which (including the National Laboratory contributions 
and project recipient cost share) is less than $500,000. 
(b) AGREEMENTS.—Subsection (a) applies to— 
(1) a cooperative research and development 
agreement; 
(2) a non-Federal work-for-others agreement; 
and 
(3) Agreements for Commercializing Tech-
nology entered into under the pilot program de-
scribed in section 127. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The director of the af-
fected National Laboratory and the affected con-
tractor shall carry out an agreement under this sec-
tion in accordance with applicable policies of the De-
partment, including by ensuring that the agreement 
does not compromise any national security, eco-
nomic, or environmental interest of the United 
States. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—The director of the af-
fected National Laboratory and the affected con-
tractor shall certify that each activity carried out 
under a project for which an agreement is entered 
into under this section does not present, or mini-
mizes, any apparent conflict of interest, and avoids 
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or neutralizes any actual conflict of interest, as a re-
sult of the agreement under this section. 
(3) AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS.—On entering 
an agreement under this section, the director of a 
National Laboratory shall submit to the Secretary 
for monitoring and review all records of the National 
Laboratory relating to the agreement. 
(4) RATES.—The director of a National Lab-
oratory may charge higher rates for services per-
formed under a partnership agreement entered into 
pursuant to this section, regardless of the full cost 
of recovery. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 12 of the 
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 
U.S.C. 3710a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 
and indenting the subparagraphs appropriately; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Each Federal agency’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), each Federal agency’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(1), in accordance with section 128(a) of the Ena-
bling Innovation for Science, Technology, and En-
ergy in America Act of 2014, approval by the Sec-
retary of Energy shall not be required for any tech-
nology transfer agreement proposed to be entered 
into by a National Laboratory of the Department of 
Energy, the total cost of which (including the Na-
tional Laboratory contributions and project recipient 
cost share) is less than $500,000.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(a)(1)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a)(1)(A)’’. 
SEC. 129. INCLUSION OF EARLY-STAGE TECHNOLOGY DEM-
ONSTRATION IN AUTHORIZED TECHNOLOGY 
TRANSFER ACTIVITIES. 
Section 1001 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16391) is amended by— 
(1) redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 
(h); and 
(2) inserting after subsection (f) the following: 
‘‘(g) 
EARLY-STAGE
TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRA-
TION.—The Secretary shall permit the directors of the Na-
tional Laboratories to use funds allocated for technology 
transfer within the Department to carry out early-stage 
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and pre-commercial technology demonstration activities to 
remove technology barriers that limit private sector inter-
est and demonstrate potential commercial applications of 
any research and technologies arising from National Lab-
oratory activities intended to meet the Federal Govern-
ment’s research needs.’’. 
SEC. 130. FUNDING COMPETITIVENESS FOR INSTITUTIONS 
OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND OTHER NON-
PROFIT INSTITUTIONS. 
Section 988(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16352(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Except as 
provided in paragraphs (2) and (3)’’ and inserting 
‘‘Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and 
(4)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) EXEMPTION FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGH-
ER
EDUCATION
AND
OTHER
NONPROFIT
INSTITU-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to a research or development activity 
performed by an institution of higher education 
or nonprofit institution (as defined in section 4 
of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 
Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703)). 
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‘‘(B) TERMINATION
DATE.—The exemp-
tion under subparagraph (A) shall apply during 
the 6-year period beginning on the date of en-
actment of this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 131. REPORT BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF-
FICE. 
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress a report describing the results 
of the projects developed under sections 127, 128, and 
129, and the amendments made thereby, including infor-
mation regarding— 
(1) partnerships initiated as a result of those 
projects and the potential linkages presented by 
those partnerships with respect to national priorities 
and other taxpayer-funded research; and 
(2) whether the activities carried out under 
those projects result in— 
(A) fiscal savings; 
(B) expansion of National Laboratory ca-
pabilities; 
(C) increased efficiency of technology 
transfers; or 
(D) an increase in general efficiency of the 
National Laboratory system. 
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SEC. 132. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Office of Science. 
(3) NATIONAL LABORATORIES.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Laboratories’’ means Department of Energy 
nonmilitary national laboratories, including— 
(A) Ames Laboratory; 
(B) Argonne National Laboratory; 
(C) Brookhaven National Laboratory; 
(D) Fermi National Accelerator Labora-
tory; 
(E) Idaho National Laboratory; 
(F) Lawrence Berkeley National Labora-
tory; 
(G) National Energy Technology Labora-
tory; 
(H) National Renewable Energy Labora-
tory; 
(I) Oak Ridge National Laboratory; 
(J) Pacific Northwest National Labora-
tory; 
(K) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory; 
(L) Savannah River National Laboratory; 
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(M) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; 
(N) Thomas Jefferson National Accel-
erator Facility; and 
(O) any laboratories operated by the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration, but 
only with respect to the civilian energy activities 
thereof. 
(4) OFFICE OF SCIENCE.—The term ‘‘Office of 
Science’’ means the Department of Energy Office of 
Science. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(6) 
STEM.—The 
term 
‘‘STEM’’ 
means, 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 
(7) UNDER
SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Under 
Secretary’’ means the Under Secretary for Science 
and Energy. 
TITLE II—ONE FUTURE 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Our Nation’s Energy 
Future Act of 2014’’ or the ‘‘ONE Future Act’’. 
Subtitle A—Crosscutting Research 
and Development 
SEC. 211. CROSSCUTTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The President believes that the United 
States energy policy must have ‘‘an all-of-the-above 
strategy for the 21st century that develops every 
source of American-made energy’’. 
(2) The Department plays a strategic role in 
critical energy research and development to ensure a 
balanced, prosperous, and secure energy future. 
(b) ADDRESSING OUR NATION’S ENERGY FUTURE 
ISSUES.—The Secretary shall, through the Under Sec-
retary for Science and Energy, utilize the capabilities of 
the Department to address issues facing our Nation’s en-
ergy future, including identifying strategic opportunities 
for collaborative research, development, demonstration, 
and commercial application of innovative science and tech-
nologies for— 
(1) advancing the state of the energy-water- 
land use nexus; 
(2) improving energy transmission and distribu-
tion systems security and resiliency; 
(3) utilizing supercritical carbon dioxide in elec-
tric power generation; 
(4) subsurface engineering; 
(5) exascale computing; and 
(6) critical challenges identified through com-
prehensive energy studies, evaluations, and reviews. 
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(c) CROSSCUTTING APPROACHES.—To the maximum 
extent practicable, the Secretary shall seek to leverage ex-
isting programs, and consolidate and coordinate activities, 
throughout the Department to promote collaboration and 
crosscutting approaches within programs. 
(d) ADDITIONAL ACTIONS.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) prioritize activities that promote the utiliza-
tion of all affordable domestic resources; 
(2) identify opportunities for public-private 
partnerships, innovative financing mechanisms, and 
grant challenges; 
(3) develop a rigorous and realistic planning, 
evaluation, and technical assessment framework for 
setting objective, long-term strategic goals and eval-
uating progress that ensures the integrity and inde-
pendence to insulate planning from political influ-
ence and the agility and flexibility to adapt to mar-
ket dynamics; 
(4) ensure that activities shall be undertaken in 
a manner that does not duplicate other activities 
within the Department or other Federal Government 
activities; and 
(5) identify programs that may be more effec-
tively left to the States, industry, nongovernmental 
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organizations, institutions of higher education, or 
other stakeholders. 
SEC. 212. STRATEGIC RESEARCH PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS 
AND COORDINATION PLAN. 
Section 994 of Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16358) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 994. STRATEGIC RESEARCH PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS 
AND COORDINATION PLAN. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall periodically 
review all of the science and technology activities of the 
Department in a strategic framework that takes into ac-
count the frontiers of science to which the Department 
can contribute, the national needs relevant to the Depart-
ment’s statutory missions, and global energy dynamics. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION ANALYSIS AND PLAN.—As part 
of the review under subsection (a), the Secretary shall de-
velop a coordination plan to improve coordination and col-
laboration in research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application activities across Department orga-
nizational boundaries. 
‘‘(c) PLAN CONTENTS.—The plan shall describe— 
‘‘(1) cross-cutting scientific and technical issues 
and research questions that span more than one pro-
gram or major office of the Department; 
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‘‘(2) how the applied technology programs of 
the Department are coordinating their activities, and 
addressing those questions; 
‘‘(3) ways in which the technical interchange 
within the Department, particularly between the Of-
fice of Science and the applied technology programs, 
can be enhanced, including ways in which the re-
search agendas of the Office of Science and the ap-
plied programs can interact and assist each other; 
‘‘(4) a description of how the Secretary will en-
sure that the Department’s overall research agenda 
include, in addition to fundamental, curiosity-driven 
research, fundamental research related to topics of 
concern to the applied programs, and applications in 
Departmental technology programs of research re-
sults generated by fundamental, curiosity-driven re-
search; 
‘‘(5) critical assessments of any ongoing pro-
grams that have experienced sub-par performance or 
cost over-runs of 10 percent or more over one or 
more years; and 
‘‘(6) activities that may be more effectively left 
to the States, industry, nongovernmental organiza-
tions, institutions of higher education, or other 
stakeholders. 
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‘‘(d) PLAN TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of the ONE Future Act, and 
every 4 years thereafter, the Secretary shall transmit to 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate the results of the 
review under subsection (a) and the coordination plan 
under subsection (b).’’. 
SEC. 213. STRATEGY FOR FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUC-
TURE. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 993 of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16357) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: ‘‘STRATEGY
FOR
FACILITIES
AND
IN-
FRASTRUCTURE’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘2008’’ in-
serting ‘‘2018’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The item 
relating to section 993 in the table of contents of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 993. Strategy for facilities and infrastructure.’’. 
SEC. 214. DISTRIBUTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC ENERGY 
SYSTEMS. 
Section 921 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16211) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 921. DISTRIBUTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC ENERGY 
SYSTEMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out 
programs of research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application on distributed energy resources 
and systems reliability and efficiency, to improve the reli-
ability and efficiency of distributed energy resources and 
systems, integrating advanced energy technologies with 
grid connectivity, including activities described in this sub-
title. The programs shall address advanced energy tech-
nologies and systems and advanced grid security, resil-
iency, and reliability technologies. 
‘‘(b) OBJECTIVES.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary shall seek to— 
‘‘(1) leverage existing programs; 
‘‘(2) 
consolidate 
and 
coordinate 
activities 
throughout the Department to promote collaboration 
and crosscutting approaches; 
‘‘(3) ensure activities are undertaken in a man-
ner that does not duplicate other activities within 
the Department or other Federal Government activi-
ties; and 
‘‘(4) identify programs that may be more effec-
tively left to the States, industry, nongovernmental 
organizations, institutions of higher education, or 
other stakeholders.’’. 
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SEC. 215. DISTRIBUTED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COORDI-
NATING CONSORTIA. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 924 of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16214) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: ‘‘DISTRIBUTED
ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY 
COORDINATING CONSORTIA’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) of subsection (b); 
and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) of sub-
section (b) as paragraph (2). 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The item 
relating to section 924 in the table of contents of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 924. Distributed energy technology coordinating consortia.’’. 
SEC. 216. ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 925 of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16215) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: ‘‘ELECTRIC
TRANSMISSION
AND
DIS-
TRIBUTION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘innovations 
for’’ after ‘‘which shall include’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the ONE Future Act’’; and 
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(4) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
‘‘(1) CONSORTIUM.—The Secretary shall con-
sider implementing the program under this section 
using a consortium of participants from industry, in-
stitutions of higher education, and National Labora-
tories. 
‘‘(2) OBJECTIVES.—To the maximum extent 
practicable the Secretary shall seek to— 
‘‘(A) leverage existing programs; 
‘‘(B) consolidate and coordinate activities, 
throughout the Department to promote collabo-
ration and crosscutting approaches; 
‘‘(C) ensure activities are undertaken in a 
manner that does not duplicate other activities 
within the Department or other Federal Gov-
ernment activities; and 
‘‘(D) identify programs that may be more 
effectively left to the States, industry, non-
governmental 
organizations, 
institutions 
of 
higher education, or other stakeholders.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The item 
relating to section 925 in the table of contents of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 925. Electric transmission and distribution research and development.’’. 
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Subtitle B—Nuclear Energy 
Research and Development 
SEC. 221. OBJECTIVES. 
Section 951 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16271) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct pro-
grams of civilian nuclear energy research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application, including ac-
tivities described in this subtitle. Such programs shall take 
into consideration the following objectives: 
‘‘(1) Enhancing nuclear power’s viability as 
part of the United States energy portfolio. 
‘‘(2) Reducing used nuclear fuel and nuclear 
waste products generated by civilian nuclear energy. 
‘‘(3) Supporting technological advances in areas 
that industry by itself is not likely to undertake be-
cause of technical and financial uncertainty. 
‘‘(4) Providing the technical means to reduce 
the likelihood of nuclear proliferation. 
‘‘(5) Maintaining a cadre of nuclear scientists 
and engineers. 
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(g) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary and the program consortium shall promote co-
ordination and cooperation among program offices at the 
Department. 
(h) COMPLEMENTARY RESEARCH.—The Secretary, 
through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and 
the National Energy Technology Laboratory, shall carry 
out research and other activities complementary to and 
supportive of the program authorized under this section. 
Up to 12.5 percent of appropriated program funds each 
fiscal year shall be for complementary research conducted 
by the National Energy Technology Laboratory and the 
National Renewable Energy Laboratory. 
(i) ANNUAL PLAN.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the program consortium shall develop, 
and transmit to the Secretary, the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate, a plan for activi-
ties under this section, including the distribution of 
Program funds, which shall be reviewed and ap-
proved within 60 days by the Secretary. 
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