§19341 Applied Laboratories Infrastructure Restoration and Modernization

Summary

The Secretary must pay for projects to fix, update, and modernize certain National Laboratories named in the law. The listed labs are: National Renewable Energy Laboratory — included as a National Laboratory; National Energy Technology Laboratory — included as a National Laboratory; Idaho National Laboratory — included as a National Laboratory; Savannah River National Laboratory — included as a National Laboratory; Sandia National Laboratories — included as a National Laboratory; Los Alamos National Laboratory — included as a National Laboratory; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory — included as a National Laboratory. Funding can be used for high‑priority repairs, building upgrades and new lab or support facilities, utilities, roads, power plants, and other critical infrastructure, plus lab modernization to support science, computing, safe and efficient operations, and pilot projects for net‑zero emissions. The Secretary can use many payment methods, like capital projects, minor construction, energy or utility contracts, alternative financing, and expense funding. Each year through fiscal year 2027, when the President sends the budget, the Secretary must send Congress a list of projects and their funding plans. Up to $800,000,000 is authorized each year for fiscal years 2023 through 2027, with $640,000,000 each year for the first four labs and $160,000,000 each year for the last three.