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”.
Exascale Computing for Science, Competitiveness, Advanced Manufacturing, Leadership, and the Economy Act of 2015
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.
Sec. 2 Renaming of Act
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”.
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—
by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively;
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.”
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—
in subsection (a)(1), by striking “program” and inserting “coordinated program across the Department”;
in subsection (b)(2), by striking “, which may” and all that follows through “architectures”; and
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—
by striking “this Act” and inserting “section 3(d)”; and
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.”