Directing the National Science Foundation to develop a report on the establishment of high-speed, large bandwidth capacity Internet access for all public elementary and secondary schools and libraries in the United States, and for other purposes.
Science and Educational Networking Act - Amends the High- Performance Computing Act of 1991 to require the Director of the National Science Foundation to submit to Congress a report that: (1) identifies the most appropriate, effective, and economical means of providing all public elementary and secondary schools and libraries in the United States with high-speed, large bandwidth capacity access to the Internet, the ability to transmit and receive data, voice, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Science.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Basic Research.
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