Energy Innovation Corps

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7934 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7934

   To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish the Energy I-Corps 
                                program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 2020

 Mr. Lipinski introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish the Energy I-Corps 
                                program.

    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 ``Energy Innovation Corps''.

SEC. 2. ENERGY I-CORPS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy (hereinafter referred to 
as the ``Secretary''), acting through the Technology Transfer 
Coordinator established in section 1001(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16391(a)), shall carry out a program to support 
commercial application education, training, professional development, 
and mentorship called the ``Energy Innovation Corps Program'' 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as ``Energy I-Corps'').
    (b) Purpose.--The purposes of Energy I-Corps shall be to help 
participants described in subsection (c) develop skills and to 
accelerate the commercial application of clean energy technologies and 
other technologies related to the mission of the Department of Energy.
    (c) Participants.--The Secretary shall carry out this program for 
participants consisting of--
            (1) employees at the National Laboratories; and
            (2) researchers, students, and clean energy entrepreneurs.
    (d) Activities.--In carrying out Energy I-Corps, the Secretary 
shall support--
            (1) commercial application education, training, and 
        mentoring activities, including workshops, seminars, and short 
        courses;
            (2) engagement with private sector entities to identify 
        future research and development activities; and
            (3) any other activities that the Secretary determines to 
        be relevant.
    (e) State and Local Partnerships.--In carrying out Energy I-Corps, 
the Secretary may engage in partnerships with National Laboratories, 
State and local governments, economic development organizations, and 
nonprofit organizations to broaden access to Energy I-Corps and support 
relevant activities under this subsection.
    (f) Federal Coordination.--In carrying out Energy I-Corps, the 
Secretary may coordinate with any other Federal science agency program 
that carries out a similar program to support entrepreneurial and 
commercial application education, training, professional development, 
and mentorship in order to share best practices.
    (g) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall submit 3 years after the 
enactment of this Act and every 3 years thereafter to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate an evaluation 
on the long-term effectiveness of the Energy I-Corps program and the 
progress towards achieving the purposes of the program in subsection 
(a).
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Technology Transfer Coordinator established in 
section 1001(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16391(a)) 
to carry out the activities authorized in subsection (a)--
            (1) for participants under subsection (c)(1) $3,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025; and
            (2) for participants under subsection (c)(2) $2,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
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