[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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