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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1757

To provide for a coordinated Federal program to accelerate development

and dissemination of applications of high-performance computing and

high-speed networking, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 21, 1993

Mr. BOUCHER (for himself, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr.

VALENTINE, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. HAYES, Mr. BACCHUS of Florida, Mr.

CRAMER, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. KLEIN, Mr. FINGERHUT, Mr. MCHALE, Ms.

ESHOO, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr.

COLEMAN, Mr. WISE, Mr. BLACKWELL, and Mr. KANJORSKI) introduced

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

and Technology

JUNE 15, 1993

Additional sponsors: Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr. TOWNS, and Mr.

MACHTLEY

A BILL

To provide for a coordinated Federal program to accelerate

development and dissemination of applications of highperformance computing and high-speed networking, 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 ‘‘High Performance

3 Computing and High Speed Networking Applications Act

4 of 1993’’.

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

6 The Congress finds that—

7 (1) high-performance computing and high-speed

8 networks have proven to be powerful tools for im9 proving America’s national security, industrial com10 petitiveness, research capabilities, and ability to

11 make a wide array of information available for a

12 variety of applications;

13 (2) Federal programs, such as the High-Per14 formance Computing Program and National Re15 search and Education Network established by Con16 gress in 1991, are vital to the maintenance of

17 United States leadership in high-performance com18 puting and high-speed network development, particu19 larly in the defense and research sectors;

20 (3) high-performance computing and high-speed

21 networking have the potential to expand dramati22 cally access to information in many fields, including

23 education, libraries, government information dis24 semination, and health care, if adequate resources

25 are devoted to the research and development activi26 ties needed to do so;
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1 (4) the Federal Government should ensure that

2 the applications achieved through research and de3 velopment efforts such as the High-Performance

4 Computing Program directly benefit all Americans;

5 (5) the Federal Government should stimulate

6 the development of computing and networking appli7 cations and support wider access to network re8 sources so that the benefits of applications so devel9 oped can reach the intended users throughout the

10 Nation; and

11 (6) a coordinated, interagency undertaking is

12 needed to identify and promote applications of com13 puting and networking advances developed by the

14 High-Performance Computing Program which will

15 provide large economic and social benefits to the Na16 tion, including new tools for teaching, the creation of

17 digital libraries of electronic information, the devel18 opment of standards and protocols to make the

19 stores of government information readily accessible

20 by electronic means, and computer systems to im21 prove the delivery of health care.

22 SEC. 3. APPLICATIONS OF THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE COM23 PUTING PROGRAM.

24 The High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 is

25 amended by adding at the end the following new title:
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1 ‘‘TITLE III—APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTING AND

2 NETWORKING

3 ‘‘SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF APPLICATIONS PROGRAM.

4 ‘‘The Director, through the Federal Coordinating

5 Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology, shall,

6 in accordance with this title—

7 ‘‘(1) establish a coordinated interagency appli8 cations program to develop applications of comput9 ing and networking advances achieved under the

10 Program described in section 101, that are designed

11 to be accessible and useable by all persons in the

12 United States, in the fields of education, libraries,

13 health care, the provision of government informa14 tion, and other appropriate fields; and

15 ‘‘(2) develop a Plan for Computing and

16 Networking Applications (hereafter in this title re17 ferred to as the ‘Plan’) describing the goals and pro18 posed activities of the applications program estab19 lished under paragraph (1), taking into consider20 ation the recommendations of the advisory commit21 tee on high-performance computing and applications

22 established under section 101(b).

23 The President shall designate the Federal agencies and

24 departments which shall participate in the applications

25 program established under paragraph (1).
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1 ‘‘SEC. 302. PLAN FOR COMPUTING AND NETWORKING AP2 PLICATIONS.

3 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Plan shall contain a state4 ment of steps which should be taken to implement the ap5 plications program established under section 301(1) for

6 the fiscal year in which the Plan is submitted and the suc7 ceeding four fiscal years, and shall be submitted to the

8 Congress within one year after the date of enactment of

9 this title. The Plan shall be revised and resubmitted to

10 the Congress at least once each two years thereafter.

11 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The Plan shall—

12 ‘‘(1) establish the goals and priorities for the

13 applications program established under section

14 301(1), consistent with this title;

15 ‘‘(2) set forth the specific responsibilities of

16 each Federal agency and department participating in

17 the applications program established under section

18 301(1) to achieve the goals and priorities established

19 under paragraph (1) of this subsection; and

20 ‘‘(3) describe the recommended levels of Fed21 eral funding required for each agency and depart22 ment to carry out the specific responsibilities set

23 forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection.

24 ‘‘(c) COLLABORATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTI25 TIES.—To the maximum extent possible, the applications

26 program shall involve cost sharing and partnerships
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1 among participating Federal departments and agencies,

2 State and local governments, and private sector entities.

3 ‘‘(d) PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING PLAN.—(1) Ac4 companying the initial submission of the Plan shall be—

5 ‘‘(A) a summary of the achievements of Federal

6 efforts during the preceding fiscal year to develop

7 computing and networking applications and to ad8 vance the technologies on which the applications de9 pend; and

10 ‘‘(B) any recommendations regarding additional

11 action or legislation which may be required to assist

12 in implementing the Plan.

13 ‘‘(2) Accompanying each subsequent submission of

14 the Plan shall be—

15 ‘‘(A) a summary of the achievements of Federal

16 efforts since the previous submission of the Plan to

17 develop computing and networking applications and

18 to advance the technologies on which the applica19 tions depend, including an estimate of the number of

20 users served in each application;

21 ‘‘(B) an evaluation of the progress made toward

22 achieving the goals and priorities established under

23 subsection (b)(1);

24 ‘‘(C) a summary of problems encountered in im25 plementing the Plan; and
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1 ‘‘(D) any recommendations regarding additional

2 action or legislation which may be required to assist

3 in implementing the Plan.

4 ‘‘SEC. 303. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FEDERAL COORDI5 NATING COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE, ENGINEER6 ING, AND TECHNOLOGY.

7 ‘‘The Federal Coordinating Council for Science, En8 gineering, and Technology shall—

9 ‘‘(1) develop the Plan as provided in section

10 301(2);

11 ‘‘(2) coordinate the activities of Federal agen12 cies and departments undertaken pursuant to the

13 Plan and report at least annually to the President,

14 through the Chairman of the Council, on any rec15 ommended changes in agency or departmental roles

16 that are needed better to implement the Plan; and

17 ‘‘(3) review, prior to the President’s submission

18 to the Congress of the annual budget estimate, each

19 agency and departmental budget estimate in the

20 context of the Plan and make the results of that re21 view available to the appropriate elements of the Ex22 ecutive Office of the President, particularly the

23 Office of Management and Budget.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 304. COORDINATOR.

2 ‘‘The Director shall designate an individual on the

3 staff of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to

4 serve as the Coordinator of the Program described in sec5 tion 101 and the applications program established under

6 section 301(1) (hereafter in this section referred to as the

7 ‘Coordinator’). The Coordinator shall—

8 ‘‘(1) monitor the activities of the Federal agen9 cies and departments participating in the Program

10 described in section 101 and the applications pro11 gram established by section 301(1), for the purpose

12 of preparing the report required under paragraph

13 (2) of this section;

14 ‘‘(2) report to the Director any discrepancies

15 between Federal activities carried out pursuant to

16 this Act and the goals and priorities specified in the

17 report required by section 101 or specified in the

18 Plan pursuant to section 302(b)(1);

19 ‘‘(3) assist in ensuring interagency coordination

20 of activities carried out pursuant to this Act; and

21 ‘‘(4) serve as the point of contact for Congress

22 and the public regarding activities carried out under

23 this Act.

24 ‘‘SEC. 305. AGENCY REPORTS.

25 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Each Federal agency and de26 partment designated by the President under section 301
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1 as a participant in the applications program shall, as part

2 of its annual request for appropriations to the Office of

3 Management and Budget, submit a report to that Office—

4 ‘‘(1) identifying each element of its activities

5 which—

6 ‘‘(A) contributes primarily to the imple7 mentation of the Plan; or

8 ‘‘(B) contributes primarily to the achieve9 ment of other objectives but aids Plan imple10 mentation in important ways; and

11 ‘‘(2) stating the portion of its request for ap12 propriations that is allocated to each such element.

13 ‘‘(b) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET RE14 VIEW.—The Office of Management and Budget shall re15 view each report under this section in light of the goals,

16 priorities, and agency and departmental responsibilities

17 set forth in the Plan. The President’s annual budget re18 quest shall include a statement of the portion of each ap19 propriate agency or department’s annual budget request

20 that is allocated to efforts to achieve the goals and prior21 ities established under section 302(b)(1).

22 ‘‘SEC. 306. NETWORK ACCESS.

23 ‘‘(a) CONNECTIONS PROGRAM.—The Plan shall in24 clude a program administered by the National Science

25 Foundation to—
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1 ‘‘(1) foster the creation of local networks in

2 communities which will connect institutions of higher

3 education, elementary and secondary schools, librar4 ies, and State and local governments to each other;

5 and

6 ‘‘(2) provide for connection of such local net7 works to the Internet.

8 Such program shall include funding for the acquisition of

9 required hardware and for the establishment of broadband

10 connections to the Internet. In making awards under this

11 subsection, the National Science Foundation shall ensure

12 that not more than 75 percent of the cost of the project

13 for which the award is made is provided under this Act.

14 ‘‘(b) TRAINING.—The Plan shall include programs

15 administered by the National Science Foundation and

16 other appropriate agencies and departments to train

17 teachers, students, librarians, and State and local govern18 ment personnel in the use of computer networks and the

19 Internet. Training programs for librarians shall be de20 signed to provide skills and training materials needed by

21 librarians to instruct the public in the use of hardware

22 and software for accessing and using computer networks

23 and the Internet.
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1 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—The Director shall, within one year

2 after the date of enactment of this title, submit a report

3 to Congress which shall include—

4 ‘‘(1) findings of an examination of the extent to

5 which the education and library communities and

6 State and local government have access to the

7 Internet, including the numbers and the geographic

8 distribution, by type, of institutions having access;

9 ‘‘(2) a statement of the extent to which

10 broadband connections to the Internet exist for the

11 education and library communities and State and

12 local governments, including the numbers and the

13 geographic distribution, by type, of institutions hav14 ing access;

15 ‘‘(3) an assessment of the factors limiting ac16 cess by schools, libraries, and State and local gov17 ernments to the Internet and an estimate of the cost

18 of providing universal broadband access for those in19 stitutions to the Internet; and

20 ‘‘(4) recommendations for collaborative pro21 grams among Federal, State, and local governments

22 and the private sector to expand connectivity to the

23 Internet for educational institutions, libraries, and

24 State and local governments.
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1 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

2 are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science

3 Foundation for the purposes of this section, $20,000,000

4 for fiscal year 1994, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1995,

5 $70,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, $80,000,000 for fiscal

6 year 1997, and $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.

7 ‘‘SEC. 307. RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATIONS.

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Plan shall specify the basic

9 and applied research and human resource development ac10 tivities in areas, such as computer science and engineer11 ing, mathematics, computer visualization, and human cog12 nition, that will provide the foundation for achieving the

13 applications included in the Plan. The Plan shall specify

14 those activities included in the Program under title I

15 which contribute to the development of applications in16 cluded in the Plan.

17 ‘‘(b) NETWORK SECURITY AND PRIVACY.—The Plan

18 shall specify research programs needed to create means

19 to ensure the security and privacy of transmissions over

20 the Internet and the integrity of digital information

21 accessed via the Internet.

22 ‘‘(c) EASE OF INTERNET USE.—The Plan shall speci23 fy research programs needed to develop and demonstrate

24 human/computer interfaces that will simplify access to and
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1 use of the Internet by nonspecialists in computing and

2 networking technologies.

3 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

4 are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this

5 section, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $30,000,000 for

6 fiscal year 1995, $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1996,

7 $38,000,000 for fiscal year 1997, and $38,000,000 for

8 fiscal year 1998.

9 ‘‘SEC. 308. APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION.

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Plan shall specify projects

11 to develop and apply computing and networking tech12 nologies for use in education at all levels. The National

13 Science Foundation shall be the lead agency for imple14 menting the activities required by this section. Activities

15 under this section shall include—

16 ‘‘(1) projects, including support for acquisition

17 of required computer hardware and software, that

18 demonstrate the educational value of the Internet in

19 providing for advances in distance learning and elec20 tronic classrooms, facilitating nationwide commu21 nication among educators and students, access to

22 databases of information in digital format, and ac23 cess to innovative curricular materials;
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1 ‘‘(2) development, testing, and evaluation of

2 computer systems, computer software, and computer

3 networks for—

4 ‘‘(A) teacher training; and

5 ‘‘(B) informal education outside of school,

6 including workforce training in mathematics,

7 science, and technology and in specific job8 related skills; and

9 ‘‘(3) development, testing, and evaluation of ad10 vanced educational software and of network-based

11 information resources.

12 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION.—

13 In accordance with subsection (a), applications for elemen14 tary and secondary education shall be designed to com15 plement and strengthen ongoing national and State edu16 cational restructuring and reform activities and shall in17 clude—

18 ‘‘(1) projects in computing and networking

19 that—

20 ‘‘(A) provide for network connections

21 among elementary and secondary schools in

22 local regions and connections to the Internet to

23 enable students and teachers to—

24 ‘‘(i) communicate with their peers;
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1 ‘‘(ii) communicate with educators and

2 students in colleges and universities; and

3 ‘‘(iii) access educational materials and

4 other computing resources; and

5 ‘‘(B) address the needs of rural popu6 lations and of urban communities;

7 ‘‘(2) collection and dissemination of information

8 about ongoing elementary and secondary educational

9 projects based on application of computing and

10 networking technologies, and about other edu11 cational resources available over the Internet;

12 ‘‘(3) development and evaluation of undergradu13 ate courses in the educational applications of com14 puting and networking for the instruction of stu15 dents preparing for teaching careers, including

16 courses that will ensure the early familiarization and

17 training of these students in the use of the Internet;

18 and

19 ‘‘(4) development, testing, and evaluation of

20 educational software designed for collaborative use

21 over the Internet, including tools that will enable

22 classroom teachers easily to adapt software to local

23 conditions.

24 ‘‘(c) COOPERATION.—In carrying out the require25 ments of this section, the National Science Foundation
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1 and other Federal agencies participating in such activities

2 shall work with the computer and communications indus3 try, authors and publishers of educational materials, State

4 education departments, and local school districts, as ap5 propriate.

6 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

7 are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science

8 Foundation for the purposes of this section, $24,000,000

9 for fiscal year 1994, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 1995,

10 $82,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, $94,000,000 for fiscal

11 year 1997, and $94,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.

12 ‘‘SEC. 309. APPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH CARE.

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Plan shall specify projects

14 to develop and apply high-performance computing and

15 high-speed networking technologies for use in the health

16 care sector. The Department of Health and Human Serv17 ices, through the National Library of Medicine, the Na18 tional Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease

19 Control, shall be the lead agency for implementing the ac20 tivities required by this section.

21 ‘‘(b) CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS.—In accord22 ance with subsection (a), applications related to clinical

23 information systems shall include—

24 ‘‘(1) testbed networks for linking hospitals, clin25 ics, doctor’s offices, medical schools, medical librar-
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1 ies, and universities to enable health care providers

2 and researchers to share medical images and to de3 velop computer-based records;

4 ‘‘(2) software and visualization technology for

5 visualizing the human anatomy and analyzing diag6 nostic images and records;

7 ‘‘(3) virtual reality technology for simulating

8 surgical and medical procedures;

9 ‘‘(4) collaborative technology to allow several

10 health care providers in remote locations to provide

11 real-time treatment to patients;

12 ‘‘(5) database technology to provide health care

13 providers with access to relevant medical information

14 and literature; and

15 ‘‘(6) database technology for storing, accessing,

16 and transmitting patients’ medical records while pro17 tecting the accuracy and privacy of those records.

18 ‘‘(c) HEALTH INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.—In ac19 cordance with subsection (a), applications related to deliv20 ery of health information to the public shall include—

21 ‘‘(1) development, testing, and evaluation of

22 database and network technologies for the storage of

23 consumer-oriented, interactive, multimedia materials

24 for health promotion, and for the distribution of

25 such materials to public access points, such as com-
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1 munity health and human service agencies, schools,

2 and public libraries;

3 ‘‘(2) pilot programs to develop, test, and evalu4 ate the effectiveness and cost efficiency of inter5 active, multimedia materials to assist patients in de6 ciding among health care options;

7 ‘‘(3) development and demonstration of human/

8 computer interfaces to allow nonspecialists in com9 puting and networking technologies ease of access to

10 and use of databases of health information and net11 works providing health information services; and

12 ‘‘(4) development, testing, and evaluation of

13 database and network access technologies to provide

14 individuals with health information, including health

15 risk appraisal, preventative medical advice, and dis16 ease treatment options, which is oriented to

17 nonhealth professionals and which is customized to

18 take into consideration an individual’s medical his19 tory.

20 ‘‘(d) HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND POPULATION

21 DATA SETS.—In accordance with subsection (a), applica22 tions for health delivery systems and for gathering popu23 lation data sets shall include—

24 ‘‘(1) testbed networks and software that per25 mits collaborative communication among local public
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1 and private health and human service providers,

2 such as health centers, clinics, entitlement offices,

3 and school-based clinics, to enable health and human

4 service providers to work together in delivering co5 ordinated services for at-risk populations;

6 ‘‘(2) pilot programs to develop high speed com7 munications networks and software for providing

8 health care providers with—

9 ‘‘(A) immediate, on-line access to up-to10 date clinic-based health promotion and disease

11 prevention recommendations from the Centers

12 for Disease Control and other Public Health

13 Service agencies; and

14 ‘‘(B) a two-way communications link with

15 prevention specialists in State and local health

16 departments, and other agencies with informa17 tion germane to clinic-based health promotion

18 and disease prevention; and

19 ‘‘(3) development, testing, and evaluation of

20 database technologies to provide clinicians with ac21 cess to information to guide and assist them in pro22 viding diagnosis, providing treatment, and providing

23 advice regarding health promotion and disease pre24 vention to patients, and to facilitate the gathering of

25 systematic population data sets in compatible for-
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1 mats on the efficacy of treatments and on national

2 health trends.

3 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

4 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of

5 Health and Human Services for the purposes of this sec6 tion, $24,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $70,000,000 for

7 fiscal year 1995, $82,000,000 for fiscal year 1996,

8 $94,000,000 for fiscal year 1997, and $94,000,000 for

9 fiscal year 1998.

10 ‘‘SEC. 310. APPLICATIONS FOR LIBRARIES.

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Plan shall specify projects

12 to develop technologies for ‘digital libraries’ of electronic

13 information. The National Science Foundation shall be the

14 lead agency for implementing the activities required by

15 this section.

16 ‘‘(b) DIGITAL LIBRARIES.—In accordance with sub17 section (a), activities to support the development of digital

18 libraries shall include—

19 ‘‘(1) development of advanced data storage sys20 tems capable of storing hundreds of trillions of bits

21 of data and giving thousands of users simultaneous

22 and nearly instantaneous access to that information;

23 ‘‘(2) development of high-speed, highly accurate

24 systems for converting printed text, page images,
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1 graphics, and photographic images into electronic

2 form;

3 ‘‘(3) development of database software capable

4 of quickly searching, filtering, and summarizing

5 large volumes of text, imagery, data, and sound;

6 ‘‘(4) encouragement of the development and

7 adoption of common standards and, where appro8 priate, common formats for electronic data;

9 ‘‘(5) development of computer-based means to

10 categorize and organize electronic information in a

11 variety of formats;

12 ‘‘(6) training of database users and librarians

13 in the use of and development of electronic

14 databases;

15 ‘‘(7) development of means for simplifying the

16 utilization of networked databases distributed

17 around the Nation and around the world; and

18 ‘‘(8) development of visualization methods for

19 quickly browsing large volumes of imagery.

20 ‘‘(c) DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOTYPES.—In accord21 ance with subsection (a), the Plan shall provide for the

22 development of prototype digital libraries to serve as

23 testbeds for the systems, software, standards, and meth24 ods developed under subsection (b). The prototype digital

25 libraries shall be accessible by the public via the Internet.
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1 In carrying out this subsection, an evaluation shall be con2 ducted of the suitability and utility of distributing elec3 tronic information over the Internet, including cataloging

4 and evaluating the kinds of uses and determining barriers

5 that impair use of the Internet for this purpose.

6 ‘‘(d) DEVELOPMENT OF DATABASES OF REMOTE7 SENSING IMAGES.—The National Aeronautics and Space

8 Administration shall develop databases of software and re9 mote-sensing images to be made available over computer

10 networks.

11 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

12 are authorized to be appropriated—

13 ‘‘(1) to the National Science Foundation for the

14 purposes of this section, $10,000,000 for fiscal year

15 1994, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1995,

16 $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, $44,000,000 for

17 fiscal year 1997, and $44,000,000 for fiscal year

18 1998; and

19 ‘‘(2) to the National Aeronautics and Space Ad20 ministration for the purposes of this section,

21 $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $16,000,000 for

22 fiscal year 1995, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1996,

23 $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1997, and $20,000,000

24 for fiscal year 1998.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 311. APPLICATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT INFORMA2 TION.

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Plan shall specify projects

4 needed to develop and apply high-performance computing

5 and high-speed networking technologies to provide im6 proved public access to information generated by Federal,

7 State, and local governments.

8 ‘‘(b) PROJECTS.—In accordance with subsection (a),

9 projects shall be undertaken which—

10 ‘‘(1) connect depository libraries and other

11 sources of government information to the Internet to

12 enable—

13 ‘‘(A) access to Federal Government infor14 mation and databases in electronic formats;

15 ‘‘(B) access to State or local government

16 information;

17 ‘‘(C) access to related resources which en18 hance the use of government information; and

19 ‘‘(D) linkages with other libraries and in20 stitutions to enhance use of government infor21 mation; and

22 ‘‘(2) demonstrate, test, and evaluate tech23 nologies to increase access to and to facilitate effec24 tive use of government information and databases

25 for support of research and education, economic de26 velopment, and an informed citizenry.
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1 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL INFORMATION LOCATOR.—In accord2 ance with subsection (a), an information locator system

3 shall be established which is accessible by the public via

4 the Internet and which provides citations to Federal infor5 mation and guidance on how to obtain such information.

6 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

7 are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this

8 section, $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $24,000,000 for

9 fiscal year 1995, $26,000,000 for fiscal year 1996,

10 $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1997, and $30,000,000 for

11 fiscal year 1998.’’.

12 SEC. 4. HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND APPLICA13 TIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

14 Section 101(b) of the High-Performance Computing

15 Act of 1991 is amended to read as follows:

16 ‘‘(b) HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND APPLI17 CATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The President shall es18 tablish an advisory committee on high-performance com19 puting and applications consisting of non-Federal mem20 bers, including representatives of the research, elementary

21 and secondary education, higher education, and library

22 communities, consumer and public interest groups, net23 work providers, and the computer, telecommunications,

24 and information industries, who are specially qualified to

25 provide the Director with advice and information on high-
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1 performance computing and on applications of computing

2 and networking. The recommendations of the advisory

3 committee shall be considered in reviewing and revising

4 the Program described in section 101 and the Plan re5 quired by section 301(2). The advisory committee shall

6 provide the Director with an independent assessment of—

7 ‘‘(1) progress in implementing the Program de8 scribed in section 101 and the Plan required by sec9 tion 301(2);

10 ‘‘(2) the need to revise the Program described

11 in section 101 and the Plan required by section

12 301(2);

13 ‘‘(3) the balance between the components of the

14 activities undertaken pursuant to this Act;

15 ‘‘(4) whether the research, development and

16 demonstration projects undertaken pursuant to this

17 Act are helping to maintain United States leadership

18 in computing and networking technologies and in the

19 application of those technologies;

20 ‘‘(5) whether the applications developed under

21 title III are successfully addressing the needs of the

22 targeted populations, including assessment of the

23 number of users served by those applications; and

24 ‘‘(6) other issues identified by the Director.’’.
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1 SEC. 5. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK

2 AMENDMENTS.

3 Section 102 of the High-Performance Computing Act

4 of 1991 is amended to read as follows:

5 ‘‘SEC. 102. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NET6 WORK PROGRAM.

7 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—As part of the Program de8 scribed in section 101, the National Science Foundation,

9 the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy,

10 the Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics

11 and Space Administration, and other agencies participat12 ing in the Program shall support the establishment of the

13 National Research and Education Network Program. The

14 Network Program shall consist of the following compo15 nents:

16 ‘‘(1) Research and development of networking

17 software and hardware required for the transmission

18 of data at a speed of one gigabit per second or

19 greater.

20 ‘‘(2) Experimental test bed networks for—

21 ‘‘(A) developing and demonstrating ad22 vanced networking technologies resulting from

23 the activities described in paragraph (1); and

24 ‘‘(B) providing connections for purposes

25 consistent with this Act which require levels of
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1 network performance not available from pri2 vately operated commercial networks.

3 ‘‘(3) Provision of support for researchers, edu4 cators, and students to obtain access to and use of

5 the Internet to allow for communication with other

6 individuals in the research and education commu7 nities and to allow for access to high-performance

8 computing systems, electronic information resources,

9 other research facilities, and libraries.

10 ‘‘(b) TEST BED NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS.—The

11 test bed networks shall—

12 ‘‘(1) be developed and deployed in coordination

13 with the computer, telecommunications, and infor14 mation industries;

15 ‘‘(2) be designed, developed, and operated in

16 collaboration with potential users in government, in17 dustry, and research institutions and educational in18 stitutions;

19 ‘‘(3) be designed, developed, and operated in a

20 manner which fosters and maintains competition and

21 private sector investment in high-speed data

22 networking within the telecommunications industry;

23 ‘‘(4) be designed and operated in a manner

24 which promotes and encourages research and devel25 opment leading to the creation of commercial data
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1 transmission standards, enabling the establishment

2 of privately developed high-speed commercial net3 works;

4 ‘‘(5) be designed and operated so as to ensure

5 the application of laws that provide network and in6 formation resources security, including those that

7 protect copyright and other intellectual property

8 rights, and those that control access to data bases

9 and protect national security;

10 ‘‘(6) have accounting mechanisms which allow

11 users or groups of users to be charged for their

12 usage of copyrighted materials available over the test

13 bed networks and, where appropriate and technically

14 feasible, for their usage of the test bed networks;

15 ‘‘(7) be interoperable with Federal and non16 Federal computer networks, to the extent appro17 priate, in a way that allows autonomy for each com18 ponent network; and

19 ‘‘(8) be developed by purchasing standard com20 mercial transmission and network services from ven21 dors whenever feasible, and by contracting for cus22 tomized services when not feasible, in order to mini23 mize Federal investment in network hardware.

24 ‘‘(c) NETWORK ACCESS.—The Federal agencies and

25 departments participating in activities under this section
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1 shall develop a plan with specific goals for implementing

2 the requirements of subsection (a)(3), including provision

3 for financial assistance to educational institutions, public

4 libraries, and other appropriate entities. This plan shall

5 be submitted to the Congress not later than one year after

6 the date of enactment of the High Performance Comput7 ing and High Speed Networking Applications Act of 1993.

8 Each year thereafter, the Director shall report to Congress

9 on progress in implementing subsection (a)(3).

10 ‘‘(d) RESTRICTION ON USE OF TEST BED NET11 WORKS.—(1) The test bed networks shall not be used to

12 provide services that could otherwise be provided satisfac13 torily using privately operated commercial networks.

14 ‘‘(2) This subsection shall take effect 18 months after

15 the date of enactment of the High Performance Comput16 ing and High Speed Networking Applications Act of 1993.

17 ‘‘(e) DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS

18 AGENCY RESPONSIBILITY.—As part of the Program, the

19 Department of Defense, through the Defense Advanced

20 Research Projects Agency, shall support research and de21 velopment of advanced fiber optics technology, switches,

22 and protocols needed to develop the Network Program.

23 ‘‘(f) INFORMATION SERVICES.—The Director shall

24 assist the President in coordinating the activities of appro25 priate agencies and departments to promote the develop-
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1 ment of information services that could be provided over

2 the Internet consistent with the purposes of this Act.

3 These services may include the provision of directories of

4 the users and services on computer networks, data bases

5 of unclassified Federal scientific data, training of users

6 of data bases and computer networks, and technology to

7 support computer-based collaboration that allows re8 searchers and educators around the Nation to share infor9 mation and instrumentation.

10 ‘‘(g) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—All Federal agencies

11 and departments are authorized to allow recipients of Fed12 eral research grants to use grant moneys to pay for com13 puter networking expenses.’’.

14 SEC. 6. ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMA15 TION.

16 (a) ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS.—Section 203 of the Na17 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and

18 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6612) is amended—

19 (1) by striking ‘‘four’’ in the second sentence

20 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘five’’; and

21 (2) by adding at the end the following new sen22 tence: ‘‘Among other duties, one Associate Director

23 shall oversee Federal efforts to disseminate scientific

24 and technical information.’’.
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1 (b) FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR.—Section 204(b) of

2 the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization,

3 and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6613(b)) is amend4 ed—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

6 (3);

7 (2) by striking the period at the end of para8 graph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’; and

9 (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the follow10 ing new paragraph:

11 ‘‘(5) assist the President in disseminating sci12 entific and technical information.’’.

13 SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

14 The High Performance Computing Act of 1991 is

15 amended—

16 (1) in section 3(1)—

17 (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read

18 as follows:

19 ‘‘(A) accelerate progress toward a univer20 sally accessible high-capacity and high-speed

21 data network for the Nation;’’; and

22 (B) by striking ‘‘Network’’ and inserting in

23 lieu thereof ‘‘Internet’’ in subparagraph (C);

24 (2) in section 4—
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1 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2),

2 (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4),

3 (6), and (7), respectively;

4 (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as

5 so redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this

6 paragraph, the following new paragraph:

7 ‘‘(1) ‘broadband’ means a transmission rate for

8 digital information on a communications network

9 which exceeds the maximum rate possible for trans10 mission of digital information on normal copper tele11 phone wires;’’;

12 (C) by inserting after paragraph (4), as so

13 redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this para14 graph, the following new paragraph:

15 ‘‘(5) ‘Internet’ means the network of both Fed16 eral and non-Federal interoperable packet-switched

17 data networks;’’;

18 (D) by amending paragraph (6), as so re19 designated by subparagraph (A) of this para20 graph, to read as follows:

21 ‘‘(6) ‘Network Program’ means the National

22 Research and Education Network Program estab23 lished under section 102;’’;

24 (E) by striking the period at the end and

25 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’; and
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1 (F) by adding at the end the following new

2 paragraph:

3 ‘‘(7) ‘test bed networks’ means the experimental

4 test bed networks described in section 102(a)(2).’’;

5 (3) in section 101(a)(2)(A) and (B), by striking

6 ‘‘Network’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘test bed

7 networks’’;

8 (4) in section 101(a)(2)(C), by inserting ‘‘the

9 private sector, States, and’’ after ‘‘computer net10 works of’’;

11 (5) in section 101(a)(4)(C), by striking ‘‘estab12 lishment of the Network’’ and inserting in lieu there13 of ‘‘Network Program’’;

14 (6) in section 201(a)(2), by striking ‘‘Network’’

15 both places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof

16 ‘‘Internet’’;

17 (7) in section 201(a)(3), by striking ‘‘Network’’

18 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Internet for the pur19 poses of this Act’’; and

20 (8) in section 201(a)(4), by inserting ‘‘consist21 ent with section 102,’’ before ‘‘assist regional net22 works’’.

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