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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4516

To require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program of research 

and development to advance high-end computing. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2004

Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself and Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science 

A BILL

To require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program 

of research and development to advance high-end computing.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

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

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that—

8 (1) high-end computing is a critical component 

9 of the scientific advances, defense capabilities, and 
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1 commercial competitiveness of the United States in 

2 the 21st Century; 

3 (2) with the deployment of the Earth System 

4 Simulator in Japan, the United States no longer has 

5 a clear lead in high-end computing worldwide; 

6 (3)(A) promising new architectures should be 

7 developed that increase memory and network band8 width, minimize latency, and coordinate the architec9 tures’ various components to maximize application 

10 performance; and 

11 (B) it is recognized that different architectures 

12 may be better suited to different applications; 

13 (4)(A) software that improves efficiency on and 

14 accessibility to high-end systems should be devel15 oped; and 

16 (B) this development effort should include re17 search in optimal algorithms, programming environ18 ments, tools, languages, and operating systems for 

19 high-end computing in collaboration with architec20 ture development efforts; 

21 (5) without government support, market forces 

22 are unlikely to drive sufficient innovation in high23 end computing because the private sector would not 

24 capture the full value of its innovations on a short 

25 enough time frame; and 
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1 (6) having played an important role in the de2 velopment of high-end computing, networking, and 

3 information technology, the Department of Energy, 

4 and the research programs of the Office of Science 

5 of the Department of Energy, are particularly quali6 fied to lead research in those fields. 

7 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

8 For purposes of this Act: 

9 (1) HIGH-END COMPUTING SYSTEM.—The term 

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

11 system with performance that substantially exceeds 

12 systems that are commonly available for advanced 

13 scientific and engineering applications. 

14 (2) LEADERSHIP SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘Leader15 ship System’’ means a high-end computing system 

16 that is among the most advanced in the world in 

17 terms of performance in solving scientific and engi18 neering problems. 

19 (3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

20 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

21 meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 

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

23 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

24 the Secretary of Energy. 
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1 SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HIGH-END COMPUTING 

2 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 

4 Director of the Office of Science, shall carry out a pro5 gram of research and development (involving software and 

6 hardware) to advance high-end computing systems, and 

7 shall develop and deploy such systems for advanced sci8 entific and engineering applications. 

9 (b) PROGRAM.—The program shall—

10 (1) support both individual investigators and 

11 multidisciplinary teams of investigators; 

12 (2) conduct research in multiple architectures, 

13 which may include vector, reconfigurable logic, 

14 streaming, processor-in-memory, and multithreading 

15 architectures; 

16 (3) conduct research in software development 

17 on optimal algorithms, programming environments, 

18 tools, languages, and operating systems for high-end 

19 computing systems, in collaboration with architec20 ture development efforts; 

21 (4) provide for sustained access by the research 

22 community in the United States to high-end com23 puting systems and to Leadership Systems, includ24 ing provision for technical support for users of such 

25 systems; 
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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 activi5 ties of the Department of Energy are coordinated 

6 with relevant activities in industry and with other 

7 Federal agencies, including the National Nuclear Se8 curity Administration, the National Science Founda9 tion, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agen10 cy, the National Security Agency, the National Insti11 tutes of Health, the National Aeronautics and Space 

12 Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmos13 pheric Administration, the National Institute of 

14 Standards and Technology, and the Environmental 

15 Protection Agency. 

16 (c) LEADERSHIP SYSTEMS FACILITIES.—

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

19 through the Director of the Office of Science, shall 

20 establish and operate Leadership Systems facilities 

21 to—

22 (A) conduct advanced scientific and engi23 neering research and development using Lead24 ership Systems; and 
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1 (B) develop potential advancements in 

2 high-end computing system hardware and soft3 ware. 

4 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out this 

5 subsection, the Secretary, acting through the Direc6 tor of the Office of Science, shall provide access to 

7 Leadership Systems on a competitive, merit-reviewed 

8 basis to researchers in United States industry, insti9 tutions of higher education, national laboratories, 

10 and other Federal agencies. 

11 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 In addition to amounts otherwise made available for 

13 high-end computing, there are authorized to be appro14 priated to the Secretary to carry out this Act—

15 (a) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

16 (b) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and 

17 (c) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.

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