On the recordJune 27, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5906) to amend the America COMPETES Act to establish Department of Energy policy for Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 5906 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``ARPA-E Act of 2018''. SEC. 2. ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY-ENERGY. (a) Establishment.--Section 5012(b) of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(b)) is amended by striking ``development of energy technologies'' and inserting ``development of transformative science and technology solutions to address energy, environmental, economic, and national security challenges''. (b) Goals.--Section 5012(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C.…
