42 USC 1862l - National research facilities

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 1862l.

National research facilities

(a)

Facilities plan

(1)

In general

(2)

Contents of the plan

The plan shall include—

(A)

estimates of the costs for the construction, repairs, and upgrades described in paragraph (1), including costs for instrumentation development;

(B)

estimates of the costs for the operation and maintenance of existing and proposed new facilities;

(C)

in the case of proposed new construction and for major upgrades to existing facilities, funding profiles, by fiscal year, and milestones for major phases of the construction;

(D)

for each project funded under the major research equipment and facilities construction account and for major upgrades of facilities in support of Antarctic research programs—

(i)

estimates of the total project cost (from planning to commissioning); and

(ii)

the source of funds, including Federal funding identified by appropriations category and non-Federal funding;

(E)

estimates of the full life-cycle cost of each national research facility;

(F)

information on any plans to retire national research facilities; and

(G)

estimates of funding levels for grants supporting research that will be conducted using each national research facility.

(3)

Special rule

The plan shall include cost estimates in the categories of construction, repair, and upgrades—

(A)

for the year in which the plan is submitted to Congress; and

(B)

for not fewer than the succeeding 4 years.

(b)

Status of facilities under construction

(Pub. L. 105–207, title II, § 201, July 29, 1998, 112 Stat. 872; Pub. L. 107–368, § 14(b)(1), (2), Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3056, 3057; Pub. L. 110–69, title VII, § 7014(b), Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 682.)

cite as: 42 USC 1862l