subparagraph (A) to the Congress not later 
than 9 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(5) COMPUTATIONAL
BIOLOGY
AND
SYSTEMS 
BIOLOGY KNOWLEDGEBASE.—As part of the subpro-
gram described in paragraph (1), the Director shall 
carry out research in computational biology, acquire 
or otherwise ensure the availability of hardware for 
biology-specific computation, and establish and 
maintain an open virtual database and information 
management system to centrally integrate systems 
biology data, analytical software, and computational 
modeling tools that will allow data sharing and free 
information exchange in the scientific community. 
(6) REPEAL.—Section 977 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16317) is repealed. 
(c) CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES SUB-
PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activities au-
thorized under subsection (a), the Director shall 
carry out a subprogram of climate and environ-
mental science research, which shall include activi-
ties to— 
(A) understand, observe, and model the re-
sponse of the Earth’s atmosphere and bio-
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sphere, including oceans, to increased green-
house gas emissions, and any associated 
changes in climate; 
(B) sequester, destroy, immobilize, or re-
move contaminants and carbon from subsurface 
environments, including at facilities of the De-
partment; and 
(C) develop potential mitigation and adap-
tation options for increased greenhouse gas 
emissions and any associated changes in cli-
mate. 
(2) 
SUBSURFACE
BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
RE-
SEARCH.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As part of the subpro-
gram described in paragraph (1), the Director 
shall carry out research to advance a funda-
mental understanding of coupled physical, 
chemical, and biological processes for control-
ling the movement of sequestered carbon and 
subsurface environmental contaminants, includ-
ing field observations of subsurface microorga-
nisms and field-scale subsurface research. 
(B) COORDINATION.— 
(i) DIRECTOR.—The Director shall 
carry out activities under this paragraph in 
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accordance with priorities established by 
the Department’s Under Secretary for 
Science to support and accelerate the de-
contamination of relevant facilities man-
aged by the Department. 
(ii) 
UNDER
SECRETARY
FOR 
SCIENCE.—The Department’s Under Sec-
retary for Science shall ensure the coordi-
nation of the activities of the Department, 
including activities under this paragraph, 
to support and accelerate the decontamina-
tion of relevant facilities managed by the 
Department. 
(3) NEXT-GENERATION
ECOSYSTEM-CLIMATE 
EXPERIMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in col-
laboration with other relevant agencies who are 
participants in the United States Global 
Change Research Program, shall carry out the 
selection and development of a next-generation 
ecosystem-climate change experiment to under-
stand the impact and feedbacks of increased 
temperature and elevated carbon levels on eco-
systems. 
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(B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 
shall transmit to the Congress a report con-
taining— 
(i) an identification of the location or 
locations that have been selected for the 
experiment described in subparagraph (A); 
(ii) a description of the need for addi-
tional experiments; and 
(iii) an associated research plan. 
(4) AMERIFLUX NETWORK COORDINATION AND 
RESEARCH.—As part of the subprogram described in 
paragraph (1), the Director shall carry out research 
and coordinate the AmeriFlux Network to directly 
observe and understand the exchange of greenhouse 
gases, water, and energy within terrestrial eco-
systems and the response of those systems to climate 
change and other dynamic terrestrial landscape 
changes. The Director, in collaboration with other 
relevant Federal agencies, shall— 
(A) identify opportunities to incorporate 
innovative and emerging observation tech-
nologies and practices into the existing Net-
work; 
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(B) conduct research to determine the 
need for increased greenhouse gas observation 
facilities across North America to meet future 
mitigation and adaptation needs of the United 
States; and 
(C) examine how the technologies and 
practices described in subparagraph (A), and 
increased coordination among scientific commu-
nities through the Network, have the potential 
to help characterize baseline greenhouse gas 
emission sources and sinks in the United States 
and internationally. 
(5) REGIONAL
AND
GLOBAL
CLIMATE
MOD-
ELING.—As part of the subprogram described in 
paragraph (1), the Director, in collaboration with 
the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Re-
search described in section 6, shall carry out re-
search to develop, evaluate, and use high-resolution 
regional and global climate and Earth models and 
predictions to determine, and support efforts to re-
duce, the impacts of changing climate. 
(6) INTEGRATED
ASSESSMENT
RESEARCH.— 
The Director shall carry out research into options 
for mitigation of and adaptation to climate change 
through multiscale models of the entire climate sys-
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tem. Such modeling shall include human processes 
and greenhouse gas emissions, land use, and inter-
action among human and Earth systems. 
(7) COORDINATION.—The Director shall coordi-
nate activities under this subsection with other Of-
fice of Science activities and with the United States 
Global Change Research Program. 
(d) USER
FACILITIES
AND
ANCILLARY
EQUIP-
MENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out 
a program for the construction, operation, and main-
tenance of user facilities to support the program 
under this section. As practicable, these facilities 
shall serve the needs of the Department, industry, 
the academic community, and other relevant entities. 
(2) INCLUDED FUNCTIONS.—User facilities de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall include facilities which 
carry out— 
(A) genome sequencing and analysis of 
plants, microbes, and microbial communities 
using high throughput tools, technologies, and 
comparative analysis; 
(B) molecular level research in biological 
interactions, subsurface science, and the inter-
faces of natural and engineered materials; and 
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(C) measurement of cloud and aerosol 
properties used for examining atmospheric proc-
esses and evaluating climate model perform-
ance, including ground stations at various loca-
tions, mobile resources, and aerial vehicles. 
SEC. 6. ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activities author-
ized under section 3, the Director shall carry out a re-
search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plication program to advance computational and net-
working capabilities to analyze, model, simulate, and pre-
dict complex phenomena relevant to the development of 
new energy technologies and the competitiveness of the 
United States. 
(b) COORDINATION.— 
(1) DIRECTOR.—The Director shall carry out 
activities under this section in accordance with prior-
ities established by the Department’s Under Sec-
retary for Science to determine and meet the com-
putational and networking research and facility 
needs of the Office of Science and all other relevant 
energy technology programs within the Department. 
(2) UNDER
SECRETARY
FOR
SCIENCE.—The 
Department’s Under Secretary for Science shall en-
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sure the coordination of the activities of the Depart-
ment, including activities under this section, to de-
termine and meet the computational and networking 
research and facility needs of the Office of Science 
and all other relevant energy technology programs 
within the Department. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) ADVANCED COMPUTING FOR ENERGY APPLI-
CATIONS.—Not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit 
to the Congress a plan to integrate and leverage the 
expertise and capabilities of the program described 
in subsection (a), as well as other relevant computa-
tional and networking research programs and re-
sources supported by the Federal Government, to 
advance the missions of the Department’s applied 
energy and energy efficiency programs. 
(2) 
EXASCALE
COMPUTING.—At 
least 
months prior to the initiation of construction or in-
stallation of any exascale-class computing facility, 
the Secretary shall transmit a plan to the Congress 
detailing the proposed facility’s cost projections and 
capabilities to significantly accelerate the develop-
ment of new energy technologies. 
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(d) APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND SOFTWARE DEVEL-
OPMENT FOR HIGH-END COMPUTING SYSTEMS.—The Di-
rector shall carry out activities to develop, test, maintain, 
and support mathematics, models, and algorithms for 
complex systems, as well as programming environments, 
tools, languages, and operating systems for high-end com-
puting systems (as defined in section 2 of the Department 
of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 
2004 (15 U.S.C. 5541)). 
(e) HIGH-END COMPUTING FACILITIES.—The Direc-
tor shall— 
(1) provide for sustained access by the research 
community in the United States to high-end com-
puting systems and to Leadership Systems (as de-
fined in section 2 of the Department of Energy 
High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 (15 
U.S.C. 5541)), including provision of technical sup-
port for users of such systems; and 
(2) conduct research and development on next- 
generation computing architectures and platforms to 
support the missions of the Department. 
SEC. 7. FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—As part of the activities authorized 
under section 3, the Director shall carry out a fusion en-
ergy sciences research and development program to effec-
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tively address the scientific and engineering challenges to 
building a cost-competitive fusion power plant and a com-
petitive fusion power industry in the United States. 
(b) ITER.—The Director shall coordinate and carry 
out the responsibilities of the United States with respect 
to the ITER international fusion project pursuant to the 
Agreement on the Establishment of the ITER Inter-
national Fusion Energy Organization for the Joint Imple-
mentation of the ITER Project. 
(c) IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITIES.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall transmit to the Congress a report on the De-
partment’s proposed research and development activities 
in magnetic fusion over the 10 years following the date 
of enactment of this Act under four realistic budget sce-
narios. The report shall— 
(1) identify priorities for initiation of facility 
construction and facility decommissioning under 
each of those scenarios; 
(2) provide an assessment of the need for a fa-
cility or facilities that can examine and test potential 
fusion materials; and 
(3) provide an assessment of whether a single 
new facility that substantially addresses magnetic 
fusion, inertial fusion, and next generation fission 
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materials research needs is feasible, in conjunction 
with the expected capabilities of facilities operational 
as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) FUSION MATERIALS RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT.—The Director, in coordination with the Assistant 
Secretary for Nuclear Energy of the Department, shall 
carry out research and development activities to identify, 
characterize, and create materials that can endure the 
neutron, plasma, and heat fluxes expected in a commercial 
fusion power plant. 
(e) FUSION SIMULATION PROJECT.—In collaboration 
with the Office of Science’s Advanced Scientific Com-
puting Research program described in section 6, the Di-
rector shall carry out a computational project to advance 
the capability of fusion researchers to accurately simulate 
an entire fusion energy system. 
(f) INERTIAL
FUSION
ENERGY
RESEARCH
AND 
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
shall carry out a program of research and technology de-
velopment in inertial fusion for energy applications, in-
cluding ion beam and laser fusion. 
SEC. 8. HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—As part of the activities authorized 
under section 3, the Director shall carry out a research 
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Foundation, or international collaborations on rel-
evant research projects. 
(d) 
ACCELERATOR
RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOP-
MENT.—The Director shall carry out research and devel-
opment in advanced accelerator concepts and technologies 
to reduce the necessary scope and cost for the next genera-
tion of particle accelerators. 
(e) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.—The Direc-
tor, as practicable and in coordination with other appro-
priate Federal agencies as necessary, shall maximize the 
access of United States researchers to the most advanced 
facilities and research capabilities in the world, including 
the Large Hadron Collider. 
SEC. 9. NUCLEAR PHYSICS PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—As part of the activities authorized 
under section 3, the Director shall carry out a research 
program, and support relevant facilities, to discover and 
understand various forms of nuclear matter. 
(b) FACILITY CONSTRUCTION
AND UPGRADES.— 
Consistent with the Office of Science’s project manage-
ment practices, the Director shall carry out— 
(1) an upgrade of the Continuous Electron 
Beam Accelerator Facility to a 12 gigaelectronvolt 
beam of electrons; and 
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(2) construction of the Facility for Rare Isotope 
Beams. 
(c) ISOTOPE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION FOR 
RESEARCH APPLICATIONS.—The Director shall carry out 
a program for the production of isotopes, including the 
development of techniques to produce isotopes, that the 
Secretary determines are needed for research or other pur-
poses. In making this determination, the Secretary shall 
consider any relevant recommendations made by Federal 
advisory committees, the National Academies, and inter-
agency working groups in which the Department partici-
pates. 
SEC. 10. SCIENCE LABORATORIES INFRASTRUCTURE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a pro-
gram to improve the safety, efficiency, and mission readi-
ness of infrastructure at Office of Science laboratories. 
The program shall include projects to— 
(1) renovate or replace space that does not 
meet research needs; 
(2) replace facilities that are no longer cost ef-
fective to renovate or operate; 
(3) modernize utility systems to prevent failures 
and ensure efficiency; 
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(4) remove excess facilities to allow safe and ef-
ficient operations; and 
(5) construct modern facilities to conduct ad-
vanced research in controlled environmental condi-
tions. 
(b) MINOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Using operation and mainte-
nance funds or facilities and infrastructure funds 
authorized by law, the Secretary may carry out 
minor construction projects with respect to labora-
tories administered by the Office of Science. 
(2) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Secretary shall 
submit to Congress on an annual basis a report on 
each exercise of the authority under subsection (a) 
during the preceding fiscal year. Each report shall 
provide a brief description of each minor construc-
tion project covered by the report. 
(3) COST VARIATION REPORTS.—If, at any time 
during the construction of any minor construction 
project, the estimated cost of the project is revised 
and the revised cost of the project exceeds the minor 
construction threshold, the Secretary shall imme-
diately submit to Congress a report explaining the 
reasons for the cost variation. 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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(A) the term ‘‘minor construction project’’ 
means any plant project not specifically author-
ized by law for which the approved total esti-
mated cost does not exceed the minor construc-
tion threshold; and 
(B) the term ‘‘minor construction thresh-
old’’ means $10,000,000, with such amount to 
be adjusted by the Secretary in accordance with 
the Engineering News-Record Construction 
Cost Index, or an appropriate alternative index 
as determined by the Secretary, once every five 
years after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(5) NONAPPLICABILITY.—Sections 4703 and 
4704 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2743 and 2744) shall not apply to laboratories ad-
ministered by the Office of Science. 
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary for the activities of the Office of Science— 
(1) $6,221,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, of 
which— 
(A) $2,020,000 shall be for Basic Energy 
Sciences activities under section 4; 
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(B) $700,000 shall be for Biological and 
Environmental Research activities under section 
5; and 
(C) $469,000 shall be for Advanced Sci-
entific Computing Research activities under sec-
tion 6; 
(2) $6,656,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, of 
which— 
(A) $2,220,000 shall be for Basic Energy 
Sciences activities under section 4; 
(B) $791,000 shall be for Biological and 
Environmental Research activities under section 
5; and 
(C) $515,000 shall be for Advanced Sci-
entific Computing Research activities under sec-
tion 6; 
(3) $7,122,000,000 for fiscal year 2013, of 
which— 
(A) $2,440,000 shall be for Basic Energy 
Sciences activities under section 4; 
(B) $894,000 shall be for Biological and 
Environmental Research activities under section 
5; and 
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(C) $567,000 shall be for Advanced Sci-
entific Computing Research activities under sec-
tion 6; 
(4) $7,621,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, of 
which— 
(A) $2,690,000 shall be for Basic Energy 
Sciences activities under section 4; 
(B) $957,000 shall be for Biological and 
Environmental Research activities under section 
5; and 
(C) $624,000 shall be for Advanced Sci-
entific Computing Research activities under sec-
tion 6; and 
(5) $8,154,000,000 for fiscal year 2015, of 
which— 
(A) $2,960,000 shall be for Basic Energy 
Sciences activities under section 4; 
(B) $1,060,000 shall be for Biological and 
Environmental Research activities under section 
5; and 
(C) $686,000 shall be for Advanced Sci-
entific Computing Research activities under sec-
tion 6. 
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