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Union Calendar No. 346 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4091 
[Report No. 116–432] 
To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the ARPA–E 
program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2019 
Ms. JOHNSON of Texas (for herself and Mr. LAMB) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
JUNE 18, 2020 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MAST, Mr. BEYER, Mr. TONKO, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, 
Ms. HILL of California, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. 
ROUDA, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. CASE, Ms. 
STEVENS, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. 
PERLMUTTER, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. 
KATKO, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. CROW, Mr. 
ALLRED, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. 
BACON, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. PETERS, 
Mr. HIMES, Mr. WELCH, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. HURD of Texas, Ms. 
STEFANIK, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. 
KEATING, Ms. WILD, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. PORTER, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. 
MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico, Ms. CASTOR of 
Florida, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, 
Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mrs. BROOKS of 
Indiana, and Mr. GALLAGHER 
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JUNE 18, 2020 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 30, 2019] 
A BILL 
To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the 
ARPA–E program, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘ARPA–E Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. ARPA–E AMENDMENTS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 5012(b) of the America 
COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(b)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘development of energy technologies’’ and inserting ‘‘de-
velopment of transformative science and technology solu-
tions to address the energy and environmental missions of 
the Department’’. 
(b) GOALS.—Section 5012(c) of the America COM-
PETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1)(A) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) to enhance the economic and energy se-
curity of the United States through the develop-
ment of energy technologies that— 
‘‘(i) reduce imports of energy from for-
eign sources; 
‘‘(ii) reduce energy-related emissions, 
including greenhouse gases; 
‘‘(iii) improve the energy efficiency of 
all economic sectors; 
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‘‘(iv) provide transformative solutions 
to improve the management, clean-up, and 
disposal of radioactive waste and spent nu-
clear fuel; and 
‘‘(v) improve the resilience, reliability, 
and security of infrastructure to produce, 
deliver, and store energy; and’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘energy technology 
projects’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘advanced 
technology 
projects’’. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section 5012(e)(3)(A) of the 
America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(e)(3)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘energy’’. 
(d) REPORTS AND ROADMAPS.—Section 5012(h) of the 
America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(h)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(h) REPORTS AND ROADMAPS.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—As part of the annual 
budget request submitted for each fiscal year, the Di-
rector shall provide to the relevant authorizing and 
appropriations committees of Congress a report 
that— 
‘‘(A) describes projects supported by ARPA– 
E during the previous fiscal year; 
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‘‘(B) describes projects supported by ARPA– 
E during the previous fiscal year that examine 
topics and technologies closely related to other 
activities funded by the Department, and in-
cludes an analysis of whether in supporting such 
projects, the Director is in compliance with sub-
section (i)(1)(A); and 
‘‘(C) 
describes 
current, 
proposed, 
and 
planned projects to be carried out pursuant to 
subsection (e)(3)(D). 
‘‘(2) STRATEGIC
VISION
ROADMAP.—Not later 
than October 1, 2021, and every four years thereafter, 
the Director shall provide to the relevant authorizing 
and appropriations committees of Congress a road-
map describing the strategic vision that ARPA–E 
will use to guide the choices of ARPA–E for future 
technology investments over the following 4 fiscal 
years.’’. 
(e) COORDINATION
AND NONDUPLICATION.—Section 
5012(i)(1) of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 
16538(i)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Director shall ensure that— 
‘‘(A) the activities of ARPA–E are coordi-
nated with, and do not duplicate the efforts of, 
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programs and laboratories within the Depart-
ment and other relevant research agencies; and 
‘‘(B) ARPA–E does not provide funding for 
a project unless the prospective grantee dem-
onstrates sufficient attempts to secure private fi-
nancing or indicates that the project is not inde-
pendently commercially viable.’’. 
(f) EVALUATION.—Section 5012(l) of the America 
COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(l)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date of enactment of the ARPA–E Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2019, the Secretary is authorized to enter 
into a contract with the National Academy of 
Sciences under which the National Academy shall 
conduct an evaluation of how well ARPA–E is 
achieving the goals and mission of ARPA–E.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the 
recommendation of the National Academy of 
Sciences’’ and inserting ‘‘a recommendation’’. 
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(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Para-
graph (2) of section 5012(o) of the America COMPETES 
Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(o)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Subject to paragraph (4), there are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Director for deposit in the Fund, 
without fiscal year limitation— 
‘‘(A) $428,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(B) $497,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
‘‘(C) $567,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(D) $651,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 
‘‘(E) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.’’. 
(h) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 5012 of the 
America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (g)(3)(A)(iii), by striking ‘‘sub-
part’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph’’; and 
(2) 
in 
subsection 
(o)(4)(B), 
by 
striking 
‘‘(c)(2)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(c)(2)(C)’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 346 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4091 
[Report No. 116–432] 
A BILL 
To amend the America COMPETES Act to reau-
thorize the ARPA–E program, and for other pur-
poses. 
JUNE 18, 2020 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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