Sec. 402. Research in areas of national importance
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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: The Program shall encourage agencies under section 101(a)(3)(B) to support, maintain, and improve national, multi-agency, multi-faceted, research and development activities in networking and information technology directed toward application areas that have the potential for significant contributions to national economic competitiveness and for other significant societal benefits. An activity under subsection
(a)shall be designed to advance the development of research discoveries by demonstrating technical solutions to important problems in areas including— cybersecurity; health care; energy management and low-power systems and devices; transportation, including surface and air transportation; cyber-physical systems; large-scale data analysis and modeling of physical phenomena; large scale data analysis and modeling of behavioral phenomena; supply chain quality and security; and privacy protection and protected disclosure of confidential data. The advisory committee under section 101(b) shall make recommendations to the Program for candidate research and development areas for support under this section. Research and development activities under this section— shall include projects selected on the basis of applications for support through a competitive, merit-based process; shall leverage, when possible, Federal investments through collaboration with related State initiatives; shall include a plan for fostering the transfer of research discoveries and the results of technology demonstration activities, including from institutions of higher education and Federal laboratories, to industry for commercial development; shall involve collaborations among researchers in institutions of higher education and industry; and may involve collaborations among nonprofit research institutions and Federal laboratories, as appropriate. In selecting applications for support, the agencies under section 101(a)(3)(B) shall give special consideration to projects that include cost sharing from non-Federal sources. Research and development activities under this section shall be supported through multidisciplinary research centers, including Federal laboratories, that are organized to investigate basic research questions and carry out technology demonstration activities in areas described in subsection (a). Research may be carried out through existing multidisciplinary centers, including those authorized under section 7024(b)(2) of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 1862o–10(2)). . Section 101(a)(1) of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 ( 15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(1) ) is amended— in subparagraph (H), by striking and after the semicolon; in subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: provide for increased understanding of the scientific principles of cyber-physical systems and improve the methods available for the design, development, and operation of cyber-physical systems that are characterized by high reliability, safety, and security; and provide for research and development on human-computer interactions, visualization, and big data. . Title I of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511 et seq.), as amended by section 402(a) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment the Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act of 2013 , the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy under section 102 shall convene a task force to explore mechanisms for carrying out collaborative research and development activities for cyber-physical systems (including the related technologies required to enable these systems) through a consortium or other appropriate entity with participants from institutions of higher education, Federal laboratories, and industry. The task force shall— develop options for a collaborative model and an organizational structure for such entity under which the joint research and development activities could be planned, managed, and conducted effectively, including mechanisms for the allocation of resources among the participants in such entity for support of such activities; propose a process for developing a research and development agenda for such entity, including guidelines to ensure an appropriate scope of work focused on nationally significant challenges and requiring collaboration and to ensure the development of related scientific and technological milestones; define the roles and responsibilities for the participants from institutions of higher education, Federal laboratories, and industry in such entity; propose guidelines for assigning intellectual property rights and for transferring research results to the private sector; and make recommendations for how such entity could be funded from Federal, State, and non-governmental sources. In establishing the task force under subsection (a), the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall appoint an equal number of individuals from institutions of higher education and from industry with knowledge and expertise in cyber-physical systems, and may appoint not more than 2 individuals from Federal laboratories. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act of 2013 , the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives a report describing the findings and recommendations of the task force. The task force shall terminate upon transmittal of the report required under subsection (d). Members of the task force shall serve without compensation. .
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