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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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Calendar No. 172
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session J SENATE 116-70
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY VETERANS' HEALTH
INITIATIVE ACT
AUGUST 16, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Filed, under authority of the order of the Senate of August 1, 2019
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 143]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 143), to authorize the Department of Energy
to conduct collaborative research with the Department of Veterans
Affairs in order to improve healthcare services for veterans in the
United States, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends
that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 143 is to authorize the Department of Energy
(DOE or Department) to conduct collaborative research with the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in order to improve
healthcare services for veterans in the United States.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
DOE funds basic research in high performance computing, artifi-
cial intelligence, modeling and simulation, machine learning, and
large-scale data analytics across the national laboratory system.
The Department also owns research infrastructure, including the
world's fastest supercomputers, and can provide tools and technical
expertise in support of industry, academia, and other federal agen-
cies' efforts to solve complex technology challenges.
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