This bill directs the Secretary of Energy to fund projects that fix, upgrade, and modernize National Laboratories. It uses the definition of National Laboratory from the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Funded work includes priority deferred maintenance, upgrading and building research labs, support buildings, utilities, roads, power plants, and other critical infrastructure. It also covers lab modernization to support new science missions, advanced computing, and safer, more efficient, and more environmentally responsible operations.
The Secretary must send Congress, at the same time as the President's annual budget for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, a list of projects funded under the bill with descriptions and funding profiles. The bill authorizes $5,000,000,000 for each fiscal year 2026 through 2030. At least one-third of the funds each year must be managed by the Office of Science.
The bill also amends a section of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expand which DOE offices are included in facilities strategy planning (including NNSA) and to require a Department-wide strategy report. That report must be sent within one year of enactment and must include priority project lists, a 10-year plan for each lab and facility, preliminary funding estimates, and a description of planning processes and metrics.
If you work at or with a National Laboratory, this bill would create new funding streams for repairs, upgrades, and new infrastructure projects. The Department of Energy must plan and report more detail about near-term projects and long-term lab plans. The Office of Science would manage at least one-third of annual funds. Congress would receive yearly project lists and funding profiles with the President's budget for 2026–2030.
If you are a member of the public, the bill sets rules for how the Department of Energy will plan and report on lab facilities and infrastructure, but it does not list specific projects in the text of the bill itself.
The bill authorizes $5,000,000,000 (five billion dollars) for each fiscal year 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030. Not less than one-third of those annual funds must be managed by the Office of Science. The Secretary must provide project funding profiles to congressional committees when the President's budget is submitted each year for those fiscal years.
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