#aaith ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #acfh ,,an ,,act ,to provide for ,department of ,energy and ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration research and development coordination1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,,doe and ,,nasa ,interagency ,research ,coordination ,act4 #b4 ,department of ,energy and ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration research and development coordination 7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of ,energy 7in this section referred to as the ,secretary7 and the ,administrator of the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration 7in this section referred to as the ,administrator7 may carry out1 as practicable1 cross-cutting and collaborative research and development activities to support the advancement of ,department of ,energy and ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration mission requirements and priorities4 ,the ,secretary and ,administrator1 in accordance with subsection 7e71 may make competitive awards to carry out such activities4 7b7 ,memoranda of understanding ,the ,secretary and the ,administrator shall coordinate the activities under subsection 7a7 through memoranda of understanding1 or other appropriate interagency agreements4 7c7 ,coordination ,in carrying out the activities under subsection 7a71 the ,secretary and the ,administrator may carry out the following3 7#a7 ,conduct collaborative research and development activities in a variety of focus areas that may include the following3 7,a7 ,propulsion systems and components1 including nuclear thermal and nuclear electric propulsion1 radioisotope power systems1 thermoelectric generators1 advanced nuclear fuels1 and heater units4 7,b7 ,modeling and simulation1 machine learning1 data assimilation1 large scale data analytics1 and predictive analysis in order to optimize algorithms for mission-related purposes4 7,c7 ,fundamental high energy physics1 astrophysics1 and cosmology1 including the nature of dark energy and dark matter1 in accordance with section #cje of the ,department of ,energy ,research and ,innovation ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahfdc74 7,d7 ,fundamental earth and environmental sciences1 in accordance with section #cjf of the ,department of ,energy ,research and ,innovation ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahfdd7 and section #fjeja of title #ea1 ,united ,states ,code4 7,e7 ,quantum information sciences1 including quantum computing and quantum network infrastructure1 in accordance with sections #djc and #djd of the ,national ,quantum ,initiative ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #hhec and #hhed74 7,f7 ,radiation health effects1 in accordance with section #cjf of the ,department of ,energy ,research and ,innovation ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahfdd74 7,g7 ,ground- and space-based technology necessary for the transmission to the ,earth's surface of solar energy collected in space4 7,h7 ,other areas of potential research and development collaboration the ,secretary and the ,administrator determine important to achieving agency missions and objectives4 7#b7 ,develop methods to accommodate large voluntary data sets on space and aeronautical information on high-performance computing systems with variable quality and scale4 7#c7 ,promote collaboration and data and information sharing between the ,department of ,energy1 ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration1 the ,national ,laboratories1 and other appropriate entities by providing the necessary access and secure data and information transfer capabilities4 7#d7 ,support the ,administration's access to the ,department's research infrastructure and capabilities1 as practicable4 7d7 ,agreements ,in carrying out the activities under subsection 7a71 the ,secretary and the ,administrator are authorized to-- 7#a7 carry out reimbursable and non-reimbursable agreements between the ,department of ,energy and the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration2 and 7#b7 collaborate with other ,federal agencies1 as appropriate4 7e7 ,merit review process ,the ,secretary and the ,administrator shall ensure any competitive awards made to carry out the activities under section 7a7 shall follow all appropriate laws and agency policies1 including the following3 7#a7 ,selection by merit-review-based processes4 7#b7 ,consideration of applications from ,federal agencies1 ,national ,laboratories1 institutions of higher education1 non-profit institutions1 and other appropriate entities4 7f7 ,report ,not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this section1 the ,secretary and the ,administrator shall submit to the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and ,technology of the ,house of ,representatives and the ,committee on ,energy and ,natural ,resources and the ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation of the ,senate1 a report detailing the following3 7#a7 ,interagency research and development coordination activities between the ,department of ,energy and the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration carried out under this section4 7#b7 ,how such coordination activities expand the technical capabilities of the ,department and the ,administration4 7#c7 ,collaborative research and development achievements4 7#d7 ,areas of future mutually beneficial activities1 including potential applications of clean energy technologies1 such as marine energy4 7#e7 ,continuation of coordination activities between the ,department of ,energy and the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration4 7g7 ,research security ,the activities authorized under this section shall be applied in a manner consistent with subtitle ,d of title ,,vi of the ,research and ,development1 ,competition1 and ,innovation ,act 7enacted as division ,b ,public ,law #aag-afg2 #db ,u4,s4,c4 #aibca et seq474 ,passed the ,house of ,representatives ,march #bd1 #bjbe4;,clerk4