[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4516 Engrossed in House (EH)]
2d Session
H. R. 4516
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AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program of research
and development to advance high-end computing.
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4516
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program of research
and development to advance high-end computing.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
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 advanced scientific and engineering applications.
(2) 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.
(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 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 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 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 Security Agency, the National
Institutes of Health, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, the National Institute 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 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 access to Leadership Systems on a
competitive, merit-reviewed basis to researchers in United
States industry, institutions 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 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. SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
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 decisions.
SEC. 6. 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) 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 Department of Energy'';
(2) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting ``the Secretary 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 paragraph
(2);
(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
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 Department of Energy, which
may engage in related research activities'' and inserting
``other Federal advisory 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.