[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 733 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 733

To amend the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act 
  of 2004 to improve the high-end computing research and development 
      program of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 16, 2013

 Mr. Alexander (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. 
Murkowski, Mr. Coons, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, and Mr. Kirk) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                    on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act 
  of 2004 to improve the high-end computing research and development 
      program of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Exascale Computing for Science, 
Competitiveness, Advanced Manufacturing, Leadership, and the Economy 
Act of 2013'' or ``ExaSCALE Computing Leadership Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. RENAMING OF ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1 of the Department of Energy High-End 
Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 5501 note; Public Law 
108-423) is amended by striking ``Department of Energy High-End 
Computing Revitalization Act of 2004'' and inserting ``Exascale 
Computing for Science, Competitiveness, Advanced Manufacturing, 
Leadership, and the Economy Act of 2013''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 976(a)(1) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16316(1)) is amended by striking ``Department of 
Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004'' and inserting 
``Exascale Computing for Science, Competitiveness, Advanced 
Manufacturing, Leadership, and the Economy Act of 2013''.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 2 of the Exascale Computing for Science, Competitiveness, 
Advanced Manufacturing, Leadership, and the Economy Act of 2013 (15 
U.S.C. 5541) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as 
        paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively;
            (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Department.--The term `Department' means the 
        Department of Energy.
            ``(2) Exascale computing.--The term `exascale computing' 
        means computing through the use of a computing machine that 
        performs near or above 10 to the 18th power floating point 
        operations per second.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by 
        striking ``, acting through the Director of the Office of 
        Science of the Department of Energy''.

SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HIGH-END COMPUTING RESEARCH AND 
              DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

    Section 3 of the Exascale Computing for Science, Competitiveness, 
Advanced Manufacturing, Leadership, and the Economy Act of 2013 (15 
U.S.C. 5542) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``program'' and 
        inserting ``coordinated program across the Department'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``, which may'' and 
        all that follows through ``architectures''; and
            (3) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
    ``(d) Exascale Computing Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a research 
        program (referred to in this subsection as the `program') to 
        develop 2 or more exascale computing machines to promote the 
        missions of the Department.
            ``(2) Partnerships.--In carrying out the program, the 
        Secretary shall establish 2 or more national laboratory-
        industry partnerships for the research and development of 2 or 
        more exascale computing machines across all applicable agencies 
        of the Department.
            ``(3) Codesign and application development.--The Secretary 
        shall carry out the program through an integration of 
        application, computer science, and computer hardware 
        architecture using public-private partnerships to ensure that, 
        to the maximum extent practicable, 2 or more exascale computing 
        machines are capable of solving Department target applications 
        and scientific problems.
            ``(4) Project review.--The exascale computing machines 
        described in paragraph (2) shall be reviewed through a project 
        review process.
            ``(5) Annual reports.--At the time of the budget submission 
        of the Department for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
        submit to Congress a report that describes funding for the 
        exascale computing program as a whole by functional element of 
        the Department and critical milestones.
            ``(6) Funding.--The Secretary shall use existing funds to 
        carry out the program.''.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 4 of the Exascale Computing for Science, Competitiveness, 
Advanced Manufacturing, Leadership, and the Economy Act of 2013 (15 
U.S.C. 5543) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``this Act'' and inserting ``section 
        3(d)''; and
            (2) by striking paragraphs (1) through (3) and inserting 
        the following:
            ``(1) $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2014;
            ``(2) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; and
            ``(3) $220,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.''.
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