§ 5513. — Next Generation Internet.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC5513]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 81--HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
SUBCHAPTER I--HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND THE NATIONAL RESEARCH AND
EDUCATION NETWORK
Sec. 5513. Next Generation Internet
(a) Establishment
The National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the
National Institutes of Health, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology
may support the Next Generation Internet program. The objectives of the
Next Generation Internet program shall be to--
(1) support research, development, and demonstration of advanced
networking technologies to increase the capabilities and improve the
performance of the Internet;
(2) develop an advanced testbed network connecting a significant
number of research sites, including universities, Federal research
institutions, and other appropriate research partner institutions,
to support networking research and to demonstrate new networking
technologies; and
(3) develop and demonstrate advanced Internet applications that
meet important national goals or agency mission needs, and that are
supported by the activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
(b) Duties of Advisory Committee
The President's Information Technology Advisory Committee
(established pursuant to section 5511(b) of this title by Executive
Order No. 13035 of February 11, 1997 (62 F.R. 7131), as amended by
Executive Order No. 13092 of July 24, 1998), in addition to its
functions under section 5511(b) of this title, shall--
(1) assess the extent to which the Next Generation Internet
program--
(A) carries out the purposes of this chapter; and
(B) addresses concerns relating to, among other matters--
(i) geographic penalties (as defined in section 7(1) of
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(ii) the adequacy of access to the Internet by
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic
Serving Institutions, and small colleges and universities
(whose enrollment is less than 5,000) and the degree of
participation of those institutions in activities described
in subsection (a) of this section; and
(iii) technology transfer to and from the private
sector;
(2) review the extent to which the role of each Federal agency
and department involved in implementing the Next Generation Internet
program is clear and complementary to, and non-duplicative of, the
roles of other participating agencies and departments;
(3) assess the extent to which Federal support of fundamental
research in computing is sufficient to maintain the Nation's
critical leadership in this field; and
(4) make recommendations relating to its findings under
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
(c) Reports
The Advisory Committee shall review implementation of the Next
Generation Internet program and shall report, not less frequently than
annually, to the President, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on
Armed Services of the Senate, and the Committee on Science, the
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Armed Services of the
House of Representatives on its findings and recommendations for the
preceding fiscal year. The first such report shall be submitted 6 months
after October 28, 1998, and the last report shall be submitted by
September 30, 2000.
(d) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this
section--
(1) for the Department of Energy, $22,000,000 for fiscal year
1999 and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
(2) for the National Science Foundation, $25,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999 and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, as authorized in the
National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1998;
(3) for the National Institutes of Health, $5,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999 and $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2000;
(4) for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and $10,000,000 for fiscal year
2000; and
(5) for the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2000.
Such funds may not be used for routine upgrades to existing federally
funded communication networks.
(Pub. L. 102-194, title I, Sec. 103, as added Pub. L. 105-305, Sec. 5,
Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2921; amended Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title X,
Sec. 1067(20), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 775.)
References in Text
Executive Order No. 13035, referred to in subsec. (b), is set out as
a note under section 5511 of this title.
Section 7(1) of the Next Generation Internet Research Act of 1998,
referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(B)(i), probably means section 7(a)(1) of
Pub. L. 105-305, which is set out as a note under section 5501 of this
title.
The National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1998, referred
to in subsec. (d)(2), is Pub. L. 105-207, July 29, 1998, 112 Stat. 869.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of
1998 Amendment note set out under section 1861 of Title 42, The Public
Health and Welfare, and Tables.
Amendments
1999--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``Committee on Armed
Services of the House'' for ``Committee on National Security of the
House''.
