Sec. 604. Basic energy sciences program
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As part of the activities authorized under the amendment made by section 603, the Director shall carry out a program in basic energy sciences, including materials sciences and engineering, chemical sciences, physical biosciences, and geosciences, for the purpose of providing the scientific foundations for new energy technologies and addressing scientific grand challenges. The Director shall carry out a subprogram to support and oversee the construction, operation, and maintenance of national user facilities that support the program under this section.
As practicable, these facilities shall serve the needs of the Department, industry, the academic community, and other relevant entities to create and examine new materials and chemical processes for the purposes of advancing new energy technologies and improving the competitiveness of the United States. These facilities shall include— x-ray light sources; neutron sources; nanoscale science research centers; and other facilities the Director considers appropriate, consistent with section 209(f) of the Department of Energy Organization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7139(f) ).
The Director shall carry out research and development on advanced accelerator and storage ring technologies relevant to the Basic Energy Sciences user facilities, in consultation with the Office of Science’s High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics programs. Consistent with the Office of Science’s project management practices, the Director shall support construction of— an upgrade of the Advanced Photon Source to optimize and enhance beam brightness; a Second Target Station at the Spallation Neutron Source to double user capacity and expand the suite of instruments to meet new scientific challenges; the Linac Coherent Light Source II to expand the x-ray wavelength range, incorporate high repetition rate operation for soft and medium energy x-rays, and increase user capacity of the Linac Coherent Light Source; and an upgrade to the Advanced Light Source to improve brightness and performance.
The Director shall carry out a program to provide awards, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, to multi-institutional collaborations or other appropriate entities to conduct fundamental and use-inspired energy research to accelerate scientific breakthroughs related to needs identified in— the Grand Challenges report of the Department’s Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee; the report of the Department’s Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee entitled From Quanta to the Continuum:
Opportunities for Mesoscale Science ; the Basic Energy Sciences Basic Research Needs workshop report; or other relevant reports identified by the Director. A collaboration receiving an award under this subsection may include multiple types of institutions and private sector entities. A collaboration under this subsection shall be selected for a period of 5 years. An Energy Frontier Research Center already in existence and supported by the Director on the date of enactment of this Act may continue to receive support for a period of 5 years beginning on the date of establishment of that center.
After the end of the period described in subparagraph (A), an awardee may reapply for selection for a second period of 5 years on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis. Consistent with the existing authorities of the Department, the Director may terminate an underperforming center for cause during the performance period. No funding provided pursuant to this subsection may be used for the construction of new buildings or facilities.
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