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Union Calendar No. 33 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1715 

[Report No. 118–49] 

To direct the Department of Energy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct collaborative research in order to advance numerical weather and climate prediction in the United States, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 22, 2023 

Mr. MILLER of Ohio (for himself and Ms. ROSS) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

MAY 5, 2023 

Additional sponsors: Mr. JACKSON of North Carolina, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. WILLIAMS of New York, Ms. CARAVEO, and 

Mrs. FOUSHEE

MAY 5, 2023 

Reported from the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; committed 

to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To direct the Department of Energy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct collaborative research in order to advance numerical weather 

and climate prediction in the United States, and for 

other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Advanced Weather 

5 Model Computing Development Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

9 means the Department of Energy. 

10 (2) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na11 tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given such term 

12 in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

13 U.S.C. 15801). 

14 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

15 the Secretary of Energy. 

16 (4) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis17 trator’’ means the Administrator of the National 

18 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

19 SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND NATIONAL OCEANIC 

20 AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION RE21 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COORDINA22 TION. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and Administrator 

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1 puting focused on the advancement of climate models and 

2 operational numerical weather prediction relevant to agen3 cy missions. 

4 (b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec5 retary and Administrator shall carry out the activities 

6 under subsection (a) through the establishment of a 

7 memorandum of understanding, or other appropriate 

8 interagency agreement. Such memorandum or agreement, 

9 as the case may be, shall require the use of a competitive, 

10 merit-reviewed process, which considers applications from 

11 Federal agencies, National Laboratories, institutions of 

12 higher education, nonprofit institutions, and other appro13 priate entities. 

14 (c) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the activities under 

15 subsection (a), the Secretary and Administrator may— 

16 (1) conduct collaborative research to develop 

17 new methods and optimization of modeling and sim18 ulation, machine learning, data assimilation, large 

19 scale data analytics, and predictive analysis tech20 niques; 

21 (2) explore options for performance portability 

22 of the optimized weather model codes between the 

23 operational computing systems of the National Oce24 anic and Atmospheric Administration and the De25 partment’s high performance computers; 


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1 (3) develop methods to accommodate large data 

2 sets of weather and climate information; 

3 (4) to the maximum extent practicable, and in 

4 compliance with national security policies, promote 

5 collaboration, open community-based development, 

6 and data sharing between Federal agencies, National 

7 Laboratories, institutions of higher education, non8 profit institutions, and other appropriate entities by 

9 providing the necessary access and secure data 

10 transfer capabilities; and 

11 (5) support maintenance of and improvements 

12 to scientific computing infrastructure that the Sec13 retary and Administrator determine appropriate. 

14 (d) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the activities 

15 under subsection (a), the Secretary and Administrator are 

16 authorized to— 

17 (1) carry out reimbursable agreements between 

18 the Department, the National Oceanic and Atmos19 pheric Administration, and other entities in order to 

20 maximize the effectiveness of research and develop21 ment; and 

22 (2) collaborate with other Federal agencies as 

23 appropriate. 

24 (e) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 

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1 trator shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, 

2 and Technology of the House of Representatives, and the 

3 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

4 and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

5 the Senate, a report detailing the following: 

6 (1) Interagency coordination between each Fed7 eral agency involved in the research and development 

8 activities carried out under this section. 

9 (2) Potential opportunities to expand the tech10 nical capabilities of the Department and the Na11 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

12 (3) Collaborative research achievements. 

13 (4) Areas of future mutually beneficial gains as 

14 a result of the activities described in subsection (c). 

15 (5) Continuation of coordination between the 

16 Department and the National Oceanic and Atmos17 pheric Administration on activities described in sub18 section (c). 

19 SEC. 4. CLIMATE AND WEATHER PREDICTION ON HIGH 

20 PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS INITIATIVE. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in collabora22 tion with the Secretary, shall carry out an initiative, which 

23 may leverage Department high performance computers or 

24 expertise, to run advanced models in order to conduct 

25 proof of concept scenarios in comparison with current 


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1 issued forecasts and models. The Secretary and Adminis2 trator shall carry out the initiative through a competitive, 

3 merit-reviewed process, and consider applications from 

4 Federal agencies, National Laboratories, institutions of 

5 higher education, nonprofit institutions, and other appro6 priate entities. 

7 (b) COMPONENTS.—In carrying out the initiative 

8 under subsection (a), the Administrator shall prevent du9 plication and coordinate research efforts in artificial intel10 ligence, high performance computing, modeling and sim11 ulation, machine learning, data assimilation, large scale 

12 data analytics, and predictive analysis across the Depart13 ment, and may— 

14 (1) run real-time weather forecast scenarios to 

15 conduct comparative research between National 

16 Weather Service issued forecasts to forecasts devel17 oped through the use of operational models run on 

18 high performance computers; 

19 (2) share relevant modeling system and applica20 tions innovations developed through the initiative, 

21 including Unified Forecast System-based applica22 tions, through community-based activities; and 

23 (3) leverage related weather and climate efforts 

24 and data from the National Science and Technology 

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1 teorological Services, and other relevant interagency 

2 entities. 

3 (c) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub5 mit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

6 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

7 Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Com8 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 

9 a report evaluating the following: 

10 (1) The effectiveness of the initiative under sub11 section (a), including applied research discoveries, 

12 and advanced modeling improvements achieved. 

13 (2) Potential opportunities to expand the high 

14 performance computing capabilities of the Depart15 ment and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

16 Administration. 

17 (d) SUNSET.—The authority under this section shall 

18 terminate five years after the date of the enactment of 

19 this section. 

20 SEC. 5. RESEARCH SECURITY. 

21 The activities authorized under this Act shall be ap22 plied in a manner consistent with subtitle D of title VI 

23 of the Research and Development, Competition, and Inno24 vation Act (enacted as division B of the CHIPS Act of 

25 2022 (Public Law 117–167; 42 U.S.C. 19231 et seq.)). 


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Union Calendar No. 33 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1715 

[Report No. 118–49] 

A BILL 

To direct the Department of Energy and the Nain the United States, and for other purposes. vance numerical weather and climate prediction to conduct collaborative research in order to ad- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

MAY 5, 2023 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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