S.Amdt. 1702

SA 1702. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title V of division B, add the following:

SEC. 25__. SUPERCOMPUTING FOR SAFER CHEMICALS (SUPERSAFE)
CONSORTIUM.

(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Energy (referred to in
this section as the ``Secretary''), in collaboration with the
Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, the Director of the National Toxicology Program,
and the heads of any other relevant Federal agencies, shall
form a consortium, to be known as the ``Supercomputing for
Safer Chemicals (SUPERSAFE) Consortium'' (referred to in this
section as the ``Consortium'').

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(2) Inclusion of state agencies.--The Secretary shall allow
the head of a relevant State agency to join the Consortium on
request of the State agency.
(b) Consortium Activities.--
(1) In general.--The Consortium, working through the
National Laboratories and public research institutions, shall
use supercomputing and other similar capabilities--
(A) to establish rapid approaches for large-scale
identification of toxic substances and the development of
safer alternatives to toxic substances by developing and
validating computational toxicology methods based on unique
high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, machine
learning, and precision measurements;
(B) to transition to a more circular economy and cleaner
energy by expanding knowledge to shift the market for toxic
substances and products toward safe-by-design alternatives;
and
(C) to address the burdens of--
(i) environmental toxic substance exposures in
disadvantaged communities;
(ii) greater toxic substance use in products targeted
towards those communities; and
(iii) exposure to toxic substances at Department of Energy
facilities.
(2) Models.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the Consortium
shall use supercomputers to develop, validate, and run models
to predict adverse health effects caused by toxic substances.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this
section--
(1) for fiscal year 2022, $20,000,000;
(2) for fiscal year 2023, $30,000,000; and
(3) for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2026,
$35,000,000.
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