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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4905 

To guide and provide for research activities at the Department of Energy 

Office of Science, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 22, 2010 

Mr. BAIRD (for himself and Mrs. BIGGERT) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Science and Technology 

A BILL 

To guide and provide for research activities at the Department of Energy Office of Science, 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 Office of Science Authorization Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 Except as otherwise provided, in this Act: 

8 (1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

9 means the Department of Energy. 


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1 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

2 the Director of the Office of Science. 

3 (3) OFFICE OF SCIENCE.—The term ‘‘Office of 

4 Science’’ means the Department of Energy Office of 

5 Science. 

6 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

7 the Secretary of Energy. 

8 SEC. 3. OFFICE OF SCIENCE ACTIVITIES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out, 

10 through the Office of Science, research, development, dem11 onstration, and commercial application activities in science 

12 supporting the missions of the Department, including pro13 grams on basic energy sciences, biological and environ14 mental research, advanced scientific computing research, 

15 fusion energy sciences, high energy physics, and nuclear 

16 physics. 

17 (b) SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES.—The activities de18 scribed in subsection (a) shall include providing for rel19 evant facilities and infrastructure, analysis, coordination, 

20 and education and outreach activities. 

21 (c) OTHER AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—In addition to 

22 the activities authorized under this Act, the Office of 

23 Science shall carry out such other activities it is author24 ized or required to carry out by law. 


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1 (d) COORDINATION AND JOINT ACTIVITIES.—The 

2 Department’s Under Secretary for Science shall ensure 

3 the coordination of activities under this Act with the other 

4 activities of the Department, and shall support joint activi5 ties among the programs of the Department. 

6 SEC. 4. BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES PROGRAM. 

7 (a) PROGRAM.—As part of the activities authorized 

8 under section 3, the Director shall carry out a program 

9 in basic energy sciences, including materials sciences and 

10 engineering, chemical sciences, biosciences, and geo11 sciences, for the purpose of providing the scientific founda12 tions for new energy technologies. 

13 (b) USER FACILITIES.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out 

15 a program for the construction, operation, and main16 tenance of national user facilities to support the pro17 gram under this section. As practicable, these facili18 ties shall serve the needs of the Department, indus19 try, the academic community, and other relevant en20 tities to create and examine new materials and 

21 chemical processes for the purposes of advancing 

22 new energy technologies and improving the competi23 tiveness of the United States. These facilities shall 

24 include— 

25 (A) high-intensity light sources; 


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1 (B) neutron sources; 

2 (C) electron beam characterization centers; 

3 and 

4 (D) nanoscale science research centers. 

5 (2) FACILITY CONSTRUCTION AND UP6 GRADES.—Consistent with the Office of Science’s 

7 project management practices, the Director shall 

8 support construction of— 

9 (A) the National Synchrotron Light Source 

10 II; and 

11 (B) a Second Target Station at the Spall12 ation Neutron Source. 

13 (c) ENERGY FRONTIER RESEARCH CENTERS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out 

15 a grant program to provide awards, on a competi16 tive, merit-reviewed basis, to multi-institutional col17 laborations or other appropriate entities to meet en18 ergy research, development, demonstration, and 

19 commercial application needs identified in— 

20 (A) the Grand Challenges report of the De21 partment’s Basic Energy Sciences Advisory 

22 Committee; 

23 (B) energy-related Grand Challenges for 

24 Engineering, as described by the National 

25 Academy of Engineering; or 


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1 (C) other relevant reports identified by the 

2 Director. 

3 (2) COLLABORATIONS.—A collaboration receiv4 ing a grant under this subsection may include mul5 tiple types of institutions and private sector entities. 

6 (3) DURATION.—Grants shall be provided 

7 under this subsection to a collaboration or entity for 

8 a period of not more than 5 years. Grants may be 

9 renewed for an additional 5 years on a competitive, 

10 merit-reviewed basis. 

11 (4) NO FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION.—No 

12 funding provided pursuant to this subsection may be 

13 used for the construction of new buildings or facili14 ties. 

15 (d) ACCELERATOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOP16 MENT.—The Director shall carry out research and devel17 opment on advanced accelerator technologies relevant to 

18 the development of Basic Energy Sciences user facilities, 

19 in consultation with the Office of Science’s High Energy 

20 Physics and Nuclear Physics programs. 

21 SEC. 5. BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 

22 PROGRAM. 

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1 mercial application in the areas of biological, climate, and 

2 environmental systems science to support the energy and 

3 environmental missions of the Department. 

4 (b) BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS SCIENCE SUBPROGRAM.— 

5 (1) SUBPROGRAM.—As part of the activities au6 thorized under subsection (a), the Director shall 

7 carry out a subprogram of research, development, 

8 and demonstration on fundamental, structural, com9 putational, and systems biology to increase systems10 level understanding of complex biological systems, 

11 which shall include activities to— 

12 (A) increase cost-effective sustainable pro13 duction of biomass-based liquid transportation 

14 fuels, bioenergy, and biobased products that 

15 minimize greenhouse gas emissions; 

16 (B) remove carbon dioxide from the atmos17 phere, through photosynthesis and other bio18 logical processes, for sequestration and storage; 

19 and 

20 (C) destroy, immobilize, or remove con21 taminants from subsurface environments, in22 cluding at facilities of the Department. 

23 (2) RESEARCH PLAN.—Not later than 1 year 

24 after the date of enactment of this Act, and at least 

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1 pare and transmit to Congress a research plan de2 scribing how the subprogram authorized under this 

3 subsection will be undertaken. 

4 (3) BIOENERGY RESEARCH CENTERS.— 

5 (A) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS.—In 

6 carrying out the subprogram under paragraph 

7 (1), the Director shall establish or maintain at 

8 least 3 bioenergy research centers to accelerate 

9 basic biological research, development, dem10 onstration, and commercial application of bio11 mass-based liquid transportation fuels, bio12 energy, and biobased products that reduce 

13 greenhouse gas emissions and are produced 

14 from a variety of regionally diverse feedstocks. 

15 (B) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—The 

16 Secretary shall ensure that the bioenergy re17 search centers under this paragraph are estab18 lished in geographically diverse locations. 

19 (C) SELECTION AND DURATION.— 

20 (i) IN GENERAL.—A center under this 

21 paragraph shall be selected on a competi22 tive basis for a period of 5 years. 

23 (ii) REAPPLICATION.—After the end 

24 of the period described in clause (i), a 


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1 grantee may reapply for selection on a 

2 competitive, merit-reviewed basis. 

3 (4) ENABLING SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY PLAN.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con5 sultation with other relevant Federal agencies, 

6 the academic community, research-based non7 profit entities, and the private sector, shall de8 velop a comprehensive plan for federally sup9 ported research and development activities that 

10 will support the energy and environmental mis11 sions of the Department and accelerate the 

12 growth of a competitive synthetic biology indus13 try in the United States. 

14 (B) PLAN.—The plan developed under sub15 paragraph (A) shall assess the need to create a 

16 database for synthetic biology information, the 

17 need and process for developing standards for 

18 biological parts, components and systems, and 

19 the need for a federally funded facility that en20 ables the discovery, design, development, pro21 duction, and systematic use of parts, compo22 nents, and systems created through synthetic 

23 biology. 

24 (C) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Sec25 retary shall transmit the plan developed under 


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1 subparagraph (A) to the Congress not later 

2 than 9 months after the date of enactment of 

3 this Act. 

4 (5) COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND SYSTEMS

5 BIOLOGY KNOWLEDGEBASE.—As part of the subpro6 gram described in paragraph (1), the Director shall 

7 carry out research in computational biology, acquire 

8 or otherwise ensure the availability of hardware for 

9 biology-specific computation, and establish and 

10 maintain an open virtual database and information 

11 management system to centrally integrate systems 

12 biology data, analytical software, and computational 

13 modeling tools that will allow data sharing and free 

14 information exchange in the scientific community. 

15 (6) REPEAL.—Section 977 of the Energy Policy 

16 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16317) is repealed. 

17 (c) CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES SUB18 PROGRAM.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activities au20 thorized under subsection (a), the Director shall 

21 carry out a subprogram of climate and environ22 mental science research, which shall include activi23 ties to— 

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1 sphere, including oceans, to increased green2 house gas emissions, and any associated 

3 changes in climate; 

4 (B) sequester, destroy, immobilize, or re5 move contaminants and carbon from subsurface 

6 environments, including at facilities of the De7 partment; and 

8 (C) develop potential mitigation and adap9 tation options for increased greenhouse gas 

10 emissions and any associated changes in cli11 mate. 

12 (2) SUBSURFACE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY RE13 SEARCH.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—As part of the subpro15 gram described in paragraph (1), the Director 

16 shall carry out research to advance a funda17 mental understanding of coupled physical, 

18 chemical, and biological processes for control19 ling the movement of sequestered carbon and 

20 subsurface environmental contaminants, includ21 ing field observations of subsurface microorga22 nisms and field-scale subsurface research. 

23 (B) COORDINATION.— 

24 (i) DIRECTOR.—The Director shall 

25 carry out activities under this paragraph in 


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1 accordance with priorities established by 

2 the Department’s Under Secretary for 

3 Science to support and accelerate the de4 contamination of relevant facilities man5 aged by the Department. 

6 (ii) UNDER SECRETARY FOR

7 SCIENCE.—The Department’s Under Sec8 retary for Science shall ensure the coordi9 nation of the activities of the Department, 

10 including activities under this paragraph, 

11 to support and accelerate the decontamina12 tion of relevant facilities managed by the 

13 Department. 

14 (3) NEXT-GENERATION ECOSYSTEM-CLIMATE

15 EXPERIMENT.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in col17 laboration with other relevant agencies who are 

18 participants in the United States Global 

19 Change Research Program, shall carry out the 

20 selection and development of a next-generation 

21 ecosystem-climate change experiment to under22 stand the impact and feedbacks of increased 

23 temperature and elevated carbon levels on eco24 systems. 


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1 (B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 

3 shall transmit to the Congress a report con4 taining— 

5 (i) an identification of the location or 

6 locations that have been selected for the 

7 experiment described in subparagraph (A); 

8 (ii) a description of the need for addi9 tional experiments; and 

10 (iii) an associated research plan. 

11 (4) AMERIFLUX NETWORK COORDINATION AND

12 RESEARCH.—As part of the subprogram described in 

13 paragraph (1), the Director shall carry out research 

14 and coordinate the AmeriFlux Network to directly 

15 observe and understand the exchange of greenhouse 

16 gases, water, and energy within terrestrial eco17 systems and the response of those systems to climate 

18 change and other dynamic terrestrial landscape 

19 changes. The Director, in collaboration with other 

20 relevant Federal agencies, shall— 

21 (A) identify opportunities to incorporate 

22 innovative and emerging observation tech23 nologies and practices into the existing Net24 work; 


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1 (B) conduct research to determine the 

2 need for increased greenhouse gas observation 

3 facilities across North America to meet future 

4 mitigation and adaptation needs of the United 

5 States; and 

6 (C) examine how the technologies and 

7 practices described in subparagraph (A), and 

8 increased coordination among scientific commu9 nities through the Network, have the potential 

10 to help characterize baseline greenhouse gas 

11 emission sources and sinks in the United States 

12 and internationally. 

13 (5) REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CLIMATE MOD14 ELING.—As part of the subprogram described in 

15 paragraph (1), the Director, in collaboration with 

16 the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Re17 search described in section 6, shall carry out re18 search to develop, evaluate, and use high-resolution 

19 regional and global climate and Earth models and 

20 predictions to determine, and support efforts to re21 duce, the impacts of changing climate. 

22 (6) INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT RESEARCH.— 

23 The Director shall carry out research into options 

24 for mitigation of and adaptation to climate change 

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1 tem. Such modeling shall include human processes 

2 and greenhouse gas emissions, land use, and inter3 action among human and Earth systems. 

4 (7) COORDINATION.—The Director shall coordi5 nate activities under this subsection with other Of6 fice of Science activities and with the United States 

7 Global Change Research Program. 

8 (d) USER FACILITIES AND ANCILLARY EQUIP9 MENT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out 

11 a program for the construction, operation, and main12 tenance of user facilities to support the program 

13 under this section. As practicable, these facilities 

14 shall serve the needs of the Department, industry, 

15 the academic community, and other relevant entities. 

16 (2) INCLUDED FUNCTIONS.—User facilities de17 scribed in paragraph (1) shall include facilities which 

18 carry out— 

19 (A) genome sequencing and analysis of 

20 plants, microbes, and microbial communities 

21 using high throughput tools, technologies, and 

22 comparative analysis; 

23 (B) molecular level research in biological 

24 interactions, subsurface science, and the inter25 faces of natural and engineered materials; and 


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1 (C) measurement of cloud and aerosol 

2 properties used for examining atmospheric proc3 esses and evaluating climate model perform4 ance, including ground stations at various loca5 tions, mobile resources, and aerial vehicles. 

6 SEC. 6. ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH 

7 PROGRAM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activities author9 ized under section 3, the Director shall carry out a re10 search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap11 plication program to advance computational and net12 working capabilities to analyze, model, simulate, and pre13 dict complex phenomena relevant to the development of 

14 new energy technologies and the competitiveness of the 

15 United States. 

16 (b) COORDINATION.— 

17 (1) DIRECTOR.—The Director shall carry out 

18 activities under this section in accordance with prior19 ities established by the Department’s Under Sec20 retary for Science to determine and meet the com21 putational and networking research and facility 

22 needs of the Office of Science and all other relevant 

23 energy technology programs within the Department. 

24 (2) UNDER SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE.—The 

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1 sure the coordination of the activities of the Depart2 ment, including activities under this section, to de3 termine and meet the computational and networking 

4 research and facility needs of the Office of Science 

5 and all other relevant energy technology programs 

6 within the Department. 

7 (c) REPORTS.— 

8 (1) ADVANCED COMPUTING FOR ENERGY APPLI9 CATIONS.—Not later than one year after the date of 

10 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit 

11 to the Congress a plan to integrate and leverage the 

12 expertise and capabilities of the program described 

13 in subsection (a), as well as other relevant computa14 tional and networking research programs and re15 sources supported by the Federal Government, to 

16 advance the missions of the Department’s applied 

17 energy and energy efficiency programs. 

18 (2) EXASCALE COMPUTING.—At least 18 

19 months prior to the initiation of construction or in20 stallation of any exascale-class computing facility, 

21 the Secretary shall transmit a plan to the Congress 

22 detailing the proposed facility’s cost projections and 

23 capabilities to significantly accelerate the develop24 ment of new energy technologies. 


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1 (d) APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND SOFTWARE DEVEL2 OPMENT FOR HIGH-END COMPUTING SYSTEMS.—The Di3 rector shall carry out activities to develop, test, maintain, 

4 and support mathematics, models, and algorithms for 

5 complex systems, as well as programming environments, 

6 tools, languages, and operating systems for high-end com7 puting systems (as defined in section 2 of the Department 

8 of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 

9 2004 (15 U.S.C. 5541)). 

10 (e) HIGH-END COMPUTING FACILITIES.—The Direc11 tor shall— 

12 (1) provide for sustained access by the research 

13 community in the United States to high-end com14 puting systems and to Leadership Systems (as de15 fined in section 2 of the Department of Energy 

16 High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 (15 

17 U.S.C. 5541)), including provision of technical sup18 port for users of such systems; and 

19 (2) conduct research and development on next20 generation computing architectures and platforms to 

21 support the missions of the Department. 

22 SEC. 7. FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH PROGRAM. 

23 (a) PROGRAM.—As part of the activities authorized 

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1 tively address the scientific and engineering challenges to 

2 building a cost-competitive fusion power plant and a com3 petitive fusion power industry in the United States. 

4 (b) ITER.—The Director shall coordinate and carry 

5 out the responsibilities of the United States with respect 

6 to the ITER international fusion project pursuant to the 

7 Agreement on the Establishment of the ITER Inter8 national Fusion Energy Organization for the Joint Imple9 mentation of the ITER Project. 

10 (c) IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITIES.—Not later than 

11 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec12 retary shall transmit to the Congress a report on the De13 partment’s proposed research and development activities 

14 in magnetic fusion over the 10 years following the date 

15 of enactment of this Act under four realistic budget sce16 narios. The report shall— 

17 (1) identify priorities for initiation of facility 

18 construction and facility decommissioning under 

19 each of those scenarios; 

20 (2) provide an assessment of the need for a fa21 cility or facilities that can examine and test potential 

22 fusion materials; and 

23 (3) provide an assessment of whether a single 

24 new facility that substantially addresses magnetic 

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1 materials research needs is feasible, in conjunction 

2 with the expected capabilities of facilities operational 

3 as of the date of enactment of this Act. 

4 (d) FUSION MATERIALS RESEARCH AND DEVELOP5 MENT.—The Director, in coordination with the Assistant 

6 Secretary for Nuclear Energy of the Department, shall 

7 carry out research and development activities to identify, 

8 characterize, and create materials that can endure the 

9 neutron, plasma, and heat fluxes expected in a commercial 

10 fusion power plant. 

11 (e) FUSION SIMULATION PROJECT.—In collaboration 

12 with the Office of Science’s Advanced Scientific Com13 puting Research program described in section 6, the Di14 rector shall carry out a computational project to advance 

15 the capability of fusion researchers to accurately simulate 

16 an entire fusion energy system. 

17 (f) INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH AND

18 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

19 shall carry out a program of research and technology de20 velopment in inertial fusion for energy applications, in21 cluding ion beam and laser fusion. 

22 SEC. 8. HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS PROGRAM. 

23 (a) PROGRAM.—As part of the activities authorized 

24 under section 3, the Director shall carry out a research 


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1 program on the elementary constituents of matter and en2 ergy and the nature of space and time. 

3 (b) NEUTRINO RESEARCH.—As part of the program 

4 described in subsection (a), the Director shall carry out 

5 research activities on the nature of the neutrino, which 

6 may— 

7 (1) include collaborations with the National 

8 Science Foundation on relevant projects; and 

9 (2) utilize components of existing accelerator 

10 facilities to produce neutrino beams of sufficient in11 tensity to explore research priorities identified by the 

12 High Energy Physics Advisory Panel or the National 

13 Academy of Sciences. 

14 (c) DARK ENERGY AND DARK MATTER RE15 SEARCH.—As part of the program described in subsection 

16 (a), the Director shall carry out research activities on the 

17 nature of dark energy and dark matter. These activities 

18 shall be consistent with research priorities identified by 

19 the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel or the National 

20 Academy of Sciences, and may include— 

21 (1) the development of space-based and land22 based facilities and experiments; and 

23 (2) collaborations with the National Aeronautics 

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1 Foundation, or international collaborations on rel2 evant research projects. 

3 (d) ACCELERATOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOP4 MENT.—The Director shall carry out research and devel5 opment in advanced accelerator concepts and technologies 

6 to reduce the necessary scope and cost for the next genera7 tion of particle accelerators. 

8 (e) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.—The Direc9 tor, as practicable and in coordination with other appro10 priate Federal agencies as necessary, shall maximize the 

11 access of United States researchers to the most advanced 

12 facilities and research capabilities in the world, including 

13 the Large Hadron Collider. 

14 SEC. 9. NUCLEAR PHYSICS PROGRAM. 

15 (a) PROGRAM.—As part of the activities authorized 

16 under section 3, the Director shall carry out a research 

17 program, and support relevant facilities, to discover and 

18 understand various forms of nuclear matter. 

19 (b) FACILITY CONSTRUCTION AND UPGRADES.— 

20 Consistent with the Office of Science’s project manage21 ment practices, the Director shall carry out— 

22 (1) an upgrade of the Continuous Electron 

23 Beam Accelerator Facility to a 12 gigaelectronvolt 

24 beam of electrons; and 


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1 (2) construction of the Facility for Rare Isotope 

2 Beams. 

3 (c) ISOTOPE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION FOR

4 RESEARCH APPLICATIONS.—The Director shall carry out 

5 a program for the production of isotopes, including the 

6 development of techniques to produce isotopes, that the 

7 Secretary determines are needed for research or other pur8 poses. In making this determination, the Secretary shall 

9 consider any relevant recommendations made by Federal 

10 advisory committees, the National Academies, and inter11 agency working groups in which the Department partici12 pates. 

13 SEC. 10. SCIENCE LABORATORIES INFRASTRUCTURE PRO14 GRAM. 

15 (a) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a pro16 gram to improve the safety, efficiency, and mission readi17 ness of infrastructure at Office of Science laboratories. 

18 The program shall include projects to— 

19 (1) renovate or replace space that does not 

20 meet research needs; 

21 (2) replace facilities that are no longer cost ef22 fective to renovate or operate; 

23 (3) modernize utility systems to prevent failures 

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1 (4) remove excess facilities to allow safe and ef2 ficient operations; and 

3 (5) construct modern facilities to conduct ad4 vanced research in controlled environmental condi5 tions. 

6 (b) MINOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.— 

7 (1) AUTHORITY.—Using operation and mainte8 nance funds or facilities and infrastructure funds 

9 authorized by law, the Secretary may carry out 

10 minor construction projects with respect to labora11 tories administered by the Office of Science. 

12 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall 

13 submit to Congress on an annual basis a report on 

14 each exercise of the authority under subsection (a) 

15 during the preceding fiscal year. Each report shall 

16 provide a brief description of each minor construc17 tion project covered by the report. 

18 (3) COST VARIATION REPORTS.—If, at any time 

19 during the construction of any minor construction 

20 project, the estimated cost of the project is revised 

21 and the revised cost of the project exceeds the minor 

22 construction threshold, the Secretary shall imme23 diately submit to Congress a report explaining the 

24 reasons for the cost variation. 

25 (4) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 


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1 (A) the term ‘‘minor construction project’’ 

2 means any plant project not specifically author3 ized by law for which the approved total esti4 mated cost does not exceed the minor construc5 tion threshold; and 

6 (B) the term ‘‘minor construction thresh7 old’’ means $10,000,000, with such amount to 

8 be adjusted by the Secretary in accordance with 

9 the Engineering News-Record Construction 

10 Cost Index, or an appropriate alternative index 

11 as determined by the Secretary, once every five 

12 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

13 (5) NONAPPLICABILITY.—Sections 4703 and 

14 4704 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 

15 2743 and 2744) shall not apply to laboratories ad16 ministered by the Office of Science. 

17 SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec19 retary for the activities of the Office of Science— 

20 (1) $6,221,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, of 

21 which— 

22 (A) $2,020,000 shall be for Basic Energy 

23 Sciences activities under section 4; 


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1 (B) $700,000 shall be for Biological and 

2 Environmental Research activities under section 

3 5; and 

4 (C) $469,000 shall be for Advanced Sci5 entific Computing Research activities under sec6 tion 6; 

7 (2) $6,656,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, of 

8 which— 

9 (A) $2,220,000 shall be for Basic Energy 

10 Sciences activities under section 4; 

11 (B) $791,000 shall be for Biological and 

12 Environmental Research activities under section 

13 5; and 

14 (C) $515,000 shall be for Advanced Sci15 entific Computing Research activities under sec16 tion 6; 

17 (3) $7,122,000,000 for fiscal year 2013, of 

18 which— 

19 (A) $2,440,000 shall be for Basic Energy 

20 Sciences activities under section 4; 

21 (B) $894,000 shall be for Biological and 

22 Environmental Research activities under section 

23 5; and 


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1 (C) $567,000 shall be for Advanced Sci2 entific Computing Research activities under sec3 tion 6; 

4 (4) $7,621,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, of 

5 which— 

6 (A) $2,690,000 shall be for Basic Energy 

7 Sciences activities under section 4; 

8 (B) $957,000 shall be for Biological and 

9 Environmental Research activities under section 

10 5; and 

11 (C) $624,000 shall be for Advanced Sci12 entific Computing Research activities under sec13 tion 6; and 

14 (5) $8,154,000,000 for fiscal year 2015, of 

15 which— 

16 (A) $2,960,000 shall be for Basic Energy 

17 Sciences activities under section 4; 

18 (B) $1,060,000 shall be for Biological and 

19 Environmental Research activities under section 

20 5; and 

21 (C) $686,000 shall be for Advanced Sci22 entific Computing Research activities under sec23 tion 6. 

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