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Union Calendar No. 289 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3834 

[Report No. 112–420] 

To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to authorize activities for support of networking and information technology research, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 27, 2012 

Mr. HALL (for himself, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 

BROOKS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mrs. BIGGERT, and Mr. LUJA ́N) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, 

and Technology 

MARCH 22, 2012 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 27, 2012] 


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A BILL 

To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 

to authorize activities for support of networking and 

information technology research, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing America’s 

5 Networking and Information Technology Research and De6 velopment Act of 2012’’. 

7 SEC. 2. PROGRAM PLANNING AND COORDINATION. 

8 (a) PERIODIC REVIEWS.—Section 101 of the High9 Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511) is 

10 amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(d) PERIODIC REVIEWS.—The agencies identified in 

12 subsection (a)(3)(B) shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) periodically assess the contents and funding 

14 levels of the Program Component Areas and restruc15 ture the Program when warranted, taking into con16 sideration any relevant recommendations of the advi17 sory committee established under subsection (b); and 

18 ‘‘(2) ensure that the Program includes large19 scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and devel20 opment activities, including activities described in 

21 section 104.’’. 

22 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC PLAN.—Section 101 

23 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended further by adding 

24 after subsection (d), as added by subsection (a) of this Act, 

25 the following new subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(e) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The agencies identified in 

3 subsection (a)(3)(B), working through the National 

4 Science and Technology Council and with the assist5 ance of the National Coordination Office described 

6 under section 102, shall develop, within 12 months 

7 after the date of enactment of the Advancing Amer8 ica’s Networking and Information Technology Re9 search and Development Act of 2012, and update 

10 every 3 years thereafter, a 5-year strategic plan to 

11 guide the activities described under subsection (a)(1). 

12 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan shall speci13 fy near-term and long-term objectives for the Pro14 gram, the anticipated time frame for achieving the 

15 near-term objectives, the metrics to be used for assess16 ing progress toward the objectives, and how the Pro17 gram will— 

18 ‘‘(A) foster the transfer of research and de19 velopment results into new technologies and ap20 plications for the benefit of society, including 

21 through cooperation and collaborations with net22 working and information technology research, 

23 development, and technology transition initia24 tives supported by the States; 


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1 ‘‘(B) encourage and support mechanisms for 

2 interdisciplinary research and development in 

3 networking and information technology, includ4 ing through collaborations across agencies, across 

5 Program Component Areas, with industry, with 

6 Federal laboratories (as defined in section 4 of 

7 the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act 

8 of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703)), and with inter9 national organizations; 

10 ‘‘(C) address long-term challenges of na11 tional importance for which solutions require 

12 large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research 

13 and development; 

14 ‘‘(D) place emphasis on innovative and 

15 high-risk projects having the potential for sub16 stantial societal returns on the research invest17 ment; 

18 ‘‘(E) strengthen all levels of networking and 

19 information technology education and training 

20 programs to ensure an adequate, well-trained 

21 workforce; and 

22 ‘‘(F) attract more women and underrep23 resented minorities to pursue postsecondary de24 grees in networking and information technology. 


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1 ‘‘(3) NATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE.— 

2 The strategic plan developed in accordance with para3 graph (1) shall be accompanied by milestones and 

4 roadmaps for establishing and maintaining the na5 tional research infrastructure required to support the 

6 Program, including the roadmap required by sub7 section (a)(2)(E). 

8 ‘‘(4) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The entities involved 

9 in developing the strategic plan under paragraph (1) 

10 shall take into consideration the recommendations— 

11 ‘‘(A) of the advisory committee established 

12 under subsection (b); and 

13 ‘‘(B) of the stakeholders whose input was so14 licited by the National Coordination Office, as 

15 required under section 102(b)(3). 

16 ‘‘(5) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the 

17 National Coordination Office shall transmit the stra18 tegic plan required under paragraph (1) to the advi19 sory committee, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

20 and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee 

21 on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 

22 Representatives.’’. 

23 (c) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR.— 

24 Section 101(a)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(2)) is 

25 amended— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘edu2 cation,’’ before ‘‘and other activities’’; 

3 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) 

4 as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and 

5 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol6 lowing new subparagraph: 

7 ‘‘(E) encourage and monitor the efforts of the 

8 agencies participating in the Program to allocate the 

9 level of resources and management attention necessary 

10 to ensure that the strategic plan under subsection (e) 

11 is developed and executed effectively and that the ob12 jectives of the Program are met;’’. 

13 (d) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 101(b)(1) of such 

14 Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(b)(1)) is amended— 

15 (1) after the first sentence, by inserting the fol16 lowing: ‘‘The co-chairs of the advisory committee shall 

17 meet the qualifications of committee membership and 

18 may be members of the President’s Council of Advi19 sors on Science and Technology.’’; and 

20 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘high-per21 formance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’. 

22 (e) REPORT.—Section 101(a)(3) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

23 5511(a)(3)) is amended— 

24 (1) in subparagraph (C)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘is submitted, the levels for the previous fis3 cal year,’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 

5 Area;’’ and inserting ‘‘each Program Component 

6 Area and research area supported in accordance 

7 with section 104;’’; 

8 (2) in subparagraph (D)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 

10 Area,’’ and inserting ‘‘each Program Component 

11 Area and research area supported in accordance 

12 with section 104,’’; 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘is submitted, the levels for the previous fis15 cal year,’’; and 

16 (C) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

17 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub18 paragraph (G); and 

19 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol20 lowing new subparagraphs: 

21 ‘‘(E) include a description of how the objectives 

22 for each Program Component Area, and the objectives 

23 for activities that involve multiple Program Compo24 nent Areas, relate to the objectives of the Program 


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1 identified in the strategic plan required under sub2 section (e); 

3 ‘‘(F) include— 

4 ‘‘(i) a description of the funding required 

5 by the National Coordination Office to perform 

6 the functions specified under section 102(b) for 

7 the next fiscal year by category of activity; 

8 ‘‘(ii) a description of the funding required 

9 by such Office to perform the functions specified 

10 under section 102(b) for the current fiscal year 

11 by category of activity; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) the amount of funding provided for 

13 such Office for the current fiscal year by each 

14 agency participating in the Program; and’’. 

15 (f) DEFINITION.—Section 4 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

16 5503) is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (7) 

18 as paragraphs (2) through (8), respectively; 

19 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re20 designated, the following new paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(1) ‘cyber-physical systems’ means physical or 

22 engineered systems whose networking and information 

23 technology functions and physical elements are deeply 

24 integrated and are actively connected to the physical 


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1 world through sensors, actuators, or other means to 

2 perform monitoring and control functions;’’; 

3 (3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by 

4 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

6 (4) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘high-performance com8 puting’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa9 tion technology’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘supercomputer’’ and in11 serting ‘‘high-end computing’’; 

12 (5) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by 

13 striking ‘‘network referred to as’’ and all that follows 

14 through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘network, includ15 ing advanced computer networks of Federal agencies 

16 and departments;’’; and 

17 (6) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by 

18 striking ‘‘National High-Performance Computing 

19 Program’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa20 tion technology research and development program’’. 

21 SEC. 3. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NATIONAL 

22 IMPORTANCE. 

23 Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended by 

24 adding at the end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 104. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NA2 TIONAL IMPORTANCE. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Program shall encourage 

4 agencies identified in section 101(a)(3)(B) to support large5 scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and develop6 ment activities in networking and information technology 

7 directed toward application areas that have the potential 

8 for significant contributions to national economic competi9 tiveness and for other significant societal benefits. Such ac10 tivities, ranging from basic research to the demonstration 

11 of technical solutions, shall be designed to advance the devel12 opment of research discoveries. The advisory committee es13 tablished under section 101(b) shall make recommendations 

14 to the Program for candidate research and development 

15 areas for support under this section. 

16 ‘‘(b) CHARACTERISTICS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Research and development 

18 activities under this section shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) include projects selected on the basis of 

20 applications for support through a competitive, 

21 merit-based process; 

22 ‘‘(B) involve collaborations among research23 ers in institutions of higher education and in24 dustry, and may involve nonprofit research in25 stitutions and Federal laboratories, as appro26 priate; 


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1 ‘‘(C) when possible, leverage Federal invest2 ments through collaboration with related State 

3 initiatives; and 

4 ‘‘(D) include a plan for fostering the trans5 fer of research discoveries and the results of tech6 nology demonstration activities, including from 

7 institutions of higher education and Federal lab8 oratories, to industry for commercial develop9 ment. 

10 ‘‘(2) COST-SHARING.—In selecting applications 

11 for support, the agencies shall give special consider12 ation to projects that include cost sharing from non13 Federal sources. 

14 ‘‘(3) AGENCY COLLABORATION.—If 2 or more 

15 agencies identified in section 101(a)(3)(B), or other 

16 appropriate agencies, are working on large-scale re17 search and development activities in the same area of 

18 national importance, then such agencies shall strive 

19 to collaborate through joint solicitation and selection 

20 of applications for support and subsequent funding of 

21 projects. 

22 ‘‘(4) INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTERS.— 

23 Research and development activities under this sec24 tion may be supported through interdisciplinary re25 search centers that are organized to investigate basic 


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1 research questions and carry out technology dem2 onstration activities in areas described in subsection 

3 (a). Research may be carried out through existing 

4 interdisciplinary centers, including those authorized 

5 under section 7024(b)(2) of the America COMPETES 

6 Act (Public Law 110–69; 42 U.S.C. 1862o–10).’’. 

7 SEC. 4. CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS. 

8 (a) ADDITIONAL PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS.—Sec9 tion 101(a)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(1)) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

12 after the semicolon; 

13 (2) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period 

14 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

15 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub16 paragraphs: 

17 ‘‘(J) provide for increased understanding of the 

18 scientific principles of cyber-physical systems and im19 prove the methods available for the design, develop20 ment, and operation of cyber-physical systems that 

21 are characterized by high reliability, safety, and secu22 rity; and 

23 ‘‘(K) provide for research and development on 

24 human-computer interactions, visualization, and big 

25 data.’’. 


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1 (b) TASK FORCE.—Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

2 5511) is amended further by adding after section 104, as 

3 added by section 3 of this Act, the following new section: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 105. UNIVERSITY/INDUSTRY TASK FORCE. 

5 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

6 the date of enactment of the Advancing America’s Net7 working and Information Technology Research and Devel8 opment Act of 2012, the Director of the National Coordina9 tion Office shall convene a task force to explore mechanisms 

10 for carrying out collaborative research and development ac11 tivities for cyber-physical systems, including the related 

12 technologies required to enable these systems, through a con13 sortium or other appropriate entity with participants from 

14 institutions of higher education, Federal laboratories, and 

15 industry. 

16 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The task force shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) develop options for a collaborative model 

18 and an organizational structure for such entity under 

19 which the joint research and development activities 

20 could be planned, managed, and conducted effectively, 

21 including mechanisms for the allocation of resources 

22 among the participants in such entity for support of 

23 such activities; 

24 ‘‘(2) propose a process for developing a research 

25 and development agenda for such entity, including 


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1 guidelines to ensure an appropriate scope of work fo2 cused on nationally significant challenges and requir3 ing collaboration and to ensure the development of re4 lated scientific and technological milestones; 

5 ‘‘(3) define the roles and responsibilities for the 

6 participants from institutions of higher education, 

7 Federal laboratories, and industry in such entity; 

8 ‘‘(4) propose guidelines for assigning intellectual 

9 property rights and for the transfer of research results 

10 to the private sector; and 

11 ‘‘(5) make recommendations for how such entity 

12 could be funded from Federal, State, and non-govern13 mental sources. 

14 ‘‘(c) COMPOSITION.—In establishing the task force 

15 under subsection (a), the Director of the National Coordina16 tion Office— 

17 ‘‘(1) shall appoint an equal number of individ18 uals with knowledge and expertise in cyber-physical 

19 systems from— 

20 ‘‘(A) institutions of higher education, in21 cluding minority-serving institutions and com22 munity colleges; and 

23 ‘‘(B) industry; and 

24 ‘‘(2) may appoint not more than 2 individuals 

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1 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

2 of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking and 

3 Information Technology Research and Development Act of 

4 2012, the Director of the National Coordination Office shall 

5 transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

6 Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 

7 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representa8 tives a report describing the findings and recommendations 

9 of the task force. 

10 ‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—The task force shall terminate 

11 upon transmittal of the report required under subsection 

12 (d). 

13 ‘‘(f) COMPENSATION.—Members of the task force shall 

14 serve without compensation.’’. 

15 SEC. 5. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FOR RESEARCH. 

16 Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended further 

17 by adding after section 105, as added by section 4(b) of 

18 this Act, the following new section: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 106. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FOR RESEARCH. 

20 ‘‘(a) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—Not later than 

21 180 days after the date of enactment of the Advancing 

22 America’s Networking and Information Technology Re23 search and Development Act of 2012, the Director of the 

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1 tional Science and Technology Council, shall convene an 

2 interagency working group to examine— 

3 ‘‘(1) the research and development needed— 

4 ‘‘(A) to enhance the effectiveness and effi5 ciency of cloud computing environments; 

6 ‘‘(B) to increase the trustworthiness of cloud 

7 applications and infrastructure; and 

8 ‘‘(C) to enhance the foundations of cloud ar9 chitectures, programming models, and interoper10 ability; and 

11 ‘‘(2) the potential use of cloud computing for fed12 erally-funded science and engineering research, in13 cluding issues around funding mechanisms and poli14 cies for the use of cloud computing services for such 

15 research. 

16 ‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the tasks in 

17 paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), the working group 

18 shall consult with academia, industry, Federal laboratories, 

19 and other relevant organizations and institutions, as ap20 propriate. 

21 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

22 of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking and 

23 Information Technology Research and Development Act of 

24 2012, the Director of the National Coordination Office shall 

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1 nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

2 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

3 a report describing the findings and any recommendations 

4 of the working group. 

5 ‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—The interagency working group 

6 shall terminate upon transmittal of the report required 

7 under subsection (c).’’. 

8 SEC. 6. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

9 Section 102 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5512) is amended 

10 to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 102. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

12 ‘‘(a) OFFICE.—The Director shall continue a National 

13 Coordination Office with a Director and full-time staff. 

14 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The National Coordination Office 

15 shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) provide technical and administrative sup17 port to— 

18 ‘‘(A) the agencies participating in planning 

19 and implementing the Program, including such 

20 support as needed in the development of the stra21 tegic plan under section 101(e); and 

22 ‘‘(B) the advisory committee established 

23 under section 101(b); 

24 ‘‘(2) serve as the primary point of contact on 

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1 tivities for government organizations, academia, in2 dustry, professional societies, State computing and 

3 networking technology programs, interested citizen 

4 groups, and others to exchange technical and pro5 grammatic information; 

6 ‘‘(3) solicit input and recommendations from a 

7 wide range of stakeholders during the development of 

8 each strategic plan required under section 101(e) 

9 through the convening of at least 1 workshop with 

10 invitees from academia, industry, Federal labora11 tories, and other relevant organizations and institu12 tions; 

13 ‘‘(4) conduct public outreach, including the dis14 semination of findings and recommendations of the 

15 advisory committee, as appropriate; and 

16 ‘‘(5) promote access to and early application of 

17 the technologies, innovations, and expertise derived 

18 from Program activities to agency missions and sys19 tems across the Federal Government and to United 

20 States industry. 

21 ‘‘(c) SOURCE OF FUNDING.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The operation of the Na23 tional Coordination Office shall be supported by 

24 funds from each agency participating in the Pro25 gram. 


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1 ‘‘(2) SPECIFICATIONS.—The portion of the total 

2 budget of such Office that is provided by each agency 

3 for each fiscal year shall be in the same proportion 

4 as each such agency’s share of the total budget for the 

5 Program for the previous fiscal year, as specified in 

6 the report required under section 101(a)(3).’’. 

7 SEC. 7. IMPROVING NETWORKING AND INFORMATION 

8 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. 

9 Section 201(a) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5521(a)) is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) 

12 as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and 

13 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol14 lowing new paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(2) the National Science Foundation shall use 

16 its existing programs, in collaboration with other 

17 agencies, as appropriate, to improve the teaching and 

18 learning of networking and information technology at 

19 all levels of education and to increase participation 

20 in networking and information technology fields, in21 cluding by women and underrepresented minorities;’’. 

22 SEC. 8. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

23 (a) SECTION 3.—Section 3 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

24 5502) is amended— 


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1 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

2 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

4 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

6 (A), by striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘networking and information tech8 nology’’; 

9 (B) in subparagraphs (A), (F), and (G), by 

10 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ each 

11 place it appears and inserting ‘‘networking and 

12 information technology’’; and 

13 (C) in subparagraph (H), by striking 

14 ‘‘high-performance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’; 

15 and 

16 (3) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘high-performance com18 puting and’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and in19 formation technology and’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘high-performance com21 puting network’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and 

22 information technology’’. 

23 (b) TITLE I.—The heading of title I of such Act (15 

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1 WORKING AND INFORMATION TECH2 NOLOGY’’. 

3 (c) SECTION 101.—Section 101 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

4 5511) is amended— 

5 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH6 PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECH8 NOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

11 ‘‘NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION

13 TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (1) of such subsection— 

15 (i) in the matter preceding subpara16 graph (A), by striking ‘‘National High-Per17 formance Computing Program’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘networking and information tech19 nology research and development program’’; 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

21 ‘‘high-performance computing, including 

22 networking’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and 

23 information technology’’; 


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1 (iii) in subparagraphs (B) and (G), by 

2 striking ‘‘high-performance’’ each place it 

3 appears and inserting ‘‘high-end’’; and 

4 (iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

5 ‘‘high-performance computing and net6 working’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end com7 puting, distributed, and networking’’; and 

8 (C) in paragraph (2) of such subsection— 

9 (i) in subparagraphs (A) and (C)— 

10 (I) by striking ‘‘high-performance 

11 computing’’ each place it appears and 

12 inserting ‘‘networking and information 

13 technology’’; and 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘development, 

15 networking,’’ each place it appears and 

16 inserting ‘‘development,’’; and 

17 (ii) in subparagraphs (F) and (G), as 

18 redesignated by section 2(c)(1) of this Act, 

19 by striking ‘‘high-performance’’ each place 

20 it appears and inserting ‘‘high-end’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre23 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high-per24 formance computing’’ both places it appears and 


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1 inserting ‘‘networking and information tech2 nology’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (2), in the second sen4 tence, by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; and 

5 (4) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘high6 performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking 

7 and information technology’’. 

8 (d) SECTION 201.—Section 201(a)(1) of such Act (15 

9 U.S.C. 5521(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-perform10 ance computing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘net11 working;’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information re12 search and development;’’. 

13 (e) SECTION 202.—Section 202(a) of such Act (15 

14 U.S.C. 5522(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-performance 

15 computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

16 technology’’. 

17 (f) SECTION 203.—Section 203(a) of such Act (15 

18 U.S.C. 5523(a)(1)) is amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘high-perform20 ance computing and networking’’ and inserting ‘‘net21 working and information technology’’; and 

22 (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘high-per23 formance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’. 

24 (g) SECTION 204.—Section 204 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

25 5524) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high3 performance computing systems and networks’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘networking and information tech5 nology systems and capabilities’’; 

6 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

7 ‘‘interoperability of high-performance computing 

8 systems in networks and for common user inter9 faces to systems’’ and inserting ‘‘interoperability 

10 and usability of networking and information 

11 technology systems’’; and 

12 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘high13 performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘net14 working and information technology’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH-PER17 FORMANCE COMPUTING AND NETWORK’’ and in18 serting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECH19 NOLOGY’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘sensitive’’. 

21 (h) SECTION 205.—Section 205(a) of such Act (15 

22 U.S.C. 5525(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘computational’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology’’. 

24 (i) SECTION 206.—Section 206(a) of such Act (15 

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1 search’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information tech2 nology research’’. 

3 (j) SECTION 207.—Section 207(b) of such Act (15 

4 U.S.C. 5527(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-performance 

5 computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

6 technology’’. 

7 (k) SECTION 208.—Section 208 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

8 5528) is amended— 

9 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH10 PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECH12 NOLOGY’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘High15 performance computing and associated’’ and in16 serting ‘‘Networking and information’’; 

17 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘high18 performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘net19 working and information technologies’’; 

20 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘high21 performance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’; 

22 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘high23 performance computers and associated’’ and in24 serting ‘‘networking and information’’; and 


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1 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘high2 performance computing and associated’’ and in3 serting ‘‘networking and information’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 289 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3834 

[Report No. 112–420] 

A BILL 

To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 

and for other purposes. working and information technology research, 1991 to authorize activities for support of netMARCH 22, 2012 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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