SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing America’s 
Networking and Information Technology Research and 
Development Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. 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— 
‘‘(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 2013, and update 
every 3 years thereafter, a 5-year strategic plan to 
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; 
‘‘(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-
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 
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)— 
(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,’’;