I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4869 
To provide for Department of Energy fundamental science, basic research 
activities, and applied energy research and development. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2014 
Mrs. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
HALL, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. STOCKMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To provide for Department of Energy fundamental science, 
basic research activities, and applied energy research and 
development. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Department of Energy Research and Development Act 
of 2014’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
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TITLE I—EINSTEIN ACT 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Office of Science 
Sec. 111. Mission. 
Sec. 112. Basic energy sciences. 
Sec. 113. Advanced scientific computing research. 
Sec. 114. High energy physics. 
Sec. 115. Biological and environmental research. 
Sec. 116. Fusion energy. 
Sec. 117. Nuclear physics. 
Sec. 118. Science laboratories infrastructure program. 
Sec. 119. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 121. Transparency. 
Sec. 122. National Energy Technology Laboratory. 
Sec. 123. Savings clause. 
Sec. 124. Under Secretary for Science and Energy. 
Sec. 125. National Laboratories operations and performance management. 
Sec. 126. Sense of Congress on an integrated strategy for National Labora-
tories in the 21st century. 
Sec. 127. Agreements for Commercializing Technology pilot program. 
Sec. 128. Technology transfer. 
Sec. 129. Inclusion of early-stage technology demonstration in authorized tech-
nology transfer activities. 
Sec. 130. Funding competitiveness for institutions of higher education and 
other nonprofit institutions. 
Sec. 131. Report by Government Accountability Office. 
Sec. 132. Definitions. 
TITLE II—ONE FUTURE 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Crosscutting Research and Development 
Sec. 211. Crosscutting research and development. 
Sec. 212. Strategic research portfolio analysis and coordination plan. 
Sec. 213. Strategy for facilities and infrastructure. 
Sec. 214. Distributed energy and electric energy systems. 
Sec. 215. Distributed energy technology coordinating consortia. 
Sec. 216. Electric transmission and distribution research and development. 
Subtitle B—Nuclear Energy Research and Development 
Sec. 221. Objectives. 
Sec. 222. Program objectives study. 
Sec. 223. Nuclear energy research and development programs. 
Sec. 224. Small modular reactor program. 
Sec. 225. Conventional improvements to nuclear power plants. 
Sec. 226. Fuel cycle research and development. 
Sec. 227. Nuclear energy enabling technologies program. 
Sec. 228. Technical standards collaboration. 
Sec. 229. Evaluation of long-term operating needs. 
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Sec. 230. Available facilities database. 
Sec. 231. Nuclear waste disposal. 
Subtitle C—Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Research and 
Development 
Sec. 241. Energy efficiency. 
Sec. 242. Next Generation Lighting Initiative. 
Sec. 243. Building standards. 
Sec. 244. Secondary electric vehicle battery use program. 
Sec. 245. Energy Efficiency Science Initiative. 
Sec. 246. Advanced Energy Technology Transfer Centers. 
Sec. 247. Renewable energy. 
Sec. 248. Bioenergy program. 
Sec. 249. Concentrating solar power research program. 
Sec. 250. Renewable energy in public buildings. 
Subtitle D—Fossil Energy Research and Development 
Sec. 261. Fossil energy. 
Sec. 262. Pioneering Energy Research. 
Sec. 263. Research, development, demonstration, and commercial application 
programs. 
Sec. 264. High efficiency gas turbines research and development. 
Subtitle E—Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy 
Sec. 281. ARPA–E amendments. 
Subtitle F—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 291. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 292. Definitions. 
TITLE I—EINSTEIN ACT 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Enabling Innovation 
for Science, Technology, and Energy in America Act of 
2014’’ or the ‘‘EINSTEIN Act’’. 
Subtitle A—Office of Science 
SEC. 111. MISSION. 
Section 209 of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7139) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘(c) MISSION.—The mission of the Office of Science 
shall be the delivery of scientific discoveries, capabilities, 
and major scientific tools to transform the understanding 
of nature and to advance the energy, economic, and na-
tional security of the United States. In support of this 
mission, the Director shall carry out programs on basic 
energy sciences, advanced scientific computing research, 
high energy physics, biological and environmental re-
search, fusion energy sciences, and nuclear physics, includ-
ing as provided under subtitle A of the Enabling Innova-
tion for Science, Technology, and Energy in America Act 
of 2014, through activities focused on— 
‘‘(1) fundamental scientific discoveries through 
the study of matter and energy; 
‘‘(2) science for national need, including— 
‘‘(A) advancing an agenda for American 
energy independence through research on en-
ergy production, storage, transmission, effi-
ciency, and use; and 
‘‘(B) advancing our understanding of the 
Earth’s climate through research in atmos-
pheric and environmental sciences; and 
‘‘(3) National Scientific User Facilities to de-
liver the 21st century tools of science, engineering, 
and technology and provide the Nation’s researchers 
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with the most advanced tools of modern science in-
cluding accelerators, colliders, supercomputers, light 
sources and neutron sources, and facilities for study-
ing materials science. 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY PROGRAMS.—The Under Secretary for Science 
and Energy shall ensure the coordination of Office of 
Science activities and programs with other activities of the 
Department.’’. 
SEC. 112. BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a pro-
gram in basic energy sciences, including materials sciences 
and engineering, chemical sciences, physical biosciences, 
and geosciences, for the purpose of providing the scientific 
foundations for new energy technologies. 
(b) MISSION.—The mission of the program described 
in subsection (a) shall be to support fundamental research 
to understand, predict, and ultimately control matter and 
energy at the electronic, atomic, and molecular levels in 
order to provide the foundations for new energy tech-
nologies and to support Department missions in energy, 
environment, and national security. 
(c) BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES USER FACILITIES.— 
The Director shall carry out a subprogram for the develop-
ment, construction, operation, and maintenance of na-
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tional user facilities to support the program under this 
section. As practicable, these facilities shall serve the 
needs of the Department, industry, the academic commu-
nity, and other relevant entities to create and examine new 
materials and chemical processes for the purposes of ad-
vancing new energy technologies and improving the com-
petitiveness of the United States. These facilities shall in-
clude— 
(1) x-ray light sources; 
(2) neutron sources; 
(3) nanoscale science research centers; and 
(4) other facilities the Director considers appro-
priate, consistent with section 209 of the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7139). 
(d) LIGHT SOURCE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—In support of the sub-
program authorized in subsection (c), the Director 
shall establish an initiative to sustain and advance 
global leadership of light source user facilities. 
(2) LEADERSHIP STRATEGY.—Not later than 9 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
biennially thereafter, the Director shall prepare, in 
consultation with relevant stakeholders, and submit 
to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
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on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a 
light source leadership strategy that— 
(A) identifies, prioritizes, and describes 
plans for the development, construction, and op-
eration of light sources over the next decade; 
(B) describes plans for optimizing manage-
ment and use of existing light source facilities; 
and 
(C) assesses the international outlook for 
light source user facilities and describes plans 
for United States cooperation in such projects. 
(3) ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
FEEDBACK
AND 
RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 45 days after 
submission of the strategy described in paragraph 
(2), the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 
shall provide the Director, the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate a report of the Ad-
visory Committee’s analyses, findings, and rec-
ommendations for improving the strategy, including 
a review of the most recent budget request for the 
initiative. 
(4) PROPOSED
BUDGET.—The Director shall 
transmit annually to Congress a proposed budget 
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corresponding to the activities identified in the strat-
egy. 
(e) 
ACCELERATOR
RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOP-
MENT.—The Director shall carry out research and devel-
opment on advanced accelerator and storage ring tech-
nologies relevant to the development of Basic Energy 
Sciences user facilities, in consultation with the Office of 
Science’s High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics pro-
grams. 
(f) EPSCOR.— 
(1) CONTINUATION
OF
PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary shall continue to carry out the Experimental 
Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, estab-
lished at the Department of Energy under section 
2203(b)(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 13503(b)(3)) (in this subsection referred to 
as ‘‘EPSCoR’’), with the objective of expanding the 
research capabilities of the eligible States to enable 
them to better address the many energy and energy- 
related issues that confront their States and the Na-
tion on a daily basis. 
(2) REPRESENTATION.—Advisory committees, 
workshops, and review panels are critical tools to 
help the Department to make sound decisions about 
how to best spend research and development funds, 
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as well as to identify other opportunities to advance 
the Department’s research priorities. The Secretary 
shall ensure that the process for nominating mem-
bers to such advisory committees and review panels 
considers candidates from a broad range of geo-
graphic locations, with an objective of reflecting an 
expansive geographic distribution of research univer-
sities. 
(3) CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS.—The Director 
shall report to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate on an annual basis, using the most recent 
available data, on— 
(A) the total research funding made avail-
able by the Department to each State in the 
Nation; 
(B) the total amount of research funding 
made available, by State, under EPSCoR; 
(C) the total amount of Department re-
search funding made available to all institutions 
and entities within EPSCoR States; 
(D) a breakdown of the EPSCoR funds 
spent in each subject matter area; 
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(E) the geographic breakdown of members 
of the Department’s research advisory boards; 
and 
(F) efforts and accomplishments to more 
fully integrate the EPSCoR States in major ac-
tivities and initiatives of the Department. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Energy for the EPSCoR program for fiscal 
year 2015, $22,000,000. 
SEC. 113. ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a re-
search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plication program to advance computational and net-
working capabilities to analyze, model, simulate, and pre-
dict complex phenomena relevant to the development of 
new energy technologies and the competitiveness of the 
United States. 
(b) FACILITIES.—The Director, as part of the pro-
gram described in subsection (a), shall develop and main-
tain world-class computing and network facilities for 
science and deliver critical research in applied mathe-
matics, computer science, and advanced networking to 
support the Department’s missions. 
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(3) identify a strategy for transitioning the lab-
oratory to a government-owned, contractor-operated 
model. 
(d) SECRETARY’S RESPONSE.—Not later than 90 
days after the completion of the assessment performed 
under subsection (b), the Secretary shall deliver to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate a response to the 
findings and recommendations of the National Academy 
of Public Administration. 
SEC. 123. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 
Nothing in this subtitle or an amendment made by 
this subtitle abrogates or otherwise affects the primary re-
sponsibilities of any National Laboratory to the Depart-
ment. 
SEC. 124. UNDER SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE AND ENERGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(b) of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7132(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary for Science’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Under Sec-
retary for Science and Energy’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
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