In the Senate of the United States, 

October 10, 2004. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 4516) entitled ‘‘An Act to require the Secretary 

of Energy to carry out a program of research and development to advance high-end computing.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Energy 

3 High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means a High4 End Software Development Center established under 

5 section 3(d). 

6 (2) HIGH-END COMPUTING SYSTEM.—The term 

7 ‘‘high-end computing system’’ means a computing 

8 system with performance that substantially exceeds 

9 that of systems that are commonly available for ad10 vanced scientific and engineering applications. 

11 (3) LEADERSHIP SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘Leader12 ship System’’ means a high-end computing system 

13 that is among the most advanced in the world in 

14 terms of performance in solving scientific and engi15 neering problems. 

16 (4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

17 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the mean18 ing given the term in section 101(a) of the Higher 

19 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

20 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

21 the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Director 

22 of the Office of Science of the Department of Energy. 

23 SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HIGH-END COMPUTING 

24 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

25 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 


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1 (1) carry out a program of research and develop2 ment (including development of software and hard3 ware) to advance high-end computing systems; and 

4 (2) develop and deploy high-end computing sys5 tems for advanced scientific and engineering applica6 tions. 

7 (b) PROGRAM.—The program shall— 

8 (1) support both individual investigators and 

9 multidisciplinary teams of investigators; 

10 (2) conduct research in multiple architectures, 

11 which may include vector, reconfigurable logic, 

12 streaming, processor-in-memory, and multithreading 

13 architectures; 

14 (3) conduct research on software for high-end 

15 computing systems, including research on algorithms, 

16 programming environments, tools, languages, and op17 erating systems for high-end computing systems, in 

18 collaboration with architecture development efforts; 

19 (4) provide for sustained access by the research 

20 community in the United States to high-end com21 puting systems and to Leadership Systems, including 

22 provision of technical support for users of such sys23 tems; 


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1 (5) support technology transfer to the private 

2 sector and others in accordance with applicable law; 

3 and 

4 (6) ensure that the high-end computing activities 

5 of the Department of Energy are coordinated with rel6 evant activities in industry and with other Federal 

7 agencies, including the National Science Foundation, 

8 the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the 

9 National Nuclear Security Administration, the Na10 tional Security Agency, the National Institutes of 

11 Health, the National Aeronautics and Space Admin12 istration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad13 ministration, the National Institutes of Standards 

14 and Technology, and the Environmental Protection 

15 Agency. 

16 (c) LEADERSHIP SYSTEMS FACILITIES.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program car18 ried out under this Act, the Secretary shall establish 

19 and operate 1 or more Leadership Systems facilities 

20 to— 

21 (A) conduct advanced scientific and engi22 neering research and development using Leader23 ship Systems; and 

24 (B) develop potential advancements in high25 end computing system hardware and software. 


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1 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out this sub2 section, the Secretary shall provide to Leadership Sys3 tems, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, access to 

4 researchers in United States industry, institutions of 

5 higher education, national laboratories, and other 

6 Federal agencies. 

7 (d) HIGH-END SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CENTER.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program car9 ried out under this Act, the Secretary shall establish 

10 at least 1 High-End Software Development Center. 

11 (2) DUTIES.—A Center shall concentrate efforts 

12 to develop, test, maintain, and support optimal algo13 rithms, programming environments, tools, languages, 

14 and operating systems for high-end computing sys15 tems. 

16 (3) PROPOSALS.—In soliciting proposals for the 

17 Center, the Secretary shall encourage staffing ar18 rangements that include both permanent staff and a 

19 rotating staff of researchers from other institutions 

20 and industry to assist in coordination of research ef21 forts and promote technology transfer to the private 

22 sector. 

23 (4) USE OF EXPERTISE.—The Secretary shall 

24 use the expertise of a Center to assess research and de25 velopment in high-end computing system architecture. 


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1 (5) SELECTION.—The selection of a Center shall 

2 be determined by a competitive proposal process ad3 ministered by the Secretary. 

4 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

5 In addition to amounts otherwise made available for 

6 high-end computing, there are authorized to be appro7 priated to the Secretary to carry out this Act— 

8 (1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

9 (2) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and 

10 (3) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

11 SEC. 5. ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS ADVISORY COM12 MITTEE. 

13 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 23 of the National Science 

14 Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n– 

15 9) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a) and paragraphs (1) and (2) 

17 of subsection (b), by striking ‘‘and the National Aero18 nautics and Space Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

19 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

20 and the Department of Energy’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘Adminis22 tration, and’’ and inserting ‘‘Administration, the Sec23 retary of Energy, ’’; 

24 (3) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (A) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking 

2 ‘‘5’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

4 the end; 

5 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

6 paragraph (4), and in that paragraph by strik7 ing ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘2’’; and 

8 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(3) 3 members selected by the Secretary of En11 ergy; and 

12 (4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the advisory 

13 bodies of other Federal agencies, such as the Depart14 ment of Energy, which may engage in related re15 search activities’’ and inserting ‘‘other Federal advi16 sory committees that advise Federal agencies that en17 gage in related research activities’’. 

18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub19 section (a) take effect on March 15, 2005. 


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1 SEC. 6. REMOVAL OF SUNSET PROVISION FROM SAVINGS IN 

2 CONSTRUCTION ACT OF 1996. 

3 Section 14 of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (15 

4 U.S.C. 205l) is amended by striking subsection (e). 

Attest: 

Secretary. 


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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4516 

AMENDMENT 


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