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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2534
Directing the National Science Foundation to develop a report on the estab-
lishment of high-speed, large bandwidth capacity Internet access for
all public elementary and secondary schools and libraries in the United
States, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 15, 1999
Mr. LARSON (for himself, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. BROWN of California,
Mr. COSTELLO, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. COOK, Mr.
LAMPSON, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. WU, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr.
UDALL of Colorado, Mr. GEJDENSON, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. PRICE of North
Carolina, Mr. CROWLEY, and Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Science
A BILL
Directing the National Science Foundation to develop a re-
port on the establishment of high-speed, large bandwidth
capacity Internet access for all public elementary and
secondary schools and libraries in the United States,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Science and Edu-
cational Networking Act’’.
SEC. 2. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
Section 103 of the High-Performance Computing Act
of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5513) is amended by redesignating
subsections (b), (c), and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and
(e), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (a) the
following new subsection:
‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall submit to Congress,
not later than December 31, 2001, a report that ad-
dresses the issues described in paragraph (3) and in-
cludes a plan for implementation of the rec-
ommendations made in the report.
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report
under paragraph (1), the Director of the National
Science Foundation shall consult with the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, and such
other Federal agencies as the Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation considers appropriate.
‘‘(3) ISSUES.—The report shall—
‘‘(A) identify the most appropriate, effec-
tive, and economical means of providing all pub-
lic elementary and secondary schools and librar-
ies in the United States with high-speed, large
bandwidth capacity access to the Internet, the
ability to transmit and receive data, voice, and
other types of communication media, and dis-
tance learning;
‘‘(B) as part of the goal described in sub-
paragraph (A), identify how high-speed, large
bandwidth capacity access to the Internet to
such schools and libraries can be effectively
available at individual workstations within each
school and library;
‘‘(C) consider the effect that specific or re-
gional circumstances may have on the appro-
priateness of using different methods and tech-
nologies to achieve the goals described in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) for different schools or
libraries; and
‘‘(D) include options and recommendations
for achieving the goals described in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), including a plan for nec-
essary experimentation and identification of
critical paths.’’.
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