PUBLIC LAW 102-194—DEC. 9, 1991 105 STAT. 1599 (10) serve as a test bed for further research and development of high-capacity and high-speed computing networks and demonstrate how advanced computers, high-capacity and high-speed computing networks, and data bases can improve the national information infrastructure. (d) DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY RESPONSIBIL- ITY. — As part of the Program, the Department of Defense, through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, shall support research and development of advanced fiber optics technology, switches, and protocols needed to develop the Network. (e) INFORMATION SERVICES.—The Director shall assist the President in coordinating the activities of appropriate agencies and departments to promote the development of information services that could be provided over the Network. These services may include the provision of directories of the users and services on computer networks, data bases of unclassified Federal scientific data, training of users of data bases and computer networks, access to commercial information services for users of the Network, and technology to support computer-based collaboration that allows researchers and educators around the Nation to share information and instrumentation. (f) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— A l l Federal agencies and departments are authorized to allow recipients of Federal research grants to use grant moneys to pay for computer networking expenses. (g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— Within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall report to the Congress on— (1) effective mechanisms for providing operating funds for the maintenance and use of the Network, including user fees, industry support, and continued Federal investment; (2) the future operation and evolution of the Network; (3) how commercigd information service providers could be charged for access to the Network, and how Network users could be charged for such commercial information services; (4) the technological feasibility of allowing commercial information service providers to use the Network and other federally funded research networks; (5) how to protect the copyrights of material distributed over the Network; and (6) appropriate policies to ensure the security of resources available on the Network and to protect the privacy of users of networks. TITLE II—AGENCY ACTIVITIES SEC. 201. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES. 15 USC 5521. (a) GENERAL RESPONSIBIUTIES. — As part of the Program described in title I— (1) the National Science Foundation shall provide computing and networking infrastructure support for all science and engineering disciplines, and support basic research and human resource development in all aspects of high-performance computing and advanced high-speed computer networking; (2) 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 pri-
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