I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4863 
To establish the Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2021 
Ms. STANSBURY (for herself, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LUCAS, Mrs. KIM 
of California, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, and Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To establish the Foundation for Energy Security and 
Innovation, 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 ‘‘Partnerships for En-
ergy Security and Innovation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FOUNDATION FOR ENERGY SECURITY AND INNOVA-
TION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the 
Board 
of 
Directors 
described 
in 
subsection 
(b)(2)(A). 
(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(3) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Execu-
tive Director’’ means the Executive Director de-
scribed in subsection (b)(5)(A). 
(4) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 
means the Foundation for Energy Security and In-
novation established under subsection (b)(1). 
(5) 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). 
(6) 
INDIVIDUAL
LABORATORY-ASSOCIATED 
FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Individual Laboratory- 
Associated Foundation’’ means a Laboratory Foun-
dation established by an operating contractor of a 
National Laboratory. 
(7) MINORITY
SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘minority serving institution’’ includes the en-
tities described in any of the paragraphs (1) through 
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(7) of section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 
(8) 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). 
(9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(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). 
(b) FOUNDATION FOR ENERGY SECURITY AND INNO-
VATION.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall establish a nonprofit cor-
poration to be known as the ‘‘Foundation for 
Energy Security and Innovation’’. 
(B) MISSION.—The mission of the Foun-
dation shall be— 
(i) to support the mission of the De-
partment; and 
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(ii) to advance collaboration with en-
ergy researchers, institutions of higher 
education, industry, and nonprofit and 
philanthropic organizations to enable the 
commercialization of energy technologies. 
(C) LIMITATION.—The Foundation shall 
not be an agency or instrumentality of the Fed-
eral Government. 
(D) TAX-EXEMPT
STATUS.—The Board 
shall take all necessary and appropriate steps to 
ensure that the Foundation is an organization 
that is described in section 501(c) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
taxation under section 501(a) of that Code. 
(E) COLLABORATION WITH EXISTING OR-
GANIZATIONS.—The Secretary may collaborate 
with 1 or more organizations to establish the 
Foundation and carry out the activities of the 
Foundation. 
(2) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Foundation 
shall be governed by a Board of Directors. 
(B) COMPOSITION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be 
composed of the ex officio nonvoting mem-
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bers described in clause (ii) and the ap-
pointed voting members described in clause 
(iii). 
(ii) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The ex 
officio members of the Board shall be the 
following individuals or designees of those 
individuals: 
(I) The Secretary. 
(II) The Under Secretary for 
Science and Energy. 
(III) The Under Secretary for 
Nuclear Security. 
(IV) The Chief Commercializa-
tion Officer. 
(iii) APPOINTED MEMBERS.— 
(I) INITIAL MEMBERS.—The Sec-
retary and the other ex officio mem-
bers of the Board shall— 
(aa) seek to enter into an 
agreement with the National 
Academies of Sciences, Engineer-
ing, and Medicine to develop a 
list of individuals to serve as 
members of the Board who are 
well-qualified and will meet the 
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requirements of subclauses (II) 
and (III); and 
(bb) 
appoint 
the 
initial 
members of the Board from that 
list, if applicable, in consultation 
with the National Academies of 
Sciences, Engineering, and Medi-
cine. 
(II) REPRESENTATION.—The ap-
pointed members of the Board shall 
reflect a broad cross-section of stake-
holders from academia, National Lab-
oratories, industry, nonprofit organi-
zations, State or local governments, 
the investment community, and the 
philanthropic community. 
(III) 
EXPERIENCE.—The 
Sec-
retary shall ensure that a majority of 
the 
appointed 
members 
of 
the 
Board— 
(aa)(AA) has experience in 
the energy sector; 
(BB) has research experi-
ence in the energy field; or 
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