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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3033 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 27, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

AN ACT 

To require the President’s annual budget request to Congress 

each year to include a line item for the Research in 

Disabilities Education program of the National Science 

Foundation and to require the National Science Foundation to conduct research on dyslexia. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Research Excellence 

3 and Advancements for Dyslexia Act’’ or the ‘‘READ Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) As many as 1 out of 6, or 8,500,000, Amer7 ican school children may have dyslexia. 

8 (2) Since 1975, dyslexia has been included in 

9 the list of qualifying learning disabilities under the 

10 Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 

11 1975 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education 

12 Act. 

13 SEC. 3. RESEARCH IN DISABILITIES EDUCATION. 

14 (a) PROGRAM.—Nothing in this Act alters the Na15 tional Science Foundation’s Research in Disabilities Edu16 cation program for fundamental and implementation re17 search about learners (of all ages) with disabilities, includ18 ing dyslexia, in science, technology, engineering, and 

19 mathematics (STEM). The National Science Foundation 

20 shall continue to encourage efforts to understand and ad21 dress disability-based differences in STEM education and 

22 workforce participation, including differences for dyslexic 

23 learners. 

24 (b) LINE ITEM.—The Director of the National 

25 Science Foundation shall include the amount requested for 


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1 the Research in Disabilities Education program in the 

2 Foundation’s annual congressional budget justification. 

3 SEC. 4. DYSLEXIA. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Science Foundation 

5 shall support multi-directorate, merit-reviewed, and com6 petitively awarded research on the science of dyslexia, in7 cluding research on the early identification of children and 

8 students with dyslexia, professional development for teach9 ers and administrators of students with dyslexia, curricula 

10 and educational tools needed for children with dyslexia, 

11 and implementation and scaling of successful models of 

12 dyslexia intervention. Research supported under this sub13 section shall be conducted with the goal of practical appli14 cation. 

15 (b) FUNDING.—The National Science Foundation 

16 shall devote at least $5 million annually to research de17 scribed in subsection (a), subject to the availability of ap18 propriations, to come from amounts made available for the 

19 Research and Related Activities account or the Education 

20 and Human Resources Directorate. No additional funds 

21 are authorized to be appropriated under this section. This 


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1 Act shall be carried out using funds otherwise appro2 priated by law after the date of enactment of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 26, 

2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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