I
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3332
To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to authorize appro-
priations for fiscal years 1999 and 2000 for the Next Generation Internet
program, to require the Advisory Committee on High-Performance Com-
puting and Communications, Information Technology, and the Next Gen-
eration Internet to monitor and give advice concerning the development
and implementation of the Next Generation Internet program and report
to the President and the Congress on its activities, and for other pur-
poses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 4, 1998
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself and Mr. BROWN of California) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science
A BILL
To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991
to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1999 and
2000 for the Next Generation Internet program, to re-
quire the Advisory Committee on High-Performance
Computing and Communications, Information Tech-
nology, and the Next Generation Internet to monitor
and give advice concerning the development and imple-
mentation of the Next Generation Internet program and
report to the President and the Congress on its activities,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Next Generation Inter-
net Research Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Congress finds that—
(1) United States leadership in science and
technology has been vital to the Nation’s prosperity,
national and economic security, and international
competitiveness, and there is every reason to believe
that maintaining this tradition will lead to long-term
continuation of United States strategic advantages
in information technology;
(2) the United States investment in science and
technology has yielded a scientific and engineering
enterprise without peer, and that Federal investment
in research is critical to the maintenance of United
States leadership;
(3) previous Federal investment in computer
networking technology and related fields has resulted
in the creation of new industries and new jobs in the
United States;
(4) the Internet is playing an increasingly im-
portant role in keeping citizens informed of the ac-
tions of their government; and
(5) continued inter-agency cooperation is nec-
essary to avoid wasteful duplication in Federal net-
working research and development programs.
(b) ADDITIONAL FINDINGS FOR THE 1991 ACT.—
Section 2 of the High-Performance Computing Act of
1991 (15 U.S.C. 5501) is amended by—
(1) striking paragraph (4) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(4) A high-capacity, flexible, high-speed na-
tional research and education computer network is
needed to provide researchers and educators with ac-
cess to computational and information resources, act
as a test bed for further research and development
for high-capacity and high-speed computer networks,
and provide researchers the necessary vehicle for
continued network technology improvement through
research.’’; and
(2) adding at the end thereof the following:
‘‘(7) Additional research must be undertaken to
lay the foundation for the development of new appli-
cations that can result in economic growth, improved
health care, and improved educational opportunities.
‘‘(8) Research in new networking technologies
holds the promise of easing the economic burdens of
information access disproportionately borne by rural
users of the Internet.
‘‘(9) Information security is an important part
of computing, information, and communications sys-
tems and applications, and research into security ar-
chitectures is a critical aspect of computing, infor-
mation, and communications research programs.’’.
SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to authorize, through the High-Performance
Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5501 et seq.),
research programs related to—
(A) high-end computing and computation;
(B) human-centered systems;
(C) high confidence systems; and
(D) education, training, and human re-
sources; and
(2) to provide, through the High-Performance
Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5501 et seq.),
for the development and coordination of a com-
prehensive and integrated United States research
program which will—
(A) focus on the research and development
of a coordinated set of technologies that seeks
to create a network infrastructure that can sup-
port greater speed, robustness, and flexibility
than 
is 
currently 
available 
and 
promote
connectivity and interoperability among ad-
vanced computer networks of Federal agencies
and departments;
(B) focus on research in technology that
may result in high-speed data access for users
that is both economically viable and does not
impose a geographic penalty; and
(C) encourage researchers to pursue ap-
proaches to networking technology that lead to
maximally flexible and extensible solutions
wherever feasible.
(b) MODIFICATION
OF PURPOSES
OF
THE 1991
ACT.—Section 3 of the High-Performance Computing Act
of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5502) is amended by—
(1) striking the section caption and inserting
the following:
‘‘SEC. 3. PURPOSES.’’;
(2) striking ‘‘purpose of this Act is’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘purposes of this Act are’’;