resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate.
(b) NOTICE
OF REORGANIZATION.—The Secretary
shall provide notice to the Committees on Science, Com-
merce, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives,
and the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and
Appropriations of the Senate, not later than 15 days before
any major reorganization of any program, project, or activ-
ity of the Department.
SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM.
With the year 2000 fast approaching, it is the sense
of Congress that the Department should—
(1) give high priority to correcting all 2-digit
date-related problems in its computer systems to en-
sure that those systems continue to operate effectively
in the year 2000 and beyond;
(2) assess immediately the extent of the risk to
the operations of the Department posed by the prob-
lems referred to in paragraph (1), and plan and
budget for achieving Year 2000 compliance for all of
its mission-critical systems; and
(3) develop contingency plans for those systems
that the Department is unable to correct in time.
SEC. 11. BUY AMERICAN.
(a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.—No
funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be expended
by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the
assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through
4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popu-
larly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—In the case of any equip-
ment or products that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the
sense of Congress that entities receiving such assistance
should, in expending the assistance, purchase only Amer-
ican-made equipment and products.
(c) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In pro-
viding financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of
Energy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by
the Congress.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department
of Energy Civilian Research and Development
Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘CERN’’ means the Euro-
pean Organization for Nuclear Research;
(2) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the
Department of Energy;
(3) the term ‘‘Large Hadron Collider
project’’ 
means 
the 
Large 
Hadron
Collider project at CERN; and
(4) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the
Secretary of Energy.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) ENERGY SUPPLY RESEARCH AND DEVEL-
OPMENT ACTIVITIES.—There are authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary for Energy
Supply Research and Development operating
expenses 
and 
capital 
equipment
$1,961,182,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1998 
and
$1,984,201,000 for fiscal year 1999, of which—
(1) $272,820,000 for fiscal year 1998
(reduced by $15,000,000 to reflect the use
of prior year balances) and $270,342,000
for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Solar and
Renewable Resources Technologies, in-
cluding—
(A) $2,150,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $2,150,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Solar Building Technology Research;
(B) $63,900,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $64,900,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Photovoltaic Energy Systems;
(C) $18,170,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $13,620,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Solar Thermal Energy Systems;
(D) $28,835,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $28,190,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Biopower/Biofuels Energy Sys-
tems;
(E) $29,500,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $18,140,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Wind Energy Systems;
(F) $2,800,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $500,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
the National Renewable Energy Lab-
oratory;
(G) $19,518,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $19,518,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Geothermal Electric Research and
Development and Deployment;
(H) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1998
for Hydropower;
(I) $44,500,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $36,500,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Electric Energy Systems and Stor-
age, of which—
(i) $8,000,000 for fiscal year
1998 shall be for Electric and
Magnetic Fields Research and De-
velopment;
(ii) $32,500,000 for fiscal year
1998 and $32,500,000 for fiscal
year 1999 shall be for High-Tem-
perature Superconductivity Re-
search and Development; and
(iii) $4,000,000 for fiscal year
1998 and $4,000,000 for fiscal year
1999 shall be for Energy Storage
Systems;
(J) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1999
shall be for a Solar and Renewable
Energy Science Initiative, to be man-
aged by the Director of the Office of
Energy 
Research, 
in 
consultation
with the Assistant Secretary for En-
ergy Efficiency and Renewable En-
ergy on the goals and priorities of the
initiative, for grants to be competi-
tively awarded and subject to peer re-
view for research related to solar and
renewable energy; and
(K) $12,447,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $11,824,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Program Direction;
(2) $164,312,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $146,733,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall
be for Nuclear Energy, including—
(A) $47,000,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $43,350,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Advanced Radioisotope Power
Systems;
(B) $9,500,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $8,809,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Oak Ridge Landlord;
(C) $3,217,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $3,217,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Test Reactor Area Landlord;
(D) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1998
for Advanced Test Reactor Fusion Ir-
radiations;
(E) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
University Nuclear Science and Reac-
tor Support;
(F) $82,535,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $72,000,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Termination Costs; and
(G) $14,060,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $13,357,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Program Direction;
(3) $367,538,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $378,564,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall
be for Biological and Environmental Re-
search, including—
(A) $157,037,000 for fiscal year
1998 and $161,748,000 for fiscal year
1999 for Life Sciences;
(B) $100,954,000 for fiscal year
1998 and $103,983,000 for fiscal year
1999 for Environmental Processes;
(C) $66,435,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $68,428,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Environmental Remediation;
(D) $43,112,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $44,405,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Medical Applications and Meas-
urement Sciences; and
(E) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
the United States-Mexico Foundation
for Science for research on bio-
sciences and the environment,
except that, notwithstanding subpara-
graphs (A) through (E), the total amount
which may be appropriated under this
paragraph shall not exceed the overall
sums stated at the beginning of this para-
graph;
(4) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $240,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall
be for Fusion Energy Sciences, of which
$5,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1998 
and
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for
General Plasma Science;
(5) $659,812,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $678,888,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall
be for Basic Energy Sciences, including—
(A) $391,047,000 for fiscal year
1998 and $402,060,000 for fiscal year
1999 for Materials Sciences, of which
not to exceed $5,000,000 for each such
fiscal year may be used for the High
Flux Beam Reactor at Brookhaven
National Laboratory;
(B) $199,933,000 for fiscal year
1998 and $205,931,000 for fiscal year
1999 for Chemical Sciences;
(C) $41,371,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $42,612,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Engineering and Geosciences; and
(D) $27,461,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $28,285,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Energy Biosciences;
(6) $140,907,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $145,134,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall
be for Computational and Technology Re-
search, including—
(A) $117,490,000 for fiscal year
1998 and $121,014,000 for fiscal year
1999 for Mathematical, Information,
and Computational Sciences;
(B) $15,829,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $16,304,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Laboratory Technology Research;
and
(C) $7,588,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $7,816,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Advanced Energy Projects;
(7) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$1,500,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for
Energy Research Analysis;
(8) $29,070,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$27,434,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be
for Energy Research-Energy Supply Pro-
gram Direction; and
(9) $100,233,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $95,606,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall
be for Field Operations.
(b) ENERGY
ASSETS
ACQUISITION.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary for the purchase, construction, expan-
sion, and acquisition of real plant, property,
and other physical assets for energy supply
research 
and 
development 
activities,
$34,885,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $29,432,000
for fiscal year 1999, of which—
(1) for Solar and Renewable Re-
sources Technology, $2,200,000 for fiscal
year 1998 shall be for completion of
Project 96–E–100, Field Test Laboratory
(B) Project 96–E–333, Multipro-
gram Energy Laboratories Upgrades,
Various Locations, $5,273,000 for fis-
cal year 1998 and $268,000 for fiscal
year 1999;
(C) Project 95–E–308, Sanitary
System 
Modifications, 
Phase 
II,
Brookhaven 
National 
Laboratory,
Upton, New York, $568,000 for fiscal
year 1998;
(D) Project 95–E–307, Fire Safety
Improvements-Phase III, Argonne Na-
tional Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois,
$718,000 for fiscal year 1998;
(E) 
Project 
95–E–301, 
Central
Heating Plant Rehabilitation-Phase I,
Argonne 
National 
Laboratory, 
Ar-
gonne, Illinois, $3,442,000 for fiscal
year 1998; and
(F) Project 94–E–363, Roofing Im-
provements, Oak Ridge National Lab-
oratory, 
Oak 
Ridge, 
Tennessee,
$4,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$6,578,000 for fiscal year 1999.
(c) GENERAL SCIENCE
AND RESEARCH AC-
TIVITIES.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary for General Science
and Research Activities operating expenses
and capital equipment—
(1) $865,210,000 for fiscal year 1998
(reduced by $15,000,000 to reflect the use
of prior year balances), including—
(A) $599,185,000 for High Energy
Physics;
(B) $256,525,000 for Nuclear Phys-
ics; and
(C) $9,500,000 for Program Direc-
tion; and
(2) $941,000,000 for fiscal year 1999,
including—
(A) $607,645,000 for High Energy
Physics;
(B) $324,330,000 for Nuclear Phys-
ics; and
(C) $9,025,000 for Program Direc-
tion.
None of the funds authorized for High Energy
Physics by this subsection or subsection (d)
may be used for the Large Hadron Collider
project, unless the Secretary, in consultation
with the Director of the National Science
Foundation, has transmitted to the Commit-
tee on Science of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Energy and Natu-
ral Resources of the Senate a report on the
impacts of such funding on the operations
and viability of United States high energy and
nuclear physics facilities.
(d) SCIENCE ASSETS ACQUISITION.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary for the purchase, construction, expan-
sion, and acquisition of real plant, property,
and other physical assets for general science
and research activities, $126,870,000 for fiscal
year 1998, of which—
(1) $50,850,000 shall be for High En-
ergy Physics, including—
(A) $30,950,000 for completion of
Project 92–G–302, Fermilab Main In-
jector, Fermi National Accelerator
Laboratory, Illinois;
(B) $9,400,000 for completion of
Project 97–G–303, Stanford Linear Ac-
celerator Center Master Station Up-
grade, California;
(C) $5,500,000 for architectural
engineering 
and 
technical 
design
work for Project 98–G–304, Neutrinos
at the Main Injector, Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory, Illinois; and
(D) $5,000,000 for completion of
Project 98–G–305, Fermilab C-Zero
Area Experimental Hall, Fermi Na-
tional Accelerator Laboratory, Illi-
nois; and
(2) $76,020,000 shall be for Nuclear
Physics, for completion of Project 91–G–
300, 
Relativistic 
Heavy 
Ion 
Collider,
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton,
New York.
(e) FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary for Fossil Energy Re-
search and Development operating expenses,
capital 
equipment, 
and 
construction,
$335,919,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1998 
and
$335,250,000 for fiscal year 1999, of which—
(1) $105,831,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $104,206,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall
be for Coal operating expenses, includ-
ing—
(A) $5,064,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $5,064,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Coal Preparation;
(B) $5,816,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $5,816,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Direct Liquefaction;
(C) $4,223,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $4,223,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Indirect Liquefaction;
(D) $741,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $741,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Advanced Clean Fuels Research Ad-
vanced Research and Environmental
Technology;
(E) $5,462,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $5,462,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Advanced Pulverized Coal-Fired Pow-
erplant;
(F) $10,927,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $10,927,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Indirect Fired Cycle;
(G) $22,342,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $20,717,000 for fiscal year 1999
for High-Efficiency-Integrated Gasifi-
cation Combined Cycle;
(H) $17,875,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $17,875,000 for fiscal year 1999
for High-Efficiency Pressurized Fluid-
ized Bed;
(I) $9,734,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $9,734,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Advanced Clean/Efficient Power Sys-
tems Advanced Research and Envi-
ronmental Technology; and
(J) $23,647,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $23,647,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Advanced Research and Tech-
nology Development;
(2) $47,419,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$46,464,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be
for Oil Technology operating expenses,
including—
(A) $31,157,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $31,157,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Exploration and Production Sup-
porting Research;
(B) $3,931,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $3,931,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Recovery Field Demonstrations;
(C) $6,411,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $5,456,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Exploration and Production Environ-
mental Research; and
(D) $5,920,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $5,920,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Processing 
Research 
and 
Down-
stream Operations;
(3) $85,877,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$85,877,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be
for Gas operating expenses, including—
(A) $14,123,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $14,123,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Natural Gas Research Exploration
and Production;
(B) $993,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $993,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Natural Gas Research Delivery and
Storage;
(C) $31,379,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $31,379,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Natural Gas Research Advanced
Turbine Systems;
(D) $4,808,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $4,808,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Natural Gas Research Utilization;
(E) $4,617,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $4,617,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Natural Gas Research Environmental
Research/Regulatory Analysis;
(F) $1,210,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $1,210,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Fuel Cells Advanced Research;
(G) $16,335,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $16,335,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Fuel Cells Molten Carbonate Sys-
tems to continue cost-shared cost re-
duction and performance improve-
ment of one system; and
(H) $12,412,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $12,412,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Fuel Cells Advanced Concepts;
(4) $61,783,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$62,494,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be
for Program Direction and Management
Support operating expenses, including—
(A) $13,676,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $12,992,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Headquarters Program Direction;
and
(B) $48,107,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $49,502,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Energy Technology Center Pro-
gram Direction;
(5) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for
Plant and Capital Equipment, for con-
struction of General Plant Projects;
(6) $5,836,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$5,836,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for
Cooperative Research and Development
operating expenses;
(7) $2,173,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$2,173,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for
Fuels Conversion, Natural Gas, and Elec-
tricity operating expenses; and
(8) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$30,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be
for a Fossil Energy Science Initiative to
be managed by the Director of the Office
of Energy Research, in consultation with
the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
on the goals and priorities of the initia-
tive, 
for 
grants 
to 
be 
competitively
awarded and subject to peer review for
research relating to fossil energy.
Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) through (8),
the total amount which may be appropriated
under this subsection shall not exceed the
overall sums stated at the beginning of this
subsection;
(f) ENERGY CONSERVATION RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary for Energy
Conservation Research and Development op-
erating expenses and capital equipment,
$414,208,000 for fiscal year 1998 (reduced by
$20,000,000 to reflect the use of prior year bal-
ances) and $436,703,000 for fiscal year 1999, of
which—
(1) $41,004,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$40,230,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be
for the Building Technology, State and
Community Sector (Non-Grants), includ-
ing—
(A) $8,762,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $8,762,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Building Systems Design for Building
America Program;
(B) $20,550,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $20,250,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Building Equipment and Mate-
rials; and
(C) $11,692,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $11,218,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Management and Planning;
(2) $125,380,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $125,048,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall
be for the Industry Sector, including—
(A) $55,660,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $55,660,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Industries of the Future (Spe-
cific);
(B) $39,120,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $39,120,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Industries of the Future (Cross-
cutting);
(C) $23,950,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $23,950,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Technology Access; and
(D) $6,650,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $6,318,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Management and Planning;
(3) $176,876,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $176,525,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall
be for the Transportation Sector, includ-
ing—
(A) $124,046,000 for fiscal year
1998 and $124,046,000 for fiscal year
1999 for Advanced Automotive Tech-
nologies;
(B) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $18,000,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Advanced Heavy Vehicle Tech-
nologies;
(C) $30,500,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $30,500,000 for fiscal year 1999
for Transportation Materials Tech-
nologies; and
(D) $7,030,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $6,679,000 for fiscal year 1999 for
Implementation and Program Man-
agement,
except that, notwithstanding subpara-
graphs (A) through (D), the total amount
which may be appropriated under this
paragraph shall not exceed the overall
sums stated at the beginning of this para-
graph;
(4) $20,948,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$19,900,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be
for Policy and Management; and
(5) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$75,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be
for an Energy Efficiency Science Initia-
tive to be managed by the Director of the
Office of Energy Research, in consulta-
tion with the Assistant Secretary for En-
ergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy on
the goals and priorities of the initiative,
for grants to be competitively awarded
and subject to peer review for research
relating to energy efficiency.
SEC. 4. FUNDING LIMITATIONS.
None of the funds authorized by this Act
for fiscal year 1998 or fiscal year 1999 may be
used for the following programs, projects, and
activities, except to fulfill contractual obliga-
tions:
(1) Nuclear Energy Advanced Light
Water Reactor.
(2) Nuclear Energy Commercial Reac-
tor.
(3) Nuclear Energy Security.
(4) Nuclear Energy Termination Costs
Gas Turbine-Modular Helium Reactor.
(5) Nuclear Energy Termination Costs
Advanced Light Water Reactor.
(6) Fossil Energy Research and Devel-
opment Advanced Research and Tech-
nology Development Coal Technology Ex-
port.
SEC. 5. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORTS.
(a) HIGH ENERGY AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS.—
The Secretary shall enter into appropriate ar-
rangements 
with 
National 
Academy 
of
Sciences for the Academy to prepare a report
on the high energy and nuclear physics activi-
ties of the Department, assuming a combined
budget of $977,080,000 for all activities au-
thorized under section 3 (c) and (d) for fiscal
year 1998, and $941,000,000 for each of the fis-
cal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. The re-
port shall include—
(1) a priority list of research opportu-
nities, including both ongoing and pro-
posed activities;
(2) an analysis of the relevance of
each research facility to the research op-
portunities listed under paragraph (1);
(3) recommendations for the optimal
balance among facility operations, con-
struction, and research support and the
optimal balance between university and
laboratory research programs; and
(4) recommended schedules for the
continuation, 
consolidation, 
or 
termi-
nation of each research program, and
continuation, upgrade, transfer, or clo-
sure of each research facility.
Not later than December 31, 1997, the Sec-
retary shall transmit to the Committee on
Science of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate the report prepared
under this subsection.
(b) BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES.—(1) The Sec-
retary shall enter into appropriate arrange-
ments with the National Academy of Sciences
for the Academy to prepare a report on the
basic energy sciences activities of the Depart-
ment, based on the following three budget op-
tions for the entire Basic Energy Sciences ac-
count and all related research and energy
asset activities:
(A) Provision of $683,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 1999 through 2002.
(B) Provision of $683,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999, and an amount reflecting a
three percent reduction in each year
thereafter through fiscal year 2002.
(C) Provision of $683,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999, and an amount reflecting a
three percent increase in each year
thereafter through fiscal year 2002.
(2) None of the figures described in para-
graph (1) (A) through (C) shall be altered to
reflect inflationary allowances. The report
shall include—
(A) a priority list of research opportu-
nities, including both ongoing and pro-
posed activities;
(B) an analysis of the relevance of
each research facility to the research op-
portunities listed under subparagraph
(A);
(C) recommendations for the optimal
balance among facility operations, con-
struction, and research support and the
optimal balance between university and
laboratory research programs; and
(D) recommended schedules for the
continuation, 
consolidation, 
or 
termi-
nation of each research program, and
continuation, upgrade, transfer, or clo-
sure of each research facility.
Not later than December 31, 1997, the Sec-
retary shall transmit to the Committee on
Science of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate the report prepared
under this paragraph.
(c) 
NATIONAL
SPALLATION
NEUTRON
SOURCE.—The Secretary shall enter into ap-
propriate arrangements with National Acad-
emy of Sciences for the Academy to prepare
a report containing a detailed evaluation of
the costs of construction and operation of the
National Spallation Neutron Source at alter-
native appropriate sites, including at least the
Argonne 
National 
Laboratory, 
the
Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Los Ala-
mos National Laboratory, and the Oak Ridge
National Laboratory. Such report shall also
include an identification of other advantages
and disadvantages of each site evaluated. Not
later than December 31, 1997, the Secretary
shall transmit to the Committee on Science of
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate the report prepared under this
subsection. Along with such report, the Sec-
retary shall include a recommendation from
the Department for the preferred site that
will meet its program criteria, taking into
consideration the effect of delay on neutron
science work, existing expertise in the field of
neutron science, affiliations with institutions
of higher education in neutron science, and
State allocations or commitments to facilities.
SEC. 6. NEXT GENERATION INTERNET.
None of the funds authorized by this Act,
or any other Act enacted before the date of
the enactment of this Act, may be used for the
Next Generation Internet. Notwithstanding
the previous sentence, funds may be used for
the continuation of programs and activities
that were funded and carried out during fis-
cal year 1997.
SEC. 7. LIMITATIONS.
(a) PROHIBITION OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.—
None of the funds authorized by this Act shall
be available for any activity whose purpose is
to influence legislation pending before the
Congress, except that this subsection shall
not prevent officers or employees of the Unit-
ed States or of its departments or agencies
from communicating to Members of Congress
on the request of any Member or to Congress,
through the proper channels, requests for leg-
islation or appropriations which they deem
necessary for the efficient conduct of the pub-
lic business.
(b) LIMITATION
ON
APPROPRIATIONS.—No
sums are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for
the activities for which sums are authorized
by this Act, unless such sums are specifically
authorized to be appropriated by this Act.
(c) ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
exclude from consideration for grant
agreements made by the Department
after fiscal year 1997 any person who re-
ceived funds, other than those described
in paragraph (2), appropriated for a fiscal
year after fiscal year 1997, under a grant
agreement from any Federal funding
source for a project that was not sub-
jected 
to 
a 
competitive, 
merit-based
award process. Any exclusion from con-
sideration pursuant to this subsection
shall be effective for a period of 5 years
after the person receives such Federal
funds.
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall
not apply to the receipt of Federal funds
by a person due to the membership of
that person in a class specified by law for
which assistance is awarded to members
of the class according to a formula pro-
vided by law.
(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this
subsection, the term ‘‘grant agreement’’
means a legal instrument whose principal
purpose is to transfer a thing of value to
the recipient to carry out a public pur-
pose of support or stimulation authorized
by a law of the United States, and does
not include the acquisition (by purchase,
lease, or barter) of property or services
for the direct benefit or use of the United
States Government. Such term does not
include a cooperative agreement (as such
term is used in section 6305 of title 31,
United States Code) or a cooperative re-
search and development agreement (as
such term is defined in section 12(d)(1) of
the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Inno-
vation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)(1))).
SEC. 8. NOTICE.
(a) NOTICE
OF REPROGRAMMING.—If any
funds authorized by this Act are subject to a
reprogramming action that requires notice to
be provided to the Appropriations Commit-
tees of the House of Representatives and the
Senate, notice of such action shall concur-
rently be provided to the Committees on
Science and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the Senate.
(b) NOTICE OF REORGANIZATION.—The Sec-
retary shall provide notice to the Committees
on Science, Commerce, and Appropriations of
the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittees on Energy and Natural Resources and
Appropriations of the Senate, not later than
15 days before any major reorganization of
any program, project, or activity of the De-
partment.
SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM.
With the year 2000 fast approaching, it is
the sense of Congress that the Department
should—
(1) give high priority to correcting all
2-digit date-related problems in its com-
puter systems to ensure that those sys-
tems continue to operate effectively in
the year 2000 and beyond;
(2) assess immediately the extent of
the risk to the operations of the Depart-
ment posed by the problems referred to
in paragraph (1), and plan and budget for
achieving Year 2000 compliance for all of
its mission-critical systems; and
(3) develop contingency plans for
those systems that the Department is un-
able to correct in time.
SEC. 10. BUY AMERICAN.
(a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.—
No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act
may be expended by an entity unless the en-
tity agrees that in expending the assistance
the entity will comply with sections 2 through
4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American
Act’’).
(b) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—In the case of
any equipment or products that may be au-
thorized to be purchased with financial assist-
ance provided under this Act, it is the sense
of Congress that entities receiving such as-
sistance should, in expending the assistance,
purchase only American-made equipment and
products.
(c) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance under this
Act, the Secretary of Energy shall provide to
each recipient of the assistance a notice de-
scribing the statement made in subsection (a)
by the Congress.