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[CITE: 42USC13503]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 134--ENERGY POLICY
 
                SUBCHAPTER X--ENERGY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
 
Sec. 13503. Supporting research and technical analysis


(a) Basic energy sciences

                        (1) Program direction

        The Secretary shall continue to support a vigorous program of 
    basic energy sciences to provide basic research support for the 
    development of energy technologies. Such program shall focus on the 
    efficient production and use of energy, and the expansion of our 
    knowledge of materials, chemistry, geology, and other related areas 
    of advancing technology development.

                         (2) User facilities

        (A) As part of the program referred to in paragraph (1), the 
    Secretary shall carry out planning, construction, and operation of 
    user facilities to provide special scientific and research 
    capabilities, including technical expertise and support as 
    appropriate, to serve the research needs of our Nation's 
    universities, industry, private laboratories, Federal laboratories, 
    and others. Research institutions or individuals from other nations 
    shall be accommodated at such user facilities in cases where 
    reciprocal accommodations are provided to United States research 
    institutions and individuals or where the Secretary considers such 
    accommodation to be in the national interest.
        (B) The construction of the Advanced Photon Source at the 
    Argonne National Laboratory is hereby authorized.
        (C) The Secretary shall not change the user fee practice in 
    effect as of October 1, 1991, with respect to user facilities unless 
    the Secretary notifies Congress 90 days before the effective date of 
    any change.
        (D) The Secretary shall expedite the design for construction of 
    the Advanced Neutron Source at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in 
    order to provide critical research capabilities in support of our 
    national research initiatives for advanced materials and 
    biotechnology, as well as a broad range of research. Such action 
    shall be consistent with the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory 
    Committee's Technical Evaluation of accelerator and reactor neutron 
    source technologies. Within 90 days after October 24, 1992, the 
    Secretary shall submit to the Congress a plan for such design, 
    including a schedule for construction.

                          (3) Cost sharing

        The Secretary shall not require cost sharing for research and 
    development pursuant to this subsection, except--
            (A) as otherwise provided for in cooperative research and 
        development agreements or other agreements entered into under 
        existing law;
            (B) for fees for user facilities, as determined by the 
        Secretary; or
            (C) in the case of specific projects, where the Secretary 
        determines that the benefits of such research and development 
        accrue to a specific industry or group of industries, in which 
        case cost sharing under section 13542 of this title shall apply.

(b) University and science education

    (1) The Secretary shall support programs for improvements and 
upgrading of university research reactors and associated instrumentation 
and equipment. Within 1 year after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Congress a report on the condition and status of 
university research reactors, which includes a 5-year plan for upgrading 
and improving such facilities, instrumentation capabilities, and related 
equipment.
    (2) The Secretary shall develop a method to evaluate the 
effectiveness of science and mathematics education programs provided by 
the Department of Energy and its laboratories, including specific 
evaluation criteria.
    (3)(A)(i) The Director of the Office of Science shall operate an 
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (in this 
paragraph referred to as ``EPSCoR'') as part of the Department of 
Energy's University and Science Education Programs.
    (ii) The objectives of EPSCoR shall be--
        (I) to enhance the competitiveness of the peer-review process 
    within academic institutions in eligible States; and
        (II) to increase the probability of long-term growth of 
    competitive funding to investigators at institutions from eligible 
    States.

    (iii) In order to carry out the objectives stated in clause (ii), 
EPSCoR shall provide for activities which may include (but not be 
limited to) competitive research awards and graduate traineeships.
    (iv) EPSCoR shall assist those States that--
        (I) historically have received relatively little Federal 
    research and development funding; and
        (II) have demonstrated a commitment to develop their research 
    bases and improve science and engineering research and education 
    programs at their universities and colleges.

    (B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ``eligible States'' 
means States that received a Department-EPSCoR planning or traineeship 
grant in fiscal year 1991 or fiscal year 1992.
    (C) No more than $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated to EPSCoR in 
any fiscal year, through fiscal year 1997, are authorized to be 
appropriated for graduate traineeships.

(c) Technology transfer

    The Secretary shall support technology transfer activities conducted 
by the National Laboratories. Within 1 year after October 24, 1992, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on the adequacy of 
funding for such activities, along with a proposal recommending ways to 
reduce the length of time required to consummate cooperative research 
and development agreements.

(d) Facilities support for multiprogram energy laboratories

                         (1) Facility policy

        The Secretary shall develop and implement a least cost strategy 
    for correcting facility problems, closing unneeded facilities, 
    making facility modifications, and building new facilities at 
    multiprogram energy laboratories.

                          (2) Facility plan

        Within 1 year after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall 
    prepare and submit to the Congress a comprehensive plan for 
    conducting future facility maintenance, making repairs, 
    modifications, and new additions, and constructing new facilities at 
    multiprogram energy laboratories. Such plan shall provide for 
    facilities work in accordance with the following priorities, listed 
    in descending order of priority:
            (A) Providing for the safety and health of employees, 
        visitors, and the general public with regard to correcting 
        existing structural, mechanical, electrical, and environmental 
        deficiencies.
            (B) Providing for the repair and rehabilitation of existing 
        facilities to keep them in use and prevent deterioration.
            (C) Providing engineering design and construction services 
        for those facilities which require modification or additions in 
        order to meet the needs of new or expanded programs.

    Such plan shall include plans for new facilities and facility 
    modifications which will be required to meet the Department of 
    Energy's changing missions of the twenty-first century, including 
    schedules and estimates for implementation, and including a section 
    outlining long-term funding requirements consistent with anticipated 
    budgets and annual authorization of appropriations. Such plan shall 
    address the coordination of modernization and consolidation of 
    facilities in order to meet changing mission requirements, and shall 
    provide for annual reports to Congress on accomplishments, 
    conformance to schedules, commitments, and expenditures.

(e) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for 
Supporting Research and Technical Analysis, including Basic Energy 
Sciences, Energy Research Analysis, University and Science Education, 
Technology Transfer, Advisory and Oversight Program Direction, and 
Facilities Support for Multiprogram Energy Laboratories, $966,804,000 
for fiscal year 1993 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
1994.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title XXII, Sec. 2203, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3087; 
Pub. L. 105-245, title III, Sec. 309(b)(2)(F), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 
1853.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (b)(3)(A)(i). Pub. L. 105-245 substituted ``Office of 
Science'' for ``Office of Energy Research''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 13504 of this title.
