HR 1781
107th Congress
House
Energy
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Finance and Financial Sector
International Affairs
International cooperation in science
Nuclear energy research
Nuclear energy research facilities
Nuclear fusion
Planning
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Fusion Energy Sciences Act of 2001
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 14, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
May 9, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Science.
May 9, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Fusion Energy Sciences Act of 2001 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) develop a plan for U.S. construction of a magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment; (2) request a plan review by the National Academy of Sciences and transmit the plan and review to Congress; and (3) develop and transmit to Congress a plan for the Fusion Energy Sciences Program and for the magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment.
Authorizes the Secretary to develop a plan for U.S. participation in an international burning plasma experiment: (1) whose construction is highly likely; and (2) where Federal participation is cost effective relative to the cost and scientific benefits of a domestic experiment.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Committees of jurisdiction
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