(2) COLLABORATIONS.—A collaboration receiving 
an award under this subsection may include multiple 
types of institutions and private sector entities. 
(3) SELECTION AND DURATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A collaboration under 
this subsection shall be selected for a period of 4 
years. 
(B) EXISTING CENTERS.—An Energy Fron-
tier Research Center in existence and supported 
by the Director on the date of enactment of this 
Act may continue to receive support for a period 
of 4 years beginning on the date of establishment 
of that center. 
(C) REAPPLICATION.—After the end of the 
period described in subparagraph (A) or (B), as 
applicable, a recipient of an award may reapply 
for selection on a competitive, merit-reviewed 
basis. 
(D) TERMINATION.—Consistent with the ex-
isting authorities of the Department, the Direc-
tor may terminate an underperforming center 
for cause during the performance period. 
(i) MATERIALS RESEARCH DATABASE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program in 
materials sciences and engineering, the Director shall 
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support the development of a web-based platform to 
provide access to a database of computed information 
on known and predicted materials properties and 
computational tools to accelerate breakthroughs in 
materials discovery and design. 
(2) In carrying out this section, the Director 
shall— 
(A) conduct cooperative research with in-
dustry, academia, and other research institutions 
to facilitate the design of novel materials; 
(B) leverage existing high performance com-
puting systems to conduct high-throughput cal-
culations, and develop computational and data 
mining algorithms for the prediction of material 
properties; 
(C) advance understanding, prediction, and 
manipulation of materials; 
(D) strengthen the foundation for new tech-
nologies and advanced manufacturing; and 
(E) drive the development of advanced ma-
terials for applications that span the Depart-
ment’s missions in energy, environment, and na-
tional security. 
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(3) In carrying out this section, the Director 
shall leverage programs and activities across the De-
partment. 
SEC. 5. ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a re-
search, development, and demonstration program to ad-
vance computational and networking capabilities to ana-
lyze, model, simulate, and predict complex phenomena rel-
evant to the development of new energy technologies and 
the competitiveness of the United States. 
(b) AMERICAN SUPER COMPUTING LEADERSHIP.— 
(1) RENAMING OF ACT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1 of the Depart-
ment of Energy High-End Computing Revital-
ization Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 5501 note; Public 
Law 108–423) is amended by striking ‘‘Depart-
ment of Energy High-End Computing Revital-
ization Act of 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘American 
Super Computing Leadership Act’’. 
(B) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
976(a)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16316(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘De-
partment of Energy High-End Computing Revi-
talization Act of 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘American 
Super Computing Leadership Act’’. 
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(2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the American 
Super Computing Leadership Act (15 U.S.C. 5541), 
as renamed by paragraph (1), is amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (6), re-
spectively; 
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘Department’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
‘‘(2) EXASCALE COMPUTING.—The term ‘exascale 
computing’ means computing through the use of a 
computing machine that performs near or above 10 to 
the 18th power operations per second.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A)), by striking ‘‘, acting through 
the Director of the Office of Science of the De-
partment of Energy’’. 
(3) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HIGH-END COM-
PUTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.— 
Section 3 of the American Super Computing Leader-
ship Act (15 U.S.C. 5542), as renamed by paragraph 
(1), is amended— 
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(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘coordinated program 
across the Department’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘, 
which may’’ and all that follows through ‘‘multi-
threading architectures’’; and 
(C) by striking subsection (d) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(d) EXASCALE COMPUTING PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 
a research program (referred to in this subsection as 
the ‘Program’) for exascale computing, including the 
development of two or more exascale computing ma-
chine architectures, to promote the missions of the De-
partment. 
‘‘(2) EXECUTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out the 
Program, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) establish a National Laboratory 
partnership for industry partners and insti-
tutions of higher education for codesign of 
exascale hardware, technology, software, and 
applications across all applicable organiza-
tions of the Department; 
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‘‘(ii) acquire multiple exascale com-
puting systems at the existing Departmental 
facilities that represent at least two distinct 
technology options developed under clause 
(i); 
‘‘(iii) develop such advancements in 
hardware and software technology as are re-
quired to fully realize the potential of an 
exascale production system in addressing 
Department target applications and solving 
scientific 
problems 
involving 
predictive 
modeling and simulation, large scale data 
analytics and management, and artificial 
intelligence; 
‘‘(iv) explore the use of exascale com-
puting technologies to advance a broad 
range of science and engineering; and 
‘‘(v) provide, as appropriate, on a 
competitive, merit-reviewed basis, access for 
researchers in industries in the United 
States, institutions of higher education, Na-
tional Laboratories, and other Federal agen-
cies to the exascale computing systems de-
veloped pursuant to clause (i). 
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‘‘(B) SELECTION OF PARTNERS.—The Sec-
retary shall select the partnerships with the com-
puting facilities of the Department under sub-
paragraph (A) through a competitive, peer-re-
view process. 
‘‘(3) CODESIGN
AND
APPLICATION
DEVELOP-
MENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) carry out the Program through an 
integration 
of 
applications, 
computer 
science, applied mathematics, and computer 
hardware architecture using the partner-
ships established pursuant to paragraph (2) 
to ensure that, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, two or more exascale computing 
machine architectures are capable of solving 
Department target applications and broader 
scientific problems, including predictive 
modeling and simulation, large scale data 
analytics and management, and artificial 
intelligence; and 
‘‘(ii) conduct outreach programs to in-
crease the readiness for the use of such plat-
forms by domestic industries, including 
manufacturers. 
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‘‘(B) REPORT.—(i) The Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a report describing how the inte-
gration under subparagraph (A) is furthering 
application science data and computational 
workloads across application interests, including 
national security, material science, physical 
science, cybersecurity, biological science, the Ma-
terials Genome and BRAIN Initiatives of the 
President, advanced manufacturing, and the na-
tional electric grid. 
‘‘(ii) The roles and responsibilities of Na-
tional Laboratories and industry, including the 
definition of the roles and responsibilities within 
the Department to ensure an integrated program 
across the Department. 
‘‘(4) PROJECT REVIEW.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The exascale architec-
tures developed pursuant to partnerships estab-
lished pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be re-
viewed through a project review process. 
‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on— 
‘‘(i) the results of the review conducted 
under subparagraph (A); and 
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‘‘(ii) the coordination and manage-
ment of the Program to ensure an inte-
grated research program across the Depart-
ment. 
‘‘(5) ANNUAL
REPORTS.—At the time of the 
budget submission of the Department for each fiscal 
year, the Secretary, in consultation with the members 
of the partnerships established pursuant to paragraph 
(2), shall submit to Congress a report that describes 
funding for the Program as a whole by functional ele-
ment of the Department and critical milestones.’’. 
(c) HIGH-PERFORMANCE
COMPUTING
AND
NET-
WORKING RESEARCH.—The Director shall support research 
in high-performance computing and networking relevant to 
energy applications, including modeling, simulation, ma-
chine learning, and advanced data analytics for basic and 
applied energy research programs carried out by the Sec-
retary. 
(d) APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND SOFTWARE DEVEL-
OPMENT FOR HIGH-END COMPUTING SYSTEMS, COMPUTA-
TIONAL, AND COMPUTER SCIENCES RESEARCH.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out 
activities to develop, test, and support— 
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(A) mathematics, models, statistics, and al-
gorithms for complex systems and programming 
environments; and 
(B) tools, languages, and operations for 
high-end computing systems (as defined in sec-
tion 2 of the American Super Computing Lead-
ership Act (15 U.S.C. 5541), as renamed by this 
section). 
(2) PORTFOLIO
BALANCE.—The Director shall 
maintain a balanced portfolio within the advanced 
scientific computing research and development pro-
gram established under section 976 of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16316) that supports ro-
bust investment in applied mathematical, computa-
tional, and computer sciences research while accom-
modating necessary investments in high-performance 
computing hardware and facilities. 
(e) WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—The Director of the 
Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research shall 
support the development of a computational science work-
force through a program that— 
(1) facilitates collaboration between university 
students and researchers at the National Laboratories; 
and 
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(2) endeavors to advance science in areas rel-
evant to the mission of the Department through the 
application of computational science. 
SEC. 6. HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a re-
search program on the fundamental constituents of matter 
and energy and the nature of space and time. 
(b) MISSION.—The mission of the program described 
in subsection (a) shall be to support theoretical and experi-
mental research in both elementary particle physics and 
fundamental accelerator science and technology to under-
stand fundamental properties of the universe. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Director should incorporate the findings 
and recommendations of the Particle Physics Project 
Prioritization Panel’s report entitled ‘‘Building for 
Discovery: Strategic Plan for U.S. Particle Physics in 
the Global Context’’, into the Department’s planning 
process as part of the program described in subsection 
(a); 
(2) the Director should prioritize domestically 
hosted research projects that will maintain the United 
States position as a global leader in particle physics 
and attract the world’s most talented physicists and 
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