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                     116TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        2d Session     HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES              116-472







                            BETTER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY ACT



                      AUGUST 7, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                       of the Union and ordered to be printed



                     Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, from the Committee on Science, Space, and
                                     Technology, submitted the following


                                              REPORT

                                            [To accompany H.R. 2986]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom was
                     referred the bill (H.R.2986) to amend the United States Energy
                     Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 to establish a research, devel-
                     opment, and demonstration program for grid-scale energy storage
                     systems, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
                     ports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that
                     the bill as amended do pass.

                                                  CONTENTS
                                                                                      Page
                         I. A m en dm en t  ...............................................................................................  2
                         II.  P u rpose  of  th e  B ill  .....................................................................................  6
                       III. Background  and  Need  for the  Legislation  ..............................................  7
                       IV . Com m ittee  H earings  .................................................................................  7
                       V. Committee Consideration  and  Votes  .........................................................  8
                       VI. Summary of M ajor Provisions of the Bill .................................................  8
                       VII. Section-By-Section Analysis (By Title and Section) ................................  9
                       V III.  C om m ittee  V iew s  .......................................................................................  9
                       IX . C ost  E stim ate  ..............................................................................................  9
                       X. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate  .............................................  10
                       XI. Compliance with Public Law 104-4 (Unfunded Mandates) ....................  11
                       XII. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ...........................  11
                       XIII. Statement on General Performance Goals and Objectives ...................... 11
                       XIV. Federal Advisory  Committee  Statement  ...................................................  12
                       XV. Duplication  of Federal Program s  ...............................................................  12
                       XV I.  E arm ark  Identification  ..............................................................................  12
                     XVII. Applicability  to  the  Legislative  Branch  .....................................................  12
                     XVIII. Statement on Preemption of State, Local, or Tribal Law ........................ 12
                     XIX. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, As Reported .......................  12
                       XX. Proceedings of Subcommittee M   arkup  ......................................................  25
                       XXI. Proceedings of Full Committee M  arkup  ....................................................  63
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