S. 733 — Introduced in Senate

II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 733 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. . 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. .