115th Congress
Department of Energy Science and Innovation Act of 2018
Purpose
To authorize basic research programs in the Department of Energy Office of Science for fiscal years 2018 and 2019.
Summary of Selected Provisions
- Authorizes fiscal years 2018 and 2019 funding levels for the Department of Energy and its program offices that map largely onto levels already enacted and proposed by House appropriators
- Provides authorizations for the Office of Science, its program offices, and several initiatives
- Sets funding fiscal years 2018 and 2019 funding authorizations and target completion dates for the Advanced Photon Source Upgrade, Advanced Light Source Upgrade, the Spallation Neutron Source Proton Power Upgrade and Second Target Station, the Linac Coherent Light Source II High Energy Upgrade, the ITER nuclear fusion project, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, and the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
- Directs DOE to conduct research on the biological effects of low dose radiation
Primary Sponsors
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REPRESENTATIVE R-TX
Co-sponsors by Party
R
11
D
1
I
0
Actions
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06/27/2018Passed by House
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05/23/2018Advanced by House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
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05/22/2018Introduced in House