110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1867 

AN ACT 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 

2010 for the National Science Foundation, and for other 

purposes. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Science 

3 Foundation Authorization Act of 2007’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Na7 tional Science Board established under section 2 of 

8 the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

9 U.S.C. 1861). 

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

11 the Director of the Foundation. 

12 (3) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘elemen13 tary school’’ has the meaning given that term by 

14 section 9101(18) of the Elementary and Secondary 

15 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(18)). 

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

17 means the National Science Foundation. 

18 (5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

19 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

20 meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the 

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

22 (6) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec23 ondary school’’ has the meaning given that term by 

24 section 9101(38) of the Elementary and Secondary 

25 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(38)). 
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1 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2008.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

4 appropriated to the Foundation $6,500,000,000 for 

5 fiscal year 2008. 

6 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

7 authorized under paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) $5,080,000,000 shall be made avail9 able for research and related activities, of which 

10 $115,000,000 shall be made available for the 

11 Major Research Instrumentation program; 

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

13 for education and human resources, of which— 

14 (i) $94,000,000 shall be for Mathe15 matics and Science Education Partner16 ships established under section 9 of the 

17 National Science Foundation Authorization 

18 Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n); 

19 (ii) $70,000,000 shall be for the Rob20 ert Noyce Scholarship Program established 

21 under section 10 of the National Science 

22 Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 

23 U.S.C. 1862n–1); 

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

25 Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and 

26 Technology Talent Expansion Program es-
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1 tablished under section 8(7) of the Na2 tional Science Foundation Authorization 

3 Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–368); and 

4 (iv) $51,620,000 shall be for the Ad5 vanced Technological Education program 

6 established by section 3(a) of the Scientific 

7 and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 

8 (Public Law 102–476); 

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

10 for major research equipment and facilities con11 struction; 

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

13 for agency operations and award management; 

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

15 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

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

17 for the Office of Inspector General. 

18 (b) FISCAL YEAR 2009.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

20 appropriated to the Foundation $6,980,000,000 for 

21 fiscal year 2009. 

22 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

23 authorized under paragraph (1)— 

24 (A) $5,457,400,000 shall be made avail25 able for research and related activities, of which 
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1 $123,100,000 shall be made available for the 

2 Major Research Instrumentation program; 

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

4 for education and human resources, of which— 

5 (i) $100,600,000 shall be for Mathe6 matics and Science Education Partner7 ships established under section 9 of the 

8 National Science Foundation Authorization 

9 Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n); 

10 (ii) $101,000,000 shall be for the 

11 Robert Noyce Scholarship Program estab12 lished under section 10 of the National 

13 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 

14 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–1); 

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

16 Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and 

17 Technology Talent Expansion Program es18 tablished under section 8(7) of the Na19 tional Science Foundation Authorization 

20 Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–368); and 

21 (iv) $55,200,000 shall be for the Ad22 vanced Technological Education program 

23 as established by section 3(a) of the Sci24 entific and Advanced-Technology Act of 

25 1992 (Public Law 102–476); 
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1 (C) $262,000,000 shall be made available 

2 for major research equipment and facilities con3 struction; 

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

5 for agency operations and award management; 

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

7 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

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

9 for the Office of Inspector General. 

10 (c) FISCAL YEAR 2010.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

12 appropriated to the Foundation $7,493,000,000 for 

13 fiscal year 2010. 

14 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

15 authorized under paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) $5,863,200,000 shall be made avail17 able for research and related activities, of which 

18 $131,700,000 shall be made available for the 

19 Major Research Instrumentation program; 

20 (B) $1,003,000,000 shall be made avail21 able for education and human resources, of 

22 which— 

23 (i) $107,600,000 shall be for Mathe24 matics and Science Education Partner25 ships established under section 9 of the 
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1 National Science Foundation Authorization 

2 Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n); 

3 (ii) $133,000,000 shall be for the 

4 Robert Noyce Scholarship Program estab5 lished under section 10 of the National 

6 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 

7 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–1); 

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

9 Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and 

10 Technology Talent Expansion Program es11 tablished under section 8(7) of the Na12 tional Science Foundation Authorization 

13 Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–368); and 

14 (iv) $59,100,000 shall be for the Ad15 vanced Technological Education program 

16 as established by section 3(a) of the Sci17 entific and Advanced-Technology Act of 

18 1992 (Public Law 102–476); 

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

20 for major research equipment and facilities con21 struction; 

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

23 for agency operations and award management; 

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

25 the Office of the National Science Board; and 
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1 (F) $13,100,000 shall be made available 

2 for the Office of Inspector General. 

3 (d) MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION.— 

4 (1) AWARD AMOUNT.—The minimum amount 

5 of an award under the Major Research Instrumenta6 tion program shall be $100,000. The maximum 

7 amount of an award under the program shall be 

8 $4,000,000, except if the total amount appropriated 

9 for the program for a fiscal year exceeds 

10 $125,000,000, in which case the maximum amount 

11 of an award shall be $6,000,000. 

12 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—In addition to the acquisi13 tion of instrumentation and equipment, funds made 

14 available by awards under the Major Research In15 strumentation program may be used to support the 

16 operations and maintenance of such instrumentation 

17 and equipment. 

18 (3) COST SHARING.— 

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

20 education receiving an award shall provide at 

21 least 30 percent of the cost from private or 

22 non-Federal sources. 

23 (B) EXCEPTIONS.—Institutions of higher 

24 education that are not Ph.D.-granting institu25 tions are exempt from the cost sharing require-
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1 ment in subparagraph (A), and the Director 

2 may reduce or waive the cost sharing require3 ment for— 

4 (i) institutions— 

5 (I) which are not ranked among 

6 the top 100 institutions receiving Fed7 eral research and development fund8 ing, as documented by the statistical 

9 data published by the Foundation; 

10 and 

11 (II) for which the proposed 

12 project will make a substantial im13 provement in the institution’s capa14 bilities to conduct leading edge re15 search, to provide research experi16 ences for undergraduate students 

17 using leading edge facilities, and to 

18 broaden the participation in science 

19 and engineering research by individ20 uals identified in section 33 or 34 of 

21 the Science and Engineering Equal 

22 Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a 

23 or 1885b); and 

24 (ii) consortia of institutions of higher 

25 education that include at least one institu-
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1 tion that is not a Ph.D-granting institu2 tion. 

3 (e) UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—The 

4 Director shall continue to carry out programs in support 

5 of undergraduate education, including those authorized in 

6 section 17 of the National Science Foundation Authoriza7 tion Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–6). Funding for these 

8 programs shall increase in proportion to the increase in 

9 the total amount appropriated to the Foundation in any 

10 year for which appropriations are authorized by this Act. 

11 (f) LIMIT ON PROPOSALS.— 

12 (1) POLICY.—For programs that require as 

13 part of the selection process for awards the submis14 sion of preproposals and that also limit the number 

15 of preproposals that may be submitted by an institu16 tion, the Director shall allow the subsequent submis17 sion of a full proposal based on each preproposal 

18 that is determined to have merit following the Foun19 dation’s merit review process. 

20 (2) REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES.— 

21 The Board shall review and assess the effects on in22 stitutions of higher education of the policies of the 

23 Foundation regarding the imposition of limitations 

24 on the number of proposals that may be submitted 

25 by a single institution for programs supported by the 
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1 Foundation. The Board shall determine whether cur2 rent policies are well justified and appropriate for 

3 the types of programs that limit the number of pro4 posal submissions. Not later that 1 year after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall sum6 marize its findings and any recommendations re7 garding changes to the current policy on the restric8 tion of proposal submissions in a report to the Com9 mittee on Science and Technology of the House of 

10 Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, 

11 Science, and Transportation and the Committee on 

12 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen13 ate. 

14 (g) RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADU15 ATES.—The Director shall increase funding for the Re16 search Experiences for Undergraduates program in pro17 portion to the increase in the total amount appropriated 

18 to the Foundation for research and related activities in 

19 any year for which appropriations are authorized by this 

20 Act. 

21 (h) GLOBAL WARMING EDUCATION.— 

22 (1) INFORMAL EDUCATION.—As part of Infor23 mal Science Education activities, the Director shall 

24 support activities to create informal educational ma25 terials, exhibits, and multimedia presentations rel-
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1 evant to global warming, climate science, and green2 house gas reduction strategies. 

3 (2) K–12 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.—As 

4 part of Discovery Research K–12 activities, the Di5 rector shall support the development of K–12 edu6 cational materials relevant to global warming, cli7 mate science, and greenhouse gas reduction strate8 gies. 

9 SEC. 4. CENTERS FOR RESEARCH ON LEARNING AND EDU10 CATION IMPROVEMENT. 

11 (a) FUNDING FOR CENTERS.—The Director shall 

12 continue to carry out the program of Centers for Research 

13 on Learning and Education Improvement as established 

14 in section 11 of the National Science Foundation Author15 ization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–2). 

16 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR CENTERS.—Section 11 of the 

17 National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 

18 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–2) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘or eligi20 ble nonprofit organizations’’ after ‘‘institutions of 

21 higher education’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ‘‘or an eli23 gible nonprofit organization’’ after ‘‘institution of 

24 higher education’’; and 
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1 (3) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘of such in2 stitutions’’ and inserting ‘‘thereof’’. 

3 SEC. 5. INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH. 

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

5 of the Foundation in supporting interdisciplinary research, 

6 including through the Major Research Instrumentation 

7 program, the effectiveness of the Foundation’s efforts in 

8 providing information to the scientific community about 

9 opportunities for funding of interdisciplinary research pro10 posals, and the process through which interdisciplinary 

11 proposals are selected for support. The Board shall also 

12 evaluate the effectiveness of the Foundation’s efforts to 

13 engage undergraduate students in research experiences in 

14 interdisciplinary settings, including through the Research 

15 in Undergraduate Institutions program and the Research 

16 Experiences for Undergraduates program. 

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

18 of enactment of this Act, the Board shall provide the re19 sults of its evaluation under subsection (a), including a 

20 recommendation for the proportion of the Foundation’s re21 search and related activities funding that should be allo22 cated for interdisciplinary research, to the Committee on 

23 Science and Technology of the House of Representatives 

24 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
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1 tation and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

2 and Pensions of the Senate. 

3 SEC. 6. PILOT PROGRAM OF GRANTS FOR NEW INVESTIGA4 TORS. 

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

6 pilot program to award one-year grants to individuals to 

7 assist them in improving research proposals that were pre8 viously submitted to the Foundation but not selected for 

9 funding. 

10 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec11 tion shall be used to enable an individual to resubmit an 

12 updated research proposal for review by the Foundation 

13 through the agency’s competitive merit review process. 

14 Uses of funds made available under this section may in15 clude the generation of new data and the performance of 

16 additional analysis. 

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

18 under this section, an individual shall— 

19 (1) not have previously received funding as the 

20 principal investigator of a research grant from the 

21 Foundation; and 

22 (2) have submitted a proposal to the Founda23 tion, which may include a proposal submitted to the 

24 Research in Undergraduate Institutions program, 
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1 that was rated very good or excellent under the 

2 Foundation’s competitive merit review process. 

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

4 awards under this section based on the advice of the pro5 gram officers of the Foundation. 

6 (e) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—The Director may 

7 carry out this section through the Small Grants for Ex8 ploratory Research program. 

9 (f) NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REVIEW.—The 

10 Board shall conduct a review and assessment of the pilot 

11 program under this section, including the number of new 

12 investigators funded, the distribution of awards by type 

13 of institution of higher education, and the success rate 

14 upon resubmittal of proposals by new investigators funded 

15 through this pilot program. Not later than 3 years after 

16 the date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall summa17 rize its findings and any recommendations regarding 

18 changes to or the continuation of the pilot program in a 

19 report to the Committee on Science and Technology of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Committee on Com21 merce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on 

22 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 

23 SEC. 7. BROADER IMPACTS MERIT REVIEW CRITERION. 

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

25 under the Foundation’s broader impacts criterion, the Di-
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1 rector shall give special consideration to proposals that in2 volve partnerships between academic researchers and in3 dustrial scientists and engineers that address research 

4 areas that have been identified as having high importance 

5 for future national economic competitiveness, such as 

6 nanotechnology. 

7 (b) PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDUSTRY.—The Director 

8 shall encourage research proposals from institutions of 

9 higher education that involve partnerships with businesses 

10 and organizations representing businesses in fields that 

11 have been identified as having high importance for future 

12 national economic competitiveness and that include input 

13 on the research agenda from and cost-sharing by the in14 dustry partners. 

15 (c) REPORT ON BROADER IMPACTS CRITERION.— 

16 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

17 Act, the Director shall transmit to Congress a report on 

18 the impact of the broader impacts grant criterion used by 

19 the Foundation. The report shall— 

20 (1) identify the criteria that each division and 

21 directorate of the Foundation uses to evaluate the 

22 broader impacts aspects of research proposals; 

23 (2) provide a breakdown of the types of activi24 ties by division that awardees have proposed to carry 

25 out to meet the broader impacts criterion; 
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1 (3) provide any evaluations performed by the 

2 Foundation to assess the degree to which the broad3 er impacts aspects of research proposals were car4 ried out and how effective they have been at meeting 

5 the goals described in the research proposals; 

6 (4) describe what national goals, such as im7 proving undergraduate science, mathematics, and 

8 engineering education, improving K–12 science and 

9 mathematics education, promoting university-indus10 try collaboration and technology transfer, and broad11 ening participation of underrepresented groups, the 

12 broader impacts criterion is best suited to promote; 

13 and 

14 (5) describe what steps the Foundation is tak15 ing and should take to use the broader impacts cri16 terion to improve undergraduate science, mathe17 matics, and engineering education. 

18 SEC. 8. POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWS. 

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

20 grant applications that include funding to support 

21 postdoctoral researchers include a description of the men22 toring activities that will be provided for such individuals, 

23 and shall ensure that this part of the application is evalu24 ated under the Foundation’s broader impacts merit review 

25 criterion. Mentoring activities may include career coun-
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1 seling, training in preparing grant applications, guidance 

2 on ways to improve teaching skills, and training in re3 search ethics. 

4 (b) REPORTS.—The Director shall require that an5 nual reports and the final report for research grants that 

6 include funding to support postdoctoral researchers in7 clude a description of the mentoring activities provided to 

8 such researchers. 

9 SEC. 9. RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH. 

10 The Director shall require that each institution that 

11 applies for financial assistance from the Foundation for 

12 science and engineering research or education describe in 

13 its grant proposal a plan to provide appropriate training 

14 and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of re15 search to undergraduate students, graduate students, and 

16 postdoctoral researchers participating in the proposed re17 search project. 

18 SEC. 10. REPORTING OF RESEARCH RESULTS. 

19 The Director shall ensure that all final project re20 ports and citations of published research documents re21 sulting from research funded, in whole or in part, by the 

22 Foundation, are made available to the public in a timely 

23 manner and in electronic form through the Foundation’s 

24 Web site. 
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1 SEC. 11. SHARING RESEARCH RESULTS. 

2 An investigator supported under a Foundation 

3 award, whom the Director determines has failed to comply 

4 with the provisions of section 734 of the Foundation Grant 

5 Policy Manual, shall be ineligible for a future award under 

6 any Foundation supported program or activity. The Direc7 tor may restore the eligibility of such an investigator on 

8 the basis of the investigator’s subsequent compliance with 

9 the provisions of section 734 of the Foundation Grant Pol10 icy Manual and with such other terms and conditions as 

11 the Director may impose. 

12 SEC. 12. FUNDING FOR SUCCESSFUL STEM EDUCATION 

13 PROGRAMS. 

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

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

16 that are scheduled to expire within one year and— 

17 (1) that have the primary purpose of meeting 

18 the objectives of the Science and Engineering Equal 

19 Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 1885 et seq.); or 

20 (2) that have the primary purpose of providing 

21 teacher professional development. 

22 (b) CONTINUATION OF FUNDING.—For grants that 

23 are identified under subsection (a) and that are deemed 

24 by the Director to be successful in meeting the objectives 

25 of the initial grant solicitation, the Director may extend 

26 the duration of those grants for up to 3 additional years 
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1 beyond their scheduled expiration without the requirement 

2 for a recompetition. The Director may extend such grants 

3 for an additional 3 years following a second review within 

4 1 year before the extended completion date, in accordance 

5 with subsection (a), and the determination by the Director 

6 that the objectives of the grant are being achieved. 

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

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

9 submit a report to the Committee on Science and Tech10 nology of the House of Representatives and to the Com11 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 

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

13 the Senate that— 

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

15 duration by the authority provided under this sec16 tion; and 

17 (2) provides any recommendations the Director 

18 may have regarding the extension of the authority 

19 provided under this section to programs other than 

20 those specified in subsection (a). 

21 SEC. 13. COST SHARING. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall evaluate the im23 pact of its policy to eliminate cost sharing for research 

24 grants and cooperative agreements for existing programs 

25 that were developed around industry partnerships and his-
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1 torically required industry cost sharing, such as the Engi2 neering Research Centers and Industry/University Coop3 erative Research Centers. The Board shall also consider 

4 the impact that the cost sharing policy has on initiating 

5 new programs for which industry interest and participa6 tion are sought. 

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

8 of enactment of this Act, the Board shall report to the 

9 Committee on Science and Technology and the Committee 

10 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and 

11 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor12 tation, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

13 Pensions, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

14 Senate, on the results of the evaluation under subsection 

15 (a). 

16 SEC. 14. DONATIONS. 

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

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

19 the end before the semicolon ‘‘, except that funds may be 

20 donated for specific prize competitions’’. 

21 SEC. 15. ADDITIONAL REPORTS. 

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

23 (1) PRECONSTRUCTION FUNDING.—The Board 

24 shall evaluate the appropriateness of the require25 ment that funding for detailed design work and 
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1 other preconstruction activities for major research 

2 equipment and facilities come exclusively from the 

3 sponsoring research division rather than being avail4 able, at least in part, from the Major Research 

5 Equipment and Facilities Construction account. 

6 (2) MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS.— 

7 The Board shall evaluate the appropriateness of the 

8 Foundation’s policies for allocation of costs for, and 

9 oversight of, maintenance and operation of major re10 search equipment and facilities. 

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

12 the date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall 

13 report on the results of the evaluations under para14 graphs (1) and (2) and on any recommendations for 

15 modifying the current policies related to allocation of 

16 funding for major research equipment and facilities 

17 to the Committee on Science and Technology and 

18 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

19 Representatives, and to the Committee on Com20 merce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee 

21 on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the 

22 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

23 (b) INCLUSION OF POLAR FACILITIES UPGRADES IN

24 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CON25 STRUCTION PLAN.—Section 201(a)(2)(D) of the National 
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1 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 

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

3 upgrades of facilities in support of Antarctic research pro4 grams’’ after ‘‘facilities construction account’’. 

5 (c) REPORT ON EDUCATION PROGRAMS WITHIN THE

6 RESEARCH DIRECTORATES.—Not later than 6 months 

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

8 transmit to the Committee on Science and Technology of 

9 the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com10 merce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on 

11 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a 

12 report cataloging all elementary and secondary school, in13 formal, and undergraduate educational programs and ac14 tivities supported through appropriations for Research 

15 and Related Activities. The report shall display the pro16 grams and activities by directorate, along with estimated 

17 funding levels for the fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008, 

18 and shall provide a description of the goals of each pro19 gram and activity. The report shall also describe how the 

20 programs and activities relate to or are coordinated with 

21 the programs supported by the Education and Human Re22 sources Directorate. 

23 (d) REPORT ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE IN24 STITUTIONS PROGRAM.—The Director shall transmit to 

25 Congress along with the fiscal year 2011 budget request 
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1 a report listing the funding success rates and distribution 

2 of awards for the Research in Undergraduate Institutions 

3 program, by type of institution based on the highest aca4 demic degree conferred by the institution, for fiscal years 

5 2008, 2009, and 2010. 

6 (e) ANNUAL PLAN FOR ALLOCATION OF EDUCATION

7 AND HUMAN RESOURCES FUNDING.— 

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

9 the date of enactment of legislation providing for the 

10 annual appropriation of funds for the Foundation, 

11 the Director shall submit to the Committee on 

12 Science and Technology and the Committee on Ap13 propriations of the House of Representatives, and to 

14 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans15 portation, the Committee on Health, Education, 

16 Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on Appro17 priations of the Senate, a plan for the allocation of 

18 education and human resources funds authorized by 

19 this Act for the corresponding fiscal year, including 

20 any funds from within the research and related ac21 tivities account used to support activities that have 

22 the primary purpose of improving education or 

23 broadening participation. 
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1 (2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall 

2 include a description of how the allocation of fund3 ing— 

4 (A) will affect the average size and dura5 tion of education and human resources grants 

6 supported by the Foundation; 

7 (B) will affect trends in research support 

8 for the effective instruction of mathematics, 

9 science, engineering, and technology; 

10 (C) will affect the K–20 pipeline for the 

11 study of mathematics, science, engineering, and 

12 technology; and 

13 (D) will encourage the interest of individ14 uals identified in section 33 or 34 of the 

15 Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities 

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b) in mathe17 matics, science, engineering, and technology, 

18 and help prepare such individuals to pursue 

19 postsecondary studies in these fields. 

20 SEC. 16. ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS. 

21 (a) TRIANNUAL AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF THE NA22 TIONAL SCIENCE BOARD.—Section 15(a) of the National 

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

24 4862n–5) is amended— 
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1 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘an annual 

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

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

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

5 (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol6 lowing new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(5) MATERIALS RELATING TO CLOSED POR8 TIONS OF MEETINGS.—To facilitate the audit re9 quired under paragraph (3) of this subsection, the 

10 Office of the National Science Board shall maintain 

11 the General Counsel’s certificate, the presiding offi12 cer’s statement, and a transcript or recording of any 

13 closed meeting, for at least 3 years after such meet14 ing.’’. 

15 (b) LIMITED TERM PERSONNEL FOR THE NATIONAL

16 SCIENCE BOARD.—Subsection (g) of section 4 of the Na17 tional Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 

18 1863(g)) is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(g) The Board may, with the concurrence of a ma20 jority of its members, permit the appointment of a staff 

21 consisting of not more than 5 professional staff members, 

22 technical and professional personnel on leave of absence 

23 from academic, industrial, or research institutions for a 

24 limited term and such operations and support staff mem25 bers as may be necessary. Such staff shall be appointed 
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1 by the Chairman and assigned at the direction of the 

2 Board. The professional members and limited term tech3 nical and professional personnel of such staff may be ap4 pointed without regard to the provisions of title 5, United 

5 States Code, governing appointments in the competitive 

6 service, and the provisions of chapter 51 of such title relat7 ing to classification, and shall be compensated at a rate 

8 not exceeding the maximum rate payable under section 

9 5376 of such title, as may be necessary to provide for the 

10 performance of such duties as may be prescribed by the 

11 Board in connection with the exercise of its powers and 

12 functions under this Act. Section 14(a)(3) shall apply to 

13 each limited term appointment of technical and profes14 sional personnel under this subsection. Each appointment 

15 under this subsection shall be subject to the same security 

16 requirements as those required for personnel of the Foun17 dation appointed under section 14(a).’’. 

18 (c) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF WATERMAN AWARDS

19 TO THREE.—Section 6(c) of the National Science Founda20 tion Authorization Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 1881a) is 

21 amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(c) Up to three awards may be made under this sec23 tion in any one fiscal year.’’. 
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1 SEC. 17. NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REPORTS. 

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

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

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

5 and ‘‘for submission to’’, respectively, and inserting 

6 ‘‘and’’. 

7 SEC. 18. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE REPORT ON DI8 VERSITY IN STEM FIELDS. 

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

10 an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences 

11 for a report, to be transmitted to the Congress not later 

12 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, about 

13 barriers to increasing the number of underrepresented mi14 norities in science, technology, engineering, and mathe15 matics fields and to identify strategies for bringing more 

16 underrepresented minorities into the science, technology, 

17 engineering, and mathematics workforce. 

18 (b) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall 

19 ensure that the study described in subsection (a) address20 es— 

21 (1) social and institutional factors that shape 

22 the decisions of minority students to commit to edu23 cation and careers in the science, technology, engi24 neering, and mathematics fields; 
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1 (2) specific barriers preventing greater minority 

2 student participation in the science, technology, en3 gineering, and mathematics fields; 

4 (3) primary focus points for policy intervention 

5 to increase the recruitment and retention of under6 represented minorities in America’s future work7 force; 

8 (4) programs already underway to increase di9 versity in the science, technology, engineering, and 

10 mathematics fields, and their level of effectiveness; 

11 (5) factors that make such programs effective, 

12 and how to expand and improve upon existing pro13 grams; 

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

15 the diversification of America’s workforce in these 

16 fields and how that role can be supported and 

17 strengthened; and 

18 (7) how the public and private sectors can bet19 ter assist minority students in their efforts to join 

20 America’s workforce in these fields. 

21 SEC. 19. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE MATH22 EMATICS AND SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP PRO23 GRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

24 AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. 

25 It is the sense of the Congress that— 
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1 (1) although the mathematics and science edu2 cation partnership program at the National Science 

3 Foundation and the mathematics and science part4 nership program at the Department of Education 

5 practically share the same name, the 2 programs are 

6 intended to be complementary, not duplicative; 

7 (2) the National Science Foundation partner8 ship programs are innovative, model reform initia9 tives that move promising ideas in education from 

10 research into practice to improve teacher quality, de11 velop challenging curricula, and increase student 

12 achievement in mathematics and science, and Con13 gress intends that the National Science Foundation 

14 peer-reviewed partnership programs found to be ef15 fective should be put into wider practice by dissemi16 nation through the Department of Education part17 nership programs; and 

18 (3) the Director of the National Science Foun19 dation and the Secretary of Education should have 

20 ongoing collaboration to ensure that the 2 compo21 nents of this priority effort for mathematics and 

22 science education continue to work in concert for the 

23 benefit of States and local practitioners nationwide. 
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1 SEC. 20. HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS UNDER2 GRADUATE PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director is authorized to es4 tablish a new program to award grants on a competitive, 

5 merit-reviewed basis to Hispanic-serving institutions to 

6 enhance the quality of undergraduate science, mathe7 matics, engineering, and technology education at such in8 stitutions and to increase the retention and graduation 

9 rates of students pursuing associate’s or baccalaureate de10 grees in science, mathematics, engineering, or technology. 

11 (b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—Grants awarded under 

12 this section shall support— 

13 (1) activities to improve courses and curriculum 

14 in science, mathematics, engineering, and tech15 nology; 

16 (2) faculty development; 

17 (3) stipends for undergraduate students partici18 pating in research; and 

19 (4) other activities consistent with subsection 

20 (a), as determined by the Director. 

21 (c) INSTRUMENTATION.—Funding for instrumenta22 tion is an allowed use of grants awarded under this sec23 tion. 

24 SEC. 21. COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING FOR SCIENTISTS. 

25 (a) GRANT SUPPLEMENTS FOR COMMUNICATIONS

26 TRAINING.—The Director shall provide grant supple-
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1 ments, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, to institu2 tions receiving awards under the Integrative Graduate 

3 Education and Research Traineeship program. The 

4 grant supplements shall be used to train graduate stu5 dents in the communication of the substance and impor6 tance of their research to nonscientist audiences, including 

7 policymakers. 

8 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 years 

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

10 transmit a report to the Committee on Science and Tech11 nology of the House of Representatives, and to the Com12 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 

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

14 the Senate, describing how the activities required under 

15 subsection (a) have been implemented. The report shall 

16 include data on the number of graduate students trained 

17 and the number and size of grant supplements awarded, 

18 and a description of the types of activities funded through 

19 the grant supplements. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 3, 2007. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1867 

AN ACT 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008, 

dation, and for other purposes. 2009, and 2010 for the National Science Foun-