Should Congress accelerate clean energy innovation & change technology transfer programs?
Bill Summary
This bill establishes policy in the Department of Energy for science and energy research and development programs, with a particular aim to accelerate the pace of clean energy innovation, but also to deliver scientific discoveries, capabilities, and major scientific tools to “transform the understanding of nature and to advance the energy, economic, and national security of the United States.” The bill also reforms National Laboratory management and technology transfer programs.
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
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Opponents say
• Makes the energy sector less fossil-fuel dependent.
Proponents say
• There is an immediate and pressing need for progress in the science and energy domains. This bill will create the appropriate apparatus (funds, jobs for researchers etc) to make this progress a reality.
