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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4376 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out certain upgrades to research 

equipment and the construction of a research user facility, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 13, 2017 

Mr. KNIGHT (for himself, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. WEBER

of Texas, and Mr. HULTGREN) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out certain upgrades to research equipment and the construction of 

a research user facility, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Energy 

5 Research Infrastructure Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADVANCED LIGHT SOURCE UPGRADE. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall 

8 provide for the upgrade to the Advanced Light Source de9 scribed in the publication approved by the Basic Energy 


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1 Sciences Advisory Committee on June 9, 2016, titled ‘‘Re2 port on Facility Upgrades’’, including the development of 

3 a multi-bend achromat lattice to produce a high flux of 

4 coherent x-rays within the soft x-ray energy region. 

5 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) FLUX.—The term ‘‘flux’’ means the rate of 

7 flow of photons. 

8 (2) SOFT X-RAY.—The term ‘‘soft x-ray’’ means 

9 a photon with energy in the range from 50 to 2,000 

10 electron volts. 

11 (c) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Secretary shall, to 

12 the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of 

13 full operations of the upgrade under this section occurs 

14 before December 31, 2026. 

15 (d) FUNDING.—Out of funds appropriated to the Of16 fice of Science, there shall be made available to the Sec17 retary to carry out the upgrade under this section— 

18 (1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

19 (2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

20 (3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

21 (4) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

22 (5) $52,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

23 (6) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 

24 (7) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 


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1 SEC. 3. LINAC COHERENT LIGHT SOURCE II HIGH ENERGY 

2 UPGRADE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall 

4 provide for the upgrade to the Linac Coherent Light 

5 Source II facility described in the publication approved by 

6 the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee on June 

7 9, 2016, titled ‘‘Report on Facility Upgrades’’, including 

8 the development of experimental capabilities for high en9 ergy x-rays to reveal fundamental scientific discoveries. 

10 The Secretary shall ensure the upgrade under this section 

11 enables the production and use of high energy, ultra-short 

12 pulse x-rays delivered at a high repetition rate. 

13 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) HIGH ENERGY X-RAY.—The term a ‘‘high 

15 energy x-ray’’ means a photon with an energy at or 

16 exceeding 12 kiloelectron volts. 

17 (2) HIGH REPETITION RATE.—The term ‘‘high 

18 repetition rate’’ means the delivery of x-ray pulses 

19 up to one million pulses per second. 

20 (3) ULTRA-SHORT PULSE X-RAYS.—The term 

21 ‘‘ultra-short pulse x-rays’’ means x-ray bursts capa22 ble of durations of less than one hundred 

23 femtoseconds. 

24 (c) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Secretary shall, to 

25 the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of 


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1 full operations of the upgrade under this section occurs 

2 before December 31, 2025. 

3 (d) FUNDING.—Out of funds appropriated to the Of4 fice of Science, there shall be made available to the Sec5 retary to carry out the upgrade under this section— 

6 (1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

7 (2) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

8 (3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

9 (4) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

10 (5) $54,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 

11 (6) $31,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 

12 SEC. 4. FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall 

14 provide for a Facility for Rare Isotope Beams to advance 

15 the understanding of rare nuclear isotopes and the evo16 lution of the cosmos. 

17 (b) FACILITY CAPABILITY.—In carrying out sub18 section (a), the Secretary shall provide for, at a minimum, 

19 a rare isotope beam facility capable of 400 kW of beam 

20 power. 

21 (c) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Secretary shall, to 

22 the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of 

23 full operations of the facility under this section occurs be24 fore June 30, 2022, with early operation in 2018. 


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1 (d) FUNDING.—Out of funds appropriated to the Of2 fice of Science, there shall be made available to the Sec3 retary to carry out activities, including construction of the 

4 facility, under this section— 

5 (1) $101,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

6 (2) $103,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

7 (3) $104,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

8 (4) $105,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; and 

9 (5) $106,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 

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