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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4377 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out an upgrade to research 

equipment and construct research user facilities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 13, 2017 

Mr. HULTGREN (for himself, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. KNIGHT) 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 an upgrade 

to research equipment and construct research user facilities, 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 ‘‘Accelerating American 

5 Leadership in Science Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADVANCED PHOTON SOURCE UPGRADE. 

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

8 provide for the upgrade to the Advanced Photon Source 

9 described 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 hard x-ray energy region and 

5 a suite of beamlines optimized for this source. 

6 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

8 flow of photons. 

9 (2) HARD X-RAY.—The term ‘‘hard x-ray’’ 

10 means a photon with energy greater than 20 

11 kiloelectron volts. 

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

13 the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of 

14 full operations of the upgrade under this section occurs 

15 before December 31, 2025. 

16 (d) FUNDING.—Out of funds appropriated to the Of17 fice of Science, there shall be made available to the Sec18 retary to carry out the upgrade under this section— 

19 (1) $93,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

20 (2) $130,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

21 (3) $152,400,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

22 (4) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

23 (5) $73,600,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 

24 (6) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 


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1 SEC. 3. LONG-BASELINE NEUTRINO FACILITY FOR DEEP 

2 UNDERGROUND NEUTRINO EXPERIMENT. 

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

4 provide for a Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility to facilitate 

5 the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment 

6 to enable a program in neutrino physics to measure the 

7 fundamental properties of neutrinos, explore physics be8 yond the Standard Model, and better clarify the nature 

9 of matter and antimatter. 

10 (b) FACILITY CAPABILITIES.—The Secretary shall 

11 ensure that the facility described in subsection (a) will pro12 vide, at a minimum, the following capabilities: 

13 (1) A broad-band neutrino beam capable of 1.2 

14 megawatts (MW) of beam power and upgradable to 

15 2.4 MW of beam power. 

16 (2) Four caverns excavated for a forty kiloton 

17 fiducial detector mass and supporting surface build18 ings and utilities. 

19 (3) Neutrino detector facilities at both the Far 

20 Site in South Dakota and the Near Site in Illinois 

21 to categorize and study neutrinos on their 800-mile 

22 journey between the two sites. 

23 (4) Cryogenic systems to support neutrino de24 tectors. 

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

26 the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of 


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1 full operations of the facility under this section occurs be2 fore December 31, 2026. 

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 activities, including construction of the 

6 facility, under this section— 

7 (1) $95,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

8 (2) $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

9 (3) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

10 (4) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

11 (5) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

12 (6) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

13 (7) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

14 (8) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 

15 (9) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

16 SEC. 4. SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE PROTON POWER 

17 UPGRADE. 

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

19 provide for a proton power upgrade to the Spallation Neu20 tron Source. 

21 (b) DEFINITION OF PROTON POWER UPGRADE.— 

22 For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘proton power 

23 upgrade’’ means the Spallation Neutron Source power up24 grade described in— 


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1 (1) the publication of the Office of Science of 

2 the Department of Energy titled ‘‘Facilities for the 

3 Future of Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook’’, pub4 lished December 2003; 

5 (2) the publication of the Office of Science of 

6 the Department of Energy titled ‘‘Four Years Later: 

7 An Interim Report on Facilities for the Future of 

8 Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook’’, published August 

9 2007; and 

10 (3) the publication approved by the Basic En11 ergy Sciences Advisory Committee on June 9, 2016, 

12 titled ‘‘Report on Facility Upgrades’’. 

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

14 the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of 

15 full operations of the upgrade under this section occurs 

16 before December 31, 2025. 

17 (d) FUNDING.—Out of funds appropriated to the Of18 fice of Science, there shall be made available to the Sec19 retary to carry out the upgrade under this section— 

20 (1) $26,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

21 (2) $70,800,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

22 (3) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

23 (4) $40,500,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

24 (5) $21,100,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

25 (6) $13,200,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 


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1 (7) $2,900,000 for fiscal year 2024. 

2 SEC. 5. SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE SECOND TARGET 

3 STATION. 

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

5 provide for a second target station for the Spallation Neu6 tron Source. 

7 (b) DEFINITION OF SECOND TARGET STATION.—For 

8 the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘second target sta9 tion’’ means the Spallation Neutron Source second target 

10 station described in— 

11 (1) the publication of the Office of Science of 

12 the Department of Energy titled ‘‘Facilities for the 

13 Future of Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook’’, pub14 lished December 2003; 

15 (2) the publication of the Office of Science of 

16 the Department of Energy titled ‘‘Four Years Later: 

17 An Interim Report on Facilities for the Future of 

18 Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook’’, published August 

19 2007; and 

20 (3) the publication approved by the Basic En21 ergy Sciences Advisory Committee on June 9, 2016, 

22 titled ‘‘Report on Facility Upgrades’’. 

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

24 the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of 

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1 tion occurs before December 31, 2030, with the option for 

2 early operation in 2028. 

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 activities, including construction, under 

6 this section— 

7 (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

8 (2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

9 (3) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

10 (4) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

11 (5) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

12 (6) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

13 (7) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

14 (8) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

15 (9) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 

16 (10) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; and 

17 (11) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2028. 

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