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PUBLIC LAW 102-194—DEC. 9, 1991 105 STAT. 1597 (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; and (E) include an analysis of the progress made toward achieving the goals and priorities established for the Program. (b) HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. —The President. 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 Reports, 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), 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.