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Union Calendar No. 48 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2020 

[Report No. 111–102] 

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 

APRIL 22, 2009 

Mr. GORDON of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. LIPINSKI, 

Mr. EHLERS, Mr. WU, Mrs. BIGGERT, and Mr. LUJA ́N) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science and Technology 

MAY 12, 2009 

Additional sponsors: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. TONKO, 

Ms. FUDGE, and Mr. SMITH of Nebraska 

MAY 12, 2009 

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 April 22, 2009] 

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 ‘‘Networking and Infor5 mation Technology Research and Development Act of 

6 2009’’. 

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 established 

6 under section 102, shall develop, within 12 months 

7 after the date of enactment of the Networking and In8 formation Technology Research and Development Act 

9 of 2009, and update every 3 years thereafter, a 5-year 

10 strategic plan to guide the activities described under 

11 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.—The 

2 strategic plan developed in accordance with paragraph (1) 

3 shall be accompanied by milestones and roadmaps for estab4 lishing and maintaining the national research infrastruc5 ture required to support the Program, including the road6 map required by subsection (a)(2)(E). 

7 ‘‘(4) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The entities involved in 

8 developing the strategic plan under paragraph (1) shall 

9 take into consideration the recommendations— 

10 ‘‘(A) of the advisory committee established under 

11 subsection (b); and 

12 ‘‘(B) of the stakeholders whose input was solic13 ited by the National Coordination Office, as required 

14 under section 102(b)(3). 

15 ‘‘(5) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the Na16 tional Coordination Office shall transmit the strategic plan 

17 required under paragraph (1) to the advisory committee, 

18 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

19 of the Senate, and the Committee on Science and Tech20 nology of the House of Representatives.’’. 

21 (c) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR.— 

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

23 amended— 

24 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) 

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


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1 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol2 lowing new subparagraph: 

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

4 the agencies participating in the Program to al5 locate the level of resources and management at6 tention necessary to ensure that the strategic 

7 plan under subsection (e) is developed and exe8 cuted effectively and that the objectives of the 

9 Program are met;’’. 

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

11 Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after 

12 ‘‘an advisory committee on high-performance computing,’’ 

13 the following: ‘‘in which the co-chairs shall be members of 

14 the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Tech15 nology and with the remainder of the committee’’. 

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

17 5511(a)(3)) is amended— 

18 (1) in subparagraph (C)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘is submitted, the levels for the previous fis21 cal year,’’; and 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 

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

24 Area and research area supported in accordance 

25 with section 104;’’; 


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1 (2) in subparagraph (D)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 

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

4 Area and research area supported in accordance 

5 with section 104,’’; 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘is submitted, the levels for the previous fis8 cal year,’’; and 

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

10 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub11 paragraph (G); and 

12 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol13 lowing new subparagraphs: 

14 ‘‘(E) include a description of how the objec15 tives for each Program Component Area, and the 

16 objectives for activities that involve multiple Pro17 gram Component Areas, relate to the objectives of 

18 the Program identified in the strategic plan re19 quired under subsection (e); 

20 ‘‘(F) include— 

21 ‘‘(i) a description of the funding re22 quired by the National Coordination Office 

23 to perform the functions specified under sec24 tion 102(b) for the next fiscal year by cat25 egory of activity; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) a description of the funding re2 quired by such Office to perform the func3 tions specified under section 102(b) for the 

4 current fiscal year by category of activity; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(iii) the amount of funding provided 

7 for such Office for the current fiscal year by 

8 each agency participating in the Program; 

9 and’’. 

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

11 5503) is amended— 

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

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

14 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re15 designated, the following new paragraph: 

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

17 engineered systems whose networking and information 

18 technology functions and physical elements are deeply 

19 integrated and are actively connected to the physical 

20 world through sensors, actuators, or other means to 

21 perform monitoring and control functions;’’; 

22 (3) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘high-performance com24 puting’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa25 tion technology’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘supercomputer’’ and in2 serting ‘‘high-end computing’’; 

3 (4) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by 

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

5 through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘network, includ6 ing advanced computer networks of Federal agencies 

7 and departments;’’; and 

8 (5) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by 

9 striking ‘‘National High-Performance Computing 

10 Program’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa11 tion technology research and development program’’. 

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

13 IMPORTANCE. 

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

15 adding at the end the following new section: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 104. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NA17 TIONAL IMPORTANCE. 

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

19 agencies identified in section 101(a)(3)(B) to support large20 scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and develop21 ment activities in networking and information technology 

22 directed toward application areas that have the potential 

23 for significant contributions to national economic competi24 tiveness and for other significant societal benefits. Such ac25 tivities, ranging from basic research to the demonstration 


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1 of technical solutions, shall be designed to advance the devel2 opment of research discoveries. The advisory committee es3 tablished under section 101(b) shall make recommendations 

4 to the Program for candidate research and development 

5 areas for support under this section. 

6 ‘‘(b) CHARACTERISTICS.— 

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

8 activities under this section shall— 

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

10 applications for support through a competitive, 

11 merit-based process; 

12 ‘‘(B) involve collaborations among research13 ers in institutions of higher education and in14 dustry, and may involve nonprofit research in15 stitutions and Federal laboratories, as appro16 priate; 

17 ‘‘(C) when possible, leverage Federal invest18 ments through collaboration with related State 

19 initiatives; and 

20 ‘‘(D) include a plan for fostering the trans21 fer of research discoveries and the results of tech22 nology demonstration activities, including from 

23 institutions of higher education and Federal lab24 oratories, to industry for commercial develop25 ment. 


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

2 for support, the agencies shall give special consider3 ation to projects that include cost-sharing from non4 Federal sources. 

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

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

7 appropriate agencies, are working on large-scale re8 search and development activities in the same area of 

9 national importance, then such agencies shall strive 

10 to collaborate through joint solicitation and selection 

11 of applications for support and subsequent funding of 

12 projects. 

13 ‘‘(4) INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTERS.— 

14 Research and development activities under this sec15 tion may be supported through interdisciplinary re16 search centers that are organized to investigate basic 

17 research questions and carry out technology dem18 onstration activities in areas described in subsection 

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

20 interdisciplinary centers, including those authorized 

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

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


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1 SEC. 4. CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS AND INFORMATION 

2 MANAGEMENT. 

3 (a) ADDITIONAL PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS.—Sec4 tion 101(a)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(1)) is amend5 ed— 

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

7 after the semicolon; 

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

9 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub11 paragraphs: 

12 ‘‘(J) provide for increased understanding of 

13 the scientific principles of cyber-physical systems 

14 and improve the methods available for the de15 sign, development, and operation of cyber-phys16 ical systems that are characterized by high reli17 ability, safety, and security; and 

18 ‘‘(K) provide for research and development 

19 on human-computer interactions, visualization, 

20 and information management.’’. 

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

22 5511) is amended further by adding after section 104, as 

23 added by section 3, the following new section: 

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

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

26 the date of enactment of the Networking and Information 


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1 Technology Research and Development Act of 2009, the Di2 rector of the National Coordination Office established under 

3 section 102 shall convene a task force to explore mechanisms 

4 for carrying out collaborative research and development ac5 tivities for cyber-physical systems, including the related 

6 technologies required to enable these systems, through a con7 sortium or other appropriate entity with participants from 

8 institutions of higher education, Federal laboratories, and 

9 industry. 

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

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

12 and an organizational structure for such entity under 

13 which the joint research and development activities 

14 could be planned, managed, and conducted effectively, 

15 including mechanisms for the allocation of resources 

16 among the participants in such entity for support of 

17 such activities; 

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

19 and development agenda for such entity, including 

20 objectives and milestones; 

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

22 participants from institutions of higher education, 

23 Federal laboratories, and industry in such entity; 


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1 ‘‘(4) propose guidelines for assigning intellectual 

2 property rights and for the transfer of research results 

3 to the private sector; and 

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

5 could be funded from Federal, State, and non-govern6 mental sources. 

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

8 under subsection (a), the Director of the National Coordina9 tion Office shall appoint an equal number of individuals 

10 from institutions of higher education and from industry 

11 with knowledge and expertise in cyber-physical systems, of 

12 which 2 may be selected from Federal laboratories. 

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

14 of enactment of the Networking and Information Tech15 nology Research and Development Act of 2009, the Director 

16 of the National Coordination Office shall transmit to the 

17 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

18 the Senate and the Committee on Science and Technology 

19 of the House of Representatives a report describing the find20 ings and recommendations of the task force.’’. 

21 SEC. 5. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

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

23 to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 102. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

2 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish a 

3 National Coordination Office with a Director and full-time 

4 staff. 

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

6 shall— 

7 ‘‘(1) provide technical and administrative sup8 port to— 

9 ‘‘(A) the agencies participating in planning 

10 and implementing the Program, including such 

11 support as needed in the development of the stra12 tegic plan under section 101(e); and 

13 ‘‘(B) the advisory committee established 

14 under section 101(b); 

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

16 Federal networking and information technology ac17 tivities for government organizations, academia, in18 dustry, professional societies, State computing and 

19 networking technology programs, interested citizen 

20 groups, and others to exchange technical and pro21 grammatic information; 

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

23 wide range of stakeholders during the development of 

24 each strategic plan required under section 101(e) 

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1 tories, and other relevant organizations and institu2 tions; 

3 ‘‘(4) conduct public outreach, including the dis4 semination of findings and recommendations of the 

5 advisory committee, as appropriate; and 

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

7 the technologies, innovations, and expertise derived 

8 from Program activities to agency missions and sys9 tems across the Federal Government and to United 

10 States industry. 

11 ‘‘(c) SOURCE OF FUNDING.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The operation of the Na13 tional Coordination Office shall be supported by 

14 funds from each agency participating in the Pro15 gram. 

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

17 budget of such Office that is provided by each agency 

18 for each fiscal year shall be in the same proportion 

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

20 Program for the previous fiscal year, as specified in 

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

22 SEC. 6. IMPROVING NETWORKING AND INFORMATION 

23 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. 

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

25 amended— 


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

2 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 and 

8 learning of networking and information technology at 

9 all levels of education and to increase participation 

10 in networking and information technology fields, in11 cluding by women and underrepresented minorities;’’. 

12 SEC. 7. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

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

14 5502) is amended— 

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

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

17 ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 

19 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high-performance 

20 computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa21 tion technology’’; 

22 (3) in subparagraphs (A) and (F) of paragraph 

23 (1), by striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ each 

24 place it appears and inserting ‘‘networking and in25 formation technology’’; and 


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1 (4) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘high-performance com3 puting and’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and in4 formation technology and’’; and 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘high-performance com6 puting network’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and 

7 information technology’’. 

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

9 U.S.C. 5511) is amended by striking ‘‘HIGH-PER10 FORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and inserting ‘‘NET11 WORKING AND INFORMATION TECH12 NOLOGY’’. 

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

14 5511) is amended— 

15 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH16 PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECH18 NOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

21 ‘‘NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION

23 TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 

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


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1 (i) in the matter preceding subpara2 graph (A), by striking ‘‘National High-Per3 formance Computing Program’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘networking and information tech5 nology research and development program’’; 

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

7 ‘‘high-performance computing, including 

8 networking’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and 

9 information technology’’; and 

10 (iii) in subparagraphs (B), (C), and 

11 (G), by striking ‘‘high-performance’’ each 

12 place it appears and inserting ‘‘high-end’’; 

13 and 

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

15 (i) in subparagraphs (A) and (C)— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘high-performance 

17 computing’’ each place it appears and 

18 inserting ‘‘networking and information 

19 technology’’; and 

20 (II) by striking ‘‘development, 

21 networking,’’ each place it appears and 

22 inserting ‘‘development,’’; and 

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

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


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

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

3 (3) in subsection (b)(1), in the matter preceding 

4 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high-performance 

5 computing’’ both places it appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 

7 (4) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘high8 performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking 

9 and information technology’’. 

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

11 U.S.C. 5521(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-perform12 ance computing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘net13 working;’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information re14 search and development;’’. 

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

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

17 computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

18 technology’’. 

19 (f) SECTION 203.—Section 203(a)(1) of such Act (15 

20 U.S.C. 5523(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-perform21 ance computing and networking’’ and inserting ‘‘net22 working and information technology’’. 

23 (g) SECTION 204.—Section 204(a)(1) of such Act (15 

24 U.S.C. 5524(a)(1)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high-per2 formance computing systems and networks’’ and in3 serting ‘‘networking and information technology sys4 tems and capabilities’’; and 

5 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘high-per6 formance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and 

7 information technology’’. 

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

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

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

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

12 U.S.C. 5526(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘computational re13 search’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information tech14 nology research’’. 

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

16 5528) is amended— 

17 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH18 PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECH20 NOLOGY’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘High23 performance computing and associated’’ and in24 serting ‘‘Networking and information’’; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘high2 performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘net3 working and information technologies’’; 

4 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘high5 performance computers and associated’’ and in6 serting ‘‘networking and information’’; and 

7 (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘high8 performance computing and associated’’ and in9 serting ‘‘networking and information’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 48 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2020 

[Report No. 111–102] 

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 netMAY 12, 2009 

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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