SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Energy 
High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. 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 
that of systems that are commonly available for ad-
vanced scientific and engineering applications. 
(2) LEADERSHIP SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘Leader-
ship System’’ means a high-end computing system 
that is among the most advanced in the world in 
terms of performance in solving scientific and engi-
neering problems. 
(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the mean-
ing 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. 3. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HIGH-END COMPUTING 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 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 sci-
entific 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 on software for high-end 
computing systems, including research on algorithms, 
programming environments, tools, languages, and op-
erating 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 com-
puting systems and to Leadership Systems, including 
provision for technical support for users of such sys-
tems; 
(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 rel-
evant activities in industry and with other Federal
agencies, including the National Science Foundation, 
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the 
National Security Agency, the National Institutes of 
Health, the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration, the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, and the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy. 
(c) LEADERSHIP SYSTEMS FACILITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program car-
ried out under this Act, the Secretary shall establish 
and operate Leadership Systems facilities to— 
(A) conduct advanced scientific and engi-
neering research and development using Leader-
ship Systems; and 
(B) develop potential advancements in high- 
end computing system hardware and software. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the Secretary shall provide access to Leader-
ship Systems on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis 
to researchers in United States industry, institutions 
of higher education, national laboratories, and other 
Federal agencies.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise made available for 
high-end computing, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary to carry out this Act— 
(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
(2) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and 
(3) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
Union Calendar No. 342 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4516 
[Report No. 108–578] 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a 
program of research and development to advance 
high-end computing. 
JULY 1, 2004 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed