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§ 18646. Nuclear physics
(a) Program
(b) Electron Ion Collider
(1) In general
(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
(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) $181,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;
(C) $219,000,000 for fiscal year 2025;
(D) $297,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and
(E) $301,000,000 for fiscal year 2027.
(c) Authorization of appropriations
Out of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Office of Science in a fiscal year, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the activities described in this section—
(1) $840,480,000 for fiscal year 2023;
(2) $976,508,800 for fiscal year 2024;
(3) $1,062,239,328 for fiscal year 2025;
(4) $1,190,833,688 for fiscal year 2026; and
(5) $1,248,463,709 for fiscal year 2027.
(Pub. L. 115–246, title III, § 308, Sept. 28, 2018, 132 Stat. 3150; Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title I, § 10107, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1449.)