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 112 STAT. 2924 PUBLIC LAW 105-305—OCT. 28, 1998 and the top-level domain names provide similar cooperation to the National Research Council. Deadlines. (d) REPORTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.— (A) INTERIM REPORT. —Afker a period of public comment and not later than 4 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the National Research Council shall submit an interim report on the study to the Secretary of Commerce. (B) FINAL REPORT. —After a period of public comment and not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the National Research Council shall complete the study under this section and submit a final report on the study to the Secretary of Commerce. The final ., report shall set forth the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Council concerning the effects of adding new generic top-level domains and related dispute resolution procedures on trademark rights. (2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES. — (A) INTERIM REPORT. — Not later than 7 days after the date on which the interim report is submitted to the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary shall submit the interim report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and to the Committee on Commerce, the Committee on Science, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. (B) FINAL REPORT.— Not later than 7 days afl;er the date on which the final report is submitted to the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary shall submit the final report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and to the Committee on Commerce, the Committee on Science, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —T here are authorized to be appropriated $800,000 for the study conducted under this section. SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 15 USC 5501 (a) IN GENERAL. —For purposes of this Actnote. (1) GEOGRAPHIC PENALTY.— The term "geographic penalty" means the imposition of costs on users of the Internet in rural or other locations, attributable to the distance of the user from network facilities, the low population density of the area in which the user is located, or other factors, that are disproportionately greater than the costs imposed on users in locations closer to such facilities or on users in locations with significantly greater population density. (2) INTERNET. — The term "Internet" means the international computer network of both Federal and non-Federal interoperable packet switched data networks. (b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITION FOR THE 1991 ACT.— Section 4 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5503) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and

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