(6) NATIONAL
LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Laboratory’’ means any of the following lab-
oratories owned by the Department: 
(A) Ames Laboratory. 
(B) Argonne National Laboratory. 
(C) Brookhaven National Laboratory. 
(D) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. 
(E) Idaho National Laboratory. 
(F) Lawrence Berkeley National Labora-
tory. 
(G) Lawrence Livermore National Labora-
tory. 
(H) Los Alamos National Laboratory. 
(I) National Energy Technology Labora-
tory. 
(J) National Renewable Energy Laboratory. 
(K) Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 
(L) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. 
(M) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. 
(N) Sandia National Laboratories. 
(O) Savannah River National Laboratory. 
(P) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. 
(Q) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator 
Facility.
(7) RENEWABLE ENERGY.—The term ‘‘renewable 
energy’’ means energy from wind, sunlight, the flow 
of water, heat from the Earth, or biomass that can be 
converted into a usable form such as process heat, 
electricity, fuel, or space heat. 
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any of the 
several States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, and any other commonwealth, territory, 
or possession of the United States. 
(10) UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘‘university’’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘‘institution of higher 
education’’ in section 101 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(11) USER FACILITY.—The term ‘‘user facility’’ 
means a research and development facility supported, 
in whole or in part, by Departmental funds that is 
open, at a minimum, to all qualified United States 
researchers.
TITLE I—SCIENCE PROGRAMS 
SEC. 101. OFFICE OF SCIENCE PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct, 
through the Office of Science, programs of research, develop-
ment, demonstration, and commercial application in high 
energy physics, nuclear physics, biological and environ-
mental research, basic energy sciences, advanced scientific 
computing research, and fusion energy sciences, including 
activities described in this title. The programs shall include 
support for facilities and infrastructure, education, out-
reach, information, analysis, and coordination activities. 
(b) RARE ISOTOPE ACCELERATOR.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall con-
struct and operate a Rare Isotope Accelerator. The 
Secretary shall commence construction no later than 
September 30, 2008. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this subsection. The Secretary shall not spend more 
than $1,100,000,000 in Federal funds for all activities 
associated with the Rare Isotope Accelerator prior to 
operation. 
SEC. 102. SYSTEMS BIOLOGY PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a research, development, and demonstration pro-
gram in genetics, protein science, and computational 
biology to support the energy, national security, and 
environmental missions of the Department. 
(2) GRANTS.—The program shall support indi-
vidual researchers and multidisciplinary teams of re-
searchers through competitive, merit-reviewed grants. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the pro-
gram, the Secretary shall consult with other Federal 
agencies that conduct genetic and protein research. 
(b) GOALS.—The program shall have the goal of devel-
oping technologies and methods based on the biological func-
tions of genomes, microbes, and plants that—
(1) can facilitate the production of fuels, includ-
ing hydrogen; 
(2) convert carbon dioxide to organic carbon; 
(3) detoxify soils and water, including at De-
partmental facilities, contaminated with heavy metals 
and radiological materials; and 
(4) address other Department missions as identi-
fied by the Secretary. 
(c) PLAN.—
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall prepare and transmit to Congress a re-
search plan describing how the program authorized 
pursuant to this section will be undertaken to accom-
plish the program goals established in subsection (b). 
(2) REVIEW OF PLAN.—The Secretary shall con-
tract with the National Academy of Sciences to review 
the research plan developed under this subsection. The 
Secretary shall transmit the review to Congress not 
later than 18 months after transmittal of the research 
plan under paragraph (1), along with the Secretary’s 
response to the recommendations contained in the re-
view. 
(d) USER FACILITIES AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT.—
Within the funds authorized to be appropriated pursuant 
to this title, the amounts specified under section 110(b)(1), 
(c)(1), (d)(1), (e)(1), and (f)(1) shall be available for 
projects to develop, plan, construct, acquire, or operate spe-
cial equipment, instrumentation, or facilities, including 
user facilities, for researchers conducting research, develop-
ment, demonstration, and commercial application in sys-
tems biology and proteomics and associated biological dis-
ciplines. 
(e) PROHIBITION ON BIOMEDICAL AND HUMAN CELL 
AND HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH.—
(1) NO
BIOMEDICAL
RESEARCH.—In carrying 
out the program under this section, the Secretary 
shall not conduct biomedical research. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section shall 
authorize the Secretary to conduct any research or 
demonstrations—
(A) on human cells or human subjects; or 
(B) designed to have direct application with 
respect to human cells or human subjects. 
SEC. 103. CATALYSIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
program of research and development in catalysis science, 
including efforts to—
(1) enable molecular-level catalyst design by cou-
pling experimental and computational approaches; 
(2) enable nanoscale, high-throughput synthesis, 
assay, and characterization; and 
(3) synthesize catalysts with specific site archi-
tectures. 
(b) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the pro-
gram under this section, the Secretary shall—
(1) support both individual researchers and mul-
tidisciplinary teams of researchers to pioneer new ap-
proaches in catalytic design;
(2) develop, plan, construct, acquire, or operate 
special equipment or facilities, including user facili-
ties; 
(3) support technology transfer activities to ben-
efit industry and other users of catalysis science and 
engineering; and 
(4) coordinate research and development activi-
ties with industry and other Federal agencies. 
SEC. 104. HYDROGEN. 
The Secretary shall conduct a program of fundamental 
research and development in support of programs author-
ized in title VII of this Act. 
SEC. 105. ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH. 
The Secretary shall conduct an advanced scientific 
computing research and development program, including in 
applied mathematics and the activities authorized by the 
Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitaliza-
tion Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 5541 et seq.). The Secretary 
shall carry out this program with the goal of supporting 
departmental missions and providing the high-performance 
computational, networking, and workforce resources that 
are required for world leadership in science. 
SEC. 106. FUSION ENERGY SCIENCES PROGRAM. 
(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 
of the United States to conduct research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial application to provide for the 
scientific, engineering, and commercial infrastructure nec-
essary to ensure that the United States is competitive with 
other nations in providing fusion energy for its own needs 
and the needs of other nations, including by demonstrating 
electric power or hydrogen production for the United States 
energy grid utilizing fusion energy at the earliest date pos-
sible. 
(b) PLANNING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
transmit to Congress a plan, with proposed cost esti-
mates, budgets, and lists of potential international 
partners, for the implementation of the policy de-
scribed in subsection (a). The plan shall ensure 
that—
(A) existing fusion research facilities are 
more fully utilized; 
(B) fusion science, technology, theory, ad-
vanced computation, modeling, and simulation 
are strengthened; 
(C) new magnetic and inertial fusion re-
search and development facilities are selected 
based on scientific innovation, cost effectiveness, 
and their potential to advance the goal of prac-
tical fusion energy at the earliest date possible, 
and those that are selected are funded at a cost-
effective rate; 
(D) communication of scientific results and 
methods between the fusion energy science com-
munity and the broader scientific and technology 
communities is improved; 
(E) inertial confinement fusion facilities 
are utilized to the extent practicable for the pur-
pose of inertial fusion energy research and devel-
opment; and 
(F) attractive alternative inertial and mag-
netic fusion energy approaches are more fully ex-
plored. 
(2) COSTS AND SCHEDULES.—Such plan shall 
also address the status of and, to the degree possible, 
costs and schedules for—
(A) the design and implementation of inter-
national or national facilities for the testing of 
fusion materials; and 
(B) the design and implementation of inter-
national or national facilities for the testing and 
development of key fusion technologies. 
(c) UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN ITER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States may par-
ticipate in ITER only in accordance with this sub-
section. 
(2) AGREEMENT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is author-
ized to negotiate an agreement for United States 
participation in ITER. 
(B) CONTENTS.—Any agreement for United 
States participation in ITER shall, at a min-
imum—
(i) clearly define the United States fi-
nancial contribution to construction and 
operating costs, as well as any other costs 
associated with the project; 
(ii) ensure that the share of ITER’s 
high-technology components manufactured 
in the United States is at least propor-
tionate to the United States financial con-
tribution to ITER; 
(iii) ensure that the United States will 
not be financially responsible for cost over-
runs in components manufactured in other 
ITER participating countries; 
(iv) guarantee the United States full 
access to all data generated by ITER;