113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 967 

AN ACT 

To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 

to authorize activities for support of networking and 

information technology research, and for other purposes. 

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

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

3 Networking and Information Technology Research and 

4 Development Act of 2013’’. 

5 SEC. 2. PROGRAM PLANNING AND COORDINATION. 

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

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

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

11 subsection (a)(3)(B) shall— 

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

15 consideration any relevant recommendations of the 

16 advisory committee established under subsection (b); 

17 and 

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

21 section 104.’’. 

22 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC PLAN.—Section 

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

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

25 of this Act, the following new subsection: 

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

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

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

5 under section 102, shall develop, within 12 months 

6 after the date of enactment of the Advancing Amer7 ica’s Networking and Information Technology Re8 search and Development Act of 2013, and update 

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

10 guide the activities described under subsection 

11 (a)(1). 

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

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

14 Program, the anticipated time frame for achieving 

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

16 assessing progress toward the objectives, and how 

17 the Program will— 

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

19 development results into new technologies and 

20 applications for the benefit of society, including 

21 through cooperation and collaborations with 

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

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

2 for interdisciplinary research and development 

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

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

7 section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 

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

9 with international organizations; 

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

12 large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research 

13 and development; 

14 ‘‘(D) place emphasis on innovative and 

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

18 ‘‘(E) strengthen all levels of networking 

19 and information technology education and 

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

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

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

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

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

12 ‘‘(A) of the advisory committee established 

13 under subsection (b); and 

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

15 solicited by the National Coordination Office, as 

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

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

18 the National Coordination Office shall transmit the 

19 strategic plan required under paragraph (1) to the 

20 advisory committee, the Committee on Commerce, 

21 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 

22 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

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

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

3 amended— 

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

6 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and 

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

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

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

11 agencies participating in the Program to allocate the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 U.S.C. 5511(a)(3)) is amended— 

3 (1) in subparagraph (B)— 

4 (A) by redesignating clauses (vii) through 

5 (xi) as clauses (viii) through (xii), respectively; 

6 and 

7 (B) by inserting after clause (vi) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(vii) the Department of Homeland 

10 Security;’’; 

11 (2) in subparagraph (C)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘is submitted, the levels for the previous 

14 fiscal year,’’; and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 

16 Area;’’ and inserting ‘‘each Program Compo17 nent Area and research area supported in ac18 cordance with section 104;’’; 

19 (3) in subparagraph (D)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 

21 Area,’’ and inserting ‘‘each Program Compo22 nent Area and research area supported in ac23 cordance with section 104,’’; 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘is submitted, the levels for the previous 

3 fiscal year,’’; and 

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

5 (4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub6 paragraph (G); and 

7 (5) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol8 lowing new subparagraphs: 

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

10 for each Program Component Area, and the objec11 tives for activities that involve multiple Program 

12 Component Areas, relate to the objectives of the 

13 Program identified in the strategic plan required 

14 under subsection (e); 

15 ‘‘(F) include— 

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

17 by the National Coordination Office to perform 

18 the functions specified under section 102(b) for 

19 the next fiscal year by category of activity; 

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

21 by such Office to perform the functions speci22 fied under section 102(b) for the current fiscal 

23 year by category of activity; and 
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1 ‘‘(iii) the amount of funding provided for 

2 such Office for the current fiscal year by each 

3 agency participating in the Program; and’’. 

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

5 5503) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

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

8 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re9 designated, the following new paragraph: 

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

11 engineered systems whose networking and informa12 tion technology functions and physical elements are 

13 deeply integrated and are actively connected to the 

14 physical world through sensors, actuators, or other 

15 means to perform monitoring and control func16 tions;’’; 

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

18 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

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

21 (A) by striking ‘‘high-performance com22 puting’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and infor23 mation technology’’; and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘supercomputer’’ and in25 serting ‘‘high-end computing’’; 
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1 (5) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by 

2 striking ‘‘network referred to as’’ and all that fol3 lows through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘network, 

4 including advanced computer networks of Federal 

5 agencies and departments;’’; and 

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

7 striking ‘‘National High-Performance Computing 

8 Program’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa9 tion technology research and development program’’. 

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

11 IMPORTANCE. 

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

13 adding at the end the following new section: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 104. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NA15 TIONAL IMPORTANCE. 

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

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

18 large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and de19 velopment activities in networking and information tech20 nology directed toward application areas that have the po21 tential for significant contributions to national economic 

22 competitiveness and for other significant societal benefits. 

23 Such activities, ranging from basic research to the dem24 onstration of technical solutions, shall be designed to ad25 vance the development of research discoveries. The advi-
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1 sory committee established under section 101(b) shall 

2 make recommendations to the Program for candidate re3 search and development areas for support under this sec4 tion. 

5 ‘‘(b) CHARACTERISTICS.— 

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

7 activities under this section shall— 

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

9 of applications for support through a competi10 tive, merit-based process; 

11 ‘‘(B) involve collaborations among re12 searchers in institutions of higher education 

13 and industry, and may involve nonprofit re14 search institutions and Federal laboratories, as 

15 appropriate; 

16 ‘‘(C) when possible, leverage Federal in17 vestments through collaboration with related 

18 State initiatives; and 

19 ‘‘(D) include a plan for fostering the trans20 fer of research discoveries and the results of 

21 technology demonstration activities, including 

22 from institutions of higher education and Fed23 eral laboratories, to industry for commercial de24 velopment. 
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1 ‘‘(2) COST-SHARING.—In selecting applications 

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

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

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

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

9 of national importance, then such agencies shall 

10 strive to collaborate through joint solicitation and se11 lection of applications for support and subsequent 

12 funding of projects. 

13 ‘‘(4) INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CEN14 TERS.—Research and development activities under 

15 this section may be supported through interdiscipli16 nary research centers that are organized to inves17 tigate basic research questions and carry out tech18 nology demonstration activities in areas described in 

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

20 existing interdisciplinary centers, including those au21 thorized under section 7024(b)(2) of the America 

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

23 1862o–10).’’. 
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1 SEC. 4. CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS. 

2 (a) ADDITIONAL PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS.—Sec3 tion 101(a)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(1)) is 

4 amended— 

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

6 after the semicolon; 

7 (2) in subparagraph (I)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘improving the security’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘improving the security, reli10 ability, and resilience’’; and 

11 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

12 inserting a semicolon; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub14 paragraphs: 

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

16 scientific principles of cyber-physical systems and 

17 improve the methods available for the design, devel18 opment, and operation of cyber-physical systems 

19 that are characterized by high reliability, safety, and 

20 security; and 

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

22 human-computer interactions, visualization, and big 

23 data.’’. 

24 (b) WORKSHOP.—Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

25 5511) is amended further by adding after section 104, as 

26 added by section 3 of this Act, the following new section: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 105. UNIVERSITY/INDUSTRY WORKSHOP. 

2 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—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) FUNCTIONS.—The workshop participants 

15 shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) develop options for models for research 

17 and development partnerships among institutions of 

18 higher education, Federal laboratories, and industry, 

19 including mechanisms for the support of research 

20 and development carried out under these partner21 ships; 

22 ‘‘(2) develop options for grand challenges in 

23 cyber-physical systems research and development 

24 that would be addressed through such partnerships; 
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1 ‘‘(3) propose guidelines for assigning intellec2 tual property rights and for the transfer of research 

3 results to the private sector; and 

4 ‘‘(4) make recommendations for how Federal 

5 agencies participating in the Program can help sup6 port research and development partnerships in 

7 cyber-physical systems, including through existing or 

8 new grant programs. 

9 ‘‘(c) PARTICIPANTS.—The Director of the National 

10 Coordination Office shall ensure that participants in the 

11 workshop are individuals with knowledge and expertise in 

12 cyber-physical systems and that participants represent a 

13 broad mix of relevant stakeholders, including academic 

14 and industry researchers, cyber-physical systems and tech15 nologies manufacturers, cyber-physical systems and tech16 nologies users, and, as appropriate, Federal Government 

17 regulators. 

18 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 

19 date of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking 

20 and Information Technology Research and Development 

21 Act of 2013, the Director of the National Coordination 

22 Office shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, 

23 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Com24 mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 

25 of Representatives a report describing the findings and 
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1 recommendations resulting from the workshop required 

2 under this section.’’. 

3 SEC. 5. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FOR RESEARCH. 

4 Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended fur5 ther by adding after section 105, as added by section 4(b) 

6 of this Act, the following new section: 

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

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

9 than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Advanc10 ing America’s Networking and Information Technology 

11 Research and Development Act of 2013, the Director of 

12 the National Coordination Office, working through the 

13 National Science and Technology Council, shall convene 

14 an interagency working group to examine— 

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

16 ‘‘(A) to enhance the effectiveness and effi17 ciency of cloud computing environments; 

18 ‘‘(B) to increase the trustworthiness of 

19 cloud applications and infrastructure; and 

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

21 architectures, programming models, and inter22 operability; and 

23 ‘‘(2) how Federal science agencies can facilitate 

24 the use of cloud computing for federally funded 

25 science and engineering research, including— 
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1 ‘‘(A) making recommendations on changes 

2 in funding mechanisms, budget models, and 

3 policies needed to remove barriers to the adop4 tion of cloud computing services for research 

5 and for data preservation and sharing; and 

6 ‘‘(B) providing guidance to organizations 

7 and researchers on opportunities and guidelines 

8 for using cloud computing services for federally 

9 supported research and related activities. 

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

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

12 group shall consult with academia, industry, Federal lab13 oratories, and other relevant organizations and institu14 tions, as appropriate. 

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

16 of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking and 

17 Information Technology Research and Development Act of 

18 2013, the Director of the National Coordination Office 

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

20 Technology of the House of Representatives and the Com21 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

22 Senate a report describing the findings and any rec23 ommendations of the working group. 
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1 ‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—The interagency working group 

2 shall terminate upon transmittal of the report required 

3 under subsection (c).’’. 

4 SEC. 6. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

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

6 to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 102. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

8 ‘‘(a) OFFICE.—The Director shall continue a Na9 tional Coordination Office with a Director and full-time 

10 staff. 

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

12 shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) provide technical and administrative sup14 port to— 

15 ‘‘(A) the agencies participating in planning 

16 and implementing the Program, including such 

17 support as needed in the development of the 

18 strategic plan under section 101(e); and 

19 ‘‘(B) the advisory committee established 

20 under section 101(b); 

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

22 Federal networking and information technology ac23 tivities for government organizations, academia, in24 dustry, professional societies, State computing and 

25 networking technology programs, interested citizen 
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1 groups, and others to exchange technical and pro2 grammatic information; 

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

4 wide range of stakeholders during the development 

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

6 through the convening of at least 1 workshop with 

7 invitees from academia, industry, Federal labora8 tories, and other relevant organizations and institu9 tions; 

10 ‘‘(4) conduct public outreach, including the dis11 semination of findings and recommendations of the 

12 advisory committee, as appropriate; and 

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

14 the technologies, innovations, and expertise derived 

15 from Program activities to agency missions and sys16 tems across the Federal Government and to United 

17 States industry. 

18 ‘‘(c) SOURCE OF FUNDING.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The operation of the Na20 tional Coordination Office shall be supported by 

21 funds from each agency participating in the Pro22 gram. 

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

24 budget of such Office that is provided by each agen25 cy for each fiscal year shall be in the same propor-
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1 tion as each such agency’s share of the total budget 

2 for the Program for the previous fiscal year, as spec3 ified in the report required under section 

4 101(a)(3).’’. 

5 SEC. 7. IMPROVING NETWORKING AND INFORMATION 

6 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. 

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

8 amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

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

11 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol12 lowing new paragraph: 

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

14 its existing programs, in collaboration with other 

15 agencies, as appropriate, to improve the teaching 

16 and learning of networking and information tech17 nology at all levels of education and to increase par18 ticipation in networking and information technology 

19 fields, including by women and underrepresented mi20 norities;’’. 

21 SEC. 8. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

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

23 5502) is amended— 
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1 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

2 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

4 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

7 and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

8 technology’’; 

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

10 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ each 

11 place it appears and inserting ‘‘networking and 

12 information technology’’; and 

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

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

15 and 

16 (3) in paragraph (2)— 

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

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

22 information technology’’. 

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

24 U.S.C. 5511) is amended by striking ‘‘HIGH-PER25 FORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and inserting ‘‘NET-
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1 WORKING AND INFORMATION TECH2 NOLOGY’’. 

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

4 U.S.C. 5511) is amended— 

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

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

9 (2) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

11 ‘‘NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMA13 TION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP14 MENT’’; 

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

16 (i) in the matter preceding subpara17 graph (A), by striking ‘‘National High-Per18 formance Computing Program’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘networking and information tech20 nology research and development pro21 gram’’; 

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

23 ‘‘high-performance computing, including 

24 networking’’ and inserting ‘‘networking 

25 and information technology’’; 
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1 (iii) in subparagraphs (B) and (G), by 

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

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

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

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

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

9 (i) in subparagraphs (A) and (C)— 

10 (I) by striking ‘‘high-performance 

11 computing’’ each place it appears and 

12 inserting ‘‘networking and information 

13 technology’’; and 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘development, 

15 networking,’’ each place it appears 

16 and inserting ‘‘development,’’; and 

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

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

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

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

21 (3) in subsection (b)— 

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

2 technology’’; and 

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

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

7 and information technology’’. 

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

9 (15 U.S.C. 5521(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-per10 formance computing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘net11 working;’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information re12 search and development;’’. 

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

14 U.S.C. 5522(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-perform15 ance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa16 tion technology’’. 

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

18 U.S.C. 5523(a)(1)) is amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘high-per20 formance computing and networking’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 

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

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

25 U.S.C. 5524) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

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

3 ‘‘high-performance computing systems and net4 works’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa5 tion technology systems and capabilities’’; 

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

7 ‘‘interoperability of high-performance com8 puting systems in networks and for common 

9 user interfaces to systems’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘interoperability and usability of networking 

11 and information technology systems’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH17 PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND NETWORK’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMA19 TION TECHNOLOGY’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘sensitive’’. 

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

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

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

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

25 U.S.C. 5526(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘computational 
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1 research’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

2 technology research’’. 

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

4 U.S.C. 5527(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-perform5 ance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa6 tion technology’’. 

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

8 U.S.C. 5528) is amended— 

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

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

13 (2) in subsection (a)— 

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

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

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

22 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘high23 performance computers and associated’’ and in24 serting ‘‘networking and information’’; and 
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1 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘high2 performance computing and associated’’ and in3 serting ‘‘networking and information’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 16, 2013. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 967 

AN ACT 

To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 

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