US Congress Senate Bill 3459 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on July 31 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-07-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5734-5735)
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Department of Energy High-End Computing Improvement Act of 2012 - Renames the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 as the Department of Energy High-End Computing Act of 2012. Defines "exascale computing" as computing through the use of a computing machine that performs near or above 10 to the 18th power floating point operations per second. Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to: (1) conduct a research program to develop exascale computing machines to promote DOE missions; (2) coordinate the development of such machines across all applicable DOE agencies; and (3) implement the program through an integration of application, computer science, and computer hardware architecture using public-private partnerships to ensure that exascale computing machines are capable of solving DOE target applications and scientific problems. Authorizes appropriations for FY2013-FY2015.

Department of Energy High-End Computing Improvement Act of 2012

Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-07-31	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5734-5735)
2012-07-31	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5734)

HB6454 (Related) 2012-10-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/3459/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s3459/BILLS-112s3459is.pdf