(3) striking subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1)
and redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (I) as
subparagraphs (A) through (H), respectively;
(4) striking ‘‘Network’’ and inserting ‘‘Inter-
net’’ in paragraph (1)(B), as so redesignated by
paragraph (3) of this subsection;
(5) striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(1)(H), as so redesignated by paragraph (3) of this
subsection;
(6) striking the period at the end of paragraph
(2) and inserting a semicolon; and
(7) adding at the end thereof the following:
‘‘(3) promoting the more rapid development and
wider distribution of networking management and
development tools; and
‘‘(4) promoting the rapid adoption of open net-
work standards.’’.
SEC. 4. NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING PRO-
GRAM.
(a) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—Subparagraphs (A) and
(B) of section 101(a)(2) of the High-Performance Com-
puting Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C 5511(a)(2)(A) and (B)) are
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) provide for the development of tech-
nologies to advance the capacity and capabilities of
the Internet;
‘‘(B) provide for high performance testbed net-
works to develop and demonstrate advanced net-
working technologies and to develop and dem-
onstrate advanced applications made possible by the
existence of such testbed networks;’’.
(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 101(b) of the
High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C
5511(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘HIGH-PERFORMANCE
COMPUTING’’ in the subsection heading.
SEC. 5. NEXT GENERATION INTERNET.
Title I of the High-Performance Computing Act of
1991 (15 U.S.C 5511 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 103. NEXT GENERATION INTERNET.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—As part of the Program, the
National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense,
the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce,
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and
other agencies participating in the Program are author-
ized to support the Next Generation Internet program.
The objectives of the Next Generation Internet program
shall be to—
‘‘(1) support research, development, and dem-
onstration of advanced networking technologies to
increase the capabilities and improve the perform-
ance of the Internet;
‘‘(2) develop an advanced testbed network con-
necting a significant number of research sites, in-
cluding universities, Federal research institutions,
and other appropriate research partner institutions,
to support networking research and to demonstrate
new networking technologies; and
‘‘(3) develop and demonstrate advanced Inter-
net applications that meet important national goals
or agency mission needs, and that are supported by
the activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
‘‘(b) DUTIES OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Advi-
sory Committee on High-Performance Computing and
Communications, Information Technology, and the Next
Generation Internet, established pursuant to section
101(b) by Executive Order No. 13035 of February 11,
1997 (62 F.R. 7131), in addition to its functions under
section 101(b), shall—
‘‘(1) assess the extent to which the Next Gen-
eration Internet program—
‘‘(A) carries out the purposes of this Act;
and
‘‘(B) addresses concerns relating to, among
other matters—
‘‘(i) geographic penalties (as defined
in section 6(1) of the Next Generation
Internet Research Act of 1998); and
‘‘(ii) technology transfer to and from
the private sector;
‘‘(2) assess the extent to which the role of each
Federal agency and department involved in imple-
menting the Next Generation Internet program is
clear and complementary to, and non-duplicative of,
the roles of other participating agencies and depart-
ments; and
‘‘(3) make recommendations relating to its find-
ings under paragraphs (1) and (2).
‘‘(b) REPORTS.—The Advisory Committee shall as-
sess implementation of the Next Generation Internet pro-
gram and shall report, not less frequently than annually,
to the President, the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on
Science of the House of Representatives on its findings
and recommendations for the preceding fiscal year. The
first such report shall be submitted 6 months after the
date of enactment of the Next Generation Internet Re-
search Act of 1998 and the last report shall be submitted
by September 30, 2000.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this
section 
$110,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1999 
and
$115,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’.
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) GEOGRAPHIC
PENALTY.—The term ‘‘geo-
graphic penalty’’ means the imposition of costs on
users of the Internet in rural or other locations, at-
tributable to the distance of the user from network
facilities or the low population density of the area in
which the user is located, that are substantially
greater than the costs imposed on users in locations
closer to such facilities or on users in locations with
significantly greater population density.
(2) INTERNET.—The term ‘‘Internet’’ means
the international computer network of both Federal
and non-Federal interoperable packet switched data
networks.
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