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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1350
To provide for Department of Energy and National Science Foundation
research and development coordination, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY13, 2025
Ms. S
TEVENS(for herself and Mr. BAIRD) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
A BILL
To provide for Department of Energy and National Science
Foundation research and development coordination, and
for other purposes.
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 ‘‘DOE and NSF Inter-4
agency Research Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND NATIONAL SCIENCE 6
FOUNDATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 7
COORDINATION. 8
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy (in this 9
section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) and the Director 10
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of the National Science Foundation (in this section re-1
ferred to as the ‘‘Director’’) shall carry out cross-cutting 2
and collaborative research and development activities fo-3
cused on the joint advancement of Department of Energy 4
and National Science Foundation mission requirements 5
and priorities. 6
(b) M
EMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec-7
retary and the Director shall coordinate the activities 8
under subsection (a) through the establishment of a 9
memorandum of understanding, or other appropriate 10
interagency agreement. Such memorandum or agreement, 11
as the case may be, shall require the use of a competitive, 12
merit-reviewed process, which considers applications from 13
Federal agencies, National Laboratories, institutions of 14
higher education, non-profit institutions, and other appro-15
priate entities. 16
(c) C
OORDINATION.—In carrying out the activities 17
under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Director 18
may— 19
(1) conduct collaborative research in a variety 20
of focus areas, such as— 21
(A) basic plasma science and engineering, 22
including applications in astrophysics, materials 23
science, fusion science, and accelerator science; 24
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(B) fundamental biological and computa-1
tional science and engineering, including com-2
putational neuroscience and neuromorphic com-3
puting, including in collaboration with the pro-4
gram authorized under section 306 of the De-5
partment of Energy Research and Innovation 6
Act (42 U.S.C. 18644); 7
(C) modeling and simulation, machine 8
learning, artificial intelligence, data assimila-9
tion, large-scale data analytics, predictive anal-10
ysis, and advanced computational, storage, and 11
networking capabilities in order to optimize al-12
gorithms for purposes related to energy and cli-13
mate; 14
(D) quantum information sciences, includ-15
ing quantum computing and quantum network 16
infrastructure, including in collaboration with 17
the programs authorized under sections 403 18
and 404 of the National Quantum Initiative Act 19
(15 U.S.C. 8853 and 8854); 20
(E) energy and materials science and engi-21
neering, including artificial photosynthesis, 22
plasma, solar fuels, and fusion, including in col-23
laboration with the programs authorized under 24
sections 303 and 307 of the Department of En-25
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ergy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 1
18641 and 18645), and section 973 of the En-2
ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16313); 3
(F) advanced manufacturing technologies, 4
including efficient storage systems and alter-5
natives to high-temperature processing, for the 6
purposes of optimizing energy consumption, in-7
cluding in collaboration with the program au-8
thorized under section 975 of the Department 9
of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 10
U.S.C. 16315); 11
(G) microelectronics, including novel chip 12
architectures, memory systems, and intercon-13
nects; and 14
(H) advanced physics, including high en-15
ergy and particle physics, accelerator research 16
and development, and high performance com-17
putational tools, including in collaboration with 18
the programs authorized under section 303 of 19
the Department of Energy Research and Inno-20
vation Act (42 U.S.C. 18641); 21
(2) promote collaboration, open community- 22
based development, and data and information shar-23
ing between Federal agencies, National Labora-24
tories, institutions of higher education, nonprofit in-25
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stitutions, and other appropriate entities by pro-1
viding the necessary access and secure data and in-2
formation transfer capabilities; 3
(3) support research infrastructure, including 4
new facilities and equipment, as the Secretary and 5
Director determine necessary; and 6
(4) organize education, training, and research 7
initiatives relating to STEM education and work-8
force development, including— 9
(A) internships, fellowships, and other re-10
search or work-based learning opportunities; 11
(B) educational programming for students 12
at all levels, especially experiential and project- 13
based learning opportunities; and 14
(C) professional development opportunities 15
for educators and researchers. 16
(d) A
GREEMENTS.—In carrying out the activities 17
under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Director are 18
authorized to— 19
(1) carry out reimbursable agreements between 20
the Department of Energy, the National Science 21
Foundation, and other entities in order to maximize 22
the effectiveness of research and development; and 23
(2) collaborate with other Federal agencies, as 24
appropriate. 25
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(e) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 1
of the enactment of this section, the Secretary and the 2
Director shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, 3
and Technology of the House of Representatives and the 4
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the 5
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 6
the Senate a report detailing the following: 7
(1) Interagency coordination between each Fed-8
eral agency involved in the research and development 9
activities carried out under this section. 10
(2) Potential opportunities to expand the tech-11
nical capabilities of the Department of Energy and 12
the National Science Foundation. 13
(3) Collaborative research achievements. 14
(4) Areas of future mutually beneficial suc-15
cesses. 16
(5) Continuation of coordination activities be-17
tween the Department of Energy and the National 18
Science Foundation. 19
(f) R
ESEARCHSECURITY.—The activities authorized 20
under this section shall be applied in a manner consistent 21
with subtitle D of title VI of the Research and Develop-22
ment, Competition, and Innovation Act (enacted as divi-23
sion B of Public Law 117–167; 42 U.S.C. 19231 et seq.). 24
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