IIB 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3593 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 12, 2021 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To provide guidance for and investment in the research and 

development activities of 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Science for the Future Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. MISSION OF THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE. 

5 Section 209 of the Department of Energy Organiza6 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7139) is amended by adding at the 

7 end the following: 

8 ‘‘(d) USER FACILITIES.—The Director shall carry 

9 out the construction, operation, and maintenance of user 

10 facilities to support the mission described in subsection 

11 (c). As practicable, these facilities shall serve the needs 

12 of the Department, industry, the academic community, 

13 and other relevant entities for the purposes of advancing 

14 the missions of the Department, improving the competi15 tiveness of the United States, protecting public health and 

16 safety, and addressing other national priorities including 

17 emergencies. 

18 ‘‘(e) COORDINATION.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary— 

20 ‘‘(A) shall ensure the coordination of the 

21 Office of Science with the other activities of the 

22 Department; 

23 ‘‘(B) shall support joint activities among 

24 the programs of the Department; 


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1 ‘‘(C) shall coordinate with other relevant 

2 Federal agencies in supporting advancements in 

3 related research areas as appropriate; and 

4 ‘‘(D) may form partnerships to enhance 

5 the utilization of and ensure access to user fa6 cilities by other Federal agencies. 

7 ‘‘(2) OFFICE OF SCIENCE.—The Director— 

8 ‘‘(A) shall ensure the coordination of pro9 grams and activities carried out by the Office of 

10 Science; and 

11 ‘‘(B) shall direct all programs which have 

12 not recently completed a future planning road13 map consistent with the funding of such pro14 grams authorized under the Department of En15 ergy Science for the Future Act to complete 

16 such a roadmap.’’. 

17 SEC. 3. BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES PROGRAM. 

18 (a) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESEARCH AND INNO19 VATION ACT.—Section 303 of the Department of Energy 

20 Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18641) is amend21 ed— 

22 (1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (e) 

23 as subsections (c) through (g), respectively; and 

24 (2) by inserting before subsection (c), as so re25 designated, the following: 


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

2 under section 209 of the Department of Energy Organiza3 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7139), the Director shall carry out 

4 a research and development program in basic energy 

5 sciences, including materials sciences and engineering, 

6 chemical sciences, physical biosciences, geosciences, and 

7 other disciplines, to understand, model, and control matter 

8 and energy at the electronic, atomic, and molecular levels 

9 in order to provide the foundations for new energy tech10 nologies, address scientific grand challenges, and support 

11 the energy, environment, and national security missions 

12 of the Department. 

13 ‘‘(b) SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY.—In carrying out 

14 chemistry-related research and development activities 

15 under this section, the Director shall prioritize research 

16 and development of sustainable chemistry to support 

17 clean, safe, and economic alternatives and methodologies 

18 to traditional chemical products and processes.’’; 

19 (3) in subsection (d), as so redesignated— 

20 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

21 (i) subparagraph (C), by striking 

22 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

23 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

24 (D) as subparagraph (E); and 


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1 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

2 (C) the following: 

3 ‘‘(D) autonomous chemistry and materials 

4 synthesis and characterization facilities that le5 verage advances in artificial intelligence; and’’; 

6 and 

7 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(4) ADVANCED PHOTON SOURCE UPGRADE.— 

9 ‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(i) FLUX.—The term ‘flux’ means 

11 the rate of flow of photons. 

12 ‘‘(ii) HARD X-RAY.—The term ‘hard 

13 x-ray’ means a photon with energy greater 

14 than 20 kiloelectron volts. 

15 ‘‘(B) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

16 provide for the upgrade to the Advanced Pho17 ton Source described in the publication ap18 proved by the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory 

19 Committee on June 9, 2016, titled ‘Report on 

20 Facility Upgrades’, including the development 

21 of a multi-bend achromat lattice to produce a 

22 high flux of coherent x-rays within the hard x23 ray energy region and a suite of beamlines opti24 mized for this source. 


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1 ‘‘(C) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Sec2 retary shall, subject to the availability of appro3 priations, ensure that the start of full oper4 ations of the upgrade under this paragraph oc5 curs before March 31, 2026. 

6 ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 

7 to be appropriated under subsection (j), there 

8 shall be made available to the Secretary to 

9 carry out the upgrade under this paragraph 

10 $101,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and 

11 $56,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 

12 ‘‘(5) SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE PROTON

13 POWER UPGRADE.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

15 provide for the proton power upgrade to the 

16 Spallation Neutron Source. 

17 ‘‘(B) PROTON POWER UPGRADE DE18 FINED.—For the purposes of this paragraph, 

19 the term ‘proton power upgrade’ means the 

20 Spallation Neutron Source power upgrade de21 scribed in— 

22 ‘‘(i) the publication titled ‘Facilities 

23 for the Future of Science: A Twenty-Year 

24 Outlook’, published by the Office of 


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1 Science of the Department of Energy in 

2 December, 2003; 

3 ‘‘(ii) the publication titled ‘Four Years 

4 Later: An Interim Report on Facilities for 

5 the Future of Science: A Twenty-Year 

6 Outlook’, published by the Office of 

7 Science of the Department of Energy in 

8 August, 2007; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) the publication approved by the 

10 Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 

11 on June 9, 2016, titled ‘Report on Facility 

12 Upgrades’. 

13 ‘‘(C) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Sec14 retary shall, subject to the availability of appro15 priations, ensure that the start of full oper16 ations of the upgrade under this paragraph oc17 curs before July 30, 2028, with the option for 

18 early operation in 2025. 

19 ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 

20 to be appropriated under subsection (j), there 

21 shall be made available to the Secretary to 

22 carry out the upgrade under this paragraph 

23 $49,800,000 for fiscal year 2022. 

24 ‘‘(6) SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE SECOND

25 TARGET STATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

2 provide for a second target station for the 

3 Spallation Neutron Source. 

4 ‘‘(B) SECOND TARGET STATION DE5 FINED.—For the purposes of this paragraph, 

6 the term ‘second target station’ means the 

7 Spallation Neutron Source second target station 

8 described in— 

9 ‘‘(i) the publication titled, ‘Facilities 

10 for the Future of Science: A Twenty-Year 

11 Outlook’, published by the Office of 

12 Science of the Department of Energy in 

13 December, 2003; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the publication titled, ‘Four 

15 Years Later: An Interim Report on Facili16 ties for the Future of Science: A Twenty17 Year Outlook’, published by the Office of 

18 Science of the Department of Energy in 

19 August, 2007; and 

20 ‘‘(iii) the publication approved by the 

21 Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 

22 on June 9, 2016, titled ‘Report on Facility 

23 Upgrades’. 

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1 priations, ensure that the start of full oper2 ations of the second target station under this 

3 paragraph occurs before December 31, 2033, 

4 with the option for early operation in 2029. 

5 ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 

6 to be appropriated under subsection (j), there 

7 shall be made available to the Secretary to 

8 carry out the activities under this paragraph, 

9 including construction— 

10 ‘‘(i) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

11 ‘‘(ii) $127,000,000 for fiscal year 

12 2023; 

13 ‘‘(iii) $204,000,000 for fiscal year 

14 2024; 

15 ‘‘(iv) $279,000,000 for fiscal year 

16 2025; and 

17 ‘‘(v) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 

18 2026. 

19 ‘‘(7) ADVANCED LIGHT SOURCE UPGRADE.— 

20 ‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(i) FLUX.—The term ‘flux’ means 

22 the rate of flow of photons. 

23 ‘‘(ii) SOFT X-RAY.—The term ‘soft x24 ray’ means a photon with energy in the 

25 range from 50 to 2,000 electron volts. 


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1 ‘‘(B) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

2 provide for the upgrade to the Advanced Light 

3 Source described in the publication approved by 

4 the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 

5 on June 9, 2016, titled ‘Report on Facility Up6 grades’, including the development of a 

7 multibend achromat lattice to produce a high 

8 flux of coherent x-rays within the soft x-ray en9 ergy region. 

10 ‘‘(C) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Sec11 retary shall, subject to the availability of appro12 priations, ensure that the start of full oper13 ations of the upgrade under this paragraph oc14 curs before September 30, 2029. 

15 ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 

16 to be appropriated under subsection (j), there 

17 shall be made available to the Secretary to 

18 carry out the upgrade under this paragraph— 

19 ‘‘(i) $75,100,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

20 ‘‘(ii) $135,000,000 for fiscal year 

21 2023; 

22 ‘‘(iii) $102,500,000 for fiscal year 

23 2024; 

24 ‘‘(iv) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 

25 2025; and 


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1 ‘‘(v) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

2 ‘‘(8) LINAC COHERENT LIGHT SOURCE II HIGH

3 ENERGY UPGRADE.— 

4 ‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(i) HIGH ENERGY X-RAY.—The term 

6 ‘high energy x-ray’ means a photon with 

7 an energy in the 5 to 13 kiloelectron volt 

8 range. 

9 ‘‘(ii) HIGH REPETITION RATE.—The 

10 term ‘high repetition rate’ means the deliv11 ery of x-ray pulses up to 1 million pulses 

12 per second. 

13 ‘‘(iii) ULTRA-SHORT PULSE X-RAYS.— 

14 The term ‘ultra-short pulse x-rays’ means 

15 x-ray bursts capable of durations of less 

16 than 100 femtoseconds. 

17 ‘‘(B) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

18 ‘‘(i) provide for the upgrade to the 

19 Linac Coherent Light Source II facility de20 scribed in the publication approved by the 

21 Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 

22 on June 9, 2016, titled ‘Report on Facility 

23 Upgrades’, including the development of 

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1 rays to reveal fundamental scientific dis2 coveries; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) ensure such upgrade enables the 

4 production and use of high energy, ultra5 short pulse x-rays delivered at a high rep6 etition rate. 

7 ‘‘(C) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Sec8 retary shall, subject to the availability of appro9 priations, ensure that the start of full oper10 ations of the upgrade under this paragraph oc11 curs before December 31, 2026. 

12 ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 

13 to be appropriated under subsection (j), there 

14 shall be made available to the Secretary to 

15 carry out the upgrade under this paragraph— 

16 ‘‘(i) $106,925,000 for fiscal year 

17 2022; 

18 ‘‘(ii) $125,925,000 for fiscal year 

19 2023; 

20 ‘‘(iii) $115,000,000 for fiscal year 

21 2024; 

22 ‘‘(iv) $89,000,000 for fiscal year 

23 2025; and 

24 ‘‘(v) $49,344,000 for fiscal year 2026. 


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1 ‘‘(9) CRYOMODULE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE

2 FACILITY.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

4 provide for the construction of a cryomodule re5 pair and maintenance facility to service the 

6 Linac Coherent Light Source II and upgrades 

7 to the facility. The Secretary shall consult with 

8 the private sector, universities, National Lab9 oratories, and relevant Federal agencies to en10 sure that this facility has the capability to 

11 maintain, repair, and test superconducting ra12 diofrequency accelerator components. 

13 ‘‘(B) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 

14 to be appropriated under subsection (j), there 

15 shall be made available to the Secretary to 

16 carry out the activities under this paragraph— 

17 ‘‘(i) $19,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

18 ‘‘(ii) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

19 ‘‘(iii) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 

20 2024; and 

21 ‘‘(iv) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 

22 2025. 

23 ‘‘(10) NANOSCALE SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER

24 RECAPITALIZATION PROJECT.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

2 provide for the recapitalization of the Nanoscale 

3 Science Research Centers, to include the up4 grade of equipment at each Center supported 

5 by the Office of Science on the date of enact6 ment of the Department of Energy Science for 

7 the Future Act, to accelerate advances in the 

8 various fields of science including nanoscience, 

9 materials, chemistry, biology, and quantum in10 formation science. 

11 ‘‘(B) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 

12 to be appropriated under subsection (j), there 

13 shall be made available to the Secretary to 

14 carry out the recapitalization under this para15 graph— 

16 ‘‘(i) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

17 ‘‘(ii) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

18 ‘‘(iii) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 

19 2024; and 

20 ‘‘(iv) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 

21 2025.’’; and 

22 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(h) COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS AND CHEMICAL

24 SCIENCES.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall support 

2 a program of research and development for the ap3 plication of advanced computing practices to 

4 foundational and emerging research problems in 

5 chemistry and materials science. Research activities 

6 shall include— 

7 ‘‘(A) chemical catalysis research and devel8 opment; 

9 ‘‘(B) the use of large data sets to model 

10 materials phenomena, including through ad11 vanced characterization of materials, materials 

12 synthesis, processing, and innovative use of ex13 perimental and theoretical data; 

14 ‘‘(C) co-design of chemical system and 

15 chemistry modeling software with advanced 

16 computing systems and hardware technologies; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(D) modeling of chemical processes, as19 semblies, and reactions such as molecular dy20 namics and quantum chemistry, including 

21 through novel computing methods. 

22 ‘‘(2) COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS AND CHEM23 ICAL SCIENCES CENTERS.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 

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1 Director shall select and establish up to six 

2 computational materials and chemical sciences 

3 centers to— 

4 ‘‘(i) develop open-source, robust, and 

5 validated computational codes and user6 friendly software, coupled with innovative 

7 use of experimental and theoretical data, 

8 to enable the design, discovery, and devel9 opment of new materials and chemical sys10 tems; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) focus on overcoming challenges 

12 and maximizing the benefits of exascale 

13 and other high performance computing 

14 underpinned by accelerated node tech15 nologies. 

16 ‘‘(B) SELECTION.—The Director shall se17 lect centers under subparagraph (A) on a com18 petitive, merit-reviewed basis. The Director 

19 shall consider applications from the National 

20 Laboratories, institutes of higher education, 

21 multi-institutional collaborations, and other ap22 propriate entities. 

23 ‘‘(C) DURATION.— 

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1 riod of not more than 5 years beginning on 

2 the date of establishment of that center, 

3 subject to the availability of appropria4 tions. 

5 ‘‘(ii) A center already in existence on 

6 the date of enactment of the Department 

7 of Energy Science for the Future Act may 

8 continue to receive support for a period of 

9 not more than 5 years beginning on the 

10 date of establishment of that center. 

11 ‘‘(D) RENEWAL.—Upon the expiration of 

12 any period of support of a center under this 

13 subsection, the Director may renew support for 

14 the center, on a merit-reviewed basis, for a pe15 riod of not more than 5 years. 

16 ‘‘(E) TERMINATION.—Consistent with the 

17 existing authorities of the Department, the Di18 rector may terminate an underperforming cen19 ter for cause during the performance period. 

20 ‘‘(i) MATERIALS RESEARCH DATABASE.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall support 

22 the development of a web-based platform to develop 

23 and provide access to a database of computed infor24 mation on known and predicted materials properties 


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1 and computational tools to accelerate breakthroughs 

2 in materials discovery and design. 

3 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—In carrying out this sub4 section, the Director shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) conduct cooperative research with in6 dustry, academia, and other research institu7 tions to advance understanding, prediction, and 

8 manipulation of materials and facilitate the de9 sign of novel materials; 

10 ‘‘(B) develop and maintain data infrastruc11 ture at user facilities that generate data to col12 lect, analyze, label, and otherwise prepare the 

13 data for inclusion in the database; 

14 ‘‘(C) leverage existing high performance 

15 computing systems to conduct high throughput 

16 calculations, and develop computational and 

17 data mining algorithms for the prediction of 

18 material properties; 

19 ‘‘(D) strengthen the foundation for new 

20 technologies and advanced manufacturing; and 

21 ‘‘(E) drive the development of advanced 

22 materials for applications that span the Depart23 ment’s missions in energy, environment, and 

24 national security. 


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1 ‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this sub2 section, the Director shall leverage programs and ac3 tivities across the Department, including computa4 tional materials and chemical sciences centers estab5 lished under subsection (h). 

6 ‘‘(4) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized to be 

7 appropriated under subsection (j), there shall be 

8 made available to the Secretary to carry out activi9 ties under this subsection $10,000,000 for each of 

10 the fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 

11 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

13 out the activities described in this section— 

14 ‘‘(1) $2,727,705,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

15 ‘‘(2) $2,828,896,600 for fiscal year 2023; 

16 ‘‘(3) $3,019,489,612 for fiscal year 2024; 

17 ‘‘(4) $3,161,698,885 for fiscal year 2025; and 

18 ‘‘(5) $3,291,651,600 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 

19 (b) ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS.—Section 973 of 

20 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16313) is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (4) 

23 and inserting: 

24 ‘‘(4) FUNDING.—From within funds authorized 

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1 Secretary shall make available for carrying out ac2 tivities under this subsection $50,000,000 for each 

3 of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (4) 

5 and inserting: 

6 ‘‘(4) FUNDING.—From within funds authorized 

7 to be appropriated in section 316 of the Department 

8 of Energy Research and Innovation Act, the Sec9 retary shall make available for carrying out activities 

10 under this subsection $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 

11 years 2022 through 2026.’’. 

12 (c) ELECTRICITY STORAGE RESEARCH INITIATIVE.— 

13 Section 975 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

14 16315) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (4) 

16 and inserting: 

17 ‘‘(4) FUNDING.—From within funds authorized 

18 to be appropriated for Basic Energy Sciences, the 

19 Secretary shall make available for carrying out ac20 tivities under this subsection $50,000,000 for each 

21 of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (4) 

23 and inserting: 

24 ‘‘(4) FUNDING.—From within funds authorized 

25 to be appropriated in section 316 of the Department 


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1 of Energy Research and Innovation Act, the Sec2 retary shall make available for carrying out activities 

3 under this subsection $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 

4 years 2022 through 2026.’’; and 

5 (3) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (4) 

6 and inserting: 

7 ‘‘(4) FUNDING.—From within funds authorized 

8 to be appropriated in section 316 of the Department 

9 of Energy Research and Innovation Act, the Sec10 retary shall make available for carrying out activities 

11 under this subsection $20,000,000 for each of fiscal 

12 years 2022 through 2026.’’. 

13 SEC. 4. BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 

14 (a) PROGRAM; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOMOLEC15 ULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND IMAGING SCIENCE.—Sec16 tion 306 of the Department of Energy Research and Inno17 vation Act (42 U.S.C. 18644) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—As part of the duties of the Director 

21 authorized under section 209 of the Department of En22 ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7139), and coordinated 

23 with the activities authorized under sections 303 and 304 

24 of this Act, the Director shall carry out a program of re25 search and development in the areas of biological systems 


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1 science and climate and environmental science, including 

2 subsurface science, relevant to the development of new en3 ergy technologies and to support the energy, environ4 mental, and national security missions of the Department. 

5 ‘‘(b) BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS.—The Director shall 

6 carry out research and development activities in genomic 

7 science including fundamental research on plants and mi8 crobes to increase systems-level understanding of the com9 plex biological systems, which may include activities to— 

10 ‘‘(1) accelerate breakthroughs and new knowl11 edge that would enable the cost-effective, sustainable 

12 production of— 

13 ‘‘(A) biomass-based liquid transportation 

14 fuels; 

15 ‘‘(B) bioenergy; and 

16 ‘‘(C) biobased materials from renewable 

17 biomass; 

18 ‘‘(2) improve fundamental understanding of 

19 plant and microbial processes impacting the global 

20 carbon cycle, including processes for removing car21 bon dioxide from the atmosphere, through photosyn22 thesis and other biological processes, for sequestra23 tion and storage; 


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1 ‘‘(3) understand the microbiome mechanisms 

2 used to transform, immobilize, or remove contami3 nants from subsurface environments; 

4 ‘‘(4) develop the computational approaches and 

5 integrated platforms for open access collaborative 

6 science; 

7 ‘‘(5) leverage tools and approaches across the 

8 Office of Science to expand research to include novel 

9 processes, methods, and science to develop bio-based 

10 chemicals, polymers, inorganic materials, including 

11 research to— 

12 ‘‘(A) advance biosystems design research 

13 to advance the understanding of how CRISPR 

14 tools and other gene editing tools and tech15 nologies work in nature, in the laboratory, and 

16 in practice; 

17 ‘‘(B) deepen genome-enabled knowledge of 

18 root architecture and growth in crops, including 

19 trees; and 

20 ‘‘(C) develop biosystems design methods 

21 and tools to increase the efficiency of photosyn22 thesis in plants; and 

23 ‘‘(6) develop other relevant methods and proc24 esses as determined by the Director. 


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1 ‘‘(c) BIOMOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND IMAG2 ING SCIENCE.—The Director shall carry out research and 

3 development activities in biomolecular characterization 

4 and imaging science, including development of integrative 

5 imaging and analysis platforms and biosensors to under6 stand the expression, structure, and function of genome 

7 information encoded within cells and for real-time meas8 urements in ecosystems and field sites of relevance to the 

9 mission of the Department of Energy.’’; and 

10 (2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) 

11 as subsections (d) through (f), respectively. 

12 (b) BIOENERGY RESEARCH CENTERS.—Section 

13 977(f) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

14 16317(f)) is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(f) BIOENERGY RESEARCH CENTERS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pro17 gram under section 306(a) of the Department of 

18 Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 

19 18644(a)), the Director shall support up to six bio20 energy research centers to conduct fundamental re21 search in plant and microbial systems biology, bio22 logical imaging and analysis, and genomics, and to 

23 accelerate advanced research and development of 

24 biomass-based liquid transportation fuels, bioenergy, 

25 or biobased materials, chemicals, and products that 


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1 are produced from a variety of regionally diverse 

2 feedstocks, and to facilitate the translation of re3 search results to industry. The activities of the cen4 ters authorized under this subsection may include— 

5 ‘‘(A) accelerating the domestication of bio6 energy-relevant plants, microbes, and associated 

7 microbial communities to enable high-impact, 

8 value-added coproduct development at multiple 

9 points in the bioenergy supply chain; 

10 ‘‘(B) developing the science and techno11 logical advances to ensure process sustainability 

12 is considered in the creation of biofuels and bio13 products from lignocellulose; and 

14 ‘‘(C) using the latest tools in genomics, 

15 molecular biology, catalysis science, chemical 

16 engineering, systems biology, and computational 

17 and robotics technologies to sustainably produce 

18 and transform biomass into biofuels and bio19 products. 

20 ‘‘(2) SELECTION AND DURATION.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A center established 

22 under paragraph (1) shall be selected on a com23 petitive, merit-reviewed basis for a period of not 

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1 appropriations, beginning on the date of estab2 lishment of that center. 

3 ‘‘(B) APPLICATIONS.—The Director shall 

4 consider applications from National Labora5 tories, multi-institutional collaborations, and 

6 other appropriate entities. 

7 ‘‘(C) EXISTING CENTERS.—A center al8 ready in existence on the date of enactment of 

9 the Department of Energy Science for the Fu10 ture Act may continue to receive support for a 

11 period of not more than 5 years beginning on 

12 the date of establishment of that center. 

13 ‘‘(3) RENEWAL.—After the end of either period 

14 described in paragraph (2), the Director may renew 

15 support for the center for a period of not more than 

16 5 years on a merit-reviewed basis. For a center in 

17 operation for 10 years after its previous selection on 

18 a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, the Director 

19 may renew support for the center on a competitive, 

20 merit-reviewed basis for a period of not more than 

21 5 years, and may subsequently provide an additional 

22 renewal on a merit-reviewed basis for a period of not 

23 more than 5 years. 

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1 terminate an underperforming center for cause dur2 ing the performance period. 

3 ‘‘(5) ACTIVITIES.—Centers shall undertake re4 search activities to accelerate the production of 

5 biofuels and bioproducts from advanced biomass re6 sources by identifying the most suitable species of 

7 plants for use as energy crops; and improving meth8 ods of breeding, propagation, planting, producing, 

9 harvesting, storage and processing. Activities may 

10 include the following: 

11 ‘‘(A) Research activities to increase sus12 tainability, including— 

13 ‘‘(i) advancing knowledge of how bio14 energy crop interactions with biotic and 

15 abiotic environmental factors influence 

16 crop growth, yield, and quality; 

17 ‘‘(ii) identifying the most impactful 

18 research areas that address the economics 

19 of biofuels and bioproducts production; and 

20 ‘‘(iii) utilizing multiscale modeling to 

21 advance predictive understanding of biofuel 

22 cropping ecosystems. 

23 ‘‘(B) Research activities to further feed24 stock development, including lignocellulosic, 

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1 and methane, and direct air capture of single 

2 carbon gases via plants and microbes, includ3 ing— 

4 ‘‘(i) developing genetic and genomic 

5 tools, high-throughput analytical tools, and 

6 biosystems design approaches to enhance 

7 bioenergy feedstocks and their associated 

8 microbiomes; 

9 ‘‘(ii) conducting field testing of new 

10 potential bioenergy feedstock crops under 

11 environmentally benign and geographically 

12 diverse conditions to assess viability and 

13 robustness; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) developing quantitative models 

15 informed by experimentation to predict 

16 how bioenergy feedstocks perform under 

17 diverse conditions. 

18 ‘‘(C) Research activities to improve 

19 lignocellulosic deconstruction and separation 

20 methods, including— 

21 ‘‘(i) developing feedstock-agnostic 

22 deconstruction processes capable of effi23 ciently fractionating biomass into targeted 

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1 ‘‘(ii) gaining a detailed understanding 

2 of plant cell wall biosynthesis, composition, 

3 structure, and properties during 

4 deconstruction; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) improving enzymes and ap6 proaches for biomass breakdown and cel7 lulose, hemicellulose, and lignin processing. 

8 ‘‘(D) Research activities to improve the 

9 feedstock conversion process for advanced 

10 biofuels and bioproducts, including— 

11 ‘‘(i) developing high-throughput meth12 ods to screen or select high-performance 

13 microbial strains and communities to im14 prove product formation rates, yields, and 

15 selectivity; 

16 ‘‘(ii) establishing a broad set of plat17 form microorganisms and microbial com18 munities suitable for metabolic engineering 

19 to produce biofuels and bioproducts, as 

20 well as high-throughput methods for exper21 imental validation of gene function; 

22 ‘‘(iii) developing techniques to en23 hance microbial robustness for tolerating 

24 toxins to improve biofuel and bioproduct 

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1 of the cellular and molecular bases of toler2 ance for major chemical classes of inhibi3 tors found in these processes; 

4 ‘‘(iv) advancing technologies for the 

5 use of batch, continuous, as well as con6 solidated bioprocessing; 

7 ‘‘(v) identifying, creating, and opti8 mizing microbial and chemical pathways to 

9 produce promising, atom-economical inter10 mediates and final bioproducts from bio11 mass with considerations given to environ12 mentally benign processes; 

13 ‘‘(vi) developing high-throughput, 

14 real-time, in situ analytical techniques to 

15 understand and characterize the pre- and 

16 post-bioproduct separation streams in de17 tail; 

18 ‘‘(vii) creating methodologies for effi19 ciently identifying viable target molecules, 

20 identifying high-value bioproducts in exist21 ing biomass streams, and utilizing current 

22 byproduct streams; 

23 ‘‘(viii) identifying and improving plant 

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1 of desired bioproducts or bioproduct pre2 cursors, including lignin streams; and 

3 ‘‘(ix) developing integrated biological 

4 and chemical catalytic approaches to 

5 valorize and produce a diverse portfolio of 

6 advanced fuels and bioproducts. 

7 ‘‘(6) INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS.—Centers shall 

8 establish industry partnerships to translate research 

9 results to commercial applications. 

10 ‘‘(7) COORDINATION.—In coordination with the 

11 Bioenergy Technologies Office of the Department, 

12 the Director shall support interdisciplinary research 

13 activities to improve the capacity, efficiency, resil14 ience, security, reliability, and affordability, of the 

15 production and use of biofuels and bioproducts, as 

16 well as activities to enable positive impacts and avoid 

17 the potential negative impacts that the production 

18 and use of biofuels and bioproducts may have on 

19 ecosystems, people, and historically marginalized 

20 communities.’’. 

21 (c) LOW-DOSE RADIATION RESEARCH PROGRAM.— 

22 Section 306(e)(8) of the Department of Energy Research 

23 and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18644(e)(8)), as redesig24 nated under subsection (a), is amended— 

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1 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 

2 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(E) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 

5 ‘‘(F) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 

6 (d) LOW-DOSE RADIATION AND SPACE RADIATION

7 RESEARCH PROGRAM.—Section 306(f) of the Department 

8 of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 18644(d)), as redesignated under subsection (a), is 

10 amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(f) LOW-DOSE RADIATION AND SPACE RADIATION

12 RESEARCH PROGRAM.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy, 

14 in consultation with the Administrator of the Na15 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, shall 

16 carry out a basic research program on the similar17 ities and differences between the effects of exposure 

18 to low-dose radiation on Earth, in low Earth orbit, 

19 and in the space environment. 

20 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this program 

21 is to accelerate breakthroughs in low-dose and low 

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1 rials needed to facilitate long-duration space explo2 ration.’’. 

3 (e) CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, AND

4 OTHER ACTIVITIES.—Section 306 of the Department of 

5 Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18644) 

6 is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(g) EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

8 SCIENCES ACTIVITIES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activities au10 thorized under subsection (a), and in coordination 

11 with activities carried out under subsection (b), the 

12 Director shall carry out earth and environmental 

13 systems science research, in consultation with the 

14 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

15 and other relevant agencies, which may include ac16 tivities to— 

17 ‘‘(A) understand, observe, and model the 

18 response of Earth’s atmosphere and biosphere 

19 to increased concentrations of greenhouse gas 

20 emissions and any associated changes in cli21 mate, including frequency and intensity of ex22 treme weather events; 

23 ‘‘(B) understand the coupled physical, 

24 chemical, and biological processes to transform, 

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1 and other energy production-derived contami2 nants such as radionuclides and heavy metals, 

3 and understand the process of sequestration 

4 and transformation of these, carbon dioxide, 

5 and other relevant molecules in subsurface envi6 ronments; 

7 ‘‘(C) understand, observe, and model the 

8 cycling of water, carbon, and nutrients in ter9 restrial systems and at scales relevant to re10 sources management; 

11 ‘‘(D) understand the biological, biogeo12 chemical, and physical processes across the 

13 multiple scales that control the flux of environ14 mentally relevant compounds between the ter15 restrial surface and the atmosphere; and 

16 ‘‘(E) inform potential natural mitigation 

17 and adaptation options for increased concentra18 tions of greenhouse gas emissions and any asso19 ciated changes in climate. 

20 ‘‘(2) PRIORITIZATION.—In carrying out the 

21 program authorized under paragraph (1), the Direc22 tor shall prioritize— 

23 ‘‘(A) the development of software and algo24 rithms to enable the productive application of 

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1 climate and Earth system prediction models in 

2 high-performance computing systems; and 

3 ‘‘(B) capabilities that support the Depart4 ment’s mission needs for energy and infrastruc5 ture security, resilience, and reliability. 

6 ‘‘(3) ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS SCIENCE RE7 SEARCH.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activi9 ties described in paragraph (1), the Director 

10 shall carry out research to advance an inte11 grated, robust, and scale-aware predictive un12 derstanding of environmental systems, including 

13 the role of hydrobiogeochemistry, from the sub14 surface to the top of the vegetative canopy that 

15 considers effects of seasonal to interannual vari16 ability and change. 

17 ‘‘(B) CLEAN WATER AND WATERSHED RE18 SEARCH.—As part of the activities described in 

19 subparagraph (A), the Director shall— 

20 ‘‘(i) support interdisciplinary research 

21 to significantly advance our understanding 

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1 tems, including in freshwater environ2 ments; 

3 ‘‘(ii) consult with the Interagency Re4 search, Development, and Demonstration 

5 Coordination Committee on the Nexus of 

6 Energy and Water for Sustainability estab7 lished under section 1010 of the Energy 

8 Act of 2020 (division Z of the Consolidated 

9 Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 

10 116–260)) on energy-water nexus research 

11 activities; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) engage with representatives of 

13 research and academic institutions, non14 profit organizations, State, local, and tribal 

15 governments, and industry, who have ex16 pertise in technologies, technological inno17 vations, or practices relating to the energy18 water nexus, as applicable. 

19 ‘‘(C) COORDINATION.— 

20 ‘‘(i) DIRECTOR.—The Director shall 

21 carry out activities under this paragraph in 

22 accordance with priorities established by 

23 the Secretary to support and accelerate the 

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1 ‘‘(ii) SECRETARY.—The Secretary 

2 shall ensure the coordination of activities 

3 of the Department, including activities 

4 under this paragraph, to support and ac5 celerate the decontamination of relevant fa6 cilities managed by the Department. 

7 ‘‘(4) CLIMATE AND EARTH MODELING.—As 

8 part of the activities described in paragraph (1), the 

9 Director, in collaboration with the Advanced Sci10 entific Computing Research program described in 

11 section 304 and other programs carried out by the 

12 Department, as applicable, and in consultation with 

13 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra14 tion and other relevant agencies, shall carry out re15 search to develop, evaluate, and use high-resolution 

16 regional climate, global climate, Earth system, and 

17 other relevant models to inform decisions on reduc18 ing greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting im19 pacts of a changing global climate. Such modeling 

20 shall include— 

21 ‘‘(A) integrated capabilities for modeling 

22 multisectoral interactions, including socio23 economic factors as appropriate, which may in24 clude the impacts of climate policies on social 

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1 interdependencies and risks at the energy2 water-land nexus; 

3 ‘‘(B) greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, 

4 energy supply and demand, and other critical 

5 elements; and 

6 ‘‘(C) interaction among human and Earth 

7 systems informed by interdisciplinary research, 

8 including the economic and social sciences. 

9 ‘‘(5) MID-SCALE FUNDING MECHANISM.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any of the activities 

11 authorized in this subsection may be carried out 

12 by competitively selected mid-scale, multi-insti13 tutional research centers in lieu of individual re14 search grants, or large-scale experiments or 

15 user facilities. 

16 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION.—The Biological 

17 and Environmental Research Advisory Com18 mittee shall provide recommendations to the Di19 rector on projects most suitable for the research 

20 centers described in subparagraph (A). 

21 ‘‘(h) BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

22 USER FACILITIES.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry 

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1 hance the collection and analysis of observational 

2 data related to complex biological, climate, and envi3 ronmental systems. 

4 ‘‘(2) FACILITY REQUIREMENTS.—To the max5 imum extent practicable, the user facilities devel6 oped, constructed, operated, or maintained under 

7 paragraph (1) shall include— 

8 ‘‘(A) distributed field research and obser9 vation platforms for understanding earth sys10 tem processes; 

11 ‘‘(B) analytical techniques, instruments, 

12 and modeling resources for understanding the 

13 physical, chemical, and cellular processes of bio14 logical and environmental systems; 

15 ‘‘(C) integrated high-throughput sequenc16 ing, advanced bioanalytic techniques, DNA de17 sign and synthesis, metabolomics, and computa18 tional analysis; and 

19 ‘‘(D) such other facilities as the Director 

20 considers appropriate, consistent with section 

21 209 of the Department of Energy Organization 

22 Act (42 U.S.C. 7139). 

23 ‘‘(3) EXISTING FACILITIES.—In carrying out 

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1 isting user facilities and, to the maximum extent 

2 practicable, invest in modernization of those capa3 bilities to address emerging research priorities. 

4 ‘‘(4) USER FACILITIES INTEGRATION AND COL5 LABORATION PROGRAM.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall 

7 support a program of collaboration between 

8 user facilities as defined under this subsection 

9 to encourage and enable researchers to more 

10 readily integrate the tools, expertise, resources, 

11 and capabilities of multiple Office of Science 

12 user facilities (as described in section 209(d) of 

13 the Department of Energy Organization Act 

14 (42 U.S.C. 7139)) to further research and ad15 vance emerging technologies. 

16 ‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—The program shall ad17 vance the integration of automation, robotics, 

18 computational biology, bioinformatics, bio19 sensing, cellular platforms and other relevant 

20 emerging technologies as determined by the Di21 rector to enhance productivity and scientific im22 pact of user facilities. 

23 ‘‘(5) EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 

2 activities authorized under paragraph (1), the 

3 Director shall establish and operate user facili4 ties to advance the collection, validation, and 

5 analysis of atmospheric data, including activi6 ties to advance knowledge and improve model 

7 representations and measure the impact of at8 mospheric gases, aerosols, and clouds on earth 

9 and environmental systems. 

10 ‘‘(B) SELECTION.—The Director shall se11 lect user facilities under paragraph (1) on a 

12 competitive, merit-reviewed basis. The Director 

13 shall consider applications from the National 

14 Laboratories, institutes of higher education, 

15 multi-institutional collaborations, and other ap16 propriate entities. 

17 ‘‘(C) EXISTING FACILITIES.—To the max18 imum extent practicable, the Director shall uti19 lize existing facilities to carry out this sub20 section. 

21 ‘‘(6) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the pro22 gram authorized in paragraph (1), the Director shall 

23 ensure that the Office of Science— 

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1 Environmental Protection Agency, the National 

2 Aeronautics and Space Administration, the De3 partment of Agriculture, the Department of the 

4 Interior, and any other relevant Federal agency 

5 on the collection, validation, and analysis of at6 mospheric data; and 

7 ‘‘(B) coordinates with relevant stake8 holders, including institutes of higher education, 

9 nonprofit research institutions, industry, State, 

10 local, and tribal governments, and other appro11 priate entities to ensure access to the best avail12 able relevant atmospheric and historical weath13 er data. 

14 ‘‘(i) COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH INITIATIVE.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry 

16 out a research program, in consultation with the Na17 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to 

18 enhance the understanding of coastal ecosystems. In 

19 carrying out this program, the Director shall 

20 prioritize efforts to enhance the collection of obser21 vational data, and shall develop models to analyze 

22 the ecological, biogeochemical, hydrological and 

23 physical processes that interact in coastal zones. 

24 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR COASTAL DATA

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1 sultation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

2 Administration and other relevant agencies, an inte3 grated system of geographically diverse field re4 search sites in order to improve the quantity and 

5 quality of observational data, and that encompass 

6 the major land water interfaces of the United 

7 States, including— 

8 ‘‘(A) the Great Lakes region; 

9 ‘‘(B) the Pacific coast; 

10 ‘‘(C) the Atlantic coast; 

11 ‘‘(D) the Arctic; and 

12 ‘‘(E) the Gulf coast. 

13 ‘‘(3) EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.—In carrying 

14 out the programs and establishing the field research 

15 sites under paragraph (1) and (2), the Secretary 

16 shall leverage existing research and development in17 frastructure supported by the Department, including 

18 the Department’s existing marine and coastal re19 search lab. 

20 ‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—For the purposes of car21 rying out the programs and establishing the field re22 search sites under the Initiative, the Secretary may 

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1 ‘‘(5) REPORT.—Not less than 2 years after the 

2 date of the enactment of the Department of Energy 

3 Science for the Future Act, the Director shall pro4 vide to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech5 nology and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

6 House of Representatives and the Committee on En7 ergy and Natural Resources and the Committee on 

8 Appropriations of the Senate a report examining 

9 whether the system described in this section should 

10 be established as a National User Facility. 

11 ‘‘(j) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.—The Director 

12 shall support a technology research program for the devel13 opment of instrumentation and other research tools re14 quired to meet the missions of the Department and to pro15 vide platform technologies for the broader scientific com16 munity. Technologies shall include but are not limited to— 

17 ‘‘(1) cryo-electron microscopy; 

18 ‘‘(2) fabricated ecosystems; 

19 ‘‘(3) next generation sensors including quantum 

20 sensors for biological integration and bioproduction; 

21 ‘‘(4) technologies to accelerate data analysis; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(5) plant and microbial phenotyping for gene 

24 discovery. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab2 lish within the Biological and Environmental Re3 search program an initiative focused on the develop4 ment of engineered ecosystems through the applica5 tion of artificial intelligence, novel sensing capabili6 ties, and other emerging technologies. 

7 ‘‘(2) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Sec8 retary shall coordinate with the Director of the Na9 tional Science Foundation, the Administrator of the 

10 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

11 the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, and 

12 other relevant officials to avoid duplication of re13 search and observational activities and to ensure 

14 that activities carried out under this initiative are 

15 complimentary to those currently being undertaken 

16 by other agencies. 

17 ‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

18 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro19 vide a report to the Committee on Science, Space, 

20 and Technology of the House, and the Committee on 

21 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, on the 

22 activity mandated in subsection (k). 

23 ‘‘(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

24 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

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1 ‘‘(1) $820,360,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

2 ‘‘(2) $886,385,200 for fiscal year 2023; 

3 ‘‘(3) $956,332,164 for fiscal year 2024; 

4 ‘‘(4) $1,020,475,415 for fiscal year 2025; and 

5 ‘‘(5) $1,099,108,695 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 

6 SEC. 5. ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH 

7 PROGRAM. 

8 (a) ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RE9 SEARCH.—Section 304 of the Department of Energy Re10 search and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18642) is amend11 ed— 

12 (1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (c) 

13 as subsections (b) through (d), respectively; and 

14 (2) by inserting before subsection (b), as so re15 designated, the following: 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activities author17 ized under section 209 of the Department of Energy Orga18 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7139), the Director shall carry 

19 out, in coordination with academia and relevant public and 

20 private sector entities, a research, development, and dem21 onstration program to— 

22 ‘‘(1) steward applied mathematics, computa23 tional science, and computer science research rel24 evant to the missions of the Department and the 

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1 ‘‘(2) develop modeling, simulation, and other 

2 computational tools relevant to other scientific dis3 ciplines and to the development of new energy tech4 nologies and other technologies; 

5 ‘‘(3) advance computing and networking capa6 bilities for data-driven discovery; and 

7 ‘‘(4) develop advanced scientific computing 

8 hardware and software tools for science and engi9 neering.’’; 

10 (3) in subsection (c) (as redesignated under 

11 paragraph (1))— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘The Director’’ and insert13 ing the following: 

14 ‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The Director’’; and 

15 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—The Under Secretary for 

17 Science shall ensure the coordination of the activities 

18 of the Department, including activities under this 

19 section, to determine and meet the computational 

20 and networking research and facility needs of the 

21 Office of Science and all other relevant energy tech22 nology and energy efficiency programs within the 

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1 (4) by amending subsection (d), as so redesig2 nated, to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(d) APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND SOFTWARE DE4 VELOPMENT FOR HIGH-END COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND

5 COMPUTER SCIENCES RESEARCH.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry 

7 out activities to develop, test, and support— 

8 ‘‘(A) mathematics, statistics, and algo9 rithms for modeling complex systems relevant 

10 to the missions of the Department, including on 

11 advanced computing architectures; and 

12 ‘‘(B) tools, languages, programming envi13 ronments, and operations for high-end com14 puting systems (as defined in section 2 of the 

15 American Super Computing Leadership Act (15 

16 U.S.C. 5541). 

17 ‘‘(2) PORTFOLIO BALANCE.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall 

19 maintain a balanced portfolio within the ad20 vanced scientific computing research and devel21 opment program established under section 976 

22 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

23 16316) that supports robust investment in— 

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1 needs relevant to the mission of the De2 partment, including foundational areas 

3 that are critical to the advancement of en4 ergy sciences and technologies and new 

5 and emerging computing technologies; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) associated high-performance 

7 computing hardware and facilities. 

8 ‘‘(B) EXASCALE ECOSYSTEM

9 SUSTAINMENT.— 

10 ‘‘(i) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the 

11 sense of Congress that the Exascale Com12 puting Project has successfully created a 

13 broad ecosystem that provides shared soft14 ware packages, novel evaluation systems, 

15 and applications relevant to the science 

16 and engineering requirements of the De17 partment, and that such products must be 

18 maintained and improved in order that the 

19 full potential of the deployed systems can 

20 be continuously realized. 

21 ‘‘(ii) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

22 shall seek to sustain and evolve the eco23 system referenced in clause (i) to ensure 

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1 tained, hardened, and otherwise optimized 

2 for long-term use on exascale systems and 

3 beyond and reliable availability to the user 

4 community.’’; and 

5 (5) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(e) NEXT GENERATION COMPUTING PROGRAM.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab9 lish a program to develop and implement a strategy 

10 for achieving computing systems with capabilities be11 yond exascale computing systems. In establishing 

12 this program, the Secretary shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) maintain foundational research pro14 grams in mathematical, computational, and 

15 computer sciences focused on new and emerging 

16 computing needs within the mission of the De17 partment, including post-Moore’s law computing 

18 architectures, novel approaches to modeling and 

19 simulation, artificial intelligence and scientific 

20 machine learning, quantum computing, edge 

21 computing, extreme heterogeneity, and distrib22 uted high-performance computing; 

23 ‘‘(B) retain best practices and maintain 

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1 puting Program that are necessary for sus2 taining the vitality of a long-term capable soft3 ware ecosystem for exascale and beyond; and 

4 ‘‘(C) develop a Department-wide strategy 

5 for balancing on-premises and cloud-based com6 puting and scientific data management. 

7 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than one year after 

8 the date of the enactment of the Department of En9 ergy Science for the Future Act, the Secretary shall 

10 submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and 

11 Technology of the House of Representatives, and the 

12 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 

13 Senate, a report on the development and implemen14 tation of the strategy outlined in paragraph (1). 

15 ‘‘(f) ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH IN HETERO16 GENEOUS COMPUTING SYSTEMS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 

18 out a program of research and development in het19 erogeneous and reconfigurable computing systems to 

20 expand understanding of the potential for hetero21 geneous and reconfigurable computing systems to 

22 deliver high performance, high efficiency computing 

23 for Department of Energy mission challenges. This 

24 shall include research and development that explores 

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1 and artificial intelligence to drive the design of het2 erogenous computing system architectures. 

3 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this pro4 gram, the Secretary shall ensure coordination be5 tween research activities undertaken by the Ad6 vanced Scientific Computing Research program and 

7 materials research supported by the Basic Energy 

8 Sciences program within the Department of Energy 

9 Office of Science. 

10 ‘‘(g) ENERGY EFFICIENT COMPUTING PROGRAM.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall sup12 port a program of fundamental research, develop13 ment, and demonstration of energy efficient com14 puting and data center technologies relevant to ad15 vanced computing applications, including high per16 formance computing, artificial intelligence, and sci17 entific machine learning. 

18 ‘‘(2) EXECUTION.— 

19 ‘‘(A) PROGRAM.—In carrying out the pro20 gram under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

21 shall— 

22 ‘‘(i) establish a partnership for Na23 tional Laboratories, industry partners, and 

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1 nology, software, and applications across 

2 all applicable program offices of the De3 partment, and provide access to energy ef4 ficient computing resources to such part5 ners; 

6 ‘‘(ii) develop hardware and software 

7 technologies that decrease the energy needs 

8 of advanced computing practices, including 

9 through data center co-design; 

10 ‘‘(iii) consider multiple heterogeneous 

11 computing architectures in collaboration 

12 with the program established under sub13 section (f) including neuromorphic com14 puting, persistent computing, and ultrafast 

15 networking; and 

16 ‘‘(iv) provide, as appropriate, on a 

17 competitive, merit-reviewed basis, access 

18 for researchers from institutions of higher 

19 education, National Laboratories, industry, 

20 and other Federal agencies to the energy 

21 efficient computing technologies developed 

22 pursuant to clause (i). 

23 ‘‘(B) SELECTION OF PARTNERS.—In se24 lecting participants for the partnership estab25 lished under subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary 


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1 shall select participants through a competitive, 

2 merit review process. 

3 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than one year 

4 after the date of the enactment of the Depart5 ment of Energy Science for the Future Act, the 

6 Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 

7 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 

8 Representatives, and the Committee on Energy 

9 and Natural Resources of the Senate, a report 

10 on— 

11 ‘‘(i) the activities conducted under 

12 subparagraph (A); and 

13 ‘‘(ii) the coordination and manage14 ment of the program under subparagraph 

15 (A) to ensure an integrated research pro16 gram across the Department. 

17 ‘‘(h) ENERGY SCIENCES NETWORK.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 

19 for upgrades to the Energy Sciences Network user 

20 facility in order to meet the research needs of the 

21 Department for highly reliable data transport capa22 bilities optimized for the requirements of large-scale 

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1 ‘‘(2) CAPABILITIES.—In carrying out paragraph 

2 (1), the Secretary shall ensure the following capabili3 ties: 

4 ‘‘(A) To provide high bandwidth scientific 

5 networking across the continental United States 

6 and the Atlantic Ocean. 

7 ‘‘(B) To ensure network reliability. 

8 ‘‘(C) To protect the network infrastructure 

9 from cyber-attacks. 

10 ‘‘(D) To manage transport of exponentially 

11 increasing levels of data from the Department’s 

12 National Laboratories and sites, user facilities, 

13 experiments, and sensors. 

14 ‘‘(E) To contribute to the integration of 

15 heterogeneous computing frameworks and sys16 tems. 

17 ‘‘(i) COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE GRADUATE FELLOW18 SHIP.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall sup20 port the Computational Science Graduate Fellowship 

21 program in order to facilitate collaboration between 

22 graduate students and researchers at the National 

23 Laboratories, and contribute to the development of 

24 a diverse and inclusive computational workforce to 


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1 help advance research in areas relevant to the mis2 sion of the Department. 

3 ‘‘(2) FUNDING.—From within funds authorized 

4 to be appropriated for Advanced Scientific Com5 puting Research Program, the Secretary shall make 

6 available for carrying out the activities under this 

7 section— 

8 ‘‘(A) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

9 ‘‘(B) $22,050,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

10 ‘‘(C) $23,152,500 for fiscal year 2024; 

11 ‘‘(D) $24,310,125 for fiscal year 2025; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(E) $25,525,631 for fiscal year 2026. 

14 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

15 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

16 out the activities described in this section— 

17 ‘‘(1) $1,126,350,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

18 ‘‘(2) $1,222,674,500 for fiscal year 2023; 

19 ‘‘(3) $1,324,320,715 for fiscal year 2024; 

20 ‘‘(4) $1,431,660,115 for fiscal year 2025; and 

21 ‘‘(5) $1,535,090,121 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 

22 (b) QUANTUM SCIENCE NETWORK.— 

23 (1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the National 

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1 (A) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 

2 paragraph (8); and 

3 (B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(7) QUANTUM NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE.— 

6 The term ‘quantum network infrastructure’ means 

7 any facility, expertise, or capability that is necessary 

8 to enable the development and deployment of scal9 able and diverse quantum network technologies.’’. 

10 (2) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY QUANTUM NET11 WORK INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH AND DEVELOP12 MENT PROGRAM.—(A) Title IV of the National 

13 Quantum Initiative Act (15 U.S.C. 8851 et seq.) is 

14 amended by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 403. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY QUANTUM NETWORK 

16 INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH AND DEVELOP17 MENT PROGRAM. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy (re19 ferred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’) shall carry out 

20 a research, development, and demonstration program to 

21 accelerate innovation in quantum network infrastructure 

22 in order to— 

23 ‘‘(1) facilitate the advancement of distributed 

24 quantum computing systems through the internet 

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1 ‘‘(2) improve the precision of measurements of 

2 scientific phenomena and physical imaging tech3 nologies; 

4 ‘‘(3) develop secure national quantum commu5 nications technologies and strategies; and 

6 ‘‘(4) demonstrate these capabilities utilizing the 

7 Department of Energy’s Energy Sciences Network 

8 User Facility. 

9 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—In carrying out this section, the 

10 Secretary shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) coordinate with— 

12 ‘‘(A) the Director of the National Science 

13 Foundation; 

14 ‘‘(B) the Director of the National Institute 

15 of Standards and Technology; 

16 ‘‘(C) the Chair of the Subcommittee on 

17 Quantum Information Science of the National 

18 Science and Technology Council established 

19 under section 103(a); and 

20 ‘‘(D) the Chair of the Subcommittee on the 

21 Economic and Security Implications of Quan22 tum Science; 

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1 tate new quantum infrastructure methods and tech2 nologies, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) quantum-limited detectors, ultra-low 

4 loss optical channels, space-to-ground connec5 tions, and classical networking and cybersecu6 rity protocols; 

7 ‘‘(B) entanglement and hyper-entangled 

8 state sources and transmission, control, and 

9 measurement of quantum states; 

10 ‘‘(C) quantum interconnects that allow 

11 short range local connections between quantum 

12 processors; 

13 ‘‘(D) transducers for quantum sources and 

14 signals between optical and telecommunications 

15 regimes and quantum computer-relevant do16 mains, including microwaves; 

17 ‘‘(E) development of quantum memory 

18 buffers and small-scale quantum computers 

19 that are compatible with photon-based quantum 

20 bits in the optical or telecommunications wave21 lengths; 

22 ‘‘(F) long-range entanglement distribution 

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1 ment-based protocols between small- and large 

2 scale quantum processors; 

3 ‘‘(G) quantum routers, multiplexers, re4 peaters, and related technologies necessary to 

5 create secure long-distance quantum commu6 nication; and 

7 ‘‘(H) integration of systems across the 

8 quantum technology stack into traditional com9 puting networks, including the development of 

10 remote controlled, high performance, and reli11 able implementations of key quantum network 

12 components by leveraging the expertise, infra13 structure and supplemental investments in the 

14 Energy Sciences Network User Facility; 

15 ‘‘(3) engage with the Quantum Economic De16 velopment Consortium (QED–C) to transition com17 ponent technologies to help facilitate as appropriate 

18 the development of a quantum supply chain for 

19 quantum network technologies; 

20 ‘‘(4) advance basic research in advanced sci21 entific computing, particle and nuclear physics, and 

22 material science to enhance the understanding, pre23 diction, and manipulation of materials, processes, 

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1 ‘‘(5) develop experimental tools and testbeds in 

2 collaboration with the Department of Energy’s En3 ergy Sciences Network User Facility necessary to 

4 support cross-cutting fundamental research and de5 velopment activities with diverse stakeholders from 

6 industry, National Laboratories, and institutions of 

7 higher education; and 

8 ‘‘(6) consider quantum network infrastructure 

9 applications that span the Department of Energy’s 

10 missions in energy, environment, and national secu11 rity. 

12 ‘‘(c) LEVERAGING.—In carrying out this section, the 

13 Secretary shall leverage resources, infrastructure, and ex14 pertise across the Department of Energy and from— 

15 ‘‘(1) the National Institute of Standards and 

16 Technology; 

17 ‘‘(2) the National Science Foundation; 

18 ‘‘(3) the National Aeronautics and Space Ad19 ministration; 

20 ‘‘(4) other relevant Federal agencies; 

21 ‘‘(5) the National Laboratories; 

22 ‘‘(6) industry stakeholders; 

23 ‘‘(7) institutions of higher education; and 

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1 ‘‘(d) RESEARCH PLAN.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of the Department of En3 ergy Science for the Future Act, the Secretary shall sub4 mit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

5 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

6 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, a 4-year re7 search plan that identifies and prioritizes basic research 

8 needs relating to quantum network infrastructure. 

9 ‘‘(e) STANDARD OF REVIEW.—The Secretary shall 

10 review activities carried out under this section to deter11 mine the achievement of technical milestones. 

12 ‘‘(f) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized to be appro13 priated for the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, 

14 there shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out 

15 the activities under this section, $100,000,000 for each 

16 of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 404. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY QUANTUM USER EX18 PANSION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

19 PROGRAM. 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy (re21 ferred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’) shall establish 

22 and carry out a program (to be known as the ‘Quantum 

23 User Expansion for Science and Technology program’ or 

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1 United States quantum computing hardware and quantum 

2 computing clouds for research purposes to— 

3 ‘‘(1) enhance the United States quantum re4 search enterprise; 

5 ‘‘(2) educate the future quantum computing 

6 workforce; and 

7 ‘‘(3) accelerate the advancement of United 

8 States quantum computing capabilities. 

9 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—In carrying out this section, the 

10 Secretary shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) coordinate with— 

12 ‘‘(A) the Director of the National Science 

13 Foundation; 

14 ‘‘(B) the Director of the National Institute 

15 of Standards and Technology; 

16 ‘‘(C) the Chair of the Subcommittee on 

17 Quantum Information Science of the National 

18 Science and Technology Council established 

19 under section 103(a); and 

20 ‘‘(D) the Chair of the Subcommittee on the 

21 Economic and Security Implications of Quan22 tum Science; 

23 ‘‘(2) provide researchers based within the 

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1 States quantum computing resources through a com2 petitive, merit-reviewed process; 

3 ‘‘(3) consider applications from the National 

4 Laboratories, multi-institutional collaborations, insti5 tutions of higher education, industry stakeholders, 

6 and any other entities that the Secretary determines 

7 are appropriate to provide national leadership on 

8 quantum computing related issues; and 

9 ‘‘(4) consult and coordinate with private sector 

10 stakeholders, the user community, and interagency 

11 partners on program development and best manage12 ment practices. 

13 ‘‘(c) LEVERAGING.—In carrying out this section, the 

14 Secretary shall leverage resources and expertise across the 

15 Department of Energy and from— 

16 ‘‘(1) the National Institute of Standards and 

17 Technology; 

18 ‘‘(2) the National Science Foundation; 

19 ‘‘(3) the National Aeronautics and Space Ad20 ministration; 

21 ‘‘(4) other relevant Federal agencies; 

22 ‘‘(5) the National Laboratories; 

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1 ‘‘(8) the National Quantum Information 

2 Science Research Centers. 

3 ‘‘(d) SECURITY.—In carrying out the activities au4 thorized by this section, the Secretary, in consultation 

5 with the Director of the National Science Foundation and 

6 the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 

7 Technology, shall ensure proper security controls are in 

8 place to protect sensitive information, as appropriate. 

9 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized to be ap10 propriated for the Department of Energy’s Office of 

11 Science, there shall be made available to the Secretary to 

12 carry out the activities under this section— 

13 ‘‘(1) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

14 ‘‘(2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

15 ‘‘(3) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

16 ‘‘(4) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 

17 ‘‘(5) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

18 ‘‘(f) EQUITABLE USE OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE COM19 PUTING CAPABILITIES.— 

20 ‘‘(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

21 Congress that machine learning algorithms can ex22 hibit biases that cause harm to historically 

23 marginalized communities. 

24 ‘‘(2) POLICY.—In leveraging high-performance 

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1 through the use of machine learning algorithms for 

2 data analysis, the Secretary shall ensure that such 

3 capabilities are employed in a manner that mitigates 

4 and, to the maximum extent practicable, avoids 

5 harmful algorithmic bias and equitably addresses 

6 challenges impacting different populations, including 

7 historically marginalized communities.’’. 

8 (B) The table of contents in section 1(b) of the 

9 National Quantum Initiative Act is amended by in10 serting after the item relating to section 402 the fol11 lowing items: 

‘‘Sec. 403. Department of energy quantum network infrastructure research and 

development program. 

‘‘Sec. 404. Department of energy quantum user expansion for science and technology program.’’. 

12 SEC. 6. FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH. 

13 (a) FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH.—Section 307 of the 

14 Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 18645) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

18 by striking ‘‘As part of’’ and inserting the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of’’; 

21 (B) by redesignating— 

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1 by adjusting the margins of such subpara2 graphs accordingly); and 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (B) (as redesig4 nated by clause (i)), subparagraphs (A) 

5 and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively 

6 (and by adjusting the margins of such 

7 clauses accordingly); and 

8 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 Out of funds authorized to be appropriated under 

11 subsection (r), there are authorized to be appro12 priated to the Secretary to carry out activities de13 scribed in paragraph (1) $50,000,000 for each of 

14 fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (d)(3)— 

16 (A) by striking the period at the end and 

17 inserting ‘‘and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 

18 2026.’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘(o)’’ and inserting ‘‘(r)’’; 

20 and 

21 (3) in subsection (e)(4)— 

22 (A) by striking the period at the end and 

23 inserting ‘‘and $75,000,000 for fiscal year 

24 2026.’’; and 

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1 (4) in subsection (i)(10)— 

2 (A) In the matter preceding subparagraph 

3 (A), by striking ‘‘(o)’’ and inserting ‘‘(r)’’; 

4 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; 

5 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

6 (C) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 

7 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(F) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’; 

10 (5) in subsection (j)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘The Director’’ and all 

12 that follows through the period and inserting 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

15 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Within 180 days 

16 of enactment of the Department of Energy 

17 Science for the Future Act, the Director shall 

18 establish at least 2 national teams, including 

19 public-private partnerships, that will develop 

20 conceptual pilot plant designs and technology 

21 roadmaps and lead to an engineering design of 

22 a pilot plant that will bring fusion to commer23 cial viability. 

24 ‘‘(B) COMPOSITION.—The national teams 

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1 universities, national laboratories, and engineer2 ing, procurement, and construction industries.’’; 

3 and 

4 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

7 activities described in paragraph (1)— 

8 ‘‘(A) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

9 ‘‘(B) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

10 ‘‘(C) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

11 ‘‘(D) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(E) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’; 

14 (6) in subsection (l)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘sense of Congress that the 

16 United States should support’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘sense of Congress that—’’; 

18 ‘‘(1) the United States should support’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (1) (as so designated by 

20 subparagraph (A) of this paragraph), by strik21 ing the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

22 and 

23 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(2) the Director shall incorporate the findings 

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1 Energy Sciences Advisory Committee entitled 

2 ‘Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas’ and the 

3 report of the National Academies of Science, Engi4 neering, and Medicine entitled ‘‘Bringing Fusion to 

5 the U.S. Grid’’ into the planning process of the De6 partment, including the development of future budg7 et requests to Congress.’’; 

8 (7) by redesignating subsection (o) as sub9 section (r); 

10 (8) by inserting after subsection (n) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(o) HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTATION COLLABO13 RATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 

15 out a program to conduct and support collaborative 

16 research, development, and demonstration of fusion 

17 energy technologies, through high-performance com18 putation modeling and simulation techniques, in 

19 order to— 

20 ‘‘(A) support fundamental research in plas21 mas and matter at very high temperatures and 

22 densities; 

23 ‘‘(B) inform the development of a broad 

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1 ‘‘(C) facilitate the translation of research 

2 results in fusion energy science to industry. 

3 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the pro4 gram under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall co5 ordinate with relevant Federal agencies, and 

6 prioritize the following objectives: 

7 ‘‘(A) Using expertise from the private sec8 tor, institutions of higher education, and the 

9 National Laboratories to leverage existing, and 

10 develop new, computational software and capa11 bilities that prospective users may use to accel12 erate research and development of fusion energy 

13 systems. 

14 ‘‘(B) Developing computational tools to 

15 simulate and predict fusion energy science phe16 nomena that may be validated through physical 

17 experimentation. 

18 ‘‘(C) Increasing the utility of the research 

19 infrastructure of the Department by coordi20 nating with the Advanced Scientific Computing 

21 Research program within the Office of Science. 

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1 ‘‘(E) Ensuring that new experimental and 

2 computational tools are accessible to relevant 

3 research communities, including private sector 

4 entities engaged in fusion energy technology de5 velopment. 

6 ‘‘(F) Ensuring that newly developed com7 putational tools are compatible with modern vir8 tual engineering and visualization capabilities to 

9 accelerate the realization of fusion energy tech10 nologies and systems. 

11 ‘‘(3) DUPLICATION.—The Secretary shall en12 sure the coordination of, and avoid unnecessary du13 plication of, the activities of this program with the 

14 activities of— 

15 ‘‘(A) other research entities of the Depart16 ment, including the National Laboratories, the 

17 Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, 

18 the Advanced Scientific Computing Research 

19 program; and 

20 ‘‘(B) industry. 

21 ‘‘(4) HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING FOR FU22 SION INNOVATION CENTER.—In carrying out the 

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1 Performance Computing for Fusion Innovation Cen2 ter (referred to in this subsection as the ‘Center’), 

3 to support the program under paragraph (1) by pro4 viding, to the extent practicable, a centralized entity 

5 for multidisciplinary, collaborative, fusion energy re6 search and development through high performance 

7 computing and advanced data analytics technologies 

8 and processes. 

9 ‘‘(5) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall select 

10 the Center under this subsection on a competitive, 

11 merit-reviewed basis. The Secretary shall consider 

12 applications from National Laboratories, institutions 

13 of higher education, multi-institutional collabora14 tions, and other appropriate entities. 

15 ‘‘(6) EXISTING ACTIVITIES.—The Center may 

16 incorporate existing research activities that are con17 sistent with the program described in paragraph (1). 

18 ‘‘(7) DURATION.—The Center established under 

19 this subsection shall receive support for a period of 

20 not more than 5 years, subject to the availability of 

21 appropriations. 

22 ‘‘(8) RENEWAL.—Upon the expiration of any 

23 period of support of the Center, the Secretary may 

24 renew support for the Center, on a merit-reviewed 

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1 ‘‘(9) TERMINATION.—Consistent with the exist2 ing authorities of the Department, the Secretary 

3 may terminate the Center for cause during the per4 formance period. 

5 ‘‘(p) MATERIAL PLASMA EXPOSURE EXPERIMENT.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con7 struct a Material Plasma Exposure Experiment fa8 cility as described in the 2020 publication approved 

9 by the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 

10 titled ‘Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas’. 

11 The Secretary shall consult with the private sector, 

12 universities, National Laboratories, and relevant 

13 Federal agencies to ensure that this facility is capa14 ble of meeting Federal research needs for steady 

15 state, high-heat-flux and plasma-material interaction 

16 testing of fusion materials over a range of fusion en17 ergy relevant parameters. 

18 ‘‘(2) FACILITY CAPABILITIES.—The Secretary 

19 shall ensure that the facility described in paragraph 

20 (1) will provide the following capabilities: 

21 ‘‘(A) A magnetic field at the target of 1 

22 Tesla. 

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1 ‘‘(C) The ability to expose previously irra2 diated plasma facing material samples to plas3 ma. 

4 ‘‘(3) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Secretary 

5 shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, 

6 ensure that the start of full operations of the facility 

7 under this section occurs before December 31, 2027. 

8 ‘‘(4) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized to be 

9 appropriated for Fusion Energy Sciences, there are 

10 funds authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 

11 for the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences to carry 

12 out to completion the construction of the facility 

13 under this section: 

14 ‘‘(A) $32,800,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

15 ‘‘(B) $13,400,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

16 ‘‘(C) $12,600,000 for fiscal year 2024; and 

17 ‘‘(D) $400,000 for fiscal year 2025. 

18 ‘‘(q) MATTER IN EXTREME CONDITIONS INSTRU19 MENT UPGRADE.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 

21 for the upgrade to the Matter in Extreme Conditions 

22 endstation at the Linac Coherent Light Source as 

23 described in the 2020 publication approved by the 

24 Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee titled 

25 ‘Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas’. The 


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1 Secretary shall consult with the private sector, uni2 versities, National Laboratories, and relevant Fed3 eral agencies to ensure that this facility is capable 

4 of meeting Federal research needs for understanding 

5 physical and chemical changes to plasmas at funda6 mental timescales, and explore new regimes of dense 

7 material physics, astrophysics, planetary physics, 

8 and short-pulse laser-plasma interactions. 

9 ‘‘(2) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Secretary 

10 shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, 

11 ensure that the start of full operations of the facility 

12 under this section occurs before December 31, 

13 2028.’’; and 

14 (9) in subsection (r), as so redesignated, by 

15 striking paragraphs (2) through (5) and inserting 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(2) $1,002,900,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

18 ‘‘(3) $1,095,707,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

19 ‘‘(4) $1,129,368,490 for fiscal year 2024; 

20 ‘‘(5) $1,149,042,284 for fiscal year 2025; and 

21 ‘‘(6) $1,243,097,244 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 

22 (b) ITER CONSTRUCTION.—Section 972 of the En23 ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16312) is amended 

24 in subsection (c)(3)— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; and 

3 (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(B) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

6 ‘‘(C) $325,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

7 ‘‘(D) $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

8 ‘‘(E) $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(F) $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 

11 SEC. 7. HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS PROGRAM. 

12 (a) PROGRAM.—Section 305 of the Department of 

13 Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18643) 

14 is amended— 

15 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) 

16 as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and 

17 (2) by inserting the following after subsection 

18 (a): 

19 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—As part of the activities authorized 

20 under section 209 of the Department of Energy Organiza21 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7139), the Director shall carry out 

22 a research program in elementary particle physics and ad23 vanced technology research and development to improve 

24 the understanding of the fundamental properties of the 


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1 universe, including constituents of matter and energy and 

2 the nature of space and time. 

3 ‘‘(c) HIGH ENERGY FRONTIER RESEARCH.—As part 

4 of the program described in subsection (b), the Director 

5 shall carry out research using high energy accelerators 

6 and advanced detectors, including accelerators and detec7 tors that will function as national user facilities, to create 

8 and study interactions of elementary particles and inves9 tigate fundamental forces.’’. 

10 (b) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.—Section 

11 305(d) of the Department of Energy Research and Inno12 vation Act (42 U.S.C. 18643(d)), as redesignated under 

13 subsection (a), is amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(d) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.—The Direc15 tor shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) as practicable and in coordination with 

17 other appropriate Federal agencies as necessary, en18 sure the access of United States researchers to the 

19 most advanced accelerator facilities and research ca20 pabilities in the world, including the Large Hadron 

21 Collider; 

22 ‘‘(2) to the maximum extent practicable, con23 tinue to leverage United States participation in the 

24 Large Hadron Collider, and prioritize expanding 

25 international partnerships and investments in the 


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1 Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility and Deep Under2 ground Neutrino Experiment; and 

3 ‘‘(3) to the maximum extent practicable, 

4 prioritize engagement in collaborative efforts in sup5 port of future international facilities that would pro6 vide access to the most advanced accelerator facili7 ties in the world to United States researchers.’’. 

8 (c) COSMIC FRONTIER RESEARCH.—Section 305(f) 

9 of the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 18645(f)), as redesignated by subsection (a), 

11 is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(f) COSMIC FRONTIER RESEARCH.—The Director 

13 shall carry out research activities on the nature of the pri14 mary contents of the universe, including the nature of 

15 dark energy and dark matter. These activities shall, to the 

16 maximum extent practicable, be consistent with the re17 search priorities identified by the High Energy Physics 

18 Advisory Panel or the National Academy of Sciences, and 

19 may include— 

20 ‘‘(1) collaborations with the National Aero21 nautics and Space Administration, the National 

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1 ‘‘(2) the development of space-based, land2 based, water-based, and underground facilities and 

3 experiments.’’. 

4 (d) FURTHER ACTIVITIES.—Section 305 of the De5 partment of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 18645) is further amended by adding at the end 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(g) FACILITY CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR ITEMS

9 OF EQUIPMENT.— 

10 ‘‘(1) PROJECTS.—Consistent with the Office of 

11 Science’s project management practices, the Director 

12 shall, to the maximum extent practicable, incor13 porate the findings and recommendations of the 

14 2014 Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel 

15 (P5) report titled ‘Building for Discovery’, and sup16 port construction or fabrication of— 

17 ‘‘(A) an international Long-Baseline Neu18 trino Facility based in the United States; 

19 ‘‘(B) the Proton Improvement Plan II; 

20 ‘‘(C) Second Generation Dark Matter ex21 periments; 

22 ‘‘(D) the Legacy Survey of Space and 

23 Time camera; 

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1 ‘‘(F) other high priority projects rec2 ommended in the most recent report of the Par3 ticle Physics Project Prioritization Panel of the 

4 High Energy Physics Advisory Panel. 

5 ‘‘(2) LONG-BASELINE NEUTRINO FACILITY.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

7 support construction of a Long-Baseline Neu8 trino Facility to facilitate the international 

9 Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment to ex10 amine the fundamental properties of neutrinos, 

11 explore physics beyond the Standard Model, 

12 and better clarify the existence and nature of 

13 antimatter. 

14 ‘‘(B) FACILITY CAPABILITIES.—The Sec15 retary shall ensure that the facility described in 

16 subparagraph (A) will provide, at a minimum, 

17 the following capabilities: 

18 ‘‘(i) A neutrino beam with wideband 

19 capability of 1.2 megawatts (MW) of beam 

20 power and upgradable to 2.4 MW of beam 

21 power. 

22 ‘‘(ii) Three caverns excavated for a 70 

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1 ‘‘(iii) Cryogenic systems to support 

2 neutrino detectors. 

3 ‘‘(C) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Sec4 retary shall, subject to the availability of appro5 priations, ensure that the start of full oper6 ations of the facility under this subsection oc7 curs before December 31, 2031. 

8 ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 

9 to be appropriated under subsection (k), there 

10 shall be made available to the Secretary to 

11 carry out construction of the facility under this 

12 subsection— 

13 ‘‘(i) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 

14 2022; 

15 ‘‘(ii) $325,000,000 for fiscal year 

16 2023; 

17 ‘‘(iii) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 

18 2024; 

19 ‘‘(iv) $375,000,000 for fiscal year 

20 2025; and 

21 ‘‘(v) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 

22 2026. 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of En2 ergy shall support construction of the Proton 

3 Improvement Plan II, an upgrade to the 

4 Fermilab accelerator complex identified in the 

5 2014 Particle Physics Project Prioritization 

6 Panel (P5) report titled ‘Building for Dis7 covery’, to provide the world’s most intense 

8 beam of neutrinos to the international Long 

9 Baseline Neutrino Facility as well as abroad 

10 range of future high energy physics experi11 ments. The Secretary of Energy shall work with 

12 international partners to enable further signifi13 cant contributions to the capabilities of this 

14 project. 

15 ‘‘(B) FACILITY CAPABILITIES.—The Sec16 retary shall ensure that the facility described in 

17 paragraph (1) will provide, at a minimum, the 

18 following capabilities: 

19 ‘‘(i) A state-of-the-art 800 

20 megaelectron volt (MeV) superconducting 

21 linear accelerator. 

22 ‘‘(ii) Proton beam power of 1.2 MW 

23 at the start of LBNF/DUNE, upgradeable 

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1 ‘‘(iii) A flexible design to enable high 

2 power beam delivery to multiple users si3 multaneously and customized beams tai4 lored to specific scientific needs. 

5 ‘‘(iv) Sustained high reliability oper6 ation of the Fermilab accelerator complex. 

7 ‘‘(C) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Sec8 retary shall, subject to the availability of appro9 priations, ensure that the start of full oper10 ations of the facility under this section occurs 

11 before December 31, 2028. 

12 ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 

13 to be appropriated under subsection (k), there 

14 shall be made available to the Secretary to 

15 carry out construction of the facility under this 

16 subsection— 

17 ‘‘(i) $191,000,000 for fiscal year 

18 2022; 

19 ‘‘(ii) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 

20 2023; 

21 ‘‘(iii) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 

22 2024; 

23 ‘‘(iv) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 

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2 2026. 

3 ‘‘(4) COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND STAGE

4 4.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of En6 ergy, in partnership with the Director of the 

7 National Science Foundation, shall support con8 struction of the Cosmic Microwave Background 

9 Stage 4 project to survey the cosmic microwave 

10 background to test theories of cosmic inflation 

11 as described in the 2014 Particle Physics 

12 Prioritization Panel (P5) report titled ‘Building 

13 for Discovery: Strategic Plan for U.S. Particle 

14 Physics in the Global Context.’. 

15 ‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary 

16 shall consult with the private sector, univer17 sities, National Laboratories, and relevant Fed18 eral agencies to ensure that this experiment is 

19 capable of meeting Federal research needs in 

20 accessing the ultra-high energy physics of infla21 tion and important neutrino properties. 

22 ‘‘(C) EXPERIMENTAL CAPABILITIES.—The 

23 Secretary shall ensure to the maximum extent 

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1 superconducting detectors deployed on an array 

2 of mm wave telescopes with the required range 

3 in frequency, sensitivity, and survey speed 

4 which will provide sufficient capability to enable 

5 an order of magnitude advance in observations 

6 of the Cosmic Microwave Background, deliv7 ering transformative discoveries in fundamental 

8 physics, cosmology, and astrophysics. 

9 ‘‘(D) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Sec10 retary shall, subject to the availability of appro11 priations, ensure that the start of full oper12 ations of the facility under this section occurs 

13 before December 31, 2030. 

14 ‘‘(E) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 

15 to be appropriated under subsection (k), there 

16 shall be made available to the Secretary to 

17 carry out construction of the facility under this 

18 subsection— 

19 ‘‘(i) $37,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

20 ‘‘(ii) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

21 ‘‘(iii) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 

22 2024; 

23 ‘‘(iv) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 

24 2025; and 

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1 ‘‘(h) ACCELERATOR AND DETECTOR UPGRADES.— 

2 The Director shall upgrade accelerator facilities and detec3 tors, as necessary and appropriate, to increase beam 

4 power, sustain high reliability, and improve precision 

5 measurement to advance the highest priority particle phys6 ics research programs. In carrying out facility upgrades, 

7 the Director shall continue to work with international 

8 partners, when appropriate and in the United States’ in9 terest, to leverage investments and expertise in critical 

10 technologies to help build and upgrade accelerator and de11 tector facilities in the United States. 

12 ‘‘(i) ACCELERATOR AND DETECTOR RESEARCH AND

13 DEVELOPMENT.—As part of the program described in 

14 subsection (b), the Director shall carry out research and 

15 development in particle beam physics, accelerator science 

16 and technology, and particle and radiation detection with 

17 relevance to the specific needs of the High Energy Physics 

18 program, in coordination with the Accelerator Research 

19 and Development program authorized in section 310. 

20 ‘‘(j) UNDERGROUND SCIENCE.—The Director shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) support an underground science program 

22 consistent with the missions of the Department and 

23 the scientific needs of the High Energy Physics pro24 gram, including those articulated in the most recent 

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1 Panel of the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, 

2 that leverages the capabilities of relevant under3 ground science and engineering facilities; and 

4 ‘‘(2) carry out a competitive grant program to 

5 award scientists and engineers at institutions of 

6 higher education, nonprofit institutions, and Na7 tional Laboratories to conduct research in under8 ground science and engineering. 

9 ‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

10 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

11 out the activities described in this section— 

12 ‘‘(1) $1,355,690,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

13 ‘‘(2) $1,517,628,300 for fiscal year 2023; 

14 ‘‘(3) $1,652,112,281 for fiscal year 2024; 

15 ‘‘(4) $1,711,460,141 for fiscal year 2025; and 

16 ‘‘(5) $1,656,012,351 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 

17 SEC. 8. NUCLEAR PHYSICS PROGRAM. 

18 (a) PROGRAM.—Section 308 of the Department of 

19 Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18646) 

20 is amended— 

21 (1) by striking subsection (a); 

22 (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub23 section (d); and 

24 (3) by inserting the following before subsection 

25 (d), as so redesignated: 


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

2 under section 209 of the Department of Energy Organiza3 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7139), the Director shall carry out 

4 a research program, and support relevant facilities, to dis5 cover and understand various forms of nuclear matter. 

6 ‘‘(b) USER FACILITIES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

9 support construction of a Facility for Rare Iso10 tope Beams to advance the understanding of 

11 rare nuclear isotopes and the evolution of the 

12 cosmos. 

13 ‘‘(B) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 

14 to be appropriated under subsection (c), there 

15 shall be made available to the Secretary to 

16 carry out construction of the facility under this 

17 subsection $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 

18 ‘‘(C) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Sec19 retary shall, subject to the availability of appro20 priations, ensure that the start of full oper21 ations of the facility under this section occurs 

22 before March 1, 2022. 

23 ‘‘(2) ELECTRON-ION COLLIDER.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

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1 as described in the 2015 Long Range Plan of 

2 the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee and 

3 the report from the National Academies of 

4 Science, Engineering, and Medicine titled ‘An 

5 Assessment of U.S.-Based Electron-Ion Collider 

6 Science’, in order to measure the internal struc7 ture of the proton and the nucleus and answer 

8 fundamental questions about the nature of visi9 ble matter. 

10 ‘‘(B) FACILITY CAPABILITY.—The Sec11 retary shall ensure that the facility meets the 

12 requirements in the 2015 Long Range Plan, in13 cluding— 

14 ‘‘(i) at least 70 percent polarized 

15 beams of electrons and light ions; 

16 ‘‘(ii) ion beams from deuterium to the 

17 heaviest stable nuclei; 

18 ‘‘(iii) variable center of mass energy 

19 from 20 to 140 GeV; 

20 ‘‘(iv) high collision luminosity of 

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22 ‘‘(v) the possibility of more than one 

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1 priations, ensure that the start of full oper2 ations of the facility under this section occurs 

3 before December 31, 2030. 

4 ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 

5 to be appropriated under subsection (c), there 

6 shall be made available to the Secretary to 

7 carry out construction of the facility under this 

8 subsection— 

9 ‘‘(i) $101,000,000 for fiscal year 

10 2022; 

11 ‘‘(ii) $155,000,000 for fiscal year 

12 2023; 

13 ‘‘(iii) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 

14 2024; 

15 ‘‘(iv) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 

16 2025; and 

17 ‘‘(v) $305,000,000 for fiscal year 

18 2026. 

19 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

21 out the activities described in this section— 

22 ‘‘(1) $780,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

23 ‘‘(2) $879,390,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

24 ‘‘(3) $1,025,097,300 for fiscal year 2024; 

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1 ‘‘(5) $1,192,408,899 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 

2 SEC. 9. ACCELERATOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

3 The Department of Energy Research and Innovation 

4 Act (42 U.S.C. 18601 et seq.) is amended by adding after 

5 section 309 the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 310. ACCELERATOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

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

8 under section 209 of the Department of Energy Organiza9 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7139), the Director shall carry out 

10 a research program to— 

11 ‘‘(1) advance accelerator science and technology 

12 relevant to the Department, other Federal agencies, 

13 and U.S. industry; 

14 ‘‘(2) foster partnerships to develop, dem15 onstrate, and enable the commercial application of 

16 accelerator technologies; 

17 ‘‘(3) support the development of a skilled, di18 verse, and inclusive accelerator workforce; and 

19 ‘‘(4) provide access to accelerator design and 

20 engineering resources. 

21 ‘‘(b) ACCELERATOR RESEARCH.—In carrying out the 

22 program authorized under subsection (a), the Director 

23 shall support— 

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1 magnets and accelerators, beam physics, data ana2 lytics-based accelerator controls, simulation software, 

3 new particle sources, advanced laser technology, and 

4 transformative research; and 

5 ‘‘(2) optimal operation of the Accelerator Test 

6 Facility. 

7 ‘‘(c) ACCELERATOR DEVELOPMENT.—In carrying out 

8 the program authorized under subsection (a), the Director 

9 shall support partnerships to foster the development, dem10 onstration, and commercial application of accelerator tech11 nologies including, advanced superconducting wire and 

12 cable, superconducting RF cavities, and high efficiency ra13 diofrequency power sources for accelerators. 

14 ‘‘(d) RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS.—In developing 

15 accelerator technologies under the program authorized in 

16 subsection (a), the Director shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) consider the requirements necessary to 

18 support translational research and development for 

19 medical, industrial, security, and defense applica20 tions; and 

21 ‘‘(2) leverage investments in accelerator tech22 nologies and fundamental research in particle phys23 ics by partnering with institutes of higher education, 

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1 commercial application of advanced accelerator tech2 nologies. 

3 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

5 out the activities described in this section— 

6 ‘‘(1) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

7 ‘‘(2) $25,680,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

8 ‘‘(3) $27,477,600 for fiscal year 2024; 

9 ‘‘(4) $29,401,032 for fiscal year 2025; and 

10 ‘‘(5) $31,459,104 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 

11 SEC. 10. ISOTOPE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION FOR 

12 RESEARCH APPLICATIONS. 

13 The Department of Energy Research and Innovation 

14 Act (42 U.S.C. 18601 et seq.) is amended by adding after 

15 section 310 as added by this Act the following: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 311. ISOTOPE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION FOR 

17 RESEARCH APPLICATIONS. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director— 

19 ‘‘(1) shall carry out a program in coordination 

20 with other relevant programs across the Department 

21 for the production of isotopes, including the develop22 ment of techniques to produce isotopes, that the Sec23 retary determines are needed for research, medical, 

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1 clear Science Advisory Committee ‘Meeting Isotope 

2 Needs and Capturing Opportunities For The Fu3 ture’ report; and 

4 ‘‘(2) shall ensure that isotope production activi5 ties carried out under the program under this para6 graph do not compete with private industry unless 

7 the Director determines that critical national inter8 ests require the involvement of the Federal Govern9 ment. 

10 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

11 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the pro12 gram under this section— 

13 ‘‘(1) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

14 ‘‘(2) $96,300,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

15 ‘‘(3) $103,041,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

16 ‘‘(4) $110,253,870 for fiscal year 2025; and 

17 ‘‘(5) $117,971,641 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 

18 SEC. 11. SCIENCE LABORATORIES INFRASTRUCTURE PRO19 GRAM. 

20 (a) PROGRAM.—Section 309 of the Department of 

21 Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18647) 

22 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(c) APPROACH.—In carrying out this section, the 

24 Director shall utilize all available approaches and mecha25 nisms, including capital line items, minor construction 


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1 projects, energy savings performance contracts, and utility 

2 energy service contracts, as appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(d) MID-SCALE INSTRUMENTATION PROGRAM.— 

4 The Director, in coordination with each of the programs 

5 carried out by the Office of Science, shall establish a mid6 scale instrumentation program to enable the development 

7 and acquisition of novel, state-of-the-art instruments rang8 ing in cost from $1 million to $20 million each that would 

9 significantly accelerate scientific breakthroughs at user fa10 cilities. 

11 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

13 out the activities described in this section $500,000,000 

14 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 

15 SEC. 12. INCREASED COLLABORATION WITH TEACHERS 

16 AND SCIENTISTS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Energy Re18 search and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18601 et seq.) is 

19 amended by adding after section 311, as added by this 

20 Act, the following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 312. INCREASED COLLABORATION WITH TEACHERS 

22 AND SCIENTISTS. 

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1 searchers, faculty, and the National Laboratories, includ2 ing through the use of proven techniques to expand the 

3 number of individuals from underrepresented groups pur4 suing and attaining skills or undergraduate and graduate 

5 degrees relevant to the Office’s mission.’’. 

6 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

7 3169 of the Department of Energy Science Education En8 hancement Act (42 U.S.C. 7381e) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking, ‘‘programs’’, and inserting 

10 ‘‘programs, including the NSF INCLUDES Na11 tional Network,’’; and 

12 (2) by striking, ‘‘year 1991’’, and inserting 

13 ‘‘years 2022 through 2026’’. 

14 (c) BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN WORKFORCE

15 DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS AND SCIENTISTS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Energy 

17 Science Education Enhancement Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 7381 et seq.) is amended by inserting the following 

19 sections after section 3167 (42 U.S.C. 7381c–1): 

20 ‘‘SEC. 3167A. BROADENING PARTICIPATION FOR TEACHERS 

21 AND SCIENTISTS. 

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1 ing in Department of Energy mission-relevant disciplines 

2 and broaden the recruitment pool to increase diversity, in3 cluding expanded partnerships with Historically Black 

4 Colleges, Tribal Colleges, Minority Serving Institutions, 

5 emerging research institutions, and scientific societies. 

6 ‘‘(b) PLAN.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

7 enactment of the Department of Energy Science for the 

8 Future Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 

9 on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 

11 Resources and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

12 Transportation of the Senate and make available to the 

13 public a plan for broadening participation of underrep14 resented groups in science, technology, engineering, and 

15 mathematics in programs supported by the Department 

16 programs, including— 

17 ‘‘(1) a plan for supporting and leveraging the 

18 National Science Foundation INCLUDES National 

19 Network; 

20 ‘‘(2) metrics for assessing the participation of 

21 underrepresented groups in Department programs; 

22 ‘‘(3) experienced and potential barriers to 

23 broadening participation of underrepresented groups 

24 in Department programs, including recommended 

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1 ‘‘(4) any other activities the Secretary finds ap2 propriate. 

3 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 

4 amounts authorized to be appropriated in section 3169 

5 (42 U.S.C. 7381e), at least $2,000,000 shall be made 

6 available each fiscal year for the activities described under 

7 this subsection. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 3167B. EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE 

9 THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION OF 

10 HIGHLY SKILLED SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, 

11 ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) 

12 PROFESSIONALS. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall expand op14 portunities to increase the number and the diversity, eq15 uity, and inclusion of highly skilled science, technology, en16 gineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals work17 ing in Department of Energy mission-relevant disciplines 

18 and broaden the recruitment pool to increase diversity, in19 cluding expanded partnerships with minority-serving insti20 tutions, non-Research I universities, and scientific soci21 eties. 

22 ‘‘(b) PLAN AND OUTREACH STRATEGY.— 

23 ‘‘(1) PLAN.—Not later than 6 months after the 

24 date of enactment of the Department of Energy 

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1 mit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech2 nology of the House of Representatives and the 

3 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 

4 Senate a 10-year educational plan to fund and ex5 pand new or existing programs administered by the 

6 Office of Science and sited at the National Labora7 tories and Department of Energy user facilities to 

8 expand educational and workforce opportunities for 

9 underrepresented high school, undergraduate, and 

10 graduate students as well as recent graduates, 

11 teachers and faculty in STEM fields. This may in12 clude paid internships, fellowships, temporary em13 ployment, training programs, visiting student and 

14 faculty programs, sabbaticals, and research support. 

15 ‘‘(2) OUTREACH CAPACITY.—The Secretary 

16 shall include in the plan under paragraph (1) an 

17 outreach strategy to improve the advertising, recruit18 ment, and promotion of educational and workforce 

19 programs to community colleges, Historically Black 

20 Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges, Minority 

21 Serving Institutions, and emerging research institu22 tions. 

23 ‘‘(c) BUILDING RESEARCH CAPACITY.—The Sec24 retary shall develop programs that strengthen the research 

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1 ing research institutions, including minority-serving insti2 tutions, tribal colleges and universities, Historically Black 

3 Colleges and Universities, and colleges and universities. 

4 This may include enabling mutually beneficial and jointly 

5 managed partnerships between research-intensive institu6 tions and emerging research institutions, and soliciting re7 search proposals, fellowships, training programs, and re8 search support directly from emerging research institu9 tions. 

10 ‘‘(d) TRAINEESHIPS.—The Secretary shall establish 

11 a university-led Traineeship Program to address workforce 

12 training needs in STEM fields relevant to the Depart13 ment. The focus should be on supporting training and re14 search experiences for underrepresented undergraduate 

15 and graduate students and increasing participation from 

16 underrepresented populations. The traineeships should in17 clude opportunities to build the next-generation workforce 

18 in research areas critical to maintaining core competencies 

19 across the Office of Science’s programs. 

20 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall establish key 

21 performance indicators to measure and monitor progress 

22 of education and workforce programs and expand Depart23 mental activities for data collection and analysis. The Sec24 retary shall submit a report 2 years after the date of en25 actment of the Department of Energy Science for the FuVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:40 Jul 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3593.RFS H3593

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1 ture Act, and every 2 years thereafter, to the Committee 

2 on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep3 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 

4 Resources of the Senate summarizing progress toward 

5 meeting key performance indicators. 

6 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 ‘‘(1) MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

8 term ‘minority-serving institution’ includes the enti9 ties described in any of paragraphs (1) through (7) 

10 of section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 

11 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 

12 ‘‘(2) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNI13 VERSITIES.—The term ‘Historically Black Colleges 

14 and Universities’ has the meaning given in ‘part B 

15 institution’ in section 322 of the Higher Education 

16 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). 

17 ‘‘(3) STEM.—The term ‘STEM’ means the 

18 field or disciplines listed in section 2 of the STEM 

19 Education Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6621 note). 

20 ‘‘(4) TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.— 

21 The term ‘Tribal College or University’ has the 

22 meaning given in section 316 of the Higher Edu23 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c).’’. 

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1 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 is amended by 

2 inserting after the item relating to section 3167 the 

3 following: 

‘‘Sec. 3167A. Broadening participation for teachers and scientists. 

‘‘Sec. 3167B. Expanding opportunities to increase the diversity, equity, and inclusion of highly skilled science, technology, engineering, and 

mathematics (STEM) professionals.’’. 

4 SEC. 13. HIGH INTENSITY LASER RESEARCH INITIATIVE; 

5 OFFICE OF SCIENCE EMERGING INFECTIOUS 

6 DISEASE COMPUTING RESEARCH INITIATIVE; 

7 HELIUM CONSERVATION PROGRAM; AUTHOR8 IZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Energy Re10 search and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18601 et seq.) is 

11 amended by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 313. HIGH INTENSITY LASER RESEARCH INITIATIVE. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish a 

14 high intensity laser research initiative consistent with the 

15 recommendations of the National Academies report, ‘Op16 portunities in Intense Ultrafast Lasers: Reaching for the 

17 Brightest Light’, and the report from the Brightest Light 

18 Initiative workshop on ‘The Future of Intense Ultrafast 

19 Lasers in the U.S.’. This initiative should include research 

20 and development of petawatt-scale and of high average 

21 power laser technologies necessary for future facility needs 

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1 as well as support for a user network of academic and 

2 national laboratory high intensity laser facilities. 

3 ‘‘(b) LEVERAGE.—The Director shall leverage new 

4 laser technologies for more compact, less complex, and 

5 low-cost accelerator systems needed for science applica6 tions. 

7 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—The Director shall coordinate 

8 this initiative among all relevant programs within the Of9 fice of Science, and the Under Secretary for Science shall 

10 coordinate this initiative with other relevant programs 

11 within the Department as well as within other Federal 

12 agencies. 

13 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Out of 

14 funds authorized to be appropriated for the Office of 

15 Science there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec16 retary to carry out the activities described in this sec17 tion— 

18 ‘‘(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

19 ‘‘(2) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

20 ‘‘(3) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

21 ‘‘(4) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 

22 ‘‘(5) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 314. HELIUM CONSERVATION PROGRAM. 

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1 ment grant recipients and facilities and encourage helium 

2 recycling and reuse. The program shall competitively 

3 award grants for— 

4 ‘‘(1) the purchase of equipment to capture, 

5 reuse, and recycle helium; 

6 ‘‘(2) the installation, maintenance, and repair 

7 of new and existing helium capture, reuse, and recy8 cling equipment; and 

9 ‘‘(3) helium alternatives research and develop10 ment activities. 

11 ‘‘(b) REPORT.—In carrying out the program under 

12 this section, the Director shall submit to the Committee 

13 on Science, Space, and Technology of House of Represent14 atives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re15 sources of the Senate a report, not later than two years 

16 after the date of enactment of the Department of Energy 

17 Science for the Future Act, and every 3 years thereafter, 

18 on the purchase of helium as part of research projects and 

19 facilities supported by the Department. The report shall 

20 include— 

21 ‘‘(1) the quantity of helium purchased for 

22 projects and facilities supported by Department 

23 grants; 

24 ‘‘(2) a cost-analysis for such helium; 


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1 ‘‘(3) the predominant production sources for 

2 such helium; 

3 ‘‘(4) expected or experienced impacts of helium 

4 supply shortages or prices on the research projects 

5 and facilities supported by the Department; and 

6 ‘‘(5) recommendations for reducing Department 

7 grant recipients’ exposure to volatile helium prices. 

8 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the program 

9 under this section, the Director shall coordinate with the 

10 National Science Foundation and other relevant Federal 

11 agencies on helium conservation activities. 

12 ‘‘(d) DURATION.—The program established under 

13 this section shall receive support for a period of not more 

14 than 5 years, subject to the availability of appropriations. 

15 ‘‘(e) RENEWAL.—Upon expiration of any period of 

16 support of the program under this section, the Director 

17 may renew support for the program for a period of not 

18 more than 5 years. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 315. OFFICE OF SCIENCE EMERGING INFECTIOUS 

20 DISEASE COMPUTING RESEARCH INITIATIVE. 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination 

22 with the Director of the National Science Foundation and 

23 the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 

24 Administration, shall establish within the Office of 

25 Science, a cross-cutting research initiative to leverage the 


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1 Federal Government’s innovative analytical resources and 

2 tools, user facilities, and advanced computational and net3 working capabilities in order to prevent, prepare for, and 

4 respond to emerging infectious diseases, including 

5 COVID–19. The Secretary shall carry out this initiative 

6 through a competitive, merit-reviewed process, and con7 sider applications from National Laboratories, institutions 

8 of higher education, multi-institutional collaborations, in9 dustry partners and other appropriate entities. 

10 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the initiative es11 tablished under subsection (a), the Secretary shall coordi12 nate with programs across the Office of Science and with 

13 relevant Federal agencies to determine a comprehensive 

14 set of technical milestones for these research activities and 

15 prioritize the following objectives— 

16 ‘‘(1) supporting fundamental research and de17 velopment in advanced analytics, experimental stud18 ies, materials synthesis, high-performance computing 

19 technologies needed to characterize, model, simulate, 

20 and predict complex phenomena and biological mate21 rials related to emerging infectious diseases, includ22 ing COVID–19 challenges, including a focus on test23 ing and diagnostics, experimental data acquisition, 

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1 ‘‘(2) using expertise from the private sector, in2 stitutions of higher education, and the National 

3 Laboratories to develop computational software and 

4 capabilities that prospective users may accelerate 

5 emerging infectious diseases research and develop6 ment; 

7 ‘‘(3) leveraging the research infrastructure of 

8 the Department, including scientific computing user 

9 facilities, x-ray light sources, neutron scattering fa10 cilities, nanoscale science research centers, and se11 quencing and bio-characterization facilities by co12 ordinating with the Advanced Scientific Computing 

13 Research, Basic Energy Sciences, and Biological and 

14 Environmental Research programs within the Office 

15 of Science; 

16 ‘‘(4) leveraging experience from existing mod17 eling and simulation research and work sponsored by 

18 the Department and promoting collaboration and 

19 data sharing between National Laboratories, re20 search entities, and user facilities of the Department 

21 by providing the necessary access and secure data 

22 transfer capabilities; and 

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1 dress emerging infectious diseases, including 

2 COVID–19 challenges. 

3 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this initiative, 

4 the Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent prac5 ticable, coordination of these activities with the Depart6 ment of Energy National Laboratories, institutions of 

7 higher education, and the private sector. 

8 ‘‘(d) EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES HIGH PER9 FORMANCE COMPUTING RESEARCH CONSORTIUM.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary in coordina11 tion with the Director of the National Science Foun12 dation and the Director of the Office of Science and 

13 Technology Policy shall establish and operate an 

14 Emerging Infectious Diseases High Performance 

15 Computing Research Consortium (referred to in this 

16 section as the ‘Consortium’), to support the initiative 

17 under subsection (a) by providing, to the extent 

18 practicable, a centralized entity for multidisciplinary, 

19 collaborative, emerging infectious disease research 

20 and development through high performance com21 puting and advanced data analytics technologies and 

22 processes. 

23 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of such con24 sortium may include representatives from relevant 

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1 higher education, which can each contribute relevant 

2 compute time, capabilities, or other resources. 

3 ‘‘(3) ACTIVITIES.—The Consortium shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) match applicants with available Fed5 eral and private sector computing resources; 

6 ‘‘(B) consider supplemental awards for 

7 computing partnerships with Consortium mem8 bers to qualifying entities on a competitive 

9 merit-review basis; 

10 ‘‘(C) encourage collaboration and commu11 nication among member representatives of the 

12 consortium and awardees; 

13 ‘‘(D) make available the high-performance 

14 computing capabilities, expertise, and user fa15 cilities of the Department and the National 

16 Laboratories; and 

17 ‘‘(E) submit an annual report to the Sec18 retary summarizing the activities of the Consor19 tium, including— 

20 ‘‘(i) describing each project under21 taken by the Consortium; 

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1 ‘‘(iii) evaluating contribution to the 

2 achievement of technical milestones as de3 termined in subsection (a). 

4 ‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall en5 sure the coordination of, and avoid unnecessary du6 plication of, the activities of the Consortium with the 

7 activities of other research entities of the Depart8 ment, institutions of higher education and the pri9 vate sector. 

10 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

11 of enactment of the Department of Energy Science for the 

12 Future Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 

13 on Science, Space, and Technology of the House, and the 

14 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen15 ate, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

16 Transportation of the Senate a report detailing the effec17 tiveness of— 

18 ‘‘(1) the interagency coordination between each 

19 Federal agency involved in the research initiative 

20 carried out under this section; 

21 ‘‘(2) the collaborative research achievements of 

22 the initiative, including the achievement of the tech23 nical milestones determined under subsection (a); 

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1 ‘‘(3) potential opportunities to expand the tech2 nical capabilities of the Department. 

3 ‘‘(f) FUNDING.—From within funds authorized to be 

4 appropriated for the Department’s Office of Science, there 

5 shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out the 

6 activities under this subsection, $50,000,000 for fiscal 

7 years 2022 and 2023. 

8 ‘‘(g) PROHIBITION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this Act, 

10 the Secretary may not carry out gain-of-function re11 search of concern. 

12 ‘‘(2) GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH DE13 FINED.—For the purposes of this subsection, ‘gain14 of-function research of concern’ means research ac15 tivities with the potential to generate pathogens with 

16 high transmissibility and high virulence in humans. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 316. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec19 retary to carry out the activities described in this title— 

20 ‘‘(1) $8,801,915,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

21 ‘‘(2) $9,451,015,300 for fiscal year 2023; 

22 ‘‘(3) $10,160,677,621 for fiscal year 2024; 

23 ‘‘(4) $10,693,625,004 for fiscal year 2025; and 

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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the De2 partment of Energy Research and Innovation Act is 

3 amended in the table of contents by inserting after the 

4 item relating to section 309 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 310. Accelerator research and development. 

‘‘Sec. 311. Isotope Development and Production for Research Applications. 

‘‘Sec. 312. Increased collaboration with teachers and scientists. 

‘‘Sec. 313. High intensity laser research initiative. 

‘‘Sec. 314. Helium conservation program. 

‘‘Sec. 315. Office of Science Emerging Infectious Disease Computing Research 

Initiative. 

‘‘Sec. 316. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 

5 SEC. 14. STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES PROHIBITION. 

6 (a) INNOVATE IN AMERICA.—In carrying out this Act 

7 or the amendments made by this Act, the Secretary may 

8 not award a contract, subcontract, grant, or loan to an 

9 entity that— 

10 (1) is owned or controlled by, is a subsidiary of, 

11 or is otherwise related legally or financially to a cor12 poration based in a country that— 

13 (A) is identified as a nonmarket economy 

14 country (as defined in section 771(18) of the 

15 Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of 

16 the date of enactment of this Act; 

17 (B) was identified by the United States 

18 Trade Representative in the most recent report 

19 required by section 182 of the Trade Act of 

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1 country under subsection (a)(2) of that section; 

2 and 

3 (C) is subject to monitoring by the Trade 

4 Representative under section 306 of the Trade 

5 Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416); or 

6 (2) is listed pursuant to section 9(b)(3) of the 

7 Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (Public 

8 Law 116–145). 

9 (b) EXCEPTION.—For purposes of subsection (a), the 

10 Secretary may issue a waiver, to be made publicly avail11 able, to an entity in which the legal or financial connection 

12 to a corporation is a minority relationship or investment. 

13 (c) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—This section 

14 shall be applied in a manner consistent with the obliga15 tions of the United States under international agreements. 

16 SEC. 15. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

17 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

18 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

19 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

20 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

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1 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

2 vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 28, 2021. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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