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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1867 

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 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Foundation 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 


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1 the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

2 U.S.C. 1861). 

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

4 the Director of the Foundation. 

5 (3) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘elemen6 tary school’’ has the meaning given that term by 

7 section 9101(18) of the Elementary and Secondary 

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

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

10 means the National Science Foundation. 

11 (5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

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

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

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

15 (6) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec16 ondary school’’ has the meaning given that term by 

17 section 9101(38) of the Elementary and Secondary 

18 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(38)). 

19 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

20 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2008.— 

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

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

23 fiscal year 2008. 

24 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

25 authorized under paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) $5,080,000,000 shall be made avail2 able for research and related activities, of which 

3 $115,000,000 shall be made available for the 

4 Major Research Instrumentation program; 

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

6 for education and human resources, of which— 

7 (i) $94,000,000 shall be for Mathe8 matics and Science Education Partner9 ships established under section 9 of the 

10 National Science Foundation Authorization 

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

12 (ii) $70,000,000 shall be for the Rob13 ert Noyce Scholarship Program established 

14 under section 10 of the National Science 

15 Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 

16 U.S.C. 1862n–1); 

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

18 Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and 

19 Technology Talent Expansion Program es20 tablished under section 8(7) of the Na21 tional Science Foundation Authorization 

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

23 (iv) $51,620,000 shall be for the Ad24 vanced Technological Education program 

25 established by section 3(a) of the Scientific 


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1 and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 

2 (Public Law 102–476); 

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

4 for major research equipment and facilities con5 struction; 

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

7 for agency operations and award management; 

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

9 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

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

11 for the Office of Inspector General. 

12 (b) FISCAL YEAR 2009.— 

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

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

15 fiscal year 2009. 

16 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

17 authorized under paragraph (1)— 

18 (A) $5,457,400,000 shall be made avail19 able for research and related activities, of which 

20 $123,100,000 shall be made available for the 

21 Major Research Instrumentation program; 

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

23 for education and human resources, of which— 

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1 ships established under section 9 of the 

2 National Science Foundation Authorization 

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

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

5 Robert Noyce Scholarship Program estab6 lished under section 10 of the National 

7 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 

8 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–1); 

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

10 Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and 

11 Technology Talent Expansion Program es12 tablished under section 8(7) of the Na13 tional Science Foundation Authorization 

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

15 (iv) $55,200,000 shall be for the Ad16 vanced Technological Education program 

17 as established by section 3(a) of the Sci18 entific and Advanced-Technology Act of 

19 1992 (Public Law 102–476); 

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

21 for major research equipment and facilities con22 struction; 

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

24 for agency operations and award management; 


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

2 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

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

4 for the Office of Inspector General. 

5 (c) FISCAL YEAR 2010.— 

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

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

8 fiscal year 2010. 

9 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

10 authorized under paragraph (1)— 

11 (A) $5,863,200,000 shall be made avail12 able for research and related activities, of which 

13 $131,700,000 shall be made available for the 

14 Major Research Instrumentation program; 

15 (B) $1,003,000,000 shall be made avail16 able for education and human resources, of 

17 which— 

18 (i) $107,600,000 shall be for Mathe19 matics and Science Education Partner20 ships established under section 9 of the 

21 National Science Foundation Authorization 

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

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

24 Robert Noyce Scholarship Program estab25 lished under section 10 of the National 


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1 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 

2 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–1); 

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

4 Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and 

5 Technology Talent Expansion Program es6 tablished under section 8(7) of the Na7 tional Science Foundation Authorization 

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

9 (iv) $59,100,000 shall be for the Ad10 vanced Technological Education program 

11 as established by section 3(a) of the Sci12 entific and Advanced-Technology Act of 

13 1992 (Public Law 102–476); 

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

15 for major research equipment and facilities con16 struction; 

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

18 for agency operations and award management; 

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

20 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

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

22 for the Office of Inspector General. 

23 (d) MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION.— 

24 (1) AWARD AMOUNT.—The minimum amount 

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1 tion program shall be $100,000. The maximum 

2 amount of an award under the program shall be 

3 $6,000,000, except— 

4 (A) if the total amount appropriated for 

5 the program for a fiscal year exceeds 

6 $125,000,000, in which case the maximum 

7 amount of an award shall be $8,000,000; or 

8 (B) if the total amount appropriated for 

9 the program for a fiscal year exceeds 

10 $200,000,000, in which case the maximum 

11 amount of an award shall be $12,000,000. 

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 

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1 ment in subparagraph (A), and the Director 

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

4 (i) which are not ranked among the 

5 top 100 institutions receiving Federal re6 search and development funding, as docu7 mented by the statistical data published by 

8 the Foundation; and 

9 (ii) for which the proposed project will 

10 make a substantial improvement in the in11 stitution’s capabilities to conduct leading 

12 edge research, to provide research experi13 ences for undergraduate students using 

14 leading edge facilities, and to broaden the 

15 participation in science and engineering re16 search by individuals identified in section 

17 33 or 34 of the Science and Engineering 

18 Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a 

19 or 1885b). 

20 (e) UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—The 

21 Director shall continue to carry out programs in support 

22 of undergraduate education, including those authorized in 

23 section 17 of the National Science Foundation Authoriza24 tion Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–6). Funding for these 

25 programs shall increase in proportion to the increase in 


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1 the total amount appropriated to the Foundation in any 

2 year for which appropriations are authorized by this Act. 

3 (f) LIMIT ON PROPOSALS.— 

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

5 part of the selection process for awards the submis6 sion of preproposals and that also limit the number 

7 of preproposals that may be submitted by an institu8 tion, the Director shall allow the subsequent submis9 sion of a full proposal based on each preproposal 

10 that is determined to have merit following the Foun11 dation’s merit review process. 

12 (2) REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES.— 

13 The Board shall review and assess the effects on in14 stitutions of higher education of the policies of the 

15 Foundation regarding the imposition of limitations 

16 on the number of proposals that may be submitted 

17 by a single institution for programs supported by the 

18 Foundation. The Board shall determine whether cur19 rent policies are well justified and appropriate for 

20 the types of programs that limit the number of pro21 posal submissions. Not later that 1 year after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall sum23 marize its findings and any recommendations re24 garding changes to the current policy on the restric25 tion of proposal submissions in a report to the ComVerDate Aug 31 2005 03:00 Apr 18, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1867.IH H1867

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1 mittee on Science and Technology of the House of 

2 Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, 

3 Science, and Transportation and the Committee on 

4 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen5 ate. 

6 SEC. 4. CENTERS FOR RESEARCH ON LEARNING AND EDU7 CATION IMPROVEMENT. 

8 The Director shall continue to carry out the program 

9 of Centers for Research on Learning and Education Im10 provement as established in section 11 of the National 

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

12 1862n–2). 

13 SEC. 5. INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH. 

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

15 of the Foundation in supporting interdisciplinary research, 

16 including through the Major Research Instrumentation 

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

18 providing information to the scientific community about 

19 opportunities for funding of interdisciplinary research pro20 posals, and the process through which interdisciplinary 

21 proposals are selected for support. The Board shall also 

22 evaluate the effectiveness of the Foundation’s efforts to 

23 engage undergraduate students in research experiences in 

24 interdisciplinary settings, including through the Research 


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1 in Undergraduate Institutions program and the Research 

2 Experiences for Undergraduates program. 

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

4 of enactment of this Act, the Board shall provide the re5 sults of its evaluation under subsection (a), including a 

6 recommendation for the proportion of the Foundation’s re7 search and related activities that should be allocated for 

8 interdisciplinary research, to the Committee on Science 

9 and Technology of the House of Representatives and the 

10 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

11 and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

12 Pensions of the Senate. 

13 SEC. 6. PILOT PROGRAM OF GRANTS FOR NEW INVESTIGA14 TORS. 

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

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

17 assist them in improving research proposals that were pre18 viously submitted to the Foundation but not selected for 

19 funding. 

20 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec21 tion shall be used to support the generation of new data 

22 and the performance of additional analysis to enable an 

23 individual to resubmit an updated research proposal for 

24 review by the Foundation through the agency’s competi25 tive merit review process. 


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

2 under this section, an individual shall— 

3 (1) not have previously received funding as the 

4 principal investigator of a research grant from the 

5 Foundation; and 

6 (2) have submitted a proposal to the Founda7 tion, which may include a proposal submitted to the 

8 Research in Undergraduate Institutions program, 

9 that was rated very good or excellent under the 

10 Foundation’s competitive merit review process. 

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

12 awards under this section based on the advice of the pro13 gram officers of the Foundation. 

14 (e) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—The Director may 

15 carry out this section through the Small Grants for Ex16 ploratory Research program. 

17 (f) NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REVIEW.—The 

18 Board shall conduct a review and assessment of the pilot 

19 program under this section, including the number of new 

20 investigators funded, the distribution of awards by type 

21 of institution of higher education, and the success rate 

22 upon resubmittal of proposals by new investigators funded 

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

24 the date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall summa25 rize its findings and any recommendations regarding 


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

2 report to the Committee on Science and Technology of the 

3 House of Representatives and the Committee on Com4 merce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on 

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

6 SEC. 7. BROADER IMPACTS MERIT REVIEW CRITERION. 

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

8 under the Foundation’s broader impacts criterion, the Di9 rector shall give special consideration to proposals that in10 volve partnerships between academic researchers and in11 dustrial scientists and engineers that address research 

12 areas that have been identified as having high importance 

13 for future national economic competitiveness, such as 

14 nanotechnology. 

15 (b) PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDUSTRY.—The Director 

16 shall encourage research proposals from institutions of 

17 higher education that involve partnerships with businesses 

18 and organizations representing businesses in fields that 

19 have been identified as having high importance for future 

20 national economic competitiveness and that include input 

21 on the research agenda from and cost-sharing by the in22 dustry partners. 

23 (c) REPORT ON BROADER IMPACTS CRITERION.— 

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

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


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1 the impact of the broader impacts grant criterion used by 

2 the Foundation. The report shall— 

3 (1) identify the criteria that each division and 

4 directorate of the Foundation uses to evaluate the 

5 broader impacts aspects of research proposals; 

6 (2) provide a breakdown of the types of activi7 ties by division that awardees have proposed to carry 

8 out to meet the broader impacts criterion; 

9 (3) provide any evaluations performed by the 

10 Foundation to assess the degree to which the broad11 er impacts aspects of research proposals were car12 ried out and how effective they have been at meeting 

13 the goals described in the research proposals; 

14 (4) describe what national goals, such as im15 proving undergraduate science, mathematics, and 

16 engineering education, improving K–12 science and 

17 mathematics education, promoting university-indus18 try collaboration and technology transfer, and broad19 ening participation of underrepresented groups, the 

20 broader impacts criterion is best suited to promote; 

21 and 

22 (5) describe what steps the Foundation is tak23 ing and should take to use the broader impacts cri24 terion to improve undergraduate science, mathe25 matics, and engineering education. 


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1 SEC. 8. POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWS. 

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

3 grant applications that include funding to support 

4 postdoctoral researchers include a description of the men5 toring activities that will be provided for such individuals, 

6 and shall ensure that this part of the application is evalu7 ated under the Foundation’s broader impacts merit review 

8 criterion. Mentoring activities may include career coun9 seling, training in preparing grant applications, guidance 

10 on ways to improve teaching skills, and training in re11 search ethics. 

12 (b) REPORTS.—The Director shall require that an13 nual reports and the final report for research grants that 

14 include funding to support postdoctoral researchers in15 clude a description of the mentoring activities provided to 

16 such researchers. 

17 SEC. 9. RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH. 

18 The Director shall require that each institution that 

19 applies for financial assistance from the Foundation for 

20 science and engineering research or education describe in 

21 its grant proposal a plan to provide appropriate training 

22 and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of re23 search to undergraduate students, graduate students, and 

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1 SEC. 10. REPORTING OF RESEARCH RESULTS. 

2 The Director shall ensure that all final project re3 ports and citations of published research documents re4 sulting from research funded, in whole or in part, by the 

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

6 manner and in electronic form through the Foundation’s 

7 Web site. 

8 SEC. 11. SHARING RESEARCH RESULTS. 

9 An investigator supported under a Foundation 

10 award, whom the Director determines has failed to comply 

11 with the provisions of section 734 of the Foundation Grant 

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

13 any Foundation supported program or activity. The Direc14 tor may restore the eligibility of such an investigator on 

15 the basis of the investigator’s subsequent compliance with 

16 the provisions of section 734 of the Foundation Grant Pol17 icy Manual and with such other terms and conditions as 

18 the Director may impose. 

19 SEC. 12. FUNDING FOR SUCCESSFUL STEM EDUCATION 

20 PROGRAMS. 

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

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

23 that are scheduled to expire within one year and— 

24 (1) that have the primary purpose of meeting 

25 the objectives of the Science and Engineering Equal 

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


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1 (2) that have the primary purpose of providing 

2 teacher professional development. 

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

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

5 by the Director to be successful in meeting the objectives 

6 of the initial grant solicitation, the Director may extend 

7 the duration of those grants for up to 3 additional years 

8 beyond their scheduled expiration without the requirement 

9 for a recompetition. The Director may extend such grants 

10 for an additional 3 years following a second review within 

11 1 year before the extended completion date, in accordance 

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

13 that the objectives of the grant are being achieved. 

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

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

16 submit a report to the Committee on Science and Tech17 nology of the House of Representatives and to the Com18 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 

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

20 the Senate that— 

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

22 duration by the authority provided under this sec23 tion; and 

24 (2) provides any recommendations the Director 

25 may have regarding the extension of the authority 


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1 provided under this section to programs other than 

2 those specified in subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 13. COST SHARING. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall evaluate the im5 pact of its policy to eliminate cost sharing for research 

6 grants and cooperative agreements for existing programs 

7 that were developed around industry partnerships and his8 torically required industry cost sharing, such as the Engi9 neering Research Centers and Industry/University Coop10 erative Research Centers. The Board shall also consider 

11 the impact that the cost sharing policy has on initiating 

12 new programs for which industry interest and participa13 tion are sought. 

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

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

16 Committee on Science and Technology and the Committee 

17 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and 

18 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor19 tation, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

20 Pensions, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

21 Senate, on the results of the evaluation under subsection 

22 (a). 

23 SEC. 14. DONATIONS. 

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

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


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

2 donated for specific prize competitions’’. 

3 SEC. 15. ADDITIONAL REPORTS. 

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

5 (1) PRECONSTRUCTION FUNDING.—The Board 

6 shall evaluate the appropriateness of the require7 ment that funding for detailed design work and 

8 other preconstruction activities for major research 

9 equipment and facilities come exclusively from the 

10 sponsoring research division rather than being avail11 able, at least in part, from the Major Research 

12 Equipment and Facilities Construction account. 

13 (2) MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS.— 

14 The Board shall evaluate the appropriateness of the 

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

16 oversight of, maintenance and operation of major re17 search equipment and facilities. 

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

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

20 report on the results of the evaluations under para21 graphs (1) and (2) and on any recommendations for 

22 modifying the current policies related to allocation of 

23 funding for major research equipment and facilities 

24 to the Committee on Science and Technology and 

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1 Representatives, and to the Committee on Com2 merce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee 

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

4 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

5 (b) INCLUSION OF POLAR FACILITIES UPGRADES IN

6 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CON7 STRUCTION PLAN.—Section 201(a)(2)(D) of the National 

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

9 1862l(a)(2)(D)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and for major 

10 upgrades of facilities in support of Antarctic research pro11 grams’’ after ‘‘facilities construction account’’. 

12 (c) REPORT ON EDUCATION PROGRAMS WITHIN THE

13 RESEARCH DIRECTORATES.—Not later than 6 months 

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

15 transmit to the Committee on Science and Technology of 

16 the House of Representative and the Committee on Com17 merce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on 

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

19 report cataloging all elementary and secondary school, in20 formal, and undergraduate educational programs and ac21 tivities supported through appropriations for Research 

22 and Related Activities. The report shall display the pro23 grams and activities by directorate, along with estimated 

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1 gram and activity. The report shall also describe how the 

2 programs and activities relate to or are coordinated with 

3 the programs supported by the Education and Human Re4 sources Directorate. 

5 (d) REPORT ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE IN6 STITUTIONS PROGRAM.—The Director shall transmit to 

7 Congress along with the fiscal year 2011 budget request 

8 a report listing the funding success rates and distribution 

9 of awards for the Research in Undergraduate Institutions 

10 program, by type of institution based on the highest aca11 demic degree conferred by the institution, for fiscal years 

12 2008, 2009, and 2010. 

13 SEC. 16. ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS. 

14 (a) TRIANNUAL AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF THE NA15 TIONAL SCIENCE BOARD.—Section 15(a) of the National 

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

17 4862n–5) is amended— 

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

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

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

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

22 (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol23 lowing new paragraph: 

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1 quired under paragraph (3) of this subsection, the 

2 Office of the National Science Board shall maintain 

3 the General Counsel’s certificate, the presiding offi4 cer’s statement, and a transcript or recording of any 

5 closed meeting, for at least 3 years after such meet6 ing.’’. 

7 (b) LIMITED TERM PERSONNEL FOR THE NATIONAL

8 SCIENCE BOARD.—Subsection (g) of section 4 of the Na9 tional Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 

10 1863(g)) is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(g) The Board may, with the concurrence of a ma12 jority of its members, permit the appointment of a staff 

13 consisting of not more than 5 professional staff members, 

14 technical and professional personnel on leave of absence 

15 from academic, industrial, or research institutions for a 

16 limited term and such operations and support staff mem17 bers as may be necessary. Such staff shall be appointed 

18 by the Chairman and assigned at the direction of the 

19 Board. The professional members and limited term tech20 nical and professional personnel of such staff may be ap21 pointed without regard to the provisions of title 5, United 

22 States Code, governing appointments in the competitive 

23 service, and the provisions of chapter 51 of such title relat24 ing to classification, and shall be compensated at a rate 

25 not exceeding the maximum rate payable under section 


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1 5376 of such title, as may be necessary to provide for the 

2 performance of such duties as may be prescribed by the 

3 Board in connection with the exercise of its powers and 

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

5 each limited term appointment of technical and profes6 sional personnel under this subsection. Each appointment 

7 under this subsection shall be subject to the same security 

8 requirements as those required for personnel of the Foun9 dation appointed under section 14(a).’’. 

10 SEC. 17. NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REPORTS. 

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

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

13 and (2)) are each amended by striking ‘‘, for submission 

14 to’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’. 

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