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‘‘(8) Developing, planning, constructing, acquir-
ing, and operating special equipment and facilities 
for the use of researchers. 
‘‘(9) Supporting technology transfer and other 
appropriate activities to assist the nuclear energy in-
dustry, and other users of nuclear science and engi-
neering, including activities addressing reliability, 
availability, productivity, component aging, safety, 
and security of nuclear power plants. 
‘‘(10) Reducing the environmental impact of 
nuclear energy-related activities. 
‘‘(11) Researching and developing technologies 
and processes to meet Federal and State require-
ments and standards for nuclear power systems.’’; 
(2) by striking subsections (b) through (d); and 
(3) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (b). 
SEC. 622. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES STUDY. 
Section 951 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16271) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) PROGRAM OBJECTIVES STUDY.—In furtherance 
of the program objectives listed in subsection (a) of this 
section, the Government Accountability Office shall, within 
one year after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
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transmit to the Congress a report on the results of a study 
on the scientific and technical merit of major Federal and 
State requirements and standards, including moratoria, 
that delay or impede the further development and com-
mercialization of nuclear power, and how the Department 
can assist in overcoming such delays or impediments.’’. 
SEC. 623. NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAMS. 
Section 952 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16272) is amended by striking subsections (c) 
through (e) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) REACTOR CONCEPTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out a program of research, development, demonstra-
tion, and commercial application to advance nuclear 
power systems as well as technologies to sustain cur-
rently deployed systems. 
‘‘(2) DESIGNS
AND
TECHNOLOGIES.—In con-
ducting the program under this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall examine advanced reactor designs and 
nuclear technologies, including those that— 
‘‘(A) have higher efficiency, lower cost, and 
improved safety compared to reactors in oper-
ation as of the date of enactment of the Amer-
ica COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015; 
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‘‘(B) utilize passive safety features; 
‘‘(C) minimize proliferation risks; 
‘‘(D) substantially reduce production of 
high-level waste per unit of output; 
‘‘(E) increase the life and sustainability of 
reactor systems currently deployed; 
‘‘(F) use improved instrumentation; 
‘‘(G) are capable of producing large-scale 
quantities of hydrogen or process heat; 
‘‘(H) minimize water usage or use alter-
natives to water as a cooling mechanism; or 
‘‘(I) use nuclear energy as part of an inte-
grated energy system. 
‘‘(3) INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION.—In car-
rying out the program under this subsection, the 
Secretary shall seek opportunities to enhance the 
progress of the program through international co-
operation through such organizations as the Genera-
tion IV International Forum or any other inter-
national collaboration the Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
‘‘(4) EXCEPTIONS.—No funds authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the activities described in 
this subsection shall be used to fund the activities 
authorized under sections 641 through 645.’’. 
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SEC. 624. SMALL MODULAR REACTOR PROGRAM. 
Section 952 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16272) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) SMALL MODULAR REACTOR PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out a small modular reactor program to promote re-
search, development, demonstration, and commercial 
application of small modular reactors, including 
through cost-shared projects for commercial applica-
tion of reactor systems designs. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con-
sult with and utilize the expertise of the Secretary 
of the Navy in establishing and carrying out such 
program. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—Activities may 
also include development of advanced computer mod-
eling and simulation tools, by Federal and non-Fed-
eral entities, which demonstrate and validate new de-
sign capabilities of innovative small modular reactor 
designs. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘small modular reactor’ means 
a nuclear reactor meeting generally accepted indus-
try standards— 
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‘‘(A) with a rated capacity of less than 300 
electrical megawatts; 
‘‘(B) with respect to which most parts can 
be factory assembled and shipped as modules to 
a reactor plant site for assembly; and 
‘‘(C) that can be constructed and operated 
in combination with similar reactors at a single 
site.’’. 
SEC. 625. FUEL CYCLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 953 of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16273) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘AD-
VANCED FUEL CYCLE INITIATIVE’’ and inserting 
‘‘FUEL CYCLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (a); 
(3) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) 
as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and 
(4) by inserting before subsection (d), as so re-
designated by paragraph (3) of this subsection, the 
following new subsections: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
fuel cycle research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application program (referred to in this section as 
the ‘program’) on fuel cycle options that improve uranium 
resource utilization, maximize energy generation, minimize 
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nuclear waste creation, improve safety, mitigate risk of 
proliferation, and improve waste management in support 
of a national strategy for spent nuclear fuel and the reac-
tor concepts research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application program under section 952(c). 
‘‘(b) FUEL CYCLE OPTIONS.—Under this section the 
Secretary may consider implementing the following initia-
tives: 
‘‘(1) OPEN CYCLE.—Developing fuels, including 
the use of nonuranium materials and alternate 
claddings, for use in reactors that increase energy 
generation, improve safety performance and mar-
gins, and minimize the amount of nuclear waste pro-
duced in an open fuel cycle. 
‘‘(2) RECYCLE.—Developing advanced recycling 
technologies, including advanced reactor concepts to 
improve resource utilization, reduce proliferation 
risks, and minimize radiotoxicity, decay heat, and 
mass and volume of nuclear waste to the greatest 
extent possible. 
‘‘(3) ADVANCED
STORAGE
METHODS.—Devel-
oping advanced storage technologies for both onsite 
and long-term storage that substantially prolong the 
effective life of current storage devices or that sub-
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stantially improve upon existing nuclear waste stor-
age technologies and methods, including repositories. 
‘‘(4) FAST TEST REACTOR.—Investigating the 
potential research benefits of a fast test reactor user 
facility to conduct experiments on fuels and mate-
rials related to fuel forms and fuel cycles that will 
increase fuel utilization, reduce proliferation risks, 
and reduce nuclear waste products. 
‘‘(5) OTHER TECHNOLOGIES.—Developing any 
other technology or initiative that the Secretary de-
termines is likely to advance the objectives of the 
program. 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL
ADVANCED
RECYCLING
AND 
CROSSCUTTING ACTIVITIES.—In addition to and in sup-
port of the specific initiatives described in paragraphs (1) 
through (5) of subsection (b), the Secretary may support 
the following activities: 
‘‘(1) Development and testing of integrated 
process flow sheets for advanced nuclear fuel recy-
cling processes. 
‘‘(2) Research to characterize the byproducts 
and waste streams resulting from fuel recycling 
processes. 
‘‘(3) Research and development on reactor con-
cepts or transmutation technologies that improve re-
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source utilization or reduce the radiotoxicity of waste 
streams. 
‘‘(4) Research and development on waste treat-
ment processes and separations technologies, ad-
vanced waste forms, and quantification of prolifera-
tion risks. 
‘‘(5) Identification and evaluation of test and 
experimental facilities necessary to successfully im-
plement the advanced fuel cycle initiative. 
‘‘(6) Advancement of fuel cycle-related modeling 
and simulation capabilities. 
‘‘(7) Research to understand the behavior of 
high-burnup fuels.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to section 953 in the table of contents of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 953. Fuel cycle research and development.’’. 
SEC. 626. NUCLEAR ENERGY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES 
PROGRAM. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle E of title IX of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16271 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 958. NUCLEAR ENERGY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
program to support the integration of activities under-
taken through the reactor concepts research, development, 
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demonstration, and commercial application program under 
section 952(c) and the fuel cycle research and development 
program under section 953, and support crosscutting nu-
clear energy concepts. Activities commenced under this 
section shall be concentrated on broadly applicable re-
search and development focus areas. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—Activities conducted under this 
section may include research involving— 
‘‘(1) advanced reactor materials; 
‘‘(2) advanced radiation mitigation methods; 
‘‘(3) advanced proliferation and security risk 
assessment methods; 
‘‘(4) advanced sensors and instrumentation; 
‘‘(5) high performance computation modeling, 
including multiphysics, multidimensional modeling 
simulation for nuclear energy systems, and contin-
ued development of advanced modeling simulation 
capabilities through national laboratory, industry, 
and university partnerships for operations and safety 
performance improvements of light water reactors 
for currently deployed and near-term reactors and 
for the development of small modular reactors; and 
‘‘(6) any crosscutting technology or trans-
formative concept aimed at establishing substantial 
and revolutionary enhancements in the performance 
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of future nuclear energy systems that the Secretary 
considers relevant and appropriate to the purpose of 
this section. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit, as part 
of the annual budget submission of the Department, a re-
port on the activities of the program conducted under this 
section, which shall include a brief evaluation of each ac-
tivity’s progress.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended by 
adding at the end of the items for subtitle E of title IX 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 958. Nuclear energy enabling technologies.’’. 
SEC. 627. TECHNICAL STANDARDS COLLABORATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology shall establish a nu-
clear energy standards committee (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘technical standards committee’’) to facilitate 
and support, consistent with the National Technology 
Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995, the development 
or revision of technical standards for new and existing nu-
clear power plants and advanced nuclear technologies. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The technical standards 
committee shall include representatives from appro-
priate Federal agencies and the private sector, and 
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energy-related technical standards in order to avoid 
conflict and duplication and to ensure global com-
patibility; and 
(5) promote the establishment and maintenance 
of a database of nuclear energy-related technical 
standards. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To the 
extent provided for in advance by appropriations Acts, the 
Secretary may transfer to the Director of the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology not to exceed 
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 for the Secretary of Com-
merce to carry out this section from amounts appropriated 
for nuclear energy research and development within the 
Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies account for the 
Department. 
SEC. 628. AVAILABLE FACILITIES DATABASE. 
The Secretary shall prepare a database of non-Fed-
eral user facilities receiving Federal funds that may be 
used for unclassified nuclear energy research.
The Sec-
retary shall make this database accessible on the Depart-
ment’s website. 
SEC. 629. NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL. 
To the extent consistent with the requirements of 
current law, the Department shall be responsible for dis-
posal of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel 
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generated by reactors under the programs authorized in 
this subtitle, or the amendments made by this subtitle. 
Subtitle D—Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable 
Energy 
Research 
and Development 
SEC. 641. ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
Section 911 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16191) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 911. ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
‘‘(a) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall conduct pro-
grams of energy efficiency research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial application, including activi-
ties described in this subtitle. Such programs shall 
prioritize activities that industry by itself is not likely to 
undertake because of technical challenges or regulatory 
uncertainty, and take into consideration the following ob-
jectives: 
‘‘(1) Increasing energy efficiency. 
‘‘(2) Reducing the cost of energy. 
‘‘(3) Reducing the environmental impact of en-
ergy-related activities. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAMS.—Programs under this subtitle shall 
include research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application of— 
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‘‘(1) innovative, affordable technologies to im-
prove the energy efficiency and environmental per-
formance of vehicles, including weight and drag re-
duction technologies, and whole-vehicle design opti-
mization; 
‘‘(2) cost-effective technologies, for new con-
struction and retrofit, to improve the energy effi-
ciency and environmental performance of buildings, 
using a whole-buildings approach; 
‘‘(3) advanced technologies to improve the en-
ergy efficiency, environmental performance, and 
process efficiency of energy-intensive and waste-in-
tensive industries; and 
‘‘(4) technologies to improve the energy effi-
ciency of appliances and mechanical systems for 
buildings in extreme climates, including cogenera-
tion, trigeneration, and polygeneration units.’’. 
SEC. 642. NEXT GENERATION LIGHTING INITIATIVE. 
Section 912 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16192) is repealed. 
SEC. 643. BUILDING STANDARDS. 
Section 914 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16194) is amended by striking subsection (c). 
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SEC. 644. SECONDARY ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY USE 
PROGRAM. 
Section 915 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16195) is repealed. 
SEC. 645. NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION 
PROGRAM. 
To the extent provided for in advance by appropria-
tions Acts, the Secretary may transfer to the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology up to $150,000,000 
for the period encompassing fiscal years 2015 through 
2017 from amounts appropriated for advanced manufac-
turing research and development under this subtitle (and 
the amendments made by this subtitle) for the Secretary 
of Commerce to carry out the Network for Manufacturing 
Innovation Program authorized under section 34 of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
U.S.C. 278s). 
SEC. 646. ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 
CENTERS. 
Section 917 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16197) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2)(B); 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting a period; and 
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(C) by striking paragraph (4); 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1); 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), re-
spectively; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (6); 
(3) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds awarded 
under this section may be used for the construction of fa-
cilities or the deployment of commercially available tech-
nologies.’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (i). 
SEC. 647. RENEWABLE ENERGY. 
Section 931 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16231) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 931. RENEWABLE ENERGY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall con-
duct programs of renewable energy research, devel-
opment, demonstration, and commercial application, 
including activities described in this subtitle. Such 
programs shall prioritize discovery research and de-
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velopment and take into consideration the following 
objectives: 
‘‘(A) Increasing the conversion efficiency of 
all forms of renewable energy through improved 
technologies. 
‘‘(B) Decreasing the cost of renewable en-
ergy generation and delivery. 
‘‘(C) Promoting the diversity of the energy 
supply. 
‘‘(D) Decreasing the dependence of the 
United States on foreign mineral resources. 
‘‘(E) Decreasing the environmental impact 
of renewable energy-related activities. 
‘‘(F) Increasing the export of renewable 
generation technologies from the United States. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(A) SOLAR ENERGY.—The Secretary shall 
conduct a program of research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application for 
solar energy, including innovations in— 
‘‘(i) photovoltaics; 
‘‘(ii) solar heating; 
‘‘(iii) concentrating solar power; 
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the combined use of renewable power and 
fossil technologies; 
‘‘(ii) renewable energy technologies for 
cogeneration of hydrogen and electricity; 
and 
‘‘(iii) kinetic hydro turbines. 
‘‘(b) RURAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—In car-
rying out this section, the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Agriculture, shall give priority to dem-
onstrations that assist in delivering electricity to rural and 
remote locations including— 
‘‘(1) advanced renewable power technology, in-
cluding combined use with fossil technologies; 
‘‘(2) biomass; and 
‘‘(3) geothermal energy systems. 
‘‘(c) ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct analysis and evaluation in support of the re-
newable energy programs under this subtitle. These 
activities shall be used to guide budget and program 
decisions, and shall include— 
‘‘(A) economic and technical analysis of re-
newable energy potential, including resource as-
sessment; 
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‘‘(B) analysis of past program perform-
ance, both in terms of technical advances and 
in market introduction of renewable energy; 
‘‘(C) assessment of domestic and inter-
national market drivers, including the impacts 
of any Federal, State, or local grants, loans, 
loan guarantees, tax incentives, statutory or 
regulatory requirements, or other government 
initiatives; and 
‘‘(D) any other analysis or evaluation that 
the Secretary considers appropriate. 
‘‘(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary may designate 
up to 1 percent of the funds appropriated for car-
rying out this subtitle for analysis and evaluation ac-
tivities under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—This analysis 
and evaluation shall be submitted to the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate at least 30 days be-
fore each annual budget request is submitted to 
Congress.’’. 
SEC. 648. BIOENERGY PROGRAM. 
Section 932 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16232) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 932. BIOENERGY PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall conduct a pro-
gram of research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application for bioenergy, including innovations 
in— 
‘‘(1) biopower energy systems; 
‘‘(2) biofuels; 
‘‘(3) bioproducts; 
‘‘(4) integrated biorefineries that may produce 
biopower, biofuels, and bioproducts; and 
‘‘(5) cross-cutting research and development in 
feedstocks. 
‘‘(b) BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS.—The goals of 
the biofuels and bioproducts programs shall be to develop, 
in partnership with industry and institutions of higher 
education— 
‘‘(1) advanced biochemical and thermochemical 
conversion technologies capable of making fuels from 
lignocellulosic feedstocks that are price-competitive 
with fossil-based fuels and fully compatible with ei-
ther internal combustion engines or fuel cell-powered 
vehicles; 
‘‘(2) advanced biotechnology processes capable 
of making biofuels and bioproducts with emphasis on 
development of biorefinery technologies using en-
zyme-based processing systems; and 
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‘‘(3) other advanced processes that will enable 
the development of cost-effective bioproducts, includ-
ing biofuels. 
‘‘(c) RETROFIT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DEVELOP-
MENT OF ETHANOL FROM CELLULOSIC MATERIALS.— 
The Secretary shall establish a program of research, devel-
opment, demonstration, and commercial application for 
technologies and processes to enable biorefineries that ex-
clusively use corn grain or corn starch as a feedstock to 
produce ethanol to be retrofitted to accept a range of bio-
mass, including lignocellulosic feedstocks. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds authorized 
for carrying out this section may be used to fund commer-
cial biofuels production for defense purposes in collabora-
tion with the Department of Defense and the Department 
of Agriculture. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BIOMASS.—The term ‘biomass’ means— 
‘‘(A) any organic material grown for the 
purpose of being converted to energy; 
‘‘(B) any organic byproduct of agriculture 
(including wastes from food production and 
processing) that can be converted into energy; 
or 
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‘‘(C) any waste material that can be con-
verted to energy, is segregated from other waste 
materials, and is derived from— 
‘‘(i) any of the following forest-related 
resources: mill residues, precommercial 
thinnings, slash, brush, or otherwise non-
merchantable material; 
‘‘(ii) wood waste materials, including 
waste pallets, crates, dunnage, manufac-
turing and construction wood wastes (other 
than pressure-treated, chemically treated, 
or painted wood wastes), and landscape or 
right-of-way tree trimmings, but not in-
cluding municipal solid waste, gas derived 
from the biodegradation of municipal solid 
waste, or paper that is commonly recycled; 
or 
‘‘(iii) solids derived from waste water 
treatment processes. 
‘‘(2) 
LIGNOCELLULOSIC
FEEDSTOCK.—The 
term ‘lignocellulosic feedstock’ means any portion of 
a plant or coproduct from conversion, including 
crops, trees, forest residues, and agricultural resi-
dues not specifically grown for food, including from 
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