MANAGEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

SEC. 10723. MANAGEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. Section 41201 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 18861) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by inserting “including the Office of Technology Transitions, the Loan Program Office, and all applied program offices,” after “Department,”; (2) in subsection (d), by inserting “, including by using the authorities in section 10726 of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act,” after “personnel”; (3) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (g), (h), and (i), respectively; (4) by adding after subsection (d) the following: “(e) Additional Authority.—The Secretary may solicit, select, and manage covered projects directly through the program. “(f) Project Termination.—Should an ongoing covered project receive an unfavorable review under subsection (c)(5), the Secretary or their designee may cease funding the covered project and reallocate the remaining funds to new or existing covered projects carried out by that program office.” ; and (5) in subsection (h)(1) (as so redesignated), by striking “The Secretary” and inserting “In accordance with section 9007 of division Z of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260), the Secretary”.