Restore and Modernize Our National Laboratories Act of 2021

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2232 To direct the Secretary of Energy to fund projects to restore and modernize National Laboratories, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 24, 2021 Mr. LUJA´N (for himself, Mr. PADILLA, and Mr. DURBIN) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on En- ergy and Natural Resources A BILL To direct the Secretary of Energy to fund projects to restore and modernize National Laboratories, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restore and Modernize 4 Our National Laboratories Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. NATIONAL LABORATORIES RESTORATION AND 6 MODERNIZATION. 7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:27 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2232.IS S2232 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2232 IS (1) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na- 1 tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given the term 2 in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 3 U.S.C. 15801). 4 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 5 the Secretary of Energy. 6 (b) RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION 7 PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall fund projects described 8 in subsection (c) as needed to address the deferred mainte- 9 nance, critical infrastructure needs, and modernization of 10 National Laboratories. 11 (c) PROJECTS DESCRIBED.—The projects referred to 12 in subsection (b) are, as determined by the Secretary— 13 (1) priority deferred maintenance projects at 14 National Laboratories, including facilities 15 sustainment for, upgrade of, and construction of re- 16 search laboratories, administrative and support 17 buildings, utilities, roads, power plants, and any 18 other critical infrastructure; and 19 (2) lab modernization projects at National Lab- 20 oratories, including lab modernization projects relat- 21 ing to core infrastructure needed— 22 (A) to support existing and emerging 23 science missions with new and specialized re- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:27 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2232.IS S2232 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 2232 IS quirements for world-leading scientific user fa- 1 cilities and computing capabilities; and 2 (B) to maintain safe, efficient, reliable, 3 and environmentally responsible operations. 4 (d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—For each fiscal year 5 through fiscal year 2025, at the same time as the annual 6 budget submission of the President, the Secretary shall 7 submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Energy 8 and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committees 9 on Appropriations and Science, Space, and Technology of 10 the House of Representatives a list of projects for which 11 the Secretary will provide funding under this section, in- 12 cluding a description of each project and the funding pro- 13 file for the project. 14 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 15 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 16 appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this sec- 17 tion $6,100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 18 through 2025. 19 (2) OFFICE OF SCIENCE.—Not less than 1⁄6 of 20 the amounts made available to carry out this section 21 each fiscal year shall be managed by the Office of 22 Science of the Department of Energy. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:27 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2232.IS S2232 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS