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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2086

To authorize funding for networking and information technology research

and development for fiscal years 2000 through 2004, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 9, 1999

Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. DAVIS of

Virginia, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. EWING, Mr. COOK, Mr. BRADY of Texas,

Mr. EHLERS, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr.

KUYKENDALL, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma, Mr. SMITH of

Michigan, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Ms. LOFGREN, and Mr. GORDON) introduced the

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

addition to the Committee on the Ways and Means, for a period to be

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To authorize funding for networking and information technology research and development for fiscal years 2000

through 2004, 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 ‘‘Networking and Infor3 mation Technology Research and Development Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

5 The Congress makes the following findings:

6 (1) Information technology will continue to

7 change the way Americans live, learn, and work. The

8 information revolution will improve the workplace

9 and the quality and accessibility of health care and

10 education and make government more responsible

11 and accessible.

12 (2) Information technology is an imperative en13 abling technology that contributes to scientific dis14 ciplines. Major advances in biomedical research, pub15 lic safety, engineering, and other critical areas de16 pend on further advances in computing and commu17 nications.

18 (3) The United States is the undisputed global

19 leader in information technology.

20 (4) Information technology is recognized as a

21 catalyst for economic growth and prosperity.

22 (5) Information technology represents one of

23 the fastest growing sectors of the United States

24 economy, with electronic commerce alone projected

25 to become a trillion-dollar business by 2005.
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1 (6) Businesses producing computers, semi2 conductors, software, and communications equip3 ment account for one-third of the total growth in the

4 United States economy since 1992.

5 (7) According to the United States Census Bu6 reau, between 1993 and 1997, the information tech7 nology sector grew an average of 12.3 percent per

8 year.

9 (8) Fundamental research in information tech10 nology has enabled the information revolution.

11 (9) Fundamental research in information tech12 nology has contributed to the creation of new indus13 tries and new, high-paying jobs.

14 (10) Scientific and engineering research and the

15 availability of a skilled workforce are critical to con16 tinued economic growth driven by information tech17 nology.

18 (11) In 1997, private industry provided most of

19 the funding for research and development in the in20 formation technology sector. The information tech21 nology sector now receives, in absolute terms, one22 third of all corporate spending on research and de23 velopment in the United States economy.

24 (12) The private sector tends to focus its

25 spending on short-term, applied research.
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1 (13) The Federal Government is uniquely posi2 tioned to support long-term fundamental research.

3 (14) Federal applied research in information

4 technology has grown at almost twice the rate of

5 Federal basic research since 1986.

6 (15) Federal science and engineering programs

7 must increase their emphasis on long-term, high-risk

8 research.

9 (16) Current Federal programs and support for

10 fundamental research in information technology is

11 inadequate if we are to maintain the Nation’s global

12 leadership in information technology.

13 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

14 (a) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—Section

15 201(b) of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991

16 (15 U.S.C. 5521(b)) is amended—

17 (1) by striking ‘‘From sums otherwise author18 ized to be appropriated, there’’ and inserting

19 ‘‘There’’;

20 (2) by striking ‘‘1995; and’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘1995;’’; and

22 (3) by striking the period at the end and insert23 ing ‘‘; $445,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;

24 $468,500,000 for fiscal year 2001; $493,200,000 for

25 fiscal year 2002; $544,100,000 for fiscal year 2003;
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1 and $571,300,000 for fiscal year 2004. Amounts au2 thorized under this subsection shall be the total

3 amounts authorized to the National Science Founda4 tion for a fiscal year for the Program, and shall not

5 be in addition to amounts previously authorized by

6 law for the purposes of the Program.’’.

7 (b) NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINIS8 TRATION.—Section 202(b) of the High-Performance Com9 puting Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5522(b)) is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘From sums otherwise author11 ized to be appropriated, there’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘There’’;

13 (2) by striking ‘‘1995; and’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘1995;’’; and

15 (3) by striking the period at the end and insert16 ing ‘‘; $164,400,000 for fiscal year 2000;

17 $201,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; $208,000,000 for

18 fiscal year 2002; $224,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;

19 and $231,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.

20 (c) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—Section 203(e)(1) of

21 the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C.

22 5523(e)(1)) is amended—

23 (1) by striking ‘‘1995; and’’ and inserting

24 ‘‘1995;’’; and
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1 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert2 ing ‘‘; $100,600,000 for fiscal year 2000;

3 $103,500,000 for fiscal year 2001; $107,000,000 for

4 fiscal year 2002; $125,700,000 for fiscal year 2003;

5 and $129,400,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.

6 (d) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

7 TECHNOLOGY.—(1) Section 204(d)(1) of the High-Per8 formance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5524(d)(1))

9 is amended—

10 (A) by striking ‘‘1995; and’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘1995;’’; and

12 (B) by striking ‘‘1996; and’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘1996; $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; $9,500,000

14 for fiscal year 2001; $10,500,000 for fiscal year

15 2002; $16,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

16 $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and’’.

17 (2) Section 204(d) of the High-Performance Com18 puting Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5524(d)) is amended by

19 striking ‘‘From sums otherwise authorized to be appro20 priated, there’’ and inserting ‘‘There’’.

21 (e) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN22 ISTRATION.—Section 204(d)(2) of the High-Performance

23 Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5524(d)(2)) is

24 amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘1995; and’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘1995;’’; and

3 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert4 ing ‘‘; $13,500,000 for fiscal year 2000;

5 $13,900,000 for fiscal year 2001; $14,300,000 for

6 fiscal year 2002; $14,800,000 for fiscal year 2003;

7 and $15,200,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.

8 (f) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.—Sec9 tion 205(b) of the High-Performance Computing Act of

10 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5525(b)) is amended—

11 (1) by striking ‘‘From sums otherwise author12 ized to be appropriated, there’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘There’’;

14 (2) by striking ‘‘1995; and’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘1995;’’; and

16 (3) by striking the period at the end and insert17 ing ‘‘; $4,200,000 for fiscal year 2000; $4,300,000

18 for fiscal year 2001; $4,500,000 for fiscal year

19 2002; $4,600,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

20 $4,700,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.

21 SEC. 4. NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

22 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

23 (a) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—Section 201

24 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15
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1 U.S.C. 5521) is amended by adding at the end the fol2 lowing new subsections:

3 ‘‘(c) NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

4 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—(1) Of the amounts au5 thorized under subsection (b), $316,000,000 for fiscal

6 year 2000; $333,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;

7 $352,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; $390,000,000 for fis8 cal year 2003; and $415,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 shall

9 be available for grants for long-term basic research on net10 working and information technology, with priority given

11 to research that helps address issues related to high end

12 computing and software and network stability, fragility,

13 reliability, security (including privacy), and scalability.

14 ‘‘(2) In each of the fiscal years 2000 and 2001, the

15 National Science Foundation shall award under this sub16 section up to 20 large grants of up to $1,000,000 each,

17 and in each of the fiscal years 2002, 2003, and 2004, the

18 National Science Foundation shall award under this sub19 section up to 30 large grants of up to $1,000,000 each.

20 ‘‘(3)(A) Of the amounts described in paragraph (1),

21 $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; $40,000,000 for fiscal

22 year 2001; $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; $45,000,000

23 for fiscal year 2003; and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2004

24 shall be available for grants of up to $5,000,000 each for

25 Information Technology Research Centers.
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1 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘Infor2 mation Technology Research Centers’ means groups of 6

3 or more researchers collaborating across scientific and en4 gineering disciplines on large-scale long-term research

5 projects which will significantly advance the science sup6 porting the development of information technology or the

7 use of information technology in addressing scientific

8 issues of national importance.

9 ‘‘(d) MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT.—(1) In addi10 tion to the amounts authorized under subsection (b), there

11 are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science

12 Foundation $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2000,

13 $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $80,000,000 for fiscal

14 year 2002, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and

15 $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 for grants for the devel16 opment of major research equipment to establish terascale

17 computing capabilities at 1 or more sites and to promote

18 diverse computing architectures.

19 ‘‘(2) Grants awarded under this subsection shall be

20 awarded through an open, peer-reviewed competition.

21 ‘‘(3) As a condition of receiving a grant under this

22 subsection, an awardee must agree—

23 ‘‘(A) to connect to the National Science Foun24 dation’s Partnership for Advanced Computational

25 Infrastructure network;
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1 ‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable, to co2 ordinate with other federally funded large-scale com3 puting and simulation efforts; and

4 ‘‘(C) to provide open access to all grant recipi5 ents under this subsection or subsection (c).

6 ‘‘(e) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP

7 GRANTS.—(1) Of the amounts described in subsection

8 (c)(1), $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $15,000,000 for

9 fiscal year 2001, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2002,

10 $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and $25,000,000 for fis11 cal year 2004 shall be available for institutions of higher

12 education to establish scientific internship programs in in13 formation technology research at private sector companies.

14 Grants under this subsection shall be made on the condi15 tion that at least an equal amount of funding for the in16 ternship shall be provided by the private sector company

17 at which the internship will take place.

18 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘insti19 tution of higher education’ has the meaning given that

20 term in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of

21 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)).

22 ‘‘(f) PEER REVIEW.—All grants made under this sec23 tion shall be made only after being subject to peer review

24 by panels or groups having private sector representation.’’.

25 (b) OTHER PROGRAM AGENCIES.—
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1 (1) NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE AD2 MINISTRATION.—Section 202(a) of the High-Per3 formance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C.

4 5522(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and may par5 ticipate in or support research described in section

6 201(c)(1)’’ after ‘‘and experimentation’’.

7 (2) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—Section 203(a)

8 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991

9 (15 U.S.C. 5523(a)) is amended by striking the pe10 riod at the end and inserting a comma, and by add11 ing after paragraph (4) the following:

12 ‘‘and may participate in or support research described in

13 section 201(c)(1).’’.

14 (3) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

15 TECHNOLOGY.—Section 204(a)(1) of the High-Per16 formance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C.

17 5524(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the

18 end of subparagraph (C) and inserting a comma,

19 and by adding after subparagraph (C) the following:

20 ‘‘and may participate in or support research de21 scribed in section 201(c)(1); and’’.

22 (4) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC AD23 MINISTRATION.—Section 204(a)(2) of the High-Per24 formance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C.

25 5524(a)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and may
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1 participate in or support research described in sec2 tion 201(c)(1)’’ after ‘‘agency missions’’.

3 (5) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.—

4 Section 205(a) of the High-Performance Computing

5 Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5525(a)) is amended by in6 serting ‘‘, and may participate in or support re7 search described in section 201(c)(1)’’ after ‘‘dynam8 ics models’’.

9 SEC. 5. NEXT GENERATION INTERNET.

10 Section 103 of the High-Performance Computing Act

11 of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5513) is amended—

12 (1) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating

13 subsection (d) and subsection (c); and

14 (2) in subsection (c), as so redesignated by

15 paragraph (1) of this section—

16 (A) in paragraph (1)—

17 (i) by striking ‘‘1999 and’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘1999,’’; and

19 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, $15,000,000 for

20 fiscal year 2001, and $15,000,000 for fis21 cal year 2002’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 2000’’;

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, and

23 $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and

24 $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2002’’ after ‘‘Act of

25 1998’’;
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1 (C) in paragraph (4)—

2 (i) by striking ‘‘1999 and’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘1999,’’; and

4 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, $10,000,000 for

5 fiscal year 2001, and $10,000,000 for fis6 cal year 2002’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 2000’’;

7 and

8 (D) in paragraph (5)—

9 (i) by striking ‘‘1999 and’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘1999,’’; and

11 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, $5,500,000 for fis12 cal year 2001, and $5,500,000 for fiscal

13 year 2002’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 2000’’.

14 SEC. 6. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

15 Section 101 of the High-Performance Computing Act

16 of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended—

17 (1) in subsection (b)—

18 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1)

19 through (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E),

20 respectively;

21 (B) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘ADVISORY

22 COMMITTEE.—’’; and

23 (C) by adding at the end the following new

24 paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(2) In addition to the duties outlined in paragraph

2 (1), the advisory committee shall conduct periodic evalua3 tions of the funding, management, implementation, and

4 activities of the Program, the Next Generation Internet

5 program, and the Networking and Information Tech6 nology Research and Development program, and shall re7 port not less frequently than once every 2 fiscal years to

8 the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives

9 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor10 tation of the Senate on its findings and recommendations.

11 The first report shall be due within 1 year after the date

12 of the enactment of the Networking and Information

13 Technology Research and Development Act.’’; and

14 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A) and (2), by inserting

15 ‘‘, including the Next Generation Internet program

16 and the Networking and Information Technology

17 Research and Development program’’ after ‘‘Pro18 gram’’ each place it appears.

19 SEC. 7. EVALUATION OF CAPABILITIES OF FOREIGN

20 ENCRYPTION.

21 (a) STUDY.—The National Science Foundation shall

22 undertake a study comparing the availability of encryption

23 technologies in foreign countries to the encryption tech24 nologies subject to export restrictions in the United

25 States.
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1 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6

2 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Na3 tional Science Foundation shall transmit to the Congress

4 a report on the results of the study undertaken under sub5 section (a).

6 SEC. 8. RESEARCH CREDIT MADE PERMANENT.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 41 of the Internal Rev8 enue Code of 1986 (relating to credit for increasing re9 search activities) is amended by striking subsection (h).

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of

11 section 45C(b) of such Code is amended by striking sub12 paragraph (D).

13 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

14 this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after

15 June 30, 1999.

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