Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility and Deep Under-
ground Neutrino Experiment; and 
‘‘(3) to the maximum extent practicable, 
prioritize engagement in collaborative efforts in sup-
port of future international facilities that would pro-
vide access to the most advanced accelerator facili-
ties in the world to United States researchers.’’. 
(c) COSMIC FRONTIER RESEARCH.—Section 305(f) 
of the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 18645(f)), as redesignated by subsection (a), 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) COSMIC FRONTIER RESEARCH.—The Director 
shall carry out research activities on the nature of the pri-
mary contents of the universe, including the nature of 
dark energy and dark matter. These activities shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, be consistent with the re-
search priorities identified by the High Energy Physics 
Advisory Panel or the National Academy of Sciences, and 
may include— 
‘‘(1) collaborations with the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, the National 
Science Foundation, or international partners on rel-
evant projects; and
‘‘(2) the development of space-based, land- 
based, water-based, and underground facilities and 
experiments.’’. 
(d) FURTHER ACTIVITIES.—Section 305 of the De-
partment of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 
U.S.C. 18645) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(g) FACILITY CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR ITEMS 
OF EQUIPMENT.— 
‘‘(1) PROJECTS.—Consistent with the Office of 
Science’s project management practices, the Director 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, incor-
porate the findings and recommendations of the 
2014 Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel 
(P5) report titled ‘Building for Discovery’, and sup-
port construction or fabrication of— 
‘‘(A) an international Long-Baseline Neu-
trino Facility based in the United States; 
‘‘(B) the Proton Improvement Plan II; 
‘‘(C) Second Generation Dark Matter ex-
periments; 
‘‘(D) the Legacy Survey of Space and 
Time camera; 
‘‘(E) upgrades to detectors and other com-
ponents of the Large Hadron Collider; and
‘‘(F) other high priority projects rec-
ommended in the most recent report of the Par-
ticle Physics Project Prioritization Panel of the 
High Energy Physics Advisory Panel. 
‘‘(2) LONG-BASELINE NEUTRINO FACILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
support construction of a Long-Baseline Neu-
trino Facility to facilitate the international 
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment to ex-
amine the fundamental properties of neutrinos, 
explore physics beyond the Standard Model, 
and better clarify the existence and nature of 
antimatter. 
‘‘(B) FACILITY
CAPABILITIES.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that the facility described in 
subparagraph (A) will provide, at a minimum, 
the following capabilities: 
‘‘(i) A neutrino beam with wideband 
capability of 1.2 megawatts (MW) of beam 
power and upgradable to 2.4 MW of beam 
power. 
‘‘(ii) Three caverns excavated for a 70 
kiloton fiducial detector mass and sup-
porting surface buildings and utilities.
‘‘(iii) Cryogenic systems to support 
neutrino detectors. 
‘‘(C) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall, subject to the availability of appro-
priations, ensure that the start of full oper-
ations of the facility under this subsection oc-
curs before December 31, 2031. 
‘‘(D) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 
to be appropriated under subsection (k), there 
shall be made available to the Secretary to 
carry out construction of the facility under this 
subsection— 
‘‘(i) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 
2022; 
‘‘(ii) $325,000,000 for fiscal year 
2023; 
‘‘(iii) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 
2024; 
‘‘(iv) $375,000,000 for fiscal year 
2025; and 
‘‘(v) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 
2026. 
‘‘(3) PROTON
IMPROVEMENT
PLAN–II
ACCEL-
ERATOR UPGRADE PROJECT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of En-
ergy shall support construction of the Proton 
Improvement Plan II, an upgrade to the 
Fermilab accelerator complex identified in the 
2014 Particle Physics Project Prioritization 
Panel (P5) report titled ‘Building for Dis-
covery’, to provide the world’s most intense 
beam of neutrinos to the international Long 
Baseline Neutrino Facility as well as abroad 
range of future high energy physics experi-
ments. The Secretary of Energy shall work with 
international partners to enable further signifi-
cant contributions to the capabilities of this 
project. 
‘‘(B) FACILITY
CAPABILITIES.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that the facility described in 
paragraph (1) will provide, at a minimum, the 
following capabilities: 
‘‘(i) 
A 
state-of-the-art 
800 
megaelectron volt (MeV) superconducting 
linear accelerator. 
‘‘(ii) Proton beam power of 1.2 MW 
at the start of LBNF/DUNE, upgradeable 
to 2.4 MW of beam power.
‘‘(iii) A flexible design to enable high 
power beam delivery to multiple users si-
multaneously and customized beams tai-
lored to specific scientific needs. 
‘‘(iv) Sustained high reliability oper-
ation of the Fermilab accelerator complex. 
‘‘(C) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall, subject to the availability of appro-
priations, ensure that the start of full oper-
ations of the facility under this section occurs 
before December 31, 2028. 
‘‘(D) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 
to be appropriated under subsection (k), there 
shall be made available to the Secretary to 
carry out construction of the facility under this 
subsection— 
‘‘(i) $191,000,000 for fiscal year 
2022; 
‘‘(ii) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 
2023; 
‘‘(iii) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 
2024; 
‘‘(iv) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 
2025; and
‘‘(v) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 
2026. 
‘‘(4) COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND STAGE 
4.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of En-
ergy, in partnership with the Director of the 
National Science Foundation, shall support con-
struction of the Cosmic Microwave Background 
Stage 4 project to survey the cosmic microwave 
background to test theories of cosmic inflation 
as described in the 2014 Particle Physics 
Prioritization Panel (P5) report titled ‘Building 
for Discovery: Strategic Plan for U.S. Particle 
Physics in the Global Context.’. 
‘‘(B) 
CONSULTATION.—The 
Secretary 
shall consult with the private sector, univer-
sities, National Laboratories, and relevant Fed-
eral agencies to ensure that this experiment is 
capable of meeting Federal research needs in 
accessing the ultra-high energy physics of infla-
tion and important neutrino properties. 
‘‘(C) EXPERIMENTAL CAPABILITIES.—The 
Secretary shall ensure to the maximum extent 
practicable that the facility described in sub-
section (a) will provide at minimum, 500,000
superconducting detectors deployed on an array 
of mm wave telescopes with the required range 
in frequency, sensitivity, and survey speed 
which will provide sufficient capability to enable 
an order of magnitude advance in observations 
of the Cosmic Microwave Background, deliv-
ering transformative discoveries in fundamental 
physics, cosmology, and astrophysics. 
‘‘(D) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall, subject to the availability of appro-
priations, ensure that the start of full oper-
ations of the facility under this section occurs 
before December 31, 2030. 
‘‘(E) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 
to be appropriated under subsection (k), there 
shall be made available to the Secretary to 
carry out construction of the facility under this 
subsection— 
‘‘(i) $37,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(ii) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(iii) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 
2024; 
‘‘(iv) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 
2025; and 
‘‘(v) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.
‘‘(h) ACCELERATOR AND DETECTOR UPGRADES.— 
The Director shall upgrade accelerator facilities and detec-
tors, as necessary and appropriate, to increase beam 
power, sustain high reliability, and improve precision 
measurement to advance the highest priority particle phys-
ics research programs. In carrying out facility upgrades, 
the Director shall continue to work with international 
partners, when appropriate and in the United States’ in-
terest, to leverage investments and expertise in critical 
technologies to help build and upgrade accelerator and de-
tector facilities in the United States. 
‘‘(i) ACCELERATOR AND DETECTOR RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT.—As part of the program described in 
subsection (b), the Director shall carry out research and 
development in particle beam physics, accelerator science 
and technology, and particle and radiation detection with 
relevance to the specific needs of the High Energy Physics 
program, in coordination with the Accelerator Research 
and Development program authorized in section 310. 
‘‘(j) UNDERGROUND SCIENCE.—The Director shall— 
‘‘(1) support an underground science program 
consistent with the missions of the Department and 
the scientific needs of the High Energy Physics pro-
gram, including those articulated in the most recent 
report of the Particle Physics Project Prioritization
Panel of the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, 
that leverages the capabilities of relevant under-
ground science and engineering facilities; and 
‘‘(2) carry out a competitive grant program to 
award scientists and engineers at institutions of 
higher education, nonprofit institutions, and Na-
tional Laboratories to conduct research in under-
ground science and engineering. 
‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out the activities described in this section— 
‘‘(1) $1,355,690,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(2) $1,517,628,300 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(3) $1,652,112,281 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(4) $1,711,460,141 for fiscal year 2025; and 
‘‘(5) $1,656,012,351 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 
SEC. 8. NUCLEAR PHYSICS PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—Section 308 of the Department of 
Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18646) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a); 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (d); and 
(3) by inserting the following before subsection 
(d), as so redesignated:
‘‘(a) 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, and support relevant facilities, to dis-
cover and understand various forms of nuclear matter. 
‘‘(b) USER FACILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
support construction of a Facility for Rare Iso-
tope Beams to advance the understanding of 
rare nuclear isotopes and the evolution of the 
cosmos. 
‘‘(B) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized 
to be appropriated under subsection (c), there 
shall be made available to the Secretary to 
carry out construction of the facility under this 
subsection $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 
‘‘(C) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall, subject to the availability of appro-
priations, ensure that the start of full oper-
ations of the facility under this section occurs 
before March 1, 2022. 
‘‘(2) ELECTRON-ION COLLIDER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
support construction of an Electron Ion Collider
as described in the 2015 Long Range Plan of 
the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee and 
the report from the National Academies of 
Science, Engineering, and Medicine titled ‘An 
Assessment of U.S.-Based Electron-Ion Collider 
Science’, in order to measure the internal struc-
ture of the proton and the nucleus and answer 
fundamental questions about the nature of visi-
ble matter. 
‘‘(B) FACILITY
CAPABILITY.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that the facility meets the 
requirements in the 2015 Long Range Plan, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(i) at least 70 percent polarized 
beams of electrons and light ions; 
‘‘(ii) ion beams from deuterium to the 
heaviest stable nuclei; 
‘‘(iii) variable center of mass energy 
from 20 to 140 GeV; 
‘‘(iv) high collision luminosity of 
1033–34cm-2s-1; and 
‘‘(v) the possibility of more than one 
interaction region. 
‘‘(C) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall, subject to the availability of appro-