H.R. 3915 · 116th Congress
ARPA–E Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019
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This bill revises and reauthorizes requirements governing the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in the Department of Energy (DOE).
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 23, 2019
ARPA-E Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019
This bill revises and reauthorizes requirements governing the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in the Department of Energy (DOE).
This bill requires ARPA-E 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 ensure that it does not fund an advanced technology project unless the prospective grantee has demonstrated sufficient attempts to secure private financing or that such project is not independently commercially viable.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: ARPA–E Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019
Latest action (Jul 23, 2019): Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 23, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.