108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4516

AN ACT

To require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a

high-end computing.program of research and development to advance

108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4516

AN ACT

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

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

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

5 For purposes of this Act:

6 (1) 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 (2) 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 (3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The

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

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

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

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

21 the Secretary of Energy.

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

23 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a

25 program of research and development (involving software

26 and hardware) to advance high-end computing systems,
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1 and shall develop and deploy such systems for advanced

2 scientific and engineering applications.

3 (b) PROGRAM.—The program shall—

4 (1) support both individual investigators and

5 multidisciplinary teams of investigators;

6 (2) conduct research in multiple architectures,

7 which may include vector, reconfigurable logic,

8 streaming, processor-in-memory, and multithreading

9 architectures;

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

11 computing systems, including research on algo12 rithms, programming environments, tools, languages,

13 and operating systems for high-end computing sys14 tems, in collaboration with architecture development

15 efforts;

16 (4) provide for sustained access by the research

17 community in the United States to high-end com18 puting systems and to Leadership Systems, includ19 ing provision for technical support for users of such

20 systems;

21 (5) support technology transfer to the private

22 sector and others in accordance with applicable law;

23 and

24 (6) ensure that the high-end computing activi25 ties of the Department of Energy are coordinated
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1 with relevant activities in industry and with other

2 Federal agencies, including the National Science

3 Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research

4 Projects Agency, the National Security Agency, the

5 National Institutes of Health, the National Aero6 nautics and Space Administration, the National Oce7 anic and Atmospheric Administration, the National

8 Institute of Standards and Technology, and the En9 vironmental Protection Agency.

10 (c) LEADERSHIP SYSTEMS FACILITIES.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program car12 ried out under this Act, the Secretary shall establish

13 and operate Leadership Systems facilities to—

14 (A) conduct advanced scientific and engi15 neering research and development using Lead16 ership Systems; and

17 (B) develop potential advancements in

18 high-end computing system hardware and soft19 ware.

20 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out this

21 subsection, the Secretary shall provide access to

22 Leadership Systems on a competitive, merit-reviewed

23 basis to researchers in United States industry, insti24 tutions of higher education, national laboratories,

25 and other Federal agencies.
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1 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 In addition to amounts otherwise made available for

3 high-end computing, there are authorized to be appro4 priated to the Secretary to carry out this Act—

5 (1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

6 (2) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and

7 (3) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.

8 SEC. 5. SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS OF INFORMATION TECH9 NOLOGY.

10 In carrying out its programs on the social, economic,

11 legal, ethical, and cultural implications of information

12 technology, the National Science Foundation shall support

13 research into the implications of computers (including

14 both hardware and software) that would be capable of

15 mimicking human abilities to learn, reason, and make de16 cisions.

17 SEC. 6. ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS ADVISORY COM18 MITTEE.

19 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 23 of the National

20 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C.

21 1862n–9) is amended—

22 (1) by striking ‘‘and the National Aeronautics

23 and Space Administration’’ each place it appears in

24 subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ‘‘, the National

25 Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the De26 partment of Energy’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting ‘‘the Sec2 retary of Energy,’’ after ‘‘the Administrator of the

3 National Aeronautics and Space Administration,’’;

4 (3) in subsection (c)—

5 (A) by striking ‘‘5’’ in each of paragraphs

6 (1) and (2) and inserting ‘‘4’’;

7 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para8 graph (2);

9 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as

10 paragraph (4), and in that paragraph by strik11 ing ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘2’’; and

12 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the

13 following new paragraph:

14 ‘‘(3) 3 members selected by the Secretary of

15 Energy; and’’; and

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

17 bodies of other Federal agencies, such as the De18 partment of Energy, which may engage in related

19 research activities’’ and inserting ‘‘other Federal ad20 visory committees that advise Federal agencies

21 which engage in related research activities’’.

22 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

23 subsection (a) shall take effect on March 15, 2005.
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1 SEC. 7. REMOVAL OF SUNSET PROVISION FROM SAVINGS

2 IN CONSTRUCTION ACT OF 1996.

3 Section 14(e) of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975

4 (15 U.S.C. 205l(e)) is repealed.

Passed the House of Representatives July 7, 2004.

Attest:

Clerk.