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Union Calendar No. 68 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1867 

[Report No. 110–114] 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010 for the 

National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 17, 2007 

Mr. BAIRD (for himself, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Ms. 

HOOLEY, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. MCNERNEY, and Mr. HILL) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science and Technology 

APRIL 30, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. HALL of 

Texas, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. HOLT, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. HONDA, Mr. PRICE of North 

Carolina, Mr. WU, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. REICHERT, and 

Mr. LAMPSON

APRIL 30, 2007 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 17, 2007] 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 

2010 for the National Science Foundation, and for other 

purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Science Foun5 dation Authorization Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Na9 tional Science Board established under section 2 of 

10 the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

11 U.S.C. 1861). 

12 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the 

13 Director of the Foundation. 

14 (3) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘elemen15 tary school’’ has the meaning given that term by sec16 tion 9101(18) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu17 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(18)). 

18 (4) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 

19 means the National Science Foundation. 

20 (5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

21 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the mean22 ing given such term in section 101(a) of the Higher 

23 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

24 (6) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘secondary 

25 school’’ has the meaning given that term by section 


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1 9101(38) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu2 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(38)). 

3 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2008.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap6 propriated to the Foundation $6,500,000,000 for fis7 cal year 2008. 

8 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount au9 thorized under paragraph (1)— 

10 (A) $5,080,000,000 shall be made available 

11 for research and related activities, of which 

12 $115,000,000 shall be made available for the 

13 Major Research Instrumentation program; 

14 (B) $873,000,000 shall be made available 

15 for education and human resources, of which— 

16 (i) $94,000,000 shall be for Mathe17 matics and Science Education Partnerships 

18 established under section 9 of the National 

19 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 

20 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n); 

21 (ii) $70,000,000 shall be for the Robert 

22 Noyce Scholarship Program established 

23 under section 10 of the National Science 

24 Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 

25 U.S.C. 1862n–1); 


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1 (iii) $44,000,000 shall be for the 

2 Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and 

3 Technology Talent Expansion Program es4 tablished under section 8(7) of the National 

5 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 

6 2002 (Public Law 107–368); and 

7 (iv) $51,620,000 shall be for the Ad8 vanced Technological Education program 

9 established by section 3(a) of the Scientific 

10 and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 (Pub11 lic Law 102–476); 

12 (C) $245,000,000 shall be made available 

13 for major research equipment and facilities con14 struction; 

15 (D) $285,600,000 shall be made available 

16 for agency operations and award management; 

17 (E) $4,050,000 shall be made available for 

18 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

19 (F) $12,350,000 shall be made available for 

20 the Office of Inspector General. 

21 (b) FISCAL YEAR 2009.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap23 propriated to the Foundation $6,980,000,000 for fis24 cal year 2009. 


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1 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount au2 thorized under paragraph (1)— 

3 (A) $5,457,400,000 shall be made available 

4 for research and related activities, of which 

5 $123,100,000 shall be made available for the 

6 Major Research Instrumentation program; 

7 (B) $934,000,000 shall be made available 

8 for education and human resources, of which— 

9 (i) $100,600,000 shall be for Mathe10 matics and Science Education Partnerships 

11 established under section 9 of the National 

12 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 

13 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n); 

14 (ii) $101,000,000 shall be for the Rob15 ert Noyce Scholarship Program established 

16 under section 10 of the National Science 

17 Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 

18 U.S.C. 1862n–1); 

19 (iii) $55,000,000 shall be for the 

20 Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and 

21 Technology Talent Expansion Program es22 tablished under section 8(7) of the National 

23 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 

24 2002 (Public Law 107–368); and 


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1 (iv) $55,200,000 shall be for the Ad2 vanced Technological Education program as 

3 established by section 3(a) of the Scientific 

4 and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 (Pub5 lic Law 102–476); 

6 (C) $262,000,000 shall be made available 

7 for major research equipment and facilities con8 struction; 

9 (D) $309,760,000 shall be made available 

10 for agency operations and award management; 

11 (E) $4,120,000 shall be made available for 

12 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

13 (F) $12,720,000 shall be made available for 

14 the Office of Inspector General. 

15 (c) FISCAL YEAR 2010.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap17 propriated to the Foundation $7,493,000,000 for fis18 cal year 2010. 

19 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount au20 thorized under paragraph (1)— 

21 (A) $5,863,200,000 shall be made available 

22 for research and related activities, of which 

23 $131,700,000 shall be made available for the 

24 Major Research Instrumentation program; 


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1 (B) $1,003,000,000 shall be made available 

2 for education and human resources, of which— 

3 (i) $107,600,000 shall be for Mathe4 matics and Science Education Partnerships 

5 established under section 9 of the National 

6 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 

7 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n); 

8 (ii) $133,000,000 shall be for the Rob9 ert Noyce Scholarship Program established 

10 under section 10 of the National Science 

11 Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 

12 U.S.C. 1862n–1); 

13 (iii) $60,000,000 shall be for the 

14 Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and 

15 Technology Talent Expansion Program es16 tablished under section 8(7) of the National 

17 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 

18 2002 (Public Law 107–368); and 

19 (iv) $59,100,000 shall be for the Ad20 vanced Technological Education program as 

21 established by section 3(a) of the Scientific 

22 and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 (Pub23 lic Law 102–476); 


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1 (C) $280,000,000 shall be made available 

2 for major research equipment and facilities con3 struction; 

4 (D) $329,450,000 shall be made available 

5 for agency operations and award management; 

6 (E) $4,250,000 shall be made available for 

7 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

8 (F) $13,100,000 shall be made available for 

9 the Office of Inspector General. 

10 (d) MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION.— 

11 (1) AWARD AMOUNT.—The minimum amount of 

12 an award under the Major Research Instrumentation 

13 program shall be $100,000. The maximum amount of 

14 an award under the program shall be $4,000,000, ex15 cept if the total amount appropriated for the program 

16 for a fiscal year exceeds $125,000,000, in which case 

17 the maximum amount of an award shall be 

18 $6,000,000. 

19 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—In addition to the acquisi20 tion of instrumentation and equipment, funds made 

21 available by awards under the Major Research Instru22 mentation program may be used to support the oper23 ations and maintenance of such instrumentation and 

24 equipment. 

25 (3) COST SHARING.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—An institution of higher 

2 education receiving an award shall provide at 

3 least 30 percent of the cost from private or non4 Federal sources. 

5 (B) EXCEPTIONS.—Institutions of higher 

6 education that are not Ph.D.-granting institu7 tions are exempt from the cost sharing require8 ment in subparagraph (A), and the Director 

9 may reduce or waive the cost sharing require10 ment for— 

11 (i) institutions— 

12 (I) which are not ranked among 

13 the top 100 institutions receiving Fed14 eral research and development funding, 

15 as documented by the statistical data 

16 published by the Foundation; and 

17 (II) for which the proposed project 

18 will make a substantial improvement 

19 in the institution’s capabilities to con20 duct leading edge research, to provide 

21 research experiences for undergraduate 

22 students using leading edge facilities, 

23 and to broaden the participation in 

24 science and engineering research by in25 dividuals identified in section 33 or 34 


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1 of the Science and Engineering Equal 

2 Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 

3 1885b); and 

4 (ii) consortia of institutions of higher 

5 education that include at least one institu6 tion that is not a Ph.D-granting institu7 tion. 

8 (e) UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—The 

9 Director shall continue to carry out programs in support 

10 of undergraduate education, including those authorized in 

11 section 17 of the National Science Foundation Authoriza12 tion Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–6). Funding for these 

13 programs shall increase in proportion to the increase in the 

14 total amount appropriated to the Foundation in any year 

15 for which appropriations are authorized by this Act. 

16 (f) LIMIT ON PROPOSALS.— 

17 (1) POLICY.—For programs that require as part 

18 of the selection process for awards the submission of 

19 preproposals and that also limit the number of 

20 preproposals that may be submitted by an institution, 

21 the Director shall allow the subsequent submission of 

22 a full proposal based on each preproposal that is de23 termined to have merit following the Foundation’s 

24 merit review process. 


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1 (2) REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES.— 

2 The Board shall review and assess the effects on insti3 tutions of higher education of the policies of the Foun4 dation regarding the imposition of limitations on the 

5 number of proposals that may be submitted by a sin6 gle institution for programs supported by the Foun7 dation. The Board shall determine whether current 

8 policies are well justified and appropriate for the 

9 types of programs that limit the number of proposal 

10 submissions. Not later that 1 year after the date of 

11 enactment of this Act, the Board shall summarize its 

12 findings and any recommendations regarding changes 

13 to the current policy on the restriction of proposal 

14 submissions in a report to the Committee on Science 

15 and Technology of the House of Representatives and 

16 to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans17 portation and the Committee on Health, Education, 

18 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 

19 (g) RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADU20 ATES.—The Director shall increase funding for the Research 

21 Experiences for Undergraduates program in proportion to 

22 the increase in the total amount appropriated to the Foun23 dation for research and related activities in any year for 

24 which appropriations are authorized by this Act. 


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1 SEC. 4. CENTERS FOR RESEARCH ON LEARNING AND EDU2 CATION IMPROVEMENT. 

3 (a) FUNDING FOR CENTERS.—The Director shall con4 tinue to carry out the program of Centers for Research on 

5 Learning and Education Improvement as established in 

6 section 11 of the National Science Foundation Authoriza7 tion Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–2). 

8 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR CENTERS.—Section 11 of the Na9 tional Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 

10 U.S.C. 1862n–2) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘or eligible 

12 nonprofit organizations’’ after ‘‘institutions of higher 

13 education’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ‘‘or an eligi15 ble nonprofit organization’’ after ‘‘institution of high16 er education’’; and 

17 (3) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘of such in18 stitutions’’ and inserting ‘‘thereof’’. 

19 SEC. 5. INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall evaluate the role 

21 of the Foundation in supporting interdisciplinary research, 

22 including through the Major Research Instrumentation pro23 gram, the effectiveness of the Foundation’s efforts in pro24 viding information to the scientific community about op25 portunities for funding of interdisciplinary research pro26 posals, and the process through which interdisciplinary proVerDate Aug 31 2005 03:28 May 01, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1867.RH H1867

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1 posals are selected for support. The Board shall also evalu2 ate the effectiveness of the Foundation’s efforts to engage un3 dergraduate students in research experiences in inter4 disciplinary settings, including through the Research in 

5 Undergraduate Institutions program and the Research Ex6 periences for Undergraduates program. 

7 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

8 enactment of this Act, the Board shall provide the results 

9 of its evaluation under subsection (a), including a rec10 ommendation for the proportion of the Foundation’s re11 search and related activities funding that should be allo12 cated for interdisciplinary research, to the Committee on 

13 Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and 

14 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

15 and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen16 sions of the Senate. 

17 SEC. 6. PILOT PROGRAM OF GRANTS FOR NEW INVESTIGA18 TORS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out a pilot 

20 program to award one-year grants to individuals to assist 

21 them in improving research proposals that were previously 

22 submitted to the Foundation but not selected for funding. 

23 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec24 tion shall be used to enable an individual to resubmit an 

25 updated research proposal for review by the Foundation 


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1 through the agency’s competitive merit review process. Uses 

2 of funds made available under this section may include the 

3 generation of new data and the performance of additional 

4 analysis. 

5 (c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

6 under this section, an individual shall— 

7 (1) not have previously received funding as the 

8 principal investigator of a research grant from the 

9 Foundation; and 

10 (2) have submitted a proposal to the Foundation, 

11 which may include a proposal submitted to the Re12 search in Undergraduate Institutions program, that 

13 was rated very good or excellent under the Founda14 tion’s competitive merit review process. 

15 (d) SELECTION PROCESS.—The Director shall make 

16 awards under this section based on the advice of the pro17 gram officers of the Foundation. 

18 (e) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—The Director may 

19 carry out this section through the Small Grants for Explor20 atory Research program. 

21 (f) NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REVIEW.—The Board 

22 shall conduct a review and assessment of the pilot program 

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1 mittal of proposals by new investigators funded through this 

2 pilot program. Not later than 3 years after the date of en3 actment of this Act, the Board shall summarize its findings 

4 and any recommendations regarding changes to or the con5 tinuation of the pilot program in a report to the Committee 

6 on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives 

7 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor8 tation and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

9 and Pensions of the Senate. 

10 SEC. 7. BROADER IMPACTS MERIT REVIEW CRITERION. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—In evaluating research proposals 

12 under the Foundation’s broader impacts criterion, the Di13 rector shall give special consideration to proposals that in14 volve partnerships between academic researchers and indus15 trial scientists and engineers that address research areas 

16 that have been identified as having high importance for fu17 ture national economic competitiveness, such as 

18 nanotechnology. 

19 (b) PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDUSTRY.—The Director 

20 shall encourage research proposals from institutions of high21 er education that involve partnerships with businesses and 

22 organizations representing businesses in fields that have 

23 been identified as having high importance for future na24 tional economic competitiveness and that include input on 


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1 the research agenda from and cost-sharing by the industry 

2 partners. 

3 (c) REPORT ON BROADER IMPACTS CRITERION.—Not 

4 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 

5 the Director shall transmit to Congress a report on the im6 pact of the broader impacts grant criterion used by the 

7 Foundation. The report shall— 

8 (1) identify the criteria that each division and 

9 directorate of the Foundation uses to evaluate the 

10 broader impacts aspects of research proposals; 

11 (2) provide a breakdown of the types of activities 

12 by division that awardees have proposed to carry out 

13 to meet the broader impacts criterion; 

14 (3) provide any evaluations performed by the 

15 Foundation to assess the degree to which the broader 

16 impacts aspects of research proposals were carried out 

17 and how effective they have been at meeting the goals 

18 described in the research proposals; 

19 (4) describe what national goals, such as improv20 ing undergraduate science, mathematics, and engi21 neering education, improving K–12 science and 

22 mathematics education, promoting university-indus23 try collaboration and technology transfer, and broad24 ening participation of underrepresented groups, the 


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1 broader impacts criterion is best suited to promote; 

2 and 

3 (5) describe what steps the Foundation is taking 

4 and should take to use the broader impacts criterion 

5 to improve undergraduate science, mathematics, and 

6 engineering education. 

7 SEC. 8. POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWS. 

8 (a) MENTORING.—The Director shall require that all 

9 grant applications that include funding to support 

10 postdoctoral researchers include a description of the men11 toring activities that will be provided for such individuals, 

12 and shall ensure that this part of the application is evalu13 ated under the Foundation’s broader impacts merit review 

14 criterion. Mentoring activities may include career coun15 seling, training in preparing grant applications, guidance 

16 on ways to improve teaching skills, and training in re17 search ethics. 

18 (b) REPORTS.—The Director shall require that annual 

19 reports and the final report for research grants that include 

20 funding to support postdoctoral researchers include a de21 scription of the mentoring activities provided to such re22 searchers. 

23 SEC. 9. RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH. 

24 The Director shall require that each institution that 

25 applies for financial assistance from the Foundation for 


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1 science and engineering research or education describe in 

2 its grant proposal a plan to provide appropriate training 

3 and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of re4 search to undergraduate students, graduate students, and 

5 postdoctoral researchers participating in the proposed re6 search project. 

7 SEC. 10. REPORTING OF RESEARCH RESULTS. 

8 The Director shall ensure that all final project reports 

9 and citations of published research documents resulting 

10 from research funded, in whole or in part, by the Founda11 tion, are made available to the public in a timely manner 

12 and in electronic form through the Foundation’s Web site. 

13 SEC. 11. SHARING RESEARCH RESULTS. 

14 An investigator supported under a Foundation award, 

15 whom the Director determines has failed to comply with 

16 the provisions of section 734 of the Foundation Grant Pol17 icy Manual, shall be ineligible for a future award under 

18 any Foundation supported program or activity. The Direc19 tor may restore the eligibility of such an investigator on 

20 the basis of the investigator’s subsequent compliance with 

21 the provisions of section 734 of the Foundation Grant Pol22 icy Manual and with such other terms and conditions as 

23 the Director may impose. 


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1 SEC. 12. FUNDING FOR SUCCESSFUL STEM EDUCATION 

2 PROGRAMS. 

3 (a) EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS.—The Director shall, 

4 on an annual basis, evaluate all of the Foundation’s grants 

5 that are scheduled to expire within one year and— 

6 (1) that have the primary purpose of meeting the 

7 objectives of the Science and Engineering Equal Op8 portunity Act (42 U.S.C. 1885 et seq.); or 

9 (2) that have the primary purpose of providing 

10 teacher professional development. 

11 (b) CONTINUATION OF FUNDING.—For grants that are 

12 identified under subsection (a) and that are deemed by the 

13 Director to be successful in meeting the objectives of the ini14 tial grant solicitation, the Director may extend the duration 

15 of those grants for up to 3 additional years beyond their 

16 scheduled expiration without the requirement for a recom17 petition. The Director may extend such grants for an addi18 tional 3 years following a second review within 1 year be19 fore the extended completion date, in accordance with sub20 section (a), and the determination by the Director that the 

21 objectives of the grant are being achieved. 

22 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 

23 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall 

24 submit a report to the Committee on Science and Tech25 nology of the House of Representatives and to the Com26 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 


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1 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 

2 the Senate that— 

3 (1) lists the grants which have been extended in 

4 duration by the authority provided under this section; 

5 and 

6 (2) provides any recommendations the Director 

7 may have regarding the extension of the authority 

8 provided under this section to programs other than 

9 those specified in subsection (a). 

10 SEC. 13. COST SHARING. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall evaluate the im12 pact of its policy to eliminate cost sharing for research 

13 grants and cooperative agreements for existing programs 

14 that were developed around industry partnerships and his15 torically required industry cost sharing, such as the Engi16 neering Research Centers and Industry/University Coopera17 tive Research Centers. The Board shall also consider the im18 pact that the cost sharing policy has on initiating new pro19 grams for which industry interest and participation are 

20 sought. 

21 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 

22 of enactment of this Act, the Board shall report to the Com23 mittee on Science and Technology and the Committee on 

24 Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the 

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1 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and 

2 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, on the re3 sults of the evaluation under subsection (a). 

4 SEC. 14. DONATIONS. 

5 Section 11(f) of the National Science Foundation Act 

6 of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1870(f)) is amended by inserting at the 

7 end before the semicolon ‘‘, except that funds may be do8 nated for specific prize competitions’’. 

9 SEC. 15. ADDITIONAL REPORTS. 

10 (a) REPORT ON FUNDING FOR MAJOR FACILITIES.— 

11 (1) PRECONSTRUCTION FUNDING.—The Board 

12 shall evaluate the appropriateness of the requirement 

13 that funding for detailed design work and other 

14 preconstruction activities for major research equip15 ment and facilities come exclusively from the spon16 soring research division rather than being available, 

17 at least in part, from the Major Research Equipment 

18 and Facilities Construction account. 

19 (2) MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS.—The 

20 Board shall evaluate the appropriateness of the Foun21 dation’s policies for allocation of costs for, and over22 sight of, maintenance and operation of major research 

23 equipment and facilities. 

24 (3) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the 

25 date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall report 


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1 on the results of the evaluations under paragraphs (1) 

2 and (2) and on any recommendations for modifying 

3 the current policies related to allocation of funding 

4 for major research equipment and facilities to the 

5 Committee on Science and Technology and the Com6 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representa7 tives, and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

8 and Transportation, the Committee on Health, Edu9 cation, Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on 

10 Appropriations of the Senate. 

11 (b) INCLUSION OF POLAR FACILITIES UPGRADES IN

12 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CON13 STRUCTION PLAN.—Section 201(a)(2)(D) of the National 

14 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 

15 1862l(a)(2)(D)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and for major 

16 upgrades of facilities in support of Antarctic research pro17 grams’’ after ‘‘facilities construction account’’. 

18 (c) REPORT ON EDUCATION PROGRAMS WITHIN THE

19 RESEARCH DIRECTORATES.—Not later than 6 months after 

20 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall transmit 

21 to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House 

22 of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

23 Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Health, 

24 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report cat25 aloging all elementary and secondary school, informal, and 


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1 undergraduate educational programs and activities sup2 ported through appropriations for Research and Related 

3 Activities. The report shall display the programs and ac4 tivities by directorate, along with estimated funding levels 

5 for the fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008, and shall provide 

6 a description of the goals of each program and activity. The 

7 report shall also describe how the programs and activities 

8 relate to or are coordinated with the programs supported 

9 by the Education and Human Resources Directorate. 

10 (d) REPORT ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE IN11 STITUTIONS PROGRAM.—The Director shall transmit to 

12 Congress along with the fiscal year 2011 budget request a 

13 report listing the funding success rates and distribution of 

14 awards for the Research in Undergraduate Institutions pro15 gram, by type of institution based on the highest academic 

16 degree conferred by the institution, for fiscal years 2008, 

17 2009, and 2010. 

18 (e) ANNUAL PLAN FOR ALLOCATION OF EDUCATION

19 AND HUMAN RESOURCES FUNDING.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

21 the date of enactment of legislation providing for the 

22 annual appropriation of funds for the Foundation, 

23 the Director shall submit to the Committee on Science 

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1 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 

2 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

3 Pensions, and the Committee on Appropriations of 

4 the Senate, a plan for the allocation of education and 

5 human resources funds authorized by this Act for the 

6 corresponding fiscal year, including any funds from 

7 within the research and related activities account 

8 used to support activities that have the primary pur9 pose of improving education or broadening participa10 tion. 

11 (2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall 

12 include a description of how the allocation of fund13 ing— 

14 (A) will affect the average size and duration 

15 of education and human resources grants sup16 ported by the Foundation; 

17 (B) will affect trends in research support 

18 for the effective instruction of mathematics, 

19 science, engineering, and technology; 

20 (C) will affect the K-20 pipeline for the 

21 study of mathematics, science, engineering, and 

22 technology; and 

23 (D) will encourage the interest of individ24 uals identified in section 33 or 34 of the Science 

25 and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 


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1 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b) in mathematics, science, 

2 engineering, and technology, and help prepare 

3 such individuals to pursue postsecondary studies 

4 in these fields. 

5 SEC. 16. ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS. 

6 (a) TRIANNUAL AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF THE NA7 TIONAL SCIENCE BOARD.—Section 15(a) of the National 

8 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

9 4862n–5) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘an annual 

11 audit’’ and inserting ‘‘an audit every three years’’; 

12 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘each year’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘every third year’’; and 

14 (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol15 lowing new paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(5) MATERIALS RELATING TO CLOSED POR17 TIONS OF MEETINGS.—To facilitate the audit required 

18 under paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Office of 

19 the National Science Board shall maintain the Gen20 eral Counsel’s certificate, the presiding officer’s state21 ment, and a transcript or recording of any closed 

22 meeting, for at least 3 years after such meeting.’’. 

23 (b) LIMITED TERM PERSONNEL FOR THE NATIONAL

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1 tional Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(g)) 

2 is amended to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(g) The Board may, with the concurrence of a major4 ity of its members, permit the appointment of a staff con5 sisting of not more than 5 professional staff members, tech6 nical and professional personnel on leave of absence from 

7 academic, industrial, or research institutions for a limited 

8 term and such operations and support staff members as 

9 may be necessary. Such staff shall be appointed by the 

10 Chairman and assigned at the direction of the Board. The 

11 professional members and limited term technical and pro12 fessional personnel of such staff may be appointed without 

13 regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov14 erning appointments in the competitive service, and the 

15 provisions of chapter 51 of such title relating to classifica16 tion, and shall be compensated at a rate not exceeding the 

17 maximum rate payable under section 5376 of such title, as 

18 may be necessary to provide for the performance of such 

19 duties as may be prescribed by the Board in connection 

20 with the exercise of its powers and functions under this Act. 

21 Section 14(a)(3) shall apply to each limited term appoint22 ment of technical and professional personnel under this sub23 section. Each appointment under this subsection shall be 

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1 for personnel of the Foundation appointed under section 

2 14(a).’’. 

3 (c) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF WATERMAN AWARDS TO

4 THREE.—Section 6(c) of the National Science Foundation 

5 Authorization Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 1881a) is amended 

6 to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(c) Up to three awards may be made under this sec8 tion in any one fiscal year.’’. 

9 SEC. 17. NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REPORTS. 

10 Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 4(j) of the National 

11 Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(1) and 

12 (2)) are amended by striking ‘‘, for submission to’’ and ‘‘for 

13 submission to’’, respectively, and inserting ‘‘and’’. 

14 SEC. 18. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE REPORT ON DI15 VERSITY IN STEM FIELDS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation shall enter into an 

17 arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences for a 

18 report, to be transmitted to the Congress not later than 1 

19 year after the date of enactment of this Act, about barriers 

20 to increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in 

21 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields 

22 and to identify strategies for bringing more underrep23 resented minorities into the science, technology, engineering, 

24 and mathematics workforce. 


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1 (b) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall en2 sure that the study described in subsection (a) addresses— 

3 (1) social and institutional factors that shape the 

4 decisions of minority students to commit to education 

5 and careers in the science, technology, engineering, 

6 and mathematics fields; 

7 (2) specific barriers preventing greater minority 

8 student participation in the science, technology, engi9 neering, and mathematics fields; 

10 (3) primary focus points for policy intervention 

11 to increase the recruitment and retention of underrep12 resented minorities in America’s future workforce; 

13 (4) programs already underway to increase di14 versity in the science, technology, engineering, and 

15 mathematics fields, and their level of effectiveness; 

16 (5) factors that make such programs effective, 

17 and how to expand and improve upon existing pro18 grams; 

19 (6) the role of minority-serving institutions in 

20 the diversification of America’s workforce in these 

21 fields and how that role can be supported and 

22 strengthened; and 

23 (7) how the public and private sectors can better 

24 assist minority students in their efforts to join Amer25 ica’s workforce in these fields. 


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Union Calendar No. 68 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1867 

[Report No. 110

–114] 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008, 

dation, and for other purposes. 2009, and 2010 for the National Science FounAPRIL 30, 2007 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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