Sec. 112. Basic energy sciences
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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. The mission of the program described in subsection
(a)shall be to support fundamental research to understand, predict, and ultimately control matter and energy at the electronic, atomic, and molecular levels in order to provide the foundations for new energy technologies and to support Department missions in energy, environment, and national security. The Director shall carry out a subprogram for the development, construction, operation, and maintenance of national user facilities to 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 of the Department of Energy Organization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7139 ). In support of the subprogram authorized in subsection (c), the Director shall establish an initiative to sustain and advance global leadership of light source user facilities. Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Director shall prepare, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, and submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a light source leadership strategy that— identifies, prioritizes, and describes plans for the development, construction, and operation of light sources over the next decade; describes plans for optimizing management and use of existing light source facilities; and assesses the international outlook for light source user facilities and describes plans for United States cooperation in such projects. Not later than 45 days after submission of the strategy described in paragraph (2), the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee shall provide the Director, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report of the Advisory Committee’s analyses, findings, and recommendations for improving the strategy, including a review of the most recent budget request for the initiative. The Director shall transmit annually to Congress a proposed budget corresponding to the activities identified in the strategy. The Director shall carry out research and development on advanced accelerator and storage ring technologies relevant to the development of Basic Energy Sciences user facilities, in consultation with the Office of Science’s High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics programs. The Secretary shall continue to carry out the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, established at the Department of Energy under section 2203(b)(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 ( 42 U.S.C. 13503(b)(3) ) (in this subsection referred to as EPSCoR ), with the objective of expanding the research capabilities of the eligible States to enable them to better address the many energy and energy-related issues that confront their States and the Nation on a daily basis. Advisory committees, workshops, and review panels are critical tools to help the Department to make sound decisions about how to best spend research and development funds, as well as to identify other opportunities to advance the Department’s research priorities. The Secretary shall ensure that the process for nominating members to such advisory committees and review panels considers candidates from a broad range of geographic locations, with an objective of reflecting an expansive geographic distribution of research universities. The Director shall report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate on an annual basis, using the most recent available data, on— the total research funding made available by the Department to each State in the Nation; the total amount of research funding made available, by State, under EPSCoR; the total amount of Department research funding made available to all institutions and entities within EPSCoR States; a breakdown of the EPSCoR funds spent in each subject matter area; the geographic breakdown of members of the Department’s research advisory boards; and efforts and accomplishments to more fully integrate the EPSCoR States in major activities and initiatives of the Department. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for the EPSCoR program for fiscal year 2015, $22,000,000.
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