funds otherwise appropriated by law after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DATA ANALYTICS, AND 
COMPUTATIONAL 
RESEARCH 
PILOT 
PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
pilot program to develop tools for big data analytics by 
utilizing data sets generated by Federal agencies, institu-
tions of higher education, nonprofit research organiza-
tions, and industry in order to advance artificial intel-
ligence technologies to solve complex, big data challenges. 
The Secretary shall carry out this program through a com-
petitive, merit-reviewed process, and consider applications 
from National Laboratories, institutions of higher edu-
cation, multi-institutional collaborations, and other appro-
priate entities. 
(b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—In carrying out the 
pilot program established under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary may— 
(1) establish a cross-cutting research initiative 
to prevent duplication and coordinate research ef-
forts in artificial intelligence and data analytics 
across the Department; 
(2) conduct basic research in modeling and sim-
ulation, artificial intelligence, machine learning,
large scale data analytics, natural language proc-
essing, and predictive analysis in order to develop 
novel or optimized predictive algorithms suitable for 
high performance computing systems and large bio-
medical data sets; 
(3) develop multivariate optimization models to 
accommodate large data sets with variable quality 
and scale in order to visualize complex systems; 
(4) establish multiple scientific computing user 
facilities to serve as data enclaves capable of se-
curely storing data sets created by Federal agencies, 
institutions of higher education, nonprofit organiza-
tions, or industry at National Laboratories; and 
(5) promote collaboration and data sharing be-
tween National Laboratories, research entities, and 
user facilities of the Department by providing the 
necessary access and secure data transfer capabili-
ties. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report evalu-
ating the effectiveness of the pilot program under sub-
section (a), including basic research discoveries achieved
in the course of the program and potential opportunities 
to expand the technical capabilities of the Department 
through the development of artificial intelligence and data 
analytics technologies. 
(d) FUNDING.—For purposes of carrying out this 
section, the Secretary of Energy shall devote $52,000,000 
to carry out this section, which shall include $26,000,000 
for each fiscal years 2019 and 2020, subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations. This section shall be carried out 
using funds otherwise appropriated by law after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6. SPENDING LIMITATION. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act, and this Act and such amendments shall be 
carried out using amounts otherwise available for such 
purpose. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 
2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6398 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Department of Energy to conduct 
collaborative research with the Department of 
Veterans Affairs in order to improve healthcare 
services for veterans in the United States, and 
for other purposes.