‘‘(C) provide a description of workshops and 
other activities conducted under section 104, includ-
ing participants and findings; 
‘‘(D) provide a detailed description of the na-
ture and scope of research infrastructure designated 
as such under the Program;’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (E), as so redes-
ignated— 
(I) by redesignating clauses (vii) 
through (xi) as clauses (viii) through 
(xii), respectively; and 
(II) by inserting after clause (vi) 
the following: 
‘‘(vii) the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity;’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (F), as so redes-
ignated— 
(I) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘is submitted, the levels 
for the previous fiscal year,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘each Program 
Component 
Area;’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘each Program Component Area and 
research area supported in accordance 
with section 103;’’; 
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(v) by amending subparagraph (G), as 
so redesignated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(G) describe the levels of Federal funding for 
each agency and department participating in the 
Program, and for each Program Component Area, 
for the fiscal year during which such report is sub-
mitted, the levels for the previous fiscal year, and 
the levels proposed for the fiscal year with respect 
to which the budget submission applies;’’; and 
(vi) by inserting after subparagraph 
(G), as so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(H) 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); 
‘‘(I) include— 
‘‘(i) a description of the funding required 
by the National Coordination Office to perform 
the functions specified under section 102(b) for 
the current fiscal year; 
‘‘(ii) a description of the estimated funding 
required by such Office to perform the func-
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tions specified under section 102(b) for the next 
fiscal year; and 
‘‘(iii) the amount of funding provided for 
such Office for the current fiscal year by each 
agency participating in the Program; and’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A)— 
(i) 
by 
striking 
‘‘high-performance 
computing’’ both places it appears and in-
serting ‘‘networking and information tech-
nology’’; and 
(ii) after the first sentence, by insert-
ing the following: ‘‘Each chair of the advi-
sory committee shall meet the qualifica-
tions of committee membership and may 
be a member of the President’s Council of 
Advisors on Science and Technology.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking 
‘‘high-performance computing, networking tech-
nology, and related software’’ and inserting 
‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘Committee on Science 
and Technology’’ and inserting ‘‘Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘The first report shall 
be due within 1 year after the date of en-
actment of the America COMPETES 
Act.’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘high- 
performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking 
and information technology’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(d) PERIODIC REVIEWS.—The agencies identified in 
subsection (a)(3)(B) shall— 
‘‘(1) periodically assess and update, as appro-
priate, the contents, scope, and funding levels of the 
Program Component Areas and work through the 
National Science and Technology Council and with 
the assistance of the National Coordination Office 
described under section 102 to restructure the Pro-
gram when warranted, taking into consideration any 
relevant recommendations of the advisory committee 
established under subsection (b); and 
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‘‘(2) working through the National Science and 
Technology Council and with the assistance of the 
National Coordination Office described under section 
102, ensure that the Program includes large-scale, 
long-term, interdisciplinary research and develop-
ment activities, including activities described in sec-
tion 103. 
‘‘(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 Networking and 
Information Technology Research and Development 
Modernization Act of 2016, and update every five 
years thereafter, a five-year strategic plan for the 
Program. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan shall 
specify near-term and long-term cross-cutting objec-
tives 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— 
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‘‘(A) address long-term challenges of na-
tional importance for which solutions require 
large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research 
and development; 
‘‘(B) encourage and support mechanisms 
for interdisciplinary research and development 
in networking and information technology and 
for Grand Challenges, including through col-
laborations across agencies, across Program 
Component Areas, with industry, with Federal 
laboratories (as defined in section 4 of the Ste-
venson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 
1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703)), and with international 
organizations; 
‘‘(C) foster the transfer of research and 
development results into new technologies and 
applications in the national interest, including 
through cooperation and collaborations with 
networking and information technology re-
search, development, and technology transition 
initiatives supported by the States; 
‘‘(D) provide for cyberinfrastructure needs, 
as appropriate, across federally funded large- 
scale research facilities that produce or will 
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