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                                                 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