Sec. 7024. HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND NETWORKING
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## SEC. 7024 HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND NETWORKING ###
(a)High-performance computing act of 1991 ####
(1)Amendments Title I of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511 et seq.) is amended— #####
(A)in the title heading, by striking “AND THE NATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK” and inserting “RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT”; #####
(B)in section 101(a) (15 U.S.C. 5511(a))— ######
(i)by striking subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: > > ##### “(A) > > provide for long-term basic and applied research on high-performance computing, including networking; > > > ##### “(B) > > provide for research and development on, and demonstration of, technologies to advance the capacity and capabilities of high-performance computing and networking systems, and related software; > > > ##### “(C) > > provide for sustained access by the research community throughout the United States to high-performance computing and networking systems that are among the most advanced in the world in terms of performance in solving scientific and engineering problems, including provision for technical support for users of such systems; > > > ##### “(D) > > provide for widely dispersed efforts to increase software availability, productivity, capability, security, portability, and reliability; > > > ##### “(E) > > provide for high-performance networks, including experimental testbed networks, to enable research and development on, and demonstration of, advanced applications enabled by such networks; > > > ##### “(F) > > provide for computational science and engineering research on mathematical modeling and algorithms for applications in all fields of science and engineering; > > > ##### “(G) > > provide for the technical support of, and research and development on, high-performance computing systems and software required to address Grand Challenges; > > > ##### “(H) > > provide for educating and training additional undergraduate and graduate students in software engineering, computer science, computer and network security, applied mathematics, library and information science, and computational science; and > > > ##### “(I) > > provide for improving the security of computing and networking systems, including Federal systems, including providing for research required to establish security standards and practices for these systems.” > ; ######
(ii)by striking paragraph
(2)and redesignating paragraphs
(3)and
(4)as paragraphs
(2)and (3), respectively; ######
(iii)in paragraph (2), as redesignated by clause (ii)— ######
(I)by striking subparagraph (B); ######
(II)by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)and
(C)as subparagraphs
(D)and (F), respectively; ######
(III)by inserting before subparagraph (D), as redesignated by subclause (II), the following: > > ###### “(A) > > establish the goals and priorities for Federal high-performance computing research, development, networking, and other activities; > > > ##### “(B) > > establish Program Component Areas that implement the goals established under subparagraph (A), and identify the Grand Challenges that the Program should address; > > > ##### “(C) > > provide for interagency coordination of Federal high-performance computing research, development, networking, and other activities undertaken pursuant to the Program;” > ; and ######
(IV)by inserting after subparagraph (D), as redesignated by subclause
(II)of this clause, the following: > > ###### “(E) > > develop and maintain a research, development, and deployment roadmap covering all States and regions for the provision of high-performance computing and networking systems under paragraph (1)(C); and” > ; and ######
(iv)in paragraph (3), as so redesignated by clause
(ii)of this subparagraph— ######
(I)by striking “paragraph (3)(A)” and inserting “paragraph (2)(D)”; ######
(II)by amending subparagraph
(A)to read as follows: > > ##### “(A) > > provide a detailed description of the Program Component Areas, including a description of any changes in the definition of or activities under the Program Component Areas from the preceding report, and the reasons for such changes, and a description of Grand Challenges addressed under the Program;” > ; ######
(III)in subparagraph (C), by striking “specific activities” and all that follows through “the Network” and inserting “each Program Component Area”; ######
(IV)in subparagraph (D), by inserting “, and for each Program Component Area,” after “participating in the Program”; ######
(V)in subparagraph (D), by striking “applies;” and inserting “applies; and”; ######
(VI)by striking subparagraph
(E)and redesignating subparagraph
(F)as subparagraph (E); and ######
(VII)in subparagraph (E), as redesignated by subclause (VI), by inserting “and the extent to which the Program incorporates the recommendations of the advisory committee established under subsection (b)” after “for the Program”; #####
(C)by striking subsection
(b)of section 101 (15 U.S.C. 5511) and inserting the following: > > ### “(b) Advisory Committee > > > ####
(1)> > The President shall establish an advisory committee on high-performance computing, consisting of geographically dispersed non-Federal members, including representatives of the research, education, and library communities, network and related software providers, and industry representatives in the Program Component Areas, who are specially qualified to provide the Director with advice and information on high-performance computing. The recommendations of the advisory committee shall be considered in reviewing and revising the Program. The advisory committee shall provide the Director with an independent assessment of— > > > ##### “(A) > > progress made in implementing the Program; > > > ##### “(B) > > the need to revise the Program; > > > ##### “(C) > > the balance between the components of the Program, including funding levels for the Program Component Areas; > > > ##### “(D) > > whether the research and development undertaken pursuant to the Program is helping to maintain United States leadership in high-performance computing, networking technology, and related software; and > > > ##### “(E) > > other issues identified by the Director. > > > #### “(2) > > In addition to the duties outlined in paragraph (1), the advisory committee shall conduct periodic evaluations of the funding, management, coordination, implementation, and activities of the Program. The advisory committee shall report not less frequently than once every 2 fiscal years to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on its findings and recommendations. The first report shall be due within 1 year after the date of enactment of the America COMPETES Act. > > > #### “(3) > > Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the advisory committee established under this subsection.” > ; and #####
(D)in section 101(c) (15 U.S.C. 5511(c))— ######
(i)in paragraph (1)(A), by striking “Program or” and inserting “Program Component Areas or”; and ######
(ii)in paragraph (2), by striking “subsection (a)(3)(A)” and inserting “subsection (a)(2)(D)”. ####
(2)Definitions Section 4 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5503) is amended— #####
(A)in paragraph (2), by inserting “and multidisciplinary teams of researchers” after “high-performance computing resources”; #####
(B)in paragraph (3)— ######
(i)by striking “scientific workstations,”; ######
(ii)by striking “(including vector supercomputers and large scale parallel systems)”; ######
(iii)by striking “and applications” and inserting “applications”; and ######
(iv)by inserting “, and the management of large data sets” after “systems software”; #####
(C)in paragraph (4), by striking “packet switched”; #####
(D)by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (5); #####
(E)by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(6)and inserting “; and”; and #####
(F)by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(7) > > ‘Program Component Areas’ means the major subject areas under which related individual projects and activities carried out under the Program are grouped.” > . ####
(3)Conforming amendment Section 1(26) of the Act entitled “An Act to prevent the elimination of certain reports”, approved November 28, 2001 (31 U.S.C. 3113 note) is amended— #####
(A)by striking “101(a)(3)” and inserting “101(a)(2)”; and #####
(B)by striking “(15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(3))” and inserting “(15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(2))”. ###
(b)Advanced Information and Communications Technology Research **[**[42 U.S.C. 1862o-10](/us/usc/t42/s1862o-10)**]** ####
(1)In general As part of the Program described in title I of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511 et seq.), the Foundation shall support basic research related to advanced information and communications technologies that will contribute to enhancing or facilitating the availability and affordability of advanced communications services for all people of the United States. Areas of research to be supported may include research on— #####
(A)affordable broadband access, including wireless technologies; #####
(B)network security and reliability; #####
(C)communications interoperability; #####
(D)networking protocols and architectures, including resilience to outages or attacks; #####
(E)trusted software; #####
(F)privacy; #####
(G)nanoelectronics for communications applications; #####
(H)low-power communications electronics; #####
(I)implementation of equitable access to national advanced fiber optic research and educational networks in noncontiguous States; and #####
(J)such other related areas as the Director finds appropriate. ####
(2)Centers The Director shall award multiyear grants, subject to the availability of appropriations and on a merit-reviewed competitive basis, to institutions of higher education, nonprofit research institutions affiliated with institutions of higher education, or consortia of either type of institution to establish multidisciplinary Centers for Communications Research. The purpose of the Centers shall be to generate innovative approaches to problems in information and communications technology research, including the research areas described in paragraph (1). Institutions of higher education, nonprofit research institutions affiliated with institutions of higher education, or consortia receiving such grants may partner with 1 or more government laboratories, for-profit entities, or other institutions of higher education or nonprofit research institutions. ####
(3)Funding allocation The Director shall increase funding for the basic research activities described in paragraph (1), which shall include support for the Centers described in paragraph (2), in proportion to the increase in the total amount appropriated to the Foundation for research and related activities for the fiscal years 2008 through 2010. ####
(4)Report to congress The Director shall transmit to Congress, as part of the President’s annual budget submission under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a report on the amounts allocated for support of research under this subsection for the fiscal year during which such report is submitted and the levels proposed for the fiscal year with respect to which the budget submission applies.
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