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(b) D
UTIES OF THE
O
FFICE OF
S
CIENCE
.—In car-
1
rying out the program under this section, the Office of
2
Science shall—
3
(1) support both individual investigators and
4
multidisciplinary teams of investigators;
5
(2) pursuant to subsection (c), develop, plan,
6
construct, acquire, or operate special equipment or fa-
7
cilities for the use of investigators conducting research
8
and
development
in
nanoscience
and
9
nanoengineering;
10
(3) support technology transfer activities to ben-
11
efit industry and other users of nanoscience and
12
nanoengineering; and
13
(4) coordinate research and development activi-
14
ties with industry and other Federal agencies.
15
(c) N
ANOSCIENCE AND
N
ANOENGINEERING
R
ESEARCH
16
C
ENTERS AND
M
AJOR
I
NSTRUMENTATION
.—
17
(1) A
UTHORIZATION
.—From amounts authorized
18
to be appropriated under section 1251(b), the
19
amounts specified under subsection (d)(2) shall, sub-
20
ject to appropriations, be available for projects to de-
21
velop, plan, construct, acquire, or operate special
22
equipment, instrumentation, or facilities for inves-
23
tigators conducting research and development in
24
nanoscience and nanoengineering.
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(2) P
ROJECTS
.—Projects under paragraph (1)
1
may include the measurement of properties at the
2
scale of 1 to 100 nanometers, manipulation at such
3
scales, and the integration of technologies based on
4
nanoscience or nanoengineering into bulk materials
5
or other technologies.
6
(3) F
ACILITIES
.—Facilities under paragraph (1)
7
may include electron microcharacterization facilities,
8
microlithography facilities, scanning probe facilities
9
and related instrumentation science.
10
(4) C
OLLABORATION
.—The Secretary shall en-
11
courage collaborations among universities, labora-
12
tories and industry at facilities under this subsection.
13
At least one facility under this subsection shall have
14
a specific mission of technology transfer to other in-
15
stitutions and to industry.
16
(d) A
UTHORIZATION OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—
17
(1) T
OTAL AUTHORIZATION
.—From amounts au-
18
thorized to be appropriated under section 1251(b), the
19
following amounts are authorized for activities under
20
this section—
21
(A) $270,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
22
(B) $290,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
23
(C) $310,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
24
(D) $330,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
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(2) N
ANOSCIENCE AND NANOENGINEERING RE
-
1
SEARCH CENTERS AND MAJOR INSTRUMENTATION
.—
2
Of the amounts under paragraph (1), the following
3
amounts are authorized to carry out subsection (c)—
4
(A) $135,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
5
(B) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
6
(C) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
7
(D) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
8
SEC. 1253. ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING FOR EN-
9
ERGY MISSIONS.
10
(a) E
STABLISHMENT
.—The Secretary, acting through
11
the Office of Science, shall support a program to advance
12
the Nation’s computing capability across a diverse set of
13
grand challenge computationally based science problems re-
14
lated to departmental missions.
15
(b) D
UTIES OF THE
O
FFICE OF
S
CIENCE
.—In car-
16
rying out the program under this section, the Office of
17
Science shall—
18
(1) advance basic science through computation
19
by developing software to solve grand challenge
20
science problems on new generations of computing
21
platforms;
22
(2) enhance the foundations for scientific com-
23
puting by developing the basic mathematical and
24
computing systems software needed to take full advan-
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tage of the computing capabilities of computers with
1
peak speeds of 100 teraflops or more, some of which
2
may be unique to the scientific problem of interest;
3
(3) enhance national collaboratory and net-
4
working capabilities by developing software to inte-
5
grate geographically separated researchers into effec-
6
tive research teams and to facilitate access to and
7
movement and analysis of large (petabyte) data sets;
8
and
9
(4) maintain a robust scientific computing hard-
10
ware infrastructure to ensure that the computing re-
11
sources needed to address DOE missions are avail-
12
able; explore new computing approaches and tech-
13
nologies that promise to advance scientific computing.
14
(c) H
IGH
-P
ERFORMANCE
C
OMPUTING
A
CT
P
RO
-
15
GRAM
.—Section 203(a) of the High-Performance Com-
16
puting Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5523(a)) is amended—
17
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’;
18
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and
19
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
20
(3) by adding after paragraph (4) the following:
21
‘‘(5) conduct an integrated program of research,
22
development, and provision of facilities to develop
23
and deploy to scientific and technical users the high-
24
performance computing and collaboration tools needed
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to fulfill the statutory missions of the Department of
1
Energy in conducting basic and applied energy re-
2
search.’’.
3
(d) C
OORDINATION
W
ITH THE
DOE N
ATIONAL
N
U
-
4
CLEAR
S
ECURITY
A
GENCY
A
CCELERATED
S
TRATEGIC
C
OM
-
5
PUTING
I
NITIATIVE
AND
O
THER
N
ATIONAL
C
OMPUTING
6
P
ROGRAMS
.—The Secretary shall ensure that this program,
7
to the extent feasible, is integrated and consistent with—
8
(1) the Accelerated Strategic Computing Initia-
9
tive of the National Nuclear Security Agency; and
10
(2) other national efforts related to advanced sci-
11
entific computing for science and engineering.
12
(e) A
UTHORIZATION
OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—From
13
amounts authorized under section 1251(b), the following
14
amounts are authorized for activities under this section—
15
(1) $285,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
16
(2) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
17
(3) $310,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
18
(4) $320,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
19
SEC. 1254. FUSION ENERGY SCIENCES PROGRAM AND PLAN-
20
NING.
21
(a) O
VERALL
P
LAN FOR
F
USION
E
NERGY
S
CIENCES
22
P
ROGRAM
.—
23
(1) I
N GENERAL
.—Not later than 6 months after
24
the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary,
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after consultation with the Fusion Energy Sciences
1
Advisory Committee, shall develop and transmit to
2
the Congress a plan to ensure a strong scientific base
3
for the Fusion Energy Sciences Program within the
4
Office of Science and to enable the experiments de-
5
scribed in subsections (b) and (c).
6
(2) O
BJECTIVES OF PLAN
.—The plan under this
7
subsection shall include as its objectives—
8
(A) to ensure that existing fusion research
9
facilities and equipment are more fully utilized
10
with appropriate measurements and control
11
tools;
12
(B) to ensure a strengthened fusion science
13
theory and computational base;
14
(C) to encourage and ensure that the selec-
15
tion of and funding for new magnetic and iner-
16
tial fusion research facilities is based on sci-
17
entific innovation and cost effectiveness;
18
(D) to improve the communication of sci-
19
entific results and methods between the fusion
20
science community and the wider scientific com-
21
munity;
22
(E) to ensure that adequate support is pro-
23
vided to optimize the design of the magnetic fu-
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sion burning plasma experiments referred to in
1
subsections (b) and (c); and
2
(F) to ensure that inertial confinement fu-
3
sion facilities are utilized to the extent prac-
4
ticable for the purpose of inertial fusion energy
5
research and development.
6
(b) P
LAN
FOR
U
NITED
S
TATES
F
USION
E
XPERI
-
7
MENT
.—
8
(1) I
N GENERAL
.—The Secretary, after consulta-
9
tion with the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Com-
10
mittee, shall develop a plan for construction in the
11
United States of a magnetic fusion burning plasma
12
experiment for the purpose of accelerating scientific
13
understanding of fusion plasmas. The Secretary shall
14
request a review of the plan by the National Academy
15
of Sciences and shall transmit the plan and the re-
16
view to the Congress by July 1, 2004.
17
(2) R
EQUIREMENTS
OF
PLAN
.—The plan de-
18
scribed in paragraph (1) shall—
19
(A) address key burning plasma physics
20
issues; and
21
(B) include specific information on the sci-
22
entific capabilities of the proposed experiment,
23
the relevance of these capabilities to the goal of
24
practical fusion energy, and the overall design of
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the experiment including its estimated cost and
1
potential construction sites.
2
(c) P
LAN FOR
P
ARTICIPATION IN AN
I
NTERNATIONAL
3
E
XPERIMENT
.—In addition to the plan described in sub-
4
section (b), the Secretary, after consultation with the Fusion
5
Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, may also develop a
6
plan for United States participation in an international
7
burning plasma experiment for the same purpose, whose
8
construction is found by the Secretary to be highly likely
9
and where United States participation is cost-effective rel-
10
ative to the cost and scientific benefits of a domestic experi-
11
ment described in subsection (b). If the Secretary elects to
12
develop a plan under this subsection, he shall include the
13
information described in subsection (b)(2), and an estimate
14
of the cost of United States participation in such an inter-
15
national experiment. The Secretary shall request a review
16
by the National Academy of Sciences of a plan developed
17
under this subsection, and shall transmit the plan and the
18
review to the Congress no later than July 1, 2004.
19
(d) A
UTHORIZATION FOR
R
ESEARCH AND
D
EVELOP
-
20
MENT
.—The Secretary, through the Office of Science, may
21
conduct any research and development necessary to fully
22
develop the plans described in this section.
23
(e) A
UTHORIZATION
OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—From
24
amounts authorized under section 1251, the following
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amounts are authorized for activities under this section and
1
for activities of the Fusion Energy Science Program—
2
(1) for fiscal year 2003, $335,000,000;
3
(2) for fiscal year 2004, $349,000,000;
4
(3) for fiscal year 2005, $362,000,000; and
5
(4) for fiscal year 2006, $377,000,000.
6
Subtitle F—Energy, Safety, and
7
Environmental Protection
8
SEC. 1261. CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PROTEC-
9
TION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
10
(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—The Secretary shall carry out a re-
11
search, development, demonstration and technology deploy-
12
ment program, in partnership with industry, on critical
13
energy infrastructure protection, consistent with the roles
14
and missions outlined for the Secretary in Presidential De-
15
cision Directive 63, entitled ‘‘Critical Infrastructure Protec-
16
tion’’. The program shall have the following goals:
17
(1) Increase the understanding of physical and
18
information system disruptions to the energy infra-
19
structure that could result in cascading or widespread
20
regional outages.
21
(2) Develop energy infrastructure assurance
22
‘‘best practices’’ through vulnerability and risk assess-
23
ments.
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(3) Protect against, mitigate the effect of, and
1
improve the ability to recover from disruptive inci-
2
dents within the energy infrastructure.
3
(b) P
ROGRAM
S
COPE
.—The program under subsection
4
(a) shall include research, development, deployment, tech-
5
nology demonstration for—
6
(1) analysis of energy infrastructure inter-
7
dependencies to quantify the impacts of system
8
vulnerabilities in relation to each other;
9
(2) probabilistic risk assessment of the energy in-
10
frastructure to account for unconventional and ter-
11
rorist threats;
12
(3) incident tracking and trend analysis tools to
13
assess the severity of threats and reported incidents to
14
the energy infrastructure; and
15
(4) integrated multisensor, warning and mitiga-
16
tion technologies to detect, integrate, and localize
17
events affecting the energy infrastructure including
18
real time control to permit the reconfiguration of en-
19
ergy delivery systems.
20
(c) R
EGIONAL
C
OORDINATION
.—The program under
21
this section shall cooperate with Departmental activities to
22
promote regional coordination under section 102 of this Act,
23
to ensure that the technologies and assessments developed
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by the program are transferred in a timely manner to State
1
and local authorities, and to the energy industries.
2
(d) C
OORDINATION
W
ITH
I
NDUSTRY
R
ESEARCH
O
RGA
-
3
NIZATIONS
.—The Secretary may enter into grants, con-
4
tracts, and cooperative agreements with industry research
5
organizations to facilitate industry participation in re-
6
search under this section and to fulfill applicable cost-shar-
7
ing requirements.
8
(e) A
UTHORIZATION OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—There is
9
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out
10
this section—
11
(1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
12
(2) $26,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
13
(3) $27,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
14
(4) $28,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
15
(f) C
RITICAL
E
NERGY
I
NFRASTRUCTURE
F
ACILITY
D
E
-
16
FINED
.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘critical en-
17
ergy infrastructure facility’’ means a physical or cyber-
18
based system or service for the generation, transmission or
19
distribution of electrical energy, or the production, refining,
20
transportation, or storage of petroleum, natural gas, or pe-
21
troleum product, the incapacity or destruction of which
22
would have a debilitating impact on the defense or economic
23
security of the United States. The term shall not include
24
a facility that is licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Com-
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