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‘‘(2) STANDARD
OF
REVIEW.—The Secretary 
shall review the program activities under this sub-
section to determine the achievement of technical 
milestones. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to sub-
section (e), there are authorized for carrying 
out activities under this subsection for each of 
fiscal years 2017 through 2020— 
‘‘(i) $30,000,000 from funds within 
the Basic Energy Sciences Program and 
Advanced Scientific Computing Research 
Program accounts; and 
‘‘(ii) $15,000,000 from funds within 
the Energy Efficiency and Renewable En-
ergy account. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—No funds authorized 
under this subsection may be obligated or ex-
pended for commercial application of energy 
technology. 
‘‘(d) MESOSCALE ELECTROCHEMISTRY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, as 
part of the Electricity Storage Basic Research Ini-
tiative, carry out a program to support research 
needed to reveal electrochemistry in confined 
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mesoscale spaces, including scientific discoveries rel-
evant to bio-electrochemistry and electrochemical en-
ergy conversion and storage in confined spaces and 
the dynamics of these phenomena. In carrying out 
activities under this subsection, the Director of the 
Office of Basic Energy Sciences and the Associate 
Director of Biological and Environmental Research 
shall investigate phenomena of mesoscale electro-
chemical confinement for the purpose of replicating 
and controlling new electrochemical behavior. The 
Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Re-
newable Energy shall support translational research, 
development, and validation of physical concepts de-
veloped under this subsection. 
‘‘(2) STANDARD
OF
REVIEW.—The Secretary 
shall review the program activities under this sub-
section to determine the achievement of technical 
milestones. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to sub-
section (e), there are authorized for carrying 
out activities under this subsection for each of 
fiscal years 2017 through 2020— 
‘‘(i) $20,000,000 from funds within 
the Basic Energy Sciences Program and 
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the Biological and Environmental Research 
Program accounts; and 
‘‘(ii) $10,000,000 from funds within 
the Energy Efficiency and Renewable En-
ergy account. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—No funds authorized 
under this subsection may be obligated or ex-
pended for commercial application of energy 
technology. 
‘‘(e) FUNDING.—No additional funds are authorized 
to be appropriated under this section. This section shall 
be carried out using funds otherwise authorized by law.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The item 
relating to section 975 in the table of contents of such 
Act is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 975. Electricity Storage Basic Research Initiative.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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