[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 824 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 824

  To authorize the National Science Foundation to carry out research 
projects to develop and assess novel uses of high-performance computer 
 networks for use in science, mathematics, and technology education in 
                   elementary and secondary schools.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2003

  Mr. Larson of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was 
                  referred to the Committee on Science

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the National Science Foundation to carry out research 
projects to develop and assess novel uses of high-performance computer 
 networks for use in science, mathematics, and technology education in 
                   elementary and secondary schools.

    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 ``Research on High-Performance 
Networking for Science Education Act''.

SEC. 2. NETWORKING RESEARCH PROJECTS.

    (a) Projects Authorized.--As part of the Networking and Information 
Technology Research and Development Program authorized under section 
101(a) of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 
5511(a)), the National Science Foundation, in cooperation with other 
agencies participating in that Program, is authorized to carry out 
research projects to develop novel uses and to evaluate the 
effectiveness of high-performance computer networks in science, 
mathematics, and technology education in elementary and secondary 
schools.
    (b) Assessments.--The National Science Foundation shall identify 
metrics to assess the educational effectiveness of the projects under 
subsection (a), put in place procedures to make such an assessment for 
each project supported, and document and disseminate the findings of 
the assessments. Descriptions of the projects and the findings of the 
assessments of projects shall be included in the report required under 
section 101(a)(3)(A) of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 
U.S.C. 5511(a)(3)(A)).

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

     There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this 
Act $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006.
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