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Appendix HI 



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FaclUclea' Fundlnf Nente and MUalon* 



Upgrading Federal R&D 

 Facilities 



Several federal agencies have proposed substartial laboratory 

 modernization programs to improve scientific productivity and/or research 

 capabilities. The following are examples of programs that have been 

 proposed and/or funded. 



The Congress has made available about $70 million of $205 million that ars 

 requested in 1988 to modernize barc's laboratory facilities by 



(1) renovating many of barc's origina] buildings and (2) clustering related 

 research programs in larger laboratory buildings to encourage interactions 

 between researchers. 



In fiscal year 1993, the Congress appropriated $1 10 million of nist's 

 proposed $540 million. 10-year-effort to upgrade lal)oratory facilities at its 

 Gaithersburg and Boulder campuses, nist plans to (1) renovate seven 

 e.xisting buildings, (2) construct the equivalent of two advanced 

 technology buildings, (3) improve the reliability of electrical power 

 supplies, and (4) at Boulder, construct a central plant to provide steam 

 and chilled water. 



NIH has proposed construction of a new clinical center complex at an 

 estimated cost of $1.6 billion. The new clinical center would replace the 

 existing 38-year-old clinical center, which does not have the (1) fire 

 protection systems required for a modem research hospital or 



(2) flexibility, particularly in ventilating and cooling systems, to adequately 

 address nih's biomedical research programs. 



A task force appointed by nasa's Administrator is expected to issue a 

 national facility plan in the spring of 1994 for world-claiss aeronautics and 

 space facilities that meet the needs of U.S. industry £ind federal agencies. 



Providing Spending 

 Flexibility 



DOD and DOE officials suggested that their laboratories would be able to 

 respond faster to scientists' needs for important rad capabilities in certain 

 instances if they were given greater authority to proceed with minor new 

 construction without obtaining specific congressional authorization. 



In November 1989, the Deputy Secretary of Defense initiated the 

 Laboratory Demonstration Program to improve the quality, productivity, 

 and efficiency of tod laboratones. The Deputy Secretary proposed that 

 legislation be drafted to address inadequate funding for rad projects in the 

 annual mihtary construction bill and the need for new construction in part 

 to modernize aguig laboratory facilities and exploit new technologies. 

 Among its recommendations, the Laboratory Demonstration Program has 

 proposed providing laboratones with greater flexibility to upgrade 

 facilities by increasing the threshold for (1) minor construction projects 



