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(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’’. 
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(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,’’; 
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(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 
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 
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‘‘(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 
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’’; 
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(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. 3. 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: 
‘‘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-
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