ARPA-E Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5906
Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

ARPA-E Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the America COMPETES Act to require the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in the Department of Energy (DOE) to overcome the long-term and high-risk technological barriers in the development of transformative science and technology solutions to address energy, environmental, economic, and national security challenges. (Currently, ARPA-E must overcome barriers in the development of energy technologies.)
 
The bill expands the goals of ARPA-E to include the development of energy technologies that: 
 
 
provide transformative solutions to improve management of radioactive waste, 
 
improve the efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of energy production, and
 
address other challenges within the mission of DOE.
 
 
The bill expands the responsibility of ARPA-E to accelerate novel early-stage research to include nonenergy research.
 
ARPA-E must: 
 
 
include a strategic vision roadmap in each annual report on energy technology projects or advanced technology projects, and 
 
 ensure that it does not fund an advanced technology project unless the prospective grantee has demonstrated that it has sufficiently attempted to secure private financing or that such project is not independently commercially viable. 
 
 
Specified categories of proprietary information collected by ARPA-E from award recipients shall be considered privileged and confidential and not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5779)
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5779)
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5906.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5779-5781)
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Mr. Lucas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in House