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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall transmit to Congress a plan, with pro-
posed cost estimates, budgets, and lists of potential
international partners, for the implementation of the
policy described in subsection (a). The plan shall en-
sure 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 effective-
ness, and their potential to advance the goal of
practical fusion energy at the earliest date pos-
sible, 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 tech-
nology communities is improved;
(E) inertial confinement fusion facilities
are utilized to the extent practicable for the
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purpose of inertial fusion energy research and
development; and
(F) attractive alternative inertial and mag-
netic fusion energy approaches are more fully
explored.
(2) COSTS AND SCHEDULES.—Such plan shall
also address the status of and, to the degree pos-
sible, costs and schedules for—
(A) the design and implementation of
international or national facilities for the test-
ing of fusion materials; and
(B) the design and implementation of
international or national facilities for the test-
ing 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 au-
thorized to negotiate an agreement for United
States participation in ITER.
(B) 
CONTENTS.—Any 
agreement 
for
United States participation in ITER shall, at a
minimum—
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(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;
(v) enable United States researchers
to propose and carry out an equitable
share of the experiments at ITER;
(vi) provide the United States with a
role in all collective decisionmaking related
to ITER; and
(vii) describe the process for dis-
continuing or decommissioning ITER and
any United States role in that process.
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(3) PLAN.—The Secretary, in consultation with
the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee,
shall develop a plan for the participation of United
States scientists in ITER that shall include the
United States research agenda for ITER, methods
to evaluate whether ITER is promoting progress to-
ward making fusion a reliable and affordable source
of power, and a description of how work at ITER
will relate to other elements of the United States fu-
sion program. The Secretary shall request a review
of the plan by the National Academy of Sciences.
(4) LIMITATION.—No Federal funds shall be
expended for the construction of ITER until the
Secretary has transmitted to Congress—
(A) the agreement negotiated pursuant to
paragraph (2) and 120 days have elapsed since
that transmission;
(B) a report describing the management
structure of ITER and providing a fixed dollar
estimate of the cost of United States participa-
tion in the construction of ITER, and 120 days
have elapsed since that transmission;
(C) a report describing how United States
participation in ITER will be funded without
reducing funding for other programs in the Of-
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fice of Science, including other fusion programs,
and 60 days have elapsed since that trans-
mission; and
(D) the plan required by paragraph (3)
(but not the National Academy of Sciences re-
view of that plan), and 60 days have elapsed
since that transmission.
(5) ALTERNATIVE
TO
ITER.—If at any time
during the negotiations on ITER, the Secretary de-
termines that construction and operation of ITER is
unlikely or infeasible, the Secretary shall send to
Congress, as part of the budget request for the fol-
lowing year, a plan for implementing a domestic
burning plasma experiment including costs and
schedules for such a plan. The Secretary shall refine
such plan in full consultation with the Fusion En-
ergy Sciences Advisory Committee and shall also
transmit such plan to the National Academy of
Sciences for review.
(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
(A) CONSTRUCTION.—The term ‘‘construc-
tion’’ means the physical construction of the
ITER facility, and the physical construction,
purchase, or manufacture of equipment or com-
ponents that are specifically designed for the
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ITER facility, but does not mean the design of
the facility, equipment, or components.
(B) ITER.—The term ‘‘ITER’’ means the
international burning plasma fusion research
project in which the President announced
United States participation on January 30,
2003, or any similar international project.
SEC. 907. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP PRO-
GRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized
to establish a Science and Technology Scholarship
Program to award scholarships to individuals that is
designed to recruit and prepare students for careers
in the Department.
(2) COMPETITIVE PROCESS.—Individuals shall
be selected to receive scholarships under this section
through a competitive process primarily on the basis
of academic merit, with consideration given to finan-
cial need and the goal of promoting the participation
of individuals identified in section 33 or 34 of the
Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act
(42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b).
(3) SERVICE AGREEMENTS.—To carry out the
Program the Secretary shall enter into contractual