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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4496 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to fund projects to restore and modernize 
National Laboratories, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2025 
Mr. FOSTER (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. THANEDAR, and Mr. SMITH of 
Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to fund projects to restore 
and modernize National Laboratories, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restore and Modernize 
Our National Laboratories Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL LABORATORIES RESTORATION AND 
MODERNIZATION. 
(a) RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
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(A) NATIONAL
LABORATORY.—The term 
‘‘National Laboratory’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801). 
(B) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Energy. 
(2) 
RESTORATION
AND
MODERNIZATION 
PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall fund projects de-
scribed in paragraph (3) as needed to address the 
deferred maintenance, critical infrastructure needs, 
and modernization of National Laboratories. 
(3) PROJECTS DESCRIBED.—Projects described 
in this paragraph are the following: 
(A) Priority deferred maintenance projects 
at National Laboratories, including facilities 
sustainment for, upgrade of, and construction 
of research laboratories, administrative and 
support buildings, utilities, roads, power plants, 
and any other critical infrastructure. 
(B) Lab modernization projects at Na-
tional Laboratories, including lab modernization 
projects relating to core infrastructure needed 
to carry out the following: 
(i) Support existing and emerging 
science missions with new and specialized 
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requirements for world-leading scientific 
user facilities and computing capabilities. 
(ii) Maintain safe, efficient, reliable, 
and environmentally sustainable and re-
sponsible operations. 
(4) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—For each fis-
cal year through fiscal year 2030, at the same time 
as the annual budget submission of the President, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Ap-
propriations and the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural 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 de-
scription of each project and the funding profile for 
each such project. 
(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
this subsection $5,000,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2026 through 2030. 
(B) OFFICE OF SCIENCE.—Not less than 
one-third of the amounts made available to 
carry out this section each fiscal year shall be 
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managed by the Office of Science of the De-
partment of Energy. 
(b) STRATEGY FOR FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUC-
TURE.—Section 993 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16357) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 993. STRATEGY FOR FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUC-
TURE. 
‘‘(a) FACILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall imple-
ment a strategy for facilities and infrastructure sup-
ported by the Office of Science, the Office of Envi-
ronmental Management, the Office of Energy Effi-
ciency and Renewable Energy, the Office of Fossil 
Energy and Carbon Management, the Office of Nu-
clear Energy, and the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration Science and Technology Programs at 
all National Laboratories and single-purpose re-
search facilities. 
‘‘(2) STRATEGY.—The strategy shall provide 
cost-effective means for ensuring enabling infra-
structure can support current and future science 
and energy mission needs by carrying out the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Maintaining existing facilities and in-
frastructure. 
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‘‘(B) Closing unneeded facilities. 
‘‘(C) Making facility modifications. 
‘‘(D) Building new facilities. 
‘‘(b) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate a report describing the strat-
egy under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—For each National Labora-
tory and single-purpose research facility that is pri-
marily used for science and energy research and 
across each Office that manages National Labora-
tories, the report under paragraph (1) shall contain 
the following: 
‘‘(A) The current priority list of each pro-
posed National Laboratory and single-purpose 
research facility and infrastructure project, in-
cluding cost and schedule requirements, and 
proposed funding source. 
‘‘(B) A current 10-year plan that dem-
onstrates the reconfiguration of each such Na-
tional Laboratory and single-purpose research 
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facility and infrastructure to meet respective 
missions and to address respective long-term 
operational costs and return on investment. 
‘‘(C) A preliminary estimate of funding 
and resources required to fulfill such 10-year 
plan, and a description of how investments will 
be allocated among budgetary sources. 
‘‘(D) A description of facilities and infra-
structure planning processes, including data 
and metrics relied upon, project prioritization 
criteria, and stakeholder engagement.’’. 
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