119-hr4141

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4141 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4141

 To direct the Department of Energy and the National Oceanic and 
 Atmospheric Administration to conduct collaborative research in order 
 to advance numerical weather and climate prediction in the United 
 States, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 25, 2025

 Mr. Miller of Ohio (for himself and Mrs. Foushee) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
 Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
 jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

 To direct the Department of Energy and the National Oceanic and 
 Atmospheric Administration to conduct collaborative research in order 
 to advance numerical weather and climate prediction in the United 
 States, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Advanced Weather Model Computing 
Development Act''.

SEC. 2. COMPUTING RESEARCH INITIATIVE.

    (a) In General.--

Section 108 of the Weather Research and 
Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (15 U.S.C. 8518) is amended by 
striking subsection

    (a)

    (3)
            (C) and all that follows through subsection

    (b)

    (7) and inserting the following:
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    (b) Artificial Intelligence Investments.--The Under Secretary 
shall leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning 
technologies to facilitate, optimize, and further leverage advanced 
computing to accomplish critical missions of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration.
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            (c) Centers of Excellence.--The Under Secretary may expand, and 
where applicable establish, centers of excellence to aid the adoption 
of next-generation artificial intelligence and machine learning enabled 
advanced computing capabilities. Each such center may carry out 
activities that include the following:
 ``

    (1) Leveraging robust public-private partnership models 
 to provide access to training, experience, and long-term 
 development of workforce and infrastructure.
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    (2) Developing and optimizing tools, libraries, 
 algorithms, data structures, and other supporting software 
 necessary for specific applications on high performance 
 computing systems.
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    (3) Applying modern artificial intelligence, deep 
 machine-learning, and advanced data analysis technologies to 
 address current and future mission challenges.
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    (4) To the maximum extent practicable, exploring quantum 
 computing and related application partnerships with public, 
 private, and academic entities to improve the accuracy and 
 resolution of weather predictions.
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            (d) Multi-Year Contracts.--The Under Secretary may enter into 
multi-year contracts in accordance with 

section 3903 of title 41, 
United States Code, and shall ensure compliance with all contract 
clauses provided in such section to support operations, research, and 
development related to high performance and cloud computing 
infrastructure or systems with an unfunded contingent liability in the 
event of cancellation.
 ``

    (e) Report.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--Not later than two years after the date 
 of the enactment of this subsection, the Under Secretary, in 
 collaboration with the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the 
 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
 Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
 Transportation and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
 Resources of the Senate a report evaluating the following:
 ``
        (A) A best estimate of the overall value of high-
 resolution probabilistic forecast guidance for 
 hazardous weather or water events using a next-
 generation weather forecast and warning framework.
 ``
        (B) The needs for cloud computing, quantum 
 computing, or high-performance computing, 
 visualization, and dissemination collaboration between 
 the Department of Energy and the National Oceanic and 
 Atmospheric Administration.
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            (C) A timeline and guidance for implementation of 
 the following:
 ``
            (i) High-resolution numerical weather 
 prediction models.
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            (ii) Methods for meeting the cloud 
 computing, quantum computing, or high-
 performance computing, visualization, and 
 dissemination needs identified under 
 subparagraph

    (b) .
 ``

    (2) Hazardous weather or water events defined.--In this 
 subsection, the term `hazardous weather or water events' means 
 weather or water events that have a high risk of loss of life 
 or property, including the following:
 ``
        (A) Severe storms, such as hurricanes and short-
 fused, small-scale hazardous weather or hydrologic 
 events produced by thunderstorms, including large hail, 
 damaging winds, tornadoes, and flash floods.
 ``
        (B) Winter storms, such as freezing or frozen 
 precipitation (including freezing rain, sleet, and 
 snow), or combined effects of freezing or frozen 
 precipitation and strong winds.
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            (C) Other weather hazards, such as extreme heat 
 or cold, wildfire, drought, dense fog, high winds, and 
 river, coastal, or lakeshore flooding.''.

    (b) Strategic Plan on High-Performance Computing and Data 
Management Needs.--

    (1) In general.--The Under Secretary shall make publicly 
 available not later than one year after the date of the 
 enactment of this Act, and update every five years thereafter 
 until 2035, a 10-year strategic plan that outlines the high-
 performance computing and data management requirements and 
 needs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
 and actions and strategies to address such requirements and 
 needs.

    (2) Plan elements.--At a minimum, the strategic plan 
 required by paragraph

    (1) shall include the following:
        (A) A 10-year prospective outlook of computing 
 resources and upgrades needed to meet the mission needs 
 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
 for fisheries management, oceanographic forecasting, 
 and ecological forecasting missions.
        (B) A discussion of the following:
            (i) Computing and processing resources of 
 the Administration and a 10-year projected need 
 for such resources, disaggregated by line 
 office of the Administration.
            (ii) Facilities, commercial contracts, and 
 partnerships (with other Federal agencies or 
 other institutions or entities) of the 
 Administration that are providing computing and 
 data management support or capacity as of such 
 date.
            (iii) The use by the Administration of 
 cloud computing and other emerging 
 technologies, such as artificial intelligence 
 and machine learning.
            (iv) Additional technologies that have the 
 potential to increase effectiveness and 
 efficiency for data storage and processing 
 power, including challenges to access and use 
 of such technologies.
            (v) The distribution of computing resources 
 among the operations and research functions of 
 the Administration.
            (vi) Products and services of the 
 Administration that have not become available 
 to the public because of a lack of computing 
 resources.
            (vii) Current and future workforce 
 development needs, such as information 
 technology and software engineering, of the 
 Administration.
            (viii) The high-performance computing 
 requirements of the Administration, with a 
 special focus on requirements that are common 
 across line offices of the Administration.
            (C) Timelines, and performance measures for 
 assessing progress toward attaining goals for the 
 following:
            (i) Computing infrastructure and 
 architecture of the Administration (including 
 facilities, hardware, and software).
            (ii) Use by the Administration of 
 technologies that will increase effectiveness 
 and efficiency for data storage and processing 
 power, including challenges to access and use 
 of such technologies.
            (D) A 10-year life cycle analysis of the management 
 of facilities, hardware, and engineering involved in 
 the strategic plan that includes the following:
            (i) Program formulation for project 
 conception, implementation, and closure.
            (ii) Technical infrastructure, products, 
 processes, data, and personnel resources 
 required to achieve defined cost, schedule, and 
 performance objectives.
        (E) If appropriate, a description of actions taken 
 to implement the previous plan.

    (3) Public involvement.--In developing the strategic plan 
 required by paragraph

    (1) , the Under Secretary shall invite 
 comments and other feedback from the public to inform the 
 strategic plan.

    (4) Annual briefings.--
        (A) In general.--Not later than one year after the 
 date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
 thereafter until 2030, the Under Secretary shall brief 
 Congress on the progress made toward the objectives of 
 the strategic plan required by paragraph

    (1) .
        (B) Elements.--Each briefing required by 
 subparagraph
        (A) shall include the following:
            (i) An evaluation of the progress made in 
 implementing the strategic plan.
            (ii) Such updates to the strategic plan as 
 the Under Secretary considers appropriate.
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