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42 U.S.C. § 7139 — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–504, title I, § 102(e)(1)(A), Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2517

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42 U.S.C. § 7139 — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–504, title I, § 102(e)(1)(A), Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2517

### Statutory Notes Section, Pub. L. 95–91, title II, § 208, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 575; Pub. L. 96–226, title II, § 202, Apr. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 315; Pub. L. 97–375, title II, § 205, Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1823, related to the Office of Inspector General in the Department of Energy, providing for (a) appointment and confirmation of Inspector General and Deputy Inspector General, removal, assistants, and compensation; (b) duties and responsibilities of Inspector General; (c) semiannual reports to Secretary and Congress; (d) report on problems, abuses, or deficiencies relating to administration of Department programs and operations; (e) additional investigations and reports; (f) transmittal of reports, information, or documents without clearance or approval; (g) additional authority of Inspector General; (h) auditing requirements; (i) avoidance of duplication and coordination and cooperation with activities of Comptroller General; and (j) report of violations of Federal criminal law to Attorney General. See section 9 of Pub. L. 95–452, Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, formerly set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, as restated in [5 U.S.C. 422](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section422&num=0&edition=prelim). #### Effective Date of Repeal Repeal effective 180 days after Oct. 18, 1988, see section 113 of Pub. L. 100–504, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 Amendments note under [section 5315 of Title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5315&num=0&edition=prelim), Government Organization and Employees.

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5 U.S.C. § 5315 — Positions at level IV

Level IV of the Executive Schedule applies to the following positions, for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted by [section 5318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5318&num=0&edition=prelim):

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5 U.S.C. § 422 — Transfer of functions

**(a) In General.—** There shall be transferred— (1) to the Office of Inspector General— (A) of the Department of Agriculture, the offices of that department referred to as the “Office of Investigation” and the “Office of Audit”; (B) of the Department of Commerce, the offices of that department referred to as the “Office of Audits” and the “Investigations and Inspections Staff” and that portion of the office referred to as the “Office of Investigations and Security” which has responsibility for investigation of alleged criminal violations and program abuse; (C) of the Department of Defense, the offices of that department referred to as the “Defense Audit Service” and the “Office of Inspector General, Defense Logistics Agency”, and that portion of the office of that department referred to as the “Defense Investigative Service” which has responsibility for the investigation of alleged criminal violations; (D) of the Department of Education, all functions of the Inspector General of Health, Education, and Welfare or of the Office of Inspector General of Health, Education, and Welfare relating to functions transferred by section 301 of the Department of Education Organization Act ([20 U.S.C. 3441](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section3441&num=0&edition=prelim)); (E) of the Department of Energy, the Office of Inspector General (as established by section 208 of the Department of Energy Organization Act); (F) of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of Inspector General (as established by title II of Public Law 94–505); (G) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the office of that department referred to as the “Office of Inspector General”; (H) of the Department of the Interior, the

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42 U.S.C. § 16362 — Strategic research portfolio analysis and coordination plan

**(a) In general** The Secretary shall periodically review all of the science and technology activities of the Department in a strategic framework that takes into account— (1) the frontiers of science to which the Department can contribute; (2) the national needs relevant to the statutory missions of the Department; and (3) global energy dynamics. **(b) Coordination analysis and plan** (1) **In general** — As part of the review under subsection (a), the Secretary shall develop a plan to improve coordination and collaboration in research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities across organizational boundaries of the Department. (2) **Plan contents** — The plan developed under paragraph (1) shall describe— (A) crosscutting scientific and technical issues and research questions that span more than one program or major office of the Department; (B) ways in which the applied technology programs of the Department are coordinating activities and addressing the questions referred to in subparagraph (A); (C) ways in which the technical interchange within the Department, particularly between the Office of Science and the applied technology programs, could be enhanced, including ways in which the research agendas of the Office of Science and the applied programs could better interact and assist each other; (D) ways in which the Secretary would ensure that the overall research agenda of the Department includes, in addition to fundamental, curiosity-driven research, fundamental research related to topics of concern to the applied programs, and applications in Departmental technology programs of research results generated by fundamental, curiosity-driven research; (E) critical assessments of any ongoing programs that have experienced su

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42 U.S.C. § 18642 — Basic energy sciences

**(a) Program** As part of the activities authorized under [section 7139 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7139&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director shall carry out a research and development program in basic energy sciences, including materials sciences and engineering, chemical sciences, physical biosciences, geosciences, and other disciplines, to understand, model, and control matter and energy at the electronic, atomic, and molecular levels in order to provide the foundations for new energy technologies, address scientific grand challenges, and support the energy, environment, and national security missions of the Department. **(b) Sustainable chemistry** In carrying out chemistry-related research and development activities under this section, the Director shall prioritize research and development of sustainable chemistry to support clean, safe, and economic alternatives and methodologies to traditional chemical products and processes. **(c) Energy Frontier Research Centers** (1) **In general** — The Director shall carry out a program to provide awards, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, to multi-institutional collaborations or other appropriate entities to conduct fundamental and use-inspired energy research to accelerate scientific breakthroughs. (2) **Collaborations** — A collaboration receiving an award under this subsection may include multiple types of institutions and private sector entities. (3) **Selection and duration** (A) *In general* — A collaboration under this subsection shall be selected for a period of 4 years. (B) *Existing centers* — An Energy Frontier Research Center in existence and supported by the Director on September 28, 2018, may continue to receive support for a period

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42 U.S.C. § 18643 — Advanced scientific computing research

**(a) In general** As part of the activities authorized under [section 7139 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7139&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director shall carry out, in coordination with academia and relevant public and private sector entities, a research, development, and demonstration program— (1) to steward applied mathematics, computational science, and computer science research relevant to the missions of the Department and the competitiveness of the United States; (2) to develop modeling, simulation, and other computational tools relevant to other scientific disciplines and to the development of new energy technologies and other technologies; (3) to advance computing and networking capabilities for data-driven discovery; and (4) to develop advanced scientific computing hardware and software tools for science and engineering. **(b) Omitted** **(c) High-performance computing and networking research** (1) **Director** — The Director shall support research in high-performance computing and networking relevant to energy applications, including modeling, simulation, and advanced data analytics for basic and applied energy research programs carried out by the Secretary. (2) **Coordination** — The Under Secretary for Science shall ensure the coordination of the activities of the Department, including activities under this section, to determine and meet the computational and networking research and facility needs of the Office of Science and all other relevant energy technology and energy efficiency programs within the Department and with other Federal agencies as appropriate. **(d) Applied mathematics and software development for high-end computing systems and computer sciences research** (1) **In genera

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42 U.S.C. § 18644 — High-energy physics

**(a) Sense of Congress** It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Director should incorporate the findings and recommendations of the report of the Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel entitled “Building for Discovery: Strategic Plan for U.S. Particle Physics in the Global Context” into the planning process of the Department; and (2) the nations that lead in particle physics by hosting international teams dedicated to a common scientific goal attract the world’s best talent and inspire future generations of physicists and technologists. **(b) Program** As part of the activities authorized under [section 7139 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7139&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director shall carry out a research program in elementary particle physics and advanced technology research and development to improve the understanding of the fundamental properties of the universe, including constituents of matter and energy and the nature of space and time. **(c) High energy frontier research** As part of the program described in subsection (b), the Director shall carry out research using high energy accelerators and advanced detectors, including accelerators and detectors that will function as national user facilities, to create and study interactions of elementary particles and investigate fundamental forces. **(d) International collaboration** The Director shall— (1) as practicable and in coordination with other appropriate Federal agencies as necessary, ensure the access of United States researchers to the most advanced accelerator facilities and research capabilities in the world, including the Large Hadron Collider; (2) to the maximum extent practicable, continue to leverage United States participation

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42 U.S.C. § 18645 — Biological and environmental research

**(a) Program** As part of the duties of the Director authorized under [section 7139 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7139&num=0&edition=prelim), and coordinated with the activities authorized under sections 18641 and 18642 of this title, the Director shall carry out a program of research and development in the areas of biological systems science and climate and environmental science, including subsurface science, relevant to the development of new energy technologies and to support the energy, environmental, and national security missions of the Department. **(b) Biological systems** The Director shall carry out research and development activities in genomic science including fundamental research on plants and microbes to increase systems-level understanding of the complex biological systems, which may include activities— (1) to provide a fundamental understanding of the biology of plants, fungi, and microbes as a basis for developing innovative processes for bioenergy and bioproducts and accelerate breakthroughs and new knowledge that would enable the cost-effective, sustainable production of— (A) advanced biofuels; (B) bioenergy; and (C) biobased materials; (2) to conduct foundational functional systems biology research— (A) to support expanded biosystems design research; and (B) to understand— (i) fundamental genome structure; and (ii) phenomes, including functional genomics of gene products at genome scale; (3) to develop biosystems designs and synthetic biology approaches for new nonfood plant-derived and microbially derived bioproducts as a basis for new bioeconomy and biotechnology applications in bioproducts production, resource recovery, recycling, and upcycling ventures; (

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42 U.S.C. § 18646 — Fusion energy

**(a) Program** As part of the activities authorized under [section 7139 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7139&num=0&edition=prelim) and [section 16312 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section16312&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director shall carry out a fusion energy sciences research and enabling technology development program to effectively address the scientific and engineering challenges to building a cost competitive fusion power plant and to support the development of a competitive fusion power industry in the United States. As part of this program, the Director shall carry out research activities to expand the fundamental understandings of plasma and matter at very high temperatures and densities for fusion applications and for other engineering and plasma science applications. **(b) Fusion materials research and development** (1) **In general** — As part of the activities authorized in [section 16318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section16318&num=0&edition=prelim)— (A) the Director, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy of the Department, shall carry out research and development activities to identify, characterize, and demonstrate materials that can endure the neutron, plasma, and heat fluxes expected in a fusion power system; and (B) the Director shall provide an assessment of— (i) the need for one or more facilities that can examine and test potential fusion and next generation fission materials and other enabling technologies relevant to the development of fusion power; and (ii) whether a single new facility that substantially addresses magnetic fusion and

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42 U.S.C. § 18647 — Nuclear physics

**(a) Program** As part of the activities authorized under [section 7139 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7139&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director shall carry out a research program, and support relevant facilities, to discover and understand various forms of nuclear matter. **(b) Electron Ion Collider** (1) **In general** — The Secretary shall support construction of an Electron Ion Collider as described in the 2015 Long Range Plan of the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee and the report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine entitled “An Assessment of U.S.-Based Electron-Ion Collider Science”, in order to measure the internal structure of the proton and the nucleus and answer fundamental questions about the nature of visible matter. (2) **Facility capability** — The Secretary shall ensure that the facility described in paragraph (1) meets the requirements in the 2015 Long Range Plan described in that paragraph, including— (A) at least 70 percent polarized beams of electrons and light ions; (B) ion beams from deuterium to the heaviest stable nuclei; (C) variable center of mass energy from 20 to 140 GeV; (D) high collision luminosity of 1033–34cm-2s-1; and (E) the possibility of more than 1 interaction region. (3) **Start of operations** — The Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, ensure that the start of full operations of the facility under this subsection occurs before December 31, 2030. (4) **Funding** — Out of funds authorized to be appropriated under subsection (c), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out construction of the facility under this subsection— (A) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; (B) $1

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42 U.S.C. § 18649 — Accelerator research and development

**(a) Program** As part of the activities authorized under [section 7139 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7139&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director shall carry out a research program— (1) to advance accelerator science and technology relevant to the Department, other Federal agencies, and United States industry; (2) to foster partnerships to develop, demonstrate, and enable the commercial application of accelerator technologies; (3) to support the development of a skilled, diverse, and inclusive accelerator workforce; and (4) to provide access to accelerator design and engineering resources. **(b) Accelerator research** In carrying out the program authorized under subsection (a), the Director shall support— (1) research activities in cross-cutting accelerator technologies including superconducting magnets and accelerators, beam physics, data analytics-based accelerator controls, simulation software, new particle sources, advanced laser technology, and transformative research; and (2) optimal operation of the Accelerator Test Facility. **(c) Accelerator development** In carrying out the program authorized under subsection (a), the Director shall support partnerships to foster the development, demonstration, and commercial application of accelerator technologies, including advanced superconducting wire and cable, superconducting RF cavities, and high efficiency radiofrequency power sources for accelerators. **(d) Research collaborations** In developing accelerator technologies under the program authorized under subsection (a), the Director shall— (1) consider the requirements necessary to support translational research and development for medical, industrial, security, and defense applications; and (2) le

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