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Union Calendar No. 51 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2225 

[Report No. 117–73] 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 

2026 for the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2021 

Ms. JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Mr. LUCAS, Ms. STEVENS, and Mr. 

WALTZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

JUNE 28, 2021 

Additional sponsors: Ms. ROSS, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. 

MEIJER, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. 

FITZPATRICK, Mrs. LURIA, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. TONKO, Mr. CASE, Ms. 

BONAMICI, Ms. WILD, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. LAMB, 

Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. SIRES, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. COOPER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mrs. KIM

of California, Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. 

BEYER, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MORELLE, Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma, Mr. 

CRIST, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. 

OBERNOLTE, Mr. BABIN, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. TAKANO, 

Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. BERA, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. STANSBURY, and Mrs. 

FLETCHER

JUNE 28, 2021 

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

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

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 26, 2021] 


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A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2022, 2023, 

2024, 2025, and 2026 for the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Science Foun5 dation for the Future Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Over the past seven decades, the National 

9 Science Foundation has played a critical role in ad10 vancing the United States academic research enter11 prise by supporting fundamental research and edu12 cation across science and engineering disciplines. 

13 (2) Discoveries enabled by sustained investment 

14 in fundamental research and the education of the 

15 United States science and engineering workforce have 

16 led to transformational innovations and spawned new 

17 industries. 

18 (3) While the traditional approach to investment 

19 in research has delivered myriad benefits to society, 

20 a concerted effort is needed to ensure the benefits of 

21 federally funded science and engineering are enjoyed 

22 by all Americans. 

23 (4) As countries around the world increase in24 vestments in research and STEM education, United 

25 States global leadership in science and engineering is 


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1 eroding, posing significant risks to economic competi2 tiveness, national security, and public well-being. 

3 (5) To address major societal challenges and sus4 tain United States leadership in innovation, the Fed5 eral Government must increase investments in re6 search, broaden participation in the STEM workforce, 

7 and bolster collaborations among universities, Na8 tional Laboratories, field stations and marine labora9 tories, companies, labor organizations, non-profit 

10 funders of research, local policymakers, civil societies 

11 and stakeholder communities, and international part12 ners. 

13 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this Act: 

15 (1) ACADEMIES.—The term ‘‘Academies’’ means 

16 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and 

17 Medicine. 

18 (2) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘arti19 ficial intelligence’’ has the meaning given such term 

20 in section 5002 of the William M. (MAC) Thornberry 

21 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

22 2021. 

23 (3) AWARDEE.—The term ‘‘awardee’’ means the 

24 legal entity to which Federal assistance is awarded 


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1 and that is accountable to the Federal Government for 

2 the use of the funds provided. 

3 (4) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Na4 tional Science Board. 

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

6 Director of the National Science Foundation. 

7 (6) EMERGING RESEARCH INSTITUTION.—The 

8 term ‘‘emerging research institution’’ means an insti9 tution of higher education with an established under10 graduate student program that has, on average for 3 

11 years prior to the time of application for an award, 

12 received less than $35,000,000 in Federal research 

13 funding. 

14 (7) FEDERAL SCIENCE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Fed15 eral science agency’’ means any Federal agency with 

16 an annual extramural research expenditure of over 

17 $100,000,000. 

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

19 means the National Science Foundation. 

20 (9) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

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

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

24 (10) LABOR ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘labor 

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1 tion 2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 

2 U.S.C. 152(5)), except that such term shall also in3 clude— 

4 (A) any organization composed of labor or5 ganizations, such as a labor union federation or 

6 a State or municipal labor body; and 

7 (B) any organization which would be in8 cluded in the definition for such term under such 

9 section (5) but for the fact that the organization 

10 represents— 

11 (i) individuals employed by the United 

12 States, any wholly owned Government cor13 poration, any Federal Reserve Bank, or any 

14 State or political subdivision thereof; 

15 (ii) individuals employed by persons 

16 subject to the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 

17 151 et seq.); or 

18 (iii) individuals employed as agricul19 tural laborers. 

20 (11) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term 

21 ‘‘non-profit organization’’ means an organization 

22 which is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 

23 Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under sec24 tion 501(a) of such code. 


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1 (12) NSF INCLUDES.—The term ‘‘NSF includes’’ 

2 means the initiative carried out under section 6(c). 

3 (13) PREK-12.—The term ‘‘preK-12’’ means pre4 kindergarten through grade 12. 

5 (14) SKILLED TECHNICAL WORK.—The term 

6 ‘‘skilled technical work’’ means an occupation that re7 quires a high level of knowledge in a technical domain 

8 and does not require a bachelor’s degree for entry. 

9 (15) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ has the mean10 ing given the term in section 2 of the America COM11 PETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6621 

12 note). 

13 (16) STEM EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘STEM edu14 cation’’ has the meaning given the term in section 2 

15 of the STEM Education Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6621 

16 note). 

17 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2022.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap20 propriated to the Foundation $12,504,890,000 for fis21 cal year 2022. 

22 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount au23 thorized under paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) $10,025,000,000 shall be made available 

2 to carry out research and related activities, of 

3 which— 

4 (i) $55,000,000 shall be for the Mid5 Scale Research Infrastructure Program; and 

6 (ii) $1,400,000,000 shall be for the Di7 rectorate for Science and Engineering Solu8 tions; 

9 (B) $1,583,160,000 shall be made available 

10 for education and human resources, of which— 

11 (i) $73,700,000 shall be for the Robert 

12 Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program; 

13 (ii) $59,500,000 shall be for the NSF 

14 Research Traineeship Program; 

15 (iii) $416,300,000 shall be for the 

16 Graduate Research Fellowship Program; 

17 and 

18 (iv) $70,000,000 shall be for the 

19 Cybercorps Scholarship for Service Pro20 gram; 

21 (C) $249,000,000 shall be made available 

22 for major research equipment and facilities con23 struction, of which $76,250,000 shall be for the 

24 Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Program; 


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1 (D) $620,000,000 shall be made available 

2 for agency operations and award management; 

3 (E) $4,620,000 shall be made available for 

4 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

5 (F) $23,120,000 shall be made available for 

6 the Office of the Inspector General. 

7 (b) FISCAL YEAR 2023.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap9 propriated to the Foundation $14,620,800,000 for fis10 cal year 2023. 

11 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount au12 thorized under paragraph (1)— 

13 (A) $11,870,000,000 shall be made available 

14 to carry out research and related activities, of 

15 which— 

16 (i) $60,000,000 shall be for the Mid17 Scale Research Infrastructure Program; and 

18 (ii) $2,300,000,000 shall be for the Di19 rectorate for Science and Engineering Solu20 tions; 

21 (B) $1,654,520,000 shall be made available 

22 for education and human resources, of which— 

23 (i) $80,400,000 shall be for the Robert 

24 Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program; 


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1 (ii) $64,910,000 shall be for the NSF 

2 Research Traineeship Program; 

3 (iii) $454,140,000 shall be for the 

4 Graduate Research Fellowship Program; 

5 and 

6 (iv) $72,000,000 shall be for the 

7 Cybercorps Scholarship for Service Pro8 gram; 

9 (C) $355,000,000 shall be made available 

10 for major research equipment and facilities con11 struction, of which $80,000,000 shall be for the 

12 Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Program; 

13 (D) $710,000,000 shall be made available 

14 for agency operations and award management; 

15 (E) $4,660,000 shall be made available for 

16 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

17 (F) $26,610,000 shall be made available for 

18 the Office of the Inspector General. 

19 (c) FISCAL YEAR 2024.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap21 propriated to the Foundation $15,945,020,000 for fis22 cal year 2024. 

23 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount au24 thorized under paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) $13,050,000,000 shall be made available 

2 to carry out research and related activities, of 

3 which— 

4 (i) $70,000,000 shall be for the Mid5 Scale Research Infrastructure Program; and 

6 (ii) $2,900,000,000 shall be for the Di7 rectorate for Science and Engineering Solu8 tions; 

9 (B) $1,739,210,000 shall be made available 

10 for education and human resources, of which— 

11 (i) $87,100,000 shall be for the Robert 

12 Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program; 

13 (ii) $70,320,000 shall be for the NSF 

14 Research Traineeship Program; 

15 (iii) $491,990,000 shall be for the 

16 Graduate Research Fellowship Program; 

17 and 

18 (iv) $78,000,000 shall be for the 

19 Cybercorps Scholarship for Service Pro20 gram; 

21 (C) $370,000,000 shall be made available 

22 for major research equipment and facilities con23 struction, of which $85,000,000 shall be for the 

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1 (D) $750,000,000 shall be made available 

2 for agency operations and award management; 

3 (E) $4,700,000 shall be made available for 

4 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

5 (F) $31,110,000 shall be made available for 

6 the Office of the Inspector General. 

7 (d) FISCAL YEAR 2025.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap9 propriated to the Foundation $17,004,820,000 for fis10 cal year 2025. 

11 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount au12 thorized under paragraph (1)— 

13 (A) $14,000,000,000 shall be made available 

14 to carry out research and related activities, of 

15 which— 

16 (i) $75,000,000 shall be for the Mid17 Scale Research Infrastructure Program; and 

18 (ii) $3,250,000,000 shall be for the Di19 rectorate for Science and Engineering Solu20 tions; 

21 (B) $1,823,470,000 shall be made available 

22 for education and human resources, of which— 

23 (i) $93,800,000 shall be for the Robert 

24 Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program; 


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1 (ii) $75,730,000 shall be for the NSF 

2 Research Traineeship Program; 

3 (iii) $529,830,000 shall be for the 

4 Graduate Research Fellowship Program; 

5 and 

6 (iv) $84,000,000 shall be for the 

7 Cybercorps Scholarship for Service Pro8 gram; 

9 (C) $372,000,000 shall be made available 

10 for major research equipment and facilities con11 struction, of which $90,000,000 shall be for the 

12 Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Program; 

13 (D) $770,000,000 shall be made available 

14 for agency operations and award management; 

15 (E) $4,740,000 shall be made available for 

16 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

17 (F) $34,610,000 shall be made available for 

18 the Office of the Inspector General. 

19 (e) FISCAL YEAR 2026.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap21 propriated to the Foundation $17,939,490,000 for fis22 cal year 2026. 

23 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount au24 thorized under paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) $14,800,000,000 shall be made available 

2 to carry out research and related activities, of 

3 which— 

4 (i) $80,000,000 shall be for the Mid5 Scale Research Infrastructure Program; and 

6 (ii) $3,400,000,000 shall be for the Di7 rectorate for Science and Engineering Solu8 tions; 

9 (B) $1,921,600,000 shall be made available 

10 for education and human resources, of which— 

11 (i) $100,500,000 shall be for the Robert 

12 Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program; 

13 (ii) $81,140,000 shall be for the NSF 

14 Research Traineeship Program; 

15 (iii) $567,680,000 shall be for the 

16 Graduate Research Fellowship Program; 

17 and 

18 (iv) $90,000,000 shall be for the 

19 Cybercorps Scholarship for Service Pro20 gram; 

21 (C) $375,000,000 shall be made available 

22 for major research equipment and facilities con23 struction, of which $100,000,000 shall be for the 

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1 (D) $800,000,000 shall be made available 

2 for agency operations and award management; 

3 (E) $4,780,000 shall be made available for 

4 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

5 (F) $38,110,000 shall be made available for 

6 the Office of the Inspector General. 

7 SEC. 5. STEM EDUCATION. 

8 (a) PREK-12 STEM EDUCATION.— 

9 (1) DECADAL SURVEY OF STEM EDUCATION RE10 SEARCH.—Not later than 45 days after the date of en11 actment of this Act, the Director shall enter into a 

12 contract with the Academies to review and assess the 

13 status and opportunities for PreK–12 STEM edu14 cation research and make recommendations for re15 search priorities over the next decade. 

16 (2) SCALING INNOVATIONS IN PREK-12 STEM

17 EDUCATION.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall estab19 lish a program to award grants, on a competi20 tive basis, to institutions of higher education or 

21 non-profit organizations (or consortia of such in22 stitutions or organizations) to establish no fewer 

23 than 3 multidisciplinary Centers for Trans24 formative Education Research and Translation 

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1 port research and development on widespread 

2 and sustained implementation of STEM edu3 cation innovations. 

4 (B) APPLICATION.—An institution of higher 

5 education or non-profit organization (or a con6 sortium of such institutions or organizations) 

7 seeking funding under subparagraph (A) shall 

8 submit an application to the Director at such 

9 time, in such manner, and containing such in10 formation as the Director may require. The ap11 plication shall include, at a minimum, a de12 scription of how the proposed Center will— 

13 (i) establish partnerships among aca14 demic institutions, local or State education 

15 agencies, and other relevant stakeholders in 

16 supporting programs and activities to fa17 cilitate the widespread and sustained imple18 mentation of promising, evidence-based 

19 STEM education practices, models, pro20 grams, curriculum, and technologies; 

21 (ii) support enhanced STEM education 

22 infrastructure, including cyberlearning tech23 nologies, to facilitate the widespread adop24 tion of promising, evidence-based practices; 


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1 (iii) support research and development 

2 on scaling practices, partnerships, and al3 ternative models to current approaches, in4 cluding approaches sensitive to the unique 

5 combinations of capabilities, resources, and 

6 needs of varying localities, educators, and 

7 learners; 

8 (iv) include a focus on the learning 

9 needs of under resourced schools and learn10 ers in low-resource or underachieving local 

11 education agencies in urban and rural com12 munities and the development of high-qual13 ity curriculum that engages these learners 

14 in the knowledge and practices of STEM 

15 fields; 

16 (v) include a focus on the learning 

17 needs and unique challenges facing students 

18 with disabilities; and 

19 (vi) support research and development 

20 on scaling practices and models to support 

21 and sustain highly-qualified STEM edu22 cators in urban and rural communities. 

23 (C) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.—In 

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1 rector may also consider the extent to which the 

2 proposed Center will— 

3 (i) leverage existing collaborations, 

4 tools, and strategies supported by the Foun5 dation, including NSF INCLUDES and the 

6 Convergence Accelerators; 

7 (ii) support research on and the devel8 opment and scaling of innovative ap9 proaches to distance learning and education 

10 for various student populations; 

11 (iii) support education innovations 

12 that leverage new technologies or deepen un13 derstanding of the impact of technology on 

14 educational systems; and 

15 (iv) include a commitment from local 

16 or State education administrators to mak17 ing the proposed reforms and activities a 

18 priority. 

19 (D) PARTNERSHIP.—In carrying out the 

20 program under subparagraph (A), the Director 

21 shall explore opportunities to partner with the 

22 Department of Education, including through 

23 jointly funding activities under this paragraph. 

24 (E) ANNUAL MEETING.—The Director shall 

25 encourage and facilitate an annual meeting of 


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1 the Centers to foster collaboration among the 

2 Centers and to further disseminate the results of 

3 the Centers’ activities. 

4 (F) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after 

5 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 

6 shall submit to Congress a report describing the 

7 activities carried out pursuant to this paragraph 

8 that includes— 

9 (i) a description of the focus and pro10 posed goals of each Center; and 

11 (ii) an assessment of the program’s 

12 success in helping to promote scalable solu13 tions in PreK-12 STEM education. 

14 (3) NATIONAL ACADEMIES STUDY.—Not later 

15 than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

16 the Director shall enter into an agreement with the 

17 Academies to conduct a study to— 

18 (A) review the research literature and iden19 tify research gaps regarding the interconnected 

20 factors that foster and hinder successful imple21 mentation of promising, evidence-based PreK-12 

22 STEM education innovations at the local, re23 gional, and national level; 


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1 (B) present a compendium of promising, 

2 evidence-based PreK-12 STEM education prac3 tices, models, programs, and technologies; 

4 (C) identify barriers to widespread and sus5 tained implementation of such innovations; and 

6 (D) make recommendations to the Founda7 tion, the Department of Education, the National 

8 Science and Technology Council’s Committee on 

9 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathe10 matics Education, State and local educational 

11 agencies, and other relevant stakeholders on 

12 measures to address such barriers. 

13 (4) SUPPORTING PRE-K–8 INFORMAL STEM OP14 PORTUNITIES.—Section 3 of the STEM Education 

15 Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 1862q) is amended by adding 

16 at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(c) PRE-K–8 INFORMAL STEM PROGRAM.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 

19 Science Foundation shall provide grants to institu20 tions of higher education or a non-profit organiza21 tions (or a consortia of such intuitions or organiza22 tion) on a merit-reviewed, competitive basis for re23 search on programming that engages students in 

24 grades PREK-8, including underrepresented and 


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1 rural students, in STEM in order to prepare such 

2 students to pursue degrees or careers in STEM. 

3 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under 

5 this section shall be used toward research to ad6 vance the engagement of students, including 

7 underrepresented and rural students, in grades 

8 PREK-8 in STEM through providing before9 school, after-school, out-of-school, or summer ac10 tivities, including in single-gender environments 

11 or programming, that are designed to encourage 

12 interest, engagement, and skills development for 

13 students in STEM. 

14 ‘‘(B) PERMITTED ACTIVITIES.—The activi15 ties described in subparagraph (A) may in16 clude— 

17 ‘‘(i) the provision of programming de18 scribed in such subparagraph for the pur19 pose of research described in such subpara20 graph; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the use of a variety of engagement 

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1 ‘‘(iii) exposure of students to role mod2 els in the fields of STEM and near-peer 

3 mentors; 

4 ‘‘(iv) training of informal learning 

5 educators, youth-serving professionals, and 

6 volunteers who lead informal STEM pro7 grams in using evidence-based methods con8 sistent with the target student population 

9 being served; 

10 ‘‘(v) education of students on the rel11 evance and significance of STEM careers, 

12 provision of academic advice and assist13 ance, and activities designed to help stu14 dents make real-world connections to STEM 

15 content; 

16 ‘‘(vi) the attendance of students at 

17 events, competitions, and academic pro18 grams to provide content expertise and en19 courage career exposure in STEM, which 

20 may include the purchase of parts and sup21 plies needed to participate in such competi22 tions; 

23 ‘‘(vii) activities designed to engage 

24 parents and families of students in grades 

25 PREK-8 in STEM; 


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1 ‘‘(viii) innovative strategies to engage 

2 students, such as using leadership skills and 

3 outcome measures to impart youth with the 

4 confidence to pursue STEM coursework and 

5 academic study; 

6 ‘‘(ix) coordination with STEM-rich en7 vironments, including other nonprofit, non8 governmental organizations, out-of-class9 room settings, single-gender environments, 

10 institutions of higher education, vocational 

11 facilities, corporations, museums, or science 

12 centers; and 

13 ‘‘(x) the acquisition of instructional 

14 materials or technology-based tools to con15 duct applicable grant activity. 

16 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—An applicant seeking fund17 ing under the section shall submit an application at 

18 such time, in such manner, and containing such in19 formation as may be required. Applications that in20 clude or partner with a nonprofit, nongovernmental 

21 organization that has extensive experience and exper22 tise in increasing the participation of students in 

23 PREK-8 in STEM are encouraged. The application 

24 may include the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) A description of the target audience to 

2 be served by the research activity or activities for 

3 which such funding is sought. 

4 ‘‘(B) A description of the process for re5 cruitment and selection of students to participate 

6 in such activities. 

7 ‘‘(C) A description of how such activity or 

8 activities may inform programming that engages 

9 students in grades PREK-8 in STEM. 

10 ‘‘(D) A description of how such activity or 

11 activities may inform programming that pro12 motes student academic achievement in STEM. 

13 ‘‘(E) An evaluation plan that includes, at a 

14 minimum, the use of outcome-oriented measures 

15 to determine the impact and efficacy of program16 ming being researched. 

17 ‘‘(4) EVALUATIONS.—Each recipient of a grant 

18 under this section shall provide, at the conclusion of 

19 every year during which the grant funds are received, 

20 an evaluation in a form prescribed by the Director. 

21 ‘‘(5) ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISSEMINATION.— 

22 ‘‘(A) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—The Direc23 tor shall evaluate the activities established under 

24 this section. Such evaluation shall— 


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1 ‘‘(i) use a common set of benchmarks 

2 and tools to assess the results of research 

3 conducted under such grants; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable, integrate 

5 the findings of the research resulting from 

6 the activity or activities funded through the 

7 grant with the current research on serving 

8 students with respect to the pursuit of de9 grees or careers in STEM, including under10 represented and rural students, in grades 

11 PREK-8. 

12 ‘‘(B) REPORT ON EVALUATIONS.—Not later 

13 than 180 days after the completion of the evalua14 tion under subparagraph (A), the Director shall 

15 submit to Congress and make widely available to 

16 the public a report that includes— 

17 ‘‘(i) the results of the evaluation; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) any recommendations for admin19 istrative and legislative action that could 

20 optimize the effectiveness of the program 

21 under this section. 

22 ‘‘(6) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this sec23 tion, the Director shall, for purposes of enhancing 

24 program effectiveness and avoiding duplication of ac25 tivities, consult, cooperate, and coordinate with the 


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1 programs and policies of other relevant Federal agen2 cies.’’. 

3 (b) UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION.— 

4 (1) RESEARCH ON STEM EDUCATION AND WORK5 FORCE NEEDS.—The Director shall award grants, on 

6 a competitive basis, to four-year institutions of higher 

7 education or non-profit organizations (or consortia of 

8 such institutions or organizations) to support re9 search and development activities to— 

10 (A) encourage greater collaboration and co11 ordination between institutions of higher edu12 cation and industry to enhance education, foster 

13 hands-on learn experiences, and improve align14 ment with workforce needs; 

15 (B) understand the current composition of 

16 the STEM workforce and the factors that influ17 ence growth, retention, and development of that 

18 workforce; 

19 (C) increase the size, diversity, capability, 

20 and flexibility of the STEM workforce; and 

21 (D) increase dissemination and widespread 

22 adoption of effective practices in undergraduate 

23 education and workforce development. 

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1 Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 

2 1862i(b)) is amended to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(b) NATIONAL COORDINATION NETWORK FOR

4 SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—The Director shall 

5 award grants to institutions of higher education, non-profit 

6 organizations, and associate-degree granting colleges (or 

7 consortia of such institutions or organizations) to establish 

8 a network of centers for science and technical education. 

9 The centers shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) coordinate research, training, and education 

11 activities funded by awards under subsection (a) and 

12 share information and best practices across the net13 work of awardees; 

14 ‘‘(2) serve as a national and regional clearing15 house and resource to communicate and coordinate re16 search, training, and educational activities across dis17 ciplinary, organizational, geographic, and inter18 national boundaries and disseminate best practices; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(3) develop national and regional partnerships 

21 between PreK–12 schools, two-year colleges, institu22 tions of higher education, workforce development pro23 grams, labor organizations, and industry to meet 

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1 (3) INNOVATIONS IN STEM EDUCATION AT COM2 MUNITY COLLEGES.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall 

4 award grants on a merit-reviewed, competitive 

5 basis to institutions of higher education or non6 profit organizations (or consortia of such institu7 tions or organizations) to advance research on 

8 the nature of learning and teaching at commu9 nity colleges and to improve outcomes for stu10 dents who enter the workforce upon completion of 

11 their STEM degree or credential or transfer to 4- 

12 year institutions, including by— 

13 (i) examining how to scale up success14 ful programs at Community Colleges that 

15 are improving student outcomes in 

16 foundational STEM courses; 

17 (ii) supporting research on effective 

18 STEM teaching practices in community 

19 college settings; 

20 (iii) designing and developing new 

21 STEM curricula; 

22 (iv) providing STEM students with 

23 hands-on training and research experiences, 

24 internships, and other experiential learning 

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1 (v) increasing access to high quality 

2 STEM education through new technologies; 

3 (vi) re-skilling or up-skilling incum4 bent workers for new STEM jobs; 

5 (vii) building STEM career and seam6 less transfer pathways; and 

7 (viii) developing novel mechanisms to 

8 identify and recruit talent into STEM pro9 grams, in particular talent from groups his10 torically underrepresented in STEM. 

11 (B) PARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying out ac12 tivities under this paragraph, the Director shall 

13 encourage applications to develop, enhance, or 

14 expand cooperative STEM education and train15 ing partnerships between institutions of higher 

16 education, industry, and labor organizations. 

17 (c) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL MANUFACTURING

18 ACT.— 

19 (1) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.—Section 2 of the 

20 Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 (42 

21 U.S.C. 1862h) is amended— 

22 (A) in subsection (a)— 

23 (i) in paragraph (3), by striking 

24 ‘‘science, mathematics, and technology’’ and 


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1 inserting ‘‘science, technology, engineering, 

2 and mathematics or STEM’’; 

3 (ii) in paragraph (4), by inserting 

4 ‘‘educated’’ and before ‘‘trained’’; and 

5 (iii) in paragraph (5), by striking 

6 ‘‘scientific and technical education and 

7 training’’ and inserting ‘‘STEM education 

8 and training’’; and 

9 (B) in subsection (b)— 

10 (i) in paragraph (2), by striking 

11 ‘‘mathematics and science’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘STEM fields’’; and 

13 (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking 

14 ‘‘mathematics and science instruction’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘STEM instruction’’. 

16 (2) MODERNIZING REFERENCES TO STEM.—Sec17 tion 3 of the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act 

18 of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1862i) is amended— 

19 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

20 ‘‘SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

21 ’’ and inserting ‘‘STEM EDUCATION’’; 

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1 CATION ’’ and inserting ‘‘STEM EDU2 CATION’’; 

3 (ii) in the matter preceding paragraph 

4 (1)— 

5 (I) by inserting ‘‘and education to 

6 prepare the skilled technical workforce 

7 to meet workforce demands’’ before ‘‘, 

8 and to improve’’; 

9 (II) by striking ‘‘core education 

10 courses in science and mathematics’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘core education courses 

12 in STEM fields’’; 

13 (III) by inserting ‘‘veterans and 

14 individuals engaged in’’ before ‘‘work 

15 in the home’’; and 

16 (IV) by inserting ‘‘and on build17 ing a pathway from secondary schools, 

18 to associate-degree-granting institu19 tions, to careers that require technical 

20 training’’ before ‘‘, and shall be de21 signed’’; 

22 (iii) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (I) by inserting ‘‘and study’’ after 

24 ‘‘development’’; and 


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1 (II) by striking ‘‘core science and 

2 mathematics courses’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘core STEM courses’’; 

4 (iv) in paragraph (2), by striking 

5 ‘‘science, mathematics, and advanced-tech6 nology fields’’ and inserting ‘‘STEM and 

7 advanced-technology fields’’; 

8 (v) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting 

9 ‘‘to support the advanced-technology indus10 tries that drive the competitiveness of the 

11 United States in the global economy’’ before 

12 the semicolon at the end; 

13 (vi) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘sci14 entific and advanced-technology fields’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘STEM and advanced-technology 

16 fields’’; and 

17 (vii) in paragraph (5), by striking 

18 ‘‘advanced scientific and technical edu19 cation’’ and inserting ‘‘advanced STEM 

20 and advanced-technology’’; 

21 (C) in subsection (c)— 

22 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (I) in subparagraph (A)— 

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1 age’’ and all that follows through 

2 ‘‘such means as—’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘to encourage the development of 

4 career and educational pathways 

5 with multiple entry and exit 

6 points leading to credentials and 

7 degrees, and to assist students 

8 pursuing pathways in STEM 

9 fields to transition from associate10 degree-granting colleges to bach11 elor-degree-granting institutions, 

12 through such means as—’’; 

13 (bb) in clause (i), by striking 

14 ‘‘to ensure’’ and inserting ‘‘to de15 velop articulation agreements that 

16 ensure’’; and 

17 (cc) in clause (ii), by strik18 ing ‘‘courses at the bachelor-de19 gree-granting institution’’ and in20 serting ‘‘the career and edu21 cational pathways supported by 

22 the articulation agreements’’; 

23 (II) in subparagraph (B)— 

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1 gaged in’’ before ‘‘work in the 

2 home’’; 

3 (bb) in clause (iii)— 

4 (AA) by striking ‘‘bach5 elor’s-degree-granting institu6 tions’’ and inserting ‘‘insti7 tutions or work sites’’; and 

8 (BB) by inserting ‘‘or 

9 industry internships’’ after 

10 ‘‘summer programs’’; and 

11 (cc) by striking the flush text 

12 following clause (iv); and 

13 (III) by striking subparagraph 

14 (C); 

15 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘mathematics and 

17 science programs’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘STEM programs’’; 

19 (II) by inserting ‘‘and, as appro20 priate, elementary schools,’’ after ‘‘with 

21 secondary schools’’; 

22 (III) by striking ‘‘mathematics 

23 and science education’’ and inserting 

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1 (IV) by striking ‘‘secondary school 

2 students’’ and inserting ‘‘students at 

3 these schools’’; 

4 (V) by striking ‘‘science and ad5 vanced-technology fields’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘STEM and advanced-technology 

7 fields’’; and 

8 (VI) by striking ‘‘agreements with 

9 local educational agencies’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘articulation agreements or dual 

11 credit courses with local secondary 

12 schools, or other means as the Director 

13 determines appropriate,’’; and 

14 (iii) in paragraph (3)— 

15 (I) by striking subparagraph (B); 

16 (II) by striking ‘‘shall—’’and all 

17 that follows through ‘‘establish a’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘shall establish a’’; 

19 (III) by striking ‘‘the fields of 

20 science, technology, engineering, and 

21 mathematics’’ and inserting ‘‘STEM 

22 fields’’; and 

23 (IV) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in24 serting ‘‘, including jobs at Federal 

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1 (D) in subsection (c)— 

2 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

3 (I) in subparagraph (A)— 

4 (aa) in the matter preceding 

5 clause (i), by striking ‘‘to encour6 age’’ and all that follows through 

7 ‘‘such means as—’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘to encourage the development of 

9 career and educational pathways 

10 with multiple entry and exit 

11 points leading to credentials and 

12 degrees, and to assist students 

13 pursuing pathways in STEM 

14 fields to transition from associate15 degree-granting colleges to bach16 elor-degree-granting institutions, 

17 through such means as—’’; 

18 (bb) in clause (i), by striking 

19 ‘‘to ensure’’ and inserting ‘‘to de20 velop articulation agreements that 

21 ensure’’; and 

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1 cational pathways supported by 

2 the articulation agreements’’; 

3 (II) in subparagraph (B)— 

4 (aa) in clause (i), by insert5 ing ‘‘veterans and individuals en6 gaged in’’ before ‘‘work in the 

7 home’’; 

8 (bb) in clause (iii)— 

9 (AA) by striking ‘‘bach10 elor’s-degree-granting institu11 tions’’ and inserting ‘‘insti12 tutions or work sites’’; and 

13 (BB) by inserting ‘‘or 

14 industry internships’’ after 

15 ‘‘summer programs’’; and 

16 (cc) by striking the flush text 

17 following clause (iv); and 

18 (III) by striking subparagraph 

19 (C); 

20 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

21 (I) by striking ‘‘mathematics and 

22 science programs’’ and inserting 

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1 (II) by inserting ‘‘and, as appro2 priate, elementary schools,’’ after ‘‘with 

3 secondary schools’’; 

4 (III) by striking ‘‘mathematics 

5 and science education’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘STEM education’’; 

7 (IV) by striking ‘‘secondary school 

8 students’’ and inserting ‘‘students at 

9 these schools’’; 

10 (V) by striking ‘‘science and ad11 vanced-technology fields’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘STEM and advanced-technology 

13 fields’’; and 

14 (VI) by striking ‘‘agreements with 

15 local educational agencies’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘articulation agreements or dual 

17 credit courses with local secondary 

18 schools, or other means as the Director 

19 determines appropriate,’’; and 

20 (iii) in paragraph (3)— 

21 (I) by striking subparagraph (B); 

22 (II) by striking ‘‘shall—’’and all 

23 that follows through ‘‘establish a’’ and 

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1 (III) by striking ‘‘the fields of 

2 science, technology, engineering, and 

3 mathematics’’ and inserting ‘‘STEM 

4 fields’’; and 

5 (IV) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in6 serting ‘‘, including jobs at Federal 

7 and academic laboratories.’’; 

8 (E) in subsection (d)(2)— 

9 (i) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

10 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

12 the period at the end and inserting a ‘‘; 

13 and’’; and 

14 (iii) by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(F) as appropriate, applications that 

17 apply the best practices for STEM education and 

18 technical skills education through distance learn19 ing or in a simulated work environment, as de20 termined by research described in subsection (f); 

21 and’’; 

22 (F) in subsection (g), by striking the second 

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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

2 ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’; 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

4 ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’; and 

5 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

6 (I) by striking ‘‘up to $2,500,000’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘not less than 

8 $3,000,000’’; and 

9 (II) by striking ‘‘2022’’ and in10 serting ‘‘2026’’; 

11 (H) in subsection (i)— 

12 (i) by striking paragraph (3); and 

13 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 

14 and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respec15 tively; and 

16 (I) in subsection (j)— 

17 (i) by striking paragraph (1) and in18 serting the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) the term advanced-technology includes tech20 nological fields such as advanced manufacturing, ag21 ricultural-, biological- and chemical-technologies, en22 ergy and environmental technologies, engineering 

23 technologies, information technologies, micro and 

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1 geospatial technologies, and new, emerging technology 

2 areas;’’; 

3 (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘sep4 arate bachelor-degree-granting institutions’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘other entities’’; 

6 (iii) by striking paragraph (7); 

7 (iv) by redesignating paragraphs (8) 

8 and (9) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respec9 tively; 

10 (v) in paragraph (7), as redesignated 

11 by subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

12 after the semicolon; 

13 (vi) in paragraph (8), as redesignated 

14 by subparagraph (D)— 

15 (I) by striking ‘‘mathematics, 

16 science, engineering, or technology’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘science, technology, en18 gineering, or mathematics’’; and 

19 (II) by striking the period at the 

20 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

21 (vii) by adding at the end the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(9) the term skilled technical workforce means 

24 workers— 


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1 ‘‘(A) in occupations that use significant lev2 els of science and engineering expertise and tech3 nical knowledge; and 

4 ‘‘(B) whose level of educational attainment 

5 is less than a bachelor degree.’’. 

6 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sec7 tion 5 of the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act 

8 of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1862j) is amended to read as fol9 lows: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Direc12 tor for carrying out sections 2 through 4, $150,000,000 for 

13 fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 

14 (d) GRADUATE STEM EDUCATION.— 

15 (1) MENTORING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP16 MENT.— 

17 (A) MENTORING PLANS.— 

18 (i) UPDATE.—Section 7008 of the 

19 America Creating Opportunities to Mean20 ingfully Promote Excellence in Technology, 

21 Education, and Science Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 1862o) is amended by— 

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1 (II) inserting ‘‘The requirement 

2 may be satisfied by providing such in3 dividuals with access to mentors, in4 cluding individuals not listed on the 

5 grant.’’ after ‘‘review criterion.’’. 

6 (ii) EVALUATION.—Not later than 45 

7 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

8 the Director shall enter into an agreement 

9 with a qualified independent organization 

10 to evaluate the effectiveness of the 

11 postdoctoral mentoring plan requirement 

12 for improving mentoring for Foundation13 supported postdoctoral researchers. 

14 (B) CAREER EXPLORATION.— 

15 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall 

16 award grants, on a competitive basis, to in17 stitutions of higher education and non-prof18 it organizations (or consortia of such insti19 tutions or organizations) to develop innova20 tive approaches for facilitating career explo21 ration of academic and non-academic ca22 reer options and for providing opportunity23 broadening experiences, including work-in24 tegrated opportunities, for graduate stu25 dents and postdoctoral scholars that can 


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1 then be considered, adopted, or adapted by 

2 other institutions and to carry out research 

3 on the impact and outcomes of such activi4 ties. 

5 (ii) REVIEW OF PROPOSALS.—In se6 lecting grant recipients under this subpara7 graph, the Director shall consider, at a 

8 minimum— 

9 (I) the extent to which the admin10 istrators of the institution are com11 mitted to making the proposed activity 

12 a priority; and 

13 (II) the likelihood that the institu14 tion or organization will sustain or ex15 pand the proposed activity effort be16 yond the period of the grant. 

17 (C) DEVELOPMENT PLANS.—The Director 

18 shall require that annual project reports for 

19 awards that support graduate students and 

20 postdoctoral scholars include certification by the 

21 principal investigator that each graduate student 

22 and postdoctoral scholar receiving substantial 

23 support from such award, as determined by the 

24 Director, in consultation with faculty advisors, 

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1 vidual development plan to map educational 

2 goals, career exploration, and professional devel3 opment. 

4 (D) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPLE5 MENT.—The Director shall carry out a five-year 

6 pilot initiative to award up to 2,500 adminis7 trative supplements of up to $2,000 to existing 

8 research grants annually, on a competitive basis, 

9 to support professional development experiences 

10 for graduate students and postdoctoral research11 ers who receive a substantial portion of their 

12 support under such grants, as determined by the 

13 Director. Not more than 10 percent of supple14 ments awarded under this subparagraph may be 

15 used to support professional development experi16 ences for postdoctoral researchers. 

17 (E) GRADUATE EDUCATION RESEARCH.— 

18 The Director shall award grants, on a competi19 tive basis, to institutions of higher education or 

20 non-profit organizations (or consortia of such in21 stitutions or organizations) to support research 

22 on the graduate education system and outcomes 

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1 (i) the effects of traineeships, fellow2 ships, internships, and teaching and re3 search assistantships on outcomes for grad4 uate students; 

5 (ii) the effects of graduate education 

6 and mentoring policies and procedures on 

7 degree completion, including differences 

8 by— 

9 (I) gender, race and ethnicity, 

10 sexual orientation, gender identity, 

11 and citizenship; and 

12 (II) student debt load; 

13 (iii) the development and assessment of 

14 new or adapted interventions, including ap15 proaches that improve mentoring relation16 ships, develop conflict management skills, 

17 and promote healthy research teams; and 

18 (iv) research, data collection, and as19 sessment of the state of graduate student 

20 mental health and wellbeing, factors con21 tributing to and consequences of poor grad22 uate student mental health, and the develop23 ment, adaptation, and assessment of evi24 dence-based strategies and policies to sup25 port emotional wellbeing and mental health. 


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1 (2) GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PRO2 GRAM UPDATE.— 

3 (A) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

4 Congress that the Foundation should increase the 

5 number of new graduate research fellows sup6 ported annually over the next 5 years to no fewer 

7 than 3,000 fellows. 

8 (B) PROGRAM UPDATE.—Section 10 of the 

9 National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

10 U.S.C. 1869) is amended— 

11 (i) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and 

12 as will address national workforce demand 

13 in critical STEM fields’’ after ‘‘throughout 

14 the United States’’; 

15 (ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘of 

16 $12,000’’ and inserting ‘‘of at least 

17 $16,000’’; and 

18 (iii) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(c) OUTREACH.—The Director shall ensure program 

21 outreach to recruit fellowship applicants from fields of 

22 study that are in areas of critical national need, from all 

23 regions of the country, and from historically underrep24 resented populations in STEM.’’. 


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1 (C) CYBERSECURITY SCHOLARSHIPS AND

2 GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS.—The Director shall 

3 ensure that students pursuing master’s degrees 

4 and doctoral degrees in fields relating to cyberse5 curity are considered as applicants for scholar6 ships and graduate fellowships under the Grad7 uate Research Fellowship Program under section 

8 10 of the National Science Foundation Act of 

9 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1869). 

10 (3) STUDY ON GRADUATE STUDENT FUNDING.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 

12 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Direc13 tor shall enter into an agreement with a quali14 fied independent organization to evaluate— 

15 (i) the role of the Foundation in sup16 porting graduate student education and 

17 training through fellowships, traineeships, 

18 and other funding models; and 

19 (ii) the impact of different funding 

20 mechanisms on graduate student experiences 

21 and outcomes, including whether such mech22 anisms have differential impacts on subsets 

23 of the student population. 

24 (B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 

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1 tion charged with carrying out the study under 

2 subparagraph (A) shall publish the results of its 

3 evaluation, including a recommendation for the 

4 appropriate balance between fellowships, 

5 traineeships, and other funding models. 

6 (4) FELLOWSHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS FOR

7 EARLY-CAREER AI RESEARCHERS.— 

8 (A) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

9 TRAINEESHIPS.— 

10 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 

11 National Science Foundation shall award 

12 grants to institutions of higher education to 

13 establish traineeship programs for graduate 

14 students who pursue artificial intelligence15 related research leading to a masters or doc16 torate degree by providing funding and 

17 other assistance, and by providing graduate 

18 students opportunities for research experi19 ences in government or industry related to 

20 the students’ artificial intelligence studies. 

21 (ii) USE OF FUNDS.—A institution of 

22 higher education shall use grant funds pro23 vided under clause (i) for the purposes of— 

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1 tificial intelligence leading to a mas2 ters or doctorate degree; 

3 (II) paying tuition and fees for 

4 students receiving traineeships; 

5 (III) creating and requiring 

6 courses or training programs in tech7 nology ethics for students receiving 

8 traineeships; 

9 (IV) creating opportunities for re10 search in technology ethics for students 

11 receiving traineeships; 

12 (V) establishing scientific intern13 ship programs for students receiving 

14 traineeships in artificial intelligence at 

15 for-profit institutions, nonprofit re16 search institutions, or government lab17 oratories; and 

18 (VI) other costs associated with 

19 the administration of the program. 

20 (B) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FELLOW21 SHIPS.—The Director of the National Science 

22 Foundation shall award fellowships to masters 

23 and doctoral students and postdoctoral research24 ers who are pursuing degrees or research in arti25 ficial intelligence and related fields, including in 


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1 the field of technology ethics. In making such 

2 awards, the Director shall conduct outreach, in3 cluding through formal solicitations, to solicit 

4 proposals from students and postdoctoral re5 searchers seeking to carry out research in aspects 

6 of technology ethics with relevance to artificial 

7 intelligence systems. 

8 (e) STEM WORKFORCE DATA.— 

9 (1) SKILLED TECHNICAL WORKFORCE PORTFOLIO

10 REVIEW.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 

12 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Direc13 tor shall conduct a full portfolio analysis of the 

14 Foundation’s skilled technical workforce invest15 ments across all Directorates in the areas of edu16 cation, research, infrastructure, data collection, 

17 and analysis. 

18 (B) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

19 after the date of the review under subparagraph 

20 (A) is complete, the Director shall submit to 

21 Congress and make widely available to the public 

22 a summary report of the portfolio review. 

23 (2) SURVEY DATA.— 

24 (A) ROTATING TOPIC MODULES.—To meet 

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1 and engineering workforce, the Director shall as2 sess, through coordination with other Federal 

3 statistical agencies and drawing on input from 

4 relevant stakeholders, the feasibility and benefits 

5 of incorporating questions or topic modules to 

6 existing National Center for Science and Engi7 neering Statistics surveys that would vary from 

8 cycle to cycle. 

9 (B) NEW DATA.—Not later than 1 year 

10 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Direc11 tor shall submit to Congress and the Board the 

12 results of an assessment, carried out in coordina13 tion with other Federal agencies and with input 

14 from relevant stakeholders, of the feasibility and 

15 benefits of incorporating new questions or topic 

16 modules to existing National Center for Science 

17 and Engineering Statistics surveys on— 

18 (i) the skilled technical workforce; 

19 (ii) working conditions and work-life 

20 balance; 

21 (iii) harassment and discrimination; 

22 (iv) sexual orientation and gender 

23 identity; 

24 (v) immigration and emigration; and 


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1 (vi) any other topics at the discretion 

2 of the Director. 

3 (C) LONGITUDINAL DESIGN.—The Director 

4 shall continue and accelerate efforts to enhance 

5 the usefulness of National Center for Science and 

6 Engineering Statistics survey data for longitu7 dinal research and analysis. 

8 (D) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

9 REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

10 enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 

11 the United States shall submit a report to Con12 gress that— 

13 (i) evaluates Foundation processes for 

14 ensuring the data and analysis produced by 

15 the National Center for Science and Engi16 neering Statistics meets current and future 

17 needs; and 

18 (ii) includes such recommendations as 

19 the Comptroller General determines are ap20 propriate to improve such processes. 

21 (f) CYBER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH

22 AND DEVELOPMENT.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall award 

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1 tions (or a consortia of such institutions or organiza2 tions) to carry out research on the cyber workforce. 

3 (2) RESEARCH.—In carrying out research pur4 suant to paragraph (1), the Director shall support re5 search and development activities to— 

6 (A) Understand the current state of the 

7 cyber workforce, including factors that influence 

8 growth, retention, and development of that work9 force; 

10 (B) examine paths to entry and re-entry 

11 into the cyber workforce; 

12 (C) understand trends of the cyber work13 force, including demographic representation, 

14 educational and professional backgrounds 

15 present, competencies available, and factors that 

16 shape employee recruitment, development, and 

17 retention and how to increase the size, diversity, 

18 and capability of the cyber workforce; 

19 (D) examine and evaluate training prac20 tices, models, programs, and technologies; and 

21 (E) other closely related topics as the Direc22 tor determines appropriate. 

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1 (A) collaborate with the National Institute 

2 for Standards and Technology, including the Na3 tional Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, 

4 the Department of Homeland Security, the De5 partment of Defense, the Office of Personnel 

6 Management, and other Federal departments 

7 and agencies, as appropriate; 

8 (B) align with or build on the National Ini9 tiative on Cybersecurity Education Cybersecu10 rity Workforce Framework wherever practicable 

11 and applicable; 

12 (C) leverage the collective body of knowledge 

13 from existing cyber workforce development re14 search and education activities; and 

15 (D) engage with other Federal departments 

16 and agencies, research communities, and poten17 tial users of information produced under this 

18 subsection. 

19 (g) FEDERAL CYBER SCHOLARSHIP-FOR-SERVICE

20 PROGRAM.— 

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

22 Congress that— 

23 (A) since cybersecurity risks are constant in 

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1 tivity with a workforce that can safeguard our 

2 innovation, research, and work environments; 

3 and 

4 (B) Federal investments into the Federal 

5 Cyber Scholarship-for-Service Program at the 

6 National Science Foundation play a critical role 

7 in preparing and sustaining a strong, talented, 

8 and much-needed national cybersecurity work9 force and should be strengthened. 

10 (2) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(b)(1) of the Cy11 bersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 U.S.C. 

12 7442(b)(1)) is amended by striking the semicolon at 

13 the end and inserting the following ‘‘and cybersecu14 rity-related aspects of other related fields as appro15 priate, including artificial intelligence, quantum 

16 computing and aerospace.’’. 

17 (h) CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE DATA INITIATIVE.— 

18 The Director, acting through the National Center for 

19 Science and Engineering Statistics established in section 

20 505 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 

21 2010 (42 U.S.C. 1862p) and in coordination with the Di22 rector of the National Institute of Standards and Tech23 nology and other appropriate Federal statistical agencies, 

24 shall establish a cybersecurity workforce data initiative 

25 that— 


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1 (1) assesses the feasibility of providing nation2 ally representative estimates and statistical informa3 tion on the cybersecurity workforce; 

4 (2) utilizes the National Initiative for Cybersecu5 rity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce 

6 Framework (NIST Special Publication 800–181), or 

7 other frameworks, as appropriate, to enable a con8 sistent measurement of the cybersecurity workforce; 

9 (3) utilizes and complements existing data on 

10 employer requirements and unfilled positions in the 

11 cybersecurity workforce; 

12 (4) consults key stakeholders and the broader 

13 community of practice in cybersecurity workforce de14 velopment to determine data requirements needed to 

15 strengthen the cybersecurity workforce; 

16 (5) evaluates existing Federal survey data for in17 formation pertinent to developing national estimates 

18 of the cybersecurity workforce; 

19 (6) evaluates administrative data and other sup20 plementary data sources, as available, to describe and 

21 measure the cybersecurity workforce; and 

22 (7) collects statistical data, to the greatest extent 

23 practicable, on credential attainment and employ24 ment outcomes information for the cybersecurity 

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1 SEC. 6. BROADENING PARTICIPATION. 

2 (a) PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN

3 MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHING.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 117(a) of the Na5 tional Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988 

6 (42 U.S.C.1881b(a)) is amended— 

7 (A) in subparagraph (B)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘108’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘110’’; 

10 (ii) by striking clause (iv); 

11 (iii) in clause (v), by striking the pe12 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

13 (iv) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), 

14 (iii), and (v) as subclauses (I), (II), (III), 

15 and (IV), respectively, and moving the mar16 gins of such subclauses (as so redesignated) 

17 two ems to the right; and 

18 (v) by striking ‘‘In selecting teachers’’ 

19 and all that follows through ‘‘two teachers— 

20 ’’ and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(C) In selecting teachers for an award authorized by 

22 this subsection, the President shall select— 

23 ‘‘(i) at least two teachers—’’; and 

24 (B) in subparagraph (C), as designated by 

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1 ‘‘(ii) at least one teacher— 

2 ‘‘(I) from the Commonwealth of the North3 ern Mariana Islands; 

4 ‘‘(II) from American Samoa; 

5 ‘‘(III) from the Virgin Islands of the United 

6 States; and 

7 ‘‘(IV) from Guam.’’. 

8 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

9 by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to awards 

10 made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

11 (b) ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PRO12 GRAM UPDATE.— 

13 (1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

14 Congress that over the next five years the Foundation 

15 should increase the number of scholarships awarded 

16 under the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program 

17 established under section 10 of the National Science 

18 Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

19 1862n–1) by 50 percent. 

20 (2) OUTREACH.—To increase the diversity of 

21 participants, the Director shall support symposia, fo22 rums, conferences, and other activities to expand and 

23 enhance outreach to— 

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1 section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 

2 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)); 

3 (B) minority institutions, as defined in sec4 tion 365(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

5 (20 U.S.C. 1067k(3)); 

6 (C) institutions of higher education that are 

7 located near or serve rural communities; 

8 (D) labor organizations; 

9 (E) emerging research institutions; and 

10 (F) higher education programs that serve or 

11 support veterans. 

12 (c) NSF INCLUDES INITIATIVE.—The Director shall 

13 award grants and cooperative agreements, on a competitive 

14 basis, to institutions of higher education or non-profit orga15 nizations (or consortia of such institutions or organiza16 tions) to carry out a comprehensive national initiative to 

17 facilitate the development of networks and partnerships to 

18 build on and scale up effective practices in broadening par19 ticipation in STEM studies and careers of groups histori20 cally underrepresented in such studies and careers. 

21 (d) BROADENING PARTICIPATION ON MAJOR FACILI22 TIES AWARDS.—The Director shall require organizations 

23 seeking a cooperative agreement for the management of the 

24 operations and maintenance of a Foundation project to 

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1 employing best practices in broadening participation in 

2 science and engineering and ensure implementation of such 

3 practices is considered in oversight of the award. 

4 (e) PARTNERSHIPS WITH EMERGING RESEARCH IN5 STITUTIONS.—The Director shall establish a five-year pilot 

6 program to enhance partnerships between emerging re7 search institutions and institutions classified as very high 

8 research activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institu9 tions of Higher Education at the time of application. In 

10 carrying out this program, the Director shall— 

11 (1) require that each proposal submitted by a 

12 multi-institution collaboration for an award, includ13 ing those under section 9, that exceeds $1,000,000, as 

14 appropriate, specify how the applicants will support 

15 substantive, meaningful, and mutually-beneficial 

16 partnerships with one or more emerging research in17 stitutions; 

18 (2) require awardees funded under paragraph 

19 (1) to direct no less than 25 percent of the total 

20 award to one or more emerging research institutions 

21 to build research capacity, including through support 

22 for faculty salaries and training, field and laboratory 

23 research experiences for undergraduate and graduate 

24 students, and maintenance and repair of research 

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1 (3) require awardees funded under paragraph 

2 (1) to report on the partnership activities as part of 

3 the annual reporting requirements of the Foundation; 

4 (4) solicit feedback on the partnership directly 

5 from partner emerging research institutions, in such 

6 form as the Director deems appropriate; and 

7 (5) submit a report to Congress after the third 

8 year of the pilot program that includes— 

9 (A) an assessment, drawing on feedback 

10 from the research community and other sources 

11 of information, of the effectiveness of the pilot 

12 program for improving the quality of partner13 ships with emerging research institutions; and 

14 (B) if deemed effective, a plan for perma15 nent implementation of the pilot program. 

16 (f) TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM

17 UPDATE.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 525 of the America 

19 COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 

20 1862p–13) is amended— 

21 (A) in subsection (a) by— 

22 (i) striking ‘‘Native American’’ and in23 serting ‘‘American Indian, Alaska Native, 

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1 (ii) inserting ‘‘post-secondary creden2 tials and’’ before ‘‘associate’s’’; and 

3 (iii) striking ‘‘or baccalaureate de4 grees’’ and inserting ‘‘, baccalaureate, and 

5 graduate degrees’’; and 

6 (B) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘under7 graduate’’; and 

8 (C) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘and 

9 STEM’’ after ‘‘laboratory’’. 

10 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

11 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Director 

12 to carry out this program $107,250,000 for fiscal year 

13 2022 through fiscal year 2026. 

14 (g) DIVERSITY IN TECH RESEARCH.—The Director 

15 shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions 

16 of higher education or non-profit organizations (or con17 sortia of such institutions or organizations) to support basic 

18 and applied research that yields a scientific evidence base 

19 for improving the design and emergence, development and 

20 deployment, and management and ultimate effectiveness of 

21 organizations of all kinds, including research related to di22 versity, equity, and inclusion in the technology sector. 

23 (h) CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR EPSCOR.— 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Con2 gress that— 

3 (i) since maintaining the Nation’s sci4 entific and economic leadership requires the 

5 participation of talented individuals na6 tionwide, EPSCoR investments into State 

7 research and education capacities are in the 

8 Federal interest and should be sustained; 

9 and 

10 (ii) EPSCoR should maintain its ex11 perimental component by supporting inno12 vative methods for improving research ca13 pacity and competitiveness. 

14 (B) DEFINITION OF EPSCOR.—In this sub15 section, the term ‘‘EPSCoR’’ has the meaning 

16 given the term in section 502 of the America 

17 COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 

18 U.S.C. 1862p note). 

19 (2) UPDATE OF EPSCOR.—Section 517(f)(2) of 

20 the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 

21 2010 (42 U.S.C. 1862p–9(f)(2)) is amended— 

22 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

23 at the end; and 

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1 ‘‘(C) to increase the capacity of rural com2 munities to provide quality STEM education 

3 and STEM workforce development programming 

4 to students, and teachers; and’’. 

5 (i) FOSTERING STEM RESEARCH DIVERSITY AND CA6 PACITY PROGRAM.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish a 

8 program to make awards on a competitive, merit-re9 viewed basis to eligible institutions to implement and 

10 study innovative approaches for building research ca11 pacity in order to engage and retain students from a 

12 range of institutions and diverse backgrounds in 

13 STEM. 

14 (2) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION DEFINED.—In this 

15 subsection the term ‘‘eligible institution’’ means an 

16 institution of higher education that, according to the 

17 data published by the National Center for Science 

18 and Engineering Statistics, is not, on average, among 

19 the top 100 institutions in Federal research and de20 velopment expenditures during the 3 year period 

21 prior to the year of the award. 

22 (3) PURPOSE.—The program established in 

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1 igible institutions and the number of undergraduate 

2 and graduate students pursuing STEM degrees from 

3 eligible institutions. 

4 (4) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out this pro5 gram, the Director shall— 

6 (A) require eligible institutions seeking 

7 funding under this subsection to submit an ap8 plication to the Director at such time, in such 

9 manner, containing such information and assur10 ances as the Director may require. The applica11 tion shall include, at a minimum a description 

12 of how the eligible institution plans to sustain 

13 the proposed activities beyond the duration of the 

14 grant; 

15 (B) require applicants to identify dis16 ciplines and focus areas in which the eligible in17 stitution can excel, and explain how the appli18 cant will use the award to build capacity to bol19 ster the institutional research competitiveness of 

20 eligible entities to support grants awarded by the 

21 Foundation and increase regional and national 

22 capacity in STEM; 

23 (C) require the awards funded under this 

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1 (i) development or expansion of re2 search programs in disciplines and focus 

3 areas in subparagraph (B); 

4 (ii) faculty recruitment and profes5 sional development in disciplines and focus 

6 areas in subparagraph (B), including for 

7 early-career researchers; 

8 (iii) stipends for undergraduate and 

9 graduate students participating in research 

10 in disciplines and focus areas in subpara11 graph (B); 

12 (iv) acquisition of instrumentation 

13 necessary to build research capacity at an 

14 eligible institution in disciplines and focus 

15 areas in subparagraph (B); 

16 (v) an assessment of capacity-building 

17 and research infrastructure needs; 

18 (vi) administrative research develop19 ment support; and 

20 (vii) other activities necessary to build 

21 research capacity; and 

22 (D) require that no eligible institution 

23 should receive more than $10,000,000 in any 

24 single year of funds made available under this 

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1 (5) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.—In award2 ing a grant under this subsection, the Director may 

3 also consider— 

4 (A) the extent to which the applicant will 

5 support students from diverse backgrounds, in6 cluding first-generation undergraduate students; 

7 (B) the geographic and institutional diver8 sity of the applying institutions; and 

9 (C) how the applicants can leverage public10 private partnerships and existing partnerships 

11 with Federal Research Agencies. 

12 (6) DUPLICATION.—The Director shall ensure the 

13 awards made under this subsection are complemen14 tary and not duplicative of existing program; 

15 (7) REPORT.—The Director shall submit a re16 port to Congress after the third year of the program 

17 that includes— 

18 (A) an assessment of the effectiveness of the 

19 program for growing the geographic and institu20 tional diversity of Institutions of Higher Edu21 cation receiving research awards from the Foun22 dation; 

23 (B) an assessment of the quality, quantity 

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1 dation sponsored research since the establishment 

2 of the program in this subsection; 

3 (C) an assessment of the quantity and di4 versity of undergraduate and graduate students 

5 graduating from eligible institutions with STEM 

6 degrees; and 

7 (D) statistical summary data on the pro8 gram, including the geographic and institutional 

9 allocation of award funding, the number and di10 versity of supported graduate and undergraduate 

11 students, and how it contributes to capacity 

12 building at eligible entities. 

13 (8) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

14 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Director 

15 $150,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 

16 2026 to carry out the activities under this subsection. 

17 (j) CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING

18 UNIVERSITIES.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 

20 Science Foundation shall make awards, on a competi21 tive basis, to eligible institutions described in para22 graph (2) to support the mission of the Foundation 

23 and to build institutional research capacity at eligible 

24 institutions. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive 

2 an award under this subsection, an institution— 

3 (i) shall be— 

4 (I) a historically Black college or 

5 university; 

6 (II) a Tribal College or Univer7 sity; 

8 (III) a minority-serving institu9 tion; or 

10 (IV) an institution of higher edu11 cation with an established STEM ca12 pacity building program focused on 

13 traditionally underrepresented popu14 lations in STEM, including Native 

15 Hawaiians, Alaska Natives, and Indi16 ans; and 

17 (ii) shall have not more than 

18 $50,000,000 in annual federally-financed 

19 research and development expenditures for 

20 science and engineering as reported through 

21 the National Science Foundation Higher 

22 Education Research and Development Sur23 vey. 

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1 carry out the activities of the grant through a 

2 partnership with other entities, including com3 munity colleges and other eligible institutions. 

4 (3) PROPOSALS.—To receive an award under 

5 this subsection, an eligible institution shall submit an 

6 application to the Director at such time, in such 

7 manner, and containing such information as the Di8 rector may require, including a plan that describes 

9 how the eligible institution will establish or expand 

10 research office capacity and how such award would be 

11 used to— 

12 (A) conduct an assessment of capacity13 building and research infrastructure needs of an 

14 eligible institution; 

15 (B) enhance institutional resources to pro16 vide administrative research development sup17 port to faculty at an eligible institution; 

18 (C) bolster the institutional research com19 petitiveness of an eligible institution to support 

20 grants awarded by the Foundation; 

21 (D) support the acquisition of instrumenta22 tion necessary to build research capacity at an 

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1 (E) increase capability of an eligible insti2 tution to move technology into the marketplace; 

3 (F) increase engagement with industry to 

4 execute research through the SBIR and STTR 

5 programs (as defined in section 9(e) of the Small 

6 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e)) and direct con7 tracts at an eligible institution; 

8 (G) provide student engagement and re9 search training opportunities at the under10 graduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels at an 

11 eligible institution; 

12 (H) further faculty development initiatives 

13 and strengthen institutional research training 

14 infrastructure, capacity, and competitiveness of 

15 an eligible institution; or 

16 (I) address plans and prospects for long17 term sustainability of institutional enhance18 ments at an eligible institution resulting from 

19 the award including, if applicable, how the 

20 award may be leveraged by an eligible institu21 tion to build a broader base of support. 

22 (4) AWARDS.—Awards made under this sub23 section shall be for periods of 3 years, and may be ex24 tended for periods of not more than 5 years. 

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1 (A) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI2 VERSITY.—The term ‘‘historically Black college 

3 or university’’ has the meaning given the term 

4 ‘‘part B institution’’ in section 322 of the Higher 

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

6 (B) MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

7 term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ or ‘‘MSI’’ 

8 means— 

9 (i) a Hispanic-serving institution as 

10 defined in section 502 of the Higher Edu11 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a); 

12 (ii) an Alaska Native-serving Institu13 tion or a Native Hawaiian-serving institu14 tion as such terms are defined in section 

15 317 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

16 (20 U.S.C. 1059d); and 

17 (iii) a Predominantly Black institu18 tion, an Asian American and Native Amer19 ican Pacific Islander-serving institution, or 

20 a Native American-serving nontribal insti21 tution as such terms are defined in section 

22 371 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

23 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(c)). 

24 (C) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 

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1 meaning given such term in section 316 of the 

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

3 1059c). 

4 (6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

5 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Direc6 tor of the National Science Foundation $100,000,000 

7 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry 

8 out the activities in this Act. 

9 (k) CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER OF THE NSF.— 

10 (1) CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER.— 

11 (A) APPOINTMENT.—The Director shall ap12 point a senior agency official within the Office 

13 of the Director as a Chief Diversity Officer. 

14 (B) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Chief Diversity 

15 Officer shall have significant experience, within 

16 the Federal Government and the science commu17 nity, with diversity- and inclusion-related mat18 ters, including— 

19 (i) civil rights compliance; 

20 (ii) harassment policy, reviews, and 

21 investigations; 

22 (iii) equal employment opportunity; 

23 and 

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1 (C) OVERSIGHT.—The Chief Diversity Offi2 cer shall direct the Office of Diversity and Inclu3 sion of the Foundation and report directly to the 

4 Director in the performance of the duties of the 

5 Chief Diversity Officer under this subsection. 

6 (2) DUTIES.—The Chief Diversity Officer is re7 sponsible for providing advice on policy, oversight, 

8 guidance, and coordination with respect to matters of 

9 the Foundation related to diversity and inclusion, in10 cluding ensuring the geographic diversity of the 

11 Foundation programs. Other duties may include— 

12 (A) establishing and maintaining a stra13 tegic plan that publicly states a diversity defini14 tion, vision, and goals for the Foundation; 

15 (B) defining a set of strategic metrics that 

16 are— 

17 (i) directly linked to key organiza18 tional priorities and goals; 

19 (ii) actionable; and 

20 (iii) actively used to implement the 

21 strategic plan under paragraph (1); 

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1 leges and universities, Tribal colleges or univer2 sities, minority-serving institutions, institutions 

3 of higher education with an established STEM 

4 capacity building program focused on tradition5 ally underrepresented populations in STEM, in6 cluding Native Hawaiians, Alaska Natives, and 

7 Indians, and institutions from jurisdictions eli8 gible to participate under section 113 of the Na9 tional Science Foundation Authorization Act of 

10 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1862g); 

11 (D) advising in the establishment of a stra12 tegic plan for outreach to, and recruiting from, 

13 untapped locations and underrepresented popu14 lations; 

15 (E) advising on a diversity and inclusion 

16 strategy for the Foundation’s portfolio of PreK17 12 STEM education focused programs and ac18 tivities, including goals for addressing barriers 

19 to participation; 

20 (F) advising on the application of the 

21 Foundation’s broader impacts review criterion; 

22 and 

23 (G) performing such additional duties and 

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1 (3) FUNDING.—From any amounts appropriated 

2 for the Foundation for each of fiscal years 2022 

3 through 2026, the Director shall allocate $5,000,000 to 

4 carry out this subsection for each such year. 

5 SEC. 7. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH. 

6 (a) BROADER IMPACTS.— 

7 (1) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 45 days after 

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

9 enter into an agreement with a qualified independent 

10 organization to assess how the Broader Impacts re11 view criterion is applied across the Foundation and 

12 make recommendations for improving the effectiveness 

13 for meeting the goals established in section 526 of the 

14 America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Pro15 mote Excellence in Technology, Education, and 

16 Science Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 

17 1862p-14). 

18 (2) ACTIVITIES.—The Director shall award 

19 grants on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher 

20 education or non-profit organizations (or consortia of 

21 such institutions or organizations) to support activi22 ties to increase the efficiency, effectiveness, and avail23 ability of resources for implementing the Broader Im24 pacts review criterion, including— 


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1 (A) training and workshops for program of2 ficers, merit review panelists, grant office ad3 ministrators, faculty, and students to improve 

4 understanding of the goals and the full range of 

5 potential broader impacts available to research6 ers to satisfy this criterion; 

7 (B) repositories and clearinghouses for shar8 ing best practices and facilitating collaboration; 

9 and 

10 (C) tools for evaluating and documenting 

11 societal impacts of research. 

12 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

13 that the Director should continue to identify opportunities 

14 to reduce the administrative burden on researchers. 

15 (c) RESEARCH INTEGRITY AND SECURITY.— 

16 (1) OFFICE OF RESEARCH SECURITY AND POL17 ICY.—The Director shall maintain a Research Secu18 rity and Policy office within the Office of the Director 

19 with no fewer than 4 full time equivalent positions, 

20 in addition to the Chief of Research Security estab21 lished in paragraph (2) of this subsection. The func22 tions of the Research Security and Policy office shall 

23 be to coordinate all research security policy issues 

24 across the Foundation, including by— 


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1 (A) consulting and coordinating with the 

2 Foundation Office of Inspector General and with 

3 other Federal science agencies and intelligence 

4 and law enforcement agencies, as appropriate, 

5 through the National Science and Technology 

6 Council in accordance with the authority pro7 vided under section 1746 of the National Defense 

8 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 

9 Law 116–92; 42 U.S.C. 6601 note), to identify 

10 and address potential security risks that threaten 

11 research integrity and other risks to the research 

12 enterprise; 

13 (B) serving as the Foundation’s primary re14 source for all issues related to the security and 

15 integrity of the conduct of Foundation-supported 

16 research; 

17 (C) conducting outreach and education ac18 tivities for awardees on research policies and po19 tential security risks; 

20 (D) educating Foundation program man21 agers and other directorate staff on evaluating 

22 Foundation awards and awardees for potential 

23 security risks; and 


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1 (E) communicating reporting and disclo2 sure requirements to awardees and applicants 

3 for funding. 

4 (2) CHIEF OF RESEARCH SECURITY.—The Direc5 tor shall appoint a senior agency official within the 

6 Office of the Director as a Chief of Research Security, 

7 whose primary responsibility is to manage the office 

8 established under paragraph (1). 

9 (3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—No later than 180 

10 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di11 rector shall provide a report to the Committee on 

12 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep13 resentatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

14 and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on 

15 Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and 

16 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate on the 

17 resources and the number of full time employees need18 ed to carry out the functions of the Office established 

19 in paragraph (1). 

20 (4) ONLINE RESOURCE.—The Director shall de21 velop an online resource hosted on the Foundation’s 

22 website containing up-to-date information, tailored 

23 for institutions and individual researchers, includ24 ing— 


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1 (A) an explanation of Foundation research 

2 security policies; 

3 (B) unclassified guidance on potential secu4 rity risks that threaten scientific integrity and 

5 other risks to the research enterprise; 

6 (C) examples of beneficial international col7 laborations and how such collaborations differ 

8 from foreign government interference efforts that 

9 threaten research integrity; 

10 (D) promising practices for mitigating se11 curity risks that threaten research integrity; and 

12 (E) additional reference materials, includ13 ing tools that assist organizations seeking Foun14 dation funding and awardees in information 

15 disclosure to the Foundation. 

16 (5) RISK ASSESSMENT CENTER.—The Director 

17 shall enter into an agreement with a qualified inde18 pendent organization to create a new risk assessment 

19 center to— 

20 (A) help the Foundation develop the online 

21 resources under paragraph (4); and 

22 (B) help awardees in assessing and identi23 fying issues related to nondisclosure of current 

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1 that may negatively affect the Foundation pro2 posal and award process due to undue foreign 

3 interference. 

4 (6) RESEARCH GRANTS.—The Director shall con5 tinue to award grants, on a competitive basis, to in6 stitutions of higher education or non-profit organiza7 tions (or consortia of such institutions or organiza8 tions) to support research on the conduct of research 

9 and the research environment, including research on 

10 research misconduct or breaches of research integrity 

11 and detrimental research practices. 

12 (7) AUTHORITIES.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to existing 

14 authorities for preventing waste, fraud, abuse, 

15 and mismanagement of federal funds, the Direc16 tor, acting through the Office of Research Secu17 rity and Policy and in coordination with the 

18 Foundation’s Office of Inspector General, shall 

19 have the authority to— 

20 (i) conduct risk assessments, including 

21 through the use of open-source analysis and 

22 analytical tools, of research and develop23 ment award applications and disclosures to 

24 the Foundation, in coordination with the 


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1 Risk Assessment Center established in para2 graph (5); 

3 (ii) request the submission to the Foun4 dation, by an institution of higher edu5 cation or other organization applying for a 

6 research and development award, of sup7 porting documentation, including copies of 

8 contracts, grants, or any other agreement 

9 specific to foreign appointments, employ10 ment with a foreign institution, participa11 tion in a foreign talent program and other 

12 information reported as current and pend13 ing support for all covered individuals in a 

14 research and development award applica15 tion; and 

16 (iii) upon receipt and review of the in17 formation provided under clause (ii) and in 

18 consultation with the institution of higher 

19 education or other organization submitting 

20 such information, initiate the substitution 

21 or removal of a covered individual from a 

22 research and development award, reduce the 

23 award funding amount, or suspend or ter24 minate the award if the Director determines 


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1 such contracts, grants, or agreements in2 clude obligations that— 

3 (I) interfere with the capacity for 

4 Foundation-supported activities to be 

5 carried out; or 

6 (II) create duplication with Foun7 dation-supported activities. 

8 (B) LIMITATIONS.—In exercising the au9 thorities under this paragraph, the Director 

10 shall— 

11 (i) take necessary steps, as practicable, 

12 to protect the privacy of all covered individ13 uals and other parties involved in the ap14 plication and disclosure assessments under 

15 clause (A)(i); 

16 (ii) endeavor to provide justification 

17 for requests for supporting documentation 

18 made under clause (A)(ii); 

19 (iii) require that allegations be proven 

20 by a preponderance of evidence; and 

21 (iv) as practicable, afford subjects an 

22 opportunity to provide comments and rebut23 tal and an opportunity to appeal before 

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1 (8) MALIGN FOREIGN TALENT RECRUITMENT

2 PROGRAM PROHIBITION.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 

4 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

5 the Director shall establish a requirement that, 

6 as part of an application for a research and de7 velopment award from the agency— 

8 (i) each covered individual listed on 

9 the application for a research and develop10 ment award certify that they are not an ac11 tive participant of a malign foreign talent 

12 recruitment program from a foreign coun13 try of concern and will not be a participant 

14 in such a program for the duration of the 

15 award; and 

16 (ii) each institution of higher edu17 cation or other organization applying for 

18 such an award certify that each covered in19 dividual who is employed by the institution 

20 of higher education or other organization 

21 has been made aware of the requirement 

22 under this subsection. 

23 (B) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.— 

24 Each policy developed under subparagraph (A) 

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1 (i) making scholarly presentations re2 garding scientific information not otherwise 

3 controlled under current law; 

4 (ii) participation in international con5 ferences or other international exchanges, 

6 partnerships or programs that involve open 

7 and reciprocal exchange of scientific infor8 mation, and which are aimed at advancing 

9 international scientific understanding; and 

10 (iii) other international activities 

11 deemed appropriate by the Director. 

12 (C) LIMITATION.—The policy developed 

13 under subparagraph (A) shall not apply retro14 actively to research and development awards 

15 made prior to the establishment of the policy by 

16 the Director. 

17 (D) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

18 (i) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term 

19 ‘‘covered individual’’ means the principal 

20 investigator, co-principal investigators, and 

21 any other person at the institution who is 

22 responsible for the design, conduct, or re23 porting of research or educational activities 

24 funded or proposed for funding by the 

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1 (ii) FOREIGN COUNTRY OF CONCERN.— 

2 The term ‘‘foreign country of concern’’ 

3 means the People’s Republic of China, the 

4 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the 

5 Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of 

6 Iran, or any other country deemed to be a 

7 country of concern as determined by the De8 partment of State. 

9 (iii) MALIGN FOREIGN GOVERNMENT

10 TALENT RECRUITMENT PROGRAM.—The 

11 term ‘‘malign foreign government talent re12 cruitment program’’ means any program or 

13 activity that includes compensation, includ14 ing cash, research funding, honorific titles, 

15 promised future compensation, or other 

16 types of remuneration, provided by the for17 eign state or an entity sponsored by the for18 eign state to the targeted individual in ex19 change for the individual transferring 

20 knowledge and expertise to the foreign coun21 try. 

22 (9) SECURITY TRAINING MODULES.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

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1 tional Institutes of Health and other relevant 

2 Federal research agencies, shall enter into an 

3 agreement or contract with a qualified entity for 

4 the development of online research security train5 ing modules for the research community, includ6 ing modules focused on international collabora7 tion and international travel, foreign inter8 ference, and rules for proper use of funds, disclo9 sure, conflict of commitment, and conflict of in10 terest. 

11 (B) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—Prior to enter12 ing into the agreement under clause (A), the Di13 rector shall seek input from academic, private 

14 sector, intelligence, and law enforcement stake15 holders regarding the scope and content of train16 ing modules, including the diversity of needs 

17 across institutions of higher education and other 

18 grantees of different sizes and types, and rec19 ommendations for minimizing administrative 

20 burden on institutions of higher education and 

21 researchers. 

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1 (i) develops modules that can be adapt2 ed and utilized across Federal science agen3 cies; and 

4 (ii) develops and implements a plan 

5 for regularly updating the modules as need6 ed. 

7 (D) GUIDELINES.—The Director, in collabo8 ration with the Director of the National Insti9 tutes of Health, shall develop guidelines for insti10 tutions of higher education and other organiza11 tions receiving Federal research and development 

12 funds to use in developing their own training 

13 programs to address the unique needs, challenges, 

14 and risk profiles of such institutions, including 

15 adoption of training modules developed under 

16 this paragraph. 

17 (E) IMPLEMENTATION.—Drawing on stake18 holder input under subparagraph (B), not later 

19 than 12 months after the date of enactment of 

20 this Act, the Director shall establish a require21 ment that, as part of an application for a re22 search and development award from the Founda23 tion— 

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1 ment award certify that they have com2 pleted research security training that meets 

3 the guidelines developed under clause (D) 

4 within one year of the application; and 

5 (ii) each institution of higher edu6 cation or other organization applying for 

7 such award certify that each covered indi8 vidual who is employed by the institution 

9 or organization and listed on the applica10 tion has been made aware of the require11 ment under this subparagraph. 

12 (F) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

13 (i) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term 

14 ‘‘covered individual’’ means the principal 

15 investigator, co-principal investigators, and 

16 any other person at the institution who is 

17 responsible for the design, conduct, or re18 porting of research or educational activities 

19 funded or proposed for funding by the 

20 Foundation. 

21 (ii) FEDERAL RESEARCH AGENCY.— 

22 The term ‘‘Federal research agency’’ means 

23 any Federal agency with an annual extra24 mural research expenditure of over 

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1 (iii) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

2 AWARD.—The term ‘‘research and develop3 ment award’’ means support provided to an 

4 individual or entity by a Federal research 

5 agency to carry out research and develop6 ment activities, which may include support 

7 in the form of a grant, contract, cooperative 

8 agreement, or other such transaction. The 

9 term does not include a grant, contract, 

10 agreement or other transaction for the pro11 curement of goods or services to meet the ad12 ministrative needs of a Federal research 

13 agency. 

14 (10) RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT IN RESEARCH

15 TRAINING.—Section 7009 of the America Creating 

16 Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in 

17 Technology, Education, and Science Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 1862o-1) is amended by— 

19 (A) striking ‘‘and postdoctoral researchers’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘postdoctoral researchers, faculty, 

21 and other senior personnel’’; and 

22 (B) by inserting before the period at the end 

23 the following ‘‘, including mentor training’’. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Direc3 tor shall enter into an agreement with the Acad4 emies to update the report entitled ‘‘On Being a 

5 Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Re6 search’’ issued by the Academies. The report, as 

7 so updated, shall include— 

8 (i) updated professional standards of 

9 conduct in research; 

10 (ii) promising practices for preventing, 

11 addressing, and mitigating the negative im12 pact of harassment, including sexual har13 assment and gender harassment as defined 

14 in the 2018 Academies report entitled ‘‘Sex15 ual Harassment of Women: Climate, Cul16 ture, and Consequences in Academic 

17 Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’’; and 

18 (iii) promising practices for miti19 gating potential security risks that threaten 

20 research integrity. 

21 (B) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months 

22 after the effective date of the agreement under 

23 subparagraph (A), the Academies, as part of 

24 such agreement, shall submit to the Director and 

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1 nology of the House of Representatives and the 

2 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor3 tation of the Senate the report referred to in such 

4 subparagraph, as updated pursuant to such sub5 paragraph. 

6 (d) RESEARCH ETHICS.— 

7 (1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

8 Congress that— 

9 (A) a number of emerging areas of research 

10 have potential ethical, social, safety, and security 

11 implications that might be apparent as early as 

12 the basic research stage; 

13 (B) the incorporation of ethical, social, safe14 ty, and security considerations into the research 

15 design and review process for Federal awards, 

16 may help mitigate potential harms before they 

17 happen; 

18 (C) the Foundation’s agreement with the 

19 Academies to conduct a study and make rec20 ommendations with respect to governance of re21 search in emerging technologies is a positive step 

22 toward accomplishing this goal; and 

23 (D) the Foundation should continue to work 

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1 research in emerging technologies at every stage 

2 of research. 

3 (2) ETHICS STATEMENTS.—Drawing on stake4 holder input, not later than 18 months after the date 

5 of enactment of this Act, the Director shall amend 

6 award proposal instructions to include a requirement 

7 for an ethics statement to be included as part of any 

8 proposal for funding prior to making the award. 

9 Such statement shall be considered by the Director in 

10 the review of proposals, taking into consideration any 

11 relevant input from the peer-reviewers for the pro12 posal, and shall factor into award decisions as 

13 deemed necessary by the Director. Such statements 

14 may include, as appropriate— 

15 (A) any foreseeable or quantifiable risks to 

16 society, including how the research could enable 

17 products, technologies, or other outcomes that 

18 could intentionally or unintentionally cause sig19 nificant societal harm; 

20 (B) how technical or social solutions can 

21 mitigate such risks and, as appropriate, a plan 

22 to implement such mitigation measures; and 

23 (C) how partnerships and collaborations in 

24 the research can help mitigate potential harm 

25 and amplify potential societal benefits. 


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1 (3) GUIDANCE.—The Director shall solicit stake2 holder input to develop clear guidance on what con3 stitutes a foreseeable or quantifiable risk as described 

4 in paragraph (2)(A), and to the extent practicable 

5 harmonize this policy with existing ethical policies or 

6 related requirements for human subjects. 

7 (4) RESEARCH.—The Director shall award 

8 grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of high9 er education or non-profit organizations (or consortia 

10 of such institutions or organizations) to support— 

11 (A) research to assess the potential ethical 

12 and societal implications of Foundation-sup13 ported research and products or technologies en14 abled by such research, including the benefits 

15 and risks identified pursuant to paragraph 

16 (2)(A); and 

17 (B) the development and verification of ap18 proaches to proactively mitigate foreseeable risks 

19 to society, including the technical and social so20 lutions identified pursuant to paragraph (2)(B). 

21 (5) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Director shall en22 courage awardees to update their ethics statements as 

23 appropriate as part of the annual reports required by 

24 all awardees under the award terms and conditions. 


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1 (e) RESEARCH REPRODUCIBILITY AND

2 REPLICABILITY.—Consistent with existing Federal law for 

3 privacy, intellectual property, and security, the Director 

4 shall facilitate the public access to research products, in5 cluding data, software, and code, developed as part of Foun6 dation-supported projects. 

7 (1) DATA MANAGEMENT PLANS.— 

8 (A) The Director shall require that every 

9 proposal for funding for research include a ma10 chine-readable data management plan that in11 cludes a description of how the awardee will ar12 chive and preserve public access to data, soft13 ware, and code developed as part of the proposed 

14 project. 

15 (B) In carrying out the requirement in sub16 paragraph (A), the Director shall— 

17 (i) provide necessary resources, includ18 ing trainings and workshops, to educate re19 searchers and students on how to develop 

20 and review high quality data management 

21 plans; 

22 (ii) ensure program officers and merit 

23 review panels are equipped with the re24 sources and training necessary to review the 

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1 (iii) ensure program officers and merit 

2 review panels treat data management plans 

3 as essential elements of grant proposals, 

4 where appropriate. 

5 (2) OPEN REPOSITORIES.—The Director shall— 

6 (A) coordinate with the heads of other Fed7 eral science agencies, and solicit input from the 

8 scientific community, to develop and widely dis9 seminate a set of criteria for trusted open reposi10 tories, accounting for discipline-specific needs 

11 and necessary protections for sensitive informa12 tion, to be used by Federally funded researchers 

13 for the sharing of data, software, and code; 

14 (B) work with stakeholders to identify sig15 nificant gaps in available repositories meeting 

16 the criteria developed under subparagraph (A) 

17 and options for supporting the development of 

18 additional or enhanced repositories; 

19 (C) award grants on a competitive basis to 

20 institutions of higher education or non-profit or21 ganizations (or consortia of such institutions or 

22 organizations) for the development, upgrades, 

23 and maintenance of open data repositories that 

24 meet the criteria developed under subparagraph 

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1 (D) work with stakeholders and build on ex2 isting models, where appropriate, to establish a 

3 single, public, web-based point of access to help 

4 users locate repositories storing data, software, 

5 and code resulting from or used in Foundation6 supported projects; 

7 (E) work with stakeholders to establish the 

8 necessary policies and procedures and allocate 

9 the necessary resources to ensure, as practicable, 

10 data underlying published findings resulting 

11 from Foundation-supported projects are depos12 ited in repositories meeting the criteria developed 

13 under subparagraph (A) at the time of publica14 tion; 

15 (F) incentivize the deposition of data, soft16 ware, and code into repositories that meet the 

17 criteria developed under subparagraph (A); and 

18 (G) coordinate with the scientific publishing 

19 community to develop uniform consensus stand20 ards around data archiving and sharing. 

21 (3) RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND EDU22 CATION.—The Director shall award grants, on a com23 petitive basis to institutions of higher education or 

24 non-profit organizations (or consortia of such institu25 tions or organizations) to— 


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1 (A) support research and development of 

2 open source, sustainable, usable tools and infra3 structure that support reproducibility for a 

4 broad range of studies across different dis5 ciplines; 

6 (B) support research on computational re7 producibility, including the limits of reproduc8 ibility and the consistency of computational re9 sults in the development of new computation 

10 hardware, tools, and methods; and 

11 (C) support the education and training of 

12 students, faculty, and researchers on computa13 tional methods, tools, and techniques to improve 

14 the quality and sharing of data, code, and sup15 porting metadata to produce reproducible re16 search. 

17 (f) CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall award 

19 grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of high20 er education or non-profit organizations (or consortia 

21 of such institutions or organizations) to support re22 search to improve our understanding of the climate 

23 system and related human and environmental sys24 tems. 


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1 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Activities funded by a 

2 grant under this subsection may include— 

3 (A) fundamental research on climate 

4 forcings, feedbacks, responses, and thresholds in 

5 the earth system, including impacts on and con6 tributions from local and regional systems; 

7 (B) research on climate-related human be8 haviors and institutions; 

9 (C) research on climate-related risk, vulner10 ability, resilience, and adaptive capacity of cou11 pled human-environment systems, including 

12 risks to ecosystem stability and risks to vulner13 able populations; 

14 (D) research to support the development 

15 and implementation of effective strategies and 

16 tools for mitigating and adapting to climate 

17 change, including social strategies and research 

18 focused on local level forecasting, impacts, and 

19 challenges; 

20 (E) research on the design, development, 

21 and assessment of effective information and deci22 sion-support systems, including understanding 

23 and developing effective dissemination pathways; 


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1 (F) improved modeling, projections, anal2 yses, and assessments of climate and other Earth 

3 system changes; 

4 (G) research to understand the atmospheric 

5 processes related to solar radiation management 

6 strategies and technologies and examine related 

7 economic, geopolitical, societal, environmental, 

8 and ethical implications, not including research 

9 designed to advance future deployment of these 

10 strategies and technologies. 

11 (H) the development of effective strategies 

12 for educating and training future climate change 

13 researchers, and climate change response and 

14 mitigation professionals, in both research and 

15 development methods, as well as community en16 gagement and science communication; 

17 (I) the development of effective strategies for 

18 public and community engagement in the all 

19 stages of the research and development process; 

20 and 

21 (J) partnerships with other agencies to ad22 dress climate related challenges for specific agen23 cy missions. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall award 

2 grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of high3 er education or non-profit organizations (or consortia 

4 of such institutions or organizations) to support re5 search to improve our understanding of the nature, 

6 scope, causes, consequences, prevention, and response 

7 to all forms of violence. 

8 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Activities funded by a 

9 grant under this subsection may include— 

10 (A) research on the magnitude and distribu11 tion of fatal and nonfatal violence; 

12 (B) research on risk and protective factors; 

13 (C) research on the design, development, im14 plementation, and evaluation of interventions for 

15 preventing and responding to violence; 

16 (D) research on scaling up effective inter17 ventions; and 

18 (E) one or more interdisciplinary research 

19 centers to conduct violence research, foster new 

20 and expanded collaborations, and support capac21 ity building activities to increase the number 

22 and diversity of new researchers trained in cross23 disciplinary violence research. 

24 (h) SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND ECONOMIC

25 SCIENCES.—The Director shall— 


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1 (1) actively communicate opportunities and so2 licit proposals for social, behavioral, and economic 

3 science researchers to participate in cross-cutting and 

4 interdisciplinary programs, including the Conver5 gence Accelerator and Big Ideas activities, and the 

6 Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure program; and 

7 (2) ensure social, behavioral, and economic 

8 science researchers are represented on relevant merit 

9 review panels for such activities. 

10 (i) MEASURING IMPACTS OF FEDERALLY FUNDED

11 R&D.——The Director shall award grants on a competi12 tive, merit-reviewed basis to institutions of higher education 

13 or non-profit organizations (or consortia of such institu14 tions or organizations) to support research and development 

15 of data, models, indicators, and associated analytical tools 

16 to improve our understanding of the impacts of Federally 

17 funded research on society, the economy, and the workforce, 

18 including domestic job creation. 

19 (j) FOOD-ENERGY-WATER RESEARCH.—The Director 

20 shall award grants on a competitive basis to institutions 

21 of higher education or non-profit organizations (or con22 sortia of such institutions or organizations) to— 

23 (1) support research to significantly advance our 

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1 through quantitative and computational modeling, 

2 including support for relevant cyberinfrastructure; 

3 (2) develop real-time, cyber-enabled interfaces 

4 that improve understanding of the behavior of food5 energy-water systems and increase decision support 

6 capability; 

7 (3) support research that will lead to innovative 

8 solutions to critical food-energy-water system prob9 lems; and 

10 (4) grow the scientific workforce capable of 

11 studying and managing the food-energy-water system, 

12 through education and other professional development. 

13 (k) BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATIONS AND MARINE LAB14 ORATORIES.—The Director shall continue to support en15 hancing, repairing and maintaining research instrumenta16 tion, laboratories, telecommunications and housing at bio17 logical field stations and marine laboratories. 

18 (l) SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND EDU19 CATION.—In accordance with section 263 of the National 

20 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, the Direc21 tor shall carry out activities in support of sustainable chem22 istry, including— 

23 (1) establishing a program to award grants, on 

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1 cation or non-profit organizations (or consortia of 

2 such institutions or organizations) to support— 

3 (A) individual investigators and teams of 

4 investigators, including to the extent practicable, 

5 early career investigators for research and devel6 opment; 

7 (B) collaborative research and development 

8 partnerships among universities, industry, and 

9 non-profit organizations; and 

10 (C) integrating sustainable chemistry prin11 ciples into elementary, secondary, under12 graduate, and graduate chemistry and chemical 

13 engineering curriculum and research training, 

14 as appropriate to that level of education and 

15 training; and 

16 (2) incorporating sustainable chemistry into ex17 isting Foundation research and development pro18 grams. 

19 (m) RISK AND RESILIENCE RESEARCH.—The Director 

20 shall award grants on a competitive basis to institutions 

21 of higher education or non-profit organizations (or con22 sortia of such institutions or organizations) to advance 

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1 vancing data analytics and utilization of artificial intel2 ligence, for increased resilience through— 

3 (1) improvements in our ability to understand, 

4 model, and predict extreme events and natural haz5 ards, including pandemics; 

6 (2) the creation of novel engineered systems solu7 tions for resilient complex infrastructures, particu8 larly those that address critical interdependence 

9 among infrastructures and leverage the growing infu10 sion of cyber-physical-social components into the in11 frastructures; 

12 (3) development of equipment and instrumenta13 tion for innovation in resilient engineered infrastruc14 tures; 

15 (4) multidisciplinary research on the behaviors 

16 individuals and communities engage in to detect, per17 ceive, understand, predict, assess, mitigate, and pre18 vent risks and to improve and increase resilience. 

19 (5) advancements in multidisciplinary wildfire 

20 science, including those related to air quality impacts, 

21 human behavior, and early detection and warning; 

22 and 

23 (n) UAV TECHNOLOGIES.—The Director shall carry 

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1 prize competition pursuant to section 24 of the Stevenson2 Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 

3 3719) and support for undergraduate and graduate cur4 riculum development. 

5 (o) LEVERAGING INTERNATIONAL EXPERTISE IN RE6 SEARCH.—The Director shall explore and advance opportu7 nities for leveraging international capabilities and re8 sources that align with the Foundation and United States 

9 research community priorities and have the potential to 

10 benefit United States prosperity, security, health, and well11 being, including through binational research and develop12 ment organizations and foundations and by sending teams 

13 of Foundation scientific staff for site visits of scientific fa14 cilities and agencies in other countries. 

15 (p) BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH COLLECTIONS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall continue to 

17 support databases, tools, methods, and other activities 

18 that secure and improve existing physical and digital 

19 biological research collections, improve the accessi20 bility of collections and collection-related data for re21 search and educational purposes, develop capacity for 

22 curation and collection management, and to transfer 

23 ownership of collections that are significant to the bi24 ological research community, including to museums 

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1 (2) SPECIMEN MANAGEMENT PLAN.—In consulta2 tion with other relevant Federal science agencies, the 

3 Director shall require that every proposal for funding 

4 for research that involves collecting or generating 

5 specimens include a specimen management plan that 

6 includes a description of how the specimens and asso7 ciated data will be accessioned into and permanently 

8 maintained in an established biological collection. 

9 (3) ACTION CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL COLLEC10 TIONS.—The Director shall award grants on a com11 petitive basis to institutions of higher education or 

12 non-profit organizations (or consortia of such institu13 tions or organizations) to establish an Action Center 

14 for Biological Collections to facilitate coordination 

15 and data sharing among communities of practice for 

16 research, education, workforce training, evaluation, 

17 and business model development. 

18 (q) CLEAN WATER RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY AC19 CELERATION.—The Director shall award grants on a com20 petitive, merit-reviewed basis to institutions of higher edu21 cation or non-profit organizations (or consortia of such in22 stitutions or organizations) to— 

23 (1) support transdisciplinary research to signifi24 cantly advance our understanding of water avail25 ability, quality, and dynamics and the impact of 


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1 human activity and a changing climate on urban 

2 and rural water and wastewater systems; 

3 (2) develop, pilot and deploy innovative tech4 nologies, systems, and other approaches to identifying 

5 and addressing challenges that affect water avail6 ability, quality, and security, including through di7 rect engagement with affected communities and part8 nerships with the private sector, State, tribal, and 

9 local governments, non-profit organizations and water 

10 management professionals; and 

11 (3) grow the scientific workforce capable of 

12 studying and managing water and wastewater sys13 tems, through education, training, and other profes14 sional development. 

15 (r) TECHNOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE RE16 SEARCH.—The Director shall award grants on a merit17 based, competitive basis for research to— 

18 (1) increase understanding of social media and 

19 consumer technology access and use patterns and re20 lated psychological and behavioral issues, particularly 

21 for adolescents; and 

22 (2) explore the role of social media and consumer 

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1 ticularly for communities experiencing long-term eco2 nomic distress. 

3 (s) MANUFACTURING RESEARCH AMENDMENT.—Sec4 tion 506(a) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization 

5 Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 1862p–1(a)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (2) in paragraph (6)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘virtual man10 ufacturing’’; and 

11 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

12 inserting ‘‘; and artificial intelligence and ma13 chine learning;’’; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(7) additive manufacturing, including new ma16 terial designs, complex materials, rapid printing tech17 niques, and real-time process controls; and 

18 ‘‘(8) continuous manufacturing of biological 

19 products and similar innovating monitoring and con20 trol techniques.’’. 

21 (t) CRITICAL MINERALS MINING RESEARCH AND DE22 VELOPMENT.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 

24 Science Foundation shall award grants, on a com25 petitive basis, to institutions of higher education or 


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1 nonprofit organizations (or consortium of such insti2 tutions or organizations) to support basic research 

3 that will accelerate innovation to advance critical 

4 minerals mining strategies and technologies for the 

5 purpose of making better use of domestic resources 

6 and eliminating national reliance on minerals and 

7 mineral materials that are subject to supply disrup8 tions. 

9 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Activities funded by a 

10 grant under this subsection may include— 

11 (A) advancing mining research and devel12 opment activities to develop new mapping and 

13 mining technologies and techniques, including 

14 advanced critical mineral extraction, production, 

15 separation, alloying, or processing techniques 

16 and technologies that can decrease energy inten17 sity, potential environmental impact and costs of 

18 those activities; 

19 (B) conducting long-term earth observation 

20 of reclaimed mine sites, including the study of 

21 the evolution of microbial diversity at such sites; 

22 (C) examining the application of artificial 

23 intelligence for geological exploration of critical 

24 minerals, including what the size and diversity 

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1 (D) examining the application of machine 

2 learning for detection and sorting of critical 

3 minerals, including what the size and diversity 

4 of data sets would be required; 

5 (E) conducting detailed isotope studies of 

6 critical minerals and the development of more 

7 refined geologic models; 

8 (F) improved understanding of the geologi9 cal and geochemical processes through which 

10 critical minerals form and are concentrated into 

11 economically viable deposits; or 

12 (G) providing training and researcher op13 portunities to undergraduate and graduate stu14 dents to prepare the next generation of mining 

15 engineers and researchers. 

16 (3) EXISTING PROGRAMS.—The Director shall 

17 ensure awards made under this subsection are com18 plementary and not duplicative of existing programs 

19 across the foundation and Federal Government. 

20 (u) STUDY OF AI RESEARCH CAPACITY.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 

22 Science Foundation shall conduct a study, or support 

23 the development of a study through the Science and 

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1 artificial intelligence research capacity at U.S. insti2 tutions of higher education. 

3 (2) STUDY CONTENTS.—The Director shall en4 sure that, at a minimum, the study under subsection 

5 (a) addresses the following topics: 

6 (A) Which universities are putting out sig7 nificant peer-reviewed artificial intelligence re8 search, including based on quantity and number 

9 of citations. 

10 (B) For each of the universities described in 

11 paragraph (1), what specific factors enable their 

12 AI research, including computing power, data 

13 sets and availability, specialized curriculum, 

14 and industry and other partnerships. 

15 (C) How universities not included in para16 graph (1) could implement the factors in para17 graph (2) to produce AI research, as well as case 

18 studies that universities can look to as examples 

19 and potential pilot programs that the Federal 

20 Government could develop or support to help 

21 universities produce AI research. 

22 (3) WORKSHOPS.—The Director may support 

23 workshops to help inform the study required under 

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1 (4) PUBLICATION.—The Director shall ensure 

2 that the study carried out under this subsection is 

3 made publicly available not later than 12 months 

4 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

5 (v) ADVANCING IOT FOR PRECISION AGRICULTURE.— 

6 (1) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION DIRECTIVE

7 ON AGRICULTURAL SENSOR RESEARCH.—In awarding 

8 grants under its sensor systems and networked sys9 tems programs, the Director shall include in consider10 ation of portfolio balance research and development 

11 on sensor connectivity in environments of intermit12 tent connectivity and intermittent computation— 

13 (A) to improve the reliable use of advance 

14 sensing systems in rural and agricultural areas; 

15 and 

16 (B) that considers— 

17 (i) direct gateway access for locally 

18 stored data; 

19 (ii) attenuation of signal transmission; 

20 (iii) loss of signal transmission; and 

21 (iv) at-scale performance for wireless 

22 power. 

23 (2) UPDATING CONSIDERATIONS FOR PRECISION

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1 of the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 

2 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1862i) is amended in subsection 

3 (e)(3)— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

5 after the semicolon; 

6 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

7 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(E) applications that incorporate distance 

10 learning tools and approaches.’’. 

11 (3) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than 18 months 

12 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp13 troller General of the United States shall provide— 

14 (A) a technology assessment of precision ag15 riculture technologies, such as the existing use 

16 of— 

17 (i) sensors, scanners, radio-frequency 

18 identification, and related technologies that 

19 can monitor soil properties, irrigation con20 ditions, and plant physiology; 

21 (ii) sensors, scanners, radio-frequency 

22 identification, and related technologies that 

23 can monitor livestock activity and health; 

24 (iii) network connectivity and wireless 

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1 digital agriculture technologies in rural and 

2 remote areas; 

3 (iv) aerial imagery generated by sat4 ellites or unmanned aerial vehicles; 

5 (v) ground-based robotics; 

6 (vi) control systems design and 

7 connectivity, such as smart irrigation con8 trol systems; 

9 (vii) Global Positioning System-based 

10 applications; and 

11 (viii) data management software and 

12 advanced analytics that can assist decision 

13 making and improve agricultural outcomes; 

14 and 

15 (B) a review of Federal programs that pro16 vide support for precision agriculture research, 

17 development, adoption, education, or training, in 

18 existence on the date of enactment of this Act. 

19 (w) ASTRONOMY AND SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS.— 

20 The Director shall support research into and the design, de21 velopment, and testing of mitigation measures to address 

22 the impact of satellite constellations on Foundation sci23 entific programs by— 

24 (1) awarding grants on a competitive basis to 

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1 constellations on ground-based optical, infrared, and 

2 radio astronomy, including through existing pro3 grams such Spectrum and Wireless Innovation en4 abled by Future Technologies (SWIFT) and the Spec5 trum Innovation Initiative; 

6 (2) supporting research on satellite impacts and 

7 benefits and mitigation strategies to be carried out at 

8 one or more Foundation supported Federally Funded 

9 Research and Development Centers or large facilities, 

10 as appropriate; and 

11 (3) supporting workshops related to the impact 

12 of satellite constellations on scientific research and 

13 how those constellations could be used to improve sci14 entific research. 

15 SEC. 8. RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE. 

16 (a) FACILITY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall continue 

18 the Facility Operation Transition pilot program for 

19 a total of five years. 

20 (2) COST SHARING.—The Facility Operation 

21 Transition program shall provide funding for 10–50 

22 percent of the operations and maintenance costs for 

23 major research facilities that are within the first five 

24 years of operation, where the share is determined 

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1 (A) the operations and maintenance costs of 

2 the major research facility; and 

3 (B) the capacity of the managing direc4 torate or division to absorb such costs. 

5 (3) REPORT.—After the fifth year of the pilot 

6 program, the Director shall transmit a report to Con7 gress that includes— 

8 (A) an assessment, that includes feedback 

9 from the research community, of the effectiveness 

10 of the pilot program for— 

11 (i) supporting research directorates 

12 and divisions in balancing investments in 

13 research grants and funding for the initial 

14 operation and maintenance of major facili15 ties; 

16 (ii) incentivizing the development of 

17 new world-class facilities; 

18 (iii) facilitating interagency and inter19 national partnerships; 

20 (iv) funding core elements of multi-dis21 ciplinary facilities; and 

22 (v) supporting facility divestment 

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1 (b) REVIEWS.—The Director shall periodically carry 

2 out reviews within each of the directorates and divisions 

3 to assess the cost and benefits of extending the operations 

4 of research facilities that have exceeded their planned oper5 ational lifespan. 

6 (c) HELIUM CONSERVATION.— 

7 (1) MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION SUP8 PORT.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall sup10 port, through the Major Research Instrumenta11 tion program, proposal requests that include the 

12 purchase, installation, operation, and mainte13 nance of equipment and instrumentation to re14 duce consumption of helium. 

15 (B) COST SHARING.—The Director may 

16 waive the cost-sharing requirement for helium 

17 conservation measures for non-Ph.D.-granting 

18 institutions of higher education and Ph.D.-grant19 ing institutions of higher education that are not 

20 ranked among the top 100 institutions receiving 

21 Federal research and development funding, as 

22 documented by the National Center for Science 

23 and Engineering Statistics. 

24 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—No later than 1 year 

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1 for the subsequent two years, the Director shall submit 

2 an annual report to Congress on the use of funding 

3 awarded by the Foundation for the purchase and con4 servation of helium. The report should include— 

5 (A) the volume and price of helium pur6 chased; 

7 (B) changes in pricing and availability of 

8 helium; and 

9 (C) any supply disruptions impacting a 

10 substantial number of institutions. 

11 (d) ADVANCED COMPUTING.— 

12 (1) COMPUTING NEEDS.—To gather information 

13 about the computational needs of Foundation-funded 

14 projects, the Director shall require grant proposals 

15 submitted to the Foundation, as appropriate, to in16 clude estimates of computational resource needs for 

17 projects that require use of advanced computing. The 

18 Director shall encourage and provide access to tools 

19 that facilitate the inclusion of these measures, includ20 ing those identified in the 2016 Academies report en21 titled ‘‘Future Directions for NSF Advanced Com22 puting Infrastructure to Support U.S. Science and 

23 Engineering in 2017–2020’’. 

24 (2) REPORTS.—The Director shall document and 

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1 and types of advanced computing capabilities that 

2 are needed to fully meet the Foundation’s project 

3 needs as identified under paragraph (1). 

4 (3) ROADMAP.—To set priorities and guide stra5 tegic decisions regarding investments in advanced 

6 computing capabilities, the Director shall develop, 

7 publish, and regularly update a 5-year advanced 

8 computing roadmap that— 

9 (A) describes the advanced computing re10 sources and capabilities that would fully meet 

11 anticipated project needs, including through in12 vestments in the Mid-Scale Research Infrastruc13 ture program and the Major Research Equip14 ment and Facilities Construction account; 

15 (B) draws on community input, informa16 tion contained in research proposals, allocation 

17 requests, insights from Foundation-funded cyber18 infrastructure operators, and Foundation-wide 

19 information gathering regarding community 

20 needs; 

21 (C) considers computational needs of 

22 planned major facilities; 

23 (D) reflects anticipated technology trends; 

24 (E) informs users and potential partners 

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1 (F) addresses the needs of groups histori2 cally underrepresented in STEM and geographic 

3 regions with low availability and high demand 

4 for advanced computing resources; 

5 (G) considers how Foundation-supported 

6 advanced computing capabilities can be lever7 aged for activities through the Directorate for 

8 Science and Engineering Solutions; and 

9 (H) provides an update to Congress about 

10 the level of funding necessary to fully meet com11 putational resource needs for the research com12 munity. 

13 (4) SECURING AMERICAN RESEARCH FROM

14 CYBER THEFT.— 

15 (A) NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECH16 NOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UP17 DATE.—Section 101(a)(1) of the High-Perform18 ance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511) is 

19 amended— 

20 (i) by moving the margins of subpara21 graphs (D) and (J) through (O) two ems to 

22 the left; 

23 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

24 (J) through (O) as subparagraphs (K) 

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1 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

2 (I) the following: 

3 ‘‘(J) provide for improving the security, reli4 ability, and resiliency of computing and networking 

5 systems used by institutions of higher education and 

6 other nonprofit research institutions for the proc7 essing, storage and transmission of sensitive federally 

8 funded research and associated data;’’. 

9 (B) COMPUTING ENCLAVE PILOT PRO10 GRAM.— 

11 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 

12 National Science Foundation, in consulta13 tion with the Director of the National Insti14 tute of Standards and Technology and the 

15 Secretary of Energy, shall establish a pilot 

16 program to award grants to ensure the secu17 rity of federally-supported research data 

18 and to assist regional institutions of higher 

19 education and their researchers in compli20 ance with regulations regarding the safe21 guarding of sensitive information and other 

22 relevant regulations and Federal guidelines. 

23 (ii) STRUCTURE.—In carrying out the 

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1 stitutions of higher education from among 

2 institutions classified under the Indiana 

3 University Center for Postsecondary Re4 search Carnegie Classification as a doc5 torate-granting university with a very high 

6 level of research activity, and with a history 

7 of working with secure information for the 

8 development, installation, maintenance, or 

9 sustainment of secure computing enclaves. 

10 (iii) REGIONALIZATION.— 

11 (I) IN GENERAL.—In selecting 

12 universities pursuant to clause (ii), the 

13 Director shall give preference to insti14 tutions of higher education with the ca15 pability of serving other regional uni16 versities. 

17 (II) GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSAL.— 

18 The enclaves should be geographically 

19 dispersed to better meet the needs of re20 gional interests. 

21 (iv) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The Direc22 tor shall work with institutions of higher 

23 education selected pursuant to clause (ii) 

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1 (I) develop an approved design 

2 blueprint for compliance with Federal 

3 data protection protocols; 

4 (II) develop a comprehensive and 

5 confidential list, or a bill of materials, 

6 of each binary component of the soft7 ware, firmware, or product that is re8 quired to deploy additional secure com9 puting enclaves; 

10 (III) develop templates for all 

11 policies and procedures required to op12 erate the secure computing enclave in a 

13 research setting; 

14 (IV) develop a system security 

15 plan template; and 

16 (V) develop a process for man17 aging a plan of action and milestones 

18 for the secure computing enclave. 

19 (v) DURATION.—Subject to other avail20 ability of appropriations, the pilot program 

21 established pursuant to clause (i) shall oper22 ate for not less than 3 years. 

23 (vi) REPORT.— 

24 (I) IN GENERAL.—The Director of 

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1 report to Congress not later than 6 

2 months after the completion of the pilot 

3 program under clause (i). 

4 (II) CONTENTS.—The report re5 quired under subclause (I) shall in6 clude— 

7 (aa) an assessment of the 

8 pilot program under clause (i), 

9 including an assessment of the se10 curity benefits provided by such 

11 secure computing enclaves; 

12 (bb) recommendations related 

13 to the value of expanding the net14 work of secure computing en15 claves; and 

16 (cc) recommendations on the 

17 efficacy of the use of secure com18 puting enclaves by other Federal 

19 agencies in a broader effort to ex20 pand security of Federal research. 

21 (vii) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA22 TIONS.—There is authorized to be appro23 priated to the Director, $38,000,000 for fis24 cal years 2022 through 2024, to carry out 

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1 (e) NATIONAL SECURE DATA SERVICE.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in consultation 

3 with the Chief Statistician of the United States, shall 

4 establish a demonstration project to develop, refine 

5 and test models to inform the full implementation of 

6 the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking rec7 ommendation for a government-wide data linkage 

8 and access infrastructure for statistical activities con9 ducted for statistical purposes, as defined in chapter 

10 35 of title 44, United States Code. 

11 (2) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year 

12 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 

13 shall establish a National Secure Data Service dem14 onstration project. The National Secure Data Service 

15 demonstration project shall be— 

16 (A) aligned with the principles, best prac17 tices, and priority actions recommended by the 

18 Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence 

19 Building, to the extent feasible; and 

20 (B) operated directly by or via a contract 

21 that is managed by the National Center for 

22 Science and Engineering Statistics. 

23 (3) DATA.—In carrying out this subsection, the 

24 Director shall engage with Federal and State agencies 

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1 statistical data in the United States and other na2 tions to support governmentwide evidence-building 

3 activities consistent with the Foundations for Evi4 dence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018. 

5 (4) PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY PROTEC6 TIONS.—If the Director issues a management contract 

7 under paragraph (2), the awardee shall be designated 

8 as an ‘‘agent’’ under chapter 35 of title 44, United 

9 States Code, subchapter III, section 3561 et seq., with 

10 all requirements and obligations for protecting con11 fidential information delineated in the Confidential 

12 Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

13 of 2018 and the Privacy Act of 1974. 

14 (5) TECHNOLOGY.—In carrying out this sub15 section, the Director shall consider application and 

16 use of systems and technologies that incorporate pro17 tection measures to reasonably ensure confidential 

18 data and statistical products are protected in accord19 ance with obligations under chapter 35 of title 44, 

20 United States Code, subchapter III, section 3561 et 

21 seq., including systems and technologies that ensure 

22 raw data and other sensitive inputs are not accessible 

23 to recipients of statistical outputs from the National 

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1 (6) TRANSPARENCY.—The National Secure Data 

2 Service established under paragraph (2) shall main3 tain a public website with up-to-date information on 

4 supported projects. 

5 (7) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the National Secure 

7 Data Service demonstration project established under 

8 paragraph (2) shall submit a report to Congress that 

9 includes— 

10 (A) a description of policies for protecting 

11 data, consistent with applicable federal law; 

12 (B) a comprehensive description of all com13 pleted or active data linkage activities and 

14 projects; 

15 (C) an assessment of the effectiveness of the 

16 demonstration project for mitigating risks and 

17 removing barriers to a sustained implementation 

18 of the National Secure Data Service as rec19 ommended by the Commission on Evidence20 Based Policymaking; and 

21 (D) if deemed effective by the Director, a 

22 plan for scaling up the demonstration project to 

23 facilitate data access for evidence building while 

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1 (8) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Direc3 tor to carry out this subsection $9,000,000 for each of 

4 fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 

5 SEC. 9. DIRECTORATE FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SO6 LUTIONS. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to the availability of 

8 appropriated funds, there is established within the Founda9 tion the Directorate for Science and Engineering Solutions 

10 to advance research and development solutions to address 

11 societal and national challenges for the benefit of all Ameri12 cans. 

13 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Directorate estab14 lished under subsection (a) is to support use-inspired re15 search, accelerate the translation of Foundation-supported 

16 fundamental research and to advance technologies, facilitate 

17 commercialization and use of Federally funded research, 

18 and expand the pipeline of United States students and re19 searchers in areas of societal and national importance. 

20 (c) ACTIVITIES.—The Director shall achieve the pur21 poses described in subsection (b) by awarding financial as22 sistance through the Directorate to— 

23 (1) support transformational advances in use-in24 spired and translational research through diverse 


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1 funding mechanisms and models, including conver2 gence accelerators; 

3 (2) translate research into science and engineer4 ing innovations, including through developing inno5 vative approaches to connect research with societal 

6 outcomes, developing approaches to technology trans7 fer that do not rely only on traditional market and 

8 commercialization tools, education and training for 

9 students and researchers on engaging with end users 

10 and the public, partnerships that facilitate research 

11 uptake, application, and scaling, prototype develop12 ment, entrepreneurial education, developing tech-to13 market strategies, and partnerships that connect re14 search products to businesses, accelerators, and incu15 bators and encourage the formation and growth of 

16 new companies; 

17 (3) develop and expand sustainable and mutu18 ally-beneficial use-inspired and translational research 

19 and development partnerships and collaborations 

20 among institutions of higher education, including mi21 nority serving institutions and emerging research in22 stitutions, non-profit organizations, labor organiza23 tions, businesses and other for-profit entities, Federal 

24 or State agencies, community organizations, other 

25 Foundation directorates, national labs, field stations 


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1 and marine laboratories, international entities as ap2 propriate, binational research and development foun3 dations and funds, excluding foreign entities of con4 cern, and other organizations; 

5 (4) build capacity for use-inspired and 

6 translational research at institutions of higher edu7 cation, including necessary administrative support; 

8 (5) expand opportunities for researchers to con9 tribute to use-inspired and translational research in10 cluding through support for workshops and con11 ferences, targeted incentives and training, and multi12 disciplinary research centers; 

13 (6) support the education, mentoring, and train14 ing of undergraduate students, graduate students, and 

15 postdoctoral researchers in use-inspired and 

16 translational approaches to research and entrepre17 neurship in key focus areas identified under sub18 section (g) through scholarships, fellowships, and 

19 traineeships; 

20 (7) support translational research infrastructure, 

21 including platforms and testbeds, data management 

22 and software tools, and networks and communication 

23 platforms for interactive and collective learning and 

24 information sharing; 


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1 (8) identify social, behavioral, and economic 

2 drivers and consequences of technological innovations; 

3 and 

4 (9) ensure the programmatic work of the Direc5 torate and Foundation incorporates a worker perspec6 tive through participation by labor organizations and 

7 workforce training organizations. 

8 (d) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall appoint an 

10 Assistant Director responsible for the management of 

11 the Directorate established under this section. 

12 (2) TERM LIMIT.—The Assistant Director ap13 pointed under paragraph (1) shall serve a term last14 ing no longer than 4 years. 

15 (3) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Assistant Director 

16 shall be an individual, who by reason of professional 

17 background and experience, is specially qualified to— 

18 (A) advise the Director on all matters per19 taining to use-inspired and translational re20 search, development, and commercialization at 

21 the Foundation, including partnership with the 

22 private sector and other users of Foundation 

23 funded research; and 

24 (B) develop and implement the necessary 

25 policies and procedures to promote a culture of 


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1 use-inspired and translational research within 

2 the Directorate and across the Foundation and 

3 carry out the responsibilities under paragraph 

4 (4). 

5 (4) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of 

6 the Assistant Director shall include— 

7 (A) advising the Director on all matters 

8 pertaining to use-inspired and translational re9 search and development activities at the Founda10 tion, including effective practices for convergence 

11 research; 

12 (B) identifying opportunities for and facili13 tating coordination and collaboration, where ap14 propriate, on use-inspired and translational re15 search, development, commercialization, and so16 cietal application activities— 

17 (i) among the offices, directorates, and 

18 divisions within the Foundation; and 

19 (ii) between the Foundation and stake20 holders in academia, the private sector, in21 cluding non-profit entities, labor organiza22 tions, Federal or State agencies, and inter23 national entities, as appropriate; 

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1 ties supported by other parts of the Foundation 

2 or other relevant Federal agencies; 

3 (D) approving all new programs within the 

4 Directorate; 

5 (E) developing and testing diverse merit-re6 view models and mechanisms for selecting and 

7 providing awards for use-inspired and 

8 translational research and development at dif9 ferent scales, from individual investigator 

10 awards to large multi-institution collaborations; 

11 (F) assessing the success of programs; 

12 (G) administering awards to achieve the 

13 purposes described in subsection (b); and 

14 (H) performing other such duties pertaining 

15 to the purposes in subsection (b) as are required 

16 by the Director. 

17 (5) RELATIONSHIP TO THE DIRECTOR.—The As18 sistant Director shall report to the Director. 

19 (6) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROGRAMS.—No 

20 other directorate within the Foundation shall report 

21 to the Assistant Director. 

22 (e) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the Fed24 eral Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) the Di25 rector shall establish an advisory committee to assess, 


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1 and make recommendations regarding, the activities 

2 carried out under this section. 

3 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The advisory committee 

4 members shall— 

5 (A) be individuals with relevant experience 

6 or expertise, including individuals from industry 

7 and national labs, educators, academic subject 

8 matter experts, including individuals with 

9 knowledge of the technical and social dimensions 

10 of science and technology, technology transfer ex11 perts, labor organizations, and representatives of 

12 civil society, community organizations, and 

13 other nongovernmental organizations; and 

14 (B) consist of at least 10 members broadly 

15 representative of stakeholders, including no less 

16 than 3 members from the private sector, none of 

17 whom shall be an employee of the Federal Gov18 ernment. 

19 (3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Committee shall be 

20 responsible for— 

21 (A) reviewing and evaluating activities car22 ried out under this section; and 

23 (B) assessing the success of the Directorate 

24 in and proposing new strategies for fulfilling the 

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1 (f) EXISTING PROGRAMS.—The Convergence Accel2 erator, the Growing Convergence Research Big Idea, and 

3 any other program, at the discretion of the Director, may 

4 be managed by the Directorate. 

5 (g) FOCUS AREAS.—In consultation with the Assistant 

6 Director, the Board, and other Federal agencies and taking 

7 into account advice under subsection (e), the Director shall 

8 identify, and regularly update, up to 5 focus areas to guide 

9 activities under this section. In selecting such focus areas, 

10 the Director shall consider the following societal challenges: 

11 (1) Climate change and environmental sustain12 ability. 

13 (2) Global competitiveness and domestic job cre14 ation in critical technologies. 

15 (3) Cybersecurity. 

16 (4) National security. 

17 (5) STEM education and workforce. 

18 (6) Social and economic inequality. 

19 (h) TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTES.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may award 

21 grants and cooperative agreements to institutions of 

22 higher education, or consortia thereof, for the plan23 ning, establishment, and support of Technology Re24 search Institutes in key technology areas, as deter25 mined by the Director. 


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1 (2) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under 

2 this section may be used by a Technology Research 

3 Institute to— 

4 (A) conduct fundamental research to ad5 vance innovation in a key technology; 

6 (B) conduct research involving a key tech7 nology to solve challenges with social, economic, 

8 health, scientific, and national security implica9 tions; 

10 (C) further the development, adoption, and 

11 commercialization of innovations in key tech12 nology focus areas, including through partner13 ship with other Federal agencies and Federal 

14 laboratories, industry, including startup compa15 nies, labor organizations, civil society organiza16 tions, and state and local, and Tribal govern17 ments. 

18 (D) develop and manage multi-user research 

19 testbeds and instrumentation for key tech20 nologies; 

21 (E) develop and manage an accessible re22 pository, as appropriate, for research data and 

23 computational models relevant to the relevant 

24 key technology field, consistent with applicable 

25 privacy and intellectual property laws; 


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1 (F) convene national workshops for re2 searchers and other stakeholders in that tech3 nology area; 

4 (G) establish traineeship programs for grad5 uate students who pursue research related to the 

6 technology leading to a masters or doctorate de7 gree by providing funding and other assistance, 

8 and by providing graduate students opportuni9 ties for research experiences in government or in10 dustry related to the students’ studies in that 

11 technology area; 

12 (H) engage in outreach and engagement to 

13 broaden participation in technology research and 

14 education; and 

15 (I) support such other activities that the Di16 rector determines appropriate. 

17 (3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making awards under 

18 this section, the Director may consider the extent to 

19 which the activities proposed— 

20 (A) have the potential to create an innova21 tion ecosystem, or enhance existing ecosystems, to 

22 translate Technology Research Institute research 

23 into applications and products, as appropriate 

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1 (B) support transdisciplinary research and 

2 development across multiple institutions of high3 er education and organizations; 

4 (C) support transdisciplinary education ac5 tivities, including curriculum development, re6 search experiences, and faculty professional de7 velopment across undergraduate, graduate, and 

8 professional academic programs; 

9 (D) involve partnerships with multiple 

10 types of institutions, including emerging re11 search institutions, HBCUs, and minority serv12 ing institutions, and with other Federal agencies, 

13 Federal laboratories, industry, state, local, and 

14 Tribal governments, labor organizations, civil so15 ciety organizations, and other entities that may 

16 use or be affected by the technology; and 

17 (E) include a component that addresses the 

18 ethical, societal, safety, and security implications 

19 relevant to the application of the technology. 

20 (4) DURATION.— 

21 (A) INITIAL PERIOD.—An award under this 

22 section shall be for an initial period of 5 years. 

23 (B) RENEWAL.—An established Technology 

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1 grant, extended funding for periods of 5 years on 

2 a merit-reviewed basis. 

3 (5) APPLICATION.—An institution of higher edu4 cation or consortia thereof seeking financial assist5 ance under this section shall submit to the Director 

6 an application at such time, in such manner, and 

7 containing such information as the Director may re8 quire. 

9 (6) COMPETITIVE, MERIT-REVIEW.—In making 

10 awards under the section, the Director shall— 

11 (A) use a competitive, merit review process 

12 that includes peer review by a diverse group of 

13 individuals with relevant expertise from both the 

14 private and public sectors; and 

15 (B) ensure the focus areas of the Institute 

16 do not substantially and unnecessarily duplicate 

17 the efforts of any other Technology Research In18 stitute or any other similar effort at another 

19 Federal agency. 

20 (7) COLLABORATION.—In making awards under 

21 this section, the Director may collaborate with Fed22 eral departments and agencies whose missions con23 tribute to or are affected by the technology focus area 

24 of the institute. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall award fel2 lowships to Ph.D.-trained scientists and engineers to 

3 help develop leaders capable of maturing promising 

4 ideas and technologies from lab to market and forge 

5 connections between academic research and govern6 ment, industry, and finance. 

7 (2) APPLICATIONS.—An applicant for a fellow8 ship under this subsection shall submit to the Director 

9 an application at such time, in such manner, and 

10 containing such information as the Director may re11 quire. At a minimum, the Director shall require that 

12 applicants 

13 (A) have completed a doctoral degree in a 

14 STEM field no more than 5 years prior to the 

15 data of the application; and 

16 (B) have included in the application a let17 ter of support from the intended host institution 

18 that describes how the fellow will be embedded in 

19 that institution’s research environment. 

20 (3) OUTREACH.—The Director shall conduct pro21 gram outreach to recruit fellowship applicants— 

22 (A) from diverse research institutions; 

23 (B) from all regions of the country; and 

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1 (4) The Director may enter into an agreement 

2 with a third-party entity to administer the fellow3 ships, subject to the provisions of this subsection. 

4 (5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

5 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Director 

6 $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to 

7 carry out the activities outlined in this subsection. 

8 (j) LOW-INCOME SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 

10 Science Foundation (referred to in this section as the 

11 ‘‘Director’’) shall award scholarships to low-income 

12 individuals to enable such individuals to pursue asso13 ciate, undergraduate, or graduate level degrees in 

14 mathematics, engineering, or computer science. 

15 (2) ELIGIBILITY.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive 

17 a scholarship under this section, an individual— 

18 (i) must be a citizen of the United 

19 States, a national of the United States (as 

20 defined in section 1101(a) of title 8), an 

21 alien admitted as a refugee under section 

22 1157 of title 8, or an alien lawfully admit23 ted to the United States for permanent resi24 dence; 


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1 (ii) shall prepare and submit to the 

2 Director an application at such time, in 

3 such manner, and containing such informa4 tion as the Director may require; and 

5 (iii) shall certify to the Director that 

6 the individual intends to use amounts re7 ceived under the scholarship to enroll or 

8 continue enrollment at an institution of 

9 higher education (as defined in section 

10 1001(a) of title 20) in order to pursue an 

11 associate, undergraduate, or graduate level 

12 degree in mathematics, engineering, com13 puter science, or other technology and 

14 science programs designated by the Direc15 tor. 

16 (B) ABILITY.—Awards of scholarships 

17 under this section shall be made by the Director 

18 solely on the basis of the ability of the applicant, 

19 except that in any case in which 2 or more ap20 plicants for scholarships are deemed by the Di21 rector to be possessed of substantially equal abil22 ity, and there are not sufficient scholarships 

23 available to grant one to each of such applicants, 

24 the available scholarship or scholarships shall be 

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1 tend to result in a geographically wide distribu2 tion throughout the United States of recipients’ 

3 places of permanent residence. 

4 (3) SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT AND RENEWAL.—The 

5 amount of a scholarship awarded under this section 

6 shall be determined by the Director. The Director may 

7 renew scholarships for up to 5 years. 

8 (4) AUTHORIZATION.—Of amounts authorized 

9 for the Directorate for Science and Engineering Solu10 tions, $100,000,000 shall be authorized for this pro11 gram. 

12 (k) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available to 

14 carry out this section shall be available for transfer 

15 to other offices, directorates, or divisions within the 

16 Foundation for such use as is consistent with the pur17 poses for which such funds are provided. 

18 (2) PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER FROM OTHER

19 OFFICES.—No funds shall be available for transfer to 

20 the Directorate established under this section from 

21 other offices, directorates, or divisions within the 

22 Foundation. 

23 (l) AUTHORITIES.—In addition to existing authorities 

24 available to the Foundation, the Director may exercise the 


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1 following authorities in carrying out the activities under 

2 this section: 

3 (1) AWARDS.—In carrying out this section, the 

4 Director may provide awards in the form of grants, 

5 contracts, cooperative agreements, cash prizes, and 

6 other transactions. 

7 (2) APPOINTMENTS.—The Director shall have the 

8 authority to make appointments of scientific, engi9 neering, and professional personnel for carrying out 

10 research and development functions which require the 

11 services of specially qualified personnel relating to the 

12 focus areas identified under subsection (g) and such 

13 other areas of national research priorities as the Di14 rector may determine. 

15 (m) ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIETAL CONSIDER16 ATIONS.—The Director shall establish policies regarding en17 gagement with experts in the social dimensions of science 

18 and technology and set up formal avenues for public input, 

19 as appropriate, to ensure that ethical, legal, and societal 

20 considerations are explicitly integrated into the priorities 

21 for the Directorate, including the selection of focus areas 

22 under subsection (g), the award-making process, and 

23 throughout all stages of supported projects. 

24 (n) REPORTS AND ROADMAPS.— 


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1 (1) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Director shall pro2 vide to the relevant authorizing and appropriations 

3 committees of Congress an annual report describing 

4 projects supported by the Directorate during the pre5 vious year. 

6 (2) ROADMAP.—Not later than 1 year after the 

7 date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall pro8 vide to the relevant authorizing and appropriations 

9 committees of Congress a roadmap describing the 

10 strategic vision that the Directorate will use to guide 

11 investment decisions over the following 3 years. 

12 (o) EVALUATION.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—After the Directorate has been 

14 in operation for 6 years, the National Science Board 

15 shall evaluate how well the Directorate is achieving 

16 the purposes identified in subsection (b), including an 

17 assessment of the impact of Directorate activities on 

18 the Foundation’s primary science mission. 

19 (2) INCLUSIONS.—The evaluation shall include— 

20 (A) a recommendation on whether the Di21 rectorate should be continued or terminated; and 

22 (B) a description of lessons learned from 

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1 (3) AVAILABILITY.—On completion of the evalua2 tion, the evaluation shall be made available to Con3 gress and the public. 

4 (p) LIMITATION.—No amounts may be appropriated 

5 for the Directorate for each of fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, 

6 2025, or 2026 unless— 

7 (1) a specific appropriation is made for the Di8 rectorate; and 

9 (2) the amount appropriated for the activities of 

10 the Foundation, other than the activities authorized 

11 under this section, for each such fiscal year exceeds 

12 the amount appropriated for the Foundation for fiscal 

13 year 2021, as adjusted for inflation in accordance 

14 with the Consumer Price Index published by the Bu15 reau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. 

16 SEC. 10. ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS. 

17 (a) SUPPORTING VETERANS IN STEM CAREERS.—Sec18 tion 3(c) of the Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers Act 

19 is amended by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

20 (b) SUNSHINE ACT COMPLIANCE.—Section 15 of the 

21 National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 is 

22 amended— 

23 (1) so that paragraph (3) reads as follows: 

24 ‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE REVIEW.—The Inspector Gen25 eral of the Foundation shall conduct a review of the 


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1 compliance by the Board with the requirements de2 scribed in paragraph (2) as necessary based on a tri3 ennial risk assessment. Any review deemed necessary 

4 shall examine the proposed and actual content of 

5 closed meetings and determine whether the closure of 

6 the meetings was consistent with section 552b of title 

7 5, United States Code.’’; and 

8 (2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and in9 serting the following: 

10 ‘‘(4) MATERIALS RELATING TO CLOSED POR11 TIONS OF MEETING.—To facilitate the risk assessment 

12 required under paragraph (3) of this subsection, and 

13 any subsequent review conducted by the Inspector 

14 General, the Office of the National Science Board 

15 shall maintain the General Counsel’s certificate, the 

16 presiding officer’s statement, and a transcript or re17 cording of any closed meeting, for at least 3 years 

18 after such meeting.’’. 

19 (c) SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INDICATORS REPORT

20 SUBMISSION.—Section 4(j)(1) of the National Science 

21 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(1)) is amended 

22 by striking ‘‘January 15’’ and inserting ‘‘March 15’’. 

23 SEC. 11. PLANNING AND CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS. 

24 Section 602 of the American Innovation and Competi25 tiveness Act (42 U.S.C. 1862s–9) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 

2 (f); and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (d), the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(e) PLANNING AND CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Under the program estab7 lished in section 508 of the America COMPETES Re8 authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 1862p–2) and 

9 the activities authorized under this section, the Direc10 tor shall award grants to eligible entities for planning 

11 and capacity building at institutions of higher edu12 cation. 

13 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this sub14 section, the term ‘eligible entity’ means an institution 

15 of higher education (or a consortium of such institu16 tions) that, according to the data published by the 

17 National Center for Science and Engineering Statis18 tics, is not, on average, among the top 100 institu19 tions in Federal R&D expenditures during the 3 year 

20 period prior to the year of the award. 

21 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—In addition to activities 

22 listed under subsection (c), an eligible entity receiving 

23 a grant under this subsection may use funds to— 

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1 preneurs in residence, and other mentors as re2 quired to accomplish the purpose of this sub3 section; 

4 ‘‘(B) revise institution policies, including 

5 policies related to intellectual property and fac6 ulty entrepreneurship, and taking other nec7 essary steps to implement relevant best practices 

8 for academic technology transfer; 

9 ‘‘(C) develop new local and regional part10 nerships among institutions of higher education 

11 and between institutions of higher education and 

12 private sector entities and other relevant organi13 zations with the purpose of building networks, 

14 expertise, and other capacity to identify prom15 ising research that may have potential market 

16 value and enable researchers to pursue further 

17 development and transfer of their ideas into pos18 sible commercial or other use; 

19 ‘‘(D) develop seminars, courses, and other 

20 educational opportunities for students, post-doc21 toral researchers, faculty, and other relevant staff 

22 at institutions of higher education to increase 

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1 nect students and researchers to relevant re2 sources, including mentors in the private sector; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(E) create and fund competitions to allow 

5 entrepreneurial students and faculty to illustrate 

6 the commercialization potential of their ideas. 

7 ‘‘(4) MINIMUM DURATION AND SIZE OF

8 AWARD.—Grants awarded under this subsection shall 

9 be at least 3 years in duration and $500,000 in total 

10 amount. 

11 ‘‘(5) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity seeking 

12 funding under this subsection shall submit an appli13 cation to the Director of the Foundation at such time, 

14 in such manner, and containing such information 

15 and assurances as such Director may require. The ap16 plication shall include, at a minimum, a description 

17 of how the eligible entity submitting an application 

18 plans to sustain the proposed activities beyond the 

19 duration of the grant. 

20 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

21 From within funds authorized under section 9, there 

22 are authorized to carry out the activities under this 

23 subsection $40 million for each of fiscal years 2022 

24 through 2026.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 51 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2225 

[Report No. 117–73] 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2022, 

Science Foundation, and for other purposes. 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 for the National 

JUNE 28, 2021 

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


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