‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—As part of the program de-
scribed in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) the Director of the Office of Basic En-
ergy Sciences shall investigate electrochemical 
properties and the dynamics of materials, in-
cluding charge transfer phenomena and mass 
transport in materials; and 
‘‘(B) the Assistant Secretary for Energy Ef-
ficiency and Renewable Energy shall support 
translational research, development, and valida-
tion of physical concepts developed under the 
program. 
‘‘(3) STANDARD
OF
REVIEW.—The Secretary 
shall review activities carried out under the program 
described in paragraph (1) to determine the achieve-
ment of technical milestones. 
‘‘(4) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From within funds au-
thorized to be appropriated under section 11 of 
the Department of Energy Science and Innova-
tion Act of 2018, for Basic Energy Sciences and 
Biological and Environmental Research, the Sec-
retary shall make available for carrying out ac-
tivities under this subsection $50,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2019. 
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‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—No funds allocated to 
the program described in paragraph (1) may be 
obligated or expended for commercial application 
of energy technology. 
‘‘(c) ELECTROCHEMISTRY MODELING
AND SIMULA-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out under the Initiative a program to support re-
search to model and simulate organic electrolytes, in-
cluding the static and dynamic electrochemical behav-
ior and phenomena of organic electrolytes at the mo-
lecular and atomic level in monovalent and multi-
valent systems. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—As part of the program de-
scribed in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) the Director of the Office of Basic En-
ergy Sciences, in coordination with the Associate 
Director of Advanced Scientific Computing Re-
search, shall support the development of high 
performance computational tools through a joint 
development process to maximize the effectiveness 
of current and projected high performance com-
puting systems; and 
‘‘(B) the Assistant Secretary for Energy Ef-
ficiency and Renewable Energy shall support 
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translational research, development, and valida-
tion of physical concepts developed under the 
program. 
‘‘(3) STANDARD
OF
REVIEW.—The Secretary 
shall review activities carried out under the program 
described in paragraph (1) to determine the achieve-
ment of technical milestones. 
‘‘(4) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From within funds au-
thorized to be appropriated under section 11 of 
the Department of Energy Science and Innova-
tion Act of 2018, for Basic Energy Sciences and 
Advanced Scientific Computing Research, the 
Secretary shall make available for carrying out 
activities under this subsection $30,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2019. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—No funds allocated to 
the program described in paragraph (1) may be 
obligated or expended for commercial application 
of energy technology. 
‘‘(d) MESOSCALE ELECTROCHEMISTRY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out under the Initiative a program to support re-
search needed to reveal electrochemistry in confined 
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mesoscale spaces, including scientific discoveries rel-
evant to— 
‘‘(A) 
bio-electrochemistry 
and 
electro-
chemical energy conversion and storage in con-
fined spaces; and 
‘‘(B) the dynamics of the phenomena de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—As part of the program de-
scribed in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) the Director of the Office of Basic En-
ergy Sciences and the Associate Director of Bio-
logical and Environmental Research shall inves-
tigate phenomena of mesoscale electrochemical 
confinement for the purpose of replicating and 
controlling new electrochemical behavior; and 
‘‘(B) the Assistant Secretary for Energy Ef-
ficiency and Renewable Energy shall support 
translational research, development, and valida-
tion of physical concepts developed under the 
program. 
‘‘(3) STANDARD
OF
REVIEW.—The Secretary 
shall review activities carried out under the program 
described in paragraph (1) to determine the achieve-
ment of technical milestones. 
‘‘(4) FUNDING.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From within funds au-
thorized to be appropriated under section 11 of 
the Department of Energy Science and Innova-
tion Act of 2018, for Basic Energy Sciences and 
Biological and Environmental Research, the Sec-
retary shall make available for carrying out ac-
tivities under this subsection $20,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2018 through 2019. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—No funds allocated to 
the program described in paragraph (1) may be 
obligated or expended for commercial application 
of energy technology.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amend-
ed by striking the item relating to section 975 and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 975. Electricity storage research initiative.’’. 
(h) ENERGY FRONTIER RESEARCH CENTERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out 
a program to provide awards, on a competitive, 
merit-reviewed basis, to multi-institutional collabora-
tions or other appropriate entities to conduct funda-
mental and use-inspired energy research to accelerate 
scientific breakthroughs. 
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