# 115-hr-5906: ARPA-E Act of 2018

115-hr-5906, ARPA-E Act of 2018, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] (R-OK); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5906
- Congress: 115
- Title: ARPA-E Act of 2018
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Introduced: 2018-05-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] (R-OK)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

ARPA-E Act of 2018 This bill amends the America COMPETES Act to require the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in the Department of Energy (DOE) to overcome the long-term and high-risk technological barriers in the development of transformative science and technology solutions to address energy, environmental, economic, and national security challenges. (Currently, ARPA-E must overcome barriers in the development of energy technologies.) The bill expands the goals of ARPA-E to include the development of energy technologies that: provide transformative solutions to improve management of radioactive waste, improve the efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of energy production, and address other challenges within the mission of DOE. The bill expands the responsibility of ARPA-E to accelerate novel early-stage research to include nonenergy research. ARPA-E must: include a strategic vision roadmap in each annual report on energy technology projects or advanced technology projects, and ensure that it does not fund an advanced technology project unless the prospective grantee has demonstrated that it has sufficiently attempted to secure private financing or that such project is not independently commercially viable. Specified categories of proprietary information collected by ARPA-E from award recipients shall be considered privileged and confidential and not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.

## Cosponsors (11)

- Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2018-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- LAMAR SMITH (R-TX), 2018-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2018-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25] (R-CA), 2018-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] (R-FL), 2018-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC), 2018-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX), 2018-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] (R-LA), 2018-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ), 2018-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5] (R-LA), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN CULBERSON (R-TX), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-6227: National Quantum Initiative Act
- 115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 115-hr-1697: Israel Anti-Boycott Act
- 115-hr-184: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6398: Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act
- 115-hr-5907: NIMBLE Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-5906 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5906)

## Related
- [115-hr-6227: National Quantum Initiative Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6227)
- [115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5499)
- [115-hr-1697: Israel Anti-Boycott Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1697)
- [115-hr-184: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-184)
- [115-hr-6398: Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6398)
- [115-hr-5907: NIMBLE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5907)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5906 (as of 2025-11-18).