

3 support nuclear energy, including those needed to 

4 support new and existing nuclear power plants and 

5 advanced nuclear technologies; 

6 (2) formulate, coordinate, and recommend pri7 orities for the development of new technical stand8 ards and the revision of existing technical standards 

9 to address the needs identified under paragraph (1); 

10 (3) facilitate and support collaboration and co11 operation among standards developers to address the 

12 needs and priorities identified under paragraphs (1) 

13 and (2); 

14 (4) as appropriate, coordinate with other na15 tional, regional, or international efforts on nuclear 

16 energy-related technical standards in order to avoid 

17 conflict and duplication and to ensure global com18 patibility; and 

19 (5) promote the establishment and maintenance 

20 of a database of nuclear energy-related technical 

21 standards. 

22 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

23 are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal 

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1 Standards and Technology for activities under this sec2 tion. 

3 SEC. 229. EVALUATION OF LONG-TERM OPERATING NEEDS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter into an 

5 arrangement with the National Academies to conduct an 

6 evaluation of the scientific and technological challenges to 

7 the long-term maintenance and safe operation of currently 

8 deployed nuclear power reactors up to and beyond the 

9 specified design-life of reactor systems. 

10 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

11 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to 

12 the Congress, and make publically available, the results 

13 of the evaluation undertaken by the Academies pursuant 

14 to subsection (a). 

15 SEC. 230. AVAILABLE FACILITIES DATABASE. 

16 The Secretary shall prepare a database of non-Fed17 eral user facilities receiving Federal funds that may be 

18 used for unclassified nuclear energy research. The Sec19 retary shall make this database accessible on the Depart20 ment’s website. 

21 SEC. 231. NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL. 

22 To the extent consistent with the requirements of 

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1 generated by reactors under the programs authorized in 

2 this subtitle, or the amendments made by this subtitle. 

3 Subtitle C—Energy Efficiency and 

4 Renewable Energy Research 

5 and Development 

6 SEC. 241. ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 

7 Section 911 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

8 U.S.C. 16191) is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 911. ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 

10 ‘‘(a) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall conduct pro11 grams of energy efficiency research, development, dem12 onstration, and commercial application, including activi13 ties described in this subtitle. Such programs shall 

14 prioritize activities that industry by itself is not likely to 

15 undertake because of technical, financial, or regulatory 

16 uncertainty, and take into consideration the following ob17 jectives: 

18 ‘‘(1) Increasing energy efficiency. 

19 ‘‘(2) Reducing the cost of energy and making 

20 the economy more competitive. 

21 ‘‘(3) Improving the energy security of the 

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1 ‘‘(b) PROGRAMS.—Programs under this subtitle shall 

2 include research, development, demonstration, and com3 mercial application of— 

4 ‘‘(1) innovative, affordable technologies to im5 prove the energy efficiency and environmental per6 formance of vehicles, including weight and drag re7 duction technologies, and whole-vehicle design opti8 mization; 

9 ‘‘(2) cost-effective technologies, for new con10 struction and retrofit, to improve the energy effi11 ciency and environmental performance of buildings, 

12 using a whole-buildings approach; 

13 ‘‘(3) advanced technologies to improve the en14 ergy efficiency, environmental performance, and 

15 process efficiency of energy-intensive and waste-in16 tensive industries; and 

17 ‘‘(4) technologies to improve the energy effi18 ciency of appliances and mechanical systems for 

19 buildings in extreme climates, including cogenera20 tion, trigeneration, and polygeneration units and in21 creased use of renewable resources, or alternative 

22 fuels.’’. 

23 SEC. 242. NEXT GENERATION LIGHTING INITIATIVE. 

24 Section 912 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

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1 SEC. 243. BUILDING STANDARDS. 

2 Section 914 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

3 U.S.C. 16194) is amended by striking subsection (c). 

4 SEC. 244. SECONDARY ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY USE 

5 PROGRAM. 

6 Section 915 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

7 U.S.C. 16195) is repealed. 

8 SEC. 245. ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCIENCE INITIATIVE. 

9 Section 916(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

10 U.S.C. 16196(a)) is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab12 lish an Energy Efficiency Science Initiative to be managed 

13 by the Under Secretary for Science and Energy, for grants 

14 to be competitively awarded and subject to peer review for 

15 research relating to energy efficiency innovations.’’. 

16 SEC. 246. ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 

17 CENTERS. 

18 Section 917 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

19 U.S.C. 16197) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)— 

21 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para22 graph (2)(B); 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para24 graph (3) and inserting a period; and 

25 (C) by striking paragraph (4); 

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1 (A) by striking paragraph (1); 

2 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

3 through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), re4 spectively; and 

5 (C) by striking paragraph (6); 

6 (3) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol7 lows: 

8 ‘‘(g) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds awarded 

9 under this section may be used for the construction of fa10 cilities or the deployment of commercially available tech11 nologies.’’; and 

12 (4) by striking subsection (i). 

13 SEC. 247. RENEWABLE ENERGY. 

14 Section 931 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

15 U.S.C. 16231) is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 931. RENEWABLE ENERGY. 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

18 ‘‘(1) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall con19 duct programs of renewable energy research, devel20 opment, demonstration, and commercial application, 

21 including activities described in this subtitle. Such 

22 programs shall prioritize activities that industry by 

23 itself is not likely to undertake because of technical, 

24 financial, or regulatory uncertainty, and take into 

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1 ‘‘(A) Increasing the conversion efficiency of 

2 all forms of renewable energy through improved 

3 technologies. 

4 ‘‘(B) Decreasing the cost of renewable en5 ergy generation and delivery. 

6 ‘‘(C) Promoting the diversity of the energy 

7 supply. 

8 ‘‘(D) Decreasing the dependence of the 

9 United States on foreign mineral resources. 

10 ‘‘(E) Improving United States energy secu11 rity. 

12 ‘‘(F) Decreasing the environmental impact 

13 of renewable energy-related activities. 

14 ‘‘(G) Increasing the export of renewable 

15 generation technologies from the United States. 

16 ‘‘(2) PROGRAMS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) SOLAR ENERGY.—The Secretary shall 

18 conduct a program of research, development, 

19 demonstration, and commercial application for 

20 solar energy, including innovations in— 

21 ‘‘(i) photovoltaics; 

22 ‘‘(ii) solar heating; 

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1 ‘‘(iv) lighting systems that integrate 

2 sunlight and electrical lighting in com3 plement to each other; 

4 ‘‘(v) manufacturability of low cost, 

5 high quality solar systems; and 

6 ‘‘(vi) development of technologies that 

7 can be easily integrated into new and exist8 ing buildings. 

9 ‘‘(B) WIND ENERGY.—The Secretary shall 

10 conduct a program of research, development, 

11 demonstration, and commercial application for 

12 wind energy, including innovations in— 

13 ‘‘(i) low speed wind energy; 

14 ‘‘(ii) testing and verification tech15 nologies; 

16 ‘‘(iii) distributed wind energy genera17 tion; and 

18 ‘‘(iv) transformational technologies for 

19 harnessing wind energy. 

20 ‘‘(C) GEOTHERMAL.—The Secretary shall 

21 conduct a program of research, development, 

22 demonstration, and commercial application for 

23 geothermal energy. The program shall focus on 

24 developing innovative and transformational 


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1 technologies for reducing the costs of geo2 thermal energy, including technologies for— 

3 ‘‘(i) improving detection of geothermal 

4 resources; 

5 ‘‘(ii) decreasing drilling costs; 

6 ‘‘(iii) decreasing maintenance costs 

7 through improved materials; 

8 ‘‘(iv) increasing the potential for other 

9 revenue sources, such as mineral produc10 tion; and 

11 ‘‘(v) increasing the understanding of 

12 reservoir life cycle and management. 

13 ‘‘(D) HYDROPOWER.—The Secretary shall 

14 conduct a program of research, development, 

15 demonstration, and commercial application for 

16 cost competitive technologies that enable the de17 velopment of new and incremental hydropower 

18 capacity, adding to the diversity of the energy 

19 supply of the United States, including: 

20 ‘‘(i) Advanced technologies to enhance 

21 environmental performance and yield 

22 greater energy efficiencies. 

23 ‘‘(ii) Ocean energy, including wave en24 ergy. 


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1 ‘‘(E) MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS.—The 

2 Secretary shall conduct research, development, 

3 demonstration, and commercial application pro4 grams for— 

5 ‘‘(i) the combined use of renewable 

6 energy technologies with one another and 

7 with other energy technologies, including 

8 the combined use of renewable power and 

9 fossil technologies; 

10 ‘‘(ii) renewable energy technologies for 

11 cogeneration of hydrogen and electricity; 

12 ‘‘(iii) kinetic hydro turbines; and 

13 ‘‘(iv) the Pioneering Energy Research 

14 Program under section 262 of the ONE 

15 Future Act. 

16 ‘‘(b) RURAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—In car17 rying out this section, the Secretary, in consultation with 

18 the Secretary of Agriculture, shall give priority to dem19 onstrations that assist in delivering electricity to rural and 

20 remote locations including— 

21 ‘‘(1) advanced renewable power technology, in22 cluding combined use with fossil technologies; 

23 ‘‘(2) biomass; and 

24 ‘‘(3) geothermal energy systems. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con2 duct analysis and evaluation in support of the re3 newable energy programs under this subtitle. These 

4 activities shall be used to guide budget and program 

5 decisions, and shall include— 

6 ‘‘(A) economic and technical analysis of re7 newable energy potential, including resource as8 sessment; 

9 ‘‘(B) analysis of past program perform10 ance, both in terms of technical advances and 

11 in market introduction of renewable energy; 

12 ‘‘(C) assessment of domestic and inter13 national market drivers, including the impacts 

14 of any Federal, State, or local grants, loans, 

15 loan guarantees, tax incentives, statutory or 

16 regulatory requirements, or other government 

17 initiatives; and 

18 ‘‘(D) any other analysis or evaluation that 

19 the Secretary considers appropriate. 

20 ‘‘(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary may designate 

21 up to 1 percent of the funds appropriated for car22 rying out this subtitle for analysis and evaluation ac23 tivities under this subsection. 

24 ‘‘(3) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—This analysis 

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1 on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 

2 Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 

3 Natural Resources of the Senate at least 30 days be4 fore each annual budget request is submitted to 

5 Congress.’’. 

6 SEC. 248. BIOENERGY PROGRAM. 

7 Section 932 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

8 U.S.C. 16232) is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 932. BIOENERGY PROGRAM. 

10 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall conduct a pro11 gram of research, development, demonstration, and com12 mercial application for bioenergy, including innovations 

13 in— 

14 ‘‘(1) biopower energy systems; 

15 ‘‘(2) biofuels; 

16 ‘‘(3) bioproducts; 

17 ‘‘(4) integrated biorefineries that may produce 

18 biopower, biofuels, and bioproducts; and 

19 ‘‘(5) cross-cutting research and development in 

20 feedstocks. 

21 ‘‘(b) BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS.—The goals of 

22 the biofuels and bioproducts programs shall be to develop, 

23 in partnership with industry and institutions of higher 

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1 ‘‘(1) advanced biochemical and thermochemical 

2 conversion technologies capable of making fuels from 

3 lignocellulosic feedstocks that are price-competitive 

4 with fossil-based fuels and fully compatible with ei5 ther internal combustion engines or fuel cell-powered 

6 vehicles; 

7 ‘‘(2) advanced biotechnology processes capable 

8 of making biofuels and bioproducts with emphasis on 

9 development of biorefinery technologies using en10 zyme-based processing systems; and 

11 ‘‘(3) other advanced processes that will enable 

12 the development of cost-effective bioproducts, includ13 ing biofuels. 

14 ‘‘(d) RETROFIT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DEVELOP15 MENT OF ETHANOL FROM CELLULOSIC MATERIALS.— 

16 The Secretary shall establish a program of research, devel17 opment, demonstration, and commercial application for 

18 technologies and processes to enable biorefineries that ex19 clusively use corn grain or corn starch as a feedstock to 

20 produce ethanol to be retrofitted to accept a range of bio21 mass, including lignocellulosic feedstocks. 

22 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 ‘‘(1) BIOMASS.—The term ‘biomass’ means— 

24 ‘‘(A) any organic material grown for the 

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1 ‘‘(B) any organic byproduct of agriculture 

2 (including wastes from food production and 

3 processing) that can be converted into energy; 

4 or 

5 ‘‘(C) any waste material that can be con6 verted to energy, is segregated from other waste 

7 materials, and is derived from— 

8 ‘‘(i) any of the following forest-related 

9 resources: mill residues, precommercial 

10 thinnings, slash, brush, or otherwise non11 merchantable material; 

12 ‘‘(ii) wood waste materials, including 

13 waste pallets, crates, dunnage, manufac14 turing and construction wood wastes (other 

15 than pressure-treated, chemically treated, 

16 or painted wood wastes), and landscape or 

17 right-of-way tree trimmings, but not in18 cluding municipal solid waste, gas derived 

19 from the biodegradation of municipal solid 

20 waste, or paper that is commonly recycled; 

21 or 

22 ‘‘(iii) solids derived from waste water 

23 treatment processes. 

24 ‘‘(2) LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK.—The 

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1 a plant or coproduct from conversion, including 

2 crops, trees, forest residues, and agricultural resi3 dues not specifically grown for food, including from 

4 barley grain, grapeseed, rice bran, rice hulls, rice 

5 straw, soybean matter, and sugarcane bagasse.’’. 

6 SEC. 249. CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER RESEARCH PRO7 GRAM. 

8 Section 934 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

9 U.S.C. 16234) is repealed. 

10 SEC. 250. RENEWABLE ENERGY IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 

11 Section 935 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

12 U.S.C. 16235) and the item relating thereto in the table 

13 of contents of that Act are repealed. 

14 Subtitle D—Fossil Energy Research 

15 and Development 

16 SEC. 261. FOSSIL ENERGY. 

17 Section 961 of Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

18 16291) is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 961. FOSSIL ENERGY. 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out re21 search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap22 plication programs in fossil energy, including activities 

23 under this subtitle, with the goal of improving the effi24 ciency, effectiveness, and environmental performance of 

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1 sumption. Such programs shall take into consideration the 

2 following objectives: 

3 ‘‘(1) Increasing the energy conversion efficiency 

4 of all forms of fossil energy through improved tech5 nologies. 

6 ‘‘(2) Decreasing the cost of all fossil energy 

7 production, generation, and delivery. 

8 ‘‘(3) Promoting diversity of energy supply. 

9 ‘‘(4) Decreasing the dependence of the United 

10 States on foreign energy supplies. 

11 ‘‘(5) Improving United States energy security. 

12 ‘‘(6) Decreasing the environmental impact of 

13 energy-related activities. 

14 ‘‘(7) Increasing the export of fossil energy-re15 lated equipment, technology, and services from the 

16 United States. 

17 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) USES.—None of the funds authorized for 

19 carrying out this section may be used for Fossil En20 ergy Environmental Restoration. 

21 ‘‘(2) INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

22 Not less than 20 percent of the funds appropriated 

23 for carrying out section 964 of this Act for each fis24 cal year shall be dedicated to research and develop25 ment carried out at institutions of higher education. 


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1 ‘‘(3) USE FOR REGULATORY ASSESSMENTS OR

2 DETERMINATIONS.—The results of any research, de3 velopment, demonstration, or commercial application 

4 projects or activities of the Department may not be 

5 used for regulatory assessments or determinations 

6 by Federal regulatory authorities. 

7 ‘‘(c) ASSESSMENTS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) CONSTRAINTS AGAINST BRINGING RE9 SOURCES TO MARKET.—Not later than 1 year after 

10 the date of enactment of the ONE Future Act, the 

11 Secretary shall transmit to Congress an assessment 

12 of the technical, institutional, policy, and regulatory 

13 constraints to bringing new domestic fossil resources 

14 to market. 

15 ‘‘(2) TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITIES.—Not later 

16 than 2 years after the date of enactment of the 

17 ONE Future Act, the Secretary shall transmit to 

18 Congress a long-term assessment of existing and 

19 projected technological capabilities for expanded pro20 duction from domestic unconventional oil, gas, and 

21 methane reserves.’’. 

22 SEC. 262. PIONEERING ENERGY RESEARCH. 

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in conjunction 

24 with the program consortium selected under subsection 

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1 ship Pioneering Energy Research Program for research, 

2 development, demonstration, and commercial application 

3 of technologies to maximize domestic energy production, 

4 improve environmental stewardship, ensure domestic en5 ergy security, and maintain global energy leadership. 

6 (b) COVERED ACTIVITIES.—The program under this 

7 section shall include research, development, demonstra8 tion, and commercial application on— 

9 (1) natural gas and other petroleum resource 

10 exploration, production and consumption, including 

11 technologies and processes to improve well and pipe12 line integrity, improve understanding of fluid flow 

13 and storage, reduce surface footprints, and improve 

14 water management technologies in conventional and 

15 unconventional resources; 

16 (2) alternative liquid transportation fuel activi17 ties, including integration of biomass and natural 

18 gas for transportation fuels production, cleaner 

19 fuels, renewable liquid fuels other than ethanol, nat20 ural gas vehicles, and other innovative fossil-based 

21 fuels; 

22 (3) energy system risk management, optimiza23 tion, resiliency, and integration; 

24 (4) hydraulic fracturing and shale petroleum, 

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1 of one or more Hydraulic Fracturing Test Sites to 

2 address efficiency, safety, and environmental sus3 tainability of hydraulic fracturing and shale petro4 leum technologies; 

5 (5) small producer technology challenges, in6 cluding improving well integrity and efficiency; 

7 (6) subsurface energy exploration and produc8 tion, including geothermal energy; 

9 (7) interstate and intrastate natural gas pipe10 line and distribution system integrity management; 

11 and 

12 (8) other domestic energy challenges as identi13 fied by the Secretary or the program consortium and 

14 included in the annual plan prepared under sub15 section (i). 

16 (c) ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall 

17 have ultimate responsibility for, and oversight of, all as18 pects of the program under this section. The Secretary 

19 may not assign any activities to the program consortium 

20 except as specifically authorized under this section. 

21 (d) SELECTION OF THE PROGRAM CONSORTIUM.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

23 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec24 retary shall select the program consortium through 

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1 (2) REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 501(c)(3) STA2 TUS.—The Secretary shall not select a program con3 sortium under this section unless such consortium is 

4 an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the 

5 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 

6 under such section 501(a) of such Code. 

7 (e) ROLE OF THE PROGRAM CONSORTIUM.—Upon 

8 approval of the Secretary, the program consortium shall— 

9 (1) administer the program, to the extent pro10 vided under subsection (c); 

11 (2) issue research project solicitations; 

12 (3) make project awards to research per13 formers; 

14 (4) disburse research funds awarded under this 

15 section to research performers in accordance with 

16 the annual plan prepared under subsection (i); and 

17 (5) carry out other activities assigned to the 

18 program consortium or as provided in the annual 

19 plan. 

20 (f) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—To compensate the 

21 program consortium for carrying out its activities under 

22 this section, the Secretary shall provide to the program 

23 consortium up to 10 percent of the total appropriation for 

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1 (g) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the 

2 Secretary and the program consortium shall promote co3 ordination and cooperation among program offices at the 

4 Department. 

5 (h) COMPLEMENTARY RESEARCH.—The Secretary, 

6 through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and 

7 the National Energy Technology Laboratory, shall carry 

8 out research and other activities complementary to and 

9 supportive of the program authorized under this section. 

10 Up to 12.5 percent of appropriated program funds each 

11 fiscal year shall be for complementary research conducted 

12 by the National Energy Technology Laboratory and the 

13 National Renewable Energy Laboratory. 

14 (i) ANNUAL PLAN.— 

15 (1) DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 1 year 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 

17 thereafter, the program consortium shall develop, 

18 and transmit to the Secretary, the Committee on 

19 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 

20 Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and 

21 Natural Resources of the Senate, a plan for activi22 ties under this section, including the distribution of 

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1 (2) CONTENTS.—The annual plan shall describe 

2 the ongoing and prospective activities of the pro3 gram under this section and shall include a list of 

4 any solicitations for awards to carry out research, 

5 development, demonstration, and commercial appli6 cation activities, including specifics on the topics for 

7 such work, who would be eligible to apply, selection 

8 criteria, and the duration of awards. 

9 (j) AWARDS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Upon approval of the Sec11 retary, the program consortium shall make awards 

12 to research performers to carry out research, devel13 opment, demonstration, and commercial application 

14 activities under this section. 

15 (2) OVERSIGHT.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The program consor17 tium shall oversee the implementation of 

18 awards under this subsection, consistent with 

19 the annual plan developed under subsection (i), 

20 including disbursing funds and monitoring ac21 tivities carried out under such awards for com22 pliance with the terms and conditions of the 

23 awards. 

24 (B) EFFECT.—Nothing in subparagraph 

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1 the Secretary to oversee awards, or limit the 

2 authority of the Secretary to review or revoke 

3 awards. 

4 (k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

5 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, to re6 main available until expended, for carrying out this sec7 tion— 

8 (1) $50,000,000, to be derived from amounts 

9 appropriated under section 291(c); and 

10 (2) $50,000,000, to be derived from amounts 

11 appropriated under section 291(d). 

12 SEC. 263. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, 

13 AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATION PROGRAMS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 962 of the Energy Policy 

15 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16292) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

18 at the end; 

19 (B) in paragraph (11), by striking the pe20 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

21 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(12) specific additional programs to address 

23 water use and reuse; 

24 ‘‘(13) the testing, including the construction of 

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1 use in advanced systems for combustion or use of 

2 coal; and 

3 ‘‘(14) innovations to application of existing coal 

4 conversion systems designed to increase efficiency of 

5 conversion, flexibility of operation, and other modi6 fications to address existing usage requirements.’’; 

7 (2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) 

8 as subsections (c) through (e), respectively; 

9 (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(b) TRANSFORMATIONAL COAL TECHNOLOGY PRO12 GRAM.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program es14 tablished under subsection (a), the Secretary may 

15 carry out a program designed to undertake research, 

16 development, demonstration, and commercial appli17 cation of technologies, including the accelerated de18 velopment of— 

19 ‘‘(A) chemical looping technology; 

20 ‘‘(B) supercritical carbon dioxide power 

21 generation cycles; 

22 ‘‘(C) pressurized oxycombustion, including 

23 new and retrofit technologies; and 

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1 ‘‘(i) alternative energy cycles; 

2 ‘‘(ii) thermionic devices using waste 

3 heat; 

4 ‘‘(iii) fuel cells; 

5 ‘‘(iv) replacement of chemical proc6 esses with biotechnology; 

7 ‘‘(v) nanotechnology; 

8 ‘‘(vi) new materials in applications 

9 (other than extending cycles to higher tem10 perature and pressure), such as mem11 branes or ceramics; 

12 ‘‘(vii) carbon utilization, such as in 

13 construction materials, using low quality 

14 energy to reconvert back to a fuel, or man15 ufactured food; 

16 ‘‘(viii) advanced gas separation con17 cepts; and 

18 ‘‘(ix) other technologies, including— 

19 ‘‘(I) modular, manufactured com20 ponents; and 

21 ‘‘(II) innovative production or re22 search techniques, such as using 3–D 

23 printer systems, for the production of 

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1 ‘‘(2) COST SHARE.—In carrying out the pro2 gram described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

3 enter into partnerships with private entities to share 

4 the costs of carrying out the program. The Secretary 

5 may reduce or eliminate the non-Federal cost share 

6 requirement if the Secretary determines that the re7 duction or elimination is necessary and appropriate 

8 considering the technological risks involved in the 

9 project.’’; and 

10 (4) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)— 

11 (A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert12 ing the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out programs 

14 authorized by this section, the Secretary shall iden15 tify cost and performance goals for coal-based tech16 nologies that would permit the continued cost-com17 petitive use of coal for the production of electricity, 

18 chemical feedstocks, transportation fuels, and other 

19 marketable products.’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘date of 

21 enactment of this Act’’ each place it appears 

22 and inserting ‘‘date of enactment of the ONE 

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1 (b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AUTHORIZATION OF AP2 PROPRIATIONS.—Section 963 of the Energy Policy Act of 

3 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16293) is amended— 

4 (1) by amending paragraph (6) of subsection 

5 (c) to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(6) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara8 graph (B), the Secretary shall establish an advi9 sory committee to undertake, not less fre10 quently than once every 3 years, a review and 

11 prepare a report on the progress being made by 

12 the Department of Energy to achieve the goals 

13 described in subsections (a) and (b) of section 

14 962 and subsection (b) of this section. 

15 ‘‘(B) MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 Members of the advisory committee established 

17 under subparagraph (A) shall be appointed by 

18 the Secretary.’’; and 

19 (2) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol20 lows: 

21 ‘‘(d) STUDY OF CARBON DIOXIDE PIPELINES.—Not 

22 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the ONE 

23 Future Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress the 

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1 neering, permitting, building, maintaining, regulating, and 

2 insuring a national system of carbon dioxide pipelines.’’. 

3 SEC. 264. HIGH EFFICIENCY GAS TURBINES RESEARCH AND 

4 DEVELOPMENT. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, through the Office 

6 of Fossil Energy, shall carry out a multiyear, multiphase 

7 program of research, development, demonstration, and 

8 commercial application to innovate technologies to maxi9 mize the efficiency of gas turbines used in power genera10 tion systems. 

11 (b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program under this 

12 section shall— 

13 (1) support innovative engineering and detailed 

14 gas turbine design for megawatt-scale and utility15 scale electric power generation, including— 

16 (A) high temperature materials, including 

17 superalloys, coatings, and ceramics; 

18 (B) improved heat transfer capability; 

19 (C) manufacturing technology required to 

20 construct complex three-dimensional geometry 

21 parts with improved aerodynamic capability; 

22 (D) combustion technology to produce 

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1 (E) advanced controls and systems integra2 tion; 

3 (F) advanced high performance compressor 

4 technology; and 

5 (G) validation facilities for the testing of 

6 components and subsystems; 

7 (2) include technology demonstration through 

8 component testing, subscale testing, and full scale 

9 testing in existing fleets; 

10 (3) include field demonstrations of the devel11 oped technology elements so as to demonstrate tech12 nical and economic feasibility; and 

13 (4) assess overall combined cycle and simple 

14 cycle system performance. 

15 (c) PROGRAM GOALS.—The goals of the multiphase 

16 program established under subsection (a) shall be— 

17 (1) in phase I— 

18 (A) to develop the conceptual design of ad19 vanced high efficiency gas turbines that can 

20 achieve at least 62 percent combined cycle effi21 ciency or 47 percent simple cycle efficiency on 

22 a lower heating value basis; and 

23 (B) to develop and demonstrate the tech24 nology required for advanced high efficiency gas 

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1 combined cycle efficiency or 47 percent simple 

2 cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis; 

3 and 

4 (2) in phase II, to develop the conceptual de5 sign for advanced high efficiency gas turbines that 

6 can achieve at least 65 percent combined cycle effi7 ciency or 50 percent simple cycle efficiency on a 

8 lower heating value basis. 

9 (d) PROPOSALS.—Within 180 days after the date of 

10 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit grant and 

11 contract proposals from industry, small businesses, univer12 sities, and other appropriate parties for conducting activi13 ties under this section. In selecting proposals, the Sec14 retary shall emphasize— 

15 (1) the extent to which the proposal will stimu16 late the creation or increased retention of jobs in the 

17 United States; and 

18 (2) the extent to which the proposal will pro19 mote and enhance United States technology leader20 ship. 

21 (e) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.—The provision of fund22 ing under this section shall be on a competitive basis with 

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1 (f) COST SHARING.—Section 988 of the Energy Pol2 icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352) shall apply to an award 

3 of financial assistance made under this section. 

4 Subtitle E—Advanced Research 

5 Projects Agency–Energy 

6 SEC. 281. ARPA–E AMENDMENTS. 

7 Section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 16538) is amended— 

9 (1) by amending paragraph (1) of subsection 

10 (c) to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The goals of ARPA–E 

12 shall be to enhance the economic and energy security 

13 of the United States and to ensure that the United 

14 States maintains a technological lead through the 

15 development of advanced energy technologies.’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (i)(1), by inserting ‘‘ARPA–E 

17 shall not provide funding for a project unless the 

18 prospective grantee demonstrates sufficient attempts 

19 to secure private financing as to indicate that the 

20 project is not independently commercially viable.’’ 

21 after ‘‘relevant research agencies.’’; 

22 (3) in subsection (l)(1), by inserting ‘‘and once 

23 every 6 years thereafter,’’ after ‘‘operation for 6 

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1 (4) by redesignating subsection (n) as sub2 section (o) and inserting after subsection (m) the 

3 following new subsection: 

4 ‘‘(n) PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY INFORMA5 TION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The following categories of 

7 information collected by the Advanced Research 

8 Projects Agency–Energy from recipients of financial 

9 assistance awards shall be considered privileged and 

10 confidential and not subject to disclosure pursuant 

11 to section 552 of title 5, United States Code: 

12 ‘‘(A) Plans for commercialization of tech13 nologies developed under the award, including 

14 business plans, technology to market plans, 

15 market studies, and cost and performance mod16 els. 

17 ‘‘(B) Investments provided to an awardee 

18 from third parties, such as venture capital, 

19 hedge fund, or private equity firms, including 

20 amounts and percentage of ownership of the 

21 awardee provided in return for such invest22 ments. 

23 ‘‘(C) Additional financial support that the 

24 awardee plans to invest or has invested into the 


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1 technology developed under the award, or that 

2 the awardee is seeking from third parties. 

3 ‘‘(D) Revenue from the licensing or sale of 

4 new products or services resulting from the re5 search conducted under the award. 

6 ‘‘(2) EFFECT OF SUBSECTION.—Nothing in this 

7 subsection affects— 

8 ‘‘(A) the authority of the Secretary to use 

9 information without publicly disclosing such in10 formation; or 

11 ‘‘(B) the responsibility of the Secretary to 

12 transmit information to Congress as required 

13 by law.’’. 

14 Subtitle F—Miscellaneous 

15 SEC. 291. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

16 (a) CROSSCUTTING PROGRAMS.—There are author17 ized to be appropriated to the Secretary for— 

18 (1) research, development, demonstration, and 

19 commercial application for Electrical Delivery and 

20 Energy Reliability Research and Development activi21 ties within the Office of Electricity, $105,700,000 

22 for fiscal year 2014; and 

23 (2) research, development, demonstration, and 

24 commercial application for crosscutting programs 

25 within the Department $145,700,000 for fiscal year 


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1 2015, including up to $105,700,000 for Electrical 

2 Delivery and Energy Reliability Research and Devel3 opment activities within the Office of Electricity. 

4 (b) NUCLEAR ENERGY.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

6 appropriated to the Secretary for research, develop7 ment, demonstration, and commercial application for 

8 nuclear energy technology activities within the Office 

9 of Nuclear Energy $488,630,000 for each of fiscal 

10 years 2014 and 2015. 

11 (2) LIMITATION.—Any amounts made available 

12 pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

13 under paragraph (1) shall not be derived from the 

14 Nuclear Waste Fund established under section 

15 302(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 

16 U.S.C. 10222(c)). 

17 (c) ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE EN18 ERGY.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the 

19 Secretary for research, development, demonstration, and 

20 commercial application for energy efficiency and renewable 

21 energy technology activities within the Office of Energy 

22 Efficiency and Renewable Energy— 

23 (1) $1,683,486,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 

24 (2) $1,197,631,000 for fiscal year 2015. 


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1 (d) FOSSIL ENERGY.—There are authorized to be ap2 propriated to the Secretary for research, development, 

3 demonstration, and commercial application for fossil en4 ergy technology activities within the Office of Fossil En5 ergy $561,931,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015. 

6 (e) ARPA–E.—There are authorized to be appro7 priated to the Secretary for the Advanced Research 

8 Projects Agency–Energy— 

9 (1) $280,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 

10 (2) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. 

11 SEC. 292. DEFINITIONS. 

12 In this title— 

13 (1) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart14 ment of Energy; and 

15 (2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

16 of Energy. 

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