search and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18642) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (c) 
as subsections (b) through (d), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before subsection (b), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activities author-
ized under section 209 of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7139), the Director shall carry 
out, in coordination with academia and relevant public and 
private sector entities, a research, development, and dem-
onstration program to— 
‘‘(1) advance computational and networking ca-
pabilities for data-driven discovery; 
‘‘(2) analyze, model, simulate, and predict com-
plex phenomena relevant to the development of new 
energy technologies and other technologies; and 
‘‘(3) steward applied mathematics, computa-
tional science, and computer science; and other 
science disciplines relevant to the missions of the 
Department and the competitiveness of the United 
States.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b) (as redesignated under 
paragraph (1))— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The Director’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—The Under Secretary for 
Science shall ensure the coordination of the activities 
of the Department, including activities under this 
section, to determine and meet the computational 
and networking research and facility needs of the 
Office of Science and all other relevant energy tech-
nology and energy efficiency programs within the 
Department, and across the Federal Government.’’; 
(4) by amending subsection (d), as so redesig-
nated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND SOFTWARE DE-
VELOPMENT FOR HIGH-END COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND 
COMPUTER SCIENCES RESEARCH.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry 
out activities to develop, test, and support— 
‘‘(A) mathematics, statistics, and algo-
rithms for modeling complex systems relevant 
to the missions of the Department, including on 
advanced computing architectures; and 
‘‘(B) tools, languages, programming envi-
ronments, and operations for high-end com-
puting systems (as defined in section 2 of the 
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American Super Computing Leadership Act (15 
U.S.C. 5541)). 
‘‘(2) PORTFOLIO BALANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall 
maintain a balanced portfolio within the ad-
vanced scientific computing research and devel-
opment program established under section 976 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16316) that supports robust investment in— 
‘‘(i) applied mathematical, computa-
tional, and computer sciences research 
needs relevant to the mission of the De-
partment, including foundational areas 
that are critical to the advancement of en-
ergy sciences and technologies and new 
and emerging computing technologies; and 
‘‘(ii) 
associated 
high-performance 
computing hardware and facilities. 
‘‘(B) 
EXASCALE
ECOSYSTEM 
SUSTAINMENT.— 
‘‘(i) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the 
sense of Congress that the Exascale Com-
puting Project has successfully created a 
broad ecosystem that provides shared soft-
ware packages, novel evaluation systems, 
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and applications for exascale users, and 
that such products must be maintained 
and improved in order that the full poten-
tial of the deployed systems can be con-
tinuously realized. 
‘‘(ii) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall seek to sustain the ecosystem ref-
erenced in clause (i) to ensure that the 
exascale software stack and other research 
software will continue to be maintained, 
hardened, and otherwise optimized for 
long-term use on exascale systems and reli-
able availability to the user community.’’; 
and 
(5) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) NEXT GENERATION COMPUTING PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a program to develop and implement a strategy 
for achieving computing systems with capabilities be-
yond exascale computing systems. In establishing 
this program, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) maintain foundational research pro-
grams in mathematical, computational, and 
computer sciences focused on new and emerging 
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computing needs within the mission of the De-
partment, including post-Moore’s law computing 
architectures, novel approaches to modeling and 
simulation, artificial intelligence and scientific 
machine learning, quantum computing, edge 
computing, extreme heterogeneity, and distrib-
uted high-performance computing; and 
‘‘(B) retain best practices and maintain 
support for essential hardware, applications, 
and software elements of the Exascale Com-
puting Program that are necessary for sus-
taining the vitality of a long-term exascale eco-
system. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate, a report on the development 
and implementation of the strategy outlined in para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(f) ARCHITECTURAL
RESEARCH
IN
HETERO-
GENEOUS COMPUTING SYSTEMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out a program of research and development in het-
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erogeneous computing systems to address extreme 
heterogeneity and to expand understanding of the 
potential for heterogeneous computing systems to 
deliver high performance, high efficiency computing 
for Department of Energy mission challenges. This 
shall include research and development that explores 
the convergence of big data analytics, simulations, 
and artificial intelligence. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this pro-
gram, the Secretary shall ensure coordination be-
tween research activities undertaken by the Ad-
vanced Scientific Computing Research program and 
materials research supported by the Basic Energy 
Sciences program within the Department of Energy 
Office of Science. 
‘‘(g) ENERGY EFFICIENT COMPUTING PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall sup-
port a program of fundamental research, develop-
ment, and demonstration of energy efficient com-
puting and data center technologies relevant to ad-
vanced computing applications, including high per-
formance computing, artificial intelligence, and sci-
entific machine learning. 
‘‘(2) EXECUTION.— 
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‘‘(A) PROGRAM.—In carrying out the pro-
gram under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(i) establish a partnership for Na-
tional Laboratories, industry partners, and 
institutions of higher education for co-
design of energy efficient hardware, tech-
nology, software, and applications across 
all applicable program offices of the De-
partment, and provide access to energy ef-
ficient computing resources to such part-
ners; 
‘‘(ii) develop hardware and software 
technologies that decrease the energy needs 
of advanced computing practices, including 
through data center co-design; 
‘‘(iii) consider multiple heterogeneous 
computing architectures in collaboration 
with the program established under sub-
section (f) including neuromorphic com-
puting, persistent computing, and ultrafast 
networking; and 
‘‘(iv) provide, as appropriate, on a 
competitive, merit-reviewed basis, access 
for researchers from institutions of higher 
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education, National Laboratories, industry, 
and other Federal agencies to the energy 
efficient computing technologies developed 
pursuant to clause (i). 
‘‘(B) SELECTION
OF
PARTNERS.—In se-
lecting participants for the partnership estab-
lished under subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary 
shall select participants through a competitive, 
merit review process. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate, a report 
on— 
‘‘(i) the activities conducted under 
subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) the coordination and manage-
ment of the program under subparagraph 
(A) to ensure an integrated research pro-
gram across the Department. 
‘‘(h) ENERGY SCIENCES NETWORK.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
for an upgrade to the Energy Sciences Network user 
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facility in order to meet Federal research needs for 
highly reliable data transport capabilities optimized 
for the requirements of large-scale science. 
‘‘(2) CAPABILITIES.—In carrying out paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall ensure the following capabili-
ties: 
‘‘(A) To provide high bandwidth scientific 
networking across the continental United States 
and the Atlantic Ocean. 
‘‘(B) To maximize network reliability. 
‘‘(C) To protect the network and data from 
cyber-attacks. 
‘‘(D) To support exponentially increasing 
levels of data from the Department’s scientific 
user facilities, experiments, and sensors. 
‘‘(E) To integrate heterogeneous com-
puting frameworks and systems. 
‘‘(i) COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE GRADUATE FELLOW-
SHIP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall sup-
port the Computational Science Graduate Fellowship 
program in order to facilitate collaboration between 
graduate students and researchers at the National 
Laboratories, and contribute to the development of 
a diverse and inclusive computational workforce to 
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help advance research in areas relevant to the mis-
sion of the Department. 
‘‘(2) FUNDING.—From within funds authorized 
to be appropriated for Advanced Scientific Com-
puting Research Program, the Secretary shall make 
available for carrying out the activities under this 
section— 
‘‘(A) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(B) $22,050,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(C) $23,152,500 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(D) $24,310,125 for fiscal year 2025; 
and 
‘‘(E) $25,525,631 for fiscal year 2026. 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out the activities described in this section— 
‘‘(1) $1,086,050,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(2) $1,162,073,500 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(3) $1,243,418,645 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(4) $1,330,457,950 for fiscal year 2025; and 
‘‘(5) $1,423,590,007 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 
(b) QUANTUM SCIENCE NETWORK.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the National 
Quantum Initiative Act (15 U.S.C. 8801) is amend-
ed— 
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(A) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 
paragraph (8); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 
following: 
‘‘(7) QUANTUM NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE.— 
The term ‘quantum network infrastructure’ means 
any facility, expertise, or capability that is necessary 
to enable the development and deployment of scal-
able and diverse quantum network technologies.’’. 
(2) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY QUANTUM NET-
WORK INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAM.—Title IV of the National Quantum 
Initiative Act (15 U.S.C. 8851 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 403. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY QUANTUM NETWORK 
INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’) shall carry out 
a research, development, and demonstration program to 
accelerate innovation in quantum network infrastructure 
in order to— 
‘‘(1) facilitate the advancement of distributed 
quantum computing systems through the internet 
and intranet; 
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‘‘(2) improve the precision of measurements of 
scientific phenomena and physical imaging tech-
nologies; and 
‘‘(3) develop secure national quantum commu-
nications technologies and strategies. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) coordinate with— 
‘‘(A) the Director of the National Science 
Foundation; 
‘‘(B) the Director of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology; 
‘‘(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) conduct cooperative research with indus-
try, National Laboratories, institutions of higher 
education, and other research institutions to facili-
tate new quantum infrastructure methods and tech-
nologies, including— 
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‘‘(A) quantum-limited detectors, ultra-low 
loss optical channels, space-to-ground connec-
tions, and classical networking and cybersecu-
rity protocols; 
‘‘(B) entanglement and hyper-entangled 
state sources and transmission, control, and 
measurement of quantum states; 
‘‘(C) quantum interconnects that allow 
short range local connections between quantum 
processors; 
‘‘(D) transducers for quantum sources and 
signals between optical and telecommunications 
regimes and quantum computer-relevant do-
mains, including microwaves; 
‘‘(E) development of quantum memory 
buffers and small-scale quantum computers 
that are compatible with photon-based quantum 
bits in the optical or telecommunications wave-
lengths; 
‘‘(F) long-range entanglement distribution 
at both the terrestrial and space-based level 
using quantum repeaters, allowing entangle-
ment-based protocols between small- and large 
scale quantum processors; 
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‘‘(G) quantum routers, multiplexers, re-
peaters, and related technologies necessary to 
create secure long-distance quantum commu-
nication; and 
‘‘(H) integration of systems across the 
quantum technology stack into traditional com-
puting networks, including the development of 
remote controlled, high performance, and reli-
able implementations of key quantum network 
components; 
‘‘(3) engage with the Quantum Economic De-
velopment Consortium (QED–C) to transition com-
ponent technologies to help facilitate as appropriate 
the development of a quantum supply chain for 
quantum network technologies; 
‘‘(4) advance basic research in advanced sci-
entific computing, particle physics, and material 
science to enhance the understanding, prediction, 
and manipulation of materials, processes, and phys-
ical phenomena relevant to quantum network infra-
structure; 
‘‘(5) develop experimental tools and testbeds 
necessary to support cross-cutting fundamental re-
search and development activities with diverse stake-
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holders from industry and institutions of higher edu-
cation; and 
‘‘(6) consider quantum network infrastructure 
applications that span the Department of Energy’s 
missions in energy, environment, and national secu-
rity. 
‘‘(c) LEVERAGING.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall leverage resources, infrastructure, and ex-
pertise 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) RESEARCH PLAN.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, 
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a 4-year research plan that identifies and prioritizes basic 
research needs relating to quantum network infrastruc-
ture. 
‘‘(e) STANDARD OF REVIEW.—The Secretary shall 
review activities carried out under this section to deter-
mine the achievement of technical milestones. 
‘‘(f) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, 
there shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out 
the activities under this section, $100,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
‘‘SEC. 404. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY QUANTUM USER EX-
PANSION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’) shall, establish 
and carry out a program (to be known as the ‘Quantum 
User Expansion for Science and Technology program’ or 
‘QUEST program’) to encourage and facilitate access to 
United States quantum computing hardware and quantum 
computing clouds for research purposes in order to— 
‘‘(1) enhance the United States quantum re-
search enterprise; 
‘‘(2) educate the future quantum computing 
workforce; and 
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‘‘(3) accelerate the advancement of United 
States quantum computing capabilities. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) coordinate with— 
‘‘(A) the Director of the National Science 
Foundation; 
‘‘(B) the Director of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology; 
‘‘(C) the Chair of the Quantum Informa-
tion Science of the National Science and Tech-
nology 
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 quantum computing resources through a com-
petitive, 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 
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are appropriate to provide national leadership on 
quantum computing related issues; and 
‘‘(4) consult and coordinate with private sector 
stakeholders, the user community, and interagency 
partners on program development and best manage-
ment practices. 
‘‘(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 
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Technology, shall ensure proper security controls are in 
place to protect sensitive information, as appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 6. 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 the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘As part of’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) IN 
GENERAL.—As part of’’; 
(B) by redesignating— 
(i) paragraphs (1) and (2) as sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B) (as redesig-
nated by clause (i)), subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Out of funds authorized to be appropriated under 
subsection (o), there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary to carry out activities de-
scribed in paragraph (1) $50,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’; 
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(2) in subsection (d)(3), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘and $40,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2026.’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)(4), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘and $75,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2026.’’; 
(4) in subsection (i)(10)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’; 
(5) in subsection (j)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Director’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
activities described in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(B) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(C) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(D) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
and 
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‘‘(E) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’; 
(6) in subsection (l)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘sense of Congress that’’ 
and inserting ‘‘sense of Congress that—’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘United States should sup-
port’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) United States should 
support’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) the Director shall incorporate the findings 
and recommendations of the report of the Fusion 
Energy 
Sciences 
Advisory 
Committee 
entitled 
‘Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas’ and the 
report of the National Academies entitled ‘Bringing 
Fusion to the U.S. Grid’ into the planning process 
of the Department, including the development of fu-
ture budget requests to Congress.’’; 
(7) by redesignating subsection (o) as sub-
section (r); 
(8) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(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-
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putation modeling and simulation techniques, in 
order to— 
‘‘(A) support fundamental research in plas-
mas and matter at very high temperatures and 
densities; 
‘‘(B) inform the development of a broad 
range of fusion energy systems; and 
‘‘(C) 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) Using expertise from the private sec-
tor, institutions of higher education, and the 
National Laboratories to leverage existing, and 
develop new, computational software and capa-
bilities that prospective users may use to accel-
erate research and development of fusion energy 
systems. 
‘‘(B) Developing computational tools to 
simulate and predict fusion energy science phe-
nomena that may be validated through physical 
experimentation. 
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‘‘(C) Increasing the utility of the research 
infrastructure of the Department by coordi-
nating with the Advanced Scientific Computing 
Research program within the Office of Science. 
‘‘(D) Leveraging experience from existing 
modeling and simulation entities sponsored by 
the Department. 
‘‘(E) Ensuring that new experimental and 
computational tools are accessible to relevant 
research communities, including private sector 
entities engaged in fusion energy technology de-
velopment. 
‘‘(F) Ensuring 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 en-
sure the coordination of, and avoid unnecessary du-
plication of, the activities of this program with the 
activities of— 
‘‘(A) other research entities of the Depart-
ment, including the National Laboratories, the 
Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, 
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the Advanced Scientific Computing Research 
program; and 
‘‘(B) industry. 
‘‘(4) HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING FOR FU-
SION
INNOVATION
CENTER.—In carrying out the 
program under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
establish and operate a national High-Performance 
Computing for Fusion Innovation Center (referred 
to in this section as the ‘Center’), which shall focus 
on the early stage research and development activi-
ties described under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(5) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall select 
the Center under this subsection on a competitive, 
merit-reviewed basis. The Secretary shall consider 
applications from National Laboratories, institutions 
of higher education, multi-institutional collabora-
tions, and other appropriate entities. 
‘‘(6) DURATION.—The Center established under 
this subsection shall receive support for a period of 
not more than 5 years, subject to the availability of 
appropriations. 
‘‘(7) RENEWAL.—Upon the expiration of any 
period of support of the Center, the Secretary may 
renew support for the Center, on a merit-reviewed 
basis, for a period of not more than 5 years. 
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‘‘(8) TERMINATION.—Consistent with the exist-
ing authorities of the Department, the Secretary 
may terminate the Center for cause during the per-
formance period. 
‘‘(p) MATERIAL PLASMA EXPOSURE EXPERIMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
struct a Material Plasma Exposure Experiment fa-
cility as described in the 2020 publication approved 
by the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 
titled ‘Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas’. 
The Secretary shall consult with the private sector, 
universities, National Laboratories, and relevant 
Federal agencies to ensure that this facility is capa-
ble 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 subsection 
(a) 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. 
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‘‘(C) The ability to expose previously irra-
diated plasma facing material samples to plas-
ma. 
‘‘(3) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure 
that the start of full operations of the facility under 
this section occurs before December 31, 2027. 
‘‘(4) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized to be 
appropriated for Fusion Energy Sciences, there are 
funds authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
for the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences to carry 
out to completion the construction of the facility 
under this section: 
‘‘(A) $32,800,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(B) $13,400,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(C) $12,600,000 for fiscal year 2024; and 
‘‘(D) $400,000 for fiscal year 2025. 
‘‘(q) MATTER
IN EXTREME CONDITIONS INSTRU-
MENT 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 
described in the 2020 publication approved by the 
Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee titled 
‘Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas’. The 
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Secretary shall consult with the private sector, uni-
versities, National Laboratories, and relevant Fed-
eral agencies to ensure that this facility is capable 
of meeting Federal research needs for understanding 
physical and chemical changes to plasmas at funda-
mental timescales, and explore new regimes of dense 
material physics, astrophysics, planetary physics, 
and short-pulse laser-plasma interactions. 
‘‘(2) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure 
that the start of full operations of the facility under 
this section occurs before December 31, 2028.’’; and 
(9) in subsection (r), as so redesignated, by 
striking paragraphs (2) through (5) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) $1,002,900,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(3) $1,095,707,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(4) $1,129,368,490 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(5) $1,149,042,284 for fiscal year 2025; and 
‘‘(6) $1,243,097,244 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 
(b) ITER CONSTRUCTION.—Section 972 of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16312) is amended 
in subsection (c)(3)— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
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(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(C) $325,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(D) $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(E) $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
and 
‘‘(F) $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 
SEC. 7. HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—Section 305 of the Department of 
Energy 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 the following after subsection 
(a): 
‘‘(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 on the fundamental constituents of 
matter and energy and the nature of space and time in 
order to support theoretical and experimental research in 
both elementary particle physics and fundamental accel-
erator science and technology and understand funda-
mental properties of the universe. 
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‘‘(c) HIGH ENERGY FRONTIER RESEARCH.—As part 
of the program described in subsection (a), the Director 
shall carry out research using high energy accelerators 
and advanced detectors, including accelerators and detec-
tors that will function as national user facilities, to create 
and study interactions of elementary particles and inves-
tigate fundamental forces.’’. 
(b) 
INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATION.—Section 
305(d) of the Department of Energy Research and Inno-
vation Act (42 U.S.C. 18643(d)), as redesignated under 
subsection (a), is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.—The Direc-
tor 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 
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