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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1277
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999 for
the civilian research, development, demonstration, and commercial appli-
cation activities of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 1997
Mr. CALVERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Science
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 and fiscal
year 1999 for the civilian research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial application activities of the
Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Energy
Civilian Research and Development Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘CERN’’ means the European Or-
ganization for Nuclear Research;
(2) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart-
ment of Energy;
(3) the term ‘‘Large Hadron Collider project’’
means the Large Hadron Collider project at CERN;
and
(4) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Energy.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) ENERGY SUPPLY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES.—There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary for Energy Supply Research and Develop-
ment 
operating 
expenses 
and 
capital 
equipment
$2,838,719,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $2,847,813,000
for fiscal year 1999, of which—
(1) $272,820,000 for fiscal year 1998 (reduced
by $15,000,000 to reflect the use of prior year bal-
ances) and $270,342,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall
be for Solar and Renewable Resources Technologies,
including—
(A) $2,150,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$2,150,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Solar Build-
ing Technology Research;
(B) $63,900,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$64,900,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Photo-
voltaic Energy Systems;
(C) $18,170,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$13,620,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Solar
Thermal Energy Systems;
(D) $28,835,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$28,190,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Biopower/
Biofuels Energy Systems;
(E) $29,500,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$18,140,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Wind En-
ergy Systems;
(F) $2,800,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$500,000 for fiscal year 1999 for the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory;
(G) $19,518,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$19,518,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Geo-
thermal Electric Research and Development;
(H) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 for
Hydropower;
(I) $44,500,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$36,500,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Electric
Energy Systems and Storage, of which—
(i) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1998
shall be for Electric and Magnetic Fields
Research and Development;
(ii) $32,500,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $32,500,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall
be for High-Temperature Superconductiv-
ity Research and Development; and
(iii) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall
be for Energy Storage Systems;
(J) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$75,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for a
Solar and Renewable Energy Science Initiative,
to be managed by the Director of the Office of
Energy Research, for grants to be competitively
awarded and subject to peer review for research
related to solar and renewable energy; and
(K) $12,447,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$11,824,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Program
Direction;
(2) $173,166,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$146,540,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Nu-
clear Energy, including—
(A) $47,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$43,350,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Advanced
Radioisotope Power Systems;
(B) $9,500,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$8,809,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Oak Ridge
Landlord;
(C) $3,217,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$3,217,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Test Reac-
tor Area Landlord;
(D) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 for
Advanced Test Reactor Fusion Irradiations;
(E) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$6,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 for University
Nuclear Science and Reactor Support;
(F) $70,535,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$60,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Termi-
nation Costs;
(G) $20,854,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$11,807,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Isotope
Support; and
(H) $14,060,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$13,357,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Program
Direction;
(3) $77,160,000 for fiscal year 1998 (reduced
by $3,535,000 reflecting the use of prior year bal-
ances) and $76,828,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be
for Uranium Programs;
(4) $107,870,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$100,237,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Envi-
ronment, Safety, and Health;
(5) $367,538,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$378,564,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Bio-
logical and Environmental Research, including—
(A) $157,037,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$161,748,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Life
Sciences;
(B) $100,954,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$103,983,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Environ-
mental Processes;
(C) $66,435,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$68,428,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Environ-
mental Remediation; and
(D) $43,112,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$44,405,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Medical
Applications and Measurement Sciences;
(6) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$240,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Fu-
sion Energy Sciences, of which $5,000,000 for fiscal
year 1998 and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall
be for General Plasma Science;
(7) $659,812,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$678,888,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Basic
Energy Sciences, including—
(A) $391,047,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$402,060,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Materials
Sciences, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 for
each such fiscal year may be used for the High
Flux Beam Reactor at Brookhaven National
Laboratory;
(B) $199,933,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$205,931,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Chemical
Sciences;
(C) $41,371,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$42,612,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Engineer-
ing and Geosciences; and
(D) $27,461,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$28,285,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Energy
Biosciences;
(8) $140,907,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$145,134,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Com-
putational and Technology Research, including—
(A) $117,490,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$121,014,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Mathe-
matical, 
Information, 
and 
Computational
Sciences;
(B) $15,829,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$16,304,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Labora-
tory Technology Research; and
(C) $7,588,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$7,816,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Advanced
Energy Projects;
(9) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$1,500,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Energy
Research Analysis;
(10) $29,070,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$27,434,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Energy
Research-Energy Supply Program Direction;
(11) $682,387,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$682,387,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Envi-
ronmental Restoration and Waste Management
(Non-Defense), including—
(A) $457,625,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$457,625,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Environ-
mental Restoration;
(B) $153,004,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$153,004,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Waste
Management; and
(C) $71,758,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$71,758,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Nuclear
Material and Facility Stabilization;
None of the funds authorized for High Energy Physics
by this subsection or subsection (d) may be used for the
Large Hadron Collider project, unless the Secretary has
transmitted to the Committee on Science of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natu-
ral Resources of the Senate a report on the impacts of
such funding on the operations and viability of United
States high energy and nuclear physics facilities.
(d) SCIENCE ASSETS ACQUISITION.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the pur-
chase, construction, expansion, and acquisition of real
plant, property, and other physical assets for general
science and research activities, $126,870,000 for fiscal
year 1998, of which—
(1) $50,850,000 shall be for High Energy
Physics, including—
(A) $30,950,000 for completion of Project
92–G–302, Fermilab Main Injector, Fermi Na-
tional Accelerator Laboratory, Illinois;
(B) $9,400,000 for completion of Project
97–G–303, Stanford Linear Accelerator Lab-
oratory Master Station Upgrade, California;
(C) $5,500,000 for architectural engineer-
ing and technical design work for Project 98–
G–304, Neutrinos at the Main Injector, Fermi
National Accelerator Laboratory, Illinois; and
(D) $5,000,000 for completion of Project
98–G–305, Fermilab C-Zero Area Experimental
Hall, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory,
Illinois; and
(2) $76,020,000 shall be for Nuclear Physics,
for completion of Project 91–G–300, Relativistic
Heavy Ion Collider, Brookhaven National Labora-
tory, Upton, New York.
(e) FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH
AND DEVELOP-
MENT.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for Fossil Energy Research and Development
operating expenses, capital equipment, and construction,
$348,854,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $348,185,000 for
fiscal year 1999, of which—
(1) $105,831,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$104,206,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Coal
operating expenses, including—
(A) $5,064,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$5,064,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Coal Prepa-
ration;
(B) $5,816,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$5,816,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Direct Liq-
uefaction;
(C) $4,223,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$4,223,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Indirect
Liquefaction;
(D) $741,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$741,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Advanced
Clean Fuels Research Advanced Research and
Environmental Technology;
(E) $5,462,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$5,462,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Advanced
Pulverized Coal-Fired Powerplant;
(F) $10,927,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$10,927,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Indirect
Fired Cycle;
(G) $22,342,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$20,717,000 for fiscal year 1999 for High-Effi-
ciency-Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle;
(H) $17,875,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$17,875,000 for fiscal year 1999 for High-Effi-
ciency Pressurized Fluidized Bed;
(I) $9,734,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$9,734,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Advanced
Clean/Efficient Power Systems Advanced Re-
search and Environmental Technology; and
(J) $23,647,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$23,647,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Advanced
Research and Technology Development;
(2) $47,419,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$46,464,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Oil
Technology operating expenses, including—
(A) $31,157,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$31,157,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Explo-
ration and Production Supporting Research;
(B) $3,931,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$3,931,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Recovery
Field Demonstrations;
(C) $6,411,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$5,456,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Exploration
and Production Experimental Research; and
(D) $5,920,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$5,920,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Processing
Research and Downstream Operations;
(3) $85,877,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$85,877,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Gas
operating expenses, including—
(A) $14,123,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$14,123,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Natural
Gas Research Exploration and Production;
(B) $993,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$993,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Natural Gas
Research Delivery and Storage;
(C) $31,379,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$31,379,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Natural
Gas Research Advanced Turbine Systems;
(D) $4,617,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$4,617,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Natural
Gas Research Environmental Research/Regu-
latory Analysis;
(E) $1,210,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$1,210,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Fuel Cells
Advanced Research;
(F) $16,335,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$16,335,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Fuel Cells
Molten Carbonate Systems to continue cost-
shared cost reduction and performance improve-
ment of one system; and
(G) $12,412,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$12,412,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Fuel Cells
Advanced Concepts;
(4) $61,783,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$58,694,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Pro-
gram Direction and Management Support operating
expenses, including—
(A) $13,676,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$12,992,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Head-
quarters Program Direction; and
(B) $48,107,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$45,702,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Energy
Technology Center Program Direction;
(5) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Plant
and Capital Equipment, for construction of General
Plant Projects at the Federal Energy Technology
Center sites and at the Bartlesville Project Office;
(6) $12,935,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$12,935,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Fossil
Energy Environmental Restoration operating ex-
penses;
(7) $5,836,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$5,836,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Cooper-
ative Research and Development operating expenses;
(8) $2,173,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$2,173,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Fuels
Conversion, Natural Gas, and Electricity operating
expenses; and
(9) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$30,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for a Fos-
sil Energy Science Initiative to be managed by the
Director of the Office of Energy Research, for
grants to be competitively awarded and subject to
peer review for research relating to fossil energy.
(f) ENERGY CONSERVATION RESEARCH AND DEVEL-
OPMENT.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for Energy Conservation Research and Develop-
ment 
operating 
expenses 
and 
capital 
equipment,
$416,908,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1998 
(reduced 
by
$20,000,000 to reflect the use of prior year balances) and
$439,403,000 for fiscal year 1999, of which—
(1) $41,004,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$40,230,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for the
Building Technology, State and Community Sector
(Non-Grants), including—
(A) $4,662,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$4,662,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Building
Systems Design for Building America Program;
(B) $20,550,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$20,250,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Building
Equipment and Materials; and
(C) $11,692,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$11,218,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Manage-
ment and Planning;
(2) $125,380,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$125,048,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for the
Industry Sector, including—
(A) $55,660,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$55,660,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Industries
of the Future (Specific);
(B) $39,120,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$39,120,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Industries
of the Future (Crosscutting);
(C) $23,950,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$23,950,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Tech-
nology Access; and
(D) $6,650,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$6,318,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Manage-
ment and Planning;
(3) $179,576,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$179,225,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for the
Transportation Sector, including—
(A) $124,046,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$124,046,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Advanced
Automotive Technologies;
(B) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$18,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Advanced
Heavy Vehicle Technologies;
(C) $30,500,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$30,500,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Transpor-
tation Materials Technologies; and
(D) $7,030,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$6,679,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Implemen-
tation and Program;
(4) $20,948,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$19,900,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Policy
and Management; and
(5) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$75,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for an En-
ergy Efficiency Science Initiative to be managed by
the Director of the Office of Energy Research, for
grants to be competitively awarded and subject to
peer review for research relating to energy efficiency.
SEC. 4. FUNDING LIMITATIONS.
(a) FISCAL YEARS 1998 AND 1999.—None of the
funds authorized by this Act for fiscal year 1998 or fiscal
year 1999 may be used for the following programs,
projects, and activities:
(1) Solar Building Technology Research Space
Conditioning and Water Heating Quality Assurance.
(2) Solar Building Technology Research Space
Conditioning and Water Heating Technology De-
ployment.
(3) Photovoltaic Energy Systems Collector Re-
search and Systems Development PV Building Op-
portunities.
(4) Photovoltaic Energy Systems Collector Re-
search and Systems Development Climate Change
Action Plan: Partnerships for Technology Introduc-
tion.
(5) Solar Thermal Electric Research and Devel-
opment Power Systems Research Power Systems
and Markets/Industrial Assistance.
(6) 
Biopower 
Energy 
Systems-Utilities
Thermochemical Conversion.
(7) Biopower Energy Systems-Utilities Systems
Development Climate Change Action Plan: Hawaii
Direct Gasifier Project.
(8) Biopower Energy Systems-Utilities Systems
Development Climate Change Action Plan: Biomass
Power for Rural Development Initiative.
(9) Biopower Energy Systems-Utilities Systems
Development Modular Systems Development.
(10) Biopower Energy Systems-Utilities Sys-
tems Regional Biomass Energy Program.
(11) Biofuels Energy Systems-Transportation
Ethanol Production Feasibility Studies.
(12) Biofuels Energy Systems-Transportation
Cellulose-to-Ethanol Production Facilities.
(13) Biofuels Energy Systems-Transportation
Switchgrass/Ethanol Facilities Location Studies.
(14) Biofuels Energy Systems-Transportation
Regional Biomass Energy Program.
(15) Wind Energy Systems Turbine Research
Near-Term Research and Testing.
(16) Wind Energy Systems Cooperative Re-
search and Testing Industry Support.
(17) International Solar Energy Program Com-
mittee on Renewable Energy Commerce and Trade.
(18) International Solar Energy Program
America’s 21st Century.
(19) Solar Technology Transfer.
(20) Solar Energy Resource Assessment.
(21) Geothermal Electric Research and Devel-
opment and Deployment Hot Dry Rock Fenton Hill
Experimental Site.
(22) Geothermal Electric Research and Devel-
opment and Deployment Energy Conversion Tech-
nology.
(23) Geothermal Electric Research and Devel-
opment and Deployment Site Development Activi-
ties.
(24) Geothermal Heat Pump Deployment.
(25) Renewable Indian Energy Resources.
(26) Electric Energy Systems and Storage Cli-
mate Challenge.
(27) Nuclear Energy Advanced Light Water
Reactor.
(28) Nuclear Energy Commercial Reactor.
(29) Nuclear Energy Security.
(30) Nuclear Energy Termination Costs Gas
Turbine-Modular Helium Reactor.
(31) Nuclear Energy Termination Costs Ad-
vanced Light Water Reactor.
(32) Biological and Environmental Research
Environmental Processes Human Interactions.
(33) Fossil Energy Research and Development
Advanced Research and Technology Development
Coal Technology Export.
(34) Fossil Energy Research and Development
Mining.
(35) Clean Coal Technology Program.
(36) Building Systems Designs Residential
Buildings Climate Change Action Plan: Advanced
Housing Technology Program.