1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Energy Research Infrastructure Act of 2017 . 2. Advanced Light Source upgrade (a) In general The Secretary of Energy shall provide for the upgrade to the Advanced Light Source described in the publication approved by the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee on June 9, 2016, titled Report on Facility Upgrades , including the development of a multi-bend achromat lattice to produce a high flux of coherent x-rays within the soft x-ray energy region. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Flux The term flux means the rate of flow of photons. (2) Soft x-ray The term soft x-ray means a photon with energy in the range from 50 to 2,000 electron volts. (c) Start of operations The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of full operations of the upgrade under this section occurs before December 31, 2026. (d) Funding Out of funds appropriated to the Office of Science, there shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out the upgrade under this section— (1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; (2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; (3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; (4) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; (5) $52,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; (6) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2023