112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3834 

AN ACT 

To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 

to authorize activities for support of networking and 

information technology research, and for other purposes. 

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

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

3 Networking and Information Technology Research and 

4 Development Act of 2012’’. 

5 SEC. 2. PROGRAM PLANNING AND COORDINATION. 

6 (a) PERIODIC REVIEWS.—Section 101 of the High7 Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511) 

8 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub9 section: 

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

11 subsection (a)(3)(B) shall— 

12 ‘‘(1) periodically assess the contents and fund13 ing levels of the Program Component Areas and re14 structure the Program when warranted, taking into 

15 consideration any relevant recommendations of the 

16 advisory committee established under subsection (b); 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(2) ensure that the Program includes large19 scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and de20 velopment activities, including activities described in 

21 section 104.’’. 

22 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC PLAN.—Section 

23 101 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended further by 

24 adding after subsection (d), as added by subsection (a) 

25 of this Act, the following new subsection: 

26 ‘‘(e) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The agencies identified in 

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

3 Science and Technology Council and with the assist4 ance of the National Coordination Office described 

5 under section 102, shall develop, within 12 months 

6 after the date of enactment of the Advancing Amer7 ica’s Networking and Information Technology Re8 search and Development Act of 2012, and update 

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

10 guide the activities described under subsection 

11 (a)(1). 

12 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan shall 

13 specify near-term and long-term objectives for the 

14 Program, the anticipated time frame for achieving 

15 the near-term objectives, the metrics to be used for 

16 assessing progress toward the objectives, and how 

17 the Program will— 

18 ‘‘(A) foster the transfer of research and 

19 development results into new technologies and 

20 applications for the benefit of society, including 

21 through cooperation and collaborations with 

22 networking and information technology re23 search, development, and technology transition 

24 initiatives supported by the States; 
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1 ‘‘(B) encourage and support mechanisms 

2 for interdisciplinary research and development 

3 in networking and information technology, in4 cluding through collaborations across agencies, 

5 across Program Component Areas, with indus6 try, with Federal laboratories (as defined in 

7 section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 

8 Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703)), and 

9 with international 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 

19 and information technology education and 

20 training programs to ensure an adequate, well21 trained workforce; and 

22 ‘‘(F) attract more women and underrep23 resented minorities to pursue postsecondary de24 grees in networking and information tech25 nology. 
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1 ‘‘(3) NATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUC2 TURE.—The strategic plan developed in accordance 

3 with paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by mile4 stones and roadmaps for establishing and maintain5 ing the national research infrastructure required to 

6 support the Program, including the roadmap re7 quired by subsection (a)(2)(E). 

8 ‘‘(4) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The entities in9 volved in developing the strategic plan under para10 graph (1) shall take into consideration the rec11 ommendations— 

12 ‘‘(A) of the advisory committee established 

13 under subsection (b); and 

14 ‘‘(B) of the stakeholders whose input was 

15 solicited by the National Coordination Office, as 

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

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

18 the National Coordination Office shall transmit the 

19 strategic plan required under paragraph (1) to the 

20 advisory committee, the Committee on Commerce, 

21 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 

22 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

23 House of Representatives.’’. 
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1 (c) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR.— 

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

3 amended— 

4 (1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘edu5 cation,’’ before ‘‘and other activities’’; 

6 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and 

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

8 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol9 lowing new subparagraph: 

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

11 agencies participating in the Program to allocate the 

12 level of resources and management attention nec13 essary to ensure that the strategic plan under sub14 section (e) is developed and executed effectively and 

15 that the objectives of the Program are met;’’. 

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

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

18 (1) after the first sentence, by inserting the fol19 lowing: ‘‘The co-chairs of the advisory committee 

20 shall meet the qualifications of committee member21 ship and may be members of the President’s Council 

22 of Advisors on Science and Technology.’’; and 

23 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘high-per24 formance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’. 
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1 (e) REPORT.—Section 101(a)(3) of such Act (15 

2 U.S.C. 5511(a)(3)) is amended— 

3 (1) in subparagraph (C)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘is submitted, the levels for the previous 

6 fiscal year,’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 

8 Area;’’ and inserting ‘‘each Program Compo9 nent Area and research area supported in ac10 cordance with section 104;’’; 

11 (2) in subparagraph (D)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 

13 Area,’’ and inserting ‘‘each Program Compo14 nent Area and research area supported in ac15 cordance with section 104,’’; 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘is submitted, the levels for the previous 

18 fiscal year,’’; and 

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

20 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub21 paragraph (G); and 

22 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol23 lowing new subparagraphs: 

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

25 for each Program Component Area, and the objec-
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1 tives for activities that involve multiple Program 

2 Component Areas, relate to the objectives of the 

3 Program identified in the strategic plan required 

4 under subsection (e); 

5 ‘‘(F) include— 

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

7 by the National Coordination Office to perform 

8 the functions specified under section 102(b) for 

9 the next fiscal year by category of activity; 

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

11 by such Office to perform the functions speci12 fied under section 102(b) for the current fiscal 

13 year by category of activity; and 

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

15 such Office for the current fiscal year by each 

16 agency participating in the Program; and’’. 

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

18 5503) is amended— 

19 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

20 (7) as paragraphs (2) through (8), respectively; 

21 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re22 designated, the following new paragraph: 

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

24 engineered systems whose networking and informa25 tion technology functions and physical elements are 
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1 deeply integrated and are actively connected to the 

2 physical world through sensors, actuators, or other 

3 means to perform monitoring and control func4 tions;’’; 

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

6 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

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

9 (A) by striking ‘‘high-performance com10 puting’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and infor11 mation technology’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘supercomputer’’ and in13 serting ‘‘high-end computing’’; 

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

15 striking ‘‘network referred to as’’ and all that fol16 lows through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘network, 

17 including advanced computer networks of Federal 

18 agencies and departments;’’; and 

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

20 striking ‘‘National High-Performance Computing 

21 Program’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa22 tion technology research and development program’’. 
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1 SEC. 3. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NATIONAL 

2 IMPORTANCE. 

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

4 adding at the end the following new section: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 104. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NA6 TIONAL IMPORTANCE. 

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

8 agencies identified in section 101(a)(3)(B) to support 

9 large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and de10 velopment activities in networking and information tech11 nology directed toward application areas that have the po12 tential for significant contributions to national economic 

13 competitiveness and for other significant societal benefits. 

14 Such activities, ranging from basic research to the dem15 onstration of technical solutions, shall be designed to ad16 vance the development of research discoveries. The advi17 sory committee established under section 101(b) shall 

18 make recommendations to the Program for candidate re19 search and development areas for support under this sec20 tion. 

21 ‘‘(b) CHARACTERISTICS.— 

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

23 activities under this section shall— 

24 ‘‘(A) include projects selected on the basis 

25 of applications for support through a competi26 tive, merit-based process; 
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1 ‘‘(B) involve collaborations among re2 searchers in institutions of higher education 

3 and industry, and may involve nonprofit re4 search institutions and Federal laboratories, as 

5 appropriate; 

6 ‘‘(C) when possible, leverage Federal in7 vestments through collaboration with related 

8 State initiatives; and 

9 ‘‘(D) include a plan for fostering the trans10 fer of research discoveries and the results of 

11 technology demonstration activities, including 

12 from institutions of higher education and Fed13 eral laboratories, to industry for commercial de14 velopment. 

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

16 for support, the agencies shall give special consider17 ation to projects that include cost sharing from non18 Federal sources. 

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

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

21 appropriate agencies, are working on large-scale re22 search and development activities in the same area 

23 of national importance, then such agencies shall 

24 strive to collaborate through joint solicitation and se-
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1 lection of applications for support and subsequent 

2 funding of projects. 

3 ‘‘(4) INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CEN4 TERS.—Research and development activities under 

5 this section may be supported through interdiscipli6 nary research centers that are organized to inves7 tigate basic research questions and carry out tech8 nology demonstration activities in areas described in 

9 subsection (a). Research may be carried out through 

10 existing interdisciplinary centers, including those au11 thorized under section 7024(b)(2) of the America 

12 COMPETES Act (Public Law 110–69; 42 U.S.C. 

13 1862o–10).’’. 

14 SEC. 4. CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS. 

15 (a) ADDITIONAL PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS.—Sec16 tion 101(a)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(1)) is 

17 amended— 

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

19 after the semicolon; 

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

21 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

22 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub23 paragraphs: 

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

25 scientific principles of cyber-physical systems and 
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1 improve the methods available for the design, devel2 opment, and operation of cyber-physical systems 

3 that are characterized by high reliability, safety, and 

4 security; and 

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

6 human-computer interactions, visualization, and big 

7 data.’’. 

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

9 5511) is amended further by adding after section 104, as 

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

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

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

13 after the date of enactment of the Advancing America’s 

14 Networking and Information Technology Research and 

15 Development Act of 2012, the Director of the National 

16 Coordination Office shall convene a task force to explore 

17 mechanisms for carrying out collaborative research and 

18 development activities for cyber-physical systems, includ19 ing the related technologies required to enable these sys20 tems, through a consortium or other appropriate entity 

21 with participants from institutions of higher education, 

22 Federal laboratories, and industry. 

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

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

25 and an organizational structure for such entity 
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1 under which the joint research and development ac2 tivities could be planned, managed, and conducted 

3 effectively, including mechanisms for the allocation 

4 of resources among the participants in such entity 

5 for support of such activities; 

6 ‘‘(2) propose a process for developing a re7 search and development agenda for such entity, in8 cluding guidelines to ensure an appropriate scope of 

9 work focused on nationally significant challenges and 

10 requiring collaboration and to ensure the develop11 ment of related scientific and technological mile12 stones; 

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

14 participants from institutions of higher education, 

15 Federal laboratories, and industry in such entity; 

16 ‘‘(4) propose guidelines for assigning intellec17 tual property rights and for the transfer of research 

18 results to the private sector; and 

19 ‘‘(5) make recommendations for how such enti20 ty could be funded from Federal, State, and non21 governmental sources. 

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

23 under subsection (a), the Director of the National Coordi24 nation Office— 
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1 ‘‘(1) shall appoint an equal number of individ2 uals with knowledge and expertise in cyber-physical 

3 systems from— 

4 ‘‘(A) institutions of higher education, in5 cluding minority-serving institutions and com6 munity colleges; and 

7 ‘‘(B) industry; and 

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

9 from Federal laboratories. 

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

11 of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking and 

12 Information Technology Research and Development Act of 

13 2012, the Director of the National Coordination Office 

14 shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

15 and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 

16 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep17 resentatives a report describing the findings and rec18 ommendations of the task force. 

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

20 upon transmittal of the report required under subsection 

21 (d). 

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

23 shall serve without compensation.’’. 
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1 SEC. 5. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FOR RESEARCH. 

2 Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended fur3 ther by adding after section 105, as added by section 4(b) 

4 of this Act, the following new section: 

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

6 ‘‘(a) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—Not later 

7 than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Advanc8 ing America’s Networking and Information Technology 

9 Research and Development Act of 2012, the Director of 

10 the National Coordination Office, working through the 

11 National Science and Technology Council, shall convene 

12 an interagency working group to examine— 

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

14 ‘‘(A) to enhance the effectiveness and effi15 ciency of cloud computing environments; 

16 ‘‘(B) to increase the trustworthiness of 

17 cloud applications and infrastructure; and 

18 ‘‘(C) to enhance the foundations of cloud 

19 architectures, programming models, and inter20 operability; and 

21 ‘‘(2) the potential use of cloud computing for 

22 federally-funded science and engineering research, 

23 including issues around funding mechanisms and 

24 policies for the use of cloud computing services for 

25 such research. 
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1 ‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the tasks in 

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

3 group shall consult with academia, industry, Federal lab4 oratories, and other relevant organizations and institu5 tions, as appropriate. 

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

7 of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking and 

8 Information Technology Research and Development Act of 

9 2012, the Director of the National Coordination Office 

10 shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and 

11 Technology of the House of Representatives and the Com12 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

13 Senate a report describing the findings and any rec14 ommendations of the working group. 

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

16 shall terminate upon transmittal of the report required 

17 under subsection (c).’’. 

18 SEC. 6. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

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

20 to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 102. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

22 ‘‘(a) OFFICE.—The Director shall continue a Na23 tional Coordination Office with a Director and full-time 

24 staff. 
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1 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The National Coordination Office 

2 shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) provide technical and administrative sup4 port to— 

5 ‘‘(A) the agencies participating in planning 

6 and implementing the Program, including such 

7 support as needed in the development of the 

8 strategic plan under section 101(e); and 

9 ‘‘(B) the advisory committee established 

10 under section 101(b); 

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

12 Federal networking and information technology ac13 tivities for government organizations, academia, in14 dustry, professional societies, State computing and 

15 networking technology programs, interested citizen 

16 groups, and others to exchange technical and pro17 grammatic information; 

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

19 wide range of stakeholders during the development 

20 of each strategic plan required under section 101(e) 

21 through the convening of at least 1 workshop with 

22 invitees from academia, industry, Federal labora23 tories, and other relevant organizations and institu24 tions; 
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1 ‘‘(4) conduct public outreach, including the dis2 semination of findings and recommendations of the 

3 advisory committee, as appropriate; and 

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

5 the technologies, innovations, and expertise derived 

6 from Program activities to agency missions and sys7 tems across the Federal Government and to United 

8 States industry. 

9 ‘‘(c) SOURCE OF FUNDING.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The operation of the Na11 tional Coordination Office shall be supported by 

12 funds from each agency participating in the Pro13 gram. 

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

15 budget of such Office that is provided by each agen16 cy for each fiscal year shall be in the same propor17 tion as each such agency’s share of the total budget 

18 for the Program for the previous fiscal year, as spec19 ified in the report required under section 

20 101(a)(3).’’. 

21 SEC. 7. IMPROVING NETWORKING AND INFORMATION 

22 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. 

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

24 amended— 
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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

2 (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and 

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol4 lowing new paragraph: 

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

6 its existing programs, in collaboration with other 

7 agencies, as appropriate, to improve the teaching 

8 and learning of networking and information tech9 nology at all levels of education and to increase par10 ticipation in networking and information technology 

11 fields, including by women and underrepresented mi12 norities;’’. 

13 SEC. 8. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

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

15 5502) is amended— 

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

17 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

19 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

22 and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

23 technology’’; 

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

25 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ each 
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1 place it appears and inserting ‘‘networking and 

2 information technology’’; and 

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

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

5 and 

6 (3) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘high-performance com8 puting and’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and in9 formation technology and’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘high-performance com11 puting network’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and 

12 information technology’’. 

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

14 U.S.C. 5511) is amended by striking ‘‘HIGH-PER15 FORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and inserting ‘‘NET16 WORKING AND INFORMATION TECH17 NOLOGY’’. 

18 (c) SECTION 101.—Section 101 of such Act (15 

19 U.S.C. 5511) is amended— 

20 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH21 PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECH23 NOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (a)— 
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1 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMA4 TION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP5 MENT’’; 

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

7 (i) in the matter preceding subpara8 graph (A), by striking ‘‘National High-Per9 formance Computing Program’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘networking and information tech11 nology research and development pro12 gram’’; 

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

14 ‘‘high-performance computing, including 

15 networking’’ and inserting ‘‘networking 

16 and information technology’’; 

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

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

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

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

21 ‘‘high-performance computing and net22 working’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end com23 puting, distributed, and networking’’; and 

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

25 (i) in subparagraphs (A) and (C)— 
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1 (I) by striking ‘‘high-performance 

2 computing’’ each place it appears and 

3 inserting ‘‘networking and information 

4 technology’’; and 

5 (II) by striking ‘‘development, 

6 networking,’’ each place it appears 

7 and inserting ‘‘development,’’; and 

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

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

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

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

12 (3) in subsection (b)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre14 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high-per15 formance computing’’ both places it appears 

16 and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

17 technology’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (2), in the second sen19 tence, by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; and 

20 (4) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘high21 performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking 

22 and information technology’’. 

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

24 (15 U.S.C. 5521(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-per25 formance computing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘net-
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1 working;’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information re2 search and development;’’. 

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

4 U.S.C. 5522(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-perform5 ance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa6 tion technology’’. 

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

8 U.S.C. 5523(a)(1)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘high-per10 formance computing and networking’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 

12 (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘high-per13 formance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’. 

14 (g) SECTION 204.—Section 204 of such Act (15 

15 U.S.C. 5524) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

18 ‘‘high-performance computing systems and net19 works’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa20 tion technology systems and capabilities’’; 

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

22 ‘‘interoperability of high-performance com23 puting systems in networks and for common 

24 user interfaces to systems’’ and inserting 
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1 ‘‘interoperability and usability of networking 

2 and information technology systems’’; and 

3 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

4 ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (b)— 

7 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH8 PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND NETWORK’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMA10 TION TECHNOLOGY’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘sensitive’’. 

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

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

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

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

16 U.S.C. 5526(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘computational 

17 research’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

18 technology research’’. 

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

20 U.S.C. 5527(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-perform21 ance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa22 tion technology’’. 

23 (k) SECTION 208.—Section 208 of such Act (15 

24 U.S.C. 5528) is amended— 
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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH2 PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECH4 NOLOGY’’; and 

5 (2) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘High7 performance computing and associated’’ and in8 serting ‘‘Networking and information’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘high10 performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘net11 working and information technologies’’; 

12 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘high13 performance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’; 

14 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘high15 performance computers and associated’’ and in16 serting ‘‘networking and information’’; and 

17 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘high18 performance computing and associated’’ and in19 serting ‘‘networking and information’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 27, 2012. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3834 

AN ACT 

To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 

and for other purposes. working and information technology research, 1991 to authorize activities for support of net-