[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4516 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.4516
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four
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.
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).
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.