hibit 
biases 
that 
cause 
harm 
to 
historically 
marginalized communities. 
‘‘(2) POLICY.—In leveraging high-performance 
computing systems for research purposes, including 
through the use of machine learning algorithms for 
data analysis, the Secretary shall ensure that such ca-
pabilities are employed in a manner that mitigates 
and, to the maximum extent practicable, avoids 
harmful algorithmic bias and equitably addresses 
challenges impacting different populations, including 
historically marginalized communities.’’. 
(B) The table of contents in section 1(b) of the 
National Quantum Initiative Act is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 402 the fol-
lowing items: 
‘‘Sec. 403. Department of energy quantum network infrastructure research and 
development program. 
‘‘Sec. 404. Department of energy quantum user expansion for science and tech-
nology program.’’. 
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 the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of’’; 
(B) by redesignating— 
(i) paragraphs (1) and (2) as subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), respectively (and by 
adjusting the margins of such subpara-
graphs accordingly); and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B) (as redesig-
nated by clause (i)), subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively (and 
by adjusting the margins of such clauses ac-
cordingly); and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Out 
of funds authorized to be appropriated under sub-
section (r), there are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary to carry out activities described in 
paragraph (1) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(3)— 
(A) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 
2026.’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(o)’’ and inserting ‘‘(r)’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (e)(4)— 
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(A) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘and $75,000,000 for fiscal year 
2026.’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(o)’’ and inserting ‘‘(r)’’; 
(4) in subsection (i)(10)— 
(A) In the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘(o)’’ and inserting ‘‘(r)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(C) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) 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 all that 
follows through the period and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Within 180 days of 
enactment of the Department of Energy Science 
for the Future Act, the Director shall establish at 
least 2 national teams, including public-private 
partnerships, that will develop conceptual pilot 
plant designs and technology roadmaps and lead 
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to an engineering design of a pilot plant that 
will bring fusion to commercial viability. 
‘‘(B) COMPOSITION.—The national teams 
shall be composed of developers, manufacturers, 
universities, national laboratories, and engineer-
ing, procurement, and construction industries.’’; 
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 
‘‘(E) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’; 
(6) in subsection (l)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘sense of Congress that the 
United States should support’’ and inserting 
‘‘sense of Congress that—’’; 
‘‘(1) the United States should support’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1) (as so designated by 
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(2) the Director shall incorporate the findings 
and recommendations of the report of the Fusion En-
ergy 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 De-
partment, including the development of future budget 
requests to Congress.’’; 
(7) by redesignating subsection (o) as subsection 
(r); 
(8) by inserting after subsection (n) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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-
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 
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‘‘(C) facilitate the translation of research re-
sults 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 Na-
tional Laboratories to leverage existing, and de-
velop new, computational software and capabili-
ties that prospective users may use to accelerate 
research and development of fusion energy sys-
tems. 
‘‘(B) Developing computational tools to sim-
ulate and predict fusion energy science phe-
nomena that may be validated through physical 
experimentation. 
‘‘(C) Increasing the utility of the research 
infrastructure of the Department by coordinating 
with the Advanced Scientific Computing Re-
search program within the Office of Science. 
‘‘(D) Leveraging experience from existing 
modeling and simulation entities sponsored by 
the Department. 
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