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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1862l. National research facilities
(a) Facilities plan
(1) In general
The Director shall prepare, and include as part of the
Foundation's annual budget request to Congress, a plan for the
proposed construction of, and repair and upgrades to, national
research facilities, including full life-cycle cost information.
(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 -
(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
The plan required under subsection (a) of this section shall
include a status report for each uncompleted construction project
included in current and previous plans. The status report shall
include data on cumulative construction costs by project compared
with estimated costs, and shall compare the current and original
schedules for achievement of milestones for the major phases of the
construction.
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