[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 454 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 454
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
February 11, 2015
Mr. Alexander (for himself and Ms. Baldwin) 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 2015'' or the ``ExaSCALE Computing Leadership Act of 2015''.
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 2015''.
(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 2015''.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
Section 2 of the Exascale Computing for Science, Competitiveness,
Advanced Manufacturing, Leadership, and the Economy Act of 2015 (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 2015 (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 machine architectures to
promote the missions of the Department.
``(2) Implementation.--
``(A) In general.--In carrying out the Program, the
Secretary shall--
``(i) establish 2 or more National
Laboratory partnerships with industry partners
and institutions of higher education for the
research and development of 2 or more exascale
computing systems across all applicable
organizations of the Department; and
``(ii) provide, as appropriate, on a
competitive, merit-reviewed basis, access for
researchers in industries in the United States,
institutions of higher education, National
Laboratories, and other Federal agencies to the
exascale computing systems developed pursuant
to clause (i).
``(B) Selection of partners.--The Secretary shall
select members for the partnerships under subparagraph
(A) through a competitive, peer-review process.
``(3) Codesign and application development.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out
the Program through an integration of application,
computer science, and computer hardware architecture
using the partnerships established pursuant to
paragraph (2) to ensure that, to the maximum extent
practicable, 2 or more exascale computing machine
architectures are capable of solving Department target
applications and broader scientific problems.
``(B) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report on how the integration under
subparagraph (A) is furthering application science data
and computational workloads across application
interests, including national security, material
science, physical science, cyber security, biological
science, the Materials Genome and BRAIN Initiatives of
the President, advanced manufacturing, and the national
electric grid.
``(4) Project review.--
``(A) In general.--The exascale architectures
systems developed pursuant to partnerships established
pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be reviewed through a
project review process.
``(B) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary
shall submit to Congress a report on--
``(i) the results of the review conducted
under subparagraph (A); and
``(ii) the coordination and management of
the Program to ensure an integrated research
program across the Department.
``(5) Annual reports.--At the time of the budget submission
of the Department for each fiscal year, the Secretary, in
consultation with the members of the partnerships established
pursuant to paragraph (2), shall submit to Congress a report
that describes funding for the Program as a whole by functional
element of the Department and critical milestones.''.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 4 of the Exascale Computing for Science, Competitiveness,
Advanced Manufacturing, Leadership, and the Economy Act of 2015 (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) $272,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;
``(2) $340,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; and
``(3) $360,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.''.
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