In December 2010, Congress reauthorized the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (America COMPETES) Act, which established the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) within the Department of Energy (DOE). ARPA-E was initially authorized in the August 2007 America COMPETES Act, Public Law 110-69.

To read the ARPA-E excerpt from the December 2010 reauthorization, click here:
(Excerpt from H. R. 5116, Sec. 904) (PDF 96 KB)

To read the full America Competes Act legislation, click here:
(H. R. 5116) (PDF 248 KB)