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Union Calendar No. 293 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5358 

[Report No. 109–524] 

To authorize programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and 

technology education at the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy Office of Science, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 11, 2006 

Mr. SCHWARZ of Michigan (for himself, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. SMITH of Texas, 

Mr. CALVERT, Mr. EHLERS, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, and Mr. MCCAUL of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Science 

JUNE 22, 2006 

Additional sponsors: Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. AL GREEN of 

Texas, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. BONNER, Mr. GORDON, Mr. 

REICHERT, Mr. WYNN, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. 

LIPINSKI, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. HONDA, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. 

DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. COSTA, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. 

SHERMAN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. HALL, Mr. GUTKNECHT, 

and Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida 

JUNE 22, 2006 

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

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


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[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 May 11, 2006] 

A BILL 

To authorize programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education at the National 

Science Foundation and the Department of Energy Office of Science, 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 ‘‘Science and Mathe5 matics Education for Competitiveness Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The National Science Foundation has made 

9 significant and valuable contributions to the improve10 ment of K–12 and undergraduate science, technology, 

11 engineering, and mathematics education throughout 

12 its 56 year history. 

13 (2) The National Science Foundation shall con14 tinue to carry out the functions described in section 

15 3 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

16 U.S.C. 1862). 


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1 SEC. 3. ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 

2 Section 10 of the National Science Foundation Author3 ization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–1) is amended— 

4 (1) by inserting ‘‘Teacher’’ after ‘‘Noyce’’ in the 

5 section heading and each place it appears in the text; 

6 (2) in subsection (a)(1)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘to provide scholarships, sti8 pends, and programming designed’’; and 

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘and to provide scholar10 ships and stipends to students participating in 

11 the program’’ after ‘‘science teachers’’; 

12 (3) in subsection (a)(3)(A)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘encourage top college jun14 iors and seniors’’ and inserting ‘‘recruit and 

15 prepare undergraduate students’’; and 

16 (B) by inserting ‘‘qualified as’’ after ‘‘to be17 come’’; 

18 (4) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘programs to help scholar20 ship recipients’’ and inserting ‘‘academic courses 

21 and early field teaching experiences designed to 

22 prepare students participating in the program’’; 

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

24 in’’ and inserting ‘‘such preparation as is nec25 essary to meet requirements for’’; and 


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1 (C) by striking ‘‘licensing; and’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘licensing;’’; 

3 (5) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(iii)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘scholarship recipients’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘students participating in the pro6 gram’’; 

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

8 inserting ‘‘enable the students’’; and 

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

10 and’’; 

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

12 end the following new clause: 

13 ‘‘(iv) providing summer internships for 

14 freshman and sophomore students partici15 pating in the program; or’’; 

16 (7) in subsection (a)(3)(B)— 

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

18 ‘‘recruit and prepare’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting ‘‘qualified as’’ after ‘‘to be20 come’’; 

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

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

23 ‘‘(ii) offering academic courses and 

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1 tary schools and secondary schools, includ2 ing such preparation as necessary to meet 

3 requirements for teacher certification or li4 censing;’’; 

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

6 following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible 

8 for an award under this section, an institution of 

9 higher education (or consortia of such institutions) 

10 shall ensure that specific faculty members and staff 

11 from the institution’s mathematics, science, or engi12 neering departments and specific education faculty 

13 are designated to carry out the development and im14 plementation of the program. An institution of higher 

15 education may also include teacher leaders to partici16 pate in developing the pedagogical content of the pro17 gram and to supervise students participating in the 

18 program in their field teaching experiences. No insti19 tution of higher education shall be eligible for an 

20 award unless faculty from the institution’s mathe21 matics, science, or engineering departments are active 

22 participants in the program.’’; 

23 (10) in subsection (b)(1)(A)— 

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


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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘and summer internships’’ 

2 after ‘‘number of scholarships’’; and 

3 (C) by inserting ‘‘the type of activities pro4 posed for the recruitment of students to the pro5 gram,’’ after ‘‘intends to award,’’; 

6 (11) in subsection (b)(1)(B)— 

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

8 and 

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

10 which may include a description of any existing 

11 programs at the applicant’s institution that are 

12 targeted to the education of science and mathe13 matics teachers and the number of teachers grad14 uated annually from such programs;’’; 

15 (12) in subsection (b)(1), by striking subpara16 graph (C) and inserting the following: 

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

18 and field teaching experiences required under 

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

20 ‘‘(i) a description of the undergraduate 

21 program that will enable a student to grad22 uate in 4 years with a major in mathe23 matics, science, or engineering and to ob24 tain teacher certification or licensing; 


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

2 experiences proposed; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) evidence of agreements between 

4 the applicant and the schools or school dis5 tricts that are identified as the locations at 

6 which field teaching experiences will occur; 

7 ‘‘(D) a description of the programs required 

8 under subsection (a)(3)(A)(iii) and (B)(iii), in9 cluding activities to assist new teachers in ful10 filling their service requirements under this sec11 tion; and 

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

13 mathematics, science, or engineering faculty and 

14 its education faculty who will carry out the de15 velopment and implementation of the program 

16 as required under subsection (a)(4).’’; 

17 (13) in subsection (b)(2)— 

18 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 

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

20 (E) and (F), respectively; and 

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

22 new subparagraph as follows: 

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

24 mathematics, science, or engineering faculty and 

25 its education faculty have worked or will work 


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1 collaboratively to design new or revised curricula 

2 that recognizes the specialized pedagogy required 

3 to teach mathematics and science effectively in 

4 elementary and secondary schools;’’; 

5 (14) in subsection (c)(3)— 

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

7 ‘‘$10,000’’; and 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘of scholarship support’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘of scholarship support, unless the 

10 Director establishes a policy by which part-time 

11 students may receive additional years of sup12 port’’; 

13 (15) in subsection (c)(4)— 

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘, with a maximum service 

15 requirement of 4 years’’ after ‘‘was received’’; 

16 and 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘Service required under this 

18 paragraph shall be performed in a high-need 

19 local educational agency.’’; 

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

21 new paragraph as follows: 

22 ‘‘(5) EXCEPTION.—The period of service obliga23 tion under paragraph (4) is reduced by 1 year for 

24 scholarship recipients whose service is performed in a 

25 high-need local educational agency.’’; 


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1 (17) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘to receive 

2 certification or licensing to teach’’ and inserting ‘‘es3 tablished under subsection (a)(3)(B)’’; 

4 (18) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ‘‘and pro5 fessional achievement’’ after ‘‘academic merit’’; 

6 (19) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘16 months’’; 

8 (20) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘for each 

9 year a stipend was received’’; 

10 (21) in subsection (g)(2)(A)— 

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

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

13 States.’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘multiplied by 2.’’ 

15 (22) in subsection (i)(3), by inserting ‘‘or had a 

16 career in’’ after ‘‘is working in’’; and 

17 (23) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(j) SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS SCHOLARSHIP GIFT

19 FUND.—In accordance with section 11(f) of the National 

20 Science Foundation Act of 1950, the Director is authorized 

21 to accept donations from the private sector to support schol22 arships, stipends, or internships associated with programs 

23 under this section. 

24 ‘‘(k) ASSESSMENT OF TEACHER RETENTION.—Not 

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1 section, the Director shall transmit to Congress a report on 

2 the effectiveness of the program carried out under this sec3 tion regarding the retention of participants in the teaching 

4 profession beyond the service obligation required under this 

5 section. 

6 ‘‘(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Except as 

7 provided in subsection (m), there are authorized to be ap8 propriated to the Director for the Robert Noyce Teacher 

9 Scholarship Program— 

10 ‘‘(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, of which 

11 at least $7,500,000 shall be used for capacity building 

12 activities described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) and 

13 (iii) and (B)(ii) and (iii); 

14 ‘‘(2) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, of which 

15 at least $10,500,000 shall be used for capacity build16 ing activities described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) and 

17 (iii) and (B)(ii) and (iii); 

18 ‘‘(3) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, of which 

19 at least $13,500,000 shall be used for capacity build20 ing activities described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) and 

21 (iii) and (B)(ii) and (iii); 

22 ‘‘(4) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, of which 

23 at least $16,500,000 shall be used for capacity build24 ing activities described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) and 

25 (iii) and (B)(ii) and (iii); and 


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1 ‘‘(5) $130,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, of which 

2 at least $19,500,000 shall be used for capacity build3 ing activities described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) and 

4 (iii) and (B)(ii) and (iii). 

5 ‘‘(m) EXCEPTION.—For any fiscal year for which the 

6 funding allocated for activities under this section is less 

7 than $50,000,000, the amount of funding available for ca8 pacity building activities described in paragraphs (1) 

9 through (5) of subsection (l) shall not exceed 15 percent of 

10 the allocated funds.’’. 

11 SEC. 4. SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR 

12 SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9 of the National Science 

14 Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n) 

15 is amended— 

16 (1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘MATHE17 MATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION PARTNER18 SHIPS’’ and inserting ‘‘SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY

19 PARTNERSHIPS FOR SCIENCE AND MATHE20 MATICS EDUCATION’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (a)(2)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘(A)’’; 

23 (B) by striking subparagraph (B); 

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

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1 neering,’’ after ‘‘institution of higher education’’; 

2 and 

3 (D) by striking ‘‘a State educational agen4 cy’’ and inserting ‘‘education faculty from the 

5 participating institution or institutions of high6 er education, a State educational agency,’’; 

7 (3) in subsection (a)(3)(B) by— 

8 (A) inserting ‘‘content-specific’’ before ‘‘pro9 fessional development programs’’; 

10 (B) inserting ‘‘which are’’ before ‘‘de11 signed’’; and 

12 (C) inserting ‘‘and which may include 

13 teacher training activities to prepare science and 

14 mathematics teachers to teach Advanced Place15 ment and International Baccalaureate science 

16 and mathematics courses’’ after ‘‘and science 

17 teachers’’; 

18 (4) in subsection (a)(3)(C) by inserting ‘‘and 

19 laboratory experiences’’ after ‘‘technology’’ and by in20 serting ‘‘and laboratory’’ after ‘‘provide technical’’; 

21 (5) in subsection (a)(3)(E) by striking ‘‘master 

22 teachers’’ and inserting ‘‘teacher leaders’’; 

23 (6) in subsection (a)(3)(I) by inserting ‘‘includ24 ing model induction programs for teachers in their 

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1 (7) in subsection (a)(3)(K) by striking ‘‘devel2 oping and offering mathematics or science enrichment 

3 programs for students, including after-school and 

4 summer programs;’’ and inserting ‘‘developing edu5 cational programs and materials for use in and con6 ducting mathematics or science enrichment programs 

7 for students, including after-school programs and 

8 summer camps for students described in subsection 

9 (b)(2)(G);’’; 

10 (8) in subsection (a)(4) by striking ‘‘master 

11 teachers’’ and inserting ‘‘teacher leaders’’ in the para12 graph heading and each place it appears in the text; 

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

14 following: 

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

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

17 shall include the development and offering of master’s 

18 degree programs for in-service mathematics and 

19 science teachers that will strengthen their subject area 

20 knowledge and pedagogical skills. Grants provided 

21 under this section may be used to develop and imple22 ment courses of instruction for the master’s degree 

23 programs, which may involve online learning, and 

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1 ‘‘(9) MENTORS FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT

2 COURSES TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.—Partnerships 

3 carrying out activities to prepare science and mathe4 matics teachers to teach Advanced Placement and 

5 International Baccalaureate science and mathematics 

6 courses in accordance with paragraph (3)(B) shall en7 courage companies employing scientists, mathemati8 cians, or engineers to provide mentors to teachers and 

9 students and provide for the coordination of such 

10 mentoring activities. 

11 ‘‘(10) INVENTIVENESS.—Activities carried out in 

12 accordance with paragraph (3)(H) may include the 

13 development and dissemination of curriculum tools 

14 that will help foster inventiveness and innovation.’’; 

15 (10) in subsection (b)(2) by redesignating sub16 paragraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and 

17 (G), respectively, and inserting after subparagraph 

18 (D) the following new subparagraph: 

19 ‘‘(E) the extent to which the evaluation de20 scribed in paragraph (1)(E) will be independent 

21 and based on objective measures;’’; 

22 (11) in subsection (b)(3)(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

23 the end; 

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1 after subparagraph (A) the following new subpara2 graph: 

3 ‘‘(B) give priority to applications that in4 clude teacher training activities as the main 

5 focus of the proposal; and’’; 

6 (13) in subsection (b) by inserting at the end the 

7 following: 

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

9 grant awarded under this section shall be not less 

10 than $75,000 or greater than $2,000,000 for any fis11 cal year.’’; 

12 (14) in subsection (c)— 

13 (A) by striking paragraph (2); 

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

15 and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respec16 tively; and 

17 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol18 lowing new paragraphs: 

19 ‘‘(2) REPORT ON MODEL PROJECTS.—The Direc20 tor shall determine which completed projects funded 

21 through the program under this section should be seen 

22 as models to be replicated on a more expansive basis 

23 at the State or national levels. Not later than 1 year 

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1 this study to the Committee on Science and the Com2 mittee on Education and the Workforce of the House 

3 of Representatives and to the Committee on Com4 merce, Science, and Transportation and the Com5 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 

6 the Senate. 

7 ‘‘(3) REPORT ON EVALUATIONS.—Not later than 

8 4 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 

9 the Director shall transmit a report summarizing the 

10 evaluations required under subsection (b)(1)(E) of 

11 grants received under this program and describing 

12 any changes to the program recommended as a result 

13 of these evaluations to the Committee on Science and 

14 the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 

15 House of Representatives and to the Committee on 

16 Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Com17 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 

18 the Senate. Such report shall be made widely avail19 able to the public.’’; and 

20 (15) by adding at the end the following new sub21 section: 

22 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘mathe23 matics and science teacher’ means a mathematics, science, 

24 or technology teacher at the elementary school or secondary 

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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4 of the National Science 

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

3 note) is amended— 

4 (1) by amending paragraph (6) to read as fol5 lows: 

6 ‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The 

7 term ‘eligible nonprofit organization’ means a non8 profit organization, such as a museum or science cen9 ter, involved in the preparation, training, or certifi10 cation of science and mathematics teachers.’’; 

11 (2) by amending paragraph (8) to read as fol12 lows: 

13 ‘‘(8) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN14 CY.—The term ‘high-need local educational agency’ 

15 means a local educational agency that— 

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

17 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

18 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq) as a result of hav19 ing within its jurisdiction concentrations of chil20 dren from low income families; and 

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

22 qualified teachers, as defined in section 9101 of 

23 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

24 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801), in the fields of science, 

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1 (3) in paragraph (11) by striking ‘‘master teach2 er’’ and inserting ‘‘teacher leader’’ in the paragraph 

3 heading and in the text, and by striking ‘‘master 

4 teachers’’ and inserting ‘‘teacher leaders’’ . 

5 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

6 authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Na7 tional Science Foundation for the School and University 

8 Partnerships for Science and Mathematics Education pro9 gram— 

10 (1) $63,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 

11 (2) $73,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

12 (3) $83,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

13 (4) $93,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

14 (5) $103,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

15 SEC. 5. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH16 EMATICS TALENT EXPANSION PROGRAM. 

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

18 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 is amend19 ed— 

20 (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘competi21 tive, merit-based’’ and all that follows through ‘‘in re22 cent years’’ and inserting ‘‘competitive, merit-re23 viewed multiyear grants for eligible applicants to im24 prove undergraduate education in science, mathe25 matics, engineering and technology through— 


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

2 number of students studying toward and com3 pleting associate’s or bachelor’s degrees in 

4 science, mathematics, engineering and tech5 nology, particularly in fields that have faced de6 clining enrollment in recent years; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the creation of centers to develop un8 dergraduate curriculum, teaching methods for 

9 undergraduate courses, and methods to better 

10 train professors and teaching assistants who 

11 teach undergraduate courses to increase the num12 ber of students completing undergraduate courses 

13 in science, mathematics, technology, and engi14 neering, including the number of nonmajors, and 

15 to improve student academic achievement in 

16 those courses. 

17 Grants made under clause (ii) shall be awarded joint18 ly through the Education and Human Resources Di19 rectorate and at least 1 research directorate of the 

20 Foundation’’; 

21 (2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘under this 

22 paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘under subparagraph 

23 (A)(i)’’; 

24 (3) in subparagraph (C)— 

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1 (B) by redesignating clauses (i) through (vi) 

2 as subclauses (I) through (VI), respectively; 

3 (C) by striking ‘‘under this paragraph’’ and 

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

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

6 clause: 

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

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

9 ‘‘(I) creating model curricula and labora10 tory programs; 

11 ‘‘(II) developing and demonstrating re12 search-based instructional methods and tech13 nologies; 

14 ‘‘(III) developing methods to train graduate 

15 students and faculty to be more effective teachers 

16 of undergraduates; 

17 ‘‘(IV) conducting programs to disseminate 

18 curricula, instructional methods, or training 

19 methods to faculty at the grantee institutions 

20 and at other institutions; 

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1 ‘‘(VI) conducting any other activities the 

2 Director determines will accomplish the goals de3 scribed in subparagraph (A)(ii).’’; 

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

5 this paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘under subparagraph 

6 (A)(i)’’; 

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

8 this paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘under subparagraph 

9 (A)(i)’’; 

10 (6) after subparagraph (D)(iii), by adding the 

11 following new clause: 

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

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

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

15 (7) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘under this 

16 paragraph’’ both places it appears and inserting 

17 ‘‘under subparagraph (A)(i)’’; 

18 (8) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub19 paragraph (J); and 

20 (9) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol21 lowing new subparagraphs: 

22 ‘‘(F) Grants awarded under subparagraph 

23 (A)(ii) shall be carried out by a department or de24 partments of science, mathematics, or engineering at 

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1 of), which may partner with education faculty. Appli2 cations for awards under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall 

3 be submitted to the Director at such time, in such 

4 manner, and containing such information as the Di5 rector may require. At a minimum, the application 

6 shall include— 

7 ‘‘(i) a description of the activities to be car8 ried out by the Center; 

9 ‘‘(ii) a plan for disseminating programs re10 lated to the activities carried out by the Center 

11 to faculty at the grantee institution and at other 

12 institutions; 

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

14 graduate students (if any), and undergraduate 

15 students who will be affected by the activities 

16 carried out by the Center; and 

17 ‘‘(iv) a plan for assessing the effectiveness of 

18 the Center at accomplishing the goals described 

19 in subparagraph (A)(ii). 

20 ‘‘(G) in evaluating the applications submitted 

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

22 at a minimum— 

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1 ing the dissemination activities described in sub2 paragraph (C)(ii)(IV); and 

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

4 and administrators of the applicant institution 

5 are committed to improving undergraduate 

6 science, mathematics, and engineering education. 

7 ‘‘(H) In awarding grants under subparagraph 

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

9 wide variety of science, mathematics, and engineering 

10 fields and types of institutions of higher education, 

11 including 2-year colleges, are covered, and that— 

12 ‘‘(i) at least 1 Center is housed at a Doc13 toral/Research University as defined by the Car14 negie Foundation for the Advancement of Teach15 ing; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) at least 1 Center is focused on improv17 ing undergraduate education in an interdiscipli18 nary area. 

19 ‘‘(I) The Director shall convene an annual meet20 ing of the awardees under this paragraph to foster 

21 collaboration and to disseminate the results of the 

22 Centers and the other activities funded under this 

23 paragraph.’’. 

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

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1 tor shall transmit to Congress a report on how the Director 

2 is determining whether current grant recipients in the 

3 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent 

4 Expansion Program are making satisfactory progress as re5 quired by section 8(7)(D)(ii) of the National Science Foun6 dation Authorization Act of 2002 and what funding actions 

7 have been taken as a result of the Director’s determinations. 

8 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

9 authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Na10 tional Science Foundation for the program described in sec11 tion 8(7) of the National Science Foundation Authorization 

12 Act of 2002— 

13 (1) $44,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, of which 

14 $4,000,000 shall be for the grants described in sub15 paragraph (A)(ii); 

16 (2) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, of which 

17 $10,000,000 shall be for the grants described in sub18 paragraph (A)(ii); 

19 (3) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, of which 

20 $10,000,000 shall be for the grants described in sub21 paragraph (A)(ii); 

22 (4) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, of which 

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1 (5) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, of which 

2 $10,000,000 shall be for the grants described in sub3 paragraph (A)(ii). 

4 SEC. 6. INTEGRATIVE GRADUATE EDUCATION AND RE5 SEARCH TRAINEESHIP PROGRAM. 

6 (a) FUNDING.—For each of the fiscal years 2007 

7 through 2011, the Director of the National Science Founda8 tion shall allocate at least 1.5 percent of funds appropriated 

9 for Research and Related Activities to the Integrative Grad10 uate Education and Research Traineeship program. 

11 (b) COORDINATION.—The Director shall coordinate 

12 with Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, to 

13 expand the interdisciplinary nature of the Integrative 

14 Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program. 

15 (c) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT FUNDS FROM OTHER

16 AGENCIES.—The Director is authorized to accept funds 

17 from other Federal departments and agencies to carry out 

18 the Integrative Graduate Education and Research 

19 Traineeship program. 

20 SEC. 7. CENTERS FOR RESEARCH ON LEARNING AND EDU21 CATION IMPROVEMENT. 

22 The Director of the National Science Foundation shall 

23 continue to carry out the program of Centers for Research 

24 on Learning and Education Improvement as established in 


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1 section 11 of the National Science Foundation Authoriza2 tion Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–2). 

3 SEC. 8. UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 

4 The Director of the National Science Foundation shall 

5 continue to carry out programs in undergraduate edu6 cation, including those authorized in section 17 of the Na7 tional Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 

8 U.S.C. 1862n–6). Funding for these programs shall increase 

9 as funding for the National Science Foundation grows. 

10 SEC. 9. EVALUATION OF PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE MASTERS. 

11 Not earlier than 1 year after the date of enactment 

12 of this Act, the Director of the National Science Foundation 

13 shall enter into an agreement with an appropriate party 

14 to assess the impact of the Professional Science Master’s 

15 (PSM) degree at a variety of institutions, including the ex16 tent to which the degree is interdisciplinary and targeted 

17 to emerging fields, such as services sciences, the ability of 

18 graduates to obtain employment in industry relative to 

19 those who receive traditional science master’s degrees, sal20 ary ranges for graduates relative to traditional science mas21 ters graduates, the extent to which the degree is terminal 

22 or graduates go on to continue their education, and the suc23 cess of the degree in attracting traditionally underrep24 resented populations, including women and minorities. The 

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1 for Federal support for Professional Science Master’s pro2 grams, shall be transmitted to the Congress not later than 

3 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 10. REPORT ON BROADER IMPACTS CRITERION. 

5 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

6 this Act, the Director of the National Science Foundation 

7 shall transmit to Congress a report on the impact of the 

8 broader impacts grant criterion used by the National 

9 Science Foundation. The report shall–— 

10 (1) identify the criteria that each division and 

11 directorate of the Foundation uses to evaluate the 

12 broader impacts aspects of research proposals; 

13 (2) provide a breakdown of the types of activities 

14 by division that awardees have proposed to carry out 

15 to meet the broader impacts criterion; 

16 (3) provide any evaluations performed by the 

17 National Science Foundation to assess the degree to 

18 which the broader impacts aspects of research pro19 posals were carried out and how effective they have 

20 been at meeting the goals described in the research 

21 proposals; 

22 (4) describe what national goals, such as improv23 ing undergraduate science, mathematics, and engi24 neering education, improving K–12 science and 

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1 try collaboration and technology transfer, and broad2 ening participation of underrepresented groups, the 

3 broader impacts criterion is best suited to promote; 

4 and 

5 (5) describe what steps the National Science 

6 Foundation is taking and should take to use the 

7 broader impacts criterion to improve undergraduate 

8 science, mathematics, and engineering education. 

9 SEC. 11. STUDY ON LABORATORY EQUIPMENT DONATIONS 

10 FOR SCHOOLS. 

11 Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 

12 this Act, the Director of the National Science Foundation 

13 shall transmit a report to the Congress examining the extent 

14 to which institutions of higher education are donating used 

15 laboratory equipment to elementary and secondary schools. 

16 The Director, in consultation with the Secretary of Edu17 cation, shall survey institutions of higher education to de18 termine— 

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

20 equipment is donated; 

21 (2) what criteria or guidelines the institutions 

22 are using to determine what types of equipment can 

23 be donated, what condition the equipment should be 

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1 (3) whether the institutions provide any support 

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

3 (4) how appropriate donations can be encour4 aged. 

5 SEC. 12. ASSESSMENTS OF NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDA6 TION EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 

7 In conducting assessments of National Science Foun8 dation education programs, the Director shall use assess9 ment methods that allow Foundation programs to be com10 pared to education programs supported by other Federal 

11 agencies. 

12 SEC. 13. EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 

13 ENERGY. 

14 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—The 

15 Secretary of Energy, acting through the Office of Science, 

16 shall carry out education programs and activities in fields 

17 related to the Office of Science’s mission, which may include 

18 awarding scholarships or fellowships for study and re19 search, providing research experiences at National Labora20 tories for undergraduates, and operating summer institutes 

21 to improve the content knowledge of science and mathe22 matics teachers. 

23 (b) INVENTORY AND EVALUATION.— 

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

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1 shall transmit a report to the Congress which shall 

2 contain— 

3 (A) an inventory of existing education pro4 grams and activities at the Department and at 

5 the National Laboratories, which shall include a 

6 description of each education program or activ7 ity supported by the Department or the National 

8 Laboratories, a description of the intended bene9 ficiaries, and the amount of Federal funding 

10 used to support it; and 

11 (B) a schedule for conducting independent 

12 evaluations of the education programs and ac13 tivities identified under subparagraph (A) to as14 sess the impact of such programs and activities 

15 on the intended beneficiaries and the larger mis16 sion of the Office of Science that shall result in 

17 all evaluations of the programs being completed 

18 not later than 4 years after the date of enact19 ment of this Act. 

20 (2) IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHEDULE.—The Sec21 retary shall implement the schedule provided under 

22 paragraph (1)(B) and shall transmit each evaluation 

23 to the Congress as it is completed, along with a de24 scription of any actions the Secretary intends to take 

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1 (c) NATIONAL LABORATORIES.—The Secretary shall 

2 include the conduct of education programs at the National 

3 Laboratories and the results of any evaluations of such pro4 grams as a factor in the annual setting of the performance 

5 and other incentive fees for a National Laboratories man6 agement and operations contractor. 

7 SEC. 14. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act— 

9 (1) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 

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

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

12 1001(a)); and 

13 (2) the term ‘‘National Laboratory’’ has the 

14 meaning given the term ‘‘nonmilitary energy labora15 tory’’ in section 903(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 

16 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16182(3)). 


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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5358 

[Report No. 109

–524] 

A BILL 

To authorize programs relating to science, mathepurposes. ment of Energy Office of Science, and for other the National Science Foundation and the Depart- matics, engineering, and technology education at 

JUNE 22, 2006 

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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