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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION 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. 

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 

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. 

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 

6 Development 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) 


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1 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub2 section: 

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

4 subsection (a)(3)(B) shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) periodically assess the contents and fund6 ing levels of the Program Component Areas and re7 structure the Program 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 large12 scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and de13 velopment activities, including activities described in 

14 section 104.’’. 

15 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC PLAN.—Section 

16 101 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended further by 

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

18 of this Act, the following new subsection: 

19 ‘‘(e) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

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

21 subsection (a)(3)(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 

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1 ica’s Networking and Information Technology Re2 search and Development Act of 2013, and update 

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

4 guide the activities described under subsection 

5 (a)(1). 

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

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

8 Program, the anticipated time frame for achieving 

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

10 assessing progress toward the objectives, and how 

11 the Program will— 

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

13 development results 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 support mechanisms 

20 for interdisciplinary research and development 

21 in networking and information technology, in22 cluding through collaborations across agencies, 

23 across Program Component Areas, with indus24 try, with Federal laboratories (as defined in 

25 section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 


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

2 with international organizations; 

3 ‘‘(C) address long-term challenges of na4 tional importance for which solutions require 

5 large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research 

6 and development; 

7 ‘‘(D) place emphasis on innovative and 

8 high-risk projects having the potential for sub9 stantial societal returns on the research invest10 ment; 

11 ‘‘(E) strengthen all levels of networking 

12 and information technology education and 

13 training programs to ensure an adequate, well14 trained workforce; and 

15 ‘‘(F) attract more women and underrep16 resented minorities to pursue postsecondary de17 grees in networking and information tech18 nology. 

19 ‘‘(3) NATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUC20 TURE.—The strategic plan developed in accordance 

21 with paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by mile22 stones and roadmaps for establishing and maintain23 ing the national research infrastructure required to 

24 support the Program, including the roadmap re25 quired by subsection (a)(2)(E). 


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1 ‘‘(4) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The entities in2 volved in developing the strategic plan under para3 graph (1) shall take into consideration the rec4 ommendations— 

5 ‘‘(A) of the advisory committee established 

6 under 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) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of 

11 the National Coordination Office shall transmit the 

12 strategic plan required under paragraph (1) to the 

13 advisory committee, the Committee on Commerce, 

14 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 

15 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

16 House of Representatives.’’. 

17 (c) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR.— 

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

19 amended— 

20 (1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘edu21 cation,’’ before ‘‘and other activities’’; 

22 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and 

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

24 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (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 ensure that the strategic plan under sub5 section (e) is developed and executed effectively and 

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

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

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

9 (1) after the first sentence, by inserting the fol10 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 Council 

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

14 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘high-per15 formance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’. 

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

17 U.S.C. 5511(a)(3)) is amended— 

18 (1) in subparagraph (C)— 

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

21 fiscal year,’’; and 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 

23 Area;’’ and inserting ‘‘each Program Compo24 nent Area and research area supported in ac25 cordance with section 104;’’; 


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1 (2) in subparagraph (D)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 

3 Area,’’ and inserting ‘‘each Program Compo4 nent Area and research area supported in ac5 cordance with section 104,’’; 

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

8 fiscal year,’’; and 

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

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

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

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

15 for each Program Component Area, and the objec16 tives for activities that involve multiple Program 

17 Component Areas, relate to the objectives of the 

18 Program identified in the strategic plan required 

19 under subsection (e); 

20 ‘‘(F) include— 

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

22 by the National Coordination Office to perform 

23 the functions specified under section 102(b) for 

24 the next fiscal year by category of activity; 


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

2 by such Office to perform the functions speci3 fied under section 102(b) for the current fiscal 

4 year by category of activity; and 

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

6 such Office for the current fiscal year by each 

7 agency participating in the Program; and’’. 

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

9 5503) is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

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

12 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re13 designated, the following new paragraph: 

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

15 engineered systems whose networking and informa16 tion technology functions and physical elements are 

17 deeply integrated and are actively connected to the 

18 physical world through sensors, actuators, or other 

19 means to perform monitoring and control func20 tions;’’; 

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

22 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

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


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘high-performance com2 puting’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and infor3 mation technology’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘supercomputer’’ and in5 serting ‘‘high-end computing’’; 

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

7 striking ‘‘network referred to as’’ and all that fol8 lows through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘network, 

9 including advanced computer networks of Federal 

10 agencies and departments;’’; and 

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

12 striking ‘‘National High-Performance Computing 

13 Program’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa14 tion technology research and development program’’. 

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

16 IMPORTANCE. 

17 Title 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) IN GENERAL.—The Program shall encourage 

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

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1 tential for significant contributions to national economic 

2 competitiveness and for other significant societal benefits. 

3 Such activities, ranging from basic research to the dem4 onstration of technical solutions, shall be designed to ad5 vance 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 tion. 

10 ‘‘(b) CHARACTERISTICS.— 

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

12 activities under this section shall— 

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

14 of applications for support through a competi15 tive, merit-based process; 

16 ‘‘(B) involve collaborations among re17 searchers in institutions of higher education 

18 and industry, and may involve nonprofit re19 search institutions and Federal laboratories, as 

20 appropriate; 

21 ‘‘(C) when possible, leverage Federal in22 vestments through collaboration with related 

23 State initiatives; and 

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1 technology demonstration activities, including 

2 from institutions of higher education and Fed3 eral laboratories, to industry for commercial de4 velopment. 

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

6 for support, the agencies shall give special consider7 ation to projects that include cost sharing from non8 Federal sources. 

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

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

11 appropriate agencies, are working on large-scale re12 search and development activities in the same area 

13 of national importance, then such agencies shall 

14 strive to collaborate through joint solicitation and se15 lection of applications for support and subsequent 

16 funding of projects. 

17 ‘‘(4) INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CEN18 TERS.—Research and development activities under 

19 this section may be supported through interdiscipli20 nary research centers that are organized to inves21 tigate basic 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 au25 thorized under section 7024(b)(2) of the America 


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

2 1862o–10).’’. 

3 SEC. 4. CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS. 

4 (a) ADDITIONAL PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS.—Sec5 tion 101(a)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(1)) is 

6 amended— 

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

8 after the semicolon; 

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

10 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub12 paragraphs: 

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

14 scientific principles of cyber-physical systems and 

15 improve the methods available for the design, devel16 opment, and operation of cyber-physical systems 

17 that are characterized by high reliability, safety, and 

18 security; and 

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

20 human-computer interactions, visualization, and big 

21 data.’’. 

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

23 5511) is amended further by adding after section 104, as 

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


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

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

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

4 Networking and Information Technology Research and 

5 Development Act of 2013, the Director of the National 

6 Coordination Office shall convene a task force to explore 

7 mechanisms for carrying out collaborative research and 

8 development activities for cyber-physical systems, includ9 ing the related technologies required to enable these sys10 tems, through a consortium or other appropriate entity 

11 with participants from institutions of higher education, 

12 Federal laboratories, and industry. 

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

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

15 and an organizational structure for such entity 

16 under which the joint research and development ac17 tivities could be planned, managed, and conducted 

18 effectively, including mechanisms for the allocation 

19 of resources among the participants in such entity 

20 for support of such activities; 

21 ‘‘(2) propose a process for developing a re22 search and development agenda for such entity, in23 cluding guidelines to ensure an appropriate scope of 

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1 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 Federal laboratories, and industry in such entity; 

6 ‘‘(4) propose guidelines for assigning intellec7 tual property rights and for the transfer of research 

8 results to the private sector; and 

9 ‘‘(5) make recommendations for how such enti10 ty could be funded from Federal, State, and non11 governmental sources. 

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

13 under subsection (a), the Director of the National Coordi14 nation Office— 

15 ‘‘(1) shall appoint an equal number of individ16 uals with knowledge and expertise in cyber-physical 

17 systems from— 

18 ‘‘(A) institutions of higher education, in19 cluding minority-serving institutions and com20 munity colleges; and 

21 ‘‘(B) industry; and 

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

23 from Federal laboratories. 

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

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1 Information Technology Research and Development Act of 

2 2013, the Director of the National Coordination Office 

3 shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

4 and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 

5 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep6 resentatives a report describing the findings and rec7 ommendations of the task force. 

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

9 upon transmittal of the report required under subsection 

10 (d). 

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

12 shall serve without compensation.’’. 

13 SEC. 5. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FOR RESEARCH. 

14 Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended fur15 ther by adding after section 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) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—Not later 

19 than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Advanc20 ing America’s Networking and Information Technology 

21 Research and Development Act of 2013, the Director of 

22 the National Coordination Office, working through the 

23 National Science and Technology Council, shall convene 

24 an interagency working group to examine— 

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


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1 ‘‘(A) to enhance the effectiveness and effi2 ciency of cloud computing environments; 

3 ‘‘(B) to increase the trustworthiness of 

4 cloud applications and infrastructure; and 

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

6 architectures, programming models, and inter7 operability; and 

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

9 federally funded science and engineering research, 

10 including issues around funding mechanisms and 

11 policies for the use of cloud computing services for 

12 such research. 

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

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

15 group shall consult with academia, industry, Federal lab16 oratories, and other relevant organizations and institu17 tions, as appropriate. 

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

19 of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking and 

20 Information Technology 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 Senate a report describing the findings and any rec2 ommendations of the working group. 

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

4 shall terminate upon transmittal of the report required 

5 under subsection (c).’’. 

6 SEC. 6. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

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

8 to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 102. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

10 ‘‘(a) OFFICE.—The Director shall continue a Na11 tional Coordination Office with a Director and full-time 

12 staff. 

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

14 shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) provide technical and administrative sup16 port to— 

17 ‘‘(A) the agencies participating in planning 

18 and implementing the Program, including such 

19 support as needed in the development of the 

20 strategic plan under section 101(e); and 

21 ‘‘(B) the advisory committee established 

22 under section 101(b); 

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

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1 dustry, professional societies, State computing and 

2 networking technology programs, interested citizen 

3 groups, and others to exchange technical and pro4 grammatic information; 

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

6 wide range of stakeholders during the development 

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

8 through the convening of at least 1 workshop with 

9 invitees from academia, industry, Federal labora10 tories, and other relevant organizations and institu11 tions; 

12 ‘‘(4) conduct public outreach, including the dis13 semination of findings and recommendations of the 

14 advisory committee, as appropriate; and 

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

16 the technologies, innovations, and expertise derived 

17 from Program activities to agency missions and sys18 tems across the Federal Government and to United 

19 States industry. 

20 ‘‘(c) SOURCE OF FUNDING.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The operation of the Na22 tional Coordination Office shall be supported by 

23 funds from each agency participating in the Pro24 gram. 


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1 ‘‘(2) SPECIFICATIONS.—The 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 propor4 tion as each such agency’s share of the total budget 

5 for the Program for the previous fiscal year, as spec6 ified in the report required under section 

7 101(a)(3).’’. 

8 SEC. 7. IMPROVING NETWORKING AND INFORMATION 

9 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. 

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

11 amended— 

12 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

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

14 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol15 lowing new paragraph: 

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

17 its existing programs, in collaboration with other 

18 agencies, as appropriate, to improve the teaching 

19 and learning of networking and information tech20 nology at all levels of education and to increase par21 ticipation in networking and information technology 

22 fields, including by women and underrepresented mi23 norities;’’. 


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1 SEC. 8. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

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

3 5502) is amended— 

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

5 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

7 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

10 and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

11 technology’’; 

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

13 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ each 

14 place it appears and inserting ‘‘networking and 

15 information technology’’; and 

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

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

18 and 

19 (3) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘high-performance com21 puting and’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and in22 formation technology and’’; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘high-performance com24 puting network’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and 

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1 (b) TITLE I.—The heading of title I of such 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) SECTION 101.—Section 101 of such Act (15 

7 U.S.C. 5511) is amended— 

8 (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) in the subsection heading, by striking 

14 ‘‘NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMA16 TION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP17 MENT’’; 

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

19 (i) in the matter preceding subpara20 graph (A), by striking ‘‘National High-Per21 formance Computing Program’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘networking and information tech23 nology research and development pro24 gram’’; 


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

2 ‘‘high-performance computing, including 

3 networking’’ and inserting ‘‘networking 

4 and information technology’’; 

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

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

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

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

9 ‘‘high-performance computing and net10 working’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end com11 puting, distributed, and networking’’; and 

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

13 (i) in subparagraphs (A) and (C)— 

14 (I) by striking ‘‘high-performance 

15 computing’’ each place it appears and 

16 inserting ‘‘networking and information 

17 technology’’; and 

18 (II) by striking ‘‘development, 

19 networking,’’ each place it appears 

20 and inserting ‘‘development,’’; and 

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

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

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

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

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1 (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre2 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high-per3 formance computing’’ both places it appears 

4 and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

5 technology’’; and 

6 (B) in paragraph (2), in the second sen7 tence, by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; and 

8 (4) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘high9 performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking 

10 and information technology’’. 

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

12 (15 U.S.C. 5521(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-per13 formance computing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘net14 working;’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information re15 search and development;’’. 

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

17 U.S.C. 5522(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-perform18 ance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa19 tion technology’’. 

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

21 U.S.C. 5523(a)(1)) is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘high-per23 formance computing and networking’’ and inserting 

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1 (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘high-per2 formance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’. 

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

4 U.S.C. 5524) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

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

7 ‘‘high-performance computing systems and net8 works’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa9 tion technology systems and capabilities’’; 

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

11 ‘‘interoperability of high-performance com12 puting systems in networks and for common 

13 user interfaces to systems’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘interoperability and usability of networking 

15 and information technology systems’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (b)— 

20 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH21 PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND NETWORK’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMA23 TION TECHNOLOGY’’; and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘sensitive’’. 


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

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

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

4 (i) SECTION 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.—Section 207(b) of such Act (15 

9 U.S.C. 5527(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-perform10 ance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa11 tion technology’’. 

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

13 U.S.C. 5528) is amended— 

14 (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 computing and associated’’ and in21 serting ‘‘Networking and information’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘high23 performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘net24 working and information technologies’’; 


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1 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘high2 performance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’; 

3 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘high4 performance computers and associated’’ and in5 serting ‘‘networking and information’’; and 

6 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘high7 performance computing and associated’’ and in8 serting ‘‘networking and information’’. 

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