‘‘(9) 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 paragraph 
(1) 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.
‘‘(C) The ability to expose previously irra-
diated plasma facing material samples to plas-
ma. 
‘‘(3) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, 
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
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, subject to the availability of appropriations, 
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 
(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 in elementary particle physics and ad-
vanced technology research and development to improve 
the understanding of the fundamental properties of the
universe, including constituents of matter and energy and 
the nature of space and time. 
‘‘(c) HIGH ENERGY FRONTIER RESEARCH.—As part 
of the program described in subsection (b), 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