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shall continue to support the construction of the Fa-
cility for Rare Isotope Beams. 
(2) REPEAL.—Section 981 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16321) is repealed. 
(c) ISOTOPE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION FOR 
RESEARCH APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out 
a program for the production of isotopes that the 
Director determines are needed for research and ap-
plications, including— 
(A) the development of techniques to 
produce isotopes; and 
(B) support for infrastructure required for 
isotope research and production. 
(2) COORDINATION.—In making the determina-
tion described in paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall— 
(A) ensure that isotope production activi-
ties do not compete with private industry unless 
critical national interests necessitate the Fed-
eral Government’s involvement; and 
(B) consider any relevant recommendations 
made by Federal advisory committees, the Na-
tional Academies, and interagency working 
groups in which the Department participates. 
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SEC. 610. SCIENCE LABORATORIES INFRASTRUCTURE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a pro-
gram to improve the safety, efficiency, and mission readi-
ness of infrastructure at Office of Science laboratories. 
The program shall include projects to— 
(1) renovate or replace space that does not 
meet research needs; 
(2) replace facilities that are no longer cost ef-
fective to renovate or operate; 
(3) modernize utility systems to prevent failures 
and ensure efficiency; 
(4) remove excess facilities to allow safe and ef-
ficient operations; and 
(5) construct modern facilities to conduct ad-
vanced research in controlled environmental condi-
tions. 
(b) APPROACH.—In carrying out this section, the Di-
rector shall utilize all available approaches and mecha-
nisms, including capital line items, minor construction 
projects, energy savings performance contracts, utility en-
ergy service contracts, alternative financing, and expense 
funding, as appropriate. 
(c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘Office of Science lab-
oratory’’ means a subset of National Laboratories as de-
fined in section 2(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
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(42 U.S.C. 15801) consisting of subparagraphs (A), (B), 
(C), (D), (F), (K), (L), (M), (P), and (Q). 
SEC. 611. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary for the activities of the Office of Science— 
(1) $5,339,794,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
(2) $5,606,783,700 for fiscal year 2017; 
(3) $5,887,122,885 for fiscal year 2018; 
(4) $6,181,479,029 for fiscal year 2019; and 
(5) $6,490,552,981 for fiscal year 2020. 
Subtitle B—ARPA–E 
SEC. 621. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘ARPA–E Reau-
thorization Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 622. ARPA–E AMENDMENTS. 
Section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act (42 
U.S.C. 16538) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (n) as sub-
section (o) and inserting after subsection (m) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(n) PROTECTION
OF
PROPRIETARY
INFORMA-
TION.—The following categories of information collected 
by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy from 
recipients of financial assistance awards shall be consid-
ered privileged and confidential and not subject to disclo-
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sure pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code: 
‘‘(1) Plans for commercialization of technologies 
developed under the award, including business plans, 
technology to market plans, market studies, and cost 
and performance models. 
‘‘(2) Investments provided to an awardee from 
third parties, such as venture capital, hedge fund, or 
private equity firms, including amounts and percent-
age of ownership of the awardee provided in return 
for such investments. 
‘‘(3) Additional financial support that the 
awardee plans to invest or has invested into the 
technology developed under the award, or that the 
awardee is seeking from third parties. 
‘‘(4) Revenue from the licensing or sale of new 
products or services resulting from the research con-
ducted under the award.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) of subsection (o), as so re-
designated by paragraph (1) of this section, by— 
(A) striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D); 
(B) striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (E) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) adding at the end the following: 
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