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H.R. 3681: ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2017

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H.R. 3681: ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-09-06 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-09-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2017

Plain summary

ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the AMERICA Competes Act to declare that the following categories of information collected by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) from recipients of ARPA-E financial assistance awards are considered privileged and confidential and not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act: plans for the commercialization of technologies that have been developed under the award, investments provided to an awardee from third parties, additional financial support that the awardee plans to invest or has invested into the technology developed under the award or that the awardee is seeking from third parties, and revenue from the licensing or sale of new products or services resulting from the research that was conducted under the award. The bill reauthorizes the ARPA-E through FY2022.

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Official text

ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] · 39 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Mark Takano (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Jacky Rosen (D-NV)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3681 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115