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Union Calendar No. 142 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2528 

[Report No. 116–184] 

To direct the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to 

carry out programs and activities to ensure that Federal science agencies 

and institutions of higher education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2019 

Ms. JOHNSON of Texas (for herself and Mr. LUCAS) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

JULY 30, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. BEYER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. HILL

of California, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. LAMB, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. CLARKE

of New York, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. 

FOSTER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. SIRES, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N

of Puerto Rico, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. TONKO, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mrs. 

FLETCHER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. 

WALTZ, and Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL

JULY 30, 2019 

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

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

[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 7, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To direct the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to carry out programs and activities to 

ensure that Federal science agencies and institutions of 

higher education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool, 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FINDINGS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘STEM Opportunities Act of 2019’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; findings. 

Sec. 2. Purposes. 

Sec. 3. Federal science agency policies for caregivers. 

Sec. 4. Collection and reporting of data on Federal research grants. 

Sec. 5. Policies for review of Federal research grants. 

Sec. 6. Collection of data on demographics of faculty. 

Sec. 7. Cultural and institutional barriers to expanding the academic and Federal STEM workforce. 

Sec. 8. Research and dissemination at the National Science Foundation. 

Sec. 9. Research and related activities to expand STEM opportunities. 

Sec. 10. Tribal Colleges and Universities Program. 

Sec. 11. Report to Congress. 

Sec. 12. Merit review. 

Sec. 13. Definitions. 

8 (c) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) Many reports over the past decade have 

10 found that it is critical to our Nation’s economic 

11 leadership and global competitiveness that the United 

12 States educates and trains more scientists and engi13 neers. 

14 (2) Research shows that women and minorities 

15 who are interested in STEM careers are dispropor16 tionately lost at nearly every educational transition 

17 and at every career milestone. 

18 (3) The National Center for Science and Engi19 neering Statistics at the National Science Foundation 


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1 collects, compiles, analyzes, and publishes data on the 

2 demographics of STEM degrees and STEM jobs in the 

3 United States. 

4 (4) Women now earn nearly 37 percent of all 

5 STEM bachelor’s degrees, but major variations persist 

6 among fields. In 2017, women earned only 20 percent 

7 of all bachelor’s degrees awarded in engineering and 

8 19 percent of bachelor’s degrees awarded in computer 

9 sciences. Based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data, 

10 jobs in computing occupations are expected to account 

11 for nearly 60 percent of the projected annual growth 

12 of newly created STEM job openings from 2016 to 

13 2026. 

14 (5) In 2017, underrepresented minority groups 

15 comprised 39 percent of the college-age population of 

16 the United States, but only 18 percent of students who 

17 earned bachelor’s degrees in STEM fields. The Higher 

18 Education Research Institute at the University of 

19 California, Los Angeles, found that, while freshmen 

20 from underrepresented minority groups express an in21 terest in pursuing a STEM undergraduate degree at 

22 the same rate as all other freshmen, only 22.1 percent 

23 of Latino students, 18.4 percent of African-American 

24 students, and 18.8 percent of Native American stu25 dents studying in STEM fields complete their degree 


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1 within 5 years, compared to approximately 33 per2 cent of White students and 42 percent of Asian stu3 dents who complete their degree within 5 years. 

4 (6) In some STEM fields, including the com5 puter sciences, women persist at about the same rate 

6 through doctorate degrees. In other STEM fields, 

7 women persist through doctorate degrees at a lower 

8 rate. In mathematics, women earn just 26 percent of 

9 doctorate degrees compared with 42 percent of under10 graduate degrees. Overall, women earned 38 percent 

11 of STEM doctorate degrees in 2016. The rate of mi12 nority students earning STEM doctorate degrees in 

13 physics is 9 percent, compared with 15 percent for 

14 bachelor’s degree. Students from underrepresented mi15 nority groups accounted for only 11.5 percent of 

16 STEM doctorate degrees awarded in 2016. 

17 (7) The representation of women in STEM drops 

18 significantly from the doctorate degree level to the fac19 ulty level. Overall, women hold only 26 percent of all 

20 tenured and tenure-track positions and 27 percent of 

21 full professor positions in STEM fields in our Na22 tion’s universities and 4-year colleges. Black and His23 panic faculty together hold about 6.8 percent of all 

24 tenured and tenure-track positions and 7.5 percent of 

25 full professor positions. Many of the numbers in the 


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1 American Indian or Alaskan Native and Native Ha2 waiian or Other Pacific Islander categories for dif3 ferent faculty ranks were too small for the National 

4 Science Foundation to report publicly without poten5 tially compromising confidential information about 

6 the individuals being surveyed. 

7 (8) The representation of women is especially 

8 low at our Nation’s top research universities. Even in 

9 the biological sciences, in which women now earn 

10 more than 50 percent of the doctorates and passed the 

11 25 percent level 37 years ago, women make up only 

12 25 percent of the full professors at the approximately 

13 100 most research-intensive universities in the United 

14 States. In the physical sciences and mathematics, 

15 women make up only 11 percent of full professors, in 

16 computer sciences only 10 percent, and across engi17 neering fields only 7 percent. The data suggest that 

18 approximately 6 percent of all tenure-track STEM 

19 faculty members at the most research-intensive uni20 versities are from underrepresented minority groups, 

21 but in some fields the numbers are too small to report 

22 publicly. 

23 (9) By 2050, underrepresented minorities will 

24 comprise 52 percent of the college-age population of 

25 the United States. If the percentage of female students 


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1 and students from underrepresented minority groups 

2 earning bachelor’s degrees in STEM fields does not 

3 significantly increase, the United States will face an 

4 acute shortfall in the overall number of students who 

5 earn degrees in STEM fields just as United States 

6 companies are increasingly seeking students with 

7 those skills. With this impending shortfall, the United 

8 States will almost certainly lose its competitive edge 

9 in the 21st century global economy. 

10 (10) According to a 2014 Association for Women 

11 in Science survey of over 4,000 scientists across the 

12 globe, 70 percent of whom were men, STEM research13 ers face significant challenges in work-life integration. 

14 Researchers in the United States were among the 

15 most likely to experience a conflict between work and 

16 their personal life at least weekly. One-third of re17 searchers surveyed said that ensuring good work-life 

18 integration has negatively impacted their careers, 

19 and, of researchers intending to leave their current job 

20 within the next year, 9 percent indicated it was be21 cause they were unable to balance work and life de22 mands. 

23 (11) Female students and students from under24 represented minority groups at institutions of higher 

25 education who see few others ‘‘like themselves’’ among 


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1 faculty and student populations often do not experi2 ence the social integration that is necessary for suc3 cess in all disciplines, including STEM. 

4 (12) One in five children in the United States 

5 attend school in a rural community. The data shows 

6 that rural students are at a disadvantage with respect 

7 to STEM readiness. Among STEM-interested stu8 dents, 17 percent of students in rural high schools and 

9 18 percent of students in town-located high schools 

10 meet the ACT STEM Benchmark, compared with 33 

11 percent of students in suburban high schools and 27 

12 percent of students in urban high schools. 

13 (13) A substantial body of evidence establishes 

14 that most people hold implicit biases. Decades of cog15 nitive psychology research reveal that most people 

16 carry prejudices of which they are unaware but that 

17 nonetheless play a large role in evaluations of people 

18 and their work. Unintentional biases and outmoded 

19 institutional structures are hindering the access and 

20 advancement of women, minorities, and other groups 

21 historically underrepresented in STEM. 

22 (14) Workshops held to educate faculty about un23 intentional biases have demonstrated success in rais24 ing awareness of such biases. 


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1 (15) In 2012, the Office of Diversity and Equal 

2 Opportunity of the National Aeronautics and Space 

3 Administration (in this Act referred to as ‘‘NASA’’) 

4 completed a report that— 

5 (A) is specifically designed to help NASA 

6 grant recipients identify why the dearth of 

7 women in STEM fields continues and to ensure 

8 that it is not due to discrimination; and 

9 (B) provides guidance that is usable by all 

10 institutions of higher education receiving signifi11 cant Federal research funding on how to conduct 

12 meaningful self-evaluations of campus culture 

13 and policies. 

14 (16) The Federal Government provides 55 per15 cent of research funding at institutions of higher edu16 cation and, through its grant-making policies, has 

17 had significant influence on institution of higher edu18 cation policies, including policies related to institu19 tional culture and structure. 

20 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

21 The purposes of this Act are as follows: 

22 (1) To ensure that Federal science agencies and 

23 institutions of higher education receiving Federal re24 search and development funding are fully engaging 

25 the entire talent pool of the United States. 


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1 (2) To promote research on, and increase under2 standing of, the participation and trajectories of 

3 women, minorities, and other groups historically 

4 underrepresented in STEM studies and careers, in5 cluding persons with disabilities, older learners, vet6 erans, and rural, poor, and tribal populations, at in7 stitutions of higher education and Federal science 

8 agencies, including Federal laboratories. 

9 (3) To raise awareness within Federal science 

10 agencies, including Federal laboratories, and institu11 tions of higher education about cultural and institu12 tional barriers limiting the recruitment, retention, 

13 promotion, and other indicators of participation and 

14 achievement of women, minorities, and other groups 

15 historically underrepresented in academic and Gov16 ernment STEM research careers at all levels. 

17 (4) To identify, disseminate, and implement best 

18 practices at Federal science agencies, including Fed19 eral laboratories, and at institutions of higher edu20 cation to remove or reduce cultural and institutional 

21 barriers limiting the recruitment, retention, and suc22 cess of women, minorities, and other groups histori23 cally underrepresented in academic and Government 

24 STEM research careers. 


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1 (5) To provide grants to institutions of higher 

2 education to recruit, retain, and advance STEM fac3 ulty members from underrepresented minority groups 

4 and to implement or expand reforms in under5 graduate STEM education in order to increase the 

6 number of students from underrepresented minority 

7 groups receiving degrees in these fields. 

8 SEC. 3. FEDERAL SCIENCE AGENCY POLICIES FOR CARE9 GIVERS. 

10 (a) OSTP GUIDANCE.—Not later than 6 months after 

11 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director, in consulta12 tion with relevant agencies, shall provide guidance to each 

13 Federal science agency to establish policies that— 

14 (1) apply to all— 

15 (A) research awards granted by such agen16 cy; and 

17 (B) principal investigators of such research 

18 who have caregiving responsibilities, including 

19 care for a newborn or newly adopted child and 

20 care for an immediate family member who is 

21 sick or disabled; and 

22 (2) provide— 

23 (A) flexibility in timing for the initiation of 

24 approved research awards granted by such agen25 cy; 


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1 (B) no-cost extensions of such research 

2 awards; 

3 (C) grant supplements, as appropriate, to 

4 research awards for research technicians or 

5 equivalent positions to sustain research activities 

6 conducted under such awards; and 

7 (D) any other appropriate accommodations 

8 at the discretion of the director of each such 

9 agency. 

10 (b) UNIFORMITY OF GUIDANCE.—In providing guid11 ance under subsection (a), the Director shall encourage uni12 formity and consistency in the policies established pursuant 

13 to such guidance across all Federal science agencies. 

14 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES.—Consistent with 

15 the guidance under subsection (a), Federal science agencies 

16 shall— 

17 (1) maintain or develop and implement policies 

18 for individuals described in paragraph (1)(B) of such 

19 subsection; and 

20 (2) broadly disseminate such policies to current 

21 and potential grantees. 

22 (d) DATA ON USAGE.—Federal science agencies shall— 

23 (1) collect data on the usage of the policies under 

24 subsection (c), by gender, at both institutions of high25 er education and Federal laboratories; and 


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1 (2) report such data on an annual basis to the 

2 Director in such form as required by the Director. 

3 SEC. 4. COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF DATA ON FED4 ERAL RESEARCH GRANTS. 

5 (a) COLLECTION OF DATA.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal science agency 

7 shall collect, as practicable, with respect to all appli8 cations for merit-reviewed research and development 

9 grants to institutions of higher education and Federal 

10 laboratories supported by that agency, the standard11 ized record-level annual information on demo12 graphics, primary field, award type, institution type, 

13 review rating, budget request, funding outcome, and 

14 awarded budget. 

15 (2) UNIFORMITY AND STANDARDIZATION.—The 

16 Director, in consultation with the Director of the Na17 tional Science Foundation, shall establish a policy to 

18 ensure uniformity and standardization of the data 

19 collection required under paragraph (1). 

20 (3) RECORD-LEVEL DATA.— 

21 (A) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning not later 

22 than 2 years after the date of the enactment of 

23 this Act, and on an annual basis thereafter, each 

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1 level data collected under paragraph (1) in the 

2 form required by such Director. 

3 (B) PREVIOUS DATA.—As part of the first 

4 submission under subparagraph (A), each Fed5 eral science agency, to the extent practicable, 

6 shall also submit comparable record-level data 

7 for the 5 years preceding the date of such sub8 mission. 

9 (b) REPORTING OF DATA.—The Director of the Na10 tional Science Foundation shall publish statistical sum11 mary data, as practicable, collected under this section, 

12 disaggregated and cross-tabulated by race, ethnicity, gender, 

13 and years since completion of doctoral degree, including in 

14 conjunction with the National Science Foundation’s report 

15 required by section 37 of the Science and Technology Equal 

16 Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885d; Public Law 96–516). 

17 SEC. 5. POLICIES FOR REVIEW OF FEDERAL RESEARCH 

18 GRANTS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal science agency shall 

20 implement the policy recommendations with respect to re21 ducing the impact of implicit bias at Federal science agen22 cies and grantee institutions as developed by the Office of 

23 Science and Technology Policy in the 2016 report entitled 

24 ‘‘Reducing the Impact of Bias in the STEM Workforce’’ and 

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1 (b) PILOT ACTIVITY.—In consultation with the Na2 tional Science Foundation and consistent with policy rec3 ommendations referenced in subsection (a), each Federal 

4 science agency shall implement a 2-year pilot orientation 

5 activity for program officers and members of standing re6 view committees to educate reviewers on research related to, 

7 and minimize the effects of, implicit bias in the review of 

8 extramural and intramural Federal research grants. 

9 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES.—Drawing upon 

10 lessons learned from the pilot activity under subsection (b), 

11 each Federal science agency shall maintain or develop and 

12 implement evidence-based policies and practices to mini13 mize the effects of implicit bias in the review of extramural 

14 and intramural Federal research grants. 

15 (d) ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES.—Federal science agen16 cies shall regularly assess, and amend as necessary, the poli17 cies and practices implemented pursuant to subsection (c) 

18 to ensure effective measures are in place to minimize the 

19 effects of implicit bias in the review of extramural and in20 tramural Federal research grants. 

21 SEC. 6. COLLECTION OF DATA ON DEMOGRAPHICS OF FAC22 ULTY. 

23 (a) COLLECTION OF DATA.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 

25 the date of enactment of this Act, and at least every 


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1 5 years thereafter, the Director of the National 

2 Science Foundation shall carry out a survey to collect 

3 data from grantees on the demographics of STEM fac4 ulty, by broad fields of STEM, at different types of 

5 institutions of higher education. 

6 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—To the extent practicable, 

7 the Director of the National Science Foundation shall 

8 consider, by gender, race, ethnicity, citizenship status, 

9 and years since completion of doctoral degree— 

10 (A) the number and percentage of faculty; 

11 (B) the number and percentage of faculty at 

12 each rank; 

13 (C) the number and percentage of faculty 

14 who are in nontenure-track positions, including 

15 teaching and research; 

16 (D) the number and percentage of faculty 

17 who are reviewed for promotion, including ten18 ure, and the percentage of that number who are 

19 promoted, including being awarded tenure; 

20 (E) faculty years in rank; 

21 (F) the number and percentage of faculty to 

22 leave tenure-track positions; 

23 (G) the number and percentage of faculty 

24 hired, by rank; and 


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1 (H) the number and percentage of faculty 

2 in leadership positions. 

3 (b) EXISTING SURVEYS.—The Director of the National 

4 Science Foundation, may, in modifying or expanding exist5 ing Federal surveys of higher education (as necessary)— 

6 (1) take into account the considerations under 

7 subsection (a)(2) by collaborating with statistical cen8 ters at other Federal agencies; or 

9 (2) award a grant or contract to an institution 

10 of higher education or other nonprofit organization to 

11 take such considerations into account. 

12 (c) REPORTING DATA.—The Director of the National 

13 Science Foundation shall publish statistical summary data 

14 collected under this section, including as part of the Na15 tional Science Foundation’s report required by section 37 

16 of the Science and Technology Equal Opportunities Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 1885d; Public Law 96–516). 

18 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

19 authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Na20 tional Science Foundation $3,000,000 in each of fiscal 

21 years 2020 through 2022 to develop and carry out the ini22 tial survey required under subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 7. CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO EX2 PANDING THE ACADEMIC AND FEDERAL STEM 

3 WORKFORCE. 

4 (a) BEST PRACTICES AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER

5 EDUCATION AND FEDERAL LABORATORIES.— 

6 (1) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE.—Not later 

7 than 12 months after the date of enactment of this 

8 Act, the Director, in consultation with the interagency 

9 working group on inclusion in STEM, shall develop 

10 written guidance for institutions of higher education 

11 and Federal laboratories on the best practices for— 

12 (A) conducting periodic climate surveys of 

13 STEM departments and divisions, with a par14 ticular focus on identifying any cultural or in15 stitutional barriers to the recruitment, retention, 

16 or advancement of women, racial and ethnic mi17 norities, and other groups historically underrep18 resented in STEM studies and careers; and 

19 (B) providing educational opportunities, in20 cluding workshops as described in subsection (b), 

21 for STEM faculty, research personnel, and ad22 ministrators to learn about current research on 

23 implicit bias in recruitment, evaluation, and 

24 promotion of undergraduate and graduate stu25 dents and research personnel. 


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1 (2) EXISTING GUIDANCE.—In developing the 

2 guidance under paragraph (1), the Director shall uti3 lize guidance already developed by Federal science 

4 agencies. 

5 (3) DISSEMINATION OF GUIDANCE.—Federal 

6 science agencies shall broadly disseminate the guid7 ance developed under paragraph (1) to institutions of 

8 higher education that receive Federal research funding 

9 and Federal laboratories. 

10 (4) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES.—Consistent 

11 with the guidance developed under paragraph (1)— 

12 (A) the Director of the National Science 

13 Foundation shall develop a policy that— 

14 (i) applies to, at a minimum, doctoral 

15 degree granting institutions that receive 

16 Federal research funding; and 

17 (ii) requires each such institution, not 

18 later than 3 years after the date of enact19 ment of this Act, to report to the Director 

20 of the National Science Foundation on ac21 tivities and policies developed and imple22 mented based on the guidance developed 

23 under paragraph (1); and 

24 (B) each Federal science agency with a Fed25 eral laboratory shall maintain or develop and 


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1 implement practices and policies for the purposes 

2 described in paragraph (1) for such laboratory. 

3 (b) WORKSHOPS TO ADDRESS CULTURAL BARRIERS

4 TO EXPANDING THE ACADEMIC AND FEDERAL STEM 

5 WORKFORCE.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director, in con8 sultation with the interagency working group on in9 clusion in STEM, shall recommend a uniform policy 

10 for Federal science agencies to carry out a program 

11 of workshops that educate STEM department chairs 

12 at institutions of higher education, senior managers 

13 at Federal laboratories, and other federally funded re14 searchers about methods that minimize the effects of 

15 implicit bias in the career advancement, including 

16 hiring, tenure, promotion, and selection for any honor 

17 based in part on the recipient’s research record, of 

18 academic and Federal STEM researchers. 

19 (2) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Director 

20 shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that workshops 

21 supported under this subsection are coordinated 

22 across Federal science agencies and jointly supported 

23 as appropriate. 

24 (3) MINIMIZING COSTS.—To the extent prac25 ticable, workshops shall be held in conjunction with 


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1 national or regional STEM disciplinary meetings to 

2 minimize costs associated with participant travel. 

3 (4) PRIORITY FIELDS FOR ACADEMIC PARTICI4 PANTS.—In considering the participation of STEM 

5 department chairs and other academic researchers, the 

6 Director shall prioritize workshops for the broad fields 

7 of STEM in which the national rate of representation 

8 of women among tenured or tenure-track faculty or 

9 nonfaculty researchers at doctorate-granting institu10 tions of higher education is less than 25 percent, ac11 cording to the most recent data available from the 

12 National Center for Science and Engineering Statis13 tics. 

14 (5) ORGANIZATIONS ELIGIBLE TO CARRY OUT

15 WORKSHOPS.—A Federal science agency may carry 

16 out the program of workshops under this subsection 

17 by making grants to organizations made eligible by 

18 the Federal science agency and any of the following 

19 organizations: 

20 (A) Nonprofit scientific and professional so21 cieties and organizations that represent one or 

22 more STEM disciplines. 

23 (B) Nonprofit organizations that have the 

24 primary mission of advancing the participation 


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1 of women, minorities, or other groups histori2 cally underrepresented in STEM. 

3 (6) CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKSHOPS.—The 

4 workshops shall have the following characteristics: 

5 (A) Invitees to workshops shall include at 

6 least— 

7 (i) the chairs of departments in the rel8 evant STEM discipline or disciplines from 

9 doctoral degree granting institutions that 

10 receive Federal research funding; and 

11 (ii) in the case of Federal laboratories, 

12 individuals with personnel management re13 sponsibilities comparable to those of an in14 stitution of higher education department 

15 chair. 

16 (B) Activities at the workshops shall include 

17 research presentations and interactive discus18 sions or other activities that increase the aware19 ness of the existence of implicit bias in recruit20 ment, hiring, tenure review, promotion, and 

21 other forms of formal recognition of individual 

22 achievement for faculty and other federally fund23 ed STEM researchers and shall provide strategies 

24 to overcome such bias. 


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1 (C) Research presentations and other work2 shop programs, as appropriate, shall include a 

3 discussion of the unique challenges faced by dif4 ferent underrepresented groups, including minor5 ity women, minority men, persons from rural 

6 and underserved areas, persons with disabilities, 

7 gender and sexual minority individuals, and 

8 first generation graduates in research. 

9 (D) Workshop programs shall include infor10 mation on best practices for mentoring under11 graduate, graduate, and postdoctoral women, mi12 norities, and other students from groups histori13 cally underrepresented in STEM. 

14 (7) DATA ON WORKSHOPS.—Any proposal for 

15 funding by an organization seeking to carry out a 

16 workshop under this subsection shall include a de17 scription of how such organization will— 

18 (A) collect data on the rates of attendance 

19 by invitees in workshops, including information 

20 on the home institution and department of 

21 attendees, and the rank of faculty attendees; 

22 (B) conduct attitudinal surveys on work23 shop attendees before and after the workshops; 

24 and 


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1 (C) collect follow-up data on any relevant 

2 institutional policy or practice changes reported 

3 by attendees not later than one year after attend4 ance in such a workshop. 

5 (8) REPORT TO NSF.—Organizations receiving 

6 funding to carry out workshops under this subsection 

7 shall report the data required in paragraph (7) to the 

8 Director of the National Science Foundation in such 

9 form as required by such Director. 

10 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 4 years 

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

12 National Science Foundation shall submit a report to Con13 gress that includes— 

14 (1) a summary and analysis of the types and 

15 frequency of activities and policies developed and car16 ried out under subsection (a) based on the reports 

17 submitted under paragraph (4) of such subsection; 

18 and 

19 (2) a description and evaluation of the status 

20 and effectiveness of the program of workshops required 

21 under subsection (b), including a summary of any 

22 data reported under paragraph (8) of such subsection. 

23 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

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1 tional Science Foundation $1,000,000 in each of fiscal 

2 years 2020 through 2024 to carry out this section. 

3 SEC. 8. RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATION AT THE NATIONAL 

4 SCIENCE FOUNDATION. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 

6 Science Foundation shall award research grants and carry 

7 out dissemination activities consistent with the purposes of 

8 this Act, including— 

9 (1) research grants to analyze the record-level 

10 data collected under section 4 and section 6, con11 sistent with policies to ensure the privacy of individ12 uals identifiable by such data; 

13 (2) research grants to study best practices for 

14 work-life accommodation; 

15 (3) research grants to study the impact of poli16 cies and practices that are implemented under this 

17 Act or that are otherwise consistent with the purposes 

18 of this Act; 

19 (4) collaboration with other Federal science 

20 agencies and professional associations to exchange 

21 best practices, harmonize work-life accommodation 

22 policies and practices, and overcome common barriers 

23 to work-life accommodation; and 

24 (5) collaboration with institutions of higher edu25 cation in order to clarify and catalyze the adoption 


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1 of a coherent and consistent set of work-life accommo2 dation policies and practices. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

4 authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Na5 tional Science Foundation $5,000,000 in each of fiscal 

6 years 2020 through 2024 to carry out this section. 

7 SEC. 9. RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES TO EXPAND 

8 STEM OPPORTUNITIES. 

9 (a) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SUPPORT FOR

10 INCREASING DIVERSITY AMONG STEM FACULTY AT INSTI11 TUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—Section 305 of the 

12 American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 1862s–5) is amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 

15 subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 

16 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(e) SUPPORT FOR INCREASING DIVERSITY AMONG

19 STEM FACULTY AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU20 CATION.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Founda22 tion shall award grants to institutions of higher edu23 cation (or consortia thereof) for the development and 

24 assessment of innovative reform efforts designed to in25 crease the recruitment, retention, and advancement of 


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1 individuals from underrepresented minority groups 

2 in academic STEM careers. 

3 ‘‘(2) MERIT REVIEW; COMPETITION.—Grants 

4 shall be awarded under this subsection on a merit-re5 viewed, competitive basis. 

6 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—Activities supported by 

7 grants under this subsection may include— 

8 ‘‘(A) institutional assessment activities, 

9 such as data analyses and policy review, in 

10 order to identify and address specific issues in 

11 the recruitment, retention, and advancement of 

12 faculty members from underrepresented minority 

13 groups; 

14 ‘‘(B) implementation of institution-wide 

15 improvements in workload distribution, such 

16 that faculty members from underrepresented mi17 nority groups are not disadvantaged in the 

18 amount of time available to focus on research, 

19 publishing papers, and engaging in other activi20 ties required to achieve tenure status and run a 

21 productive research program; 

22 ‘‘(C) development and implementation of 

23 training courses for administrators and search 

24 committee members to ensure that candidates 

25 from underrepresented minority groups are not 


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1 subject to implicit biases in the search and hir2 ing process; 

3 ‘‘(D) development and hosting of intra- or 

4 inter-institutional workshops to propagate best 

5 practices in recruiting, retaining, and advancing 

6 faculty members from underrepresented minority 

7 groups; 

8 ‘‘(E) professional development opportunities 

9 for faculty members from underrepresented mi10 nority groups; 

11 ‘‘(F) activities aimed at making under12 graduate STEM students from underrepresented 

13 minority groups aware of opportunities for aca14 demic careers in STEM fields; 

15 ‘‘(G) activities to identify and engage excep16 tional graduate students and postdoctoral re17 searchers from underrepresented minority groups 

18 at various stages of their studies and to encour19 age them to enter academic careers; and 

20 ‘‘(H) other activities consistent with para21 graph (1), as determined by the Director of the 

22 Foundation. 

23 ‘‘(4) SELECTION PROCESS.— 

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1 tions) seeking funding under this subsection shall 

2 submit an application to the Director of the 

3 Foundation at such time, in such manner, and 

4 containing such information and assurances as 

5 such Director may require. The application shall 

6 include, at a minimum, a description of— 

7 ‘‘(i) the reform effort that is being pro8 posed for implementation by the institution 

9 of higher education; 

10 ‘‘(ii) any available evidence of specific 

11 difficulties in the recruitment, retention, 

12 and advancement of faculty members from 

13 underrepresented minority groups in STEM 

14 academic careers within the institution of 

15 higher education submitting an application, 

16 and how the proposed reform effort would 

17 address such issues; 

18 ‘‘(iii) how the institution of higher 

19 education submitting an application plans 

20 to sustain the proposed reform effort beyond 

21 the duration of the grant; and 

22 ‘‘(iv) how the success and effectiveness 

23 of the proposed reform effort will be evalu24 ated and assessed in order to contribute to 


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1 the national knowledge base about models 

2 for catalyzing institutional change. 

3 ‘‘(B) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—In select4 ing grant recipients under this subsection, the 

5 Director of the Foundation shall consider, at a 

6 minimum— 

7 ‘‘(i) the likelihood of success in under8 taking the proposed reform effort at the in9 stitution of higher education submitting the 

10 application, including the extent to which 

11 the administrators of the institution are 

12 committed to making the proposed reform 

13 effort a priority; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the degree to which the proposed 

15 reform effort will contribute to change in 

16 institutional culture and policy such that 

17 greater value is placed on the recruitment, 

18 retention, and advancement of faculty mem19 bers from underrepresented minority 

20 groups; 

21 ‘‘(iii) the likelihood that the institution 

22 of higher education will sustain or expand 

23 the proposed reform effort beyond the period 

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1 ‘‘(iv) the degree to which evaluation 

2 and assessment plans are included in the 

3 design of the proposed reform effort. 

4 ‘‘(C) GRANT DISTRIBUTION.—The Director 

5 of the Foundation shall ensure, to the extent 

6 practicable, that grants awarded under this sec7 tion are made to a variety of types of institu8 tions of higher education. 

9 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

11 this subsection $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

12 2020 through 2024.’’. 

13 (b) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SUPPORT FOR

14 BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN UNDERGRADUATE STEM 

15 EDUCATION.—Section 305 of the American Innovation and 

16 Competitiveness Act (42 U.S.C. 1862s–5), as amended by 

17 subsection (b), is further amended by inserting after sub18 section (e) the following: 

19 ‘‘(f) SUPPORT FOR BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN

20 UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Founda22 tion shall award grants to institutions of higher edu23 cation (or a consortium of such institutions) to imple24 ment or expand research-based reforms in under25 graduate STEM education for the purpose of recruitVerDate Sep 11 2014 20:30 Jul 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2528.RH H2528

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1 ing and retaining students from minority groups who 

2 are underrepresented in STEM fields. 

3 ‘‘(2) MERIT REVIEW; COMPETITION.—Grants 

4 shall be awarded under this subsection on a merit-re5 viewed, competitive basis. 

6 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—Activities supported by 

7 grants under this subsection may include— 

8 ‘‘(A) implementation or expansion of inno9 vative, research-based approaches to broaden 

10 participation of underrepresented minority 

11 groups in STEM fields; 

12 ‘‘(B) implementation or expansion of 

13 bridge, cohort, tutoring, or mentoring programs, 

14 including those involving community colleges 

15 and technical schools, designed to enhance the re16 cruitment and retention of students from under17 represented minority groups in STEM fields; 

18 ‘‘(C) implementation or expansion of out19 reach programs linking institutions of higher 

20 education and K–12 school systems in order to 

21 heighten awareness among pre-college students 

22 from underrepresented minority groups of oppor23 tunities in college-level STEM fields and STEM 

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1 ‘‘(D) implementation or expansion of fac2 ulty development programs focused on improving 

3 retention of undergraduate STEM students from 

4 underrepresented minority groups; 

5 ‘‘(E) implementation or expansion of mech6 anisms designed to recognize and reward faculty 

7 members who demonstrate a commitment to in8 creasing the participation of students from 

9 underrepresented minority groups in STEM 

10 fields; 

11 ‘‘(F) expansion of successful reforms aimed 

12 at increasing the number of STEM students from 

13 underrepresented minority groups beyond a sin14 gle course or group of courses to achieve reform 

15 within an entire academic unit, or expansion of 

16 successful reform efforts beyond a single aca17 demic unit or field to other STEM academic 

18 units or fields within an institution of higher 

19 education; 

20 ‘‘(G) expansion of opportunities for students 

21 from underrepresented minority groups to con22 duct STEM research in industry, at Federal 

23 labs, and at international research institutions 

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1 ‘‘(H) provision of stipends for students from 

2 underrepresented minority groups participating 

3 in research; 

4 ‘‘(I) development of research collaborations 

5 between research-intensive universities and pri6 marily undergraduate minority-serving institu7 tions; 

8 ‘‘(J) support for graduate students and 

9 postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented mi10 nority groups to participate in instructional or 

11 assessment activities at primarily undergraduate 

12 institutions, including primarily undergraduate 

13 minority-serving institutions and two-year insti14 tutions of higher education; and 

15 ‘‘(K) other activities consistent with para16 graph (1), as determined by the Director of the 

17 Foundation. 

18 ‘‘(4) SELECTION PROCESS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) APPLICATION.—An institution of high20 er education (or a consortia thereof) seeking a 

21 grant under this subsection shall submit an ap22 plication to the Director of the Foundation at 

23 such time, in such manner, and containing such 

24 information and assurances as such Director 


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1 may require. The application shall include, at a 

2 minimum— 

3 ‘‘(i) a description of the proposed re4 form effort; 

5 ‘‘(ii) a description of the research find6 ings that will serve as the basis for the pro7 posed reform effort or, in the case of appli8 cations that propose an expansion of a pre9 viously implemented reform, a description 

10 of the previously implemented reform effort, 

11 including data about the recruitment, reten12 tion, and academic achievement of students 

13 from underrepresented minority groups; 

14 ‘‘(iii) evidence of an institutional com15 mitment to, and support for, the proposed 

16 reform effort, including a long-term com17 mitment to implement successful strategies 

18 from the current reform beyond the aca19 demic unit or units included in the grant 

20 proposal; 

21 ‘‘(iv) a description of existing or 

22 planned institutional policies and practices 

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1 cation of students from underrepresented 

2 minority groups in STEM; and 

3 ‘‘(v) how the success and effectiveness of 

4 the proposed reform effort will be evaluated 

5 and assessed in order to contribute to the 

6 national knowledge base about models for 

7 catalyzing institutional change. 

8 ‘‘(B) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—In select9 ing grant recipients under this subsection, the 

10 Director of the Foundation shall consider, at a 

11 minimum— 

12 ‘‘(i) the likelihood of success of the pro13 posed reform effort at the institution sub14 mitting the application, including the ex15 tent to which the faculty, staff, and admin16 istrators of the institution are committed to 

17 making the proposed institutional reform a 

18 priority of the participating academic unit 

19 or units; 

20 ‘‘(ii) the degree to which the proposed 

21 reform effort will contribute to change in 

22 institutional culture and policy such that 

23 greater value is placed on faculty engage24 ment in the retention of students from 

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1 ‘‘(iii) the likelihood that the institution 

2 will sustain or expand the proposed reform 

3 effort beyond the period of the grant; and 

4 ‘‘(iv) the degree to which evaluation 

5 and assessment plans are included in the 

6 design of the proposed reform effort. 

7 ‘‘(C) GRANT DISTRIBUTION.—The Director 

8 of the Foundation shall ensure, to the extent 

9 practicable, that grants awarded under this sub10 section are made to a variety of types of institu11 tions of higher education, including two-year 

12 and minority-serving institutions of higher edu13 cation. 

14 ‘‘(5) EDUCATION RESEARCH.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—All grants made under 

16 this subsection shall include an education re17 search component that will support the design 

18 and implementation of a system for data collec19 tion and evaluation of proposed reform efforts in 

20 order to build the knowledge base on promising 

21 models for increasing recruitment and retention 

22 of students from underrepresented minority 

23 groups in STEM education at the undergraduate 

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1 ‘‘(B) DISSEMINATION.—The Director of the 

2 Foundation shall coordinate with relevant Fed3 eral agencies in disseminating the results of the 

4 research under this paragraph to ensure that best 

5 practices in broadening participation in STEM 

6 education at the undergraduate level are made 

7 readily available to all institutions of higher 

8 education, other Federal agencies that support 

9 STEM programs, non-Federal funders of STEM 

10 education, and the general public. 

11 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

12 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

13 this subsection $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

14 2020 through 2024.’’. 

15 SEC. 10. TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM. 

16 (a) GRANTS TO BROADEN TRIBAL COLLEGE AND UNI17 VERSITY STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN COMPUTER

18 SCIENCE.—Section 525 of the America COMPETES Reau19 thorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 1862p–13) is amended 

20 by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 

21 ‘‘(d) GRANTS TO BROADEN TRIBAL COLLEGE AND

22 UNIVERSITY STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN COMPUTER

23 SCIENCE.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director, as part of the 

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1 grants on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis to eligi2 ble entities to increase the participation of tribal pop3 ulations in computer science and computational 

4 thinking education programs to enable students to de5 velop skills and competencies in coding, problem-solv6 ing, critical thinking, creativity and collaboration. 

7 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—Grants awarded under this sub8 section shall support— 

9 ‘‘(A) research and development needed to 

10 bring computer science and computational think11 ing courses and degrees to tribal colleges and 

12 universities; 

13 ‘‘(B) research and development of instruc14 tional materials needed to integrate computer 

15 science and computational thinking into pro16 grams that are culturally relevant to students at17 tending tribal colleges and universities; 

18 ‘‘(C) research, development and evaluation 

19 of distance education for computer science and 

20 computational thinking courses and degree pro21 grams for students attending tribal colleges and 

22 universities; and 

23 ‘‘(D) other activities consistent with the ac24 tivities described in paragraphs (1) through (4) 

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1 ‘‘(3) PARTNERSHIPS.—A tribal college or univer2 sity seeking a grant under this subsection, or a con3 sortia thereof, may partner with an institution of 

4 higher education or nonprofit organization with dem5 onstrated expertise in academic program development. 

6 ‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this sub7 section, the Director shall consult and cooperate with 

8 the programs and policies of other relevant Federal 

9 agencies to avoid duplication with and enhance the 

10 effectiveness of the program under this subsection. 

11 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

12 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Direc13 tor of the Foundation $2,000,000 in each of fiscal 

14 years 2020 through 2024 to carry out this sub15 section.’’. 

16 (b) EVALUATION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

18 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 

19 National Science Foundation shall evaluate the grant 

20 program authorized under section 525 of the America 

21 COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 

22 1862p–13), as amended. 

23 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the evalua24 tion under paragraph (1), the Director of the Na25 tional Science Foundation shall, as practicable— 


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1 (A) use a common set of benchmarks and 

2 assessment tools to identify best practices and 

3 materials developed or demonstrated by the re4 search conducted pursuant to grants programs 

5 under section 525 of the America COMPETES 

6 Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 1862p– 

7 13); 

8 (B) include an assessment of the effective9 ness of such grant programs in expanding access 

10 to high quality STEM education, research, and 

11 outreach at tribal colleges and universities, as 

12 applicable; 

13 (C) assess the number of students who par14 ticipated in such grant programs; and 

15 (D) assess the percentage of students par16 ticipating in such grant programs who success17 fully complete their education programs. 

18 (3) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 

19 date on which the evaluation under paragraph (1) is 

20 completed, the Director of the National Science Foun21 dation shall submit to Congress and make available 

22 to the public, a report on the results of the evaluation, 

23 including any recommendations for legislative action 

24 that could optimize the effectiveness of the grant pro25 gram authorized under section 525 of the America 


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1 COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, as amend2 ed by subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 11. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

4 Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of 

5 this Act, the Director shall submit a report to Congress that 

6 includes— 

7 (1) a description and evaluation of the status 

8 and usage of policies implemented pursuant to section 

9 3 at all Federal science agencies, including any rec10 ommendations for revising or expanding such poli11 cies; 

12 (2) with respect to efforts to minimize the effects 

13 of implicit bias in the review of extramural and in14 tramural Federal research grants under section 5— 

15 (A) what steps all Federal science agencies 

16 have taken to implement policies and practices 

17 to minimize such effects; 

18 (B) a description of any significant updates 

19 to the policies for review of Federal research 

20 grants required under such section; and 

21 (C) any evidence of the impact of such poli22 cies on the review or awarding of Federal re23 search grants; and 

24 (3) a description and evaluation of the status of 

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1 tory policies and practices required under section 

2 7(a), including any recommendations for revising or 

3 expanding such policies. 

4 SEC. 12. MERIT REVIEW. 

5 Nothing in this Act shall be construed as altering any 

6 intellectual or broader impacts criteria at Federal science 

7 agencies for evaluating grant applications. 

8 SEC. 13. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this Act: 

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

11 Director of the Office of Science and Technology Pol12 icy. 

13 (2) FEDERAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Federal 

14 laboratory’’ has the meaning given such term in sec15 tion 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 

16 Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703). 

17 (3) FEDERAL SCIENCE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Fed18 eral science agency’’ means any Federal agency with 

19 at least $100,000,000 in research and development ex20 penditures in fiscal year 2018. 

21 (4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

22 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the mean23 ing given such term in section 101(a) of the Higher 

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1 (5) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON INCLU2 SION IN STEM.—The term ‘‘interagency working 

3 group on inclusion in STEM’’ means the interagency 

4 working group established by section 308 of the Amer5 ican Innovation and Competitiveness Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 6626). 

7 (6) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ means science, 

8 technology, engineering, and mathematics, including 

9 computer science. 


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Union Calendar No. 142 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2528 

[Report No. 116–184] 

A BILL 

To direct the Director of the Office of Science and 

other purposes. fully engaging their entire talent pool, and for Federal research and development funding are and institutions of higher education receiving tivities to ensure that Federal science agencies Technology Policy to carry out programs and acJULY 30, 2019 

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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