HR 5906 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

ARPA-E Act of 2018

Introduced May 22, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Frank D. Lucas R-OK

Latest action · Jun 28, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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.

IntroducedMay 22, 2018
Passed HouseJun 27, 2018
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

ARPA-E Act of 2018

This bill amends the America COMPETES Act to require the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in the Department of Energy (DOE) 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:

include a strategic vision roadmap in each annual report on energy technology projects or advanced technology projects, and
ensure that it does not fund an advanced technology project unless the prospective grantee has demonstrated that it has sufficiently attempted to secure private financing or that such project is not independently commercially viable.

Specified categories of proprietary information collected by ARPA-E from award recipients shall be considered privileged and confidential and not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.

Cosponsors 11

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2018 to Jun 27, 2018; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	May 22, 2018
R-LA	Clay Higgins	Original	May 22, 2018
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko	Original	May 22, 2018
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	May 22, 2018
R-TX	Lamar Smith	Original	May 22, 2018
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn	Original	May 22, 2018
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Original	May 22, 2018
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	May 22, 2018
R-CA	Stephen Knight	Original	May 22, 2018
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Jun 27, 2018
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham		Jun 27, 2018

Committees 2

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Science, Space, and Technology Committee	Referred May 22, 2018Markup May 23, 2018
Senate	Energy and Natural Resources Committee	Referred Jun 28, 2018

Actions 10

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 28, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jun 27, 2018Mr. Lucas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 27, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5779-5781)
Jun 27, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5906.
Jun 27, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5779)
Jun 27, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 23, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 23, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 22, 2018Introduced in House
May 22, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

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.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H5779–H5781Text printed H5779	Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, Frank D. Lucas R-OK, Lamar Smith R-TX, Marc A. Veasey D-TX	Jun 27, 2018

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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Jun 26, 2018H.R. 5906, ARPA-E Act of 2018As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on May 23, 2018

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 84, May 22, 2018, page H4583.

Printed hearings 1

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

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
—	PROCEEDINGS OF THE FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP ON H.R. 1224, NIST CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK, ASSESSMENT, AND AUDITING ACT OF 2017942 pages	Science, Space, and Technology Committee	Jan 10, 2017–Nov 15, 2017

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the America COMPETES Act to establish Department of Energy policy for Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: ARPA-E Act of 2018
Short Titles as Passed House: ARPA-E Act of 2018

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 28, 2018Referred in Senate
Jun 27, 2018Engrossed in House
May 22, 2018Introduced in House

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