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Union Calendar No. 352 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4323 

[Report No. 115–473] 

To promote veteran involvement in STEM education, computer science, and 

scientific research, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 9, 2017 

Mr. DUNN (for himself, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. LOUDERMILK, 

Mr. BABIN, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. MARSHALL, and Mr. BANKS of Indiana) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Science, Space, and Technology 

DECEMBER 18, 2017 

Additional sponsors: Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. O’ROURKE, and Ms. ESTY of 

Connecticut 

DECEMBER 18, 2017 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To promote veteran involvement in STEM education, computer science, and scientific research, 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 ‘‘Supporting Veterans 

5 in STEM Careers Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

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

9 the Director of the National Science Foundation. 

10 (2) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 

11 means the National Science Foundation. 

12 (3) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ has the mean13 ing given the term in section 2 of the America COM14 PETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 

15 6621 note). 

16 (4) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the 

17 meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, 

18 United States Code. 

19 SEC. 3. SUPPORTING VETERANS IN STEM EDUCATION AND 

20 COMPUTER SCIENCE. 

21 (a) SUPPORTING VETERAN INVOLVEMENT IN SCI22 ENTIFIC RESEARCH AND STEM EDUCATION.—The Di23 rector shall, through the research and education activities 

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1 sue careers in STEM and computer science, in coordina2 tion with other Federal agencies that serve veterans. 

3 (b) VETERAN OUTREACH PLAN.—Not later than 90 

4 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 

5 shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and 

6 Technology of the House of Representatives and the Com7 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

8 Senate a plan for how the Foundation can enhance its out9 reach efforts to veterans. Such plan shall— 

10 (1) report on the Foundation’s existing out11 reach activities; 

12 (2) identify the best method for the Foundation 

13 to leverage existing authorities and programs to fa14 cilitate and support veterans in STEM careers and 

15 studies, including teaching programs; and 

16 (3) identify a method for the Foundation to 

17 track veteran participation in research and edu18 cation programs of the Foundation, and describe 

19 any barriers to collecting such information. 

20 (c) NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD INDICATORS RE21 PORT.—The National Science Board shall provide in its 

22 annual report on indicators of the state of science and en23 gineering in the United States any available and relevant 

24 data on veterans in science and engineering careers or 

25 education programs. 


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1 (d) ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PRO2 GRAM UPDATE.—Section 10 of the National Science 

3 Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n– 

4 1) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)(5)— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

9 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

11 ‘‘(C) higher education programs that serve 

12 or support veterans.’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(F)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘and students’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘, students’’; and 

16 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and veterans’’ before 

17 the period at the end; 

18 (3) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting ‘‘and vet19 erans’’ before the period at the end; and 

20 (4) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ‘‘and vet21 erans’’ before the period at the end. 

22 (e) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION TEACHING

23 FELLOWSHIPS AND MASTER TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS

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1 dation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n– 

2 1a(d)) is amended— 

3 (1) in paragraph (3)(F)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘and individuals’’ and in5 serting ‘‘, individuals’’; and 

6 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and veterans’’ before 

7 the period at the end; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting ‘‘and vet9 erans’’ before the period at the end. 

10 (f) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION COMPUTER

11 AND NETWORK SECURITY CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS

12 UPDATE.—Section 5(a) of the Cyber Security Research 

13 and Development Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7404(a)) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and stu16 dents who are veterans’’ after ‘‘these fields’’; and 

17 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

19 at the end; 

20 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as 

21 subparagraph (K); and 

22 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 

23 following: 


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1 ‘‘(J) creating opportunities for veterans to 

2 transition to careers in computer and network 

3 security; and’’. 

4 (g) GRADUATE TRAINEESHIPS IN COMPUTER AND

5 NETWORK SECURITY RESEARCH UPDATE.—Section 

6 5(c)(6)(C) of the Cyber Security Research and Develop7 ment Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7404(c)(6)(C)) is amended 

8 by inserting ‘‘or veterans,’’ after ‘‘disciplines’’. 

9 (h) VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES STEM 

10 EDUCATION INTERAGENCY SUBCOMMITTEE.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 

12 Science and Technology Policy shall establish a sub13 committee under the Committee on STEM Edu14 cation of the National Science and Technology 

15 Council (established under section 101 of the Amer16 ica COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010) to 

17 coordinate Federal programs and policies for 

18 transitioning and training veterans and military 

19 spouses for STEM careers. 

20 (2) DUTIES OF SUBCOMMITTEE.—The sub21 committee established under paragraph (1) shall— 

22 (A) coordinate Federal agency STEM out23 reach activities and programs for veterans and 

24 military spouses; and 


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1 (B) develop and facilitate the implementa2 tion by participating agencies of a strategic 

3 plan, which shall— 

4 (i) specify and prioritize short- and 

5 long-term objectives; 

6 (ii) specify the common metrics that 

7 will be used by Federal agencies to assess 

8 progress toward achieving such objectives; 

9 (iii) identify barriers veterans face in 

10 reentering the workforce, including a lack 

11 of formal STEM education, career guid12 ance, and the process of transferring mili13 tary credits and skills to college credits; 

14 (iv) identify barriers military spouses 

15 face in establishing careers in STEM 

16 fields; 

17 (v) describe the approaches that each 

18 participating agency will take to address 

19 administratively the barriers described in 

20 clauses (iii) and (iv); and 

21 (vi) identify any barriers that require 

22 Federal or State legislative or regulatory 

23 changes in order to be addressed. 

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1 age and monitor the efforts of the Federal agencies 

2 participating in the subcommittee to ensure that the 

3 strategic plan required under paragraph (2)(B) is 

4 developed and executed effectively and that the ob5 jectives of such strategic plan are met. 

6 (4) REPORT.—The Director of the Office of 

7 Science and Technology Policy shall— 

8 (A) not later than 1 year after the date of 

9 enactment of this Act, submit to Congress the 

10 strategic plan required under paragraph (2)(B); 

11 and 

12 (B) include in the annual report required 

13 by section 101(d) of the America COMPETES 

14 Reauthorization Act a description of any 

15 progress made in carrying out the activities de16 scribed in paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection. 


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Union Calendar No. 352 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4323 

[Report No. 115–473] 

A BILL 

To promote veteran involvement in STEM eduand for other purposes. cation, computer science, and scientific research, 

DECEMBER 18, 2017 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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