I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 34
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 
for the Department of Energy Office of Science, to ensure that the 
United States is the world leader in key scientific fields by restoring 
a healthy balance of science funding, to ensure maximum utilization 
of the national user facilities, and to secure the Nation’s supply of 
scientists for the 21st century, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. EHLERS, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. 
BOSWELL, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. HOLT, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Vir-
ginia, Mr. HONDA, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. SHIMKUS, 
Mr. WAMP, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Ms. EDDIE 
BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. NADLER, Mr. LEACH, Mr. BOYD, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. 
FILNER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. 
CAPUANO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. WELLER, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. KENNEDY 
of Rhode Island, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. RUSH, Mrs. DAVIS 
of California, and Mr. STUPAK) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Science 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004, 2005, 
2006, and 2007 for the Department of Energy Office 
of Science, to ensure that the United States is the world 
leader in key scientific fields by restoring a healthy bal-
ance of science funding, to ensure maximum utilization 
of the national user facilities, and to secure the Nation’s
supply of scientists for the 21st century, 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 ‘‘Energy and Science 
Research Investment Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Office of Science is the largest Federal 
sponsor of civilian research in the physical sciences 
and plays a major role in supporting interdiscipli-
nary research that contributes to other scientific 
fields, including the life sciences, mathematics, com-
puter science, engineering, and the environmental 
sciences. 
(2) The Department of Energy’s laboratories 
have scientific capabilities that are unmatched in 
typical academic or industrial institutions. Their sci-
entific teams can develop integrated approaches to 
grand scientific challenges that are often beyond the 
reach of individual experimenters. The Human Ge-
nome Project exemplifies this capability. 
(3) The facilities at the Department of Ener-
gy’s laboratories are invaluable to scientists across
disciplines, including those from academia, industry, 
and government. 
(4) For more than half a century, science re-
search has had an extraordinary impact on the econ-
omy, national security, medicine, energy, life 
sciences, and the environment. In the economic 
arena, studies show that about half of all United 
States post-World War II economic growth is a di-
rect result of technological innovation stemming 
from scientific research. 
(5) The Department of Energy’s Office of 
Science programs, in constant dollars, have been flat 
funded for more than a decade, placing our scientific 
leadership in jeopardy and limiting the generation of 
ideas that will enhance our security and drive future 
economic growth. 
(6) Because the cost of doing research increases 
at a faster rate than the Consumer Price Index, flat 
funding for the Office of Science has led to a decline 
in the number of grants awarded, students trained, 
and scientists supported. Flat and erratic funding 
has also led to an underutilization of the facilities 
that the United States has invested hundreds of mil-
lions of dollars to construct.
(7) Higher funding levels for the Office of 
Science will provide more opportunities for young 
Americans to enter the fields of mathematics, engi-
neering, and the physical sciences, helping to allevi-
ate an increasing over-reliance on foreign talent in 
these fields. 
TITLE I—OFFICE OF SCIENCE 
AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) PROGRAM DIRECTION.—The Secretary of En-
ergy, acting through the Office of Science, shall—
(1) conduct a comprehensive program of funda-
mental research, including research on chemical 
sciences, physics, materials sciences, biological and 
environmental sciences, geosciences, engineering 
sciences, plasma sciences, mathematics, and ad-
vanced scientific computing; 
(2) maintain, upgrade, and expand the sci-
entific user facilities maintained by the Office of 
Science and ensure that they are an integral part of 
the departmental mission for exploring the frontiers 
of fundamental science; 
(3) maintain a leading-edge research capability 
in the energy-related aspects of nanoscience and
nanotechnology, advanced scientific computing and 
genome research; and 
(4) ensure that its fundamental science pro-
grams, where appropriate, help inform the applied 
research and development programs of the Depart-
ment. 
(b) FISCAL YEAR 2004.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Office 
of 
Science 
$3,624,454,000 for fiscal year 2004. 
(2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—The amount au-
thorized under paragraph (1) shall be allocated as 
follows: 
(A) General research activities (including 
university programs, facilities operations, na-
tional laboratory programs, accelerator research 
and development, workforce development, con-
struction carryovers from years prior to fiscal 
year 
2004, 
and 
program 
administration): 
$3,494,454,000. 
(B) Initiatives consistent with interagency 
guidance (among them nanoscience centers, ad-
vanced 
complex-simulation 
computing, 
and 
Genomes-to-Life centers): $80,000,000. 
(C) New construction: $50,000,000.
(c) FISCAL YEAR 2005.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Office 
of 
Science 
$4,015,000,000 for fiscal year 2005. 
(2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—The amount au-
thorized under paragraph (1) shall be allocated as 
follows:
(A) General research activities (including 
university programs, facilities operations, na-
tional laboratory programs, accelerator research 
and development, workforce development, con-
struction carryovers from years prior to fiscal 
year 
2004, 
and 
program 
administration): 
$3,820,000,000. 
(B) Initiatives consistent with interagency 
guidance (among them nanoscience centers, ad-
vanced 
complex-simulation 
computing, 
and 
Genomes-to-Life centers): $130,000,000. 
(C) New construction: $65,000,000. 
(d) FISCAL YEAR 2006.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Office 
of 
Science 
$4,618,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—The amount au-
thorized under paragraph (1) shall be allocated as 
follows: 
(A) General research activities (including 
university programs, facilities operations, na-
tional laboratory programs, accelerator research 
and development, workforce development, con-
struction carryovers from years prior to fiscal 
year 
2004, 
and 
program 
administration): 
$4,243,000,000. 
(B) Initiatives consistent with interagency 
guidance (among them nanoscience centers, ad-
vanced 
complex-simulation 
computing, 
and 
Genomes-to-Life centers): $205,000,000. 
(C) New construction: $170,000,000. 
(e) FISCAL YEAR 2007.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Office 
of 
Science 
$5,310,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. 
(2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—The amount au-
thorized under paragraph (1) shall be allocated as 
follows: 
(A) General research activities (including 
university programs, facilities operations, na-
tional laboratory programs, accelerator research
and development, workforce development, con-
struction carryovers from years prior to fiscal 
year 
2004, 
and 
program 
administration): 
$4,815,000,000. 
(B) Initiatives consistent with interagency 
guidance (among them nanoscience centers, ad-
vanced 
complex-simulation 
computing, 
and 
Genomes-to-Life centers): $215,000,000. 
(C) New construction: $280,000,000. 
SEC. 102. REPORTING. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of legislation providing for the annual appropriation of 
funds for the Office of Science, the Director of the Office 
of Science, henceforth referred to as the Assistant Sec-
retary of Science, in accordance with section 201(b) of this 
Act, shall submit to the Committee on Science of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate a plan for the alloca-
tion of funds authorized by this Act for the corresponding 
fiscal year. The plan shall include a description of how 
the allocation of funding will—
(1) affect trends in research support for major 
fields and subfields of the physical sciences, mathe-
matics, and engineering, including emerging multi-
disciplinary areas;
(2) affect the utilization of the Department’s 
facilities; 
(3) address the workforce needs by field of 
science, mathematics, and engineering; and 
(4) ensure that research in the physical 
sciences, mathematics, and engineering is adequate 
to address important research opportunities in these 
fields.
TITLE II—SCIENCE 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 201. IMPROVED COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT 
OF CIVILIAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) EFFECTIVE TOP-LEVEL COORDINATION OF RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—Section 202(b) 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7132(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b)(1) There shall be in the Department an Under 
Secretary for Energy Research and Science, who shall be 
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate. The Under Secretary shall be com-
pensated at the rate provided for at level III of the Execu-
tive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States 
Code.
‘‘(2) The Under Secretary for Energy Research and 
Science shall be appointed from among persons who—
‘‘(A) have extensive background in scientific or 
engineering fields; and 
‘‘(B) are well qualified to manage the civilian 
research and development programs of the Depart-
ment of Energy. 
‘‘(3) The Under Secretary for Energy Research and 
Science shall—
‘‘(A) serve as the Science and Technology Advi-
sor to the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) monitor the Department’s research and 
development programs in order to advise the Sec-
retary with respect to any undesirable duplication or 
gaps in such programs; 
‘‘(C) advise the Secretary with respect to the 
well-being and management of the science labora-
tories under the jurisdiction of the Department; 
‘‘(D) advise the Secretary with respect to edu-
cation and training activities required for effective 
short- and long-term basic and applied research ac-
tivities of the Department; 
‘‘(E) advise the Secretary with respect to grants 
and other forms of financial assistance required for
effective short- and long-term basic and applied re-
search activities of the Department; and 
‘‘(F) exercise authority and responsibility over 
Assistant Secretaries carrying out energy research 
and development and energy technology functions 
under sections 203 and 209, as well as other ele-
ments of the Department assigned by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
(b) RECONFIGURATION OF POSITION OF DIRECTOR 
OF THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE.—Section 209 of the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (41 U.S.C. 7139) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘OFFICE OF SCIENCE 
‘‘SEC. 209. (a) There shall be within the Department 
an Office of Science, to be headed by an Assistant Sec-
retary of Science, who shall be appointed by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and 
who shall be compensated at the rate provided for level 
IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 
5, United States Code. 
‘‘(b) The Assistant Secretary of Science shall be in 
addition to the Assistant Secretaries provided for under 
section 203 of this Act. 
‘‘(c) It shall be the duty and responsibility of the As-
sistant Secretary of Science to carry out the fundamental 
science and engineering research functions of the Depart-
ment, including the responsibility for policy and manage-
ment of such research, as well as other functions vested 
in the Secretary which he may assign to the Assistant Sec-
retary.’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY POSITION 
TO ENABLE IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR EN-
ERGY ISSUES.—(1) Section 203(a) of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7133(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘There shall be in the Department six Assist-
ant Secretaries’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in sec-
tion 209, there shall be in the Department seven Assistant 
Secretaries’’. 
(2) It is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that the leadership for departmental missions in nuclear 
energy should be at the Assistant Secretary level. 
(d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 202 of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7132) is further amended by adding 
the following at the end: 
‘‘(d) There shall be in the Department an Under Sec-
retary, who shall be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall 
perform such functions and duties as the Secretary shall 
prescribe, consistent with this section. The Under Sec-
retary shall be compensated at the rate provided for level