H.R. 3593: Department of Energy Science for the Future Act
Bill · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Passed House, 28 Jun 2021. Introduced 28 May 2021.
Official title: To provide guidance for and investment in the research and development activities of the Department of Energy Office of Science, and for other purposes.
Vote results
- House, 28 Jun 2021: Passed, 351 Yea, 68 Nay, 0 Present, 11 Not voting. The House’s roll call
- President: Not presented to the President.
How each member voted
House
Yea (351): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR-4); Fred Upton (R-MI-6); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); David E. Price (D-NC-4); Jim Cooper (D-TN-5); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-42); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18); Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30); Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40); Bobby L. Rush (D-IL-1); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Steve Chabot (R-OH-1); Kevin Brady (R-TX-8); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Ron Kind (D-WI-3); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Brad Sherman (D-CA-30); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-13); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mike Thompson (D-CA-5); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); James R. Langevin (D-RI-2); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-28); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-3); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); Tim Ryan (D-OH-13); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-50); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-16); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Al Green (D-TX-9); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-6); Albio Sires (D-NJ-8); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23); Jerry McNerney (D-CA-9); Ed Perlmutter (D-CO-7); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Peter Welch (D-VT-AL); John A. Yarmuth (D-KY-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); André Carson (D-IN-7); Jackie Speier (D-CA-14); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-27); John Garamendi (D-CA-3); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Karen Bass (D-CA-37); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16); Billy Long (R-MO-7); David B. McKinley (R-WV-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-7); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Rodney Davis (R-IL-13); Lois Frankel (D-FL-21); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-5); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Alan S. Lowenthal (D-CA-47); Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-52); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15); Mark Takano (D-CA-41); Juan Vargas (D-CA-51); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-31); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-7); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); John Katko (R-NY-24); Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI-14); Ted Lieu (D-CA-33); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-4); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Kathleen M. Rice (D-NY-4); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Lee M. Zeldin (R-NY-1); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-21); Darin LaHood (R-IL-18); James Comer (R-KY-1); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Anthony G. Brown (D-MD-4); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); Liz Cheney (R-WY-AL); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Val Butler Demings (D-FL-10); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Al Lawson, Jr. (D-FL-5); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-18); Stephanie N. Murphy (D-FL-7); Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-1); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-4); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Conor Lamb (D-PA-17); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Cynthia Axne (D-IA-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16); Josh Harder (D-CA-10); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Andy Levin (D-MI-9); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Elaine G. Luria (D-VA-2); Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-3); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-45); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-8); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-9); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-22); Fred Keller (R-PA-12); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-25); Chris Jacobs (R-NY-27); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-7); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Madison Cawthorn (R-NC-11); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Franklin (R-FL-15); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-26); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-1); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53); Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17); Kaiali’i Kahele (D-HI-2); Young Kim (R-CA-39); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-10); Peter Meijer (R-MI-3); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Marie Newman (D-IL-3); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-8); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-48); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Don Young (R-AK-AL); Michael F. Doyle (D-PA-18); Devin Nunes (R-CA-22); G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1); Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1); Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL-22); Tom Reed (R-NY-23); Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2); Filemon Vela (D-TX-34); A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-4); Charlie Crist (D-FL-13); Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19); Jim Hagedorn (R-MN-1).
Nay (68): Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Louie Gohmert (R-TX-1); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Tim Walberg (R-MI-7); Tom McClintock (R-CA-4); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Mo Brooks (R-AL-5); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-4); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-2); Steven M. Palazzo (R-MS-4); David Schweikert (R-AZ-6); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Richard Hudson (R-NC-8); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Tom Rice (R-SC-7); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Ted Budd (R-NC-13); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Van Taylor (R-TX-3); Dan Bishop (R-NC-9); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Yvette Herrell (R-NM-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-AL).
Not voting (11): Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10); Vicky Hartzler (R-MO-4); Jody B. Hice (R-GA-10); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1).
Speaker, not listed (1): Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12).
Not in office (18): Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Connie Conway (R-CA-22); Mayra Flores (R-TX-34); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-19); Joseph Sempolinski (R-NY-23); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL-20); Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH-11); Steve Stivers (R-OH-15); Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-2); Debra A. Haaland (D-NM-1); Ron Wright (R-TX-6).
Summary
Main subject: Amends the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act and related laws to direct and authorize funding for research programs, facilities and workforce activities of the Department of Energy Office of Science. Sec. 3, Sec. 4, Sec. 5, Sec. 6, Sec. 7, Sec. 8, Sec. 13
Its core areas: Basic energy sciences research and user facility upgrades; Biological and environmental research; Advanced scientific computing and quantum programs; Fusion energy sciences; High energy physics and accelerator research; Nuclear physics and isotope production; Science laboratories infrastructure and mid-scale instrumentation; Science, technology, engineering and mathematics workforce programs; Emerging infectious disease computing research.
Unexpected Items: 10 provisions
These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.
Not related to the bill’s main subject (1)
- Sec. 13: High intensity laser research initiative; Office of Science Emerging Infectious Disease Computing Research Initiative; helium conservation program; authorization of appropriations: Directs the Secretary to establish a program that competitively awards grants for helium capture, reuse and recycling equipment, its installation and repair, and helium alternatives research and development, with reports to congressional committees.
Applies only to a specific place or group (1)
- Sec. 4: Biological and environmental research: Directs the coastal zone research program to use existing Department infrastructure, including a single existing marine and coastal research lab that the text refers to without naming it.
Funds a specific named project or event (5)
- Sec. 3: Basic energy sciences program: Directs the Secretary to provide for upgrades to named facilities (Advanced Photon Source, Spallation Neutron Source, Advanced Light Source, Linac Coherent Light Source II) and a cryomodule facility, and sets year-by-year amounts for each, starting with $101,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 for the Advanced Photon Source.
- Sec. 5: Advanced scientific computing research program: Requires support of the Computational Science Graduate Fellowship program and makes amounts available for it, from $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 to $25,525,631 for fiscal year 2026; also directs upgrades to the Energy Sciences Network user facility and sets funding for the quantum network and QUEST programs.
- Sec. 6: Fusion energy research: Directs construction of a Material Plasma Exposure Experiment facility with $32,800,000 for fiscal year 2022 and further amounts through fiscal year 2025, and sets ITER construction amounts from $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 to $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.
- Sec. 7: High energy physics program: Directs support for construction of named projects (Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility, Proton Improvement Plan II, Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4) with annual amounts, such as $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 for the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility.
- Sec. 8: Nuclear physics program: Directs support for construction of a Facility for Rare Isotope Beams ($2,000,000 for fiscal year 2022) and an Electron Ion Collider ($101,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, rising to $305,000,000 for fiscal year 2026).
Different amount for specific places or groups (1)
- Sec. 12: Increased collaboration with teachers and scientists: Requires at least $2,000,000 each fiscal year to be made available from the Science Education Enhancement Act authorization for activities broadening participation of underrepresented groups, including partnerships with named types of institutions. ($2,000,000)
Changes a government process (1)
- Sec. 15: Determination of Budgetary Effects: Provides that the budgetary effects of the Act under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 are determined by the latest PAYGO statement the House Budget Committee Chairman submits to the Congressional Record before the vote on passage.
Condition defined by a narrow set of criteria (1)
- Sec. 14: State-owned enterprises prohibition: Bars the Secretary from awarding contracts, subcontracts, grants or loans to entities tied to a corporation based in a country meeting three trade-law designations, or listed under the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020. The Secretary may waive this for minority relationships or investments.
What it does
- Sec. 3: Requires the Secretary to provide for the upgrade to the Advanced Photon Source, with $101,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and $56,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 made available from authorized funds.
- Sec. 4: Requires the Director to carry out research in biological systems science and climate and environmental science, and to support up to six bioenergy research centers.
- Sec. 5: Requires the Secretary to establish a program to develop and implement a strategy for achieving computing systems with capabilities beyond exascale computing systems.
- Sec. 5: Requires the Secretary to establish the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology (QUEST) program, which facilitates research access to United States quantum computing hardware and clouds, with $30,000,000 made available for fiscal year 2022.
- Sec. 6: Requires the Secretary to construct a Material Plasma Exposure Experiment facility, and subject to appropriations to start full operations before December 31, 2027.
- Sec. 7: Requires the Secretary to support construction of a Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, with $200,000,000 made available for fiscal year 2022.
- Sec. 8: Requires the Secretary to support construction of an Electron Ion Collider, with $101,000,000 made available for fiscal year 2022.
- Sec. 10: Requires the Director to carry out a program for the production of isotopes that the Secretary determines are needed for research, medical, industrial or related purposes, and authorizes $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2022.
- Sec. 13: Requires the Secretary to establish an Office of Science research initiative on emerging infectious diseases, including COVID–19, and bars the Secretary from carrying out gain-of-function research of concern under the Act.
- Sec. 13: Authorizes appropriations of $8,801,915,000 for fiscal year 2022 through $11,145,798,345 for fiscal year 2026, with an amount listed for each year, for the activities described in that title of the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act.
Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 15 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.