Title: Accelerating American Leadership in Science Act of 2018
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Accelerating American Leadership in Science Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to: (1) provide for an upgrade to the Advanced Light Source, and (2) ensure that the start of full operations occurs by December 31, 2025.
DOE shall: (1) provide for a Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility to facilitate the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, and (2) ensure that the start of full operations occurs by December 31, 2026.
DOE shall: (1) provide for a proton power upgrade to the Spallation Neutron Source, and (2) ensure that the start of full operations occurs by December 31, 2025.
DOE shall: (1) provide for a second target station for the Spallation Neutron Source, and (2) ensure that the start of full operations occurs by December 31, 2030.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4377 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4377

 To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out an upgrade to research 
    equipment and construct research user facilities, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 13, 2017

    Mr. Hultgren (for himself, Mr. Foster, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. 
Lipinski, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Knight) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
                               Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out an upgrade to research 
    equipment and construct research user facilities, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Accelerating American Leadership in 
Science Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. ADVANCED PHOTON SOURCE UPGRADE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall provide for the 
upgrade to the Advanced Photon Source described in the publication 
approved by the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee on June 9, 
2016, titled ``Report on Facility Upgrades'', including the development 
of a multi-bend achromat lattice to produce a high flux of coherent x-
rays within the hard x-ray energy region and a suite of beamlines 
optimized for this source.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Flux.--The term ``flux'' means the rate of flow of 
        photons.
            (2) Hard x-ray.--The term ``hard x-ray'' means a photon 
        with energy greater than 20 kiloelectron volts.
    (c) Start of Operations.--The Secretary shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, ensure that the start of full operations of the 
upgrade under this section occurs before December 31, 2025.
    (d) Funding.--Out of funds appropriated to the Office of Science, 
there shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out the upgrade 
under this section--
            (1) $93,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;
            (2) $130,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;
            (3) $152,400,000 for fiscal year 2020;
            (4) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;
            (5) $73,600,000 for fiscal year 2022; and
            (6) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.

SEC. 3. LONG-BASELINE NEUTRINO FACILITY FOR DEEP UNDERGROUND NEUTRINO 
              EXPERIMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall provide for a Long-
Baseline Neutrino Facility to facilitate the international Deep 
Underground Neutrino Experiment to enable a program in neutrino physics 
to measure the fundamental properties of neutrinos, explore physics 
beyond the Standard Model, and better clarify the nature of matter and 
antimatter.
    (b) Facility Capabilities.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
facility described in subsection (a) will provide, at a minimum, the 
following capabilities:
            (1) A broad-band neutrino beam capable of 1.2 megawatts 
        (MW) of beam power and upgradable to 2.4 MW of beam power.
            (2) Four caverns excavated for a forty kiloton fiducial 
        detector mass and supporting surface buildings and utilities.
            (3) Neutrino detector facilities at both the Far Site in 
        South Dakota and the Near Site in Illinois to categorize and 
        study neutrinos on their 800-mile journey between the two 
        sites.
            (4) Cryogenic systems to support neutrino detectors.
    (c) Start of Operations.--The Secretary shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, ensure that the start of full operations of the 
facility under this section occurs before December 31, 2026.
    (d) Funding.--Out of funds appropriated to the Office of Science, 
there shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out activities, 
including construction of the facility, under this section--
            (1) $95,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;
            (2) $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;
            (3) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;
            (4) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;
            (5) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
            (6) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
            (7) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;
            (8) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and
            (9) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.

SEC. 4. SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE PROTON POWER UPGRADE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall provide for a proton 
power upgrade to the Spallation Neutron Source.
    (b) Definition of Proton Power Upgrade.--For the purposes of this 
section, the term ``proton power upgrade'' means the Spallation Neutron 
Source power upgrade described in--
            (1) the publication of the Office of Science of the 
        Department of Energy titled ``Facilities for the Future of 
        Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook'', published December 2003;
            (2) the publication of the Office of Science of the 
        Department of Energy titled ``Four Years Later: An Interim 
        Report on Facilities for the Future of Science: A Twenty-Year 
        Outlook'', published August 2007; and
            (3) the publication approved by the Basic Energy Sciences 
        Advisory Committee on June 9, 2016, titled ``Report on Facility 
        Upgrades''.
    (c) Start of Operations.--The Secretary shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, ensure that the start of full operations of the 
upgrade under this section occurs before December 31, 2025.
    (d) Funding.--Out of funds appropriated to the Office of Science, 
there shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out the upgrade 
under this section--
            (1) $26,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;
            (2) $70,800,000 for fiscal year 2019;
            (3) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2020;
            (4) $40,500,000 for fiscal year 2021;
            (5) $21,100,000 for fiscal year 2022;
            (6) $13,200,000 for fiscal year 2023; and
            (7) $2,900,000 for fiscal year 2024.

SEC. 5. SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE SECOND TARGET STATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall provide for a second 
target station for the Spallation Neutron Source.
    (b) Definition of Second Target Station.--For the purposes of this 
section, the term ``second target station'' means the Spallation 
Neutron Source second target station described in--
            (1) the publication of the Office of Science of the 
        Department of Energy titled ``Facilities for the Future of 
        Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook'', published December 2003;
            (2) the publication of the Office of Science of the 
        Department of Energy titled ``Four Years Later: An Interim 
        Report on Facilities for the Future of Science: A Twenty-Year 
        Outlook'', published August 2007; and
            (3) the publication approved by the Basic Energy Sciences 
        Advisory Committee on June 9, 2016, titled ``Report on Facility 
        Upgrades''.
    (c) Start of Operations.--The Secretary shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, ensure that the start of full operations of the 
second target station under this section occurs before December 31, 
2030, with the option for early operation in 2028.
    (d) Funding.--Out of funds appropriated to the Office of Science, 
there shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out activities, 
including construction, under this section--
            (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;
            (2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;
            (3) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;
            (4) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;
            (5) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
            (6) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
            (7) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;
            (8) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2025;
            (9) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;
            (10) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; and
            (11) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2028.
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