This part tells the energy department to get its science data ready for AI. National labs must work with industry to clean and sort it. The department must then start work on models that improve themselves. It gets $150 million to do this.
“The term "American science cloud" means a system of United States government, academic, and private sector programs and infrastructures utilizing cloud computing technologies to facilitate and support scientific research, data sharing, and computational analysis”
The section defines the American science cloud as a system of government, academic and private sector programs and infrastructures using cloud computing to support scientific research, data sharing and computational analysis across disciplines while meeting applicable legal, regulatory and privacy standards. Artificial intelligence takes the meaning given in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).
What the document actually says
“The term "American science cloud" means a system of United States government, academic, and private sector programs and infrastructures utilizing cloud computing technologies to facilitate and support scientific research, data sharing, and computational analysis”
That sentence, in plain words
The term covers a shared computing setup. It joins government, colleges and firms. It helps with research, sharing data and running numbers.
What this is about
Cloud computing means using computers over a network. The setup must follow the law on privacy. The term AI is defined by a 2020 law.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of EnergyHow: statuteSec. 50404 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Secretary of Energy shall-- (1) mobilize National Laboratories to partner with industry sectors within the United States to curate the scientific data of the Department of Energy across the National Laboratory complex”
The section requires the Secretary of Energy to get the National Laboratories working with United States industry to curate the Department's scientific data across the laboratory complex so that it is structured, cleaned and preprocessed for use in artificial intelligence and machine learning models, and to start seed efforts for self-improving artificial intelligence models for science and engineering trained on that data.
What the document actually says
“The Secretary of Energy shall-- (1) mobilize National Laboratories to partner with industry sectors within the United States to curate the scientific data of the Department of Energy across the National Laboratory complex”
That sentence, in plain words
The energy secretary must act. National labs must team up with firms. They must sort out the science data the agency holds.
What this is about
The data must be cleaned and put in order. That makes it fit for use by AI. The Secretary must also start work on models that improve themselves.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of EnergyHow: statuteSec. 50404 in the PDF
What the document says
“The artificial intelligence models developed under subsection (b)(2) shall be provided to the scientific community through the American science cloud to accelerate innovation in discovery science and engineering for new energy technologies.”
The section requires the models to be provided to the scientific community through the American science cloud to speed up discovery science and engineering for new energy technologies, and provides that the curated data may be used to develop next-generation microelectronics with greater capability and lower energy use.
What the document actually says
“The artificial intelligence models developed under subsection (b)(2) shall be provided to the scientific community through the American science cloud to accelerate innovation in discovery science and engineering for new energy technologies.”
That sentence, in plain words
The models must be given to scientists. They go out through the shared computing setup. The aim is faster work on new energy technology.
What this is about
The cleaned data may also be used for computer chips. The aim there is more power for less energy. That use is allowed, not required.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of EnergyHow: statuteSec. 50404 in the PDF
What the document says
“There is appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $150,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2026, to carry out this section.”
The section appropriates $150,000,000, available through September 30, 2026, to carry out the section.
What the document actually says
“There is appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $150,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2026, to carry out this section.”
That sentence, in plain words
The sum is $150 million. It can be spent through September 30, 2026. It pays for the work in this part.
What this is about
The window is short, about a year. No other source of money is named. The work must fit inside that window.
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Each distinct thing the section does: the definitions it uses, the two duties placed on the Secretary of Energy, the two named uses of the data and the models, and the appropriation.
Nothing in the section is left out. It has four subsections and each is recorded.
The term artificial intelligence takes its meaning from section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020, which is not indexed here.
