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Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate a report on the current ability of domestic 
manufacturers to meet the procurement requirements for 
major ongoing projects funded by the Office of Science of 
the Department, including a calculation of the percentage 
of equipment acquired from domestic manufacturers for this 
purpose. 
SEC. 510. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2016.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for the Office of Science for 
fiscal year 2016 $5,339,800,000, of which— 
(1) $1,850,000,000 shall be for Basic Energy 
Science; 
(2) $788,000,000 shall be for High Energy Phys-
ics; 
(3) $550,000,000 shall be for Biological and En-
vironmental Research; 
(4) $624,700,000 shall be for Nuclear Physics; 
(5) $621,000,000 shall be for Advanced Scientific 
Computing Research; 
(6) $488,000,000 shall be for Fusion Energy 
Sciences; 
(7) $113,600,000 shall be for Science Labora-
tories Infrastructure; 
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(8) $181,000,000 shall be for Science Program 
Direction; 
(9) $103,000,000 shall be for Safeguards and Se-
curity; and 
(10) $20,500,000 shall be for Workforce Develop-
ment for Teachers and Scientists. 
(b) FISCAL YEAR 2017.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for the Office of Science for 
fiscal year 2017 $5,339,800,000, of which— 
(1) $1,850,000,000 shall be for Basic Energy 
Science; 
(2) $788,000,000 shall be for High Energy Phys-
ics; 
(3) $550,000,000 shall be for Biological and En-
vironmental Research; 
(4) $624,700,000 shall be for Nuclear Physics; 
(5) $621,000,000 shall be for Advanced Scientific 
Computing Research; 
(6) $488,000,000 shall be for Fusion Energy 
Sciences; 
(7) $113,600,000 shall be for Science Labora-
tories Infrastructure; 
(8) $181,000,000 shall be for Science Program 
Direction; 
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(9) $103,000,000 shall be for Safeguards and Se-
curity; and 
(10) $20,500,000 shall be for Workforce Develop-
ment for Teachers and Scientists. 
SEC. 511. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title— 
(1) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart-
ment of Energy; 
(2) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of the 
Office of Science of the Department; and 
(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Energy. 
TITLE VI—DEPARTMENT OF EN-
ERGY 
APPLIED 
RESEARCH 
AND DEVELOPMENT 
Subtitle A—Crosscutting Research 
and Development 
SEC. 601. CROSSCUTTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) CROSSCUTTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 
The Secretary shall, through the Under Secretary for 
Science and Energy, utilize the capabilities of the Depart-
ment to identify strategic opportunities for collaborative re-
search, development, demonstration, and commercial appli-
cation of innovative science and technologies for— 
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(1) advancing the understanding of the energy- 
water-land use nexus; 
(2) modernizing the electric grid by improving 
energy transmission and distribution systems security 
and resiliency; 
(3) utilizing supercritical carbon dioxide in elec-
tric power generation; 
(4) subsurface technology and engineering; 
(5) high performance computing; 
(6) cybersecurity; and 
(7) critical challenges identified through com-
prehensive energy studies, evaluations, and reviews. 
(b) CROSSCUTTING APPROACHES.—To the maximum 
extent practicable, the Secretary shall seek to leverage exist-
ing programs, and consolidate and coordinate activities, 
throughout the Department to promote collaboration and 
crosscutting approaches within programs. 
(c) ADDITIONAL ACTIONS.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) prioritize activities that promote the utiliza-
tion of all affordable domestic resources; 
(2) develop a rigorous and realistic planning, 
evaluation, and technical assessment framework for 
setting objective, long-term strategic goals and evalu-
ating progress that ensures the integrity and inde-
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pendence to insulate planning from political influence 
and the flexibility to adapt to market dynamics; 
(3) ensure that activities shall be undertaken in 
a manner that does not duplicate other activities 
within the Department or other Federal Government 
activities; and 
(4) identify programs that may be more effec-
tively left to the States, industry, nongovernmental 
organizations, institutions of higher education, or 
other stakeholders. 
SEC. 602. STRATEGIC RESEARCH PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS 
AND COORDINATION PLAN. 
Section 994 of Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16358) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 994. STRATEGIC RESEARCH PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS 
AND COORDINATION PLAN. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall periodically 
review all of the science and technology activities of the De-
partment in a strategic framework that takes into account 
the frontiers of science to which the Department can con-
tribute, the national needs relevant to the Department’s 
statutory missions, and global energy dynamics. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION ANALYSIS AND PLAN.—As part of 
the review under subsection (a), the Secretary shall develop 
a plan to improve coordination and collaboration in re-
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search, development, demonstration, and commercial appli-
cation activities across Department organizational bound-
aries. 
‘‘(c) PLAN CONTENTS.—The plan shall describe— 
‘‘(1) cross-cutting scientific and technical issues 
and research questions that span more than one pro-
gram or major office of the Department; 
‘‘(2) how the applied technology programs of the 
Department are coordinating their activities, and ad-
dressing those questions; 
‘‘(3) ways in which the technical interchange 
within the Department, particularly between the Of-
fice of Science and the applied technology programs, 
can be enhanced, including limited ways in which the 
research agendas of the Office of Science and the ap-
plied programs can better interact and assist each 
other; 
‘‘(4) a description of how the Secretary will en-
sure that the Department’s overall research agenda 
include, in addition to fundamental, curiosity-driven 
research, fundamental research related to topics of 
concern to the applied programs, and applications in 
Departmental technology programs of research results 
generated by fundamental, curiosity-driven research; 
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‘‘(5) critical assessments of any ongoing pro-
grams that have experienced sub-par performance or 
cost over-runs of 10 percent or more over one or more 
years; and 
‘‘(6) activities that may be more effectively left 
to the States, industry, nongovernmental organiza-
tions, institutions of higher education, or other stake-
holders. 
‘‘(d) PLAN TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the America COMPETES Reau-
thorization Act of 2015, and every 4 years thereafter, the 
Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate the results of the review under subsection (a) and the 
coordination plan under subsection (b).’’. 
SEC. 603. STRATEGY FOR FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUC-
TURE. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 993 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16357) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: ‘‘STRATEGY FOR FACILITIES AND INFRA-
STRUCTURE’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘2008’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The item re-
lating to section 993 in the table of contents of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 993. Strategy for facilities and infrastructure.’’. 
Subtitle B—Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability Research and 
Development 
SEC. 611. DISTRIBUTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC ENERGY 
SYSTEMS. 
Section 921 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16211) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 921. DISTRIBUTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC ENERGY 
SYSTEMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out pro-
grams of research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application on distributed energy resources and 
systems reliability and efficiency, to improve the reliability 
and efficiency of distributed energy resources and systems, 
integrating advanced energy technologies with grid 
connectivity, including activities described in this subtitle. 
The programs shall address advanced energy technologies 
and systems and advanced grid security, resiliency, and re-
liability technologies. 
‘‘(b) OBJECTIVES.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary shall seek to— 
‘‘(1) leverage existing programs; 
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‘‘(2) 
consolidate 
and 
coordinate 
activities 
throughout the Department to promote collaboration 
and crosscutting approaches; 
‘‘(3) ensure activities are undertaken in a man-
ner that does not duplicate other activities within the 
Department or other Federal Government activities; 
and 
‘‘(4) identify programs that may be more effec-
tively left to the States, industry, nongovernmental 
organizations, institutions of higher education, or 
other stakeholders.’’. 
SEC. 612. ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 925 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16215) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: ‘‘ELECTRIC
TRANSMISSION
AND
DIS-
TRIBUTION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a com-
prehensive research, development, and demonstration pro-
gram to ensure the reliability, efficiency, and environ-
mental integrity of electrical transmission and distribution 
systems, which shall include innovations for— 
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‘‘(1) advanced energy delivery technologies, en-
ergy storage technologies, materials, and systems; 
‘‘(2) advanced grid reliability and efficiency 
technology development; 
‘‘(3) technologies contributing to significant load 
reductions; 
‘‘(4) advanced metering, load management, and 
control technologies; 
‘‘(5) technologies to enhance existing grid compo-
nents; 
‘‘(6) the development and use of high-tempera-
ture superconductors to— 
‘‘(A) enhance the reliability, operational 
flexibility, or power-carrying capability of elec-
tric transmission or distribution systems; or 
‘‘(B) increase the efficiency of electric en-
ergy generation, transmission, distribution, or 
storage systems; 
‘‘(7) integration of power systems, including sys-
tems to deliver high-quality electric power, electric 
power reliability, and combined heat and power; 
‘‘(8) supply of electricity to the power grid by 
small scale, distributed, and residential-based power 
generators; 
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‘‘(9) the development and use of advanced grid 
design, operation, and planning tools; and 
‘‘(10) any other infrastructure technologies, as 
appropriate.’’; and 
(3) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
‘‘(1) CONSORTIUM.—The Secretary shall consider 
implementing the program under this section using a 
consortium of participants from industry, institutions 
of higher education, and National Laboratories. 
‘‘(2) OBJECTIVES.—To the maximum extent 
practicable the Secretary shall seek to— 
‘‘(A) leverage existing programs; 
‘‘(B) consolidate and coordinate activities, 
throughout the Department to promote collabora-
tion and crosscutting approaches; 
‘‘(C) ensure activities are undertaken in a 
manner that does not duplicate other activities 
within the Department or other Federal Govern-
ment activities; and 
‘‘(D) identify programs that may be more 
effectively left to the States, industry, nongovern-
mental organizations, institutions of higher edu-
cation, or other stakeholders.’’. 
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