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H.R. 1872 114th Congress House

To authorize Energy Frontier Research Centers.

Introduced: April 16, 2015 See on congress.gov
Energy Energy researchResearch administration and funding
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Aug 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Apr 16, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Apr 16, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 18, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill instructs the Director of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science to make awards, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, to multi-institutional collaborations or other appropriate entities to conduct fundamental and use-inspired energy research to accelerate scientific breakthroughs related to needs identified in both the Grand Challenges report and the report of the DOE Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee entitled "From Quanta to the Continuum: Opportunities for Mesoscale Science," as well as in the Basic Energy Sciences Basic Research Needs workshop report.

Such collaborations may include multiple types of institutions and private sector entities.

No funding may be used to construct new buildings or facilities.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1872: To authorize Energy Frontier Research Centers.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1872/
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