Next Generation Computing Research and Development Act of 2021

I 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. 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 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Next Generation Com- 4 puting Research and Development Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the Department of 7 Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18642) 8 is amended— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:20 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3284.IH H3284 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3284 IH (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 1 subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 2 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol- 3 lowing: 4 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—The Director shall carry out a re- 5 search, development, and demonstration program to ad- 6 vance computational and networking capabilities to ana- 7 lyze, model, simulate, and predict complex phenomena rel- 8 evant to the development of new energy technologies and 9 the competitiveness of the United States.’’. 10 (b) ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS.—Section 304 of the De- 11 partment of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 12 U.S.C. 18642) is further amended by adding at the end 13 the following: 14 ‘‘(e) BEYOND EXASCALE COMPUTING PROGRAM.— 15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab- 16 lish a program to develop and implement a strategy 17 for achieving computing systems with capabilities be- 18 yond exascale computing systems. In establishing 19 this program, the Secretary shall— 20 ‘‘(A) maintain foundational research pro- 21 grams in mathematical, computational, and 22 computer sciences focused on new and emerging 23 computing needs within the mission of the De- 24 partment, including but not limited to post- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:20 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3284.IH H3284 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3284 IH Moore’s law computing architectures, novel ap- 1 proaches to modeling and simulation, artificial 2 intelligence and scientific machine learning, 3 quantum computing, and extreme heterogeneity; 4 and 5 ‘‘(B) retain best practices and maintain 6 support for essential hardware and software ele- 7 ments of the Exascale Computing Project that 8 are necessary for sustaining the vitality of a 9 long-term exascale ecosystem. 10 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than one year after 11 the date of the enactment of the Next Generation 12 Computing Research and Development Act of 2021, 13 the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 14 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 15 Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and 16 Natural Resources of the Senate, a report on the de- 17 velopment and implementation of the strategy out- 18 lined in paragraph (1). 19 ‘‘(f) ENERGY EFFICIENT COMPUTING PROGRAM.— 20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall sup- 21 port a program of fundamental research, develop- 22 ment, and demonstration of energy efficient com- 23 puting technologies relevant to advanced computing 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:20 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3284.IH H3284 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3284 IH applications in high performance computing, artifi- 1 cial intelligence, and scientific machine learning. 2 ‘‘(2) EXECUTION.— 3 ‘‘(A) PROGRAM.—In carrying out the pro- 4 gram, the Secretary shall— 5 ‘‘(i) establish a partnership for Na- 6 tional Laboratories, industry partners, and 7 institutions of higher education for co- 8 design of energy efficient hardware, tech- 9 nology, software, and applications across 10 all applicable program offices of the De- 11 partment; 12 ‘‘(ii) develop hardware and software 13 technologies that decrease the energy needs 14 of advanced computing practices; 15 ‘‘(iii) consider multiple heterogeneous 16 computing architectures, including neuro- 17 morphic computing, persistent computing, 18 and ultrafast networking; and 19 ‘‘(iv) provide, as appropriate, on a 20 competitive, merit-reviewed basis, access 21 for researchers from institutions of higher 22 education, National Laboratories, industry, 23 and other Federal agencies to the energy 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:20 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3284.IH H3284 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3284 IH efficient computing technologies developed 1 pursuant to clause (i). 2 ‘‘(B) SELECTION OF PARTNERS.—In se- 3 lecting participants for the partnership estab- 4 lished under subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary 5 shall select participants through a competitive, 6 merit-review process. 7 ‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than one year after 8 the date of the enactment of the Next Generation 9 Computing Research and Development Act of 2021, 10 the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 11 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 12 Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and 13 Natural Resources of the Senate, a report on— 14 ‘‘(A) the activities conducted under para- 15 graph (2)(A); and 16 ‘‘(B) the coordination and management of 17 the Program to ensure an integrated research 18 program across the Department. 19 ‘‘(g) ENERGY SCIENCES NETWORK.— 20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 21 for an upgrade to the Energy Sciences Network user 22 facility in order to meet Federal research needs for 23 highly reliable data transport capabilities optimized 24 for the requirements of large-scale science. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:20 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3284.IH H3284 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 3284 IH ‘‘(2) CAPABILITIES.—In carrying out paragraph 1 (1), the Secretary shall ensure the following capabili- 2 ties: 3 ‘‘(A) To provide high bandwidth scientific 4 networking across the continental United States 5 and the Atlantic Ocean. 6 ‘‘(B) To maximize network reliability. 7 ‘‘(C) To protect the network and data from 8 cyber-attacks. 9 ‘‘(D) To support exponentially increasing 10 levels of data from the Department’s scientific 11 user facilities, experiments, and sensors. 12 ‘‘(E) To integrate heterogeneous com- 13 puting frameworks and systems. 14 ‘‘(h) WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—The Director of 15 the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research 16 shall support the development of a computational science 17 workforce through a program that— 18 ‘‘(1) facilitates collaboration between university 19 students and researchers at the National Labora- 20 tories; and 21 ‘‘(2) endeavors to advance science in areas rel- 22 evant to the mission of the Department through the 23 application of computational science.’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:20 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3284.IH H3284 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 3284 IH (c) COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE GRADUATE FELLOW- 1 SHIP.— 2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the Depart- 3 ment of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 4 U.S.C. 18642) is further amended by adding at the 5 end the following: 6 ‘‘(i) COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE GRADUATE FELLOW- 7 SHIP.— 8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall sup- 9 port the Computational Science Graduate Fellowship 10 program in order to facilitate collaboration between 11 graduate students and researchers at the National 12 Laboratories, and contribute to the development of 13 a computational workforce to help advance research 14 in areas relevant to the mission of the Department. 15 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—Recipients of fellowships 16 under the Computational Science Graduate Fellow- 17 ship program described in paragraph (1) shall be se- 18 lected from among citizens, nationals, and lawfully 19 admitted permanent resident aliens of the United 20 States.’’. 21 (2) FUNDING.—From the funds authorized to 22 be appropriated for the Advanced Scientific Com- 23 puting Research program of the Department’s Office 24 of Science, the Secretary shall make available for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:20 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3284.IH H3284 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 3284 IH carrying out the activities under section 304(i) of 1 the Department of Energy Research and Innovation 2 Act (42 U.S.C. 18642(i))— 3 (A) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 4 (B) $22,050,000 for fiscal year 2023; 5 (C) $23,152,500 for fiscal year 2024; and 6 (D) 24,310,125 for fiscal year 2025. 7 (d) APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND SOFTWARE DEVEL- 8 OPMENT.—Section 304(d) of the Department of Energy 9 Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18642(d)), as re- 10 designated by subsection (a)(1), is amended to read as fol- 11 lows: 12 ‘‘(d) APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND SOFTWARE DE- 13 VELOPMENT FOR HIGH-END COMPUTING SYSTEMS, COM- 14 PUTATIONAL, AND COMPUTER SCIENCES RESEARCH.— 15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry 16 out activities to develop, test, and support— 17 ‘‘(A) mathematics, models, statistics, and 18 algorithms for modeling complex systems on ad- 19 vanced computing architectures; and 20 ‘‘(B) tools, languages, programming envi- 21 ronments, and operations for high-end com- 22 puting systems (as defined in section 2 of the 23 American Super Computing Leadership Act (15 24 U.S.C. 5541)). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:20 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3284.IH H3284 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 3284 IH ‘‘(2) PORTFOLIO BALANCE.—The Director shall 1 maintain a balanced portfolio within the advanced 2 scientific computing research and development pro- 3 gram established under section 976 of the Energy 4 Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16316) that supports 5 robust investment in— 6 ‘‘(A) applied mathematical, computational, 7 and computer sciences research needs relevant 8 to the mission of the Department, including ac- 9 tivities related to data science, artificial intel- 10 ligence, scientific machine learning, quantum 11 information science, and other emerging areas; 12 and 13 ‘‘(B) associated high-performance com- 14 puting hardware and facilities.’’. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:20 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3284.IH H3284 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS