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computing consisting of non-Federal members, including 
representatives of the research, education, and library 
communities, network providers, and industry, who are 
specially qualified to provide the Director with advice and 
information on high-performance computing. The rec-
ommendations of the advisory committee shall be consid-
ered in reviewing and revising the Program. The advisory 
committee shall provide the Director with an independent 
assessment of— 
‘‘(A) progress made in implementing the Pro-
gram; 
‘‘(B) the need to revise the Program; 
‘‘(C) the balance between the components of the 
Program, including funding levels for the Program 
Component Areas; 
‘‘(D) whether the research and development un-
dertaken pursuant to the Program is helping to 
maintain United States leadership in high-perform-
ance computing and networking technology; and 
‘‘(E) other issues identified by the Director. 
‘‘(2) In addition to the duties outlined in paragraph 
(1), the advisory committee shall conduct periodic evalua-
tions of the funding, management, coordination, imple-
mentation, and activities of the Program, and shall report 
not less frequently than once every two fiscal years to the 
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Committee on Science and Technology of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate on its findings 
and recommendations. The first report shall be due within 
one year after the date of enactment of this paragraph. 
‘‘(3) Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act shall not apply to the advisory committee established 
by this subsection.’’; and 
(4) in section 101(c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘Pro-
gram or’’ and inserting ‘‘Program Component Areas 
or’’. 
SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 4 of the High-Performance Computing Act 
of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5503) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and multi-
disciplinary teams of researchers’’ after ‘‘high-per-
formance computing resources’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘scientific workstations,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(including vector super-
computers and large scale parallel systems)’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘and applications’’ and in-
serting ‘‘applications’’; and 
(D) by inserting ‘‘, and the management of 
large data sets’’ after ‘‘systems software’’; 
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(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘packet 
switched’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(5); 
(5) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (6) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(7) ‘Program Component Areas’ means the 
major subject areas under which are grouped related 
individual projects and activities carried out under 
the Program.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 159 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2272 
AN ACT 
To invest in innovation through research and devel-
opment, and to improve the competitiveness of 
the United States. 
MAY 22, 2007 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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