‘‘(E) Ensuring that new experimental and 
computational tools are accessible to relevant re-
search communities, including private sector en-
tities engaged in fusion energy technology devel-
opment. 
‘‘(F) Ensuring that newly developed com-
putational tools are compatible with modern vir-
tual engineering and visualization capabilities to 
accelerate the realization of fusion energy tech-
nologies and systems. 
‘‘(3) DUPLICATION.—The Secretary shall ensure 
the coordination of, and avoid unnecessary duplica-
tion of, the activities of this program with the activi-
ties of— 
‘‘(A) other research entities of the Depart-
ment, including the National Laboratories, the 
Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, the 
Advanced Scientific Computing Research pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(B) industry. 
‘‘(4) HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING FOR FU-
SION INNOVATION CENTER.—In carrying out the pro-
gram under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, in co-
ordination with the Innovation Network for Fusion 
Energy, establish and operate a national High-Per-
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formance Computing for Fusion Innovation Center 
(referred to in this section as the ‘Center’), in order 
to support the program under paragraph (1) by pro-
viding, to the extent practicable, a centralized entity 
for multidisciplinary, collaborative, fusion energy re-
search and development through high performance 
computing and advanced data analytics technologies 
and processes. 
‘‘(5) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall select the 
Center under this subsection on a competitive, merit- 
reviewed basis. The Secretary shall consider applica-
tions from National Laboratories, institutions of 
higher education, multi-institutional collaborations, 
and other appropriate entities. 
‘‘(6) EXISTING ACTIVITIES.—The Center may in-
corporate existing research activities that are con-
sistent with the program described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(7) DURATION.—The Center established under 
this subsection shall receive support for a period of 
not more than 5 years, subject to the availability of 
appropriations. 
‘‘(8) RENEWAL.—Upon the expiration of any pe-
riod of support of the Center, the Secretary may 
renew support for the Center, on a merit-reviewed 
basis, for a period of not more than 5 years. 
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‘‘(9) TERMINATION.—Consistent with the exist-
ing authorities of the Department, the Secretary may 
terminate the Center for cause during the perform-
ance period. 
‘‘(p) MATERIAL PLASMA EXPOSURE EXPERIMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall construct 
a Material Plasma Exposure Experiment facility as 
described in the 2020 publication approved by the 
Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee titled 
‘Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas’. The Sec-
retary shall consult with the private sector, univer-
sities, National Laboratories, and relevant Federal 
agencies to ensure that this facility is capable of meet-
ing Federal research needs for steady state, high-heat- 
flux and plasma-material interaction testing of fusion 
materials over a range of fusion energy relevant pa-
rameters. 
‘‘(2) FACILITY
CAPABILITIES.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that the facility described in subsection 
(a) will provide the following capabilities: 
‘‘(A) A magnetic field at the target of 1 
Tesla. 
‘‘(B) An energy flux at the target of 10 MW/ 
m2. 
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‘‘(C) The ability to expose previously irra-
diated plasma facing material samples to plas-
ma. 
‘‘(3) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, en-
sure that the start of full operations of the facility 
under this section occurs before December 31, 2027. 
‘‘(4) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized to be 
appropriated for Fusion Energy Sciences, there are 
funds authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
for the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences to carry out 
to completion the construction of the facility under 
this section: 
‘‘(A) $32,800,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(B) $13,400,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(C) $12,600,000 for fiscal year 2024; and 
‘‘(D) $400,000 for fiscal year 2025. 
‘‘(q) MATTER IN EXTREME CONDITIONS INSTRUMENT 
UPGRADE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
for the upgrade to the Matter in Extreme Conditions 
endstation at the Linac Coherent Light Source as de-
scribed in the 2020 publication approved by the Fu-
sion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee titled 
‘Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas’. The Sec-
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retary shall consult with the private sector, univer-
sities, National Laboratories, and relevant Federal 
agencies to ensure that this facility is capable of meet-
ing Federal research needs for understanding physical 
and chemical changes to plasmas at fundamental 
timescales, and explore new regimes of dense material 
physics, astrophysics, planetary physics, and short- 
pulse laser-plasma interactions. 
‘‘(2) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, en-
sure that the start of full operations of the facility 
under this section occurs before December 31, 2028.’’; 
and 
(9) in subsection (r), as so redesignated, by strik-
ing paragraphs (2) through (5) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) $1,002,900,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(3) $1,095,707,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(4) $1,129,368,490 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(5) $1,149,042,284 for fiscal year 2025; and 
‘‘(6) $1,243,097,244 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 
(b) ITER CONSTRUCTION.—Section 972 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16312) is amended in sub-
section (c)(3)— 
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‘‘(c) HIGH ENERGY FRONTIER RESEARCH.—As part 
of the program described in subsection (a), the Director 
shall carry out research using high energy accelerators and 
advanced detectors, including accelerators and detectors 
that will function as national user facilities, to create and 
study interactions of elementary particles and investigate 
fundamental forces.’’. 
(b) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.—Section 305(d) 
of the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 18643(d)), as redesignated under subsection (a), 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.—The Director 
shall— 
‘‘(1) as practicable and in coordination with 
other appropriate Federal agencies as necessary, en-
sure the access of United States researchers to the 
most advanced accelerator facilities and research ca-
pabilities in the world, including the Large Hadron 
Collider; 
‘‘(2) to the maximum extent practicable, con-
tinue to leverage United States participation in the 
Large Hadron Collider, and prioritize expanding 
international partnerships and investments in the 
Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility and Deep Under-
ground Neutrino Experiment; and 
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‘‘(3) 
to 
the 
maximum 
extent 
practicable, 
prioritize engagement in collaborative efforts in sup-
port of future international facilities that would pro-
vide access to the most advanced accelerator facilities 
in the world to United States researchers.’’. 
(c) COSMIC FRONTIER RESEARCH.—Section 305(f) of 
the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 
U.S.C. 18645(f)), as redesignated by subsection (a), is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) COSMIC FRONTIER RESEARCH.—The Director 
shall carry out research activities on the nature of the pri-
mary contents of the universe, including the nature of dark 
energy and dark matter. These activities shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, be consistent with the research 
priorities identified by the High Energy Physics Advisory 
Panel or the National Academy of Sciences, and may in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) collaborations with the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, the National 
Science Foundation, or international partners on rel-
evant projects; and 
‘‘(2) the development of space-based, land-based, 
water-based, and underground facilities and experi-
ments.’’. 
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(d) FURTHER ACTIVITIES.—Section 305 of the Depart-
ment of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 
18645), as amended, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(g) FACILITY CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR ITEMS OF 
EQUIPMENT.— 
‘‘(1) PROJECTS.—Consistent with the Office of 
Science’s project management practices, the Director 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, incorporate 
the findings and recommendations of the 2014 Par-
ticle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5) report 
titled ‘Building for Discovery’, and support construc-
tion or fabrication of— 
‘‘(A) an international Long-Baseline Neu-
trino Facility based in the United States; 
‘‘(B) the Proton Improvement Plan II; 
‘‘(C) Second Generation Dark Matter ex-
periments; 
‘‘(D) the Legacy Survey of Space and Time 
camera; 
‘‘(E) upgrades to detectors and other compo-
nents of the Large Hadron Collider; and 
‘‘(F) other high priority projects rec-
ommended in the most recent report of the Par-
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ticle Physics Project Prioritization Panel of the 
High Energy Physics Advisory Panel. 
‘‘(2) LONG-BASELINE NEUTRINO FACILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
support construction of a Long-Baseline Neu-
trino Facility to facilitate the international 
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment to ex-
amine the fundamental properties of neutrinos, 
explore physics beyond the Standard Model, and 
better clarify the existence and nature of anti-
matter. 
‘‘(B) FACILITY
CAPABILITIES.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that the facility described in 
subparagraph (A) will provide, at a minimum, 
the following capabilities: 
‘‘(i) A neutrino beam with wideband 
capability of 1.2 megawatts (MW) of beam 
power and upgradable to 2.4 MW of beam 
power. 
‘‘(ii) Three caverns excavated for a 70 
kiloton fiducial detector mass and sup-
porting surface buildings and utilities. 
‘‘(iii) Cryogenic systems to support 
neutrino detectors. 
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‘‘(C) START
OF
OPERATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall, subject to the availability of appro-
priations, ensure that the start of full operations 
of the facility under this subsection occurs before 
December 31, 2031. 
‘‘(D) FUNDING.—Out of funds authorized to 
be appropriated under subsection (k), there shall 
be made available to the Secretary to carry out 
construction of the facility under this sub-
section— 
‘‘(i) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(ii) $325,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(iii) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 
2024; 
‘‘(iv) $375,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
and 
‘‘(v) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 
‘‘(3) PROTON
IMPROVEMENT
PLAN–II
ACCEL-
ERATOR UPGRADE PROJECT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of En-
ergy shall support construction of the Proton Im-
provement Plan II, an upgrade to the Fermilab 
accelerator complex identified in the 2014 Par-
ticle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5) 
report titled ‘Building for Discovery’, to provide 
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