Sec. 601. Crosscutting research and development
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The Secretary shall, through the Under Secretary for Science and Energy, utilize the capabilities of the Department to identify strategic opportunities for collaborative research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of innovative science and technologies for— advancing the understanding of the energy-water-land use nexus; improving energy transmission and distribution systems security and resiliency; utilizing supercritical carbon dioxide in electric power generation; subsurface technology and engineering; exascale computing; cybersecurity; and critical challenges identified through comprehensive energy studies, evaluations, and reviews.
To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall seek to leverage existing programs, and consolidate and coordinate activities, throughout the Department to promote collaboration and crosscutting approaches within programs. The Secretary shall— prioritize activities that promote the utilization of all affordable domestic resources; develop a rigorous and realistic planning, evaluation, and technical assessment framework for setting objective, long-term strategic goals and evaluating progress that ensures the integrity and independence to insulate planning from political influence and the flexibility to adapt to market dynamics; ensure that activities shall be undertaken in a manner that does not duplicate other activities within the Department or other Federal Government activities; and identify programs that may be more effectively left to the States, industry, nongovernmental organizations, institutions of higher education, or other stakeholders.