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(1) maintaining existing facilities and infra-
structure, as needed;
(2) closing unneeded facilities;
(3) making facility modifications; and
(4) building new facilities.
(b) REPORT.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall pre-
pare and transmit to the Congress not later than
June 1, 2007, a report summarizing the strategies
developed under subsection (a).
(2) CONTENTS.—For each National Laboratory
and Department research facility, for the facilities
primarily used for science and energy research, such
report shall contain—
(A) the current priority list of proposed fa-
cilities and infrastructure projects, including
cost and schedule requirements;
(B) a current 10-year plan that dem-
onstrates the reconfiguration of its facilities and
infrastructure to meet its missions and to ad-
dress its long-term operational costs and return
on investment;
(C) the total current budget for all facili-
ties and infrastructure funding; and
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(D) the current status of each facility and
infrastructure project compared to the original
baseline cost, schedule, and scope.
SEC. 920. COORDINATION PLAN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop a co-
ordination plan to improve coordination and collaboration
in research, development, demonstration, and commercial
application activities across Department organizational
boundaries.
(b) PLAN CONTENTS.—The plan shall describe—
(1) how the Secretary will ensure that the ap-
plied programs are coordinating their activities, in-
cluding a description of specific research questions
that cross organizational boundaries and of how the
relevant applied programs are coordinating their ef-
forts to answer those questions, and how such cross-
cutting research questions will be identified in the
future;
(2) how the Secretary will ensure that research
that has been supported by the Office of Science is
being or will be used by the applied programs, in-
cluding a description of specific Office of Science-
supported research that is relevant to the applied
programs and of how the applied programs have
used or will use that research; and
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(3) a description of how the Secretary will en-
sure that the research agenda of the Office of
Science includes research questions of concern to the
applied programs, including a description of specific
research questions that the Office of Science will ad-
dress to assist the applied programs.
(c) PLAN TRANSMITTAL.—The Secretary shall trans-
mit the coordination plan to Congress not later than 9
months after the date of enactment of this Act, and every
2 years thereafter shall transmit a revised coordination
plan.
(d) CONFERENCE.—Not less than 6 months after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convene
a conference of program managers from the Office of
Science and the applied programs to review ideas and ex-
plore possibilities for effective cross-program collaboration.
The Secretary also shall invite participation relevant Fed-
eral agencies and other programs in the Federal Govern-
ment conducting relevant research, and other stakeholders
as appropriate.
SEC. 921. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
Funds appropriated to the Secretary for activities au-
thorized under this title shall remain available for three
years. Funds that are not obligated at the end of three
years shall be returned to the Treasury.
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Subtitle C—Energy Efficiency
CHAPTER 1—VEHICLES, BUILDINGS, AND
INDUSTRIES
SEC. 922. PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct pro-
grams of energy efficiency research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial application, including activi-
ties described in this chapter. Such programs shall be fo-
cused on the following objectives:
(1) Increasing the energy efficiency of vehicles,
buildings, and industrial processes.
(2) Reducing the Nation’s demand for energy,
especially energy from foreign sources.
(3) Reducing the cost of energy and making the
economy more efficient and competitive.
(4) Improving the Nation’s energy security.
(5) Reducing the environmental impact of en-
ergy-related activities.
(b) GOALS.—
(1) INITIAL
GOALS.—In accordance with the
performance plan and report requirements in section
4 of the Government Performance Results Act of
1993, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress,
along with the President’s annual budget request for
fiscal year 2007, a report containing outcome meas-