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House energy subcommittee hears that pause on IRA/IIJA awards has put DOE lab projects on hold
Summary
Directors from several DOE national laboratories told a House Science subcommittee that a White House pause on certain awards and disbursements under IIJA/IRA funding has suspended projects at multiple labs, with Argonne reporting roughly $37 million in work put on hold and Lawrence Livermore reporting a $7 million project paused.
WASHINGTON — Directors from several Department of Energy national laboratories told the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy that a White House pause on some award actions and disbursements has suspended projects and put work for outside partners on hold.
Paul Kearns, director of Argonne National Laboratory, said that "about $37,000,000 in research activities have been suspended or put on hold." He said that represented work involving about 140 staff and roughly 40 full‑time equivalent positions. Kimberly Budil, director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, said a $7,000,000 grid‑resilience project supported by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act had been de‑obligated from the lab and paused. Tom Mason, director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, told the panel his lab had identified about $200,000 of current DOE funding that could be affected and some additional pipeline awards "that…
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