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SEARCH.—The Director of the National Science Foun-
dation shall establish a program of basic research in 
advanced information and communications tech-
nologies focused on enhancing or facilitating the 
availability and affordability of advanced commu-
nications services to all Americans. In developing and 
carrying out the program, the Director shall consult 
with the Board established under paragraph (2). 
(2) FEDERAL ADVANCED INFORMATION AND COM-
MUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY
RESEARCH
BOARD.— 
There is established within the National Science 
Foundation a Federal Advanced Information and 
Communications Technology Board which shall ad-
vise the Director of the National Science Foundation 
in carrying out the program authorized by paragraph 
(1). The Board Shall be composed of individuals with 
expertise in information and communications tech-
nologies, including representatives from the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administra-
tion, the Federal Communications Commission, the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, and 
the Department of Defense. 
(3) GRANT
PROGRAM.—The Director, in con-
sultation with the Board, shall award grants for basic 
research into advanced information and communica-
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tions technologies that will contribute to enhancing or 
facilitating the availability and affordability of ad-
vanced communications services to all Americans. 
Areas of research to be supported through these grants 
include— 
(A) affordable broadband access, including 
wireless technologies; 
(B) network security and reliability; 
(C) communications interoperability; 
(D) networking protocols and architectures, 
including resilience to outages or attacks; 
(E) trusted software; 
(F) privacy; 
(G) nanoelectronics for communications ap-
plications; 
(H) low-power communications electronics; 
and 
(I) such other related areas as the Director, 
in consultation with the Board, finds appro-
priate. 
(4) 
CENTERS.—The 
Director 
shall 
award 
multiyear grants, subject to the availability of appro-
priations, to institutions of higher education (as de-
fined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), nonprofit research insti-
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tutions, or consortia thereof to establish multidisci-
plinary Centers for Communications Research. The 
purpose of the Centers shall be to generate innovative 
approaches to problems in communications and infor-
mation technology research, including the research 
areas described in paragraph (3). Institutions of 
higher education nonprofit research, institutions, or 
consortia receiving such grants may partner with 1 
or more government laboratories or for-profit institu-
tions, or other institutions of higher education or non-
profit research institutions. 
(5) APPLICATIONS.—The Director, in consulta-
tion with the Board, shall establish criteria for the 
award of grants under paragraphs (3) and (4). 
Grants shall be awarded under the program on a 
merit-reviewed competitive basis. The Director shall 
give priority to grants that offer the potential for rev-
olutionary rather than evolutionary breakthroughs. 
(6) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Science Foundation to carry out this sub-
section— 
(A) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(B) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(C) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
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(D) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 
(E) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 
(b) SPECTRUM-SHARING INNOVATION TESTBED.— 
(1) SPECTRUM-SHARING PLAN.—Within 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal 
Communications Commission and the Assistant Sec-
retary of Commerce for Communications and Infor-
mation, in coordination with other Federal agencies, 
shall— 
(A) develop a plan to increase sharing of 
spectrum between Federal and non-Federal gov-
ernment users; and 
(B) establish a pilot program for implemen-
tation of the plan. 
(2) TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.—The Commis-
sion and the Assistant Secretary— 
(A) shall each identify a segment of spec-
trum of equal bandwidth within their respective 
jurisdiction for the pilot program that is ap-
proximately 10 megaHertz in width for assign-
ment on a shared basis to Federal and non-Fed-
eral government use; and 
(B) may take the spectrum for the pilot pro-
gram from bands currently allocated on either 
an exclusive or shared basis. 
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