Long title | An Act to provide for a coordinated Federal program to ensure continued United States leadership in high-performance computing. |
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Acronyms (colloquial) | HPCA |
Nicknames | Gore Bill |
Enacted by | the 102nd United States Congress |
Effective | December 9, 1991 |
Citations | |
Public law | 102-194 |
Statutes at Large | 105 Stat. 1594 |
Codification | |
Titles amended | 15 U.S.C.: Commerce and Trade |
U.S.C. sections created | 15 U.S.C. ch. 81 § 5501 |
Legislative history | |
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The High Performance Computing Act of 1991 (HPCA) is an Act of Congress promulgated in the 102nd United States Congress as (Pub.L. 102–194) on December 9, 1991. Often referred to as the Gore Bill, it was created and introduced by then Senator Al Gore, and led to the development of the National Information Infrastructure and the funding of the National Research and Education Network (NREN).
The act built on prior U.S. efforts of developing a national networking infrastructure, starting with the ARPANET in the 1960s, and the funding of the National Science Foundation Network (NSFnet) in the 1980s. The renewed effort became known in popular language as building the Information superhighway.
The bill was enacted on December 9, 1991, and led to the National Information Infrastructure (NII) which Gore referred to as the "Information superhighway". President George H. W. Bush predicted that the Act would help "unlock the secrets of DNA," open up foreign markets to free trade, and a promise of cooperation between government, academia, and industry.
PITAC was started in 1991 under the High Performace Computing Act of 1991. On May 28, 2003, President George W. Bush extended the committee.