[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4376 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4376
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 14, 2018
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out certain upgrades to
research equipment and the construction of a research user facility,
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 ``Department of Energy Research
Infrastructure Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. ADVANCED LIGHT SOURCE UPGRADE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall provide for the
upgrade to the Advanced Light 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 soft x-ray energy region.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Flux.--The term ``flux'' means the rate of flow of
photons.
(2) Soft x-ray.--The term ``soft x-ray'' means a photon
with energy in the range from 50 to 2,000 electron 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, 2026.
(d) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for the Office of Science to carry out to completion the
upgrade under this section--
(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;
(2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;
(3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;
(4) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;
(5) $52,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
(6) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and
(7) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.
SEC. 3. LINAC COHERENT LIGHT SOURCE II HIGH ENERGY UPGRADE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall provide for the
upgrade to the Linac Coherent Light Source II facility 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 experimental capabilities for high energy x-rays to
reveal fundamental scientific discoveries. The Secretary shall ensure
the upgrade under this section enables the production and use of high
energy, ultra-short pulse x-rays delivered at a high repetition rate.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) High energy x-ray.--The term a ``high energy x-ray''
means a photon with an energy at or exceeding 12 kiloelectron
volts.
(2) High repetition rate.--The term ``high repetition
rate'' means the delivery of x-ray pulses up to one million
pulses per second.
(3) Ultra-short pulse x-rays.--The term ``ultra-short pulse
x-rays'' means x-ray bursts capable of durations of less than
100 femtoseconds.
(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.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for the Office of Science to carry out to completion the
upgrade under this section--
(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;
(2) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;
(3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;
(4) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;
(5) $54,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and
(6) $31,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.
SEC. 4. FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall provide for a
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams to advance the understanding of rare
nuclear isotopes and the evolution of the cosmos.
(b) Facility Capabilities.--In carrying out subsection (a), the
Secretary shall ensure that the user facility will provide, at a
minimum, the following:
(1) A rare isotope beam facility capable of 400 kW of beam
power.
(2) Scientific instruments, which may include a gamma-ray
energy tracking array, a particle spectrometer with high
rigidity, and a beta-decay detection system.
(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 June 30, 2022, with early
operation in 2018.
(d) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for the Office of Science to carry out to completion the
construction of the facility under this section--
(1) $101,200,000 for fiscal year 2018;
(2) $86,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;
(3) $64,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;
(4) $36,300,000 for fiscal year 2021;
(5) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
(6) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and
(7) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.
SEC. 5. SPENDING LIMITATION.
No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this Act and the amendments made by this Act, and this Act and such
amendments shall be carried out using amounts otherwise available for
such purpose.
Passed the House of Representatives February 13, 2018.
Attest:
KAREN L. HAAS,
Clerk.