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[CITE: 42USC13474]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 134--ENERGY POLICY
 
                  SUBCHAPTER IX--ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
 
                 Part B--Electricity Generation and Use
 
Sec. 13474. Fusion energy


(a) Program

    The Secretary shall conduct a fusion energy 5-year program, in 
accordance with sections 13541 and 13542 of this title, that by the year 
2010 will result in a technology demonstration which verifies the 
practicability of commercial electric power production.

(b) Program goals

    The goals of the program established under subsection (a) of this 
section shall include--
        (1) a broad based fusion energy program;
        (2) United States participation in the Engineering Design 
    Activity of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor 
    (ITER) program and in the related research and technology 
    development efforts;
        (3) the development of technology for fusion power and 
    industrial participation in the development of such technology;
        (4) the design and construction of a major new machine for 
    fusion research and technology development consistent with 
    paragraphs (2) and (3); and
        (5) research and development for Inertial Confinement Fusion 
    Energy and development of a Heavy Ion Inertial Confinement Fusion 
    experiment.

(c) Management plan

    (1) Within 180 days after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall 
prepare a comprehensive management plan for the fusion energy program. 
The plan shall include specific program objectives, milestones and 
schedules for technology development, and cost estimates and program 
management resource requirements.
    (2) The plan shall also include a description of--
        (A) United States participation in the Engineering Design 
    Activity of ITER, including industrial participation;
        (B) potential United States participation in the construction 
    and operation of an ITER facility; and
        (C) the requirements needed to build and test an inertial fusion 
    energy reactor for the purpose of power production.

    (3) As part of the plan required under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall evaluate the status of international fusion programs and evaluate 
whether the Federal Government should initiate efforts to strengthen 
existing international cooperative agreements in fusion energy or enter 
into new cooperative agreements to accomplish the purposes of this 
section.
    (4) The plan shall also evaluate the extent to which university or 
private sector participation is appropriate or necessary in order to 
carry out the purposes of this section.
    (5) The President shall include in the budget submitted to the 
Congress each year under section 1105 of title 31 a report prepared by 
the Secretary describing the progress made in meeting the program 
objectives, milestones, and schedules established in the management 
plan. Each such report shall also describe the organization of the 
program, the personnel assigned and funds committed to the program, and 
expenditures made in carrying out the program objectives. The report 
shall be submitted with the plan required under section 13523 of this 
title.

(d) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for 
carrying out this section $339,710,000 for fiscal year 1993 and 
$380,000,000 for fiscal year 1994.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title XXI, Sec. 2114, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3073; 
Pub. L. 104-66, title I, Sec. 1052(i), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 719.)


                               Amendments

    1995--Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 104-66 inserted first sentence and 
struck out former first sentence which read as follows: ``Within 1 year 
after October 24, 1992, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary 
shall issue a report describing the progress made in meeting the program 
objectives, milestones, and schedules established in the management 
plan.''
