[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1876 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1876

To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to require a report 
                              to Congress.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 5, 1999

  Mr. Dodd (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to require a report 
                              to Congress.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Science and Educational Networking 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    Section 103 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 
U.S.C. 5513) is amended by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) 
as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively, and by inserting after 
subsection (a) the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Report to Congress.--
            ``(1) Requirement.--The Director of the National Science 
        Foundation shall submit to Congress, not later than December 
        31, 2001, a report that addresses the issues described in 
        paragraph (3) and includes recommendations to address the 
        issues identified in the report.
            ``(2) Consultation.--In preparing the report under 
        paragraph (1), the Director of the National Science Foundation 
        shall consult with the National Aeronautics and Space 
        Administration, the National Institute of Standards and 
        Technology, and such other Federal agencies and other education 
        entities as the Director of the National Science Foundation 
        considers appropriate.
            ``(3) Issues.--The report shall--
                    ``(A) identify the current status of high-speed, 
                large bandwidth capacity access to all public 
                elementary and secondary schools and libraries in the 
                United States;
                    ``(B) identify how high-speed large bandwidth 
                capacity access to the Internet to such schools and 
                libraries can be effectively utilized within each 
                school and library;
                    ``(C) consider the effect that specific or regional 
                circumstances may have on the ability of such 
                institutions to acquire high-speed, large bandwidth 
                capacity to achieve universal connectivity as an 
                effective tool in the education process; and
                    ``(D) include options and recommendations for the 
                various entities responsible for elementary and 
                secondary education to address the challenges and 
                issues identified in the report.''.
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