To provide for the establishment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.
Latest action · Dec 17, 2005 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2577)
Progress
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- IntroducedDec 6, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Establishes the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) within the Department of Energy to reduce the amount of energy the United States imports from foreign sources by 20% over the next 10 years.
Establishes the Energy Independence Acceleration Fund, administered by the ARPA-E Director for the award of competitive grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to institutions of higher education, companies, or consortia, including federally funded research and development centers, to achieve specified goals through targeted acceleration of: (1) energy-related research; (2) development of resultant techniques, processes, and technologies, and related testing and evaluation; and (3) demonstration and commercial application of the most promising technologies and research applications.
Directs the Secretary to establish procedures and criteria for recoupment of the federal share of each project supported under this Act.
Requires the President's Committee on Science and Technology to evaluate for Congress and the public how well ARPA-E is achieving its goals and mission.
Cosponsors 41
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 6, 2005 to Jun 15, 2006, with 17 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Dec 6, 2005 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Dec 6, 2005 |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Original | Dec 6, 2005 |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | Dec 6, 2005 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Dec 6, 2005 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Dec 6, 2005 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Dec 6, 2005 |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Original | Dec 6, 2005 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Dec 6, 2005 |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Original | Dec 6, 2005 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | Dec 6, 2005 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Dec 6, 2005 |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Original | Dec 6, 2005 |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Original | Dec 6, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Dec 6, 2005 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2577)
- Dec 12, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Dec 6, 2005Introduced in House
- Dec 6, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Science.
- Dec 6, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2443-2444)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Alternative energy sources
- Collection of accounts
- Commerce
- Commercialization
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Energy
- Economics and Public Finance
- Energy
- Energy efficiency
- Energy research
- Energy security
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to research
- Federal officials
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Imports
- Intellectual property
- Inventions
- Patents
- Performance measurement
- Public-private partnerships
- Research and development
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Technological innovations
- Technology transfer
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2005Introduced in House
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