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[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4516 Introduced in House (IH)]

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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy High-End 
Computing Revitalization Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) high-end computing is a critical component of the 
        scientific advances, defense capabilities, and commercial 
        competitiveness of the United States in the 21st Century;
            (2) with the deployment of the Earth System Simulator in 
        Japan, the United States no longer has a clear lead in high-end 
        computing worldwide;
            (3)(A) promising new architectures should be developed that 
        increase memory and network bandwidth, minimize latency, and 
        coordinate the architectures' various components to maximize 
        application performance; and
            (B) it is recognized that different architectures may be 
        better suited to different applications;
            (4)(A) software that improves efficiency on and 
        accessibility to high-end systems should be developed; and
            (B) this development effort should include research in 
        optimal algorithms, programming environments, tools, languages, 
        and operating systems for high-end computing in collaboration 
        with architecture development efforts;
            (5) without government support, market forces are unlikely 
        to drive sufficient innovation in high-end computing because 
        the private sector would not capture the full value of its 
        innovations on a short enough time frame; and
            (6) having played an important role in the development of 
        high-end computing, networking, and information technology, the 
        Department of Energy, and the research programs of the Office 
        of Science of the Department of Energy, are particularly 
        qualified to lead research in those fields.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) High-end computing system.--The term ``high-end 
        computing system'' means a computing system with performance 
        that substantially exceeds systems that are commonly available 
        for advanced scientific and engineering applications.
            (2) Leadership system.--The term ``Leadership System'' 
        means a high-end computing system that is among the most 
        advanced in the world in terms of performance in solving 
        scientific and engineering problems.
            (3) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1001(a)).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.

SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HIGH-END COMPUTING RESEARCH AND 
              DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the 
Office of Science, shall carry out a program of research and 
development (involving software and hardware) to advance high-end 
computing systems, and shall develop and deploy such systems for 
advanced scientific and engineering applications.
    (b) Program.--The program shall--
            (1) support both individual investigators and 
        multidisciplinary teams of investigators;
            (2) conduct research in multiple architectures, which may 
        include vector, reconfigurable logic, streaming, processor-in-
        memory, and multithreading architectures;
            (3) conduct research in software development on optimal 
        algorithms, programming environments, tools, languages, and 
        operating systems for high-end computing systems, in 
        collaboration with architecture development efforts;
            (4) provide for sustained access by the research community 
        in the United States to high-end computing systems and to 
        Leadership Systems, including provision for technical support 
        for users of such systems;
            (5) support technology transfer to the private sector and 
        others in accordance with applicable law; and
            (6) ensure that the high-end computing activities of the 
        Department of Energy are coordinated with relevant activities 
        in industry and with other Federal agencies, including the 
        National Nuclear Security Administration, the National Science 
        Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the 
        National Security Agency, the National Institutes of Health, 
        the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National 
        Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Institute 
        of Standards and Technology, and the Environmental Protection 
        Agency.
    (c) Leadership Systems Facilities.--
            (1) In general.--As part of the program carried out under 
        this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the 
        Office of Science, shall establish and operate Leadership 
        Systems facilities to--
                    (A) conduct advanced scientific and engineering 
                research and development using Leadership Systems; and
                    (B) develop potential advancements in high-end 
                computing system hardware and software.
            (2) Administration.--In carrying out this subsection, the 
        Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office of 
        Science, shall provide access to Leadership Systems on a 
        competitive, merit-reviewed basis to researchers in United 
        States industry, institutions of higher education, national 
        laboratories, and other Federal agencies.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    In addition to amounts otherwise made available for high-end 
computing, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to 
carry out this Act--
    (a) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
    (b) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
    (c) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
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