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(f) COST SHARING.—Section 988 of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352) shall apply to an award 
of financial assistance made under this section. 
Subtitle F—Advanced Research 
Projects Agency–Energy 
SEC. 671. ARPA–E AMENDMENTS. 
Section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act (42 
U.S.C. 16538) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) of subsection 
(c) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The goals of ARPA–E 
shall be to enhance the economic and energy security 
of the United States and to ensure that the United 
States maintains a technological lead through the 
development of advanced energy technologies.’’; 
(2) in subsection (i)(1), by inserting ‘‘ARPA–E 
shall not provide funding for a project unless the 
prospective grantee demonstrates sufficient attempts 
to secure private financing as to indicate that the 
project is not independently commercially viable.’’ 
after ‘‘relevant research agencies.’’; 
(3) in subsection (l)(1), by inserting ‘‘and once 
every 6 years thereafter,’’ after ‘‘operation for 6 
years,’’; and 
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(4) by redesignating subsection (n) as sub-
section (o) and inserting after subsection (m) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(n) PROTECTION
OF
PROPRIETARY
INFORMA-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The following categories of 
information collected by the Advanced Research 
Projects Agency–Energy from recipients of financial 
assistance awards shall be considered privileged and 
confidential and not subject to disclosure pursuant 
to section 552 of title 5, United States Code: 
‘‘(A) Plans for commercialization of tech-
nologies developed under the award, including 
business plans, technology to market plans, 
market studies, and cost and performance mod-
els. 
‘‘(B) Investments provided to an awardee 
from third parties, such as venture capital, 
hedge fund, or private equity firms, including 
amounts and percentage of ownership of the 
awardee provided in return for such invest-
ments. 
‘‘(C) Additional financial support that the 
awardee plans to invest or has invested into the 
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technology developed under the award, or that 
the awardee is seeking from third parties. 
‘‘(D) Revenue from the licensing or sale of 
new products or services resulting from the re-
search conducted under the award. 
‘‘(2) EFFECT OF SUBSECTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection affects— 
‘‘(A) the authority of the Secretary to use 
information without publicly disclosing such in-
formation; or 
‘‘(B) the responsibility of the Secretary to 
transmit information to Congress as required 
by law.’’. 
Subtitle G—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 681. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) ELECTRICITY DELIVERY
AND ENERGY RELI-
ABILITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial application 
for electrical delivery and energy reliability technology ac-
tivities within the Office of Electricity $113,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017. 
(b) NUCLEAR ENERGY.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for research, develop-
ment, demonstration, and commercial application for 
nuclear energy technology activities within the Office 
of Nuclear Energy $504,600,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2016 and 2017. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Any amounts made available 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
under paragraph (1) shall not be derived from the 
Nuclear Waste Fund established under section 
302(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 
U.S.C. 10222(c)). 
(c) ENERGY EFFICIENCY
AND RENEWABLE EN-
ERGY.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary for research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application for energy efficiency and renewable 
energy technology activities within the Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy $1,198,500,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017. 
(d) FOSSIL ENERGY.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary for research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application for fossil en-
ergy technology activities within the Office of Fossil En-
ergy $605,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017. 
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(e) ARPA–E.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary for the Advanced Research 
Projects Agency–Energy $140,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2016 and 2017. 
Subtitle H—Definitions 
SEC. 691. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title— 
(1) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart-
ment of Energy; and 
(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Energy. 
TITLE VII—DEPARTMENT OF EN-
ERGY TECHNOLOGY TRANS-
FER 
Subtitle A—In General 
SEC. 701. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(2) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Laboratory’’ means a Department of Energy 
nonmilitary national laboratory, including— 
(A) Ames Laboratory; 
(B) Argonne National Laboratory; 
(C) Brookhaven National Laboratory; 
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(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; 
(M) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; 
(N) Thomas Jefferson National Accel-
erator Facility; and 
(O) any laboratory operated by the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration, but 
only with respect to the civilian energy activities 
thereof. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
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