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,
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
with relevant activities in industry and with other
Federal agencies, including the National Science
Foundation, 
the 
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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.
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’’;
(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.
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:
Clerk.