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statement of such costs and schedule within 1 year
after the date on which the parties enter into the
agreement;
(6) reconsideration of the extent of United
States participation if technical or operational mile-
stones described in paragraphs (4) and (5) are not
met, or if the project falls significantly behind sched-
ule;
(7) conditions of access for United States and
other scientists to the facility; and
(8) a process for addressing international co-
ordination and cost sharing on high energy physics
projects beyond the Large Hadron Collider.
(b) OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS.—Noth-
ing in this Act shall be construed to preclude the President
from entering into negotiations with respect to inter-
national science agreements.
(c) REQUIREMENT.—The Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy shall report, within 3
months after the date of enactment of this Act, to the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the
House of Representatives and to the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on spe-
cific goals for international coordination in megascience
projects, including an action plan needed to achieve these
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goals. The action plan shall address such issues as cost
sharing and financial support, site location, access, and
management of megascience facilities.
SEC. 305. OPERATING PLAN.
Within 30 days after the date of the enactment of
any Act appropriating funds for the high energy or nuclear
physics activities of the Department, the Secretary shall
transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a plan
for the operations of the high energy and nuclear physics
activities of the Department, as adjusted to reflect the
amounts appropriated for such purposes by such Act.
SEC. 306. LONG-RANGE PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE.
(a) PROGRAM GOVERNANCE REVIEW.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall con-
tract with an appropriate independent organization
to review the governance of all elements of the De-
partment’s high energy and nuclear physics pro-
grams. Such review shall include—
(A) an evaluation of the staff allocation
and funding balance among facility operations,
construction, and research support; and
(B) an analysis of the extent to which the
Department’s high energy and nuclear physics
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advisory groups represent the diversity of, and
the full range of interests among, high energy
and nuclear physics researchers.
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary
shall submit a report to Congress within 18 months
after the date of enactment of this Act detailing the
results of the review required by this section, includ-
ing recommendations for implementing the results
and schedules for such implementation.
(b) LONG-RANGE PLAN.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the high energy and nuclear physics
communities, shall prepare a long-range plan for the
Department of Energy high energy and nuclear
physics programs based on current and projected
program funding levels. The Secretary shall coordi-
nate the preparation of the plan with the Director
of the National Science Foundation, as appropriate,
to ensure that long-range planning efforts and objec-
tives for the entire Federal high energy and nuclear
physics program are appropriately integrated. The
plan shall be modified every 3 years. The long-range
plan shall include—
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(A) a list of research opportunities to be
pursued, including both ongoing and proposed
activities, listed in order of priority;
(B) an analysis of the relevance of each re-
search facility to the research opportunities list-
ed under subparagraph (A);
(C) a statement of the optimal balance for
the fiscal year in which the report is submitted
among facility operations, construction, and re-
search support and the optimal balance between
university and laboratory research programs;
(D) schedules for continuation, consolida-
tion, or termination of each major category of
research programs, and continuation, upgrade,
transfer, or closure of each research facility;
(E) a statement by project of efforts to co-
ordinate research projects with the international
community to maximize the use of limited re-
sources and avoid unproductive duplication of
efforts;
(F) a description of the extent to which the
plan modifications differ from previous plans
submitted under this subsection, along with an
explanation for such differences; and
(G) an estimate of—
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(i) the number of scientists and grad-
uate students being supported by Federal
high energy and nuclear physics programs;
and
(ii) the number of scientists and grad-
uate students needed to carry out produc-
tive and sustainable research programs in
these fields over the next 10 years.
(2) REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.—(A) The Sec-
retary shall transmit a copy of the original long-
range plan with the President’s annual budget re-
quest to Congress for fiscal year 1997. The plan as
modified shall be submitted with the President’s
budget request to Congress for every third fiscal
year thereafter.
(B) The Secretary shall transmit with the
President’s budget request to Congress each year a
report demonstrating the consistency of the current
long-range plan with the budget being requested for
the Department’s high energy and nuclear physics
programs.
(c) CAPITAL BUDGET ACCOUNT.—Each of the Presi-
dent’s annual budget requests to the Congress for high
energy physics activities of the Department, and for nu-
clear physics activities of the Department, shall distin-
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guish between the budget for capital expenditures, includ-
ing all ongoing and planned major construction and cap-
ital equipment items, and other activities.
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. UNIVERSITY RADIATION SCIENCE AND TECH-
NOLOGY.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the future of fusion energy and advanced
nuclear energy technology research and development
programs will rely heavily on a healthy and vibrant
university-based radiation science and nuclear engi-
neering academic program;
(2) nuclear engineering is a broad, diverse field
with unique academic requirements, including math-
ematics, physics, reactor engineering, nuclear mate-
rials, radiation protection, and reactivity control and
operations;
(3) nuclear engineering academic programs at
both undergraduate and graduate levels have de-
clined in terms of the number of students enrolling
in such programs, the number of schools offering
such programs, and the number of research reactors
available on university campuses;