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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2225 

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 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2022, 2023, 

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

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Foundation 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 adVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:14 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2225.IH H2225

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1 vancing the United States academic research enter2 prise by supporting fundamental research and edu3 cation across science and engineering disciplines. 

4 (2) Discoveries enabled by sustained investment 

5 in fundamental research and the education of the 

6 United States science and engineering workforce 

7 have led to transformational innovations and 

8 spawned new industries. 

9 (3) While the traditional approach to invest10 ment in research has delivered myriad benefits to so11 ciety, a concerted effort is needed to ensure the ben12 efits of federally funded science and engineering are 

13 enjoyed by all Americans. 

14 (4) As countries around the world increase in15 vestments in research and STEM education, United 

16 States global leadership in science and engineering is 

17 eroding, posing significant risks to economic com18 petitiveness, national security, and public well-being. 

19 (5) To address major societal challenges and 

20 sustain United States leadership in innovation, the 

21 Federal Government must increase investments in 

22 research, broaden participation in the STEM work23 force, and bolster collaborations among universities, 

24 National Laboratories, companies, non-profit 

25 funders of research, local policymakers, civil societies 


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1 and stakeholder communities, and international 

2 partners. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) ACADEMIES.—The term ‘‘Academies’’ 

6 means the National Academies of Sciences, Engi7 neering, and Medicine. 

8 (2) AWARDEE.—The term ‘‘awardee’’ means 

9 the legal entity to which Federal assistance is 

10 awarded and that is accountable to the Federal Gov11 ernment for the use of the funds provided. 

12 (3) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Na13 tional Science Board. 

14 (4) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

15 the Director of the National Science Foundation. 

16 (5) EMERGING RESEARCH INSTITUTION.—The 

17 term ‘‘emerging research institution’’ means an in18 stitution of higher education with an established un19 dergraduate student program that has, on average 

20 for 3 years prior to the time of application for an 

21 award, received less than $35,000,000 in Federal re22 search funding. 

23 (6) FEDERAL SCIENCE AGENCY.—The term 

24 ‘‘Federal science agency’’ means any Federal agency 


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1 with an annual extramural research expenditure of 

2 over $100,000,000. 

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

4 means the National Science Foundation. 

5 (8) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

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

7 meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 

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

9 (9) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term 

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

11 which is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter12 nal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 

13 under section 501(a) of such code. 

14 (10) NSF INCLUDES.—The term ‘‘NSF in15 cludes’’ means the initiative carried out under sec16 tion 6(c). 

17 (11) PREK–12.—The term ‘‘preK–12’’ means 

18 pre-kindergarten through grade 12. 

19 (12) SKILLED TECHNICAL WORK.—The term 

20 ‘‘skilled technical work’’ means an occupation that 

21 requires a high level of knowledge in a technical do22 main and does not require a bachelor’s degree for 

23 entry. 

24 (13) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ has the 

25 meaning given the term in section 2 of the America 


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1 COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 

2 U.S.C. 6621 note). 

3 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2022.— 

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

6 appropriated to the Foundation $11,469,200,000 for 

7 fiscal year 2022. 

8 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

9 authorized under paragraph (1)— 

10 (A) $9,444,100,000 shall be made avail11 able to carry out research and related activities, 

12 of which— 

13 (i) $208,150,000 shall be for the 

14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program; 

15 (ii) $55,000,000 shall be for the Mid16 Scale Research Infrastructure Program; 

17 and 

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

19 Directorate for Science and Engineering 

20 Solutions; 

21 (B) $1,333,860,000 shall be made avail22 able for education and human resources, of 

23 which— 

24 (i) $73,700,000 shall be for the Rob25 ert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program; 


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

2 Research Traineeship Program; 

3 (iii) $208,150,000 shall be for the 

4 Graduate Research Fellowship Program; 

5 and 

6 (iv) $66,000,000 shall be for the 

7 Cybercorps Scholarship for Service Pro8 gram; 

9 (C) $190,000,000 shall be made available 

10 for major research equipment and facilities con11 struction, of which $65,000,000 shall be for the 

12 Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Program; 

13 (D) $473,500,000 shall be made available 

14 for agency operations and award management; 

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

16 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

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

18 for the Office of the Inspector General. 

19 (b) FISCAL YEAR 2023.— 

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

21 appropriated to the Foundation $12,668,000,000 for 

22 fiscal year 2023. 

23 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

24 authorized under paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) $10,367,460,000 shall be made avail2 able to carry out research and related activities, 

3 of which— 

4 (i) $227,070,000 shall be for the 

5 Graduate Research Fellowship Program; 

6 (ii) $60,000,000 shall be for the Mid7 Scale Research Infrastructure Program; 

8 and 

9 (iii) $1,500,000,000 shall be for the 

10 Directorate for Science and Engineering 

11 Solutions; 

12 (B) $1,391,320,000 shall be made avail13 able for education and human resources, of 

14 which— 

15 (i) $80,400,000 shall be for the Rob16 ert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program; 

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

18 Research Traineeship Program; 

19 (iii) $227,070,000 shall be for the 

20 Graduate Research Fellowship Program; 

21 and 

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

23 Cybercorps Scholarship for Service Pro24 gram; 


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

2 for major research equipment and facilities con3 struction, of which $75,000,000 shall be for the 

4 Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Program; 

5 (D) $522,940,000 shall be made available 

6 for agency operations and award management; 

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

8 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

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

10 for the Office of the Inspector General. 

11 (c) FISCAL YEAR 2024.— 

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

13 appropriated to the Foundation $14,148,200,000 for 

14 fiscal year 2024. 

15 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

16 authorized under paragraph (1)— 

17 (A) $11,702,420,000 shall be made avail18 able to carry out research and related activities, 

19 of which— 

20 (i) $245,990,000 shall be for the 

21 Graduate Research Fellowship Program; 

22 (ii) $70,000,000 shall be for the Mid23 Scale Research Infrastructure Program; 

24 and 


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1 (iii) $2,250,000,000 shall be for the 

2 Directorate for Science and Engineering 

3 Solutions; 

4 (B) $1,457,590,000 shall be made avail5 able for education and human resources, of 

6 which— 

7 (i) $87,100,000 shall be for the Rob8 ert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program; 

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

10 Research Traineeship Program; 

11 (iii) $245,990,000 shall be for the 

12 Graduate Research Fellowship Program; 

13 and 

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

15 Cybercorps Scholarship for Service Pro16 gram; 

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

18 for major research equipment and facilities con19 struction, of which $85,000,000 shall be for the 

20 Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Program; 

21 (D) $582,380,000 shall be made available 

22 for agency operations and award management; 

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

24 the Office of the National Science Board; and 


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

2 for the Office of the Inspector General. 

3 (d) FISCAL YEAR 2025.— 

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

5 appropriated to the Foundation $16,036,900,000 for 

6 fiscal year 2025. 

7 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

8 authorized under paragraph (1)— 

9 (A) $13,440,840,000 shall be made avail10 able to carry out research and related activities, 

11 of which— 

12 (i) $264,920,000 shall be for the 

13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program; 

14 (ii) $75,000,000 shall be for the Mid15 Scale Research Infrastructure Program; 

16 and 

17 (iii) $3,375,000,000 shall be for the 

18 Directorate for Science and Engineering 

19 Solutions; 

20 (B) $1,522,890,000 shall be made avail21 able for education and human resources, of 

22 which— 

23 (i) $93,800,000 shall be for the Rob24 ert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program; 


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

2 Research Traineeship Program; 

3 (iii) $264,920,000 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) $661,830,000 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 

18 for the Office of the Inspector General. 

19 (e) FISCAL YEAR 2026.— 

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

21 appropriated to the Foundation $18,325,020,000 for 

22 fiscal year 2026. 

23 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

24 authorized under paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) $15,549,390,000 shall be made avail2 able to carry out research and related activities, 

3 of which— 

4 (i) $283,840,000 shall be for the 

5 Graduate Research Fellowship Program; 

6 (ii) $80,000,000 shall be for the Mid7 Scale Research Infrastructure Program; 

8 and 

9 (iii) $5,062,500,000 shall be for the 

10 Directorate for Science and Engineering 

11 Solutions; 

12 (B) $1,601,470,000 shall be made avail13 able for education and human resources, of 

14 which— 

15 (i) $100,500,000 shall be for the Rob16 ert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program; 

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

18 Research Traineeship Program; 

19 (iii) $283,840,000 shall be for the 

20 Graduate Research Fellowship Program; 

21 and 

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

23 Cybercorps Scholarship for Service Pro24 gram; 


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

2 for major research equipment and facilities con3 struction, of which $100,000,000 shall be for 

4 the Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Pro5 gram; 

6 (D) $756,270,000 shall be made available 

7 for agency operations and award management; 

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

9 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

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

11 for the Office of the Inspector General. 

12 SEC. 5. STEM EDUCATION. 

13 (a) PREK–12 STEM EDUCATION.— 

14 (1) DECADAL SURVEY OF STEM EDUCATION RE15 SEARCH.—Not later than 45 days after the date of 

16 enactment of this Act, the Director shall enter into 

17 a contract with the Academies to review and assess 

18 the status and opportunities for PreK–12 STEM 

19 education research and make recommendations for 

20 research priorities over the next decade. 

21 (2) SCALING INNOVATIONS IN PREK–12 STEM

22 EDUCATION.— 

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1 cation or non-profit organizations (or consortia 

2 of such institutions or organizations) to estab3 lish no fewer than 3 multidisciplinary Centers 

4 for Tranformative Education Research and 

5 Translation (in this section referred to as ‘‘Cen6 ters’’) to support research and development on 

7 widespread and sustained implementation of 

8 STEM education innovations. 

9 (B) APPLICATION.—An institution of high10 er education or non-profit organization (or a 

11 consortium of such institutions or organiza12 tions) seeking funding under subparagraph (A) 

13 shall submit an application to the Director at 

14 such time, in such manner, and containing such 

15 information as the Director may require. The 

16 application shall include, at a minimum, a de17 scription of how the proposed Center will— 

18 (i) establish partnerships among aca19 demic institutions, local or State education 

20 agencies, and other relevant stakeholders 

21 in supporting programs and activities to 

22 facilitate the widespread and sustained im23 plementation of promising, evidence-based 

24 STEM education practices, models, pro25 grams, and technologies; 


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1 (ii) support enhanced STEM edu2 cation infrastructure, including 

3 cyberlearning technologies, to facilitate the 

4 widespread adoption of promising, evi5 dence-based practices; 

6 (iii) support research and development 

7 on scaling practices, partnerships, and al8 ternative models to current approaches, in9 cluding approaches sensitive to the unique 

10 combinations of capabilities, resources, and 

11 needs of varying localities, educators, and 

12 learners; 

13 (iv) include a focus on the learning 

14 needs of under resourced schools and 

15 learners in low-resource or underachieving 

16 local education agencies in urban and rural 

17 communities; and 

18 (v) support research and development 

19 on scaling practices and models to support 

20 and sustain highly-qualified STEM edu21 cators in urban and rural communities. 

22 (C) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.—In 

23 awarding a grant under this paragraph, the Di24 rector may also consider the extent to which the 

25 proposed Center will— 


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1 (i) leverage existing collaborations, 

2 tools, and strategies supported by the 

3 Foundation, including NSF INCLUDES 

4 and the Convergence Accelerators; 

5 (ii) support research on and the devel6 opment and scaling of innovative ap7 proaches to distance learning and edu8 cation for various student populations; 

9 (iii) support education innovations 

10 that leverage new technologies or deepen 

11 understanding of the impact of technology 

12 on educational systems; and 

13 (iv) include a commitment from local 

14 or State education administrators to mak15 ing the proposed reforms and activities a 

16 priority. 

17 (D) PARTNERSHIP.—In carrying out the 

18 program under subparagraph (A), the Director 

19 shall explore opportunities to partner with the 

20 Department of Education, including through 

21 jointly funding activities under this paragraph. 

22 (E) ANNUAL MEETING.—The Director 

23 shall encourage and facilitate an annual meet24 ing of the Centers to foster collaboration among 


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1 the Centers and to further disseminate the re2 sults of the Centers’ activities. 

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

4 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 

5 shall submit to Congress a report describing the 

6 activities carried out pursuant to this para7 graph that includes— 

8 (i) a description of the focus and pro9 posed goals of each Center; and 

10 (ii) an assessment of the program’s 

11 success in helping to promote scalable solu12 tions in PreK–12 STEM education. 

13 (3) NATIONAL ACADEMIES STUDY.—Not later 

14 than 45 days after the date of enactment of this 

15 Act, the Director shall enter into an agreement with 

16 the Academies to conduct a study to— 

17 (A) review the research literature and iden18 tify research gaps regarding the interconnected 

19 factors that foster and hinder successful imple20 mentation of promising, evidence-based PreK– 

21 12 STEM education innovations at the local, 

22 regional, and national level; 

23 (B) present a compendium of promising, 

24 evidence-based PreK–12 STEM education prac25 tices, models, programs, and technologies; 


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1 (C) identify barriers to widespread and 

2 sustained implementation of such innovations; 

3 and 

4 (D) make recommendations to the Founda5 tion, the Department of Education, the Na6 tional Science and Technology Council’s Com7 mittee on Science, Technology, Engineering, 

8 and Mathematics Education, State and local 

9 educational agencies, and other relevant stake10 holders on measures to address such barriers. 

11 (b) UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION.— 

12 (1) RESEARCH ON STEM EDUCATION AND

13 WORKFORCE NEEDS.—The Director shall award 

14 grants, on a competitive basis, to four-year institu15 tions of higher education or non-profit organizations 

16 (or consortia of such institutions or organizations) to 

17 support research and development activities to— 

18 (A) encourage greater collaboration and 

19 coordination between institutions of higher edu20 cation and industry to enhance education and 

21 improve alignment with workforce needs; 

22 (B) understand the current composition of 

23 the STEM workforce and the factors that influ24 ence growth, retention, and development of that 

25 workforce; and 


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

2 and flexibility of the STEM workforce. 

3 (2) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION

4 PROGRAM UPDATE.—Section 3(b) of the Scientific 

5 and Advanced Technology Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 

6 1862i(b)) is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(b) NATIONAL COORDINATION NETWORK FOR

8 SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—The Director 

9 shall award grants to institutions of higher education, 

10 non-profit organizations, and associate-degree granting 

11 colleges (or consortia of such institutions or organizations) 

12 to establish a network of centers for science and technical 

13 education. The centers shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) coordinate research, training, and edu15 cation activities funded by awards under subsection 

16 (a) and share information and best practices across 

17 the network of awardees; 

18 ‘‘(2) serve as a national and regional clearing19 house and resource to communicate and coordinate 

20 research, training, and educational activities across 

21 disciplinary, organizational, geographic, and inter22 national boundaries and disseminate best practices; 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(3) develop national and regional partnerships 

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1 tions of higher education, workforce development 

2 programs, and industry to meet workforce needs.’’. 

3 (c) GRADUATE STEM EDUCATION.— 

4 (1) MENTORING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP5 MENT.— 

6 (A) MENTORING PLANS.— 

7 (i) UPDATE.—Section 7008 of the 

8 America Creating Opportunities to Mean9 ingfully Promote Excellence in Technology, 

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

11 1862o) is amended by— 

12 (I) inserting ‘‘and graduate stu13 dent’’ after ‘‘postdoctoral’’; and 

14 (II) inserting ‘‘The requirement 

15 may be satisfied by providing such in16 dividuals with access to mentors, in17 cluding individuals not listed on the 

18 grant.’’ after ‘‘review criterion.’’. 

19 (ii) EVALUATION.—Not later than 45 

20 days after the date of enactment of this 

21 Act, the Director shall enter into an agree22 ment with a qualified independent organi23 zation to evaluate the effectiveness of the 

24 postdoctoral mentoring plan requirement 


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1 for improving mentoring for Foundation2 supported postdoctoral researchers. 

3 (B) CAREER EXPLORATION.— 

4 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall 

5 award grants, on a competitive basis, to in6 stitutions of higher education and non7 profit organizations (or consortia of such 

8 institutions or organizations) to develop in9 novative approaches for facilitating career 

10 exploration of academic and non-academic 

11 career options and for providing oppor12 tunity-broadening experiences for graduate 

13 students and postdoctoral scholars that 

14 can then be considered, adopted, or adapt15 ed by other institutions and to carry out 

16 research on the impact and outcomes of 

17 such activities. 

18 (ii) REVIEW OF PROPOSALS.—In se19 lecting grant recipients under this subpara20 graph, the Director shall consider, at a 

21 minimum— 

22 (I) the extent to which the ad23 ministrators of the institution are 

24 committed to making the proposed ac25 tivity a priority; and 


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1 (II) the likelihood that the insti2 tution or organization will sustain or 

3 expand the proposed activity effort be4 yond the period of the grant. 

5 (C) DEVELOPMENT PLANS.—The Director 

6 shall require that annual project reports for 

7 awards that support graduate students and 

8 postdoctoral scholars include certification by the 

9 principal investigator that each graduate stu10 dent and postdoctoral scholar receiving substan11 tial support from such award, as determined by 

12 the Director, in consultation with faculty advi13 sors, has developed and annually updated an in14 dividual development plan to map educational 

15 goals, career exploration, and professional de16 velopment. 

17 (D) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUP18 PLEMENT.—The Director shall carry out a five19 year pilot initiative to award up to 2,500 ad20 ministrative supplements of up to $2,000 to ex21 isting research grants annually, on a competi22 tive basis, to support graduate student profes23 sional development experiences for graduate 

24 students who receive a substantial portion of 


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1 their support under such grants, as determined 

2 by the Director. 

3 (E) GRADUATE EDUCATION RESEARCH.— 

4 The Director shall award grants, on a competi5 tive basis, to institutions of higher education or 

6 non-profit organizations (or consortia of such 

7 institutions or organizations) to support re8 search on the graduate education system and 

9 outcomes of various interventions and policies, 

10 including— 

11 (i) the effects of traineeships, fellow12 ships, internships, and teaching and re13 search assistantships on outcomes for 

14 graduate students; 

15 (ii) the effects of graduate education 

16 and mentoring policies and procedures on 

17 degree completion, including differences 

18 across gender, race and ethnicity, and citi19 zenship; and 

20 (iii) the development and assessment 

21 of new or adapted interventions, including 

22 approaches that improve mentoring rela23 tionships, develop conflict management 

24 skills, and promote healthy research teams. 


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

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

4 of Congress that the Foundation should in5 crease the number of new graduate research fel6 lows supported annually over the next 5 years 

7 to no fewer 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 

12 ‘‘and as will address national workforce de13 mand in critical STEM fields’’ after 

14 ‘‘throughout the United States’’; 

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

16 $12,000’’ and inserting ‘‘up to $16,000’’; 

17 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 (3) STUDY ON GRADUATE STUDENT FUND2 ING.— 

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

4 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di5 rector shall enter into an agreement with a 

6 qualified independent organization to evalu7 ate— 

8 (i) the role of the Foundation in sup9 porting graduate student education and 

10 training through fellowships, traineeships, 

11 and other funding models; and 

12 (ii) the impact of different funding 

13 mechanisms on graduate student experi14 ences and outcomes, including whether 

15 such mechanisms have differential impacts 

16 on subsets of the student population. 

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

18 the date of enactment of this Act, the organiza19 tion charged with carrying out the study under 

20 subparagraph (A) shall publish the results of its 

21 evaluation, including a recommendation for the 

22 appropriate balance between fellowships, 

23 traineeships, and other funding models. 

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1 (1) SKILLED TECHNICAL WORKFORCE PORT2 FOLIO REVIEW.— 

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

4 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di5 rector shall conduct a full portfolio analysis of 

6 the Foundation’s skilled technical workforce in7 vestments across all Directorates in the areas of 

8 education, research, infrastructure, data collec9 tion, and analysis. 

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

11 after the date of the review under subparagraph 

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

13 Congress and make widely available to the pub14 lic a summary report of the portfolio review. 

15 (2) SURVEY DATA.— 

16 (A) ROTATING TOPIC MODULES.—To meet 

17 evolving needs for data on the state of the 

18 science and engineering workforce, the Director 

19 shall assess, through coordination with other 

20 Federal statistical agencies and drawing on 

21 input from relevant stakeholders, the feasibility 

22 and benefits of incorporating questions or topic 

23 modules to existing National Center for Science 

24 and Engineering Statistics surveys that would 

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

2 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di3 rector shall submit to Congress and the Board 

4 the results of an assessment, carried out in co5 ordination with other Federal agencies and with 

6 input from relevant stakeholders, of the feasi7 bility and benefits of incorporating new ques8 tions or topic modules to existing National Cen9 ter for Science and Engineering Statistics sur10 veys on— 

11 (i) the skilled technical workforce; 

12 (ii) working conditions and work-life 

13 balance; 

14 (iii) harassment and discrimination; 

15 (iv) sexual orientation and gender 

16 identity; 

17 (v) immigration and emigration; and 

18 (vi) any other topics at the discretion 

19 of the Director. 

20 (C) LONGITUDINAL DESIGN.—The Direc21 tor shall continue and accelerate efforts to en22 hance the usefulness of National Center for 

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1 (D) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF2 FICE REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

4 General of the United States shall submit a re5 port to Congress that— 

6 (i) evaluates Foundation processes for 

7 ensuring the data and analysis produced 

8 by the National Center for Science and 

9 Engineering Statistics meets current and 

10 future needs; and 

11 (ii) includes such recommendations as 

12 the Comptroller General determines are 

13 appropriate to improve such processes. 

14 SEC. 6. BROADENING PARTICIPATION. 

15 (a) PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN

16 MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHING.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 117(a) of the Na18 tional Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988 

19 (42 U.S.C.1881b(a)) is amended— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

22 ‘‘110’’; 

23 (ii) by striking clause (iv); 

24 (iii) in clause (v), by striking the pe25 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 


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

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

3 and (IV), respectively, and moving the 

4 margins of such subclauses (as so redesig5 nated) two ems to the right; and 

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

7 and all that follows through ‘‘two teach8 ers—’’ and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(C) In selecting teachers for an award au10 thorized by this subsection, the President shall 

11 select— 

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

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

14 paragraph (1)(A)(v), by adding at the end the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(ii) at least one teacher— 

17 ‘‘(I) from the Commonwealth of 

18 the Northern Mariana Islands; 

19 ‘‘(II) from American Samoa; 

20 ‘‘(III) from the Virgin Islands of 

21 the United States; and 

22 ‘‘(IV) from Guam.’’. 

23 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

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1 made on or after the date of the enactment of this 

2 Act. 

3 (b) ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PRO4 GRAM UPDATE.— 

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

6 Congress that over the next five years the Founda7 tion should increase the number of scholarships 

8 awarded under the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholar9 ship program established under section 10 of the 

10 National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 

11 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–1) by 50 percent. 

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

13 participants, the Director shall support symposia, fo14 rums, conferences, and other activities to expand 

15 and enhance outreach to— 

16 (A) historically Black colleges and univer17 sities that are part B institutions, as defined in 

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

19 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)); 

20 (B) minority institutions, as defined in sec21 tion 365(3) of the Higher Education Act of 

22 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067k(3)); 

23 (C) institutions of higher education that 

24 are located near or serve rural communities; 

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1 (E) higher education programs that serve 

2 or support veterans. 

3 (c) NSF INCLUDES INITIATIVE.—The Director 

4 shall award grants and cooperative agreements, on a com5 petitive basis, to institutions of higher education or non6 profit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or 

7 organizations) to carry out a comprehensive national ini8 tiative to facilitate the development of networks and part9 nerships to build on and scale up effective practices in 

10 broadening participation in STEM studies and careers of 

11 groups historically underrepresented in such studies and 

12 careers. 

13 (d) BROADENING PARTICIPATION ON MAJOR FACILI14 TIES AWARDS.—The Director shall require organizations 

15 seeking a cooperative agreement for the management of 

16 the operations and maintenance of a Foundation project 

17 to demonstrate prior experience and current capabilities 

18 in employing best practices in broadening participation in 

19 science and engineering and ensure implementation of 

20 such practices is considered in oversight of the award. 

21 (e) PARTNERSHIPS WITH EMERGING RESEARCH IN22 STITUTIONS.—The Director shall establish a five-year 

23 pilot program to enhance partnerships between emerging 

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1 stitutions of Higher Education at the time of application. 

2 In carrying out this program, the Director shall— 

3 (1) require that each proposal submitted by a 

4 multi-institution collaboration for an award, includ5 ing those under section 9, that exceeds $1,000,000, 

6 as appropriate, specify how the applicants will sup7 port substantive, meaningful, and mutually-bene8 ficial partnerships with one or more emerging re9 search institutions; 

10 (2) require awardees funded under paragraph 

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

12 award to one or more emerging research institutions 

13 to build research capacity, including through support 

14 for faculty salaries and training, research experi15 ences for undergraduate and graduate students, and 

16 maintenance and repair of research equipment and 

17 instrumentation; 

18 (3) require awardees funded under paragraph 

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

20 the annual reporting requirements of the Founda21 tion; 

22 (4) solicit feedback on the partnership directly 

23 from partner emerging research institutions, in such 

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

2 year of the pilot program that includes— 

3 (A) an assessment, drawing on feedback 

4 from the research community and other sources 

5 of information, of the effectiveness of the pilot 

6 program for improving the quality of partner7 ships with emerging research institutions; and 

8 (B) if deemed effective, a plan for perma9 nent implementation of the pilot program. 

10 (f) TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM

11 UPDATE.— 

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

13 COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 

14 U.S.C. 1862p–13) is amended— 

15 (A) in subsection (a) by— 

16 (i) striking ‘‘Native American’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘American Indian, Alaska Na18 tive, and Native Hawaiian’’; 

19 (ii) inserting ‘‘post-secondary creden20 tials and’’ before ‘‘associate’s’’; and 

21 (iii) striking ‘‘or baccalaureate de22 grees’’ and inserting ‘‘, baccalaureate, and 

23 graduate degrees’’; 

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

2 STEM’’ after ‘‘laboratory’’. 

3 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

4 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Direc5 tor to carry out this program $107,250,000 for fis6 cal year 2022 through fiscal year 2026. 

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

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

9 of higher education or non-profit organizations (or con10 sortia of such institutions or organizations) to support 

11 basic and applied research that yields a scientific evidence 

12 base for improving the design and emergence, development 

13 and deployment, and management and ultimate effective14 ness of organizations of all kinds, including research re15 lated to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the technology 

16 sector. 

17 SEC. 7. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH. 

18 (a) BROADER IMPACTS.— 

19 (1) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 45 days 

20 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 

21 shall enter into an agreement with a qualified inde22 pendent organization to assess how the Broader Im23 pacts review criterion is applied across the Founda24 tion and make recommendations for improving the 

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1 tion 526 of the America Creating Opportunities to 

2 Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, 

3 Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2010 

4 (42 U.S.C. 1862p–14). 

5 (2) ACTIVITIES.—The Director shall award 

6 grants on a competitive basis, to institutions of high7 er education or non-profit organizations (or con8 sortia of such institutions or organizations) to sup9 port activities to increase the efficiency, effective10 ness, and availability of resources for implementing 

11 the Broader Impacts review criterion, including— 

12 (A) training and workshops for program 

13 officers, merit review panelists, grant office ad14 ministrators, faculty, and students to improve 

15 understanding of the goals and the full range of 

16 potential broader impacts available to research17 ers to satisfy this criterion; 

18 (B) repositories and clearinghouses for 

19 sharing best practices and facilitating collabora20 tion; and 

21 (C) tools for evaluating and documenting 

22 societal impacts of research. 

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1 tunities to reduce the administrative burden on research2 ers. 

3 (c) RESEARCH INTEGRITY AND SECURITY.— 

4 (1) OFFICE OF RESEARCH SECURITY AND POL5 ICY.—The Director shall maintain a Research Secu6 rity and Policy office within the Office of the Direc7 tor with no fewer than 4 full time equivalent posi8 tions. The functions of the Research Security and 

9 Policy office shall be to coordinate all research secu10 rity policy issues across the Foundation, including 

11 by— 

12 (A) consulting and coordinating with the 

13 Foundation Office of Inspector General and 

14 with other Federal science agencies and intel15 ligence and law enforcement agencies, as appro16 priate, through the National Science and Tech17 nology Council in accordance with the authority 

18 provided under section 1746 of the National 

19 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 

20 (Public Law 116–92; 42 U.S.C. 6601 note), to 

21 identify and address potential security risks 

22 that threaten research integrity and other risks 

23 to the research enterprise; 

24 (B) serving as the Foundation’s primary 

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1 and integrity of the conduct of Foundation-sup2 ported research; 

3 (C) conducting outreach and education ac4 tivities for awardees on research policies and 

5 potential security risks; 

6 (D) educating Foundation program man7 agers and other directorate staff on evaluating 

8 Foundation awards and awardees for potential 

9 security risks; and 

10 (E) communicating reporting and disclo11 sure requirements to awardees and applicants 

12 for funding. 

13 (2) CHIEF OF RESEARCH SECURITY.—The Di14 rector shall appoint a senior agency official within 

15 the Office of the Director as a Chief of Research Se16 curity, whose primary responsibility is to manage the 

17 office established under paragraph (1). 

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

19 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di20 rector shall provide a report to the Committee on 

21 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 

22 Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, 

23 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Com24 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent25 atives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 


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1 Senate on the resources and the number of full time 

2 employees needed to carry out the functions of the 

3 Office established in paragraph (1). 

4 (4) ONLINE RESOURCE.—The Director shall de5 velop an online resource hosted on the Foundation’s 

6 website containing up-to-date information, tailored 

7 for institutions and individual researchers, includ8 ing— 

9 (A) an explanation of Foundation research 

10 security policies; 

11 (B) unclassified guidance on potential se12 curity risks that threaten scientific integrity 

13 and other risks to the research enterprise; 

14 (C) examples of beneficial international 

15 collaborations and how such collaborations dif16 fer from foreign government interference efforts 

17 that threaten research integrity; 

18 (D) promising practices for mitigating se19 curity risks that threaten research integrity; 

20 and 

21 (E) additional reference materials, includ22 ing tools that assist organizations seeking 

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1 (5) RISK ASSESSMENT CENTER.—The Director 

2 shall enter into an agreement with a qualified inde3 pendent organization to create a new risk assess4 ment center to— 

5 (A) help the Foundation develop the online 

6 resources under paragraph (4); and 

7 (B) help awardees in assessing and identi8 fying issues related to nondisclosure of current 

9 and pending research funding, risks to the 

10 Foundation merit review process, and other 

11 issues that may negatively affect the Founda12 tion proposal and award process due to undue 

13 foreign interference. 

14 (6) RESEARCH GRANTS.—The Director shall 

15 continue to award grants, on a competitive basis, to 

16 institutions of higher education or non-profit organi17 zations (or consortia of such institutions or organi18 zations) to support research on the conduct of re19 search and the research environment, including re20 search on research misconduct or breaches of re21 search integrity and detrimental research practices. 

22 (7) RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT IN RESEARCH

23 TRAINING.—Section 7009 of the America Creating 

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

2 1862o–1) is amended by— 

3 (A) striking ‘‘and postdoctoral research4 ers’’ and inserting ‘‘postdoctoral researchers, 

5 faculty, and other senior personnel’’; and 

6 (B) inserting the following at the end: ‘‘, 

7 including mentor training, and training to raise 

8 awareness of potential security threats and 

9 Federal export control, disclosure, and report10 ing requirements’’. 

11 (8) NATIONAL ACADEMIES GUIDE TO RESPON12 SIBLE CONDUCT IN RESEARCH.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

14 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

15 the Director shall enter into an agreement with 

16 the Academies to update the report entitled 

17 ‘‘On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible 

18 Conduct in Research’’ issued by the Academies. 

19 The report, as so updated, shall include— 

20 (i) updated professional standards of 

21 conduct in research; 

22 (ii) promising practices for preventing, 

23 addressing, and mitigating the negative 

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1 fined in the 2018 Academies report enti2 tled ‘‘Sexual Harassment of Women: Cli3 mate, Culture, and Consequences in Aca4 demic Sciences, Engineering, and Medi5 cine’’; and 

6 (iii) promising practices for mitigating 

7 potential security risks that threaten re8 search integrity. 

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

10 after the effective date of the agreement under 

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

12 such agreement, shall submit to the Director 

13 and the Committee on Science, Space, and 

14 Technology of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

16 Transportation of the Senate the report re17 ferred to in such subparagraph, as updated pur18 suant to such subparagraph. 

19 (d) RESEARCH ETHICS.— 

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

21 Congress that— 

22 (A) a number of emerging areas of re23 search have potential ethical, social, safety, and 

24 security implications that might be apparent as 

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1 (B) the incorporation of ethical, social, 

2 safety, and security considerations into the re3 search design and review process for Federal 

4 awards, may help mitigate potential harms be5 fore they happen; 

6 (C) the Foundation’s agreement with the 

7 Academies to conduct a study and make rec8 ommendations with respect to governance of re9 search in emerging technologies is a positive 

10 step toward accomplishing this goal; and 

11 (D) the Foundation should continue to 

12 work with stakeholders to understand and 

13 adopt policies that promote best practices for 

14 governance of research in emerging technologies 

15 at every stage of research. 

16 (2) ETHICS STATEMENTS.—Drawing on stake17 holder input, not later than 18 months after the 

18 date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall 

19 amend award proposal instructions to include a re20 quirement for an ethics statement to be included as 

21 part of any proposal for funding prior to making the 

22 award. Such statement shall be considered by the 

23 Director in the review of proposals, taking into con24 sideration any relevant input from the peer-reviewers 

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1 sions as deemed necessary by the Director. Such 

2 statements may include, as appropriate— 

3 (A) any foreseeable or quantifiable risks to 

4 society, including how the research could enable 

5 products, technologies, or other outcomes that 

6 could intentionally or unintentionally cause sig7 nificant societal harm; 

8 (B) how technical or social solutions can 

9 mitigate such risks and, as appropriate, a plan 

10 to implement such mitigation measures; and 

11 (C) how partnerships and collaborations in 

12 the research can help mitigate potential harm 

13 and amplify potential societal benefits. 

14 (3) GUIDANCE.—The Director shall solicit 

15 stakeholder input to develop clear guidance on what 

16 constitutes a foreseeable or quantifiable risk as de17 scribed in paragraph (2)(A), and to the extent prac18 ticable harmonize this policy with existing ethical 

19 policies or related requirements for human subjects. 

20 (4) RESEARCH.—The Director shall award 

21 grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of 

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1 (A) research to assess the potential ethical 

2 and societal implications of Foundation-sup3 ported research and products or technologies 

4 enabled by such research, including the benefits 

5 and risks identified pursuant to paragraph 

6 (2)(A); and 

7 (B) the development and verification of ap8 proaches to proactively mitigate foreseeable 

9 risks to society, including the technical and so10 cial solutions identified pursuant to paragraph 

11 (2)(B). 

12 (5) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Director shall en13 courage awardees to update their ethics statements 

14 as appropriate as part of the annual reports re15 quired by all awardees under the award terms and 

16 conditions. 

17 (e) RESEARCH REPRODUCIBILITY AND

18 REPLICABILITY.—Consistent with existing Federal law for 

19 privacy, intellectual property, and security, the Director 

20 shall facilitate the public access to research products, in21 cluding data, software, and code, developed as part of 

22 Foundation-supported projects. 

23 (1) DATA MANAGEMENT PLANS.— 

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1 chine-readable data management plan that in2 cludes a description of how the awardee will ar3 chive and preserve public access to data, soft4 ware, and code developed as part of the pro5 posed project. 

6 (B) In carrying out the requirement in 

7 subparagraph (A), the Director shall— 

8 (i) provide necessary resources, in9 cluding trainings and workshops, to edu10 cate researchers and students on how to 

11 develop and review high quality data man12 agement plans; 

13 (ii) ensure program officers and merit 

14 review panels are equipped with the re15 sources and training necessary to review 

16 the quality of data management plans; and 

17 (iii) ensure program officers and 

18 merit review panels treat data management 

19 plans as essential elements of grant pro20 posals, where appropriate. 

21 (2) OPEN REPOSITORIES.—The Director 

22 shall— 

23 (A) coordinate with the heads of other 

24 Federal science agencies, and solicit input from 

25 the scientific community, to develop and widely 


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1 disseminate a set of criteria for trusted open re2 positories, accounting for discipline-specific 

3 needs and necessary protections for sensitive in4 formation, to be used by Federally funded re5 searchers for the sharing of data, software, and 

6 code; 

7 (B) work with stakeholders to identify sig8 nificant gaps in available repositories meeting 

9 the criteria developed under subparagraph (A) 

10 and options for supporting the development of 

11 additional or enhanced repositories; 

12 (C) award grants on a competitive basis to 

13 institutions of higher education or non-profit 

14 organizations (or consortia of such institutions 

15 or organizations) for the development, up16 grades, and maintenance of open data reposi17 tories that meet the criteria developed under 

18 subparagraph (A); 

19 (D) work with stakeholders and build on 

20 existing models, where appropriate, to establish 

21 a single, public, web-based point of access to 

22 help users locate repositories storing data, soft23 ware, and code resulting from or used in Foun24 dation-supported projects; 


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1 (E) work with stakeholders to establish the 

2 necessary policies and procedures and allocate 

3 the necessary resources to ensure, as prac4 ticable, data underlying published findings re5 sulting from Foundation-supported projects are 

6 deposited in repositories meeting the criteria 

7 developed under subparagraph (A) at the time 

8 of publication; 

9 (F) incentivize the deposition of data, soft10 ware, and code into repositories that meet the 

11 criteria developed under subparagraph (A); and 

12 (G) coordinate with the scientific pub13 lishing community to develop uniform consensus 

14 standards around data archiving and sharing. 

15 (3) RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND EDU16 CATION.—The Director shall award grants, on a 

17 competitive basis to institutions of higher education 

18 or non-profit organizations (or consortia of such in19 stitutions or organizations) to— 

20 (A) support research and development of 

21 open source, sustainable, usable tools and infra22 structure that support reproducibility for a 

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1 (B) support research on computational re2 producibility, including the limits of reproduc3 ibility and the consistency of computational re4 sults in the development of new computation 

5 hardware, tools, and methods; and 

6 (C) support the education and training of 

7 students, faculty, and researchers on computa8 tional methods, tools, and techniques to improve 

9 the quality and sharing of data, code, and sup10 porting metadata to produce reproducible re11 search. 

12 (f) CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH.— 

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

14 grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of 

15 higher education or non-profit organizations (or con16 sortia of such institutions or organizations) to sup17 port research to improve our understanding of the 

18 climate system and related human and environ19 mental systems. 

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

21 grant under this subsection may include— 

22 (A) fundamental research on climate 

23 forcings, feedbacks, responses, and thresholds 

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1 (B) research on climate-related human be2 haviors and institutions; 

3 (C) research on climate-related risk, vul4 nerability, resilience, and adaptive capacity of 

5 coupled human-environment systems, including 

6 risks to ecosystem stability and risks to vulner7 able populations; 

8 (D) research to support the development 

9 and implementation of effective social strategies 

10 and tools for mitigating and adapting to climate 

11 change, including at the local level; 

12 (E) improved modeling, projections, anal13 yses, and assessments of climate and other 

14 Earth system changes; 

15 (F) the development of effective strategies 

16 for educating and training future climate 

17 change researchers, and climate change re18 sponse and mitigation professionals, in both re19 search and development methods, as well as 

20 community engagement and science commu21 nication; and 

22 (G) the development of effective strategies 

23 for public and community engagement in the all 

24 stages of the research and development process. 

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

2 grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of 

3 higher education or non-profit organizations (or con4 sortia of such institutions or organizations) to sup5 port research to improve our understanding of the 

6 nature, scope, causes, consequences, prevention, and 

7 response 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 dis11 tribution of fatal and nonfatal violence; 

12 (B) research on risk and protective factors; 

13 (C) research on the design, development, 

14 implementation, and evaluation of interventions 

15 for 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 ca21 pacity building activities to increase the number 

22 and diversity of new researchers trained in 

23 cross-disciplinary violence research. 

24 (h) SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND ECONOMIC

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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 

4 and interdisciplinary programs, including the Con5 vergence Accelerator and Big Ideas activities, and 

6 the 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) FOOD-ENERGY-WATER RESEARCH.—The Direc11 tor shall award grants on a competitive basis to institu12 tions of higher education or non-profit organizations (or 

13 consortia of such institutions or organizations) to— 

14 (1) support research to significantly advance 

15 our understanding of the food-energy-water system 

16 through quantitative and computational modeling, 

17 including support for relevant cyberinfrastructure; 

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

19 that improve understanding of the behavior of food20 energy-water systems and increase decision support 

21 capability; 

22 (3) support research that will lead to innovative 

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1 (4) grow the scientific workforce capable of 

2 studying and managing the food-energy-water sys3 tem, through education and other professional devel4 opment. 

5 (j) SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND EDU6 CATION.—In accordance with section 263 of the National 

7 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, the Di8 rector shall carry out activities in support of sustainable 

9 chemistry, including— 

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

11 a competitive basis, to institutions of higher edu12 cation or non-profit organizations (or consortia of 

13 such institutions or organizations) to support— 

14 (A) individual investigators and teams of 

15 investigators, including to the extent prac16 ticable, early career investigators for research 

17 and development; 

18 (B) collaborative research and development 

19 partnerships among universities, industry, and 

20 non-profit organizations; and 

21 (C) integrating sustainable chemistry prin22 ciples into elementary, secondary, under23 graduate, and graduate chemistry and chemical 

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1 as appropriate to that level of education and 

2 training; and 

3 (2) incorporating sustainable chemistry into ex4 isting Foundation research and development pro5 grams. 

6 (k) RISK AND RESILIENCE RESEARCH.—The Direc7 tor shall award grants on a competitive basis to institu8 tions of higher education or non-profit organizations (or 

9 consortia of such institutions or organizations) to advance 

10 knowledge of risk assessment and predictability and to 

11 support the creation of tools and technologies for in12 creased resilience through— 

13 (1) improvements in our ability to understand, 

14 model, and predict extreme events and natural haz15 ards, including pandemics; 

16 (2) the creation of novel engineered systems so17 lutions for resilient infrastructures, particularly 

18 those that leverage the growing infusion of cyber19 physical-social components into the infrastructures; 

20 and 

21 (3) research on the behaviors individuals and 

22 communities engage in to detect, predict, assess, 

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1 (l) LEVERAGING INTERNATIONAL EXPERTISE IN RE2 SEARCH.—The Director shall explore and advance oppor3 tunities for leveraging international capabilities and re4 sources that align with the Foundation and United States 

5 research community priorities and have the potential to 

6 benefit United States prosperity, security, health, and 

7 well-being, including by sending teams of Foundation sci8 entific staff for site visits of scientific facilities and agen9 cies in other countries. 

10 (m) BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH COLLECTIONS.— 

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

12 to support databases, tools, methods, and other ac13 tivities that secure and improve existing physical and 

14 digital biological research collections, improve the ac15 cessibility of collections and collection-related data 

16 for research and educational purposes, develop ca17 pacity for curation and collection management, and 

18 to transfer ownership of collections that are signifi19 cant to the biological research community, including 

20 to museums and universities. 

21 (2) SPECIMEN MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Di22 rector shall require that every proposal for funding 

23 for research that involves collecting or generating 

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1 sociated data will be accessioned into and perma2 nently maintained in an established biological collec3 tion. 

4 (3) ACTION CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL COLLEC5 TIONS.—The Director shall award grants on a com6 petitive basis to institutions of higher education or 

7 non-profit organizations (or consortia of such insti8 tutions or organizations) to establish an Action Cen9 ter for Biological Collections to facilitate coordina10 tion and data sharing among communities of prac11 tice for research, education, workforce training, eval12 uation, and business model development. 

13 SEC. 8. RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE. 

14 (a) FACILITY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.— 

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

16 the Facility Operation Transition pilot program for 

17 a total of five years. 

18 (2) COST SHARING.—The Facility Operation 

19 Transition program shall provide funding for 10–50 

20 percent of the operations and maintenance costs for 

21 major research facilities that are within the first five 

22 years of operation, where the share is determined 

23 based on— 

24 (A) the operations and maintenance costs 

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1 (B) the capacity of the managing direc2 torate or division to absorb such costs. 

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

4 program, the Director shall transmit a report to 

5 Congress that includes— 

6 (A) an assessment, that includes feedback 

7 from the research community, of the effective8 ness of the pilot program for— 

9 (i) supporting research directorates 

10 and divisions in balancing investments in 

11 research grants and funding for the initial 

12 operation and maintenance of major facili13 ties; 

14 (ii) incentivizing the development of 

15 new world-class facilities; 

16 (iii) facilitating interagency and inter17 national partnerships; 

18 (iv) funding core elements of multi19 disciplinary facilities; and 

20 (v) supporting facility divestment 

21 costs; and 

22 (B) if deemed effective, a plan for perma23 nent implementation of the pilot program. 

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

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1 to assess the cost and benefits of extending the operations 

2 of research facilities that have exceeded their planned 

3 operational lifespan. 

4 (c) HELIUM CONSERVATION.— 

5 (1) MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION SUP6 PORT.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall sup8 port, through the Major Research Instrumenta9 tion program, proposal requests that include 

10 the purchase, installation, operation, and main11 tenance of equipment and instrumentation to 

12 reduce consumption of helium. 

13 (B) COST SHARING.—The Director may 

14 waive the cost-sharing requirement for helium 

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

16 institutions of higher education and Ph.D.- 

17 granting institutions of higher education that 

18 are not ranked among the top 100 institutions 

19 receiving Federal research and development 

20 funding, as documented by the National Center 

21 for Science and Engineering Statistics. 

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

23 after the date of enactment of this Act and annually 

24 for the subsequent two years, the Director shall sub25 mit an annual report to Congress on the use of 


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1 funding awarded by the Foundation for the purchase 

2 and conservation of helium. The report should in3 clude— 

4 (A) the volume and price of helium pur5 chased; 

6 (B) changes in pricing and availability of 

7 helium; and 

8 (C) any supply disruptions impacting a 

9 substantial number of institutions. 

10 (d) ADVANCED COMPUTING.— 

11 (1) COMPUTING NEEDS.—To gather informa12 tion about the computational needs of grant pro13 posals submitted to the Foundation, the Director 

14 shall encourage and provide access to tools to facili15 tate the inclusion of relevant measures of computa16 tional performance needs in proposals for projects 

17 that require advanced computing, including the 

18 measures identified in the 2016 Academies report 

19 entitled ‘‘Future Directions for NSF Advanced Com20 puting Infrastructure to Support U.S. Science and 

21 Engineering in 2017–2020’’. 

22 (2) REPORTS.—The Director shall document 

23 and publish on a regular basis a summary of the 

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1 search opportunities as identified under paragraph 

2 (1). 

3 (3) ROADMAP.—To set priorities and guide 

4 strategic decisions regarding investments in ad5 vanced computing capabilities, the Director shall de6 velop, publish, and regularly update a 5-year ad7 vanced computing roadmap that— 

8 (A) draws on community input, informa9 tion contained in research proposals, allocation 

10 requests, and Foundation-wide information 

11 gathering regarding community needs; 

12 (B) reflects anticipated technology trends; 

13 (C) informs users and potential partners 

14 about future facilities and services; and 

15 (D) addresses the needs of groups histori16 cally underrepresented in STEM and geo17 graphic regions with low availability and high 

18 demand for advanced computing resources. 

19 SEC. 9. DIRECTORATE FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 

20 SOLUTIONS. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to the availability of 

22 appropriated funds, there is established within the Foun23 dation the Directorate for Science and Engineering Solu24 tions to advance research and development solutions to adVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:14 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2225.IH H2225

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1 dress societal and national challenges for the benefit of 

2 all Americans. 

3 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Directorate estab4 lished under subsection (a) is to accelerate the translation 

5 of Foundation-supported fundamental research and to ad6 vance technologies, support use-inspired research, facili7 tate commercialization and use of Federally funded re8 search, and expand the pipeline of United States students 

9 and researchers in areas of societal and national impor10 tance. 

11 (c) ACTIVITIES.—The Director shall achieve the pur12 poses described in subsection (a) by awarding financial as13 sistance through the Directorate to— 

14 (1) support transformational advances in use15 inspired and translational research through diverse 

16 funding mechanisms and models, including conver17 gence accelerators; 

18 (2) translate research into science and engineer19 ing innovations, including through developing inno20 vative approaches to connect research with societal 

21 outcomes, education and training for students and 

22 researchers on engaging with end users and the pub23 lic, partnerships that facilitate research uptake, ap24 plication, and scaling, prototype development, entre25 preneurial education, developing tech-to-market 


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1 strategies, and partnerships that connect research 

2 products to businesses, accelerators, and incubators; 

3 (3) develop and expand sustainable and mutu4 ally-beneficial use-inspired and translational research 

5 and development partnerships and collaborations 

6 among institutions of higher education, including 

7 minority serving institutions and emerging research 

8 institutions, non-profit organizations, businesses and 

9 other for-profit entities, Federal or State agencies, 

10 community organizations, other Foundation direc11 torates, national labs, international entities as ap12 propriate, and other organizations; 

13 (4) build capacity for use-inspired and 

14 translational research at institutions of higher edu15 cation, including necessary administrative support; 

16 (5) expand opportunities for researchers to con17 tribute to use-inspired and translational research in18 cluding through support for workshops and con19 ferences, targeted incentives and training, and multi20 disciplinary research centers; 

21 (6) support the education, mentoring, and 

22 training of undergraduate students, graduate stu23 dents, and postdoctoral researchers in use-inspired 

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1 focus areas identified under subsection (g) through 

2 scholarships, fellowships, and traineeships; 

3 (7) support translational research infrastruc4 ture, including platforms and testbeds, data manage5 ment and software tools, and networks and commu6 nication platforms for interactive and collective 

7 learning and information sharing; and 

8 (8) identify social, behavioral, and economic 

9 drivers and consequences of technological innova10 tions. 

11 (d) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall appoint 

13 an Assistant Director responsible for the manage14 ment of the Directorate established under this sec15 tion. 

16 (2) TERM LIMIT.—The Assistant Director ap17 pointed under paragraph (1) shall serve a term last18 ing no longer than 4 years. 

19 (3) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Assistant Director 

20 shall be an individual, who by reason of professional 

21 background and experience, is specially qualified 

22 to— 

23 (A) advise the Director on all matters per24 taining to use-inspired and translational re25 search, development, and commercialization at 


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1 the Foundation, including partnership with the 

2 private sector and other users of Foundation 

3 funded research; and 

4 (B) develop and implement the necessary 

5 policies and procedures to promote a culture of 

6 use-inspired and translational research within 

7 the Directorate and across the Foundation and 

8 carry out the responsibilities under paragraph 

9 (4). 

10 (4) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of 

11 the Assistant Director shall include— 

12 (A) advising the Director on all matters 

13 pertaining to use-inspired and translational re14 search and development activities at the Foun15 dation, including effective practices for conver16 gence research; 

17 (B) identifying opportunities for and facili18 tating coordination and collaboration, where ap19 propriate, on use-inspired and translational re20 search, development, commercialization, and so21 cietal application activities— 

22 (i) among the offices, directorates, 

23 and divisions within the Foundation; and 

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1 tor, including non-profit entities, labor or2 ganizations, Federal or State agencies, and 

3 international entities, as appropriate; 

4 (C) ensuring that the activities carried out 

5 under this section are not duplicative of activi6 ties supported by other parts of the Foundation 

7 or other relevant Federal agencies; 

8 (D) approving all new programs within the 

9 Directorate; 

10 (E) developing and testing diverse merit11 review models and mechanisms for selecting 

12 and providing awards for use-inspired and 

13 translational research and development at dif14 ferent scales, from individual investigator 

15 awards to large multi-institution collaborations; 

16 (F) assessing the success of programs; 

17 (G) administering awards to achieve the 

18 purposes described in subsection (b); and 

19 (H) performing other such duties per20 taining to the purposes in subsection (b) as are 

21 required by the Director. 

22 (5) RELATIONSHIP TO THE DIRECTOR.—The 

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1 (6) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROGRAMS.—No 

2 other directorate within the Foundation shall report 

3 to the Assistant Director. 

4 (e) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the Fed6 eral Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) the 

7 Director shall establish an advisory committee to as8 sess, and make recommendations regarding, the ac9 tivities carried out under this section. 

10 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The advisory committee 

11 members shall— 

12 (A) be individuals with relevant experience 

13 or expertise, including individuals from industry 

14 and national labs, educators, academic subject 

15 matter experts, technology transfer experts, and 

16 representatives of civil society and other non17 governmental organizations; and 

18 (B) consist of at least 10 members broadly 

19 representative of stakeholders, including no less 

20 than 3 members from the private sector, none 

21 of whom shall be an employee of the Federal 

22 Government. 

23 (3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Committee shall 

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1 (A) reviewing and evaluating activities car2 ried out under this section; and 

3 (B) assessing the success of the Direc4 torate in and proposing new strategies for ful5 filling the purposes in subsection (b). 

6 (f) EXISTING PROGRAMS.—The Convergence Accel7 erator, the Growing Convergence Research Big Idea, and 

8 any other program, at the discretion of the Director, may 

9 be managed by the Directorate. 

10 (g) FOCUS AREAS.—In consultation with the Assist11 ant Director, the Board, and other Federal agencies and 

12 taking into account advice under subsection (e), the Direc13 tor shall identify, and regularly update, up to 5 focus 

14 areas to guide activities under this section. In selecting 

15 such focus areas, the Director shall consider the following 

16 societal challenges: 

17 (1) Climate change and environmental sustain18 ability. 

19 (2) Global competitiveness in critical tech20 nologies. 

21 (3) Cybersecurity. 

22 (4) National security. 

23 (5) STEM education and workforce. 

24 (6) Social and economic inequality. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available to 

2 carry out this section shall be available for transfer 

3 to other offices, directorates, or divisions within the 

4 Foundation for such use as is consistent with the 

5 purposes for which such funds are provided. 

6 (2) PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER FROM OTHER

7 OFFICES.—No funds shall be available for transfer 

8 to the Directorate established under this section 

9 from other offices, directorates, or divisions within 

10 the Foundation. 

11 (i) AUTHORITIES.—In addition to existing authorities 

12 available to the Foundation, the Director may exercise the 

13 following authorities in carrying out the activities under 

14 this section: 

15 (1) AWARDS.—In carrying out this section, the 

16 Director may provide awards in the form of grants, 

17 contracts, cooperative agreements, cash prizes, and 

18 other transactions. 

19 (2) APPOINTMENTS.—The Director shall have 

20 the authority to— 

21 (A) make appointments of scientific, engi22 neering, and professional personnel without re23 gard to the civil service laws as the Director de24 termines necessary for carrying out research 

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1 services of specially qualified personnel relating 

2 to the focus areas identified under subsection 

3 (g) and such other areas of national research 

4 priorities as the Director may determine; and 

5 (B) fix the basic pay of such personnel at 

6 rates not in excess of the basic rate of pay of 

7 the Vice President under section 104 of title 3, 

8 United States Code, without regard to the civil 

9 service laws. 

10 (j) ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIETAL CONSIDER11 ATIONS.—The Director shall establish policies and set up 

12 formal avenues for public input, as appropriate, to ensure 

13 that ethical, legal, and societal considerations are explicitly 

14 integrated into the priorities for the Directorate, including 

15 the selection of focus areas under subsection (g), the 

16 award-making process, and throughout all stages of sup17 ported projects. 

18 (k) REPORTS AND ROADMAPS.— 

19 (1) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Director shall pro20 vide to the relevant authorizing and appropriations 

21 committees of Congress an annual report describing 

22 projects supported by the Directorate during the 

23 previous year. 

24 (2) ROADMAP.—Not later than 1 year after the 

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1 vide to the relevant authorizing and appropriations 

2 committees of Congress a roadmap describing the 

3 strategic vision that the Directorate will use to guide 

4 investment decisions over the following 3 years. 

5 (l) EVALUATION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—After the Directorate has 

7 been in operation for 6 years, the National Science 

8 Board shall evaluate how well the Directorate is 

9 achieving the purposes identified in subsection (b), 

10 including an assessment of the impact of Directorate 

11 activities on the Foundation’s primary science mis12 sion. 

13 (2) INCLUSIONS.—The evaluation shall in14 clude— 

15 (A) a recommendation on whether the Di16 rectorate should be continued or terminated; 

17 and 

18 (B) a description of lessons learned from 

19 operation of the Directorate. 

20 (3) AVAILABILITY.—On completion of the eval21 uation, the evaluation shall be made available to 

22 Congress and the public. 

23 (m) LIMITATION.—No amounts may be appropriated 

24 for the Directorate for each of fiscal years 2022, 2023, 

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1 (1) a specific appropriation is made for the Di2 rectorate; and 

3 (2) the amount appropriated for the activities 

4 of the Foundation, other than the activities author5 ized under this section, for each such fiscal year ex6 ceeds the amount appropriated for the Foundation 

7 for fiscal year 2021, as adjusted for inflation in ac8 cordance with the Consumer Price Index published 

9 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Depart10 ment of Labor. 

11 SEC. 10. ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS. 

12 (a) SUPPORTING VETERANS IN STEM CAREERS.— 

13 Section 3(c) of the Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers 

14 Act is amended by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien15 nial’’. 

16 (b) SUNSHINE ACT COMPLIANCE.—Section 15 of the 

17 National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 

18 is amended— 

19 (1) so that paragraph (3) reads as follows: 

20 ‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE REVIEW.—The Inspector 

21 General of the Foundation shall conduct a review of 

22 the compliance by the Board with the requirements 

23 described in paragraph (2) as necessary based on a 

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1 tent of closed meetings and determine whether the 

2 closure of the meetings was consistent with section 

3 552b of title 5, United States Code.’’; and 

4 (2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and in5 serting the following: 

6 ‘‘(4) MATERIALS RELATING TO CLOSED POR7 TIONS OF MEETING.—To facilitate the risk assess8 ment required under paragraph (3) of this sub9 section, and any subsequent review conducted by the 

10 Inspector General, the Office of the National Science 

11 Board shall maintain the General Counsel’s certifi12 cate, the presiding officer’s statement, and a tran13 script or recording of any closed meeting, for at 

14 least 3 years after such meeting.’’. 

15 (c) SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INDICATORS RE16 PORT SUBMISSION.—Section 4(j)(1) of the National 

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

18 is amended by striking ‘‘January 15’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘March 15’’. 

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