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Department of Energy Advanced Scientific Computing Act

Introduced: January 29, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Jul 18, 2001
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Jan 29, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan 29, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S636-638)
Jan 29, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Department of Energy Advanced Scientific Computing Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to support a program to advance the Nation's computing capability across a diverse set of grand challenge computationally based science problems.

Amends the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to instruct the Secretary to include as part of the National High-Performance Computing Program an integrated program of research, development, and provision of facilities to develop and deploy to scientific and technical users the high-performance computing and collaboration tools needed to fulfill the statutory missions of the Department of Energy in conducting basic and applied energy research.

Directs the Secretary to ensure that such program is integrated and consistent with the National Nuclear Security Agency's Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative and with other national efforts related to advanced scientific computing for science and engineering.

What's happening now July 18, 2001

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jan 29, 2001
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jan 29, 2001
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