[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4516 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4516
To require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program of research
and development to advance high-end computing.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 4, 2004
Mrs. Biggert (for herself and Mr. Davis of Tennessee) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science
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A BILL
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. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) high-end computing is a critical component of the
scientific advances, defense capabilities, and commercial
competitiveness of the United States in the 21st Century;
(2) with the deployment of the Earth System Simulator in
Japan, the United States no longer has a clear lead in high-end
computing worldwide;
(3)(A) promising new architectures should be developed that
increase memory and network bandwidth, minimize latency, and
coordinate the architectures' various components to maximize
application performance; and
(B) it is recognized that different architectures may be
better suited to different applications;
(4)(A) software that improves efficiency on and
accessibility to high-end systems should be developed; and
(B) this development effort should include research in
optimal algorithms, programming environments, tools, languages,
and operating systems for high-end computing in collaboration
with architecture development efforts;
(5) without government support, market forces are unlikely
to drive sufficient innovation in high-end computing because
the private sector would not capture the full value of its
innovations on a short enough time frame; and
(6) having played an important role in the development of
high-end computing, networking, and information technology, the
Department of Energy, and the research programs of the Office
of Science of the Department of Energy, are particularly
qualified to lead research in those fields.
SEC. 3. 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 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. 4. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HIGH-END COMPUTING RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the
Office of Science, 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 in software development on optimal
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 Nuclear Security Administration, 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, acting through the Director of the
Office of Science, 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, acting through the Director of the Office of
Science, 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. 5. 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--
(a) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(b) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(c) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
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