[House Report 105-67]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                             Rept. 105-67
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 1st Session                                                     Part 1
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   DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CIVILIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1997

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                 April 22, 1997.--Ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

    Mr. Sensenbrenner, from the Committee on Science, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                             together with

                   ADDITIONAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL VIEWS

                        [To accompany H.R. 1277]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Science, to whom was referred the bill 
(H.R. 1277) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 
and fiscal year 1999 for the civilian research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application activities of the 
Department of Energy, and for other purposes, having considered 
the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and 
recommends that the bill as amended do pass.



                            C O N T E N T S

                                                                   Page
   I. Amendment.......................................................2
  II. Purpose of the Bill.............................................9
 III. Background and Need for Legislation............................10
  IV. Summary of Hearings............................................11
   V. Committee Actions..............................................12
  VI. Summary of Major Provisions of the Bill........................13
 VII. Section-By-Section Analysis and Committee Views................16
VIII. Committee Cost Estimate........................................54
  IX. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate......................54
   X. Compliance with Public Law 104-4...............................59
  XI. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations...............59
 XII. Oversight Findings and Recommendations by the Committee on 
      Government Reform and Oversight................................59
XIII. Constitutional Authority Statement.............................59
 XIV. Federal Advisory Committee Statement...........................59
  XV. Congressional Accountability Act...............................59
 XVI. Committee Recommendations......................................59
XVII. Additional and Supplemental Views..............................59

                              I. Amendment

    The amendment is as follows:
    Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu 
thereof the following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy Civilian 
Research and Development Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``CERN'' means the European Organization for 
        Nuclear Research;
            (2) the term ``Department'' means the Department of Energy;
            (3) the term ``Large Hadron Collider project'' means the 
        Large Hadron Collider project at CERN; and
            (4) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Energy.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Energy Supply Research and Development Activities.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for Energy Supply 
Research and Development operating expenses and capital equipment 
$2,838,719,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $2,847,812,000 for fiscal year 
1999, of which--
            (1) $272,820,000 for fiscal year 1998 (reduced by 
        $15,000,000 to reflect the use of prior year balances) and 
        $270,342,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for Solar and 
        Renewable Resources Technologies, including--
                    (A) $2,150,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $2,150,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Solar Building Technology 
                Research;
                    (B) $63,900,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $64,900,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Photovoltaic 
                Energy Systems;
                    (C) $18,170,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $13,620,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Solar Thermal 
                Energy Systems;
                    (D) $28,835,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $28,190,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Biopower/Biofuels 
                Energy Systems;
                    (E) $29,500,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $18,140,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Wind Energy 
                Systems;
                    (F) $2,800,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $500,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for the National Renewable Energy 
                Laboratory;
                    (G) $19,518,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $19,518,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Geothermal 
                Electric Research and Development and Deployment;
                    (H) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 for Hydropower;
                    (I) $44,500,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $36,500,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Electric Energy 
                Systems and Storage, of which--
                            (i) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 shall 
                        be for Electric and Magnetic Fields Research 
                        and Development;
                            (ii) $32,500,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                        $32,500,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for 
                        High-Temperature Superconductivity Research and 
                        Development; and
                            (iii) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                        $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for 
                        Energy Storage Systems;
                    (J) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for a Solar 
                and Renewable Energy Science Initiative, to be managed 
                by the Director of the Office of Energy Research, in 
                consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Energy 
                Efficiency and Renewable Energy on the goals and 
                priorities of the initiative, for grants to be 
                competitively awarded and subject to peer review for 
                research related to solar and renewable energy; and
                    (K) $12,447,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $11,824,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Program Direction;
            (2) $173,166,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $146,540,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Nuclear Energy, including--
                    (A) $47,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $43,350,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Advanced 
                Radioisotope Power Systems;
                    (B) $9,500,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $8,809,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Oak Ridge Landlord;
                    (C) $3,217,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $3,217,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Test Reactor Area Landlord;
                    (D) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 for Advanced 
                Test Reactor Fusion Irradiations;
                    (E) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $6,000,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for University Nuclear Science and 
                Reactor Support;
                    (F) $70,535,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Termination Costs;
                    (G) $20,854,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $11,807,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Isotope Support; 
                and
                    (H) $14,060,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $13,357,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Program Direction;
            (3) $77,160,000 for fiscal year 1998 (reduced by $3,535,000 
        reflecting the use of prior year balances) and $76,828,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Uranium Programs;
            (4) $107,870,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $100,237,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Environment, Safety, and Health;
            (5) $367,538,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $378,564,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Biological and Environmental 
        Research, including--
                    (A) $157,037,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $161,748,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Life Sciences;
                    (B) $100,954,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $103,983,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Environmental 
                Processes;
                    (C) $66,435,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $68,428,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Environmental 
                Remediation;
                    (D) $43,112,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $44,405,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Medical 
                Applications and Measurement Sciences; and
                    (E) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $1,000,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for the United States-Mexico 
                Foundation for Science for research on biosciences and 
                the environment,
        except that, notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) through (E), the 
        total amount which may be appropriated under this paragraph 
        shall not exceed the overall sums stated at the beginning of 
        this paragraph;
            (6) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $240,000,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Fusion Energy Sciences, of which 
        $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 
        1999 shall be for General Plasma Science;
            (7) $659,812,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $678,888,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Basic Energy Sciences, 
        including--
                    (A) $391,047,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $402,060,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Materials 
                Sciences, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 for each 
                such fiscal year may be used for the High Flux Beam 
                Reactor at Brookhaven National Laboratory;
                    (B) $199,933,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $205,931,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Chemical 
                Sciences;
                    (C) $41,371,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $42,612,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Engineering and 
                Geosciences; and
                    (D) $27,461,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $28,285,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Energy 
                Biosciences;
            (8) $140,907,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $145,134,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Computational and Technology 
        Research, including--
                    (A) $117,490,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $121,014,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Mathematical, 
                Information, and Computational Sciences;
                    (B) $15,829,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $16,304,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Laboratory 
                Technology Research; and
                    (C) $7,588,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $7,816,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Advanced Energy Projects;
            (9) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $1,500,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Energy Research Analysis;
            (10) $29,070,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $27,434,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Energy Research-Energy Supply 
        Program Direction;
            (11) $682,387,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $682,387,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Environmental Restoration and 
        Waste Management (Non-Defense), including--
                    (A) $457,625,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $457,625,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Environmental 
                Restoration;
                    (B) $153,004,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $153,004,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Waste Management; 
                and
                    (C) $71,758,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $71,758,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Nuclear Material 
                and Facility Stabilization;
            (12) $11,554,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $11,152,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Technical Information Management; 
        and
            (13) $93,480,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $88,806,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Field Operations.
    (b) Energy Assets Acquisition.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for the purchase, construction, 
expansion, and acquisition of real plant, property, and other physical 
assets for energy supply research and development activities, 
$43,582,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $45,332,000 for fiscal year 1999, 
of which--
            (1) for Solar and Renewable Resources Technology, 
        $2,200,000 for fiscal year 1998 shall be for completion of 
        Project 96-E-100, Field Test Laboratory Building Renovation and 
        Expansion, National Renewable Energy Laboratory;
            (2) for Nuclear Energy, $4,425,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
        $6,425,000 for fiscal year 1999 shall be for completion of 
        Project 95-E-201, Test Reactor Area Fire and Life Safety 
        Improvements, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental 
        Laboratory;
            (3) for Uranium Programs--
                    (A) $400,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $5,200,000 
                for fiscal 1999 for completion of Project 98-U-200, 
                DUF6 Cylinder Storage Yards, K-25 Plant, Oak 
                Ridge, Tennessee; and
                    (B) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $10,700,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for completion of Project 96-U-
                201, DUF6 Cylinder Storage Yards, Paducah, 
                Kentucky, Gaseous Diffusion Plant;
            (4) for Basic Energy Sciences, $7,000,000 for fiscal year 
        1998 and $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 for completion of 
        Project 96-E-300, Combustion Research Facility, Phase II, 
        Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California;
            (5) for Multiprogram Energy Laboratories-Facilities 
        Support, $21,260,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $19,007,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 for--
                    (A) Project MEL-001, Multiprogram Energy 
                Laboratories Infrastructure Project, Various Locations, 
                $7,259,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $12,161,000 for 
                fiscal year 1999;
                    (B) Project 96-E-333, Multiprogram Energy 
                Laboratories Upgrades, Various Locations, $5,273,000 
                for fiscal year 1998 and $268,000 for fiscal year 1999;
                    (C) Project 95-E-308, Sanitary System 
                Modifications, Phase II, Brookhaven National 
                Laboratory, Upton, New York, $568,000 for fiscal year 
                1998;
                    (D) Project 95-E-307, Fire Safety Improvements-
                Phase III, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, 
                Illinois, $718,000 for fiscal year 1998;
                    (E) Project 95-E-301, Central Heating Plant 
                Rehabilitation-Phase I, Argonne National Laboratory, 
                Argonne, Illinois, $3,442,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
                    (F) Project 94-E-363, Roofing Improvements, Oak 
                Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 
                $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $6,578,000 for 
                fiscal year 1999; and
            (6) for Environmental Restoration and Waste Management 
        (Non-Defense), $2,297,000 for fiscal year 1998, of which--
                    (A) $1,900,000 shall be for completion of Project 
                94-E-602, Bethel Federal Facility Agreement Upgrade, 
                Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and
                    (B) $397,000 shall be for completion of Project 93-
                E-900, Long-Term Storage of TMI-2 Fuel; Idaho National 
                Energy and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho.
    (c) General Science and Research Activities.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary for General Science and Research 
Activities operating expenses and capital equipment--
            (1) $865,210,000 for fiscal year 1998 (reduced by 
        $15,000,000 to reflect the use of prior year balances), 
        including--
                    (A) $599,185,000 for High Energy Physics;
                    (B) $256,525,000 for Nuclear Physics; and
                    (C) $9,500,000 for Program Direction; and
            (2) $941,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, including--
                    (A) $607,645,000 for High Energy Physics;
                    (B) $324,330,000 for Nuclear Physics; and
                    (C) $9,025,000 for Program Direction.
None of the funds authorized for High Energy Physics by this subsection 
or subsection (d) may be used for the Large Hadron Collider project, 
unless the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National 
Science Foundation, has transmitted to the Committee on Science of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report on the impacts of such funding on the 
operations and viability of United States high energy and nuclear 
physics facilities.
    (d) Science Assets Acquisition.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for the purchase, construction, 
expansion, and acquisition of real plant, property, and other physical 
assets for general science and research activities, $126,870,000 for 
fiscal year 1998, of which--
            (1) $50,850,000 shall be for High Energy Physics, 
        including--
                    (A) $30,950,000 for completion of Project 92-G-302, 
                Fermilab Main Injector, Fermi National Accelerator 
                Laboratory, Illinois;
                    (B) $9,400,000 for completion of Project 97-G-303, 
                Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Master Station 
                Upgrade, California;
                    (C) $5,500,000 for architectural engineering and 
                technical design work for Project 98-G-304, Neutrinos 
                at the Main Injector, Fermi National Accelerator 
                Laboratory, Illinois; and
                    (D) $5,000,000 for completion of Project 98-G-305, 
                Fermilab C-Zero Area Experimental Hall, Fermi National 
                Accelerator Laboratory, Illinois; and
            (2) $76,020,000 shall be for Nuclear Physics, for 
        completion of Project 91-G-300, Relativistic Heavy Ion 
        Collider, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York.
    (e) Fossil Energy Research and Development.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary for Fossil Energy Research and 
Development operating expenses, capital equipment, and construction, 
$348,854,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $348,185,000 for fiscal year 
1999, of which--
            (1) $105,831,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $104,206,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Coal operating expenses, 
        including--
                    (A) $5,064,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $5,064,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Coal Preparation;
                    (B) $5,816,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $5,816,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Direct Liquefaction;
                    (C) $4,223,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $4,223,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Indirect Liquefaction;
                    (D) $741,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $741,000 for 
                fiscal year 1999 for Advanced Clean Fuels Research 
                Advanced Research and Environmental Technology;
                    (E) $5,462,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $5,462,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Advanced Pulverized Coal-Fired 
                Powerplant;
                    (F) $10,927,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $10,927,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Indirect Fired 
                Cycle;
                    (G) $22,342,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $20,717,000 for fiscal year 1999 for High-Efficiency-
                Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle;
                    (H) $17,875,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $17,875,000 for fiscal year 1999 for High-Efficiency 
                Pressurized Fluidized Bed;
                    (I) $9,734,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $9,734,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Advanced Clean/Efficient Power 
                Systems Advanced Research and Environmental Technology; 
                and
                    (J) $23,647,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $23,647,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Advanced Research 
                and Technology Development;
            (2) $47,419,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $46,464,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Oil Technology operating 
        expenses, including--
                    (A) $31,157,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $31,157,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Exploration and 
                Production Supporting Research;
                    (B) $3,931,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $3,931,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Recovery Field Demonstrations;
                    (C) $6,411,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $5,456,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Exploration and Production 
                Environmental Research; and
                    (D) $5,920,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $5,920,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Processing Research and 
                Downstream Operations;
            (3) $85,877,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $85,877,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Gas operating expenses, 
        including--
                    (A) $14,123,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $14,123,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Natural Gas 
                Research Exploration and Production;
                    (B) $993,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $993,000 for 
                fiscal year 1999 for Natural Gas Research Delivery and 
                Storage;
                    (C) $31,379,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $31,379,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Natural Gas 
                Research Advanced Turbine Systems;
                    (D) $4,808,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $4,808,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Natural Gas Research 
                Utilization;
                    (E) $4,617,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $4,617,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Natural Gas Research 
                Environmental Research/Regulatory Analysis;
                    (F) $1,210,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $1,210,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Fuel Cells Advanced Research;
                    (G) $16,335,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $16,335,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Fuel Cells Molten 
                Carbonate Systems to continue cost-shared cost 
                reduction and performance improvement of one system; 
                and
                    (H) $12,412,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $12,412,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Fuel Cells 
                Advanced Concepts;
            (4) $61,783,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $62,494,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Program Direction and Management 
        Support operating expenses, including--
                    (A) $13,676,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $12,992,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Headquarters 
                Program Direction; and
                    (B) $48,107,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $49,502,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Energy Technology 
                Center Program Direction;
            (5) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $2,000,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Plant and Capital Equipment, for 
        construction of General Plant Projects;
            (6) $12,935,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $12,935,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Fossil Energy Environmental 
        Restoration operating expenses;
            (7) $5,836,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $5,836,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Cooperative Research and 
        Development operating expenses;
            (8) $2,173,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $2,173,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Fuels Conversion, Natural Gas, 
        and Electricity operating expenses; and
            (9) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $30,000,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for a Fossil Energy Science 
        Initiative to be managed by the Director of the Office of 
        Energy Research, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary 
        for Fossil Energy on the goals and priorities of the 
        initiative, for grants to be competitively awarded and subject 
        to peer review for research relating to fossil energy.
Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) through (9), the total amount which may 
be appropriated under this subsection shall not exceed the overall sums 
stated at the beginning of this subsection.
    (f) Energy Conservation Research and Development.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for Energy Conservation 
Research and Development operating expenses and capital equipment, 
$416,908,000 for fiscal year 1998 (reduced by $20,000,000 to reflect 
the use of prior year balances) and $439,403,000 for fiscal year 1999, 
of which--
            (1) $41,004,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $40,230,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for the Building Technology, State 
        and Community Sector (Non-Grants), including--
                    (A) $8,762,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $8,762,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Building Systems Design for 
                Building America Program;
                    (B) $20,550,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $20,250,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Building Equipment 
                and Materials; and
                    (C) $11,692,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $11,218,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Management and 
                Planning;
            (2) $125,380,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $125,048,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for the Industry Sector, including--
                    (A) $55,660,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $55,660,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Industries of the 
                Future (Specific);
                    (B) $39,120,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $39,120,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Industries of the 
                Future (Crosscutting);
                    (C) $23,950,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $23,950,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Technology Access; 
                and
                    (D) $6,650,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $6,318,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Management and Planning;
            (3) $179,576,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $179,225,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for the Transportation Sector, 
        including--
                    (A) $2,700,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $2,700,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Clean Cities;
                    (B) $124,046,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $124,046,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Advanced 
                Automotive Technologies;
                    (C) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $18,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Advanced Heavy 
                Vehicle Technologies;
                    (D) $30,500,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
                $30,500,000 for fiscal year 1999 for Transportation 
                Materials Technologies; and
                    (E) $7,030,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $6,679,000 
                for fiscal year 1999 for Implementation and Program 
                Management,
        except that, notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) through (E), the 
        total amount which may be appropriated under this paragraph 
        shall not exceed the overall sums stated at the beginning of 
        this paragraph;
            (4) $20,948,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $19,900,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for Policy and Management; and
            (5) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $75,000,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999 shall be for an Energy Efficiency Science 
        Initiative to be managed by the Director of the Office of 
        Energy Research, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary 
        for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy on the goals and 
        priorities of the initiative, for grants to be competitively 
        awarded and subject to peer review for research relating to 
        energy efficiency.

SEC. 4. FUNDING LIMITATIONS.

    None of the funds authorized by this Act for fiscal year 1998 or 
fiscal year 1999 may be used for the following programs, projects, and 
activities, except to fulfill contractual obligations:
            (1) Nuclear Energy Advanced Light Water Reactor.
            (2) Nuclear Energy Commercial Reactor.
            (3) Nuclear Energy Security.
            (4) Nuclear Energy Termination Costs Gas Turbine-Modular 
        Helium Reactor.
            (5) Nuclear Energy Termination Costs Advanced Light Water 
        Reactor.
            (6) Fossil Energy Research and Development Advanced 
        Research and Technology Development Coal Technology Export.
            (7) Clean Coal Technology Program.

SEC. 5. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORTS.

    (a) High Energy and Nuclear Physics.--The Secretary shall enter 
into appropriate arrangements with National Academy of Sciences for the 
Academy to prepare a report on the high energy and nuclear physics 
activities of the Department, assuming a combined budget of 
$977,080,000 for all activities authorized under section 3 (c) and (d) 
for fiscal year 1998, and $941,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. The report shall include--
            (1) a priority list of research opportunities, including 
        both ongoing and proposed activities;
            (2) an analysis of the relevance of each research facility 
        to the research opportunities listed under paragraph (1);
            (3) recommendations for the optimal balance among facility 
        operations, construction, and research support and the optimal 
        balance between university and laboratory research programs; 
        and
            (4) recommended schedules for the continuation, 
        consolidation, or termination of each research program, and 
        continuation, upgrade, transfer, or closure of each research 
        facility.
Not later than December 31, 1997, the Secretary shall transmit to the 
Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate the report prepared under 
this subsection.
    (b) Basic Energy Sciences.--(1) The Secretary shall enter into 
appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences for the 
Academy to prepare a report on the basic energy sciences activities of 
the Department, based on the following three budget options for the 
entire Basic Energy Sciences account and all related research and 
energy asset activities:
            (A) Provision of $683,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
        1999 through 2002.
            (B) Provision of $683,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and an 
        amount reflecting a three percent reduction in each year 
        thereafter through fiscal year 2002.
            (C) Provision of $683,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and an 
        amount reflecting a three percent increase in each year 
        thereafter through fiscal year 2002.
    (2) None of the figures described in paragraph (1)(A) through (C) 
shall be altered to reflect inflationary allowances. The report shall 
include--
            (A) a priority list of research opportunities, including 
        both ongoing and proposed activities;
            (B) an analysis of the relevance of each research facility 
        to the research opportunities listed under subparagraph (A);
            (C) recommendations for the optimal balance among facility 
        operations, construction, and research support and the optimal 
        balance between university and laboratory research programs; 
        and
            (D) recommended schedules for the continuation, 
        consolidation, or termination of each research program, and 
        continuation, upgrade, transfer, or closure of each research 
        facility.
Not later than December 31, 1997, the Secretary shall transmit to the 
Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate the report prepared under 
this paragraph.
    (c) National Spallation Neutron Source.--The Secretary shall enter 
into appropriate arrangements with National Academy of Sciences for the 
Academy to prepare a report containing a detailed evaluation of the 
costs of construction and operation of the National Spallation Neutron 
Source at alternative appropriate sites, including at least the Argonne 
National Laboratory, the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Los Alamos 
National Laboratory, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Such report 
shall also include an identification of other advantages and 
disadvantages of each site evaluated. Not later than December 31, 1997, 
the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Science of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate the report prepared under this subsection. Along with such 
report, the Secretary shall include a recommendation from the 
Department for the preferred site that will meet its program criteria, 
taking into consideration the effect of delay on neutron science work, 
existing expertise in the field of neutron science, affiliations with 
institutions of higher education in neutron science, and State 
allocations or commitments to facilities.

SEC. 6. PROHIBITION ON USE OF CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY RESERVE FUNDS.

    No funds in the Clean Coal Technology Reserve may be used to 
initiate or carry out a clean coal technology program based outside the 
United States.

SEC. 7. NEXT GENERATION INTERNET.

    None of the funds authorized by this Act, or any other Act enacted 
before the date of the enactment of this Act, may be used for the Next 
Generation Internet. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, funds may 
be used for the continuation of programs and activities that were 
funded and carried out during fiscal year 1997.

SEC. 8. LIMITATIONS.

    (a) Prohibition of Lobbying Activities.--None of the funds 
authorized by this Act shall be available for any activity whose 
purpose is to influence legislation pending before the Congress, except 
that this subsection shall not prevent officers or employees of the 
United States or of its departments or agencies from communicating to 
Members of Congress on the request of any Member or to Congress, 
through the proper channels, requests for legislation or appropriations 
which they deem necessary for the efficient conduct of the public 
business.
    (b) Limitation on Appropriations.--No sums are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the 
activities for which sums are authorized by this Act, unless such sums 
are specifically authorized to be appropriated by this Act.
    (c) Eligibility for Awards.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall exclude from 
        consideration for grant agreements made by the Department after 
        fiscal year 1997 any person who received funds, other than 
        those described in paragraph (2), appropriated for a fiscal 
        year after fiscal year 1997, under a grant agreement from any 
        Federal funding source for a project that was not subjected to 
        a competitive, merit-based award process. Any exclusion from 
        consideration pursuant to this subsection shall be effective 
        for a period of 5 years after the person receives such Federal 
        funds.
            (2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the 
        receipt of Federal funds by a person due to the membership of 
        that person in a class specified by law for which assistance is 
        awarded to members of the class according to a formula provided 
        by law.
            (3) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the term 
        ``grant agreement'' means a legal instrument whose principal 
        purpose is to transfer a thing of value to the recipient to 
        carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized 
        by a law of the United States, and does not include the 
        acquisition (by purchase, lease, or barter) of property or 
        services for the direct benefit or use of the United States 
        Government. Such term does not include a cooperative agreement 
        (as such term is used in section 6305 of title 31, United 
        States Code) or a cooperative research and development 
        agreement (as such term is defined in section 12(d)(1) of the 
        Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
        3710a(d)(1))).

SEC. 9. NOTICE.

    (a) Notice of Reprogramming.--If any funds authorized by this Act 
are subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be 
provided to the Appropriations Committees of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, notice of such action shall 
concurrently be provided to the Committees on Science and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate.
    (b) Notice of Reorganization.--The Secretary shall provide notice 
to the Committees on Science, Commerce, and Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources 
and Appropriations of the Senate, not later than 15 days before any 
major reorganization of any program, project, or activity of the 
Department.

SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM.

    With the year 2000 fast approaching, it is the sense of Congress 
that the Department should--
            (1) give high priority to correcting all 2-digit date-
        related problems in its computer systems to ensure that those 
        systems continue to operate effectively in the year 2000 and 
        beyond;
            (2) assess immediately the extent of the risk to the 
        operations of the Department posed by the problems referred to 
        in paragraph (1), and plan and budget for achieving Year 2000 
        compliance for all of its mission-critical systems; and
            (3) develop contingency plans for those systems that the 
        Department is unable to correct in time.

SEC. 11. BUY AMERICAN.

    (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--No funds appropriated 
pursuant to this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity 
agrees that in expending the assistance the entity will comply with 
sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, 
popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
    (b) Sense of Congress.--In the case of any equipment or products 
that may be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance 
provided under this Act, it is the sense of Congress that entities 
receiving such assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase 
only American-made equipment and products.
    (c) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing financial 
assistance under this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall provide to 
each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement made 
in subsection (a) by the Congress.

                        II. Purpose of the Bill

    The purpose of the bill is to authorize appropriations for 
Fiscal Year 1998 and Fiscal Year 1999 for the civilian 
research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
application activities of the Department of Energy under the 
jurisdiction of the Committee on Science.

                III. Background and Need for Legislation

    Three circumstances dictate the need for this legislation: 
(1) the importance of preserving and strengthening the Nation's 
scientific leadership; (2) the lack of specific authorizations 
for the bulk of the Department of Energy's civilian research, 
development, demonstration and commercial application 
activities under the Committee on Science's jurisdiction; and 
(3) the necessity to balance the budget.
    The Committee on Science believes the Nation's future is 
tied to science, and that the Federal Government should play an 
important role in the promotion and support of our scientific 
endeavors. As we enter the next millennium, our nation faces 
many challenges that can be met by enhancing the country's 
scientific and technical base. Whether finding a cure for a 
deadly disease, developing technologies which minimize waste 
and pollution, or discovering clean and safe energy sources to 
sustain us well into the future, a healthy scientific research 
and development base is required.
    The Department of Energy is a major funding source for 
science. The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Research 
supports the Federal Government's third largest basic research 
program, and is exceeded in size only by the National 
Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. In 
addition, the Department supports major energy research and 
development efforts, including solar and renewable energy, 
energy efficiency, fossil energy, and nuclear and fusion 
energy. However, with the exception of Hydrogen Research which 
is authorized through 2001 by the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104-271), very few of the Department's programs 
have specific authorizations--nearly all such authorizations 
contained in the Energy Policy of Act of 1992 either have or 
will soon expire. This circumstance, in and of itself, dictates 
a compelling need for a comprehensive authorization bill to 
provide guidance and direction to the Department that preserves 
and strengthens the Nation's science base and our energy 
future.
    The Committee also enthusiastically supports the efforts to 
balance the budget. For if Congress and the Administration fail 
to achieve this goal, future funding for all discretionary 
programs, including science and technology programs, will be 
jeopardized. Twenty years ago, non-defense discretionary 
spending accounted for almost 22.3 percent of the budget while 
interest on the national debt was a mere 7 percent. Today, the 
Federal Government spends 16.1 percent of the federal budget on 
non-defense discretionary programs and 15 percent on servicing 
the national debt. As interest on the public debt and the 
entitlement program spending continues to grow, less and less 
funding will be available for non-defense discretionary 
spending programs such as energy and scientific research. To 
prepare America for an increasingly technologically-advanced 
competitive world and to prepare our next generation of 
scientists and engineers, we need to first assure our Federal 
financial house is in order.
    Given the circumstance of a stringent budget environment 
and the desire to enhance our science base, the Committee has 
examined closely each of the programs, projects and activities 
proposed by the Department of Energy in its Fiscal Year 1998 
budget request and has used the following five criteria in 
prioritizing its funding recommendations:

      1. Federal Research and Development should focus on 
essential programs that are long-term, high-risk, non-
commercial, cutting edge, well-managed, and have great 
potential for scientific discovery; funding for programs that 
do not meet this standard should be eliminated or decreased to 
reduce budget demands and to enable new initiatives.
      2. Federal R&D should be highly relevant to and tightly 
focused on agency missions, with accountability and procedures 
for evaluating quality and results.
      3. Beyond the demonstration of technical feasibility, 
activities associated with evolutionary advances or incremental 
improvements to a product or process, or the marketing or 
commercialization of a product or process should be left to the 
private sector.
      4. Where possible, international, industry and state 
science partnerships should be nurtured as a way to leverage 
U.S. taxpayer R&D investment.
      5. Infrastructure necessary for carrying out essential 
federal R&D programs needs to be prioritized consistent with 
program requirements.

    The Committee believes that this authorization bill, the 
Department of Energy Civilian Research and Development 
Authorization of 1997, meets the Committee's responsibilities 
to set priorities for good fundamental science and a balanced 
energy research portfolio that is vital to the Nation's future 
and a balanced budget.

                        IV. Summary of Hearings

    The Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held hearings 
dedicated to the Fiscal Year 1998 Department of Energy budget 
authorization request on March 6, 19 and 20, 1997, and heard 
testimony from Department of Energy officials and from the 
General Accounting Office on the Department's management of its 
major system acquisitions. In addition, a number of non-
governmental witnesses addressed the Department's Fiscal Year 
1998 budget request and broader Departmental issues at a 
hearing on April 9, 1997.
    Department of Energy officials who testified included: (1) 
Dr. Martha A. Krebs, Director, Office of Energy Research; (2) 
the Honorable Patricia Fry Godley, Assistant Secretary for 
Fossil Energy; (3) the Honorable Christine A. Ervin, Assistant 
Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; (4) Dr. 
Terry R. Lash, Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and 
Technology; (5) Mr. Peter N. Brush, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health; and (6) Mr. James 
M. Owendoff, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Environmental Management.
    The following also provided testimony concerning the 
Department of Energy: (1) Mr. Victor S. Rezendes, Director, 
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, U.S. 
General Accounting Office; (2) Mr. Fred L. Smith, President, 
Competitive Enterprise Institute; (3) Ms. Anna Aurilio, Staff 
Scientist, U.S. Public Interest Research Group; (4) Dr. David 
Baldwin, Senior Vice President, General Atomics; (5) Mr. Ralph 
DeGennaro, Executive Director, Taxpayers for Common $ense; (6) 
Mr. Scott Sklar, Executive Director, Solar Unity Network; (7) 
Mr. Aris Melissaratos, Vice President, Science, Technology, and 
Quality Division, Westinghouse Electric Corporation; and (8) 
Mr. Jerry Taylor, Director, Natural Resources Studies Division, 
CATO Institute.

                          V. Committee Actions

    As summarized in the previous section, the Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment heard testimony relevant to DOE's Fiscal 
Year 1998 budget request at hearings held on March 6, 19, 20, 
and April 9, 1997.
    On April 10, 1997, Mr. Calvert, Chairman of the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, introduced H.R.1277, 
the Department of Energy Civilian Research and Development 
Authorization Act of 1997, to authorize appropriations for DOE 
research, development, demonstration and commercial application 
activities for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999.
    The Full Committee met to consider H.R. 1277 on Wednesday, 
April 16, 1997.
    Amendment 1.--Mr. Calvert, Chairman of the Science 
Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, offered a 
manager's amendment that corrected technical errors and made a 
number of changes to address bipartisan Member interests. These 
include the following: (1) provision of $2.0 million over two 
years with available funds for the United States-Mexico 
Foundation for Science for research on bioscience and the 
environment, and $5.4 million over two years for the Clean 
Cities Initiative; (2) removal of the prohibitions for 
authorization of appropriations of certain Department of Energy 
programs, with the exception of those that refer to Nuclear 
Energy; Coal Technology Export and Clean Coal Technology; (3) 
initiation of a National Academy of Sciences report on the 
Department's Basic Energy Sciences program; and (4) assurance 
that in managing the new Energy Science Initiatives that the 
Director of Energy Research will consult with the Assistant 
Secretaries of the programs involved. The amendment was adopted 
by a voice vote.
    Amendment 2.--Mr. Doyle offered an amendment to restore 
funding for Nuclear Energy Security and the Advance Light Water 
Reactor program. The amendment was withdrawn pending further 
hearings by the Committee.
    Amendment 3.--Mr. Boehlert offered an amendment to restore 
funding for the Large Hadron Collider project. The amendment 
was withdrawn pending further review of the program by the 
Committee.
    Amendment 4.--Mr. Ehlers offered an amendment to eliminate 
the line item for the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, which 
was adopted by a division vote of 18 yeas to 8 noes.
    Amendment 5.--Mr. Barton offered an amendment to prohibit 
funding for the Large Hadron Collider project, which was 
defeated by a division vote of 12 yeas to 20 noes.
    Amendment 6.--Mr. Davis offered an en bloc amendment to: 
(1) increase funding for the Energy Conservation Research and 
Development Building Technologies program by $35,896,000 in 
Fiscal Year 1998, and by $36,570,000 in Fiscal Year 1999, with 
offsetting funds to be derived from the Energy Efficiency 
Science Initiative; and (2) to delete corresponding funding 
limitations. Following debate, in which Mr. Davis noted that 
the manager's amendment deleted practically all of the funding 
limitations in Section 4, the amendment was withdrawn.
    Amendment 7.--Ms. Lofgren offered an amendment to restore 
funding of $9,172,000 in each of Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 for 
the Biological and Environmental Research Human Interactions 
program. The amendment was withdrawn.
    Amendment 8.--Mr. Roemer offered an amendment to eliminate 
self-regulation at Department of Energy laboratories, other 
than defense laboratories. Following debate, the amendment was 
withdrawn.
    Amendment 9.--Mr. Brown, on behalf of Mr. Traficant, 
offered an amendment to add a new Section 10 to the bill that 
requires any entity that is appropriated funds pursuant to this 
act or amendments thereto, to comply with sections 2-4 of the 
Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly known as the 
``Buy American Act''), and that recipients of funds pursuant to 
this act shall be notified of subsection (a)'s requirement of 
compliance with the Buy American Act. The amendment was adopted 
by voice vote.
    With a quorum present, Mr. Roemer, Ranking Democratic 
Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment moved that 
the Committee report the bill, H.R. 1277, as amended, to the 
House and that the staff prepare the legislative report and 
make technical and conforming changes, and that the Chairman 
take all necessary steps to bring the bill before the House for 
consideration. The motion was approved by voice vote.
    Mr. Sensenbrenner, Chairman of the Committee on Science, 
asked and received unanimous consent that Committee Members 
have 2 subsequent calendar days in which to submit 
supplemental, minority or additional views on the measure, and 
that, pursuant to Clause 1 of Rule XX of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, the Committee authorize the Chairman to 
offer such motions as may be necessary in the House to go to 
conference with the Senate on H.R. 1277 or a similar Senate 
bill.

              VI. Summary of Major Provisions of the Bill

    H.R. 1277 authorizes appropriations for the civilian 
research, development, demonstration and commercial application 
activities of the Department of Energy under the jurisdiction 
of the Committee on Science.

 Authorizes $4,605,143,000 for the Department of Energy 
        DOE Civilian Research and Development (R&D) for fiscal 
        year 1998, up $117,866,000--or 2.6%--over the FY 1997 
        comparable appropriated level of $4,487,277,000:

  --Energy Supply Research and Development Activities--
        $2,838,719,000.
  --Energy Assets Acquisition--$43,582,000.
  --General Science and Research Activities--$850,210,000.
  --Science Assets Acquisition--$126,870,000.
  --Fossil Energy Research and Development--$348,854,000.
--Energy Conservation Research and Development--$396,908,000.
 Authorizes $4,621,732,000 for Fiscal Year 1999, up 
        $134,455,000--or 3.0%--over FY 1997.
  --Energy Supply Research and Development Activities--
        $2,847,812,000.
  --Energy Assets Acquisition--$45,332,000.
  --General Science and Research Activities--$941,000,000.
  --Fossil Energy Research and Development--$348,185,000.
  --Energy Conservation Research and Development--$439,403,000.

 Major Increases and Initiatives over 2 Years

  --Increases Solar and Renewable Energy $86.7 million 
        (including the already authorized Hydrogen Research 
        Program) over 1997 ($282.8 million in FY 1998, an 
        increase of $34.6--or 13.9%--over FY 1997; and $300.3 
        million in FY 1999--an increase of $52.1 million--or 
        21.0%--over FY 1997).
  --Increases Energy Conservation R&D $100.5 million over FY 
        1997 ($396.9 million in FY 1998, an increase of $30.5 
        million--or 8.3%--over FY 1997; and $439.4 million in 
        FY 1999, an increase of $73.0 million--or 19.9%--over 
        FY 1997).
  --Increases Environmental Cleanup $222.8 million over FY 1997 
        ($682.4 million in each of FY 1998 and FY 1999, an 
        annual increase of $111.4 million--or 19.5%--over FY 
        1997).
  --Maintains Fossil Energy R&D ($348.9 million in FY 1998 and 
        $348.2 million in FY 1999).
  --Establishes a $305.0 million Clean Energy Science 
        Initiative over FY 1998 and FY 1999 for competitive, 
        peer-reviewed research in the fields of solar and 
        renewable energy, fossil energy and energy efficiency.
  --Increases Fusion Energy Sciences $30.0 million over the 
        President's request ($240.0 million in FY 1998 and FY 
        1999) for initiating and strengthening alternate fusion 
        confinement concepts; increasing utilization of the 
        remaining two major experiments (Doublet DIII-D at 
        General Atomics and Alcator C-MOD at MIT); 
        strengthening and maintaining diversity in the theory 
        and computational programs; and strengthening 
        university-based basic fusion sciences and technology.
  --Increases Biological and Environmental Research $53.6 
        million over 1997 ($367.5 million in FY 1998, an 
        increase of $21.3 million--or 6.1%--over FY 1997; and 
        $378.6 million in FY 1999--an increase of $32.3 
        million--or 9.3%--over FY 1997) for research on the 
        long-term health and environmental consequences of 
        energy production, development, and use, including the 
        Human Genome Project.
  --Increases Basic Energy Sciences $76.1 million over 1997 
        ($659.8 million in FY 1998, an increase of $28.5 
        million--or 4.5%--over FY 1997; and $678.9 million in 
        FY 1999--an increase of $47.6 million--or 7.5%--over FY 
        1997) to support world-class, peer-reviewed fundamental 
        energy-related research and to operate major scientific 
        user facilities.
  --Increases High Energy and Nuclear Physics $119.3 million 
        over 1997 ($850.2 million in FY 1998, an increase of 
        $14.3 million--or 1.7%--over FY 1997; and $941.0 
        million in FY 1999--an increase of $105.0 million--or 
        12.6%--over FY 1997) for research on the nature of 
        matter and energy at its most fundamental level.

 Taxpayer Savings: $180 million over 2 Years

  --Cuts DOE R&D bureaucratic overhead by 10.2% over 2 years, 
        saving $70.8 million.
  --Eliminates funding authorizations for 2 lower-priority 
        Fossil Energy programs, saving $31.5 million.
  --Reduces funding for Nuclear Energy $77.6 million below FY 
        1997 ($173.2 million in FY 1998, a decrease of $25.5 
        million--or 12.8%--below FY 1997; and $146.5 million in 
        FY 1999, a decrease of $52.1 million--or 26.2%--below 
        FY 1997), and eliminates funding authorizations for 5 
        lower-priority Nuclear Energy programs.

 Other Provisions

  --Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into appropriate 
        arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences for 
        reports studying and evaluating the Department's High 
        Energy and Nuclear Physics and Basic Energy Sciences 
        programs, and an evaluation of the cost to construct 
        and operate the National Spallation Neutron Source at 
        alternative appropriate sites.
  --Prohibits the use of funds in the Clean Coal Technology 
        Reserve Fund to initiate or carry out a clean coal 
        technology program based outside the United States.
  --Prohibits the use of funds authorized by this Act, or any 
        other Act enacted before the date of the enactment of 
        this Act, for the Next Generation Internet, except for 
        continuation of programs and acivities that were funded 
        and carried out during Fiscal Year 1997.
  --Prohibits lobbying activities, limits appropriations for 
        Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, and excludes from 
        consideration for grant agreements, for a period of 
        five years, any person who received funding for a 
        project not subject to a competitive, merit-based award 
        process.
  --Provides that if any funds authorized by this Act are 
        subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice 
        to be provided to the Appropriations Committees of the 
        House and Senate, then notice of such action shall 
        concurrently be provided to the House Committees on 
        Science and Commerce, and to the Senate Committee on 
        Energy and Natural Resources. Also requires the 
        Secretary of Energy to provide notice to the 
        aforementioned House and Senate Committees, as well as 
        the Appropriations Committees of each body, not later 
        than fifteen days before any major reorganization of 
        any program, project, or activity of the Department.
  --Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of 
        Energy should (1) give high priority to correcting all 
        2-digit date-related (``Year 2000'') problems in its 
        computer systems to ensure that those systems continue 
        to operate effectively in the year 2000 and beyond; (2) 
        assess immediately the extent of the risk to its 
        operations by the Year 2000 problem, and plan and 
        budget for achieving Year 2000 compliance for all of 
        its mission-critical systems; and (3) develop 
        contingency plans for those systems that cannot be 
        corrected.
  --Requires any entity that is appropriated funds pursuant to 
        this act or amendments thereto, to comply with sections 
        2-4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, 
        popularly known as the ``Buy American Act''); and that 
        recipients of funds pursuant to this act shall be 
        notified of subsection (a)'s requirement of compliance 
        with the Buy American Act.

          VII. Section-by-Section Analysis and Committee Views

Section 1. Short Title.

    Section 1 cites the Act as the ``Department of Energy 
Civilian Research and Development Authorization Act of 1997.''

Section 2. Definitions.

    Section 2 defines (1) ``CERN'' to mean the European 
Organization for Nuclear Research; (2) ``Department'' to mean 
the Department of Energy; (3) ``Large Hadron Collider project'' 
to mean the Large Hadron Collider project at CERN; and (4) 
``Secretary'' to mean the Secretary of Energy.

Section 3. Authorization of Appropriations.

    As shown in Table 1, H.R. 1277 authorizes $4,605,143,000 
for Fiscal Year 1998 and $4,621,732,000 for Fiscal Year 1999 
for the Department of Energy's civilian research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application activities under the 
jurisdiction of the Committee on Science. In addition to these 
sums, $25,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $30,000,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 are authorized for Hydrogen Research by Public 
Law 104-261, the Hydrogen Futures Act of 1996. Including the 
already authorized funding for Hydrogen Research, the 
Department's civilian research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application activities are authorized a total of 
$4,630,143,000 for Fiscal Year 1998--an increase of 
$126,276,000, or 2.8 percent above the Fiscal Year 1997 
comparable appropriation of $4,503,867,000--and a total of 
$4,651,732,000 for Fiscal Year 1999--an increase of 
$148,865,000, or 3.3 percent above Fiscal Year 1997.
    Also shown in Table 1 is the difference between the 
Committee's recommended authorization for Fiscal Year 1998 and 
the Fiscal Year 1997 comparable appropriation, and the 
difference between the Committee's recommended authorization 
for Fiscal Year 1999 and the Fiscal Year 1998 recommendation.
    [Table 1 follows:]
    
    
Section 3(a)--Energy Supply Research and Development Activities.

    The Energy Supply Research and Development Activities 
appropriation account funds 13 line items: (1) Solar and 
Renewable Resources Technologies; (2) Nuclear Energy; (3) 
Uranium Programs; (4) Environment, Safety and Health; (5) 
Biological and Environmental Research; (6) Fusion Energy 
Sciences; (7) Basic Energy Sciences; (8) Computational and 
Technology Research; (9) Energy Research Analysis; (10) Energy 
Research-Energy Supply Program Direction; (11) Environmental 
and Waste Management (Non-Defense); (12) Technical Information 
Management; and (13) Field Operations.
    As shown in Table 2, which summarizes the Committee's 
authorization recommendations for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, 
H.R. 1277 authorizes $2,838,719,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and 
$2,847,812,000 for Fiscal Year 1999 for Energy Supply Research 
and Development Activities. In addition to these sums, 
$25,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $30,000,000 for Fiscal 
Year 1999 are authorized for Hydrogen Research by Public Law 
104-261, the Hydrogen Futures Act of 1996. Including the 
already authorized funding for Hydrogen Research, Energy Supply 
Research and Development Activities are authorized a total of 
$2,863,718,000 for Fiscal Year 1998--an increase of 
$194,898,000, or 7.3 percent above the Fiscal Year 1997 
comparable appropriation of $2,668,821,000--and a total of 
$2,877,812,000 for Fiscal Year 1999--an increase of 
$208,991,000, or 7.8 percent above the Fiscal Year 1997 
comparable appropriation.
    [Table 2 follows:]
    
    
Subsection 3(a)(1)--Solar and Renewable Resources Technologies.

    The Committee's authorization recommendations for Solar and 
Renewable Energy Technologies for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 
are shown in Table 3. H.R. 1277 authorizes $272,820,000 
(reduced by $15,000,000 to reflect the use of prior year 
balances) for Fiscal Year 1998 and $270,342,000 for Fiscal Year 
1999 for Solar and Renewable Energy Technologies. In addition 
to these sums, $25,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $30,000,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 are authorized for Hydrogen Research by 
Public Law 104-261, the Hydrogen Futures Act of 1996. Including 
the already authorized funding for Hydrogen Research, Solar and 
Renewable Energy Technologies are authorized a total of 
$297,820,000 (reduced by $15,000,000 to reflect the use of 
prior year balances) for Fiscal Year 1998--an increase of 
$34,600,000, or 13.9 percent above the Fiscal Year 1997 
comparable appropriation of $248,220,000--and a total of 
$300,342,000 for Fiscal Year 1999--an increase of $52,122,000, 
or 21.0 percent above the Fiscal Year 1997 comparable 
appropriation.
    [Table 3 follows:]
    
    
    As shown in Table 3 and included in bill language are the 
following amounts:

      (A) $2,150,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $2,150,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Solar Building Technology Research;
      (B) $63,900,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $64,900,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Photovoltaic Energy Systems;
      (C) $18,170,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $13,620,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Solar Thermal Energy Systems;
      (D) $28,835,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $28,190,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Biopower/Biofuels Energy Systems;
      (E) $29,500,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $18,140,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Wind Energy Systems;
      (F) $2,800,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $500,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory;
      (G) $19,518,000 for each of Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 
for Geothermal Electric Research and Development and 
Deployment;
      (H) $1,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 for Hydropower;
      (I) $44,500,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $36,500,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Electric Energy Systems and Storage, of 
which--

        (i) $8,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 for Electric and 
Magnetic Fields Research and Development;
        (ii) $32,500,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $32,500,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for High-Temperature Superconductivity 
Research and Development; and
        (iii) $4,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $4,000,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Energy Storage Systems;

      (J) $50,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $75,000,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for a Solar and Renewable Energy Science 
Initiative, to be managed by the Director of the Office of 
Energy Research, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary 
for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy on the goals and 
priorities of the Initiative, for grants to be competitively 
awarded and subject to peer review for research related to 
solar and renewable energy; and
      (K) $12,447,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $11,824,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Program Direction.

    The Committee authorization recommendations for Solar and 
Renewable Resources Technologies contained in bill language for 
Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 do not provide authorization of 
appropriations for the Renewable Energy Production Incentive 
Program, the International Solar Energy Program, Solar 
Technology Transfer, Geothermal Heat Pump Deployment, Renewable 
Indian Energy Resources, and Electric Energy Systems and 
Storage Climate Challenge. In addition, the Committee 
authorization recommendations contained in bill language for 
Fiscal Year 1999 do not provide authorization of appropriations 
for Hydropower or for Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and 
Development.
            Committee Views--Solar and Renewable Energy Science 
                    Initiative.
    The Committee strongly supports research on alternative 
energy sources--and particularly research on solar and 
renewable energy--and believes much more emphasis needs to be 
placed on basic and applied research in these areas. For 
example, in testimony before the Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment on March 19, 1997, the Department's Assistant 
Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy estimated 
that the Department's funding for basic research in energy 
efficiency and solar and renewable energy programs accounts for 
only five percent of the overall funding for these programs. In 
order to restore a more appropriate balance between research 
and development activities in these programs, the Committee 
recommendation establishes a Solar and Renewable Energy Science 
Initiative to be funded at $50,000,000 in Fiscal Year 1998 and 
at $75,000,000 in Fiscal Year 1999 for grants to be 
competitively awarded and subject to peer review for research 
related to solar and renewable energy--including research 
related to photovoltaics, solar thermal, biopower/biofuels, 
wind, geothermal, hydrogen, and electric energy systems and 
storage. The Initiative funds are to be managed by the 
Department's Director of the Office of Energy Research, in 
consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy on the goals and priorities of the 
Initiative. The Committee expects that the majority of the 
Initiative's grants will be for university-based and private-
sector laboratory research and emphasizes that the Initiative's 
funds are to be available only for competitively-awarded and 
peer-reviewed grants, and are not be used to fund either 
National Laboratory or in-house research unless such funds have 
been competitively-awarded and peer-reviewed in competitions 
that solicit applications from all types of research 
performers.

Subsection 3(a)(2)--Nuclear Energy.

    The Committee's authorization recommendations for Nuclear 
Energy for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 are shown in Table 4. 
H.R. 1277 authorizes $173,166,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and 
$146,540,000 for Fiscal Year 1999 for Nuclear Energy.
    [Table 4 follows:]
    
    
    As shown in Table 4 and included in bill language are the 
following amounts:

      (A) $47,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $43,350,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Advanced Radioisotope Power Systems;
      (B) $9,500,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $8,809,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Oak Ridge Landlord;
      (C) $3,217,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $3,217,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Test Reactor Area Landlord;
      (D) $2,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 for Advanced Test 
Reactor Fusion Irradiations;
      (E) $6,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $6,000,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for University Nuclear Science and Reactor 
Support;
      (F) $70,535,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $60,000,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Termination Costs;
      (G) $20,854,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $11,807,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Isotope Support; and
      (H) $14,060,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $13,357,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Program Direction.

    The Committee authorization recommendations for Nuclear 
Energy contained in bill language for Fiscal Years 1998 and 
1999 do not provide authorization of appropriations for the 
Light Water Reactor (consistent with the Department's Fiscal 
Year 1998 budget request) or the Nuclear Energy Security 
Programs. Also, the Committee authorization recommendations 
contained in bill language for Fiscal Year 1999 do not provide 
authorization of appropriations for Advanced Test Reactor 
Fusion Irradiations (consistent with the Department's Fiscal 
Year 1998 budget request justification materials). In addition, 
Section 4 provides that no funds authorized by this Act for 
Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 may be use for the following 5 
Nuclear Energy programs, except to fulfill contractual 
obligations: (1) Nuclear Energy Advanced Light Water Reactor; 
(2) Nuclear Energy Commercial Reactor; (3) Nuclear Energy 
Security; (4) Nuclear Energy Termination Costs Gas Turbine-
Modular Helium Reactor; and (5) Nuclear Energy Termination 
Costs Advanced Light Water Reactor.
            Committee Views--Advanced Light Water Reactor.
    The Advanced Light Water Reactor Program received no 
further authorization in the bill. The Committee believes that 
the Department has most likely received sufficient 
appropriations in prior years to meet all of its obligations in 
this Program.
            Committee Views--Nuclear Energy Security Program.
    The Nuclear Energy Security (NES) Program is not authorized 
in the bill. Although some aspects of this program appear to be 
an appropriate and desirable avenue for federal R&D, the 
Department of Energy has not provided the needed information to 
adequately review the scope and substance of this proposed 
program. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned about possible 
overlap with activities under the purview of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission. The Committee remains committed to 
efforts to increase reactor safety and minimize the production 
of spent nuclear fuel. Thus, the Department is encouraged to 
present a more detailed, and perhaps revised, outline of the 
size, scope, and goals of the NES program.
            Committee Views--University Nuclear Science and Reactor 
                    Support Program.
    The Committee's authorization recommendations include 
$6,000,000 in each of Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 for the 
University Nuclear Science and Reactor Support Program. These 
amounts are consistent with the Department's Fiscal Year 1998 
budget request and represents a 50 percent increase above the 
Fiscal Year 1997 appropriation of $4,000,000. The Committee 
recognizes that in order to maintain the capability in the U.S. 
to conduct research, address pressing environmental challenges, 
and preserve the nuclear energy option, the ability to 
adequately educate and train personnel in nuclear sciences and 
technology is vital. The Committee also recognizes that our 
universities and university research reactors play a major role 
in providing this education and training.

Subsection 3(a)(3)--Uranium Programs.

    The Committee's authorization recommendations for Uranium 
Programs are $73,625,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $76,828,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 as shown in Table 2. These recommendations 
assume a 5 percent reduction in Program Direction in Fiscal 
Year 1998 relative to the Fiscal Year 1997 level, and an 
additional 5 percent reduction in Program Direction in Fiscal 
Year 1999 relative to Fiscal Year 1998.

Subsection 3(a)(4)--Environment, Safety and Health.

    The Committee's authorization recommendations for 
Environment, Safety and Health are $107,870,000 for Fiscal Year 
1998 and $100,237,000 for Fiscal Year 1999 as shown in Table 2. 
These recommendations assume a 5 percent reduction in Program 
Direction in Fiscal Year 1998 relative to the Fiscal Year 1997 
level, and an additional 5 percent reduction in Program 
Direction in Fiscal Year 1999 relative to Fiscal Year 1998. In 
addition, the Fiscal Year 1999 recommendation assumes, 
consistent with the Department's Fiscal Year budget request 
justification materials, no funding for State Health 
Agreements.

Subsection 3(a)(5)--Biological and Environmental Research.

    The Committee's authorization recommendations for 
Biological and Environmental Research are $367,538,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1998 and $378,546,000 for Fiscal Year 1999 as shown 
in Table 2. These amounts include $1,000,000 in each of Fiscal 
Year 1998 and 1999 for the U.S.-Mexico Foundation for Science 
for research on biosciences and the environment.
    As shown in Table 2 and included in bill language are the 
following amounts:

      (A) $157,037,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $161,748,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Life Sciences;
      (B) $100,954,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $103,983,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Environmental Processes;
      (C) $66,435,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $68,428,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Environmental Remediation;
      (D) $43,112,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $44,405,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Medical Applications and Measurement 
Sciences; and
      (E) $1,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $1,000,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for the United States-Mexico Foundation for 
Science for research on biosciences and the environment.
            Committee View--United States-Mexico Foundation for 
                    Science.
    The non-governmental United States-Mexico Foundation for 
Science was established in 1992 by the Governments of Mexico 
and the United States with the strong support of the research 
and business communities of both countries. Each country 
provided equal financial support to the Foundation (a total of 
$4 million).
    The Foundation's mission is to contribute to the 
technological and scientific strength of the two countries 
through fostering relevant research, training and human 
resource development, and promoting collaborative and 
comprehensive solutions of common problems.
    The Foundation is uniquely structured to accomplish this 
mission. The Foundation's Board of Governors consists of high 
level and influential members from the Mexican Academy of 
Scientific Investigation, the National Academy of Medicine, and 
the Academy of Engineering; and the U.S. National Academies of 
Science and of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicines. In 
addition, there are representatives of both Mexican and 
American businesses who are members of the Board.
    The Foundation is binational in structure and has the 
ability to be flexible in selection of priority areas which are 
defined as being of mutual interest and potential benefit to 
both countries. The Foundation has a proven track record of 
supporting high-quality research projects selected with a peer-
review system. The Foundation also currently supports a 
visiting scientist program, a Hewlett Foundation training 
program in science and technology policy and graduate and 
summer scholarship programs.

Subsection 3(a)(6)--Fusion Energy Sciences.

    The Committee's authorization recommendations for Fusion 
Energy Sciences are $240,000,000 for each of Fiscal Years 1998 
and 1999, of which $5,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and 
$5,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1999 is for General Plasma Science. 
These recommendations are increases of $15,000,000 for each 
Fiscal Year over the Department's Fiscal Year 1998 request of 
$225,000,000.
            Committee Views--Fusion Energy Sciences.
    The Committee's recommendation provides an additional 
$15,000,000 million above the Department's Fiscal Year 1998 
request in each of Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 for the Fusion 
Energy Sciences program with the intent that these dollars be 
used for: (1) initiating and strengthening work in alternate 
confinement concepts; (2) increasing utilization of the 
remaining two major experiments; (3) strengthening and 
maintaining diversity in the theory and computational programs; 
and (4) strengthening basic fusion science and technology in 
the university.
            Committee Views--International Thermonuclear Experimental 
                    Reactor (ITER).
    The Committee remains strongly supportive of U.S. 
participation in international scientific endeavors. In this 
context, the Committee supports U.S. participation through the 
completion of the International Thermonuclear Experimental 
Reactor (ITER) Engineering and Design Activities (EDA) in July, 
1998. However, the Committee notes that to date, there is no 
official indication from the ITER project group itself or the 
participating parties what the end of EDA might bring in terms 
of an agreement to go forward to construction. At the same 
time, there are indications there may be some interim period of 
as much as 2 to 3 years before a final design and construction 
agreement is at hand. While the Committee applauds the 
Department's call for study of the ITER project by the National 
Academy of Sciences, it remains concerned that there is 
seemingly no plan to address this interim period.
    Therefore, the Committee asks that by February, 1998, the 
Department of Energy submit a plan to Congress that assumes 
level funding for the program and which addresses the following 
issues: (1) What, if anything, is the appropriate role, if any, 
of the U.S. fusion community in the ITER project after 
completion of the EDA and prior to a construction agreement?; 
(2) Given the importance of participation in the international 
fusion program to the U.S. fusion program, in what other 
international activities should the U.S. seek to participate 
during this interim period?; and (3) What elements of the U.S. 
domestic fusion program should be strengthened and/or 
maintained in order to ensure that the U.S. has maximum impact 
on and leverage with the international fusion program in future 
years?

Subsection 3(a)(7)--Basic Energy Sciences.

    The Committee's authorization recommendations for Basic 
Energy Sciences are $659,182,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and 
$678,888,000 for Fiscal Year 1999 as shown in Table 2.
    As shown in Table 2 and included in bill language are the 
following amounts:

      (A) $391,047,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $402,060,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Materials Sciences, of which not to 
exceed $5,000,000 for each such Fiscal Year may be used for the 
High Flux Beam Reactor at Brookhaven National Laboratory;
      (B) $199,933,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $205,931,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Chemical Sciences;
      (C) $41,371,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $42,612,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Engineering and Geosciences; and
      (D) $27,461,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $28,285,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Energy Biosciences.
            Committee Views--High Flux Beam Reactor and Groundwater 
                    Contamination at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
    The High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR) at the Department's 
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)--a world-class research 
reactor that provides beams of neutrons for scientists from 
around the world in disciplines ranging from biology and 
chemistry to physics and materials science--is currently funded 
at nearly $24,000,000 in Fiscal Year 1997 and the Department's 
Fiscal Year 1998 budget request includes $25,383,000 for the 
facility.
    The HFBR was shut down in December, 1996, for routine 
maintenance. Subsequently, in a memo issued to employees on 
January 17, 1997, BNL notified its staff that routine 
monitoring by the Laboratory had recently found tritium in the 
groundwater at a concentration level of about two-and-a-half 
times the New York State Drinking Water Standard. BNL also 
announced that the HFBR would remain shut down until the 
situation was satisfactorily understood by both the Department 
and the Laboratory.
    In spite of a continuing series of press releases issued by 
BNL, the Department, and the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) and assurances by the BNL, the Department, EPA, 
and the Suffolk County Department of Health Services that the 
tritium contamination poses no health threat, the Department 
announced on February 24, 1997, that it would connect 500 more 
homes near BNL to public water at a cost of $6,200,000 by 
providing a grant to the Suffolk County Water Authority. These 
hook-ups are in addition to those already offered to some 800 
homeowners. The Department has yet to identify the source of 
funds to be used to pay for the hook-ups.
    The Committee recommendation for Materials Sciences 
includes bill language limiting the amount authorized to be 
appropriated for the HFBR to no more than $5,000,000 in each of 
Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999. This action was taken to express 
the Committee's frustration with the Department's handling of 
the situation at BNL and the Department's reluctance to be 
forthcoming about the cost of the cleanup, the amount of 
research funds it intends to reprogram to pay for the cleanup, 
and the rationale for spending $6,200,000 of taxpayers' funds 
for water hook-ups to public water when the Laboratory, the 
Department, the EPA, and the Suffolk County Department of 
Health Services are all on record that the tritium 
contamination poses no health threat. The Committee expects the 
Department to fully explain its actions before further funding 
will be provided beyond the $5,000,000 contained in bill 
language.

Subsection 3(a)(8)--Computational and Technology Research.

    The Committee's authorization recommendations for 
Computational and Technology Research are $140,907,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1998 and $145,134,000 for Fiscal Year 1999 as shown 
in Table 2.
    As shown in Table 2 and included in bill language are the 
following amounts:

      (A) $117,490,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $121,014,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Mathematical, Information, and 
Computational Sciences;
      (B) $15,829,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $16,304,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Laboratory Technology Research; and
      (C) $7,588,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $7,816,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Advanced Energy Projects.
            Committee Views--Next Generation Internet.
    Section 7 prohibits the use of funds authorized by this 
Act, or any other Act enacted before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, for the Next Generation Internet (NGI), except for 
continuation of programs and acivities that were funded and 
carried out during Fiscal Year 1997. Consequently, the 
recommended authorizations for Mathematical, Information, and 
Computational Sciences for each of Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 
have been reduced by $35,000,000. This provision ensures that 
the Committee will have the opportunity to review and authorize 
NGI, while at the same time allowing for minimal on-going 
research in that program. The progression of our country's 
computer networking technology plays a vital role in our 
nation's continued leadership in scientific research. The 
Committee, however, feels it necessary to develop more of a 
record before addressing funding for NGI, and is working with 
the Administration to develop a plan concerning NGI. The 
Committee expects to hold hearings on NGI in the future to 
better understand how it will further the goals of advancing 
network technologies.

Subsection 3(a)(9)--Energy Research Analysis.

    The Committee's authorization recommendations for Energy 
Research Analysis are $1,500,000 for each of Fiscal Years 1998 
and 1999, consistent with the Department's Fiscal Year 1998 
budget request.

Subsection 3(a)(10)--Energy Research-Energy Supply Program Direction.

    The Committee's authorization recommendations for Energy 
Research-Energy Supply Program Direction are $29,070,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1998 and $27,434,000 for Fiscal Year 1999. These 
recommendations assume a 5 percent reduction in Program 
Direction in Fiscal Year 1998 relative to the Fiscal Year 1997 
level, and an additional 5 percent reduction in Program 
Direction in Fiscal Year 1999 relative to Fiscal Year 1998.

Subsection 3(a)(11)--Environmental Restoration and Waste Management 
        (Non-Defense).

    The Committee's authorization recommendations for 
Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (Non-Defense) 
are $682,387,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $682,387,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 as shown in Table 2.
    As shown in Table 2 and included in bill language are the 
following amounts:

      (A) $457,625,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $457,625,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Environmental Restoration;
      (B) $153,004,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $153,004,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Waste Management; and
      (C) $71,758,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $71,758,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Nuclear Material and Facility 
Stabilization.
            Committee Views--Environmental Restoration and Waste 
                    Management (Non-Defense).
    The Committee's authorization recommendations of 
$682,387,000 for each of Fiscal Years 1998 and FY 1999 
represent an increase of $111,436,000, or 19.5 percent, over 
the Fiscal Year 1997 comparable appropriation of $570,951,000. 
The majority of this increase is for accelerated cleanup 
activities at 46 Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action 
Program (FUSRAP) sites in 14 States with a goal of completing 
cleanup by 2002. These are sites that are Department-owned or 
Department-leased, or are at privately-owned sites where 
radioactive contamination remains from the early years of the 
Nation's Atomic Energy program, or from commercial operations 
that Congress authorized the Department to remedy. The 
Committee endorses the accelerated cleanup of FUSRAP sites and 
provided the requested funding level. However, the Committee is 
also aware that the Department will need to work with affected 
communities and regulators to meet the accelerated cleanup goal 
and to implement cleanup strategies. Consequently, the 
Committee intends to closely monitor these cleanup activities 
and those activities' resource requirements.

Subsection 3(a)(12)--Technical Information Management.

    The Committee's authorization recommendations for Technical 
Information Management are $11,554,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and 
$11,152,000 for Fiscal Year 1999. These recommendations assume 
a 5 percent reduction in Program Direction in Fiscal Year 1998 
relative to the Fiscal Year 1997 level, and an additional 5 
percent reduction in Program Direction in Fiscal Year 1999 
relative to Fiscal Year 1998.

Subsection 3(a)(13)--Field Operations.

    The Committee's authorization recommendations for Field 
Operations are $93,480,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $87,434,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999. These recommendations assume a 5 percent 
reduction in Fiscal Year 1998 relative to the Fiscal Year 1997 
level, and an additional 5 percent reduction in Fiscal Year 
1999 relative to Fiscal Year 1998.

Section 3(b)--Energy Assets Acquisition.

    The Energy Assets Acquisition appropriation account is a 
new account created for construction projects previously funded 
within the Energy Supply Research and Development 
appropriation. The Department's Fiscal Year budget request 
includes full up-front funding of $88,914,000 for 2 new and 11 
ongoing projects.
    As shown in Table 5, which summarizes the Committee's 
authorization recommendations for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, 
H.R. 1277 authorizes $43,582,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and 
$45,332,000 for Fiscal Year 1999 for Energy Assets Acquisition. 
The total provided for the two Fiscal Years is equivalent to 
the $88,914,000 requested for Fiscal Year 1998, but has been 
spread out over two years in a manner consistent with each 
project's obligation requirements.
    In addition to meeting budget constraints, the Committee 
did not provide the full up-front funding as requested for 
Energy Assets Acquisition because of the Department's poor 
track record of successfully completing construction projects 
within originally projected schedules and costs. This record 
was documented by the General Accounting Office in a November, 
1996, report\1\ on the Department's management of its major 
system acquisitions. The GAO found that from 1980 through 1996, 
DOE conducted 80 projects that it designated as major system 
acquisitions. Thirty-one of the projects were terminated prior 
to completion, after expenditures of over $10 billion. Only 15 
of the projects were completed, and most of them were finished 
behind schedule and with cost overruns. Further, 3 of the 15 
projects have not yet been used for their intended purpose. The 
remaining 34 projects are ongoing, many with substantial cost 
increases and ``schedule slippages.''
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    \1\ Department of Energy: Opportunity to Improve Management of 
Major System Acquisitions (GAO/RCED-97-17, Nov. 26, 1996).
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    The GAO believes there are four key factors underlying the 
cost overruns, schedule slippage, and terminations of the 
Department's most critical projects. These are unclear or 
changing missions; the incremental funding of projects; a 
flawed system of incentives both for Department's employees and 
contractors; and a lack of sufficient Department's personnel 
with the appropriate skills to effectively oversee contractors' 
operations. On the positive side, according to GAO, the 
Department is implementing several initiatives that could help 
improve its overall management as well as the management of 
individual major system acquisitions, and GAO believes that 
their implementation offers the Department an excellent 
opportunity to address the key factors. The Committee will 
closely monitor the Department's implementation of these 
initiatives.
    [Table 5 follows:]
    
    
    As shown in Table 5 and included in bill language are the 
following amounts:
    (1) for Solar and Renewable Resources Technology, 
$2,200,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 for completion of Project 96-E-
100, Field Test Laboratory Building Renovation and Expansion, 
National Renewable Energy Laboratory;
    (2) for Nuclear Energy, $4,425,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and 
$6,425,000 for Fiscal Year 1999 for completion of Project 95-E-
201, Test Reactor Area Fire and Life Safety Improvements, Idaho 
National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory;
    (3) for Uranium Programs--

      (A) $400,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $5,200,000 for 
fiscal 1999 for completion of Project 98-U-200, DUF6 
Cylinder Storage Yards, K-25 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and
      (B) $6,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $10,700,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for completion of Project 96-U-201, DUF6 
Cylinder Storage Yards, Paducah, Kentucky, Gaseous Diffusion 
Plant;

    (4) for Basic Energy Sciences, $7,000,000 for Fiscal Year 
1998 and $4,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1999 for completion of 
Project 96-E-300, Combustion Research Facility, Phase II, 
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California;
    (5) for Multiprogram Energy Laboratories-Facilities 
Support, $21,260,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $19,007,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for--

      (A) Project MEL-001, Multiprogram Energy Laboratories 
Infrastructure Project, Various Locations, $7,259,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1998 and $12,161,000 for Fiscal Year 1999;
      (B) Project 96-E-333, Multiprogram Energy Laboratories 
Upgrades, Various Locations, $5,273,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 
and $268,000 for Fiscal Year 1999;
      (C) Project 95-E-308, Sanitary System Modifications, 
Phase II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 
$568,000 for Fiscal Year 1998;
      (D) Project 95-E-307, Fire Safety Improvements-Phase III, 
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, $718,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1998;
      (E) Project 95-E-301, Central Heating Plant 
Rehabilitation-Phase I, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, 
Illinois, $3,442,000 for Fiscal Year 1998; and
      (F) Project 94-E-363, Roofing Improvements, Oak Ridge 
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $4,000,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1998 and $6,578,000 for Fiscal Year 1999; and

    (6) for Environmental Restoration and Waste Management 
(Non-Defense), $2,297,000 for Fiscal Year 1998, of which--

      (A) $1,900,000 for completion of Project 94-E-602, Bethel 
Federal Facility Agreement Upgrade, Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory; and
      (B) $397,000 for completion of Project 93-E-900, Long-
Term Storage of TMI-2 Fuel; Idaho National Energy and 
Environmental Laboratory, Idaho.

Section 3(c)--General Science and Research Activities.

    The General Science and Research Activities appropriation 
account funds the High Energy and Nuclear Physics programs, 
which provide insight into the nature of matter and energy, and 
support large, world-class scientific particle accelerators and 
detectors for physics research. The Department funds 
approximately 90 percent of all Federal research in High Energy 
and Nuclear Physics, which is conducted by more than 3,000 
researchers and over 1,000 graduate students from more than 100 
universities and the National Laboratories.
    The major High Energy Physics facilities are the 
Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at BNL, the Tevatron at the 
Fermi National Accelerator (Fermilab)--with both fixed and 
colliding beam facilities--and the Stanford Linear Accelerator 
Center (SLAC). Two large construction projects are nearing 
completion, the B-Factory at SLAC and the Fermilab Main 
Injector, and the program is negotiating with CERN about U.S. 
contributions to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) accelerator 
and detectors. The program also supports the technology base 
required to develop the advanced concepts and technologies for 
new high energy physics facilities.
    The Nuclear Physics program conducts research activities to 
understand the structure of atomic nuclei and the fundamental 
forces required to hold nuclei together. The experimental 
research program supports particle accelerators and several 
other research facilities located at National Laboratories and 
universities. A Nuclear Theory program complements experimental 
activities. The program supports the operation and maintenance 
of facilities and the construction of new facilities. Currently 
under construction is the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider 
(RHIC) at BNL, a colliding beam accelerator that will study 
nuclear matter as it undergoes a phase transition to a plasma 
of gluons and quarks.
    Table 6 summarizes the Committee's authorization 
recommendations for General Science and Research Activities for 
Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999. For Fiscal Year 1998, H.R. 1277 
authorizes $865,210,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 (reduced by 
$15,000,000 to reflect the use of prior year balances), for 
General Science and Research Activities including $599,185,000 
for High Energy Physics, $256,525,000 for Nuclear Physics, and 
$9,500,000 for Program Direction. And for Fiscal Year 1999, 
H.R. 1277 authorizes $941,000,000 including $607,645,000 for 
High Energy Physics, $324,330,000 for Nuclear Physics, and 
$9,025,000 for Program Direction.
    [Table 6 follows:]
    
    
    Finally, Subsection 3(c) provides that none of the funds 
authorized for High Energy Physics by this subsection or 
Subsection 3(d) may be used for the LHC project, unless the 
Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National 
Science Foundation (NSF), has transmitted to the Committee on 
Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the 
impacts of such funding on the operations and viability of 
United States high energy and nuclear physics facilities.
    As a result of the restrictive language with regard to the 
LHC project, the Committee recommendation for High Energy 
Physics for Fiscal Year 1998 includes a reduction of 
$35,000,000 from the amounts requested by the Department for 
the LHC, and for Fiscal Year 1999 includes a reduction of 
$65,000,000 from the amounts requested by the Department for 
the LHC. The Committee recommendations for each of Fiscal Years 
1998 and 1999 also provide an additional $10,000,000 to meet 
critical program needs.
            Committee Views--High Energy Physics Funding.
    Passage of the amendment offered by Representative Ehlers 
during the Full Science Committee markup of H.R. 1277 deleted 
the provision in the bill, as introduced, that specified that 
the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) receive a total 
budget of $141,594,000 in each of Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999. 
In so doing, the Committee determined that no High Energy 
Physics center or laboratory would be authorized at a specific 
level of funding in H.R. 1277. For purposes of clarification, 
however, it may be important to stress that H.R. 1277, as 
reported, does not in any way terminate the funding for SLAC or 
prejudice the annual funding process for the High Energy 
Physics program in regard to any particular center or 
laboratory.
    In this regard, the Committee is nevertheless concerned 
that, after a large expenditure of funds to build and maintain 
SLAC and other High Energy Physics user facilities, the 
Department has not committed sufficient funds for their 
adequate operation and utilization. The Committee urges the 
Department to support the domestic High Energy Physics 
facilities so that taxpayers can receive an appropriate return 
on their investment.
            Committee Views--Large Hadron Collider Project.
    CERN, located in Geneva, Switzerland, has initiated the 
LHC, which is estimated to cost about $6.0 billion (using U.S. 
costing methods). LHC will consist of a 7 trillion electron 
volt (TeV) on 7 TeV proton-proton colliding beams facility--7 
times the energy of the Tevatron at Fermilab--to be constructed 
in the existing Large Electron-Positron (LEP) machine tunnel 
(LEP will be removed).
    On February 3, 1997, representatives of the Department of 
Energy, NSF and CERN initialed a preliminary agreement for U.S. 
participation in the LHC. The Department plans to contribute 
$450.0 million to the LHC accelerator and detectors over the 
period FY 1996 through FY 2004, with an additional amount of 
approximately $80 million being planned by the NSF for the LHC 
detectors. The Department's LHC contribution is tentatively 
broken down as follows: $250.0 million for detectors and $200.0 
million for the accelerator (including $90 million in direct 
purchases by CERN from U.S. vendors and $110 million for 
fabrication of components by U.S. laboratories). Under the 
agreement, the DOE accelerator effort will focus on the design 
of the interaction regions and their integration into the LHC 
accelerator.
    The Department provided LHC funding in FY 1996 ($6.0 
million) and in Fiscal Year 1997 ($15.0 million) for 
preliminary research and development, design and engineering 
work on the subsystems and components being proposed for 
inclusion in the agreement with CERN. The Fiscal Year 1998 
request is $35.0 million to support continuation of these 
research and development and design efforts, and to initiate 
fabrication of subsystems and components. The Department is 
also requesting the remaining $394.0 million as an advance 
appropriation, with $65.0 million available in Fiscal Year 
1999; $70.0 million available in Fiscal Year 2000; $70.0 
million available in Fiscal Year 2001; $70.0 million available 
in Fiscal Year 2002; $65.0 million available in Fiscal Year 
2003; and $54.0 million available in Fiscal Year 2004.
    While supportive of U.S. participation in principle, the 
Committee nevertheless has four major concerns that the 
proposed agreement initialed by CERN, NSF and the Department 
may not be in the Nation's best interest.
    First, under the proposed agreement, the U.S. is 
contributing directly to the construction of the LHC 
accelerator, which is contrary to the tradition that the 
project host assume the full accelerator construction cost and 
that direct project contributions be limited to detectors. 
While the Committee has no objection to changing tradition per 
se, it believes that the Department should extract a like 
commitment from the CERN Member States that a similar procedure 
will be used when the next High Energy Physics facility is 
constructed anywhere in the world and that these Member States 
would make a similar contribution to that facility.
    Second, under the proposed agreement the U.S. has no formal 
management role in the project even with a significant 
commitment of resources that exceeds that of a number of CERN 
Member States.
    Third, there is concern that several CERN Member States are 
reducing their contributions to CERN at a time when the U.S. is 
being asked to contribute a significant level of resources.
    And fourth, there is concern that the level of resources 
that the Department proposes committing to the LHC may 
negatively impact the utilization of the Nation's current 
portfolio of High Energy and Nuclear Physics facilities.
    While H.R. 1277 does not prevent the Department from 
committing resources to the LHC, it does require the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Director of NSF, to provide to the 
Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a 
report on the impacts of such funding on the operations and 
viability of United States High Energy and Nuclear Physics 
facilities. The Committee intends to support this restriction 
until the Department adequately addresses the aforementioned 
concerns.

Section 3(d)--Science Assets Acquisition.

    The Science Assets Acquisition appropriation account is a 
new account created for construction projects previously funded 
within the General Science and Research Activities 
appropriation. The Department's Fiscal Year budget request 
includes full up-front funding of $126,870,000 for 2 new and 3 
ongoing projects.
    As shown in Table 7, which summarizes the Committee's 
authorization recommendations for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, 
H.R. 1277 authorizes $126,870,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 for 
Science Assets Acquisition. Although the Committee has concerns 
about providing full up-front funding for construction projects 
given the Department's spotty track record on managing its 
construction projects, the Committee is more confident that the 
proposed projects--which date back as far as 1991--can be 
completed as proposed with the projected budgets and schedules.
    [Table 7 follows:]
    
    
    As shown in Table 7 and included in bill language are the 
following amounts:

    (1) $50,850,000 for High Energy Physics, including--

      (A) $30,950,000 for completion of Project 92-G-302, 
Fermilab Main Injector, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, 
Illinois;
      (B) $9,400,000 for completion of Project 97-G-303, 
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Master Station Upgrade, 
California;
      (C) $5,500,000 for architectural engineering and 
technical design work for Project 98-G-304, Neutrinos at the 
Main Injector, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Illinois; 
and
      (D) $5,000,000 for completion of Project 98-G-305, 
Fermilab C-Zero Area Experimental Hall, Fermi National 
Accelerator Laboratory, Illinois; and

    (2) $76,020,000 for Nuclear Physics, for completion of 
Project 91-G-300, Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, Brookhaven 
National Laboratory, Upton, New York.

Section 3(e)--Fossil Energy Research and Development.

    The Committee's authorization recommendations for Fossil 
Energy Research and Development are shown in Table 8, which 
summarizes the Committee's authorization recommendations for 
Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999. H.R. 1277 authorizes $348,854,000 
for Fiscal Year 1998 and $348,185,000 for Fiscal Year 1999 for 
Fossil Energy Research and Development.
    [Table 8 follows:]
    
    
    As shown in Table 8 and included in bill language are the 
following amounts:

      (1) $105,831,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $104,206,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Coal operating expenses, including--

        (A) $5,064,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $5,064,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Coal Preparation;
        (B) $5,816,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $5,816,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Direct Liquefaction;
        (C) $4,223,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $4,223,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Indirect Liquefaction;
        (D) $741,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $741,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Advanced Clean Fuels Research Advanced 
Research and Environmental Technology;
        (E) $5,462,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $5,462,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Advanced Pulverized Coal-Fired Powerplant;
        (F) $10,927,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $10,927,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Indirect Fired Cycle;
        (G) $22,342,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $20,717,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for High-Efficiency-Integrated 
Gasification Combined Cycle;
        (H) $17,875,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $17,875,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for High-Efficiency Pressurized Fluidized 
Bed;
        (I) $9,734,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $9,734,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Advanced Clean/Efficient Power Systems 
Advanced Research and Environmental Technology; and
        (J) $23,647,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $23,647,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Advanced Research and Technology 
Development.

      (2) $47,419,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $46,464,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 Oil Technology operating expenses, including--

        (A) $31,157,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $31,157,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Exploration and Production Supporting 
Research;
        (B) $3,931,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $3,931,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Recovery Field Demonstrations;
        (C) $6,411,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $5,456,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Exploration and Production Experimental 
Research; and
        (D) $5,920,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $5,920,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Processing Research and Downstream 
Operations.

      (3) $85,877,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $85,877,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Gas operating expenses, including--

        (A) $14,123,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $14,123,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Natural Gas Research Exploration and 
Production;
        (B) $993,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $993,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Natural Gas Research Delivery and Storage;
        (C) $31,379,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $31,379,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Natural Gas Research Advanced Turbine 
Systems;
        (D)$4,808,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $4,808,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Natural Gas Utilization;
        (E) $4,617,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $4,617,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Natural Gas Research Environmental 
Research/Regulatory Analysis;
        (F) $1,210,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $1,210,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Fuel Cells Advanced Research;
        (G) $16,335,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $16,335,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Fuel Cells Molten Carbonate Systems to 
continue cost-shared cost reduction and performance improvement 
of one system; and
        (H) $12,412,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $12,412,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Fuel Cells Advanced Concepts.

      (4) $61,783,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $62,494,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Program Direction and Management Support 
operating expenses, including--
        (A) $13,676,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $12,992,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Headquarters Program Direction; and
        (B) $48,107,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and, within 
available Fossil Energy Research and Development funds, 
$49,502,000 for Fiscal Year 1999 for Energy Technology Center 
Program Direction.

      (5) $2,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $2,000,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Plant and Capital Equipment, for 
construction of General Plant Projects at the Federal Energy 
Technology Center sites and at the Bartlesville Project Office.
      (6) $12,935,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $12,935,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Fossil Energy Environmental Restoration 
operating expenses.
        (7) $5,836,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $5,836,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Cooperative Research and Development 
operating expenses.
        (8) $2,173,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $2,173,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Fuels Conversion, Natural Gas, and 
Electricity operating expenses; and
        (9) $25,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $30,000,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for a Fossil Energy Science Initiative to 
be managed by the Director of the Office of Energy Research, in 
consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy on 
the goals and priorities of the Initiative, for grants to be 
competitively awarded and subject to peer review for research 
relating to fossil energy.

    The Committee authorization recommendations for Fossil 
Energy Research and Development contained in bill language for 
Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 do not provide authorization of 
appropriations for the Coal Technology Export Program or for 
Mining. However, the Committee recommendations for Fiscal Years 
1998 and 1999 for the Coal Advanced Research and Technology 
Development Program assume $4,965,000 in funding each year for 
research conducted at the Albany (Oregon) Research Center.

Committee Views--Fossil Energy Science Initiative.

    The Committee strongly supports research on fossil energy 
sources. Fossil fuels provide some 85 percent of the Nation's 
energy consumption and the Nation is expected to remain 
dependent on fossil fuels for the next 20 years. However, the 
Committee also believes much more emphasis needs to be placed 
on basic and applied research in these areas. In order to 
restore a more appropriate balance between research and 
development activities in these programs, the Committee 
recommendation establishes a Fossil Energy Science Initiative 
to be funded at $25,000,000 in Fiscal Year 1998 and at 
$30,000,000 in Fiscal Year 1999 for grants to be competitively 
awarded and subject to peer review for research related to 
fossil--including research related to coal, oil, and natural 
gas. The Initiative funds are to be managed by the Department's 
Director of the Office of Energy Research, in consultation with 
the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy on the goals and 
priorities of the Initiative. The Committee expects that the 
majority of the Initiative's grants will be for university-
based and private-sector laboratory research and emphasizes 
that the Initiative's funds are to be available only for 
competitively-awarded and peer-reviewed grants, and are not be 
used to fund either National Laboratory or in-house research 
unless such funds have been competitively-awarded and peer-
reviewed in competitions that solicit applications from all 
types of research performers.

Section 3(f)--Energy Conservation Research and Development.

    The Committee's authorization recommendations for Energy 
Conservation Research and Development are shown in Table 9, 
which summarizes the Committee's authorization recommendations 
for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999. H.R. 1277 authorizes 
$416,908,000 (reduced by $20,000,000 to reflect the use of 
prior year balances) for Fiscal Year 1998 and $439,403,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Energy Conservation Research and 
Development.
    [Table 9 follows:]
    
    
    As shown in Table 9 and included in bill language are the 
following amounts:

      (1) $41,004,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $40,230,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for the Building Technology, State and 
Community Sector (Non-Grants), including--

        (A) $8,762,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $8,762,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Building Systems Design for Building 
America Program;
        (B) $20,550,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $20,250,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Building Equipment and Materials; and
        (C) $11,692,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $11,218,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Management and Planning.

      (2) $125,380,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $125,048,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for the Industry Sector, including--

        (A) $55,660,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $55,660,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Industries of the Future (Specific);
        (B) $39,120,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $39,120,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Industries of the Future 
(Crosscutting);
        (C) $23,950,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $23,950,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Technology Access; and
        (D) $6,650,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $6,318,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Management and Planning.

      (3) $179,576,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $179,225,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for the Transportation Sector, including--

        (A) Within available Transportation Sector funds, 
$2,700,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $$2,700,000 for Fiscal Year 
1999 for Clean Cities;
        (B) $124,046,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $124,046,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Advanced Automotive Technologies;
        (C) $18,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $18,000,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Advanced Heavy Vehicle Technologies;
        (D) $30,500,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $30,500,000 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for Transportation Materials Technologies; 
and
        (E) $7,030,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $6,679,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Implementation and Program.

      (4) $20,948,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $19,900,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for Policy and Management;.
      (5) $50,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1998 and $75,000,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999 for an Energy Efficiency Science Initiative to 
be managed by the Director of the Office of Energy Research, in 
consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy on the goals and priorities of the 
Initiative, for grants to be competitively awarded and subject 
to peer review for research relating to energy efficiency.

    The Committee authorization recommendations for Energy 
Conservation Research and Development contained in bill 
language for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 does not provide 
authorization of appropriations for the Transportation Sector 
Technology Deployment Program.
            Committee Views--Energy Efficiency Science Initiative.
    The Committee strongly supports energy efficiency research 
and believes much more emphasis needs to be placed on basic and 
applied research in these areas. For example, in testimony 
before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment on March 19, 
1997, the Department's Assistant Secretary for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy estimated that the Department's 
funding for basic research on energy efficiency and solar and 
renewable energy programs accounts for only five percent of the 
overall funding for these programs. In order to restore a more 
appropriate balance between research and development activities 
in these programs, the Committee recommendation establishes an 
Energy Efficiency Science Initiative to be funded at 
$50,000,000 in Fiscal Year 1998 and at $75,000,000 in Fiscal 
Year 1999 for grants to be competitively awarded and subject to 
peer review for research related to energy efficiency--
including research related to the building, industry, and 
transportation sectors. The Initiative funds are to be managed 
by the Department's Director of the Office of Energy Research 
in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy on the goals and priorities of 
the Initiative. The Committee expects that the majority of the 
Initiative's grants will be for university-based and private-
sector laboratory research and emphasizes that the Initiative's 
funds are to be available only for competitively-awarded and 
peer-reviewed grants, and are not be used to fund either 
National Laboratory or in-house research unless such funds have 
been competitively-awarded and peer-reviewed in competitions 
that solicit applications from all types of research 
performers.
            Committee Views--Clean Cities.
    The Committee strongly supports the Clean Cities 
Initiative, a locally-based public-private partnership that 
seeks to expand the use of clean fuels. Coordinated by the 
Department of Energy, the Clean Cities program combines local 
decision-making and volunteer efforts to carry out plans at the 
local level to create alternative fuels markets. The Committee 
has authorized $2,700,090 in each of Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 
to continue this initiative.

Section 4. Funding Limitations.

    Section 4 provides that no funds authorized by this Act for 
Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 may be used for the following seven 
programs, except to fulfill contractual obligations: (1) 
Nuclear Energy Advanced Light Water Reactor; (2) Nuclear Energy 
Commercial Reactor; (3) Nuclear Energy Security; (4) Nuclear 
Energy Termination Costs Gas Turbine-Modular Helium Reactor; 
(5) Nuclear Energy Termination Costs Advanced Light Water 
Reactor; (6) Fossil Energy Research and Development Advanced 
Research and Technology Development Coal Technology Export; and 
(7) Clean Coal Technology Program.
            Committee View--Finding Limitations.
    The Committee does support authorization of appropriations 
for the programs delineated in this section.

Section 5. National Academy of Sciences Reports.

    (a) High Energy and Nuclear Physics--Subsection 5(a) 
requires the Secretary to enter into appropriate arrangements 
with the National Academy of Sciences for the Academy to 
prepare a report on the high energy and nuclear physics 
activities of the Department, assuming a combined budget of 
$977,080,000 for all General Science and Research activities 
authorized under Subsection 3(c) and all Science Assets 
Acquisition activities authorized under Subsection 3(d) for 
Fiscal Year 1998, and $941,000,000 for each of the Fiscal Years 
1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. The Secretary is to transmit to the 
Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate the 
report prepared under this subsection not later than December 
31, 1997, which shall include: (1) a priority list of research 
opportunities, including both ongoing and proposed activities; 
(2) an analysis of the relevance of each research facility to 
the research opportunities listed under clause (1); (3) 
recommendations for the optimal balance among facility 
operations, construction, and research support and the optimal 
balance between university and laboratory research programs; 
and (4) recommended schedules for the continuation, 
consolidation, or termination of each research program, and 
continuation, upgrade, transfer, or closure of each research 
facility.
    (b) Basic Energy Sciences--Subsection 5(a) requires the 
Secretary to enter into appropriate arrangements with National 
Academy of Sciences for the Academy to prepare a report on the 
basic energy sciences activities of the Department, based on 
the following three options for the entire Basic Energy 
Sciences account and all related research and energy asset 
activities: (A) provision of $683,000,000 for each of Fiscal 
Years 1999 through 2002; (B) provision of $683,000,000 for 
Fiscal Year 1999, and an amount reflecting a three-percent 
reduction in each year thereafter through Fiscal Year 2002; and 
(C) provision of $683,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1999, and an 
amount reflecting a three-percent increase in each year 
thereafter through Fiscal Year 2002. The Secretary is to 
transmit to the Committee on Science of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate the report prepared under this 
subsection not later than December 31, 1997, which shall 
include: (1) a priority list of research opportunities, 
including both ongoing and proposed activities; (2) an analysis 
of the relevance of each research facility to the research 
opportunities listed under clause (1); (3) recommendations for 
the optimal balance among facility operations, construction, 
and research support and the optimal balance between university 
and laboratory research programs; and (4) recommended schedules 
for the continuation, consolidation, or termination of each 
research program, and continuation, upgrade, transfer, or 
closure of each research facility.
    (c) National Spallation Neutron Source--Subsection 5(c) 
requires the Secretary to enter into appropriate arrangements 
with National Academy of Sciences for the Academy to prepare a 
report containing a detailed evaluation of the costs of 
construction and operation of the National Spallation Neutron 
Source at alternative appropriate sites, including at least the 
Argonne National Laboratory, the Brookhaven National 
Laboratory, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Oak 
Ridge National Laboratory. Such report shall also include an 
identification of other advantages and disadvantages of each 
site evaluated. Not later than December 31, 1997, the Secretary 
shall transmit to the Committee on Science of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate the report along with a recommendation 
from the Department for the preferred site that will meet its 
program criteria, taking into consideration the effect of delay 
on neutron science work, existing expertise in the field of 
neutron science, affiliations with institutions of higher 
education in neutron science, and State allocations or 
commitments to facilities.
            Committee Views--National Academy of Sciences Reports on 
                    High Energy and Nuclear Physics and Basic Energy 
                    Sciences.
    The Department's High Energy and Nuclear Physics and Basic 
Energy Sciences programs maintain large inventories of 
facilities, requiring a continual balance of research, 
operations, and facility construction needs. And the Department 
is well aware that, with large sums devoted to ``keeping the 
lights on'' at these facilities, research and operations 
funding can be more easily squeezed during periods of tight 
budgets. In fact, the Department has acknowledged through its 
Scientific Facility Initiative that the operating time at its 
various facilities is at a minimal level and research programs 
may be suffering to maintain the facility base.
    For several years, the Committee has requested that the 
Department initiate a process with outside experts to review 
the Department's long-term plans to meet these programs' 
competing needs of research, operations, and construction. 
However, such reviews have not been forthcoming. The Committee 
does note that the Department has requested a review of the 
High Energy Physics program by the High Energy Physics Advisory 
Panel, but the Committee still believes that a review by 
outside experts is appropriate in high energy physics. The 
reviews of the High Energy and Nuclear Physics and Basic Energy 
Sciences programs required by H.R. 1277 are expected to be 
wide-ranging and to address tough issues such as facility-
closure, where appropriate. And the Committee remains committed 
to working with the Department and the National Academy of 
Sciences to ensure that the reports are useful and timely.
            Committee View--National Spallation Neutron Source.
    The DOE has been funding work on a one-megawatt spallation 
neutron source (about six times that of the highest currently 
available worldwide), called the National Spallation Neutron 
Source (NSNS) and has declared that if the project is to 
proceed to construction it will be sited at Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory. The NSNS, which will likely cost over $1 billion, 
is an interlaboratory effort involving Lawrence Berkeley 
National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Los Alamos 
National Laboratory, and Argonne National Laboratory, with Oak 
Ridge responsible for project management and coordination of 
the technical design. There will be the potential for at least 
three target areas and for 30 to 40 instruments, and it is 
expected that the NSNS will serve over 1,000 users per year.
    House Report 104-149, accompanying the 1996 Energy and 
Water Development Appropriations Bill (H.R. 1905), concurred 
with the Department that the NSNS's preferred alternative site 
was at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. However, the accompanying 
Senate Report 104-120 rejected the House's endorsement of Oak 
Ridge as the preferred site and directed the Department to 
establish and pursue a competitive site selection process for 
this proposed facility. The conferees, in House Report 104-293, 
did not take a position on siting the facility.
    The Committee takes note of a Department of Energy's 
Inspector General (IG) April 1995 document entitled Report on 
Audit of the Department of Energy's Environmental Molecular 
Sciences Laboratory. That report criticized the Department for 
not exploring all practical alternatives as required by 
Department Order 4700.1 before deciding to proceed with the 
construction of a new research laboratory in Richland, 
Washington. The Committee concurs wih the thrust of IG's 
report. Namely, that with the current concern about budget 
constraints, it is imperative that the Department fully 
evaluate all available options before proceeding with a 
billion-dollar construction project. Since the Department 
refuses to take on this task, the Committee directs the 
Secretary of Energy to engage the National Academy of Sciences 
to provide such an evaluation. The Academy should recommend 
whether existing assets, other Department facilities, and 
national laboratories, could fulfill the mission of the 
proposed NSNS. Such an evaluation would be consistent with a 
commitment to deficit reduction and prudent spending, and would 
maximize utilization of available resources.

Section 6. Prohibition on Use of Clean Coal Technology Reserve Funds.

    Section 6 prohibits the use of funds in the Clean Coal 
Technology Reserve to initiate or carry out a clean coal 
technology program based outside the United States.
            Committee View--Clean Coal Technology Reserve Funds.
    The Committee opposes the use of Clean Coal Technology 
Reserve funds to initiate or carry out a Clean Coal Technology 
program based outside the United States, and that any funds in 
excess of program needs should be returned to the Treasury.

Section 7. Next Generation Internet.

     Section 7 prohibits the use of funds authorized by this 
Act, or any other Act enacted before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, for the Next Generation Internet, except for 
continuation of programs and acivities that were funded and 
carried out during Fiscal Year 1997.
            Committee View--Next Generation Internet.
    This provision ensures that the Committee will have the 
opportunity to review and authorize the Next Generation 
Internet (NGI), while at the same time allowing for minimal on-
going research in that program. The progression of our 
country's computer networking technology plays a vital role in 
our nation's continued leadership in scientific research. The 
Committee, however, feels it necessary to develop more of a 
record before addressing funding for NGI, and is working with 
the Administration to develop a plan concerning NGI. The 
Committee expects to hold hearings on NGI in the future to 
better understand how it will further the goals of advancing 
network technologies.

Section 8. Limitations.

Subsection 8(a)--Prohibition of Lobbying Activities.

    Subsection 8(a) forbids the use of funds authorized by this 
Act for any activity whose purpose is to influence legislation 
pending before Congress. However, this subsection does not 
prevent employees of the departments or agencies from 
communicating with Members of Congress to conduct public 
business.
            Committee View--Prohibition of Lobbying Activities.
    The Committee is committed to ensuring that awards for 
research are used solely for that purpose. Funds should not be 
used for any purpose, other than that specified in the award. 
The Committee, however, does not exclude appropriate 
communications between the executive branch and the Congress.

Subsection 8(b)--Limitation on Appropriations.

    Subsection 8(b) provides that no sums are authorized to be 
appropriated that are not specifically authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, or by 
an Act of Congress in succeeding Fiscal Years.
            Committee View--Limitation on Appropriations.
    The Committee emphasizes that the only funds authorized to 
be appropriated for DOE's research, development, demonstration 
and commercial applications activities are made available under 
this Act. It is the Committee's position that annual 
authorizations designating specific sums are required for 
appropriations of such sums to be authorized. Organic act 
authority permits agency missions and programmatic activity, 
but is not sufficient to authorize actual funding.

Subsection 8(c)--Eligibility for Awards.

    Subsection 8(c) requires the head of each federal agency 
for which funds are authorized under this Act to exclude from 
consideration for grant agreements, for a period of 5 years, 
any person who received funds for a project not subject to 
competitive, merit-based review process after Fiscal Year 1997. 
The subsection is not applicable to awards to long-standing 
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement program nor 
awards to persons who are members of a class specified by law 
for which assistance is awarded according to formula provided 
by law.
            Committee View--Eligibility for Awards.
    The Committee has a long-standing position that awards 
should be made on a competitive, merit-based process that 
ensures that taxpayers' dollars are spent in the most cost-
effective and productive manner.

Section 9. Notice.

    Section 9(a) requires that if any funds of this Act, or 
amendments made by this Act, are subject to reprogramming which 
requires notice to be given to the Appropriations Committees of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, notice of such 
action shall be concurrently provided to the Committees on 
Science and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
    Section 9(b) requires the Secretary to notify the 
Committees on Science, Commerce, and Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Committees on Energy and 
Natural Resources and Appropriations of the Senate if any 
program, project, or activity of the Department of Energy is 
preparing to undergo any major reorganization no later than 15 
days prior to such reorganization.
            Committee View--Notice.
    The Committee believes that such notice must be given if it 
is to carry out its oversight responsibilities under the Rules 
of the House.

Section 10. Sense of Congress on the Year 2000 Problem.

    It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Energy 
should give high priority to correcting the year 2000 problem 
in all of its computer systems to ensure effective operation in 
the year 2000 and beyond. The Department of Energy needs to 
assess immediately the risk of the problem upon their systems 
and develop a plan and a budget to correct the problem for its 
mission-critical programs. The Department of Energy also needs 
to begin consideration of contingency plans, in the event that 
certain systems are unable to be corrected in time.
            Committee Views--Year 2000 Problem.
    Despite knowing of the problem for years, the Federal 
Government has yet to adequately create strategies to address 
the year 2000 problem. The Committee believes Congress should 
continue to take a leadership role in raising awareness about 
the issue with both government and the private sector.
    The potential impact on federal programs if the year 2000 
problem is not corrected in an effective and timely manner is 
substantial and potentially serious. If federal computers are 
not prepared to handle the change of date on January 1, 2000, 
there is a risk to all government systems and the programs they 
support. It is imperative that such corrective action be taken 
to avert disruption to critical Federal Government programs.

Section 11. Buy American.

    Section 11 requires any entity that is appropriated funds 
pursuant to this act or amendments thereto, to comply with 
sections 2-4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, 
popularly known as the ``Buy American Act''); and that 
recipients of funds pursuant to this act shall be notified of 
subsection (a)'s requirement of compliance with the Buy 
American Act.
            Committee View--Buy American.
    It is the Committee's position that the Federal Government 
buy goods manufactured in the United States when feasible, and 
where cost-effective and practicable.

                     VIII. Committee Cost Estimate

    Clause 7(a) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires each committee report accompanying 
each bill or joint resolution of a public character to contain: 
(1) an estimate, made by such committee, of the costs which 
would be incurred in carrying out such bill or joint resolution 
in the Fiscal Year in which it is reported, and in each of the 
five Fiscal Years following such Fiscal Year (or for the 
authorized duration of any program authorized by such bill or 
joint resolution, if less than five years); (2) a comparison of 
the estimate of costs described in subparagraph (1) of this 
paragraph made by such committee with an estimate of such costs 
made by any Government agency and submitted to such committee; 
and (3) when practicable, a comparison of the total estimated 
funding level for the relevant program (or programs) with the 
appropriate levels under current law. However, clause 7(d) of 
that rule provides that this requirement does not apply when a 
cost estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office under section 403 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 has been timely submitted 
prior to the filing of the report and included in the report 
pursuant to clause 2(l)(3)(C) of rule XI. A cost estimate and 
comparison prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office under section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 has been timely submitted prior to the filing of this 
report and included in Section IX of this report pursuant to 
clause 2(l)(3)(C) of rule XI.
    Clause 2(l)(3)(B) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires each committee report that accompanies 
a measure providing new budget authority (other than continuing 
appropriations), new spending authority, or new credit 
authority, or changes in revenues or tax expenditures to 
contain a cost estimate, as required by section 308(a)(1) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and, when practicable with 
respect to estimates of new budget authority, a comparison of 
the total estimated funding level for the relevant program (or 
programs) to the appropriate levels under current law. H.R. 
1277 does not contain any new budget authority, credit 
authority, or changes in revenues or tax expenditures. Assuming 
that the sums authorized under the bill are appropriated, H.R. 
1277 does authorize additional discretionary spending, as 
described in the Congressional Budget Office report on the 
bill, which is contained in Section IX of this report.

             IX. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate

    [Text of the CBO estimate follows:]
    
    
                  X. Compliance With Public Law 104-4

    H.R. 1277 contains no unfunded mandates.

          XI. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations

    Clause 2(l)(3)(A) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires each committee report to include 
oversight findings and recommendations required pursuant to 
clause 2(b)(1) of rule X. The Committee has no oversight 
findings.

    XII. Oversight Findings and Recommendations by the Committee on 
                    Government Reform and Oversight

    Clause 2(l)(3)(D) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires each committee report to contain a 
summary of the oversight findings and recommendations made by 
the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee pursuant to 
clause 4(c)(2) of rule X, whenever such findings and 
recommendations have been submitted to the Committee in a 
timely fashion. The Committee on Science has received no such 
findings or recommendations from the Committee on Government 
Reform and Oversight.

                XIII. Constitutional Authority Statement

    Clause 2(l)(4) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires each report of a committee on a bill 
or joint resolution of a public character to include a 
statement citing the specific powers granted to the Congress in 
the Constitution to enact the law proposed by the bill or joint 
resolution. Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the 
United States grants Congress the authority to enact H.R. 1277.

               XIV. Federal Advisory Committee Statement

    This legislation does not establish or authorize the 
establishment of any new federal advisory committee.

                  XV. Congressional Accountability Act

    The Committee finds that H.R. 1277 does not relate to the 
terms and conditions of employment or access to public services 
or accommodations within the meaning of section 102(b)(3) of 
the Congressional Accountability Act (Public Law 104-1).

                     XVI. Committee Recommendations

    On April 16, 1997, a quorum being present, the Committee 
favorably reported the Department of Energy Civilian Research 
and Development Act of 1997, by a voice vote, and recommends 
its enactment.

                XVIII. Additional and Supplemental Views




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