15-U.S.C.-5502
§5502 – Purposes
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- Reference: Section 5502
- Legend: §5502 – Purposes
- USCode Year: 2013
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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 Governments 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, §3, Dec. 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 1594; Pub. L. 105–305, §3(b), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2920.)
Amendments
1998—Pub. L. 105–305, §3(b)(1), substituted Purposes for Purpose as section catchline.
Pub. L. 105–305, §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, §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, §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, §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, §3(b)(6), substituted network research and development programs; for efforts.
Pars. (3), (4). Pub. L. 105–305, §3(b)(7), added pars. (3) and (4).
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