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ices related to these technologies and their
applications;
‘‘(E) whether the applications developed under
title III are successfully addressing the needs of the
targeted populations, including assessment of the
number of users served by those applications; and
‘‘(F) other issues identified by the Director.
‘‘(2) The advisory committee established under para-
graph (1) shall meet not less than once annually, following
notice in the Federal Register, for the purpose of receiving
oral and written public testimony on the subjects identi-
fied in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1).
The advisory committee shall compile and submit an an-
nual report to the Director and to the Congress containing
the findings and recommendations required under this
subsection and summarizing the public testimony received.
In addition, the advisory committee may meet periodically
as determined by its members.
‘‘(3) The Director shall provide such support as is
required to allow the advisory committee established under
paragraph (1) to meet and to carry out the responsibilities
assigned by this subsection.’’.
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SEC. 5. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK
AMENDMENTS.
Section 102 of the High-Performance Computing Act
of 1991 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 102. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NET-
WORK PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—As part of the Program de-
scribed in section 101, the National Science Foundation,
the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy,
the Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, the Department of Education,
and other agencies participating in the Program shall sup-
port the establishment of the National Research and Edu-
cation Network Program. The Network Program shall
consist of the following components:
‘‘(1) Research and development of networking
software and hardware required for developing high-
performance data networking capabilities with the
goal of achieving the transmission of data at a speed
of one gigabit per second or greater.
‘‘(2) Federal experimental test bed networks
for—
‘‘(A) developing and demonstrating ad-
vanced networking technologies resulting from
the activities described in paragraph (1), includ-
ing any reasonably necessary assessment of the
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reliability of such technologies under realistic
operating conditions; and
‘‘(B) providing connections and associated
network services for purposes consistent with
this Act which require levels of network capa-
bilities not commercially available.
‘‘(3) Provision of support for researchers, edu-
cators, and students to obtain access to and use of
the Internet to allow for communication with other
individuals in the research and education commu-
nities and to allow for access to high-performance
computing systems, electronic information resources,
other research facilities, and libraries.
‘‘(b) TEST BED NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS.—The
test bed networks shall—
‘‘(1) be developed and deployed in coordination
with the computer hardware, computer software,
telecommunications, and information industries;
‘‘(2) be designed, developed, and operated in
collaboration with potential users in government, in-
dustry, and research institutions and educational
institutions;
‘‘(3) be designed, developed, and operated in a
manner which fosters and maintains competition and
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private 
sector 
investment 
in 
high-speed 
data
networking within the telecommunications industry;
‘‘(4) be designed and operated in a manner
which promotes and encourages research and devel-
opment leading to the creation of commercial data
transmission standards, enabling the establishment
of privately developed high-speed commercial net-
works;
‘‘(5) be designed and operated so as to ensure
the application of laws that provide network and in-
formation resources security, including those that
protect copyright and other intellectual property
rights, and those that control access to data bases
and protect national security;
‘‘(6) have accounting mechanisms which allow
users or groups of users to be charged for their
usage of copyrighted materials available over the test
bed networks and, where appropriate and technically
feasible, for their usage of the test bed networks;
and
‘‘(7) be interoperable with Federal and non-
Federal computer networks, to the extent appro-
priate, in a way that allows autonomy for each com-
ponent network.
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‘‘(c) NETWORK ACCESS.—The Federal agencies and
departments participating in activities under this section
shall develop a plan with specific goals for implementing
the requirements of subsection (a)(3), including provision
for financial assistance to educational institutions, public
libraries, and other appropriate entities. This plan shall
be submitted to the Congress not later than one year after
the date of enactment of the National Information Infra-
structure Act of 1993. Each year thereafter, the Director
shall report to Congress on progress in implementing sub-
section (a)(3).
‘‘(d) RESTRICTION
ON USE
OF TEST BED NET-
WORKS.—(1) The Federal test bed networks shall not be
used to provide network services that are not related to
the activities under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection
(a) and that could otherwise be provided satisfactorily
using commercially available network services. Determina-
tion of satisfactory availability shall include consideration
of geographic access to and affordability of service, and
timeliness and technical performance standards in provid-
ing services.
‘‘(2) The requirements of paragraph (1) shall take
effect on the date set forth in the report required under
paragraph (3).
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‘‘(3) Six months following the date of enactment of
the National Information Infrastructure Act of 1993, the
Director, after consultation with the Federal agencies and
departments supporting Federal test bed networks, shall
provide a report to Congress which—
‘‘(A) describes the technical developments nec-
essary to allow implementation of paragraph (1);
‘‘(B) determines the earliest feasible date for
implementing paragraph (1); and
‘‘(C) sets forth that date as the date on which
paragraph (1) shall take effect.
Should the Director subsequently determine that, for tech-
nical reasons, the requirements of paragraph (1) cannot
be imposed on that date, the Director shall, not less than
3 months prior to that date, report to Congress on the
reasons for the delay in imposing the requirements of
paragraph (1), and shall set forth a new date on which
paragraph (1) shall take effect.
‘‘(e) ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY RE-
SPONSIBILITY.—As part of the Program, the Department
of Defense, through the Advanced Research Projects
Agency, shall support research and development of ad-
vanced fiber optics technology, switches, and protocols
needed to develop the Network Program.
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‘‘(f) INFORMATION SERVICES.—The Director shall
assist the President in coordinating the activities of appro-
priate agencies and departments to promote the develop-
ment of information services that could be provided over
the Internet consistent with the purposes of this Act.
These services may include the provision of directories of
the users and services on computer networks, data bases
of unclassified Federal scientific data, training of users
of data bases and computer networks, and technology to
support computer-based collaboration that allows re-
searchers and educators around the Nation to share infor-
mation and instrumentation.
‘‘(g) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—All Federal agencies
and departments are authorized to allow recipients of Fed-
eral research grants to use grant moneys to pay for com-
puter networking expenses.
‘‘(h) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Development
of data communications networks pursuant to this Act
shall be through purchase of standard commercial trans-
mission and network services from vendors whenever fea-
sible, and by contracting for customized services when
such purchase is not feasible, in order to minimize Federal
investment in network hardware and software.’’.
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SEC. 6. COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENTS.
Title II of the High-Performance Computing Act of
1991 is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 209. COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENTS.
‘‘The Competition in Contracting Act shall apply to
all procurements under this Act of $25,000 or greater.’’.
SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
The High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 is
amended—
(1) in section 3(1)—
(A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read
as follows:
‘‘(A) accelerate progress toward a univer-
sally accessible high-capacity and high-speed
data network for the Nation;’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Network’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Internet’’ in subparagraph (C);
(2) in section 4—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2),
(3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (7), (8),
(10), and (12), respectively;
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as
so redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph, the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(1) ‘broadband’ means a transmission rate for
digital information on a communications network
which exceeds the maximum rate possible for trans-
mission of digital information on normal copper tele-
phone wires;’’;
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so
redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this para-
graph, the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(3) ‘disabilities’ means functional limitations
of hearing, vision, movement, manipulation, speech,
and interpretation of information;
‘‘(4) ‘educational institutions’ includes institu-
tions of early childhood education, elementary and
secondary education, postsecondary education, and
vocational/technical education;
‘‘(5) ‘education at all levels’ includes early
childhood education, elementary and secondary edu-
cation, postsecondary education, and vocational/tech-
nical education;
‘‘(6) ‘Federal test bed networks’ means the
Federal experimental test bed networks described in
section 102(a)(2);’’;
(D) by inserting after paragraph (8), as so
redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this para-
graph, the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(9) ‘Internet’ means the network of both Fed-
eral and non-Federal interoperable packet switched
data networks;’’;
(E) by amending paragraph (10), as so re-
designated by subparagraph (A) of this para-
graph, to read as follows:
‘‘(10) ‘Network Program’ means the National
Research and Education Network Program estab-
lished under section 102;’’; and
(F) by inserting after such paragraph (10)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(11) ‘Nondevelopmental item’ has the meaning
given such term in section 2325(d) of title 10,
United States Code; and’’;
(3) in section 101(a)(2) (A) and (B), by strik-
ing ‘‘Network’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Fed-
eral test bed networks’’;
(4) in section 101(a)(2)(C), by inserting ‘‘the
private sector, States, and’’ after ‘‘computer net-
works of’’;
(5) in section 101(a)(4)(C), by striking ‘‘estab-
lishment of the Network’’ and inserting in lieu there-
of ‘‘Network Program’’;
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(6) in section 201(a)(2), by striking ‘‘Network’’
both places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Internet’’;
(7) in section 201(a)(3), by striking ‘‘Network’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Internet for the pur-
poses of this Act’’;
(8) in section 201(a)(4), by inserting ‘‘consist-
ent with section 102,’’ before ‘‘assist regional net-
works’’;
(9) 
in 
section 
202(b), 
by 
striking
‘‘$134,000,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘$111,000,000’’; and
(10) 
in 
section 
203(e)(1), 
by 
striking
‘‘$138,000,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘$124,000,000’’.
SEC. 8. USE OF DOMESTIC PRODUCTS.
(a) PROHIBITION AGAINST FRAUDULENT USE OF
‘‘MADE IN AMERICA’’ LABELS.—(1) A person shall not
intentionally affix a label bearing the inscription of ‘‘Made
in America’’, or any inscription with that meaning, to any
product sold in or shipped to the United States, if that
product is not a domestic product.
(2) A person who violates paragraph (1) shall not be
eligible for any contract for a procurement carried out
with amounts authorized under this Act, or under any