ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2006-01-25 — Advanced Research Projects Energy Act (ARPA-E) Act: S.2196 (109th Congress, 2006) — the “Advanced Research Projects Energy Act” — proposed creating a DOE Assistant Secretary to run high-risk, high-payoff energy research and award cash prizes for breakthroughs; referred to committee and did not become law (ARPA-E was later authorized under the 2007 America COMPETES Act). (novelty: 2)