FY17 Science and Fusion House Appropriations Bill Language (Proposed)(Assembled from House Rules Committee website documents and is expected to bewhat the House and Senate will vote on. MH-5/1/2017)

1. SCIENCE
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For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction,and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessaryfor science activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department ofEnergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition
or condemnation of any real property or facility or for plant or facility
acquisition, construction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 17
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one ambulanceand one bus, $5,392,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of such amount, $182,000,000 shall be available until September 30,
2018, for program direction: Provided further, That of such amount,$50,000,000 shall be available for the ongoing in-kind contributions
provided by facilities located in the United States to the ITER project andrelated support activities carried out by such facilities for the ITER project
and, subject to the notification requirement in section 301(e) of this Act, up
to an additional $50,000,000 of such amount may be made available for inkind contributions and related support activities of ITER.

STATEMENT OF MANAGERS LANGUAGE
The agreement provides $5,392,000,000 for the Office of Science. The agreement
includes legislative language and reprogramming authority for the Secretary
regarding U.S. participation in the ITER project. The agreement provides up to$2,000,000, to be funded from across all Office of Science programs, to support
the Distinguished Scientist Program, as authorized in section 5011 of Public Law110-69.
Advanced Scientific Computing Research.-Within available funds, the agreement
provides $164,000,000 for the exascale initiative, $80,000,000 for the Argonne
Leadership Computing Facility, $110,000,000 for the Oak Ridge Leadership
Computing Facility, $92,145,000 for the National Energy Research ScientificComputing Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, $10,000,000 for theComputational Sciences Graduate Fellowship program, and $45,000,000 for ESnet.

Within available funds, the agreement provides up to $20,000,000 for meeting thechallenges surrounding memory and storage architecture.
Basic Energy Sciences (BES) . - T h e following is the only direction provided for
BES. The agreement provides $15,000,000 for the Experimental Program to
Stimulate Competitive Research; $26,000,000 for exascale systems; $24,088,000
for the Batteries and Energy Storage Hub; $15,000,000 for the Fuels from Sunlight
Hub; $42,500,000 for the Advanced Photon Source Upgrade; $494,059,000 for
optimal operations of the five BES light sources, of which $5,000,000 is for theAdvanced Light Source Upgrade; and $266,000,000 for the High-Flux Neutron
Sources, of which $200,000,000 is for the Spallation Neutron Source, $65,000,000
is for the High-Flux Isotope Reactor, and $1,000,000 is for the Lujan Neutron
Scattering Center. The agreement provides the requested level of funding for theNanoscale Science Research Centers.
Biological and Environmental Research (BER).-Within available funds, theagreement provides $75,000,000 for the three BioEnergy Research Centers and$10,000,000 for exascale computing. The Department is urged to give priority tooptimizing the operation of BER user facilities.
Fusion Energy Sciences.-The agreement provides $212,027,000 for burning
plasma science foundations, $41,569,000 for burning plasma science long pulse,
and $76,404,000 for discovery plasma science. Within available funds, theagreement provides not less than $74,090,000 for the National Spherical Torus
Experiment and not less than $87,100,000 for DIII-D. The Department is directed
to hold additional workshops and submit not later than 180 days after enactment of
this Act to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a reportsummarizing the fusion energy science community's continued efforts hosting
workshops to advance and plan for the long term vision of the fusion energy
sciences field.
High Energy Physics.-The following is the only direction provided for HighEnergy Physics. Within available funds, the agreement provides $15,220,000 forPIP-11, $45,000,000 for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Camera,$12,000,000 for DESI, and $12,500,000 for LUX ZEPLIN.
Nuclear Physics.-Within available funds, the Department is encouraged to fund
optimal operations for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven NationalLaboratory.

Science Laboratories Infrastructure.-The Office of Science is directed to workwith the Office of Nuclear Energy in future budget requests to demonstrate acommitment to operations and maintenance of nuclear facilities at Oak Ridge
National Laboratory that support multiple critical missions.
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY-ENERGY
The agreement provides $306,000,000 for the Advanced Research Projects
Agency-Energy.