§ 5511. — National HighPerformance Computing Program.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC5511]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 81--HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
SUBCHAPTER I--HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND THE NATIONAL RESEARCH AND
EDUCATION NETWORK
Sec. 5511. National High-Performance Computing Program
(a) National High-Performance Computing Program
(1) The President shall implement a National High-Performance
Computing Program, which shall--
(A) establish the goals and priorities for Federal high-
performance computing research, development, networking, and other
activities; and
(B) provide for interagency coordination of Federal high-
performance computing research, development, networking, and other
activities undertaken pursuant to the Program.
(2) The Program shall--
(A) provide for the development of technologies to advance the
capacity and capabilities of the Internet;
(B) provide for high performance testbed networks to enable the
research, development, and demonstration of advanced networking
technologies and to develop and demonstrate advanced applications
made possible by the existence of such testbed networks;
(C) promote connectivity among computer networks of Federal
agencies and departments;
(D) provide for efforts to increase software availability,
productivity, capability, portability, and reliability;
(E) provide for improved dissemination of Federal agency data
and electronic information;
(F) provide for acceleration of the development of high-
performance computing systems, subsystems, and associated software;
(G) provide for the technical support and research and
development of high-performance computing software and hardware
needed to address Grand Challenges;
(H) provide for educating and training additional undergraduate
and graduate students in software engineering, computer science,
library and information science, and computational science; and
(I) provide--
(i) for the security requirements, policies, and standards
necessary to protect Federal research computer networks and
information resources accessible through Federal research
computer networks, including research required to establish
security standards for high-performance computing systems and
networks; and
(ii) that agencies and departments identified in the annual
report submitted under paragraph (3)(A) shall define and
implement a security plan consistent with the Program and with
applicable law.
(3) The Director shall--
(A) submit to the Congress an annual report, along with the
President's annual budget request, describing the implementation of
the Program;
(B) provide for interagency coordination of the Program; and
(C) consult with academic, State, industry, and other
appropriate groups conducting research on and using high-performance
computing.
(4) The annual report submitted under paragraph (3)(A) shall--
(A) include a detailed description of the goals and priorities
established by the President for the Program;
(B) set forth the relevant programs and activities, for the
fiscal year with respect to which the budget submission applies, of
each Federal agency and department, including--
(i) the Department of Agriculture;
(ii) the Department of Commerce;
(iii) the Department of Defense;
(iv) the Department of Education;
(v) the Department of Energy;
(vi) the Department of Health and Human Services;
(vii) the Department of the Interior;
(viii) the Environmental Protection Agency;
(ix) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
(x) the National Science Foundation; and
(xi) such other agencies and departments as the President or
the Director considers appropriate;
(C) describe the levels of Federal funding 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,
for specific activities, including education, research, hardware and
software development, and support for the establishment of the
Network;
(D) describe the levels of Federal funding for each agency and
department participating in the Program 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;
(E) include the report of the Secretary of Energy required by
section 5523(d) of this title; and
(F) include an analysis of the progress made toward achieving
the goals and priorities established for the Program.
(b) Advisory committee
The President shall establish an advisory committee on high-
performance computing consisting of non-Federal members, including
representatives of the research, education, and library communities,
network providers, and industry, 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--
(1) progress made in implementing the Program;
(2) the need to revise the Program;
(3) the balance between the components of the Program;
(4) whether the research and development undertaken pursuant to
the Program is helping to maintain United States leadership in
computing technology; and
(5) other issues identified by the Director.
(c) Office of Management and Budget
(1) Each Federal agency and department participating in the Program
shall, as part of its annual request for appropriations to the Office of
Management and Budget, submit a report to the Office of Management and
Budget which--
(A) identifies each element of its high-performance computing
activities which contributes directly to the Program or benefits
from the Program; and
(B) states the portion of its request for appropriations that is
allocated to each such element.
(2) The Office of Management and Budget shall review each such
report in light of the goals, priorities, and agency and departmental
responsibilities set forth in the annual report submitted under
subsection (a)(3)(A) of this section, and shall include, in the
President's annual budget estimate, a statement of the portion of each
appropriate agency's or department's annual budget estimate relating to
its activities undertaken pursuant to the Program.
(Pub. L. 102-194, title I, Sec. 101, Dec. 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 1595; Pub.
L. 104-66, title I, Sec. 1052(k), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 719; Pub. L.
105-305, Sec. 4, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2921.)
Amendments
1998--Subsec. (a)(2)(A), (B). Pub. L. 105-305, Sec. 4(a), amended
subpars. (A) and (B) generally. Prior to amendment, subpars. read as
follows:
``(A) provide for the establishment of policies for management and
access to the Network;
``(B) provide for oversight of the operation and evolution of the
Network;''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-305, Sec. 4(b), struck out ``High-
performance computing'' before ``advisory committee'' in heading.
1995--Subsec. (a)(4)(D) to (F). Pub. L. 104-66 struck out ``and'' at
end of subpar. (D), added subpar. (E), and redesignated former subpar.
(E) as (F).
Termination of Advisory Committees
Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not
later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of
their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by
the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is
renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year
period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its
duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 14 of Pub. L. 92-
463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees.
Ex. Ord. No. 13035. President's Information Technology Advisory
Committee
Ex. Ord. No. 13035, Feb. 11, 1997, 62 F.R. 7131, as amended by Ex.
Ord. No. 13092, July 24, 1998, 63 F.R. 40167; Ex. Ord. No. 13113, Feb.
10, 1999, 64 F.R. 7489; Ex. Ord. No. 13200, Feb. 11, 2001, 66 F.R.
10183; Ex. Ord. No. 13215, May 31, 2001, 66 F.R. 30285, provided:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America, including the High-Performance
Computing Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-194) (``Act'') [15 U.S.C. 5501 et
seq.], as amended by the Next Generation Internet Research Act of 1998
(Public Law 105-305) (``Research Act'') [see Short Title of 1998
Amendment note set out under section 5501 of this title], and in order
to establish an advisory committee on high-performance computing and
communications, Information Technology [sic], and the Next Generation
Internet, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment. There is established the ``President's
Information Technology Advisory Committee'' (``Committee''). The
Committee shall consist of not more than 30 nonfederal members appointed
by the President, including representatives of the research, education,
and library communities, network providers, and representatives from
critical industries. Members appointed prior to June 1, 2001, shall
serve until December 1, 2001, unless reappointed by the President.
Members appointed or reappointed on or after June 1, 2001, shall serve
for no more than 2 years from the date of their appointment, unless
their period of service is extended by the President. The President
shall designate two co-chairs from among the members of the Committee. A
co-chair may serve for a term of 2 years or until the end of his or her
service as a member of the Committee, whichever is the shorter period.
Sec. 2. Functions. (a) The Committee shall provide the National
Science and Technology Council (NSTC), through the Director of the
Office of Science and Technology Policy (``Director''), with advice and
information on high-performance computing and communications,
information technology, and the Next Generation Internet. The Committee
shall provide an independent assessment of:
(1) progress made in implementing the High-Performance Computing and
Communications (HPCC) Program;
(2) progress in designing and implementing the Next Generation
Internet initiative;
(3) the need to revise the HPCC Program;
(4) balance among components of the HPCC Program;
(5) whether the research and development undertaken pursuant to the
HPCC Program is helping to maintain United States leadership in advanced
computing and communications technologies and their applications; and
(6) other issues as specified by the Director.
(b) The Committee shall carry out its responsibilities under the
Research Act in the manner described in the Research Act.
Sec. 3. Administration. To the extent permitted by law and subject
to the availability of appropriations, the Department of Defense shall
provide the financial and administrative support for the Committee.
Further, the Director of the National Coordination Office for Computing
Information, and Communications (``Director of the NCO'') shall provide
such coordination and technical assistance to the Committee as the co-
chairs of the Committee may request.
(a) The heads of executive agencies shall, to the extent permitted
by law, provide to the Committee such information as it may require for
the purpose of carrying out its functions.
(b) The co-chairs may, from time to time, invite experts to submit
information to the Committee and may form subcommittees or working
groups within the Committee to review specific issues.
(c) Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation but
shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in
the Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
Sec. 4. General. (a) Notwithstanding any other Executive order, the
functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended [5 App. U.S.C.], except that of reporting to the Congress, that
are applicable to the Committee shall be performed by the Director of
the NCO in accordance with guidelines that have been issued by the
Administrator of General Services.
(b) The Committee shall terminate June 1, 2003., [sic] unless
extended by the President prior to such date.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 5503, 5513, 5523, 5528 of
this title.
