Clean Energy Innovation Funding Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7827 To authorize funding for certain offices and programs of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 29, 2020 Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. BEYER, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. TONKO, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. CON- NOLLY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MOORE, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. WILD, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. HECK, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. SOTO, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. SCANLON, and Mr. KILDEE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Nat- ural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak- er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju- risdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To authorize funding for certain offices and programs of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Aug 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7827.IH H7827 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7827 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clean Energy Innova- 2 tion Funding Act of 2020’’. 3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 4 Congress makes the following findings: 5 (1) The urgency of the COVID-19 crisis and 6 the climate crisis require us to advance job-creating 7 innovation policies that reduce pollution as imme- 8 diately as possible, and one important step that we 9 can take now is to increase our Federal investments 10 in clean energy innovation. 11 (2) Equally important, the far-reaching move- 12 ment for racial justice requires us to root out racism 13 on all fronts, and one important way to do that is 14 reduce toxic pollution that disproportionately im- 15 pacts communities of color while building a more eq- 16 uitable energy system. 17 (3) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 18 Change Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C 19 released on October 8, 2018, established a need for 20 unprecedented global action to address climate- 21 warming pollution in the next decade. 22 (4) Fostering innovation in the development of 23 zero-emission energy and industrial processes 24 through increased funding for public research, devel- 25 opment, and demonstration is one essential piece of 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Aug 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7827.IH H7827 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7827 IH a broader suite of policies we must implement in 1 order to meet global decarbonization goals. 2 (5) The United States committed to doubling 3 its public clean energy investments by fiscal year 4 2021 when it helped launch Mission Innovation, a 5 global initiative working to accelerate clean energy 6 innovation, with the European Union and 22 other 7 countries in conjunction with the 2015 Paris Agree- 8 ment. 9 (6) While appropriations for clean energy re- 10 search and development have grown since 2015, cur- 11 rent Federal investments in clean energy are signifi- 12 cantly behind the scale needed to spur 13 decarbonization across the United States economy. 14 (7) The American Energy Innovation Council 15 and the International Energy Agency have called for 16 a tripling in clean energy funding to help ensure a 17 more environmentally sustainable, secure, and af- 18 fordable energy system. 19 (8) Increases in funding for the Department of 20 Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 21 Energy, Advanced Research Projects Agency—En- 22 ergy, Office of Electricity, Office of Indian Energy 23 Policy, and Office of Science clean energy programs, 24 which include basic energy sciences, biological and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Aug 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7827.IH H7827 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 7827 IH environmental research, fusion research and ad- 1 vanced science computing research, are an important 2 step in meeting United States commitments to the 3 Mission Innovation goals and addressing the climate 4 crisis. 5 (9) In addition to helping address the climate 6 crisis, these investments will also spur job growth, 7 new business opportunities and economic recovery; 8 help reduce air and water pollution improve energy 9 security, help secure United States leadership in 10 clean technology innovation, deployment, and manu- 11 facturing; and advance United States economic com- 12 petitiveness internationally as we develop and sell 13 technologies globally. 14 (10) Increases in funding for these research 15 and development programs are vital to addressing 16 pollution from difficult-to-decarbonize sectors, such 17 as industry, aviation, shipping, and heavy-duty 18 transportation. 19 (11) Successful demonstration at commercial 20 scale will be necessary to establish cost, reliability, 21 and performance characteristics, especially in tech- 22 nology related to industrial emissions, energy stor- 23 age, and smart grid deployment. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Aug 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7827.IH H7827 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 7827 IH (12) According to the International Energy 1 Agency, demonstration is an important part of the 2 development of new technologies that includes de- 3 sign, construction, and operation of a prototype of a 4 technology at or near commercial scale with the pur- 5 pose of providing technical, economic, and environ- 6 mental information to industrialists, financiers, reg- 7 ulators, and policymakers. 8 (13) Department of Energy research, develop- 9 ment, and demonstration have already resulted in in- 10 novation and cost reduction across clean energy 11 technologies and, with increased funding, has the po- 12 tential to accelerate these to benefit all sectors and 13 communities. 14 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 15 It is the sense of Congress that— 16 (1) we must help accelerate our transition to a 17 clean-energy economy by significantly increasing in- 18 vestments in Federal research, development, and 19 demonstration that will foster needed advancements 20 in clean energy and deep decarbonization across the 21 economy; 22 (2) increased research, development, and dem- 23 onstration funding for the noted programs is not 24 sufficient on its own to address the climate crisis, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Aug 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7827.IH H7827 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 7827 IH but it is an essential step that must be coupled with 1 a suite of climate polices and investments to maxi- 2 mize adoption of cleaner processes and technologies; 3 (3) in order to maximize the best use of this 4 funding increase, the Department of Energy should 5 use resources in a targeted fashion to address cli- 6 mate change, such as by participating in strategic 7 goal setting and engaging broadly with stakeholders, 8 including industries, utilities, labor unions, and im- 9 pacted communities, especially environmental justice 10 communities; 11 (4) increased Federal investments in energy re- 12 search must be used to create a more just energy 13 system that fairly distributes clean energy benefits, 14 facilitates more representative and inclusive energy 15 decision making, and addresses the disproportionate 16 burdens historically faced by low-income commu- 17 nities and communities of color; 18 (5) it is important for these programs to main- 19 tain a comprehensive approach to innovation that in- 20 cludes early-, mid-, and late-stage research, develop- 21 ment, and market transformation activities; and 22 (6) a modernization of Department of Energy 23 clean energy programs would enable even greater 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Aug 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7827.IH H7827 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 7827 IH progress to help address the climate crisis, includ- 1 ing— 2 (A) an update to the Department of Ener- 3 gy’s mission to explicitly include mitigating cli- 4 mate change and increasing climate resilience 5 would reduce existing barriers to climate-related 6 efforts and allow the Department of Energy to 7 specifically focus resources on emissions-reduc- 8 ing strategies; 9 (B) expanded authorization to conduct 10 workforce development, quality job creation, 11 and social equity programs with a priority focus 12 on communities of color, Tribal communities, 13 low-income communities, deindustrialized com- 14 munities, and communities disproportionally im- 15 pacted by climate change, would better equip 16 the applied energy offices to address these 17 issues that will be key to mitigating climate 18 change; 19 (C) increased emphasis and funding for 20 demonstration and deployment programs would 21 increase the Department of Energy’s ability to 22 get innovative, clean technologies into the mar- 23 ket and ensure that our investments translate 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Aug 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7827.IH H7827 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 7827 IH into domestic manufacturing and good jobs; 1 and 2 (D) elevate and target more resources to- 3 ward the Department of Energy’s work to ad- 4 dress difficult-to-decarbonize sectors, such as 5 transportation, building, and industrial sectors. 6 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATIONS. 7 (a) OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEW- 8 ABLE ENERGY.—There is authorized to be appropriated 9 to the Secretary of Energy for the programs and activities 10 of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 11 of the Department of Energy— 12 (1) $4,146,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 13 (2) $4,837,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 14 (3) $5,528,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 15 (4) $6,219,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 16 (b) ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—EN- 17 ERGY.—Section 5012(o)(2) of the America COMPETES 18 Act (42 U.S.C. 16538(o)(2)) is amended— 19 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 20 the end; 21 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 22 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 23 (3) by adding at the end the following: 24 ‘‘(F) $582,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Aug 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7827.IH H7827 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 7827 IH ‘‘(G) $721,333,333 for fiscal year 2022; 1 ‘‘(H) $860,666,667 for fiscal year 2023; 2 and 3 ‘‘(I) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.’’. 4 (c) OFFICE OF SCIENCE.—There is authorized to be 5 appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for the programs 6 and activities of the Office of Science of the Department 7 of Energy— 8 (1) $7,528,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 9 (2) $8,185,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 10 (3) $8,846,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 11 (4) $9,511,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 12 (d) OFFICE OF ELECTRICITY.—There is authorized 13 to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for the pro- 14 grams and activities of the Office of Electricity of the De- 15 partment of Energy— 16 (1) $232,869,565 for fiscal year 2021; 17 (2) $271,681,159 for fiscal year 2022; 18 (3) $310,492,754 for fiscal year 2023; and 19 (4) $349,304,348 for fiscal year 2024. 20 (e) OFFICE OF INDIAN ENERGY POLICY AND PRO- 21 GRAMS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the 22 Secretary of Energy for the programs and activities of the 23 Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs of the De- 24 partment of Energy— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Aug 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7827.IH H7827 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 7827 IH (1) $32,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 1 (2) $37,333,333.33 for fiscal year 2022; 2 (3) $42,666,666.67 for fiscal year 2023; and 3 (4) $48,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Aug 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7827.IH H7827 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS