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Union Calendar No. 418 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4376 

[Report No. 115–556] 

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 

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 certain upgrades to research equipment and the construction of 

a research user facility, 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 ‘‘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 

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 soft x-ray energy region. 

14 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

16 flow of photons. 

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

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

19 electron volts. 

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

21 the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of 

22 full operations of the upgrade under this section occurs 

23 before December 31, 2026. 


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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) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

5 (2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

6 (3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

7 (4) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

8 (5) $52,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

9 (6) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 

10 (7) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 

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

12 UPGRADE. 

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

14 provide for the upgrade to the Linac Coherent Light 

15 Source II facility described in the publication approved by 

16 the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee on June 

17 9, 2016, titled ‘‘Report on Facility Upgrades’’, including 

18 the development of experimental capabilities for high en19 ergy x-rays to reveal fundamental scientific discoveries. 

20 The Secretary shall ensure the upgrade under this section 

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

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

23 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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

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

3 exceeding 12 kiloelectron volts. 

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

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

6 up to one million pulses per second. 

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

8 ‘‘ultra-short pulse x-rays’’ means x-ray bursts capa9 ble of durations of less than one hundred 

10 femtoseconds. 

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, 2025. 

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) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

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

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

22 (5) $54,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 

23 (6) $31,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 


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1 SEC. 4. FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS. 

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

3 provide for a Facility for Rare Isotope Beams to advance 

4 the understanding of rare nuclear isotopes and the evo5 lution of the cosmos. 

6 (b) FACILITY CAPABILITY.—In carrying out sub7 section (a), the Secretary shall provide for, at a minimum, 

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

9 power. 

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 June 30, 2022, with early operation in 2018. 

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) $101,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

19 (2) $103,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 

20 (3) $104,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

21 (4) $105,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; and 

22 (5) $106,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 


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Union Calendar No. 418 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4376 

[Report No. 115–556] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out cerother purposes. construction of a research user facility, and for tain upgrades to research equipment and the 

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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