[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[H.R. 4516 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 342
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4516
[Report No. 108-578]
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
July 1, 2004
Additional sponsor: Mr. Gordon
July 1, 2004
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 4,
2004]
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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. 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.
Union Calendar No. 342
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4516
[Report No. 108-578]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program of research
and development to advance high-end computing.
_______________________________________________________________________
July 1, 2004
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed