‘‘(D) include a plan for fostering the trans-
fer of research discoveries and the results of 
technology demonstration activities, including 
from institutions of higher education and Fed-
eral laboratories, to industry for commercial de-
velopment. 
‘‘(2) COST-SHARING.—In selecting applications 
for support, the agencies may give special consider-
ation to projects that include cost sharing from non- 
Federal sources. 
‘‘(3) AGENCY COLLABORATION.—If two or more 
agencies identified in section 101(a)(3)(E), or other 
appropriate agencies, are working on large-scale net-
working and information technology research and 
development activities in the same area of national 
importance, then such agencies shall strive to col-
laborate through joint solicitation and selection of 
applications for support and subsequent funding of 
projects. 
‘‘(4) 
INTERDISCIPLINARY
RESEARCH
CEN-
TERS.—Research and development activities under 
this section may be supported through interdiscipli-
nary research centers that are organized to inves-
tigate basic research questions and carry out tech-
nology demonstration activities in areas described in 
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subsection (a). Research may be carried out through 
existing interdisciplinary centers.’’. 
SEC. 9. WORKSHOPS AND SENIOR STEERING GROUPS. 
Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511 et seq.) is amend-
ed further by adding after section 103, as added by section 
8 of this Act, the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 104. ADDRESSING EMERGING ISSUES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to address emerging 
issues, the Director of the National Coordination Office 
may conduct workshops and other activities on research 
areas of emerging importance, which may include the 
grand challenge areas identified under section 103, with 
participants from institutions of higher education, Federal 
laboratories, and industry, in order to help guide Program 
investments and strategic planning in those areas, includ-
ing areas identified in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) FOCUS AREAS.—In selecting research areas 
under subsection (a), the Director of the National Coordi-
nation Office shall consider the following topics: 
‘‘(1) Data analytics to identify the current and 
future state of performing inference, prediction, and 
other forms of analysis of data, and methods for the 
collection, management, preservation, and use of 
data. 
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‘‘(2) The current and future state of the 
science, engineering, policy, and social under-
standing of privacy protection. 
‘‘(3) The current and future state of funda-
mental research on the systems and science of the 
interplay of people and computing as well as the co-
ordination and support being undertaken in areas 
such as social computing, human-robot interaction, 
privacy, and health-related aspects in human-com-
puter systems. 
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—The participants in the workshops 
shall, as appropriate— 
‘‘(1) develop options for models for research 
and development partnerships among institutions of 
higher education, Federal laboratories, and industry, 
including mechanisms for the support of research 
and development carried out under these partner-
ships; 
‘‘(2) develop options for research and develop-
ment for the specific issue areas that would be ad-
dressed through such partnerships; 
‘‘(3) propose guidelines for assigning intellec-
tual property rights and for the transfer of research 
results to the private sector; and 
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‘‘(4) make recommendations for how Federal 
agencies participating in the Program can help sup-
port research and development partnerships for the 
specific issue areas. 
‘‘(d) PARTICIPANTS.—The Director of the National 
Coordination Office shall ensure that the participants in 
the workshops— 
‘‘(1) are individuals with knowledge and exper-
tise in the specific issue areas; and 
‘‘(2) represent a broad mix of relevant stake-
holders, including academic and industry researchers 
and, as appropriate, Federal agencies. 
‘‘(e) SENIOR STEERING GROUPS
AND STRATEGIC 
PLANS.—As appropriate, the Director of the National Co-
ordination Office shall establish senior steering groups and 
develop focused strategic plans to coordinate and guide ac-
tivities under the research areas identified under this sec-
tion, taking into consideration the findings and rec-
ommendations from any workshops carried out on those 
research topics.’’. 
SEC. 10. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES. 
Section 201 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5521) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
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(i) by inserting ‘‘high-end’’ after ‘‘Na-
tional Science Foundation shall provide’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘high-performance 
computing’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘networking;’’ and inserting ‘‘networking 
and information technology; and’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) through 
(4); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) the National Science Foundation shall use 
its existing programs, in collaboration with other 
agencies, as appropriate, to improve the teaching 
and learning of networking and information tech-
nology at all levels of education and to increase par-
ticipation in networking and information technology 
fields, including by individuals identified in sections 
33 and 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal 
Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a and 1885b).’’; 
and 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
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SEC. 11. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINIS-
TRATION ACTIVITIES. 
Section 202 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5522) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); 
(2) by striking ‘‘(a) GENERAL RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ 
and inserting ‘‘networking and information tech-
nology’’. 
SEC. 12. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ACTIVITIES. 
Section 203 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5523) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); 
(2) by striking ‘‘(a) GENERAL RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—’’; 
(3) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘high-per-
formance computing and networking’’ and inserting 
‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘high-per-
formance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’. 
SEC. 13. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ACTIVITIES. 
Section 204 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5524) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
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SEC. 14. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACTIVI-
TIES. 
Section 205 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5525) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); 
(2) by striking ‘‘(a) GENERAL RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘basic and applied’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘computational’’ and inserting 
‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 
(5) by inserting ‘‘All software and code, along 
with any subsequent updates to the software and 
code, developed by the Environmental Protection 
Agency under the Program and used in conducting 
scientific research shall be made publically available. 
In cases where the underlying software or code is 
proprietary or contains confidential business infor-
mation, the Agency shall disclose only the name and 
vendor of the software and code used for all propri-
etary or confidential business information portions 
of the software or code. The Environmental Protec-
tion Agency shall ensure that the research conducted 
under the Program does not duplicate the scope or 
aims of similar research and initiatives at other Fed-
eral agencies. No Environmental Protection Agency 
funds shall be used towards research that duplicates 
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the scope or aims of similar research and initiatives 
at other Federal agencies.’’ after ‘‘dynamics mod-
els.’’. 
SEC. 15. ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 
Section 206 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5526) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); 
(2) by striking ‘‘(a) GENERAL RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘to conduct basic’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘software capabilities’’ and inserting 
‘‘to support programs and activities to improve the 
teaching and learning of networking and information 
technology fields and contribute to the development 
of a skilled networking and information technology 
workforce’’. 
SEC. 16. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
Section 207(b) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5527(b)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and 
inserting ‘‘networking and information technology’’. 
SEC. 17. REPEAL. 
Section 208 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5528) is repealed. 
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SEC. 18. ADDITIONAL REPEAL. 
Section 4 of the Department of Energy High-End 
Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 5543) 
is repealed. 
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Union Calendar No. 482 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5312 
[Report No. 114–620] 
A BILL 
To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 
1991 to authorize activities for support of net-
working and information technology research, 
and for other purposes. 
JUNE 13, 2016 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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