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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1358 

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 

MARCH 21, 2013 

Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. NORTON, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. 

BROWNLEY of California, Mr. HONDA, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. DANNY K. 

DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. SCHWARTZ, and 

Mr. RUSH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. 

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

3 ‘‘STEM Opportunities Act of 2013’’. 

4 (b) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) Many reports over the past decade have 

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

7 leadership and global competitiveness that we edu8 cate and train more scientists and engineers. 

9 (2) Research shows that women and minorities 

10 who are interested in STEM careers are lost at 

11 every educational transition, from high school on 

12 through full professorships. 

13 (3) According to data compiled by the National 

14 Science Foundation, women now earn about half of 

15 all science and engineering bachelor’s degrees, but 

16 major variations persist among fields. For example, 

17 women still receive only 20 percent of all bachelor’s 

18 degrees awarded in engineering and 10 percent in 

19 computer sciences. Based on Bureau of Labor Sta20 tistics data, jobs in computing occupations are ex21 pected to account for 62 percent of the projected an22 nual growth of newly created STEM job openings 

23 from 2010 to 2020. 

24 (4) In 2007 underrepresented minority groups 

25 comprised 33.2 percent of the college-age population 

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1 dergraduate students earning bachelor’s degrees in 

2 STEM fields. The Higher Education Research Insti3 tute at the University of California, Los Angeles, 

4 found that, while freshmen from underrepresented 

5 minority groups express an interest in pursuing a 

6 STEM undergraduate degree at the same rate as all 

7 other freshmen, only 22.1 percent of Latino stu8 dents, 18.4 percent of African-American students, 

9 and 18.8 percent of Native American students 

10 studying in STEM fields complete their degree with11 in 5 years, compared to an approximate 33 percent 

12 and 42 percent 5-year completion rate for White and 

13 Asian students, respectively. 

14 (5) Statistics are particularly alarming in spe15 cific STEM fields. For example, even though under16 represented minorities make up approximately 33 

17 percent of the college-age population, according to 

18 an analysis of National Science Foundation data 

19 performed by the National Action Council for Mi20 norities in Engineering, students from underrep21 resented minority groups earned only 13 percent of 

22 all engineering degrees in 2009. 

23 (6) Even in science and engineering fields with 

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1 resented among university faculty. According to data 

2 compiled by the National Science Foundation, for 

3 over 30 years women have made up over 30 percent 

4 of the doctorates awarded in social sciences and be5 havioral sciences and over 20 percent in the life 

6 sciences. Yet, at the top research institutions, only 

7 15.4 percent of the full professors in the social and 

8 behavioral sciences and 14.8 percent in the life 

9 sciences are women. 

10 (7) Underrepresented minority groups currently 

11 make up about 29 percent of the United States pop12 ulation. However, only about 8 percent of tenure13 track science and engineering faculty members at 

14 universities and 4-year colleges and less than 1 per15 cent of tenure-track science and engineering faculty 

16 members at the top 100 research universities in the 

17 United States are from underrepresented minority 

18 groups. 

19 (8) By 2050 underrepresented minorities will 

20 comprise 52 percent of the college-age population of 

21 the United States. If the percentage of female stu22 dents and students from underrepresented minority 

23 groups earning bachelor’s degrees in STEM fields 

24 does not significantly increase, the United States 

25 will face an acute shortfall in the overall number of 


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1 students who earn degrees in STEM fields just as 

2 United States companies are increasingly seeking 

3 students with those skills. With this impending 

4 shortfall, the United States will almost certainly lose 

5 its competitive edge in the 21st century global econ6 omy. 

7 (9) According to a recent Association for 

8 Women in Science survey of over 4,000 scientists 

9 across the globe, 70 percent of whom were men, 

10 STEM researchers face significant challenges in 

11 work-life integration. Researchers in the United 

12 States were among the most likely to experience a 

13 conflict between work and their personal life at least 

14 weekly. One-third of researchers surveyed said that 

15 ensuring good work-life integration has negatively 

16 impacted their careers, and, of researchers intending 

17 to leave their current job within the next year, 9 

18 percent indicated it was because they were unable to 

19 balance work and life demands. 

20 (10) Female students and students from under21 represented minority groups at institutions of higher 

22 education who see few others ‘‘like themselves’’ 

23 among faculty and student populations often do not 

24 experience the social integration that is necessary for 

25 success in all disciplines, including STEM. 


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1 (11) A substantial body of evidence establishes 

2 that most people hold implicit biases. Decades of 

3 cognitive psychology research reveal that most peo4 ple carry prejudices of which they are unaware but 

5 that nonetheless play a large role in evaluations of 

6 people and their work. Unintentional biases and out7 moded institutional structures are hindering the ac8 cess and advancement of women and minorities in 

9 science and engineering. 

10 (12) Workshops held to educate faculty about 

11 unintentional biases have demonstrated success in 

12 raising awareness of such biases. 

13 (13) In 2012 the National Aeronautics and 

14 Space Administration’s Office of Diversity and 

15 Equal Opportunity completed a report specifically 

16 designed to help NASA grant recipients identify why 

17 the dearth of women in STEM fields continues and 

18 to ensure that it is not due to discrimination. The 

19 report provides guidance to institutions of higher 

20 education on how to conduct meaningful self-evalua21 tions of campus culture and policies. This report and 

22 its guidance are equally applicable to all institutions 

23 of higher education receiving significant Federal re24 search funding. 


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1 (14) The Federal Government provides over 60 

2 percent of research funding at institutions of higher 

3 education and, through its grant-making policies, 

4 has had significant influence on institution of higher 

5 education policies, including policies related to insti6 tutional culture and structure. 

7 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director, acting through the 

9 Federal science agencies, shall carry out programs and ac10 tivities with the purpose of ensuring that Federal science 

11 agencies and institutions of higher education receiving 

12 Federal research and development funding are fully en13 gaging their entire talent pool. 

14 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are as fol15 lows: 

16 (1) To promote research on and increase under17 standing of the participation and trajectories of 

18 women and underrepresented minorities in STEM 

19 careers at institutions of higher education and Fed20 eral science agencies, including Federal laboratories. 

21 (2) To raise awareness within Federal science 

22 agencies, including Federal laboratories, and institu23 tions of higher education about cultural and institu24 tional barriers limiting the recruitment, retention, 

25 promotion, and other indicators of participation and 


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1 achievement of women and underrepresented minori2 ties in academic and Government STEM research 

3 careers at all levels. 

4 (3) To identify, disseminate, and implement 

5 best practices at Federal science agencies, including 

6 Federal laboratories, and at institutions of higher 

7 education to remove or reduce cultural and institu8 tional barriers limiting the recruitment, retention, 

9 and success of women and underrepresented minori10 ties in academic and Government STEM research 

11 careers. 

12 (4) To provide grants to institutions of higher 

13 education to recruit, retain, and advance STEM fac14 ulty members from underrepresented minority 

15 groups and to implement or expand reforms in un16 dergraduate STEM education in order to increase 

17 the number of students from underrepresented mi18 nority groups receiving degrees in these fields. 

19 SEC. 3. FEDERAL SCIENCE AGENCY POLICIES FOR CARE20 GIVERS. 

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

22 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall 

23 provide guidance to Federal science agencies to establish 

24 policies that— 

25 (1) apply to all— 


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1 (A) intramural and extramural research 

2 awards; and 

3 (B) primary investigators who have 

4 caregiving responsibilities, including care for a 

5 newborn or newly adopted child and care for an 

6 immediate family member who is sick or dis7 abled; and 

8 (2) provide— 

9 (A) flexibility in timing for the initiation of 

10 approved research awards; 

11 (B) no-cost extensions of research awards; 

12 (C) grant supplements as appropriate to 

13 research awards for research technicians or 

14 equivalent to sustain research activities; and 

15 (D) any other appropriate accommodations 

16 at the discretion of the director of each agency. 

17 (b) UNIFORMITY OF GUIDANCE.—In providing such 

18 guidance, the Director shall encourage uniformity and 

19 consistency in the policies across all agencies. 

20 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES.—Consistent with 

21 the guidance provided under this section, Federal science 

22 agencies shall maintain or develop and implement policies 

23 for caregivers and shall broadly disseminate such policies 

24 to current and potential grantees. 


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1 (d) DATA ON USAGE.—Federal science agencies 

2 shall— 

3 (1) collect data on the usage of the policies 

4 under subsection (c), by gender, at both institutions 

5 of higher education and Federal laboratories; and 

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

7 Director in such form as required by the Director. 

8 SEC. 4. COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF DATA ON FED9 ERAL RESEARCH GRANTS. 

10 (a) COLLECTION OF DATA.— 

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

12 shall collect standardized record-level annual infor13 mation on demographics, primary field, award type, 

14 review rating (as practicable), budget request, fund15 ing outcome, and awarded budget for all applications 

16 for merit-reviewed research and development grants 

17 to institutions of higher education and Federal lab18 oratories supported by that agency. 

19 (2) UNIFORMITY AND STANDARDIZATION.—The 

20 Director shall establish a policy to ensure uniformity 

21 and standardization of the data collection required 

22 under paragraph (1). 

23 (3) RECORD-LEVEL DATA.— 

24 (A) REQUIREMENT.—On an annual basis, 

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1 graph (C), each Federal science agency shall 

2 submit to the Director of the National Science 

3 Foundation record-level data collected under 

4 paragraph (1) in the form required by such Di5 rector. 

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

7 submission under subparagraph (A), each Fed8 eral science agency, to the extent practicable, 

9 shall also submit comparable record-level data 

10 for the 5 years preceding the deadline under 

11 subparagraph (C). 

12 (C) DEADLINE.—The deadline under this 

13 paragraph is a date that is not later than 2 

14 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

15 (b) REPORTING OF DATA.—The Director of the Na16 tional Science Foundation shall publish statistical sum17 mary data collected under this section, disaggregated and 

18 cross-tabulated by race, ethnicity, gender, age, and years 

19 since completion of doctoral degree, including in conjunc20 tion with the National Science Foundation’s report re21 quired by section 37 of the Science and Technology Equal 

22 Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885d; Public Law 96– 

23 516). 


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1 SEC. 5. POLICIES FOR REVIEW OF FEDERAL RESEARCH 

2 GRANTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in collaboration 

4 with the Director of the National Science Foundation, 

5 shall identify information and best practices useful for 

6 educating program officers and members of standing peer 

7 review committees at Federal science agencies about— 

8 (1) research on implicit bias based on gender, 

9 race, or ethnicity; and 

10 (2) methods to minimize the effect of such bias 

11 in the review of extramural and intramural Federal 

12 research grants. 

13 (b) GUIDANCE TO ALL FEDERAL SCIENCE AGEN14 CIES.—The Director shall disseminate the information 

15 and best practices identified in subsection (a) to all Fed16 eral science agencies and provide guidance as necessary 

17 on policies to implement such practices within each agen18 cy. 

19 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES.—Consistent with 

20 the guidance provided in subsection (b), Federal science 

21 agencies shall maintain or develop and implement policies 

22 and practices to minimize the effects of implicit bias in 

23 the review of extramural and intramural Federal research 

24 grants. 

25 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 

26 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall 


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1 report to Congress on what steps all Federal science agen2 cies have taken to implement policies and practices to min3 imize the effects of bias in the review of extramural and 

4 intramural Federal research grants. 

5 SEC. 6. COLLECTION OF DATA ON DEMOGRAPHICS OF FAC6 ULTY. 

7 (a) COLLECTION OF DATA.— 

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

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

10 5 years thereafter, the Director of the National 

11 Science Foundation shall carry out a survey to col12 lect institution-level data on the demographics of 

13 STEM faculty, by broad fields of STEM, at dif14 ferent types of institutions of higher education. 

15 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—To the extent prac16 ticable, the Director of the National Science Foun17 dation shall consider, by gender, race, ethnicity, citi18 zenship status, age, and years since completion of 

19 doctoral degree— 

20 (A) the number and percentage of faculty; 

21 (B) the number and percentage of faculty 

22 at each rank; 

23 (C) the number and percentage of faculty 

24 who are in nontenure-track positions, including 

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1 (D) the number and percentage of faculty 

2 who are reviewed for promotion, including ten3 ure, and the percentage of that number who are 

4 promoted, including being awarded tenure; 

5 (E) faculty years in rank; 

6 (F) the number and percentage of faculty 

7 to leave tenure-track positions; 

8 (G) the number and percentage of faculty 

9 hired, by rank; and 

10 (H) the number and percentage of faculty 

11 in leadership positions. 

12 (b) EXISTING SURVEYS.—The Director of the Na13 tional Science Foundation— 

14 (1) may carry out the requirements under sub15 section (a) by collaborating with statistical centers 

16 at other Federal agencies to modify or expand, as 

17 necessary, existing Federal surveys of higher edu18 cation; or 

19 (2) may award a grant or contract to an insti20 tution of higher education or other nonprofit organi21 zation to design and carry out the requirements 

22 under subsection (a). 

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

24 Science Foundation shall publish statistical summary data 

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1 tional Science Foundation’s report required by section 37 

2 of the Science and Technology Equal Opportunities Act 

3 (42 U.S.C. 1885d; Public Law 96–516). 

4 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

5 are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the 

6 National Science Foundation $3,000,000 in each of fiscal 

7 years 2014 through 2016 to develop and carry out the 

8 initial survey required in subsection (a). 

9 SEC. 7. CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO EX10 PANDING THE ACADEMIC AND FEDERAL 

11 STEM WORKFORCE. 

12 (a) BEST PRACTICES AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER

13 EDUCATION.— 

14 (1) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE.—Not later 

15 than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 

16 Act, the Director of the National Science Founda17 tion shall develop written guidance for institutions of 

18 higher education on the best practices for— 

19 (A) conducting periodic campus culture 

20 surveys of STEM departments, with a par21 ticular focus on identifying any cultural or in22 stitutional barriers to or successful enablers for 

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1 ties in STEM degree programs and academic 

2 STEM careers; and 

3 (B) providing educational opportunities, in4 cluding workshops as described in subsection 

5 (c), for STEM faculty and administrators to 

6 learn about current research on implicit bias in 

7 recruitment, evaluation, and promotion of fac8 ulty in STEM and recruitment and evaluation 

9 of undergraduate and graduate students in 

10 STEM degree programs. 

11 (2) EXISTING GUIDANCE.—In developing the 

12 guidance in paragraph (1), the Director of the Na13 tional Science Foundation shall utilize guidance al14 ready developed by the National Aeronautics and 

15 Space Administration, the Department of Energy, 

16 and the Department of Education. 

17 (3) DISSEMINATION OF GUIDANCE.—The Direc18 tor of the National Science Foundation shall broadly 

19 disseminate the guidance developed in paragraph (1) 

20 to institutions of higher education that receive Fed21 eral research funding. 

22 (4) REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE

23 FOUNDATION.—The Director of the National Science 

24 Foundation shall develop a policy that— 


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1 (A) applies to, at a minimum, the institu2 tions classified by the Carnegie Foundation for 

3 the Advancement of Teaching on January 1, 

4 2013, as a doctorate-granting university with a 

5 very high level of research activity; and 

6 (B) requires each institution identified in 

7 subparagraph (A), not later than 3 years after 

8 the date of enactment of this Act, to report to 

9 the Director of the National Science Founda10 tion on activities and policies developed and im11 plemented based on the guidance provided in 

12 paragraph (1). 

13 (b) BEST PRACTICES AT FEDERAL LABORA14 TORIES.— 

15 (1) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE.—Not later 

16 than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 

17 Act, the Director shall develop written guidance for 

18 Federal laboratories to develop and implement prac19 tices and policies to— 

20 (A) conduct periodic laboratorywide culture 

21 surveys of research personnel at all levels, with 

22 a particular focus on identifying any cultural or 

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1 resented minorities in STEM careers at Federal 

2 laboratories; and 

3 (B) provide educational opportunities, in4 cluding workshops as described in subsection 

5 (c), for STEM research personnel to learn 

6 about current research in implicit bias in re7 cruitment, evaluation, and promotion of re8 search personnel at Federal laboratories. 

9 (2) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES.—Consistent 

10 with the guidance provided in paragraph (1), Fed11 eral science agencies with Federal laboratories shall 

12 maintain or develop and implement policies for their 

13 respective Federal laboratories. 

14 (c) WORKSHOPS TO ADDRESS CULTURAL BARRIERS

15 TO EXPANDING THE ACADEMIC AND FEDERAL STEM 

16 WORKFORCE.— 

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

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

19 of the National Science Foundation shall recommend 

20 a uniform policy for Federal science agencies to 

21 carry out a program of workshops that educate 

22 STEM department chairs at institutions of higher 

23 education, senior managers at Federal laboratories, 

24 and other federally funded researchers about meth25 ods that minimize the effects of implicit bias in the 


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1 career advancement, including hiring, tenure, pro2 motion, and selection for any honor based in part on 

3 the recipient’s research record, of academic and Fed4 eral STEM researchers. 

5 (2) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Direc6 tor of the National Science Foundation shall ensure 

7 that workshops supported under this subsection are 

8 coordinated across Federal science agencies and 

9 jointly supported as appropriate. 

10 (3) MINIMIZING COSTS.—To the extent prac11 ticable, workshops shall be held in conjunction with 

12 national or regional STEM disciplinary meetings to 

13 minimize costs associated with participant travel. 

14 (4) PRIORITY FIELDS FOR ACADEMIC PARTICI15 PANTS.—In considering the participation of STEM 

16 department chairs and other academic researchers, 

17 the Director shall prioritize workshops for the broad 

18 fields of STEM in which the national rate of rep19 resentation of women among tenured or tenure-track 

20 faculty or non-faculty researchers at doctorate21 granting institutions of higher education is less than 

22 25 percent, according to the most recent data avail23 able from the National Center for Science and Engi24 neering Statistics. 


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1 (5) ORGANIZATIONS ELIGIBLE TO CARRY OUT

2 WORKSHOPS.—Federal science agencies may carry 

3 out the program of workshops under this subsection 

4 by making grants to eligible organizations. In addi5 tion to any other organizations made eligible by the 

6 Federal science agencies, the following organizations 

7 are eligible for grants under this subsection: 

8 (A) Nonprofit scientific and professional 

9 societies and organizations that represent one 

10 or more STEM disciplines. 

11 (B) Nonprofit organizations that have the 

12 primary mission of advancing the participation 

13 of women or underrepresented minorities in 

14 STEM. 

15 (6) CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKSHOPS.—The 

16 workshops shall have the following characteristics: 

17 (A) Invitees to workshops shall include at 

18 least— 

19 (i) the chairs of departments in the 

20 relevant STEM discipline or disciplines 

21 from at least the top 50 institutions of 

22 higher education, as determined by the 

23 amount of Federal research and develop24 ment funds obligated to each institution of 

25 higher education in the prior year based on 


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1 data available from the National Science 

2 Foundation; and 

3 (ii) in the case of Federal laboratories, 

4 individuals with personnel management re5 sponsibilities comparable to those of an in6 stitution of higher education department 

7 chair. 

8 (B) Activities at the workshops shall in9 clude research presentations and interactive dis10 cussions or other activities that increase the 

11 awareness of the existence of implicit bias in re12 cruitment, hiring, tenure review, promotion, and 

13 other forms of formal recognition of individual 

14 achievement for faculty and other federally 

15 funded STEM researchers and shall provide 

16 strategies to overcome such bias. 

17 (C) Research presentations and other 

18 workshop programs, as appropriate, shall in19 clude a discussion of the unique challenges 

20 faced by underrepresented sub-groups, includ21 ing minority women, minority men, and first 

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1 dergraduate and graduate women and under2 represented minority students. 

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

4 funding by an organization seeking to carry out a 

5 workshop under this subsection shall include a de6 scription of how such organization will— 

7 (A) collect data on the rates of attendance 

8 by invitees in workshops, including information 

9 on the home institution and department of 

10 attendees, and the rank of faculty attendees; 

11 (B) conduct attitudinal surveys on work12 shop attendees before and after the workshops; 

13 and 

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

15 institutional policy or practice changes reported 

16 by attendees not later than one year after at17 tendance in such a workshop. 

18 (8) REPORT TO NSF.—Organizations receiving 

19 funding to carry out workshops under this sub20 section shall report the data required in paragraph 

21 (7) to the Director of the National Science Founda22 tion in such form as required by such Director. 

23 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 4 years 

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1 the National Science Foundation shall submit a report to 

2 Congress that includes— 

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

4 frequency of activities and policies developed and 

5 carried out under subsection (a) based on the re6 ports submitted under paragraph (4) of such sub7 section; and 

8 (2) a description and evaluation of the status 

9 and effectiveness of the program of workshops re10 quired under subsection (c), including a summary of 

11 any data reported under paragraph (8) of such sub12 section. 

13 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

14 are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the 

15 National Science Foundation $2,000,000 in each of fiscal 

16 years 2014 through 2018 to carry out this section. 

17 SEC. 8. RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATION AT THE NATIONAL 

18 SCIENCE FOUNDATION. 

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

20 Science Foundation shall award research grants and carry 

21 out dissemination activities consistent with the purposes 

22 of this Act, including— 

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1 sistent with policies to ensure the privacy of individ2 uals identifiable by such data; 

3 (2) research grants to study best practices for 

4 work-life accommodation; 

5 (3) research grants to study the impact of poli6 cies and practices that are implemented under this 

7 Act or that are otherwise consistent with the pur8 poses of this Act; 

9 (4) collaboration with other Federal science 

10 agencies and professional associations to exchange 

11 best practices, harmonize work-life accommodation 

12 policies and practices, and overcome common bar13 riers to work-life accommodation; and 

14 (5) collaboration with institutions of higher 

15 education in order to clarify and catalyze the adop16 tion of a coherent and consistent set of work-life ac17 commodation policies and practices. 

18 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

19 are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the 

20 National Science Foundation $5,000,000 in each of fiscal 

21 years 2014 through 2018 to carry out this section. 

22 SEC. 9. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

23 Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment 

24 of this Act, the Director shall submit a report to Congress 

25 that includes— 


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1 (1) a description and evaluation of the status 

2 and usage of caregiver policies at all Federal science 

3 agencies, including any recommendations for revis4 ing or expanding such policies; 

5 (2) a description of any significant updates to 

6 the policies for review of Federal research grants re7 quired under section 5, and any evidence of the im8 pact of such policies on the review or awarding of 

9 Federal research grants; and 

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

11 Federal laboratory policies and practices required 

12 under section 7(b), including any recommendations 

13 for revising or expanding such policies. 

14 SEC. 10. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SUPPORT FOR 

15 INCREASING DIVERSITY AMONG STEM FAC16 ULTY AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU17 CATION. 

18 (a) GRANTS.—The Director of the National Science 

19 Foundation shall award grants to institutions of higher 

20 education (or consortia thereof) for the development of in21 novative reform efforts designed to increase the recruit22 ment, retention, and advancement of individuals from 

23 underrepresented minority groups in academic STEM ca24 reers. 


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1 (b) MERIT REVIEW; COMPETITION.—Grants shall be 

2 awarded under this section on a merit-reviewed, competi3 tive basis. 

4 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—Activities supported by grants 

5 under this section may include— 

6 (1) institutional assessment activities, such as 

7 data analyses and policy review, in order to identify 

8 and address specific issues in the recruitment, reten9 tion, and advancement of faculty members from 

10 underrepresented minority groups; 

11 (2) implementation of institution-wide improve12 ments in workload distribution, such that faculty 

13 members from underrepresented minority groups are 

14 not disadvantaged in the amount of time available to 

15 focus on research, publishing papers, and engaging 

16 in other activities required to achieve tenure status 

17 and run a productive research program; 

18 (3) development and implementation of training 

19 courses for administrators and search committee 

20 members to ensure that candidates from underrep21 resented minority groups are not subject to implicit 

22 biases in the search and hiring process; 

23 (4) development and hosting of intra- or inter24 institutional workshops to propagate best practices 


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1 in recruiting, retaining, and advancing faculty mem2 bers from underrepresented minority groups; 

3 (5) professional development opportunities for 

4 faculty members from underrepresented minority 

5 groups; 

6 (6) activities aimed at making undergraduate 

7 STEM students from underrepresented minority 

8 groups aware of opportunities for academic careers 

9 in STEM fields; 

10 (7) activities to identify and engage exceptional 

11 graduate students from underrepresented minority 

12 groups at various stages of their studies and to en13 courage them to enter academic careers; and 

14 (8) other activities consistent with subsection 

15 (a), as determined by the Director of the National 

16 Science Foundation. 

17 (d) SELECTION PROCESS.— 

18 (1) APPLICATION.—An institution of higher 

19 education (or consortia thereof) seeking funding 

20 under this section shall submit an application to the 

21 Director of the National Science Foundation at such 

22 time, in such manner, and containing such informa23 tion and assurances as such Director may require. 

24 The application shall include, at a minimum, a de25 scription of— 


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1 (A) the reform effort that is being pro2 posed for implementation by the institution of 

3 higher education; 

4 (B) any available evidence of specific dif5 ficulties in the recruitment, retention, and ad6 vancement of faculty members from underrep7 resented minority groups in STEM academic 

8 careers within the institution of higher edu9 cation submitting an application, and how the 

10 proposed reform effort would address such 

11 issues; 

12 (C) how the institution of higher education 

13 submitting an application plans to sustain the 

14 proposed reform effort beyond the duration of 

15 the grant; and 

16 (D) how the success and effectiveness of 

17 the proposed reform effort will be evaluated and 

18 assessed in order to contribute to the national 

19 knowledge base about models for catalyzing in20 stitutional change. 

21 (2) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—In selecting 

22 grant recipients under this section, the Director of 

23 the National Science Foundation shall consider, at a 

24 minimum— 


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1 (A) the likelihood of success in under2 taking the proposed reform effort at the institu3 tion of higher education submitting the applica4 tion, including the extent to which the adminis5 trators of the institution are committed to mak6 ing the proposed reform effort a priority; 

7 (B) the degree to which the proposed re8 form effort will contribute to change in institu9 tional culture and policy such that greater value 

10 is placed on the recruitment, retention, and ad11 vancement of faculty members from underrep12 resented minority groups; 

13 (C) the likelihood that the institution of 

14 higher education will sustain or expand the pro15 posed reform effort beyond the period of the 

16 grant; and 

17 (D) the degree to which evaluation and as18 sessment plans are included in the design of the 

19 proposed reform effort. 

20 (3) GRANT DISTRIBUTION.—The Director of 

21 the National Science Foundation shall ensure, to the 

22 extent practicable, that grants awarded under this 

23 section are made to a variety of types of institutions 

24 of higher education. 


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1 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the 

3 National Science Foundation $10,000,000 in each of fiscal 

4 years 2014 through 2018 to carry out this section. 

5 SEC. 11. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SUPPORT FOR 

6 BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN UNDER7 GRADUATE STEM EDUCATION. 

8 (a) GRANTS.—The Director of the National Science 

9 Foundation shall award grants to institutions of higher 

10 education (or consortia thereof) to implement or expand 

11 research-based reforms in undergraduate STEM edu12 cation for the purpose of recruiting and retaining students 

13 from minority groups who are underrepresented in STEM 

14 fields, with a priority focus on natural science and engi15 neering fields. 

16 (b) MERIT REVIEW; COMPETITION.—Grants shall be 

17 awarded under this section on a merit-reviewed, competi18 tive basis. 

19 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—Activities supported by grants 

20 under this section may include— 

21 (1) implementation or expansion of innovative, 

22 research-based approaches to broaden participation 

23 of underrepresented minority groups in STEM 

24 fields; 


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1 (2) implementation or expansion of bridge, co2 hort, tutoring, or mentoring programs designed to 

3 enhance the recruitment and retention of students 

4 from underrepresented minority groups in STEM 

5 fields; 

6 (3) implementation or expansion of outreach 

7 programs linking institutions of higher education 

8 and K–12 school systems in order to heighten 

9 awareness among pre-college students from under10 represented minority groups of opportunities in col11 lege-level STEM fields and STEM careers; 

12 (4) implementation or expansion of faculty de13 velopment programs focused on improving retention 

14 of undergraduate STEM students from underrep15 resented minority groups; 

16 (5) implementation or expansion of mechanisms 

17 designed to recognize and reward faculty members 

18 who demonstrate a commitment to increasing the 

19 participation of students from underrepresented mi20 nority groups in STEM fields; 

21 (6) expansion of successful reforms aimed at in22 creasing the number of STEM students from under23 represented minority groups beyond a single course 

24 or group of courses to achieve reform within an en25 tire academic unit, or expansion of successful reform 


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1 efforts beyond a single academic unit to other 

2 STEM academic units within an institution of high3 er education; 

4 (7) expansion of opportunities for students from 

5 underrepresented minority groups to conduct STEM 

6 research in industry, at Federal labs, and at inter7 national research institutions or research sites; 

8 (8) provision of stipends for students from 

9 underrepresented minority groups participating in 

10 research; 

11 (9) development of research collaborations be12 tween research-intensive universities and primarily 

13 undergraduate minority-serving institutions; 

14 (10) support for graduate students and post15 doctoral fellows from underrepresented minority 

16 groups to participate in instructional or assessment 

17 activities at primarily undergraduate institutions, in18 cluding primarily undergraduate minority-serving in19 stitutions and two-year institutions of higher edu20 cation; and 

21 (11) other activities consistent with subsection 

22 (a), as determined by the Director of the National 

23 Science Foundation. 

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1 (1) APPLICATION.—An institution of higher 

2 education (or consortia thereof) seeking a grant 

3 under this section shall submit an application to the 

4 Director of the National Science Foundation at such 

5 time, in such manner, and containing such informa6 tion and assurances as such Director may require. 

7 The application shall include, at a minimum— 

8 (A) a description of the proposed reform 

9 effort; 

10 (B) a description of the research findings 

11 that will serve as the basis for the proposed re12 form effort or, in the case of applications that 

13 propose an expansion of a previously imple14 mented reform, a description of the previously 

15 implemented reform effort, including data about 

16 the recruitment, retention, and academic 

17 achievement of students from underrepresented 

18 minority groups; 

19 (C) evidence of an institutional commit20 ment to, and support for, the proposed reform 

21 effort, including a long-term commitment to im22 plement successful strategies from the current 

23 reform beyond the academic unit or units in24 cluded in the grant proposal; 


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1 (D) a description of existing or planned in2 stitutional policies and practices regarding fac3 ulty hiring, promotion, tenure, and teaching as4 signment that reward faculty contributions to 

5 improving the education of students from 

6 underrepresented minority groups in STEM; 

7 and 

8 (E) how the success and effectiveness of 

9 the proposed reform effort will be evaluated and 

10 assessed in order to contribute to the national 

11 knowledge base about models for catalyzing in12 stitutional change. 

13 (2) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—In selecting 

14 grant recipients under this section, the Director of 

15 the National Science Foundation shall consider, at a 

16 minimum— 

17 (A) the likelihood of success of the pro18 posed reform effort at the institution submit19 ting the application, including the extent to 

20 which the faculty, staff, and administrators of 

21 the institution are committed to making the 

22 proposed institutional reform a priority of the 

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1 tional culture and policy such that greater value 

2 is placed on faculty engagement in the retention 

3 of students from underrepresented minority 

4 groups; 

5 (C) the likelihood that the institution will 

6 sustain or expand the proposed reform effort 

7 beyond the period of the grant; and 

8 (D) the degree to which evaluation and as9 sessment plans are included in the design of the 

10 proposed reform effort. 

11 (3) PRIORITY.—For applications that include 

12 an expansion of existing reforms beyond a single 

13 academic unit, the Director of the National Science 

14 Foundation shall give priority to applications for 

15 which a senior institutional administrator, such as a 

16 dean or other administrator of equal or higher rank, 

17 serves as the principal investigator. 

18 (4) GRANT DISTRIBUTION.—The Director of 

19 the National Science Foundation shall ensure, to the 

20 extent practicable, that grants awarded under this 

21 section are made to a variety of types of institutions 

22 of higher education, including two-year and minor23 ity-serving institutions of higher education. 

24 (e) EDUCATION RESEARCH.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—All grants made under this 

2 section shall include an education research compo3 nent that will support the design and implementa4 tion of a system for data collection and evaluation 

5 of proposed reform efforts in order to build the 

6 knowledge base on promising models for increasing 

7 recruitment and retention of students from under8 represented minority groups in STEM education at 

9 the undergraduate level across a diverse set of insti10 tutions. 

11 (2) DISSEMINATION.—The Director of the Na12 tional Science Foundation shall coordinate with rel13 evant Federal agencies in disseminating the results 

14 of the research under this subsection to ensure that 

15 best practices in broadening participation in STEM 

16 education at the undergraduate level are made read17 ily available to all institutions of higher education, 

18 other Federal agencies that support STEM pro19 grams, non-Federal funders of STEM education, 

20 and the general public. 

21 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

22 are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the 

23 National Science Foundation $15,000,000 in each of fiscal 

24 years 2014 through 2018 to carry out this section. 


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1 SEC. 12. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

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

4 the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 

5 Policy (‘‘OSTP’’). 

6 (2) FEDERAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Fed7 eral laboratory’’ has the meaning given such term in 

8 section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Inno9 vation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703). 

10 (3) FEDERAL SCIENCE AGENCY.—The term 

11 ‘‘Federal science agency’’ means any Federal agency 

12 with at least $100 million in research and develop13 ment expenditures in fiscal year 2012. 

14 (4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

15 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

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

17 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

18 (5) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ means the 

19 academic and professional disciplines of science, 

20 technology, engineering, and mathematics. 

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