[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4516 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]
In the Senate of the United States,
October 10, 2004.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R.
4516) entitled ``An Act to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out
a program of research and development to advance high-end computing.'',
do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy High-End
Computing Revitalization Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Center.--The term ``Center'' means a High-End Software
Development Center established under section 3(d).
(2) 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 advanced scientific and engineering applications.
(3) Leadership system.--The term ``Leadership System''
means a high-end computing system that is among the most
advanced in the world in terms of performance in solving
scientific and engineering problems.
(4) 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)).
(5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Energy, acting through the Director of the Office of Science
of the Department of Energy.
SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HIGH-END COMPUTING RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall--
(1) carry out a program of research and development
(including development of software and hardware) to advance
high-end computing systems; and
(2) develop and deploy high-end computing 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 algorithms, programming
environments, tools, languages, and operating systems for high-
end computing systems, in collaboration with architecture
development efforts;
(4) provide for sustained access by the research community
in the United States to high-end computing systems and to
Leadership Systems, including provision of 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 activities of the
Department of Energy are coordinated with relevant activities
in industry and with other Federal agencies, including the
National Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency, the National Nuclear Security Administration,
the National Security Agency, the National Institutes of
Health, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National
Institutes of Standards and Technology, and the Environmental
Protection Agency.
(c) Leadership Systems Facilities.--
(1) In general.--As part of the program carried out under
this Act, the Secretary shall establish and operate 1 or more
Leadership Systems facilities to--
(A) conduct advanced scientific and engineering
research and development using Leadership Systems; and
(B) develop potential advancements in high-end
computing system hardware and software.
(2) Administration.--In carrying out this subsection, the
Secretary shall provide to Leadership Systems, on a
competitive, merit-reviewed basis, access to researchers in
United States industry, institutions of higher education,
national laboratories, and other Federal agencies.
(d) High-End Software Development Center.--
(1) In general.--As part of the program carried out under
this Act, the Secretary shall establish at least 1 High-End
Software Development Center.
(2) Duties.--A Center shall concentrate efforts to develop,
test, maintain, and support optimal algorithms, programming
environments, tools, languages, and operating systems for high-
end computing systems.
(3) Proposals.--In soliciting proposals for the Center, the
Secretary shall encourage staffing arrangements that include
both permanent staff and a rotating staff of researchers from
other institutions and industry to assist in coordination of
research efforts and promote technology transfer to the private
sector.
(4) Use of expertise.--The Secretary shall use the
expertise of a Center to assess research and development in
high-end computing system architecture.
(5) Selection.--The selection of a Center shall be
determined by a competitive proposal process administered by
the Secretary.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
In addition to amounts otherwise made available for high-end
computing, there are authorized to be appropriated 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. ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
(a) Amendments.--Section 23 of the National Science Foundation
Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n-9) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subsection (b), by striking ``and the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration'' and inserting ``, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Department of
Energy'';
(2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``Administration,
and'' and inserting ``Administration, the Secretary of Energy,
'';
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ``5''
and inserting ``4'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
(4), and in that paragraph by striking ``3'' and
inserting ``2''; and
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) 3 members selected by the Secretary of Energy; and
(4) in subsection (f), by striking ``the advisory bodies of
other Federal agencies, such as the Department of Energy, which
may engage in related research activities'' and inserting
``other Federal advisory committees that advise Federal
agencies that engage in related research activities''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take
effect on March 15, 2005.
SEC. 6. REMOVAL OF SUNSET PROVISION FROM SAVINGS IN CONSTRUCTION ACT OF
1996.
Section 14 of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (15 U.S.C. 205l)
is amended by striking subsection (e).
Attest:
Secretary.
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4516
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