(4) consider the local, regional, and national 
impacts of the applicant’s proposal. 
(f) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a grant 
under this subsection shall be 50 percent of the costs of 
establishing and operating the test corridor and related 
activities carried out by the grant recipient. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026 
for grants under this section. 
SEC. 306. NIST UAV CHALLENGES AND CREDENTIALING 
PROGRAM. 
(a) UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE RESEARCH CHAL-
LENGE.— 
(1) PRIZE
CHALLENGE.—Pursuant to section 
24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 
Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719), the Secretary of 
Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Standards and Technology (referred 
to in this subsection as the ‘‘Secretary’’), shall, sub-
ject to appropriations, carry out a program to part-
ner with academic institutions to award prizes com-
petitively to stimulate research and development of 
innovative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) tech-
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nologies in order to expand upon and improve emer-
gency response operations. 
(2) PLAN FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPER-
ATIONS.—Each proposal submitted pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall include a plan for UAV imple-
mentation in emergency response operations. 
(3) PRIZE AMOUNT.—In carrying out the pro-
gram under paragraph (1), the Secretary may award 
not more than a total of $2,250,000 to one or more 
winners of the prize challenge. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date on which a prize is awarded under the prize 
challenge, the Secretary shall submit to the relevant 
committees of Congress a report that describes the 
winning proposal of the prize challenge. 
(5) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the pro-
gram under subsection (a), the Secretary may con-
sult with the heads of relevant departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government. 
(b) UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CREDENTIALING 
PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall partner with academic in-
stitutions to establish the measurements and standards in-
frastructure necessary for credentialing remote pilots, in-
cluding implementation and demonstration of distributed 
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pilot training and evaluation using standard test methods, 
and support flight test simulations. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $3,250,000 for fiscal years 2022 through 
2032, of which not less than $1,000,000 shall be used to 
carry out subsection (b). 
TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY 
Subtitle A—Office of Science 
SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Office of Science of the Depart-
ment. 
(3) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15801). 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
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SEC. 402. BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Department of 
Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18641) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (e) 
as subsections (b) through (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting before subsection (b), as redes-
ignated by paragraph (1), the following: 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a fun-
damental research program in basic energy sciences, in-
cluding materials sciences and engineering, chemical 
sciences, physical biosciences, and geosciences, in order to 
provide the foundations for new energy technologies and 
to support Department missions in energy, environment, 
and national security.’’. 
(b) BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES USER FACILITIES.— 
Paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of such section, as redesig-
nated by subsection (a)(1), is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (E); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) autonomous chemistry and materials 
synthesis facilities that leverage advances in ar-
tificial intelligence; and’’. 
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(c) BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES RESEARCH INFRA-
STRUCTURE.—Such section, as amended by subsection 
(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES RESEARCH INFRA-
STRUCTURE.— 
‘‘(1) ADVANCED PHOTON SOURCE UPGRADE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
provide for the upgrade to the Advanced Pho-
ton Source described in the publication ap-
proved by the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory 
Committee on June 9, 2016, titled ‘Report on 
Facility Upgrades’, including the development 
of a multi-bend achromat lattice to produce a 
high flux of coherent x-rays within the hard x- 
ray energy region and a suite of beamlines opti-
mized for this source. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) FLUX.—The term ‘flux’ means 
the rate of flow of photons. 
‘‘(ii) HARD X-RAY.—The term ‘hard 
x-ray’ means a photon with energy greater 
than 20 kiloelectron volts. 
‘‘(C) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 
ensure that the start of full operations of the 
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