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Requires the Department of Energy to fund and plan restoration, deferred maintenance, and modernization work at National Laboratories and authorizes $5 billion per year for FY2026–FY2030 (with some funds overseen by the Office of Science). It also mandates annual project lists to accompany the President’s budget and expands the Department’s facilities-and-infrastructure strategy to a cross-office 10-year plan with cost, schedule, funding estimates, prioritization criteria, and stakeholder engagement requirements.
The bill directs substantial targeted funding to modernize and sustain national labs—boosting research capacity, oversight, and safety—but increases federal spending and creates allocation and administrative risks that could disadvantage smaller facilities or dilute direct support for core scientific user resources.
Scientists, researchers, and federal lab staff will get $5 billion per year (FY2026–2030) to address deferred maintenance and modernization, improving facility reliability and research capacity.
The Office of Science will manage a mandated portion of the funds each year, directing investment toward core scientific user facilities and university/DOE partnerships.
A required 10-year reconfiguration and operations plan with ROI and funding estimates will help prioritize investments and may reduce long-term operating costs for taxpayers and labs.
Authorizes $25 billion over five years, increasing federal spending and raising concerns about budget trade-offs or larger deficits that affect taxpayers.
Large, centralized funding could prioritize certain labs or projects and disadvantage smaller facilities or competing research priorities.
Mandated reporting and cross-office coordination may increase administrative burden at DOE and labs, diverting staff time away from research activities.
Introduced July 17, 2025 by Ben Ray Luján · Last progress July 17, 2025