§16357 Strategy for Facilities and Infrastructure

Summary

The Secretary must make and carry out a plan for facilities and infrastructure at every National Laboratory and single-purpose research facility that is mainly funded by the Office of Science, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Office of Fossil Energy, or the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology Programs. The plan must show cost-effective ways to keep facilities up, close ones not needed, change buildings, and build new ones. When the President’s budget for fiscal year 2018 is sent to Congress, the Secretary must also send a report about the plan. For each lab or single-purpose research facility used mainly for science and energy research, the report must give a current priority list with costs and schedules, a 10-year plan showing how facilities will be reorganized to meet missions and address long-term operating costs and return on investment, the total current facilities budget, and the current status of each project versus its original baseline cost, schedule, and scope.