[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3284 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3284
To provide for fundamental research programs in advanced scientific
computing at the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 17, 2021
Mr. Obernolte (for himself and Mr. Lucas) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology
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A BILL
To provide for fundamental research programs in advanced scientific
computing at 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 ``Next Generation Computing Research
and Development Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH.
(a) In General.--Section 304 of the Department of Energy Research
and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18642) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections
(c) and (d), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
``(b) Program.--The Director shall carry out a research,
development, and demonstration program to advance computational and
networking capabilities to analyze, model, simulate, and predict
complex phenomena relevant to the development of new energy
technologies and the competitiveness of the United States.''.
(b) Additional Programs.--Section 304 of the Department of Energy
Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18642) is further amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(e) Beyond Exascale Computing Program.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a program
to develop and implement a strategy for achieving computing
systems with capabilities beyond exascale computing systems. In
establishing this program, the Secretary shall--
``(A) maintain foundational research programs in
mathematical, computational, and computer sciences
focused on new and emerging computing needs within the
mission of the Department, including but not limited to
post-Moore's law computing architectures, novel
approaches to modeling and simulation, artificial
intelligence and scientific machine learning, quantum
computing, and extreme heterogeneity; and
``(B) retain best practices and maintain support
for essential hardware and software elements of the
Exascale Computing Project that are necessary for
sustaining the vitality of a long-term exascale
ecosystem.
``(2) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of the Next Generation Computing Research and
Development Act of 2021, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate, a report on the development and
implementation of the strategy outlined in paragraph (1).
``(f) Energy Efficient Computing Program.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall support a program of
fundamental research, development, and demonstration of energy
efficient computing technologies relevant to advanced computing
applications in high performance computing, artificial
intelligence, and scientific machine learning.
``(2) Execution.--
``(A) Program.--In carrying out the program, the
Secretary shall--
``(i) establish a partnership for National
Laboratories, industry partners, and
institutions of higher education for codesign
of energy efficient hardware, technology,
software, and applications across all
applicable program offices of the Department;
``(ii) develop hardware and software
technologies that decrease the energy needs of
advanced computing practices;
``(iii) consider multiple heterogeneous
computing architectures, including neuromorphic
computing, persistent computing, and ultrafast
networking; and
``(iv) provide, as appropriate, on a
competitive, merit-reviewed basis, access for
researchers from institutions of higher
education, National Laboratories, industry, and
other Federal agencies to the energy efficient
computing technologies developed pursuant to
clause (i).
``(B) Selection of partners.--In selecting
participants for the partnership established under
subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary shall select
participants through a competitive, merit-review
process.
``(3) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of the Next Generation Computing Research and
Development Act of 2021, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate, a report on--
``(A) the activities conducted under paragraph
(2)(A); and
``(B) the coordination and management of the
Program to ensure an integrated research program across
the Department.
``(g) Energy Sciences Network.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide for an
upgrade to the Energy Sciences Network user facility in order
to meet Federal research needs for highly reliable data
transport capabilities optimized for the requirements of large-
scale science.
``(2) Capabilities.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall ensure the following capabilities:
``(A) To provide high bandwidth scientific
networking across the continental United States and the
Atlantic Ocean.
``(B) To maximize network reliability.
``(C) To protect the network and data from cyber-
attacks.
``(D) To support exponentially increasing levels of
data from the Department's scientific user facilities,
experiments, and sensors.
``(E) To integrate heterogeneous computing
frameworks and systems.
``(h) Workforce Development.--The Director of the Office of
Advanced Scientific Computing Research shall support the development of
a computational science workforce through a program that--
``(1) facilitates collaboration between university students
and researchers at the National Laboratories; and
``(2) endeavors to advance science in areas relevant to the
mission of the Department through the application of
computational science.''.
(c) Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.--
(1) In general.--Section 304 of the Department of Energy
Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18642) is further
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(i) Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall support the
Computational Science Graduate Fellowship program in order to
facilitate collaboration between graduate students and
researchers at the National Laboratories, and contribute to the
development of a computational workforce to help advance
research in areas relevant to the mission of the Department.
``(2) Eligibility.--Recipients of fellowships under the
Computational Science Graduate Fellowship program described in
paragraph (1) shall be selected from among citizens, nationals,
and lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens of the United
States.''.
(2) Funding.--From the funds authorized to be appropriated
for the Advanced Scientific Computing Research program of the
Department's Office of Science, the Secretary shall make
available for carrying out the activities under section 304(i)
of the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42
U.S.C. 18642(i))--
(A) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
(B) $22,050,000 for fiscal year 2023;
(C) $23,152,500 for fiscal year 2024; and
(D) 24,310,125 for fiscal year 2025.
(d) Applied Mathematics and Software Development.--Section 304(d)
of the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C.
18642(d)), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended to read as
follows:
``(d) Applied Mathematics and Software Development for High-End
Computing Systems, Computational, and Computer Sciences Research.--
``(1) In general.--The Director shall carry out activities
to develop, test, and support--
``(A) mathematics, models, statistics, and
algorithms for modeling complex systems on advanced
computing architectures; and
``(B) tools, languages, programming environments,
and operations for high-end computing systems (as
defined in section 2 of the American Super Computing
Leadership Act (15 U.S.C. 5541)).
``(2) Portfolio balance.--The Director shall maintain a
balanced portfolio within the advanced scientific computing
research and development program established under section 976
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16316) that
supports robust investment in--
``(A) applied mathematical, computational, and
computer sciences research needs relevant to the
mission of the Department, including activities related
to data science, artificial intelligence, scientific
machine learning, quantum information science, and
other emerging areas; and
``(B) associated high-performance computing
hardware and facilities.''.
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