Definition: In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.
Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Fueling the U.S.A. Through
Unlimited Reliable Energy (FUTURE) Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) Economic prosperity is closely linked to an affordable
and ample energy supply.
(2) Environmental quality is closely linked to energy
production and use.
(3) Population, worldwide economic development, energy
consumption, and stress on the environment are all expected to
increase substantially in the coming decades.
(4) The few energy options with the potential to meet
economic and environmental needs for the long-term future
should be pursued aggressively now, as part of a balanced
national energy plan.
(5) Fusion energy is an attractive long-term energy source
due to a virtually inexhaustible supply of fuel available to
all nations, its potential as a large base-load electric and
hydrogen energy source requiring relatively little land mass,
and its inherent safety and promise of minimal environmental
impact.
(6) The National Research Council, the President's
Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, and the
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board have each reviewed the
Fusion Energy Sciences Program and each strongly supports the
fundamental science and creative innovation of the program and
has confirmed that progress toward the goal of producing
practical fusion energy has been excellent, although much
scientific and engineering work remains to be done.
(7) Each of these reviews and the opinions of other fusion
scientists have stressed the need for a magnetic fusion burning
plasma experiment to address key scientific issues and as a
necessary step in the development of fusion energy.
(8) The United States fusion research community has
developed a strong consensus that the first option for United
States involvement in a burning plasma experiment should be
through the international project known as ''ITER'', and, that
should the ITER project fail to go forward, then the
construction of a domestic burning plasma experiment known as
the Fusion Ignition Research Experiment or ''FIRE'' should be
pursued aggressively.
(9) The United States scientific community has also
developed a corresponding consensus that the eventual success
of fusion power will require, concurrent with a burning plasma
experiment, strengthened effort in fundamental fusion science,
development of advanced technology, and innovation and
optimization of configurations for an eventual fusion
demonstration facility.
(10) The Fusion Energy Sciences Program budget is
inadequate to support the necessary science and innovation for
the present generation of experiments, and cannot accommodate
the cost of participation in or construction of a burning
plasma experiment

SEC. 3. PLAN FOR FUSION EXPERIMENT.

(a) In General.--
(1) Priority for international burning plasma project.--The
Secretary of Energy (in this Act referred to as ''the
Secretary'') is authorized to undertake full scientific and
technological cooperation in the international burning plasma
project known as ITER.
(2) Alternative project.--If at any time during the
negotiations on the ITER project, the Secretary determines that
construction and operation of the ITER project is unlikely or
infeasible, the Secretary shall send to Congress, as part of
the budget request for the following year, a plan for
implementing the domestic burning plasma experiment known as
FIRE, including costs and schedules for such a plan. The
Secretary shall refine such plan in full consultation with the
Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee and shall also
transmit such plan to the National Research Council for review.
(b) United States Policy With Respect to Fusion Energy Science.--
(1) Declaration of policy.--It shall be the policy of the
United States to develop the scientific, engineering, and
commercial infrastructure necessary to ensure that the United
States is competitive with other nations in providing fusion
energy for its own needs and the needs if other nations,
including, by demonstrating electric power or hydrogen
production for the United States energy grid utilizing fusion
energy at the earliest date possible.
(2) Fusion energy plan.--Within 6 months of the date of
enactment of this act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress
a plan for carrying out the policy set forth in paragraph (1),
including cost estimates, proposed budgets, potential
international partners, and specific programs for implementing
such policy.
(A) Requirements of plan.--Such plan shall also
ensure that--
(i) existing fusion research facilities are
more fully utilized;
(ii) fusion science, technology, theory,
advanced computation, modeling, and simulation
are strengthened;
(iii) new magnetic and inertial fusion
research facilities are selected based on
scientific innovation, cost effectiveness, and
their potential to advance the goal of
practical fusion energy at the earliest date
possible;
(iv) such facilities that are selected are
funded at a cost-effective rate;
(v) communication of scientific results and
methods between the fusion energy science
community and the broader scientific and
technology communities is improved;
(vi) inertial confinement fusion facilities
are utilized to the extent practicable for the
purpose of inertial fusion energy research and
development; and
(vii) attractive alternative inertial and
magnetic fusion energy approaches are more
fully explored.
(B) Report on fusion materials and technology
project.--In addition, the plan required by this
section shall also address the status of, and to the
degree possible, the costs and schedules for--
(i) the design and implementation of
international or national facilities for the
testing of fusion materials; and
(ii) the design and implementation of
international or national facilities for the
testing and development of key fusion
technologies.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) The term ''ITER'' refers to the international fusion
research project whose design is complete and whose location
and financing is currently being negotiated between Japan,
Europe, the Russian Federation, Canada, China, and the United
States.
(2) The term ''FIRE'', refers to the Fusion Ignition
Research Experiment, the fusion research experiment for which
design work has been supported by the Department of Energy in
the as a possible alternative burning plasma experiment in the
event that the ITER project fails to move forward.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated--
(1) for participation in the ITER project (or development
of the Fire project) under section 3(a) of this Act--
(A) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
(B) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(C) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(D) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(E) $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(2) for the Fusion Energy Sciences Program in addition to
the sums under paragraph (1) of this section--
(A) $335,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
(B) $349,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(C) $362,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(D) $377,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(E) $393,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
Output:
Fueling the U.S.A. Through Unlimited Reliable Energy (FUTURE) Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to undertake full scientific and technological cooperation in the international burning plasma project (ITER).Directs the Secretary to: (1) send an implementation plan to Congress for a domestic burning plasma experiment (FIRE) if at any time during the negotiations on the ITER project, the Secretary determines that construction and operation of the ITER project is unlikely or infeasible; and (2) transmit to Congress a plan for implementing a policy for developing the scientific, engineering, and commercial infrastructure necessary to ensure that the United States is competitive with other nations in providing fusion energy for its own needs and the needs of other nations, including by demonstrating electric power or hydrogen production for the U.S. energy grid utilizing fusion energy at the earliest date possible.