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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4906 
To reauthorize the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2010 
Mr. GORDON of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Science and Technology 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Advanced Research Projects Agency— 
Energy, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘ARPA–E Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. ARPA-E AMENDMENTS. 
Section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act (42 
U.S.C. 16538) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘and applied’’ after ‘‘advances in fundamental’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (B); 
(C) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) promoting the commercial application 
of advanced energy technologies.’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)(3), by amending subpara-
graph (C) to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) research and development of ad-
vanced manufacturing process and technologies 
for the domestic manufacturing of novel energy 
technologies; and’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsections (f) through 
(m) as subsections (g), (h), (i), (j), (l), (m), (n), and 
(o), respectively; 
(4) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) AWARDS.—In carrying out this section, the Di-
rector shall initiate and execute awards in the form of 
grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, cash prizes, 
and other transactions.’’; 
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(5) in subsection (g), as so redesignated by 
paragraph (3) of this section— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
so redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this 
paragraph, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 
and maintain within ARPA–E a staff, including 
legal counsel, contracting personnel, and program di-
rectors, with sufficient qualifications and expertise 
to enable ARPA–E to carry out its responsibilities 
under this section separate and distinct from the op-
erations of the rest of the Department.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(A), as so redesig-
nated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, 
by striking ‘‘each of’’; 
(D) in paragraph (2)(B), as so redesig-
nated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph— 
(i) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘, with 
advice under subsection (j) as appro-
priate,’’; 
(ii) by redesignating clauses (v) and 
(vi) as clauses (vi) and (viii), respectively; 
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(iii) by inserting after clause (iv) the 
following new clause: 
‘‘(v) identifying innovative cost-shar-
ing arrangements for ARPA–E projects, 
including through use of the authority 
under section 988(b)(3) of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352(b)(3));’’; 
(iv) in clause (vi), as so redesignated 
by clause (ii) of this subparagraph, by 
striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(v) by inserting after clause (vi), as so 
redesignated by clause (ii) of this subpara-
graph, the following new clause: 
‘‘(vii) identifying mechanisms for com-
mercial application of successful energy 
technology development projects, including 
through establishment of partnerships be-
tween awardees and commercial entities; 
and’’; 
(E) in paragraph (2)(C), as so redesig-
nated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, 
by inserting ‘‘up to’’ after ‘‘shall be’’; 
(F) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated 
by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by 
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striking subparagraph (B) and redesignating 
subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs 
(B) and (C), respectively; 
(G) by striking ‘‘program managers’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘program direc-
tors’’; 
(H) by striking ‘‘program manager’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘program direc-
tor’’; and 
(I) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) FELLOWSHIPS.—The Director is author-
ized to select exceptional early career and senior sci-
entific, legal, business, and technical personnel to 
serve as fellows to work at ARPA–E for terms not 
to exceed two years. Responsibilities of fellows may 
include— 
‘‘(A) supporting program managers in pro-
gram creation, design, implementation, and 
management; 
‘‘(B) exploring technical fields for future 
ARPA–E program areas; 
‘‘(C) assisting the Director in the creation 
of the strategic vision for ARPA–E referred to 
in subsection (h)(2); 
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