This report accompanies H.R. 1757, the National Information Infrastructure Act of 1993. The bill, intended to provide for a coordinated federal program to accelerate development and dissemination of applications of high-performance computing and high-speed networking, is favorably reported by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology with an amendment. The text of the amendment is included. The report is presented in 13 sections: (1) summary, including background and need for legislation, purpose of bill, and budget explanation; (2) committee actions; (3) explanation of committee amendment, including computing and networking applications program provision, network access, applications research, education applications, health care applications, library applications, applications for government information, High-performance Computing and Applications Advisory Committee amendments, and National Research and Education Network (NREN) amendments; (4) sectional analysis of H.R. 1727; (5) committee views on management of applications program, networking technologies, the High-performance Computing and Applications Advisory Committee, and support for training; (6) legislative history; (7) committee oversight findings and recommendation; (8) oversight findings and recommendations by the Committee on Government Operations; (9) Congressional Budget Office cost estimate; (10) impact on inflation; (11) committee recommendation; (12) changes in existing law made by the bill; and (13) correspondence with other committees. (TMK)