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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 113–34 

ADVANCING AMERICA’S NETWORKING AND INFORMATION 

TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 

2013 

APRIL 11, 2013.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. SMITH of Texas, from the Committee on Science, Space, and 

Technology, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 967] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom was 

referred the bill (H.R. 967) to amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to authorize activities for support of networking 

and information technology research, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. 

CONTENTS 

Page 

I. Amendment ................................................................................................. 2 

II. Purpose and Summary ............................................................................... 8 

III. Background and Need for the Legislation ................................................ 8 

IV. Hearing Summary ....................................................................................... 10 

V. Committee Consideration ........................................................................... 11 

VI. Committee Votes ......................................................................................... 11 

VII. Summary of Major Provisions of the Bill .................................................. 13 

VIII. Committee Views ........................................................................................ 13 

IX. Committee Oversight Findings .................................................................. 15 

X. Statement on General Performance Goals and Objectives ...................... 15 

XI. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 16 

XII. Advisory on Earmarks ................................................................................ 16 

XIII. Committee Cost Estimate ........................................................................... 16 

XIV. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ............................................. 16 

XV. Federal Mandates Statement ..................................................................... 17 

XVI. Compliance with House Resolution 5 ........................................................ 17 

XVII. Federal Advisory Committee Statement ................................................... 17 

XVIII. Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................... 17 

XIX. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ......................................... 17 

XX. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, As Reported ....................... 20 

XXI. Proceedings of the Full Committee Markup ............................................. 35 


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I. AMENDMENT

The amendment is as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing America’s Networking and Information 

Technology Research and Development Act of 2013’’. 

SEC. 2. PROGRAM PLANNING AND COORDINATION. 

(a) PERIODIC REVIEWS.—Section 101 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 

1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(d) PERIODIC REVIEWS.—The agencies identified in subsection (a)(3)(B) shall— 

‘‘(1) periodically assess the contents and funding levels of the Program Component Areas and restructure the Program when warranted, taking into consideration any relevant recommendations of the advisory committee established 

under subsection (b); and 

‘‘(2) ensure that the Program includes large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary 

research and development activities, including activities described in section 

104.’’. 

(b) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC PLAN.—Section 101 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) 

is amended further by adding after subsection (d), as added by subsection (a) of this 

Act, the following new subsection: 

‘‘(e) STRATEGIC PLAN.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The agencies identified in subsection (a)(3)(B), working 

through the National Science and Technology Council and with the assistance 

of the National Coordination Office described under section 102, shall develop, 

within 12 months after the date of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013, 

and update every 3 years thereafter, a 5-year strategic plan to guide the activities described under subsection (a)(1). 

‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan shall specify near-term and long-term objectives for the Program, the anticipated time frame for achieving the near-term 

objectives, the metrics to be used for assessing progress toward the objectives, 

and how the Program will— 

‘‘(A) foster the transfer of research and development results into new 

technologies and applications for the benefit of society, including through 

cooperation and collaborations with networking and information technology 

research, development, and technology transition initiatives supported by 

the States; 

‘‘(B) encourage and support mechanisms for interdisciplinary research 

and development in networking and information technology, including 

through collaborations across agencies, across Program Component Areas, 

with industry, with Federal laboratories (as defined in section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703)), and 

with international organizations; 

‘‘(C) address long-term challenges of national importance for which solutions require large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and development; 

‘‘(D) place emphasis on innovative and high-risk projects having the potential for substantial societal returns on the research investment; 

‘‘(E) strengthen all levels of networking and information technology education and training programs to ensure an adequate, well-trained workforce; and 

‘‘(F) attract more women and underrepresented minorities to pursue postsecondary degrees in networking and information technology. 

‘‘(3) NATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE.—The strategic plan developed in 

accordance with paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by milestones and roadmaps for establishing and maintaining the national research infrastructure required to support the Program, including the roadmap required by subsection 

(a)(2)(E). 

‘‘(4) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The entities involved in developing the strategic 

plan under paragraph (1) shall take into consideration the recommendations— 

‘‘(A) of the advisory committee established under subsection (b); and 

‘‘(B) of the stakeholders whose input was solicited by the National Coordination Office, as required under section 102(b)(3). 

‘‘(5) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the National Coordination Office 

shall transmit the strategic plan required under paragraph (1) to the advisory 


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committee, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

Senate, and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 

Representatives.’’. 

(c) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR.—Section 101(a)(2) of such Act (15 

U.S.C. 5511(a)(2)) is amended— 

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

(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), 

respectively; and 

(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(E) encourage and monitor the efforts of the agencies participating in the 

Program to allocate the level of resources and management attention necessary 

to ensure that the strategic plan under subsection (e) is developed and executed 

effectively and that the objectives of the Program are met;’’. 

(d) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 101(b)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(b)(1)) is 

amended— 

(1) after the first sentence, by inserting the following: ‘‘The co-chairs of the 

advisory committee shall meet the qualifications of committee membership and 

may be members of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.’’; and 

(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘high-performance’’ and inserting ‘‘highend’’. 

(e) REPORT.—Section 101(a)(3) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(3)) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (B)— 

(A) by redesignating clauses (vii) through (xi) as clauses (viii) through 

(xii), respectively; and 

(B) by inserting after clause (vi) the following: 

‘‘(vii) the Department of Homeland Security;’’; 

(2) in subparagraph (C)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and inserting ‘‘is submitted, the levels for 

the previous fiscal year,’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘each Program Component Area;’’ and inserting ‘‘each Program Component Area and research area supported in accordance with section 104;’’; 

(3) in subparagraph (D)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘each Program Component Area,’’ and inserting ‘‘each Program Component Area and research area supported in accordance with section 104,’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and inserting ‘‘is submitted, the levels for 

the previous fiscal year,’’; and 

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

(4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (G); and 

(5) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraphs: 

‘‘(E) include a description of how the objectives for each Program Component 

Area, and the objectives for activities that involve multiple Program Component 

Areas, relate to the objectives of the Program identified in the strategic plan 

required under subsection (e); 

‘‘(F) include— 

‘‘(i) a description of the funding required by the National Coordination Office to perform the functions specified under section 102(b) for the next fiscal year by category of activity; 

‘‘(ii) a description of the funding required by such Office to perform the 

functions specified under section 102(b) for the current fiscal year by category of activity; and 

‘‘(iii) the amount of funding provided for such Office for the current fiscal 

year by each agency participating in the Program; and’’. 

(f) DEFINITION.—Section 4 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5503) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (7) as paragraphs (2) through (8), 

respectively; 

(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new 

paragraph: 

‘‘(1) ‘cyber-physical systems’ means physical or engineered systems whose networking and information technology functions and physical elements are deeply 

integrated and are actively connected to the physical world through sensors, actuators, or other means to perform monitoring and control functions;’’; 

(3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

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

(A) by striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking 

and information technology’’; and 


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(B) by striking ‘‘supercomputer’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end computing’’; 

(5) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘network referred to as’’ 

and all that follows through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘network, including advanced computer networks of Federal agencies and departments;’’; and 

(6) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘National High-Performance Computing Program’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology research and development program’’. 

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

Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended by adding at the end the following 

new section: 

‘‘SEC. 104. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Program shall encourage agencies identified in section 

101(a)(3)(B) to support large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and development activities in networking and information technology directed toward application areas that have the potential for significant contributions to national economic 

competitiveness and for other significant societal benefits. Such activities, ranging 

from basic research to the demonstration of technical solutions, shall be designed 

to advance the development of research discoveries. The advisory committee established under section 101(b) shall make recommendations to the Program for candidate research and development areas for support under this section. 

‘‘(b) CHARACTERISTICS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Research and development activities under this section 

shall— 

‘‘(A) include projects selected on the basis of applications for support 

through a competitive, merit-based process; 

‘‘(B) involve collaborations among researchers in institutions of higher 

education and industry, and may involve nonprofit research institutions 

and Federal laboratories, as appropriate; 

‘‘(C) when possible, leverage Federal investments through collaboration 

with related State initiatives; and 

‘‘(D) include a plan for fostering the transfer of research discoveries and 

the results of technology demonstration activities, including from institutions of higher education and Federal laboratories, to industry for commercial development. 

‘‘(2) COST-SHARING.—In selecting applications for support, the agencies shall 

give special consideration to projects that include cost sharing from non-Federal 

sources. 

‘‘(3) AGENCY COLLABORATION.—If 2 or more agencies identified in section 

101(a)(3)(B), or other appropriate agencies, are working on large-scale research 

and development activities in the same area of national importance, then such 

agencies shall strive to collaborate through joint solicitation and selection of applications for support and subsequent funding of projects. 

‘‘(4) INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTERS.—Research and development activities under this section may be supported through interdisciplinary research 

centers that are organized to investigate basic research questions and carry out 

technology demonstration activities in areas described in subsection (a). Research may be carried out through existing interdisciplinary centers, including 

those authorized under section 7024(b)(2) of the America COMPETES Act (Public Law 110–69; 42 U.S.C. 1862o–10).’’. 

SEC. 4. CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS. 

(a) ADDITIONAL PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS.—Section 101(a)(1) of such Act (15 

U.S.C. 5511(a)(1)) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

(2) in subparagraph (I)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘improving the security’’ and inserting ‘‘improving the security, reliability, and resilience’’; and 

(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: 

‘‘(J) provide for increased understanding of the scientific principles of cyberphysical systems and improve the methods available for the design, development, and operation of cyber-physical systems that are characterized by high 

reliability, safety, and security; and 

‘‘(K) provide for research and development on human-computer interactions, 

visualization, and big data.’’. 

(b) WORKSHOP.—Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended further by adding 

after section 104, as added by section 3 of this Act, the following new section: 


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‘‘SEC. 105. UNIVERSITY/INDUSTRY WORKSHOP. 

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 

Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013, the Director of the National Coordination Office shall convene 

a workshop, with participants from institutions of higher education, Federal laboratories, and industry, to explore mechanisms for carrying out collaborative research 

and development activities for cyber-physical systems, including the related technologies required to enable these systems, and to develop grand challenges in cyberphysical systems research and development. 

‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The workshop participants shall— 

‘‘(1) develop options for models for research and development partnerships 

among institutions of higher education, Federal laboratories, and industry, including mechanisms for the support of research and development carried out 

under these partnerships; 

‘‘(2) develop options for grand challenges in cyber-physical systems research 

and development that would be addressed through such partnerships; 

‘‘(3) propose guidelines for assigning intellectual property rights and for the 

transfer of research results to the private sector; and 

‘‘(4) make recommendations for how Federal agencies participating in the Program can help support research and development partnerships in cyber-physical 

systems, including through existing or new grant programs. 

‘‘(c) PARTICIPANTS.—The Director of the National Coordination Office shall ensure 

that participants in the workshop are individuals with knowledge and expertise in 

cyber-physical systems and that participants represent a broad mix of relevant 

stakeholders, including academic and industry researchers, cyber-physical systems 

and technologies manufacturers, cyber-physical systems and technologies users, and, 

as appropriate, Federal government regulators. 

‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013, the Director of the National Coordination Office shall transmit 

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives a report describing the findings and recommendations resulting from the workshop required under this section.’’. 

SEC. 5. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FOR RESEARCH. 

Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended further by adding after section 

105, as added by section 4(b) of this Act, the following new section: 

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

‘‘(a) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013, the Director of the National Coordination Office, working through the National Science and Technology Council, shall convene 

an interagency working group to examine— 

‘‘(1) the research and development needed— 

‘‘(A) to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of cloud computing environments; 

‘‘(B) to increase the trustworthiness of cloud applications and infrastructure; and 

‘‘(C) to enhance the foundations of cloud architectures, programming models, and interoperability; and 

‘‘(2) how Federal science agencies can facilitate the use of cloud computing for 

federally funded science and engineering research, including— 

‘‘(A) making recommendations on changes in funding mechanisms, budget 

models, and policies needed to remove barriers to the adoption of cloud computing services for research and for data preservation and sharing; and 

‘‘(B) providing guidance to organizations and researchers on opportunities 

and guidelines for using cloud computing services for federally supported 

research and related activities. 

‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the tasks in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), the working group shall consult with academia, industry, Federal laboratories, and other relevant organizations and institutions, as appropriate. 

‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Advancing 

America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act 

of 2013, the Director of the National Coordination Office shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the 

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‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—The interagency working group shall terminate upon transmittal of the report required under subsection (c).’’. 

SEC. 6. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

Section 102 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5512) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 102. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

‘‘(a) OFFICE.—The Director shall continue a National Coordination Office with a 

Director and full-time staff. 

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

‘‘(1) provide technical and administrative support to— 

‘‘(A) the agencies participating in planning and implementing the Program, including such support as needed in the development of the strategic 

plan under section 101(e); and 

‘‘(B) the advisory committee established under section 101(b); 

‘‘(2) serve as the primary point of contact on Federal networking and information technology activities for government organizations, academia, industry, professional societies, State computing and networking technology programs, interested citizen groups, and others to exchange technical and programmatic information; 

‘‘(3) solicit input and recommendations from a wide range of stakeholders during the development of each strategic plan required under section 101(e) 

through the convening of at least 1 workshop with invitees from academia, industry, Federal laboratories, and other relevant organizations and institutions; 

‘‘(4) conduct public outreach, including the dissemination of findings and recommendations of the advisory committee, as appropriate; and 

‘‘(5) promote access to and early application of the technologies, innovations, 

and expertise derived from Program activities to agency missions and systems 

across the Federal Government and to United States industry. 

‘‘(c) SOURCE OF FUNDING.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The operation of the National Coordination Office shall be 

supported by funds from each agency participating in the Program. 

‘‘(2) SPECIFICATIONS.—The portion of the total budget of such Office that is 

provided by each agency for each fiscal year shall be in the same proportion as 

each such agency’s share of the total budget for the Program for the previous 

fiscal year, as specified in the report required under section 101(a)(3).’’. 

SEC. 7. IMPROVING NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. 

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

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), 

respectively; and 

(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(2) the National Science Foundation shall use its existing programs, in collaboration with other agencies, as appropriate, to improve the teaching and 

learning of networking and information technology at all levels of education and 

to increase participation in networking and information technology fields, including by women and underrepresented minorities;’’. 

SEC. 8. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

(a) SECTION 3.—Section 3 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5502) is amended— 

(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

(2) in paragraph (1)— 

(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

(B) in subparagraphs (A), (F), and (G), by striking ‘‘high-performance 

computing’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 

(C) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘high-performance’’ and inserting 

‘‘high-end’’; and 

(3) in paragraph (2)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘high-performance computing and’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology and’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘high-performance computing network’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology’’. 

(b) TITLE I.—The heading of title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended by 

striking ‘‘HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and inserting ‘‘NETWORKING 

AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY’’. 

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(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and 

inserting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 

(2) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE

COMPUTING’’ and inserting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 

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

(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘National 

High-Performance Computing Program’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and 

information technology research and development program’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high-performance computing, 

including networking’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

(iii) in subparagraphs (B) and (G), by striking ‘‘high-performance’’ 

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

(iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘high-performance computing 

and networking’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end computing, distributed, and 

networking’’; and 

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

(i) in subparagraphs (A) and (C)— 

(I) by striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘development, networking,’’ each place it appears 

and inserting ‘‘development,’’; and 

(ii) in subparagraphs (F) and (G), as redesignated by section 2(c)(1) 

of this Act, by striking ‘‘high-performance’’ each place it appears and 

inserting ‘‘high-end’’; 

(3) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ both places it appears and inserting 

‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2), in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting 

‘‘3’’; and 

(4) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology’’. 

(d) SECTION 201.—Section 201(a)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5521(a)(1)) is amended 

by striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘networking;’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information research and development;’’. 

(e) SECTION 202.—Section 202(a) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5522(a)) is amended by 

striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

technology’’. 

(f) SECTION 203.—Section 203(a) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5523(a)(1)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘high-performance computing and networking’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘high-performance’’ and inserting ‘‘highend’’. 

(g) SECTION 204.—Section 204 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5524) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high-performance computing systems and networks’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology 

systems and capabilities’’; 

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘interoperability of high-performance 

computing systems in networks and for common user interfaces to systems’’ 

and inserting ‘‘interoperability and usability of networking and information 

technology systems’’; and 

(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and 

inserting ‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND

NETWORK’’ and inserting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY’’; 

and 

(B) by striking ‘‘sensitive’’. 

(h) SECTION 205.—Section 205(a) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5525(a)) is amended by 

striking ‘‘computational’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology’’. 

(i) SECTION 206.—Section 206(a) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5526(a)) is amended by 

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(j) SECTION 207.—Section 207(b) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5527(b)) is amended by 

striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

technology’’. 

(k) SECTION 208.—Section 208 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5528) is amended— 

(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and 

inserting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY’’; and 

(2) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘High-performance computing and associated’’ and inserting ‘‘Networking and information’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information technologies’’; 

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

(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘high-performance computers and associated’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information’’; and 

(E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘high-performance computing and associated’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information’’. 

II. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY

The purpose of H.R. 967 is to advance America’s networking and 

information technology research and development by updating the 

High-Performance Computing Act of 1991. H.R. 967 requires the 

development and periodic update of a strategic plan for the federal 

government Networking and Information Technology Research and 

Development (NITRD) program and codifies work currently conducted by the National Coordination Office (NCO) of the NITRD 

program. The bill requires the NCO Director to convene a university/industry task force to explore mechanisms for carrying out collaborative research and development activities for cyber-physical 

systems. Additionally, the bill requires the NCO Director to convene an interagency working group to examine issues around cloud 

computing services. 

III. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR THE LEGISLATION

Advances in networking and information technology (NIT) continue to transform the world in which we live. We increasingly rely 

on the systems, tools, and services of this ever-growing and everchanging domain. It is not only as a matter of convenience in our 

daily lives, but critical to our future economic prosperity, health, 

and security. 

Federal support for research and development (R&D) in NIT 

originally stemmed from an interest in and the challenge of developing computers capable of addressing complex problems, primarily 

those focused on national security and global competition. Today, 

NIT encompasses a broad array of technologies from smart phones 

to digital libraries and cloud computing. 

R&D in NIT provides a greater understanding of how to protect 

essential systems and networks, systems and networks that support fundamental sectors of our economy, from emergency communications and power grids to air-traffic control networks and national defense systems in an effort to support a more stable and secure Nation. NIT R&D works to prevent or minimize disruptions 

to critical information infrastructure, to protect public and private 

services and to detect and respond to threats while mitigating the 

severity of and assisting in the recovery from those threats. 


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1 About the Subcommittee on Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD Subcommittee), http://www.nitrd.gov/subcommittee/program.aspx. 2 NITRD Program PCA Definitions, http://www.nitrd.gov/subcommittee/pca-definitions.aspx. 

3 About the Subcommittee on Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD Subcommittee), http://www.nitrd.gov/subcommittee/program.aspx. 

Networking and Information Technology Research and Development 

Program (NITRD) 

Congress originally authorized the Networking and Information 

Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program in the 

High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (P.L. 102–194), after recognizing that a number of federal agencies had ongoing high-performance computing programs without a coordinating body. The 

Act established that coordinating body to improve interagency coordination, cooperation, and planning among those agencies with 

high-performance computing programs. In addition, it authorized a 

multi-agency research effort, called the High-Performance Computing and Communications program, to accelerate progress in the 

advancement of computing and networking technologies and to 

support leading edge computational research in a range of science 

and engineering fields. The statute established a set of mechanisms 

and procedures to provide for the interagency planning, coordination, and budgeting of the research and development activities carried out under the program. The Act has since been amended 

through the Next Generation Internet Research Act of 1998 and 

the America COMPETES Act of 2007. 

The NITRD program is the main federal R&D investment portfolio in networking, computing, software, cyber security, and related information technologies. NITRD coordinates this unclassified 

R&D across 14 federal agencies. Additional agencies that do not 

contribute funding also participate in NITRD planning activities. 

The NITRD program has played a role in several important technological advances including the computational decoding of the 

human genome; modeling and simulation of complex physical systems (aircraft, automobiles, power grids, and pharmaceuticals); unmanned aerial vehicles, search-and-rescue robots; and computerbased education and training. 

The Subcommittee on NITRD of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) is the internal deliberative organization for 

NITRD policy, program, and budget guidance.1 NITRD research activities are organized in eight Program Component Areas (PCAs). 

The PCAs also align the NITRD program budget categories.2

NITRD research areas and activities shift regularly as the NIT 

field creates and develops new R&D challenges. 

The NITRD National Coordination Office (NCO) provides staff 

support for the NITRD program. The NCO provides program and 

financial management services, technical and subject matter expertise in facilitation, strategic planning, technical writing, networking 

and information technology services, and administrative staff support for the NITRD Subcommittee and other NITRD subgroups. 

The National Science Foundation (NSF) serves as the host agency 

for the NCO.3

In December 2010, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science 

and Technology (PCAST) completed a legislatively required report 

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4President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Report to the President and Congress December 2010, Designing a Digital Future: Federally Funded Research and Development 

in Networking and Information Technology, p. v. 5President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Report to the President and Congress December 2010, Designing a Digital Future: Federally Funded Research and Development 

in Networking and Information Technology, p. vii. 6 Ibid, p. x. 

7 Ibid, p. xiii. 

nology, found that ‘‘NITRD is well coordinated and that the U.S. 

computing research community, coupled with a vibrant Networking 

and Information Technology (NIT) industry, has made seminal discoveries and advanced new technologies that are helping meet 

many societal challenges.’’ 4

The 2010 report made several assessments about the role of the 

NIT field in answering the Nation’s challenges and priorities: • Advances in NIT are a key driver of economic competitiveness. 

They create new markets and increase productivity. • Advances in NIT are crucial to achieving our major national 

and global priorities in energy and transportation, education and 

life-long learning, healthcare, and national and homeland security. • Advances in NIT accelerate the pace of discovery in nearly all 

other fields. • Advances in NIT are essential to achieving the goals of open 

government.5

Stressing the need that federal investments be in NIT basic research, since the private sector is heavily involved in the development side, the report suggests that an investment of at least $1 billion annually will be required for new, potentially transformative 

research. The report also recognizes that in the current economic 

uncertainty, repurposing and reprioritization of funding will be 

necessary, but does not rule out new funding and indicates a lower 

level of investment ‘‘could seriously jeopardize America’s national 

security and economic competitiveness.’’ 6

The PCAST report includes recommendations for increased investments in long-term, multi-agency research initiatives in health, 

energy and transportation, and cybersecurity. It emphasizes, 

‘‘Where fundamental NIT advances are needed to support these initiatives, mission agencies should invest in fundamental research in 

NIT, either alone or in collaboration with NSF, and should not 

limit their programs to application-specific research.’’ 7

The report also calls for exercising leadership to bring about 

changes in K–12 STEM education; enhancing the effectiveness of 

government coordination of NIT research and development; and redefining NITRD budget categories to separate NIT infrastructure 

for R&D in other fields from NIT R&D. 

IV. HEARING SUMMARY

In the 113th Congress, the Subcommittee on Research held a 

hearing on February 14, 2013, to show the practical applications 

and benefits of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program and its significance to 

U.S. competitiveness. 

The Subcommittee heard from three witnesses: Dr. Kelly 

Gaither, Director, Visualization Lab, Texas Advanced Computing 

Center, University of Texas, Austin; Dr. Kathryn McKinley, Principal Researcher, Microsoft; and Dr. Ed Lazowska, Bill and 


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Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington. 

V. COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

On March 5, 2013, H.R. 967 was introduced by Rep. Cynthia 

Lummis, Rep. Lamar Smith, and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson and 

referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. 

On March 14, 2013, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology met in open markup session and adopted H.R. 967, as 

amended, by voice vote. Further, the Committee ordered H.R. 967 

favorably reported to the House, as amended, by voice vote. 

VI. COMMITTEE VOTES

Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives requires the Committee to list the record votes on the motion 

to report legislation and amendments thereto. A motion to order 

H.R. 967 favorably reported to the House, as amended, was agreed 

to by voice vote. 

During Full Committee consideration of H.R. 967, the following 

amendments were considered: 


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COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY 

Full Committee Markup 

March 14, 2013 

AMENDMENT ROSTER 

H.R. 967, "Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and 

Development Act of 2013" 

No. Amendment Summary 

1 Offered by Mr. Amends the National High.Performance Agreed to by I 

McCaul (TX) Computing Program Report to add the voice vote 

(013) Department of Homeland Security to the annual i 

report of programs and activities. 

2 Offered by Mr. Amends the National High·Performance Agreed to by 

Grayson (FL) Computing Program to focus on improving voice vote 

(055) security, reliability, and resilience of computing 

and networking systems. 

3 Offered by Ms. Replaces outdated text with language that Agreed to by 

Johnson (TX) reflects the existence of a cyber physical voice vote 

(440) program created since the legislation was first 

drafted. 

4 Offered by Mr. Amends the Cloud Computing Services for Agreed to by 

Bucshon (IN) Research to direct the interagency working voice vote 

(441) group to examine how to better use cloud 

computing within federal science agencies. 
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8President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Report to the President and Congress December 2010, Designing a Digital Future: Federally Funded Research and Development 

in Networking and Information Technology, p. 85. 

VII. SUMMARY OF MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE BILL

H.R. 967 updates the High Performance Computing Act of 1991 

and reauthorizes the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program, the federal government’s central R&D investment portfolio for unclassified networking, computing, software, cybersecurity, and related information technologies. NITRD includes 15 member agencies, and more 

than a dozen other participating agencies. 

Regarding cybersecurity, the NITRD program focuses on R&D to 

detect, prevent, resist, respond to, and recover from actions that 

compromise or threaten to compromise the availability, integrity, 

or confidentiality of computer- and network-based systems. 

H.R. 967 implements recommendations from the President’s 

Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) including 

improving interagency coordination and planning with input from 

policy and technical experts. The legislation rebalances R&D portfolios to focus less on short-term goals and place more emphasis on 

large-scale, long-term interdisciplinary research and updates research areas to reflect new terminologies. 

The legislation also directs the NCO to convene a workshop to 

explore mechanisms for carrying out collaborative research and development activities for cyber-physical systems with participants 

from universities, industry, and Federal laboratories. 

Finally, H.R. 967 convenes an interagency working group to identify cloud computing research gaps and examine the potential for 

using the cloud for federally funded research. 

VIII. COMMITTEE VIEWS

Program planning and coordination 

The Committee believes that while the NITRD program has been 

largely successful in coordinating networking and information R&D 

activities across the Federal government, the continued success and 

strength of the program depends on the willingness of all relevant 

agencies to be fully engaged in the program. While the Department 

of Education is listed as one of the original agencies in the 1991 

statute establishing the program, its involvement in NITRD has 

been limited. Given the PCAST report finding that ‘‘NIT is the 

dominant factor in America’s science and technology employment, 

and that the gap between the demand for NIT talent and the supply of that talent is and will remain large,’’ 8 the Committee encourages the Department of Education to become an active participant. 

Strategic plan 

The Committee expects the strategic plan to be a useful guide for 

setting program priorities, estimating time scales for reaching program objectives, and establishing metrics for assessing objectives. 

The strategic plan should include near-term and long-term objectives for the program and identify how the program will support 

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risk projects. Furthermore, the Committee intends for NITRD 

agencies to periodically assess the NITRD program to ensure that 

it includes large-scale, long-term interdisciplinary research and development activities. The Committee intends for the development of 

the plan to be informed by the research needs of industry and academia and expects the NCO to actively solicit stakeholder input 

through meetings, requests for information, and other appropriate 

means. 

Research in areas of national importance 

The Committee encourages the NITRD agencies to continue to 

identify a few focused research and development areas for which 

large-scale, multi-agency projects or activities would be appropriate 

and have the potential to provide significant contributions to national economic competitiveness. These areas may be more speculative and high-risk basic research opportunities that have the potential to offer substantial payoff and therefore justify the investment 

and risk. 

The NITRD agencies are responsible for selecting the research 

areas to pursue, with advice from the NITRD Advisory Committee. 

The Committee recognizes that these research needs can change. 

The Committee intends that the areas selected have relevance to 

the mission responsibilities of more than one agency so that the 

level of resources provided will enable multiple projects and a variety of modes of research to be supported, including multiple investigator awards and interdisciplinary research centers. The Committee intends that the agencies treat planning and reporting on 

research areas under this section in a similar manner to the program component areas. 

Cyber-physical systems 

Computer-driven systems connected with the physical world— 

also called embedded, engineered, or cyber-physical systems 

(CPS)—are already in widespread use, but growing demand for 

new capabilities and applications continue to require significant 

technical advances. Such systems can be difficult and costly to design, build, test, and maintain. The Committee encourages continued investment in CPS. 

Big data 

Information management, or big data, continues to be a challenge. The Committee encourages big data science and engineering 

research that would focus on advancing the management, analysis, 

visualization, and extraction of useful information from large, diverse, distributed, and heterogeneous data sets. 

Cloud computing 

The Committee recognizes there is a growing need for researchers to be able to use, analyze, and store large data sets for scientific purposes. Cloud computing technologies may hold potential 

for providing broader analysis, collaboration, sharing, and storing 

of these ever-increasing data sets. The Committee expects the 

interagency working group established under section 5 to examine 

further cloud computing research needs, including cybersecurity 

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the cloud for such research. These somewhat distinct tasks may be 

addressed separately as appropriate. 

NITRD Advisory Committee 

The NITRD Advisory Committee was originally established by 

P.L. 102–194 to review, assess, and make recommendations regarding the administration, priorities, and content of the program. This 

function is currently assigned by the President to PCAST. The 

Committee recognizes the benefits of having a straightforward 

pathway for providing advice to the President on national technology issues, scientific research priorities, and math and science 

education. Consequently, the Committee has specified that the 

NITRD Advisory Committee co-chairs must meet the same expertise criteria as the Advisory Committee membership and may also 

be members of PCAST. The Committee expects the co-chairs to 

come from different sectors of the NIT community. The Committee 

further expects the Advisory Committee to have an open line of 

communication with PCAST to ensure full sharing of concerns and 

questions in both directions. 

The Committee expects the Advisory Committee to provide recommendations on the content of the strategic plan and to make recommendations for areas of research to be pursued by the NITRD 

agencies in accordance with section 3 of the bill. The Committee 

has changed the reporting requirements of the Advisory Committee 

from two years to three years and expects the NITRD NSTC Committee to stagger the strategic plan updates with the Advisory 

Committee reports such that the Advisory Committee recommendations inform the strategic plans in a timely manner. In addition, 

the Committee encourages the Advisory Committee to consult with 

subject matter experts in instances when sufficient expertise does 

not exist on the Advisory Committee and to convene public meetings to gather information from all communities of interest regarding NIT R&D in order to assist it in its assessments of the priorities and content of the program. 

NIT workforce needs 

The Committee recognizes that the demand for new and existing 

NIT jobs in the United States will continue to grow and, as such, 

encourages efforts to increase the number of American NIT graduates at all degree levels. 

IX. COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS

Pursuant to clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, the Committee held an oversight hearing and 

made findings that are reflected in the descriptive portions of this 

report. 

X. STATEMENT ON GENERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

In accordance with clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the performance goals and objectives of 

the Committee are reflected in the descriptive portions of this report, including the goal to improve networking and information 

technology research and development in the Federal, private, and 

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XI. NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY, ENTITLEMENT AUTHORITY, AND

TAX EXPENDITURES

In compliance with clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the Committee adopts as its own the estimate of new budget authority, entitlement authority, or tax expenditures or revenues contained in the cost estimate prepared by 

the Director of the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 

402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

XII. ADVISORY ON EARMARKS

In compliance with clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI, the 

Committee finds that H.R. 967, the ‘‘Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development 

Act of 2013’’, contains no earmarks. 

XIII. COMMITTEE COST ESTIMATE

The Committee adopts as its own the cost estimate prepared by 

the Director of the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 

402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

XIV. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE

Pursuant to clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, the following is the cost estimate provided by 

the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 402 of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

U.S. CONGRESS, 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, 

Washington, DC, March 25, 2013. 

Hon. LAMAR SMITH, 

Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 

House of Representatives, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 967, the Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013. 

If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased 

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Martin von Gnechten. 

Sincerely, ROBERT A. SUNSHINE

(For Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director). 

Enclosure. 

H.R. 967—Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013 

H.R. 967 would expand the activities of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program, which coordinates the federal government’s goals for developing advanced computing, networking, and software activities. 

The bill would codify the activities of the program’s existing national coordination office. Activities currently include creating a 

strategic plan, soliciting input from various stakeholders, and coordinating periodic reviews of agencies’ information technology activities. H.R. 967 also would establish an interagency working 

group to examine potential uses of cloud computing. Finally, the 

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shop of industry and academic experts to develop recommendations 

related to information technology systems. 

Based on information from the NITRD program office, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 967 would cost about $1 million over 

the 2014–2018 period, subject to the availability of appropriated 

funds. That amount includes the costs to support the examination 

of cloud computing and the stakeholder workshop. Enacting H.R. 

967 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-asyou-go procedures do not apply. 

H.R. 967 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would 

not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Martin von Gnechten. 

The estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. 

XV. FEDERAL MANDATES STATEMENT

The Committee adopts as its own the estimate of Federal mandates prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 

pursuant to section 423 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. 

XVI. COMPLIANCE WITH H. RES. 5 

A. Directed Rule Making. The Committee does not believe that 

this bill directs any executive branch official to conduct any specific 

rule-making proceedings 

B. Duplication of Existing Programs. The Committee is not 

aware of another established or authorized program of the Federal 

government which duplicates the program in the bill. Such program was not included in any report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public 

Law 111–139. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of NSF, the 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance identifies all programs at 

NSF at the directorate level and views such programs as related; 

however, specific activities at NSF, such as those included in H.R. 

967, are not identified in the CFDA. H.R. 967 reauthorizes the National Coordination Office to coordinate networking and information activities across Federal agencies to prevent duplication. 

XVII. FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT

No advisory committees within the meaning of section 5(b) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act were created by this legislation. 

XVIII. APPLICABILITY TO LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

The Committee finds that the legislation does not relate to the 

terms and conditions of employment or access to public services or 

accommodations within the meaning of section 102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act. 

XIX. SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS

Sec. 1. Short title 

This section sets forth the short title as Advancing America’s 

Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2012. 


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Sec. 2. Program planning and coordination 

Requires the Networking and Information Technology Research 

and Development Program (NITRD) agencies to periodically assess 

the program contents and funding levels and to update the program accordingly. 

Requires the NITRD agencies to develop and periodically update 

(at 3-year intervals) a strategic plan for the program. Describes the 

characteristics and content of the strategic plan, including how the 

program will foster technology transfer; encourage innovative, 

large-scale, and interdisciplinary research; address long-term challenges of national importance; emphasize innovative and high-risk 

projects; and strengthen NIT education and the workforce. 

Encourages a more active role for the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in ensuring that the strategic plan is developed and executed effectively and that the objectives of the program are met. 

Provides for the Director to establish goals and priorities for Federal NIT education. 

Ensures that the advisory committee for NITRD retains the necessary breadth and depth of expertise in NIT fields, provides guidance on the committee’s co-chairs, and allows that it may be linked 

to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. 

Specifies that the annual report now required for the NITRD program explicitly describes how the program activities planned and 

underway relate to the objectives specified in the strategic plan. 

Specifies that the annual report now required for the NITRD program include a description of research areas supported in accordance with section 3, including the same budget information as is 

required for the Program Component Areas. 

Adds a definition for cyber-physical systems and amends existing 

definitions to incorporate networking and information technology 

terminology. 

Sec. 3. Large-scale research in areas of national importance 

Authorizes NITRD agencies to support large-scale, long-term, 

interdisciplinary research with the potential to make significant 

contributions to society and U.S. economic competitiveness and to 

encourage collaboration between at least two agencies as well as 

cost-sharing from non-federal sources. Characteristics of the 

projects supported include: collaborations among researchers in institutions of higher education and industry, and may involve nonprofit research institutions and Federal laboratories; leveraging of 

federal investments through collaboration with related State initiatives, when possible; and plans for fostering technology transfer. 

Authorizes support of activities under this section through existing interdisciplinary research centers that are organized to investigate basic research questions and carry out technology demonstration activities. 

Sec. 4. Cyber-physical systems 

Requires the program to support research and development in 

cyber-physical systems; human-computer interactions, visualization, and big data. 

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plore mechanisms for carrying out collaborative research and development activities for cyber-physical systems, including the related 

technologies required to enable these systems, and to develop 

grand challenges in cyber-physical systems research and development. 

Requires workshop participants to develop options for models of 

research and development partnerships among institutions of higher education, Federal laboratories, and industry, including mechanisms for the support of research carried out under these partnerships; develop options for grand challenges in cyber-physical systems research and development that would be addressed through 

such partnerships; propose guidelines for assigning intellectual 

property rights and for the transfer of research results to the private sector; and make recommendations for how Federal agencies 

participating in the Program can help support research and development partnerships in cyber-physical systems, including through 

existing or new grant programs. 

The Director of the NCO shall ensure that participants in the 

workshop are individuals with knowledge and expertise in cyberphysical systems and that participants represent a broad mix of 

relevant stakeholders, including academic and industry researchers, cyber-physical systems and technologies manufacturers, cyberphysical systems and technologies users, and, as appropriate, Federal government regulators. 

Requires a report to Congress on any findings and recommendations from the workshop on models for collaborative research and 

development. The workshop would terminate upon transmittal of 

the report. 

Sec. 5. Cloud computing services for research 

Provides for an interagency working group to examine research 

and development needed for cloud computing and how Federal 

science agencies can facilitate the use of cloud computing for federally funded science and engineering research. The working group 

would consult with academia, industry, federal laboratories and 

other relevant organizations and institutions. Within one year the 

working group would be required to report to Congress on its findings and any recommendations for guidelines. The working group 

would terminate upon transmittal of the report. 

Sec. 6. National Coordination Office 

Formally codifies the existing National Coordination Office 

(NCO); delineates the office’s roles and responsibilities; and specifies the source of funding for the office, consistent with current 

practice. 

Sec. 7. Improving networking and information technology 

Requires NSF to use existing programs to improve the teaching 

and learning of networking and information technology. 

Sec. 8. Conforming and technical amendments 

Strikes and replaces instances of outdated ‘‘high-performance 

computing’’ language with ‘‘networking and information technology’’ and ‘‘high-end computing’’ as appropriate. 

Provides for the Advisory Committee to report not less frequently 

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XX. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, 

as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, 

existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): 

HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ACT OF 1991 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

The purposes of this Act are to help ensure the continued leadership of the United States in øhigh-performance computing¿ networking and information technology and its applications by— 

(1) expanding Federal support for research, development, 

and application of øhigh-performance computing¿ networking 

and information technology in order to— 

(A) expand the number of researchers, educators, and 

students with training in øhigh-performance computing¿ 

networking and information technology and access to 

øhigh-performance computing¿ networking and information technology resources; 

* * * * * * * 

(F) provide for the application of øhigh-performance computing¿ networking and information technology to Grand 

Challenges; 

(G) invest in basic research and education, and promote 

the inclusion of øhigh-performance computing¿ networking 

and information technology into educational institutions at 

all levels; and 

(H) promote greater collaboration among government, 

Federal laboratories, industry, high-end computing centers, and universities; 

(2) improving the interagency planning and coordination of 

Federal research and development on øhigh-performance computing and¿ networking and information technology and maximizing the effectiveness of the Federal Government’s øhighperformance computing network¿ networking and information 

technology research and development programs; 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

As used in this Act, the term— 

(1) ‘‘cyber-physical systems’’ means physical or engineered systems whose networking and information technology functions 

and physical elements are deeply integrated and are actively 

connected to the physical world through sensors, actuators, or 

other means to perform monitoring and control functions; 

ø(1)¿ (2) ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of the Office of 

Science and Technology Policy; 

ø(2)¿ (3) ‘‘Grand Challenge’’ means a fundamental problem 

in science or engineering, with broad economic and scientific 

impact, whose solution will require the application of øhighperformance computing¿ networking and information technology resources and multidisciplinary teams of researchers; 


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ø(3)¿ (4) ‘‘øhigh-performance computing¿ networking and information technology’’ means advanced computing, communications, and information technologies, including øsupercomputer¿ 

high-end computing systems, high-capacity and high-speed networks, special purpose and experimental systems, applications 

and systems software, and the management of large data sets; 

ø(4)¿ (5) ‘‘Internet’’ means the international computer network of both Federal and non-Federal interoperable data networks; 

ø(5)¿ (6) ‘‘Network’’ means a computer ønetwork referred to 

as the National Research and Education Network established 

under section 102;¿ network, including advanced computer networks of Federal agencies and departments; 

ø(6)¿ (7) ‘‘Program’’ means the øNational High-Performance 

Computing Program¿ networking and information technology 

research and development program described in section 101; 

and 

ø(7)¿ (8) ‘‘Program Component Areas’’ means the major subject areas under which related individual projects and activities carried out under the Program are grouped. 

TITLE I—øHIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING¿ NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

SEC. 101. NATIONAL øHIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING¿ NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH 

AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

(a) øNATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING¿ NETWORKING

AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRO- GRAM.—(1) The President shall implement a øNational High-Performance Computing Program¿ networking and information technology research and development program, which shall— 

(A) provide for long-term basic and applied research on 

øhigh-performance computing, including networking¿ networking and information technology; 

(B) provide for research and development on, and demonstration of, technologies to advance the capacity and capabilities of 

øhigh-performance¿ high-end computing and networking systems, and related software; 

(C) provide for sustained access by the research community 

throughout the United States to øhigh-performance computing 

and networking¿ high-end computing, distributed, and networking systems that are among the most advanced in the 

world in terms of performance in solving scientific and engineering problems, including provision for technical support for 

users of such systems; 

* * * * * * * 

(G) provide for the technical support of, and research and development on, øhigh-performance¿ high-end computing systems and software required to address Grand Challenges; 

(H) provide for educating and training additional undergraduate and graduate students in software engineering, computer science, computer and network security, applied mathematics, library and information science, and computational 

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(I) provide for øimproving the security¿ improving the security, reliability, and resilience of computing and networking 

systems, including Federal systems, including providing for research required to establish security standards and practices 

for these systemsø.¿; 

(J) provide for increased understanding of the scientific principles of cyber-physical systems and improve the methods available for the design, development, and operation of cyber-physical systems that are characterized by high reliability, safety, 

and security; and 

(K) provide for research and development on human-computer 

interactions, visualization, and big data. 

(2) The Director shall— 

(A) establish the goals and priorities for Federal øhigh-performance computing¿ networking and information technology 

research, ødevelopment, networking,¿ development, education, 

and other activities; 

* * * * * * * 

(C) provide for interagency coordination of Federal øhighperformance computing¿ networking and information technology research, ødevelopment, networking,¿ development, and 

other activities undertaken pursuant to the Program; 

* * * * * * * 

(E) encourage and monitor the efforts of the agencies participating in the Program to allocate the level of resources and 

management attention necessary to ensure that the strategic 

plan under subsection (e) is developed and executed effectively 

and that the objectives of the Program are met; 

ø(E)¿ (F) develop and maintain a research, development, and 

deployment roadmap covering all States and regions for the 

provision of øhigh-performance¿ high-end computing and networking systems under paragraph (1)(C); and 

ø(F)¿ (G) consult with academic, State, industry, and other 

appropriate groups conducting research on and using øhighperformance¿ high-end computing. 

(3) The annual report submitted under paragraph (2)(D) shall— 

(A) * * * 

(B) set forth the relevant programs and activities, for the fiscal year with respect to which the budget submission applies, 

of each Federal agency and department, including— 

(i) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(vii) the Department of Homeland Security; 

ø(vii)¿ (viii) the Department of the Interior; 

ø(viii)¿ (ix) the Environmental Protection Agency; 

ø(ix)¿ (x) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; 

ø(x)¿ (xi) the National Science Foundation; and 

ø(xi)¿ (xii) such other agencies and departments as the 

President or the Director considers appropriate; 

(C) describe the levels of Federal funding for the fiscal year 

during which such report øis submitted,¿ is submitted, the levels for the previous fiscal year, and the levels proposed for the 

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plies, for øeach Program Component Area;¿ each Program 

Component Area and research area supported in accordance 

with section 104; 

(D) describe the levels of Federal funding for each agency 

and department participating in the Program, and for øeach 

Program Component Area,¿ each Program Component Area 

and research area supported in accordance with section 104, for 

the fiscal year during which such report øis submitted,¿ is submitted, the levels for the previous fiscal year, and the levels proposed for the fiscal year with respect to which the budget submission applies; øand¿ 

(E) include a description of how the objectives for each Program Component Area, and the objectives for activities that involve multiple Program Component Areas, relate to the objectives of the Program identified in the strategic plan required 

under subsection (e); 

(F) include— 

(i) a description of the funding required by the National 

Coordination Office to perform the functions specified 

under section 102(b) for the next fiscal year by category of 

activity; 

(ii) a description of the funding required by such Office 

to perform the functions specified under section 102(b) for 

the current fiscal year by category of activity; and 

(iii) the amount of funding provided for such Office for 

the current fiscal year by each agency participating in the 

Program; and 

ø(E)¿ (G) include an analysis of the progress made toward 

achieving the goals and priorities established for the Program 

and the extent to which the Program incorporates the recommendations of the advisory committee established under 

subsection (b). 

(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—(1) The President shall establish an 

advisory committee on øhigh-performance computing¿ networking 

and information technology, consisting of geographically dispersed 

non-Federal members, including representatives of the research, 

education, and library communities, network and related software 

providers, and industry representatives in the Program Component 

Areas, who are specially qualified to provide the Director with advice and information on øhigh-performance computing¿ networking 

and information technology. The co-chairs of the advisory committee 

shall meet the qualifications of committee membership and may be 

members of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and 

Technology. The recommendations of the advisory committee shall 

be considered in reviewing and revising the Program. The advisory 

committee shall provide the Director with an independent assessment of— 

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(D) whether the research and development undertaken pursuant to the Program is helping to maintain United States 

leadership in øhigh-performance¿ high-end computing, networking technology, and related software; and 

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(2) In addition to the duties outlined in paragraph (1), the advisory committee shall conduct periodic evaluations of the funding, 

management, coordination, implementation, and activities of the 

Program. The advisory committee shall report not less frequently 

than once every ø2¿ 3 fiscal years to the Committee on Science and 

Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on its findings and recommendations. The first report shall be due within 1 

year after the date of enactment of the America COMPETES Act. 

* * * * * * * 

(c) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.—(1) Each Federal 

agency and department participating in the Program shall, as part 

of its annual request for appropriations to the Office of Management and Budget, submit a report to the Office of Management and 

Budget which— 

(A) identifies each element of its øhigh-performance computing¿ networking and information technology activities 

which contributes directly to the Program Component Areas or 

benefits from the Program; and 

* * * * * * * 

(d) PERIODIC REVIEWS.—The agencies identified in subsection 

(a)(3)(B) shall— 

(1) periodically assess the contents and funding levels of the 

Program Component Areas and restructure the Program when 

warranted, taking into consideration any relevant recommendations of the advisory committee established under subsection (b); 

and 

(2) ensure that the Program includes large-scale, long-term, 

interdisciplinary research and development activities, including 

activities described in section 104. 

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

(a)(3)(B), working through the National Science and Technology 

Council and with the assistance of the National Coordination 

Office described under section 102, shall develop, within 12 

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

Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013, and update every 3 years thereafter, a 5-year 

strategic plan to guide the activities described under subsection 

(a)(1). 

(2) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan shall specify near-term 

and long-term objectives for the Program, the anticipated time 

frame for achieving the near-term objectives, the metrics to be 

used for assessing progress toward the objectives, and how the 

Program will— 

(A) foster the transfer of research and development results into new technologies and applications for the benefit 

of society, including through cooperation and collaborations 

with networking and information technology research, development, and technology transition initiatives supported 

by the States; 

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agencies, across Program Component Areas, with industry, 

with Federal laboratories (as defined in section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 

U.S.C. 3703)), and with international organizations; 

(C) address long-term challenges of national importance 

for which solutions require large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and development; 

(D) place emphasis on innovative and high-risk projects 

having the potential for substantial societal returns on the 

research investment; 

(E) strengthen all levels of networking and information 

technology education and training programs to ensure an 

adequate, well-trained workforce; and 

(F) attract more women and underrepresented minorities 

to pursue postsecondary degrees in networking and information technology. 

(3) NATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE.—The strategic 

plan developed in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by milestones and roadmaps for establishing and 

maintaining the national research infrastructure required to 

support the Program, including the roadmap required by subsection (a)(2)(E). 

(4) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The entities involved in developing 

the strategic plan under paragraph (1) shall take into consideration the recommendations— 

(A) of the advisory committee established under subsection (b); and 

(B) of the stakeholders whose input was solicited by the 

National Coordination Office, as required under section 

102(b)(3). 

(5) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the National Coordination Office shall transmit the strategic plan required 

under paragraph (1) to the advisory committee, the Committee 

on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and 

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

of Representatives. 

øSEC. 102. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK. 

ø(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—As part of the Program, the National 

Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the Department of 

Energy, the Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration, and other agencies participating in the 

Program shall support the establishment of the National Research 

and Education Network, portions of which shall, to the extent technically feasible, be capable of transmitting data at one gigabit per 

second or greater by 1996. The Network shall provide for the linkage of research institutions and educational institutions, government, and industry in every State. 

ø(b) ACCESS.—Federal agencies and departments shall work with 

private network service providers, State and local agencies, libraries, educational institutions and organizations, and others, as appropriate, in order to ensure that the researchers, educators, and 

students have access, as appropriate, to the Network. The Network 

is to provide users with appropriate access to high-performance 

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the extent practicable, to electronic information resources maintained by libraries, research facilities, publishers, and affiliated organizations. 

ø(c) NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS.—The Network shall— 

ø(1) be developed and deployed with the computer, telecommunications, and information industries; 

ø(2) be designed, developed, and operated in collaboration 

with potential users in government, industry, and research institutions and educational institutions; 

ø(3) be designed, developed, and operated in a manner which 

fosters and maintains competition and private sector investment in high-speed data networking within the telecommunications industry; 

ø(4) be designed, developed, and operated in a manner which 

promotes research and development leading to development of 

commercial data communications and telecommunications 

standards, whose development will encourage the establishment of privately operated high-speed commercial networks; 

ø(5) be designed and operated so as to ensure the continued 

application of laws that provide network and information resources security measures, including those that protect copyright and other intellectual property rights, and those that control access to data bases and protect national security; 

ø(6) have accounting mechanisms which allow users or 

groups of users to be charged for their usage of copyrighted 

materials available over the Network and, where appropriate 

and technically feasible, for their usage of the Network; 

ø(7) ensure the interoperability of Federal and non-Federal 

computer networks, to the extent appropriate, in a way that allows autonomy for each component network; 

ø(8) be developed by purchasing standard commercial transmission and network services from vendors whenever feasible, 

and by contracting for customized services when not feasible, 

in order to minimize Federal investment in network hardware; 

ø(9) support research and development of networking software and hardware; and 

ø(10) serve as a test bed for further research and development of high-capacity and high-speed computing networks and 

demonstrate how advanced computers, high-capacity and highspeed computing networks, and data bases can improve the national information infrastructure. 

ø(d) DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY RESPONSIBILITY.—As part of the Program, the Department of Defense, 

through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, shall 

support research and development of advanced fiber optics technology, switches, and protocols needed to develop the Network. 

ø(e) INFORMATION SERVICES.—The Director shall assist the President in coordinating the activities of appropriate agencies and departments to promote the development of information services that 

could be provided over the Network. These services may include 

the provision of directories of the users and services on computer 

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searchers and educators around the Nation to share information 

and instrumentation. 

ø(f) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—All Federal agencies and departments are authorized to allow recipients of Federal research grants 

to use grant moneys to pay for computer networking expenses. 

ø(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall report to the Congress on— 

ø(1) effective mechanisms for providing operating funds for 

the maintenance and use of the Network, including user fees, 

industry support, and continued Federal investment; 

ø(2) the future operation and evolution of the Network; 

ø(3) how commercial information service providers could be 

charged for access to the Network, and how Network users 

could be charged for such commercial information services; 

ø(4) the technological feasibility of allowing commercial information service providers to use the Network and other federally funded research networks; 

ø(5) how to protect the copyrights of material distributed 

over the Network; and 

ø(6) appropriate policies to ensure the security of resources 

available on the Network and to protect the privacy of users 

of networks.¿ 

SEC. 102. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

(a) OFFICE.—The Director shall continue a National Coordination 

Office with a Director and full-time staff. 

(b) FUNCTIONS.—The National Coordination Office shall— 

(1) provide technical and administrative support to— 

(A) the agencies participating in planning and implementing the Program, including such support as needed in 

the development of the strategic plan under section 101(e); 

and 

(B) the advisory committee established under section 

101(b); 

(2) serve as the primary point of contact on Federal networking and information technology activities for government 

organizations, academia, industry, professional societies, State 

computing and networking technology programs, interested citizen groups, and others to exchange technical and programmatic information; 

(3) solicit input and recommendations from a wide range of 

stakeholders during the development of each strategic plan required under section 101(e) through the convening of at least 1 

workshop with invitees from academia, industry, Federal laboratories, and other relevant organizations and institutions; 

(4) conduct public outreach, including the dissemination of 

findings and recommendations of the advisory committee, as 

appropriate; and 

(5) promote access to and early application of the technologies, innovations, and expertise derived from Program activities to agency missions and systems across the Federal Government and to United States industry. 

(c) SOURCE OF FUNDING.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The operation of the National Coordination 

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(2) SPECIFICATIONS.—The portion of the total budget of such 

Office that is provided by each agency for each fiscal year shall 

be in the same proportion as each such agency’s share of the 

total budget for the Program for the previous fiscal year, as 

specified in the report required under section 101(a)(3). 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 104. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Program shall encourage agencies identified in section 101(a)(3)(B) to support large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and development activities in networking and 

information technology directed toward application areas that have 

the potential for significant contributions to national economic competitiveness and for other significant societal benefits. Such activities, ranging from basic research to the demonstration of technical 

solutions, shall be designed to advance the development of research 

discoveries. The advisory committee established under section 101(b) 

shall make recommendations to the Program for candidate research 

and development areas for support under this section. 

(b) CHARACTERISTICS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Research and development activities under 

this section shall— 

(A) include projects selected on the basis of applications 

for support through a competitive, merit-based process; 

(B) involve collaborations among researchers in institutions of higher education and industry, and may involve 

nonprofit research institutions and Federal laboratories, as 

appropriate; 

(C) when possible, leverage Federal investments through 

collaboration with related State initiatives; and 

(D) include a plan for fostering the transfer of research 

discoveries and the results of technology demonstration activities, including from institutions of higher education and 

Federal laboratories, to industry for commercial development. 

(2) COST-SHARING.—In selecting applications for support, the 

agencies shall give special consideration to projects that include 

cost sharing from non-Federal sources. 

(3) AGENCY COLLABORATION.—If 2 or more agencies identified 

in section 101(a)(3)(B), or other appropriate agencies, are working on large-scale research and development activities in the 

same area of national importance, then such agencies shall 

strive to collaborate through joint solicitation and selection of 

applications for support and subsequent funding of projects. 

(4) INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTERS.—Research and 

development activities under this section may be supported 

through interdisciplinary research centers that are organized to 

investigate basic research questions and carry out technology 

demonstration activities in areas described in subsection (a). 

Research may be carried out through existing interdisciplinary 

centers, including those authorized under section 7024(b)(2) of 

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

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SEC. 105. UNIVERSITY/INDUSTRY WORKSHOP. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking and Information 

Technology Research and Development Act of 2013, the Director of 

the National Coordination Office shall convene a workshop, with 

participants from institutions of higher education, Federal laboratories, and industry, to explore mechanisms for carrying out collaborative research and development activities for cyber-physical systems, including the related technologies required to enable these systems, and to develop grand challenges in cyber-physical systems research and development. 

(b) FUNCTIONS.—The workshop participants shall— 

(1) develop options for models for research and development 

partnerships among institutions of higher education, Federal 

laboratories, and industry, including mechanisms for the support of research and development carried out under these partnerships; 

(2) develop options for grand challenges in cyber-physical systems research and development that would be addressed 

through such partnerships; 

(3) propose guidelines for assigning intellectual property 

rights and for the transfer of research results to the private sector; and 

(4) make recommendations for how Federal agencies participating in the Program can help support research and development partnerships in cyber-physical systems, including through 

existing or new grant programs. 

(c) PARTICIPANTS.—The Director of the National Coordination Office shall ensure that participants in the workshop are individuals 

with knowledge and expertise in cyber-physical systems and that 

participants represent a broad mix of relevant stakeholders, including academic and industry researchers, cyber-physical systems and 

technologies manufacturers, cyber-physical systems and technologies 

users, and, as appropriate, Federal government regulators. 

(d) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking and Information 

Technology Research and Development Act of 2013, the Director of 

the National Coordination Office shall transmit to the Committee 

on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives a report describing the findings and recommendations 

resulting from the workshop required under this section. 

SEC. 106. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FOR RESEARCH. 

(a) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—Not later than 180 days 

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

and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 

2013, the Director of the National Coordination Office, working 

through the National Science and Technology Council, shall convene an interagency working group to examine— 

(1) the research and development needed— 

(A) to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of cloud 

computing environments; 

(B) to increase the trustworthiness of cloud applications 

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(C) to enhance the foundations of cloud architectures, 

programming models, and interoperability; and 

(2) how Federal science agencies can facilitate the use of 

cloud computing for federally funded science and engineering 

research, including— 

(A) making recommendations on changes in funding 

mechanisms, budget models, and policies needed to remove 

barriers to the adoption of cloud computing services for research and for data preservation and sharing; and 

(B) providing guidance to organizations and researchers 

on opportunities and guidelines for using cloud computing 

services for federally supported research and related activities. 

(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the tasks in paragraphs (1) 

and (2) of subsection (a), the working group shall consult with academia, industry, Federal laboratories, and other relevant organizations and institutions, as appropriate. 

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

the Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology 

Research and Development Act of 2013, the Director of the National 

Coordination Office shall transmit to the Committee on Science, 

Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

a report describing the findings and any recommendations of the 

working group. 

(d) TERMINATION.—The interagency working group shall terminate upon transmittal of the report required under subsection (c). 

TITLE II—AGENCY ACTIVITIES 

SEC. 201. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES. 

(a) GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—As part of the Program described in title I— 

(1) the National Science Foundation shall provide computing 

and networking infrastructure support for all science and engineering disciplines, and support basic research and human resource development in all aspects of øhigh-performance computing and advanced high-speed computer networking;¿ networking and information research and development; 

(2) the National Science Foundation shall use its existing programs, in collaboration with other agencies, as appropriate, to 

improve the teaching and learning of networking and information technology at all levels of education and to increase participation in networking and information technology fields, including by women and underrepresented minorities; 

ø(2)¿ (3) to the extent that colleges, universities, and libraries cannot connect to the Network with the assistance of the 

private sector, the National Science Foundation shall have primary responsibility for assisting colleges, universities, and libraries to connect to the Network; 

ø(3)¿ (4) the National Science Foundation shall serve as the 

primary source of information on access to and use of the Network; and 

ø(4)¿ (5) the National Science Foundation shall upgrade the 

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eral departments and agencies the opportunity to connect to 

the National Science Foundation funded network. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 202. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITIES. 

(a) GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—As part of the Program described in title I, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall conduct basic and applied research in øhigh-performance 

computing¿ networking and information technology, particularly in 

the field of computational science, with emphasis on aerospace 

sciences, earth and space sciences, and remote exploration and experimentation. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 203. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ACTIVITIES. 

(a) GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—As part of the Program described in title I, the Secretary of Energy shall— 

(1) conduct and support basic and applied research in øhighperformance computing and networking¿ networking and information technology to support fundamental research in science 

and engineering disciplines related to energy applications; and 

(2) provide computing and networking infrastructure support, including— 

(A) the provision of øhigh-performance¿ high-end computing systems that are among the most advanced in the 

world in terms of performance in solving scientific and engineering problems; and 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 204. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ACTIVITIES. 

(a) GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—As part of the Program described in title I— 

(1) the National Institute of Standards and Technology 

shall— 

(A) conduct basic and applied measurement research 

needed to support various øhigh-performance computing 

systems and networks¿ networking and information technology systems and capabilities; 

(B) develop and propose standards and guidelines, and 

develop measurement techniques and test methods, for the 

øinteroperability of high-performance computing systems 

in networks and for common user interfaces to systems¿ 

interoperability and usability of networking and information technology systems; and 

(C) be responsible for developing benchmark tests and 

standards for øhigh-performance computing¿ networking 

and information technology systems and software; and 

* * * * * * * 

(b) øHIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND NETWORK¿ NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY.—Pursuant to 

the Computer Security Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–235; 101 Stat. 

1724), the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall be 

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needed to assure the cost-effective security and privacy of øsensitive¿ information in Federal computer systems. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 205. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACTIVITIES. 

(a) GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—As part of the Program described in title I, the Environmental Protection Agency shall conduct basic and applied research directed toward the advancement 

and dissemination of øcomputational¿ networking and information 

technology techniques and software tools which form the core of 

ecosystem, atmospheric chemistry, and atmospheric dynamics models. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 206. ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 

(a) GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—As part of the Program described in title I, the Secretary of Education is authorized to conduct basic and applied research in øcomputational research¿ networking and information technology research with an emphasis on 

the coordination of activities with libraries, school facilities, and 

education research groups with respect to the advancement and 

dissemination of computational science and the development, evaluation and application of software capabilities. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 207. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

(a) * * * 

(b) ACQUISITION OF PROTOTYPE AND EARLY PRODUCTION MOD- ELS.—In accordance with Federal contracting law, Federal agencies 

and departments participating in the Program may acquire prototype or early production models of new øhigh-performance computing¿ networking and information technology systems and subsystems to stimulate hardware and software development. Items of 

computing equipment acquired under this subsection shall be considered research computers for purposes of applicable acquisition 

regulations. 

SEC. 208. FOSTERING UNITED STATES COMPETITIVENESS IN øHIGHPERFORMANCE COMPUTING¿ NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND RELATED ACTIVITIES. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 

(1) øHigh-performance computing and associated¿ Networking and information technologies are critical to the United 

States economy. 

(2) While the United States has led the development of 

øhigh-performance computing¿ networking and information 

technologies, United States industry is facing increasing global 

competition. 

(3) Despite existing international agreements on fair competition and nondiscrimination in government procurements, 

there is increasing concern that such agreements are not being 

honored, that more aggressive enforcement of such agreements 

is needed, and that additional steps may be required to ensure 

fair global competition, particularly in high-technology fields 

such as øhigh-performance¿ high-end computing and associated technologies. 

(4) It is appropriate for Federal agencies and departments to 

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most effectively fosters the maintenance and development of 

United States leadership in øhigh-performance computers and 

associated¿ networking and information technologies in and for 

the benefit of the United States. 

(5) It is appropriate for Federal agencies and departments to 

use the funds authorized for the Program in a manner, consistent with the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 

et seq.), which most effectively fosters reciprocal competitive 

procurement treatment by foreign governments for United 

States øhigh-performance computing and associated¿ networking and information technology products and suppliers. 

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XXI. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FULL 

COMMITTEE MARKUP ON H.R. 967, 

ADVANCING AMERICA’S NETWORKING 

AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH 

AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2013 

THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2012 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY, 

Washington, DC. 

I am pleased to call up for consideration H.R. 967, the Advancing 

America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and 

Development Act of 2013. I want to thank Ms. Lummis, the gentlewoman from Wyoming, for her work on this bill, and I am an original cosponsor along with Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson. 

This bill had broad bipartisan support in the last Congress, and I 

hope it will receive that same support today. 

In the digital age, protecting our Nation’s computer networking 

systems is more important than ever. This bill provides the coordinated R&D efforts necessary to improve cyber and data security 

nationwide, and better network security promotes U.S. competitiveness, enhances national security and creates high-tech jobs. 

The NITRD program is an extension of the High Performance 

Computing Act of 1991. It represents the Federal Government’s 

main R&D investment portfolio for unclassified networking, computing, software, cybersecurity and related information technologies. Currently, 15 federal agencies are contributing Members 

of NITRD, with an additional 20 or so participating in the program. 

This bill serves as the mechanism for interagency coordination of 

R&D to ensure no duplication of research efforts among federal 

agencies or the private sector. It rebalances R&D portfolios to focus 

less on short-term goals and more on large-scale, long-term interdisciplinary research. 

While this bill does not authorize specific funding amounts, NITRD spending totals over $3.7 billion annually. Over $1.1 billion 

of this is from the National Science Foundation and over $550 million is from the Department of Energy. The bill updates the underlying high-performance computing statute and codifies work undertaken by the National Coordination Office, housed within NSF, to 

oversee the 15 different agencies. 

The NITRD program has eight strategic priorities for its research: cybersecurity, autonomous robotic systems, high-end computing and applications, exascale computing, human-computer 

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software design and productivity. Technologies that come from 

these research priorities are applied by the commercial sector and 

the government to protect and enhance emergency communications, the power grid, air-traffic control networks, and national defense systems. Networking and information technology supports 

and boosts American competitiveness, enhances national security, 

and helps strengthen the economy. American job creators also recognize the importance of networking and information technology 

research and development. 

Many industry partners and stakeholders have written letters in 

support of this bill. They include the National Association of Manufacturers, TechAmerica, Computing Research Association, Institute 

of Electrical and Electronic Engineers-USA, Society for Industrial 

and Applied Mathematics, and the U.S. Public Policy Council of the 

Association for Computing Machinery. 

Cybersecurity provisions in the bill include research necessary to 

detect, prevent, and recover from actions that comprise or threaten—that compromise or threaten computer-based systems. This 

will be the second cybersecurity-related legislation this Committee 

is reporting today, and I again thank Ms. Lummis for her interest 

in this issue and urge my colleagues to support the bill. 

[The prepared statement of Mr. Smith follows:] 

PREPARED STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN LAMAR SMITH

I am pleased to call up for consideration H.R. 967, the Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013. I 

thank Ms. Lummis, the gentlewoman from Wyoming, for her work on this bill and 

am an original cosponsor along with Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson. 

This bill had broad bipartisan support in the last Congress and I hope it will receive that same support today. In the digital age, protecting our nation’s computer 

networking systems is more important than ever. 

This bill provides the coordinated R&D efforts necessary to improve cyber and 

data security nationwide. And better network security promotes U.S. competitiveness, enhances national security and creates high-tech jobs. The NITRD program is 

an extension of the High Performance Computing Act of 1991. It represents the Federal government’s main R&D investment portfolio for unclassified networking, computing, software, cybersecurity and related information technologies. 

Currently, 15 federal agencies are contributing members of NITRD, with an additional 20 or so participating in the program. This bill serves as the mechanism for 

interagency coordination of R&D to ensure no duplication of research efforts among 

federal agencies or the private sector. It rebalances R&D portfolios to focus less on 

short-term goals and more on large-scale, long-term interdisciplinary research. 

While this bill does not authorize specific funding amounts, NITRD spending totals over $3.7 billion annually. Over $1.1 billion of this is from the National Science 

Foundation (NSF) and over $550 million is from the Department of Energy. The bill 

updates the underlying High-Performance Computing statute and codifies work undertaken by the National Coordination Office, housed within NSF, to oversee the 

15 different agencies. 

The NITRD program has eight strategic priorities for its research: 

• cybersecurity; 

• autonomous, robotic systems; 

• high-end computing and applications; 

• exascale computing; 

• human-computer interaction; 

• large-scale networking; 

• workforce development; 

• and software design and productivity. 

Technologies that come from these research priorities are applied by the commercial sector and the government to protect and enhance emergency communications, 

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Networking and information technology supports and boosts American competitiveness, enhances national security, and helps strengthen the economy. American 

job creators also recognize the importance of networking and information technology 

research and development. 

Many industry partners and stakeholders have written letters in support of this 

bill. They include: the National Association of Manufacturers; TechAmerica; Computing Research Association; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers-USA; 

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics; and the U.S. Public Policy Council 

of the Association for Computing Machinery. 

Cybersecurity provisions in the bill include research necessary to detect, prevent 

and recover from actions that compromise or threaten computer-based systems. This 

will be the second cybersecurity-related legislation this Committee is reporting 

today. I again thank Ms. Lummis for her interest in this issue and urge my colleagues to support the bill. 

Chairman SMITH. Are there any amendments to the bill? The 

gentleman from Texas, Mr. McCaul, is recognized. 

Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. 

Chairman SMITH. The Clerk will report the amendment. 

The CLERK. Amendment number 013, amendment to H.R. 967, 

offered by Mr. McCaul of Texas. 

[The amendment of Mr. McCaul appears in the Appendix] 

Chairman SMITH. Without objection, the amendment will be considered as read, and the gentleman from Texas is recognized to explain his amendment. 

Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would simply add 

the Department of Homeland Security to the list of agencies in Section 101 of the High Performance Computing Act of 1991. The underlying Act was written before DHS existed, and my amendment 

would ensure that the Department of Homeland Security, which 

plays a key role in securing the Federal Government’s civilian 

cyber networks, is included with the other listed agencies as part 

of the ongoing consensus efforts carried out under the authority of 

this Act. 

I urge my colleagues to support this, and I yield back. 

Chairman SMITH. Thank you, Mr. McCaul. I support the amendment as well. Is there any other Member who wishes to be heard 

on the amendment? 

If not, all in favor say aye. 

All opposed, no. 

In the opinion of the Chair, the ayes have it and the amendment 

is agreed to. 

The gentleman from Florida, Mr. Grayson, is recognized for the 

purpose of offering an amendment. 

Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. 

Chairman SMITH. The Clerk will report the amendment. 

The CLERK. Amendment number 055, amendment to H.R. 967, 

offered by Mr. Grayson of Florida. 

[The amendment of Mr. Grayson appears in the Appendix] 

Chairman SMITH. Without objection, the amendment will be considered as read, and the gentleman from Florida is recognized to 

explain his amendment. 

Mr. GRAYSON. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

This amendment amends the National High Performance Computing Program to add a focus on improving the security, reliability 

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world with physical vulnerabilities to terrorism and natural disasters like hurricanes and even just power outages. 

Late last year, an Amazon.com server problem in Virginia took 

down Netflix, which was a terrible problem for my five children, 

Reddit, Pinterest, Fast Company, Airbnb and others, and this is 

just the most recent high-profile incident of this type. Given that 

our various power grids, telecommunication systems, server farms 

and so on are all interconnected and physically connected, we need 

research on how to make these systems more resilient and reliable. 

That is what this amendment does. I yield back. 

Chairman SMITH. Thank you, Mr. Grayson. I support the amendment as well. Are there any other Members who wish to be heard 

on the amendment? 

If not, all in favor say aye. 

Opposed, nay. 

The ayes have it, and the amendment is agreed to. 

We will go now to the amendment to be offered by the Ranking 

Member, Ms. Johnson, and she is recognized for that purpose. 

Ms. JOHNSON. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I do have 

an amendment at the desk. 

Chairman SMITH. And the Clerk will report the amendment. 

The CLERK. Amendment number 440, amendment to H.R. 967, 

offered by Ms. Johnson of Texas. 

[The amendment of Ms. Johnson appears in the Appendix] 

Chairman SMITH. Without objection, the amendment will be considered as read, and the gentlewoman from Texas is recognized to 

explain her amendment. 

Ms. JOHNSON. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

My amendment would simply update Section 4 of the bill to reflect activities that have already been carried out under the NITRD 

program since the language was first introduced by Chairman Gordon in 2009. At that time, experts from both academia and industry testified before the Committee that the program take an active 

role in convening industry, university researchers, and experts 

from national laboratories around the topic of cyber physical systems, and in a 2007 review of the program, the PCAST also recommended that cyber physical systems get a disproportionately 

larger increase in R&D funding under NITRD. Cyber physical systems play an increasingly important role in such diverse fields as 

health care, transportation and manufacturing. For example, a diabetic doesn’t have to remember to take her insulin because an 

implantable device monitoring her glucose level is taking care of it 

for her, or the pilot flying your plane doesn’t have to take a manual 

control when the plane hits turbulence because the autopilot reads 

the conditions and responds in the safest way every time. 

Partnerships between industry and universities in this area of 

research are no less important than they were in 2009. Fortunately, OSTP and NITRD program also recognized the need and responded to the PCAST and other expert input accordingly. They 

have taken significant steps since 2009 to address many of the 

needs identified in Section 4. However, it was premature to do 

away with the provision altogether because all of the problems are 

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So we updated this section to reflect what it has done but also 

to make sure that this continues as a priority focus. In particular, 

there is still a need to continue to develop new models for publicprivate partnerships and to focus more on transferring new ideas 

out of the lab and into the commercial marketplace. 

In changing this provision from a fairly prescriptive task force to 

a less prescriptive workshop, we gave OSTP the flexibility to design 

the workshop to meet current needs and also to work within that 

current mechanism for convening stakeholders. It also saves them 

a lot of money, and I hope Mr. Broun is listening. In this budget 

environment, even a million dollars makes a big difference. 

This is a common sense, good-government amendment, and I 

urge my colleagues to support it. I yield back. 

[The prepared statement of Ms. Johnson follows:] 

PREPARED STATEMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

Thank you Chairman Smith. 

Today, we are marking up two bipartisan pieces of legislation: 

• H.R. 756, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013, and 

• H.R. 967, Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology R&D 

Act. 

Advances in networking and information technology, or NIT, are a key driver of 

our economy, increasing productivity in existing industries and opening the door for 

the formation of new ones. Small businesses use NIT to connect to a wider consumer 

base, allowing them to grow. The military uses NIT to improve intelligence gathering and sharing as well as to support many of its worldwide operations. NIT is 

improving health care by creating better treatment options through electronic 

health recordkeeping, advanced surgical tools, and the facilitation of medical research. 

And of course, internet companies such as Google and Facebook are now worth 

billions of dollars and show how quickly NIT R&D can translate into real world 

products. NIT has truly revolutionized our modern way of life. 

However, our growing reliance on NIT to fuel our society leaves us vulnerable to 

cyber attacks. As the stakes have grown higher, individual hackers have given way 

to organized criminal groups and even foreign governments. 

It is not an overstatement to say that the increasing threat of cyber attack puts 

both our NIT-based economy and our national security at risk. 

Today we consider bills to address both the good and bad aspects of our hi-tech 

society’s growing reliance on information technology. 

The first bill, H.R. 756, addresses the growing threat of cyber attack. I want to 

commend Mr. Lipinski and Mr. McCaul for their longstanding, bipartisan leadership 

on this critical topic of cybersecurity research and development. 

The bill they have reintroduced is identical to legislation we moved through this 

Committee and passed overwhelmingly on the House floor last Congress. 

This bipartisan bill is overall a very good bill that contributes in essential ways 

to any comprehensive effort to keep our nation, our businesses, and our citizens safe 

from malicious cyber attacks. 

While H.R. 756 is a good bill, I think it is important that we consider the fact 

that the research accounts of both NSF and NIST would be flat-funded under this 

proposal, and were cut under sequestration. The federal government is already suffering from a lack of adequately trained cybersecurity professionals and the impact 

of sequestration on these key agencies will further erode the human capital we need 

to build up our cybersecurity capabilities. It will also slow down much needed advances in research and development on potentially game-changing technologies. 

Next we will consider H.R. 967, which is another good bipartisan bill. It continues 

to strengthen and build upon the interagency initiative launched more than 20 

years ago with the High Performance Computing Act of 1991. 

H.R. 967 is an updated version of a bipartisan bill that former Chairman Bart 

Gordon first introduced and the House passed in 2009. 

The bill was developed by Chairman Gordon to ensure that the federal government creates a coherent vision and strategy for federal investments in NIT R&D, 

including all of the applications made possible by NIT. The bill also contained provisions that would help facilitate and strengthen public-private partnerships for the 

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I was proud to work closely with Chairman Hall last year to update that legislation to appropriately reflect changes both to the NITR-D program and to the networking and information technology landscape since 2009. 

While it was not possible to get the NITR-D legislation enacted into law in the 

112th Congress, I want to thank Mrs. Lummis for re-introducing our bipartisan bill 

once again in the new Congress, and I’m happy to again be an original cosponsor 

of this measure. With that, I will close by saying that I’m looking forward to a productive markup today, and I yield back. 

Chairman SMITH. Thank you, Ms. Johnson. I will recognize myself in support of the amendment. 

Since the bill was originally introduced, the Office of Science and 

Technology Policy has created a coordinating group specifically for 

cyber physical programs. This bill replaces text that would have 

caused duplication of work already being done, so I support the 

amendment’s inclusion and appreciate the gentlewoman’s offering 

it. 

Are there any other Members who wish to be heard on the 

amendment? 

If not, all in favor say aye. 

Opposed, nay. 

The ayes have it and the gentlewoman’s amendment is agreed to. 

We will now go to what I understand is the last amendment of 

the day, and that will be offered by the gentleman from Indiana, 

Mr. Bucshon. 

Mr. BUCSHON. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. 

Chairman SMITH. The Clerk will report the amendment. 

The CLERK. Amendment number 441, amendment to H.R. 967, 

offered by Mr. Bucshon of Indiana. 

[The amendment of Mr. Bucshon appears in the Appendix] 

Chairman SMITH. And without objection, the amendment will be 

considered as read, and the gentleman from Indiana is recognized 

to explain his amendment. 

Mr. BUCSHON. Thank you Mr. Chairman. 

This is a very simple amendment. In the years since the bill was 

originally drafted the use of cloud computing has become a more 

common way to store and share information of all kinds. This 

amendment directs federal science agencies to examine how they 

can facilitate the use of cloud computing for federally funded 

science and engineering research. I yield back. 

Chairman SMITH. Thank you, Mr. Bucshon. Are there any other 

Members who wish to be heard on the amendment? 

If not, all in favor say aye. 

Opposed, nay. 

The ayes have it and the gentleman’s amendment is agreed to. 

If there are no further amendments and a reporting quorum is 

present, the question is on reporting the bill as amended favorably 

to the House. 

Those in favor, say aye. 

Opposed, nay. 

The ayes have it, and the bill as amended is ordered reported favorably. 

Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. 

Before we adjourn, I just want to thank all Members for being 

here today. This is a really good turnout. I appreciate the fact that 

we have now marked up two bipartisan bills. We have gotten off 


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to a good start, and I thank all Members on both sides of the podium here for their support today. 

If there is no further discussion, that completes our business and 

completes the full Committee markup, and the Committee stands 

adjourned. 

[Whereupon, at 11:22 a.m., the Committee was adjourned.] 


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Appendix: 

H.R. 967: ADVANCING AMERICA’S NETWORKING AND 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND 

DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2013, 

SECTION–BY–SECTION ANALYSIS, AMENDMENTS, 

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h:;'1' SESSION H.R.967 

To amend the High-Perfol'lllHllcC Computing' Act of 19~Jl to authorize activitips for SUppOlt of nchrorkillg' and infOl'mation technology rcseareh, and 

for othe!' purposes. 

IN rrHE HOUSE OF RIijPRESEN'l'ArrnlES 

:\L\RCTI 5, 201:1 

ilIl's, IJnnfls (1'01' herself, ;\h .. S111Tfl of 'l\'XHS, am] ;\Is. EDDIE BEHNICE 

.JorIXSON of Texa,) introduced the following' hill; which was r('f('rr('d (0 

the Committee on Seicnec, Space, and Tedlilology 

A BILL 

To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1 ~)!n 

to authorize activities for support of networking and 

information technology research, and for other purposes, 

1 Be ,it enacted by the Senate (tlul H01lse of RepreseJ!ta2 lives afthe United States ofilmel'ica in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be citerl as the "Advancing America's 

5 Networking and Information 'l'echnology Research and 

6 Development Act of 201:3". 

7 SEC. 2. PROGRAM PLANNING AND COORDINATION. 

8 (a) PEHIODIC REVIE\VS.-Section 101 of the Hig-h9 Performance Computiug Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511) 
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is amended by adding at the end the following new sub2 section: 

3 "(d) PERIODIC REVIEWs.-The agencies identified in 

4 subsection (a)(8)(B) shaJl5 "(1) periodically assess the contents and fnnd6 ing levels of the Program Component Areas a1l(1 re7 structure the Prognun when warranted, taking into 

8 consideration any relevant recommendations of the 

9 advisory committee established under subsection (b); 

10 and 

11 "(2) ensure that the Program includes lal'ge12 seale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and dc13 velopment activities, including activities described in 

14 section 104.". 

15 (b) DRVELOPMENT OF STRA.TEmC PLIu'J.-Section 

16 101 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended fnrther by 

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

18 of this Act, the following new subsection: 

19 "(e) S'l'RA'l'IWIC PLAN.-

20 "(1) IN ClENEHAL.-The agencies identified in 

21 subsection (a)(8)(B), working through the National 

22 Science and Technology Council and with the assist23 ance of the National Coordination Office described 

24 under section 102, shall develop, within 12 months 

25 after the date of enactment of the Advancing Amer-

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ica's Networking and Information 'l'echnology Re2 search and Development Act of 2013, and update 

3 every 3 .veal'S thereafter, a i)-year strategie plan to 

4 g11ide the activities deserihed under subsection 

5 (a)(l). 

6 "(2) CO~TEXTS.-The strategic plan shall 

7 specify near-term and long-term oQjectives for the 

8 Program, the anticipated time frame for achieving 

9 the near-term objectives, the metrics to he used for 

10 assessing progress toward the objectives, and how 

11 the ProgTmn will12 "(A) foster the transfer of research and 

13 development I'esults into new technologies and 

14 applications for the benefit of society, including 

15 through cooperation and collaborations with 

16 networking and information technology re17 search, development, and technology transition 

18 initiatives supported by the States; 

19 "(B) encourage and snpport mechanisms 

20 for interdisciplinary research and development 

21 in networking and information technology, in22 cluding through collaborations aeross agencies, 

23 across Program Component Areas, vvith lndus24 try, with {1-'ec1eral laboratories (as defined in 

25 seetion 4 of the Stevensoll-WydIeI' Technology 

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Innovation Aet of 19HO (15 U.S.C. 3703)), and 

with international organizations; 

"(C) address long-term challenges of national importance for which solutions require 

large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research 

and development; 

"(D) place emphasis on innovative and 

high-risk prQjects having the potential for substantial soeietal returns on the research iuyestment; 

"(E) strengthen all levels of networking 

and information technology education and 

training programs to ensure an adequate, welltrained workforcf,; and 

"(F) attraet more ,vomen and underrepresented minorities to pursue postsecondary degl'ees in networking and information technology. 

"(3) NA'l'TOl\AL RE8EAl~CII Il\FRAS'l'lWC20 'nTIm.-The strategic plan developed in accordance 

21 with paragl'aph (1) shall be accompanied by mile22 stones and l"oadmaps for establishing and maintain23 ing the national rescarch infrastructure rcquired to 

24 support the Program, inelmling the roadmap re25 qnirc(l by subsection (a)(2)(E). 

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1 "( 4) RECo:\IMENDXI'IONS.-rl'he entities in2 volved III deYeloping" the strategic plan under para3 graph (1) shall take into consideration the rec4 ommenclations5 "(A) of the advisory committee established 

6 uncleI' subsection (b); and 

7 "(B) of the stakeholders whose input was 

8 solicited by the National Coordination Office, as 

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

10 "(5) REPOR'l' TO CONOlmSS.-rl'he Director of 

11 the National Coordination Office shall transmit the 

12 strategic plan required under paragl'aph (1) to the 

13 advisory committee, the Committee 011 Commerce, 

14 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 

15 Committee on Science, Space, and rrechnology of the 

16 House of Representatives.". 

17 (c) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBIIxrms OF DmEC'l'OH.-

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

19 amended20 (1) in subparagraph (1\.) by inserting "edu21 eation," before "and other activities"; 

22 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and 

23 W) as subparagraphs (1<') and (G), respectively; and 

24 (3) by inserting after subparabrraph (D) the fol25 lowing new subparagraph: 

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1 "(E) encourage and monitor the efforts of the 

2 agencies participating in the Program to allocate the 

3 level of resources and management attention nec4 essary to ensnre that the strategic plan nnder sub5 section (e) is developed and executed effectively and 

6 that the objectives of the Program are met;". 

7 (d) AIWISOHY CO:vIl\II'l"l'EE.-Seetion 101(b)(1) of 

8 such Aet (15 U.S.C. 5511(b)(1)) is amel1ded9 (1) after the first sentence, by inserting the folIO lowing: "The co-chairs of the advisory committee 

11 shall meet the qualifications of committee member12 ship and may be members of the President's Conncil 

13 of Advisors on Science and rreelmology."; and 

14 (2) in subparagTaph (D), by striking "high-per15 fonnance" and inserting "high-end". 

16 (e) RgPOR'l'.-Sectioll 10l(a)(3) of such Act (15 

17 U.S.C. 5511(a)(:m is amencled18 (1) in subparagraph (C)-

19 (A) by striking "is submitted," and insert20 

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ing "is snbmitted, the levels for the previous 

fiscal year,"; and 

(B) by striking "each Program Component 

Area;" and inserting "each ProgTam Component Area and research area supported in accordance ,vith section 104;"; 

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(2) in subparagraph (D)-

2 (A) by stl'iking "each Pl'ogram Component 

3 Area," and inserting "each Program Compo4 nent Area and research area supported in ac5 cordance ,vith section 104,"; 

6 (B) by striking "is submitted," and insert7 mg "is submitted, the levels for the previous 

8 fiscal year,"; and 

9 (C) by striking "and" after the semicolon; 

10 (3) by redesiglwting subparagraph (E) as sub11 paragTaph (G); and 

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

14 "(E) include a description of hmv the objectives 

15 for each Program Component ill-ea, and the objec16 tives for activities that involve multiple Program 

17 Component Areas, relate to the o~jectives of the 

18 Program identified ill the strategic plan required 

19 under subsection (e); 

20 "(In include21 '(0) a description of the funding required 

22 by the National Coordination Office to perfol'm 

23 the functions specified under section 102(b) for 

24 the next fiscal year by category of activity; 

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"(ii) a deseription of the funding requil'ed 

2 by snell Office to perform the functions spec i3 ficd under section 102(b) for the current fiseal 

4 year by eategory of aetivity; and 

5 "(iii) the amouut of fnnding provided for 

6 sueh Offiee for the current fiseal year by eaeh 

7 agency participating in the Program; and". 

8 (f) DEPINIT£ON.-Seetioll 4 of snch Act (15 U.S.C. 

9 5503) is amendecl10 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

11 (7) as paragTaphs (2) throug'h (8), respeetively; 

12 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re13 designated, the following new paragraph: 

14 "(1) 'eyber-physieal systems' means physieal or 

15 engineered systems whose networking and informa16 tion teelmology functious and physieal elements are 

17 deeply integrated and are acti,'ely eonneeted to the 

18 physical world throngh sensol'S, actuators, or other 

19 means to perform monitoring' and control nmc20 tions;"; 

21 (3) 111 paragraph un, as so redesignated, by 

22 striking "high-performance eomputing" and in8e1't23 ing "networking and information technology"; 

24 (4) in paragraph (4), as so l'edesigllated-

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1 (A) by striking "high-performance COUl2 puting" and inserting "networking and infor3 mation technolo/.,'Y"; aud 

4 (B) by striking "supercomputer" and IllS seding "high-end computing"; 

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

7 striking "network referred to as" and all that fol8 lows throug'h the semicolon and inserting' "network, 

9 including advanced computer networks of i<'ecleral 

10 agencies and departments;"; and 

11 (G) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by 

12 striking "National High-Performance Computing 

13 Program" and inserting' "networking and infol'lua14 tion technology research and development program". 

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

16 IMPORTANCE. 

17 'l'itle I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended by 

18 adding at the end the following new section: 

19 "SEC. 104. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NA20 TIONAL IMPORTANCE. 

21 "(a) Ix GE::-.TERAL.-The ProgTam shall encourage 

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

23 large-sca](~, loug-term, interdisciplinary research and de24 velopmellt aetivities in networking and information tech25 nology directed toward application areas that have the po-

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1 tential for significant contributions to national economic 

2 competitiveness and fo)" other significant societal benefits. 

3 Sneh activities, ranging from basic research to the dem4 onstration of technical solutions, shall be designed to adS vanee the development of research discoveries. The advi6 sory committee established under section 101(b) shall 

7 make recommendations to the Program for candidate re8 search and development areas for support under this sec9 

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"(b) CIIAHAC'['r~HJS'l'IC8.-

"(1) IN GENI·~HAL.-Research and development 

activities under this section shall-

"(A) ineillde pr~jeets selected on the basis 

of applications for support through a competitive, merit-based process; 

"(B) involve collaborations among j'esearchers in institutions of higher education 

and industry, and may involve nonprofit research institutions and Federal laboratories, as 

appropriate; 

"(C) when possible, leverage l?ederal investments through collaboration with related 

State initiatives; and 

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technology demonstration activities, including 

2 fJ'om institutions of higher education and J:1'ed3 cral laboratories, to imlustry for commercial de4 velopl11ent. 

5 "(2) COS'l'-SIIARI:\G.-In selecting applications 

6 for snpport, the agencies shall give special consitler7 ation to projects that include cost sharing from non8 Federal sources. 

9 "(3) AGENCY COLIllillORLtTION.-lf 2 or mOre 

10 agencies identified in section lOl(a)(:3)(B), or other 

11 appropriate agencies, are working' on large-scale re12 search and development aetivities in the same area 

13 of national importance, then such agencies shall 

14 striYe to collaborate through joint solicitation and se15 lection of applications for support and subsequent 

16 funding of projeets. 

17 "(4) IN'fEHDISCIPLIl\ARY ImfmARCII CE:\'-

18 TERS.-Research and development activities under 

19 this section may be supported through illterdiscipli20 nary researeh centers that are organized to inves21 tigate basie research questions and carry out tech22 nology demonstration activities in areas described in 

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

24 existing interdisciplinary centers, including those <1U25 thorized uuder section 7024(b)(2) of' the America 

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1 COMPETES Act (Public 1-1aw 110-fi9; 42 U.S.C. 

2 18fi20-1O).". 

3 SEC. 4. CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS. 

4 (a) ADDl'I'I(r~·L\TJ PIWGlU:\f CIHR\CTEmS'l'IC'S.-SCc5 tion 101(a)(1) of such Act (1;'i U.S.C. 5511(a)(1)) is 

6 amcndcd7 (1) III subparagraph (H), by striking "and" 

8 aftcr tlu; scmicolon; 

9 (2) in subpamgntph (I), by striking thc period 

10 at thc cnd and inscrting a scmicolon; and 

II (3) by adding at thc cnd thc following ncw sub12 paragraphs: 

13 "(J) providc for incrcascd understanding of the 

14 scientific principles of cyber-physical systcms amI 

15 improvc thc mcthods availablc for the design, dcvcl16 opmcnt, and operation of cyber-physical systcms 

17 that are characterized by high rcliability, safety, and 

18 security; and 

19 "(K) provide for rescarch and development on 

20 human-computer interaetions, visualization, and big 

21 data.". 

22 (b) T"\SK I<~OHCE.-Title I of such Act (15 U.S.c. 

23 5511) is amended furthcr by adding after section 104, as 

24 added by section :~ of this Act, thc following new section: 

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1 "SEC. 105. UNIVERSITYIlNDUSTRY TASK FORCE. 

2 "(a) EST"U3LISHl\IE;.JT.-Not latcr than 180 days 

3 aftcr thc datc of enactmcnt of the Advancing America's 

4 Nctworking and Information Technology Research and 

5 Development Act of 20Ul, thc Director of the National 

6 Coordination Officc shall convene a task force to cxplore 

7 mechanisms for carrying out eollaborative rcscarch and 

8 development activities for eyber-physical systems, includ9 ing the relatcd technologies rcquired to enable these sys10 tems, through a consortium or other appropriate entity 

11 ,,'ith participants from institutions of higher eclucatioll, 

12 Fedcrallaboratories, and industry. 

13 "(b) FUNCTION8.-The task force s11a11-

14 "(1) cleY<::lop options for a eollaborative model 

15 and an organizational structure for such cntity 

16 under which the joint research and deyelopment ac17 tiv'ities could be planned, managed, and conducted 

18 effectively, including meehanisll1s for the allocation 

19 of resources among the participants in such entity 

20 for support of snch activities; 

21 "(2) propose a process for developing a re22 search and development agenda for sueh entity, m23 cluding g11idelilles to ensure an appropriate scope of 

24 work focused on nationally sig11ificant challenges and 

25 requiring collaboration and to ensure the develop-

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ment of related scientific and technological mile2 stones; 

3 "(3) define the roles and responsibilities for the 

4 participants from institutions of higher education, 

5 }1'eder'allaboratories, and industry in such entity; 

6 "( 4) propose guidelines for assig'ning intellec7 tual property rights and for the transfer of research 

8 results to the private sector; and 

9 "(5) make recommendations for how such e11ti10 ty conld be funded from Pederal, State, and non11 governmental sources. 

12 "(c) CmIPOSrl'I00J.-In establishing the task force 

13 under subsection (a), the Direetor of the National (;00 1'(1 i14 nation Office15 "(1) shall appoint an equal l1umber of individ16 nals with knowledge and expertise in cyber-physiral 

17 systelns fr0111-

18 "(1\) institutions of higher education, in19 cluding minority-serving institutions and C0111-

20 nmnity colleges; and 

21 "( B) industry; and 

22 "(2) may appoint not more than 2 individuals 

23 from }1'ederal laboratories. 

24 "(d) HEPORT.-.0rot later than 1 year after the date 

25 of enactment of the Advancing .. c\.merica's Networking and 

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1 Information rrec1ll101ogyResearch and Development Act of 

2 20V3, the Director of the National Coordination Office 

3 shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

4 and rrransportation of the Senate and the Committee ou 

5 Scicnce, Space, and Technology of the House of Hep6 l'eselltatives a report describing the fiudiug's and rec7 0l11mendations of the task force. 

8 "(e) rrEIDII~ATTON.-The task force shall terminate 

9 npon transmittal of the report required Huder subsection 

10 (d). 

11 "(f) C01\IPBNSATION.-lUembers of the task force 

12 shall serve without compellsation.". 

13 SEC. 5. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FOR RESEARCH. 

14 'l'itle I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended furlS ther by adding after scction 105, as added by section 4(b) 

16 of this Act, the following new section: 

17 "SEC. 106. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FOR RESEARCH. 

18 "(a) INTERAGBNCY WOmUNG GRoup.-Not later 

19 than 180 days aftcr the date of enactment of the Advanc20 iug America's Networking and Information Technology 

21 Research and Deyelopment Act of 2013, the Director of 

22 the National Coordination Office, working through the 

23 National Science anel 'reelmology Council, shall convene 

24 an illteragency working gTonp to examine--

25 "(1) the rescarch and development need,~d-

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"(A) to enhance the effectiyeness and effi2 ciency of cloud computing el1yironments; 

3 "(B) to increase the trnshvorthincss of 

4 cloud applications and infrastructure; and 

5 "(C) to enhance the foundations of cloud 

6 architectures, prognumning models, and illteI'-

7 operability; and 

8 "(2) the potential use of cloud computing for 

9 federally funded SClence and engineering research, 

10 including issues around funding mechanisms and 

11 policies for the use of cloud computing services for 

12 snch rcsearch. 

13 "(b) CON8uurATION.-Ill carrying out the tasks in 

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

15 group shall consult ,vith academia, industry, Federal lab16 oratories, and other relcyallt organizations and institu17 tions, as appropriate. 

18 "(c) REPOH.'l'.-Not later than 1 year after the date 

19 of enactment of the AdYancing .Amcrica's Networking and 

20 Information rrechnology Research and Development Act of 

21 2013, the Director of the National Coordination Office 

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

23 Technology of the House of Representatives and the Com24 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

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1 Scnatc a rcport dcs('l'ibing thc findings and any rcc2 oIlllnemlatiolls of the working group. 

3 "(d) 'rERl\IIX.\TIOx.-The intcragency working gTOUp 

4 shall terminate upon transmittal of the rcport required 

5 under subsection (c).". 

6 SEC. 6. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

7 Section 102 of such Act (15 U .S.C. (512) is amended 

8 to read as fo11O\ys: 

9 "SEC. 102. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

10 "(a) OFFfcE.-The Director shall continne a NaIl tional Coordination Office with a Director and full-time 

12 staff. 

13 "(b) F'UNC'['IONS.-'rhe National Coordination Office 

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"(1) provide technical and administrative support to--

17 "(A) the agencies participating in planning 

18 and implementing the Program, including such 

19 support as needed in the deyelopment of the 

20 strategic plan uuder section 101(e); and 

21 "(B) the advisory committee established 

22 uuder section 101(b); 

23 "(2) serve as the primary point of contaet on 

24 Pederal networking aud information technology ac25 tivities for goyernment organizations, academia, in-

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1 dustry, professional societies, State computing and 

2 networking technology prognll11S, interested citizen 

3 groups, and others to exchange technical and pro4 grammatic informatioll; 

5 "(8) solicit input and recommendations from a 

6 wide range of stakeholders during the development 

7 of each strategic plan required under sectiou 101(e) 

8 through the convening' of at least 1 workshop \,ith 

9 invitees from aeademia, industry, }i~edeI'al labora10 tories, and other relevant organizations and institn11 tions; 

12 "( 4) conduet public on trench, including the dis13 semination of findings and recommendations of the 

14 advisOlY committee, as appropriate; and 

15 "(5) promote access to and early application of 

16 the technologies, innovations, and expertise derived 

17 from ProgTam activities to agency missions and sys18 tems across the B~ederal Government and to U11ite(1 

19 States industry, 

20 "(c) SOFRCg OP FUNDI:\G.-

21 "(1) IN GENERAL.-rrhe operation of the Na22 tional Coordination Office shall be supported by 

23 funds from each agency participating in the Pro24 gTam . 

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"(2) Sl'ECII<'ICA'I'ION8.-rrhe portion of the total 

2 budget of such Office that is provided by each agen3 cy for each fiscal year shall be in the same propoI'-

4 bon as each snch agency's share of the total budget 

5 for the Program for the previous fiscal year, as spec6 ifiecl III the report required under section 

7 101(a)(a).". 

8 SEC. 7. IMPROVING NETWORKING AND INFORMATION 

9 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. 

10 Section 20] (a) of sneh Aet (15 U.S.C. 5521(a)) lS 

11 amellded12 (1) by redesignating paragTaphs (2) through 

13 (4) as paragraphs (a) through (5), respectively; and 

14 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the foIlS lmving new paragraph: 

16 "(2) the National Science l<'onndation shall use 

17 its existing programs, in eoUaboration with other 

18 ageneies, as appropriate, to improve the teaching 

19 and learning of networking and information tee11-

20 nology at all levels of edueation and to inerease par21 tieipation in networking and information technology 

22 fields, ineludillg by women and underrepresented mi23 norities;" . 

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1 SEC. 8. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

2 (a) SECTION :3.-Sectioll :1 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

3 5502) is ameneled4 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

5 striking "hig'h-performance computing" and insert6 jng "networking and information technology"; 

7 (2) in paragraph (1)-

8 (1\) in the matter preceding' subparagnlph 

9 (A), by striking "high-pelformance computing" 

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and inserting "networking anel information 

technology" ; 

(B) in subparagraphs (A), (}1') , and (G), by 

striking "high-performance computing" each 

place it appears and inserting "networking and 

information tedmology"; and 

(C) in subparagraph (II), by striking 

"high-performance" and inserting "high-end"; 

and 

(3) in paragTaph (2)-

(A) by striking "high-performance COlllputing and" and inserting "networking and information technology and"; and 

(B) by striking "high-performance computing network" and inserting "networking and 

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1 (b) TITLE I.-rrIw heading of title I of sHch Act (15 

2 U.S.C. 5511) is amended by striking "HIGH-PER3 FORMANCE COMPUTING" and inserting "NET4 WORKING AND INFORMATION TECH5 NOLOGY". 

6 (c) SECTIOX 10l.-Section 101 of such Act (15 

7 U.S.C. 5511) is amendecl8 (1) in the section heading, by striking "HIGH9 PERFORMANCE COMPUTING" and inserting 

10 "NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECH11 NOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT"; 

12 (2) in subsection (a)-

13 (A) ill the subsection heading, by striking 

14 "NA'l'IONAL HIGII-PERFOHl\L\NCE Co~rpUTING" 

15 and inserting "NET\YORKING AKD INFORiL\-

16 'l'ION TECHKOLOGY RESEAHCII AND DRVELOP17 l\II~NT"; 

18 (B) ill paragraph (1) of snch subsection19 (i) in the matter preceding subpara20 graph (A.), by striking "National High-Per21 formance Computing Pl'ogTam" and illscrt22 ing "networking and information tech23 Bology research and deyclopmcnt pI'O24 gram"; 

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(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

"high-performance computing, including 

networking" and inserting "networking 

and information technology"; 

(iii) in subparagraphs (B) and (0), by 

striking "high-performance" each place it 

appears and inserting "high-end"; and 

(iv) in suhpal'agTaph (C), by striking 

"high-performance computing and networking" and inserting "high-end computing', distributed, and networking"; and 

(C) in paragraph (2) of such subsection-

(i) in subparagraphs (A) and (C)-

(1) hy striking "high-performance 

computing" each place it appears and 

inserting "networking and information 

technology"; and 

(II) by striking "development, 

l1etmH'killg," each place it appears 

and inserting "development,"; and 

(ii) in subparagraphs (P) and (G), as 

redesig1lated by sectioll 2 (e)( 1) of this Act, 

by striking "high-performance" each place 

it appears and inserting' "high-end"; 

(3) in subsectioll (b)-

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(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre2 ceding subparagTaph (A), by striking "high-per3 forma nee computing" both places it appears 

4 and insertiug "networking and information 

5 technology"; and 

6 (B) in paragraph (2), in the second sell7 tence, by striking "2" and inserting "3"; and 

8 (4) in subsection (c)(l)(A), by striking "high9 performance computing" and inserting "networking 

10 and information technology". 

11 (d) SIWTIO:-\ 201.-Section 201(a)(1) of such Act 

12 (15 U.S.C. 5521(a)(1» is amended by striking "high-peI'-

13 fOl'lnance computing" and all that follows through "net14 working;" and inserting "networking and information re15 search and development;". 

16 (e) SEC"l'IOK 202.-Sectioll 202(a) of such Act (Hi 

17 U.S.C. 5522(a» is amended by striking "high-perform18 anee eomJluting" and inserting" "networking and informa19 tion teelmology". 

20 (f) SECTION 203.-Section 208(a) of such Act (15 

21 U.S.C. 5523(a)(1» is amendcd22 (1) in paragTaph (1), by striking "high-per23 fonnanee computing and networking" and inserting 

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(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking "high-per2 formance" and inserting "high-end". 

3 (g) SECTlON 204.-Sectioll 204 of such Act (15 

4 U.S.C. 5524) is amended5 (1) in subsection (a)(1)-

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

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works" and inserting "networking and information techllology systems and capabilities"; 

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

"interoperability of hig'h-performance computing systems in networks ami for common 

user interfaces to systems" and inserting 

"interoperability and usability of networking 

and information tcchnology systems"; and 

(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

"high-performance computing" and inscrting 

"networking and information technology"; and 

(2) in subsection (b)-

(A) in the heading, by striking "HWIIPERFOR~L\l\CE CmIPF'l'ING AND NETWORK" 

and inserting "NE'I'WOHKTXU AN'D INI<'OR~{A­

'l'ION rrECIIXOLOGY"; and 

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(h) SgCl'JO:\ 205.-Section 205(a) of such Act (15 

2 U .S.C. 5525(a) is amended by striking· "computational" 

3 and inserting "networking and informatioll technology". 

4 (i) SEC'I'ION 206.-Section 206(a) of such Act (15 

5 U.S.c. 5526(a)) is amended by striking "computational 

6 research" and inserting "networking and information 

7 technology research". 

8 (j) SECTION 207.-Sectioll 207(b) of such Act (15 

9 U.S.C. ;5527(b)) is amended by striking "high-perform10 tlnee eomputing" and inserting "networking and informa11 tion technology". 

12 (k) SECTIO:\[ 208.-Section 208 of such Act (15 

13 U.S.C. 5528) is mnemletl14 (1) in the section heading, by striking "HIGH15 PERFORMANCE COMPUTING" and inserting 

16 "NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECH17 NOLOGY"; and 

18 (2) in subsection (a)-

19 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking "High20 performance compnting and associated" anel iu21 serting "Networking and information"; 

22 (B) in paragTaph (2), by striking "high23 performance compnting" and inserting "net24 ,yorking and information teclmologies"; 

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(C) ill paragraph (:3), by striking "highperformance" and im;el'ting "high-end"; 

(D) in paragraph (4), by striking "highperformanee eomputers and assoeiatecl" and inserting' "networking <1ml information"; and 

(B) in paragraph OJ), by striking "hig'hperformance eompntillg' and associated" and inserting' "networking and information". 

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SECTION–BY–SECTION ANALYSIS OF

H.R. 967, ADVANCING AMERICA’S NETWORKING AND INFORMATION 

TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2013 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This section sets for the short title as Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013. 

SECTION 2. PROGRAM PLANNING AND COORDINATION. 

Requires the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development 

Program (NITRD) agencies to periodically assess the program contents and funding 

levels and to update the program accordingly. 

Requires the NITRD agencies to develop and periodically update (at 3-year intervals) a strategic plan for the program. Describes the characteristics and content of 

the strategic plan, including how the program will foster technology transfer; encourage innovative, large-scale, and interdisciplinary research; address long-term 

challenges of national importance; emphasize innovative and high-risk projects; and 

strengthen NIT education and the workforce. 

Encourages a more active role for the Office of Science and Technology Policy 

(OSTP) in ensuring that the strategic plan is developed and executed effectively and 

that the objectives of the program are met. 

Ensures that the advisory committee for NITRD retains the necessary breadth 

and depth of expertise in NIT fields, provides guidance on the committee’s co-chairs, 

and allows that it may be linked to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science 

and Technology. 

Specifies that the annual report now required for the NITRD program explicitly 

describes how the program activities planned and underway relate to the objectives 

specified in the strategic plan. 

Specifies that the annual report now required for the NITRD program include a 

description of research areas supported in accordance with section 3, including the 

same budget information as is required for the Program Component Areas. 

Adds a definition for cyber-physical systems and amends existing definitions to incorporate networking and information technology terminology. 

SECTION 3. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NATIONAL 

IMPORTANCE. 

Authorizes NITRD agencies to support large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research with the potential to make significant contributions to society and U.S. economic competitiveness and to encourage collaboration between at least two agencies 

as well as cost-sharing from non-federal sources. 

Characteristics of the projects supported include: collaborations among researchers in institutions of higher education and industry, and may involve nonprofit research institutions and Federal laboratories; leveraging of federal investments 

through collaboration with related State initiatives, when possible; and plans for 

fostering technology transfer. 

Authorizes support of activities under this section through existing interdisciplinary research centers that are organized to investigate basic research questions and 

carry out technology demonstration activities. 

SECTION 4. CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS. 

Requires the program to support research and development in cyber-physical systems; human-computer interactions, visualization, and big data. 

Convenes a university/industry task force to explore mechanisms for carrying out 

collaborative research and development activities for cyber-physical systems with 

participants from universities, industry, and Federal laboratories. 

Requires the task force to develop options for an entity to plan, manage and conduct cyber-physical systems research and development activities; propose a process 

for developing a research and development agenda for the entity which would include guidelines to ensure work focused on nationally significant challenges and 

which would require collaboration on the development of scientific and technological 

milestones; define roles and responsibilities for participants; propose guidelines for 

assigning intellectual property rights; and make recommendations for funding the 

entity from federal, state and non-government sources. 

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would terminate upon transmittal of the report, and members of the task force 

would not be compensated for participation. 

SECTION 5. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FOR RESEARCH. 

Provides for an interagency working group to examine issues around funding 

mechanisms and policies for the use of cloud computing in federally-funded science 

and engineering research and to recommend guidelines, as needed, to agencies on 

those policies. The working group would consult with academia, industry, federal 

laboratories and other relevant organizations and institutions. Within one year the 

working group would be required to report to Congress on its findings and any recommendations for guidelines. The working group would terminate upon transmittal 

of the report. 

SECTION 6. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

Formally codifies the existing National Coordination Office (NCO); delineates the 

office’s roles and responsibilities; and specifies the source of funding for the office 

(consistent with current practice). 

SECTION 7. IMPROVING NETWORKING AND INFORMATION 

TECHNOLOGY. 

Requires NSF to use existing programs to improve the teaching and learning of 

networking and information technology. 

SECTION 8. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS 

Strikes and replaces instances of out-dated ‘‘high-performance computing’’ language with ‘‘networking and information technology’’ and ‘‘high-end computing’’ as 

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AMENDMENT TO H.R. 967 

OFFERED BY MR. MCCAUL OF TEXAS 

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(1) in subparagraph (B)-

(A) by redesignating clauses (vii) through 

(xi) as clauses (viii) through (xii), respectively; 

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(B) by inserting after clause (vi) the following: 

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OFFERED BY MR. GRAYSON OF FLORIDA 

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(B) by striking the period at the end and 

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OFFERED BY M~. JoHNSON of TE.')(AS 

Page 12, line 22, strike "TASK FORCE" and insert 

"WORKSHOP". 

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line 12 on page 15 and insert the following: 

I "SEC. 105. UNIVERSITYIINDUSTRY WORKSHOP. 

2 "(a) ESTABLISillIEKT.-Not later than 1 year after 

3 the date of enactment of the Advancing America's Net4 working and Information Technology Research and Devel5 opment Act of 2013, the Director of the National Coordi6 nation Office shall convene a 'workshop, with participants 

7 from institutions of higher education, Federal labora8 tories, and industry, to explore mechanisms for carrying 

9 out collaborative research and development activities for 

10 cyber-physical systems, including the related technologies 

11 required to enable these systems, and to develop grand 

12 challenges in cyber-physical systems research and develop13 ment. 

14 "(b) Flll'\'C'l'IONS.-The workshop participants 

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1 "(1) develop options for models for research 

2 and development partnerships among institutions of 

3 higher education, Federal laboratories, and industry, 

4 including mechanisms for the support of research 

5 and development carried out under these partner6 ships; 

7 "(2) develop options for grand challenges in 

8 cyber-physical systems research and development 

9 that would be addressed through such partnerships; 

10 "(3) propose guidelines for assigning intellec11 tual property rights and for the transfer of research 

12 results to the private sector; and 

13 "(4) make recommendations for how Federal 

14 agencies participating in the Program can help sup15 port research and development partnerships in 

16 cyber-physical systems, including through existing or 

17 new grant programs. 

18 "(c) PARTICIPA .. '-TTS.-The Director of the National 

19 Coordination Office shall ensure that participants in the 

20 workshop are individuals with knowledge and e2>.1lertise in 

21 cyber-physical systems and that participants represent a 

22 broad mix: of relevant stakeholders, including academic 

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1 nologies users, and, as appropriate, Federal government 

2 regulators. 

3 "(d) REPORT.-Not later than 18 months after the 

4 date of enactment of the Advancing America's Networki.ng 

5 and Information Technology Research and Development 

6 Act of 2013, the Director of the National Coordination 

7 Office shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, 

8 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Corn9 mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 

10 of Representatives a report describing the findings and 

11 recommendations resulting from the workshop required 

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1 "(2) how Federal science agencies can facilitate 

2 the use of cloud computing for feaerally funded 

3 science and engineering research, including4 "(A) making recommendations on changes 

5 in funding mechanisms, budget models, and 

6 policies needed to remove barriers to the adop7 tion of cloud computing services for research 

8 and for data preservation and sharing; and 

9 "(B) providing guidance to organizations 

1 0 and researchers on opportunities and guidelines 

11 for using cloud computing services for federally 

12 supported research and related activities. 

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COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY 

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March 14, 2013 

AMENDMENT ROSTER 

H.R. 967, "Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and 

Development Act of 2013" 

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,- - - - - - - - -offered by Mr. Amends the National High-Periormance Agreed to by 

McCaul (TX) Computing Program Report to add the voice vote (013) Department of Homeland Security to the annual 

report of programs and activities. 

2 Offered by Mr. Amends the National High-Performance Agreed to by 

Grayson (FL) Computing Program to focus on improving voice vote 

(055) security, reliability, and resilience of computing 

and networking systems. 

3 Offered by Ms. Replaces outdated text with language that Agreed to by 

Johnson (TX) reflects the existence of a cyber physical voice vote 

(440) program created since the legislation was first 

drafted. 4 ... . .. 

Offered by Mr. Amends the Cloud Computing Services for Agreed to by 

Bucshon (IN) Research to direct the interagency working voice vote 

(441) group to examine how to better use cloud 

computing within federal science agencies.