graph, by inserting ‘‘and the extent to 
which the Program incorporates the rec-
ommendations of the advisory committee 
established under subsection (b)’’ after 
‘‘for the Program’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—(1) The President 
shall establish an advisory committee on high-performance 
computing consisting of non-Federal members, including 
representatives of the research, education, and library 
communities, network providers, and industry, who are 
specially qualified to provide the Director with advice and 
information on high-performance computing. The rec-
ommendations of the advisory committee shall be consid-
ered in reviewing and revising the Program. The advisory 
committee shall provide the Director with an independent 
assessment of— 
‘‘(A) progress made in implementing the Pro-
gram; 
‘‘(B) the need to revise the Program; 
‘‘(C) the balance between the components of the 
Program, including funding levels for the Program 
Component Areas; 
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‘‘(D) whether the research and development un-
dertaken pursuant to the Program is helping to 
maintain United States leadership in high-perform-
ance computing and networking technology; and 
‘‘(E) other issues identified by the Director. 
‘‘(2) In addition to the duties outlined in paragraph 
(1), the advisory committee shall conduct periodic evalua-
tions of the funding, management, coordination, imple-
mentation, and activities of the Program, and shall report 
not less frequently than once every two fiscal years to the 
Committee on Science of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate on its findings and recommendations. 
The first report shall be due within one year after the date 
of enactment of this paragraph. 
‘‘(3) Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act shall not apply to the advisory committee established 
by this subsection.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘Pro-
gram or’’ and inserting ‘‘Program Component Areas 
or’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 4 of the High-Performance Computing Act 
of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5503) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and multi-
disciplinary teams of researchers’’ after ‘‘high-per-
formance computing resources’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘scientific workstations,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(including vector super-
computers and large scale parallel systems)’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘and applications’’ and in-
serting ‘‘applications’’; and 
(D) by inserting ‘‘, and the management of 
large data sets’’ after ‘‘systems software’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘packet 
switched’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(5); 
(5) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (6) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(7) ‘Program Component Areas’ means the 
major subject areas under which are grouped related 
individual projects and activities carried out under 
the Program.’’. 
Æ 
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