Title: ARPA–E Reauthorization Act of 2019
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2019
This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2024 the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
The bill revises the goals of ARPA-E to include the development of energy technologies that improve the resilience, reliability, and security of infrastructure to produce, deliver, and store energy.
The bill also requires ARPA-E to ensure that an award is not provided for a project unless the prospective award recipient demonstrates that (1) a sufficient attempt has been made to secure private financing, or (2) the project is not independently commercially viable.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2714 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2714

 To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the ARPA-E program, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 28, 2019

Mr. Van Hollen (for himself and Mr. Alexander) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the ARPA-E program, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. ARPA-E AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Goals.--Section 5012(c) of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 
16538(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(A) to enhance the economic and energy security 
                of the United States through the development of energy 
                technologies that--
                            ``(i) reduce imports of energy from foreign 
                        sources;
                            ``(ii) reduce energy-related emissions, 
                        including greenhouse gases;
                            ``(iii) improve the energy efficiency of 
                        all economic sectors; and
                            ``(iv) 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'' and inserting ``advanced''.
    (b) Responsibilities.--Section 5012(e)(3)(A) of the America 
COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(e)(3)(A)) is amended by striking 
``energy''.
    (c) Reports and Roadmaps.--Section 5012(h) of the America COMPETES 
Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(h)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``describing projects'' and 
                inserting the following: ``describing--
                    ``(A) projects'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by 
                striking the period at the end and inserting ``, 
                including projects that examine topics and technologies 
                closely relating to other activities funded by the 
                Department;'' and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) an analysis of whether the Director is in 
                compliance with subsection (i)(1)(A) in supporting 
                projects that examine the topics and technologies 
                described in subparagraph (A); and
                    ``(C) current, proposed, and planned projects to be 
                carried out pursuant to subsection (e)(3)(D).''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``October 1, 2010, and October 1, 
                2013'' and inserting ``October 1, 2021, and every 4 
                years thereafter''; and
                    (B) by striking ``3'' and inserting ``4''.
    (d) Coordination and Nonduplication.--Section 5012(i)(1) of the 
America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(i)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``that the activities'' and inserting the 
        following: ``that--
                    ``(A) the activities'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking the 
        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) an award is not provided for a project unless 
                the prospective award recipient demonstrates that--
                            ``(i) the prospective award recipient has 
                        made a sufficient attempt to secure private 
                        financing, as determined by the Director; or
                            ``(ii) the project is not independently 
                        commercially viable.''.
    (e) Evaluation.--Section 5012(l) of the America COMPETES Act (42 
U.S.C. 16538(l)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``After'' and all that 
        follows through ``years'' and inserting ``Not later than 3 
        years after the date of enactment of the ARPA-E Reauthorization 
        Act of 2019''; 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''.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 5012(o)(2) of the 
America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(o)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
        ``paragraphs (4) and (5)'' and inserting ``paragraph (4)''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting 
        the following:
                    ``(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.''.
    (g) 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 ``subpart'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``subparagraph''; and
            (2) in subsection (o)(4)(B), by striking ``(c)(2)(D)'' and 
        inserting ``(c)(2)(C)''.
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