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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5458 

To provide for the National Science Foundation to make grants for the 

establishment of summer science and mathematics camps for middle 

school and high school students. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2006 

Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. GORDON, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE

JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science 

A BILL 

To provide for the National Science Foundation to make 

grants for the establishment of summer science and 

mathematics camps for middle school and high school 

students. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SUMMER CAMPS. 

4 (a) PROGRAM.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out 

6 a program to award grants to institutions of higher 

7 education or eligible nonprofit organizations (or con8 sortia of such institutions and organizations) to deVerDate Aug 31 2005 02:18 May 26, 2006 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5458.IH H5458

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1 velop and operate summer science and mathematics 

2 camps for middle school and high school students. 

3 The camps shall be designed to promote the interest 

4 of children in science, mathematics, and technology 

5 and to increase their knowledge of these subjects. 

6 (2) DISTRIBUTION OF AWARDS.—The Director 

7 shall, in awarding grants under this section, consider 

8 the distribution of awards among institutions and 

9 organizations of different sizes and geographic loca10 tions. 

11 (3) MERIT REVIEW.—Grants shall be provided 

12 under this section on a competitive, merit-reviewed 

13 basis. 

14 (4) USE OF GRANTS.—Grant funds may be 

15 used to— 

16 (A) develop educational programs and ma17 terials for use in the summer science and math18 ematics camps; and 

19 (B) cover the costs of operating the sum20 mer camps, including the cost of attendance for 

21 students selected to attend the camps in accord22 ance with subsection (b)(3). 

23 (b) SELECTION PROCESS.— 

24 (1) APPLICATION.—An applicant for an award 

25 under this section shall submit an application to the 


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1 Director at such time, in such manner, and con2 taining such information as the Director may re3 quire. The application shall include, at a minimum— 

4 (A) a description of the educational pro5 gram that will be offered by the science or 

6 mathematics summer camp that the applicant 

7 intends to operate; 

8 (B) a description of the process by which 

9 students will be selected to attend the summer 

10 camp; 

11 (C) the duration of the camp and the num12 ber of students who can be accommodated in 

13 the program each year; 

14 (D) identification of the individuals who 

15 will be involved in designing and implementing 

16 the educational program at the summer camp; 

17 and 

18 (E) evidence of the agreement required 

19 under paragraph (3). 

20 (2) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—In evaluating 

21 the applications submitted under paragraph (1), the 

22 Director shall consider, at a minimum— 

23 (A) the ability of the applicant to effec24 tively carry out the program; 


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1 (B) the novelty and educational value of 

2 the program to be offered at the summer camp; 

3 (C) the number of the students that will be 

4 served by the program; and 

5 (D) the extent to which the program is tai6 lored to the needs of individuals from groups 

7 underrepresented in science and technology ca8 reers. 

9 (3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible 

10 to receive a grant under this section, an institution 

11 of higher education or eligible nonprofit organization 

12 (or consortia of such institutions and organizations) 

13 must enter into an agreement with one or more 

14 urban high-need local educational agencies to de15 velop a process for selecting students from schools 

16 administered by the educational agencies to attend 

17 the science or mathematics summer camp. 

18 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

19 (1) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 

20 the National Science Foundation. 

21 (2) The term ‘‘eligible nonprofit organization’’ 

22 means a nonprofit organization, such as a museum 

23 or science center, that has expertise and experience 

24 in providing informal science and mathematics edu25 cation for the public. 


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1 (3) The term ‘‘urban high-need local edu2 cational agency’’ means a local educational agency 

3 that— 

4 (A) is located in one of the 25 United 

5 States cities with the greatest numbers of chil6 dren aged 5 to 17 living in poverty, based on 

7 data from the Census Bureau; and 

8 (B) has at least 1 school in which 50 per9 cent or more of the enrolled students are eligi10 ble for participation in the free and reduced 

11 price lunch program established by the Richard 

12 B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

13 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). 

14 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

15 are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science 

16 Foundation for the purposes of this section, $2,000,000 

17 for fiscal year 2007, $2,050,000 for fiscal year 2008, 

18 $2,100,000 for fiscal year 2009, $2,150,000 for fiscal year 

19 2010, and $2,200,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

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