15 U.S.C. § 5521

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 5521 - National Science Foundation activities

As part of the Program described in subchapter I-

(1) the National Science Foundation shall provide high-end computing and networking infrastructure support for all science and engineering disciplines, and support basic research and human resource development in all aspects of networking and information technology; and

(2) the National Science Foundation shall use its existing programs, in collaboration with other agencies, as appropriate, to improve the teaching and learning of networking and information technology at all levels of education and to increase participation in networking and information technology fields, including by individuals identified in sections 1885a and 1885b of title 42.

15 U.S.C. § 5521

Pub. L. 102-194, title II, §201, Dec. 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 1599; Pub. L. 114-329, title I, §105(j), Jan. 6, 2017, 130 Stat. 2983.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS2017- Pub. L. 114-329, §105(j)(1)(A), (2), struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading "General responsibilities" and struck out subsec. (b) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1992 to 1996.Par. (1). Pub. L. 114-329, §105(j)(1)(B), inserted "high-end" after "National Science Foundation shall provide" and substituted "networking and information technology; and" for "high-performance computing and advanced high-speed computer networking;".Par. (2). Pub. L. 114-329, §105(j)(1)(C), (D), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: "to the extent that colleges, universities, and libraries cannot connect to the Network with the assistance of the private sector, the National Science Foundation shall have primary responsibility for assisting colleges, universities, and libraries to connect to the Network;". Pars. (3), (4). Pub. L. 114-329, §105(j)(1)(C), struck out pars. (3) and (4) which read as follows:"(3) the National Science Foundation shall serve as the primary source of information on access to and use of the Network; and"(4) the National Science Foundation shall upgrade the National Science Foundation funded network, assist regional networks to upgrade their capabilities, and provide other Federal departments and agencies the opportunity to connect to the National Science Foundation funded network."

Program: "Program" means the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program described in section 5511 of this title; and
high-end computing: "high-end computing" means the most advanced and capable computing systems, including their hardware, storage, networking and software, encompassing both massive computational capability and large-scale data analytics to solve computational problems of national importance that are beyond the capability of small- to medium-scale systems, including computing formerly known as high-performance computing;
networking and information technology: "networking and information technology" means high-end computing, communications, and information technologies, high-capacity and high-speed networks, special purpose and experimental systems, high-end computing systems software and applications software, and the management of large data sets;