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Senate Bill 2503
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act
Active
Amendments
Active
Passed Senate on Jul 23, 2018
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 6, 2018
Latest Action
Jul 24, 2018
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
2503
Congress
115
Policy Area
Energy
Energy
Primary focus of measure is all sources and supplies of energy, including alternative energy sources, oil and gas, coal, nuclear power; efficiency and conservation; costs, prices, and revenues; electric power transmission; public utility matters.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Lisa Murkowski
Alaska
Democrat
Maria Cantwell
Washington
Senate Votes (1)
House Votes (0)
checkPassed on July 23, 2018
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Summary

Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act

Laboratory Modernization and Technology Transfer Act

This bill instructs the Department of Energy (DOE) to permit its National Laboratories to use funds authorized to support technology transfer within DOE to carry out early stage and precommercial technology demonstration activities so as to remove technology barriers limiting private sector interest and to demonstrate potential commercial applications of any research and technologies arising from activities of the national laboratories.

DOE shall carry out its Agreements for Commercializing Technology pilot program, as announced on December 8, 2011, in accordance with this bill.

Department of Energy Research Coordination Act

DOE shall identify strategic opportunities for collaborative research and development of innovative science and technologies.

DOE shall carry out a program to enhance economic, environmental, and energy security by making awards for the establishment of Energy Innovation Hubs to conduct and support research and development of advanced energy technologies.

Department of Energy Office of Science Policy Act

The bill states that the mission of the Office of Science shall be the delivery of scientific discoveries, capabilities, and major scientific tools to transform the understanding of nature and to advance energy, economic, and national security.

The Office of Science shall: (1) carry out specified research programs; (2) assess the potential for any fusion energy project supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E); (3) carry out a program for improving the safety, efficiency, and mission readiness of infrastructure at its laboratories; and (4) ensure the access of researchers to the most advanced accelerator facilities and research capabilities, including the Large Hadron Collider

DOE shall carry out Solar Fuels Research and Electricity Storage Research Initiatives.

The Office of Science may carry out a program for the production of isotopes that are needed for research, medical, industrial, or related purposes.

Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act

By December 31, 2017, DOE shall determine mission need for a versatile reactor-based fast neutron source to operate as a national user facility.

DOE shall: (1) carry out a program for enhancing the nation's capabilities to develop new reactor technologies through high-performance computation modeling and simulation techniques, and (2) submit budget plans for civilian nuclear energy research and development.

Text (3)
Engrossed in Senate
July 23, 2018
Reported to Senate
May 9, 2018
Introduced in Senate
March 6, 2018
Amendments (1)
Jul 23, 2018
Agreed to in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 3404
To strike the provisions relating to nuclear energy innovation capabilities.
Agreed To
Related Bills (2)
Sep 28, 2018
Became Public Law 115-246
21
Sponsorship
House Bill 589
Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act
Became Law
Amendments
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
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Identified By
CRS
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
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Identified By
House
Jun 27, 2018
Passed House
13
Sponsorship
House Bill 5905
Department of Energy Science and Innovation Act of 2018
Active
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (11)
07/24/2018
Held at the desk.
07/24/2018
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
07/24/2018
Received in the House.
07/23/2018
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
07/23/2018
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
07/23/2018
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5219-5225; text: CR S5219-2525)
05/09/2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 404.
05/09/2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-241.
03/08/2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
03/06/2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
03/06/2018
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:40:01 PM
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