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‘‘(C) the Chair of the Subcommittee on 
Quantum Information Science of the National 
Science and Technology Council established 
under section 103(a); and 
‘‘(D) the Chair of the Subcommittee on the 
Economic and Security Implications of Quan-
tum Science; 
‘‘(2) provide researchers based within the United 
States with access to, and use of, United States quan-
tum computing resources through a competitive, 
merit-reviewed process; 
‘‘(3) consider applications from the National 
Laboratories, multi-institutional collaborations, insti-
tutions of higher education, industry stakeholders, 
and any other entities that the Secretary determines 
are appropriate to provide national leadership on 
quantum computing related issues; 
‘‘(4) coordinate with private sector stakeholders, 
the user community, and interagency partners on 
program development and best management practices; 
and 
‘‘(5) to the extent practicable, balance user access 
to commercial prototypes available for use across a 
broad class of applications and Federal research pro-
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totypes that enable benchmarking a wider variety of 
early-stage devices. 
‘‘(c) LEVERAGING.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall leverage resources and expertise across the 
Department of Energy and from— 
‘‘(1) the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; 
‘‘(2) the National Science Foundation; 
‘‘(3) the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration; 
‘‘(4) other relevant Federal agencies; 
‘‘(5) the National Laboratories; 
‘‘(6) industry stakeholders; 
‘‘(7) institutions of higher education; and 
‘‘(8) the National Quantum Information Science 
Research Centers. 
‘‘(d) SECURITY.—In carrying out the activities au-
thorized by this section, the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Director of the National Science Foundation and the 
Director of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, shall ensure proper security controls are in place 
to protect sensitive information, as appropriate. 
‘‘(e) FUNDING.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of Energy’s Office of Science,
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there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to 
carry out the activities under this section— 
‘‘(1) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(2) $31,500,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(3) $33,075,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
‘‘(4) $34,728,750 for fiscal year 2026; and 
‘‘(5) $36,465,188 for fiscal year 2027.’’. 
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents in section 1(b) of the National Quantum 
Initiative Act (Public Law 115–368; 132 Stat. 
5092) is amended by inserting after the item re-
lating to section 402 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 403. Department of Energy quantum network infrastructure research and 
development program. 
‘‘Sec. 404. Department of Energy quantum user expansion for science and tech-
nology program.’’. 
SEC. 10105. FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH. 
(a) FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH.—Section 307 of the 
Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 
U.S.C. 18645) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by redesignating sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), 
respectively, and indenting appropriately; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 
and indenting appropriately;
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(C) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘As part of’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Out 
of funds authorized to be appropriated under sub-
section (q), there is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary to carry out activities described in 
paragraph (1) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2023 through 2027.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(o)’’ and inserting ‘‘(q)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘this subsection’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting 
‘‘2027’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)(4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(o)’’ and inserting ‘‘(q)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘this subsection’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting 
‘‘2027’’; 
(4) in subsection (i)(10)—
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(o)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(q)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (i)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and 
‘‘(G) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2027.’’; 
(5) by striking subsection (j) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(j) FUSION REACTOR SYSTEM DESIGN.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Research and Devel-
opment, Competition, and Innovation Act, the Direc-
tor shall establish not less than 2 national teams de-
scribed in paragraph (2) that shall— 
‘‘(A) develop conceptual pilot plant designs 
and technology roadmaps; and
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‘‘(B) create an engineering design of a pilot 
plant that will bring fusion to commercial via-
bility. 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL
TEAMS.—A national team re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) be composed of developers, manufactur-
ers, universities, National Laboratories, and rep-
resentatives of the engineering, procurement, and 
construction industries; and 
‘‘(B) include public-private partnerships. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of 
the funds authorized to be appropriated for Fusion 
Energy Sciences in a fiscal year, there are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this 
subsection— 
‘‘(A) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(B) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(C) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
‘‘(D) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and 
‘‘(E) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2027.’’; 
(6) by redesignating subsection (o) as subsection 
(r); 
(7) by inserting after subsection (n) the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(o) HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTATION COLLABO-
RATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out a program to conduct and support collaborative 
research, development, and demonstration of fusion 
energy technologies, through high-performance com-
putation modeling and simulation techniques, in 
order— 
‘‘(A) to support fundamental research in 
plasmas and matter at very high temperatures 
and densities; 
‘‘(B) to inform the development of a broad 
range of fusion energy systems; and 
‘‘(C) to facilitate the translation of research 
results in fusion energy science to industry. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the pro-
gram under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall co-
ordinate 
with 
relevant 
Federal 
agencies, 
and 
prioritize the following objectives: 
‘‘(A) To use expertise from the private sec-
tor, institutions of higher education, and the Na-
tional Laboratories to leverage existing, and de-
velop new, computational software and capabili-
ties that prospective users may use to accelerate
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research and development of fusion energy sys-
tems. 
‘‘(B) To develop computational tools to sim-
ulate and predict fusion energy science phe-
nomena that may be validated through physical 
experimentation. 
‘‘(C) To increase the utility of the research 
infrastructure of the Department by coordinating 
with the Advanced Scientific Computing Re-
search program within the Office of Science. 
‘‘(D) To leverage experience from existing 
modeling and simulation entities sponsored by 
the Department. 
‘‘(E) To ensure that new experimental and 
computational tools are accessible to relevant re-
search communities, including private sector en-
tities engaged in fusion energy technology devel-
opment. 
‘‘(F) To ensure that newly developed com-
putational tools are compatible with modern vir-
tual engineering and visualization capabilities to 
accelerate the realization of fusion energy tech-
nologies and systems. 
‘‘(3) DUPLICATION.—The Secretary shall ensure 
the coordination of, and avoid unnecessary duplica-
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tion of, the activities of the program under paragraph 
(1) with the activities of— 
‘‘(A) other research entities of the Depart-
ment, including the National Laboratories, the 
Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy, 
and the Advanced Scientific Computing Re-
search program within the Office of Science; and 
‘‘(B) industry. 
‘‘(4) HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING FOR FU-
SION INNOVATION CENTER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out the 
program under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall, in coordination with the Innovation Net-
work for Fusion Energy, establish and operate a 
national High-Performance Computing for Fu-
sion Innovation Center (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘Center’), to support the program 
under paragraph (1) by providing, to the extent 
practicable, a centralized entity for multidisci-
plinary, collaborative, fusion energy research 
and development through high-performance com-
puting and advanced data analytics technologies 
and processes. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity eligi-
ble to serve as the Center shall be—
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‘‘(i) a National Laboratory; 
‘‘(ii) an institution of higher edu-
cation; 
‘‘(iii) a multi-institutional collabora-
tion; or 
‘‘(iv) any other entity that the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(C) APPLICATION; SELECTION.— 
‘‘(i) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to 
serve as the Center, an eligible entity shall 
submit to the Secretary an application at 
such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Secretary may re-
quire. 
‘‘(ii) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall 
select the Center on a competitive, merit-re-
viewed basis. 
‘‘(D) EXISTING
ACTIVITIES.—The Center 
may incorporate existing research activities that 
are consistent with the program under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(E) PRIORITIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Center shall 
prioritize activities that utilize expertise 
and infrastructure from a balance among
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the private sector, institutions of higher 
education, and the National Laboratories to 
enhance existing computation tools and de-
velop new computational software and ca-
pabilities to accelerate the commercial ap-
plication of fusion energy systems. 
‘‘(ii) MAINTENANCE
OF
RESOURCE 
AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary may enter 
into contracts with commercial cloud com-
puting providers to ensure that resource 
availability within the Department is not 
reduced or disproportionately distributed as 
a result of Center activities. 
‘‘(F) DURATION.—Subject to subparagraph 
(G), the Center shall receive support for a period 
of not more than 5 years, subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations. 
‘‘(G) RENEWAL.—On the expiration of the 
period of support of the Center under subpara-
graph (F), the Secretary may renew support for 
the Center, on a merit-reviewed basis, for a pe-
riod of not more than 5 years. 
‘‘(p) MATERIAL PLASMA EXPOSURE EXPERIMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall construct 
a Material Plasma Exposure Experiment facility as
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described in the 2020 publication approved by the 
Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee entitled 
‘Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas’. The Sec-
retary shall consult with the private sector, institu-
tions of higher education, National Laboratories, and 
relevant Federal agencies to ensure that the facility is 
capable of meeting Federal research needs for steady 
state, high-heat-flux, and plasma-material interaction 
testing of fusion materials over a range of fusion en-
ergy relevant parameters. 
‘‘(2) FACILITY
CAPABILITIES.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that the facility described in paragraph 
(1) will provide the following capabilities: 
‘‘(A) A magnetic field at the target of 1 
Tesla. 
‘‘(B) An energy flux at the target of 10 MW/ 
m2. 
‘‘(C) The ability to expose previously irra-
diated plasma facing material samples to plas-
ma. 
‘‘(3) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, en-
sure that the start of full operations of the facility de-
scribed in paragraph (1) occurs before December 31, 
2027.
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‘‘(4) FUNDING.—Of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated for Fusion Energy Sciences, there are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the 
Office of Fusion Energy Sciences to complete con-
struction of the facility described in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) $21,895,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 
‘‘(B) $3,800,000 for fiscal year 2024. 
‘‘(q) MATTER IN EXTREME CONDITIONS INSTRUMENT 
UPGRADE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
for the upgrade to the Matter in Extreme Conditions 
endstation at the Linac Coherent Light Source as de-
scribed in the 2020 publication approved by the Fu-
sion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee entitled 
‘Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas’. The Sec-
retary shall consult with the private sector, institu-
tions of higher education, National Laboratories, and 
relevant Federal agencies to ensure that this facility 
is capable of meeting Federal research needs for un-
derstanding physical and chemical changes to plas-
mas at fundamental timescales, and explore new re-
gimes of dense material physics, astrophysics, plan-
etary physics, and short-pulse laser-plasma inter-
actions.
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‘‘(2) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, en-
sure that the start of full operations of the facility de-
scribed in paragraph (1) occurs before December 31, 
2028.’’; and 
(8) in subsection (r) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘There’’ and inserting ‘‘Out 
of funds authorized to be appropriated for the 
Office of Science in a fiscal year, there’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraphs (3) through (5) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) $1,025,500,400 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(4) $1,043,489,724 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(5) $1,053,266,107 for fiscal year 2025; 
‘‘(6) $1,047,962,074 for fiscal year 2026; and 
‘‘(7) $1,114,187,798 for fiscal year 2027.’’. 
(b) ITER CONSTRUCTION.—Section 972(c)(3) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16312(c)(3)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) $379,700,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(C) $419,250,000 for fiscal year 2024;
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‘‘(D) $415,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
‘‘(E) $370,500,000 for fiscal year 2026; and 
‘‘(F) $411,078,000 for fiscal year 2027.’’. 
SEC. 10106. HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—Section 305 of the Department of En-
ergy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18643) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) 
as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—As part of the activities authorized 
under section 209 of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7139), the Director shall carry out a 
research program in elementary particle physics and ad-
vanced technology research and development to improve the 
understanding of the fundamental properties of the uni-
verse, including constituents of matter and energy and the 
nature of space and time. 
‘‘(c) HIGH ENERGY FRONTIER RESEARCH.—As part 
of the program described in subsection (b), the Director 
shall carry out research using high energy accelerators and 
advanced detectors, including accelerators and detectors 
that will function as national user facilities, to create and
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study interactions of elementary particles and investigate 
fundamental forces.’’. 
(b) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.—Section 305 of 
the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 
U.S.C. 18643) is amended by striking subsection (d) (as 
redesignated by subsection (a)(1)) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.—The Director 
shall— 
‘‘(1) as practicable and in coordination with 
other appropriate Federal agencies as necessary, en-
sure the access of United States researchers to the 
most advanced accelerator facilities and research ca-
pabilities in the world, including the Large Hadron 
Collider; 
‘‘(2) to the maximum extent practicable, con-
tinue to leverage United States participation in the 
Large Hadron Collider, and prioritize expanding 
international partnerships and investments in the 
Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility and Deep Under-
ground Neutrino Experiment; and 
‘‘(3) 
to 
the 
maximum 
extent 
practicable, 
prioritize engagement in collaborative efforts in sup-
port of future international facilities that would pro-
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vide access to the most advanced accelerator facilities 
in the world to United States researchers.’’. 
(c) COSMIC FRONTIER RESEARCH.—Section 305 of the 
Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 
U.S.C. 18645) is amended by striking subsection (f) (as re-
designated by subsection (a)(1)) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(f) COSMIC FRONTIER RESEARCH.—The Director 
shall carry out research activities on the nature of the pri-
mary contents of the universe, including the nature of dark 
energy and dark matter. These activities shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, be consistent with the research 
priorities identified by the High Energy Physics Advisory 
Panel or the National Academy of Sciences, and may in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) collaborations with the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, the National 
Science Foundation, or international partners on rel-
evant projects; and 
‘‘(2) the development of space-based, land-based, 
water-based, and underground facilities and experi-
ments.’’. 
(d) FURTHER ACTIVITIES.—Section 305 of the Depart-
ment of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 
18645) (as amended by subsection (c)), is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
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‘‘(g) FACILITY CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR ITEMS OF 
EQUIPMENT.— 
‘‘(1) PROJECTS.—Consistent with the Office of 
Science’s project management practices, the Director 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, by incor-
porating the findings and recommendations of the 
2014 Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel 
(P5) report entitled ‘Building for Discovery’, support 
construction or fabrication of— 
‘‘(A) an international Long-Baseline Neu-
trino Facility based in the United States; 
‘‘(B) the Proton Improvement Plan II; 
‘‘(C) Second Generation Dark Matter ex-
periments; 
‘‘(D) the Legacy Survey of Space and Time 
camera; 
‘‘(E) upgrades to detectors and other compo-
nents of the Large Hadron Collider; and 
‘‘(F) the Cosmic Microwave Background 
Stage 4 project; and 
‘‘(G) other high priority projects rec-
ommended in the most recent report of the Par-
ticle Physics Project Prioritization Panel of the 
High Energy Physics Advisory Panel. 
‘‘(2) LONG-BASELINE NEUTRINO FACILITY.—
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
support construction of a Long-Baseline Neu-
trino Facility to facilitate the international 
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment to ex-
amine the fundamental properties of neutrinos, 
explore physics beyond the Standard Model, and 
better clarify the existence and nature of anti-
matter. 
‘‘(B) FACILITY
CAPABILITIES.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that the facility described in 
subparagraph (A) will provide, at a minimum, 
the following capabilities: 
‘‘(i) A neutrino beam with wideband 
capability of 1.2 megawatts of beam power 
and upgradable to 2.4 megawatts of beam 
power. 
‘‘(ii) 3 caverns excavated for a 70 kil-
oton fiducial detector mass and supporting 
surface buildings and utilities. 
‘‘(iii) Cryogenic systems to support 
neutrino detectors. 
‘‘(C) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall, subject to the availability of appro-
priations, ensure that the start of full operations
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of the facility described in subparagraph (A) oc-
curs before December 31, 2031. 
‘‘(D) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized to 
be appropriated under subsection (k), there are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to 
carry out construction of the project described in 
subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(ii) $255,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(iii) $305,000,000 for fiscal year 
2025; 
‘‘(iv) $305,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 
and 
‘‘(v) $305,000,000 for fiscal year 2027. 
‘‘(3) PROTON
IMPROVEMENT
PLAN–II
ACCEL-
ERATOR UPGRADE PROJECT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
support construction of the Proton Improvement 
Plan II, an upgrade to the Fermilab accelerator 
complex identified in the 2014 Particle Physics 
Project Prioritization Panel (P5) report entitled 
‘Building for Discovery’, to provide the world’s 
most intense beam of neutrinos to the inter-
national Long Baseline Neutrino Facility and to 
carry out a broad range of future high energy
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physics experiments. The Secretary shall work 
with international partners to enable further sig-
nificant contributions to the capabilities of that 
project. 
‘‘(B) FACILITY
CAPABILITIES.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that the facility described in 
subparagraph (A) will provide, at a minimum, 
the following capabilities: 
‘‘(i) A state-of-the-art 800 megaelectron 
volt superconducting linear accelerator. 
‘‘(ii) Proton beam power of 1.2 
megawatts at the start of LBNF/DUNE, 
upgradeable to 2.4 megawatts of beam 
power. 
‘‘(iii) A flexible design to enable high 
power beam delivery to multiple users si-
multaneously and customized beams tai-
lored to specific scientific needs. 
‘‘(iv) Sustained high reliability oper-
ation of the Fermilab accelerator complex. 
‘‘(C) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall, subject to the availability of appro-
priations, ensure that the start of full operations 
of the facility described in subparagraph (A) oc-
curs before December 31, 2028.
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‘‘(D) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized to 
be appropriated under subsection (k), there are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to 
carry out construction of the facility described in 
subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) $130,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(ii) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(iii) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 
2025; 
‘‘(iv) $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 
and 
‘‘(v) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2027. 
‘‘(4) COSMIC
MICROWAVE
BACKGROUND
STAGE 
4.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in part-
nership with the Director of the National Science 
Foundation, shall support construction of the 
Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 project 
to survey the cosmic microwave background to 
test theories of cosmic inflation as described in 
the 2014 Particle Physics Prioritization Panel 
(P5) report entitled ‘Building for Discovery: 
Strategic Plan for U.S. Particle Physics in the 
Global Context.’.
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‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall 
consult with the private sector, institutions of 
higher education, National Laboratories, and rel-
evant Federal agencies to ensure that the project 
described in subparagraph (A) is capable of 
meeting Federal research needs in accessing the 
ultra-high energy physics of inflation and im-
portant neutrino properties. 
‘‘(C) EXPERIMENTAL
CAPABILITIES.—The 
Secretary shall ensure to the maximum extent 
practicable that the facility described in sub-
paragraph (A) will provide, at a minimum, 
500,000 superconducting detectors deployed on 
an array of millimeter-wave telescopes with the 
required range in frequency, sensitivity, and sur-
vey speed that will provide sufficient capability 
to enable an order of magnitude advance in ob-
servations of the Cosmic Microwave Background, 
delivering transformative discoveries in funda-
mental physics, cosmology, and astrophysics. 
‘‘(D) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall, subject to the availability of appro-
priations, ensure that the start of full operations 
of the facility described in subparagraph (A) oc-
curs before December 31, 2030.
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‘‘(E) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized to 
be appropriated under subsection (k), there are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to 
carry out construction of the facility described in 
subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(ii) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(iii) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
‘‘(iv) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 
and 
‘‘(v) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2027. 
‘‘(h) ACCELERATOR AND DETECTOR UPGRADES.—The 
Director shall upgrade accelerator facilities and detectors, 
as necessary and appropriate, to increase beam power, sus-
tain high reliability, and improve precision measurement 
to advance the highest priority particle physics research 
programs. In carrying out facility upgrades, the Director 
shall continue to work with international partners, when 
appropriate and in the United States’ interest, to leverage 
investments and expertise in critical technologies to help 
build and upgrade accelerator and detector facilities in the 
United States. 
‘‘(i) ACCELERATOR AND DETECTOR RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT.—As part of the program described in sub-
section (b), the Director shall carry out research and devel-
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opment in particle beam physics, accelerator science and 
technology, and particle and radiation detection with rel-
evance to the specific needs of the High Energy Physics pro-
gram, in coordination with the Accelerator Research and 
Development program authorized under section 310. 
‘‘(j) UNDERGROUND SCIENCE.—The Director shall— 
‘‘(1) support an underground science program 
consistent with the missions of the Department and 
the scientific needs of the High Energy Physics pro-
gram, including those articulated in the most recent 
report of the Particle Physics Project Prioritization 
Panel of the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, 
that leverages the capabilities of relevant underground 
science and engineering facilities; 
‘‘(2) carry out a competitive grant program to 
award scientists and engineers at institutions of high-
er education, nonprofit institutions, and National 
Laboratories to conduct research in underground 
science and engineering; and 
‘‘(3) submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives a report on the inventory of under-
ground mines in the United States that may be suit-
able for future development of underground science
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and engineering facilities and any anticipated chal-
lenges associated with repurposing, repair, facility 
siting, or construction. 
‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Out of 
funds authorized to be appropriated for the Office of Science 
in a fiscal year, there are authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary to carry out the activities described in this 
section— 
‘‘(1) $1,159,520,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(2) $1,289,891,200 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(3) $1,428,284,672 for fiscal year 2025; 
‘‘(4) $1,499,881,752 for fiscal year 2026; and 
‘‘(5) $1,554,874,657 for fiscal year 2027.’’. 
SEC. 10107. NUCLEAR PHYSICS PROGRAM. 
Section 308 of the Department of Energy Research and 
Innovation Act (Public Law 115–246; 132 Stat. 3150) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 308. NUCLEAR PHYSICS. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—As part of the activities authorized 
under section 209 of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7139), the Director shall carry out a 
research program, and support relevant facilities, to dis-
cover and understand various forms of nuclear matter. 
‘‘(b) ELECTRON ION COLLIDER.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall support 
construction of an Electron Ion Collider as described 
in the 2015 Long Range Plan of the Nuclear Science 
Advisory Committee and the report from the National 
Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine en-
titled ‘An Assessment of U.S.-Based Electron-Ion 
Collider Science’, in order to measure the internal 
structure of the proton and the nucleus and answer 
fundamental questions about the nature of visible 
matter. 
‘‘(2) FACILITY CAPABILITY.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that the facility described in paragraph (1) 
meets the requirements in the 2015 Long Range Plan 
described in that paragraph, including— 
‘‘(A) at least 70 percent polarized beams of 
electrons and light ions; 
‘‘(B) ion beams from deuterium to the 
heaviest stable nuclei; 
‘‘(C) variable center of mass energy from 20 
to 140 GeV; 
‘‘(D) 
high 
collision 
luminosity 
of 
1033–34cm-2s-1; and 
‘‘(E) the possibility of more than 1 inter-
action region.
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‘‘(3) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, en-
sure that the start of full operations of the facility 
under this subsection occurs before December 31, 
2030. 
‘‘(4) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized to be 
appropriated under subsection (c), there are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
construction of the facility under this subsection— 
‘‘(A) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(B) $181,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(C) $219,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
‘‘(D) $297,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and 
‘‘(E) $301,000,000 for fiscal year 2027. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Out of 
funds authorized to be appropriated for the Office of Science 
in a fiscal year, there are authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary to carry out the activities described in this 
section— 
‘‘(1) $840,480,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(2) $976,508,800 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(3) $1,062,239,328 for fiscal year 2025; 
‘‘(4) $1,190,833,688 for fiscal year 2026; and 
‘‘(5) $1,248,463,709 for fiscal year 2027.’’.
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SEC. 10108. SCIENCE LABORATORIES INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROGRAM. 
Section 309 of the Department of Energy Research and 
Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18647) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) APPROACH.—In carrying out the program under 
subsection (a), the Director shall use all available ap-
proaches and mechanisms, as the Secretary determines to 
be appropriate, including— 
‘‘(1) capital line items; 
‘‘(2) minor construction projects; 
‘‘(3) energy savings performance contracts; 
‘‘(4) utility energy service contracts; 
‘‘(5) alternative financing; and 
‘‘(6) expense funding. 
‘‘(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—For each fiscal year 
through fiscal year 2027, at the same time as the annual 
budget submission of the President, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representa-
tives a list of projects for which the Secretary will provide 
funding under this section, including a description of each 
project and the funding profile for the project.
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‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Out of 
funds authorized to be appropriated for the Office of Science 
in a fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary to carry out the activities described in this 
section $550,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 
2027.’’. 
SEC. 10109. ACCELERATOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
The Department of Energy Research and Innovation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 18601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 310. ACCELERATOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—As part of the activities authorized 
under section 209 of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7139), the Director shall carry out a 
research program— 
‘‘(1) to advance accelerator science and tech-
nology relevant to the Department, other Federal 
agencies, and United States industry; 
‘‘(2) to foster partnerships to develop, dem-
onstrate, and enable the commercial application of 
accelerator technologies; 
‘‘(3) to support the development of a skilled, di-
verse, and inclusive accelerator workforce; and 
‘‘(4) to provide access to accelerator design and 
engineering resources.
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‘‘(d) TRAINEESHIPS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a university-led Traineeship Program to address 
workforce development needs in STEM fields relevant 
to the Department. 
‘‘(2) FOCUS.—The focus of the Traineeship Pro-
gram established under paragraph (1) shall be on— 
‘‘(A) supporting workforce development and 
research experiences for underrepresented under-
graduate and graduate students; and 
‘‘(B) increasing participation from under-
represented populations. 
‘‘(3) INCLUSION.—The traineeships under the 
Traineeship Program established under paragraph (1) 
shall include opportunities to build the next-genera-
tion workforce in research areas critical to maintain-
ing core competencies across the programs of the Of-
fice of Science. 
‘‘(e) EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
key performance indicators to measure and monitor 
progress of education and workforce programs and ex-
pand Departmental activities for data collection and 
analysis.
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‘‘(II) submit the updated plan to 
the 
committees 
described 
in 
that 
clause.’’. 
(d) 
PROGRAM
EVALUATION
REPORT.—Section 
2203(b)(3)(H) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
13503(b)(3)(H)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) ANNUAL REPORT.—At the end of 
each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report that includes— 
‘‘(I) the total amount of expendi-
tures made by the Department to carry 
out EPSCoR in each eligible jurisdic-
tion for each of the 3 most recent fiscal 
years for which such information is 
available; 
‘‘(II)(aa) the number of EPSCoR 
awards made to institutions of higher 
education located in eligible jurisdic-
tions; and