The legislation would require the Department of Energy to fund deferred maintenance and modernization projects.

Winners will research quantum information science and chemical reactions with clean energy applications.

Current projects undertaken by government tend to focus on esoteric fields and theories, rather than pressing issues like infrastructure and climate change.

Jens Dilling was previously an associate laboratory director at the TRIUMF center in Canada.

Industry advocates say the two pieces of proposed legislation would make America more competitive and support semiconductor production.  

The new committee will decide on measures to boost computational resources for AI researchers and science students.