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H.R. 3915 116th Congress House

ARPA–E Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019

Official title: To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 23, 2019 Introduced by: Frank D. Lucas Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
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Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4091 ARPA–E Reauthorization Act of 2019
  • HR 5685 Securing American Leadership in Science and Technology Act of 2020
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 5
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Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Sep 16, 2019
McKinley, David
· Sep 9, 2019
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Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Aug 30, 2019
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Jul 23, 2019
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Baird, James R.
Indiana · Jul 23, 2019
Gonzalez, Anthony
· Jul 23, 2019
 R
Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Jul 23, 2019
Woodall, Rob
· Jul 23, 2019
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