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(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF WORKING GROUP.—The 
interagency working group established under subsection 
(a) shall coordinate Federal science agency efforts to im-
plement the policy guidelines developed under subsection 
(c)(2). 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF OSTP.—The Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall— 
(1) not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate an inven-
tory of policies, procedures, and resources dedicated 
to preventing and responding to reports of sexual 
harassment and gender harassment at Federal agen-
cies that provide legal definitions to which institu-
tions of higher education must comply; 
(2) not later than 6 months after the date on 
which the inventory is submitted under paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) in consultation with outside stake-
holders and Federal science agencies, develop a 
uniform set of policy guidelines for Federal 
science agencies; and
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(B) submit a report to the committees re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) containing such 
guidelines; 
(3) encourage and monitor efforts of Federal 
science agencies to develop or maintain and imple-
ment policies based on the guidelines developed 
under paragraph (2), including the extent to which 
Federal science agency policies depart from the uni-
form policy guidelines; 
(4) not later than 1 year after the date on 
which the inventory under paragraph (1) is sub-
mitted, and every 5 years thereafter, the Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall re-
port to Congress on the implementation by Federal 
science agencies of the policy guidelines developed 
under paragraph (2); and 
(5) update such policy guidelines as needed. 
(d) REQUIREMENTS.—In developing policy guidelines 
under subsection (c)(2), the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall include guidelines 
that require— 
(1) grantees to submit to the Federal science 
agency or agencies from which the grantees receive 
funding reports relating to—
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(A) administrative action, related to an al-
legation against grant personnel of any sexual 
harassment or gender harassment, as set forth 
in organizational policies or codes of conduct, 
statutes, regulations, or executive orders, that 
affects the ability of grant personnel or their 
trainees to carry out the activities of the grant; 
and 
(B) findings or determinations against 
grant personnel of sexual harassment or gender 
harassment, as set forth in organizational poli-
cies or codes of conduct, statutes, regulations, 
or Executive orders, including any findings or 
determinations related to reports submitted 
under subparagraph (A) and any disciplinary 
action that was taken; 
(2) the sharing, updating, and archiving of re-
ports of sexual harassment and gender harassment 
from grantees submitted under paragraph (1)(B) 
with relevant Federal science agencies on a quarterly 
basis; and 
(3) to the extent practicable, ensure consistency 
among Federal agencies with regards to the policies 
and procedures for receiving reports submitted pur-
suant to paragraph (1), which may include the des-
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ignation of a single agency to field reports so sub-
mitted. 
(e) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing policy guide-
lines under subsection (c)(2), the Director of the Office 
of Science and Technology Policy shall consider guidelines 
that require or incentivize— 
(1) grantees to periodically assess their organi-
zational climate, which may include the use of cli-
mate surveys, focus groups, or exit interviews; 
(2) grantees to publish on a publicly available 
internet website the results of assessments con-
ducted pursuant to paragraph (1), disaggregated by 
gender and, if possible, race, ethnicity, disability sta-
tus, and sexual orientation; 
(3) grantees to make public on an annual basis 
the number of reports of sexual harassment and 
gender harassment at each such institution; 
(4) grantees to regularly assess and improve 
policies, procedures, and interventions to reduce the 
prevalence of sexual harassment and gender harass-
ment; 
(5) each grantee to demonstrate in its proposal 
for a grant award, cooperative agreement, or con-
tract that a code of conduct is in place for maintain-
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ing a healthy and welcoming workplace for grant 
personnel and their trainees; 
(6) the diffusion of the hierarchical and depend-
ent relationships between grant personnel and their 
trainees; 
(7) each grantee and Federal science agency to 
have in place mechanisms for the re-integration of 
individuals who have experienced sexual harassment 
and gender harassment; and 
(8) grantees to work to create a climate intoler-
ant of sexual harassment and gender harassment. 
(f) FEDERAL SCIENCE AGENCY IMPLEMENTATION.— 
Each Federal science agency shall— 
(1) develop or maintain and implement policies 
with respect to sexual harassment and gender har-
assment that are consistent with policy guidelines 
under subsection (c)(2) and that protect the privacy 
of all parties involved in any report and investigation 
of sexual harassment and gender harassment, except 
to the extent necessary to carry out an investigation; 
(2) broadly disseminate such policies to current 
and potential recipients of research grants, coopera-
tive agreements, or contracts awarded by such agen-
cy; and
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(3) take into consideration any reports filed 
under subsection (d)(1) when issuing grant awards, 
cooperative agreements, or contracts. 
(g) FERPA.—The Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy shall ensure that such guidelines 
and requirements are consistent with the requirements of 
section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
U.S.C. 1232g) (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Family Edu-
cational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’’). 
(h) SUNSET.—The interagency working group estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date 
that is 7 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 10547. NATIONAL ACADEMIES ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall enter into 
an agreement with the Academies to undertake a study 
of the influence of sexual harassment and gender harass-
ment in institutions of higher education on the career ad-
vancement of individuals in the STEM workforce. The 
study shall assess— 
(1) the state of research on sexual harassment 
and gender harassment in such workforce;
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(2) whether research demonstrates a change in 
the prevalence of sexual harassment and gender har-
assment in such workforce; 
(3) the progress made with respect to imple-
menting recommendations promulgated in the Acad-
emies consensus study report entitled ‘‘Sexual Har-
assment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Con-
sequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and 
Medicine’’; and 
(4) where to focus future efforts with respect to 
decreasing sexual harassment and gender harass-
ment in such institutions. 
SEC. 10548. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Direc-
tor to carry out this subtitle, $17,500,000. 
TITLE 
VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Supporting Early- 
Career Researchers 
SEC. 10601. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Nation’s universities and industrial re-
search labs are facing unprecedented budget pres-
sure as part of the COVID–19 health crisis, result-
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ing in considerably fewer openings for research and 
teaching positions. 
(2) Emergency funding is needed to forestall 
the loss of research talent likely to occur if early-ca-
reer researchers are forced to seek employment out-
side of research due to the sharp economic decline 
caused by the COVID–19 health crisis. 
(3) The future of America’s defense will rely on 
advanced technologies to maintain its military supe-
riority over its rivals, including China. These tech-
nologies will require new levels of scientific and engi-
neering aptitude and understanding. Early career re-
searchers will play a critical role in the development 
of these technologies, and the loss of an entire gen-
eration of researchers due to the COVID–19 pan-
demic will be detrimental to the United States na-
tional security. 
SEC. 10602. EARLY-CAREER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 
Science Foundation may establish a 2-year pilot program 
to award grants to highly qualified early-career investiga-
tors to carry out an independent research program at the 
qualified institution of higher education chosen by such 
investigator, to last for a period not greater than 2 years.
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(b) SELECTION PROCESS.—The Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall select grantees under sub-
section (a) from among citizens, nationals, and lawfully 
admitted permanent resident aliens of the United States. 
(c) OUTREACH.—The Director shall conduct program 
outreach to recruit fellowship applicants— 
(1) from all regions of the country; 
(2) from historically underrepresented popu-
lations in the fields of science, technology, engineer-
ing, and mathematics; and 
(3) who graduate from or intend to carry out 
research at a variety of types of institutions of high-
er education, including— 
(A) Historically Black Colleges and Uni-
versities; 
(B) Hispanic-Serving Institutions; 
(C) Tribal Colleges and Universities; and 
(D) institutions of higher education that 
are not among the top 50 institutions in annual 
Federal funding for research. 
(d) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—The Director shall 
give special consideration to an application from an indi-
vidual who graduated from or is intending to carry out 
research at an institution of the type listed in subsection 
(c)(3).
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(e) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the con-
clusion of the second year of the pilot program, the Direc-
tor shall submit a report to Congress that includes— 
(1) statistical summary data on fellowship 
awardees disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, 
age, years since completion of doctoral degree, and 
institution type; 
(2) an assessment, drawing on feedback from 
the research community and other sources of infor-
mation, of the effectiveness of the pilot program for 
mitigating the loss of research talent due to the pan-
demic; and 
(3) if determined effective, a plan for perma-
nent implementation of the pilot program. 
(f) QUALIFIED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION 
DEFINED.—The term ‘‘qualified institution of higher edu-
cation’’ has the meaning given the term in section 102 
of the Higher Education of Act of 1965, except that such 
term does not include an institution described in sub-
section (a)(1)(C) of such section. 
SEC. 10603. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Direc-
tor of the National Science Foundation $250,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2021 through 2022 to carry out the 
activities in this subtitle.
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Subtitle B—National Science and 
Technology Strategy 
SEC. 10611. NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STRAT-
EGY. 
Section 206 of the National Science and Technology 
Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 
U.S.C. 6615) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 206. NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STRAT-
EGY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the end of each 
calendar year immediately after the calendar year in which 
a review under section 206b is completed, the Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in consulta-
tion with the National Science and Technology Council, 
shall develop and submit to Congress a comprehensive na-
tional science and technology strategy of the United States 
to meet national research and development objectives for 
the following 4-year period (in this Act referred to as ‘the 
national science and technology strategy’). 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Each national science and 
technology strategy required by subsection (a) shall delin-
eate a national science and technology strategy consistent 
with— 
‘‘(1) the recommendations and priorities devel-
oped by the review established in section 206b;
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‘‘(2) the most recent national security strategy 
report submitted pursuant to section 1032 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012 (50 U.S.C. 3043); 
‘‘(3) other relevant national plans; and 
‘‘(4) the strategic plans of relevant Federal de-
partments and agencies. 
‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.—The Director shall consult as 
necessary with the Office of Management and Budget and 
other appropriate elements of the Executive Office of the 
President to ensure that the recommendations and prior-
ities delineated in the science and technology strategy are 
incorporated in the development of annual budget re-
quests. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—The President shall submit to Con-
gress each year a comprehensive report on the national 
science and technology strategy of the United States. Each 
report on the national science and technology strategy of 
the United States shall include a description of— 
‘‘(1) strategic objectives and priorities necessary 
to maintain the leadership of the United States in 
science and technology and to advance science and 
technology to address societal and national chal-
lenges, including near-term, medium-term, and long- 
term research priorities;
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‘‘(2) programs, policies, and activities that the 
President recommends across all Federal agencies to 
achieve the strategic objectives in paragraph (1); 
and 
‘‘(3) global trends in science and technology, in-
cluding potential threats to the leadership of the 
United States in science and technology and oppor-
tunities for international collaboration in science and 
technology. 
‘‘(e) PUBLICATION.—The Director shall, consistent 
with the protection of national security and other sensitive 
matters to the maximum extent practicable, make each re-
port submitted under subsection (d) publicly available on 
an internet website of the Office.’’. 
SEC. 10612. QUADRENNIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RE-
VIEW. 
The National Science and Technology Policy, Organi-
zation, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after section 206 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 206b. QUADRENNIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RE-
VIEW. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) QUADRENNIAL REVIEWS REQUIRED.—Not 
later than December 31, 2022, and every 4 years 
thereafter, the Director of the Office of Science and
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Technology Policy shall complete a review of the 
science and technology enterprise of the United 
States (in this section referred to as the ‘quadren-
nial science and technology review’). 
‘‘(2) SCOPE.—The quadrennial science and 
technology review shall be a comprehensive examina-
tion of the science and technology strategy of the 
United States, including recommendations for main-
taining global leadership in science and technology 
and advancing science and technology to address the 
societal and national challenges and guidance on the 
coordination of programs, assets, capabilities, budg-
et, policies, and authorities across all Federal re-
search and development programs. 
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Science and Technology Policy shall conduct 
each quadrennial science and technology review 
under this subsection in consultation with— 
‘‘(A) the National Science and Technology 
Council; 
‘‘(B) the heads of other relevant Federal 
agencies; 
‘‘(C) the President’s Council of Advisors 
on Science and Technology; 
‘‘(D) the National Science Board;
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‘‘(E) the National Security Council; and 
‘‘(F) other relevant governmental and non-
governmental entities, including representatives 
from industry, institutions of higher education, 
nonprofit organizations, Members of Congress, 
and other policy experts. 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—The Director shall en-
sure that each quadrennial science and technology 
review conducted under this section is coordinated 
with other relevant statutorily required reviews, and 
to the maximum extent practicable incorporates in-
formation and recommendations from existing re-
views to avoid duplication. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—In each quadrennial science and 
technology review, the Director shall— 
‘‘(1) provide an integrated view of, and rec-
ommendations for, science and technology policy 
across the Federal Government, while considering 
economic and national security and other societal 
and national challenges; 
‘‘(2) assess and recommend priorities for re-
search, development and demonstration programs to 
maintain American leadership in science and tech-
nology;
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‘‘(3) assess and recommend priorities for re-
search, development, and demonstration programs to 
address societal and national challenges; 
‘‘(4) assess the global competition in science 
and technology and identify potential threats to the 
leadership of the United States in science and tech-
nology and opportunities for international collabora-
tion; 
‘‘(5) assess and make recommendations on the 
science, technology, engineering, mathematics and 
computer science workforce in the United States; 
‘‘(6) assess and make recommendations to im-
prove regional innovation across the United States; 
‘‘(7) assess and make recommendations to im-
prove translation of basic research and the enhance-
ment of technology transfer of federally funded re-
search; 
‘‘(8) identify, assess, and make recommenda-
tions to address science and technology gaps that 
would not be met without federal investment; 
‘‘(9) review administrative and legislative poli-
cies and funding opportunities that affect private 
sector science and technology activities, and identify 
and make recommendations on policies that ensure
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a level playing field for the participation and com-
petitiveness of small- and medium-sized businesses; 
‘‘(10) assess and identify the infrastructure and 
tools needed to maintain the leadership of the 
United States in science and technology and address 
other societal and national challenges; and 
‘‘(11) review administrative or legislative poli-
cies that affect the science and technology enterprise 
and identify and make recommendations on policies 
that hinder research and development in the United 
States. 
‘‘(c) REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 
31 of the year in which a quadrennial science and 
technology review is conducted, the Director shall 
submit a report of the review to Congress. 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—The Director shall, con-
sistent with the protection of national security and 
other sensitive matters to the maximum extent pos-
sible, make each report submitted under paragraph 
(1) publicly available on an internet website of the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy.’’. 
SEC. 10613. NATIONAL CIRCULAR ECONOMY ROADMAP. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) CIRCULAR ECONOMY.—The term ‘‘circular 
economy’’ means an economy that uses a systems-fo-
cused approach and involves industrial processes and 
economic activities that— 
(A) are restorative or regenerative by de-
sign; 
(B) enable resources used in such proc-
esses and activities to maintain their highest 
values for as long as possible; and 
(C) aim for the elimination of waste 
through the superior design of materials, prod-
ucts, and systems (including business models). 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy. 
(b) NATIONAL CIRCULAR ECONOMY ROADMAP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Direc-
tor shall develop a national circular economy road-
map that includes— 
(A) a vision for how the science and tech-
nology enterprise should support the develop-
ment of a circular economy in the United 
States;
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(B) identification of key public and private 
stakeholders that may contribute to or benefit 
from a transition to a circular economy; and 
(C) recommendations on specific Federal 
policies needed to drive this transition. 
(2) COORDINATION.—In developing the road-
map under paragraph (1), the Director shall, as ap-
propriate, coordinate with— 
(A) the Secretary of Energy; 
(B) the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency; 
(C) the Secretary of Commerce; 
(D) the Director of the National Institutes 
of Standards and Technology; and 
(E) the head of any other relevant Federal 
agency. 
(3) 
LEVERAGING
EXISTING
AGENCY
PRO-
GRAMS.—In developing the roadmap under para-
graph (1), the Director shall, as appropriate, lever-
age efforts from existing Federal agency programs 
relevant to a circular economy. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—In developing the road-
map under paragraph (1), the Director may consult 
academic, nonprofit, and industry stakeholders.
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Subtitle C—Energizing Technology 
Transfer 
SEC. 10621. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.—The term 
‘‘clean energy technology’’ means a technology that 
significantly reduces energy use, increases energy ef-
ficiency, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, reduces 
emissions of other pollutants, or mitigates other neg-
ative environmental consequences of energy produc-
tion, transmission or use. 
(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of each National Laboratory and the 
Director of each Department of Energy single-pur-
pose research facility. 
(4) ECONOMICALLY
DISTRESSED
AREA.—The 
term ‘‘economically distressed area’’ has the mean-
ing described in section 301(a) of the Public Works 
and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3161(a)). 
(5) GRANT.—The term ‘‘grant’’ means a grant 
award, cooperative agreement award, or any other fi-
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nancial assistance arrangement that the Secretary of 
Energy determines to be appropriate. 
(6) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given such term in the Higher Education 
Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(7) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15801). 
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
PART 1—NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY 
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAMS 
SEC. 10623. NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY INCUBATOR PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) CLEAN ENERGY INCUBATOR DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘clean energy incubator’’— 
(1) means any entity that is designed to accel-
erate the commercial application of clean energy 
technologies by providing— 
(A) physical workspace, labs, and proto-
typing facilities to support clean energy 
startups or established clean energy companies; 
or
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(B) companies developing such tech-
nologies with support, resources, and services, 
including— 
(i) access to business education and 
counseling; 
(ii) mentorship opportunities; and 
(iii) other services rendered for the 
purpose of aiding the development and 
commercial application of a clean energy 
technology; and 
(2) may include a program within or established 
by a National Laboratory, an institution of higher 
education or a State, territorial, local, or tribal gov-
ernment. 
(b) PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting 
through the Chief Commercialization Officer established 
in section 1001(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16391(a)), shall establish a Clean Energy Incu-
bator Program (herein referred to as the ‘‘program’’) to 
competitively award grants to clean energy incubators. 
(c) CLEAN ENERGY INCUBATOR SELECTION.—In 
awarding grants to clean energy incubators under sub-
section (b), the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent
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practicable, prioritize funding clean energy incubators 
that— 
(1) partner with entities that carry out activi-
ties relevant to the activities of such incubator and 
that operate at the local, State, and regional levels; 
(2) support the commercial application activi-
ties of startup companies focused on physical hard-
ware, computational, or integrated hardware and 
software technologies; 
(3) are located in geographically diverse regions 
of the United States, such as the Great Lakes re-
gion; 
(4) are located in, or partner with entities lo-
cated in, economically-distressed areas; 
(5) support the development of entities focused 
on expanding clean energy tools and technologies to 
rural, Tribal, and low-income communities; 
(6) support the commercial application of tech-
nologies being developed by clean energy entre-
preneurs from underrepresented backgrounds; and 
(7) have a plan for sustaining activities of the 
incubator after grant funds received under this pro-
gram have been expended.
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(d) AWARD LIMITS.—The Secretary shall not award 
more than $4,000,000 to one or more incubators in one 
given State, per fiscal year. 
(e) DURATION.—Each grant under subsection (b) 
shall be for a period of no longer than 5 years, subject 
to the availability of appropriations. 
(f) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity receiving a grant 
under this section may use grant amounts for operating 
expenses. 
(g) RENEWAL.—An award made to a clean energy 
incubator under this section may be renewed for a period 
of not more than 3 years, subject to merit review. 
(h) EVALUATION.—In accordance with section 9007 
of division Z of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
(Public Law 116–260), the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate an evaluation of the 
program established under this section that includes anal-
yses of the performance of the clean energy incubators. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026.
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SEC. 10624. CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY 
PRIZE COMPETITION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a nonprofit entity, an institution of high-
er education, or an entity working with one or more 
institutes of higher education. 
(2) 
MINORITY-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ means an insti-
tution described in section 371(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
program, known as the ‘‘Clean Energy Technology Uni-
versity Prize’’, to award funding for eligible entities to 
carry out regional and one national clean energy tech-
nology prize competitions, under section 24 of the Steven-
son-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
3719). In carrying out such prize competitions, students 
shall compete to develop a business model for furthering 
the commercial application of an innovative clean energy 
technology. 
(c) TRAINING FUNDING.—In carrying out this pro-
gram, the Secretary may provide funding to train partici-
pating students in skills needed for the successful commer-
cial application of clean energy technologies, including 
through virtual training sessions.
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out the activities authorized in this section $1,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
SEC. 10625. CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CO-
ORDINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Chief Commercialization Officer established in section 
1001 (a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16391 (a)), shall support the coordination of relevant 
technology transfer programs that advance the commercial 
application of clean energy technologies nationally and 
across all energy sectors. In particular, the Secretary may 
support activities to— 
(1) facilitate the sharing of information on best 
practices for successful operation of clean energy 
technology transfer programs; 
(2) coordinate resources and improve coopera-
tion among clean energy technology transfer pro-
grams; 
(3) facilitate connections between entrepreneurs 
and start-up companies and the variety of programs 
related to clean energy technology transfer under the 
Department; and 
(4) facilitate the development of metrics to 
measure the impact of clean energy technology 
transfer programs on—
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(A) advancing the development, demonstra-
tion, and commercial application of clean en-
ergy technologies; 
(B) increasing the competitiveness of 
United States in the clean energy sector, in-
cluding in manufacturing; and 
(C) commercial application of clean energy 
technologies being developed by entrepreneurs 
from under-represented backgrounds. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out the activities in this section $3,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
PART 2—SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOP-
MENT AT THE NATIONAL LABORATORIES 
SEC. 10626. LAB PARTNERING SERVICE PILOT PROGRAM. 
Section 9002 of division Z of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2024 
to carry out subsections (a), (b), and (c), and $1,700,000 
for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2024 for National
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Laboratory employees to provide services under subsection 
(d).’’. 
SEC. 10627. LAB-EMBEDDED ENTREPRENEURSHIP PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall competitively 
award grants to National Laboratories for the purpose of 
establishing or supporting Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur-
ship Programs. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of such programs are 
to provide entrepreneurial fellows with access to National 
Laboratory research facilities, National Laboratory exper-
tise, and mentorship to perform research and development 
and gain expertise that may be required or beneficial for 
the commercial application of research ideas. 
(c) ENTREPRENEURIAL
FELLOWS.—An entrepre-
neurial fellow participating in a program described in sub-
section (a) shall be provided with— 
(1) opportunities for entrepreneurial training, 
professional development, and exposure to leaders 
from academia, industry, government, and finance 
who may serve as advisors to or partners of the fel-
low; 
(2) financial and technical support for research, 
development, and commercial application activities;
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(3) fellowship awards to cover costs of living, 
health insurance, and travel stipends for the dura-
tion of the fellowship; and 
(4) any other resources determined appropriate 
by the Secretary. 
(d) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—Each National Labora-
tory that receives funding under this section shall support 
entrepreneurial fellows by providing— 
(1) access to facilities and expertise within the 
National Laboratory; 
(2) engagement with external stakeholders; and 
(3) market and customer development opportu-
nities. 
(e) ADMINISTRATION.—National Laboratories that 
receive grants under this section shall prioritize the sup-
port and success of the entrepreneurial fellow with regards 
to professional development and development of a relevant 
technology. 
(f) PARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying out a Lab-Embed-
ded Entrepreneurship Program, a National Laboratory 
may partner with an external entity, including— 
(1) a nonprofit organization; 
(2) an institution of higher education; 
(3) a federally-owned corporation; or
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(4) a consortium of 2 or more entities described 
in paragraphs (1) through (3). 
(g) METRICS.—The Secretary shall support the de-
velopment of short-term and long-term metrics to assess 
the effectiveness of programs receiving a grant under sub-
section (a) in achieving the purposes of the program in 
subsection (a). 
(h) EVALUATION.—In accordance with section 9007 
of division Z of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
(Public Law 116–260), not later than 3 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 3 years there-
after, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate an evaluation of the effectiveness 
of the programs under subsection (a) based on the metrics 
developed pursuant to subsection (g). 
(i) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall oversee the 
planning and coordination of grants under subsection (a) 
and shall identify and disseminate best practices for 
achieving the purposes of subsection (a) to National Lab-
oratories that receive grants under this section. 
(j) INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION.—The Secretary 
shall collaborate with other executive branch agencies, in-
cluding the Department of Defense and other agencies
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with Federal laboratories, regarding opportunities to part-
ner with National Laboratories receiving a grant under 
subsection (a). 
(k) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out the activities authorized in this section $25,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
SEC. 10628. SMALL BUSINESS VOUCHER PROGRAM. 
Section 1003 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16393) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘, and may require the Director of 
a single-purpose research facility,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(as defined in section 2) and the Director 
of each single-purpose research facility’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘increase’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘encourage’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘collaborative re-
search,’’ and inserting ‘‘research, develop-
ment, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plication activities, including product devel-
opment,’’;
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(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘procure-
ment and collaborative research’’ and inserting 
‘‘the activities described in paragraph (1)’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘facilities,’’ before 
‘‘training’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘procurement and col-
laborative research activities’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the activities described in paragraph 
(1)’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘for the 
program under subsection (b)’’ and inserting 
‘‘and metrics for the programs under sub-
sections (b) and (c)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) SMALL BUSINESS VOUCHER PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ 
means— 
‘‘(i) the Director of each National 
Laboratory; and
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‘‘(ii) the Director of each single-pur-
pose research facility. 
‘‘(B) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term 
‘National Laboratory’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 2. 
‘‘(C) 
PROGRAM.—The 
term 
‘program’ 
means the program established under para-
graph (2). 
‘‘(D) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The 
term ‘small business concern’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 3 of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Chief Commercialization Officer ap-
pointed under section 1001(a), and in consultation 
with the Directors, shall establish a program to pro-
vide small business concerns with vouchers under 
paragraph (3)— 
‘‘(A) to achieve the goal described in sub-
section (a)(1); and 
‘‘(B) to improve the products, services, and 
capabilities of small business concerns in the 
mission space of the Department. 
‘‘(3) VOUCHERS.—Under the program, the Di-
rectors are authorized to provide to small business
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concerns vouchers to be used at National Labora-
tories and single-purpose research facilities for— 
‘‘(A) research, development, demonstra-
tion, technology transfer, skills training and 
workforce development, or commercial applica-
tion activities; or 
‘‘(B) any other activities that the applica-
ble Director determines appropriate. 
‘‘(4) EXPEDITED
APPROVAL.—The Secretary, 
working with the Directors, shall establish a stream- 
lined approval process for financial assistance agree-
ments signed between— 
‘‘(A) small business concerns selected to 
receive a voucher under the program; and 
‘‘(B) the National Laboratories and single- 
purpose research facilities. 
‘‘(5) COST-SHARING
REQUIREMENT.—In car-
rying out the program, the Secretary shall require 
cost-sharing in accordance with section 988. 
‘‘(6) REPORT.—In accordance with section 
9007 of division Z of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260), the Sec-
retary shall report annually on the progress and im-
plementation of the small business voucher program 
established under this section, including the number
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and locations of small businesses that received 
grants under this program.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘for activities under this section’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for activities under subsection (b)’’ and in-
serting before the period at the end ‘‘and for activi-
ties under subsection (c) $25,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026’’. 
SEC. 10629. ENTREPRENEURIAL LEAVE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall delegate to 
Directors the authority to carry out an entrepreneurial 
leave program (referred to in this section as the ‘‘pro-
gram’’) to allow National Laboratory employees to take 
a full leave of absence from their position, with the option 
to return to that or a comparable position up to 3 years 
later, or a partial leave of absence, to advance the commer-
cial application of energy and related technologies relevant 
to the mission of the Department. 
(b) TERMINATION AUTHORITY.—Directors shall re-
tain the authority to terminate National Laboratory em-
ployees that participate in the program if such employees 
are found to violate terms prescribed by the National Lab-
oratory at which such employee is employed. 
(c) LICENSING.—To reduce barriers to participation 
in the program, the Secretary shall delegate to the Direc-
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tors the requirement to establish streamlined mechanisms 
for facilitating the licensing of technology that is the focus 
of National Laboratory employees who participate in the 
program. 
(d) REPORT.—In accordance with section 9007 of di-
vision Z of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
(Public Law 116–260), the Secretary shall report annually 
on the utilization of this authority at National Labora-
tories, including the number of employees who participate 
in this program at each National Laboratory and the num-
ber of employees who take a permanent leave from their 
positions at National Laboratories as a result of partici-
pating in this program. 
(e) FEDERAL ETHICS.—Nothing in this section shall 
affect existing Federal ethics rules applicable to Federal 
personnel. 
SEC. 10630. NATIONAL LABORATORY NON-FEDERAL EM-
PLOYEE OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall delegate to 
Directors of National Laboratories the authority to allow 
their non-Federal employees— 
(1) to engage in outside employment, including 
start-up companies based on licensing technologies 
developed at National Laboratories and consulting in
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their areas of expertise, and receive compensation 
from such entities; and 
(2) to engage in outside activities related to 
their areas of expertise at the National Laboratory 
and may allow employees, in their employment ca-
pacity at such outside employment, to access the 
National Laboratories under the same contracting 
mechanisms as non-Laboratory employees and enti-
ties, in accordance with appropriate conflict of inter-
est protocols. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—If a Director elects to use the 
authority granted by subsection (a) of this section, the Di-
rector, or their designee, shall— 
(1) require employees to disclose to and obtain 
approval from the Director or their designee prior to 
engaging in any outside employment; 
(2) develop and require appropriate conflict of 
interest protocols for employees that engage in out-
side employment; 
(3) maintain the authority to terminate employ-
ees engaging in outside employment if they are 
found to violate terms, including conflict of interest 
protocols, mandated by the Director; and
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(4) ensure that any such programs or activities 
are in conformance with the Department’s research 
security policies, including DOE Order 486.1. 
(c) ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS.—Employees engag-
ing in outside employment may not— 
(1) allow such activities to interfere with or im-
pede their duties at the National Laboratory; 
(2) engage in activities related to outside em-
ployment using National Laboratory government 
equipment, property, or resources, unless such ac-
tivities are performed under National Laboratory 
contracting mechanisms, such as Cooperative Re-
search and Development Agreements or Strategic 
Partnership Projects, whereby all conflicts of inter-
est requirements apply; or 
(3) use their position at a National Laboratory 
to provide an unfair competitive advantage to an 
outside employer or start-up activity. 
(d) FEDERAL ETHICS.—Nothing in this section shall 
affect existing Federal ethics rules applicable to Federal 
personnel. 
SEC. 10631. NATIONAL LABORATORIES RESTORATION AND 
MODERNIZATION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15801). 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(b) 
RESTORATION
AND
MODERNIZATION 
PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall fund projects described 
in subsection (c) as needed to address the deferred mainte-
nance, critical infrastructure needs, and modernization of 
National Laboratories. 
(c) PROJECTS DESCRIBED.—The projects referred to 
in subsection (b) are, as determined by the Secretary— 
(1) priority deferred maintenance projects at 
National 
Laboratories, 
including 
facilities 
sustainment for, upgrade of, and construction of re-
search laboratories, administrative and support 
buildings, utilities, roads, power plants, and any 
other critical infrastructure; and 
(2) lab modernization projects at National Lab-
oratories, including lab modernization projects relat-
ing to core infrastructure needed— 
(A) to support existing and emerging 
science missions with new and specialized re-
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quirements for world-leading scientific user fa-
cilities and computing capabilities; and 
(B) to maintain safe, efficient, reliable, 
and environmentally responsible operations. 
(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—For each fiscal year 
through fiscal year 2026, at the same time as the annual 
budget submission of the President, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committees 
on Appropriations and Science, Space, and Technology of 
the House of Representatives a list of projects for which 
the Secretary will provide funding under this section, in-
cluding a description of each project and the funding pro-
file for the project. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this sec-
tion $6,100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026. 
(2) OFFICE OF SCIENCE.—Not less than 1⁄3 of 
the amounts made available to carry out this section 
each fiscal year shall be managed by the Office of 
Science of the Department of Energy.
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PART 3—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
MODERNIZATION 
SEC. 10632. OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSITIONS. 
Section 1001(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 16391) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(6) HIRING AND MANAGEMENT.—To carry out 
the program authorized in this section, the Under 
Secretary for Science may appoint personnel using 
the authorities in section 10636 of the America 
COMPETES Act of 2022. 
‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out the activities authorized in this 
section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026.’’. 
SEC. 10633. MANAGEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. 
Section 41201 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 18861) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘including 
the Office of Technology Transitions, the Loan Pro-
gram Office, and all applied program offices,’’ after 
‘‘Department,’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘, including 
by using the authorities in section 10636 of the
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America COMPETES Act of 2022,’’ after ‘‘per-
sonnel’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and 
(g) as subsections (g), (h), and (i), respectively; 
(4) by adding after subsection (d) the following: 
‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 
carry out and manage covered projects directly through 
the program. 
‘‘(f) PROJECT TERMINATION.—Should an ongoing 
covered project receive an unfavorable review under sub-
section (c)(5), the Secretary or their designee may cease 
funding the covered project and reallocate the remaining 
funds to new or existing covered projects carried out by 
that program office.’’; and 
(5) in subsection (h)(1) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘In accord-
ance with section 9007 of division Z of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116– 
260), the Secretary’’. 
SEC. 10634. STREAMLINING PRIZE COMPETITIONS. 
(a) REPORTING.—Section 1008 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16396) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(h) REPORT.—In accordance with section 9007 of 
division Z of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
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(Public Law 116–260), the Secretary shall report annually 
on a description of any prize competitions carried out 
using the authority under this section, the total amount 
of prizes awarded along with any private sector contribu-
tions, the methods used for solicitation and evaluation, 
and a description of how each prize competition advanced 
the mission of the Department.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1008 of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16396) is amended 
by redesignating the second subsection (e) (relating to au-
thorization of appropriations) as subsection (f). 
SEC. 10635. COST-SHARE WAIVER EXTENSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 988 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352) is amended in subsection 
(b)(4)(B) by striking ‘‘this paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
America COMPETES Act of 2022’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Section 108(b) of the Department of 
Energy Research and Innovation Act is amended in sub-
section (b) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘the America COMPETES Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 10636. SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITY FOR SCIENTIFIC, 
ENGINEERING, AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT 
PERSONNEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for Science 
shall have the authority to—
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(1) make appointments of not more than 60 
scientific, engineering, and professional personnel, 
without regard to civil service laws, to assist the De-
partment in meeting specific project or research 
needs; 
(2) fix the basic pay of any employee appointed 
under this section at a rate to be determined by the 
Under Secretary at rates not in excess of Level II 
of the Executive Schedule (EX–II) under section 
5311 of title 5, United States Code without regard 
to the civil service laws; and 
(3) pay any employee appointed under this sec-
tion payments in addition to basic pay, except that 
the total amount of additional payments paid to an 
employee under this subsection for any 12-month pe-
riod shall not exceed the lesser of the following 
amounts: 
(A) $25,000. 
(B) The amount equal to 25 percent of the 
annual rate of basic pay of that employee. 
(C) The amount of the limitation that is 
applicable for a calendar year under section 
5307(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) TERM.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The term of any employee 
appointed under this section shall not exceed 3 years 
unless otherwise authorized in law. 
(2) TERMINATION.—The Under Secretary for 
Science shall have the authority to terminate any 
employee appointed under this section at any time 
based on performance or changing project or re-
search needs of the Department. 
SEC. 10637. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER REPORTS AND EVAL-
UATION. 
Section 9007 of division Z of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) is amended as 
follows: 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—As part of the updated tech-
nology transfer execution plan required each year under 
section 1001(h)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16391(g)(2)), the Secretary of Energy (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘Secretary’) shall submit to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the 
progress and implementation of programs established 
under sections 9001, 9002, 9003, 9004, and 9005 of this 
Act and under sections 10624, 10628, 10629, 10630,
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10631, and 10633 of the America COMPETES Act of 
2022. 
‘‘(b) EVALUATION.—Not later than 3 years after the 
enactment of this Act and every 3 years thereafter the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate an evaluation on the extent to which programs 
established under sections 9001, 9002, 9003, 9004, and 
9005 of this Act and sections 10623, 10624, 10625, and 
10627 of the America COMPETES Act of 2022 are 
achieving success based on relevant short-term and long- 
term metrics.’’. 
SEC. 10638. ARPA-E AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Paragraph (2) of section 5012(o) of the America 
Competes Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(o)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F) 
$1,000,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2026.’’.
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Subtitle D—Regional Innovation 
SEC. 10641. REGIONAL INNOVATION CAPACITY. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Stevenson-Wydler Tech-
nology Innovation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–480; 15 
U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 28 as section 29; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 27 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 28. REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION HUB 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’ means— 
‘‘(A) 
the 
Committee 
on 
Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation, the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) COOPERATIVE
EXTENSION
SERVICES.— 
The term ‘cooperative extension services’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 1404 of the Food 
and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103).
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‘‘(3) HISTORICALLY
BLACK
COLLEGES
AND 
UNIVERSITIES.—The term ‘historically Black col-
leges and universities’ has the meaning given the 
term ‘part B institution’ in section 322 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). 
‘‘(4) LABOR ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘labor 
organization’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 
U.S.C. 152(5)), except that such term shall also in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) any organization composed of labor 
organizations, such as a labor union federation 
or a State or municipal labor body; and 
‘‘(B) any organization which would be in-
cluded in the definition for such term under 
such section 2(5) but for the fact that the orga-
nization represents— 
‘‘(i) individuals employed by the 
United States, any wholly owned Govern-
ment corporation, any Federal Reserve 
Bank, or any State or political subdivision 
thereof; 
‘‘(ii) individuals employed by persons 
subject to the Railway Labor Act (45 
U.S.C. 151 et seq.); or
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‘‘(iii) individuals employed as agricul-
tural laborers. 
‘‘(5) MANUFACTURING EXTENSION CENTER.— 
The term ‘manufacturing extension center’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘Center’ in section 25(a) of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act (15 U.S.C. 278k(a)). 
‘‘(6) MANUFACTURING
USA
INSTITUTE.—The 
term ‘Manufacturing USA institute’ means a Manu-
facturing USA institute described in section 34(d) of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act (15 U.S.C. 278s(d)). 
‘‘(7) MINORITY-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘minority-serving institution’ means a His-
panic-serving institution, an Alaska Native-serving 
institution, a Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, a 
Predominantly Black Institution, an Asian American 
and Native American Pacific Islander-serving insti-
tution, or a Native American-serving nontribal insti-
tution as described in section 371(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 
‘‘(8) SITE CONNECTIVITY INFRASTRUCTURE.— 
The term ‘site connectivity infrastructure’ means lo-
calized driveways and access roads to a facility as 
well as hookups to the new facility for drinking
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water, waste water, broadband, and other basic in-
frastructure services already present in the area. 
‘‘(9) STATE.—The term ‘state’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 27(a) of the Stevenson- 
Wydler Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722(a)). 
‘‘(10) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘Tribal 
Government’ means the governing body of any In-
dian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, 
village, community, component band or component 
reservation, individually identified (including par-
enthetically) in the list published most recently as of 
the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to sec-
tion 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe 
List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131). 
‘‘(11) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘Tribal College or University’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 316 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c). 
‘‘(12) VENTURE
DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The term ‘venture development organization’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 27(a) of 
the Stevenson-Wydler Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
3722(a)). 
‘‘(13) COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL 
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘community development
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financial institution’ has the meaning given in sec-
tion 103 of the Community Development Banking 
and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 
4702). 
‘‘(14) MINORITY DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘minority depository institution’ means an 
entity that is— 
‘‘(A) a minority depository institution, as 
defined in section 308 of the Financial Institu-
tions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act 
of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1463 note); or 
‘‘(B) considered to be a minority deposi-
tory institution by— 
‘‘(i) the appropriate Federal banking 
agency; or 
‘‘(ii) the National Credit Union Ad-
ministration, in the case of an insured 
credit union. 
‘‘(b) REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION HUB 
PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability 
of appropriations, the Secretary shall carry out a 
program— 
‘‘(A) to encourage new and constructive 
collaboration among local, State, Tribal, and
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Federal government entities, institutions of 
higher education, the private sector, economic 
development organizations, labor organizations, 
worker cooperative membership associations, 
State or local employee ownership and coopera-
tive development centers, nonprofit organiza-
tions, and community organizations to promote 
inclusive regional innovation initiatives; 
‘‘(B) to support eligible consortia in the 
development and implementation of regional in-
novation strategies; 
‘‘(C) to designate eligible consortia as re-
gional technology and innovation hubs and fa-
cilitate activities by consortia designated as re-
gional technology and innovation hubs in imple-
menting their regional innovation strategies— 
‘‘(i) to enable United States leader-
ship in technology and innovation sectors 
critical to national and economic security; 
‘‘(ii) to support regional economic de-
velopment and resilience, including in 
small cities and rural areas, and promote 
increased geographic diversity of innova-
tion across the United States;
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‘‘(iii) to promote the benefits of tech-
nology development and innovation for all 
Americans, including underserved commu-
nities and vulnerable communities; 
‘‘(iv) to support the modernization 
and expansion of United States manufac-
turing based on advances in technology 
and innovation; 
‘‘(v) to support domestic job creation 
and broad-based economic growth; and 
‘‘(vi) to improve the pace of market 
readiness, industry maturation, and overall 
commercialization and domestic production 
of innovative research; 
‘‘(D) to ensure that the regional tech-
nology and innovation hubs address the inter-
section of emerging technologies and either re-
gional challenges or national challenges; and 
‘‘(E) to conduct ongoing research, evalua-
tion, analysis, and dissemination of best prac-
tices for regional development and competitive-
ness in technology and innovation. 
‘‘(2) AWARDS.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the program required by paragraph (1) through the 
award of the following:
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‘‘(A) Strategy development grants or coop-
erative agreements to eligible consortia under 
subsection (e). 
‘‘(B) Strategy implementation grants or 
cooperative agreements to regional technology 
and innovation hubs under subsection (f). 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE CONSORTIA.—For purposes of this 
section, an eligible consortium is a consortium that— 
‘‘(1) includes 1 or more of each of the fol-
lowing— 
‘‘(A) institutions of higher education, 
which may include Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Univer-
sities, and minority-serving institutions; 
‘‘(B) State, territorial, local, or Tribal gov-
ernments or other political subdivisions of a 
State, including State and local agencies, or a 
consortia thereof; 
‘‘(C) industry or firms in relevant tech-
nology, innovation, or manufacturing sectors; 
‘‘(D) labor organizations or workforce 
training organizations, which may include State 
and local workforce development boards as es-
tablished under sections 101 and 107 of the
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Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3111; 3122); and 
‘‘(E) organizations that contribute to in-
creasing the participation of underserved popu-
lations in science, technology, innovation, and 
entrepreneurship; and 
‘‘(2) may include 1 or more— 
‘‘(A) economic development entities with 
relevant expertise, including a district organiza-
tion (as defined in section 300.3 of title 13, 
Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regu-
lation); 
‘‘(B) economic development organizations 
or similar entities that are focused primarily on 
improving science, technology, innovation, en-
trepreneurship, or access to capital; 
‘‘(C) venture development organizations; 
‘‘(D) worker cooperative membership asso-
ciations and state or local employee ownership 
and cooperative development centers; 
‘‘(E) financial institutions and investment 
funds, including community development finan-
cial institutions and minority depository institu-
tions;
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‘‘(F) elementary schools and secondary 
schools, including area career and technical 
education schools (as defined in section 3 of the 
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
cation Act of 2006 (29 U.S.C. 2302); 
‘‘(G) National Laboratories (as defined in 
section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15801)); 
‘‘(H) Federal laboratories; 
‘‘(I) Manufacturing extension centers; 
‘‘(J) Manufacturing USA institutes; 
‘‘(K) transportation planning organiza-
tions; 
‘‘(L) a cooperative extension services; and 
‘‘(M) organizations that represent the per-
spectives of underserved communities in eco-
nomic development initiatives. 
‘‘(d) DESIGNATION OF REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND 
INNOVATION HUBS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection 
(b)(1)(C), the Secretary shall use a competitive, 
merit-review process to designate not fewer than 10 
eligible consortia as regional technology and innova-
tion hubs.
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‘‘(2) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—In con-
ducting the competitive process under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall ensure geographic distribu-
tion in the designation of regional technology and in-
novation hubs by— 
‘‘(A) focusing on localities that are not the 
top five leading technology centers; 
‘‘(B) ensuring that not fewer than one 
third of eligible consortia designated as regional 
technology and innovation hubs significantly 
benefit a rural or other underserved community; 
‘‘(C) ensuring that at least one eligible 
consortium designated as a regional technology 
and innovation hub is headquartered in a State 
that is eligible to receive funding from the Es-
tablished Program to Stimulate Competitive Re-
search of the National Science Foundation; 
‘‘(D) ensuring that at least one eligible 
consortium designated as a regional technology 
and innovation hub is headquartered in a region 
that has a high density of institutions of higher 
education 
serving 
populations 
historically 
underrepresented in STEM, including histori-
cally Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal
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Colleges and Universities, and minority-serving 
institutions; and 
‘‘(E) ensuring that at least 1 eligible con-
sortium designated as a regional technology and 
innovation hub significantly benefits an area or 
region whose economy significantly relies on or 
has recently relied on coal, oil, or natural gas 
production, development, or utilization. 
‘‘(3) RELATION TO CERTAIN GRANT AWARDS.— 
The Secretary shall not require an eligible consor-
tium to receive a grant or cooperative agreement 
under subsection (e) in order to be designated as a 
regional technology and innovation hub under para-
graph (1) of this subsection. 
‘‘(e) STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS AND COOP-
ERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use a 
competitive, merit-review process to award grants or 
cooperative agreements to eligible consortia for the 
development of regional innovation strategies. 
‘‘(2) NUMBER OF RECIPIENTS.—The Secretary 
shall award a grant or cooperative agreement under 
paragraph (1) to not fewer than 20 eligible con-
sortia.
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‘‘(3) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY AND REPRESEN-
TATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
carry out paragraph (1) in a manner that en-
sures geographic diversity and representation 
from communities of differing populations. 
‘‘(B) AWARDS
TO
RURAL
COMMUNITIES 
AND
UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES.—In car-
rying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
award not fewer than one-half of the grants and 
cooperative agreements under such paragraph 
to eligible consortia that significantly benefit a 
rural state, rural community, or other under-
served community. 
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—The amount of a grant 
or cooperative agreement awarded under paragraph 
(1) shall be as follows: 
‘‘(A) To coordinate locally defined planning 
processes, across jurisdictions and agencies, re-
lating to developing a comprehensive regional 
technology strategy. 
‘‘(B) To identify regional partnerships for 
developing and implementing a comprehensive 
regional technology strategy.
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‘‘(C) To conduct or update assessments to 
determine regional needs and capabilities. 
‘‘(D) To develop or update goals and strat-
egies to implement an existing comprehensive 
regional plan. 
‘‘(E) To identify or implement planning 
and local zoning and other code changes nec-
essary to implement a comprehensive regional 
technology strategy. 
‘‘(F) To develop or update goals for ensur-
ing that any new regional technology strategy 
mitigates and does not exacerbate economic or 
social inequities in a region. 
‘‘(5) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the cost of an effort carried out using a grant or co-
operative agreement awarded under this subsection 
may not exceed 80 percent— 
‘‘(A) where in-kind contributions may be 
used for all or part of the non-Federal share, 
but Federal funding from other government 
sources may not count towards the non-Federal 
share; 
‘‘(B) except in the case of an eligible con-
sortium that represents all or part of a rural or 
other underserved community, the Federal
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share may be up to 90 percent of the total cost, 
subject to subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(C) except in the case of an eligible con-
sortium that is led by a Tribal government, the 
Federal share may be up to 100 percent of the 
total cost of the project. 
‘‘(f) STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AND CO-
OPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use a 
competitive, merit-review process to award grants or 
cooperative agreements to regional technology and 
innovation hubs for the implementation of regional 
innovation strategies, including regional strategies 
for infrastructure and site development, in support 
of the regional innovation and technology and inno-
vation hub’s plans and programs. The Secretary 
should determine the size and number of awards 
based on appropriations available to ensure the suc-
cess of regional technology and innovation hubs as 
outlined in subsection (h). 
‘‘(2) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Financial assistance 
awarded under paragraph (1) to a regional tech-
nology and innovation hub may be used by the re-
gional technology and innovation hub to support any 
of the following activities, consistent with the most
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current regional innovation strategy of the regional 
technology and innovation hub: 
‘‘(A) WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVI-
TIES.—Workforce development activities, in-
cluding activities relating to the following: 
‘‘(i) The creation of partnerships be-
tween industry, workforce, nonprofit, and 
educational institutions to create and align 
technical training and educational pro-
grams. 
‘‘(ii) The design, development, and 
updating of educational and training cur-
riculum tied to demonstrated regional 
workforce needs. 
‘‘(iii) The procurement of facilities 
and equipment, as required to train a tech-
nical workforce. 
‘‘(iv) The development and execution 
of programs to rapidly award certificates 
or credentials recognized by regional indus-
tries or other organizations. 
‘‘(v) The matching of regional employ-
ers with a potential new entrant, under-
employed, underrepresented, or incumbent 
workforce.
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‘‘(vi) The expansion of successful 
training programs at a scale required by 
the region served by the regional tech-
nology and innovation hub, including 
through the use of online education and 
mentoring. 
‘‘(vii) The development and expansion 
of programs with the goal of increasing the 
participation of persons historically under-
represented in STEM and manufacturing 
in the workforce development plans of the 
regional technology and innovation hub. 
‘‘(B) BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEUR DE-
VELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.—Business and entre-
preneur development activities, including activi-
ties relating to the following: 
‘‘(i) The development and growth of 
local regional businesses and the training 
of entrepreneurs. 
‘‘(ii) The support of technology com-
mercialization, including funding for activi-
ties relevant for advancing high growth po-
tential ventures such as acceleration, incu-
bation, early-stage production and other 
relevant programming.
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‘‘(iii) The development of local and re-
gional capital networks and consortia to 
attract necessary private funding to busi-
nesses and entrepreneurs in the region. 
‘‘(iv) The development of local and re-
gional networks for business and entre-
preneur mentorship. 
‘‘(v) The expansion of employee and 
worker ownership and participation in 
business decisionmaking, including through 
coordination and collaboration with worker 
cooperative membership associations and 
existing local and state employee ownership 
and cooperative development centers, or 
the creation of such centers where they do 
not yet exist, in order to provide informa-
tion, technical assistance, access to financ-
ing, and training to startups, contractors, 
and businesses that are considering em-
ployee ownership as a model, and to facili-
tate the creation of and conversion to em-
ployee-owned startups, businesses, and co-
operatives. 
‘‘(C) TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
AND 
MATURATION ACTIVITIES.—Technology matura-
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tion activities, including activities relating to 
the following: 
‘‘(i) The development and deployment 
of technologies in sectors critical to the re-
gion served by the regional technology and 
innovation hub or to national and economic 
security, including industry-university re-
search cooperation, proof of concept, proto-
type development, testing, and scale-up for 
manufacturing. 
‘‘(ii) The development of program-
ming to support the creation and transfer 
of intellectual property into private use, 
such as through startup creation. 
‘‘(iii) The provision of facilities for 
technology maturation, including incuba-
tors and production testbeds for collabo-
rative development of technologies by pri-
vate sector, academic, nonprofit, and other 
entities. 
‘‘(iv) Activities to provide or ensure 
access to capital for new business and co-
operative formation and business expan-
sion, or preservation of existing businesses 
through conversion to employee ownership
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and cooperatives, including by attracting 
new private, public, and philanthropic in-
vestment and by establishing local and re-
gional venture and loan funds, community 
development financial institutions, and mi-
nority depository institutions. 
‘‘(D) INFRASTRUCTURE-RELATED
ACTIVI-
TIES.—The building of facilities and site 
connectivity infrastructure necessary to carry 
out activities described in subparagraphs (A), 
(B), and (C), including activities relating to the 
following: 
‘‘(i) Establishing a center with re-
quired tools and instrumentation for work-
force development. 
‘‘(ii) Establishing a facility for tech-
nology development, demonstration, and 
testing. 
‘‘(iii) Establishing collaborative incu-
bators to support technology commer-
cialization and entrepreneur training. 
‘‘(3) TERM.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL
PERFORMANCE
PERIOD.— 
The term of an initial grant or cooperative 
agreement awarded under this subsection shall
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‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT
PERFORMANCE
PE-
RIOD.—Upon renewal of a grant or cooperative 
agreement under paragraph (3)(B), the Sec-
retary may award funding in the amount that 
the Secretary considers appropriate, ensuring 
that no single regional technology and innova-
tion hub receives more than 15 percent of the 
aggregate amount of the grants and cooperative 
agreements awarded under this subsection. 
‘‘(5) MATCHING REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL PERFORMANCE PERIOD.—Ex-
cept in the case of a regional technology and in-
novation hub described in subparagraph (C), 
the total amount of all grants awarded to a re-
gional technology and innovation hub under this 
subsection in phase one shall not exceed 90 per-
cent of the total operating costs of the regional 
technology and innovation hub during the initial 
performance period. 
‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT
PERFORMANCE
PE-
RIOD.—Except in the case of a regional tech-
nology and innovation hub described in sub-
paragraph (C), the total amount of all grants 
awarded to a regional technology and innova-
tion hub in subsequent performance periods
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shall not exceed 75 percent of the total oper-
ating costs of the regional technology and inno-
vation hub in each year of the grant or coopera-
tive agreement. 
‘‘(C) RURAL
COMMUNITIES
OR
UNDER-
SERVED COMMUNITIES AND INDIAN TRIBES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The total Federal 
financial assistance awarded in a given 
year to a regional technology and innova-
tion hub under this subsection shall not ex-
ceed amounts as follows: 
‘‘(I) In the case of a regional 
technology and innovation hub that 
primarily serves a rural community or 
other underserved community, in a 
fiscal year, 90 percent of the total 
funding of the regional technology and 
innovation hub in that fiscal year. 
‘‘(II) In the case of a regional 
technology and innovation hub that is 
led by a Tribal government, in a fiscal 
year, 100 percent of the total funding 
of the regional technology and innova-
tion hub in that fiscal year.
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‘‘(ii) MINIMUM THRESHOLD OF RURAL 
REPRESENTATION.—For 
purposes 
of 
clause (i)(I), the Secretary shall establish a 
minimum threshold of rural representation 
and other underserved community rep-
resentation in the regional technology and 
innovation hub. 
‘‘(D) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—For pur-
poses of this paragraph, in-kind contributions 
may be used for part of the non-Federal share 
of the total funding of a regional technology 
and innovation hub in a fiscal year. 
‘‘(6) GRANTS
FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE.—Any 
grant or cooperative agreement awarded under this 
subsection to support the construction of facilities 
and site connectivity infrastructure shall be awarded 
pursuant to section 201 of the Public Works and 
Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3141) and subject to the provisions of such Act, ex-
cept that subsection (b) of such section and sections 
204 and 301 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3144; 3161) 
shall not apply. 
‘‘(7) RELATION TO CERTAIN GRANT AWARDS.— 
The Secretary shall not require a regional tech-
nology and innovation hub to receive a grant or co-
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operative agreement under subsection (e) in order to 
receive a grant or cooperative agreement under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(g) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible consortium seeking 
designation as a regional technology and innovation hub 
under subsection (d) or a grant or cooperative agreement 
under subsection (e) or (f) shall submit to the Secretary 
an application therefore at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may specify. 
‘‘(h) CONSIDERATIONS
FOR
DESIGNATION
AND 
AWARD OF STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AND 
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In selecting an eligible 
consortium that submitted an application under sub-
section (g) for designation under subsection (d) or for a 
grant or cooperative agreement under subsection (f), the 
Secretary shall consider the following: 
‘‘(1) The potential of the eligible consortium to 
advance the research, development, deployment, and 
domestic manufacturing of technologies in a tech-
nology or innovation sector critical to national and 
economic security. 
‘‘(2) The likelihood of positive regional eco-
nomic effect, including increasing the number of 
high wage domestic jobs, creating new economic op-
portunities for economically disadvantaged and
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underrepresented populations, promoting employee 
and worker ownership, and advancing models of 
local and cooperative economic development that 
build and retain wealth in the region. 
‘‘(3) How the eligible consortium plans to inte-
grate with and leverage the resources of 1 or more 
federally funded research and development centers, 
National Laboratories, Federal laboratories, Manu-
facturing USA institutes, Hollings Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership centers, or other Federal en-
tities. 
‘‘(4) How the eligible consortium will engage 
with the private sector, including small- and me-
dium-sized businesses and cooperatives, and em-
ployee-owned businesses and cooperatives, to com-
mercialize new technologies and improve the resil-
iency and sustainability of domestic supply chains in 
a technology or innovation sector critical to national 
and economic security. 
‘‘(5) How the eligible consortium will carry out 
workforce development and skills acquisition pro-
gramming, including through partnerships with enti-
ties that include State and local workforce develop-
ment boards, institutions of higher education, in-
cluding community colleges, historically Black col-
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leges and universities, Tribal colleges and univer-
sities, and minority-serving institutions, labor orga-
nizations, worker cooperative membership associa-
tions, state or local employee ownership and coopera-
tive development centers, workforce development 
programs, and other related activities authorized by 
the Secretary, to support the development of a 
skilled technical workforce for the regional tech-
nology and innovation hub. 
‘‘(6) How the eligible consortium will improve 
or expand science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics education programs and opportunities 
in the identified region in elementary and secondary 
school and higher education institutions located in 
the identified region. 
‘‘(7) How the eligible consortium plans to de-
velop partnerships with venture development organi-
zations, community development financial institu-
tions and minority depository institutions, and 
sources of private investment in support of private 
sector activity, including launching new or expanding 
existing companies. 
‘‘(8) How the eligible consortium plans to orga-
nize the activities of regional partners across sectors
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in support of a regional technology and innovation 
hub. 
‘‘(9) How the eligible consortium plans to pro-
cure as many goods, services, food, and supplies as 
is practicable from locally-owned, employee-owned, 
minority-owned, and women-owned businesses and 
cooperatives in conducting hub activities, and how 
individual consortium members, as applicable, plan 
to do the same. 
‘‘(10) How the consortium plans to collaborate 
with local and community development financial in-
stitutions and minority depository institutions to ex-
pand the supply of such procurement options, in-
cluding by creating business plans and plans for fi-
nancing businesses and cooperatives that do not yet 
exist, and how the consortium plans to encourage 
entities created as a result of hub activities to follow 
such practices. 
‘‘(11) How the eligible consortium will ensure 
that growth in technology, innovation, and advanced 
manufacturing sectors produces opportunity across 
the identified region, including for economically dis-
advantaged, minority, and rural populations, includ-
ing consideration of how the eligible consortium
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takes into account the relevant impact of regional 
status and plans for— 
‘‘(A) available affordable housing stock 
and housing policies; 
‘‘(B) local and regional transportation sys-
tems; 
‘‘(C) high speed internet access; and 
‘‘(D) primary and secondary education. 
‘‘(12) How much the regions educational insti-
tutions are committed to aligning their activities, in-
cluding research and education, as appropriate, to a 
region’s economic strengths and areas of focus. 
‘‘(13) The likelihood efforts served by the con-
sortium will be sustained once Federal support ends. 
‘‘(i) COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION.— 
‘‘(1) COORDINATION WITH REGIONAL INNOVA-
TION PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall ensure the ac-
tivities under this section do not duplicate activities 
or efforts under section 27. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION AMONG HUBS.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure eligible consortia that receive a 
grant or cooperative agreement under this section 
coordinate and share best practices for regional eco-
nomic development.
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‘‘(3) COORDINATION WITH PROGRAMS OF THE 
NATIONAL
INSTITUTE
OF
STANDARDS
AND
TECH-
NOLOGY.—The Secretary shall coordinate the activi-
ties of regional technology and innovation hubs des-
ignated under this section, the Hollings Manufac-
turing Extension Partnership, and the Manufac-
turing USA Program, as the Secretary considers ap-
propriate, to maintain the effectiveness of a manu-
facturing extension center or a Manufacturing USA 
institute. 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION
WITH
DEPARTMENT
OF 
ENERGY
PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall, in col-
laboration with the Secretary of Energy, coordinate 
the activities and selection of regional technology 
and innovation hubs designated under this section, 
as the Secretaries consider appropriate, to maintain 
the effectiveness of activities at the Department of 
Energy and the National Laboratories. 
‘‘(5) INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION.—In des-
ignating regional technology and innovation hubs 
under subsection (d) and awarding grants or cooper-
ative agreements under subsection (f), the Sec-
retary— 
‘‘(A) shall collaborate with Federal depart-
ments and agencies whose missions contribute
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to the goals of the regional technology and in-
novation hub, and relevant interagency initia-
tives such as the Interagency Working Group 
for Cooperative Development; 
‘‘(B) shall consult with the Director of the 
National Science Foundation for the purpose of 
ensuring that the regional technology and inno-
vation hubs are aligned with relevant science, 
technology, and engineering expertise; and 
‘‘(C) may accept funds from other Federal 
agencies to support grants, cooperative agree-
ments, and activities under this section. 
‘‘(j) 
PERFORMANCE
MEASUREMENT, 
TRANS-
PARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) METRICS, 
STANDARDS, 
AND
ASSESS-
MENT.—For each grant and cooperative agreement 
awarded under subsection (f) for a regional tech-
nology and innovation hub, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) in consultation with the regional tech-
nology and innovation hub, develop metrics, 
which may include metrics relating to domestic 
job creation, patent awards, increases in re-
search funding, business formation and expan-
sion, and participation of individuals or commu-
nities historically underrepresented in STEM,
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to assess the effectiveness of the activities fund-
ed in making progress toward the purposes set 
forth under subsection (b)(1); 
‘‘(B) establish standards for the perform-
ance of the regional technology and innovation 
hub that are based on the metrics developed 
under subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(C) prior to any award made under a 
subsequent performance period in subsection (f) 
and every 2 years thereafter until Federal fi-
nancial assistance under this section for the re-
gional technology and innovation hub is discon-
tinued, conduct an assessment of the regional 
technology and innovation hub to confirm 
whether the performance of the regional tech-
nology and innovation hub is meeting the stand-
ards for performance established under sub-
paragraph (B) of this paragraph. 
‘‘(2) FINAL
REPORTS
BY
RECIPIENTS
OF 
STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AND COOPER-
ATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
require each eligible consortium that receives a 
grant or cooperative agreement under sub-
section (f) for activities of a regional technology
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and innovation hub, as a condition of receipt of 
such grant or cooperative agreement, to submit 
to the Secretary, not later than 120 days after 
the last day of the term of the grant or cooper-
ative agreement, a report on the activities of 
the regional technology and innovation hub sup-
ported by the grant or cooperative agreement. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report 
submitted by an eligible consortium under sub-
paragraph (A) shall include the following: 
‘‘(i) A detailed description of the ac-
tivities carried out by the regional tech-
nology and innovation hub using the grant 
or cooperative agreement described in sub-
paragraph (A), including the following: 
‘‘(I) A description of each project 
the regional technology and innovation 
hub completed using such grant or co-
operative agreement. 
‘‘(II) An explanation of how each 
project described in subclause (I) 
achieves a specific goal under this sec-
tion in the region of the regional tech-
nology and innovation hub with re-
spect to—
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‘‘(aa) the resiliency and sus-
tainability of a supply chain; 
‘‘(bb) research, development, 
and deployment of a critical tech-
nology; 
‘‘(cc) workforce training and 
development; 
‘‘(dd) domestic job creation; 
‘‘(ee) entrepreneurship and 
company formation, including the 
number of businesses created or 
preserved through employee own-
ership and cooperative develop-
ment; 
‘‘(ff) commercialization; 
‘‘(gg) access to private cap-
ital; or 
‘‘(hh) participation of indi-
viduals or communities histori-
cally underrepresented in STEM. 
‘‘(ii) A discussion of any obstacles en-
countered by the regional technology and 
innovation hub in the implementation of 
the regional technology and innovation hub
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and how the regional technology and inno-
vation hub overcame those obstacles. 
‘‘(iii) An evaluation of the success of 
the projects of the regional technology and 
innovation hub using the performance 
standards and measures established under 
paragraph (1), including an evaluation of 
the planning process and how the project 
contributes to carrying out the regional in-
novation strategy of the regional tech-
nology and innovation hub. 
‘‘(iv) The effectiveness of the regional 
technology and innovation hub in ensuring 
that, in the region of the regional tech-
nology and innovation hub, growth in tech-
nology and innovation sectors produces 
broadly shared opportunity across the re-
gion, including for economic disadvantaged 
and underrepresented populations and 
rural areas. 
‘‘(v) Information regarding such other 
matters as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(3) INTERIM
REPORTS
BY
RECIPIENTS
OF 
GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In addi-
tion to requiring submittal of final reports under
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paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary may require a re-
gional technology and innovation hub described in 
such paragraph to submit to the Secretary such in-
terim reports as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL
REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.—Not 
less frequently than once each year, the Secretary 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress an annual report on the results of the assess-
ments conducted by the Secretary under paragraph 
(1)(C) during the period covered by the report. 
‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary— 
‘‘(1) $50,000,000 to award grants and coopera-
tive agreements under subsection (e) for the period 
of fiscal years 2022 through 2026; 
‘‘(2) $2,000,000,000 to award grants and coop-
erative agreements under subsection (f) for the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2022 and 2023; and 
‘‘(3) $4,800,000,000 to award grants and coop-
erative agreements under subsection (f) for the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2024 through 2026. 
‘‘(l) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary may use 
funds made available to carry out this section for adminis-
trative costs under this section.’’. 
(b) INITIAL DESIGNATIONS AND AWARDS.—
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(1) COMPETITION REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this section, 
subject to the availability of appropriations, the Sec-
retary of Commerce shall commence a competition 
under subsection (d)(1) of section 28 of the Steven-
son-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 
U.S.C. 3723) as added by subsection (a). 
(2) DESIGNATION AND AWARD.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, if the Secretary has received at least 1 applica-
tion under subsection (g) of section 28 of the Ste-
venson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3723) from an eligible consortium whom 
the Secretary considers suitable for designation 
under subsection (d)(1) of such section, the Sec-
retary shall— 
(A) designate at least 1 regional tech-
nology and innovation hub under subsection 
(d)(1) of such section; and 
(B) award a grant or cooperative agree-
ment under subsection (f)(1) of such section to 
each regional technology and innovation hub 
designated pursuant to subparagraph (A) of 
this paragraph.
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SEC. 10642. REGIONAL CLEAN ENERGY INNOVATION PRO-
GRAM. 
Subtitle C of title IX of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 936. REGIONAL CLEAN ENERGY INNOVATION PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) REGIONAL
CLEAN
ENERGY
INNOVATION 
PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘regional clean energy in-
novation partnership’ means a group of one or more 
persons, including a covered consortium, who per-
form a collection of activities that are coordinated by 
such covered consortium to carry out the purposes 
of the program under subsection (c) in a region of 
the United States. 
‘‘(2) COVERED CONSORTIUM.—The term ‘cov-
ered consortium’ means an individual or group of in-
dividuals in partnership with a government entity, 
including a State, territorial, local, or tribal govern-
ment or unit of such government, and at least 2 or 
more of the following additional entities— 
‘‘(A) an institution of higher education or 
a consortium of institutions of higher education; 
‘‘(B) a workforce training provider, includ-
ing vocational schools and community colleges;
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‘‘(C) a private sector entity; 
‘‘(D) a nonprofit organization; 
‘‘(E) a community group; 
‘‘(F) a labor organization; 
‘‘(G) a National Laboratory; 
‘‘(H) a venture development organization; 
‘‘(I) a community development financial in-
stitution or minority depository institution; 
‘‘(J) a worker cooperative membership as-
sociation or state or local employee ownership 
or cooperative development center; 
‘‘(K) an organization focused on clean en-
ergy technology innovation or entrepreneurship; 
‘‘(L) a business accelerator or incubator; 
‘‘(M) a private sector entity or group of 
entities, including a trade or industry associa-
tion; 
‘‘(N) an economic development organiza-
tion; 
‘‘(O) a manufacturing facility or organiza-
tion; 
‘‘(P) a clean energy incubator or accel-
erator; 
‘‘(Q) a multi-institutional collaboration; or
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‘‘(R) any other entity that the Secretary 
determines to be relevant. 
‘‘(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means 
the Regional Clean Energy Innovation Program au-
thorized in subsection (b). 
‘‘(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
meaning given such term in the Higher Education 
Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
‘‘(5) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘Na-
tional Laboratory’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
2 U.S.C. 15801). 
‘‘(6) CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.—The term 
‘clean energy technology’ means a technology that 
significantly reduces energy use, increases energy ef-
ficiency, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, reduces 
emissions of other pollutants, or mitigates other neg-
ative environmental consequences of energy produc-
tion, transmission or use. 
‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
Regional Clean Energy Innovation Program, a research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial application 
program designed to enhance the economic, environ-
mental, and energy security of the United States and ac-
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celerate the pace of innovation of diverse clean energy 
technologies through the formation or support of regional 
clean energy innovation partnerships that— 
‘‘(1) account for the diverse domestic energy re-
sources available throughout the United States; 
‘‘(2) are responsive to the needs of industry, 
workforce, policy landscape, and clean energy inno-
vation capabilities of the region in which such part-
nership is located; 
‘‘(3) enhance and accelerate clean energy inno-
vation; 
‘‘(4) are located in diverse geographic regions of 
the United States, including United States terri-
tories; and 
‘‘(5) maximize the opportunities for cooperation 
between institutes of higher education, industry, 
State and local governments, and nonprofit research 
institutions with shared areas of energy expertise. 
‘‘(c) PURPOSES OF THE PROGRAM.—The purposes of 
the Program established under subsection (b) are to— 
‘‘(1) improve the competitiveness of United 
States’ clean energy technology research, develop-
ment, demonstration, and commercial application; 
and
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‘‘(2) support the development of tools and tech-
nologies best suited for use in diverse regions of the 
United States, including in rural, tribal, and low-in-
come communities. 
‘‘(d) REGIONAL CLEAN ENERGY INNOVATION PART-
NERSHIPS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall com-
petitively award grants to covered consortia to estab-
lish or support regional clean energy innovation 
partnerships that achieve the purposes of the Pro-
gram in subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Grants award-
ed under this subsection shall be used for activities 
determined appropriate by the Secretary to achieve 
the purposes of the Program in subsection (c), in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) facilitating the commercial applica-
tion of clean energy products, processes, and 
services, including through research, develop-
ment, demonstration, or technology transfer; 
‘‘(B) planning among participants of a re-
gional clean energy innovation partnership to 
improve the strategic and cost-effective coordi-
nation of the partnership;
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‘‘(C) improving stakeholder involvement in 
the development of goals and activities of a re-
gional clean energy innovation partnership; 
‘‘(D) assessing different incentive mecha-
nisms for clean energy development and com-
mercial application in the region; 
‘‘(E) hosting events and conferences; and 
‘‘(F) establishing and updating roadmaps 
to measure progress on relevant goals, such as 
those relevant to metrics developed under sub-
section (g). 
‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—Each application sub-
mitted to the Secretary under paragraph (1) may in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) a list of members and roles of mem-
bers of the covered consortia, as well as any 
other stakeholders supporting the activities of 
the regional clean energy innovation partner-
ship; 
‘‘(B) a description of the proposed out-
comes of the regional clean energy innovation 
partnership; 
‘‘(C) an assessment of the relevant clean 
energy innovation assets needed in a region to 
achieve proposed outcomes, such as education
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and training programs, research facilities, infra-
structure or site development, access to capital, 
manufacturing capabilities, or other assets; 
‘‘(D) a description of proposed activities 
that the regional clean energy innovation part-
nership plans to undertake and how the pro-
posed activities will achieve the purposes de-
scribed in subsection (c) and the proposed out-
comes in subparagraph (B); 
‘‘(E) a description of the geographical re-
gion that will engage in the regional clean en-
ergy innovation partnership; 
‘‘(F) a plan for attracting additional funds 
and identification of funding sources from non- 
Federal sources to deliver the proposed out-
comes of the regional clean energy innovation 
partnership; 
‘‘(G) a plan for partnering and collabo-
rating with community development financial 
institutions and minority depository institu-
tions, labor organizations and community 
groups, worker cooperative membership associa-
tions, local and state employee ownership and 
cooperative development centers, and other local 
institutions in order to promote employee, com-
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munity, and public ownership in the clean en-
ergy sector, and advance models of local eco-
nomic development that build and retain wealth 
in the region; 
‘‘(H) a plan for sustaining activities of the 
regional clean energy innovation partnership 
after funds received under this program have 
been expended; and 
‘‘(I) a proposed budget, including financial 
contributions from non-Federal sources. 
‘‘(4) CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting covered 
consortia for funding under the Program, the Sec-
retary shall, to the maximum extent practicable— 
‘‘(A) give special consideration to applica-
tions fromrural, tribal, and low-income commu-
nities; and 
‘‘(B) ensure that there is geographic diver-
sity among the covered consortia selected to re-
ceive funding. 
‘‘(5) AWARD AMOUNT.—Grants given out under 
this Program shall be in an amount not greater than 
$10,000,000, with the total grant award in any year 
less than that in the previous year. 
‘‘(6) COST SHARE.—For grants that are dis-
bursed over the course of three or more years, the
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Secretary shall require, as a condition of receipt of 
funds under this section, that a covered consortium 
provide not less than 50 percent of the funding for 
the activities of the regional clean energy partner-
ship under this section for years 3, 4, and 5. 
‘‘(7) DURATION.—Each grant under paragraph 
shall be for a period of not longer than 5 years. 
‘‘(8) RENEWAL.—A grant awarded under this 
section may be renewed for a period of not more 
than 5 years, subject to a rigorous merit review 
based on the progress of a regional clean energy in-
novation partnership towards achieving the purposes 
of the program in subsection (c) and the metrics de-
veloped under subsection (g). 
‘‘(9) TERMINATION.—Consistent with the exist-
ing authorities of the Department, the Secretary 
may terminate grant funding under this subsection 
to covered consortia during the performance period 
if the Secretary determines that the regional clean 
energy innovation partnership is underperforming. 
‘‘(10) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary 
may allow a covered consortium that receives funds 
under this section to allocate a portion of the fund-
ing received to be used for administrative or indirect 
costs.
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‘‘(11) FUNDING.—The Secretary may accept 
funds from other Federal agencies to support fund-
ing and activities under this section. 
‘‘(e) PLANNING FUNDS.—The Secretary may com-
petitively award grants in an amount no greater than 
$2,000,000 for a period not longer than 2 years to an enti-
ty consisting of a government entity, including a State, 
territorial, local, or tribal government or unit of such gov-
ernment or any entity listed under subsection (a)(2) to 
plan a regional clean energy innovation partnership or es-
tablish a covered consortium for the purpose of applying 
for funds under subsection (b). 
‘‘(f) INFORMATION SHARING.—As part of the pro-
gram, the Secretary shall support the gathering, analysis, 
and dissemination of information on best practices for de-
veloping and operating successful regional clean energy in-
novation partnerships. 
‘‘(g) METRICS.—In evaluating a grant renewals 
under subsection (d)(8), the Secretary shall work with pro-
gram evaluation experts to develop and make publicly 
available metrics to assess the progress of a regional clean 
energy innovation partnership towards achieving the pur-
poses of the program in subsection (c). Such metrics may 
include— 
‘‘(1) the number and quality of—
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‘‘(A) new clean energy companies created 
in the region as a result of activities carried out 
under the regional clean energy innovation part-
nership, including those created or preserved 
through employee ownership and cooperative 
development; 
‘‘(B) new or expanded workforce develop-
ment or training programs; and 
‘‘(C) support services provided to clean en-
ergy technology developers in the region; 
‘‘(2) changes in clean energy employment in the 
region as a result of activities carried out under the 
regional clean energy innovation partnership; and 
‘‘(3) the amount of capital investment in clean 
energy companies in the region as a result of activi-
ties carried out under the regional clean energy in-
novation partnership grant. 
‘‘(h) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the program, 
the Secretary shall coordinate with, and avoid unnecessary 
duplication of, the activities carried out under this section 
with the activities of— 
‘‘(1) other research entities of the Department, 
including the National Laboratories, the Office of 
Science, the Advanced Research Projects Agency- 
Energy, the Office of Technology Transitions, En-
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ergy Innovation Hubs, and Energy Frontier Re-
search Centers; and 
‘‘(2) relevant programs at other Federal agen-
cies, including— 
‘‘(A) the Office of Innovation and Entre-
preneurship under the Economic Development 
Administration, including the Regional Innova-
tion Program under section 27 of the Steven-
son-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3722); 
‘‘(B) the Hollings Manufacturing Exten-
sion Partnership Program under section 25 of 
the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k); 
‘‘(C) the Manufacturing USA Program 
under section 34 of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 
278s); 
‘‘(D) the Defense Manufacturing Commu-
nities Support Program under section 846 of 
the John S. McCain National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 
2501 note); 
‘‘(E) the Office of Economic Adjustment 
at the Department of Defense; and
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‘‘(F) Rural Development at the United 
States Department of Agriculture. 
‘‘(i) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—In carrying out the 
program, the Secretary shall maintain conflict of interest 
procedures, consistent with the conflict of interest proce-
dures of the Department. 
‘‘(j) EVALUATION
BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.— 
Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment 
of the America COMPETES Act of 2022, and again 3 
years later, the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate an evaluation on the 
operation of the program during the most recent 3-year 
period, including— 
‘‘(1) an assessment of the progress made to-
wards achieving the purposes specified in subsection 
(c) based on the metrics developed under subsection 
(g); 
‘‘(2) the short-term and long-term metrics used 
to determine the success of the program under sub-
section (g), and any changes recommended to the 
metrics used; 
‘‘(3) the regional clean energy innovation part-
nerships established or supported by covered con-
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sortia that have received grants under subsection 
(d); and 
‘‘(4) any recommendations on how the program 
may be improved. 
‘‘(k) NATIONAL
LABORATORIES.—In supporting 
technology transfer activities at the National Laboratories, 
the Secretary shall encourage partnerships with entities 
that are located in the same region or State as the Na-
tional Laboratory. 
‘‘(l) SECURITY.—In carrying out the activities under 
this section, the Secretary shall ensure proper security 
controls are in place to protect sensitive information, as 
appropriate. 
‘‘(m) NO FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION.—No funds 
provided to the Department of Energy under this section 
shall be used for construction. 
‘‘(n) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026.’’. 
SEC. 10643. CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION ANA-
LYTICS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce shall 
carry out a program of data collection and analysis of 
technology and innovation sectors critical to realizing na-
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tional objectives, including national security, economic 
prosperity, and social welfare. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program shall 
be— 
(1) to serve as a central Federal clearinghouse 
for the collection, interpretation, analysis, and dis-
semination of objective data on the nation’s tech-
nology, innovation, and advanced manufacturing ca-
pacity; 
(2) to improve assessment of the nation’s re-
search, technology, and manufacturing assistance 
programs, including the regional innovation pro-
grams established in section 27 and 28 of the Ste-
venson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(Public Law 96–480; 15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.); 
(3) to assess U.S. competitiveness in technology 
and innovation sectors; and 
(4) to support national policy and decision mak-
ing in both the public and private sectors to ensure 
United States leadership in technology and innova-
tion sectors critical to national security, economic 
prosperity and social welfare. 
(c) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall—
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(1) collect, acquire, analyze, report, and dis-
seminate data related to critical technology, innova-
tion, and production capacity in the United States 
and other nations that is relevant and useful to 
practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and the 
public, including data on— 
(A) regional technology and innovation ca-
pacity, including research and development ac-
tivity, entrepreneurship, intellectual property 
generation, company formation, advanced tech-
nology capital equipment investment, and tech-
nology transfer; 
(B) supply chains, including domestic and 
international production capacity, inter-firm 
transactions, and resiliency for select end-prod-
ucts and their intermediate inputs; 
(C) the skilled technical and production 
workforce required in different critical tech-
nology and innovation sectors; 
(D) the participation of individuals and 
communities historically underrepresented in 
STEM; and 
(E) any other area the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate;
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(2) request from any person or entity informa-
tion, data, and reports as may be required to carry 
out the purposes of this subtitle; 
(3) support research using the data it collects, 
and on methodologies in areas related to the activi-
ties carried out under the program; and 
(4) conduct other activities deemed by the Sec-
retary to be critical for the development of analytic 
capabilities, statistics, datasets, and metrics related 
to critical technologies and innovation. 
(d) OTHER TRANSACTIONS AUTHORITIES.—In car-
rying out this section, the Secretary may enter into and 
perform such contracts, including cooperative research 
and development arrangements and grants and coopera-
tive agreements or other transactions, as may be necessary 
in the conduct of the work of the program and on such 
terms as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(e) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall collaborate 
with Federal statistical agencies, as appropriate, to carry 
out the purposes of this section, including by entering into 
cooperative data sharing agreements that comply with all 
laws and regulations applicable to the disclosure and use 
of data. 
(f) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the activities re-
quired under subsection (c), the Secretary shall solicit
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input from relevant stakeholders on critical technology 
and sector needs, practices, and goals related to creating 
statistics, metrics, data sets, and modeling. 
(g) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary may carry out 
this program through existing programs and bureaus of 
the Department of Commerce, as appropriate. 
(h) ACCESS TO FEDERAL DATA.—In carrying out 
subsection (c), the Secretary shall be given access to all 
information, data, or reports that the Secretary deter-
mines necessary to carry out this section by any Federal 
agency upon written request and subject to any statutory 
or regulatory restrictions. Where practicable, the Sec-
retary should incorporate data collection into existing sur-
vey instruments. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Secretary 
$100,000,000 to conduct activities under this section for 
the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
SEC. 10644. SUPPORT FOR COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT. 
Section 454 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17113) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘commer-
cial deployment,’’ after ‘‘demonstration,’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)—
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(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘and com-
mercial deployment’’ after ‘‘demonstration’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘and 
commercial deployment’’ after ‘‘demonstra-
tion’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and commercial de-
ployment’’ after ‘‘demonstration’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘There are authorized’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(1) DEMONSTRATION AND COM-
MERCIAL DEPLOYMENT PROJECTS.—There are 
authorized’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), 
respectively; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) GRANTS.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary to carry out activities 
under subsection (d)(1) $1,000,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to fund the commer-
cial deployment of technologies to achieve emissions 
reduction at high emitting non-power industrial fa-
cilities.’’.
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Subtitle E—Malign Foreign Talent 
Recruitment Program Prohibition 
SEC. 10651. MALIGN FOREIGN TALENT RECRUITMENT PRO-
GRAM PROHIBITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, each Federal research 
agency shall establish a policy that, as part of a proposal 
for a research and development award from the agency— 
(1) each covered individual listed in the pro-
posal for a research and development award certify 
that they are not a party to a malign foreign talent 
recruitment program from a foreign country of con-
cern in their proposal submission and annually 
thereafter for the duration of the award; and 
(2) each institution of higher education or other 
organization applying for such an award certify that 
each covered individual who is employed by the insti-
tution of higher education or other organization has 
been made aware of the requirement under this sec-
tion. 
(b) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—In establishing a policy 
under subsection (a), agencies shall go through a notice 
and comment process. 
(c) COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING LAW.—Each Fed-
eral research agency and grantee shall comply with title
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VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et 
seq.) in the development and implementation of policies 
developed under subsection (a). 
(d) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.—Each policy 
developed under subsection (a) shall not prohibit— 
(1) making scholarly presentations and pub-
lishing written materials regarding scientific infor-
mation not otherwise controlled under current law; 
(2) participation in international conferences or 
other international exchanges, research projects or 
programs that involve open and reciprocal exchange 
of scientific information, and which are aimed at ad-
vancing international scientific understanding; 
(3) advising a foreign student enrolled at the 
covered individual’s institution of higher education 
or writing a recommendation for such a student, at 
the student’s request; and 
(4) other international activities deemed appro-
priate by the Federal research agency head or their 
designee. 
(e) LIMITATION.—The certifications required under 
subsection (a) shall not apply retroactively to research and 
development awards made or applied for prior to the es-
tablishment of the policy by the Federal research agency. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means an in-
dividual who— 
(A) contributes in a substantive, meaning-
ful way to the scientific development or execu-
tion of a research and development project pro-
posed to be carried out with a research and de-
velopment award from a Federal research agen-
cy; and 
(B) is designated as a covered individual 
by the Federal research agency concerned. 
(2) The term ‘‘Federal research agency’’ means 
any Federal agency with an annual extramural re-
search expenditure of over $100,000,000. 
(3) The term ‘‘foreign country of concern’’ 
means the People’s Republic of China, the Demo-
cratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian Fed-
eration, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or any other 
country deemed to be a country of concern as deter-
mined by the Department of State. 
(4) The term ‘‘malign foreign talent program’’ 
means any program, position, or activity that in-
cludes compensation in the form of cash, research 
funding, promised future compensation, or things of 
non de minimis value, directly provided by a foreign 
country of concern at any level (national, provincial
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or local) or an entity based in a foreign country of 
concern, whether or not directly sponsored by the 
foreign country of concern, to the targeted individual 
in exchange for the individual— 
(A) engaging in the unauthorized transfer 
of intellectual property, materials, or data prod-
ucts owned by a U.S. entity or developed with 
a federal research and development award to 
the government of a foreign country of concern 
or an entity based in a foreign country of con-
cern regardless of whether that government or 
entity provided support for the development of 
the intellectual property, materials, or data 
products; 
(B) being required to recruit trainees or 
researchers to enroll in malign foreign talent 
programs sponsored by a foreign country of 
concern or an entity based in a foreign country 
of concern; or 
(C) establishing a laboratory and/or com-
pany, accepting a faculty position, or under-
taking any other employment or appointment in 
a foreign country of concern or an entity based 
in a foreign country of concern if such activities 
are contrary to the standard terms and condi-
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tions of a federal research and development 
award. 
(5) The term ‘‘research and development 
award’’ means support provided to an individual or 
entity by a Federal research agency to carry out re-
search and development activities, which may include 
support in the form of a grant, contract, cooperative 
agreement, or other such transaction. The term does 
not include a grant, contract, agreement or other 
transaction for the procurement of goods or services 
to meet the administrative needs of a Federal re-
search agency. 
Subtitle F—Microelectronics 
Research for Energy Innovation 
SEC. 10661. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(2) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘‘historically Black college and 
university’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘part B 
institution’’ in section 322 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). 
(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the
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meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(4) MICROELECTRONICS.—The term ‘‘micro-
electronics’’ refers to semiconductors and related 
materials, processing chemistries, design, fabrica-
tion, lithography, packaging, sensors, devices, inte-
grated circuits, processors, computing architectures, 
modeling and simulation, software tools, and related 
technologies. 
(5) MINORITY
SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘minority serving institution’’ includes the en-
tities described in any of the paragraphs (1) through 
(7) of section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 
(6) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15801). 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(8) SKILLED
TECHNICAL
WORKFORCE.—The 
term ‘‘skilled technical workforce’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 4(b) of the Innovations 
in Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships Act (42 
U.S.C. 1862p).
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(9) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ means the 
field or disciplines listed in section 2 of the STEM 
Education Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6621 note). 
(10) TRIBAL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘‘Tribal College and University’’ has the mean-
ing given in section 316 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c). 
SEC. 10662. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the coming end of Moore’s Law presents 
major technological challenges and opportunities for 
the United States and important implications for na-
tional security, economic competitiveness, and sci-
entific discovery; 
(2) future progress and innovation in microelec-
tronics, and maintaining a robust domestic micro-
electronics supply chain, will require an approach 
that advances relevant materials science, electronic 
and photonic device technologies, processing and 
packaging technologies, manufacturing technologies, 
circuit, chip, and system architecture, and software 
system and algorithm development in a co-design 
fashion; 
(3) the National Laboratories possess unique 
technical expertise and user facilities that are essen-
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tial to overcoming foundational research challenges 
relevant to the topics described in paragraph (2), 
and translating and transferring research outcomes 
to industry; and 
(4) the assets described in paragraph (3) will 
enable the Department to drive advances in micro-
electronics that are essential to meeting future needs 
in areas critical to its missions as well as the future 
competitiveness of the domestic microelectronics in-
dustry, 
including 
high-performance 
computing, 
emerging data-centric computing approaches, and 
energy-efficient computing; optical sensors, sources, 
and wireless networks; and power electronics and 
electricity delivery systems. 
SEC. 10663. MICROELECTRONICS RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
cross-cutting program of research, development, and dem-
onstration of microelectronics relevant to the missions of 
the Department and in the service of the Nation’s global 
competitiveness in the field of microelectronics. In car-
rying out this program, the Secretary shall coordinate 
across all relevant programs and offices of the Depart-
ment. 
(b) RESEARCH AREAS.—In carrying out the program 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall award financial
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assistance to eligible entities under subsection (c) to carry 
out research projects in— 
(1) foundational science areas, including— 
(A) materials sciences, chemical sciences, 
and plasma science synthesis, and fabrication; 
(B) novel microelectronics devices, includ-
ing emerging memory and storage technologies; 
(C) diverse computing architectures and 
paradigms, including analog computing and 
edge computing; 
(D) data-driven modeling and simulation; 
(E) integrated sensing, power harvesting, 
and communications; 
(F) component integration and subsystems; 
(G) photonic integration; and 
(H) development of co-design frameworks 
for all stages of microelectronics design, devel-
opment, fabrication, and application; 
(2) cybersecurity by design to result in trusted 
and resilient microelectronics; 
(3) methods for leveraging advanced simulation 
and artificial intelligence to enhance co-design and 
discovery in microelectronics; 
(4) in consultation with the Director of the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology, fab-
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rication and processing science and metrology associ-
ated with microelectronics manufacturing, including 
lithography, patterning, surface deposition, etching, 
and cleaning; 
(5) approaches for optimizing system-level en-
ergy efficiency of advanced computing systems, the 
electrical grid, power electronics, and other energy 
infrastructure; 
(6) approaches for enhancing the durability and 
lifetime of radiation-hardened electronics; 
(7) enhancement of microelectronics security, 
including the development of integrated devices, 
packages, and thermal management for severe envi-
ronments and national security; 
(8) in coordination with other relevant initia-
tives at the Department, methods to improve the 
lifetime, maintenance, decommissioning, recycling, 
reuse, and sustainability of microelectronics compo-
nents and systems, including technologies and strat-
egies that reduce the use of energy, water, critical 
materials, and other commodities that are deter-
mined to be vulnerable to disruption; and 
(9) methods and techniques for domestic proc-
essing of materials for microelectronics and their 
components.
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(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The entities eligible to re-
ceive financial assistance under this section include— 
(1) an institution of higher education, including 
historically Black colleges and universities, Tribal 
colleges and universities, and minority serving insti-
tutions; 
(2) a nonprofit research organization; 
(3) a State research agency; 
(4) a National Laboratory; 
(5) a private commercial entity; 
(6) a partnership or consortium of 2 or more 
entities described in paragraphs (1) through (5); and 
(7) any other entities the Secretary deems ap-
propriate. 
(d) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.—In carrying out the 
program described in subsection (a), the Secretary, in co-
ordination with the Director of the Office of Technology 
Transitions, and in consultation with the private sector, 
shall support translational research and transfer of micro-
electronics technologies and identify emerging research 
and development needs of industry and government for the 
benefit of United States economic competitiveness. 
(e) WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—In carrying out 
the program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall sup-
port—
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(1) workforce development through the existing 
authorities and mechanisms available to the Depart-
ment, including internships, fellowships, individual 
investigator grants, and other activities the Sec-
retary deems appropriate; and 
(2) education and outreach activities to dissemi-
nate information and promote understanding of 
microelectronics and related fields among students 
at K–12, undergraduate, and graduate levels. Such 
activities may include educational programming with 
an emphasis on experiential and project-based learn-
ing. The Secretary shall consult with the Director of 
the National Science Foundation on activities car-
ried out this paragraph. 
(f) OUTREACH.—In carrying out activities under sub-
section (e), the Secretary shall ensure program outreach 
to recruit applicants and engage participants from all re-
gions of the country, especially underserved communities 
and groups historically underrepresented in STEM. 
(g) REPORT.—Not less than 180 days after the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate, a report describing
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the goals, priorities, and anticipated outcomes of the pro-
gram described in subsection (a). 
(h) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary to carry out the activities de-
scribed in this section— 
(1) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(2) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
(3) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
(4) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 
(5) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 
SEC. 10664. MICROELECTRONICS SCIENCE RESEARCH CEN-
TERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the program 
under section 10663, the Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the Office of Science, shall establish up to four 
Microelectronics Science Research Centers (referred to in 
this section as ‘‘Centers’’) to conduct mission-driven re-
search to address foundational challenges in the design, 
development, characterization, prototyping, demonstra-
tion, and fabrication of microelectronics and to facilitate 
the translation of research results to industry. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities of the Centers au-
thorized under this section shall include research, develop-
ment, and demonstration activities for—
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(1) accelerating the development of new micro-
electronics science and technology, including mate-
rials, devices, circuits, systems, architectures, fab-
rication tools, processes, diagnostics, modeling, syn-
thesis, and, in consultation with the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology, metrology; 
(2) advancing the sustainability and energy effi-
ciency of new microelectronics devices, packages, and 
systems; 
(3) application-driven co-design and prototyping 
of novel devices to facilitate laboratory-to-fabrication 
transition; 
(4) advancing knowledge and experimental ca-
pabilities in surface and materials science, plasma 
science, and computational and theoretical methods, 
including artificial intelligence, multi-scale co-design, 
and advanced supercomputing capabilities to invent 
and manufacture revolutionary microelectronic de-
vices; 
(5) creating technology testbeds for prototyping 
platforms for validation and verification of new ca-
pabilities and sharing of ideas, intellectual property, 
and the unique facilities of the Department; 
(6) supporting development of cybersecurity ca-
pabilities for computing architectures that measur-
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ably improve safety and security, and that are 
adaptable for existing and future applications; and 
(7) supporting long-term and short-term work-
force development in microelectronics. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) SELECTION AND DURATION.—The Director 
of the Office of Science shall select Centers on a 
competitive, merit-reviewed basis for a period of not 
more than 5 years, subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, beginning on the date of establishment 
of that Center. 
(2) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible applicant under 
this subsection shall submit to the Director of the 
Office of Science an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as 
the Director deems appropriate. 
(3) ELIGIBLE
APPLICANTS.—The Director of 
the Office of Science shall consider applications 
from— 
(A) National Laboratories; 
(B) institutions of higher education, in-
cluding historically Black colleges and univer-
sities, Tribal colleges and universities, and mi-
nority serving institutions; 
(C) private industry;
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(D) research centers; 
(E) consortia of 2 or more of the entities 
described in subparagraphs (A) through (D); 
and 
(F) any other entity that the Secretary 
deems appropriate. 
(4) RENEWAL.—After the end of either period 
described in paragraph (1), the Director of the Of-
fice of Science may renew support for the Center for 
a period of not more than 5 years on a merit-re-
viewed basis. For a Center in operation for 10 years 
after its previous selection on a competitive, merit- 
reviewed basis, the Director may renew support for 
the center on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis for 
a period of not more than 5 years, and may subse-
quently provide an additional renewal on a merit-re-
viewed basis for a period of not more than 5 years. 
(5) TERMINATION.—Consistent with the exist-
ing authorities of the Department, the Director of 
the Office of Science may terminate an underper-
forming center for cause during the performance pe-
riod. 
(d) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.—The Director of the 
Office of Science, in coordination with the Director of the 
Office of Technology Transitions, shall implement part-
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nerships with industry groups for the purpose of facili-
tating the translation and transfer of research results pro-
duced by the Centers. 
(e) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) establish a coordinating network to coordi-
nate cross-cutting research and foster communica-
tion and collaboration among the Centers; and 
(2) ensure the coordination, and avoid unneces-
sary duplication, of the activities of each Center with 
the activities of— 
(A) other research entities of the Depart-
ment, including— 
(i) the Nanoscale Science Research 
Centers; 
(ii) the National Quantum Informa-
tion Science Research Centers; 
(iii) the Energy Frontier Research 
Centers; 
(iv) the Energy Innovation Hubs; 
(v) the National Laboratories; and 
(vi) other offices of the Department; 
(B) the National Semiconductor Tech-
nology Center authorized in title XCIX of divi-
sion H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283); 
(C) institutions of higher education; 
(D) industry; and 
(E) research activities carried out by other 
Federal agencies. 
(f) WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT.—Centers estab-
lished under this section shall support workforce develop-
ment through— 
(1) incorporation of undergraduate students, 
postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and early 
career researchers, as well as K–12 students through 
opportunities such as dual-enrollment programs and 
work-based learning programs, as applicable; 
(2) hand-on research and equipment training 
programs; 
(3) technical training and certificate programs 
for the skilled technical workforce; 
(4) facilitation of engagement between aca-
demic, industry, and laboratory researchers; and 
(5) public outreach activities, including to stu-
dents at K–12, undergraduate, and graduate levels. 
Such activities may include educational program-
ming with an emphasis on experiential and project- 
based learning.
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(g) OUTREACH.—In carrying out activities under 
subsection (e), the Director shall ensure program outreach 
to recruit applicants and engage participants from all re-
gions of the country, especially underserved communities 
and groups historically underrepresented in STEM. 
(h) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that the intellectual property and value proposition 
created by the Centers are retained within the United 
States. 
(i) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall allocate up to 
$25,000,000 for each Center established under this sec-
tion for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, subject 
to the availability of appropriations. 
SEC. 10665. MISCELLANEOUS OTHER REQUIREMENTS. 
All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors 
or subcontractors in the performance of construction, al-
teration, or repair work assisted in whole or in part under 
the program under sections 10663 and 10664 shall be 
paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on 
projects of a similar character in the locality as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with sub-
chapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code. 
With respect to the labor standards specified in this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and 
functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14
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(B) instructing the American people about 
the benefits of changing default passwords on 
hardware and software technology; 
(C) encouraging the use of cybersecurity 
tools, including— 
(i) multi-factor authentication; 
(ii) complex passwords; 
(iii) anti-virus software; 
(iv) patching and updating software 
and applications; and 
(v) virtual private networks; 
(D) identifying the devices that could pose 
possible cybersecurity risks, including— 
(i) personal computers; 
(ii) smartphones; 
(iii) tablets; 
(iv) Wi-Fi routers; 
(v) smart home appliances; 
(vi) webcams; 
(vii) internet-connected monitors; and 
(viii) any other device that can be con-
nected to the internet, including mobile de-
vices other than smartphones and tablets; 
(E) encouraging Americans to—