§ 5502. — Purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC5502]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 81--HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
Sec. 5502. Purposes
The purposes of this chapter are to help ensure the continued
leadership of the United States in high-performance computing and its
applications by--
(1) expanding Federal support for research, development, and
application of high-performance computing in order to--
(A) expand the number of researchers, educators, and
students with training in high-performance computing and access
to high-performance computing resources;
(B) promote the further development of an information
infrastructure of data bases, services, access mechanisms, and
research facilities available for use through the Internet;
(C) stimulate research on software technology;
(D) promote the more rapid development and wider
distribution of computing software tools and applications
software;
(E) accelerate the development of computing systems and
subsystems;
(F) provide for the application of high-performance
computing to Grand Challenges;
(G) invest in basic research and education, and promote the
inclusion of high-performance computing into educational
institutions at all levels; and
(H) promote greater collaboration among government, Federal
laboratories, industry, high-performance computing centers, and
universities;
(2) improving the interagency planning and coordination of
Federal research and development on high-performance computing and
maximizing the effectiveness of the Federal Government's high-
performance computing network research and development programs;
(3) promoting the more rapid development and wider distribution
of networking management and development tools; and
(4) promoting the rapid adoption of open network standards.
(Pub. L. 102-194, Sec. 3, Dec. 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 1594; Pub. L. 105-305,
Sec. 3(b), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2920.)
Amendments
1998--Pub. L. 105-305, Sec. 3(b)(1), substituted ``Purposes'' for
``Purpose'' as section catchline.
Pub. L. 105-305, Sec. 3(b)(2), substituted ``purposes of this
chapter are'' for ``purpose of this chapter is'' in introductory
provisions.
Par. (1)(A). Pub. L. 105-305, Sec. 3(b)(3), redesignated subpar. (B)
as (A) and struck out former subpar. (A) which read as follows:
``establish a high-capacity and high-speed National Research and
Education Network;''.
Par. (1)(B). Pub. L. 105-305, Sec. 3(b)(3), (4), redesignated
subpar. (C) as (B) and substituted ``Internet'' for ``Network''. Former
subpar. (B) redesignated (A).
Par. (1)(C) to (I). Pub. L. 105-305, Sec. 3(b)(3), (5), redesignated
subpars. (D) to (I) as (C) to (H), respectively, and struck out ``and''
at end of par. (H).
Par. (2). Pub. L. 105-305, Sec. 3(b)(6), substituted ``network
research and development programs;'' for ``efforts.''
Pars. (3), (4). Pub. L. 105-305, Sec. 3(b)(7), added pars. (3) and
(4).
