ARPA–E Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019

Summary

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.

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Timeline

1. 23 July 2019

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

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2. 23 July 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 23 July 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 23 July 2019 · Official file

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• Introduced in House (text)

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Sponsors

• Frank Lucas · R · Sponsor
• Roger Marshall · R · Sponsor
• James Baird · R · Sponsor
• Jenniffer González-Colón · R · Sponsor
• Anthony Gonzalez · R · Sponsor
• Don Bacon · R · Sponsor
• Rob Woodall · R · Sponsor
• Brian Mast · R · Cosponsor
• David McKinley · R · Cosponsor
• Elise Stefanik · R · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to ← ARPA–E Reauthorization Act of 2019
• related to ← Securing American Leadership in Science and Technology Act of 2020