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 100 STAT. 816

PUBLIC LAW 99-383—AUG. 21, 1986

enactment of this Act, shall ensure that each participating agency has appointed two members, and shall assist the task force to meet its objectives. (f)(1) Members of the task force not otherwise employed by the Federal Government shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in carrying out the duties of the task force. (2) The Director of the National Science Foundation shall make provision for administrative support of the task force, and may enter into agreements with the heads of other participating agencies to facilitate the work of the task force. (g) The task force shall terminate on January 31, 1990. GREENHOUSE EFFECT REPORT

President of U.S.

SEC. 9. The President shall, at the earliest practical date (but not later than August 1, 1987), submit to the Congress a report on any action taken or proposed to be taken by the Federal Government with respect to the establishment of an International Year of the Greenhouse Effect to occur in calendar year 1991. Such report shall include descriptions of possible international missions and related research and educational activities, and other such activities as the President may consider appropriate. COMPUTER NETWORK STUDY

Research and development. 42 USC 6614 note.

Reports.

SEC. 10. (a) The Office of Science and Technology Policy (hereinafter referred to as the "Office") shall undertake a study of critical problems and current and future options regarding communications networks for research computers, including supercomputers, at universities and Federal research facilities in the United States. The study shall include an analysis of— (1) the networking needs of the Nation's academic and Federal research computer programs, including supercomputer programs, over the period which is fifteen years after the date of enactment of this Act, including requirements in terms of volume of data, reliability of transmission, software compatibility, graphics capability, and transmission security; (2) the benefits and opportunities that an improved computer network would offer for electronic mail, file transfer, and remote access and communications for universities and Federal research facilities in the United States; and (3) the networking options available for linking academic and other federally supported research computers, including supercomputers, with a particular emphasis on the advantages and disadvantages, if any, of fiber optic systems. Qji) The Office shall submit to the Congress— (1) within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, a report on findings from the study undertaken pursuant to subsection (a) with respect to needs and options regarding communications networks for university and Federal research supercomputers within the United States; and (2) within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, a report on findings from the study undertaken pursuant to subsection (a) with respect to needs and options regarding communications networks for all research computers at universities and Federal research facilities in the United States.

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