Sec. 10112. High intensity laser research initiative; Office of Science Emerging Infectious Disease Computing Research Initiative; helium conservation program; authorization of appropriations
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The Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18601 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Director shall establish a high intensity laser research initiative consistent with the recommendations of the National Academies report, Opportunities in Intense Ultrafast Lasers: Reaching for the Brightest Light , and the report from the Brightest Light Initiative workshop on The Future of Intense Ultrafast Lasers in the U.S. . This initiative should include research and development of petawatt-scale and of high average power laser technologies necessary for future facility needs in discovery science and to advance energy technologies, as well as support for a user network of academic and national laboratory high intensity laser facilities.
The Director shall leverage new laser technologies for more compact, less complex, and low-cost accelerator systems needed for science applications. The Director shall coordinate this initiative among all relevant programs within the Office of Science, and the Under Secretary for Science shall coordinate this initiative with other relevant programs within the Department as well as within other Federal agencies. Out of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Office of Science there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the activities described in this section— $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.
The Secretary shall establish a program to reduce the consumption of helium for Department grant recipients and facilities and encourage helium recycling and reuse. The program shall competitively award grants for— the purchase of equipment to capture, reuse, and recycle helium; the installation, maintenance, and repair of new and existing helium capture, reuse, and recycling equipment; and helium alternatives research and development activities. In carrying out the program under this section, the Director shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report, not later than two years after the date of enactment of the America COMPETES Act of 2022 , and every 3 years thereafter, on the purchase of helium as part of research projects and facilities supported by the Department.
The report shall include— the quantity of helium purchased for projects and facilities supported by Department grants; a cost-analysis for such helium; the predominant production sources for such helium; expected or experienced impacts of helium supply shortages or prices on the research projects and facilities supported by the Department; and recommendations for reducing Department grant recipients’ exposure to volatile helium prices. In carrying out the program under this section, the Director shall coordinate with the National Science Foundation and other relevant Federal agencies on helium conservation activities.
The program established under this section shall receive support for a period of not more than 5 years, subject to the availability of appropriations. Upon expiration of any period of support of the program under this section, the Director may renew support for the program for a period of not more than 5 years. The Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the National Science Foundation, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, shall establish within the Office of Science, a cross-cutting research initiative to leverage the Federal Government’s innovative analytical resources and tools, user facilities, and advanced computational and networking capabilities in order to prevent, prepare for, and respond to emerging infectious diseases, including COVID–19.
The Secretary shall carry out this initiative through a competitive, merit-reviewed process, and consider applications from National Laboratories, institutions of higher education, multi-institutional collaborations, industry partners and other appropriate entities. In carrying out the initiative established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall coordinate with programs across the Office of Science and with relevant Federal agencies to determine a comprehensive set of technical milestones for these research activities and prioritize the following objectives— supporting fundamental research and development in advanced analytics, experimental studies, materials synthesis, high-performance computing technologies needed to characterize, model, simulate, and predict complex phenomena and biological materials related to emerging infectious diseases, including COVID–19 challenges, including a focus on testing and diagnostics, experimental data acquisition, sharing and management, advanced manufacturing, and molecular design and modeling; using expertise from the private sector, institutions of higher education, and the National Laboratories to develop computational software and capabilities that prospective users may accelerate emerging infectious diseases research and development; leveraging the research infrastructure of the Department, including scientific computing user facilities, x-ray light sources, neutron scattering facilities, nanoscale science research centers, and sequencing and bio-characterization facilities by coordinating with the Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Basic Energy Sciences, and Biological and Environmental Research programs within the Office of Science; leveraging experience from existing modeling and simulation research and work sponsored by the Department and promoting collaboration and data sharing between National Laboratories, research entities, and user facilities of the Department by providing the necessary access and secure data transfer capabilities; and ensuring that new experimental and computational tools are accessible to relevant research communities, including private sector entities to address emerging infectious diseases, including COVID–19 challenges.
In carrying out this initiative, the Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, coordination of these activities with the Department of Energy National Laboratories, institutions of higher education, and the private sector. The Secretary in coordination with the Director of the National Science Foundation, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish and operate an Emerging Infectious Diseases High Performance Computing Research Consortium (referred to in this section as the ‘Consortium’), to support the initiative under subsection
(a)by providing, to the extent practicable, a centralized entity for multidisciplinary, collaborative, emerging infectious disease research and development through high performance computing and advanced data analytics technologies and processes. The members of such consortium may include representatives from relevant Federal agencies, the private sector, institutions of higher education, which can each contribute relevant compute time, capabilities, or other resources. The Consortium shall— match applicants with available Federal and private sector computing resources; consider supplemental awards for computing partnerships with Consortium members to qualifying entities on a competitive merit-review basis; encourage collaboration and communication among member representatives of the consortium and awardees; make available the high-performance computing capabilities, expertise, and user facilities of the Department and the National Laboratories; and submit an annual report to the Secretary summarizing the activities of the Consortium, including— describing each project undertaken by the Consortium; detailing organizational expenditures; and evaluating contribution to the achievement of technical milestones as determined in subsection (a). The Secretary shall ensure the coordination of, and avoid unnecessary duplication of, the activities of the Consortium with the activities of other research entities of the Department, institutions of higher education and the private sector. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the America COMPETES Act of 2022 , the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report detailing the effectiveness of— the interagency coordination between each Federal agency involved in the research initiative carried out under this section; the collaborative research achievements of the initiative, including the achievement of the technical milestones determined under subsection (a); and potential opportunities to expand the technical capabilities of the Department. From within funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department’s Office of Science, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the activities under this subsection, $50,000,000 for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. In carrying out this Act, the Secretary may not carry out gain-of-function research of concern. For the purposes of this subsection, gain-of-function research of concern means research activities with the potential to generate pathogens with high transmissibility and high virulence in humans. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the activities described in this title— $8,801,915,000 for fiscal year 2022; $9,546,015,300 for fiscal year 2023; $10,395,677,621 for fiscal year 2024; $10,948,625,004 for fiscal year 2025; and $11,300,798,345 for fiscal year 2026. . Section 1(b) of the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act is amended in the table of contents by inserting after the item relating to section 309 the following: Sec. 310. Accelerator research and development. Sec. 311. Isotope Development and Production for Research Applications. Sec. 312. Increased collaboration with teachers and scientists. Sec. 313. High intensity laser research initiative. Sec. 314. Helium conservation program. Sec. 315. Office of Science Emerging Infectious Disease Computing Research Initiative. Sec. 316. Authorization of appropriations. .
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Sec. 10112
High intensity laser research initiative; Office of Science Emerging Infectious Disease Computing Research Initiative; helium conservation program; authorization of appropriations
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