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1	2		119THCONGRESS
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3	4		STSESSION H. R. 1350
4		-	AN ACT
	5	+	To provide for Department of Energy and National Science Foundation
	6	+	research and development coordination, and for other purposes.
	7	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	8	+	FEBRUARY13, 2025
	9	+	Ms. S
	10	+	TEVENS(for herself and Mr. BAIRD) introduced the following bill; which
	11	+	was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
	12	+	A BILL
5	13		To provide for Department of Energy and National Science
6	14		Foundation research and development coordination, and
7	15		for other purposes.
8	16		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
9		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2 2
10		-	•HR 1350 EH
11		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
12		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DOE and NSF Inter-2
13		-	agency Research Act’’. 3
14		-	SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND NATIONAL SCIENCE 4
15		-	FOUNDATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 5
16		-	COORDINATION. 6
	17	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	18	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	19	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DOE and NSF Inter-4
	20	+	agency Research Act’’. 5
	21	+	SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND NATIONAL SCIENCE 6
	22	+	FOUNDATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 7
	23	+	COORDINATION. 8
17	24		(a) I
18		-	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy (in this 7
19		-	section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) and the Director 8
20		-	of the National Science Foundation (in this section re-9
21		-	ferred to as the ‘‘Director’’) shall carry out cross-cutting 10
22		-	and collaborative research and development activities fo-11
23		-	cused on the joint advancement of Department of Energy 12
24		-	and National Science Foundation mission requirements 13
25		-	and priorities. 14
	25	+	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy (in this 9
	26	+	section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) and the Director 10
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	30	+	of the National Science Foundation (in this section re-1
	31	+	ferred to as the ‘‘Director’’) shall carry out cross-cutting 2
	32	+	and collaborative research and development activities fo-3
	33	+	cused on the joint advancement of Department of Energy 4
	34	+	and National Science Foundation mission requirements 5
	35	+	and priorities. 6
26	36		(b) M
27		-	EMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec-15
28		-	retary and the Director shall coordinate the activities 16
29		-	under subsection (a) through the establishment of a 17
30		-	memorandum of understanding, or other appropriate 18
31		-	interagency agreement. Such memorandum or agreement, 19
32		-	as the case may be, shall require the use of a competitive, 20
33		-	merit-reviewed process, which considers applications from 21
34		-	Federal agencies, National Laboratories, institutions of 22
35		-	higher education, non-profit institutions, and other appro-23
36		-	priate entities. 24 3
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38		-	(c) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the activities 1
39		-	under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Director 2
40		-	may—3
41		-	(1) conduct collaborative research in a variety 4
42		-	of focus areas, such as—5
43		-	(A) basic plasma science and engineering, 6
44		-	including applications in astrophysics, materials 7
45		-	science, fusion science, and accelerator science; 8
46		-	(B) fundamental biological and computa-9
47		-	tional science and engineering, including com-10
48		-	putational neuroscience and neuromorphic com-11
49		-	puting, including in collaboration with the pro-12
50		-	gram authorized under section 306 of the De-13
51		-	partment of Energy Research and Innovation 14
52		-	Act (42 U.S.C. 18644); 15
53		-	(C) modeling and simulation, machine 16
54		-	learning, artificial intelligence, data assimila-17
55		-	tion, large-scale data analytics, predictive anal-18
56		-	ysis, and advanced computational, storage, and 19
57		-	networking capabilities in order to optimize al-20
58		-	gorithms for purposes related to energy and cli-21
59		-	mate; 22
60		-	(D) quantum information sciences, includ-23
61		-	ing quantum computing and quantum network 24
62		-	infrastructure, including in collaboration with 25 4
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64		-	the programs authorized under sections 403 1
65		-	and 404 of the National Quantum Initiative Act 2
66		-	(15 U.S.C. 8853 and 8854); 3
67		-	(E) energy and materials science and engi-4
68		-	neering, including artificial photosynthesis, 5
69		-	plasma, solar fuels, and fusion, including in col-6
70		-	laboration with the programs authorized under 7
71		-	sections 303 and 307 of the Department of En-8
72		-	ergy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 9
73		-	18641 and 18645), and section 973 of the En-10
74		-	ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16313); 11
75		-	(F) advanced manufacturing technologies, 12
76		-	including efficient storage systems and alter-13
77		-	natives to high-temperature processing, for the 14
78		-	purposes of optimizing energy consumption, in-15
79		-	cluding in collaboration with the program au-16
80		-	thorized under section 975 of the Department 17
81		-	of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 18
82		-	U.S.C. 16315); 19
83		-	(G) microelectronics, including novel chip 20
84		-	architectures, memory systems, and intercon-21
85		-	nects; and 22
86		-	(H) advanced physics, including high en-23
87		-	ergy and particle physics, accelerator research 24
88		-	and development, and high performance com-25 5
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90		-	putational tools, including in collaboration with 1
91		-	the programs authorized under section 303 of 2
92		-	the Department of Energy Research and Inno-3
93		-	vation Act (42 U.S.C. 18641); 4
94		-	(2) promote collaboration, open community-5
95		-	based development, and data and information shar-6
96		-	ing between Federal agencies, National Labora-7
97		-	tories, institutions of higher education, nonprofit in-8
98		-	stitutions, and other appropriate entities by pro-9
99		-	viding the necessary access and secure data and in-10
100		-	formation transfer capabilities; 11
101		-	(3) support research infrastructure, including 12
102		-	new facilities and equipment, as the Secretary and 13
103		-	Director determine necessary; and 14
104		-	(4) organize education, training, and research 15
105		-	initiatives relating to STEM education and work-16
106		-	force development, including—17
107		-	(A) internships, fellowships, and other re-18
108		-	search or work-based learning opportunities; 19
109		-	(B) educational programming for students 20
110		-	at all levels, especially experiential and project-21
111		-	based learning opportunities; and 22
112		-	(C) professional development opportunities 23
113		-	for educators and researchers. 24 6
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115		-	(d) AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out the activities 1
116		-	under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Director are 2
117		-	authorized to—3
118		-	(1) carry out reimbursable agreements between 4
119		-	the Department of Energy, the National Science 5
120		-	Foundation, and other entities in order to maximize 6
121		-	the effectiveness of research and development; and 7
122		-	(2) collaborate with other Federal agencies, as 8
123		-	appropriate. 9
124		-	(e) R
125		-	EPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 10
126		-	of the enactment of this section, the Secretary and the 11
127		-	Director shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, 12
128		-	and Technology of the House of Representatives and the 13
129		-	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the 14
130		-	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 15
131		-	the Senate a report detailing the following: 16
132		-	(1) Interagency coordination between each Fed-17
133		-	eral agency involved in the research and development 18
134		-	activities carried out under this section. 19
135		-	(2) Potential opportunities to expand the tech-20
136		-	nical capabilities of the Department of Energy and 21
137		-	the National Science Foundation. 22
138		-	(3) Collaborative research achievements. 23
139		-	(4) Areas of future mutually beneficial suc-24
140		-	cesses. 25 7
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142		-	(5) Continuation of coordination activities be-1
143		-	tween the Department of Energy and the National 2
144		-	Science Foundation. 3
	37	+	EMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec-7
	38	+	retary and the Director shall coordinate the activities 8
	39	+	under subsection (a) through the establishment of a 9
	40	+	memorandum of understanding, or other appropriate 10
	41	+	interagency agreement. Such memorandum or agreement, 11
	42	+	as the case may be, shall require the use of a competitive, 12
	43	+	merit-reviewed process, which considers applications from 13
	44	+	Federal agencies, National Laboratories, institutions of 14
	45	+	higher education, non-profit institutions, and other appro-15
	46	+	priate entities. 16
	47	+	(c) C
	48	+	OORDINATION.—In carrying out the activities 17
	49	+	under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Director 18
	50	+	may— 19
	51	+	(1) conduct collaborative research in a variety 20
	52	+	of focus areas, such as— 21
	53	+	(A) basic plasma science and engineering, 22
	54	+	including applications in astrophysics, materials 23
	55	+	science, fusion science, and accelerator science; 24
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	59	+	(B) fundamental biological and computa-1
	60	+	tional science and engineering, including com-2
	61	+	putational neuroscience and neuromorphic com-3
	62	+	puting, including in collaboration with the pro-4
	63	+	gram authorized under section 306 of the De-5
	64	+	partment of Energy Research and Innovation 6
	65	+	Act (42 U.S.C. 18644); 7
	66	+	(C) modeling and simulation, machine 8
	67	+	learning, artificial intelligence, data assimila-9
	68	+	tion, large-scale data analytics, predictive anal-10
	69	+	ysis, and advanced computational, storage, and 11
	70	+	networking capabilities in order to optimize al-12
	71	+	gorithms for purposes related to energy and cli-13
	72	+	mate; 14
	73	+	(D) quantum information sciences, includ-15
	74	+	ing quantum computing and quantum network 16
	75	+	infrastructure, including in collaboration with 17
	76	+	the programs authorized under sections 403 18
	77	+	and 404 of the National Quantum Initiative Act 19
	78	+	(15 U.S.C. 8853 and 8854); 20
	79	+	(E) energy and materials science and engi-21
	80	+	neering, including artificial photosynthesis, 22
	81	+	plasma, solar fuels, and fusion, including in col-23
	82	+	laboration with the programs authorized under 24
	83	+	sections 303 and 307 of the Department of En-25
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	86	+	•HR 1350 IH
	87	+	ergy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 1
	88	+	18641 and 18645), and section 973 of the En-2
	89	+	ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16313); 3
	90	+	(F) advanced manufacturing technologies, 4
	91	+	including efficient storage systems and alter-5
	92	+	natives to high-temperature processing, for the 6
	93	+	purposes of optimizing energy consumption, in-7
	94	+	cluding in collaboration with the program au-8
	95	+	thorized under section 975 of the Department 9
	96	+	of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 10
	97	+	U.S.C. 16315); 11
	98	+	(G) microelectronics, including novel chip 12
	99	+	architectures, memory systems, and intercon-13
	100	+	nects; and 14
	101	+	(H) advanced physics, including high en-15
	102	+	ergy and particle physics, accelerator research 16
	103	+	and development, and high performance com-17
	104	+	putational tools, including in collaboration with 18
	105	+	the programs authorized under section 303 of 19
	106	+	the Department of Energy Research and Inno-20
	107	+	vation Act (42 U.S.C. 18641); 21
	108	+	(2) promote collaboration, open community- 22
	109	+	based development, and data and information shar-23
	110	+	ing between Federal agencies, National Labora-24
	111	+	tories, institutions of higher education, nonprofit in-25
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	114	+	•HR 1350 IH
	115	+	stitutions, and other appropriate entities by pro-1
	116	+	viding the necessary access and secure data and in-2
	117	+	formation transfer capabilities; 3
	118	+	(3) support research infrastructure, including 4
	119	+	new facilities and equipment, as the Secretary and 5
	120	+	Director determine necessary; and 6
	121	+	(4) organize education, training, and research 7
	122	+	initiatives relating to STEM education and work-8
	123	+	force development, including— 9
	124	+	(A) internships, fellowships, and other re-10
	125	+	search or work-based learning opportunities; 11
	126	+	(B) educational programming for students 12
	127	+	at all levels, especially experiential and project- 13
	128	+	based learning opportunities; and 14
	129	+	(C) professional development opportunities 15
	130	+	for educators and researchers. 16
	131	+	(d) A
	132	+	GREEMENTS.—In carrying out the activities 17
	133	+	under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Director are 18
	134	+	authorized to— 19
	135	+	(1) carry out reimbursable agreements between 20
	136	+	the Department of Energy, the National Science 21
	137	+	Foundation, and other entities in order to maximize 22
	138	+	the effectiveness of research and development; and 23
	139	+	(2) collaborate with other Federal agencies, as 24
	140	+	appropriate. 25
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	144	+	(e) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 1
	145	+	of the enactment of this section, the Secretary and the 2
	146	+	Director shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, 3
	147	+	and Technology of the House of Representatives and the 4
	148	+	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the 5
	149	+	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 6
	150	+	the Senate a report detailing the following: 7
	151	+	(1) Interagency coordination between each Fed-8
	152	+	eral agency involved in the research and development 9
	153	+	activities carried out under this section. 10
	154	+	(2) Potential opportunities to expand the tech-11
	155	+	nical capabilities of the Department of Energy and 12
	156	+	the National Science Foundation. 13
	157	+	(3) Collaborative research achievements. 14
	158	+	(4) Areas of future mutually beneficial suc-15
	159	+	cesses. 16
	160	+	(5) Continuation of coordination activities be-17
	161	+	tween the Department of Energy and the National 18
	162	+	Science Foundation. 19
145	163		(f) R
146		-	ESEARCHSECURITY.—The activities authorized 4
147		-	under this section shall be applied in a manner consistent 5
148		-	with subtitle D of title VI of the Research and Develop-6
149		-	ment, Competition, and Innovation Act (enacted as divi-7
150		-	sion B of Public Law 117–167; 42 U.S.C. 19231 et seq.). 8
151		-	Passed the House of Representatives March 24,
152		-	2025.
153		-	Attest:
154		-	Clerk. 119
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156		-	CONGRESS
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158		-	ST
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162		-	H. R. 1350
163		-	AN ACT
164		-
165		-	To provide for Department of Energy and National
166		-	Science Foundation research and development
167		-	coordination, and for other purposes.
	164	+	ESEARCHSECURITY.—The activities authorized 20
	165	+	under this section shall be applied in a manner consistent 21
	166	+	with subtitle D of title VI of the Research and Develop-22
	167	+	ment, Competition, and Innovation Act (enacted as divi-23
	168	+	sion B of Public Law 117–167; 42 U.S.C. 19231 et seq.). 24
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