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search program described in section 606, shall carry 
out research in computational biology, acquire or oth-
erwise 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 informa-
tion exchange within the scientific community. 
(6) PROHIBITION ON BIOMEDICAL AND HUMAN 
CELL AND HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH.— 
(A) NO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH.—In car-
rying out activities under subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall not conduct biomedical research. 
(B) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in subsection 
(b) shall authorize the Secretary to conduct any 
research or demonstrations— 
(i) on human cells or human subjects; 
or 
(ii) designed to have direct application 
with respect to human cells or human sub-
jects. 
(C) INFORMATION
SHARING.—Nothing in 
this paragraph shall restrict the Department 
from sharing information, including research 
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findings, research methodologies, models, or any 
other information, with any Federal agency. 
(7) REPEAL.—Section 977 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16317) is repealed. 
(c) CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ACTIVI-
TIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activities au-
thorized under subsection (a), the Director shall carry 
out climate and environmental science research, 
which shall include activities to— 
(A) understand, observe, and model the re-
sponse of the Earth’s atmosphere and biosphere, 
including oceans, to increased concentrations of 
greenhouse gas emissions, and any associated 
changes in climate; 
(B) understand the processes for sequestra-
tion, destruction, immobilization, or removal of, 
and understand the movement of, contaminants 
and carbon in subsurface environments, includ-
ing at facilities of the Department; and 
(C) inform potential mitigation and adap-
tation options for increased concentrations of 
greenhouse gas emissions and any associated 
changes in climate. 
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(2) 
SUBSURFACE
BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
RE-
SEARCH.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activities 
described in paragraph (1), the Director shall 
carry out research to advance a fundamental un-
derstanding of coupled physical, chemical, and 
biological processes for controlling the movement 
of sequestered carbon and subsurface environ-
mental contaminants, including field observa-
tions of subsurface microorganisms and field- 
scale subsurface research. 
(B) COORDINATION.— 
(i) DIRECTOR.—The Director shall 
carry out activities under this paragraph in 
accordance with priorities established by the 
Department’s Under Secretary for Science 
to support and accelerate the decontamina-
tion of relevant facilities managed by the 
Department. 
(ii) 
UNDER
SECRETARY
FOR 
SCIENCE.—The Department’s Under Sec-
retary for Science shall ensure the coordina-
tion of the activities of the Department, in-
cluding activities under this paragraph, to 
support and accelerate the decontamination 
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of relevant facilities managed by the De-
partment. 
(3) NEXT-GENERATION ECOSYSTEM-CLIMATE EX-
PERIMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As part of the activities 
described in paragraph (1), the Director, in col-
laboration with other relevant agencies that 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 understand the im-
pact and feedbacks of increased temperature and 
elevated carbon levels on ecosystems. 
(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 ex-
periment 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 activities described in 
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paragraph (1), the Director shall carry out research 
and coordinate the AmeriFlux Network to directly ob-
serve and understand the exchange of greenhouse 
gases, water vapor, and heat energy within terrestrial 
ecosystems and the response of those systems to cli-
mate change and other dynamic terrestrial landscape 
changes. The Director, in collaboration with other rel-
evant Federal agencies, shall— 
(A) identify opportunities to incorporate in-
novative and emerging observation technologies 
and practices into the existing Network; 
(B) conduct research to determine the need 
for increased greenhouse gas observation Network 
facilities across North America to meet future 
mitigation and adaptation needs of the United 
States; and 
(C) examine how the technologies and prac-
tices described in subparagraph (A), and in-
creased coordination among scientific commu-
nities through the Network, have the potential to 
help characterize terrestrial baseline greenhouse 
gas emission sources and sinks in the United 
States and internationally. 
(5) CLIMATE AND EARTH MODELING.—As part of 
the activities described in paragraph (1), the Director, 
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