(iii) in subparagraphs (B) and (G), by 
striking ‘‘high-performance’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘high-end’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘high-performance 
computing 
and 
net-
working’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end com-
puting, distributed, and networking’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2) of such subsection— 
(i) in subparagraphs (A) and (C)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘high-performance 
computing’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘networking and information 
technology’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘development, 
networking,’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘development,’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraphs (F) and (G), as 
redesignated by section 2(c)(1) of this Act, 
by striking ‘‘high-performance’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘high-end’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high-per-
formance computing’’ both places it appears and 
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inserting ‘‘networking and information tech-
nology’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), in the second sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘high- 
performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking 
and information technology’’. 
(d) SECTION 201.—Section 201(a)(1) of such Act (15 
U.S.C. 5521(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-perform-
ance computing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘net-
working;’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information re-
search and development;’’. 
(e) SECTION 202.—Section 202(a) of such Act (15 
U.S.C. 5522(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-performance 
computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information 
technology’’. 
(f) SECTION 203.—Section 203(a) of such Act (15 
U.S.C. 5523(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘high-perform-
ance computing and networking’’ and inserting ‘‘net-
working and information technology’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘high-per-
formance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’. 
(g) SECTION 204.—Section 204 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
5524) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high- 
performance computing systems and networks’’ 
and inserting ‘‘networking and information tech-
nology systems and capabilities’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘interoperability of high-performance computing 
systems in networks and for common user inter-
faces to systems’’ and inserting ‘‘interoperability 
and usability of networking and information 
technology systems’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘high- 
performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘net-
working and information technology’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH-PER-
FORMANCE COMPUTING AND NETWORK’’ and in-
serting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘sensitive’’. 
(h) SECTION 205.—Section 205(a) of such Act (15 
U.S.C. 5525(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘computational’’ 
and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology’’. 
(i) SECTION 206.—Section 206(a) of such Act (15 
U.S.C. 5526(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘computational re-
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search’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information tech-
nology research’’. 
(j) SECTION 207.—Section 207(b) of such Act (15 
U.S.C. 5527(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-performance 
computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information 
technology’’. 
(k) SECTION 208.—Section 208 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
5528) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH- 
PERFORMANCE
COMPUTING’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘NETWORKING
AND
INFORMATION
TECH-
NOLOGY’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘High- 
performance computing and associated’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Networking and information’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘high- 
performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘net-
working and information technologies’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘high- 
performance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘high- 
performance computers and associated’’ and in-
serting ‘‘networking and information’’; and 
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(E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘high- 
performance computing and associated’’ and in-
serting ‘‘networking and information’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 289 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3834 
[Report No. 112–420] 
A BILL 
To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 
1991 to authorize activities for support of net-
working and information technology research, 
and for other purposes. 
MARCH 22, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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