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Calendar No. 159 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2272 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 22, 2007 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To invest in innovation through research and development, 

and to improve the competitiveness of the United States. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘21st Century Competitiveness Act of 2007’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS SCHOLARSHIPS AND 

EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT 

Sec. 101. Findings. 

Sec. 102. Definitions. 

Subtitle A—Science Scholarships 


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Sec. 111. Short title. 

Sec. 112. Findings. 

Sec. 113. Policy objective. 

Sec. 114. Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. 

Subtitle B—Mathematics and Science Education Improvement 

Sec. 121. Mathematics and science education partnerships amendments. 

Sec. 122. Teacher institutes. 

Sec. 123. Graduate degree program. 

Sec. 124. Curricula. 

Sec. 125. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program. 

Sec. 126. High-need local educational agency definition. 

Sec. 127. Teacher leaders. 

Sec. 128. Laboratory science pilot program. 

Sec. 129. Study on laboratory equipment donations for schools. 

TITLE II—SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH 

Sec. 201. Short title. 

Sec. 202. National Science Foundation early career awards for science and engineering researchers. 

Sec. 203. Department of Energy early career awards for science and engineering researchers. 

Sec. 204. Integrative graduate education and research traineeship program. 

Sec. 205. Presidential innovation award. 

Sec. 206. National Coordination Office for Research Infrastructure. 

Sec. 207. Research on innovation and inventiveness. 

Sec. 208. Report on National Institute of Standards and Technology efforts to 

recruit and retain early CAREER science and engineering researchers. 

Sec. 209. NASA’s contribution to innovation. 

Sec. 210. Undergraduate scholarships for science, technology, engineering, and 

mathematics. 

TITLE III—NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Sec. 301. Short title. 

Sec. 302. Definitions. 

Sec. 303. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 304. Centers for research on learning and education improvement. 

Sec. 305. Interdisciplinary research. 

Sec. 306. Pilot program of grants for new investigators. 

Sec. 307. Broader impacts merit review criterion. 

Sec. 308. Postdoctoral research fellows. 

Sec. 309. Responsible conduct of research. 

Sec. 310. Reporting of research results. 

Sec. 311. Sharing research results. 

Sec. 312. Funding for successful stem education programs. 

Sec. 313. Cost sharing. 

Sec. 314. Donations. 

Sec. 315. Additional reports. 

Sec. 316. Administrative amendments. 

Sec. 317. National Science Board reports. 

Sec. 318. National Academy of Science Report on Diversity in STEM fields. 


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Sec. 319. Sense of the Congress regarding the mathematics and science partnership programs of the Department of Education and the National Science Foundation. 

Sec. 320. Hispanic-serving institutions undergraduate program. 

Sec. 321. Communications training for scientists. 

TITLE IV—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND 

TECHNOLOGY 

Sec. 401. Short title. 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 411. Scientific and technical research and services. 

Sec. 412. Industrial technology services. 

Subtitle B—Innovation and Technology Policy Reforms 

Sec. 421. Institute-wide planning report. 

Sec. 422. Report by Visiting Committee. 

Sec. 423. Manufacturing extension partnership. 

Sec. 424. Technology Innovation Program. 

Sec. 425. Research fellowships. 

Sec. 426. Collaborative manufacturing research pilot grants. 

Sec. 427. Manufacturing fellowship program. 

Sec. 428. Meetings of Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology. 

Sec. 429. Manufacturing research database. 

Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 

Sec. 441. Post-doctoral fellows. 

Sec. 442. Financial agreements clarification. 

Sec. 443. Working capital fund transfers. 

Sec. 444. Retention of depreciation surcharge. 

Sec. 445. Non-Energy Inventions Program. 

Sec. 446. Redefinition of the metric system. 

Sec. 447. Repeal of redundant and obsolete authority. 

Sec. 448. Clarification of standard time and time zones. 

Sec. 449. Procurement of temporary and intermittent services. 

Sec. 450. Malcolm Baldrige awards. 

TITLE V—HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING 

Sec. 501. High-performance computing research and development program. 

Sec. 502. Definitions. 

1 TITLE I—SCIENCE AND MATHE2 MATICS SCHOLARSHIPS AND 

3 EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT 

4 SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) The National Science Foundation has made 

2 significant and valuable contributions to the im3 provement of K–12 and undergraduate science, tech4 nology, engineering, and mathematics education 

5 throughout its 56 year history. 

6 (2) Under section 3 of the National Science 

7 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1862), the Na8 tional Science Foundation is explicitly required to 

9 strengthen science, mathematics, and engineering re10 search potential and education programs at all lev11 els. 

12 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

13 In this title: 

14 (1) The term ‘‘cost of attendance’’ has the 

15 meaning given that term in section 472 of the High16 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll). 

17 (2) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 

18 the National Science Foundation. 

19 (3) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 

20 has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) 

21 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

22 1001(a)). 

23 (4) The term ‘‘mathematics and science teach24 er’’ means a mathematics, science, or technology 


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1 teacher at the elementary school or secondary school 

2 level. 

3 Subtitle A—Science Scholarships 

4 SEC. 111. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘10,000 Teachers, 

6 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act’’. 

7 SEC. 112. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) The prosperity the United States enjoys 

10 today is due in no small part to investments the Na11 tion has made in research and development over the 

12 past 50 years. 

13 (2) Corporate, government, and national sci14 entific and technical leaders have raised concerns 

15 that current trends affecting the science and tech16 nology enterprise of the Nation could result in ero17 sion of this past success and jeopardize future pros18 perity. 

19 (3) The National Academy of Sciences, the Na20 tional Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of 

21 Medicine were tasked in a congressional request to 

22 recommend actions that the Federal Government 

23 could take to enhance the science and technology en24 terprise so that the United States can successfully 


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1 compete, prosper, and be secure in the global com2 munity of the 21st century. 

3 (4) The Academies’ highest priority rec4 ommendation in its report, ‘‘Rising Above the Gath5 ering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for 

6 a Brighter Economic Future’’, is to improve K–12 

7 mathematics and science education, and the Acad8 emies’ first recommended action item is to institute 

9 a major scholarship program to recruit and educate 

10 annually 10,000 mathematics and science teachers. 

11 SEC. 113. POLICY OBJECTIVE. 

12 In carrying out the program under section 10 of the 

13 National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002, 

14 the National Science Foundation shall seek to increase by 

15 up to 10,000 per year the number of elementary and sec16 ondary mathematics and science teachers in the Nation’s 

17 schools having both exemplary subject knowledge and ped18 agogical skills. 

19 SEC. 114. ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PRO20 GRAM. 

21 (a) PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.—Section 10 of the Na22 tional Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 

23 U.S.C. 1862n–1) is amended— 

24 (1) by inserting ‘‘TEACHER’’ after ‘‘NOYCE’’ 

25 in the section heading; 


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1 (2) in subsection (a)(1)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘to provide scholarships, 

3 stipends, and programming designed’’; 

4 (B) by inserting ‘‘and to provide scholar5 ships and stipends to students participating in 

6 the program’’ after ‘‘science teachers’’; and 

7 (C) by inserting ‘‘Teacher’’ after ‘‘Noyce’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (a)(3)(A)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘encourage top college jun10 iors and seniors’’ and inserting ‘‘recruit and 

11 prepare undergraduate students’’; and 

12 (B) by inserting ‘‘qualified as’’ after ‘‘to 

13 become’’; 

14 (4) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘programs to help scholar16 ship recipients’’ and inserting ‘‘academic 

17 courses and early field teaching experiences de18 signed to prepare students participating in the 

19 program’’; 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘programs that will result 

21 in’’ and inserting ‘‘such preparation as is nec22 essary to meet requirements for’’; and 

23 (C) by striking ‘‘licensing; and’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘licensing;’’; 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘scholarship recipients’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘students participating in the 

3 program’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘enable the recipients’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘enable the students’’; and 

6 (C) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting ‘‘; 

7 and’’; 

8 (6) in subsection (a)(3)(A) by inserting at the 

9 end the following new clause: 

10 ‘‘(iv) providing summer internships 

11 for freshman students participating in the 

12 program; or’’; 

13 (7) in subsection (a)(3)(B)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘encourage’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘recruit and prepare’’; and 

16 (B) by inserting ‘‘qualified as’’ after ‘‘to 

17 become’’; 

18 (8) by amending clause (ii) of subsection 

19 (a)(3)(B) to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(ii) offering academic courses and 

21 field teaching experiences designed to pre22 pare stipend recipients to teach in elemen23 tary schools and secondary schools, includ24 ing such preparation as is necessary to 


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1 meet requirements for teacher certification 

2 or licensing; and’’; 

3 (9) in subsection (a) by inserting at the end the 

4 following new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT.—To be eligi6 ble for an award under this section, an institution 

7 of higher education (or consortia of such institu8 tions) shall ensure that specific faculty members and 

9 staff from the institution’s mathematics, science, or 

10 engineering departments and specific education fac11 ulty are designated to carry out the development and 

12 implementation of the program. An institution of 

13 higher education may also include teacher leaders to 

14 participate in developing the pedagogical content of 

15 the program and to supervise students participating 

16 in the program in their field teaching experiences. 

17 No institution of higher education shall be eligible 

18 for an award unless faculty from the institution’s 

19 mathematics, science, or engineering departments 

20 are active participants in the program. 

21 ‘‘(5) AWARDS.—In awarding grants under this 

22 section, the Director shall endeavor to ensure that 

23 the recipients are from a variety of types of institu24 tions of higher education. In support of this goal, 

25 the Director shall broadly disseminate information 


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1 about when and how to apply for grants under this 

2 section, including by conducting outreach to Histori3 cally Black Colleges and Universities that are part 

4 B institutions as defined in section 322(2) of the 

5 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)) 

6 and minority institutions (as defined in section 

7 365(3) of that Act (20 U.S.C. 1067k(3))).’’; 

8 (10) in subsection (b)(1)(A)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘scholarship or stipend’’; 

10 (B) by inserting ‘‘and summer intern11 ships’’ after ‘‘number of scholarships’’; and 

12 (C) by inserting ‘‘the type of activities pro13 posed for the recruitment of students to the 

14 program,’’ after ‘‘intends to award,’’; 

15 (11) in subsection (b)(1)(B)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘scholarship or stipend’’; 

17 and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

19 which may include a description of any existing 

20 programs at the applicant’s institution that are 

21 targeted to the education of mathematics and 

22 science teachers and the number of teachers 

23 graduated annually from such programs;’’; 

24 (12) in subsection (b)(1), by striking subpara25 graph (C) and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(C) a description of the academic courses 

2 and field teaching experiences required under 

3 subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) and (B)(ii), including— 

4 ‘‘(i) a description of the under5 graduate program that will enable a stu6 dent to graduate within 5 years with a 

7 major in mathematics, science, or engineer8 ing and to obtain teacher certification or li9 censing; 

10 ‘‘(ii) a description of the field teaching 

11 experiences proposed; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) evidence of agreements between 

13 the applicant and the schools or school dis14 tricts that are identified as the locations at 

15 which field teaching experiences will occur; 

16 ‘‘(D) a description of the programs re17 quired under subsection (a)(3)(A)(iii) and 

18 (B)(iii), including activities to assist new teach19 ers in fulfilling their service requirements under 

20 this section; and 

21 ‘‘(E) an identification of the applicant’s 

22 mathematics, science, or engineering faculty 

23 and its education faculty who will carry out the 

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1 (13) in subsection (b)(2)— 

2 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 

3 (C), (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (C), (D), 

4 (E) and (F), respectively; 

5 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) a 

6 new subparagraph as follows: 

7 ‘‘(B) the extent to which the applicant’s 

8 mathematics, science, or engineering faculty 

9 and its education faculty have worked or will 

10 work collaboratively to design new or revised 

11 curricula that recognizes the specialized peda12 gogy required to teach mathematics, science, 

13 and technology effectively in elementary and 

14 secondary schools;’’; and 

15 (C) by amending subparagraph (F), as so 

16 redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this para17 graph, to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(F) the ability of the applicant to recruit 

19 students who are individuals identified in sec20 tion 33 or 34 of the Science and Engineering 

21 Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 

22 1885b).’’; 

23 (14) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘2 

24 years’’ and inserting ‘‘3 years’’; 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘$7,500’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘$10,000’’; and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘2 years of scholarship 

4 support’’ and inserting ‘‘3 years of scholarship 

5 support, unless the Director establishes a policy 

6 by which part-time students may receive addi7 tional years of support’’; 

8 (16) in subsection (c)(4)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘6 years’’ and inserting ‘‘8 

10 years’’; 

11 (B) by inserting ‘‘, with a maximum serv12 ice requirement of 6 years’’ after ‘‘was re13 ceived’’; and 

14 (C) by striking ‘‘Service required under 

15 this paragraph shall be performed in a high16 need local educational agency.’’; 

17 (17) in subsection (c), by adding at the end a 

18 new paragraph as follows: 

19 ‘‘(5) EXCEPTION.—The period of service obliga20 tion under paragraph (4) is reduced by 1 year for 

21 scholarship recipients whose service is performed in 

22 a high-need local educational agency. The Director 

23 shall establish and maintain a central clearinghouse 

24 of information on teaching opportunities available in 

25 high-need local educational agencies throughout the 


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1 United States, which shall be made available to indi2 viduals having a service obligation under this sec3 tion.’’; 

4 (18) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘to re5 ceive certification or licensing to teach’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘established under subsection (a)(3)(B)’’; 

7 (19) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ‘‘and 

8 professional achievement’’ after ‘‘academic merit’’; 

9 (20) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘16 months’’; 

11 (21) in subsection (d)(4)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘6 years’’ and inserting ‘‘4 

13 years’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘for each year a stipend 

15 was received’’; 

16 (22) in subsection (e)— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘or section 10A’’ after 

18 ‘‘under this section’’; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or sec20 tion 10A’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 

21 (23) in subsection (f)(1), by inserting ‘‘or sec22 tion 10A’’ after ‘‘under this section’’; 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Treasurer of the United 

2 States,’’ and inserting ‘‘Treasurer of the United 

3 States.’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘multiplied by 2.’’; 

5 (25) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘or section 

6 10A’’ after ‘‘under this section’’; 

7 (26) in subsection (i)(3), by inserting ‘‘or had 

8 a career in’’ after ‘‘is working in’’; 

9 (27) in subsection (i)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para11 graph (4); 

12 (B) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘or sec13 tion 10A’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 

14 (C) by striking the period at the end of 

15 paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

16 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(6) the term ‘teacher leader’ means a mathe18 matics or science teacher who works to improve the 

19 instruction of mathematics or science in kinder20 garten through grade 12 through— 

21 ‘‘(A) participating in the development or 

22 revision of science, mathematics, engineering, or 

23 technology curricula; 

24 ‘‘(B) serving as a mentor to mathematics 

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1 ‘‘(C) coordinating and assisting teachers in 

2 the use of hands-on inquiry materials, equip3 ment, and supplies, and when appropriate, su4 pervising acquisition and repair of such mate5 rials; 

6 ‘‘(D) providing in-classroom teaching as7 sistance to mathematics or science teachers; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(E) providing professional development, 

10 for the purposes of training other teacher lead11 ers, to mathematics and science teachers.’’; and 

12 (28) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(j) MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP

14 GIFT FUND.—In accordance with section 11(f) of the Na15 tional Science Foundation Act of 1950, the Director is au16 thorized to accept donations from the private sector to 

17 support scholarships, stipends, or internships associated 

18 with programs under this section. 

19 ‘‘(k) ASSESSMENT OF TEACHER SERVICE AND RE20 TENTION.—Not later than 4 years after the date of enact21 ment of this subsection, the Director shall transmit to 

22 Congress a report on the effectiveness of the program car23 ried out under this section. The report shall include the 

24 proportion of individuals receiving scholarships or stipends 

25 under the program who— 


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1 ‘‘(1) fulfill their service obligation required 

2 under this section in a high-need local educational 

3 agency; 

4 ‘‘(2) elect to fulfill their service obligation in a 

5 high-need local educational agency but fail to com6 plete it, as defined in subsection (g); 

7 ‘‘(3) remain in the teaching profession beyond 

8 their service obligation; and 

9 ‘‘(4) remain in the teaching profession in a 

10 high-need local educational agency beyond their serv11 ice obligation.’’. 

12 (b) SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR STI13 PENDS.—The National Science Foundation Authorization 

14 Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after section 10 the 

15 following new section: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 10A. SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR STI17 PENDS. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the Robert Noyce 

19 Teacher Scholarship Program established under section 

20 10, the Director shall establish a separate type of award 

21 for eligible entities described in subsection (b). Stipends 

22 under this section shall be available only to mathematics, 

23 science, and engineering professionals who, while receiving 

24 the stipend, are enrolled in a program to receive certifi25 cation or licensing to teach. 


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1 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible to receive 

2 a grant under this section, an institution of higher edu3 cation (or consortia of such institutions) shall enter into 

4 a partnership with one or more private sector nonprofit 

5 organizations, local or State government organizations, 

6 and businesses. The members of the partnership shall pro7 vide the teaching supplements described in subsection (f). 

8 ‘‘(c) USE OF GRANTS.—Grants provided under this 

9 section shall be used by institutions of higher education 

10 or consortia to develop and implement a program to en11 courage science, mathematics, or engineering professionals 

12 to become qualified as mathematics and science teachers, 

13 through— 

14 ‘‘(1) administering stipends in accordance with 

15 this section; 

16 ‘‘(2) offering academic courses and field teach17 ing experiences designed to prepare stipend recipi18 ents to teach in elementary and secondary schools, 

19 including such preparation as is necessary to meet 

20 the requirements for certification or licensing; and 

21 ‘‘(3) offering programs to stipend recipients, 

22 both during and after matriculation in the program 

23 for which the stipend is received, to enable recipients 

24 to become better mathematics and science teachers, 


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1 to fulfill the service requirements of this section, and 

2 to exchange ideas with others in their fields. 

3 ‘‘(d) SELECTION PROCESS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) MERIT REVIEW.—Grants shall be provided 

5 under this section on a competitive, merit-reviewed 

6 basis. 

7 ‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible institution of 

8 higher education or consortium seeking funding 

9 under this section shall submit an application to the 

10 Director at such time, in such manner, and con11 taining such information as the Director may re12 quire. The application shall include, at a minimum— 

13 ‘‘(A) a description of the program that the 

14 applicant intends to operate, including the num15 ber of stipends the applicant intends to award, 

16 the type of activities proposed for the recruit17 ment of students to the program, and the 

18 amount of the teaching supplements to be pro19 vided in accordance with subsection (f); 

20 ‘‘(B) a description of the selection process 

21 that will be used in awarding stipends, includ22 ing a description of the rigorous, nationally rec23 ognized test that will be administered during 

24 the selection process in order to determine 

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1 advanced content knowledge of science or math2 ematics; 

3 ‘‘(C) evidence that the applicant has the 

4 capability to administer the program in accord5 ance with the provisions of this section, which 

6 may include a description of any existing pro7 grams at the applicant’s institution that are 

8 targeted to the education of mathematics and 

9 science teachers and the number of teachers 

10 graduated annually from such programs; 

11 ‘‘(D) a description of the academic courses 

12 and field teaching experiences described in sub13 section (c)(2), including— 

14 ‘‘(i) a description of an educational 

15 program that will enable a student to ob16 tain teacher certification or licensing with17 in 16 months; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) evidence of agreements between 

19 the applicant and the schools or school dis20 tricts that are identified as the locations at 

21 which field teaching experiences will occur; 

22 ‘‘(E) a description of the programs de23 scribed in subsection (c)(3), including activities 

24 to assist new teachers in fulfilling their service 

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1 ‘‘(F) evidence that the partnership will 

2 provide the teaching supplements required 

3 under subsection (f). 

4 ‘‘(3) CRITERIA.—In evaluating the applications 

5 submitted under paragraph (2), the Director shall 

6 consider, at a minimum— 

7 ‘‘(A) the ability of the applicant to effec8 tively carry out the program and to meet the 

9 requirement of subsection (f); 

10 ‘‘(B) the extent to which the applicant’s 

11 mathematics, science, or engineering faculty 

12 and its education faculty have worked or will 

13 work collaboratively to design new or revised 

14 curricula that recognizes the specialized peda15 gogy required to teach mathematics and science 

16 effectively in elementary and secondary schools; 

17 ‘‘(C) the extent to which the applicant is 

18 committed to making the program a central or19 ganizational focus; 

20 ‘‘(D) the degree to which the proposed pro21 gramming will enable stipend recipients to be22 come successful mathematics and science teach23 ers; 

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1 ‘‘(F) the ability of the applicant to recruit 

2 students who would otherwise not pursue a ca3 reer in teaching. 

4 ‘‘(e) STIPENDS.—Individuals shall be selected to re5 ceive stipends under this section primarily on the basis 

6 of their content knowledge of science or mathematics as 

7 demonstrated by their performance on a test designated 

8 in accordance with subsection (d)(2)(B). Among individ9 uals demonstrating equivalent content knowledge, consid10 eration may be given to financial need and to the goal 

11 of promoting the participation of individuals identified in 

12 section 33 or 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal 

13 Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b). 

14 ‘‘(f) TEACHING SUPPLEMENTS.—The members of a 

15 partnership shall identify a source of non-Federal funding 

16 to provide salary supplements to individuals who partici17 pate in the program under this section during the period 

18 of their service obligation under subsection (h). 

19 ‘‘(g) AMOUNT AND DURATION.—Stipends under this 

20 section shall be not less than $10,000 per year, except that 

21 no individual shall receive for any year more than the cost 

22 of attendance at that individual’s institution. Individuals 

23 may receive a maximum of 16 months of stipend support. 

24 ‘‘(h) SERVICE OBLIGATION.—If an individual re25 ceives a stipend under this section, that individual shall 


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1 be required to complete, within 6 years after completion 

2 of the educational program for which the stipend was 

3 awarded, 4 years of service as a mathematics or science 

4 teacher in a public secondary school.’’. 

5 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8(6) of the 

6 National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) in the paragraph heading by inserting 

9 ‘‘TEACHER’’ after ‘‘NOYCE’’; and 

10 (2) by inserting ‘‘Teacher’’ after ‘‘Noyce’’. 

11 Subtitle B—Mathematics and 

12 Science Education Improvement 

13 SEC. 121. MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION PART14 NERSHIPS AMENDMENTS. 

15 Section 9 of the National Science Foundation Au16 thorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘(A)’’; 

19 (B) by striking subparagraph (B); 

20 (C) by inserting ‘‘, through 1 or more of 

21 its departments in science, mathematics, or en22 gineering,’’ after ‘‘institution of higher edu23 cation’’; and 

24 (D) by striking ‘‘a State educational agen25 cy’’ and inserting ‘‘education faculty from the 


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1 participating institution or institutions of high2 er education, a State educational agency,’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (a)(3)(B)— 

4 (A) by inserting ‘‘content-specific’’ before 

5 ‘‘professional development programs’’; 

6 (B) by inserting ‘‘which are’’ before ‘‘de7 signed’’; and 

8 (C) by inserting ‘‘and which may include 

9 teacher training activities to prepare mathe10 matics and science teachers to teach challenging 

11 mathematics, science, and technology college12 preparatory courses, including Advanced Place13 ment and International Baccalaureate courses’’ 

14 after ‘‘and science teachers’’; 

15 (3) in subsection (a)(3)(C)— 

16 (A) by inserting ‘‘and laboratory experi17 ences’’ after ‘‘technology’’; and 

18 (B) by inserting ‘‘and laboratory’’ after 

19 ‘‘provide technical’’; 

20 (4) in subsection (a)(3)(I) by inserting ‘‘includ21 ing model induction programs for teachers in their 

22 first 2 years of teaching,’’ after ‘‘and science,’’; 

23 (5) in subsection (a)(3)(K) by striking ‘‘devel24 oping and offering mathematics or science enrich25 ment programs for students, including after-school 


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1 and summer programs;’’ and inserting ‘‘developing 

2 educational programs and materials and conducting 

3 mathematics, science, and technology enrichment 

4 programs for students, including after-school pro5 grams and summer camps for students described in 

6 subsection (b)(2)(G);’’; 

7 (6) in subsection (a) by inserting at the end the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(8) MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS.—Activities 

10 carried out in accordance with paragraph (3)(B) 

11 shall include the development and offering of mas12 ter’s degree programs for in-service mathematics 

13 and science teachers that will strengthen their sub14 ject area knowledge and pedagogical skills, as de15 scribed in section 123 of the Act enacting this para16 graph. Grants provided under this section may be 

17 used to develop and implement courses of instruction 

18 for the master’s degree programs, which may involve 

19 online learning, and develop related educational ma20 terials. 

21 ‘‘(9) MENTORS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

22 OF CHALLENGING COURSES.—Partnerships carrying 

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1 ing Advanced Placement and International Bacca2 laureate courses, in accordance with paragraph 

3 (3)(B) shall encourage companies employing sci4 entists, mathematicians, or engineers to provide 

5 mentors to teachers and students and provide for 

6 the coordination of such mentoring activities. 

7 ‘‘(10) INVENTIVENESS.—Activities carried out 

8 in accordance with paragraph (3)(H) may include 

9 the development and dissemination of curriculum 

10 tools that will help foster inventiveness and innova11 tion.’’; 

12 (7) in subsection (b)(2) by redesignating sub13 paragraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and 

14 (G), respectively, and inserting after subparagraph 

15 (D) the following new subparagraph: 

16 ‘‘(E) the extent to which the evaluation de17 scribed in paragraph (1)(E) will be independent 

18 and based on objective measures;’’; 

19 (8) in subsection (b) by inserting at the end the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(4) MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM GRANT SIZE.—A 

22 grant awarded under this section shall be not less 

23 than $75,000 or greater than $2,000,000 for any 

24 fiscal year.’’; 

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1 (A) by striking paragraph (2); 

2 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), 

3 and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respec4 tively; and 

5 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

6 following new paragraphs: 

7 ‘‘(2) REPORT ON MODEL PROJECTS.—The Di8 rector shall determine which completed projects 

9 funded through the program under this section 

10 should be seen as models to be replicated on a more 

11 expansive basis at the State or national levels. Not 

12 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

13 paragraph, the Director shall transmit a report de14 scribing the results of this study to the Committee 

15 on Science and Technology and the Committee on 

16 Education and Labor of the House of Representa17 tives and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

18 and Transportation and the Committee on Health, 

19 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 

20 ‘‘(3) REPORT ON EVALUATIONS.—Not later 

21 than 4 years after the date of enactment of this 

22 paragraph, the Director shall transmit a report sum23 marizing the evaluations required under subsection 

24 (b)(1)(E) of grants received under this program and 

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1 as a result of these evaluations to the Committee on 

2 Science and Technology and the Committee on Edu3 cation and Labor of the House of Representatives 

4 and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

5 Transportation and the Committee on Health, Edu6 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. Such re7 port shall be made widely available to the public.’’; 

8 and 

9 (10) by adding at the end the following new 

10 subsection: 

11 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

12 ‘‘(1) the term ‘mathematics and science teacher’ 

13 means a mathematics, science, or technology teacher 

14 at the elementary school or secondary school level; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(2) the term ‘science’, in the context of ele17 mentary and secondary education, includes tech18 nology and pre-engineering.’’. 

19 SEC. 122. TEACHER INSTITUTES. 

20 (a) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION INSTITUTES.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 

22 a grant program to provide for summer or academic 

23 year teacher institutes or workshops authorized by 

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1 1862n(a)(3)(B)) and shall allow grantees under the 

2 Teacher Institutes for the 21st Century program to 

3 operate 1 to 2 week summer teacher institutes with 

4 the goal of reaching the maximum number of in5 service mathematics and science teachers, particu6 larly elementary and middle school teachers, to im7 prove their content knowledge and pedagogical skills. 

8 (2) PREPARATION TO TEACH CHALLENGING

9 COURSES.—The Director shall ensure that activities 

10 supported for awards under paragraph (1) include 

11 the development and implementation of teacher 

12 training activities to prepare mathematics and 

13 science teachers to teach challenging mathematics, 

14 science, and technology college-preparatory courses, 

15 including Advanced Placement and International 

16 Baccalaureate courses. 

17 (3) AWARDS.—In awarding grants under this 

18 section, the Director shall give priority to applica19 tions that propose programs that will attract mathe20 matics and science teachers from local educational 

21 agencies that— 

22 (A) are receiving grants under title I of the 

23 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

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1 having within their jurisdictions concentrations 

2 of children from low income families; and 

3 (B) are experiencing a shortage of highly 

4 qualified teachers, as defined in section 9101 of 

5 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

6 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801), in the fields of 

7 science, mathematics, or technology. 

8 (b) LABORATORY SCIENCE TEACHER PROFESSIONAL

9 DEVELOPMENT.—There are authorized to be appropriated 

10 to the Secretary of Energy for the Laboratory Science 

11 Teacher Professional Development program, $3,000,000 

12 for fiscal year 2008, $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, 

13 $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, $10,000,000 for fiscal 

14 year 2011, and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 

15 SEC. 123. GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall ensure that 

17 master’s degree programs for in-service mathematics and 

18 science teachers that will strengthen their subject area 

19 knowledge and pedagogical skills are instituted in accord20 ance with section 9(a)(8) of the National Science Founda21 tion Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n(a)(8)). 

22 The degree programs shall be designed for current teach23 ers, who will enroll as part-time students, and to allow 

24 participants to obtain master’s degrees within a period of 

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1 (b) DISTRIBUTION OF AWARDS.—The Director shall, 

2 in awarding grants to carry out subsection (a), consider 

3 the distribution of awards among institutions of higher 

4 education of different sizes and geographic locations. 

5 (c) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—Activities supported 

6 through master’s degree programs established under sub7 section (a) may include— 

8 (1) development of courses of instruction and 

9 related educational materials; 

10 (2) stipends to defray the cost of attendance for 

11 students in the degree program; and 

12 (3) acquisition of computer and networking 

13 equipment needed for online instruction under the 

14 degree program. 

15 SEC. 124. CURRICULA. 

16 Nothing in this title, or the amendments made by this 

17 title, shall be construed to limit the authority of State gov18 ernments or local school boards to determine the curricula 

19 of their students. 

20 SEC. 125. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND 

21 MATHEMATICS TALENT EXPANSION PRO22 GRAM. 

23 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 8(7) of the National 

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1 (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘competi2 tive, merit-based’’ and all that follows through ‘‘in 

3 recent years.’’ and inserting ‘‘competitive, merit-re4 viewed multiyear grants for eligible applicants to im5 prove undergraduate education in science, mathe6 matics, engineering, and technology through— 

7 ‘‘(i) the creation of programs to increase 

8 the number of students studying toward and 

9 completing associate’s or bachelor’s degrees in 

10 science, technology, engineering, and mathe11 matics, particularly in fields that have faced de12 clining enrollment in recent years; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) the creation of centers (in this para14 graph referred to as ‘Centers’) to develop un15 dergraduate curriculum, teaching methods for 

16 undergraduate courses, and methods to better 

17 train professors and teaching assistants who 

18 teach undergraduate courses to increase the 

19 number of students completing undergraduate 

20 courses in science, technology, engineering, and 

21 mathematics, including the number of non22 majors, and to improve student academic 

23 achievement in those courses. 

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1 sources Directorate and at least 1 research direc2 torate of the Foundation.’’; 

3 (2) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 

4 follows: 

5 ‘‘(B) In selecting projects under subparagraph 

6 (A)(i), the Director shall strive to increase the num7 ber of students studying toward and completing bac8 calaureate degrees, concentrations, or certificates in 

9 science, mathematics, engineering, or technology who 

10 are— 

11 ‘‘(i) individuals identified in section 33 or 

12 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Op13 portunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b); or 

14 ‘‘(ii) graduates of a secondary school that 

15 is administered by a local educational agency 

16 that is receiving grants under title I of the Ele17 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

18 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) as a result of having 

19 within its jurisdiction concentrations of children 

20 from low income families.’’; 

21 (3) in subparagraph (C)— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘The types 

23 of’’; 

24 (B) by redesignating clauses (i) through 

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1 (C) by striking ‘‘under this paragraph’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘under subparagraph (A)(i)’’; and 

3 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

4 clause: 

5 ‘‘(ii) The types of activities the Foundation may 

6 support under subparagraph (A)(ii) include— 

7 ‘‘(I) creating model curricula and labora8 tory programs; 

9 ‘‘(II) developing and demonstrating re10 search-based instructional methods and tech11 nologies; 

12 ‘‘(III) developing methods to train grad13 uate students and faculty to be more effective 

14 teachers of undergraduates; 

15 ‘‘(IV) conducting programs to disseminate 

16 curricula, instructional methods, or training 

17 methods to faculty at the grantee institutions 

18 and at other institutions; 

19 ‘‘(V) conducting assessments of the effec20 tiveness of the Center at accomplishing the 

21 goals described in subparagraph (A)(ii); and 

22 ‘‘(VI) conducting any other activities the 

23 Director determines will accomplish the goals 

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1 (4) in subparagraph (D)(i), by striking ‘‘under 

2 this paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘under subparagraph 

3 (A)(i)’’; 

4 (5) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking ‘‘under 

5 this paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘under subparagraph 

6 (A)(i)’’; 

7 (6) after subparagraph (D)(iii), by adding at 

8 the end the following new clause: 

9 ‘‘(iv) A grant under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall 

10 be awarded for 5 years, and the Director may extend 

11 such a grant for up to 2 additional 3 year periods.’’; 

12 (7) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘under 

13 this paragraph’’ both places it appears and inserting 

14 ‘‘under subparagraph (A)(i)’’; 

15 (8) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub16 paragraph (J); and 

17 (9) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol18 lowing new subparagraphs: 

19 ‘‘(F) Grants awarded under subparagraph 

20 (A)(ii) shall be carried out by a department or de21 partments of science, mathematics, or engineering at 

22 institutions of higher education (or a consortia 

23 thereof), which may partner with education faculty. 

24 Applications for awards under subparagraph (A)(ii) 

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1 such manner, and containing such information as 

2 the Director may require. At a minimum, the appli3 cation shall include— 

4 ‘‘(i) a description of the activities to be 

5 carried out by the Center; 

6 ‘‘(ii) a plan for disseminating programs re7 lated to the activities carried out by the Center 

8 to faculty at the grantee institution and at 

9 other institutions; 

10 ‘‘(iii) an estimate of the number of faculty, 

11 graduate students (if any), and undergraduate 

12 students who will be affected by the activities 

13 carried out by the Center; and 

14 ‘‘(iv) a plan for assessing the effectiveness 

15 of the Center at accomplishing the goals de16 scribed in subparagraph (A)(ii). 

17 ‘‘(G) In evaluating the applications submitted 

18 under subparagraph (F), the Director shall consider, 

19 at a minimum— 

20 ‘‘(i) the ability of the applicant to effec21 tively carry out the proposed activities, includ22 ing the dissemination activities described in 

23 subparagraph (C)(ii)(IV); and 

24 ‘‘(ii) the extent to which the faculty, staff, 

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1 are committed to improving undergraduate 

2 science, mathematics, and engineering edu3 cation. 

4 ‘‘(H) In awarding grants under subparagraph 

5 (A)(ii), the Director shall endeavor to ensure that a 

6 wide variety of science, technology, engineering, and 

7 mathematics fields and types of institutions of high8 er education, including 2-year colleges and minority9 serving institutions, are covered, and that— 

10 ‘‘(i) at least 1 Center is housed at a Doc11 toral/Research University as defined by the 

12 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of 

13 Teaching; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) at least 1 Center is focused on im15 proving undergraduate education in an inter16 disciplinary area. 

17 ‘‘(I) The Director shall convene an annual 

18 meeting of the awardees under this paragraph to 

19 foster collaboration and to disseminate the results of 

20 the Centers and the other activities funded under 

21 this paragraph.’’. 

22 (b) REPORT ON DATA COLLECTION.—Not later than 

23 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di24 rector shall transmit to Congress a report on how the Di25 rector is determining whether current grant recipients in 


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1 the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 

2 Talent Expansion Program are making satisfactory 

3 progress as required by section 8(7)(D)(ii) of the National 

4 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 and what 

5 funding actions have been taken as a result of the Direc6 tor’s determinations. 

7 SEC. 126. HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFI8 NITION. 

9 Section 4(8) of the National Science Foundation Au10 thorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n note) is amend11 ed to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(8) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN13 CY.—The term ‘high-need local educational agency’ 

14 means a local educational agency that— 

15 ‘‘(A) is receiving grants under title I of the 

16 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

17 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) as a result of 

18 having within its jurisdiction concentrations of 

19 children from low income families; and 

20 ‘‘(B) is experiencing a shortage of highly 

21 qualified teachers, as defined in section 9101 of 

22 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

23 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801), in the fields of 

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1 SEC. 127. TEACHER LEADERS. 

2 The National Science Foundation Authorization Act 

3 of 2002 is amended— 

4 (1) in section 4(11)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘MASTER TEACHER’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘TEACHER LEADER’’; 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘master teacher’’ and in8 serting ‘‘teacher leader’’; and 

9 (C) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

10 ‘‘master teachers’’ and inserting ‘‘teacher lead11 ers’’; and 

12 (2) in section 9— 

13 (A) in subsection (a)(3)(E), by striking 

14 ‘‘master teachers’’ and inserting ‘‘teacher lead15 ers’’; and 

16 (B) in subsection (a)(4)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘MASTER TEACHERS’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘TEACHER LEADERS’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘master teachers’’ 

20 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘teach21 er leaders’’. 

22 SEC. 128. LABORATORY SCIENCE PILOT PROGRAM. 

23 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 

24 (1) To remain competitive in science and tech25 nology in the global economy, the United States 

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1 from high school prepared to pursue postsecondary 

2 education in science, technology, engineering, and 

3 mathematics. 

4 (2) There is broad agreement in the scientific 

5 community that learning science requires direct in6 volvement by students in scientific inquiry and that 

7 laboratory experience is so integral to the nature of 

8 science that it must be included in every science pro9 gram for every science student. 

10 (3) In America’s Lab Report, the National Re11 search Council concluded that the current quality of 

12 laboratory experiences is poor for most students and 

13 that educators and researchers do not agree on how 

14 to define high school science laboratories or on their 

15 purpose, hampering the accumulation of research on 

16 how to improve labs. 

17 (4) The National Research Council found that 

18 schools with higher concentrations of non-Asian mi19 norities and schools with higher concentrations of 

20 poor students are less likely to have adequate labora21 tory facilities than other schools. 

22 (5) The Government Accountability Office re23 ported that 49.1 percent of schools where the minor24 ity student population is greater than 50.5 percent 


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1 reported not meeting functional requirements for 

2 laboratory science well or at all. 

3 (6) 40 percent of those college students who left 

4 the science fields reported some problems related to 

5 high school science preparation, including lack of 

6 laboratory experience and no introduction to theo7 retical or to analytical modes of thought. 

8 (7) It is in the national interest for the Federal 

9 Government to invest in research and demonstration 

10 projects to improve the teaching of laboratory 

11 science in the Nation’s high schools. 

12 (b) GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 8(8) of the National 

13 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 is amend14 ed— 

15 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through 

16 (F) as clauses (i) through (vi), respectively; 

17 (2) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘A program of 

18 competitive’’; and 

19 (3) by inserting at the end the following new 

20 subparagraphs: 

21 ‘‘(B) In accordance with subparagraph (A)(v), 

22 the Director shall establish a research pilot program 

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1 part of a comprehensive program to enhance the 

2 quality of mathematics, science, engineering, and 

3 technology instruction at the secondary school level. 

4 Grants under this subparagraph may be used for— 

5 ‘‘(i) purchase, rental, or leasing of equip6 ment, instrumentation, and other scientific edu7 cational materials; 

8 ‘‘(ii) maintenance, renovation, and im9 provement of laboratory facilities; 

10 ‘‘(iii) development of instructional pro11 grams designed to integrate the laboratory ex12 perience with classroom instruction and to be 

13 consistent with State mathematics and science 

14 academic achievement standards; 

15 ‘‘(iv) training in laboratory safety for 

16 school personnel; 

17 ‘‘(v) design and implementation of hands18 on laboratory experiences to encourage the in19 terest of individuals identified in section 33 or 

20 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Op21 portunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b) in 

22 mathematics, science, engineering, and tech23 nology and help prepare such individuals to 

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1 ‘‘(vi) assessment of the activities funded 

2 under this subparagraph. 

3 ‘‘(C) Grants may be made under subparagraph 

4 (B) only to a partnership— 

5 ‘‘(i) for a project that includes significant 

6 teacher training and professional development 

7 components; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) that establishes that appropriate 

9 teacher training and professional development 

10 is being addressed, or has been addressed, 

11 through other means. 

12 ‘‘(D) Grants awarded under subparagraph (B) 

13 shall be to a partnership that— 

14 ‘‘(i) includes an institution of higher edu15 cation or a community college; 

16 ‘‘(ii) includes a high-need local educational 

17 agency; 

18 ‘‘(iii) includes a business or eligible non19 profit organization; and 

20 ‘‘(iv) may include a State educational 

21 agency, other public agency, National Labora22 tory, or community-based organization. 

23 ‘‘(E) The Federal share of the cost of activities 

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1 ‘‘(F) The Director shall require grant recipients 

2 to submit a report to the Director on the results of 

3 the project supported by the grant.’’. 

4 (c) REPORT.—The Director shall evaluate the effec5 tiveness of activities carried out under the research pilot 

6 projects funded by the grant program established pursu7 ant to the amendment made by subsection (b) in improv8 ing student performance in mathematics, science, engi9 neering, and technology. A report documenting the results 

10 of that evaluation shall be submitted to the Committee on 

11 Science and Technology of the House of Representatives 

12 and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transpor13 tation and on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 

14 the Senate not later than 5 years after the date of enact15 ment of this Act. The report shall identify best practices 

16 and materials developed and demonstrated by grant 

17 awardees. 

18 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—From 

19 the amount authorized in section 303(a)(2)(B), (b)(2)(B), 

20 and (c)(2)(B) of this Act, there are authorized to be ap21 propriated to carry out this section and the amendments 

22 made by this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and 

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1 SEC. 129. STUDY ON LABORATORY EQUIPMENT DONATIONS 

2 FOR SCHOOLS. 

3 Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

4 of this Act, the Director shall transmit a report to the 

5 Congress examining the extent to which institutions of 

6 higher education are donating used laboratory equipment 

7 to elementary and secondary schools. The Director, in con8 sultation with the Secretary of Education, shall survey in9 stitutions of higher education to determine— 

10 (1) how often, how much, and what type of 

11 equipment is donated; 

12 (2) what criteria or guidelines the institutions 

13 are using to determine what types of equipment can 

14 be donated, what condition the equipment should be 

15 in, and which schools receive the equipment; 

16 (3) whether the institutions provide any support 

17 to, or follow-up with the schools; and 

18 (4) how appropriate donations can be encour19 aged. 

20 TITLE II—SCIENCE AND 

21 ENGINEERING RESEARCH 

22 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Sowing the Seeds 

24 Through Science and Engineering Research Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 202. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION EARLY CAREER 

2 AWARDS FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 

3 RESEARCHERS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 

5 Science Foundation shall carry out a program to award 

6 grants to scientists and engineers at the early stage of 

7 their careers at institutions of higher education and orga8 nizations described in subsection (c)(2) to conduct re9 search in fields relevant to the mission of the Foundation. 

10 The existing Faculty Early Career Development (CA11 REER) Program may be designated as the mechanism for 

12 awarding such grants. 

13 (b) SIZE AND DURATION OF AWARD.—The duration 

14 of awards under this section shall be 5 years, and the 

15 amount per year shall be at least $80,000. 

16 (c) ELIGIBILITY.—Award recipients shall be individ17 uals who are employed in a tenure-track position as an 

18 assistant professor or equivalent title, or who hold an 

19 equivalent position, at— 

20 (1) an institution of higher education in the 

21 United States; or 

22 (2) an organization in the United States that is 

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1 (d) SELECTION.—Award recipients shall be selected 

2 on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis. 

3 (e) SELECTION PROCESS AND CRITERIA FOR

4 AWARDS.—An applicant seeking funding under this sec5 tion shall submit a proposal to the Director at such time, 

6 in such manner, and containing such information as the 

7 Director may require. In evaluating the proposals sub8 mitted under this section, the Director shall consider, at 

9 a minimum— 

10 (1) the intellectual merit of the proposed work; 

11 (2) the innovative or transformative nature of 

12 the proposed research; 

13 (3) the extent to which the proposal integrates 

14 research and education, including undergraduate 

15 education in science and engineering disciplines; and 

16 (4) the potential of the applicant for leadership 

17 at the frontiers of knowledge. 

18 (f) AWARDS.—In awarding grants under this section, 

19 the Director shall endeavor to ensure that the recipients 

20 are from a variety of types of institutions of higher edu21 cation and nonprofit, nondegree-granting research organi22 zations. In support of this goal, the Director shall broadly 

23 disseminate information about when and how to apply for 

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1 are part B institutions as defined in section 322(2) of the 

2 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)) and 

3 minority institutions (as defined in section 365(3) of that 

4 Act (20 U.S.C. 1067k(3))). In awarding grants under this 

5 section, the Director shall give special consideration to eli6 gible early-career researchers who have followed alter7 native career paths such as working part-time or in non8 academic settings, or who have taken a significant career 

9 break or other leave of absence. 

10 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—For each 

11 of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012, the Director shall 

12 allocate at least 3.5 percent of funds appropriated to the 

13 National Science Foundation for Research and Related 

14 Activities to the grants program under this section, except 

15 to the extent that a sufficient number of meritorious grant 

16 applications have not been received for a fiscal year. 

17 (h) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 

18 of enactment of this Act, the Director shall transmit to 

19 the Committee on Science and Technology of the House 

20 of Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, 

21 Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report de22 scribing the distribution of the institutions from which in23 dividuals have participated in the Faculty Early Career 

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1 fined by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement 

2 of Teaching and the organizations in subsection (c)(2). 

3 (i) EVALUATION.—Not later than 2 years after the 

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

5 to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House 

6 of Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, 

7 Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report evalu8 ating the impact of the program carried out under this 

9 section on the ability of young faculty to compete for Na10 tional Science Foundation research grants. 

11 SEC. 203. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY EARLY CAREER 

12 AWARDS FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 

13 RESEARCHERS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 

15 Science of the Department of Energy shall carry out a 

16 program to award grants to scientists and engineers at 

17 the early stage of their careers at institutions of higher 

18 education and organizations described in subsection (c)(2) 

19 to conduct research in fields relevant to the mission of the 

20 Department, giving priority to grants to expand domestic 

21 energy production and use through coal-to-liquids tech22 nology and advanced nuclear reprocessing. 

23 (b) SIZE AND DURATION OF AWARD.—The duration 

24 of awards under this section shall be up to 5 years, and 

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1 (c) ELIGIBILITY.—Award recipients shall be individ2 uals who are employed in a tenure-track position as an 

3 assistant professor or equivalent title, or who hold an 

4 equivalent position, at— 

5 (1) an institution of higher education in the 

6 United States; or 

7 (2) an organization in the United States that is 

8 a nonprofit, nondegree-granting research organiza9 tion such as a museum, observatory, or research lab10 oratory. 

11 (d) SELECTION.—Award recipients shall be selected 

12 on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis. 

13 (e) SELECTION PROCESS AND CRITERIA FOR

14 AWARDS.—An applicant seeking funding under this sec15 tion shall submit a proposal to the Director of the Office 

16 of Science at such time, in such manner, and containing 

17 such information as the Director may require. In evalu18 ating the proposals submitted under this section, the Di19 rector shall consider, at a minimum— 

20 (1) the intellectual merit of the proposed work; 

21 (2) the innovative or transformative nature of 

22 the proposed research; 

23 (3) the extent to which the proposal integrates 

24 research and education, including undergraduate 

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1 (4) the potential of the applicant for leadership 

2 at the frontiers of knowledge. 

3 (f) COLLABORATION WITH NATIONAL LABORA4 TORIES.—In awarding grants under this section, the Di5 rector shall give priority to proposals in which the pro6 posed work includes collaboration with the Department of 

7 Energy National Laboratories. 

8 (g) AWARDS.—In awarding grants under this section, 

9 the Director shall endeavor to ensure that the recipients 

10 are from a variety of types of institutions of higher edu11 cation and nonprofit, nondegree-granting research organi12 zations. In support of this goal, the Director shall broadly 

13 disseminate information about when and how to apply for 

14 grants under this section, including by conducting out15 reach to Historically Black Colleges and Universities that 

16 are part B institutions as defined in section 322(2) of the 

17 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)) and 

18 minority institutions (as defined in section 365(3) of that 

19 Act (20 U.S.C. 1067k(3))). 

20 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

21 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En22 ergy to carry out the Director’s responsibilities under this 

23 section $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 

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1 (i) REPORT ON RECRUITING AND RETAINING EARLY

2 CAREER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCHERS AT

3 THE NATIONAL LABORATORIES.—Not later than 3 

4 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Direc5 tor of the Office of Science shall transmit to the Com6 mittee on Science and Technology of the House of Rep7 resentatives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

8 Resources of the Senate a report on efforts to recruit and 

9 retain young scientists and engineers at the early stages 

10 of their careers at the Department of Energy National 

11 Laboratories. The report shall include— 

12 (1) a description of Department of Energy and 

13 National Laboratory policies and procedures, includ14 ing financial incentives, awards, promotions, time set 

15 aside for independent research, access to equipment 

16 or facilities, and other forms of recognition, designed 

17 to attract and retain young scientists and engineers; 

18 (2) an evaluation of the impact of these incen19 tives on the careers of young scientists and engi20 neers at Department of Energy National Labora21 tories, and also on the quality of the research at the 

22 National Laboratories and in Department of Energy 

23 programs; 

24 (3) a description of what barriers, if any, exist 

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1 engineers, including limited availability of full time 

2 equivalent positions, legal and procedural require3 ments, and pay grading systems; and 

4 (4) the amount of funding devoted to efforts to 

5 recruit and retain young researchers and the source 

6 of such funds. 

7 SEC. 204. INTEGRATIVE GRADUATE EDUCATION AND RE8 SEARCH TRAINEESHIP PROGRAM. 

9 (a) FUNDING.—For each of the fiscal years 2008 

10 through 2012, the Director of the National Science Foun11 dation shall allocate at least 1.5 percent of funds appro12 priated for Research and Related Activities to the Integra13 tive Graduate Education and Research Traineeship pro14 gram. 

15 (b) COORDINATION.—The Director shall coordinate 

16 with Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, 

17 to expand the interdisciplinary nature of the Integrative 

18 Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program. 

19 (c) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT FUNDS FROM OTHER

20 AGENCIES.—The Director is authorized to accept funds 

21 from other Federal departments and agencies to carry out 

22 the Integrative Graduate Education and Research 

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1 SEC. 205. PRESIDENTIAL INNOVATION AWARD. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall periodi3 cally present the Presidential Innovation Award, on the 

4 basis of recommendations received from the Director of 

5 the Office of Science and Technology Policy or on the 

6 basis of such other information as the President considers 

7 appropriate, to individuals who develop one or more 

8 unique scientific or engineering ideas in the national inter9 est at the time the innovation occurs. 

10 (b) PURPOSE.—The awards under this section shall 

11 be made to— 

12 (1) stimulate scientific and engineering ad13 vances in the national interest; 

14 (2) illustrate the linkage between science and 

15 engineering and national needs; 

16 (3) show the potential of such innovation to 

17 substantively enhance the economic competitiveness 

18 of the United States through development of 

19 commercializable intellectual property; and 

20 (4) provide an example to students of the con21 tribution they could make to society by entering the 

22 science and engineering profession. 

23 (c) CITIZENSHIP.—An individual is not eligible to re24 ceive the award under this section unless at the time such 

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1 (1) is a citizen or other national of the United 

2 States; or 

3 (2) is an alien lawfully admitted to the United 

4 States for permanent residence who— 

5 (A) has filed an application for naturaliza6 tion in the manner prescribed by section 334 of 

7 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

8 1445); and 

9 (B) is not permanently ineligible to become 

10 a citizen of the United States. 

11 (d) PRESENTATION.—The presentation of the award 

12 shall be made by the President with such ceremonies as 

13 he may deem proper, including attendance by appropriate 

14 Members of Congress. 

15 SEC. 206. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE FOR RE16 SEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Science and Tech18 nology Policy shall establish a National Coordination Of19 fice for Research Infrastructure. Such Office shall— 

20 (1) identify and prioritize the deficiencies in re21 search facilities and major instrumentation located 

22 at academic institutions and at national laboratories 

23 that are available for use by academic researchers; 

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1 (2) institute and coordinate the planning by 

2 Federal agencies for the acquisition, refurbishment, 

3 and maintenance of research facilities and major in4 strumentation required to address the deficiencies 

5 identified under paragraph (1). 

6 In prioritizing the deficiencies identified under paragraph 

7 (1), the Office shall consider research needs in areas rel8 evant to the Nation’s economic competitiveness. 

9 (b) STAFFING.—The Director of the Office of Science 

10 and Technology Policy shall appoint individuals to serve 

11 in the Office established under subsection (a) from among 

12 the principal Federal agencies that support research in the 

13 sciences, mathematics, and engineering, and shall at a 

14 minimum include individuals from the National Science 

15 Foundation and the Department of Energy. 

16 (c) REPORT.—The Director of the Office of Science 

17 and Technology Policy shall provide annually a report to 

18 Congress at the time of the President’s budget proposal— 

19 (1) describing the research infrastructure needs 

20 identified in accordance with subsection (a); 

21 (2) listing research facilities projects and budg22 et proposals, by agency, for major instrumentation 

23 acquisitions that are included in the President’s 

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1 (3) explaining how these facilities projects and 

2 instrumentation acquisitions relate to the defi3 ciencies and priorities arrived at in accordance with 

4 subsection (a). 

5 SEC. 207. RESEARCH ON INNOVATION AND INVENTIVENESS. 

6 In carrying out its research programs on science pol7 icy and on the science of learning, the National Science 

8 Foundation may support research on the process of inno9 vation and the teaching of inventiveness. 

10 SEC. 208. REPORT ON NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STAND11 ARDS AND TECHNOLOGY EFFORTS TO RE12 CRUIT AND RETAIN EARLY CAREER SCIENCE 

13 AND ENGINEERING RESEARCHERS. 

14 Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment 

15 of this Act, the Director of the National Institute of 

16 Standards and Technology shall transmit to the Com17 mittee on Science and Technology of the House of Rep18 resentatives and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

19 and Transportation of the Senate a report on efforts to 

20 recruit and retain young scientists and engineers at the 

21 early stages of their careers at the National Institute of 

22 Standards and Technology laboratories and joint insti23 tutes. The report shall include— 

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1 ing financial incentives, awards, promotions, time set 

2 aside for independent research, access to equipment 

3 or facilities, and other forms of recognition, designed 

4 to attract and retain young scientists and engineers; 

5 (2) an evaluation of the impact of these incen6 tives on the careers of young scientists and engi7 neers at the National Institute of Standards and 

8 Technology, and also on the quality of the research 

9 at the National Institute of Standards and Tech10 nology’s laboratories and in the National Institute of 

11 Standards and Technology’s programs; 

12 (3) a description of what barriers, if any, exist 

13 to efforts to recruit and retain young scientists and 

14 engineers, including limited availability of full time 

15 equivalent positions, legal and procedural require16 ments, and pay grading systems; and 

17 (4) the amount of funding devoted to efforts to 

18 recruit and retain young researchers and the source 

19 of such funds. 

20 SEC. 209. NASA’S CONTRIBUTION TO INNOVATION. 

21 (a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 

22 Congress that— 

23 (1) a balanced science program as authorized 

24 by section 101(d) of the National Aeronautics and 

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1 (Public Law 109–155) contributes significantly to 

2 innovation in and the economic competitiveness of 

3 the United States; and 

4 (2) a robust National Aeronautics and Space 

5 Administration, funded at the levels authorized 

6 under sections 202 and 203 of that Act, would offer 

7 a balance among science, aeronautics, exploration, 

8 and human space flight programs, all of which can 

9 attract and employ scientists, engineers, and techni10 cians across a broad range of fields in science, tech11 nology, mathematics, and engineering. 

12 (b) PARTICIPATION IN INNOVATION AND COMPETI13 TIVENESS PROGRAMS.—The Administrator of the Na14 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall fully 

15 participate in any interagency efforts to promote innova16 tion and economic competitiveness through scientific re17 search and development within the spending levels cited 

18 in subsection (a). 

19 SEC. 210. UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SCIENCE, 

20 TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHE21 MATICS. 

22 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The National Science Foun23 dation shall establish a program, to be known as the Un24 dergraduate Scholarships for Science, Technology, Engi25 neering, and Mathematics, or US–STEM, program, for 


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1 awarding scholarships to undergraduate scholars in 

2 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 

3 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—A student is eligible for a scholar4 ship under this section only if the student— 

5 (1) is enrolled at a public, 4-year college or uni6 versity; 

7 (2) will have completed at least one-half of the 

8 credit requirements for an undergraduate degree be9 fore beginning studies to be funded by the scholar10 ship; 

11 (3) has maintained a grade point average in un12 dergraduate studies of at least 3.0 on a scale of 4.0, 

13 or an equivalent level as calculated by the National 

14 Science Foundation, except that if the student’s in15 stitution appeals this criterion on the basis of undue 

16 hardship on the student, the National Science Foun17 dation may waive this paragraph; 

18 (4) has a total family income of less than 

19 $75,000 per year, with such amount to be adjusted 

20 annually by the National Science Foundation for in21 flation; 

22 (5) has not been convicted of a felony; and 

23 (6) is a citizen or permanent resident alien of 

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1 (c) SELECTION CRITERIA.—Scholarship recipients 

2 shall be selected on the basis of merit and such other cri3 teria as the National Science Foundation shall establish. 

4 (d) AWARDS.—The National Science Foundation 

5 shall announce awards before April 1 for each upcoming 

6 academic year, and may make up to 2,500 awards per 

7 year. Awards may be made for a maximum of 2 academic 

8 years for each student, and scholarship amounts shall be 

9 paid to the institution. 

10 (e) ADVISORY BOARD.—The Director of the National 

11 Science Foundation shall establish an advisory board, 

12 which shall make recommendations to the Director for se13 lection criteria for scholarship recipients, and provide 

14 guidance and oversight for the program. 

15 TITLE III—NATIONAL SCIENCE 

16 FOUNDATION 

17 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

18 This title may be cited as the ‘‘National Science 

19 Foundation Authorization Act of 2007’’. 

20 SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this title: 

22 (1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Na23 tional Science Board established under section 2 of 

24 the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

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

2 the Director of the Foundation. 

3 (3) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘elemen4 tary school’’ has the meaning given that term by 

5 section 9101(18) of the Elementary and Secondary 

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

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

8 means the National Science Foundation. 

9 (5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

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

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

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

13 (6) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec14 ondary school’’ has the meaning given that term by 

15 section 9101(38) of the Elementary and Secondary 

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

17 SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2008.— 

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

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

21 fiscal year 2008. 

22 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

23 authorized under paragraph (1)— 

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1 $115,000,000 shall be made available for the 

2 Major Research Instrumentation program; 

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

4 for education and human resources, of which— 

5 (i) $94,000,000 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), of which 

10 $32,000,000 shall be made available for 

11 the purposes of section 122(a) of this Act 

12 and $46,000,000 shall be made available 

13 for the purposes of section 123 of this Act; 

14 (ii) $70,000,000 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) $44,000,000 shall be for the 

20 Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and 

21 Technology Talent Expansion Program es22 tablished under section 8(7) of the Na23 tional Science Foundation Authorization 

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1 (iv) $51,620,000 shall be for the Ad2 vanced Technological Education program 

3 established by section 3(a) of the Scientific 

4 and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 

5 (Public Law 102–476); 

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

7 for major research equipment and facilities con8 struction; 

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

10 for agency operations and award management; 

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

12 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

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

14 for the Office of Inspector General. 

15 (b) FISCAL YEAR 2009.— 

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

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

18 fiscal year 2009. 

19 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

20 authorized under paragraph (1)— 

21 (A) $5,457,400,000 shall be made avail22 able for research and related activities, of which 

23 $123,100,000 shall be made available for the 

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

2 for education and human resources, of which— 

3 (i) $100,600,000 shall be for Mathe4 matics and Science Education Partner5 ships established under section 9 of the 

6 National Science Foundation Authorization 

7 Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n), of which 

8 $35,200,000 shall be made available for 

9 the purposes of section 122(a) of this Act 

10 and $50,600,000 shall be made available 

11 for the purposes of section 123 of this Act; 

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

13 Robert Noyce Scholarship Program estab14 lished under section 10 of the National 

15 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 

16 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–1); 

17 (iii) $55,000,000 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 

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1 entific and Advanced-Technology Act of 

2 1992 (Public Law 102–476); 

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

4 for major research equipment and facilities con5 struction; 

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

7 for agency operations and award management; 

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

9 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

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

11 for the Office of Inspector General. 

12 (c) FISCAL YEAR 2010.— 

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

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

15 fiscal year 2010. 

16 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

17 authorized under paragraph (1)— 

18 (A) $5,863,200,000 shall be made avail19 able for research and related activities, of which 

20 $131,700,000 shall be made available for the 

21 Major Research Instrumentation program; 

22 (B) $1,003,000,000 shall be made avail23 able for education and human resources, of 

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1 (i) $107,600,000 shall be for Mathe2 matics and Science Education Partner3 ships established under section 9 of the 

4 National Science Foundation Authorization 

5 Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n), of which 

6 $38,700,000 shall be made available for 

7 the purposes of section 122(a) of this Act 

8 and $55,700,000 shall be made available 

9 for the purposes of section 123 of this Act; 

10 (ii) $133,000,000 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) $60,000,000 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) $59,100,000 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 

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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 

9 for the Office of Inspector General. 

10 (d) MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION.— 

11 (1) AWARD AMOUNT.—The minimum amount 

12 of an award under the Major Research Instrumenta13 tion program shall be $100,000. The maximum 

14 amount of an award under the program shall be 

15 $4,000,000, except if the total amount appropriated 

16 for the program for a fiscal year exceeds 

17 $125,000,000, in which case the maximum amount 

18 of an award shall be $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 In22 strumentation program may be used to support the 

23 operations and maintenance of such instrumentation 

24 and equipment. 

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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 

4 non-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 fund15 ing, as documented by the statistical 

16 data published by the Foundation; 

17 and 

18 (II) for which the proposed 

19 project will make a substantial im20 provement in the institution’s capa21 bilities to conduct leading edge re22 search, to provide research experi23 ences for undergraduate students 

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1 and engineering research by individ2 uals identified in section 33 or 34 of 

3 the Science and Engineering Equal 

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

5 or 1885b); and 

6 (ii) consortia of institutions of higher 

7 education that include at least one institu8 tion that is not a Ph.D-granting institu9 tion. 

10 (e) UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—The 

11 Director shall continue to carry out programs in support 

12 of undergraduate education, including those authorized in 

13 section 17 of the National Science Foundation Authoriza14 tion Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–6). Funding for these 

15 programs shall increase in proportion to the increase in 

16 the total amount appropriated to the Foundation in any 

17 year for which appropriations are authorized by this title. 

18 (f) LIMIT ON PROPOSALS.— 

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

20 part of the selection process for awards the submis21 sion of preproposals and that also limit the number 

22 of preproposals that may be submitted by an institu23 tion, the Director shall allow the subsequent submis24 sion of a full proposal based on each preproposal 


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1 that is determined to have merit following the Foun2 dation’s merit review process. 

3 (2) REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES.— 

4 The Board shall review and assess the effects on in5 stitutions of higher education of the policies of the 

6 Foundation regarding the imposition of limitations 

7 on the number of proposals that may be submitted 

8 by a single institution for programs supported by the 

9 Foundation. The Board shall determine whether cur10 rent policies are well justified and appropriate for 

11 the types of programs that limit the number of pro12 posal submissions. Not later that 1 year after the 

13 date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall sum14 marize its findings and any recommendations re15 garding changes to the current policy on the restric16 tion of proposal submissions in a report to the Com17 mittee on Science and Technology of the House of 

18 Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, 

19 Science, and Transportation and the Committee on 

20 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen21 ate. 

22 (g) RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADU23 ATES.—The Director shall increase funding for the Re24 search Experiences for Undergraduates program in pro25 portion to the increase in the total amount appropriated 


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1 to the Foundation for research and related activities in 

2 any year for which appropriations are authorized by this 

3 title. 

4 (h) GLOBAL WARMING EDUCATION.— 

5 (1) INFORMAL EDUCATION.—As part of Infor6 mal Science Education activities, the Director shall 

7 support activities to create informal educational ma8 terials, exhibits, and multimedia presentations rel9 evant to global warming, climate science, and green10 house gas reduction strategies. 

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

12 part of Discovery Research K–12 activities, the Di13 rector shall support the development of K–12 edu14 cational materials relevant to global warming, cli15 mate science, and greenhouse gas reduction strate16 gies. 

17 SEC. 304. CENTERS FOR RESEARCH ON LEARNING AND 

18 EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT. 

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

20 continue to carry out the program of Centers for Research 

21 on Learning and Education Improvement as established 

22 in section 11 of the National Science Foundation Author23 ization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–2). 


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

2 National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 

3 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–2) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘or eligi5 ble nonprofit organizations’’ after ‘‘institutions of 

6 higher education’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ‘‘or an eli8 gible nonprofit organization’’ after ‘‘institution of 

9 higher education’’; and 

10 (3) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘of such in11 stitutions’’ and inserting ‘‘thereof’’. 

12 SEC. 305. INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH. 

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

14 of the Foundation in supporting interdisciplinary research, 

15 including through the Major Research Instrumentation 

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

17 providing information to the scientific community about 

18 opportunities for funding of interdisciplinary research pro19 posals, and the process through which interdisciplinary 

20 proposals are selected for support. The Board shall also 

21 evaluate the effectiveness of the Foundation’s efforts to 

22 engage undergraduate students in research experiences in 

23 interdisciplinary settings, including through the Research 

24 in Undergraduate Institutions program and the Research 

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

2 of enactment of this Act, the Board shall provide the re3 sults of its evaluation under subsection (a), including a 

4 recommendation for the proportion of the Foundation’s re5 search and related activities funding that should be allo6 cated for interdisciplinary research, to the Committee on 

7 Science and Technology of the House of Representatives 

8 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor9 tation and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

10 and Pensions of the Senate. 

11 SEC. 306. PILOT PROGRAM OF GRANTS FOR NEW INVES12 TIGATORS. 

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

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

15 assist them in improving research proposals that were pre16 viously submitted to the Foundation but not selected for 

17 funding. 

18 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec19 tion shall be used to enable an individual to resubmit an 

20 updated research proposal for review by the Foundation 

21 through the agency’s competitive merit review process. 

22 Uses of funds made available under this section may in23 clude the generation of new data and the performance of 

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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. 307. 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 

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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. 308. 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. 309. 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. 310. 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. 311. 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. 312. 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 

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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 

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1 provided under this section to programs other than 

2 those specified in subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 313. 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. 314. DONATIONS. 

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

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

2 donated for specific prize competitions’’. 

3 SEC. 315. 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 Representatives 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 (e) ANNUAL PLAN FOR ALLOCATION OF EDUCATION

14 AND HUMAN RESOURCES FUNDING.— 

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

16 the date of enactment of legislation providing for the 

17 annual appropriation of funds for the Foundation, 

18 the Director shall submit to the Committee on 

19 Science and Technology and the Committee on Ap20 propriations of the House of Representatives, and to 

21 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans22 portation, the Committee on Health, Education, 

23 Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on Appro24 priations of the Senate, a plan for the allocation of 

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1 this title for the corresponding fiscal year, including 

2 any funds from within the research and related ac3 tivities account used to support activities that have 

4 the primary purpose of improving education or 

5 broadening participation. 

6 (2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall 

7 include a description of how the allocation of fund8 ing— 

9 (A) will affect the average size and dura10 tion of education and human resources grants 

11 supported by the Foundation; 

12 (B) will affect trends in research support 

13 for the effective instruction of mathematics, 

14 science, engineering, and technology; 

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

16 study of mathematics, science, engineering, and 

17 technology; and 

18 (D) will encourage the interest of individ19 uals identified in section 33 or 34 of the 

20 Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities 

21 Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b) in mathe22 matics, science, engineering, and technology, 

23 and help prepare such individuals to pursue 

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1 SEC. 316. ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS. 

2 (a) TRIANNUAL AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF THE NA3 TIONAL SCIENCE BOARD.—Section 15(a) of the National 

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

5 4862n–5) is amended— 

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

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

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

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

10 (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol11 lowing new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(5) MATERIALS RELATING TO CLOSED POR13 TIONS OF MEETINGS.—To facilitate the audit re14 quired under paragraph (3) of this subsection, the 

15 Office of the National Science Board shall maintain 

16 the General Counsel’s certificate, the presiding offi17 cer’s statement, and a transcript or recording of any 

18 closed meeting, for at least 3 years after such meet19 ing.’’. 

20 (b) LIMITED TERM PERSONNEL FOR THE NATIONAL

21 SCIENCE BOARD.—Subsection (g) of section 4 of the Na22 tional Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 

23 1863(g)) is amended to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(g) The Board may, with the concurrence of a ma25 jority of its members, permit the appointment of a staff 

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1 technical and professional personnel on leave of absence 

2 from academic, industrial, or research institutions for a 

3 limited term and such operations and support staff mem4 bers as may be necessary. Such staff shall be appointed 

5 by the Chairman and assigned at the direction of the 

6 Board. The professional members and limited term tech7 nical and professional personnel of such staff may be ap8 pointed without regard to the provisions of title 5, United 

9 States Code, governing appointments in the competitive 

10 service, and the provisions of chapter 51 of such title relat11 ing to classification, and shall be compensated at a rate 

12 not exceeding the maximum rate payable under section 

13 5376 of such title, as may be necessary to provide for the 

14 performance of such duties as may be prescribed by the 

15 Board in connection with the exercise of its powers and 

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

17 each limited term appointment of technical and profes18 sional personnel under this subsection. Each appointment 

19 under this subsection shall be subject to the same security 

20 requirements as those required for personnel of the Foun21 dation appointed under section 14(a).’’. 

22 (c) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF WATERMAN AWARDS

23 TO THREE.—Section 6(c) of the National Science Founda24 tion Authorization Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 1881a) is 

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1 ‘‘(c) Up to three awards may be made under this sec2 tion in any one fiscal year.’’. 

3 SEC. 317. NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REPORTS. 

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

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

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

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

8 ‘‘and’’. 

9 SEC. 318. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE REPORT ON DI10 VERSITY IN STEM FIELDS. 

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

12 an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences 

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

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

15 barriers to increasing the number of underrepresented mi16 norities in science, technology, engineering, and mathe17 matics fields and to identify strategies for bringing more 

18 underrepresented minorities into the science, technology, 

19 engineering, and mathematics workforce. 

20 (b) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall 

21 ensure that the study described in subsection (a) address22 es— 

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1 cation and careers in the science, technology, engi2 neering, and mathematics fields; 

3 (2) specific barriers preventing greater minority 

4 student participation in the science, technology, en5 gineering, and mathematics fields; 

6 (3) primary focus points for policy intervention 

7 to increase the recruitment and retention of under8 represented minorities in America’s future work9 force; 

10 (4) programs already underway to increase di11 versity in the science, technology, engineering, and 

12 mathematics fields, and their level of effectiveness; 

13 (5) factors that make such programs effective, 

14 and how to expand and improve upon existing pro15 grams; 

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

17 the diversification of America’s workforce in these 

18 fields and how that role can be supported and 

19 strengthened; and 

20 (7) how the public and private sectors can bet21 ter assist minority students in their efforts to join 

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1 SEC. 319. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE 

2 MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP 

3 PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDU4 CATION AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUN5 DATION. 

6 It is the sense of the Congress that— 

7 (1) although the mathematics and science edu8 cation partnership program at the National Science 

9 Foundation and the mathematics and science part10 nership program at the Department of Education 

11 practically share the same name, the 2 programs are 

12 intended to be complementary, not duplicative; 

13 (2) the National Science Foundation partner14 ship programs are innovative, model reform initia15 tives that move promising ideas in education from 

16 research into practice to improve teacher quality, de17 velop challenging curricula, and increase student 

18 achievement in mathematics and science, and Con19 gress intends that the National Science Foundation 

20 peer-reviewed partnership programs found to be ef21 fective should be put into wider practice by dissemi22 nation through the Department of Education part23 nership programs; and 

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1 nents of this priority effort for mathematics and 

2 science education continue to work in concert for the 

3 benefit of States and local practitioners nationwide. 

4 SEC. 320. HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS UNDER5 GRADUATE PROGRAM. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director is authorized to es7 tablish a new program to award grants on a competitive, 

8 merit-reviewed basis to Hispanic-serving institutions to 

9 enhance the quality of undergraduate science, mathe10 matics, engineering, and technology education at such in11 stitutions and to increase the retention and graduation 

12 rates of students pursuing associate’s or baccalaureate de13 grees in science, mathematics, engineering, or technology. 

14 (b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—Grants awarded under 

15 this section shall support— 

16 (1) activities to improve courses and curriculum 

17 in science, mathematics, engineering, and tech18 nology; 

19 (2) faculty development; 

20 (3) stipends for undergraduate students partici21 pating in research; and 

22 (4) other activities consistent with subsection 

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1 (c) INSTRUMENTATION.—Funding for instrumenta2 tion is an allowed use of grants awarded under this sec3 tion. 

4 SEC. 321. COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING FOR SCIENTISTS. 

5 (a) GRANT SUPPLEMENTS FOR COMMUNICATIONS

6 TRAINING.—The Director shall provide grant supple7 ments, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, to institu8 tions receiving awards under the Integrative Graduate 

9 Education and Research Traineeship program. The 

10 grant supplements shall be used to train graduate stu11 dents in the communication of the substance and impor12 tance of their research to nonscientist audiences, including 

13 policymakers. 

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

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

16 transmit 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, describing how the activities required under 

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

22 include data on the number of graduate students trained 

23 and the number and size of grant supplements awarded, 

24 and a description of the types of activities funded through 

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1 TITLE IV—NATIONAL INSTITUTE 

2 OF STANDARDS AND TECH3 NOLOGY 

4 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Technology Innovation 

6 and Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007’’. 

7 Subtitle A—Authorization of 

8 Appropriations 

9 SEC. 411. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND 

10 SERVICES. 

11 (a) LABORATORY ACTIVITIES.—There are authorized 

12 to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for the 

13 scientific and technical research and services laboratory 

14 activities of the National Institute of Standards and Tech15 nology— 

16 (1) $470,879,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

17 (2) $497,750,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

18 (3) $537,569,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

19 (b) MALCOLM BALDRIGE NATIONAL QUALITY

20 AWARD PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be appro21 priated to the Secretary of Commerce for the Malcolm 

22 Baldrige National Quality Award program under section 

23 17 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 

24 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3711a)— 

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1 (2) $8,096,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

2 (3) $8,339,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

3 (c) CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.—There are 

4 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Com5 merce for construction and maintenance of facilities of the 

6 National Institute of Standards and Technology— 

7 (1) $93,865,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

8 (2) $86,371,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

9 (3) $49,719,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

10 SEC. 412. INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. 

11 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec12 retary of Commerce for Industrial Technology Services ac13 tivities of the National Institute of Standards and Tech14 nology— 

15 (1) $222,968,000 for fiscal year 2008, of 

16 which— 

17 (A) $110,000,000 shall be for the Tech18 nology Innovation Program under section 28 of 

19 the National Institute of Standards and Tech20 nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n), of which at least 

21 $45,000,000 shall be for new awards; and 

22 (B) $112,968,000 shall be for the Manu23 facturing Extension Partnership program under 

24 sections 25 and 26 of the National Institute of 

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1 and 278l), of which not more than $1,000,000 

2 shall be for the competitive grant program 

3 under section 25(f) of such Act; 

4 (2) $263,505,000 for fiscal year 2009, of 

5 which— 

6 (A) $141,500,000 shall be for the Tech7 nology Innovation Program under section 28 of 

8 the National Institute of Standards and Tech9 nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n), of which at least 

10 $45,000,000 shall be for new awards; and 

11 (B) $122,005,000 shall be for the Manu12 facturing Extension Partnership Program 

13 under sections 25 and 26 of the National Insti14 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

15 U.S.C. 278k and 278l), of which not more than 

16 $4,000,000 shall be for the competitive grant 

17 program under section 25(f) of such Act; and 

18 (3) $282,266,000 for fiscal year 2010, of 

19 which— 

20 (A) $150,500,000 shall be for the Tech21 nology Innovation Program under section 28 of 

22 the National Institute of Standards and Tech23 nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n), of which at least 

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1 (B) $131,766,000 shall be for the Manu2 facturing Extension Partnership Program 

3 under sections 25 and 26 of the National Insti4 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

5 U.S.C. 278k and 278l), of which not more than 

6 $4,000,000 shall be for the competitive grant 

7 program under section 25(f) of such Act. 

8 Subtitle B—Innovation and 

9 Technology Policy Reforms 

10 SEC. 421. INSTITUTE-WIDE PLANNING REPORT. 

11 Section 23 of the National Institute of Standards and 

12 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278i) is amended by adding 

13 at the end the following new subsections: 

14 ‘‘(c) Concurrent with the submission to Congress of 

15 the President’s annual budget request in the first year 

16 after the date of enactment of the Technology Innovation 

17 and Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007, the Director 

18 shall transmit to the Congress a 3-year programmatic 

19 planning document for the Institute, including programs 

20 under the Scientific and Technical Research and Services, 

21 Industrial Technology Services, and Construction of Re22 search Facilities functions. 

23 ‘‘(d) Concurrent with the submission to the Congress 

24 of the President’s annual budget request in each year after 

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1 Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007, the Director shall 

2 transmit to the Congress an update to the 3-year pro3 grammatic planning document transmitted under sub4 section (c), revised to cover the first 3 fiscal years after 

5 the date of that update.’’. 

6 SEC. 422. REPORT BY VISITING COMMITTEE. 

7 Section 10(h)(1) of the National Institute of Stand8 ards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278(h)(1)) is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘on or before January 31 in 

11 each year’’ and inserting ‘‘within 30 days after the 

12 submission to Congress of the President’s annual 

13 budget request in each year’’; and 

14 (2) by adding to the end the following: ‘‘Such 

15 report also shall comment on the programmatic 

16 planning document and updates thereto transmitted 

17 to the Congress by the Director under section 23(c) 

18 and (d).’’. 

19 SEC. 423. MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP. 

20 (a) MEP ADVISORY BOARD.—Section 25 of the Na21 tional Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

22 U.S.C. 278k) is amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing new subsection: 

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1 Partnership Advisory Board (in this Act referred to as the 

2 ‘MEP Advisory Board’). The MEP Advisory Board shall 

3 consist of 10 members broadly representative of stake4 holders, to be appointed by the Director. At least 2 mem5 bers shall be employed by or on an advisory board for the 

6 Centers, and at least 5 other members shall be from 

7 United States small businesses in the manufacturing sec8 tor. No member shall be an employee of the Federal Gov9 ernment. 

10 ‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) or 

11 (C), the term of office of each member of the MEP Advi12 sory Board shall be 3 years. 

13 ‘‘(B) The original members of the MEP Advisory 

14 Board shall be appointed to 3 classes. One class of 3 mem15 bers shall have an initial term of 1 year, one class of 3 

16 members shall have an initial term of 2 years, and one 

17 class of 4 members shall have an initial term of 3 years. 

18 ‘‘(C) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occur19 ring prior to the expiration of the term for which his pred20 ecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remain21 der of such term. 

22 ‘‘(D) Any person who has completed two consecutive 

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1 year period following the expiration of the second such 

2 term. 

3 ‘‘(3) The MEP Advisory Board shall meet no less 

4 than 2 times annually, and provide to the Director— 

5 ‘‘(A) advice on Manufacturing Extension Part6 nership programs, plans, and policies; 

7 ‘‘(B) assessments of the soundness of Manufac8 turing Extension Partnership plans and strategies; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(C) assessments of current performance 

11 against Manufacturing Extension Partnership pro12 gram plans. 

13 ‘‘(4) In discharging its duties under this subsection, 

14 the MEP Advisory Board shall function solely in an advi15 sory capacity, in accordance with the Federal Advisory 

16 Committee Act. 

17 ‘‘(5) The MEP Advisory Board shall transmit an an18 nual report to the Secretary for transmittal to the Con19 gress within 30 days after the submission to the Congress 

20 of the President’s annual budget request in each year. 

21 Such report shall address the status of the Manufacturing 

22 Extension Partnership program and comment on the rel23 evant sections of the programmatic planning document 

24 and updates thereto transmitted to the Congress by the 

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1 (b) ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS.—Section 25(d) of the 

2 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

3 U.S.C. 278k(d)) is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(d) ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS.—In addition to such 

5 sums as may be appropriated to the Secretary and Direc6 tor to operate the Centers program, the Secretary and Di7 rector also may accept funds from other Federal depart8 ments and agencies and under section 2(c)(7) from the 

9 private sector for the purpose of strengthening United 

10 States manufacturing. Such funds, if allocated to a Center 

11 or Centers, shall not be considered in the calculation of 

12 the Federal share of capital and annual operating and 

13 maintenance costs under subsection (c).’’. 

14 (c) MANUFACTURING EXTENSION CENTER COMPETI15 TIVE GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 25 of the National Insti16 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k), 

17 as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is further 

18 amended by adding at the end the following new sub19 section: 

20 ‘‘(f) COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.— 

21 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall es22 tablish, within the Manufacturing Extension Part23 nership program under this section and section 26 

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1 participants described in paragraph (2) for the pur2 poses described in paragraph (3). 

3 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPANTS.—Participants receiving 

4 awards under this subsection shall be the Centers, or 

5 a consortium of such Centers. 

6 ‘‘(3) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program 

7 under this subsection is to develop projects to solve 

8 new or emerging manufacturing problems as deter9 mined by the Director, in consultation with the Di10 rector of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership 

11 program, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership 

12 Advisory Board, and small and medium-sized manu13 facturers. One or more themes for the competition 

14 may be identified, which may vary from year to year, 

15 depending on the needs of manufacturers and the 

16 success of previous competitions. These themes shall 

17 be related to projects associated with manufacturing 

18 extension activities, including supply chain integra19 tion and quality management, and including the 

20 transfer of technology based on the technological 

21 needs of manufacturers and available technologies 

22 from institutions of higher education, laboratories, 

23 and other technology producing entities, or extend 

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1 ‘‘(4) APPLICATIONS.—Applications for awards 

2 under this subsection shall be submitted in such 

3 manner, at such time, and containing such informa4 tion as the Director shall require, in consultation 

5 with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advi6 sory Board. 

7 ‘‘(5) SELECTION.—Awards under this sub8 section shall be peer reviewed and competitively 

9 awarded. The Director shall select proposals to re10 ceive awards— 

11 ‘‘(A) that utilize innovative or collaborative 

12 approaches to solving the problem described in 

13 the competition; 

14 ‘‘(B) that will improve the competitiveness 

15 of industries in the region in which the Center 

16 or Centers are located; and 

17 ‘‘(C) that will contribute to the long-term 

18 economic stability of that region. 

19 ‘‘(6) PROGRAM CONTRIBUTION.—Recipients of 

20 awards under this subsection shall not be required 

21 to provide a matching contribution.’’. 

22 SEC. 424. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PROGRAM. 

23 Section 28 of the National Institute of Standards and 

24 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n) is amended to read as 

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1 ‘‘TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PROGRAM

2 ‘‘SEC. 28. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab3 lished in the Institute a Technology Innovation Program 

4 for the purpose of assisting United States businesses and 

5 institutions of higher education or other organizations, 

6 such as national laboratories and nonprofit research insti7 tutes, to accelerate the research and development and ap8 plication of challenging, high-risk, high-reward tech9 nologies in areas of critical national need that promise 

10 widespread economic benefits for the Nation. 

11 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall make 

13 grants under this section for research and develop14 ment on high-risk, high-reward emerging and ena15 bling technologies (including any technological appli16 cation that uses biological systems, living organisms, 

17 or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or 

18 processes for specific use) that address critical na19 tional needs and have a wide breadth of potential 

20 application, and form an important technical basis 

21 for future innovations. Such grants shall be made 

22 to— 

23 ‘‘(A) eligible companies that are small- or 

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1 cluding having a leadership role in program2 matically steering the project and defining the 

3 research agenda; or 

4 ‘‘(B) joint ventures. 

5 ‘‘(2) SINGLE COMPANY GRANTS.—No grant 

6 made under paragraph (1)(A) shall exceed 

7 $3,000,000 over 3 years. The Federal share of a 

8 project funded by such a grant shall not be more 

9 than 50 percent of total project costs. An award 

10 under paragraph (1)(A) may be extended beyond 3 

11 years only if the Director transmits to the Com12 mittee on Science and Technology of the House of 

13 Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

14 Science, and Transportation of the Senate a full and 

15 complete explanation of such award, including rea16 sons for exceeding 3 years. Federal funds granted 

17 under paragraph (1)(A) may be used only for direct 

18 costs and not for indirect costs, profits, or manage19 ment fees of a contractor. 

20 ‘‘(3) JOINT VENTURE GRANTS.—No grant made 

21 under paragraph (1)(B) shall exceed $9,000,000 

22 over 5 years. The Federal share of a project funded 

23 by such a grant shall not be more than 50 percent 

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1 ‘‘(c) AWARD CRITERIA.—The Director shall award 

2 grants under this section only to an eligible company— 

3 ‘‘(1) whose proposal has scientific and techno4 logical merit; 

5 ‘‘(2) whose application establishes that the pro6 posed technology has strong potential to generate 

7 substantial benefits to the Nation that extend sig8 nificantly beyond the direct return to the applicant; 

9 ‘‘(3) whose application establishes that the re10 search has strong potential for advancing the state11 of-the-art and contributing significantly to the 

12 United States scientific and technical knowledge 

13 base; 

14 ‘‘(4) whose application establishes that the re15 search is aimed at overcoming a scientific or techno16 logical barrier; 

17 ‘‘(5) who has provided a technical plan that 

18 clearly identifies the core innovation, the technical 

19 approach, major technical hurdles, and the attend20 ant risks, and that clearly establishes the feasibility 

21 of the technology through adequately detailed plans 

22 linked to major technical barriers; 

23 ‘‘(6) whose application establishes that the 

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1 search and development, has a high level of commit2 ment to the project, and has access to appropriate 

3 research facilities; 

4 ‘‘(7) whose proposal explains why Technology 

5 Innovation Program support is necessary; 

6 ‘‘(8) whose application includes a plan for ad7 vancing the technology into commercial use; and 

8 ‘‘(9) whose application assesses the project’s or9 ganizational structure and management plan. 

10 ‘‘(d) EXTERNAL REVIEW OF PROPOSALS.—In order 

11 to analyze the need for or the value of any proposal made 

12 by a joint venture or company requesting the Director’s 

13 assistance under this section, or to monitor the progress 

14 of any project which receives funds under this section, the 

15 Director shall consult with industry or other expert 

16 sources that do not have a proprietary or financial interest 

17 in the proposal or project. 

18 ‘‘(e) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OWNER19 SHIP.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Title to any intellectual 

21 property developed by a joint venture from assist22 ance provided under this section may vest in any 

23 participant in the joint venture, as agreed by the 

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1 The United States may reserve a nonexclusive, non2 transferable, irrevocable paid-up license, to have 

3 practiced for or on behalf of the United States in 

4 connection with any such intellectual property, but 

5 shall not in the exercise of such license publicly dis6 close proprietary information related to the license. 

7 Title to any such intellectual property shall not be 

8 transferred or passed, except to a participant in the 

9 joint venture, until the expiration of the first patent 

10 obtained in connection with such intellectual prop11 erty. 

12 ‘‘(2) LICENSING.—Nothing in this subsection 

13 shall be construed to prohibit the licensing to any 

14 company of intellectual property rights arising from 

15 assistance provided under this section. 

16 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub17 section, the term ‘intellectual property’ means an in18 vention patentable under title 35, United States 

19 Code, or any patent on such an invention, or any 

20 work for which copyright protection is available 

21 under title 17, United States Code. 

22 ‘‘(f) PROGRAM OPERATION.—Not later than 9 

23 months after the date of enactment of the Technology In24 novation and Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007, the 

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1 ‘‘(1) establishing criteria for the selection of re2 cipients of assistance under this section; 

3 ‘‘(2) establishing procedures regarding financial 

4 reporting and auditing to ensure that contracts and 

5 awards are used for the purposes specified in this 

6 section, are in accordance with sound accounting 

7 practices, and are not funding existing or planned 

8 research programs that would be conducted in the 

9 same time period in the absence of financial assist10 ance under this section; and 

11 ‘‘(3) providing for appropriate dissemination of 

12 Technology Innovation Program research results. 

13 ‘‘(g) CONTINUATION OF ATP GRANTS.—The Direc14 tor shall, through the Technology Innovation Program, 

15 continue to provide support originally awarded under the 

16 Advanced Technology Program, in accordance with the 

17 terms of the original award. 

18 ‘‘(h) COORDINATION WITH OTHER STATE AND FED19 ERAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS.—In carrying out this sec20 tion, the Director shall, as appropriate, coordinate with 

21 other senior State and Federal officials to ensure coopera22 tion and coordination in State and Federal technology pro23 grams and to avoid unnecessary duplication of efforts. 

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1 carry out this section, the Secretary and the Director may 

2 accept funds from other Federal agencies to support 

3 awards under the Technology Innovation Program. Any 

4 award under this section which is supported with funds 

5 from other Federal agencies shall be selected and carried 

6 out according to the provisions of this section. 

7 ‘‘(j) TIP ADVISORY BOARD.— 

8 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 

9 within the Institute a Technology Innovation Pro10 gram Advisory Board. The TIP Advisory Board 

11 shall consist of 10 members appointed by the Direc12 tor, at least 7 of which shall be from United States 

13 industry, chosen to reflect the wide diversity of tech14 nical disciplines and industrial sectors represented in 

15 Technology Innovation Program projects. No mem16 ber shall be an employee of the Federal Government. 

17 ‘‘(2) TERMS OF OFFICE.—(A) Except as pro18 vided in subparagraph (B) or (C), the term of office 

19 of each member of the TIP Advisory Board shall be 

20 3 years. 

21 ‘‘(B) The original members of the TIP Advisory 

22 Board shall be appointed to 3 classes. One class of 

23 3 members shall have an initial term of 1 year, one 

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1 years, and one class of 4 members shall have an ini2 tial term of 3 years. 

3 ‘‘(C) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy 

4 occurring prior to the expiration of the term for 

5 which his predecessor was appointed shall be ap6 pointed for the remainder of such term. 

7 ‘‘(D) Any person who has completed two con8 secutive full terms of service on the TIP Advisory 

9 Board shall thereafter be ineligible for appointment 

10 during the one-year period following the expiration 

11 of the second such term. 

12 ‘‘(3) PURPOSE.—The TIP Advisory Board shall 

13 meet no less than 2 times annually, and provide to 

14 the Director— 

15 ‘‘(A) advice on programs, plans, and poli16 cies of the Technology Innovation Program; 

17 ‘‘(B) reviews of the Technology Innovation 

18 Program’s efforts to assess its economic impact; 

19 ‘‘(C) reports on the general health of the 

20 program and its effectiveness in achieving its 

21 legislatively mandated mission; 

22 ‘‘(D) guidance on areas of technology that 

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1 ‘‘(E) recommendations as to whether, in 

2 order to better assess whether specific innova3 tions to be pursued are being adequately sup4 ported by the private sector, the Director could 

5 benefit from advice and information from addi6 tional industry and other expert sources without 

7 a proprietary or financial interest in proposals 

8 being evaluated. 

9 ‘‘(4) ADVISORY CAPACITY.—In discharging its 

10 duties under this subsection, the TIP Advisory 

11 Board shall function solely in an advisory capacity, 

12 in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee 

13 Act. 

14 ‘‘(5) ANNUAL REPORT.—The TIP Advisory 

15 Board shall transmit an annual report to the Sec16 retary for transmittal to the Congress within 30 

17 days after the submission to Congress of the Presi18 dent’s annual budget request in each year. Such re19 port shall address the status of the Technology In20 novation Program and comment on the relevant sec21 tions of the programmatic planning document and 

22 updates thereto transmitted to the Congress by the 

23 Director under section 23(c) and (d). 

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1 ‘‘(1) the term ‘eligible company’ means a com2 pany that is incorporated in the United States and 

3 does a majority of its business in the United States, 

4 and that either— 

5 ‘‘(A) is majority owned by citizens of the 

6 United States; or 

7 ‘‘(B) is owned by a parent company incor8 porated in another country and the Director 

9 finds that— 

10 ‘‘(i) the company’s participation in the 

11 Technology Innovation Program would be 

12 in the economic interest of the United 

13 States, as evidenced by— 

14 ‘‘(I) investments in the United 

15 States in research and manufacturing 

16 (including the manufacture of major 

17 components or subassemblies in the 

18 United States); 

19 ‘‘(II) significant contributions to 

20 employment in the United States; and 

21 ‘‘(III) agreement with respect to 

22 any technology arising from assistance 

23 provided under this section to promote 

24 the manufacture within the United 

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1 technology (taking into account the 

2 goals of promoting the competitive3 ness of United States industry); and 

4 ‘‘(ii) the company is incorporated in a 

5 country which— 

6 ‘‘(I) affords to United States7 owned companies opportunities, com8 parable to those afforded to any other 

9 company, to participate in any joint 

10 venture similar to those receiving 

11 funding under this section; 

12 ‘‘(II) affords to United States13 owned companies local investment op14 portunities comparable to those af15 forded any other company; and 

16 ‘‘(III) affords adequate and effec17 tive protection for the intellectual 

18 property rights of United States19 owned companies; 

20 ‘‘(2) the term ‘high-risk, high-reward research’ 

21 means research that— 

22 ‘‘(A) has the potential for yielding results 

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1 ‘‘(B) addresses critical national needs re2 lated to technology and measurement stand3 ards; and 

4 ‘‘(C) is too novel or spans too diverse a 

5 range of disciplines to fare well in the tradi6 tional peer review process. 

7 ‘‘(3) the term ‘institution of higher education’ 

8 has the meaning given that term in section 101 of 

9 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

10 1001); 

11 ‘‘(4) the term ‘joint venture’ means a joint ven12 ture that— 

13 ‘‘(A) includes either— 

14 ‘‘(i) at least 2 separately owned for15 profit companies that are both substan16 tially involved in the project and both of 

17 which are contributing to the cost-sharing 

18 required under this section, with the lead 

19 entity of the joint venture being one of 

20 those companies that is a small or me21 dium-sized business; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) at least one small or medium23 sized business and one institution of higher 

24 education or other organization, such as a 

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1 institute, that are both substantially in2 volved in the project and both of which are 

3 contributing to the cost-sharing required 

4 under this section, with the lead entity of 

5 the joint venture being either that small or 

6 medium-sized business or that institution 

7 of higher education; and 

8 ‘‘(B) may include additional for-profit com9 panies, institutions of higher education, and 

10 other organizations, such as national labora11 tories and nonprofit research institutes, that 

12 may or may not contribute non-Federal funds 

13 to the project; and 

14 ‘‘(5) the term ‘TIP Advisory Board’ means the 

15 advisory board established under subsection (j).’’. 

16 SEC. 425. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS. 

17 Section 18 of the National Institute of Standards and 

18 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–l) is amended by striking 

19 ‘‘up to 1 per centum of the’’ and inserting ‘‘up to 1.5 per20 cent of the’’. 

21 SEC. 426. COLLABORATIVE MANUFACTURING RESEARCH 

22 PILOT GRANTS. 

23 The National Institute of Standards and Technology 

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1 (1) by redesignating the first section 32 (15 

2 U.S.C. 271 note) as section 34 and moving it to the 

3 end of the Act; and 

4 (2) by inserting before the section moved by 

5 paragraph (1) the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 33. COLLABORATIVE MANUFACTURING RESEARCH 

7 PILOT GRANTS. 

8 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.— 

9 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall es10 tablish a pilot program of awards to partnerships 

11 among participants described in paragraph (2) for 

12 the purposes described in paragraph (3). Awards 

13 shall be made on a peer-reviewed, competitive basis. 

14 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPANTS.—Such partnerships shall 

15 include at least— 

16 ‘‘(A) 1 manufacturing industry partner; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(B) 1 nonindustry partner. 

19 ‘‘(3) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program 

20 under this section is to foster cost-shared collabora21 tions among firms, educational institutions, research 

22 institutions, State agencies, and nonprofit organiza23 tions to encourage the development of innovative, 

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1 conduct applied research to develop new manufac2 turing processes, techniques, or materials that would 

3 contribute to improved performance, productivity, 

4 and competitiveness of United States manufacturing, 

5 and build lasting alliances among collaborators. 

6 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM CONTRIBUTION.—Awards under this 

7 section shall provide for not more than one-third of the 

8 costs of a partnership. Not more than an additional one9 third of such costs may be obtained directly or indirectly 

10 from other Federal sources. 

11 ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—Applications for awards under 

12 this section shall be submitted in such manner, at such 

13 time, and containing such information as the Director 

14 shall require. Such applications shall describe at a min15 imum— 

16 ‘‘(1) how each partner will participate in devel17 oping and carrying out the research agenda of the 

18 partnership; 

19 ‘‘(2) the research that the grant would fund; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(3) how the research to be funded with the 

22 award would contribute to improved performance, 

23 productivity, and competitiveness of the United 

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1 ‘‘(d) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting applica2 tions for awards under this section, the Director shall con3 sider at a minimum— 

4 ‘‘(1) the degree to which projects will have a 

5 broad impact on manufacturing; 

6 ‘‘(2) the novelty and scientific and technical 

7 merit of the proposed projects; and 

8 ‘‘(3) the demonstrated capabilities of the appli9 cants to successfully carry out the proposed re10 search. 

11 ‘‘(e) DISTRIBUTION.—In selecting applications under 

12 this section the Director shall ensure, to the extent prac13 ticable, a distribution of overall awards among a variety 

14 of manufacturing industry sectors and a range of firm 

15 sizes. 

16 ‘‘(f) DURATION.—In carrying out this section, the Di17 rector shall run a single pilot competition to solicit and 

18 make awards. Each award shall be for a 3-year period.’’. 

19 SEC. 427. MANUFACTURING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 

20 Section 18 of the National Institute of Standards and 

21 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–1) is amended— 

22 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 

23 ‘‘The Director is authorized’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(b) MANUFACTURING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.— 

2 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—To promote the devel3 opment of a robust research community working at 

4 the leading edge of manufacturing sciences, the Di5 rector shall establish a program to award— 

6 ‘‘(A) postdoctoral research fellowships at 

7 the Institute for research activities related to 

8 manufacturing sciences; and 

9 ‘‘(B) senior research fellowships to estab10 lished researchers in industry or at institutions 

11 of higher education who wish to pursue studies 

12 related to the manufacturing sciences at the In13 stitute. 

14 ‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for an 

15 award under this subsection, an individual shall sub16 mit an application to the Director at such time, in 

17 such manner, and containing such information as 

18 the Director may require. 

19 ‘‘(3) STIPEND LEVELS.—Under this subsection, 

20 the Director shall provide stipends for postdoctoral 

21 research fellowships at a level consistent with the 

22 National Institute of Standards and Technology 

23 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program, and sen24 ior research fellowships at levels consistent with sup25 port for a faculty member in a sabbatical position.’’. 


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1 SEC. 428. MEETINGS OF VISITING COMMITTEE ON AD2 VANCED TECHNOLOGY. 

3 Section 10(d) of the National Institute of Standards 

4 and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278(d)) is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘quarterly’’ and inserting ‘‘twice each year’’. 

6 SEC. 429. MANUFACTURING RESEARCH DATABASE. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The National Institute of 

8 Standards and Technology shall provide for the establish9 ment of a manufacturing research database to enable pri10 vate sector individuals and Federal officials to access a 

11 broad range of information on manufacturing research 

12 carried out with funding support from the Federal Gov13 ernment. 

14 (b) CONTENTS.—The database established under 

15 subsection (a) shall contain— 

16 (1) all publicly available information maintained 

17 by a Federal agency relating to manufacturing re18 search projects funded in whole or in part by the 

19 Federal Government; and 

20 (2) information about all Federal programs that 

21 may be of interest to manufacturers. 

22 (c) ACCESSIBILITY.—Information contained in the 

23 database shall be accessible in a manner to enable users 

24 of the database to easily retrieve information of specific 

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1 (d) FEES.—The National Institute of Standards and 

2 Technology may authorize charging a nominal fee for 

3 using the database to access information described in sub4 section (b)(1) as necessary to recover the costs of main5 taining the database. 

6 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

7 are authorized to be appropriated to the National Institute 

8 of Standards and Technology $2,000,000 for carrying out 

9 this section. 

10 Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 

11 SEC. 441. POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS. 

12 Section 19 of the National Institute of Standards and 

13 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–2) is amended by strik14 ing ‘‘nor more than 60 new fellows’’ and inserting ‘‘nor 

15 more than 120 new fellows’’. 

16 SEC. 442. FINANCIAL AGREEMENTS CLARIFICATION. 

17 Section 2(b)(4) of the National Institute of Stand18 ards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 272(b)(4)) is amend19 ed by inserting ‘‘and grants and cooperative agreements,’’ 

20 after ‘‘arrangements,’’. 

21 SEC. 443. WORKING CAPITAL FUND TRANSFERS. 

22 Section 12 of the National Institute of Standards and 

23 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278b) is amended by adding 

24 at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(g) AMOUNT AND SOURCE OF TRANSFERS.—Not 

2 more than one-quarter of one percent of the amounts ap3 propriated to the Institute for any fiscal year may be 

4 transferred to the fund, in addition to any other transfer 

5 authority. In addition, funds provided to the Institute 

6 from other Federal agencies for the purpose of production 

7 of Standard Reference Materials may be transferred to the 

8 fund.’’. 

9 SEC. 444. RETENTION OF DEPRECIATION SURCHARGE. 

10 Section 14 of the National Institute of Standards and 

11 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278d) is amended— 

12 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 

13 ‘‘Within’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(b) RETENTION OF FEES.—The Director is author16 ized to retain all building use and depreciation surcharge 

17 fees collected pursuant to OMB Circular A–25. Such fees 

18 shall be collected and credited to the Construction of Re19 search Facilities Appropriation Account for use in mainte20 nance and repair of the Institute’s existing facilities.’’. 

21 SEC. 445. NON-ENERGY INVENTIONS PROGRAM. 

22 Section 27 of the National Institute of Standards and 

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1 SEC. 446. REDEFINITION OF THE METRIC SYSTEM. 

2 Section 3570 of the Revised Statues of the United 

3 States (derived from section 2 of the Act of July 28, 1866, 

4 entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Use of the Metric Sys5 tem of Weights and Measures’’ (15 U.S.C. 205; 14 Stat. 

6 339)) is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 3570. METRIC SYSTEM DEFINED. 

8 ‘‘The metric system of measurement shall be defined 

9 as the International System of Units as established in 

10 1960, and subsequently maintained, by the General Con11 ference of Weights and Measures, and as interpreted or 

12 modified for the United States by the Secretary of Com13 merce.’’. 

14 SEC. 447. REPEAL OF REDUNDANT AND OBSOLETE AU15 THORITY. 

16 The Act of July 21, 1950, entitled ‘‘An Act To rede17 fine the units and establish the standards of electrical and 

18 photometric measurements’’ (15 U.S.C. 223 and 224) is 

19 repealed. 

20 SEC. 448. CLARIFICATION OF STANDARD TIME AND TIME 

21 ZONES. 

22 (a) Section 1 of the Act of March 19, 1918, (com23 monly known as the ‘‘Calder Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 261) is 

24 amended— 

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1 vided in section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 

2 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a), the standard time of the 

3 first zone shall be Coordinated Universal Time re4 tarded by 4 hours; that of the second zone retarded 

5 by 5 hours; that of the third zone retarded by 6 

6 hours; that of the four zone retarded by 7 hours; 

7 that of the fifth zone retarded by 8 hours; that of 

8 the sixth zone retarded by 9 hours; that of the sev9 enth zone retarded by 10 hours; that of the eighth 

10 zone retarded by 11 hours; and that of the ninth 

11 zone shall be Coordinated Universal Time advanced 

12 by 10 hours.’’; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In this 

14 section, the term ‘Coordinated Universal Time’ 

15 means the time scale maintained through the Gen16 eral Conference of Weights and Measures and inter17 preted or modified for the United States by the Sec18 retary of Commerce in coordination with the Sec19 retary of the Navy.’’. 

20 (b) Section 3 of the Act of March 19, 1918, (com21 monly known as the ‘‘Calder Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 264) is 

22 amended by striking ‘‘third zone’’ and inserting ‘‘fourth 

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1 SEC. 449. PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMIT2 TENT SERVICES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National In4 stitute of Standards and Technology may procure the tem5 porary or intermittent services of experts or consultants 

6 (or organizations thereof) in accordance with section 

7 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code to assist on urgent 

8 or short-term research projects. 

9 (b) EXTENT OF AUTHORITY.—A procurement under 

10 this section may not exceed 1 year in duration, and the 

11 Director shall procure no more than 200 experts and con12 sultants per year. 

13 (c) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to be effective 

14 after September 30, 2010. 

15 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

17 General shall report to the Committee on Science and 

18 Technology of the House of Representatives and the Com19 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

20 Senate on whether additional safeguards would be needed 

21 with respect to the use of authorities granted under this 

22 section if such authorities were to be made permanent. 

23 SEC. 450. MALCOLM BALDRIGE AWARDS. 

24 Section 17(c)(3) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 

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1 ‘‘(3) In any year, not more than 18 awards may be 

2 made under this section to recipients who have not pre3 viously received an award under this section, and no award 

4 shall be made within any category described in paragraph 

5 (1) if there are no qualifying enterprises in that cat6 egory.’’. 

7 TITLE V—HIGH-PERFORMANCE 

8 COMPUTING 

9 SEC. 501. HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING RESEARCH 

10 AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

11 Title I of the High-Performance Computing Act of 

12 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511 et seq.) is amended— 

13 (1) in the title heading, by striking ‘‘AND 

14 THE NATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDU15 CATION NETWORK’’ and inserting ‘‘RE16 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 

17 (2) in section 101(a)— 

18 (A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

19 of paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(A) provide for long-term basic and applied re21 search on high-performance computing; 

22 ‘‘(B) provide for research and development on, 

23 and demonstration of, technologies to advance the 

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1 ‘‘(C) provide for sustained access by the re2 search community in the United States to high-per3 formance computing systems that are among the 

4 most advanced in the world in terms of performance 

5 in solving scientific and engineering problems, in6 cluding provision for technical support for users of 

7 such systems; 

8 ‘‘(D) provide for efforts to increase software 

9 availability, productivity, capability, security, port10 ability, and reliability; 

11 ‘‘(E) provide for high-performance networks, in12 cluding experimental testbed networks, to enable re13 search and development on, and demonstration of, 

14 advanced applications enabled by such networks; 

15 ‘‘(F) provide for computational science and en16 gineering research on mathematical modeling and al17 gorithms for applications in all fields of science and 

18 engineering; 

19 ‘‘(G) provide for the technical support of, and 

20 research and development on, high-performance 

21 computing systems and software required to address 

22 Grand Challenges; 

23 ‘‘(H) provide for educating and training addi24 tional undergraduate and graduate students in soft25 ware engineering, computer science, computer and 


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1 network security, applied mathematics, library and 

2 information science, and computational science; and 

3 ‘‘(I) provide for improving the security of com4 puting and networking systems, including Federal 

5 systems, including research required to establish se6 curity standards and practices for these systems.’’; 

7 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig8 nating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 

9 (2) and (3), respectively; 

10 (C) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated 

11 by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph— 

12 (i) by striking subparagraph (B); 

13 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

14 (A) and (C) as subparagraphs (D) and 

15 (F), respectively; 

16 (iii) by inserting before subparagraph 

17 (D), as so redesignated by clause (ii) of 

18 this subparagraph, the following new sub19 paragraphs: 

20 ‘‘(A) establish the goals and priorities for Fed21 eral high-performance computing research, develop22 ment, networking, and other activities; 

23 ‘‘(B) establish Program Component Areas that 

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1 (A), and identify the Grand Challenges that the Pro2 gram should address; 

3 ‘‘(C) provide for interagency coordination of 

4 Federal high-performance computing research, devel5 opment, networking, and other activities undertaken 

6 pursuant to the Program;’’; and 

7 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

8 (D), as so redesignated by clause (ii) of 

9 this subparagraph, the following new sub10 paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(E) develop and maintain a research, develop12 ment, and deployment roadmap for the provision of 

13 high-performance computing systems under para14 graph (1)(C); and’’; and 

15 (D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated 

16 by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)(A)’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(D)’’; 

19 (ii) by amending subparagraph (A) to 

20 read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(A) provide a detailed description of the Pro22 gram Component Areas, including a description of 

23 any changes in the definition of or activities under 

24 the Program Component Areas from the preceding 

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1 scription of Grand Challenges supported under the 

2 Program;’’; 

3 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

4 ‘‘specific activities’’ and all that follows 

5 through ‘‘the Network’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘each Program Component Area’’; 

7 (iv) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

8 ‘‘and for each Program Component Area’’ 

9 after ‘‘participating in the Program’’; 

10 (v) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

11 ‘‘applies;’’ and inserting ‘‘applies; and’’; 

12 (vi) by striking subparagraph (E) and 

13 redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub14 paragraph (E); and 

15 (vii) in subparagraph (E), as so redes16 ignated by clause (vi) of this subpara17 graph, by inserting ‘‘and the extent to 

18 which the Program incorporates the rec19 ommendations of the advisory committee 

20 established under subsection (b)’’ after 

21 ‘‘for the Program’’; 

22 (3) by striking subsection (b) of section 101 

23 and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—(1) The President 

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1 computing consisting of non-Federal members, including 

2 representatives of the research, education, and library 

3 communities, network providers, and industry, who are 

4 specially qualified to provide the Director with advice and 

5 information on high-performance computing. The rec6 ommendations of the advisory committee shall be consid7 ered in reviewing and revising the Program. The advisory 

8 committee shall provide the Director with an independent 

9 assessment of— 

10 ‘‘(A) progress made in implementing the Pro11 gram; 

12 ‘‘(B) the need to revise the Program; 

13 ‘‘(C) the balance between the components of the 

14 Program, including funding levels for the Program 

15 Component Areas; 

16 ‘‘(D) whether the research and development un17 dertaken pursuant to the Program is helping to 

18 maintain United States leadership in high-perform19 ance computing and networking technology; and 

20 ‘‘(E) other issues identified by the Director. 

21 ‘‘(2) In addition to the duties outlined in paragraph 

22 (1), the advisory committee shall conduct periodic evalua23 tions of the funding, management, coordination, imple24 mentation, and activities of the Program, and shall report 

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1 Committee on Science and Technology of the House of 

2 Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

3 Science, and Transportation of the Senate on its findings 

4 and recommendations. The first report shall be due within 

5 one year after the date of enactment of this paragraph. 

6 ‘‘(3) Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee 

7 Act shall not apply to the advisory committee established 

8 by this subsection.’’; and 

9 (4) in section 101(c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘Pro10 gram or’’ and inserting ‘‘Program Component Areas 

11 or’’. 

12 SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS. 

13 Section 4 of the High-Performance Computing Act 

14 of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5503) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and multi16 disciplinary teams of researchers’’ after ‘‘high-per17 formance computing resources’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘scientific workstations,’’; 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘(including vector super21 computers and large scale parallel systems)’’; 

22 (C) by striking ‘‘and applications’’ and in23 serting ‘‘applications’’; and 

24 (D) by inserting ‘‘, and the management of 

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1 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘packet 

2 switched’’; 

3 (4) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

4 (5); 

5 (5) by striking the period at the end of para6 graph (6) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

7 (6) by adding at the end the following new 

8 paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(7) ‘Program Component Areas’ means the 

10 major subject areas under which are grouped related 

11 individual projects and activities carried out under 

12 the Program.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2007. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 159 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2272 

AN ACT 

To invest in innovation through research and develthe United States. opment, and to improve the competitiveness of 

MAY 22, 2007 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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