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United States
House of Representatimes
STRATEGIC EDUCATION ECONOMIC DEFENSE SYSTEM ACT
SUMMARY
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN B. LARSON
The underlying premise fueling the Strategic Education Economic Defense System is that
America's education system, its economy, and national security are inextricably linked. The bill
would provide for the fundamental retooling of our public schools and libraries and the training
of new, and retraining of existing, teachers, providing them with 21ˢᵗ century technological
infrastructure and the ability to integrate the use of voice, video and data into classrooms capable
of turning out the skilled workforce and the recruits this nation will need to retain its pre-eminent
global position.
Part I
An Office of National Information Technology Policy (ONITP), which will be headed by a tech
"czar," will be established This office will be charged with creating and coordinating the
implementation of a Strategic Education Economic Defense System (SEEDS). The Czar will be
authorized to make recommendations to the agencies when their budgets are being formulated to
ensure consistency among federal agency budget submissions and SEEDS.
Part II
The System itself will develop the strategic policies and identify the funding necessary to create a
national information highway that links our public schools and libraries which, we anticipate, will
provide the country with a national and a strategic assessment of all resources currently involved
in this effort, and provide the coordination of governmental, private sector, and educational
resources required to, among other things, close the "digital divide." The SEEDS would:
(1) Ensure that a high quality school education is available to every child in the
United States and that it is sufficient to enable those who are interested, to pursue
technical careers at all levels, as well as to provide a base for understanding by all
citizens;
(2) Ensure that the educational pipelines that carry all students to care to improve
student achievement, particularly that of students in high-poverty, low-performing
schools, and the ability of teachers to integrate technology into the curriculum, by
supporting State and local efforts that--
(a) Make effective use of new technologies and technology applications,
networks, and electronic learning resources;
(b) Utilize research-based teaching practices that are linked to advanced
technologies;
(c) Promote sustained and intensive, high-quality professional development
that enables teachers to help students achieve to challenging State content
standards and assessments in core academic subjects through the integration
of educational technology into instruction;
(d) Disseminate information to school districts and schools about
technology and applications, including software, that is aligned to
challenging State content standards in core academic subjects; and
(e) Develop standards and performance indicators for students and teachers
on the effective use and integration of education technology into the core
academic curriculum
(3) Ensure that those who select a career in technical disciplines have available the
best professional undergraduate and graduate education and that opportunities are
available at the college level for interested nonspecialists to broaden their scientific
backgrounds.
(4) Encourage the development of a cadre of professionally educated and trained
teachers to ensure excellence in school education for every student and learner.
Part III
A Cabinet-level Presidential Council on Information Technology will be established with the
purpose of advising and assisting the President in: (1) providing coordination and oversight for the
national information technology strategy; and (2) ensuring coordination among departments and
agencies of the Federal Government concerning implementation of SEEDS. This Council will be
composed of the President, Vice-President, the heads of the Departments of Education,
Commerce, Defense, Treasury, Agriculture and Labor as well as the directors of the Office of
Management and Budget, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science
Foundation, the National Institutes of Standards and Technology, the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, the Corporation for National Service, the Office National Information
Technology Policy, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Czar will serve as its
executive director.
The ONITP can also serve as a one-stop center for providing technical guidance and best-
practices information to state and local governments on how best to bring about a ubiquitous
national information highway system accessible to all.
Part IV
Finally, the initiative will provide for the creation a Presidential Advisory Committee on
Information Technology to advise the Director of the ONITP on industry innovations and
educational achievements, and to issue reports and recommendations on implementation of the
SEEDS. The Council will be composed of members appointed by the Presidents and the
leadership in Congress. Every member of the Council will be an individual from the private sector
with a demonstrated interest in the issue.
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Congress of the United States
Washington, DC 20515
February 17, 1999
The Honorable William J. Clinton
President of United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
Re: Technological Marshall Plan for the 21st Century
We are writing to ask you for your support for an initiative that in both, a
symbolic and practical sense, we call SEEDS. Simply stated, SEEDS is a proposal that
calls for the planning and development of a Strategic, Education, Economic, and Defense
System for the nation.
The future of our nation's preeminent global status is grounded in the implicit
understanding that our national defense, economic prosperity and educational quality are
inextricably linked to the nation's future. The lack of a skilled workforce, 600,000 high
tech jobs unfilled, problems in military recruiting, and the retention of highly skilled
members of the armed services are alarming signals that America needs a comprehensive
plan and a national strategy to prepare us to face key challenges of the 21st century.
You and the Vice-President have made enormous strides in defining a vision, and
drawing attention to these issues. However, we believe this is a problem whose scope
and importance requires comprehensive action creating the equivalent of a technological
Marshall plan. The focus of this plan would be the fundamental retooling of our public
schools and libraries, providing them with 21st century technological infrastructure and
the ability to integrate the use of voice, video and data into the classroom. In addition, it
would focus on the training of new, and retraining of existing, teachers capable of turning
out the skilled workforce and the recruits this nation will need to retain its pre-eminent
global position.
The Department of Commerce's "Falling Through the Net" report clearly
provides the evidence that the digital divide, the gap between those who have access to
information and those who do not, grows further apart. While we have begun the work to
address this issue, we all recognize that E-Commerce will not flourish without E-
Learning and that the strategic defense of a nation cannot be sustained, with the most
advance weapons systems, without the best-educated and digitally trained people to
operate them.
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It is our hope, therefore, that you will direct a executive-level task-force
comprised of members from the Departments of Education, Commerce, and Defense, and
such agencies as you deem appropriate, and charge them with the mission of developing
the strategic policies and identifying the funding necessary to create a national
information highway that links our public schools and libraries. This task force, we
anticipate, will provide the country with a national and a strategic assessment of all
resources currently involved in this effort, and provide the coordination of governmental,
private sector, and educational resources required to close the "digital divide."
In addition, we plan to work with you and Members of Congress on a bi-partisan
basis to seek legislation addressing tax incentives to corporations to work with school
systems and teachers on training and mentoring; provide tax credits for teachers to
purchase equipment and the training required to integrate, voice video and data into the
classroom environment; and insure that our university schools' of education which
receive federal grants be accountable for teacher technology training and retraining.
Over the next ten years we will need two million new teachers. We must require that
these educators be digitally fluent and able to incorporate technology into their daily
lesson plans and curriculum.
Further, we intend to offer legislation creating the position of Technology
Advocate to execute, coordinate and monitor the progress of this comprehensive
technological Marshall Plan. We believe that, this individual must be someone who
understands the interrelated need for a strong defense, robust economy and an education
system that leaves no one behind in a global digital economy.
We are committed to reaching a comprehensive solution working with current
federal agencies that will enhance your policies of the last seven years which have
positioned America as the preeminent military, economic and cultural leader the world.
Mr. President, as we work with you in your final year in office, we believe that
the concept of "planting" SEEDS is more than symbolism. We believe that it will
perpetuate our strong economy, provide for the nation's defense, and educate all of our
children. SEEDS is a fitting tribute to the field of new ideas you have championed and
planted throughout your administration and whose future harvest will be part of your
continued legacy.
Sincerely,
JOHN B. BLarson LARSON
MURTHA
IKE SKELTON
Member of Congress
Member of Congress
Member of Congress
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A Technological Call to Arms
America Needs a Strategic Plan to Create an Information Age Workforce and Military
By John P. Murtha
and John B. Larson
America's preeminent global status rests on three pillars: the strength of our economy, the
might of our defense, and the quality of our schools. Today, some 600,000 high-tech jobs in the
United States are going unfilled because we have too few technologically skilled workers. At the
same time, our military is having problems with recruiting and is finding it hard to retain its most
technologically skilled servicemen and women.
Both trends are alarming signs that our schools -- the third pillar of America's global
dominance - are graduating too few competent, computer-literate students to keep our economy
soaring and our armed services strong. The problem is systemic and requires an equally
ambitious solution. America needs nothing less than a comprehensive national strategy to prepare
our students to help us meet the challenges of the 21st century.
U.S. corporations have beseeched Congress to relax immigration quotas for workers with
technical skills. These same businesses, meanwhile, are exacerbating the military's personnel
problems by hiring away the technically adept personnel our armed services need to staff the
world's most advanced and sophisticated military. We cannot solve both problems in the mid to
long term solely by importing high-tech workers from other nations. We must do significantly
more to prepare our own young people for jobs in our increasingly technology-driven economy
and military.
The Stakes Are High
Everyone remembers what happened to the U.S. automobile industry when it failed to
retool itself to meet the challenge of foreign competition in the 1970s. This time the stakes are far
higher. In the Information Age, many nations are capable not only of competing with the United
States but also of leapfrogging us. According to Wall Street analyst Abby Joseph Cohen, the
biggest threat to the American economy is a technologically inept workforce. Nations such as
India, Israel, and Costa Rica are further along than the United States in recognizing the need to
create a pipeline of skilled workers. If the economic consequences of failing to act are obvious,
the military consequences are ominous.
Congress and the executive branch must work together to address this national problem.
We need a comprehensive, integrated approach on the scale of the Marshall Plan of the late
1940s or the National Defense Education Act of the early years of the space race. We must begin
to provide our students with the high-tech skills they'll need to propel the nation's commerce
forward and to provide for our national defense.
It will take congressional action, not complacency, to maintain our high-tech economic
and military edge. Too often in congressional debates, advocates for defense, business, and
education find themselves pitted against one another in the struggle for limited resources. They
need to join together and recognize their interdependency. We cannot meet the demands of the
New Economy and the nation's defense with poorly trained teachers, technologically outdated
schools, disengaged universities, and an indecisive government.
Planting SEEDS
Much work has already begun in various congressional committees, and several worthy
and well-intended proposals have been made. However, the plans suggested to date are largely
incremental steps and have been offered in piecemeal fashion. This simply will not suffice. We
need to draw all the good ideas together in a coordinated, comprehensive, and omnibus manner.
We have proposed a series of actions at the executive and congressional levels to set us
on the right course. We call the initiative SEEDS -- the Strategic Educational, Economic, and
Defense System. We seek support both from the Clinton administration and our colleagues on
both sides of the aisle in Congress.
First, we are calling on the President to form a task force that would direct the
departments of Defense, Commerce, and Education to develop a strategic assessment and
inventory of all resources currently involved in this effort. The task force would also help
coordinate the governmental, private sector, and academic resources needed to prepare young
Americans to compete and win in the Digital Era.
Second, we are calling on Congress to pass legislation that achieves five critical goals:
Provides a tax credit to corporations that help schools buy and integrate powerful new
interactive multimedia technologies into their daily lessons and that help teachers get the training
they need to use these new tools effectively. Technology, of course, can never replace
fundamental reading, writing, and math instruction delivered by a caring, dedicated adult. But it
can enhance such instruction. Armed with these powerful new tools, teachers can individualize
instruction and make it much more diagnostic and prescriptive. Technology can also foster
greater accountability in education and enhance communication among students, parents, and
teachers.
Establishes forgivable loans for college students who major in math, science, or
engineering and agree to teach math or science in elementary or secondary schools for at least
five years. Demographers warn that America will need 2 million new teachers over the next 10
years.
We need to ensure that we will have enough teachers to educate students in science, math, and
the use of technology.
Funds math, science, and technology charter high schools in partnership with states and
the private sector. These independent public schools should be granted wide leeway to develop
innovative curricula and work closely with industry partners. The schools should primarily serve
children from disadvantaged urban or rural communities, and admission to them should be based
on merit.
Ensures that universities receiving government grants train teachers in the use of new
technology. Schools of education today simply are not providing teachers with the information
technology skills that these times demand.
Creates a position of Technology Advocate to coordinate and monitor the progress of
government agencies, the private sector, schools, and colleges as they implement the
comprehensive technology education plan outlined above. The advocate must understand the
need for an interrelated military, private sector, and education system that leaves no one behind
in a global, information-driven economy.
Congress has the opportunity to place our economic growth, our military strength, and the
interests of our children at the top of our national concerns. If it doesn't, it will be remembered as
a Congress that squandered an unprecedented opportunity to invest in its people and secure the
nation's future.
Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) is the ranking minority member of the House
Appropriations subcommittee on defense. Rep. John B. Larson (D-Conn.) is a member of House
Armed Services subcommittees on military research and development and military personnel,
and is also a member of the House New Democrat Coalition.
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES
106
TH
CONGRESS
HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES
BILL
MEMBER
TEL
CONTACT
STATUS
SUMMARY
H.R. 455
Lois Capps
53601
Claire Dowling
Referred to the
Authorizes the Secretary of Education. through the Office of Educational Technology, to
Teacher Technology
(D-CA)
Committee on
award grants to certain local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide classroom-related
Training Act
Education and the
computer training to credentialed teachers; Allows such grants to be awarded for up to
Workforce
three years to LEAs in States in the Department of Education's Baby Boom Echo Report
which are projected to have an increase in student enrollment of not less than 20,000 in
public elementary and secondary schools during the next ten years; Requires grant
applications to include a certification that the LEA has developed a progression of
computer training for teachers that begins with basic classroom-related computer training
and progresses through to a superior level of proficiency throughout the LEA
H.R. 645
Connie Morella
55341
Kate Dickens
Referred to the House
Requires schools to give attention to professional development that incorporates technology
To provide for
(R-MD)
Committee on
used to improve teaching and learning; Requires professional development activities to
teacher technology
Education and the
include instruction in the use of technology
training
Workforce
H.R. 709
Darlene Hooley
55711
Jennifer Nelson
Referred to the
Authorizes the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct informal
Technology
(D-OR)
Committee on
science and mathematics education programs. Requires the NSF to expand such programs
Education Capital
Education and the
and sets forth priorities for such programs serving students at pre-kindergarten through
Investment Act of
Workforce, and in
secondary education levels. Authorizes appropriations to the NSF Director to carry out the
1999
addition to the
national advanced scientific and technical education program under the Scientific and
Committees on Science,
Advanced -Technology Act of 1992. Establishes a technology education State stimulus
and Ways and Means
scholarship program. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make matching grants to
States to provide supplementary scholarships to students for study leading to a
postsecondary degree in science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field. Allows such
scholarships to be awarded by the State higher education system, the State scholarship
commission. or an equivalent State entity. Establishes a hands-on student training
partnership grants program to develop industry-sponsored internship programs that provide
opportunities for undergraduate engineering students to receive hands-on training at local
businesses. Amends the Internal Revenue Code provision relating to education assistance
programs to provide for: (1) permanent extension of the tax exclusion for employer-
provided education assistance; and (2) restoration of the tax exclusion for graduate level
assistance. Establishes the Technology Workforce Commission to study and report to the
President and Congress on all matters relating to the shortage of technology workers in the
United States.
H.R. 1075
Debbie
54872
David Gillies
Referred to the House
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the Lifetime Learning Credit for an
Teacher Technology
Stabenow
Committee on Ways
elementary school teacher attending an approved technology training course.
Training Act of
(D-MI)
and Means
1999
H.R. 1223
Rod Blagojevich
54061
Michael
Referred to the House
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to up to ten high-need local
Teachers for the 21st
(D-IL)
Strautmanis
Committee on
educational agencies or eligible consortium, one I each of the ten regions established by the
Century Act
Education and the
Department of Education, to establish or expand National Teachers Academies. Requires
Workforce.
each academy to promote teacher training. professional development and recruitment, and
curriculum development
H.R. 1786
Steven R.
55061
Rob Zucker
Referred to the House
Establishes assistance programs for middle school computer literacy and for high-quality
Education for the
Rothman
Committee on
education software for all schools. Authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to
21st Century Act (E-
(D-NJ)
Education and the
States that integrate into the State curriculum the goal of making all middle school
21)
Workforce.
graduates in the State technology literate. Requires preference to be given to States which
place a priority on training middle school teachers. Requires such grants to be used for
teacher training in technology. with an emphasis on programs that prepare one or more
teachers in each middle school in the State to become technology leaders who then serve as
experts and training other teachers. Directs States to encourage schools that receive such
assistance to provide matching funds. Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants
to secondary school and college students working with university faculty. software
developers, and experts in educational technology for the development of high-quality
educational software and Internet web sites by such students, faculty, developers, and
experts. Directs the Secretary to: (1) recognize outstanding educational software and
Internet web sites developed with such assistance that focus on core curriculum areas; and
(2) issue certificates to each student and faculty member who develops such recognized
software or sites. Requires grant award priority to be given for developing such software or
sites in the following core curriculum areas: (1) for the first year of awards in mathematics.
science, and reading, but also in social studies, the humanities, and the arts. Requires: (1)
such recognized educational software to be made available to local educational agencies for
free downloading from the Department of Education's Internet web site; and (2) such
recognized Internet web sites to be accessible to any World Wide Web user.
H.R. 2417
James A. Barcia
58171
Andy Buczek
Referred to the
Requires the Director of the NSF in cooperation with the Secretary of Education and the
Education
(D-MI)
Committee on Science,
Director of the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NSIT). to provide assistance
Technology
and in addition to the
for the creation and support of regional centers for the utilization of education technologies
Utilization
Committee on
(ETU Centers). Allows ETU Centers to be established at any institution of higher
Extension
Education and the
education, and to include the participation of no-profit entities and organizations. Requires
Assistance Act
Workforce
ETU Centers to enhance to use of education technologies in elementary and secondary
education through: (1) advising school administrators, school boards, and teachers on
adopting and using new educational technologies and the usefulness of local schools'
existing education technology assets and infrastructure; (2) participation of individuals
from the private sector, universities, Sate and local governments, and other Federal
agencies; (3) active dissemination of technical and management information about the use
of education technologies; and (4) appropriate use of the expertise and capabilities that
exist in Federal Laboratories and Federal Agencies. Requires ETU Centers' activities to
include: (1) active transfer and dissemination of research finding and ETU Cent4er
expertise to local school authorities; (2) training teachers in integrating schools' existing
educational technology infrastructure into their instructional design; (3) training and
advising teachers, support services to teachers, administrators, and school board members;
and (5) advising teachers, administrators, and school board members on current skill set
standards employed by private industry.
H.R. 2308
Rob Portman
53164
Barbara Pate
Referred to the House
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to, among others things: (1) permit tax deductible
New Millennium
(R-OH)
Committee on Ways
computer donations to both libraries and schools (currently, schools only); (2) extend by
Classrooms Act
and Means.
one year the age of computers eligible for donation; and (3) allow a limited credit for such
donations.
H.R. 2387
Lynn C.
55161
Lynda Theil
Referred to the House
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize the
Go Girl Act-
Woolsey
Committee on
Secretary of Education to make grants to, and contracts and cooperative agreements with,
Getting Our Girls
(D-CA)
Education and the
local educational agencies to provide subgrants to elementary and secondary schools for
Ready for the 21st
Workforce.
services that: (1) encourage the ongoing interest of girls in sciences, mathematics. and
Century
technology; and (2) prepare girls to pursue undergraduate degrees and careers in those
fields.
H.R. 2354
John B. Larson
52265
Javier Gonzalez
Referred to the House
Amends the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to require the Director of NSF to
Science and
(D-CT)
Committee on Science.
submit to Congress a report that: (1) identifies the most appropriate, effective, and
Educational
economical means of providing all public elementary and secondary schools and libraries
Networking Act
in the United States with high-speed, large bandwidth capacity access to the Internet, the
ability to transmit and receive data, choice, and other types of communication media, and
distance learning; (2) identifies how such Internet access can be available at individual
workstations within each school and library; (3) considers the effect that specific or
regional circumstances may have on the appropriateness of using different methods and
technologies to achieve such goals for different schools or libraries; and (4) includes
options and recommendations for achieving such goals and a plan for implementing such
recommendations.
H.R. 2845
Ken Lucas
53465
Cheryl Browell
Referred to the
Authorizes the Secretary of Education, through the Office of Educational Technology, to
21st Century Teacher
(D-KY)
Committee on
award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide intensive
Training Act of
Education and the
classroom-related computer training for teachers. Requires grantees to enter into contracts
1999
Workforce and the
with institutions of higher education or other nonprofit educational providers under which
Committee on Ways
the contractor will establish, operate, and provide the non-Federal share of the cost of such
and Means
teacher training programs. Requires such teacher training programs to: (1) be conducted
during the school year and during the summer months; (2) train teachers who teach grades
kindergarten through college; (3) select teachers to become of a teacher network whose
members will conduct workshops for other teachers employed by the LEA; and (4)
encourage teachers from all disciplines to participate. Amends the Internal Revenue Code
to establish a personal income tax credit of up to $1000 for technology-related professional
development expenses for eligible teachers. Provides such credit for qualified technology
expenses which: (1) would be allowed as a deduction for being related to teaching activities
(but prohibits a double benefit of both deduction and credit for the same expense); and (2)
are for training in the use of technology in the classroom. Includes among such expenses
the cost of any computer or technology equipment that is used at least 50 percent for
teaching-related activities. Expands the deduction for computer donations to include
donations to public libraries, as well as to schools. Establishes a business-related tax credit
for donations of computer to schools and public libraries.
H.R. 2933
John B. Larson
52265
Javier Gonzalez
Referred to the House
Amends Title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include,
Alliance for
(D-CT)
Committee on
among community service activities for which Federal work-study programs funds may be
Technologically
Education and the
used: (1) technology training; and (2) tutoring teachers in the uses of classroom technology.
Trained Teachers
Workforce.
Requires institutions of higher education to use the following portions of their Federal
Act
work-study program grants as follows: (1) at least ten (currently seven) percent to
compensate students employed in community; and (2) at least three percent to compensate
students employed in technology training or tutoring teaches in the uses of classroom
technology (or both). Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) study specified and other
means of improving the efficiency of the technological training of teachers; and (2) report
to Congress the results, including proposals for a comprehensive approach to providing
technologically competent teachers to schools and a plan for accomplishing specified
objectives determined to be feasible and effective.
H.R. 2934
John B. Larson
52265
Javier Gonzalez
Referred to the House
Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to establish a National Youth
National Youth
(D-CT)
Committee on
Technology
Technology Corps
Education and the
Corps (NYTC) as part of the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program. using
Act
Workforce.
VISTA volunteers who are highly proficient in computer technologies. Includes under
NYTC function: (1) recruiting and organizing youth to implement and maintain computer
systems for public schools, community centers, public senior centers, and libraries, and to
teach students. teachers, senior citizens, and others how to use computer and other
information technologies and systems; (2) promoting such youth's involvement in
community services involving the use of technology; (3) promoting entrepreneurship
among, and employment opportunities for, such youth in technology-related fields; and (4)
providing recognition to affiliated youth and organizations for outstanding efforts and
achievements. Requires assignment of such volunteers to projects and programs that meet
the antipoverty criteria and provide assistance to person who are unserved or underserved
by computer educational programs, according to specified priorities. Allows such
programs and projects to be administer3ed by various specified types of entities. Requires
equitable distribution of such volunteers. Requires NYTC to consist of all VISTA
volunteers who are working on the described projects and programs. Provides for
proportionate reduction of NYTC funds for any fiscal year for which VISTA funding is
reduced.
H.R. 3008
Major R. Owens
56231
Larry Walker
Referred to the House
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide up-to-date
Elementary and
(D-NY)
Committee on
school library media resources and well-trained, professionally certified school library
Secondary School
Education and the
media specialists for elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other purposes.
Library Media
Workforce.
Resources Training
and Advanced
Technology Act
H.R. 3156
Joseph M.
56111
Lyle Ryter
Referred to the House
To amend the Technology for Education Act of 1994 to clarify the authority for, and to
Tech Flex Act
Hoeffel
Committee on
encourage, the use of Federal funds for incentives for school personnel to participate in
Teacher Training in
(D-PA)
Education and the
professional development relating to the use of technology in education, and in the
Technology
Workforce.
development of technology applications.
Flexibility Act
H.R. 3391
Maurice D.
56335
Denise Guiliano
Referred to the House
To provide for public library construction on Education and the Workforce.
Andrew Carnegie
Hinchey
Committee on
Libraries for
(D-NY)
Education and the
Lifelong Learning
Workforce.
Act
H.R. 3542
Stephanie Tubbs
57032
Patrice
Referred to the House
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require distance education demonstration
Greater Access to
Jones
Willoughby
Committee on
programs to provide greater access to high quality distance education programs and
Distance Education
(D-OH)
Education and the
orientation to distance education for adults, students, and underserved person who
Act of 2000
Workforce.
traditionally have had little or no computer knowledge or training.
H.R. 3897
Silvestre Reyes
54831
Phillip
Referred to the
One-Stop Shop for Technology Education; Digital Education; Expansion of Universal
Digital
(D-TX)
Lopiccolo
Committee on
Service Assistance; E-Corps Programs; Community Technology Centers; Neighborhood
Empowerment Act
Education and the
Networks for Public Housing; Incentives for Technology Assistance; Demonstration
Workforce, and in
Project in K-12 Education Technology
addition to the
Committees on
Commerce, Banking
and Financial Services,
and Ways and Means
H.R. 4081
Ron Kind
55506
Jeff Mazur
Referred to the House
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish the
Education
(D-WI)
Committee on Ways
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund to support State and local efforts improve student
Technology
and Means.
technological achievement and the integration of technology into the curriculum. Makes
Enhances
each State educational agency (SEA) eligible to receive a grant under this Act in an amount
Classrooms
based on relative amount received by the State under the ESEA title I or in a specified
(EdTEC) Act
minimum amount. Directs the Secretary of Education to award such grants to SEAs.
Requires SEAs to: (1) identify local educational agencies (LEAs) that have the highest
number or percentage of children in poverty and demonstrate the greatest need for technical
assistance in developing applications; and (2) provide eligible local applicants with
assistance in developing applications, forming partnerships, and meeting standards and
performance indicators. Requires eligible local applicants to use funds educational
technology activities involving: (1) applications of technology to enable teachers to help
students to achieve to challenging State content and performance standards through the use
of research-based teaching practices and advanced technologies; (2) high-quality
professional development in integrating advanced technologies into the curriculum,
including training in use of technology to access data and resources to develop curricula
and instructional materials aligned to challenging State academic content standards in core
academic subjects; (3) teacher use of the Internet to communicate with other teachers,
parents, and students, and retrieve Web-based learning resources; (4) technology for
teachers and administrators to collect, manage, and analyze data to identify strengths and
weaknesses in academic programs; (5) wireless telecommunications, hand-held devices,
modeling or simulation tools, distance learning networks, and other advanced technologies
with classroom applications; (6) technology-based curricula programs to help students
achieve to challenging State academic content and student performance standards.
including programs that enable parental access to advanced telecommunications. and
support communications between parents and school; (7) wiring and access to advanced
telecommunications: (8) Web-based learning resources, including those that provide access
to rigorous courses such as advanced placement courses; and (9) school use of technology
to promote parent and family involvement, and support communications between family
and school. Makes eligible for such local subgrants: (1) LEAs with the highest numbers or
percentages of children from households living in poverty in a State, include one or more
low-performing schools, and with a substantial need for assistance in acquiring and using
technology; or (2) partnerships that include at least one such LEA, as well as an LEA that
can demonstrate that teachers in its schools are using technology effectively in their
classrooms, an institution of higher education in full compliance with specified provisions
of the 1998 Higher Education Act Amendments, a for-profit organization that develops,
designs, manufactures, or produces technology products or services, or has substantial
expertise in the application of technology, or a public or private non-profit organization
with demonstrated experience in the application of educational technology.
H.R. 4176
Jerrold Nadler
55635
Josh Karuskol
Referred to the House
The Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Labor may make grants to eligible
Information
(D-NY)
Committee on
partnerships to pay for the Federal share of the cost of establishing and carrying out
Technology Act of
Education and the
information technology training programs for minorities, women, older individuals,
2000
Workforce.
veterans, Native Americans. dislocated workers, and former participants in information
technology training programs who have not received information technology certification.
The Secretary of Education may make grants to appropriate organizations, to assist the
organizations in awarding bonuses to teachers who achieve information technology
certification.
H.R. 4183
David Wu
5-
Ted Liu
Referred to the House
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program for
Next Generation
(D-OR)
0855
Committee on
awarding next-generation technology grants to improve teaching and learning in
Technology
Education and the
elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes.
Innovation Awards
Workforce.
Act of 2000
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES
106 TH CONGRESS
SENATE
BILL
MEMBER
TEL
CONTACT
STATUS
SUMMARY
S. 491
Frank R.
44744
Maggie
Referred to the
Establishes assistance programs for middle school computer literacy and for high-quality
Education for the
Lautenberg
Bierwirth
Committee on
educational software for all schools. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants
21st Century (e-
(D-NJ)
HELP.
to States that integrate into the State curriculum the goal of making all middle school
21) Act
graduates in the State technology literate. Requires such grants to be used for teacher
training in technology, with an emphasis on programs that prepare one or more teachers in
each middle school in the State to become technology leaders who then serve as experts
and train other teachers. Directs States to encourage schools that receive such assistance to
provide matching funds. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to award
competitive grants to secondary school and college students working with university
faculty, software developers, and experts in educational technology for the development of
high-quality educational software and Internet web sites by such students, faculty,
developers, and experts. Directs the Secretary to: (1) recognize outstanding educational
software and Internet web sites developed with such assistance that focus on core
curriculum areas; and (2) issue certificates to each student and faculty member who
develops such recognized software or sites. Requires grant award priority to be given for
developing such software or sites in the following core curriculum areas: (1) for the first
year of awards, in mathematics, science, and reading; and (2) for the second and third years
of awards, again in mathematics, science, and reading, but also in social studies, the
humanities, and the arts. Requires: (1) such recognized educational software to be made
available to local educational agencies for free downloading from the Department of
Education's Internet web site; and (2) such recognized Internet web sites to be accessible to
any World Wide Web user.
S. 542
Spencer Abraham
44822
Rachel
Referred to the
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend from two to three years the age of
New Millennium
(R-MI)
Bohlander
Committee on
computers which may be donated to schools and for which an individual may receive a
Classrooms Act
Finance.
deduction; and (2) establish a limited credit for the donation of computers to schools.
S.AMDT.539
Referred to the
Committee on
Finance.
S. 1188
Diane Feinstein
43841
Glenda Booth
Referred to the
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies (SEAs)
Teacher
(D-CA)
Committee on
to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide classroom-related
Technology
HELP.
computer training to licensed or certified elementary or secondary school teachers.
Training Act
Requires SEAs to make such grant awards on the basis of an LEA's demonstrated need to
strengthen teacher training in using technology in instruction. Limits grant duration to five
years. Mandates State and local applications for such grants, but also requires: (1) the SEA
to award at least one grant to an LEA that meets criteria established by the Secretary; and
(2) the Secretary to award one grant to each SEA in the 50 States, if appropriations are
above a specified amount for a fiscal year. Allows LEAs to use grant funds to: (1)
strengthen instruction and learning. provide professional development, and pay the costs of
teacher training, related to the use of technologies in instruction; and (2) provide such
training by LEA personnel on school premises. Directs the Secretary to evaluate within
three years these LEA- developed technology training programs for teachers.
S. 1604
Jeff Bingaman
45521
Carmel Martin
Referred to the
Amends title III (Technology for Education) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Technology for
(D-NM)
Committee on
Act of 1965 (ESEA) to repeal subpart 4 (Product Development) and other specified
Teaching Act
HELP.
provisions. Renames part A as Federal Leadership and National Activities. Directs the
Secretary of Education to carry out a national evaluation of educational technology,
including specified authorized activities. Special Projects - Repeals part B (Star Schools
Program) and part E (Elementary Mathematics and Science Equipment Program) of title III
of ESEA. Redesignates part C (Ready-to-Learn Television) as subpart 2 and part D
(Telecommunication Demonstration Project for Mathematics) as subparts 2 and 3 of part B
of title III of ESEA. Establishes Special Projects as a new part B of title III of ESEA.
Authorizes the Secretary of Education. through the Office of Educational Technology
(OET), to make competitive awards of grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to
eligible applicants for authorized activities according to certain priorities under programs
for: (1) Next-Generation Technology Innovation Awards; and (2) Community Technology
Centers. Technology Training for Teachers - Establishes a new part C, Technology
Training for Teachers. Sets forth a subpart 1 Educational Technology Training for New
Teachers program, and a subpart 2 Educational Technology Training for Inservice Teachers
program. Includes, under both programs, provisions for: (1) technical assistance and
evaluation; (2) State educational agency grants: (3) State use of funds; (4) State
applications, and review criteria; (5) grants to schools of education; (6) local applications,
and review criteria; (7) maintenance of effort, and supplementation; and (8) administration.
Includes, under the subpart 2 program for Inservice Teachers, provisions for: (1) grants to
local educational agencies (LEAs); (2) local applications. and review criteria; and (3)
participation of private school teachers. Amends various provisions of ESEA title I
(Helping Disadvantaged Children Meet High Standards) and title II (Dwight D. Eisenhower
Professional Development Program) to add provisions relating to teacher technology
training. Amends ESEA title III to establish a part D Regional, State, and Local
Educational Technology Resources, with a subpart 1 Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
to help States and LEAs improve student achievement, particularly that of students in high-
poverty, low-performing schools, through various efforts involving education technology
and teacher technology training.
S. 1876
Christopher J.
42823
Suzanne Day
Referred to the
Amends the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to require the Director of the
Science and
Dodd
Committee on
National Science Foundation to submit to Congress a report that: (1) identifies the current
Educational
(D-CT)
HELP.
status of high-speed, large bandwidth capacity access to all public elementary and
Networking Act
secondary schools and libraries in the United States; (2) identifies how high-speed large
bandwidth capacity access to the Internet to such schools and libraries can be effectively
utilized within each school and library; (3) considers the effect that specific or regional
circumstances may have on the ability of such institutions to acquire high-speed, large
bandwidth capacity to achieve universal connectivity as an effective tool in the education
process; and (4) includes options and recommendations for the various entities responsible
for elementary and secondary education to address the challenges and issues identified.
S. 2119
Mike Crapo
46142
Andrea
Referred to the
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to allow training
A bill to amend
(R-IN)
Bergman
Committee on H
for teachers in the use of technology to be assisted with program funds under part B (State
the Elementary
ELPensions.
and Local Activities) of title II (Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development
and Secondary
Program). Requires eligible partnerships, for purposes of certain types of ESEA title II
Education Act of
assistance, to include: (1) a high-need local educational agency; (2) a school of arts and
1965 to improve
sciences; and (3) an institution that prepares teachers. Allows such partnerships also to
training for
include other local educational agencies, a public charter school, a public or private
teachers in the use
elementary school or secondary school, an educational service agency, a public or private
of technology.
nonprofit educational organization, or a business.
S. 1223
Charles E.
46542
Deborah
Referred to the
Amends the Library Services and Technology Act to require the Director of the Institute of
Andrew Carnegie
Schumer
Waxman
Committee on
Museum and Library Services to carry out a program of awarding grants to States for the
Libraries for
(D-NY)
HELP.
construction or technology enhancement of public libraries.
Lifelong Learning
Act
S. 2229
Barbara A.
44654
Kimberly Ross
Referred to the
One-Stop Shop for Technology Education; Digital Education; Expansion of Universal
Digital
Mikulski
Committee on
Service Assistance; E-Corps Programs; Community Technology Centers; Neighborhood
Empowerment
(D-MD)
Finance.
Networks for Public Housing; Incentives for Technology Assistance; Demonstration
Act
Project in K-12 Education Technology
S. 2347
Kent Conrad
42043
Bob Foust
Referred to the
The Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Labor may make grants to eligible
Information
(D-ND)
Committee on
partnerships to pay for the Federal share of the cost of establishing and carrying out
Technology Act
Health,
information technology training programs for minorities. women, older individuals,
of 2000
Education,
veterans, Native Americans, dislocated workers. and former participants in information
Labor, and
technology training programs who have not received information technology certification.
Pensions.
The Secretary of Education may make grants to appropriate organizations, to assist the
organizations in awarding bonuses to teachers who achieve information technology
certification.
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2D SESSION
H.R.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. LARSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on
A
BILL
To establish the Office of National Information Technology
Policy to provide for the fundamental retooling of our
public schools and libraries, the training and retraining
of teachers, and ensuring 21st century technological in-
frastructure and the ability to integrate the use of voice,
video, and data into classrooms capable of turning out
the skilled workforce our Nation will need to retain its
preeminent global position.
1
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
2
This Act may be cited as the "Strategic Education
3 Economic Defense System Act of 2000".
4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
5
In this Act:
6
(1) DIRECTOR.-The term "Director" means
7
the Director of the Office of National Information
8
Technology Policy.
9
(2) FUND.-The term "Fund" means the fund
10
established under section 3(d).
11
(3) OFFICE.-Unless the context clearly impli-
12
cates otherwise, the term "Office" means the Office
13
of National Information Technology Policy estab-
14
lished under section 3(a).
15
(4) PROGRAM.-The term "Program" means
16
programs, policies, and activities undertaken by Pro-
17
gram agencies pursuant to the responsibilities of
18
such agencies under the System.
19
(5) PROGRAM AGENCY.-The term "Program
20
agency" means any agency that is responsible for
21
implementing any aspect of the System, including
22
any agency that receives Federal funds to implement
23
any aspect of the System.
24
(6) STATE AND LOCAL AFFAIRS.-The term
25
"State and local affairs" means domestic activities
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conducted by a Program agency that are intended to
2
[achieve an objective of the System?].
3
(7) SYSTEM.-The term "System" means the
4
Strategic Education Economic Defense System de-
5
veloped and submitted to Congress under section 6.
6 SEC. 3. OFFICE OF NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
7
POLICY.
8
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.-There is estab-
9 lished in the Executive Office of the President an Office
10 of National Information Technology Policy, which shall-
11
(1) develop national information technology pol-
12
icy, including the System;
13
(2) coordinate and oversee the implementation
14
of that policy;
15
(3) assess and certify the adequacy of the Pro-
16
gram and the budget for the Program; and
17
(4) evaluate the effectiveness of the Program.
18
(b) DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTORS.-
19
(1) DIRECTOR.-There shall be at the head of
20
the Office a Director of National Information Tech-
21
nology Policy.
22
(2) DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INFORMA-
23
TION TECHNOLOGY POLICY.-There shall be in the
24
Office a Deputy Director of National Information
25
Technology Policy, who shall assist the Director in
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carrying out the responsibilities of the Director
2
under this Act.
3
(c) ACCESS BY CONGRESS.-The location of the Of-
4 fice in the Executive Office of the President shall not be
5 construed as affecting access by the Congress, or any com-
6 mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, to
7 any-
8
(1) information, document, or study in the pos-
9
session of, or conducted by or at the direction of the
10
Director; or
11
(2) personnel of the Office.
12
(d) OFFICE OF NATIONAL INFORMATION TECH-
13 NOLOGY POLICY GIFT FUND.-
14
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.-There is established in
15
the Treasury of the United States a fund for the re-
16
ceipt of gifts, both real and personal, for the purpose
17
of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office under
18
section 4(c).
19
(2) CONTRIBUTIONS.-The Office may accept,
20
hold, and administer contributions to the Fund.
21
(3) USE OF AMOUNTS DEPOSITED.-Amounts
22
deposited in the Fund are authorized to be appro-
23
priated, to remain available until expended for au-
24
thorized purposes at the discretion of the Director.
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1 SEC. 4. APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF DIRECTOR AND
2
DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
3
(a) APPOINTMENT.-
4
(1) IN GENERAL.-The Director and the Dep-
5
uty Director of National Information Technology
6
Policy shall each be appointed by the President, by
7
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and
8
shall serve at the pleasure of the President.
9
(2) DUTIES OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NA-
10
TIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY POLICY.-The
11
Deputy Director of National Information Technology
12
Policy shall-
13
(A) carry out the duties and powers pre-
14
scribed by the Director; and
15
(B) serve as the Director in the absence of
16
the Director or during any period in which the
17
office of the Director is vacant.
18
(3) DESIGNATION OF OTHER OFFICERS.-In
19
the absence of the Deputy Director, or if the Office
20
of the Deputy Director is vacant, the Director shall
21
designate such other permanent employee of the Of-
22
fice to serve as the Director, if the Director is ab-
23
sent or unable to serve.
24
(4) PROHIBITION.-No person shall serve as
25
Director or a Deputy Director while serving in any
26
other position in the Federal Government.
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(5)
PROHIBITION
ON
POLITICAL
CAM-
2
PAIGNING.-Any officer or employee of the Office
3
who is appointed to that position by the President,
4
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
5
may not participate in Federal election campaign ac-
6
tivities, except that such official is not prohibited by
7
this paragraph from making contributions to indi-
8
vidual candidates.
9
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.-The Director-
10
(1) shall assist the President in the establish-
11
ment of policies, goals, objectives, and priorities for
12
the Program;
13
(2) shall promulgate the System under section
14
6(a) and each report under section 6(b) in accord-
15
ance with section 6;
16
(3) shall coordinate and oversee the implemen-
17
tation by the Program agencies of the policies, goals,
18
objectives, and priorities established under para-
19
graph (1) and the fulfillment of the responsibilities
20
of such agencies under the System, and make rec-
21
ommendations to Program agency heads with re-
22
speet to implementation of Federal counter-drug
23
programs;
24
(4) shall make such recommendations to the
25
President as the Director determines are appropriate
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regarding changes in the organization, management,
2
and budgets of Federal departments and agencies
3
engaged in
[
], and changes in the allo-
4
cation of personnel to and within those departments
5
and agencies, to implement the policies, goals, prior-
6
ities, and objectives established under paragraph (1)
7
and the System;
8
(5) shall consult with and assist State and local
9
governments with respect to the formulation and im-
10
plementation of national information technology pol-
11
icy and their relations with the Program agencies;
12
(6) shall appear before duly constituted commit-
13
tees and subcommittees of the House of Representa-
14
tives and of the Senate to represent the information
15
technology policies of the executive branch;
16
(7) shall notify any Program agency if its poli-
17
cies are not in compliance with the responsibilities of
18
the agency under the System, transmit a copy of
19
each such notification to the President, and main-
20
tain a copy of each such notification;
21
(8) shall provide, by July 1 of each year, budget
22
recommendations, including requests for specific ini-
23
tiatives that are consistent with the priorities of the
24
President under the System, to the heads of depart-
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ments and agencies with responsibilities under the
2
Program, which recommendations shall-
3
(A) apply to the next budget year sched-
4
uled for formulation under the Budget and Ac-
5
counting Act of 1921, and each of the 4 subse-
6
quent fiscal years; and
7
(B) address funding priorities developed in
8
the System;
9
(9) may serve as representative of the President
10
in appearing before Congress on all issues relating
11
to the Program;
12
(10) shall, in any matter affecting national se-
13
curity interests, work in conjunction with the Assist-
14
ant to the President for National Security Affairs;
15
(11) may serve as spokesperson of the Adminis-
16
tration on information technology issues;
17
(12) shall require each Program agency to sub-
18
mit to the Director on an annual basis (beginning in
19
2001) an evaluation of progress by the agency with
20
respect to Program goals using the performance
21
measures for the agency developed under section
22
6(c);
23
(13) shall submit to the Appropriations commit-
24
tees and the authorizing committees of jurisdiction
25
of the House of Representatives and the Senate on
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an annual basis, not later than 60 days after the
2
date of the last day of the applicable period, a sum-
3
mary of-
4
(A) each of the evaluations received by the
5
Director under paragraph (12); and
6
(B) the progress of each Program agency
7
toward the Program goals of the agency using
8
the performance measures for the agency devel-
9
oped under section 6(c); and
10
(14) shall ensure that information technology
11
research and information is effectively disseminated
12
by Program agencies to State and local governments
13
and nongovernmental entities, by-
14
(A) encouraging formal consultation be-
15
tween any such agency that conducts or spon-
16
sors research, and any such agency that dis-
17
seminates information in developing research
18
and information product development agendas;
19
(B) encouraging such agencies (as appro-
20
priate) to develop and implement dissemination
21
plans that specifically target State and local
22
governments and nongovernmental entities; and
23
(C) developing a single interagency clear-
24
inghouse for the dissemination of research and
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information by such agencies to State and local
2
governments and nongovernmental agencies.
3
(c) PROGRAM BUDGET.-
4
(1) RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROGRAM AGEN-
5
CIES.-
6
(A) IN GENERAL.-For each fiscal year,
7
the head of each department, agency, or pro-
8
gram of the Federal Government with respon-
9
sibilities under the System shall transmit to the
10
Director a copy of the proposed Program budg-
11
et request of the department, agency, or pro-
12
gram at the same time as that budget request
13
is submitted to their superiors (and before sub-
14
mission to the Office of Management and
15
Budget) in the preparation of the budget of the
16
President submitted to Congress under section
17
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code.
18
(B) SUBMISSION OF BUDGET REQUESTS.-
19
The head of each Program agency shall ensure
20
timely development and submission to the Di-
21
rector of each proposed Program budget re-
22
quest transmitted pursuant to this paragraph,
23
in such format as may be designated by the Di-
24
rector with the concurrence of the Director of
25
the Office of Management and Budget.
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(2) NATIONAL PROGRAM BUDGET PROPOSAL.-
2
For each fiscal year, following the transmission of
3
proposed Program budget requests to the Director
4
under paragraph (1), the Director shall, in consulta-
5
tion with the head of each Program agency-
6
(Л) develop a consolidated Program budget
7
proposal designed to implement the System;
8
(B) submit the consolidated budget pro-
9
posal to the President; and
10
(C) after submission under subparagraph
11
(B), submit the consolidated budget proposal to
12
Congress.
13
(3) REVIEW AND CERTIFICATION OF BUDGET
14
REQUESTS AND BUDGET SUBMISSIONS OF PROGRAM
15
AGENCIES.-
16
(Л) IN GENERAL.-The Director shall re-
17
view each Program budget request submitted to
18
the Director under paragraph (1).
19
(B) REVIEW OF BUDGET REQUESTS.-
20
(i) INADEQUATE REQUESTS.-If the
21
Director concludes that a budget request
22
submitted under paragraph (1) is inad-
23
equate, in whole or in part, to implement
24
the objectives of the System with respect
25
to the department, agency, or program at
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issue for the year for which the request is
2
submitted, the Director shall submit to the
3
head of the applicable Program agency a
4
written description of funding levels and
5
specific initiatives that would, in the deter-
6
mination of the Director, make the request
7
adequate to implement those objectives.
8
(ii) ADEQUATE REQUESTS.-If the Di-
9
rector concludes that a budget request sub-
10
mitted under paragraph (1) is adequate to
11
implement the objectives of the System
12
with respect to the department, agency, or
13
program at issue for the year for which the
14
request is submitted, the Director shall
15
submit to the head of the applicable Pro-
16
gram agency a written statement con-
17
firming the adequacy of the request.
18
(iii) RECORD.-The Director shall
19
maintain a record of each description sub-
20
mitted under clause (i) and each statement
21
submitted under clause (ii).
22
(C) AGENCY RESPONSE.-
23
(i) IN GENERAL-The head of a Pro-
24
gram agency that receives a description
25
under subparagraph (B)(i) shall include
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the funding levels and initiatives described
2
by the Director in the budget submission
3
for that agency to the Office of Manage-
4
ment and Budget.
5
(ii) IMPACT STATEMENT.-The head
6
of a Program agency that has altered its
7
budget submission under this subpara-
8
graph shall include as an appendix to the
9
budget submission for that agency to the
10
Office of Management and Budget an im-
11
pact statement that summarizes-
12
(I) the changes made to the
13
budget under this subparagraph; and
14
(II) the impact of those changes
15
on the ability of that agency to per-
16
form its other responsibilities, includ-
17
ing any impact on specific missions or
18
programs of the agency.
19
(iii) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICA-
20
TION.-The head of a Program agency
21
shall submit a copy of any impact state-
22
ment under clause (ii) to the Senate and
23
the House of Representatives at the time
24
the budget for that agency is submitted to
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Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31,
2
United States Code.
3
(D) CERTIFICATION OF BUDGET SUBMIS-
4
SIONS.-
5
(i) IN GENERAL.-At the time a Pro-
6
gram agency submits its budget request to
7
the Office of Management and Budget, the
8
head of the Program agency shall submit
9
a copy of the budget request to the Direc-
10
tor.
11
(ii) CERTIFICATION.-The Director-
12
(I) shall review each budget sub-
13
mission submitted under clause (i);
14
and
15
(II) based on the review under
16
subclause (I), if the Director con-
17
cludes that the budget submission of a
18
Program agency does not include the
19
funding levels and initiatives described
20
under subparagraph (B)-
21
(aa) may issue a written de-
22
certification of that agency's
23
budget; and
24
(bb) in the case of a decerti-
25
fication issued under item (aa),
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shall submit to the Senate and
2
the House of Representatives a
3
copy of-
4
(aaa) the decertification
5
issued under item (aa);
6
(bbb) the description
7
made under subparagraph
8
(B); and
9
(ecc) the budget rec-
10
ommendations made under
11
subsection (b)(8).
12
(4) REPROGRAMMING AND TRANSFER RE-
13
QUESTS.-
14
(A) IN GENERAL.-No Program agency
15
shall submit to the Congress a reprogramming
16
or transfer request with respect to any amount
17
of appropriated funds in an amount exceeding
18
$5,000,000 that is included in the Program
19
budget unless the request has been approved by
20
the Director.
21
(B) APPEAL.-The head of any Program
22
agency may appeal to the President any dis-
23
approval by the Director of a reprogramming or
24
transfer request under this paragraph.
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(d) POWERS OF THE DIRECTOR.-In carrying out
2 subsection (b), the Director may-
3
(1) select, appoint, employ, and fix compensa-
4
tion of such officers and employees of the Office as
5
may be necessary to carry out the functions of the
6
Office under this Act;
7
(2) subject to subsection (e)(3), request the
8
head of a department or agency, or program of the
9
Federal Government to place department, agency, or
10
program personnel who are engaged in drug control
11
activities on temporary detail to another department,
12
agency, or program in order to implement the Sys-
13
tem, and the head of the department or agency shall
14
comply with such a request;
15
(3) use for administrative purposes, on a reim-
16
bursable basis, the available services, equipment,
17
personnel, and facilities of Federal, State, and local
18
agencies;
19
(4) procure the services of experts and consult-
20
ants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5,
21
United States Code, relating to appointments in the
22
Federal Service, at rates of compensation for indi-
23
viduals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate
24
of pay payable under level IV of the Executive
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Schedule under section 5311 of title 5, United
2
States Code;
3
(5) accept and use gifts and donations of prop-
4
erty from Federal, State, and local government
5
agencies, and from the private sector, as authorized
6
in section 3(d);
7
(6) use the mails in the same manner as any
8
other department or agency of the executive branch;
9
(7) monitor implementation of the Program,
10
including-
11
(A) conducting program and performance
12
audits and evaluations; and
13
(B) requesting assistance from the Inspec-
14
tor General of the relevant agency in such au-
15
dits and evaluations;
16
(8) transfer funds made available to a Program
17
agency for System programs and activities to an-
18
other account within such agency or to another Pro-
19
gram agency for System programs and activities, ex-
20
cept that-
21
(A) the authority under this paragraph
22
may be limited in an annual appropriations Act
23
or other provision of Federal law;
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(B) the Director may exercise the author-
2
ity under this paragraph only with the concur-
3
rence of the head of each affected agency;
4
(C) in the case of an interagency transfer,
5
the total amount of transfers under this para-
6
graph may not exceed 3 percent of the total
7
amount of funds made available for System pro-
8
grams and activities to the agency from which
9
those funds are to be transferred;
10
(D) funds transferred to an agency under
11
this paragraph may only be used to increase the
12
funding for programs or activities have been au-
13
thorized by the Congress; and
14
(E) the Director shall-
15
(i) submit to Congress, including to
16
the Committees on Appropriations of the
17
Senate and the House of Representatives,
18
the authorizing committees for the Office,
19
and any other applicable committees of ju-
20
risdiction, a reprogramming or transfer re-
21
quest in advance of any transfer under this
22
paragraph in accordance with the regula-
23
tions of the affected agency or agencies;
24
and
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(ii) annually submit to the Congress a
2
report describing the effect of all transfers
3
of funds made pursuant to this paragraph
4
or subsection (c)(4) during the 12-month
5
period preceding the date on which the re-
6
port is submitted;
7
(9) issue to the head of a Program agency a
8
fund control notice described in subsection (f) to en-
9
sure compliance with the System; and
10
(10) participate in the drug certification process
11
pursuant to section 490 of the Foreign Assistance
12
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j).
13
(e) PERSONNEL DETAILED TO OFFICE.-
14
(1) EVALUATIONS.-Notwithstanding any provi-
15
sion of chapter 43 of title 5, United States Code, the
16
Director shall perform the evaluation of the perform-
17
ance of any employee detailed to the Office for pur-
18
poses of the applicable performance appraisal system
19
established under such chapter for any rating pe-
20
riod, or part thereof, that such employee is detailed
21
to such office.
22
(2) COMPENSATION.-
23
(A) BONUS PAYMENTS.-Notwithstanding
24
any other provision of law, the Director may
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provide periodic bonus payments to any em-
2
ployee detailed to the Office.
3
(B) RESTRICTIONS.-An amount paid
4
under this paragraph to an employee for any
5
period-
6
(i) shall not be greater than 20 per-
7
cent of the basic pay paid or payable to
8
such employee for such period; and
9
(ii) shall be in addition to the basic
10
pay of such employee.
11
(C) AGGREGATE AMOUNT.-The aggregate
12
amount paid during any fiscal year to an em-
13
ployee detailed to the Office as basic pay,
14
awards, bonuses, and other compensation shall
15
not exceed the annual rate payable at the end
16
of such fiscal year for positions at level III of
17
the Executive Schedule.
18
(3) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DETAILEES.-The
19
maximum number of personnel who may be detailed
20
to another department or agency (including the Of-
21
fice) under subsection (d)(2) during any fiscal year
22
is-
23
(A) for the Department of Defense, 50;
24
and
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(B) for any other department or agency,
2
10.
3
(f) FUND CONTROL NOTICES.-
4
(1) IN GENERAL.-A fund control notice may
5
direct that all or part of an amount appropriated to
6
the Program agency account be obligated by-
7
(A) months, fiscal year quarters, or other
8
time periods; and
9
(B) activities, functions, projects, or object
10
classes.
11
(2) UNAUTHORIZED OBLIGATION OR EXPENDI-
12
TURE PROHIBITED.-An officer or employee of a
13
Program agency shall not make or authorize an ex-
14
penditure or obligation contrary to a fund control
15
notice issued by the Director.
16
(3) DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR VIOLATION.-In
17
the case of a violation of paragraph (2) by an officer
18
or employee of a Program agency, the head of the
19
agency, upon the request of and in consultation with
20
the Director, may subject the officer or employee to
21
appropriate administrative discipline, including,
22
when circumstances warrant, suspension from duty
23
without pay or removal from office.
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1 SEC. 5. COORDINATION WITH PROGRAM AGENCIES.
2
(a) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.-Upon the request of
3 the Director, the head of any Program agency shall co-
4 operate with and provide to the Director any statistics,
5 studies, reports, and other information prepared or col-
6 lected by the agency concerning the responsibilities of the
7 agency under the System.
8
(b) CERTIFICATION OF POLICY CHANGES TO DIREC-
9 TOR.-
10
(1) IN GENERAL.-Subject to paragraph (2),
11
the head of a Program agency shall, unless exigent
12
circumstances require otherwise, notify the Director
13
in writing regarding any proposed change in policies
14
relating to the activities of that agency under the
15
Program prior to implementation of such change.
16
The Director shall promptly review such proposed
17
change and certify to the head of that agency in
18
writing whether such change is consistent with the
19
System.
20
(2) EXCEPTION.-If prior notice of a proposed
21
change under paragraph (1) is not practicable-
22
(A) the head of the Program agency shall
23
notify the Director of the proposed change as
24
soon as practicable; and
25
(B) upon such notification, the Director
26
shall review the change and certify to the head
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of that agency in writing whether the change is
2
consistent with the Program.
3
(c) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.-The Ad-
4 ministrator of General Services shall provide to the Direc-
5 tor, in a reimbursable basis, such administrative support
6 services as the Director may request.
7
(d) ACCOUNTING OF FUNDS EXPENDED.-The Di-
8 rector shall-
9
(1) require the Program agencies to submit to
10
the Director not later than February 1 of each year
11
a detailed accounting of all funds expended by the
12
agencies for activities during the previous fiscal
13
year, and require such accounting to be authenti-
14
cated by the Inspector General for each agency prior
15
to submission to the Director; and
16
(2) submit to Congress not later than April 1
17
of each year the information submitted to the Direc-
18
tor under subparagraph (A).
19 SEC. 6. DEVELOPMENT, SUBMISSION, IMPLEMENTATION,
20
AND ASSESSMENT OF SYSTEM.
21
(a) TIMING, CONTENTS, AND PROCESS FOR DEVEL-
22 OPMENT AND SUBMISSION OF SYSTEM.-
23
(1) TIMING.-Not later than February 1, 2001,
24
the President shall submit to Congress a Strategic
25
Education Economic Defense System, which shall
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set forth a comprehensive plan, covering a period of
2
not more than 5 years, for fundamental retooling of
3
our public schools and libraries, training and re-
4
training of teachers, and ensuring with 21st century
5
technological infrastructure and the ability to inte-
6
grate the use of voice, video, and data into class-
7
rooms capable of turning out the skilled workforce
8
our Nation will need to retain its preeminent global
9
position.
10
(2) CONTENTS.-
11
(A) IN GENERAL.-The Strategic Edu-
12
cation Economic Defense System submitted
13
under paragraph (1) shall develop the strategic
14
policies and identify the funding necessary to
15
create a national information highway that
16
links public schools and libraries and that will
17
provide the United States with a national and
18
a strategic assessment of all resources currently
19
involved in this effort, and provide the coordina-
20
tion of governmental, private sector, and edu-
21
cational resources required to, among other
22
things, close the [digital divide].
[What is the "digital divide"?]
23
(B) REQUIRED PROVISIONS.-The System
24
shall include provisions that-
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(i) help ensure that a high quality
2
school education is available to every child
3
in the United States and that it is suffi-
4
cient to enable those who are interested to
5
pursue technical careers at all levels, as
6
well as to provide a base for understanding
7
by all citizens;
8
(ii) help ensure that the educational
9
pipelines that carry all students to care to
10
improve student achievement, particularly
11
that of students in high-poverty, low-per-
12
forming schools, and the ability of teachers
13
to integrate technology into the cur-
14
riculum, by supporting State and local ef-
15
forts that-
16
(I) make effective use of new
17
technologies and technology applica-
18
tions, networks, and electronic learn-
19
ing resources;
20
(II) utilize research-based teach-
21
ing practices that are linked to ad-
22
vanced technologies;
23
(III) promote sustained and in-
24
tensive, high-quality professional de-
25
velopment that enables teachers to
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help students achieve to challenging
2
State content standards and assess-
3
ments in core academic subjects
4
through the integration of educational
5
technology into instruction;
6
(IV) disseminate to school dis-
7
tricts and schools information about
8
technology and applications, including
9
software, that is aligned to chal-
10
lenging State content standards in
11
core academic subjects; and
12
(V) develop standards and per-
13
formance indicators for students and
14
teachers on the effective use and inte-
15
gration of education technology into
16
the core academic curriculum;
17
(iii) help ensure that those who select
18
a career in technical disciplines have avail-
19
able the best professional undergraduate
20
and graduate education and that opportu-
21
nities are available at the college level for
22
interested nonspecialists to broaden their
23
scientific backgrounds; and
24
(iv) encourage the development of a
25
cadre of professionally educated and
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trained teachers to ensure excellence in
2
school education for every student and
3
learner.
4
(3) PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMIS-
5
SION.-
6
(A) CONSULTATION.-In developing and
7
effectively implementing the System, the Direc-
8
tor shall consult with-
9
(i) the heads of the Program agencies;
10
(ii) the Congress;
11
(iii) State and local officials;
12
(iv) private citizens and organizations
13
with experience and expertise in informa-
14
tion technology; and
15
(v) appropriate representatives of for-
16
eign governments.
17
(B) INCLUSION IN SYSTEM.-The System
18
under this subsection, and each report sub-
19
mitted under subsection (b), shall include a list
20
of each entity consulted under subparagraph
21
(A)(i).
22
(b) ANNUAL STRATEGY REPORT.-
23
(1) IN GENERAL.-Not later than February 1,
24
2001, and on February 1 of each year thereafter,
25
the President shall submit to the Congress a report
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on the progress in implementing the System under
2
subsection (a), which shall include-
3
(Л) an assessment of the Federal effective-
4
ness in achieving the System goals and objec-
5
tives using the performance measurement sys-
6
tem described in subsection (c);
7
(B) any modifications of the System or the
8
performance measurement system described in
9
subsection (c);
10
(C) an assessment of the manner in which
11
the budget proposal submitted under section
12
4(c) is intended to implement the System and
13
whether the funding levels contained in such
14
proposal are sufficient to implement such Sys-
15
tem;
16
(D) measurable data evaluating the success
17
or failure in achieving the objectives of the Sys-
18
tem; and
19
(E) an assessment of private sector initia-
20
tives and cooperative efforts between the Fed-
21
eral Government and State and local govern-
22
ments to achieve the objectives of the System.
23
(2) SUBMISSION OF REVISED STRATEGY.-The
24
President may submit to the Congress a revised Sys-
25
tem that meets the requirements of this section-
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(A) at any time, upon a determination by
2
the President, in consultation with the Director,
3
that the System in effect is not sufficiently ef-
4
fective; and
5
(B) if a new President or Director takes
6
office.
7
(3) 2001 STRATEGY REPORT.-With respect to
8
the System report required to be submitted by this
9
subsection on February 1, 2001, the President shall
10
prepare the report using such information as is
11
available for the period covered by the report.
12 SEC. 7. PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON INFORMATION TECH-
13
NOLOGY.
14
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.-There is established a council
15 to be known as the President's Council on Information
16 Technology (referred to in this section as the "Council").
17
(b) MEMBERSHIP.-
18
(1) IN GENERAL.Subject to paragraph (2),
19
the Council shall be composed of the President, the
20
Vice-President, the heads of the Departments of
21
Education, Commerce, Defense, Treasury, Agri-
22
culture, and Labor, the heads of the Office of Man-
23
agement and Budget, National Aeronautics and
24
Space Administration, National Science Foundation,
25
the National Institutes of Standards and Tech-
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nology, the Office of Science and Technology Policy,
2
the Corporation for National Service, the Office of
3
National Information Technology Policy, and the
4
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
5
(2) ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.-The President
6
may, in the discretion of the President, appoint ad-
7
ditional members to the Council.
8
(c) FUNCTIONS.-The Council shall advise and assist
9 the President in-
10
(1) providing coordination and oversight for the
11
national information technology strategy; and
12
(2) ensuring coordination among departments
13
and agencies of the Federal Government concerning
14
implementation of the System.
15
(d) ADMINISTRATION.-
16
(1) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.-The Director of
17
the Office of National Information Technology Pol-
18
icy shall be the Executive Director of the Council.
19
(2) AD HOC COMMITTEES, TASK FORCES, AND
20
INTERAGENCY GROUPS.-The Council may utilize es-
21
tablished or ad hoc committees, task forces, or inter-
22
agency groups chaired by the Director (or a rep-
23
resentative of the Director) in carrying out the fune-
24
tions of the Council under this section.
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(3) STAFF.-The staff of the Office, in coordi-
2
nation with the staffs of the Vice President and the
3
Assistant to the President for National Security Af-
4
fairs, shall act as staff for the Council.
5
(4) COOPERATION FROM OTHER AGENCIES.-
6
Each department and agency of the executive branch
7
shall-
8
(A) cooperate with the Council in carrying
9
out the functions of the Council under this sec-
10
tion; and
11
(B) provide such assistance, information,
12
and advice as the Council may request, to the
13
extent permitted by law.
14 SEC. 8. PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INFOR-
15
MATION TECHNOLOGY.
16
(a) IN GENERAL.-
17
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.-There is established a
18
Council to be known as the Presidential Advisory
19
Committee on Information Technology (referred to
20
in this section as the "Committee").
21
(2) MEMBERSHIP.-
22
(A) COMPOSITION.-The Committee shall
23
be composed of [___?] members, of whom-
24
(i)
[___?] shall be appointed by the
25
President;
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(ii)
?
shall be appointed by the
2
majority leader of the Senate;
3
(iii)
?
shall be appointed by
4
the minority leader of the Senate;
5
(iv)
?
shall be appointed by the
6
Speaker of the House of Representatives;
7
and
8
(v)
? shall be appointed by the
9
Minority Leader of the House of Rep-
10
resentatives;
11
(B) REQUIREMENTS.-
12
(i) IN GENERAL-Each member of
13
the Committee shall be an individual from
14
the private sector with a demonstrated in-
15
terest and expertise in information tech-
16
nology.
17
(ii) REPRESENTATIVES OF NON-
18
PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.-Not less than 1
19
member appointed under each of clauses
20
(i) through (v) of paragraph (2)(A) shall
21
be a representative of a nonprofit organiza-
22
tion focused on information technology.
23
(C) DATE.-The appointments of the ini-
24
tial members of the Committee shall be made
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not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
2
ment of this section.
3
(D) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.-The Director
4
shall appoint the Executive Director of the
5
Committee, who shall be an employee of the Of-
6
fice.
7
(3) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.-
8
(A) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.-Each
9
member of the Committee shall be appointed
10
for a term of 3 years, except that, of the initial
11
members of the Committee-
12
(i) 1 member appointed under each of
13
clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (2)(A)
14
shall be appointed for a term of 1 year;
15
and
16
(ii) 1 member appointed under each of
17
clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (2)(A)
18
shall be appointed for a term of 2 years.
19
(B) VACANCIES.-Any vacancy in the
20
Committee shall not affect its powers, provided
21
that a quorum is present, but shall be filled in
22
the same manner as the original appointment.
23
Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occur-
24
ring before the expiration of the term for which
25
the member's predecessor was appointed shall
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be appointed only for the remainder of that
2
term.
3
(C) APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.-To
4
the extent necessary to prevent a vacancy in the
5
membership of the Committee, a member of the
6
Committee may serve for not more than 6
7
months after the expiration of the term of that
8
member, if the successor of that member has
9
not been appointed.
10
(4) INITIAL MEETING.-Not later than 120
11
days after the date on which all initial members of
12
the Committee have been appointed, the Committee
13
shall hold its first meeting.
14
(5) MEETINGS.-The Committee shall meet at
15
the call of the Chairperson.
16
(6) QUORUM.-Nine members of the Committee
17
shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number of
18
members may hold hearings.
19
(7) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON.-
20
(A) IN GENERAL.-The members of the
21
Committee shall select a Chairperson and Vice
22
Chairperson from among the members of the
23
Committee.
24
(B) DUTIES OF CHAIRPERSON.-The
25
Chairperson of the Committee shall assign com-
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mittee duties relating to the Committee and di-
2
rect the Executive Director to convene hearings
3
and conduct other necessary business of the
4
Committee.
5
(C) DUTIES OF VICE CHAIRPERSON.-If
6
the Chairperson of the Committee is unable to
7
serve, the Vice Chairperson shall serve as the
8
Chairperson.
9
(b) DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE.-
10
(1) IN GENERAL.-The Committee-
11
(A) shall advise the Director on industry
12
innovations and educational achievements relat-
13
ing to information technology; and
14
(B) may issue reports and recommenda-
15
tions on implementation of the Strategy as the
16
Committee considers appropriate.
17
(2) SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.-Any report or
18
recommendation issued by the Committee shall be
19
submitted to the Director and subsequently to the
20
Congress.
21
(3) ADVICE ON THE SYSTEM.-Not later than
22
December 1, 2001, and on December 1 of each year
23
thereafter, the Committee shall submit to the Direc-
24
tor an annual report containing national information
25
technology policy recommendations. The Director
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may include any recommendations submitted under
2
this paragraph in the report submitted by the Direc-
3
tor under section 6(b).
4
(c) EXPENSES.-The members of the Committee
5 shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu
6 of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agen-
7 cies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United
8 States Code, while away from their homes or regular
9 places of business in the performance of services for the
10 Committee.
11 SEC. 9. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
12
(a) TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.-Chapter 53 of
13 title 5, United States Code, is amended-
14
(1) in section 5312, by adding at the end the
15
following:
16
"Director of National Information Technology
17
Policy."; and
18
(2) in section 5313, by adding at the end the
19
following:
20
"Deputy Director of National Information
21
Technology Policy.".
22
(b) NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947.-Section
23 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 402)
24 is amended by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection
25 (h) and inserting after subsection (f) the following:
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"(g) The Director of National Information Tech-
2 nology Policy may, in the role of the Director as principal
3 adviser to the National Security Council on national infor-
4 mation technology policy, and subject to the direction of
5 the President, attend and participate in meetings of the
6 National Security Council."
7
(c) SUBMISSION OF PROGRAM BUDGET WITH AN-
8 NUAL BUDGET REQUEST OF PRESIDENT.-Section
9 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
10 adding at the end the following:
11
"(33) a separate statement of the amount of
12
appropriations requested for the Office of National
13
Information Technology Policy and each program of
14
the Strategic Education Economic Defense Sys-
15
tem.".
16 SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
17
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
18 this Act, to remain available until expended, such sums
19 as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2001 through
20 2005.
21 SEC. 11. TERMINATION OF OFFICE OF NATIONAL INFORMA-
22
TION TECHNOLOGY POLICY.
23
(a) IN GENERAL.-Exeept as provided in subsection
24 (b), effective on September 30, 2005, this Act and the
25 amendments made by this Act are repealed.
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(b) EXCEPTION.-Subsection (a) does not apply to
2 section 9 or the amendments made by that section.
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NDC-CBC-CHC DIGITAL DIVIDE INITIATIVE
AGENDA FOR THE 106th CONGRESS
Purpose:
Begin discussion between Members from the Congressional Black Caucus,
Congressional Hispanic Caucus and New Democratic Coalition focusing on efforts
to close the Digital Divide and possible joint legislative initiatives by these
caucuses, the Administration, and the private sector. The goal is to enhance
educational opportunity by focusing on universal connectivity for public schools
and libraries, community centers, and rural areas, providing teacher training, and
enhancing worker skills.
Task I
Go over bills introduced by Members of Congress on this subject and
discuss development of an omnibus package to be introduced as stand
alone legislation, or as an amendment to other legislation;
Task II
Work with the Administration to do strategic analysis of what is
currently being done, what resources are available, and how these
goals can be reached by working through Departments of Commerce,
Defense, Education, Labor, and Agencies like NASA, NSF, and CNS;
Task III
Work with the Private Sector to do an analysis of what is currently
being done by them, where resources are directed, what gaps need to
be closed, and find common themes;
Task IV
Determine proper coordination of efforts and resources (including use
of Congressional and Administration staffs).