sumption. Such programs shall take into consideration the 
following objectives: 
‘‘(1) Increasing the energy conversion efficiency 
of all forms of fossil energy through improved tech-
nologies. 
‘‘(2) Decreasing the cost of all fossil energy 
production, generation, and delivery. 
‘‘(3) Promoting diversity of energy supply. 
‘‘(4) Decreasing the dependence of the United 
States on foreign energy supplies. 
‘‘(5) Improving United States energy security. 
‘‘(6) Decreasing the environmental impact of 
energy-related activities. 
‘‘(7) Increasing the export of fossil energy-re-
lated equipment, technology, and services from the 
United States. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) USES.—None of the funds authorized for 
carrying out this section may be used for Fossil En-
ergy Environmental Restoration. 
‘‘(2) INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
Not less than 20 percent of the funds appropriated 
for carrying out section 964 of this Act for each fis-
cal year shall be dedicated to research and develop-
ment carried out at institutions of higher education. 
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‘‘(3) USE FOR REGULATORY ASSESSMENTS OR 
DETERMINATIONS.—The results of any research, de-
velopment, demonstration, or commercial application 
projects or activities of the Department may not be 
used for regulatory assessments or determinations 
by Federal regulatory authorities. 
‘‘(c) ASSESSMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) CONSTRAINTS
AGAINST
BRINGING
RE-
SOURCES TO MARKET.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the ONE Future Act, the 
Secretary shall transmit to Congress an assessment 
of the technical, institutional, policy, and regulatory 
constraints to bringing new domestic fossil resources 
to market. 
‘‘(2) TECHNOLOGY
CAPABILITIES.—Not later 
than 2 years after the date of enactment of the 
ONE Future Act, the Secretary shall transmit to 
Congress a long-term assessment of existing and 
projected technological capabilities for expanded pro-
duction from domestic unconventional oil, gas, and 
methane reserves.’’. 
SEC. 262. PIONEERING ENERGY RESEARCH. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in conjunction 
with the program consortium selected under subsection 
(d), shall establish and carry out a public-private partner-
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ship Pioneering Energy Research Program for research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial application 
of technologies to maximize domestic energy production, 
improve environmental stewardship, ensure domestic en-
ergy security, and maintain global energy leadership. 
(b) COVERED ACTIVITIES.—The program under this 
section shall include research, development, demonstra-
tion, and commercial application on— 
(1) natural gas and other petroleum resource 
exploration, production and consumption, including 
technologies and processes to improve well and pipe-
line integrity, improve understanding of fluid flow 
and storage, reduce surface footprints, and improve 
water management technologies in conventional and 
unconventional resources; 
(2) alternative liquid transportation fuel activi-
ties, including integration of biomass and natural 
gas for transportation fuels production, cleaner 
fuels, renewable liquid fuels other than ethanol, nat-
ural gas vehicles, and other innovative fossil-based 
fuels; 
(3) energy system risk management, optimiza-
tion, resiliency, and integration; 
(4) hydraulic fracturing and shale petroleum, 
including the establishment and continued operation 
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of one or more Hydraulic Fracturing Test Sites to 
address efficiency, safety, and environmental sus-
tainability of hydraulic fracturing and shale petro-
leum technologies; 
(5) small producer technology challenges, in-
cluding improving well integrity and efficiency; 
(6) subsurface energy exploration and produc-
tion, including geothermal energy; 
(7) interstate and intrastate natural gas pipe-
line and distribution system integrity management; 
and 
(8) other domestic energy challenges as identi-
fied by the Secretary or the program consortium and 
included in the annual plan prepared under sub-
section (i). 
(c) ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall 
have ultimate responsibility for, and oversight of, all as-
pects of the program under this section. The Secretary 
may not assign any activities to the program consortium 
except as specifically authorized under this section. 
(d) SELECTION OF THE PROGRAM CONSORTIUM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall select the program consortium through 
an open, competitive process. 
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(2) REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 501(c)(3) STA-
TUS.—The Secretary shall not select a program con-
sortium under this section unless such consortium is 
an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 
under such section 501(a) of such Code. 
(e) ROLE OF THE PROGRAM CONSORTIUM.—Upon 
approval of the Secretary, the program consortium shall— 
(1) administer the program, to the extent pro-
vided under subsection (c); 
(2) issue research project solicitations; 
(3) make project awards to research per-
formers; 
(4) disburse research funds awarded under this 
section to research performers in accordance with 
the annual plan prepared under subsection (i); and 
(5) carry out other activities assigned to the 
program consortium or as provided in the annual 
plan. 
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—To compensate the 
program consortium for carrying out its activities under 
this section, the Secretary shall provide to the program 
consortium up to 10 percent of the total appropriation for 
carrying out this section each fiscal year. 
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(2) CONTENTS.—The annual plan shall describe 
the ongoing and prospective activities of the pro-
gram under this section and shall include a list of 
any solicitations for awards to carry out research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial appli-
cation activities, including specifics on the topics for 
such work, who would be eligible to apply, selection 
criteria, and the duration of awards. 
(j) AWARDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon approval of the Sec-
retary, the program consortium shall make awards 
to research performers to carry out research, devel-
opment, demonstration, and commercial application 
activities under this section. 
(2) OVERSIGHT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The program consor-
tium shall oversee the implementation of 
awards under this subsection, consistent with 
the annual plan developed under subsection (i), 
including disbursing funds and monitoring ac-
tivities carried out under such awards for com-
pliance with the terms and conditions of the 
awards. 
(B) EFFECT.—Nothing in subparagraph 
(A) shall limit the authority or responsibility of 
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the Secretary to oversee awards, or limit the 
authority of the Secretary to review or revoke 
awards. 
(k) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, to re-
main available until expended, for carrying out this sec-
tion— 
(1) $50,000,000, to be derived from amounts 
appropriated under section 291(c); and 
(2) $50,000,000, to be derived from amounts 
appropriated under section 291(d). 
SEC. 263. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, 
AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 962 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16292) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (11), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) specific additional programs to address 
water use and reuse; 
‘‘(13) the testing, including the construction of 
testing facilities, of high temperature materials for 
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use in advanced systems for combustion or use of 
coal; and 
‘‘(14) innovations to application of existing coal 
conversion systems designed to increase efficiency of 
conversion, flexibility of operation, and other modi-
fications to address existing usage requirements.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) 
as subsections (c) through (e), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) TRANSFORMATIONAL COAL TECHNOLOGY PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program es-
tablished under subsection (a), the Secretary may 
carry out a program designed to undertake research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial appli-
cation of technologies, including the accelerated de-
velopment of— 
‘‘(A) chemical looping technology; 
‘‘(B) supercritical carbon dioxide power 
generation cycles; 
‘‘(C) pressurized oxycombustion, including 
new and retrofit technologies; and 
‘‘(D) other technologies that are character-
ized by the use of— 
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‘‘(i) alternative energy cycles; 
‘‘(ii) thermionic devices using waste 
heat; 
‘‘(iii) fuel cells; 
‘‘(iv) replacement of chemical proc-
esses with biotechnology; 
‘‘(v) nanotechnology; 
‘‘(vi) new materials in applications 
(other than extending cycles to higher tem-
perature and pressure), such as mem-
branes or ceramics; 
‘‘(vii) carbon utilization, such as in 
construction materials, using low quality 
energy to reconvert back to a fuel, or man-
ufactured food; 
‘‘(viii) advanced gas separation con-
cepts; and 
‘‘(ix) other technologies, including— 
‘‘(I) modular, manufactured com-
ponents; and 
‘‘(II) innovative production or re-
search techniques, such as using 3–D 
printer systems, for the production of 
early research and development proto-
types. 
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‘‘(2) COST SHARE.—In carrying out the pro-
gram described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
enter into partnerships with private entities to share 
the costs of carrying out the program. The Secretary 
may reduce or eliminate the non-Federal cost share 
requirement if the Secretary determines that the re-
duction or elimination is necessary and appropriate 
considering the technological risks involved in the 
project.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out programs 
authorized by this section, the Secretary shall iden-
tify cost and performance goals for coal-based tech-
nologies that would permit the continued cost-com-
petitive use of coal for the production of electricity, 
chemical feedstocks, transportation fuels, and other 
marketable products.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘date of 
enactment of this Act’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘date of enactment of the ONE 
Future Act’’. 
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(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AUTHORIZATION OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS.—Section 963 of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16293) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (6) of subsection 
(c) to read as follows: 
‘‘(6) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary shall establish an advi-
sory committee to undertake, not less fre-
quently than once every 3 years, a review and 
prepare a report on the progress being made by 
the Department of Energy to achieve the goals 
described in subsections (a) and (b) of section 
962 and subsection (b) of this section. 
‘‘(B) 
MEMBERSHIP
REQUIREMENTS.— 
Members of the advisory committee established 
under subparagraph (A) shall be appointed by 
the Secretary.’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) STUDY OF CARBON DIOXIDE PIPELINES.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the ONE 
Future Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress the 
results of a study to assess the cost and feasibility of engi-
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neering, permitting, building, maintaining, regulating, and 
insuring a national system of carbon dioxide pipelines.’’. 
SEC. 264. HIGH EFFICIENCY GAS TURBINES RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, through the Office 
of Fossil Energy, shall carry out a multiyear, multiphase 
program of research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application to innovate technologies to maxi-
mize the efficiency of gas turbines used in power genera-
tion systems. 
(b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program under this 
section shall— 
(1) support innovative engineering and detailed 
gas turbine design for megawatt-scale and utility- 
scale electric power generation, including— 
(A) high temperature materials, including 
superalloys, coatings, and ceramics; 
(B) improved heat transfer capability; 
(C) manufacturing technology required to 
construct complex three-dimensional geometry 
parts with improved aerodynamic capability; 
(D) combustion technology to produce 
higher firing temperature while lowering nitro-
gen oxide and carbon monoxide emissions per 
unit of output; 
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(E) advanced controls and systems integra-
tion; 
(F) advanced high performance compressor 
technology; and 
(G) validation facilities for the testing of 
components and subsystems; 
(2) include technology demonstration through 
component testing, subscale testing, and full scale 
testing in existing fleets; 
(3) include field demonstrations of the devel-
oped technology elements so as to demonstrate tech-
nical and economic feasibility; and 
(4) assess overall combined cycle and simple 
cycle system performance. 
(c) PROGRAM GOALS.—The goals of the multiphase 
program established under subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) in phase I— 
(A) to develop the conceptual design of ad-
vanced high efficiency gas turbines that can 
achieve at least 62 percent combined cycle effi-
ciency or 47 percent simple cycle efficiency on 
a lower heating value basis; and 
(B) to develop and demonstrate the tech-
nology required for advanced high efficiency gas 
turbines that can achieve at least 62 percent 
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combined cycle efficiency or 47 percent simple 
cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis; 
and 
(2) in phase II, to develop the conceptual de-
sign for advanced high efficiency gas turbines that 
can achieve at least 65 percent combined cycle effi-
ciency or 50 percent simple cycle efficiency on a 
lower heating value basis. 
(d) PROPOSALS.—Within 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit grant and 
contract proposals from industry, small businesses, univer-
sities, and other appropriate parties for conducting activi-
ties under this section. In selecting proposals, the Sec-
retary shall emphasize— 
(1) the extent to which the proposal will stimu-
late the creation or increased retention of jobs in the 
United States; and 
(2) the extent to which the proposal will pro-
mote and enhance United States technology leader-
ship. 
(e) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.—The provision of fund-
ing under this section shall be on a competitive basis with 
an emphasis on technical merit. 
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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 E—Advanced Research 
Projects Agency–Energy 
SEC. 281. 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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