(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) 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) ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS.—Section 304 of the De-
partment of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 
U.S.C. 18642) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(e) BEYOND EXASCALE COMPUTING PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a program to develop and implement a strategy 
for achieving computing systems with capabilities be-
yond exascale computing systems. In establishing 
this program, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) maintain foundational research pro-
grams in mathematical, computational, and 
computer sciences focused on new and emerging 
computing needs within the mission of the De-
partment, including but not limited to post- 
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Moore’s law computing architectures, novel ap-
proaches to modeling and simulation, artificial 
intelligence and scientific machine learning, 
quantum computing, and extreme heterogeneity; 
and 
‘‘(B) retain best practices and maintain 
support for essential hardware and software ele-
ments of the Exascale Computing Project that 
are necessary for sustaining the vitality of a 
long-term exascale ecosystem. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of the Next Generation 
Computing Research and Development Act of 2021, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate, a report on the de-
velopment and implementation of the strategy out-
lined in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(f) ENERGY EFFICIENT COMPUTING PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall sup-
port a program of fundamental research, develop-
ment, and demonstration of energy efficient com-
puting technologies relevant to advanced computing 
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applications in high performance computing, artifi-
cial intelligence, and scientific machine learning. 
‘‘(2) EXECUTION.— 
‘‘(A) PROGRAM.—In carrying out the pro-
gram, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) establish a partnership for Na-
tional Laboratories, industry partners, and 
institutions of higher education for co-
design of energy efficient hardware, tech-
nology, software, and applications across 
all applicable program offices of the De-
partment; 
‘‘(ii) develop hardware and software 
technologies that decrease the energy needs 
of advanced computing practices; 
‘‘(iii) consider multiple heterogeneous 
computing architectures, including neuro-
morphic computing, persistent computing, 
and ultrafast networking; and 
‘‘(iv) provide, as appropriate, on a 
competitive, merit-reviewed basis, access 
for researchers from institutions of higher 
education, National Laboratories, industry, 
and other Federal agencies to the energy 
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efficient computing technologies developed 
pursuant to clause (i). 
‘‘(B) SELECTION
OF
PARTNERS.—In se-
lecting participants for the partnership estab-
lished under subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary 
shall select participants through a competitive, 
merit-review process. 
‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of the Next Generation 
Computing Research and Development Act of 2021, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate, a report on— 
‘‘(A) the activities conducted under para-
graph (2)(A); and 
‘‘(B) the coordination and management of 
the Program to ensure an integrated research 
program across the Department. 
‘‘(g) ENERGY SCIENCES NETWORK.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
for an upgrade to the Energy Sciences Network user 
facility in order to meet Federal research needs for 
highly reliable data transport capabilities optimized 
for the requirements of large-scale science. 
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‘‘(2) CAPABILITIES.—In carrying out paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall ensure the following capabili-
ties: 
‘‘(A) To provide high bandwidth scientific 
networking across the continental United States 
and the Atlantic Ocean. 
‘‘(B) To maximize network reliability. 
‘‘(C) To protect the network and data from 
cyber-attacks. 
‘‘(D) To support exponentially increasing 
levels of data from the Department’s scientific 
user facilities, experiments, and sensors. 
‘‘(E) To integrate heterogeneous com-
puting frameworks and systems. 
‘‘(h) WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—The Director of 
the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research 
shall support the development of a computational science 
workforce through a program that— 
‘‘(1) facilitates collaboration between university 
students and researchers at the National Labora-
tories; and 
‘‘(2) endeavors to advance science in areas rel-
evant to the mission of the Department through the 
application of computational science.’’. 
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