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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 
meaning 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,
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and shall develop and deploy such systems for advanced 
scientific 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 algo-
rithms, programming environments, tools, languages, 
and operating systems for high-end computing sys-
tems, 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, includ-
ing provision for technical support for users of such 
systems; 
(5) support technology transfer to the private 
sector and others in accordance with applicable law; 
and 
(6) ensure that the high-end computing activi-
ties of the Department of Energy are coordinated
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with relevant 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 Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration, the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, and the En-
vironmental Protection Agency. 
(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 Lead-
ership Systems; and 
(B) develop potential advancements in 
high-end computing system hardware and soft-
ware. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out this 
subsection, the Secretary shall provide access to 
Leadership Systems on a competitive, merit-reviewed 
basis to researchers in United States industry, insti-
tutions of higher education, national laboratories, 
and other Federal agencies.
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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. 
SEC. 5. SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS OF INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY. 
In carrying out its programs on the social, economic, 
legal, ethical, and cultural implications of information 
technology, the National Science Foundation shall support 
research into the implications of computers (including 
both hardware and software) that would be capable of 
mimicking human abilities to learn, reason, and make de-
cisions. 
SEC. 6. ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 23 of the National 
Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
1862n–9) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration’’ each place it appears in 
subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ‘‘, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the De-
partment of Energy’’;
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(2) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting ‘‘the Sec-
retary of Energy,’’ after ‘‘the Administrator of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration,’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘5’’ in each of paragraphs 
(1) and (2) and inserting ‘‘4’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4), and in that paragraph by strik-
ing ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘2’’; and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) 3 members selected by the Secretary of 
Energy; and’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the advisory 
bodies of other Federal agencies, such as the De-
partment of Energy, which may engage in related 
research activities’’ and inserting ‘‘other Federal ad-
visory committees that advise Federal agencies 
which engage in related research activities’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on March 15, 2005.
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SEC. 7. REMOVAL OF SUNSET PROVISION FROM SAVINGS 
IN CONSTRUCTION ACT OF 1996. 
Section 14(e) of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 
(15 U.S.C. 205l(e)) is repealed. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 7, 2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.