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Union Calendar No. 20 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 967 

[Report No. 113–34] 

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

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2013 

Mrs. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, and Ms. EDDIE BERNICE

JOHNSON of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

APRIL 11, 2013 

Additional sponsors: Mr. SWALWELL of California and Mr. CRAMER

APRIL 11, 2013 

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

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

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 5, 2013] 

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A BILL 

To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 

to authorize activities for support of networking and 

information technology research, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Networking and Information Technology Research and De6 velopment Act of 2013’’. 

7 SEC. 2. PROGRAM PLANNING AND COORDINATION. 

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

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

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

12 subsection (a)(3)(B) shall— 

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

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

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

21 section 104.’’. 

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

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

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

25 the following new subsection: 

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1 ‘‘(e) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

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

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

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

6 under section 102, shall develop, within 12 months 

7 after the date of enactment of the Advancing Amer8 ica’s Networking and Information Technology Re9 search and Development Act of 2013, and update 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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1 ‘‘(B) encourage and support mechanisms for 

2 interdisciplinary research and development in 

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

5 Program Component Areas, with industry, with 

6 Federal laboratories (as defined in section 4 of 

7 the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act 

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

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

12 large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research 

13 and development; 

14 ‘‘(D) place emphasis on innovative and 

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

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

19 information technology education and training 

20 programs to ensure an adequate, well-trained 

21 workforce; and 

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

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1 ‘‘(3) NATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE.— 

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

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

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

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

9 in developing the strategic plan under paragraph (1) 

10 shall take into consideration the recommendations— 

11 ‘‘(A) of the advisory committee established 

12 under subsection (b); and 

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

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

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

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

20 and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee 

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

22 Representatives.’’. 

23 (c) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR.— 

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

25 amended— 

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

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

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

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

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

8 agencies participating in the Program to allocate the 

9 level of resources and management attention necessary 

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

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

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

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

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

17 meet the qualifications of committee membership and 

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

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

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

23 5511(a)(3)) is amended— 

24 (1) in subparagraph (B)— 

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1 (A) by redesignating clauses (vii) through 

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

3 and 

4 (B) by inserting after clause (vi) the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(vii) the Department of Homeland 

7 Security;’’; 

8 (2) in subparagraph (C)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘is submitted, the levels for the previous fis11 cal year,’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 

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

14 Area and research area supported in accordance 

15 with section 104;’’; 

16 (3) in subparagraph (D)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 

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

19 Area and research area supported in accordance 

20 with section 104,’’; 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘is submitted, the levels for the previous fis23 cal year,’’; and 

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

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1 (4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub2 paragraph (G); and 

3 (5) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol4 lowing new subparagraphs: 

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

6 for each Program Component Area, and the objectives 

7 for activities that involve multiple Program Compo8 nent Areas, relate to the objectives of the Program 

9 identified in the strategic plan required under sub10 section (e); 

11 ‘‘(F) include— 

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

13 by the National Coordination Office to perform 

14 the functions specified under section 102(b) for 

15 the next fiscal year by category of activity; 

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

17 by such Office to perform the functions specified 

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

19 by category of activity; and 

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

21 such Office for the current fiscal year by each 

22 agency participating in the Program; and’’. 

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

24 5503) is amended— 

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

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

3 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re4 designated, the following new paragraph: 

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

6 engineered systems whose networking and information 

7 technology functions and physical elements are deeply 

8 integrated and are actively connected to the physical 

9 world through sensors, actuators, or other means to 

10 perform monitoring and control functions;’’; 

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

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

13 ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

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

15 (A) by striking ‘‘high-performance com16 puting’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa17 tion technology’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘supercomputer’’ and in19 serting ‘‘high-end computing’’; 

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

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

22 through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘network, includ23 ing advanced computer networks of Federal agencies 

24 and departments;’’; and 

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

2 striking ‘‘National High-Performance Computing 

3 Program’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa4 tion technology research and development program’’. 

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

6 IMPORTANCE. 

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

8 adding at the end the following new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 104. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NA10 TIONAL IMPORTANCE. 

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

12 agencies identified in section 101(a)(3)(B) to support large13 scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and develop14 ment activities in networking and information technology 

15 directed toward application areas that have the potential 

16 for significant contributions to national economic competi17 tiveness and for other significant societal benefits. Such ac18 tivities, ranging from basic research to the demonstration 

19 of technical solutions, shall be designed to advance the devel20 opment of research discoveries. The advisory committee es21 tablished under section 101(b) shall make recommendations 

22 to the Program for candidate research and development 

23 areas for support under this section. 

24 ‘‘(b) CHARACTERISTICS.— 

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

2 activities under this section shall— 

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

4 applications for support through a competitive, 

5 merit-based process; 

6 ‘‘(B) involve collaborations among research7 ers in institutions of higher education and in8 dustry, and may involve nonprofit research in9 stitutions and Federal laboratories, as appro10 priate; 

11 ‘‘(C) when possible, leverage Federal invest12 ments through collaboration with related State 

13 initiatives; and 

14 ‘‘(D) include a plan for fostering the trans15 fer of research discoveries and the results of tech16 nology demonstration activities, including from 

17 institutions of higher education and Federal lab18 oratories, to industry for commercial develop19 ment. 

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

21 for support, the agencies shall give special consider22 ation to projects that include cost sharing from non23 Federal sources. 

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

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

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1 appropriate agencies, are working on large-scale re2 search and development activities in the same area of 

3 national importance, then such agencies shall strive 

4 to collaborate through joint solicitation and selection 

5 of applications for support and subsequent funding of 

6 projects. 

7 ‘‘(4) INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTERS.— 

8 Research and development activities under this sec9 tion may be supported through interdisciplinary re10 search centers that are organized to investigate basic 

11 research questions and carry out technology dem12 onstration activities in areas described in subsection 

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

14 interdisciplinary centers, including those authorized 

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

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

17 SEC. 4. CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS. 

18 (a) ADDITIONAL PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS.—Sec19 tion 101(a)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(1)) is amend20 ed— 

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

22 after the semicolon; 

23 (2) in subparagraph (I)— 

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

2 and inserting ‘‘improving the security, reli3 ability, and resilience’’; and 

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

5 inserting a semicolon; and 

6 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub7 paragraphs: 

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

9 scientific principles of cyber-physical systems and im10 prove the methods available for the design, develop11 ment, and operation of cyber-physical systems that 

12 are characterized by high reliability, safety, and secu13 rity; and 

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

15 human-computer interactions, visualization, and big 

16 data.’’. 

17 (b) WORKSHOP.—Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) 

18 is amended further by adding after section 104, as added 

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

20 ‘‘SEC. 105. UNIVERSITY/INDUSTRY WORKSHOP. 

21 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

22 date of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking 

23 and Information Technology Research and Development Act 

24 of 2013, the Director of the National Coordination Office 

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1 tions of higher education, Federal laboratories, and indus2 try, to explore mechanisms for carrying out collaborative 

3 research and development activities for cyber-physical sys4 tems, including the related technologies required to enable 

5 these systems, and to develop grand challenges in cyber6 physical systems research and development. 

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

8 ‘‘(1) develop options for models for research and 

9 development partnerships among institutions of high10 er education, Federal laboratories, and industry, in11 cluding mechanisms for the support of research and 

12 development carried out under these partnerships; 

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

14 cyber-physical systems research and development that 

15 would be addressed through such partnerships; 

16 ‘‘(3) propose guidelines for assigning intellectual 

17 property rights and for the transfer of research results 

18 to the private sector; and 

19 ‘‘(4) make recommendations for how Federal 

20 agencies participating in the Program can help sup21 port research and development partnerships in cyber22 physical systems, including through existing or new 

23 grant programs. 

24 ‘‘(c) PARTICIPANTS.—The Director of the National Co25 ordination Office shall ensure that participants in the 

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1 workshop are individuals with knowledge and expertise in 

2 cyber-physical systems and that participants represent a 

3 broad mix of relevant stakeholders, including academic and 

4 industry researchers, cyber-physical systems and tech5 nologies manufacturers, cyber-physical systems and tech6 nologies users, and, as appropriate, Federal government 

7 regulators. 

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

9 date of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking 

10 and Information Technology Research and Development Act 

11 of 2013, the Director of the National Coordination Office 

12 shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

13 Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 

14 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representa15 tives a report describing the findings and recommendations 

16 resulting from the workshop required under this section.’’. 

17 SEC. 5. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FOR RESEARCH. 

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

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

20 this Act, the following new section: 

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

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

23 180 days after the date of enactment of the Advancing 

24 America’s Networking and Information Technology Re25 search and Development Act of 2013, the Director of the 

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1 National Coordination Office, working through the Na2 tional Science and Technology Council, shall convene an 

3 interagency working group to examine— 

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

5 ‘‘(A) to enhance the effectiveness and effi6 ciency of cloud computing environments; 

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

8 applications and infrastructure; and 

9 ‘‘(C) to enhance the foundations of cloud ar10 chitectures, programming models, and interoper11 ability; and 

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

13 the use of cloud computing for federally funded 

14 science and engineering research, including— 

15 ‘‘(A) making recommendations on changes 

16 in funding mechanisms, budget models, and poli17 cies needed to remove barriers to the adoption of 

18 cloud computing services for research and for 

19 data preservation and sharing; and 

20 ‘‘(B) providing guidance to organizations 

21 and researchers on opportunities and guidelines 

22 for using cloud computing services for federally 

23 supported research and related activities. 

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

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

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1 shall consult with academia, industry, Federal laboratories, 

2 and other relevant organizations and institutions, as ap3 propriate. 

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

5 of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking and 

6 Information Technology Research and Development Act of 

7 2013, the Director of the National Coordination Office shall 

8 transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech9 nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

10 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

11 a report describing the findings and any recommendations 

12 of the working group. 

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

14 shall terminate upon transmittal of the report required 

15 under subsection (c).’’. 

16 SEC. 6. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

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

18 to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 102. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

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

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

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

23 shall— 

24 ‘‘(1) provide technical and administrative sup25 port to— 

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1 ‘‘(A) the agencies participating in planning 

2 and implementing the Program, including such 

3 support as needed in the development of the stra4 tegic plan under section 101(e); and 

5 ‘‘(B) the advisory committee established 

6 under section 101(b); 

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

8 Federal networking and information technology ac9 tivities for government organizations, academia, in10 dustry, professional societies, State computing and 

11 networking technology programs, interested citizen 

12 groups, and others to exchange technical and pro13 grammatic information; 

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

15 wide range of stakeholders during the development of 

16 each strategic plan required under section 101(e) 

17 through the convening of at least 1 workshop with 

18 invitees from academia, industry, Federal labora19 tories, and other relevant organizations and institu20 tions; 

21 ‘‘(4) conduct public outreach, including the dis22 semination of findings and recommendations of the 

23 advisory committee, as appropriate; and 

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

25 the technologies, innovations, and expertise derived 

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1 from Program activities to agency missions and sys2 tems across the Federal Government and to United 

3 States industry. 

4 ‘‘(c) SOURCE OF FUNDING.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The operation of the Na6 tional Coordination Office shall be supported by 

7 funds from each agency participating in the Pro8 gram. 

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

10 budget of such Office that is provided by each agency 

11 for each fiscal year shall be in the same proportion 

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

13 Program for the previous fiscal year, as specified in 

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

15 SEC. 7. IMPROVING NETWORKING AND INFORMATION 

16 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. 

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

18 amended— 

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

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

21 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol22 lowing new paragraph: 

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

24 its existing programs, in collaboration with other 

25 agencies, as appropriate, to improve the teaching and 

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1 learning of networking and information technology at 

2 all levels of education and to increase participation 

3 in networking and information technology fields, in4 cluding by women and underrepresented minorities;’’. 

5 SEC. 8. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

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

7 5502) is amended— 

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

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

10 ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

11 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

14 and inserting ‘‘networking and information tech15 nology’’; 

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

17 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ each 

18 place it appears and inserting ‘‘networking and 

19 information technology’’; and 

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

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

22 and 

23 (3) in paragraph (2)— 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘high-performance com2 puting and’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and in3 formation technology and’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘high-performance com5 puting network’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and 

6 information technology’’. 

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

8 U.S.C. 5511) is amended by striking ‘‘HIGH-PER9 FORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and inserting ‘‘NET10 WORKING AND INFORMATION TECH11 NOLOGY’’. 

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

13 5511) is amended— 

14 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH15 PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECH17 NOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (a)— 

19 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

20 ‘‘NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION

22 TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 

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

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1 formance Computing Program’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘networking and information tech3 nology research and development program’’; 

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

5 ‘‘high-performance computing, including 

6 networking’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and 

7 information technology’’; 

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

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

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

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

12 ‘‘high-performance computing and net13 working’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end com14 puting, distributed, and networking’’; and 

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

16 (i) in subparagraphs (A) and (C)— 

17 (I) by striking ‘‘high-performance 

18 computing’’ each place it appears and 

19 inserting ‘‘networking and information 

20 technology’’; and 

21 (II) by striking ‘‘development, 

22 networking,’’ each place it appears and 

23 inserting ‘‘development,’’; and 

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

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

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

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

3 (3) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre5 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high-per6 formance computing’’ both places it appears and 

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

9 (B) in paragraph (2), in the second sen10 tence, by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; and 

11 (4) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘high12 performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking 

13 and information technology’’. 

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

15 U.S.C. 5521(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-perform16 ance computing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘net17 working;’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information re18 search and development;’’. 

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

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

21 computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

22 technology’’. 

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

24 U.S.C. 5523(a)(1)) is amended— 

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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘high-perform2 ance computing and networking’’ and inserting ‘‘net3 working and information technology’’; and 

4 (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘high-per5 formance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’. 

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

7 5524) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high10 performance computing systems and networks’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘networking and information tech12 nology systems and capabilities’’; 

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

14 ‘‘interoperability of high-performance computing 

15 systems in networks and for common user inter16 faces to systems’’ and inserting ‘‘interoperability 

17 and usability of networking and information 

18 technology systems’’; and 

19 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘high20 performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘net21 working and information technology’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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1 serting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECH2 NOLOGY’’; and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘sensitive’’. 

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

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

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

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

8 U.S.C. 5526(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘computational re9 search’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information tech10 nology research’’. 

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

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

13 computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

14 technology’’. 

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

16 5528) is amended— 

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

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

21 (2) in subsection (a)— 

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

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

4 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘high5 performance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’; 

6 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘high7 performance computers and associated’’ and in8 serting ‘‘networking and information’’; and 

9 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘high10 performance computing and associated’’ and in11 serting ‘‘networking and information’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 20 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 967 

[Report No. 113–34] 

A BILL 

To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 

and for other purposes. working and information technology research, 1991 to authorize activities for support of netAPRIL 11, 2013 

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

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