Office of Fusion Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill inserts a new Office of Fusion into the Department of Energy Organization Act. The office would take over programs previously stewarded by the Fusion Energy Sciences program, coordinate with the Office of Science, ARPA-E, and the National Nuclear Security Administration, and produce a commercial deployment roadmap focused on first commercial fusion power plants, safety standards, workforce, international markets, and supply chains.
Who Benefits and How
Commercial fusion companies benefit from a clearer federal home for public-private partnerships, demonstration planning, regulator technical support, and international market coordination. National Laboratories, universities, fusion manufacturers, and workforce programs could gain from better-aligned DOE activity and a statutory push toward commercial plant deployment by the end of 2028.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Department of Energy leadership and Office of Fusion staff must stand up the office, transfer existing programs, consult with industry and laboratories, avoid duplication across agencies, and send Congress a roadmap within one year and updated roadmaps every four years. Federal research offices also face coordination costs as the bill pulls basic research, early technology development, and fusion-relevant security capabilities toward one commercialization strategy.
Key Provisions
- Establishes a statutory Office of Fusion inside the Department of Energy.
- Requires the Secretary of Energy to transfer Fusion Energy Sciences programs and develop a timeline for that transfer.
- Directs a commercial deployment roadmap covering barriers, demonstrations, regulatory streamlining, and supply-chain manufacturing.
- Requires periodic roadmap updates and coordination to prevent duplication with DOE laboratories and other research agencies.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Create a Department of Energy Office of Fusion to coordinate federal fusion programs, commercial deployment roadmaps, supply-chain work, and partnerships with the U.S. fusion industry.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Research, Manufacturing
Primary Purpose
Create a Department of Energy Office of Fusion to coordinate federal fusion programs, commercial deployment roadmaps, supply-chain work, and partnerships with the U.S. fusion industry.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Commercial fusion companies
- National Laboratories
- Fusion manufacturing suppliers
- Fusion energy workforce programs
Identified Costs
- Department of Energy
- Office of Fusion Director
- Office of Science
- Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
- National Nuclear Security Administration
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Obernolte, and Mrs. Trahan) introduced …
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Department of Energy Office of Fusion Director, Department of Energy Office of Fusion staff
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "Industry actors"
- → ['Commercial fusion companies', 'Fusion manufacturers']
- "Research actors"
- → ['National Laboratories', 'Universities']
- "Federal agencies"
- → ['Department of Energy', 'Office of Science', 'ARPA-E', 'National Nuclear Security Administration']
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
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