,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afhe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ah1      
#bjbc,mr4 ,padilla introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to direct the ,administrator of
 the ,environmental ,protection ,agency 
to establish a consortium relating to   
exposures to toxic substances and       
identifying chemicals that are safe to  
use4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be
 cited as the ,supercomputing for ,safer
 ,chemicals ,act or the ,,supersafe     
,act4  #b4 ,supercomputing for ,safer   
,chemicals 7,,supersafe7 consortium  7a7
 ,establishment  7#a7 ,in general ,the  
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency 7referred to in this
 section as the ,administrator71 in     
consultation with the heads of relevant 
,federal agencies 7including the        
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services and the ,secretary of         

,energy71 shall form a consortium1 to be
 known as the ,supercomputing for ,safer
 ,chemicals 7,,supersafe7 ,consortium   
7referred to in this section as the     
,consortium74 ,the ,consortium shall    
include the ,national ,laboratories of  
the ,department of ,energy1 academic and
 other research institutions1 and other 
entities1 as determined by the          
,administrator1 to carry out the        
activities described in subsection 7b74 
7#b7 ,inclusion of ,state agencies ,the 
,administrator shall allow the head of a
 relevant ,state agency to join the     
,consortium on request of the ,state    
agency4  7b7 ,consortium activities     
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,consortium shall 
use supercomputing1 machine learning1   
and other similar capabilities-- 7,a7 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 computing1 artificial  
intelligence1 machine learning1 and     
precision measurements2  7,b7 to address
 the need to identify safe chemicals for
 use in consumer and industrial products
 and in their manufacture to support the
 move away from toxic substances and    
toward safe-by-design alternatives2 and 
7,c7 to make recommendations on how the 
information produced can be applied in  
risk assessments and other              
characterizations for use by the        
,environmental ,protection ,agency and  
other agencies in regulatory decisions1 
and by industry in identifying toxic and
 safer chemicals4  7#b7 ,models ,in     
carrying out paragraph 7#a71 the        
,consortium-- 7,a7 shall use            
supercomputers and other virtual tools  
to develop1 validate1 and run models to 
predict adverse health effects caused by
 toxic substances and to identify safe  
chemicals for use in products and       
manufacturing2 and  7,b7 may utilize1 as
 needed1 appropriate biological test    

systems to test and evaluate approaches 
and improve their predictability and    
reliability in industrial and regulatory
 applications4  7c7 ,public results ,the
 ,consortium shall make model           
predictions1 along with supporting      
documentation1 available to the public  
in an accessible format4  7d7           
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to the 
,administrator to carry out this        
section-- 7#a7 for fiscal year #bjbc1   
#bj1jjj1jjj2  7#b7 for fiscal year      
#bjbd1 #cj1jjj1jjj2 and  7#c7 for each  
of fiscal years #bjbe through #bjbg1    
#ce1jjj1jjj4