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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 1806 (Engrossed in House) — To provide for technological innovation through the prioritization of Federal investment in basic research, fundament... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Title I—National Science Foundation Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 102. Findings. Sec. 103. Policy objectives. Sec. 104. Definitions. Sec. 105. Accountability and transparency. Sec. 106. Greater accountability in Federal funding for research. Sec. 107. Obligation of major research equipment and facilities construction funds.
Sec. 108. Management and oversight of large facilities. Sec. 109. Whistleblower education. Sec. 110. Graduate student support. Sec. 111. Permissible support. Sec. 112. Expanding STEM opportunities. Sec. 113. Review of education programs. Sec. 114. Recompetition of awards. Sec. 115. Sense of the Congress regarding industry investment in STEM education. Sec. 116. Misrepresentation of research results. Sec. 117. Research reproducibility and replication. Sec. 118. Research grant conditions.
Sec. 119. Computing resources study. Sec. 120. Scientific breakthrough prizes. Sec. 121. Rotating personnel. Sec. 122. Sense of Congress regarding Innovation Corps. Sec. 123. Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative. Sec. 124. Noyce scholarship program amendments. Sec. 125. Informal STEM education. Sec. 126. Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. Sec. 127. Hispanic Opportunity Program in Education and Science. Title II—Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Sec. 201.
Findings; sense of Congress. Sec. 202. STEM Education Advisory Panel. Sec. 203. Committee on STEM Education. Sec. 204. STEM Education Coordinating Office. Title III—Office of Science and Technology Policy Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 302. Regulatory efficiency. Sec. 303. Coordination of international science and technology partnerships. Sec. 304. Alternative research funding models. Sec. 305. Amendments to prize competitions. Sec. 306. United States Chief Technology Officer.
Sec. 307. National Research Council study on technology for emergency notifications on university campuses. Title IV—National Institute of Standards and Technology Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 402. Standards and conformity assessment. Sec. 403. Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology. Sec. 404. Police and security authority. Sec. 405. Education and outreach. Sec. 406. Programmatic planning report. Sec. 407. Assessments by the National Research Council. Sec. 408.
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Sec. 409. Elimination of obsolete reports. Sec. 410. Modifications to grants and cooperative agreements. Sec. 411. Information systems standards consultation. Sec. 412. United States-Israeli cooperation. Title V—Department of Energy Science Sec. 501. Mission. Sec. 502. Basic energy sciences. Sec. 503. Advanced scientific computing research. Sec. 504. High energy physics. Sec. 505. Biological and environmental research. Sec. 506. Fusion energy.
Sec. 507. Nuclear physics. Sec. 508. Science laboratories infrastructure program. Sec. 509. Domestic manufacturing. Sec. 510. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 511. Definitions. Title VI—Department of Energy Applied Research and Development Subtitle A—Crosscutting Research and Development Sec. 601. Crosscutting research and development. Sec. 602. Strategic research portfolio analysis and coordination plan. Sec. 603. Strategy for facilities and infrastructure. Sec. 604. Energy Innovation Hubs.
Subtitle B—Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Research and Development Sec. 611. Distributed energy and electric energy systems. Sec. 612. Electric transmission and distribution research and development. Subtitle C—Nuclear Energy Research and Development Sec. 621. Objectives. Sec. 622. Program objectives study. Sec. 623. Nuclear energy research and development programs. Sec. 624. Small modular reactor program. Sec. 625. Fuel cycle research and development. Sec. 626. Nuclear energy enabling technologies program.
Sec. 627. Technical standards collaboration. Sec. 628. Available facilities database. Subtitle D—Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Research and Development Sec. 641. Energy efficiency. Sec. 642. Next Generation Lighting Initiative. Sec. 643. Building standards. Sec. 644. Secondary electric vehicle battery use program. Sec. 645. Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program. Sec. 646. Advanced Energy Technology Transfer Centers. Sec. 647. Renewable energy. Sec. 648. Bioenergy program.
Sec. 649. Concentrating solar power research program. Sec. 650. Renewable energy in public buildings. Subtitle E—Fossil Energy Research and Development Sec. 661. Fossil energy. Sec. 662. Coal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application programs. Sec. 663. High efficiency gas turbines research and development. Subtitle F—Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy Sec. 671. ARPA–E amendments. Subtitle G—Authorization of appropriations Sec. 681. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle H—Definitions Sec. 691. Definitions. Title VII—Department of Energy Technology Transfer Subtitle A—In General Sec. 701. Definitions. Sec. 702. Savings clause. Subtitle B—Innovation Management at Department of Energy Sec. 712. Technology transfer and transitions assessment. Sec. 713. Sense of Congress. Sec. 714. Nuclear energy innovation. Subtitle C—Cross-Sector Partnerships and Grant Competitiveness Sec. 721. Agreements for Commercializing Technology pilot program. Sec. 722.
Public-private partnerships for commercialization. Sec. 723. Inclusion of early-stage technology demonstration in authorized technology transfer activities. Sec. 724. Funding competitiveness for institutions of higher education and other nonprofit institutions. Sec. 725. Participation in the Innovation Corps program. Subtitle D—Assessment of Impact Sec. 731. Report by Government Accountability Office. Title VIII—Sense of Congress Sec. 801. Sense of Congress.
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