,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gicd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #d1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,lipinski introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and     
,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the  
,secretary of ,energy to establish the  
,energy ,i-,corps program4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,energy ,innovation ,corps4  #b4 ,energy
 ,i-,corps  7a7 ,in general ,the        
,secretary of ,energy 7hereinafter      
referred to as the ,secretary71 acting  
through the ,technology ,transfer       
,coordinator established in section     
#ajja7;a7 of the ,energy ,policy ,act of
 #bjje 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #afcia7;a771 shall
 carry out a program to support         
commercial application education1       
training1 professional development1 and 
mentorship called the ,energy           
,innovation ,corps ,program 7hereinafter
 in this section referred to as ,energy 
,i-,corps74  7b7 ,purpose ,the purposes 

of ,energy ,i-,corps shall be to help   
participants described in subsection 7c7
 develop skills and to accelerate the   
commercial application of clean energy  
technologies and other technologies     
related to the mission of the           
,department of ,energy4  7c7            
,participants ,the ,secretary shall     
carry out this program for participants 
consisting of-- 7#a7 employees at the   
,national ,laboratories2 and  7#b7      
researchers1 students1 and clean energy 
entrepreneurs4  7d7 ,activities ,in     
carrying out ,energy ,i-,corps1 the     
,secretary shall support-- 7#a7         
commercial application education1       
training1 and mentoring activities1     
including workshops1 seminars1 and short
 courses2  7#b7 engagement with private 
sector entities to identify future      
research and development activities2 and
  7#c7 any other activities that the    
,secretary determines to be relevant4   
7e7 ,state and local partnerships ,in   
carrying out ,energy ,i-,corps1 the     

,secretary may engage in partnerships   
with ,national ,laboratories1 ,state and
 local governments1 economic development
 organizations1 and nonprofit           
organizations to broaden access to      
,energy ,i-,corps and support relevant  
activities under this subsection4  7f7  
,federal coordination ,in carrying out  
,energy ,i-,corps1 the ,secretary may   
coordinate with any other ,federal      
science agency program that carries out 
a similar program to support            
entrepreneurial and commercial          
application education1 training1        
professional development1 and mentorship
 in order to share best practices4  7g7 
,evaluation ,the ,secretary shall submit
 #c years after the enactment of this   
,act and every #c years thereafter to   
the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and 
,technology of the ,house of            
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,energy and ,natural ,resources of the  
,senate an evaluation on the long-term  
effectiveness of the ,energy ,i-,corps  

program and the progress towards        
achieving the purposes of the program in
 subsection 7a74  7h7 ,authorization of 
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated to the ,technology      
,transfer ,coordinator established in   
section #ajja7;a7 of the ,energy ,policy
 ,act of #bjje 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#afcia7;a77 to carry out the activities 
authorized in subsection 7a7-- 7#a7 for 
participants under subsection 7c77#a7   
#c1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years     
#bjba through #bjbe2 and  7#b7 for      
participants under subsection 7c77#b7   
#b1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years     
#bjba through #bjbe4