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(B) SELECTION AND DURATION.—A center 
established under subparagraph (A) shall be se-
lected on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis for 
a period of 5 years beginning on the date of es-
tablishment of that center. A center already in 
existence on the date of enactment of this Act 
may continue to receive support for a period of 
5 years beginning on the date of establishment 
of that center. 
(C) RENEWAL.—After the end of the pe-
riod described in subparagraph (B), an awardee 
may apply for a second period of 5 years on a 
merit-reviewed basis. 
(D) TERMINATION.—Consistent with the 
existing authorities of the Department, the Di-
rector may terminate an underperforming cen-
ter for cause during the performance period. 
(3) LOW
DOSE
RADIATION
RESEARCH
PRO-
GRAM.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall 
carry out a research program on low dose radi-
ation. The purpose of the program is to en-
hance the scientific understanding of and re-
duce uncertainties associated with the effects of 
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exposure to low dose radiation in order to in-
form improved risk management methods. 
(B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘low dose radiation’’ means a radiation 
dose of less than 100 millisieverts. 
(C) STUDY.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 
shall enter into an agreement with the National 
Academies to conduct a study assessing the 
current status and development of a long-term 
strategy for low dose radiation research. The 
study shall be conducted in coordination with 
Federal agencies that perform ionizing radi-
ation effects research. 
(D) CONTENTS.—The study performed 
under subparagraph (C) shall— 
(i) identify current scientific chal-
lenges for understanding the long-term ef-
fects of ionizing radiation; 
(ii) assess the status of current low 
dose radiation research in the United 
States and internationally; 
(iii) formulate overall scientific goals 
for the future of low-dose radiation re-
search in the United States; 
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(iv) recommend a long-term strategic 
and prioritized research agenda to address 
scientific research goals for overcoming the 
identified scientific challenges in coordina-
tion with other research efforts; 
(v) define the essential components of 
a research program that would address 
this research agenda within the universities 
and the National Laboratories; and 
(vi) assess the cost-benefit effective-
ness of such a program. 
(E) 5-YEAR RESEARCH PLAN.—Not later 
than 90 days after the completion of the assess-
ment performed under subparagraph (C), the 
Secretary shall deliver to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate a five-year 
research plan that responds to the assessment’s 
findings and recommendations and identifies 
and prioritizes research needs. 
(4) REPEAL.—Section 977 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16317) is repealed. 
(c) CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACTIVI-
TIES.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activities au-
thorized under subsection (a), and in coordination 
with activities carried out under subsection (b), the 
Director shall carry out climate and environmental 
science research, which shall include activities to— 
(A) understand, observe, and model the re-
sponse of Earth’s atmosphere and biosphere to 
increased concentrations of greenhouse gas 
emissions and any associated changes in cli-
mate; 
(B) understand the processes for immo-
bilization, or removal of, and understand the 
movement of, energy production-derived con-
taminants such as radionuclides and heavy met-
als, and understand the process of sequestration 
and transformation of carbon dioxide in sub-
surface environments; and 
(C) inform potential mitigation and adap-
tation options for increased concentrations of 
greenhouse gas emissions and any associated 
changes in climate. 
(2) 
SUBSURFACE
BIOGEOCHEMICAL
RE-
SEARCH.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activities 
described in paragraph (1), the Director shall 
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carry out research to advance a fundamental 
understanding of coupled physical, chemical, 
and biological processes for controlling the 
movement of sequestered carbon and subsurface 
environmental contaminants. 
(B) COORDINATION.— 
(i) DIRECTOR.—The Director shall 
carry out activities under this paragraph in 
accordance with priorities established by 
the Under Secretary to support and accel-
erate the decontamination of relevant fa-
cilities managed by the Department. 
(ii) UNDER SECRETARY.—The Under 
Secretary shall ensure the coordination of 
activities of the Department, including ac-
tivities under this paragraph, to support 
and accelerate the decontamination of rel-
evant facilities managed by the Depart-
ment. 
(3) CLIMATE AND EARTH MODELING.—As part 
of the activities described in paragraph (1), the Di-
rector, in collaboration with the Advanced Scientific 
Computing Research program described in section 
606, shall carry out research to develop, evaluate, 
and use high-resolution regional climate, global cli-
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mate, and Earth models to inform decisions on re-
ducing the impacts of a changing climate. Such 
modeling shall include, among other critical ele-
ments, greenhouse gas emissions, land use, and 
interaction among human and Earth systems. 
SEC. 606. ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activities author-
ized under section 209 of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7139), the Director shall carry 
out a research, development, demonstration, and commer-
cial application program to advance computational and 
networking capabilities for data-driven discovery and to 
analyze, model, simulate, and predict complex phenomena 
relevant to the development of new energy technologies 
and the competitiveness of the United States. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The Under Secretary shall en-
sure the coordination of the activities of the Department, 
including activities under this section, to determine and 
meet the computational and networking research and fa-
cility needs of the Office of Science and all other relevant 
energy technology and energy efficiency programs within 
the Department. 
(c) RESEARCH TO SUPPORT ENERGY APPLICA-
TIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activities au-
thorized under subsection (a), the program shall 
support research in high-performance computing and 
networking relevant to energy applications including 
modeling, simulation, and advanced data analytics 
for basic and applied energy research programs car-
ried out by the Secretary. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
transmit to the Congress a plan to integrate and le-
verage the expertise and capabilities of the program 
described in subsection (a), as well as other relevant 
computational and networking research programs 
and resources supported by the Federal Government, 
to advance the missions of the Department’s applied 
energy and energy efficiency programs. 
(d) APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND SOFTWARE DEVEL-
OPMENT FOR HIGH-END COMPUTING SYSTEMS.—The Di-
rector shall carry out activities to develop, test, and sup-
port mathematics, models, and algorithms for complex 
systems, as well as programming environments, tools, lan-
guages, and operating systems for high-end computing 
systems (as defined in section 2 of the Department of En-
ergy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 (15 
U.S.C. 5541)). 
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(e) EXASCALE COMPUTING PROGRAM.—Section 3 of 
the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revital-
ization Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 5542) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘coordinated program 
across the Department’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (1); 
(C) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) partner with universities, National Labora-
tories, and industry to ensure the broadest possible 
application of the technology developed in this pro-
gram to other challenges in science, engineering, 
medicine, and industry.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘vector’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘architectures’’ and in-
serting ‘‘computer technologies that show promise of 
substantial reductions in power requirements and 
substantial gains in parallelism of multicore proc-
essors, concurrency, memory and storage, band-
width, and reliability’’; and 
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(3) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(d) EXASCALE COMPUTING PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct a coordinated research program to develop 
exascale computing systems to advance the missions 
of the Department. 
‘‘(2) 
EXECUTION.—The 
Secretary 
shall, 
through competitive merit review, establish two or 
more National Laboratory-industry-university part-
nerships to conduct integrated research, develop-
ment, and engineering of multiple exascale architec-
tures, and— 
‘‘(A) conduct mission-related co-design ac-
tivities in developing such exascale platforms; 
‘‘(B) develop those advancements in hard-
ware and software technology required to fully 
realize the potential of an exascale production 
system in addressing Department target appli-
cations and solving scientific problems involving 
predictive modeling and simulation and large- 
scale data analytics and management; and 
‘‘(C) explore the use of exascale computing 
technologies to advance a broad range of 
science and engineering. 
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‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out this 
program, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) provide, on a competitive, merit-re-
viewed basis, access for researchers in United 
States industry, institutions of higher edu-
cation, National Laboratories, and other Fed-
eral agencies to these exascale systems, as ap-
propriate; and 
‘‘(B) conduct outreach programs to in-
crease the readiness for the use of such plat-
forms by domestic industries, including manu-
facturers. 
‘‘(4) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) INTEGRATED
STRATEGY
AND
PRO-
GRAM
MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—The Secretary 
shall submit to Congress, not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of the Depart-
ment of Energy Office of Science Authorization 
Act of 2014, a report outlining an integrated 
strategy and program management plan, in-
cluding target dates for prototypical and pro-
duction exascale platforms, interim milestones 
to reaching these targets, functional require-
ments, roles and responsibilities of National 
Laboratories and industry, acquisition strategy, 
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and estimated resources required, to achieve 
this exascale system capability. The report shall 
include the Secretary’s plan for Departmental 
organization to manage and execute the 
Exascale Computing Program, including defini-
tion of the roles and responsibilities within the 
Department to ensure an integrated program 
across the Department. The report shall also 
include a plan for ensuring balance and 
prioritizing across ASCR subprograms in a flat 
or slow-growth budget environment. 
‘‘(B) STATUS REPORTS.—At the time of 
the budget submission of the Department for 
each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit a 
report to Congress that describes the status of 
milestones and costs in achieving the objectives 
of the exascale computing program. 
‘‘(C) EXASCALE MERIT REPORT.—At least 
18 months prior to the initiation of construction 
or installation of any exascale-class computing 
facility, the Secretary shall transmit a plan to 
the Congress detailing— 
‘‘(i) the proposed facility’s cost projec-
tions and capabilities to significantly accel-
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erate the development of new energy tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(ii) technical risks and challenges 
that must be overcome to achieve success-
ful completion and operation of the facility; 
and 
‘‘(iii) an independent assessment of 
the scientific and technological advances 
expected from such a facility relative to 
those expected from a comparable invest-
ment in expanded research and applica-
tions at terascale-class and petascale-class 
computing facilities, including an evalua-
tion of where investments should be made 
in the system software and algorithms to 
enable these advances.’’. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Department of 
Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 
(15 U.S.C. 5541) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) 
through (5) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) CO-DESIGN.—The term ‘co-design’ means 
the joint development of application algorithms, 
models, and codes with computer technology archi-
tectures and operating systems to maximize effective 
use of high-end computing systems. 
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‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘Department’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
‘‘(3) EXASCALE.—The term ‘exascale’ means 
computing system performance at or near 10 to the 
18th power floating point operations per second. 
‘‘(4) HIGH-END
COMPUTING
SYSTEM.—The 
term ‘high-end computing system’ means a com-
puting system with performance that substantially 
exceeds that of systems that are commonly available 
for advanced scientific and engineering applications. 
‘‘(5) LEADERSHIP SYSTEM.—The term ‘Leader-
ship System’ means a high-end computing system 
that is among the most advanced in the world in 
terms of performance in solving scientific and engi-
neering problems. 
‘‘(6) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801). 
‘‘(7) 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). 
‘‘(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
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‘‘(9) 
SOFTWARE
TECHNOLOGY.—The 
term 
‘software technology’ includes optimal algorithms, 
programming environments, tools, languages, and 
operating systems for high-end computing systems.’’. 
SEC. 607. FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH. 
(a) PROGRAM.—As part of the activities authorized 
under section 209 of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7139) and section 972 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16312), the Director shall 
carry out a fusion energy sciences research and enabling 
technology development program to effectively address the 
scientific and engineering challenges to building a cost- 
competitive fusion power plant and a competitive fusion 
power industry in the United States. As part of this pro-
gram, the Director shall carry out research activities to 
expand the fundamental understandings of plasmas and 
matter at very high temperatures and densities. 
(b) ITER.—The Director shall coordinate and carry 
out the responsibilities of the United States with respect 
to the ITER international fusion project pursuant to the 
Agreement on the Establishment of the International Fu-
sion Energy Organization for the Joint Implementation of 
the ITER Project. 
(c) IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITIES.— 
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(1) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall transmit to the Congress a report on the De-
partment’s proposed research and development ac-
tivities in magnetic fusion over the 10 years fol-
lowing the date of enactment of this Act under at 
least three realistic budget scenarios. The report 
shall— 
(A) identify specific areas of fusion energy 
research enabling technology development in 
which the United States can and should estab-
lish or solidify a lead in the global fusion energy 
development effort; and 
(B) identify priorities for initiation of facil-
ity construction and facility decommissioning 
under each of those scenarios. 
(2) REVIEW.—The report shall be reviewed by 
the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 
prior to its transmittal to Congress. The Secretary 
shall provide the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory 
Committee with the opportunity and sufficient re-
sources to submit its own recommendations and ad-
ditional views on the Department’s final report to 
Congress. 
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(d) FUSION MATERIALS RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT.—As part of the activities authorized in section 978 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16318), the 
Director, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for 
Nuclear Energy of the Department, shall carry out re-
search and development activities to identify, characterize, 
and create materials that can endure the neutron, plasma, 
and heat fluxes expected in a commercial fusion power 
plant. As part of the activities authorized under subsection 
(c), the Secretary shall— 
(1) provide an assessment of the need for a fa-
cility or facilities that can examine and test potential 
fusion and next generation fission materials and 
other enabling technologies relevant to the develop-
ment of commercial fusion power plants; and 
(2) provide an assessment of whether a single 
new facility that substantially addresses magnetic 
fusion, inertial fusion, and next generation fission 
materials research needs is feasible, in conjunction 
with the expected capabilities of facilities operational 
as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
(e) INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH AND DE-
VELOPMENT PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program of research and technology development in iner-
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tial fusion for energy applications, including ion beam, 
laser, and pulsed power fusion systems. 
SEC. 608. HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activities author-
ized under section 209 of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7139), the Director shall carry 
out a research program on the elementary constituents of 
matter and energy and the nature of space and time. 
(b) ENERGY FRONTIER RESEARCH.—As part of the 
program described in subsection (a), the Director shall 
carry out research using high energy accelerators and ad-
vanced detectors to create and study interactions of novel 
particles and investigate fundamental forces. 
(c) NEUTRINO RESEARCH.—As part of the program 
described in subsection (a), the Director shall carry out 
research activities on rare decay processes and the nature 
of the neutrino, which may— 
(1) include collaborations with the National 
Science Foundation or international collaborations 
on relevant research projects; and 
(2) utilize components of existing accelerator 
facilities to produce neutrino beams of sufficient in-
tensity to explore research priorities identified by the 
High Energy Physics Advisory Panel or the National 
Academy of Sciences. 
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(d) DARK
ENERGY
AND
DARK
MATTER
RE-
SEARCH.—As part of the program described in subsection 
(a), the Director shall carry out research activities on the 
nature of dark energy and dark matter. These activities 
shall be consistent with the research priorities identified 
by the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel or the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences, and may include— 
(1) collaborations with the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, the National Science 
Foundation, or international collaborations on rel-
evant research projects; and 
(2) the development of space-based, land-based, 
and underground facilities and experiments. 
(e) 
ACCELERATOR
RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOP-
MENT.—As part of the program described in subsection 
(a), the Director shall carry out research and development 
in advanced accelerator concepts and technologies, includ-
ing laser technologies, to reduce the necessary scope and 
cost for the next generation of particle accelerators, in co-
ordination with the Office of Science’s Basic Energy 
Sciences and Nuclear Physics programs. 
(f) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.—The Direc-
tor, as practicable and in coordination with other appro-
priate Federal agencies as necessary, shall ensure the ac-
cess of United States researchers to the most advanced 
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accelerator facilities and research capabilities in the world, 
including the Large Hadron Collider. 
SEC. 609. NUCLEAR PHYSICS PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—As part of the activities authorized 
under section 209 of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7139), the Director shall carry out 
a research program, and support relevant facilities, to dis-
cover and understand various forms of nuclear matter. 
(b) FACILITY CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the Office of 
Science’s project management practices, the Director 
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. 
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(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. 
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 
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(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 
(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) $5,324,550,000 for fiscal year 2015; 
(2) $5,590,777,500 for fiscal year 2016; 
(3) $5,870,316,375 for fiscal year 2017; 
(4) $6,163,832,194 for fiscal year 2018; and 
(5) $6,472,023,803 for fiscal year 2019. 
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Subtitle B—ARPA–E 
SEC. 621. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘ARPA–E Reau-
thorization Act of 2014’’. 
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-
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-
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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: 
‘‘(F) $325,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; 
‘‘(G) $341,250,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
‘‘(H) $358,312,500 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(I) $376,228,125 for fiscal year 2018; 
and 
‘‘(J) $395,039,531 for fiscal year 2019.’’. 
Subtitle C—Energy Innovation 
SEC. 641. ENERGY INNOVATION HUBS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall carry out a program to enhance the Nation’s 
economic, environmental, and energy security by 
making awards to consortia for establishing and op-
erating Energy Innovation Hubs to conduct and 
support, whenever practicable at one centralized lo-
cation, multidisciplinary, collaborative research, de-
velopment, demonstration, and commercial applica-
tion of advanced energy technologies. 
(2) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOCUS.—The 
Secretary shall designate for each Hub a unique ad-
vanced energy technology focus. 
(3) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall en-
sure the coordination of, and avoid unnecessary du-
plication of, the activities of Hubs with those of 
other Department of Energy research entities, in-
cluding the National Laboratories, the Advanced Re-
search Projects Agency-Energy, Energy Frontier Re-
search Centers, and within industry. 
(b) CONSORTIA.— 
(1) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive an 
award under this section for the establishment and 
operation of a Hub, a consortium shall— 
(A) be composed of no fewer than 2 quali-
fying entities; and 
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(B) operate subject to an agreement en-
tered into by its members that documents— 
(i) the proposed partnership agree-
ment, including the governance and man-
agement structure of the Hub; 
(ii) measures to enable cost-effective 
implementation of the program under this 
section; 
(iii) a proposed budget, including fi-
nancial contributions from non-Federal 
sources; 
(iv) a plan for managing intellectual 
property rights; and 
(v) an accounting structure that en-
ables the Secretary to ensure that the con-
sortium has complied with the require-
ments of this section. 
(2) APPLICATION.—A consortium seeking to es-
tablish and operate a Hub under this section, acting 
through a prime applicant, shall transmit to the Sec-
retary an application at such time, in such form, 
and accompanied by such information as the Sec-
retary shall require, including a detailed description 
of the elements of the consortium agreement re-
quired under paragraph (1)(B). If the consortium 
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members will not be located at one centralized loca-
tion, such application shall include a communica-
tions plan that ensures close coordination and inte-
gration of the Hub’s activities. 
(c) SELECTION
AND SCHEDULE.—The Secretary 
shall select consortia for awards for the establishment and 
operation of Hubs through competitive selection processes. 
In selecting consortia, the Secretary shall consider the in-
formation a consortium must disclose according to sub-
section (b), as well as any existing facilities a consortium 
will provide for Hub activities. Awards made to a Hub 
shall be for a period not to exceed 5 years, after which 
the award may be renewed, subject to a rigorous merit 
review. A Hub already in existence on the date of enact-
ment of this Act may continue to receive support for a 
period of 5 years beginning on the date of establishment 
of that Hub. 
(d) HUB OPERATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Hub shall conduct or 
provide for multidisciplinary, collaborative research, 
development, demonstration, and, where appropriate, 
commercial application of advanced energy tech-
nologies within the technology development focus 
designated under subsection (a)(2). Each Hub 
shall— 
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(A) encourage collaboration and commu-
nication among the member qualifying entities 
of the consortium and awardees by conducting 
activities whenever practicable at one central-
ized location; 
(B) develop and publish on the Depart-
ment of Energy’s website proposed plans and 
programs; 
(C) submit an annual report to the Sec-
retary summarizing the Hub’s activities, includ-
ing detailing organizational expenditures, and 
describing each project undertaken by the Hub; 
and 
(D) monitor project implementation and 
coordination. 
(2) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.— 
(A) PROCEDURES.—Hubs shall maintain 
conflict of interest procedures, consistent with 
those of the Department of Energy, to ensure 
that employees and consortia designees for Hub 
activities who are in decisionmaking capacities 
disclose all material conflicts of interest. 
(B) 
DISQUALIFICATION
AND
REVOCA-
TION.—The Secretary may disqualify an appli-
cation or revoke funds distributed to a Hub if 
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