ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3681
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2017-09-06
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations

Business investment and capital

Energy research

Freedom of information

Licensing and registrations

Product development and innovation

Research administration and funding

Technology transfer and commercialization
Latest action: action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the AMERICA Competes Act to declare that the following categories of information collected by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) from recipients of ARPA-E financial assistance awards are considered privileged and confidential and not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act: </p> <ul> <li>plans for the commercialization of technologies that have been developed under the award,</li> <li>investments provided to an awardee from third parties,</li> <li>additional financial support that the awardee plans to invest or has invested into the technology developed under the award or that the awardee is seeking from third parties, and </li> <li>revenue from the licensing or sale of new products or services resulting from the research that was conducted under the award. </li> </ul> <p>The bill reauthorizes the ARPA-E through FY2022. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3681 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 6, 2017 Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas (for herself, Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania , Ms. Kaptur , and Mrs. Love ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA–E), and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the ARPA–E Reauthorization Act of 2017 . 2. ARPA–E amendments Section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act ( 42 U.S.C. 16538 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o) and inserting after subsection (m) the following new subsection: (n) Protection of proprietary information The following categories of information collected by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy from recipients of financial assistance awards shall be considered privileged and confidential and not subject to disclosure pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States Code: (1) Plans for commercialization of technologies developed under the award, including business plans, technology to market plans, market studies, and cost and performance models. (2) Investments provided to an awardee from third parties, such as venture capital, hedge fund, or private equity firms, including amounts and percentage of ownership of the awardee provided in return for such investments. (3) Additional financial support that the awardee plans to invest or has invested into the technology developed under the award, or that the awardee is seeking from third parties. (4) Revenue from the licensing or sale of new products or services resulting from the research conducted under the award. ; and (2) in paragraph (2) of subsection (o), as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section, by— (A) striking and at the end of subparagraph (D); (B) striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) and inserting a semicolon; and (C) adding at the end the following: (F) $330,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; (G) $337,365,000 for fiscal year 2019; (H) $354,233,250 for fiscal year 2020; (I) $371,944,913 for fiscal year 2021; and (J) $390,542,158 for fiscal year 2022. .