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Union Calendar No. 417 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4377 

[Report No. 115–555] 

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 

FEBRUARY 13, 2018 

Additional sponsors: Mr. FLEISCHMANN and Mrs. NOEM

FEBRUARY 13, 2018 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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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. 


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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 

10 Sciences Advisory Committee on June 9, 2016, titled ‘‘Re11 port on Facility Upgrades’’, including the development of 

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

13 coherent x-rays within the hard x-ray energy region and 

14 a suite of beamlines optimized for this source. 

15 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

17 flow of photons. 

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

19 means a photon with energy greater than 20 

20 kiloelectron volts. 

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

22 the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of 

23 full operations of the upgrade under this section occurs 

24 before December 31, 2025. 


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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 the upgrade under this section— 

4 (1) $93,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

5 (2) $130,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

6 (3) $152,400,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

7 (4) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

8 (5) $73,600,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 

9 (6) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 

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

11 UNDERGROUND NEUTRINO EXPERIMENT. 

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

13 provide for a Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility to facilitate 

14 the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment 

15 to enable a program in neutrino physics to measure the 

16 fundamental properties of neutrinos, explore physics be17 yond the Standard Model, and better clarify the nature 

18 of matter and antimatter. 

19 (b) FACILITY CAPABILITIES.—The Secretary shall 

20 ensure that the facility described in subsection (a) will pro21 vide, at a minimum, the following capabilities: 

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

23 megawatts (MW) of beam power and upgradable to 

24 2.4 MW of beam power. 


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1 (2) Four caverns excavated for a forty kiloton 

2 fiducial detector mass and supporting surface build3 ings and utilities. 

4 (3) Neutrino detector facilities at both the Far 

5 Site in South Dakota and the Near Site in Illinois 

6 to categorize and study neutrinos on their 800-mile 

7 journey between the two sites. 

8 (4) Cryogenic systems to support neutrino de9 tectors. 

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

11 the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of 

12 full operations of the facility under this section occurs be13 fore December 31, 2026. 

14 (d) FUNDING.—Out of funds appropriated to the Of15 fice of Science, there shall be made available to the Sec16 retary to carry out activities, including construction of the 

17 facility, under this section— 

18 (1) $95,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

19 (2) $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

20 (3) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

21 (4) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

22 (5) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

23 (6) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

24 (7) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

25 (8) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 


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1 (9) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

2 SEC. 4. SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE PROTON POWER 

3 UPGRADE. 

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

5 provide for a proton power upgrade to the Spallation Neu6 tron Source. 

7 (b) DEFINITION OF PROTON POWER UPGRADE.— 

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

9 upgrade’’ means the Spallation Neutron Source power up10 grade 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 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) $26,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

7 (2) $70,800,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

8 (3) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

9 (4) $40,500,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

10 (5) $21,100,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

11 (6) $13,200,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 

12 (7) $2,900,000 for fiscal year 2024. 

13 SEC. 5. SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE SECOND TARGET 

14 STATION. 

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

16 provide for a second target station for the Spallation Neu17 tron Source. 

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

19 the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘second target sta20 tion’’ means the Spallation Neutron Source second target 

21 station described in— 

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

23 the Department of Energy titled ‘‘Facilities for the 

24 Future of Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook’’, pub25 lished December 2003; 


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

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

3 An Interim Report on Facilities for the Future of 

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

5 2007; and 

6 (3) the publication approved by the Basic En7 ergy Sciences Advisory Committee on June 9, 2016, 

8 titled ‘‘Report on Facility Upgrades’’. 

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

10 the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of 

11 full operations of the second target station under this sec12 tion occurs before December 31, 2030, with the option for 

13 early operation in 2028. 

14 (d) FUNDING.—Out of funds appropriated to the Of15 fice of Science, there shall be made available to the Sec16 retary to carry out activities, including construction, under 

17 this section— 

18 (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

19 (2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

20 (3) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

21 (4) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

22 (5) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

23 (6) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

24 (7) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

25 (8) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 


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1 (9) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 

2 (10) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; and 

3 (11) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2028. 


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Union Calendar No. 417 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4377 

[Report No. 115–555] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out an 

search user facilities, and for other purposes. upgrade to research equipment and construct reFEBRUARY 13, 2018 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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