[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 12 (Thursday, February 10, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H343]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 2086

                        Offered by: Mr. Capuano

       Amendment No. 3: Page 5, lines 12 through 15, strike 
     ``$439,000,000'' and all that follows through 
     ``$571,300,000'' and insert ``$492,300,000 for fiscal year 
     2000; $520,250,000 for fiscal year 2001; $546,700,000 for 
     fiscal year 2002; $606,950,000 for fiscal year 2003; and 
     $636,000,000''.
       Page 6, lines 14 through 17, strike ``$106,600,000'' and 
     all that follows through ``$129,400,000'' and insert 
     ``$53,300,000 for fiscal year 2000; $51,750,000 for fiscal 
     year 2001; $53,500,000 for fiscal year 2002; $62,850,000 for 
     fiscal year 2003; and $64,700,000''.

                               H.R. 2086

                 Offered By: Mr. Larson of Connecticut

       Amendment No. 4: At the end of the bill, insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 10. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

       Section 103 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 
     (15 U.S.C. 5513), as amended by section 5 of this Act, is 
     further 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 conduct a study of the issues described in 
     paragraph (3), and not later than 1 year after the date of 
     the enactment of the Networking and Information Technology 
     Research and Development Act, shall transmit to the Congress 
     a report including recommendations to address those issues. 
     Such report shall be updated annually for 6 additional years.
       ``(2) Consultation.--In preparing the reports 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 educational 
     entities as the Director of the National Science Foundation 
     considers appropriate.
       ``(3) Issues.--The reports 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 access 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 
     reports.''.

                               H.R. 2086

                   Offered By: Mr. Smith of Michigan

       Amendment No. 5. Page 16, after line 2, insert the 
     following new paragraph:
       (6) United states geological survey.--Title II of the High-
     Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5521 et seq.) is 
     amended--
       (A) by redesignating sections 207 and 208 as sections 208 
     and 209, respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after section 206 the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 207. UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

       ``The United States Geological Survey may participate in or 
     support research described in section 201(c)(1).''.