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Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act

Introduced: March 6, 2018 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 24, 2018
Held at the desk.
Jul 24, 2018
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 24, 2018
Received in the House.
Jul 23, 2018
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Jul 23, 2018
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Jul 23, 2018
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5219-5225; text: CR S5219-2525)
May 9, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 404.
May 9, 2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-241.
Mar 8, 2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 6, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 6, 2018
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act

Laboratory Modernization and Technology Transfer Act

This bill instructs the Department of Energy (DOE) to permit its National Laboratories to use funds authorized to support technology transfer within DOE to carry out early stage and precommercial technology demonstration activities so as to remove technology barriers limiting private sector interest and to demonstrate potential commercial applications of any research and technologies arising from activities of the national laboratories.

DOE shall carry out its Agreements for Commercializing Technology pilot program, as announced on December 8, 2011, in accordance with this bill.

Department of Energy Research Coordination Act

DOE shall identify strategic opportunities for collaborative research and development of innovative science and technologies.

DOE shall carry out a program to enhance economic, environmental, and energy security by making awards for the establishment of Energy Innovation Hubs to conduct and support research and development of advanced energy technologies.

Department of Energy Office of Science Policy Act

The bill states that the mission of the Office of Science shall be the delivery of scientific discoveries, capabilities, and major scientific tools to transform the understanding of nature and to advance energy, economic, and national security.

The Office of Science shall: (1) carry out specified research programs; (2) assess the potential for any fusion energy project supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E); (3) carry out a program for improving the safety, efficiency, and mission readiness of infrastructure at its laboratories; and (4) ensure the access of researchers to the most advanced accelerator facilities and research capabilities, including the Large Hadron Collider

DOE shall carry out Solar Fuels Research and Electricity Storage Research Initiatives.

The Office of Science may carry out a program for the production of isotopes that are needed for research, medical, industrial, or related purposes.

Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act

By December 31, 2017, DOE shall determine mission need for a versatile reactor-based fast neutron source to operate as a national user facility.

DOE shall: (1) carry out a program for enhancing the nation's capabilities to develop new reactor technologies through high-performance computation modeling and simulation techniques, and (2) submit budget plans for civilian nuclear energy research and development.

What's happening now July 24, 2018

Held at the desk.

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