(L) wildfire risks and prevention, including 
the power sector’s role in fire prevention and 
mitigation and wildfire impacts on energy infra-
structure; 
(2) develop methods to accommodate large vol-
untary standardized and integrated data sets on agri-
cultural, environmental, supply chain, and economic 
information with variable accuracy and scale; 
(3) promote collaboration, open community- 
based development, and data and information sharing 
between Federal agencies, National Laboratories, in-
stitutions of higher education, nonprofit institutions, 
industry partners, and other appropriate entities by 
providing reliable access to secure data and informa-
tion that are in compliance with Federal rules and 
regulations; 
(4) support research infrastructure and work-
force development as the Secretaries determine nec-
essary; and 
(5) conduct collaborative research, development, 
and demonstration of methods and technologies to— 
(A) improve the efficiency of agriculture op-
erations and processing of agricultural products; 
and 
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(B) reduce greenhouse gas emissions associ-
ated with such operations and such processing. 
(d) AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out the activities 
under subsection (a), the Secretaries are authorized to— 
(1) carry out reimbursable agreements between 
the Department of Energy, the Department of Agri-
culture, and other entities in order to maximize the 
effectiveness of research and development; and 
(2) collaborate with other Federal agencies as ap-
propriate. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall submit 
to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and 
the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate, a report detailing the following: 
(1) Interagency coordination between each Fed-
eral agency involved in the research and development 
activities carried out under this section. 
(2) Potential opportunities to expand the tech-
nical capabilities of the Department of Energy and 
the Department of Agriculture. 
(3) Collaborative research achievements. 
(4) Areas of future mutually beneficial successes. 
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(5) Continuation of coordination activities be-
tween the Department of Energy and the Department 
of Agriculture. 
(f) RESEARCH SECURITY.—The activities authorized 
under this section shall be applied in a manner consistent 
with subtitle D of title VI of the Research and Development, 
Competition, and Innovation Act (enacted as division B of 
the CHIPS Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–167; 42 U.S.C. 
19231 et seq.)). 
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Union Calendar No. 54 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1713 
[Report No. 118–74, Parts I and II] 
A BILL 
To provide for Department of Energy and Depart-
ment of Agriculture joint research and develop-
ment activities, and for other purposes. 
MAY 22, 2023 
Reported from the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology with amendments 
MAY 22, 2023 
Reported from the Committee on Agriculture with an 
amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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