[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3169-S3170]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1702. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the 
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of title V of division B, add the following:

     SEC. 25__. SUPERCOMPUTING FOR SAFER CHEMICALS (SUPERSAFE) 
                   CONSORTIUM.

       (a) Establishment.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Energy (referred to in 
     this section as the ``Secretary''), in collaboration with the 
     Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, the Director of the National Toxicology Program, 
     and the heads of any other relevant Federal agencies, shall 
     form a consortium, to be known as the ``Supercomputing for 
     Safer Chemicals (SUPERSAFE) Consortium'' (referred to in this 
     section as the ``Consortium'').

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       (2) Inclusion of state agencies.--The Secretary shall allow 
     the head of a relevant State agency to join the Consortium on 
     request of the State agency.
       (b) Consortium Activities.--
       (1) In general.--The Consortium, working through the 
     National Laboratories and public research institutions, shall 
     use supercomputing and other similar capabilities--
       (A) to establish rapid approaches for large-scale 
     identification of toxic substances and the development of 
     safer alternatives to toxic substances by developing and 
     validating computational toxicology methods based on unique 
     high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, machine 
     learning, and precision measurements;
       (B) to transition to a more circular economy and cleaner 
     energy by expanding knowledge to shift the market for toxic 
     substances and products toward safe-by-design alternatives; 
     and
       (C) to address the burdens of--
       (i) environmental toxic substance exposures in 
     disadvantaged communities;
       (ii) greater toxic substance use in products targeted 
     towards those communities; and
       (iii) exposure to toxic substances at Department of Energy 
     facilities.
       (2) Models.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the Consortium 
     shall use supercomputers to develop, validate, and run models 
     to predict adverse health effects caused by toxic substances.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this 
     section--
       (1) for fiscal year 2022, $20,000,000;
       (2) for fiscal year 2023, $30,000,000; and
       (3) for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2026, 
     $35,000,000.
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