ARPA–E Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019
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What it doesSummary 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.
What just happenedJul 23, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 23, 2019
- Jul 23, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Science, Space, and Technology Committee - Jul 23, 2019IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 23, 2019IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House