Accelerating American Leadership in Science Act of 2018

To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out an upgrade to research equipment and construct research user facilities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accelerating American Leadership in Science Act of 2017 2. Advanced photon source upgrade (a) In general The Secretary of Energy shall provide for the upgrade to the Advanced Photon Source described in the publication approved by the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee on June 9, 2016, titled Report on Facility Upgrades (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Flux The term flux (2) Hard x-ray The term hard x-ray (c) Start of operations The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of full operations of the upgrade under this section occurs before December 31, 2025. (d) Funding Out of funds appropriated to the Office of Science, there shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out the upgrade under this section— (1) $93,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; (2) $130,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; (3) $152,400,000 for fiscal year 2020; (4) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; (5) $73,600,000 for fiscal year 2022; and (6) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 3. Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility for Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (a) In general The Secretary of Energy shall provide for a Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility to facilitate the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment to enable a program in neutrino physics to measure the fundamental properties of neutrinos, explore physics beyond the Standard Model, and better clarify the nature of matter and antimatter. (b) Facility capabilities The Secretary shall ensure that the facility described in subsection (a) will provide, at a minimum, the following capabilities: (1) A broad-band neutrino beam capable of 1.2 megawatts (MW) of beam power and upgradable to 2.4 MW of beam power. (2) Four caverns excavated for a forty kiloton fiducial detector mass and supporting surface buildings and utilities. (3) Neutrino detector facilities at both the Far Site in South Dakota and the Near Site in Illinois to categorize and study neutrinos on their 800-mile journey between the two sites. (4) Cryogenic systems to support neutrino detectors. (c) Start of operations The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of full operations of the facility under this section occurs before December 31, 2026. (d) Funding Out of funds appropriated to the Office of Science, there shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out activities, including construction of the facility, under this section— (1) $95,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; (2) $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; (3) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; (4) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; (5) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; (6) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; (7) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; (8) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and (9) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 4. Spallation Neutron Source proton power upgrade (a) In general The Secretary of Energy shall provide for a proton power upgrade to the Spallation Neutron Source. (b) Definition of proton power upgrade For the purposes of this section, the term proton power upgrade (1) the publication of the Office of Science of the Department of Energy titled Facilities for the Future of Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook (2) the publication of the Office of Science of the Department of Energy titled Four Years Later: An Interim Report on Facilities for the Future of Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook (3) the publication approved by the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee on June 9, 2016, titled Report on Facility Upgrades (c) Start of operations The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of full operations of the upgrade under this section occurs before December 31, 2025. (d) Funding Out of funds appropriated to the Office of Science, there shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out the upgrade under this section— (1) $26,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; (2) $70,800,000 for fiscal year 2019; (3) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2020; (4) $40,500,000 for fiscal year 2021; (5) $21,100,000 for fiscal year 2022; (6) $13,200,000 for fiscal year 2023; and (7) $2,900,000 for fiscal year 2024. 5. Spallation Neutron Source second target station (a) In general The Secretary of Energy shall provide for a second target station for the Spallation Neutron Source. (b) Definition of second target station For the purposes of this section, the term second target station (1) the publication of the Office of Science of the Department of Energy titled Facilities for the Future of Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook (2) the publication of the Office of Science of the Department of Energy titled Four Years Later: An Interim Report on Facilities for the Future of Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook (3) the publication approved by the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee on June 9, 2016, titled Report on Facility Upgrades (c) Start of operations The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of full operations of the second target station under this section occurs before December 31, 2030, with the option for early operation in 2028. (d) Funding Out of funds appropriated to the Office of Science, there shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out activities, including construction, under this section— (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; (2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; (3) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; (4) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; (5) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; (6) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; (7) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; (8) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; (9) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; (10) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; and (11) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2028. February 13, 2018 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Accelerating American Leadership in Science Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to: (1) provide for an upgrade to the Advanced Light Source, and (2) ensure that the start of full operations occurs by December 31, 2025. DOE shall: (1) provide for a Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility to facilitate the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, and (2) ensure that the start of full operations occurs by December 31, 2026. DOE shall: (1) provide for a proton power upgrade to the Spallation Neutron Source, and (2) ensure that the start of full operations occurs by December 31, 2025. DOE shall: (1) provide for a second target station for the Spallation Neutron Source, and (2) ensure that the start of full operations occurs by December 31, 2030.