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‘‘(ii) the number of projects which, 
within 5 years of receiving an award under 
paragraph (1), result in a license to a 
start-up company or an established com-
pany with sufficient resources for effective 
commercialization; 
‘‘(iii) the number of invention disclo-
sures received, United States patent appli-
cations filed, and United States patents 
issued within 5 years of the award; 
‘‘(iv) the number of projects receiving 
a grant under paragraph (1) that secure 
Phase I or Phase II SBIR or STTR 
awards; 
‘‘(v) available information on revenue, 
sales, or other measures of products that 
have been commercialized as a result of 
projects awarded under paragraph (1) 
within 5 years of the award; 
‘‘(vi) the number and location of jobs 
created resulting from projects awarded 
under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(vii) other data as deemed appro-
priate by a Federal agency required by this 
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subparagraph to develop a program evalua-
tion plan. 
‘‘(B) 
EVALUATIVE
REPORT
TO
CON-
GRESS.—The head of each Federal agency that 
participates in the Innovative Approaches to 
Technology Transfer Grant Program shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology and the Committee on Small Busi-
ness of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepre-
neurship of the Senate an evaluative report re-
garding the activities of the program. The re-
port shall include— 
‘‘(i) a detailed description of the im-
plementation of the program; 
‘‘(ii) a detailed description of the 
grantee selection process; 
‘‘(iii) an accounting of the funds used 
in the program; and 
‘‘(iv) a summary of the data collected 
under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) DATA DISSEMINATION.—For the pur-
poses of program transparency and dissemina-
tion of best practices, the Administrator shall 
include on the public database under subsection 
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(k)(1) information on the Innovative Ap-
proaches to Technology Transfer Grant Pro-
gram, including— 
‘‘(i) the program evaluation plan re-
quired under subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) a list of recipients by State of 
awards under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(iii) information on the use of grants 
under paragraph (1) by recipient institu-
tions.’’. 
TITLE V—NETWORKING AND IN-
FORMATION 
TECHNOLOGY 
RESEARCH 
AND 
DEVELOP-
MENT 
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing America’s 
Networking and Information Technology Research and 
Development Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 502. PROGRAM PLANNING AND COORDINATION. 
(a) PERIODIC REVIEWS.—Section 101 of the High- 
Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) PERIODIC REVIEWS.—The agencies identified in 
subsection (a)(3)(B) shall— 
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‘‘(1) periodically assess the contents and fund-
ing levels of the Program Component Areas and re-
structure the Program when warranted, taking into 
consideration any relevant recommendations of the 
advisory committee established under subsection (b); 
and 
‘‘(2) ensure that the Program includes large- 
scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and de-
velopment activities, including activities described in 
section 104.’’. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC PLAN.—Section 
101 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended further by 
adding after subsection (d), as added by subsection (a) 
of this Act, the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The agencies identified in 
subsection (a)(3)(B), working through the National 
Science and Technology Council and with the assist-
ance of the National Coordination Office described 
under section 102, shall develop, within 12 months 
after the date of enactment of the Advancing Amer-
ica’s Networking and Information Technology Re-
search and Development Act of 2014, and update 
every 3 years thereafter, a 5-year strategic plan to 
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guide the activities described under subsection 
(a)(1). 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan shall 
specify near-term and long-term objectives for the 
Program, the anticipated time frame for achieving 
the near-term objectives, the metrics to be used for 
assessing progress toward the objectives, and how 
the Program will— 
‘‘(A) foster the transfer of research and 
development results into new technologies and 
applications for the benefit of society, including 
through cooperation and collaborations with 
networking and information technology re-
search, development, and technology transition 
initiatives supported by the States; 
‘‘(B) encourage and support mechanisms 
for interdisciplinary research and development 
in networking and information technology, in-
cluding through collaborations across agencies, 
across Program Component Areas, with indus-
try, with Federal laboratories (as defined in 
section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703)), and 
with international organizations; 
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‘‘(C) address long-term challenges of na-
tional importance for which solutions require 
large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research 
and development; 
‘‘(D) place emphasis on innovative and 
high-risk projects having the potential for sub-
stantial societal returns on the research invest-
ment; 
‘‘(E) strengthen all levels of networking 
and information technology education and 
training programs to ensure an adequate, well- 
trained workforce; and 
‘‘(F) attract more women and underrep-
resented minorities to pursue postsecondary de-
grees in networking and information tech-
nology. 
‘‘(3) 
NATIONAL
RESEARCH
INFRASTRUC-
TURE.—The strategic plan developed in accordance 
with paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by mile-
stones and roadmaps for establishing and maintain-
ing the national research infrastructure required to 
support the Program, including the roadmap re-
quired by subsection (a)(2)(E). 
‘‘(4) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The entities in-
volved in developing the strategic plan under para-
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graph (1) shall take into consideration the rec-
ommendations— 
‘‘(A) of the advisory committee established 
under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(B) of the stakeholders whose input was 
solicited by the National Coordination Office, as 
required under section 102(b)(3). 
‘‘(5) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of 
the National Coordination Office shall transmit the 
strategic plan required under paragraph (1) to the 
advisory committee, the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives.’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR.— 
Section 101(a)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(2)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘edu-
cation,’’ before ‘‘and other activities’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and 
(F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) encourage and monitor the efforts of the 
agencies participating in the Program to allocate the 
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level of resources and management attention nec-
essary to ensure that the strategic plan under sub-
section (e) is developed and executed effectively and 
that the objectives of the Program are met;’’. 
(d) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 101(b)(1) of 
such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) after the first sentence, by inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The co-chairs of the advisory committee 
shall meet the qualifications of committee member-
ship and may be members of the President’s Council 
of Advisors on Science and Technology.’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘high-per-
formance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’. 
(e) REPORT.—Section 101(a)(3) of such Act (15 
U.S.C. 5511(a)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (vii) through 
(xi) as clauses (viii) through (xii), respectively; 
and 
(B) by inserting after clause (vi) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(vii) the Department of Homeland 
Security;’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘is submitted, the levels for the previous 
fiscal year,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 
Area;’’ and inserting ‘‘each Program Compo-
nent Area and research area supported in ac-
cordance with section 104;’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (D)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 
Area,’’ and inserting ‘‘each Program Compo-
nent Area and research area supported in ac-
cordance with section 104,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘is submitted, the levels for the previous 
fiscal year,’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-
paragraph (G); and 
(5) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(E) include a description of how the objectives 
for each Program Component Area, and the objec-
tives for activities that involve multiple Program 
Component Areas, relate to the objectives of the 
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Program identified in the strategic plan required 
under subsection (e); 
‘‘(F) include— 
‘‘(i) a description of the funding required 
by the National Coordination Office to perform 
the functions specified under section 102(b) for 
the next fiscal year by category of activity; 
‘‘(ii) a description of the funding required 
by such Office to perform the functions speci-
fied under section 102(b) for the current fiscal 
year by category of activity; and 
‘‘(iii) the amount of funding provided for 
such Office for the current fiscal year by each 
agency participating in the Program; and’’. 
(f) DEFINITION.—Section 4 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
5503) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(7) as paragraphs (2) through (8), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) ‘cyber-physical systems’ means physical or 
engineered systems whose networking and informa-
tion technology functions and physical elements are 
deeply integrated and are actively connected to the 
physical world through sensors, actuators, or other 
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means to perform monitoring and control func-
tions;’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 
(4) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘high-performance com-
puting’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and infor-
mation technology’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘supercomputer’’ and in-
serting ‘‘high-end computing’’; 
(5) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘network referred to as’’ and all that fol-
lows through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘network, 
including advanced computer networks of Federal 
agencies and departments;’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘National High-Performance Computing 
Program’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa-
tion technology research and development program’’. 
SEC. 503. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NATIONAL 
IMPORTANCE. 
Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 104. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NA-
TIONAL IMPORTANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Program shall encourage 
agencies identified in section 101(a)(3)(B) to support 
large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and de-
velopment activities in networking and information tech-
nology directed toward application areas that have the po-
tential for significant contributions to national economic 
competitiveness and for other significant societal benefits. 
Such activities, ranging from basic research to the dem-
onstration of technical solutions, shall be designed to ad-
vance the development of research discoveries. The advi-
sory committee established under section 101(b) shall 
make recommendations to the Program for candidate re-
search and development areas for support under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(b) CHARACTERISTICS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Research and development 
activities under this section shall— 
‘‘(A) include projects selected on the basis 
of applications for support through a competi-
tive, merit-based process; 
‘‘(B) involve collaborations among re-
searchers in institutions of higher education 
and industry, and may involve nonprofit re-
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search institutions and Federal laboratories, as 
appropriate; 
‘‘(C) when possible, leverage Federal in-
vestments through collaboration with related 
State initiatives; and 
‘‘(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 shall give special consider-
ation to projects that include cost sharing from non- 
Federal sources. 
‘‘(3) AGENCY COLLABORATION.—If 2 or more 
agencies identified in section 101(a)(3)(B), or other 
appropriate agencies, are working on large-scale re-
search and development activities in the same area 
of national importance, then such agencies shall 
strive to collaborate through joint solicitation and se-
lection of applications for support and subsequent 
funding of projects. 
‘‘(4) 
INTERDISCIPLINARY
RESEARCH
CEN-
TERS.—Research and development activities under 
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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 
subsection (a). Research may be carried out through 
existing interdisciplinary centers, including those au-
thorized under section 7024(b)(2) of the America 
COMPETES Act (Public Law 110–69; 42 U.S.C. 
1862o–10).’’. 
SEC. 504. CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS.—Sec-
tion 101(a)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(1)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (I)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘improving the security’’ 
and inserting ‘‘improving the security, reli-
ability, and resilience’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(J) provide for increased understanding of the 
scientific principles of cyber-physical systems and 
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improve the methods available for the design, devel-
opment, and operation of cyber-physical systems 
that are characterized by high reliability, safety, and 
security; and 
‘‘(K) provide for research and development on 
human-computer interactions, visualization, and big 
data.’’. 
(b) WORKSHOP.—Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
5511) is amended further by adding after section 104, as 
added by section 503 of this Act, the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 105. UNIVERSITY/INDUSTRY WORKSHOP. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Advancing America’s Net-
working and Information Technology Research and Devel-
opment Act of 2014, the Director of the National Coordi-
nation Office shall convene a workshop, with participants 
from institutions of higher education, Federal labora-
tories, and industry, to explore mechanisms for carrying 
out collaborative research and development activities for 
cyber-physical systems, including the related technologies 
required to enable these systems, and to develop grand 
challenges in cyber-physical systems research and develop-
ment. 
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‘‘(b) 
FUNCTIONS.—The 
workshop 
participants 
shall— 
‘‘(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 grand challenges in 
cyber-physical systems research and development 
that would be addressed through such partnerships; 
‘‘(3) propose guidelines for assigning intellec-
tual property rights and for the transfer of research 
results to the private sector; and 
‘‘(4) make recommendations for how Federal 
agencies participating in the Program can help sup-
port research and development partnerships in 
cyber-physical systems, including through existing or 
new grant programs. 
‘‘(c) PARTICIPANTS.—The Director of the National 
Coordination Office shall ensure that participants in the 
workshop are individuals with knowledge and expertise in 
cyber-physical systems and that participants represent a 
broad mix of relevant stakeholders, including academic 
and industry researchers, cyber-physical systems and tech-
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nologies manufacturers, cyber-physical systems and tech-
nologies users, and, as appropriate, Federal Government 
regulators. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking 
and Information Technology Research and Development 
Act of 2014, the Director of the National Coordination 
Office shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 
of Representatives a report describing the findings and 
recommendations resulting from the workshop required 
under this section.’’. 
SEC. 505. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FOR RESEARCH. 
Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended fur-
ther by adding after section 105, as added by section 
504(b) of this Act, the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 106. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FOR RESEARCH. 
‘‘(a) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Advanc-
ing America’s Networking and Information Technology 
Research and Development Act of 2014, the Director of 
the National Coordination Office, working through the 
National Science and Technology Council, shall convene 
an interagency working group to examine— 
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