HR 4435 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

To provide for the establishment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.

Introduced Dec 6, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Bart Gordon D-TN

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Dec 17, 2005 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2577)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedDec 6, 2005
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-NCBrad MillerOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-WABrian BairdOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-WAJay InsleeOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-CAJim CostaOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-COMark UdallOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-CANancy PelosiOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-MORuss CarnahanOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalDec 6, 2005
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyDec 8, 2005
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaDec 8, 2005
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonDec 15, 2005
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldDec 15, 2005
D-TNHarold E. Ford Jr.Dec 15, 2005
D-NYMajor R. OwensDec 15, 2005
D-FLRobert WexlerDec 15, 2005
D-NYSteve IsraelDec 15, 2005
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerFeb 1, 2006
D-CADoris O. MatsuiFeb 1, 2006
D-PAChaka FattahMar 2, 2006
D-WIGwen MooreMar 2, 2006
D-CAJane HarmanMar 2, 2006
D-MDChris Van HollenMar 28, 2006
D-WIRon KindApr 26, 2006
D-MISander M. LevinApr 26, 2006
D-NVShelley BerkleyApr 26, 2006
D-OHSherrod BrownApr 26, 2006
R-MIThaddeus G. McCotterMay 10, 2006
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeMay 23, 2006
D-CALynn C. WoolseyMay 24, 2006
D-MNBetty McCollumJun 6, 2006
D-CAAdam B. SchiffJun 14, 2006
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Jun 15, 2006

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseScience, Space, and Technology Committee
Referred Dec 6, 2005
Energy Subcommittee
Referred Dec 12, 2005

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2577)
  2. Dec 12, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
  3. Dec 6, 2005Introduced in House
  4. Dec 6, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2443-2444)
  5. Dec 6, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Science.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E2443Bart Gordon D-TNDec 6, 2005

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 109-45H.R. 5143, THE H-PRIZE ACT OF 200684 pagesScience, Space, and Technology CommitteeApr 27, 2006
Serial No. 109-39SHOULD CONGRESS ESTABLISH ``ARPA-E,'' THE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY-ENERGY?107 pagesScience, Space, and Technology CommitteeMar 9, 2006

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for the establishment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 6, 2005Introduced in House

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