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Calendar No. 70 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 761 

To invest in innovation and education to improve the competitiveness of 

the United States in the global economy. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 5, 2007 

Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. 

INOUYE, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. ENZI, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. 

ENSIGN, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mrs. 

HUTCHISON, Mr. KERRY, Mr. SMITH, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. ROBERTS, 

Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. PRYOR, Mr. COLEMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, 

Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. CARPER, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. 

CRAIG, Mr. KOHL, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. BROWN, Mr. VOINOVICH, Mr. 

ROCKEFELLER, Mr. WARNER, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. DURBIN, 

and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; which was read the 

first time 

MARCH 6, 2007 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To invest in innovation and education to improve the 

competitiveness of the United States in the global economy. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘America COMPETES 

3 Act’’ or the ‘‘America Creating Opportunities to Meaning4 fully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and 

5 Science Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 

7 CONTENTS. 

8 (a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into 4 divi9 sions as follows: 

10 (1) DIVISION A.—Commerce and Science. 

11 (2) DIVISION B.—Department of Energy. 

12 (3) DIVISION C.—Education. 

13 (4) DIVISION D.—National Science Foundation. 

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

15 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. 

DIVISION A—COMMERCE AND SCIENCE 

Sec. 1001. Short title. 

TITLE I—OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY; 

GOVERNMENT-WIDE SCIENCE 

Sec. 1101. National Science and Technology Summit. 

Sec. 1102. Study on barriers to innovation. 

Sec. 1103. National Innovation Medal. 

Sec. 1104. Release of scientific research results. 

Sec. 1105. Semiannual Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 

Days. 

Sec. 1106. Study of service science. 

TITLE II—INNOVATION PROMOTION 

Sec. 1201. President’s Council on Innovation and Competitiveness. 

Sec. 1202. Innovation acceleration research. 


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TITLE III—NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 

ADMINISTRATION 

Sec. 1301. NASA’s contribution to innovation. 

Sec. 1302. Aeronautics Institute for Research. 

Sec. 1303. Basic research enhancement. 

Sec. 1304. Aging workforce issues program. 

Sec. 1305. Conforming amendments. 

Sec. 1306. Fiscal year 2008 basic science and research funding. 

TITLE IV—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND 

TECHNOLOGY 

Sec. 1401. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 1402. Amendments to the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 

1980. 

Sec. 1403. Innovation acceleration. 

Sec. 1404. Manufacturing extension. 

Sec. 1405. Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Technology. 

Sec. 1406. Technical amendments to the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology Act and other technical amendments. 

TITLE V—OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERIC PROGRAMS 

Sec. 1501. Ocean and atmospheric research and development program. 

Sec. 1502. NOAA ocean and atmospheric science education programs. 

DIVISION B—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Sec. 2001. Short title. 

Sec. 2002. Definitions. 

Sec. 2003. Mathematics, science, and engineering education at the Department 

of Energy. 

Sec. 2004. Department of Energy early-career research grants. 

Sec. 2005. Advanced Research Projects Authority-Energy. 

Sec. 2006. Authorization of appropriations for the Department of Energy for 

basic research. 

Sec. 2007. Discovery science and engineering innovation institutes. 

Sec. 2008. Protecting America’s Competitive Edge (PACE) graduate fellowship 

program. 

Sec. 2009. Title IX compliance. 

Sec. 2010. High-risk, high-reward research. 

Sec. 2011. Distinguished scientist program. 

DIVISION C—EDUCATION 

Sec. 3001. Findings. 

Sec. 3002. Definitions. 

TITLE I—TEACHER ASSISTANCE 

Subtitle A—Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow 

Sec. 3111. Purpose. 

Sec. 3112. Definitions. 

Sec. 3113. Programs for baccalaureate degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, or critical foreign languages, with concurrent teacher 

certification. 


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Sec. 3114. Programs for master’s degrees in mathematics, science, or critical 

foreign languages education. 

Sec. 3115. General provisions. 

Sec. 3116. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle B—Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs 

Sec. 3121. Purpose. 

Sec. 3122. Definitions. 

Sec. 3123. Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs. 

TITLE II—MATH NOW 

Sec. 3201. Math Now for elementary school and middle school students program. 

TITLE III—FOREIGN LANGUAGE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM 

Sec. 3301. Findings and purpose. 

Sec. 3302. Definitions. 

Sec. 3303. Program authorized. 

Sec. 3304. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE IV—ALIGNMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS 

Sec. 3401. Alignment of secondary school graduation requirements with the demands of 21st century postsecondary endeavors and support 

for P–16 education data systems. 

DIVISION D—NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Sec. 4001. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 4002. Strengthening of education and human resources directorate 

through equitable distribution of new funds. 

Sec. 4003. Graduate fellowships and graduate traineeships. 

Sec. 4004. Professional science master’s degree programs. 

Sec. 4005. Increased support for science education through the National 

Science Foundation. 

Sec. 4006. Meeting critical national science needs. 

Sec. 4007. Reaffirmation of the merit-review process of the National Science 

Foundation. 

Sec. 4008. Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. 

Sec. 4009. Encouraging participation. 

Sec. 4010. Cyberinfrastructure. 

Sec. 4011. Federal information and communications technology research. 

Sec. 4012. Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. 

Sec. 4013. Sense of the Senate regarding the mathematics and science partnership programs of the Department of Education and the National Science Foundation. 

Sec. 4014. National Science Foundation teacher institutes for the 21st century. 


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1 DIVISION A—COMMERCE AND 

2 SCIENCE 

3 SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This division may be cited as the ‘‘American Innova5 tion and Competitiveness Act’’. 

6 TITLE I—OFFICE OF SCIENCE 

7 AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY; 

8 GOVERNMENT-WIDE SCIENCE 

9 SEC. 1101. NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

11 date of enactment of this Act, the President shall convene 

12 a National Science and Technology Summit to examine 

13 the health and direction of the United States’ science and 

14 technology enterprises. The Summit shall include rep15 resentatives of industry, small business, labor, academia, 

16 State government, Federal research and development 

17 agencies, non-profit environmental and energy policy 

18 groups concerned with science and technology issues, and 

19 other nongovernmental organizations. 

20 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

21 of the conclusion of the Summit, the President shall issue 

22 a report on the results of the Summit. The report shall 

23 identify key research and technology challenges and rec24 ommendations for areas of investment for Federal re25 search and technology programs to be carried out during 


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1 the 5-year period beginning on the date the report is 

2 issued. 

3 (c) ANNUAL EVALUATION.—Beginning in 2008, the 

4 Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy 

5 shall publish and submit to Congress an annual report 

6 that contains recommendations for areas of investment for 

7 Federal research and technology programs, including a 

8 justification for each area identified in the report. Each 

9 report submitted during the 5-year period beginning on 

10 the date of the conclusion of the Summit shall take into 

11 account any recommendations made by the Summit. 

12 SEC. 1102. STUDY ON BARRIERS TO INNOVATION. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

14 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 

15 of Science and Technology Policy shall enter into a con16 tract with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct 

17 and complete a study to identify, and to review methods 

18 to mitigate, new forms of risk for businesses beyond con19 ventional operational and financial risk that affect the 

20 ability to innovate, including studying and reviewing— 

21 (1) incentive and compensation structures that 

22 could effectively encourage long-term value creation 

23 and innovation; 


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1 (2) methods of voluntary and supplemental dis2 closure by industry of intellectual capital, innovation 

3 performance, and indicators of future valuation; 

4 (3) means by which government could work 

5 with industry to enhance the legal and regulatory 

6 framework to encourage the disclosures described in 

7 paragraph (2); 

8 (4) practices that may be significant deterrents 

9 to United States businesses engaging in innovation 

10 risk-taking compared to foreign competitors; 

11 (5) costs faced by United States businesses en12 gaging in innovation compared to foreign competi13 tors, including the burden placed on businesses by 

14 high and rising health care costs; 

15 (6) means by which industry, trade associa16 tions, and universities could collaborate to support 

17 research on management practices and methodolo18 gies for assessing the value and risks of longer term 

19 innovation strategies; 

20 (7) means to encourage new, open, and collabo21 rative dialogue between industry associations, regu22 latory authorities, management, shareholders, labor, 

23 and other concerned interests to encourage appro24 priate approaches to innovation risk-taking; 


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1 (8) incentives to encourage participation among 

2 institutions of higher education, especially those in 

3 rural and underserved areas, to engage in innova4 tion; 

5 (9) relevant Federal regulations that may dis6 courage or encourage innovation; 

7 (10) the extent to which Federal funding pro8 motes or hinders innovation; and 

9 (11) the extent to which individuals are being 

10 equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary for 

11 success in the 21st century workforce, as measured 

12 by— 

13 (A) elementary school and secondary 

14 school student academic achievement on the 

15 State academic assessments required under sec16 tion 1111(b)(3) of the Elementary and Sec17 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 

18 (b)(3)), especially in mathematics, science, and 

19 reading; 

20 (B) the rate of student entrance into insti21 tutions of higher education by type of institu22 tion, and barriers to access to institutions of 

23 higher education; 

24 (C) the rates of— 


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1 (i) students successfully completing 

2 postsecondary education programs; and 

3 (ii) certificates, associate degrees, and 

4 baccalaureate degrees awarded in the fields 

5 of science, technology, engineering, and 

6 mathematics; and 

7 (D) access to, and availability of, high 

8 quality job training programs. 

9 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 

10 entering into the contract required by subsection (a) and 

11 4 years after entering into such contract, the National 

12 Academy of Sciences shall submit to Congress a report 

13 on the study conducted under such subsection. 

14 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

15 are authorized to be appropriated to the National Acad16 emy of Sciences $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 for the 

17 purpose of carrying out the study required under this sec18 tion. 

19 SEC. 1103. NATIONAL INNOVATION MEDAL. 

20 Section 16 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Inno21 vation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3711) is amended— 

22 (1) by striking the section heading and insert23 ing ‘‘SEC. 16. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND IN24 NOVATION MEDAL.’’; and 


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1 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Technology 

2 Medal’’ and inserting ‘‘Technology and Innovation 

3 Medal’’. 

4 SEC. 1104. RELEASE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH RESULTS. 

5 (a) PRINCIPLES.—Not later than 90 days after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 

7 of Science and Technology Policy, in consultation with the 

8 Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the 

9 heads of all Federal civilian agencies that conduct sci10 entific research, shall develop and issue an overarching set 

11 of principles to ensure the communication and open ex12 change of data and results to other agencies, policy13 makers, and the public of research conducted by a sci14 entist employed by a Federal civilian agency and to pre15 vent the intentional or unintentional suppression or distor16 tion of such research findings. The principles shall encour17 age the open exchange of data and results of research un18 dertaken by a scientist employed by such an agency and 

19 shall be consistent with existing Federal laws, including 

20 chapter 18 of title 35, United States Code (commonly 

21 known as the ‘‘Bayh-Dole Act’’). 

22 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 days 

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

24 the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall ensure 

25 that all civilian Federal agencies that conduct scientific 


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1 research develop specific policies and procedures regarding 

2 the public release of data and results of research con3 ducted by a scientist employed by such an agency con4 sistent with the principles established under subsection 

5 (a). Such polices and procedures shall— 

6 (1) specifically address what is and what is not 

7 permitted or recommended under such policies and 

8 procedures; 

9 (2) be specifically designed for each such agen10 cy; 

11 (3) be applied uniformly throughout each such 

12 agency; and 

13 (4) be widely communicated and readily acces14 sible to all employees of each such agency and the 

15 public. 

16 SEC. 1105. SEMIANNUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGI17 NEERING, AND MATHEMATICS DAYS. 

18 It is the sense of Congress that the Director of the 

19 Office of Science and Technology Policy should— 

20 (1) encourage all elementary and middle schools 

21 to observe a Science, Technology, Engineering, and 

22 Mathematics Day twice in every school year for the 

23 purpose of bringing in science, technology, engineer24 ing, and mathematics mentors to provide hands-on 

25 lessons to excite and inspire students to pursue the 


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1 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 

2 fields (including continuing education and career 

3 paths); 

4 (2) initiate a program, in consultation with 

5 Federal agencies and departments, to provide sup6 port systems, tools (from existing outreach offices), 

7 and mechanisms to allow and encourage Federal em8 ployees with scientific, technological, engineering, or 

9 mathematical responsibilities to reach out to local 

10 classrooms on such Science, Technology, Engineer11 ing, and Mathematics Days to instruct and inspire 

12 school children, focusing on real life science, tech13 nology, engineering, and mathematics-related appli14 cable experiences along with hands-on demonstra15 tions in order to demonstrate the advantages and di16 rect applications of studying the science, technology, 

17 engineering, and mathematics fields; and 

18 (3) promote Science, Technology, Engineering, 

19 and Mathematics Days involvement by private sector 

20 and institutions of higher education employees in a 

21 manner similar to the Federal employee involvement 

22 described in paragraph (2). 

23 SEC. 1106. STUDY OF SERVICE SCIENCE. 

24 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con25 gress that, in order to strengthen the competitiveness of 


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1 United States enterprises and institutions and to prepare 

2 the people of the United States for high-wage, high-skill 

3 employment, the Federal Government should better under4 stand and respond strategically to the emerging manage5 ment and learning discipline known as service science. 

6 (b) STUDY.—Not later than 270 days after the date 

7 of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 

8 Science and Technology Policy, through the National 

9 Academy of Sciences, shall conduct a study and report to 

10 Congress regarding how the Federal Government should 

11 support, through research, education, and training, the 

12 emerging management and learning discipline known as 

13 service science. 

14 (c) OUTSIDE RESOURCES.—In conducting the study 

15 under subsection (b), the National Academy of Sciences 

16 shall consult with leaders from 2- and 4-year institutions 

17 of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) of the 

18 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), lead19 ers from corporations, and other relevant parties. 

20 (d) SERVICE SCIENCE DEFINED.—In this section, 

21 the term ‘‘service science’’ means curricula, training, and 

22 research programs that are designed to teach individuals 

23 to apply scientific, engineering, and management dis24 ciplines that integrate elements of computer science, oper25 ations research, industrial engineering, business strategy, 


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1 management sciences, and social and legal sciences, in 

2 order to encourage innovation in how organizations create 

3 value for customers and shareholders that could not be 

4 achieved through such disciplines working in isolation. 

5 TITLE II—INNOVATION 

6 PROMOTION 

7 SEC. 1201. PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL ON INNOVATION AND 

8 COMPETITIVENESS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish a 

10 President’s Council on Innovation and Competitiveness. 

11 (b) DUTIES.—The Council’s duties shall include— 

12 (1) monitoring implementation of public laws 

13 and initiatives for promoting innovation, including 

14 policies related to research funding, taxation, immi15 gration, trade, and education that are proposed in 

16 this Act or in any other Act; 

17 (2) providing advice to the President with re18 spect to global trends in competitiveness and innova19 tion and allocation of Federal resources in edu20 cation, job training, and technology research and de21 velopment considering such global trends in competi22 tiveness and innovation; 

23 (3) in consultation with the Director of the Of24 fice of Management and Budget, developing a proc25 ess for using metrics to assess the impact of existing 


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1 and proposed policies and rules that affect innova2 tion capabilities in the United States; 

3 (4) identifying opportunities and making rec4 ommendations for the heads of executive agencies to 

5 improve innovation, monitoring, and reporting on 

6 the implementation of such recommendations; 

7 (5) developing metrics for measuring the 

8 progress of the Federal Government with respect to 

9 improving conditions for innovation, including 

10 through talent development, investment, and infra11 structure improvements; and 

12 (6) submitting to the President and Congress 

13 an annual report on such progress. 

14 (c) MEMBERSHIP AND COORDINATION.— 

15 (1) MEMBERSHIP.—The Council shall be com16 posed of the Secretary or head of each of the fol17 lowing: 

18 (A) The Department of Commerce. 

19 (B) The Department of Defense. 

20 (C) The Department of Education. 

21 (D) The Department of Energy. 

22 (E) The Department of Health and 

23 Human Services. 

24 (F) The Department of Homeland Secu25 rity. 


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1 (G) The Department of Labor. 

2 (H) The Department of the Treasury. 

3 (I) The National Aeronautics and Space 

4 Administration. 

5 (J) The Securities and Exchange Commis6 sion. 

7 (K) The National Science Foundation. 

8 (L) The Office of the United States Trade 

9 Representative. 

10 (M) The Office of Management and Budg11 et. 

12 (N) The Office of Science and Technology 

13 Policy. 

14 (O) The Environmental Protection Agency. 

15 (P) Any other department or agency des16 ignated by the President. 

17 (2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary of Com18 merce shall serve as Chairperson of the Council. 

19 (3) COORDINATION.—The Chairperson of the 

20 Council shall ensure appropriate coordination be21 tween the Council and the National Economic Coun22 cil, the National Security Council, and the National 

23 Science and Technology Council. 

24 (4) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet on a 

25 semi-annual basis at the call of the Chairperson and 


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1 the initial meeting of the Council shall occur not 

2 later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 

3 this Act. 

4 (d) DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATION AGENDA.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall develop a 

6 comprehensive agenda for strengthening the innova7 tion and competitiveness capabilities of the Federal 

8 Government, State governments, academia, and the 

9 private sector in the United States. 

10 (2) CONTENTS.—The comprehensive agenda re11 quired by paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

12 (A) An assessment of current strengths 

13 and weaknesses of the United States investment 

14 in research and development. 

15 (B) Recommendations for addressing 

16 weaknesses and maintaining the United States 

17 as a world leader in research and development 

18 and technological innovation. 

19 (C) Recommendations for strengthening 

20 the innovation and competitiveness capabilities 

21 of the Federal government, State governments, 

22 academia, and the private sector in the United 

23 States. 

24 (3) ADVISORS.— 


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1 (A) RECOMMENDATION.—Not later than 

2 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

3 the National Academy of Sciences, in consulta4 tion with the National Academy of Engineering, 

5 the Institute of Medicine, and the National Re6 search Council, shall develop and submit to the 

7 President a list of 50 individuals that are rec8 ommended to serve as advisors to the Council 

9 during the development of the comprehensive 

10 agenda required by paragraph (1). The list of 

11 advisors shall include appropriate representa12 tives from the following: 

13 (i) The private sector of the economy. 

14 (ii) Labor. 

15 (iii) Various fields including informa16 tion technology, energy, engineering, high17 technology manufacturing, health care, and 

18 education. 

19 (iv) Scientific organizations. 

20 (v) Academic organizations and other 

21 nongovernmental organizations working in 

22 the area of science or technology. 

23 (B) DESIGNATION.—Not later than 30 

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1 dividuals to serve as advisors, the President 

2 shall designate 50 individuals to serve as advi3 sors to the Council. 

4 (C) REQUIREMENT TO CONSULT.—The 

5 Council shall develop the comprehensive agenda 

6 required by paragraph (1) in consultation with 

7 the advisors. 

8 (4) INITIAL SUBMISSION AND UPDATES.— 

9 (A) INITIAL SUBMISSION.—Not later than 

10 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 

11 the Council shall submit to Congress and the 

12 President the comprehensive agenda required 

13 by paragraph (1). 

14 (B) UPDATES.—At least once every 2 

15 years, the Council shall update the comprehen16 sive agenda required by paragraph (1) and sub17 mit each such update to Congress and the 

18 President. 

19 (e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 101(b) of the 

20 High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 

21 5511(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘an’’ in the first sentence 

22 and inserting ‘‘a distinct’’. 

23 (f) OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT.—Notwithstanding sub24 section (a) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c), 


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1 the President may designate an existing council to carry 

2 out the requirements of this section. 

3 SEC. 1202. INNOVATION ACCELERATION RESEARCH. 

4 (a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—The President, 

5 through the head of each Federal research agency, shall 

6 establish a program, to be known as the Innovation Accel7 eration Research Program, to support and promote inno8 vation in the United States through research projects that 

9 can yield results with far-ranging or wide-ranging implica10 tions but are considered too novel or span too diverse a 

11 range of disciplines to fare well in the traditional peer re12 view process. Priority in the awarding of grants under this 

13 program shall be given to research projects that— 

14 (1) meet fundamental technology or scientific 

15 challenges; 

16 (2) involve multidisciplinary work; and 

17 (3) involve a high degree of novelty. 

18 (b) DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.— 

19 (1) FUNDING GOALS.—The President shall en20 sure that it is the goal of each Executive agency (as 

21 defined in section 105 of title 5, United States 

22 Code) that finances research in science, mathe23 matics, engineering, and technology to allocate ap24 proximately 8 percent of the agency’s total annual 

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1 search, including grants, under the Innovation Accel2 eration Research Program. 

3 (2) ADMINISTRATION.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

5 after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

6 head of each Executive agency participating in 

7 the Innovation Acceleration Research Program 

8 under paragraph (1) shall submit to the Direc9 tor of the Office of Science and Technology Pol10 icy and the Director of the Office of Manage11 ment and Budget a plan for implementing the 

12 research program within such Executive agency. 

13 An implementation plan may incorporate exist14 ing initiatives of the Executive agencies that 

15 promote research in innovation as described in 

16 subsection (a). 

17 (B) REQUIRED METRICS.— 

18 (i) IN GENERAL.—The head of each 

19 Executive agency submitting an implemen20 tation plan pursuant to subparagraph (A) 

21 shall include metrics upon which grant 

22 funding decisions will be made and metrics 

23 for assessing the success of the grants 

24 awarded. 


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1 (ii) METRICS FOR BASIC RESEARCH.— 

2 The metrics developed under clause (i) to 

3 assess basic research programs shall assess 

4 management of the programs and shall not 

5 assess specific scientific outcomes of the 

6 research conducted by the programs. 

7 (C) GRANT DURATION AND RENEWALS.— 

8 (i) IN GENERAL.—Any grants issued 

9 by an Executive agency under this section 

10 shall be for a period not to exceed 3 years. 

11 (ii) EVALUATION.—Not later than 90 

12 days prior to the expiration of a grant 

13 issued under this section, the Executive 

14 agency that approved the grant shall com15 plete an evaluation of the effectiveness of 

16 the grant based on the metrics established 

17 pursuant to subparagraph (B). In its eval18 uation, the Executive agency shall consider 

19 the extent to which the program funded by 

20 the grant met the goals of quality improve21 ment and job creation. 

22 (iii) PUBLICATION OF REVIEW.—The 

23 Executive agency shall publish and make 

24 available to the public the review of each 

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1 (iv) FAILURE TO MEET METRICS.— 

2 Any grant that the Executive agency 

3 awarding the grant determines has failed 

4 to satisfy any of the metrics developed pur5 suant to subparagraph (B), shall not be el6 igible for a renewal. 

7 (v) RENEWAL.—A grant issued under 

8 this section that satisfies all of the metrics 

9 developed pursuant to subparagraph (B), 

10 may be renewed once for a period of not 

11 more than 3 years. Additional renewals 

12 may be considered only if the head of the 

13 Executive agency makes a specific finding 

14 that the program being funded involves a 

15 significant technology or scientific advance 

16 that requires a longer time frame to com17 plete critical research, and the research 

18 satisfies all the metrics developed pursuant 

19 to subparagraph (B). 

20 (vi) WAIVER.—The head of the Exec21 utive agency may authorize a waiver of the 

22 requirement of clauses (iv) and (v) related 

23 to satisfying metric requirements if he or 

24 she determines that the grant failed to 

25 meet a small number of metrics and the 


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1 failure was not significant for the overall 

2 performance of the grant. 

3 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) FEDERAL RESEARCH AGENCY.—The term 

5 ‘‘Federal research agency’’ means a major organiza6 tional component of a department or agency of the 

7 Federal Government, or other establishment of the 

8 Federal Government operating with appropriated 

9 funds, that has as its primary purpose the perform10 ance of scientific research. 

11 (2) MAJOR ORGANIZATIONAL COMPONENT.— 

12 The term ‘‘major organizational component’’, with 

13 respect to a department, agency, or other establish14 ment of the Federal Government, means a compo15 nent of the department, agency, or other establish16 ment that is administered by an individual whose 

17 rate of basic pay is not less than the rate of basic 

18 pay payable under level V of the Executive Schedule 

19 under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. 

20 TITLE III—NATIONAL AERO21 NAUTICS AND SPACE ADMIN22 ISTRATION 

23 SEC. 1301. NASA’S CONTRIBUTION TO INNOVATION. 

24 (a) PARTICIPATION IN INTERAGENCY ACTIVITIES.— 

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1 be a full participant in any interagency effort to promote 

2 innovation and economic competitiveness through near3 term and long-term basic scientific research and develop4 ment and the promotion of science, technology, engineer5 ing, and mathematics education. 

6 (b) HISTORIC FOUNDATION.—In order to carry out 

7 the participation described in subsection (a), the Adminis8 trator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra9 tion shall build on the historic role of the National Aero10 nautics and Space Administration in stimulating excel11 lence in the advancement of physical science and engineer12 ing disciplines and in providing opportunities and incen13 tives for the pursuit of academic studies in science, tech14 nology, engineering, and mathematics. 

15 (c) BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM AND ROBUST AU16 THORIZATION LEVELS.—The balanced science program 

17 authorized by section 101(d) of the National Aeronautics 

18 and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005 (42 

19 U.S.C. 16611) shall be an element of the contribution by 

20 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to 

21 such interagency programs. It is the sense of Congress 

22 that a robust National Aeronautics and Space Administra23 tion, funded at the levels authorized for fiscal years 2007 

24 and 2008 under sections 202 and 203 of such Act (42 

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1 subsequent fiscal years would enable a fair balance among 

2 science, aeronautics, education, exploration, and human 

3 space flight programs and allow full participation in any 

4 interagency efforts to promote innovation and economic 

5 competitiveness. 

6 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

7 (1) REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator shall 

8 submit to Congress and the President an annual re9 port describing the activities conducted pursuant to 

10 this section, including a description of the goals and 

11 the objective metrics upon which funding decisions 

12 were made. 

13 (2) CONTENT.—Each report submitted pursu14 ant to paragraph (1) shall include, with regard to 

15 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 

16 education programs, at a minimum, the following: 

17 (A) A description of each program. 

18 (B) The amount spent on each program. 

19 (C) The number of students or teachers 

20 served by each program. 

21 (D) Measurement of how each program 

22 improved student achievement, including with 

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1 SEC. 1302. AERONAUTICS INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 

4 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

5 shall establish within the Administration an Aero6 nautics Institute for Research for the purpose of 

7 managing the aeronautics research carried out by 

8 the Administration. 

9 (2) DIRECTOR.—The Institute shall be headed 

10 by a Director with appropriate experience in aero11 nautics research and development. 

12 (b) DUTIES.—The Institute shall implement the pro13 grams authorized under title IV of the National Aero14 nautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 

15 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16701 et seq.). 

16 (c) COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Institute shall operate 

18 in conjunction with relevant programs in the De19 partment of Transportation, the Department of De20 fense, the Department of Commerce, and the De21 partment of Homeland Security, including the activi22 ties of the Joint Planning and Development Office 

23 established under the Vision 100—Century of Avia24 tion Reauthorization Act (Public Law 108–176; 117 

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1 (2) RESOURCES.—The Director of the Institute 

2 may accept assistance, staff, and funding from those 

3 Departments and other Federal agencies. Any such 

4 funding shall be in addition to funds authorized for 

5 aeronautics under the National Aeronautics and 

6 Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005 

7 (Public Law 109–155). 

8 (3) OTHER COORDINATION.—The Director of 

9 the Institute may utilize the Next Generation Air 

10 Transportation Senior Policy Committee established 

11 under section 710 of the Vision 100—Century of 

12 Aviation Reauthorization Act (Public Law 108–176; 

13 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) to coordinate its programs 

14 with other Departments and agencies. 

15 (d) PARTNERSHIPS.—In developing and carrying out 

16 its plans, the Institute shall consult with the public and 

17 ensure the participation of experts from the private sector 

18 including representatives of commercial aviation, general 

19 aviation, aviation labor groups, aviation research and de20 velopment entities, aircraft and air traffic control sup21 pliers, and the space industry. 

22 SEC. 1303. BASIC RESEARCH ENHANCEMENT. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Na24 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Director 

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1 ergy, the Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of Com2 merce shall, to the extent practicable, coordinate basic and 

3 fundamental research activities related to physical 

4 sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics. 

5 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF BASIC RESEARCH EXECU6 TIVE COUNCIL.—In order to ensure effective application 

7 of resources to basic science activity and to facilitate coop8 erative basic and fundamental research activities with 

9 other governmental organizations, the Administrator of 

10 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall 

11 establish within the Administration a Basic Research Ex12 ecutive Council to oversee the distribution and manage13 ment of programs and resources engaged in support of 

14 basic research activity. 

15 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—The membership of the Basic Re16 search Executive Council shall consist of the most senior 

17 agency official representing each of the following areas of 

18 research: 

19 (1) Space Science. 

20 (2) Earth Science. 

21 (3) Life and Microgravity Sciences. 

22 (4) Aeronautical Research. 

23 (d) LEADERSHIP.—The Basic Research Executive 

24 Council shall be chaired by an individual appointed for 

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1 graduate degree in a recognizable discipline in the physical 

2 sciences, and appropriate experience in the conduct and 

3 management of basic research activity. The Chairman of 

4 the Council shall report directly to the Administrator of 

5 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

6 (e) SUPPORTING RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL.— 

7 The Chairman of the Basic Research Executive Council 

8 shall be provided with adequate administrative staff sup9 port to conduct the activity and functions of the Council. 

10 (f) DUTIES.—The Basic Research Executive Council 

11 shall have, at minimum, the following duties: 

12 (1) To establish criteria for the identification of 

13 research activity as basic in nature. 

14 (2) To establish, in consultation with the Office 

15 of Science and Technology Policy, the National 

16 Science Foundation, the National Academy of 

17 Sciences, the National Institutes of Health, and 

18 other appropriate external organizations, a 

19 prioritization of fundamental research activity to be 

20 conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space 

21 Administration, to be reviewed and updated on an 

22 annual basis, taking into consideration evolving na23 tional research priorities. 

24 (3) To monitor, review, and evaluate all basic 

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1 Space Administration for compliance with basic re2 search priorities established under paragraph (2). 

3 (4) To make recommendations to the Adminis4 trator of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad5 ministration regarding adjustments in the basic re6 search activities of the Administration to ensure con7 sistency with the research priorities established 

8 under this section. 

9 (5) To provide an annual report to the Com10 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

11 the Senate and the Committee on Science of the 

12 House of Representatives outlining the activities of 

13 the Council during the preceding year and the status 

14 of basic research activity within the Administration. 

15 The initial such report, to serve as a baseline docu16 ment, shall be provided within 90 days after the es17 tablishment and initial operations of the Council. 

18 SEC. 1304. AGING WORKFORCE ISSUES PROGRAM. 

19 It is the sense of Congress that the Administrator 

20 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

21 should implement a program to address aging work force 

22 issues in aerospace that— 

23 (1) documents technical and management expe24 riences before senior people leave the Administra25 tion, including— 


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1 (A) documenting lessons learned; 

2 (B) briefing organizations; 

3 (C) providing opportunities for archiving 

4 lessons in a database; and 

5 (D) providing opportunities for near-term 

6 retirees to transition out early from their pri7 mary assignment in order to document their ca8 reer lessons learned and brief new employees 

9 prior to their separation from the Administra10 tion; 

11 (2) provides incentives for retirees to return 

12 and teach new employees about their career lessons 

13 and experiences; and 

14 (3) provides for the development of an award to 

15 recognize and reward outstanding senior employees 

16 for their contributions to knowledge sharing. 

17 SEC. 1305. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

18 Section 101(d) of the National Aeronautics and 

19 Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005 (42 

20 U.S.C. 16611(d)) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon in 

22 paragraph (2)(B); 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘Act.’’ in paragraph (2)(C) and 

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1 (3) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(D) the number and content of science 

4 activities which are undertaken in support of 

5 science missions described in subparagraph (A), 

6 and the number and content of science activi7 ties which may be considered as fundamental, 

8 or basic research, whether incorporated within 

9 specific missions or conducted independently of 

10 any specific mission.’’; and 

11 (4) by adding at the end of paragraph (3) the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(H) How NASA science activities can 

14 best be structured to ensure that basic and fun15 damental research can be effectively maintained 

16 and coordinated in response to national goals in 

17 competitiveness and innovation, and in contrib18 uting to national scientific, technology, engi19 neering and mathematics leadership.’’. 

20 SEC. 1306. FISCAL YEAR 2008 BASIC SCIENCE AND RE21 SEARCH FUNDING. 

22 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Ad23 ministrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin24 istration shall increase funding for basic science and re25 search, including for the Explorer Program, for fiscal year 


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1 2008 by $160,000,000 by transferring such amount for 

2 such purpose from accounts of the National Aeronautics 

3 and Space Administration. The transfer shall be contin4 gent upon the availability of unobligated balances to the 

5 National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

6 TITLE IV—NATIONAL INSTITUTE 

7 OF STANDARDS AND TECH8 NOLOGY 

9 SEC. 1401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec11 retary of Commerce for the use of the National Institute 

12 of Standards and Technology— 

13 (1) for fiscal year 2008, $703,611,000, of 

14 which $115,000,000 shall be used for the Hollings 

15 Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program; 

16 (2) for fiscal year 2009, $773,972,000, of 

17 which $120,000,000 shall be used for the Hollings 

18 Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program; 

19 (3) for fiscal year 2010, $851,369,000, of 

20 which $125,000,000 shall be used for the Hollings 

21 Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program; and 

22 (4) for fiscal year 2011, $936,506,000, of 

23 which $130,000,000 shall be used for the Hollings 

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1 SEC. 1402. AMENDMENTS TO THE STEVENSON-WYDLER 

2 TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ACT OF 1980. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Stevenson4 Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 

5 3704) is repealed. 

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

7 (1) TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 

8 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 

9 striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Commerce for Tech10 nology.’’. 

11 (2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4 of the Stevenson12 Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 

13 U.S.C. 3703) is amended— 

14 (A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (3); 

15 and 

16 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

17 through (13) as paragraphs (1) through (11), 

18 respectively. 

19 (3) REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION.—Section 

20 21(a) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova21 tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3713(a)) is amended— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sections 

23 5, 11(g), and 16’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 11(g) 

24 and 16’’; and 

25 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking 

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1 carrying out the requirements of the Japanese 

2 technical literature program established under 

3 section 5(d) of this Act;’’. 

4 (4) HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ACT OF

5 1991.—Section 208 of the High-Performance Com6 puting Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5528) is amended by 

7 striking subsection (c) and redesignating subsection 

8 (d) as subsection (c). 

9 (5) ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT OF 1998.— 

10 Section 6(b)(4)(B)(v) of the Assistive Technology 

11 Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3005(b)(4)(B)(v)) is amend12 ed by striking ‘‘the Technology Administration of 

13 the Department of Commerce,’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

14 National Institute of Standards and Technology,’’. 

15 SEC. 1403. INNOVATION ACCELERATION. 

16 (a) PROGRAM.—In order to implement section 1202 

17 of this Act, the Director of the National Institute of 

18 Standards and Technology shall— 

19 (1) establish a program linked to the goals and 

20 objectives of the measurement laboratories, to be 

21 known as the ‘‘Standards and Technology Accelera22 tion Research Program’’, to support and promote in23 novation in the United States through high-risk, 

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1 (2) set aside, from funds available to the meas2 urement laboratories, an amount equal to not less 

3 than 8 percent of the funds available to the Institute 

4 each fiscal year for such Program. 

5 (b) EXTERNAL FUNDING.—The Director shall ensure 

6 that at least 80 percent of the funds available for such 

7 Program shall be used to award competitive, merit-re8 viewed grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to 

9 public or private entities, including businesses and univer10 sities. In selecting entities to receive such assistance, the 

11 Director shall ensure that the project proposed by an enti12 ty has scientific and technical merit and that any resulting 

13 intellectual property shall vest in a United States entity 

14 that can commercialize the technology in a timely manner. 

15 Each external project shall involve at least one small or 

16 medium-sized business and the Director shall give priority 

17 to joint ventures between small or medium-sized busi18 nesses and educational institutions. Any grant shall be for 

19 a period not to exceed 3 years. 

20 (c) COMPETITIONS.—The Director shall solicit pro21 posals annually to address areas of national need for high22 risk, high-reward research, as identified by the Director. 

23 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each year the Director shall 

24 issue an annual report describing the program’s activities, 

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1 grant funding decisions were made in the previous fiscal 

2 year, any proposed changes to those metrics, metrics for 

3 evaluating the success of ongoing and completed grants, 

4 and an evaluation of ongoing and completed grants. The 

5 first annual report shall include best practices for manage6 ment of programs to stimulate high-risk, high-reward re7 search. 

8 (e) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—No more than 5 

9 percent of the finding available to the program may be 

10 used for administrative expenses. 

11 (f) HIGH-RISK, HIGH-REWARD RESEARCH DE12 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘high-risk, high-reward 

13 research’’ means research that— 

14 (1) has the potential for yielding results with 

15 far-ranging or wide-ranging implications; 

16 (2) addresses critical national needs related to 

17 measurement standards and technology; and 

18 (3) is too novel or spans too diverse a range of 

19 disciplines to fare well in the traditional peer review 

20 process. 

21 SEC. 1404. MANUFACTURING EXTENSION. 

22 (a) MANUFACTURING CENTER EVALUATION.—Sec23 tion 25(c)(5) of the National Institute of Standards and 

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1 tion by the evaluation panel shall be notified by the panel 

2 of the deficiencies in its performance and shall be placed 

3 on probation for one year, after which time the panel shall 

4 reevaluate the Center. If the Center has not addressed the 

5 deficiencies identified by the panel, or shown a significant 

6 improvement in its performance, the Director shall con7 duct a new competition to select an operator for the Cen8 ter or may close the Center.’’ after ‘‘at declining levels.’’. 

9 (b) FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 25 of the National 

10 Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 

11 278k) is amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(d) ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS.—In addition to such 

14 sums as may be appropriated to the Secretary and Direc15 tor to operate the Centers program, the Secretary and Di16 rector also may accept funds from other Federal depart17 ments and agencies and under section 2(c)(7) from the 

18 private sector for the purpose of strengthening United 

19 States manufacturing. Such funds from the private sector, 

20 if allocated to a Center or Centers, shall not be considered 

21 in the calculation of the Federal share of capital and an22 nual operating and maintenance costs under subsection 

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1 SEC. 1405. EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COM2 PETITIVE TECHNOLOGY. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National In4 stitutes of Standards and Technology shall re-establish the 

5 Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Tech6 nology. The purpose of the program shall be to strengthen 

7 the technological competitiveness of those States that have 

8 historically received less Federal research and development 

9 funds than a majority of the States have received. 

10 (b) ARRANGEMENTS.—In carrying out the program, 

11 the Director shall cooperate with State, regional, or local 

12 science and technology-based economic development orga13 nization and with representatives of small business firms 

14 and other appropriate technology-based businesses. 

15 (c) GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In 

16 carrying out the program, the Director may make grants 

17 or enter into cooperative agreements to provide for— 

18 (1) technology research and development; 

19 (2) technology transfer from university re20 search; 

21 (3) technology deployment and diffusion; and 

22 (4) the strengthening of technological and inno23 vation capabilities through consortia comprised of— 

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1 (C) institutions of higher education includ2 ing community colleges; and 

3 (D) State and local development agencies 

4 and entities. 

5 (d) REQUIREMENTS FOR MAKING AWARDS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—In making awards under 

7 this section, the Director shall ensure that the 

8 awards are awarded on a competitive basis that in9 cludes a review of the merits of the activities that 

10 are the subject of the award, giving special emphasis 

11 to those projects which will increase the participa12 tion of women, Native Americans (including Native 

13 Hawaiians and Alaska Natives), and underrep14 resented groups in science and technology. 

15 (2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The non-Fed16 eral share of the activities (other than planning ac17 tivities) carried out under an award under this sub18 section shall be not less than 50 percent of the cost 

19 of those activities. 

20 (e) CRITERIA FOR STATES.—The Director shall es21 tablish criteria for achievement by each State that partici22 pates in the program. Upon the achievement of all such 

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1 (f) COORDINATION.—To the extent practicable, in 

2 carrying out this subsection, the Director shall coordinate 

3 the program with other programs of the Department of 

4 Commerce. 

5 (g) REPORT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall 

8 prepare and submit to the Committee on Commerce, 

9 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 

10 Committee on Science of the House of Representa11 tives a report that meets the requirements of this 

12 subsection. 

13 (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORT.—The report 

14 required by this subsection shall contain— 

15 (A) a description of the structure and pro16 cedures of the program; 

17 (B) a management plan for the program; 

18 (C) a description of the merit-based review 

19 process to be used in the program; 

20 (D) milestones for the evaluation of activi21 ties to be assisted under the program in fiscal 

22 year 2008; 

23 (E) an assessment of the eligibility of each 

24 State that participates in the Experimental 

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1 the National Science Foundation to participate 

2 in the program under this subsection; and 

3 (F) the evaluation criteria with respect to 

4 which the overall management and effectiveness 

5 of the program will be evaluated. 

6 SEC. 1406. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL IN7 STITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 

8 ACT AND OTHER TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

9 (a) RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS.—Section 18 of the 

10 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

11 U.S.C. 278g–1) is amended by striking ‘‘up to 1 per cen12 tum of the’’ in the first sentence. 

13 (b) FINANCIAL AGREEMENTS.— 

14 (1) CLARIFICATION.—Section 2(b)(4) of the 

15 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act 

16 (15 U.S.C. 272(b)(4)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 

17 grants and cooperative agreements,’’ after ‘‘arrange18 ments,’’. 

19 (2) MEMBERSHIPS.—Section 2(c) of the Na20 tional Institute of Standards and Technology Act 

21 (15 U.S.C. 272(c)) is amended— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 

23 in paragraph (21); 

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1 (C) by inserting after paragraph (21) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(22) notwithstanding subsection (b)(4) of this 

4 section, sections 6301 through 6308 of title 31, 

5 United States Code (commonly known as the 

6 ‘Grants and Cooperative Agreements Act’), sections 

7 3551 through 3556 of such title (commonly known 

8 as the ‘Competition in Contracting Act’), and the 

9 Federal Acquisition Regulations set forth in title 48, 

10 Code of Federal Regulations, to expend appropriated 

11 funds for National Institute of Standards and Tech12 nology memberships in scientific organizations, reg13 istration fees for attendance at conferences, and 

14 sponsorship of conferences in furtherance of tech15 nology transfer; and’’. 

16 (c) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Section 12 of the 

17 National Institute of Standards and Development Act (15 

18 U.S.C. 278b) is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(g) AMOUNT AND SOURCE OF TRANSFERS.—Not to 

21 exceed one-quarter per centum of the amounts appro22 priated to the Institute for any fiscal year may be trans23 ferred to the fund, in addition to any other transfer au24 thority. In addition, funds provided to the Institute from 

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1 Standard Reference Materials may be transferred to the 

2 fund.’’. 

3 (d) OUTDATED SPECIFICATIONS.— 

4 (1) REDEFINITION OF METRIC SYSTEM.—Sec5 tion 2 of the Act of July 28, 1866, entitled ‘‘An Act 

6 to authorize the Use of the Metric System of 

7 Weights and Measures’’ (15 U.S.C. 205; 14 Stat. 

8 339) is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 2. METRIC SYSTEM DEFINED. 

10 ‘‘The metric system of measurement shall be defined 

11 as the International System of Units as established in 

12 1960, and subsequently maintained, by the General Con13 ference of Weights and Measures, and as interpreted or 

14 modified for the United States by the Secretary of Com15 merce.’’. 

16 (2) REPEAL OF REDUNDANT AND OBSOLETE

17 AUTHORITY.—The Act of July 21, 1950, entitled, 

18 ‘‘An Act To redefine the units and establish the 

19 standards of electrical and photometric measure20 ments of 1950’’ (15 U.S.C. 223) is hereby repealed. 

21 (3) IDAHO TIME ZONE.—Section 3 of the Act of 

22 March 19, 1918, (commonly known as the ‘‘Calder 

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1 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘third zone’’ and inserting ‘‘fourth zone’’; 

3 and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘third zone’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘fourth zone’’. 

6 (4) STANDARD TIME.—Section 1 of the Act of 

7 March 19, 1918, (commonly known as the ‘‘Calder 

8 Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 261) is amended— 

9 (A) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ be10 fore ‘‘For the purpose’’; 

11 (B) by striking the second sentence and 

12 the extra period after it and inserting ‘‘Except 

13 as provided in section 3(a) of the Uniform Time 

14 Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a), the standard 

15 time of the first zone shall be Coordinated Uni16 versal Time retarded by 4 hours; that of the 

17 second zone retarded by 5 hours; that of the 

18 third zone retarded by 6 hours; that of the 

19 fourth zone retarded by 7 hours; that of the 

20 fifth zone retarded 8 hours; that of the sixth 

21 zone retarded by 9 hours; that of the seventh 

22 zone retarded by 10 hours; that of the eighth 

23 zone retarded by 11 hours; and that of the 

24 ninth zone shall be Coordinated Universal Time 

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1 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(b) COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME DEFINED.—In 

3 this section, the term ‘Coordinated Universal Time’ means 

4 the time scale maintained through the General Conference 

5 of Weights and Measures and interpreted or modified for 

6 the United States by the Secretary of Commerce in coordi7 nation with the Secretary of the Navy.’’. 

8 (e) RETENTION OF DEPRECIATION SURCHARGE.— 

9 Section 14 of the National Institute of Standards and 

10 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278d) is amended— 

11 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 

12 ‘‘Within’’; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(b) RETENTION OF FEES.—The Director is author15 ized to retain all building use and depreciation surcharge 

16 fees collected pursuant to OMB Circular A–25. Such fees 

17 shall be collected and credited to the Construction of Re18 search Facilities Appropriation Account for use in mainte19 nance and repair of National Institute of Standards and 

20 Technology’s existing facilities.’’. 

21 (f) NON-ENERGY INVENTIONS PROGRAM.—Section 

22 27 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 

23 Act (15 U.S.C. 278m) is repealed. 


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1 TITLE V—OCEAN AND 

2 ATMOSPHERIC PROGRAMS 

3 SEC. 1501. OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND DE4 VELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

5 The Administrator of the National Oceanic and At6 mospheric Administration, in consultation with the Direc7 tor of the National Science Foundation and the Adminis8 trator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra9 tion, shall establish a coordinated program of ocean and 

10 atmospheric research and development, in collaboration 

11 with academic institutions and other nongovernmental en12 tities, that shall focus on the development of advanced 

13 technologies and analytical methods that will promote 

14 United States leadership in ocean and atmospheric science 

15 and competitiveness in the applied uses of such knowledge. 

16 SEC. 1502. NOAA OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE EDU17 CATION PROGRAMS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Na19 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall con20 duct, develop, support, promote, and coordinate formal 

21 and informal educational activities at all levels to enhance 

22 public awareness and understanding of ocean, coastal, and 

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1 icy careers. In conducting those activities, the Adminis2 trator shall build upon the educational programs and ac3 tivities of the agency. 

4 (b) NOAA SCIENCE EDUCATION PLAN.—The Ad5 ministrator, appropriate National Oceanic and Atmos6 pheric Administration programs, ocean atmospheric 

7 science and education experts, and interested members of 

8 the public shall develop a science education plan setting 

9 forth education goals and strategies for the Administra10 tion, as well as programmatic actions to carry out such 

11 goals and priorities over the next 20 years, and evaluate 

12 and update such plan every 5 years. 

13 (c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section may be 

14 construed to affect the application of section 438 of the 

15 General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232a) or 

16 sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 

17 (29 U.S.C. 794 and 794d). 

18 DIVISION B—DEPARTMENT OF 

19 ENERGY 

20 SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 

21 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Amer22 ica’s Competitive Edge Through Energy Act’’ or the 

23 ‘‘PACE–Energy Act’’. 

24 SEC. 2002. DEFINITIONS. 

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1 (1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

2 means the Department of Energy. 

3 (2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

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

5 meaning given in section 101(a) of the Higher Edu6 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

7 (3) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na8 tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given the term 

9 in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

10 U.S.C. 15801). 

11 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

12 the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Under 

13 Secretary for Science appointed under section 

14 202(b) of the Department of Energy Organization 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 7132(b)). 

16 SEC. 2003. MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING 

17 EDUCATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF EN18 ERGY. 

19 (a) SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—Section 3164 

20 of the Department of Energy Science Education Enhance21 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 7381a) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) 

23 as subsections (c) through (e), respectively; 

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1 ‘‘(b) ORGANIZATION OF MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, 

2 AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION PROGRAMS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) DIRECTOR OF MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE

4 AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION.—Notwithstanding 

5 any other provision of law, the Secretary, acting 

6 through the Under Secretary for Science (referred to 

7 in this subsection as the ‘Under Secretary’), shall 

8 appoint a Director of Mathematics, Science, and En9 gineering Education (referred to in this subsection 

10 as the ‘Director’) with the principal responsibility for 

11 administering mathematics, science, and engineering 

12 education programs across all functions of the De13 partment. 

14 ‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director shall be 

15 an individual, who by reason of professional back16 ground and experience, is specially qualified to ad17 vise the Under Secretary on all matters pertaining 

18 to mathematics, science, and engineering education 

19 at the Department. 

20 ‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Director shall— 

21 ‘‘(A) oversee all mathematics, science, and 

22 engineering education programs of the Depart23 ment; 

24 ‘‘(B) represent the Department as the 

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1 matics, science, and engineering education pro2 grams, unless otherwise represented by the Sec3 retary or the Under Secretary; 

4 ‘‘(C) prepare the annual budget and advise 

5 the Under Secretary on all budgetary issues for 

6 mathematics, science, and engineering edu7 cation programs of the Department; 

8 ‘‘(D) increase, to the maximum extent 

9 practicable, the participation and advancement 

10 of women and underrepresented minorities at 

11 every level of science, technology, engineering, 

12 and mathematics education; and 

13 ‘‘(E) perform other such matters related to 

14 mathematics, science, and engineering edu15 cation as are required by the Secretary or the 

16 Under Secretary. 

17 ‘‘(4) STAFF AND OTHER RESOURCES.—The 

18 Secretary shall assign to the Director such personnel 

19 and other resources as the Secretary considers nec20 essary to permit the Director to carry out the duties 

21 of the Director. 

22 ‘‘(5) ASSESSMENT.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

24 offer to enter into a contract with the National 

25 Academy of Sciences under which the National 


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1 Academy, not later than 5 years after, and not 

2 later than 10 years after, the date of enactment 

3 of this paragraph, shall assess the performance 

4 of the mathematics, science, and engineering 

5 education programs of the Department. 

6 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—An assessment 

7 under this paragraph shall be conducted taking 

8 into consideration, where applicable, the effect 

9 of mathematics, science, and engineering edu10 cation programs of the Department on student 

11 academic achievement in math and science. 

12 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

13 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

14 as are necessary to carry out this subsection.’’; and 

15 (3) by striking subsection (d) (as redesignated 

16 by paragraph (1)) and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(d) MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING

18 EDUCATION FUND.—The Secretary shall establish a 

19 Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education Fund, 

20 using not less than 0.3 percent of the amount made avail21 able to the Department for research, development, dem22 onstration, and commercial application for each fiscal 

23 year, to carry out sections 3165, 3166, and 3167.’’. 

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1 (1) consult with the Secretary of Education re2 garding activities authorized under subpart B of the 

3 Department of Energy Science Education Enhance4 ment Act (as added by subsection (d)(3)) to improve 

5 mathematics and science education; and 

6 (2) otherwise make available to the Secretary of 

7 Education reports associated with programs author8 ized under that section. 

9 (c) DEFINITION.—Section 3168 of the Department 

10 of Energy Science Education Enhancement Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 7381d) is amended by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(5) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘Na14 tional Laboratory’ has the meaning given the term 

15 in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

16 U.S.C. 15801).’’. 

17 (d) MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING

18 EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—The Department of Energy 

19 Science Education Enhancement Act (42 U.S.C. 7381 et 

20 seq.) is amended— 

21 (1) by inserting after section 3162 the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘Subpart A—Science Education Enhancement’’; 

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1 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘Subpart B—Mathematics, Science, and Engineering 

3 Education Programs 

4 ‘‘SEC. 3170. DEFINITIONS. 

5 ‘‘In this subpart: 

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

7 the Director of Mathematics, Science, and Engineer8 ing Education. 

9 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘Na10 tional Laboratory’ has the meaning given the term 

11 in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

12 U.S.C. 15801). 

13 ‘‘CHAPTER 1—ASSISTANCE FOR SPE14 CIALTY SCHOOLS FOR MATHEMATICS 

15 AND SCIENCE 

16 ‘‘SEC. 3171. SPECIALTY SCHOOLS FOR MATHEMATICS AND 

17 SCIENCE. 

18 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 

19 provide assistance to States to establish or expand public, 

20 statewide specialty secondary schools that provide com21 prehensive mathematics and science (including engineer22 ing) education to improve the academic achievement of 

23 students in mathematics and science. 

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1 cialty school for mathematics and science’ means a public 

2 secondary school (including a school that provides residen3 tial services to students) that— 

4 ‘‘(1) serves students residing in the State in 

5 which the school is located; and 

6 ‘‘(2) offers to those students a high-quality, 

7 comprehensive mathematics and science (including 

8 engineering) curriculum designed to improve the 

9 academic achievement of students in mathematics 

10 and science. 

11 ‘‘(c) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts author13 ized under subsection (i), the Secretary, acting 

14 through the Director, shall award grants, on a com15 petitive basis, to States in order to provide assist16 ance to the States for the costs of establishing or ex17 panding public, statewide specialty schools for math18 ematics and science. 

19 ‘‘(2) RESOURCES.—The Director shall ensure 

20 that appropriate resources of the Department, in21 cluding the National Laboratories, are available to 

22 schools funded under this section in order to— 

23 ‘‘(A) increase experiential, hands-on learn24 ing opportunities in mathematics and science 

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1 ‘‘(B) provide ongoing professional develop2 ment opportunities for teachers employed at 

3 such schools. 

4 ‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with sections 

5 3165 and 3166, the Director shall make available 

6 necessary funds for a program using scientific and 

7 engineering staff of the National Laboratories, dur8 ing which the staff— 

9 ‘‘(A) assists teachers in teaching courses at 

10 the schools funded under this section; 

11 ‘‘(B) uses National Laboratory scientific 

12 equipment in teaching the courses; and 

13 ‘‘(C) uses distance education and other 

14 technologies to provide assistance described in 

15 subparagraphs (A) and (B) to schools funded 

16 under this section that are not located near the 

17 National Laboratories. 

18 ‘‘(4) RESTRICTION.—No State shall receive 

19 funding for more than 1 specialty school for mathe20 matics and science for a fiscal year. 

21 ‘‘(d) FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL SHARES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 

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1 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 

2 share of the costs described in subsection (c)(1) shall 

3 be— 

4 ‘‘(A) not less than 50 percent; and 

5 ‘‘(B) provided from non-Federal sources, 

6 in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including 

7 services. 

8 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—Each State desiring a grant 

9 under this section shall submit an application to the Direc10 tor at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 

11 such information as the Director may require that de12 scribes— 

13 ‘‘(1) the process by which and selection criteria 

14 with which the State will select and designate a 

15 school as a specialty school for mathematics and 

16 science in accordance with this section; 

17 ‘‘(2) how the State will ensure that funds made 

18 available under this section are used to establish or 

19 expand a specialty school for mathematics and 

20 science— 

21 ‘‘(A) in accordance with the activities de22 scribed in subsection (g); and 

23 ‘‘(B) that has the capacity to improve the 

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1 academic subjects, and particularly in mathe2 matics and science; 

3 ‘‘(3) how the State will measure the extent to 

4 which the school increases student academic achieve5 ment on State academic achievement standards in 

6 mathematics and science; 

7 ‘‘(4) the curricula and materials to be used in 

8 the school; 

9 ‘‘(5) the availability of funds from non-Federal 

10 sources for the non-Federal share of the costs of the 

11 activities authorized under this section; and 

12 ‘‘(6) how the State will use technical assistance 

13 and support from the Department, including the Na14 tional Laboratories, and other entities with experi15 ence and expertise in mathematics and science edu16 cation, including institutions of higher education. 

17 ‘‘(f) DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding grants under this 

18 section, the Director shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) ensure a wide, equitable distribution 

20 among States that propose to serve students from 

21 urban and rural areas; and 

22 ‘‘(2) provide equal consideration to States with23 out National Laboratories. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives a 

2 grant under this section shall use the funds made 

3 available through the grant to— 

4 ‘‘(A) employ proven strategies and meth5 ods for improving student learning and teaching 

6 in mathematics and science; 

7 ‘‘(B) integrate into the curriculum of the 

8 school comprehensive mathematics and science 

9 education, including instruction and assess10 ments that are aligned with the State’s aca11 demic content and student academic achieve12 ment standards (within the meaning of section 

13 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu14 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311)), class15 room management, professional development, 

16 parental involvement, and school management; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(C) provide high-quality and continuous 

19 teacher and staff professional development. 

20 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Grant funds under this 

21 section may be used for activities described in para22 graph (1) only if the activities are directly related to 

23 improving student academic achievement in mathe24 matics and science. 

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1 ‘‘(1) STATE EVALUATION AND REPORT.— 

2 ‘‘(A) EVALUATION.—Each State that re3 ceives a grant under this section shall develop 

4 and carry out an evaluation and accountability 

5 plan for the activities funded through the grant 

6 that measures the impact of the activities, in7 cluding measurable objectives for improved stu8 dent academic achievement on State mathe9 matics and science assessments. 

10 ‘‘(B) REPORT.—The State shall submit to 

11 the Director a report containing the results of 

12 the evaluation and accountability plan. 

13 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 

14 years after the date of enactment of the PACE–En15 ergy Act, the Director shall submit a report to the 

16 appropriate committees of Congress detailing the im17 pact of the activities assisted with funds made avail18 able under this section. 

19 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec21 tion— 

22 ‘‘(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

23 ‘‘(2) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

24 ‘‘(3) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

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1 ‘‘CHAPTER 2—EXPERIENTIAL-BASED 

2 LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES 

3 ‘‘SEC. 3175. EXPERIENTIAL-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNI4 TIES. 

5 ‘‘(a) INTERNSHIPS AUTHORIZED.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts author7 ized under subsection (f), the Secretary, acting 

8 through the Director, shall establish a summer in9 ternship program for middle school and secondary 

10 school students that shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) provide the students with internships 

12 at the National Laboratories; and 

13 ‘‘(B) promote experiential, hands-on learn14 ing in mathematics or science. 

15 ‘‘(2) RESIDENTIAL SERVICES.—The Director 

16 may provide residential services to students partici17 pating in the Internship authorized under this chap18 ter. 

19 ‘‘(b) SELECTION CRITERIA.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 

21 criteria to determine the sufficient level of academic 

22 preparedness necessary for a student to be eligible 

23 for an internship under this section. 

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1 tribution of States, including States without Na2 tional Laboratories. 

3 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall give pri5 ority for an internship under this section to a stu6 dent who meets the eligibility criteria described in 

7 subsection (b) and who attends a school— 

8 ‘‘(A)(i) in which not less than 30 percent 

9 of the children enrolled in the school are from 

10 low-income families; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) that is designated with a school locale 

12 code of 6, 7, or 8, as determined by the Sec13 retary of Education; and 

14 ‘‘(B) for which there is— 

15 ‘‘(i) a high percentage of teachers who 

16 are not teaching in the academic subject 

17 areas or grade levels in which the teachers 

18 were trained to teach; 

19 ‘‘(ii) a high teacher turnover rate; or 

20 ‘‘(iii) a high percentage of teachers 

21 with emergency, provisional, or temporary 

22 certification or licenses. 

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1 termine whether a student meets the priority re2 quirements of this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(d) OUTREACH AND EXPERIENTIAL-BASED PRO4 GRAMS FOR MINORITY STUDENTS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

6 through the Director, in cooperation with Hispanic7 serving institutions, historically Black colleges and 

8 universities, tribally controlled colleges and univer9 sities, Alaska Native- and Native Hawaiian-serving 

10 institutions, and other minority-serving institutions 

11 and nonprofit entities with substantial experience re12 lating to outreach and experiential-based learning 

13 projects, shall establish outreach and experiential14 based learning programs that will encourage under15 represented minority students in kindergarten 

16 through grade 12 to pursue careers in math, science, 

17 and engineering. 

18 ‘‘(2) COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.—The Sec19 retary shall ensure that the programs established 

20 under paragraph (1) involve, to the maximum extent 

21 practicable— 

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1 ‘‘(B) the establishment of partnerships 

2 with business organizations and appropriate 

3 Federal, State, and local agencies. 

4 ‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall en5 sure that the programs established under paragraph 

6 (1) are located in diverse geographic regions of the 

7 United States, to the maximum extent practicable. 

8 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN.— 

9 The Director shall develop an evaluation and account10 ability plan for the activities funded under this chapter 

11 that objectively measures the impact of the activities. 

12 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

14 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011. 

15 ‘‘CHAPTER 3—NATIONAL LABORATORIES 

16 CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN MATHE17 MATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION 

18 ‘‘SEC. 3181. NATIONAL LABORATORIES CENTERS OF EXCEL19 LENCE IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDU20 CATION. 

21 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF HIGH-NEED PUBLIC SEC22 ONDARY SCHOOL.—In this chapter, the term ‘high-need 

23 public secondary school’ means a secondary school— 

24 ‘‘(1) with a high concentration of low-income 

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1 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

2 U.S.C. 6537)); or 

3 ‘‘(2) designated with a school locale code of 6, 

4 7, or 8, as determined by the Secretary of Edu5 cation. 

6 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab7 lish at each of the National Laboratories a program to 

8 support a Center of Excellence in Mathematics and 

9 Science at 1 high-need public secondary school located in 

10 the region of the National Laboratory to provide assist11 ance in accordance with subsection (f). 

12 ‘‘(c) PARTNERSHIP.—Each high-need public sec13 ondary school selected as a Center of Excellence shall form 

14 a partnership with a department that provides training for 

15 teachers and principals at an institution of higher edu16 cation for purposes of compliance with subsection (g). 

17 ‘‘(d) SELECTION.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

19 through the Director, shall establish criteria to guide 

20 the National Laboratories in selecting the sites of 

21 the Centers of Excellence. 

22 ‘‘(2) PROCESS.—The National Laboratories 

23 shall select the sites of the Centers of Excellence 

24 through an open, widely publicized, and competitive 

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1 ‘‘(e) GOALS.—The Secretary shall establish goals and 

2 performance assessments for each Center of Excellence 

3 authorized under subsection (b). 

4 ‘‘(f) ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with sections 3165 

5 and 3166, the Director shall make available necessary 

6 funds for a program using scientific and engineering staff 

7 of the National Laboratories, during which the staff— 

8 ‘‘(1) assists teachers in teaching courses at the 

9 Centers of Excellence in Mathematics and Science; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(2) uses National Laboratory scientific equip12 ment in the teaching of the courses. 

13 ‘‘(g) SPECIAL RULE.—Each Center of Excellence 

14 shall ensure— 

15 ‘‘(1) provision of clinical practicum, student 

16 teaching, or internship experiences for math and 

17 science teacher candidates as part of its teacher 

18 preparation program; 

19 ‘‘(2) provision of supervision and mentoring for 

20 teacher candidates in the teacher preparation pro21 gram; and 

22 ‘‘(3) to the maximum extent practicable, provi23 sion of professional development for veteran teachers 

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1 ‘‘(h) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall consider the 

2 results of performance assessments required under sub3 section (e) in determining the contract award fee of a Na4 tional Laboratory management and operations contractor. 

5 ‘‘(i) PLAN.—The Director shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) develop an evaluation and accountability 

7 plan for the activities funded under this chapter that 

8 objectively measures the impact of the activities; and 

9 ‘‘(2) disseminate information obtained from 

10 those measurements. 

11 ‘‘(j) NO EFFECT ON SIMILAR PROGRAMS.—Nothing 

12 in this section displaces or otherwise affects any similar 

13 program being carried out as of the date of enactment 

14 of this subpart at any National Laboratory under any 

15 other provision of law. 

16 ‘‘CHAPTER 4—SUMMER INSTITUTES 

17 ‘‘SEC. 3185. SUMMER INSTITUTES. 

18 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE PARTNER.—The term ‘eligible 

20 partner’ means— 

21 ‘‘(A) the mathematics or science (including 

22 engineering) department at an institution of 

23 higher education, acting in coordination with a 

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1 cation that provides training for teachers and 

2 principals; or 

3 ‘‘(B) a nonprofit entity with expertise in 

4 providing professional development for mathe5 matics or science teachers. 

6 ‘‘(2) SUMMER INSTITUTE.—The term ‘summer 

7 institute’ means an institute, conducted during the 

8 summer, that— 

9 ‘‘(A) is conducted for a period of not less 

10 than 2 weeks; 

11 ‘‘(B) includes, as a component, a program 

12 that provides direct interaction between stu13 dents and faculty, including personnel of 1 or 

14 more National Laboratories who have scientific 

15 expertise; and 

16 ‘‘(C) provides for follow-up training, dur17 ing the academic year, that is conducted in the 

18 classroom. 

19 ‘‘(b) SUMMER INSTITUTE PROGRAMS AUTHOR20 IZED.— 

21 ‘‘(1) PROGRAMS AT THE NATIONAL LABORA22 TORIES.—The Secretary, acting through the Direc23 tor, shall establish or expand programs of summer 

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1 matics and science teaching skills of teachers em2 ployed at public schools for kindergarten through 

3 grade 12, in accordance with the activities author4 ized under subsections (c) and (d). 

5 ‘‘(2) PROGRAMS WITH ELIGIBLE PARTNERS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

7 through the Director, shall identify and provide 

8 assistance to eligible partners to establish or ex9 pand programs of summer institutes that pro10 vide additional training to strengthen the math11 ematics and science teaching skills of teachers 

12 employed at public schools for kindergarten 

13 through grade 12, in accordance with the activi14 ties authorized under subsections (c) and (d). 

15 ‘‘(B) ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with sec16 tions 3165 and 3166, the Director shall make 

17 available necessary funds for a program using 

18 scientific and engineering staff of the National 

19 Laboratories, during which the staff— 

20 ‘‘(i) assists in providing training to 

21 teachers at summer institutes; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) uses National Laboratory sci23 entific equipment in the training. 

24 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION OF AMOUNT.—To carry 

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1 more than 50 percent of the amounts author2 ized under subsection (h) for a fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(c) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—Each program author4 ized under subsection (b) shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) create opportunities for enhanced and on6 going professional development for teachers that im7 proves the mathematics and science content knowl8 edge of such teachers; 

9 ‘‘(2) include material pertaining to recent devel10 opments in mathematics and science pedagogy; 

11 ‘‘(3) provide training on the use and integration 

12 of technology in the classroom; 

13 ‘‘(4) directly relate to the curriculum and aca14 demic areas in which the teachers provide instruc15 tion; 

16 ‘‘(5) enhance the ability of the teachers to un17 derstand and use the challenging State academic 

18 content standards for mathematics and science and 

19 to select appropriate curricula; 

20 ‘‘(6) train teachers to use curricula that are— 

21 ‘‘(A) based on scientific research; 

22 ‘‘(B) aligned with challenging State aca23 demic content standards; and 

24 ‘‘(C) object-centered, experiment-oriented, 

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1 ‘‘(7) provide professional development activities, 

2 including supplemental and follow-up activities; and 

3 ‘‘(8) allow for the exchange of best practices 

4 among the participants. 

5 ‘‘(d) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—A program author6 ized under subsection (b) may include— 

7 ‘‘(1) a program that provides teachers with op8 portunities to work under the guidance of experi9 enced teachers and college faculty; 

10 ‘‘(2) instruction in the use and integration of 

11 data and assessments to inform and instruct class12 room practice; and 

13 ‘‘(3) extended master teacher programs. 

14 ‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—To the maximum extent practicable, 

15 the Director shall ensure that each summer institute pro16 gram authorized under subsection (b) provides training 

17 to— 

18 ‘‘(1) teachers from a wide range of school dis19 tricts; 

20 ‘‘(2) teachers from disadvantaged school dis21 tricts; and 

22 ‘‘(3) teachers from groups underrepresented in 

23 the fields of mathematics and science teaching, in24 cluding women and members of minority groups. 


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1 ‘‘(f) COORDINATION AND CONSULTATION.—The Di2 rector shall consult and coordinate with the Secretary of 

3 Education and the Director of the National Science Foun4 dation regarding the implementation of the programs au5 thorized under subsection (b). 

6 ‘‘(g) EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall develop 

8 an evaluation and accountability plan for the activi9 ties funded under this section that measures the im10 pact of the activities. 

11 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The evaluation and account12 ability plan shall include— 

13 ‘‘(A) measurable objectives to increase the 

14 number of mathematics and science teachers 

15 who participate in the summer institutes in16 volved; and 

17 ‘‘(B) measurable objectives for improved 

18 student academic achievement on State mathe19 matics and science assessments. 

20 ‘‘(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 

21 shall submit to Congress with the annual budget 

22 submission of the Secretary a report on how the ac23 tivities assisted under this section improve the math24 ematics and science teaching skills of participating 

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1 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec3 tion— 

4 ‘‘(1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

5 ‘‘(2) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

6 ‘‘(3) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

7 ‘‘(4) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

8 ‘‘CHAPTER 5—NUCLEAR SCIENCE 

9 EDUCATION 

10 ‘‘SEC. 3191. NUCLEAR SCIENCE TALENT EXPANSION PRO11 GRAM FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU12 CATION. 

13 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

14 ‘‘(1) to address the decline in the number of 

15 and resources available to nuclear science programs 

16 of institutions of higher education; and 

17 ‘‘(2) to increase the number of graduates with 

18 degrees in nuclear science, an area of strategic im19 portance to the economic competitiveness and energy 

20 security of the United States. 

21 ‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE.—In this 

22 section, the term ‘nuclear science’ includes— 

23 ‘‘(1) nuclear science; 

24 ‘‘(2) nuclear engineering; 

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1 ‘‘(4) radio chemistry; and 

2 ‘‘(5) health physics. 

3 ‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, acting 

4 through the Director, shall establish in accordance with 

5 this section a program to expand and enhance institution 

6 of higher education nuclear science educational capabili7 ties. 

8 ‘‘(d) NUCLEAR SCIENCE PROGRAM EXPANSION

9 GRANTS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

11 through the Director, shall award up to 3 competi12 tive grants for each fiscal year to institutions of 

13 higher education that establish new academic degree 

14 programs in nuclear science. 

15 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant 

16 under this subsection, an applicant shall partner 

17 with a National Laboratory or other eligible nuclear18 related entity, as determined by the Secretary. 

19 ‘‘(3) CRITERIA.—Criteria for a grant awarded 

20 under this subsection shall be based on— 

21 ‘‘(A) the potential to attract new students 

22 to the program; 

23 ‘‘(B) academic rigor; and 

24 ‘‘(C) the ability to offer hands-on learning 

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1 ‘‘(4) DURATION AND AMOUNT.— 

2 ‘‘(A) DURATION.—A grant under this sub3 section shall be 5 years in duration. 

4 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—An institution of higher 

5 education that receives a grant under this sub6 section shall be eligible for up to $1,000,000 for 

7 each year of the grant period. 

8 ‘‘(5) USE OF FUNDS.—An institution of higher 

9 education that receives a grant under this subsection 

10 may use the grant to— 

11 ‘‘(A) recruit and retain new faculty; 

12 ‘‘(B) develop core and specialized course 

13 content; 

14 ‘‘(C) encourage collaboration between fac15 ulty and researchers in the nuclear science field; 

16 or 

17 ‘‘(D) support outreach efforts to recruit 

18 students. 

19 ‘‘(e) NUCLEAR SCIENCE COMPETITIVENESS GRANTS

20 FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

22 through the Director shall award up to 10 competi23 tive grants for each fiscal year to institutions of 

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1 ‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—Criteria for a grant awarded 

2 under this subsection shall be based on the potential 

3 for increasing the number and academic quality of 

4 graduates in the nuclear sciences who enter into ca5 reers in nuclear-related fields. 

6 ‘‘(3) DURATION AND AMOUNT.— 

7 ‘‘(A) DURATION.—A grant under this sub8 section shall be 5 years in duration. 

9 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—An institution of higher 

10 education that receives a grant under this sub11 section shall be eligible for up to $500,000 for 

12 each year of the grant period. 

13 ‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—An institution of higher 

14 education that receives a grant under this subsection 

15 may use the grant to— 

16 ‘‘(A) increase the number of graduates in 

17 nuclear science that enter into careers in the 

18 nuclear science field; 

19 ‘‘(B) enhance the teaching of advanced nu20 clear technologies; 

21 ‘‘(C) aggressively pursue collaboration op22 portunities with industry and National Labora23 tories; 

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1 higher education, such as research and training 

2 reactors or laboratories; and 

3 ‘‘(E) provide tuition assistance and sti4 pends to undergraduate and graduate students. 

5 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) NUCLEAR SCIENCE PROGRAM EXPANSION

7 GRANTS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU8 CATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated 

9 to carry out subsection (d)— 

10 ‘‘(A) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

11 ‘‘(B) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

12 ‘‘(C) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

13 ‘‘(D) $22,500,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

14 ‘‘(2) NUCLEAR SCIENCE COMPETITIVENESS

15 GRANTS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU16 CATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated 

17 to carry out subsection (e)— 

18 ‘‘(A) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

19 ‘‘(B) $16,500,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

20 ‘‘(C) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

21 ‘‘(D) $27,500,000 for fiscal year 2011.’’. 

22 SEC. 2004. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY EARLY-CAREER RE23 SEARCH GRANTS. 

24 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 

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1 reer scientists and engineers for purposes of pursuing 

2 independent research. 

3 (b) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE EARLY-CAREER RE4 SEARCHER.—In this section, the term ‘‘eligible early-ca5 reer researcher’’ means an individual who— 

6 (1) completed a doctorate or other terminal de7 gree not more than 10 years before the date of ap8 plication for a grant authorized under this section, 

9 except as provided in subsection (c)(3); and 

10 (2) has demonstrated promise in the field of 

11 science, technology, engineering, mathematics, com12 puter science, or computational science. 

13 (c) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

15 not less than 65 grants per year to outstanding eli16 gible early-career researchers to support the work of 

17 such researchers in the Department, particularly at 

18 the National Laboratories, or other federally-funded 

19 research and development centers. 

20 (2) APPLICATION.—An eligible early-career re21 searcher who desires to receive a grant under this 

22 section shall submit to the Secretary an application 

23 at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 

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1 (3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may find eligible a 

2 candidate who has completed a doctorate more than 

3 10 years prior to the date of application if the can4 didate was unable to conduct research for a period 

5 of time because of extenuating circumstances, in6 cluding military service or family responsibilities. 

7 (4) DURATION AND AMOUNT.— 

8 (A) DURATION.—A grant under this sec9 tion shall be 5 years in duration. 

10 (B) AMOUNT.—An eligible early career-re11 searcher who receives a grant under this section 

12 shall receive up to $100,000 for each year of 

13 the grant period. 

14 (5) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible early career15 researcher who receives a grant under this section 

16 shall use the grant funds for basic research in nat17 ural sciences, engineering, mathematics, or computer 

18 sciences at the Department, particularly the Na19 tional Laboratories, or other federally-funded re20 search and development center. 

21 (6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

22 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

23 this section— 

24 (A) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

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1 (C) $26,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

2 (D) $32,500,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

3 SEC. 2005. ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AUTHORITY4 ENERGY. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) ADVISORY BOARD.—The term ‘‘Advisory 

7 Board’’ means the Advisory Board established under 

8 subsection (d). 

9 (2) AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘Authority’’ means 

10 the Advanced Research Projects Authority—Energy 

11 established under subsection (b). 

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

13 the Director of the Authority appointed under sub14 section (c)(1). 

15 (4) ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘energy 

16 technology’’ means technology, including carbon-neu17 tral technology, used for— 

18 (A) fossil energy; 

19 (B) carbon sequestration; 

20 (C) nuclear energy; 

21 (D) renewable energy; 

22 (E) energy distribution; or 

23 (F) energy efficiency technology. 

24 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

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1 come the long-term and high-risk technological barriers in 

2 the development of energy technologies. 

3 (c) DIRECTOR.— 

4 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary shall ap5 point a Director of the Authority. 

6 (2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director shall be an 

7 individual who, by reason of professional background 

8 and experience, is especially qualified to advise the 

9 Secretary on matters pertaining to long-term, high10 risk programs to overcome long-term and high-risk 

11 technological barriers to the development of energy 

12 technologies. 

13 (3) DUTIES.—The Director shall— 

14 (A) employ such qualified technical staff as 

15 are necessary to carry out the duties of the Au16 thority, including providing staff for the Advi17 sory Committee; 

18 (B) serve as the selection official for pro19 posals relating to energy technologies that are 

20 solicited within the Department; 

21 (C) develop metrics to assist in developing 

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1 (D) terminate programs carried out under 

2 this section that are not achieving the goals of 

3 the programs; and 

4 (E) perform such duties relating to long5 term and high-risk technological barriers in the 

6 development of energy technologies as are de7 termined to be appropriate by the Secretary. 

8 (d) ADVISORY BOARD.— 

9 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary shall, con10 sistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

11 U.S.C. App.), establish, and appoint members to, an 

12 Advisory Board to make recommendations to the 

13 Secretary and the Director on actions necessary to 

14 carry out this section. 

15 (2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Advisory Board 

16 shall consist of individuals who, by reason of profes17 sional background and experience, are especially 

18 qualified to advise the Secretary and the Director on 

19 matters pertaining to long-term and high-risk tech20 nological barriers in the development of energy tech21 nologies. 

22 (3) TERM.—A member of the Advisory Board 

23 shall be appointed for a term of 5 years. 

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1 the Department and staff of the Authority shall pro2 vide to the Advisory Board written proposals and 

3 oral briefings on long-term and high-risk techno4 logical barriers that are critical to overcome for the 

5 successful development of energy technologies. 

6 (5) DUTIES.—Each fiscal year, the Advisory 

7 Board shall— 

8 (A) recommend to the Secretary and the 

9 Director— 

10 (i) in order of priority, proposals of 

11 energy programs of the Department that 

12 are critical to overcoming long-term and 

13 high-risk technological barriers to enable 

14 the successful development of energy tech15 nologies; and 

16 (ii) additional programs not covered in 

17 the proposals that are critical to over18 coming the barriers described in clause (i); 

19 and 

20 (B) based on the metrics described in sub21 section (c)(3)(C), make recommendations to the 

22 Secretary and the Directory concerning whether 

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1 (e) REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

2 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into 

3 an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences 

4 under which the Academy shall— 

5 (1) conduct reviews during each of calendar 

6 years 2010 and 2012 to determine the success of the 

7 activities carried out under this section; and 

8 (2) submit to Congress, the Secretary, and the 

9 Director a report describing the results of each re10 view. 

11 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec13 essary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 

14 2008 through 2011. 

15 SEC. 2006. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 

16 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR BASIC RE17 SEARCH. 

18 Section 971(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

19 U.S.C. 16311(b)) is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

21 end; 

22 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘$5,200,000,000’’ and in24 serting ‘‘$4,800,000,000’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

2 inserting a semicolon; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(4) $4,945,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

5 ‘‘(5) $5,265,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.’’. 

6 SEC. 2007. DISCOVERY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INNO7 VATION INSTITUTES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish dis9 tributed, multidisciplinary institutes (referred to in this 

10 section as ‘‘Institutes’’) centered at National Laboratories 

11 to apply fundamental science and engineering discoveries 

12 to technological innovations related to the missions of the 

13 Department and the global competitiveness of the United 

14 States. 

15 (b) TOPICAL AREAS.—The Institutes shall support 

16 scientific and engineering research and education activities 

17 on critical emerging technologies determined by the Sec18 retary to be essential to global competitiveness, including 

19 activities related to— 

20 (1) sustainable energy technologies; 

21 (2) multi-scale materials and processes; 

22 (3) micro- and nano-engineering; 

23 (4) computational and information engineering; 

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1 (c) PARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying out this section, the 

2 Secretary shall establish partnerships between the Insti3 tutes and— 

4 (1) institutions of higher education to— 

5 (A) train undergraduate and graduate en6 gineering and science students; 

7 (B) develop innovative educational cur8 ricula; and 

9 (C) conduct research within the topical 

10 areas described in subsection (b); 

11 (2) private industry to develop innovative tech12 nologies within the topical areas described in sub13 section (b); 

14 (3) State and local governments to promote re15 gionally-based commercialization and entrepreneur16 ship; and 

17 (4) financing entities to guide successful tech18 nology commercialization. 

19 (d) MERIT-BASED SELECTION.—The selection of In20 stitutes under this section shall be merit-based and made 

21 through an open, competitive selection process. 

22 (e) RESTRICTION.—Not more than 3 Institutes shall 

23 receive grants for a fiscal year. 

24 (f) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall enter into an 

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1 which the Academy shall, not later than 3 and 6 years 

2 after the date of enactment of this Act— 

3 (1) review the performance of the Institutes 

4 under this section; and 

5 (2) submit to Congress and the Secretary a re6 port describing the results of the review. 

7 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

8 authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities 

9 of each Institute selected under this section $10,000,000 

10 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011. 

11 SEC. 2008. PROTECTING AMERICA’S COMPETITIVE EDGE 

12 (PACE) GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 

13 (a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE STUDENT.—In this 

14 section, the term ‘‘eligible student’’ means a student who 

15 attends an institution of higher education that offers a 

16 doctoral degree in a field relevant to a mission area of 

17 the Department. 

18 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

19 a graduate fellowship program for eligible students pur20 suing a doctoral degree in a mission area of the Depart21 ment. 

22 (c) SELECTION.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

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1 ing written and oral interviews) that will result in a 

2 wide distribution of awards throughout the United 

3 States. 

4 (2) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall establish 

5 selection criteria for awarding fellowships under this 

6 section that require an eligible student to— 

7 (A) pursue a field of science or engineering 

8 of importance to the mission area of the De9 partment; 

10 (B) rank in the upper 10 percent of the 

11 class of the eligible student; 

12 (C) demonstrate to the Secretary— 

13 (i) the capacity to understand tech14 nical topics related to the fellowship that 

15 can be derived from the first principles of 

16 the technical topics; 

17 (ii) imagination and creativity; 

18 (iii) leadership skills in organizations 

19 or intellectual endeavors, demonstrated 

20 through awards and past experience; and 

21 (iv) excellent verbal and communica22 tion skills to explain, defend, and dem23 onstrate an understanding of technical 

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1 (D) be a citizen or legal permanent resi2 dent of the United States. 

3 (d) AWARDS.— 

4 (1) AMOUNT.—A fellowship awarded under this 

5 section shall— 

6 (A) provide an annual living stipend; and 

7 (B) cover— 

8 (i) graduate tuition at an institution 

9 of higher education; and 

10 (ii) incidental expenses associated 

11 with curricula and research at the institu12 tion of higher education (including books, 

13 computers and software). 

14 (2) DURATION.—A fellowship awarded under 

15 this section shall be for a period of not greater than 

16 5 years. 

17 (3) PORTABILITY.—A fellowship awarded under 

18 this section shall be portable with the fellow. 

19 (e) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary (acting 

20 through the Director of Mathematics, Science, and Engi21 neering Education)— 

22 (1) shall administer the program established 

23 under this section; and, 


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1 (2) may enter into a contract with a nonprofit 

2 entity to administer the program, including the se3 lection and award of fellowships. 

4 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

5 (1) FELLOWSHIPS.—There are authorized to be 

6 appropriated to award fellowships under this sec7 tion— 

8 (A) $9,300,000 for 200 fellowships for fis9 cal year 2008; 

10 (B) $14,500,000 for 300 fellowships for 

11 fiscal year 2009 (including non-expiring fellow12 ships for prior fiscal years); 

13 (C) $25,000,000 for 500 fellowships for 

14 fiscal year 2010 (including non-expiring fellow15 ships for prior fiscal years); and 

16 (D) $35,500,000 for 700 fellowships for 

17 fiscal year 2011 (including non-expiring fellow18 ships for prior fiscal years). 

19 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—There are authorized to 

20 be appropriated for administrative expenses incurred 

21 in carrying out this section— 

22 (A) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

23 (B) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

24 (C) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

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1 SEC. 2009. TITLE IX COMPLIANCE. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy 

4 shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

5 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

6 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report that 

7 describes actions taken by the Department of Energy to 

8 implement the recommendations in the report of the Gov9 ernment Accountability Office numbered 04–639. 

10 (b) COMPLIANCE.—To comply with title IX of the 

11 Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), 

12 the Secretary of Energy shall annually conduct compliance 

13 reviews of at least 2 recipients of Department of Energy 

14 grants. 

15 SEC. 2010. HIGH-RISK, HIGH-REWARD RESEARCH. 

16 (a) DEFINITION OF HIGH-RISK, HIGH-REWARD RE17 SEARCH.—In this section, the term ‘‘high-risk, high re18 ward research’’ means research that— 

19 (1) has the potential for yielding results with 

20 far-ranging implications; 

21 (2) is too novel or spans too diverse a range of 

22 disciplines to fare well in the traditional peer review 

23 process; and 

24 (3) is supportive of the missions of the spon25 soring agency. 

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1 (1) ENERGY GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

2 shall establish a grant program to encourage the 

3 conduct of high-risk, high-reward research at the 

4 Department. 

5 (2) GEOLOGICAL GRANT PROGRAM.—The Direc6 tor of the United States Geological Survey shall es7 tablish a grant program to encourage the conduct of 

8 high-risk, high-reward research at the United States 

9 Geological Survey. 

10 SEC. 2011. DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST PROGRAM. 

11 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to pro12 mote scientific and academic excellence through collabora13 tions between institutions of higher education and the Na14 tional Laboratories. 

15 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

16 a program to support the joint appointment of distin17 guished scientists by institutions of higher education and 

18 National Laboratories. 

19 (c) QUALIFICATIONS.—Successful candidates under 

20 this section shall be persons who, by reason of professional 

21 background and experience, are able to bring international 

22 recognition to the appointing institution of higher edu23 cation and National Laboratory in their field of scientific 

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1 (d) SELECTION.—A distinguished scientist appointed 

2 under this section shall be selected through an open, com3 petitive process. 

4 (e) APPOINTMENT.— 

5 (1) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—An 

6 appointment by an institution of higher education 

7 under this section shall be filled within the tenure al8 lotment of the institution of higher education at a 

9 minimum rank of professor. 

10 (2) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—An appointment 

11 by a National Laboratory under this section shall be 

12 at the rank of the highest grade of distinguished sci13 entist or technical staff of the National Laboratory. 

14 (f) DURATION.—An appointment under this section 

15 shall be for 6 years, consisting of 2 3-year funding allot16 ments. 

17 (g) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made available under 

18 this section may be used for— 

19 (1) the salary of the distinguished scientist and 

20 support staff; 

21 (2) undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral 

22 appointments; 

23 (3) research-related equipment; 

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1 (5) such other requirements as the Director de2 termines are necessary to carry out the purpose of 

3 the program. 

4 (h) REVIEW.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The appointment of a distin6 guished scientist under this section shall be reviewed 

7 at the end of the first 3-year allotment for the dis8 tinguished scientist through an open peer-review 

9 process to determine whether the appointment is 

10 meeting the purpose of this section under subsection 

11 (a). 

12 (2) FUNDING.—Funding of the appointment of 

13 the distinguished scientist for the second 3-year al14 lotment shall be determined based on the review con15 ducted under paragraph (1). 

16 (i) COST SHARING.—To be eligible for assistance 

17 under this section, an appointing institution of higher edu18 cation shall pay at least 50 percent of the total costs of 

19 the appointment. 

20 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

21 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec22 tion— 

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1 (2) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 (to sup2 port up to 60 such appointments); and 

3 (3) $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 

4 and 2011 (to support up to 100 such appointments). 

5 DIVISION C—EDUCATION 

6 SEC. 3001. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) A well-educated population is essential to 

9 retaining America’s competitiveness in the global 

10 economy. 

11 (2) The United States needs to build on and ex12 pand the impact of existing programs by taking ad13 ditional, well-coordinated steps to ensure that all 

14 students are able to obtain the knowledge the stu15 dents need to obtain postsecondary education and 

16 participate successfully in the workforce or the 

17 Armed Forces. 

18 (3) The next steps must be informed by inde19 pendent information on the effectiveness of current 

20 programs in science, technology, engineering, and 

21 mathematics education, and by identification of best 

22 practices that can be replicated. 

23 (4) Teacher preparation and elementary school 

24 and secondary school programs and activities must 

25 be aligned with the requirements of the Elementary 


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1 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

2 6301 et seq.) and the requirements of the Higher 

3 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 

4 (5) The ever increasing knowledge and skill de5 mands of the 21st century require that secondary 

6 school preparation and requirements be better 

7 aligned with the knowledge and skills needed to suc8 ceed in postsecondary education and the workforce, 

9 and States need better data systems to track edu10 cational achievement from prekindergarten through 

11 baccalaureate degrees. 

12 SEC. 3002. DEFINITIONS. 

13 (a) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—Unless otherwise specified 

14 in this division, the terms used in this division have the 

15 meanings given the terms in section 9101 of the Elemen16 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

17 7801). 

18 (b) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this division: 

19 (1) CRITICAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE.—The term 

20 ‘‘critical foreign language’’ means a foreign language 

21 that the Secretary determines, in consultation with 

22 the heads of such Federal departments and agencies 

23 as the Secretary determines appropriate, is critical 

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1 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Education. 

3 TITLE I—TEACHER ASSISTANCE 

4 Subtitle A—Teachers for a 

5 Competitive Tomorrow 

6 SEC. 3111. PURPOSE. 

7 The purpose of this subtitle is— 

8 (1) to develop and implement programs to pro9 vide integrated courses of study in mathematics, 

10 science, engineering, or critical foreign languages, 

11 and teacher education, that lead to a baccalaureate 

12 degree with concurrent teacher certification; and 

13 (2) to develop and implement 2- or 3-year part14 time master’s degree programs in mathematics, 

15 science, or critical foreign language education for 

16 teachers in order to enhance the teachers’ content 

17 knowledge and pedagogical skills. 

18 SEC. 3112. DEFINITIONS. 

19 In this subtitle: 

20 (1) CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.— 

21 The term ‘‘children from low-income families’’ 

22 means children described in section 1124(c)(1)(A) of 

23 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

24 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)(1)(A)). 


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1 (2) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘eligible 

2 recipient’’ means an institution of higher education 

3 that receives grant funds under this subtitle on be4 half of a department of mathematics, engineering, 

5 science, or critical foreign language for use in car6 rying out activities assisted under this subtitle. 

7 (3) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN8 CY.—The term ‘‘high-need local educational agency’’ 

9 means a local educational agency or educational 

10 service agency— 

11 (A)(i) that serves not fewer than 10,000 

12 children from low-income families; 

13 (ii) for which not less than 20 percent of 

14 the children served by the agency are children 

15 from low-income families; or 

16 (iii) with a total of less than 600 students 

17 in average daily attendance at the schools that 

18 are served by the agency and all of whose 

19 schools are designated with a school locale code 

20 of 6, 7, or 8, as determined by the Secretary; 

21 and 

22 (B)(i) for which there is a high percentage 

23 of teachers providing instruction in academic 

24 subject areas or grade levels for which the 

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1 (ii) for which there is a high teacher turn2 over rate or a high percentage of teachers with 

3 emergency, provisional, or temporary certifi4 cation or licensure. 

5 (4) HIGHLY QUALIFIED.—The term ‘‘highly 

6 qualified’’ has the meaning given such term in sec7 tion 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu8 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) and, with re9 spect to special education teachers, in section 602 of 

10 the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

11 U.S.C. 1401). 

12 (5) PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘partnership’’ 

13 means a partnership that— 

14 (A) shall include— 

15 (i) an eligible recipient; 

16 (ii) a department within the eligible 

17 recipient that provides a program of study 

18 in mathematics, engineering, science, or 

19 critical foreign languages; 

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1 ing or a dual enrollment program with the 

2 eligible recipient; and 

3 (iv) not less than 1 high-need local 

4 educational agency and a public school or 

5 a consortium of public schools served by 

6 the agency; and 

7 (B) may include a nonprofit organization 

8 that has the capacity to provide expertise or 

9 support to meet the purposes of this subtitle. 

10 (6) TEACHING SKILLS.—The term ‘‘teaching 

11 skills’’ means the ability to— 

12 (A) increase student achievement; 

13 (B) effectively convey and explain academic 

14 subject matter; 

15 (C) employ strategies that— 

16 (i) are based on scientifically based re17 search; 

18 (ii) are specific to academic subject 

19 matter; and 

20 (iii) focus on the identification of, and 

21 tailoring of academic instruction to, stu22 dents’ specific learning needs, particularly 

23 children with disabilities, students who are 

24 limited English proficient, and students 

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1 (D) conduct ongoing assessment of student 

2 learning; 

3 (E) effectively manage a classroom; and 

4 (F) communicate and work with parents 

5 and guardians, and involve parents and guard6 ians in their children’s education. 

7 SEC. 3113. PROGRAMS FOR BACCALAUREATE DEGREES IN 

8 MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, OR 

9 CRITICAL FOREIGN LANGUAGES, WITH CON10 CURRENT TEACHER CERTIFICATION. 

11 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts 

12 made available to carry out this section under section 

13 3116(1) and not reserved under section 3115(d) for a fis14 cal year, the Secretary is authorized to award grants, on 

15 a competitive basis, to eligible recipients to enable partner16 ships served by the eligible recipients to develop and imple17 ment programs to provide courses of study in mathe18 matics, science, engineering, or critical foreign languages 

19 that— 

20 (1) are integrated with teacher education; and 

21 (2) lead to a baccalaureate degree with concur22 rent teacher certification. 

23 (b) APPLICATION.—Each eligible recipient desiring a 

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1 Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Sec2 retary may require. Each application shall— 

3 (1) describe the program for which assistance is 

4 sought; 

5 (2) describe how a department of mathematics, 

6 science, engineering, or a critical foreign language 

7 participating in the partnership will ensure signifi8 cant collaboration with a teacher preparation pro9 gram in the development of undergraduate degrees 

10 in mathematics, science, engineering, or a critical 

11 foreign language, with concurrent teacher certifi12 cation, including providing student teaching and 

13 other clinical classroom experiences; 

14 (3) describe the high-quality research, labora15 tory, or internship experiences, integrated with 

16 coursework, that will be provided under the pro17 gram; 

18 (4) describe how members of groups that are 

19 underrepresented in the teaching of mathematics, 

20 science, or critical foreign languages will be encour21 aged to participate in the program; 

22 (5) describe how program participants will be 

23 encouraged to teach in schools determined by the 

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1 in finding employment in such schools will be pro2 vided; 

3 (6) describe the ongoing activities and services 

4 that will be provided to graduates of the program; 

5 (7) describe how the activities of the partner6 ship will be coordinated with any activities funded 

7 through other Federal grants, and how the partner8 ship will continue the activities assisted under the 

9 program when the grant period ends; 

10 (8) describe how the partnership will assess the 

11 content knowledge and teaching skills of the pro12 gram participants; and 

13 (9) provide any other information the Secretary 

14 may reasonably require. 

15 (c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible recipient re17 ceiving a grant under this section shall use the grant 

18 funds to enable a partnership to develop and imple19 ment a program to provide courses of study in math20 ematics, science, engineering, or a critical foreign 

21 language that— 

22 (A) are integrated with teacher education 

23 programs that promote effective teaching skills; 

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1 (B) lead to a baccalaureate degree in 

2 mathematics, science, engineering, or a critical 

3 foreign language with concurrent teacher cer4 tification. 

5 (2) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The program 

6 shall— 

7 (A) provide high-quality research, labora8 tory, or internship experiences for program par9 ticipants; 

10 (B) provide student teaching or other clin11 ical classroom experiences that— 

12 (i) are integrated with coursework; 

13 and 

14 (ii) lead to the participants’ ability to 

15 demonstrate effective teaching skills; 

16 (C) if implementing a program in which 

17 program participants are prepared to teach 

18 mathematics or science courses, include strate19 gies for improving student literacy; 

20 (D) encourage the participation of individ21 uals who are members of groups that are 

22 underrepresented in the teaching of mathe23 matics, science or critical foreign languages; 

24 (E) encourage participants to teach in 

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1 most in need, and actively assist the partici2 pants in finding employment in such schools; 

3 (F) offer training in the use of and inte4 gration of educational technology; 

5 (G) collect data regarding and evaluate, 

6 using measurable objectives and benchmarks, 

7 the extent to which the program succeeded in— 

8 (i) increasing the percentage of highly 

9 qualified mathematics, science, or critical 

10 foreign language teachers, including in11 creasing the percentage of such teachers 

12 teaching in those schools determined by 

13 the partnership to be most in need; 

14 (ii) improving student academic 

15 achievement in mathematics and science; 

16 (iii) increasing the number of students 

17 in secondary schools enrolled in upper level 

18 mathematics and science courses; and 

19 (iv) increasing the numbers of elemen20 tary school, middle school, and secondary 

21 school students enrolled in and continuing 

22 in critical foreign language courses; 

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1 information on how many graduates are teach2 ing and in what kinds of schools; 

3 (I) provide ongoing activities and services 

4 to graduates of the program who teach elemen5 tary school, middle school, or secondary school, 

6 by— 

7 (i) keeping the graduates informed of 

8 the latest developments in their respective 

9 academic fields; and 

10 (ii) supporting the graduates of the 

11 program who are employed in schools in 

12 the local educational agency participating 

13 in the partnership during the initial years 

14 of teaching through— 

15 (I) induction programs; 

16 (II) promotion of effective teach17 ing skills; and 

18 (III) providing opportunities for 

19 regular professional development; and 

20 (J) develop recommendations to improve 

21 the teacher preparation program participating 

22 in the partnership. 

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1 the Secretary annually such information as the Secretary 

2 may reasonably require, including— 

3 (1) the number of participants in the program; 

4 (2) information on the academic majors of par5 ticipating students; 

6 (3) the race, gender, income, and disability sta7 tus of program participants; 

8 (4) the employment placement of program par9 ticipants as teachers in schools determined by the 

10 partnership to be most in need; 

11 (5) the extent to which the program succeeded 

12 in meeting the objectives and benchmarks described 

13 in subsection (c)(2)(G); and 

14 (6) the data collected under subparagraphs (G) 

15 and (H) of subsection (c)(2). 

16 (e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—From the funds made 

17 available under section 3116(1), the Secretary may pro18 vide technical assistance to an eligible recipient developing 

19 a baccalaureate degree program with concurrent teacher 

20 certification, including technical assistance provided 

21 through a grant or contract awarded on a competitive 

22 basis to an institution of higher education or a technical 

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1 SEC. 3114. PROGRAMS FOR MASTER’S DEGREES IN MATHE2 MATICS, SCIENCE, OR CRITICAL FOREIGN 

3 LANGUAGES EDUCATION. 

4 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts 

5 made available to carry out this section under section 

6 3116(2) and not reserved under section 3115(d) for a fis7 cal year, the Secretary is authorized to award grants, on 

8 a competitive basis, to eligible recipients to enable the 

9 partnerships served by the eligible recipients to develop 

10 and implement 2- or 3-year part-time master’s degree pro11 grams in mathematics, science, or critical foreign language 

12 education for teachers in order to enhance the teacher’s 

13 content knowledge and teaching skills. 

14 (b) APPLICATION.—Each eligible recipient desiring a 

15 grant under this section shall submit an application to the 

16 Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Sec17 retary may require. Each application shall describe— 

18 (1) how a department of mathematics, science, 

19 or a critical foreign language will ensure significant 

20 collaboration with a teacher preparation program in 

21 the development of master’s degree programs in 

22 mathematics, science, or a critical foreign language 

23 for teachers that enhance the teachers’ content 

24 knowledge and teaching skills; 

25 (2) the role of the local educational agency in 

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1 program and how feedback from the local edu2 cational agency, school, and participants will be used 

3 to improve the program; 

4 (3) how the program will help increase the per5 centage of highly qualified mathematics, science, or 

6 critical foreign language teachers, including increas7 ing the percentage of such teachers teaching in 

8 schools determined by the partnership to be most in 

9 need; 

10 (4) how the program will— 

11 (A) improve student academic achievement 

12 in mathematics and science and increase the 

13 number of students taking upper-level courses 

14 in such subjects; or 

15 (B) increase the numbers of elementary 

16 school, middle school, and secondary school stu17 dents enrolled and continuing in critical foreign 

18 language courses; 

19 (5) how the program will prepare teachers to 

20 become more effective mathematics, science, or crit21 ical foreign language teachers; 

22 (6) how the program will prepare teachers to 

23 assume leadership roles in their schools; 

24 (7) how teachers who are members of groups 

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1 matics, science, or critical foreign languages and 

2 teachers from schools determined by the partnership 

3 to be most in need will be encouraged to apply for 

4 and participate in the program; 

5 (8) the ongoing activities and services that will 

6 be provided to graduates of the program; 

7 (9) how the partnership will continue the activi8 ties assisted under the grant when the grant period 

9 ends; and 

10 (10) how the partnership will assess, during the 

11 program, the content knowledge and teaching skills 

12 of teachers participating in the program. 

13 (c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Each eligible recipi14 ent receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant 

15 funds to develop and implement a 2- or 3-year part-time 

16 master’s degree program in mathematics, science, or crit17 ical foreign language education for teachers in order to 

18 enhance the teachers’ content knowledge and teaching 

19 skills. The program shall— 

20 (1) promote effective teaching skills so the 

21 teachers participating in the program become more 

22 effective mathematics, science, or critical foreign lan23 guage teachers; 

24 (2) prepare teachers to assume leadership roles 

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1 teacher mentoring, development of curricula that in2 tegrate state of the art applications of mathematics 

3 and science into the classroom, working with school 

4 administrators in establishing in-service professional 

5 development of teachers, and assisting in evaluating 

6 data and assessments to improve student academic 

7 achievement; 

8 (3) use high-quality research, laboratory, or in9 ternship experiences for program participants that 

10 are integrated with coursework; 

11 (4) provide student teaching or clinical class12 room experience; 

13 (5) if implementing a program in which partici14 pants are prepared to teach mathematics or science 

15 courses, provide strategies for improving student lit16 eracy; 

17 (6) align the content knowledge in the master’s 

18 degree program with challenging student academic 

19 achievement standards and challenging academic 

20 content standards established by the State in which 

21 the program is conducted; 

22 (7) encourage the participation of— 

23 (A) individuals who are members of groups 

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1 mathematics, science, or critical foreign lan2 guages; and 

3 (B) teachers teaching in schools deter4 mined by the partnership to be most in need; 

5 (8) offer tuition assistance, based on need, as 

6 appropriate; and 

7 (9) evaluate and report on the impact of the 

8 program, in accordance with subsection (d). 

9 (d) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—Each eligible recipi10 ent receiving a grant under this section shall evaluate, 

11 using measurable objectives and benchmarks, and provide 

12 an annual report to the Secretary regarding, the extent 

13 to which the program assisted under this section suc14 ceeded in increasing the following: 

15 (1) The number and percentage of mathe16 matics, science, or critical foreign language teachers 

17 who have a master’s degree and meet 1 or more of 

18 the following requirements: 

19 (A) Are teaching in schools determined by 

20 the partnership to be most in need, and taught 

21 in such schools prior to participation in the pro22 gram. 

23 (B) Are teaching in schools determined by 

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1 teach in such schools prior to participation in 

2 the program. 

3 (C) Are members of a group underrep4 resented in the teaching of mathematics, 

5 science, or a critical foreign language. 

6 (2) The retention of teachers who participate in 

7 the program. 

8 SEC. 3115. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

9 (a) DURATION OF GRANTS.—The Secretary shall 

10 award each grant under this subtitle for a period of not 

11 more than 5 years. 

12 (b) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Each eligible recipi13 ent that receives a grant under this section shall provide, 

14 from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 50 percent 

15 of the amount of the grant (which may be provided in cash 

16 or in kind) to carry out the activities supported by the 

17 grant. 

18 (c) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds 

19 provided under this subtitle shall be used to supplement, 

20 and not supplant, other Federal or State funds. 

21 (d) EVALUATION.—From amounts made available for 

22 any fiscal year under section 3116, the Secretary shall re23 serve such sums as may be necessary— 

24 (1) to provide for the conduct of an annual 

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1 the activities assisted under this subtitle, which shall 

2 include an assessment of the impact of the activities 

3 on student academic achievement; and 

4 (2) to prepare and submit an annual report on 

5 the results of the evaluation described in paragraph 

6 (1) to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

7 and Pensions of the Senate, the Committee on Edu8 cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep9 resentatives, and the Committees on Appropriations 

10 of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

11 SEC. 3116. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

13 this section $210,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such 

14 sums as may be necessary for each of the 3 succeeding 

15 fiscal years, of which— 

16 (1) 57.1 percent shall be available to carry out 

17 section 3113 for fiscal year 2008 and each suc18 ceeding fiscal year; and 

19 (2) 42.9 percent shall be available to carry out 

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1 Subtitle B—Advanced Placement 

2 and International Baccalaureate 

3 Programs 

4 SEC. 3121. PURPOSE. 

5 It is the purpose of this subtitle— 

6 (1) to raise academic achievement through Ad7 vanced Placement and International Baccalaureate 

8 programs by increasing, by 70,000, over a 4-year pe9 riod beginning in 2008, the number of teachers serv10 ing high-need schools who are qualified to teach Ad11 vanced Placement or International Baccalaureate 

12 courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign 

13 languages; 

14 (2) to increase, to 700,000 per year, the num15 ber of students attending high-need schools who— 

16 (A) take and score a 3, 4, or 5 on an Ad17 vanced Placement examination in mathematics, 

18 science, or a critical foreign language adminis19 tered by the College Board; or 

20 (B) achieve a passing score on an examina21 tion administered by the International Bacca22 laureate Organization in such a subject; 

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1 ical foreign languages, and pre-Advanced Placement 

2 or pre-International Baccalaureate courses in such 

3 subjects, in high-need schools; and 

4 (4) to support statewide efforts to increase the 

5 availability of, and enrollment in, Advanced Place6 ment or International Baccalaureate courses in 

7 mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages, 

8 and pre-Advanced Placement or pre-International 

9 Baccalaureate courses in such subjects, in high-need 

10 schools. 

11 SEC. 3122. DEFINITIONS. 

12 In this subtitle: 

13 (1) ADVANCED PLACEMENT OR INTERNATIONAL

14 BACCALAUREATE COURSE.—The term ‘‘Advanced 

15 Placement or International Baccalaureate course’’ 

16 means a course of college-level instruction provided 

17 to middle or secondary school students, terminating 

18 in an examination administered by the College 

19 Board or the International Baccalaureate Organiza20 tion, or another such examination approved by the 

21 Secretary. 

22 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti23 ty’’ means— 

24 (A) a State educational agency; 

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1 (C) a partnership consisting of— 

2 (i) a national, regional, or statewide 

3 nonprofit organization, with expertise and 

4 experience in providing Advanced Place5 ment or International Baccalaureate serv6 ices; and 

7 (ii) a State educational agency or 

8 local educational agency. 

9 (3) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—The term ‘‘low-in10 come student’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘low11 income individual’’ in section 1707(3) of the Ele12 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

13 U.S.C. 6537(3)). 

14 (4) HIGH CONCENTRATION OF LOW-INCOME

15 STUDENTS.—The term ‘‘high concentration of low16 income students’’ has the meaning given the term in 

17 section 1707(2) of the Elementary and Secondary 

18 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6537(2)). 

19 (5) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN20 CY.—The term ‘‘high-need local educational agency’’ 

21 means a local educational agency or educational 

22 service agency described in 3112(3)(A). 

23 (6) HIGH-NEED SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high-need 

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1 (A) with a pervasive need for Advanced 

2 Placement or International Baccalaureate 

3 courses in mathematics, science, or critical for4 eign languages, or for additional Advanced 

5 Placement or International Baccalaureate 

6 courses in such a subject; and 

7 (B)(i) with a high concentration of low-in8 come students; or 

9 (ii) designated with a school locale code of 

10 6, 7 or 8, as determined by the Secretary. 

11 SEC. 3123. ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL 

12 BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS. 

13 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts ap14 propriated under subsection (l), the Secretary is author15 ized to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible 

16 entities to enable the eligible entities to carry out the au17 thorized activities described in subsection (g). 

18 (b) DURATION OF GRANTS.—The Secretary may 

19 award grants under this section for a period of not more 

20 than 5 years. 

21 (c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordinate 

22 the activities carried out under this section with the activi23 ties carried out under section 1705 of the Elementary and 

24 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6535). 


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1 (d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec2 tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 

3 that are part of a statewide strategy for increasing the 

4 availability of Advanced Placement or International Bac5 calaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical 

6 foreign languages, and pre-Advanced Placement or pre7 International Baccalaureate courses in such subjects, in 

8 high-need schools. 

9 (e) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary, to 

10 the extent practicable, shall— 

11 (1) ensure an equitable geographic distribution 

12 of grants under this section among the States; and 

13 (2) promote an increase in participation in Ad14 vanced Placement or International Baccalaureate 

15 mathematics, science, and critical foreign language 

16 courses and examinations in all States. 

17 (f) APPLICATION.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity desiring 

19 a grant under this section shall submit an applica20 tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 

21 and containing such information as the Secretary 

22 may reasonably require. 

23 (2) CONTENTS.—The application shall, at a 

24 minimum, include a description of— 


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1 (A) the goals and objectives for the 

2 project, including— 

3 (i) increasing the number of teachers 

4 serving high-need schools who are qualified 

5 to teach Advanced Placement or Inter6 national Baccalaureate courses in mathe7 matics, science, or critical foreign lan8 guages; 

9 (ii) increasing the number of qualified 

10 teachers serving high-need schools who are 

11 teaching Advanced Placement or Inter12 national Baccalaureate courses in mathe13 matics, science, or critical foreign lan14 guages to students in the high-need 

15 schools; 

16 (iii) increasing the number of Ad17 vanced Placement or International Bacca18 laureate courses in mathematics, science, 

19 and critical foreign languages that are 

20 available to students attending high-need 

21 schools; and 

22 (iv) increasing the number of students 

23 attending a high-need school, particularly 

24 low-income students, who enroll in and 

25 pass— 


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1 (I) Advanced Placement or Inter2 national Baccalaureate courses in 

3 mathematics, science, or critical for4 eign languages; and 

5 (II) pre-Advanced Placement or 

6 pre-International Baccalaureate 

7 courses in such a subject (where pro8 vided in accordance with subpara9 graph (B)); 

10 (B) how the eligible entity will ensure that 

11 students have access to courses, including pre12 Advanced Placement and pre-International Bac13 calaureate courses, that will prepare the stu14 dents to enroll and succeed in Advanced Place15 ment or International Baccalaureate courses in 

16 mathematics, science, or critical foreign lan17 guages; 

18 (C) how the eligible entity will provide pro19 fessional development for teachers assisted 

20 under this section; 

21 (D) how the eligible entity will ensure that 

22 teachers serving high-need schools are qualified 

23 to teach Advanced Placement or International 

24 Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, 

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1 (E) how the eligible entity will provide for 

2 the involvement of business and community or3 ganizations and other entities, including institu4 tions of higher education, in the activities to be 

5 assisted; and 

6 (F) how the eligible entity will use funds 

7 received under this section, including how the 

8 eligible entity will evaluate the success of its 

9 project. 

10 (g) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity that re12 ceives a grant under this section shall use the grant 

13 funds to carry out activities designed to increase— 

14 (A) the number of qualified teachers serv15 ing high-need schools who are teaching Ad16 vanced Placement or International Bacca17 laureate courses in mathematics, science, or 

18 critical foreign languages; and 

19 (B) the number of students attending 

20 high-need schools who enroll in, and pass, the 

21 examinations for such Advanced Placement or 

22 International Baccalaureate courses. 

23 (2) PERMISSIVE ACTIVITIES.—The activities de24 scribed in paragraph (1) may include— 


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1 (A) teacher professional development, in 

2 order to expand the pool of teachers in the par3 ticipating State, local educational agency, or 

4 high-need school who are qualified to teach Ad5 vanced Placement or International Bacca6 laureate courses in mathematics, science, or 

7 critical foreign languages; 

8 (B) pre-Advanced Placement or pre-Inter9 national Baccalaureate course development and 

10 professional development; 

11 (C) coordination and articulation between 

12 grade levels to prepare students to enroll and 

13 succeed in Advanced Placement or International 

14 Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, 

15 or critical foreign languages; 

16 (D) purchase of instructional materials; 

17 (E) activities to increase the availability of, 

18 and participation in, online Advanced Place19 ment or International Baccalaureate courses in 

20 mathematics, science, and critical foreign lan21 guages; 

22 (F) reimbursing low-income students at23 tending high-need schools for part or all of the 

24 cost of Advanced Placement or International 

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1 (G) carrying out subsection (j), relating to 

2 collecting and reporting data; 

3 (H) in the case of a State educational 

4 agency that receives a grant under this section, 

5 awarding subgrants to local educational agen6 cies to enable the local educational agencies to 

7 carry out authorized activities described in sub8 paragraphs (A) through (G); and 

9 (I) providing salary increments or bonuses 

10 to teachers serving high-need schools who— 

11 (i) become qualified to teach, and 

12 teach, Advanced Placement or Inter13 national Baccalaureate courses in mathe14 matics, science, or a critical foreign lan15 guage; or 

16 (ii) increase the number of low-income 

17 students, who take Advanced Placement or 

18 International Baccalaureate examinations 

19 in mathematics, science, or a critical for20 eign language with the goal of successfully 

21 passing such examinations. 

22 (h) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

24 each eligible entity that receives a grant under this 

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1 assisted under the grant, from non-Federal sources, 

2 an amount equal to 200 percent of the amount of 

3 the grant, except that an eligible entity that is a 

4 high-need local educational agency shall provide an 

5 amount equal to not more than 100 percent of the 

6 amount of the grant. 

7 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive all or 

8 part of the matching requirement described in para9 graph (1) for any fiscal year for an eligible entity 

10 described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 

11 3122(2), if the Secretary determines that applying 

12 the matching requirement to such eligible entity 

13 would result in serious hardship or an inability to 

14 carry out the authorized activities described in sub15 section (g). 

16 (i) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds pro17 vided under this section shall be used to supplement, not 

18 supplant, other Federal and non-Federal funds available 

19 to carry out the activities described in subsection (g). 

20 (j) COLLECTING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

21 (1) REPORT.—Each eligible entity receiving a 

22 grant under this section shall collect and report to 

23 the Secretary annually such data on the results of 

24 the grant as the Secretary may reasonably require, 

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1 (A) the number of students enrolling in 

2 Advanced Placement or International Bacca3 laureate courses in mathematics, science, or a 

4 critical foreign language, and pre-Advanced 

5 Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate 

6 courses in such a subject, and the distribution 

7 of grades those students receive; 

8 (B) the number of students taking Ad9 vanced Placement or International Bacca10 laureate examinations in mathematics, science, 

11 or a critical foreign language, and the distribu12 tion of scores on those examinations; 

13 (C) the number of teachers receiving train14 ing in teaching Advanced Placement or Inter15 national Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, 

16 science, or a critical foreign language who will 

17 be teaching such courses in the next school 

18 year; 

19 (D) the number of teachers becoming 

20 qualified to teach Advanced Placement or Inter21 national Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, 

22 science, or a critical foreign language; and 

23 (E) the number of qualified teachers who 

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1 science, or critical foreign languages to students 

2 in a high-need school. 

3 (2) REPORTING OF DATA.—Each eligible entity 

4 receiving a grant under this section shall report data 

5 required under paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) disaggregated by subject area; 

7 (B) in the case of student data, 

8 disaggregated in the same manner as informa9 tion is disaggregated under section 

10 1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the Elementary and Sec11 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

12 6311(h)(1)(C)(i)); and 

13 (C) to the extent feasible, in a manner that 

14 allows comparison of conditions before, during, 

15 and after the project. 

16 (k) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—From the amount 

17 made available for any fiscal year under subsection (l), 

18 the Secretary shall reserve such sums as may be nec19 essary— 

20 (1) to conduct an annual independent evalua21 tion, by grant or by contract, of the program carried 

22 out under this section, which shall include an assess23 ment of the impact of the program on student aca24 demic achievement; and 


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1 (2) to prepare and submit an annual report on 

2 the results of the evaluation described in paragraph 

3 (1) to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

4 and Pensions of the Senate, the Committee on Edu5 cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep6 resentatives, and the Committees on Appropriations 

7 of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

8 (l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

9 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

10 $58,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such sums as may 

11 be necessary for each of the 3 succeeding fiscal years. 

12 TITLE II—MATH NOW 

13 SEC. 3201. MATH NOW FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MID14 DLE SCHOOL STUDENTS PROGRAM. 

15 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en16 able all students to reach or exceed grade-level academic 

17 achievement standards and to prepare the students to en18 roll in and pass algebra courses by— 

19 (1) improving instruction in mathematics for 

20 students in kindergarten through grade 9 through 

21 the implementation of mathematics programs and 

22 the support of comprehensive mathematics initiatives 

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1 (2) providing targeted help to low-income stu2 dents who are struggling with mathematics and 

3 whose achievement is significantly below grade level. 

4 (b) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL

5 AGENCY.—In this section, the term ‘‘eligible local edu6 cational agency’’ means a high-need local educational 

7 agency (as defined in section 3112(3)) serving 1 or more 

8 schools— 

9 (1) with significant numbers or percentages of 

10 students whose mathematics skills are below grade 

11 level; 

12 (2) that are not making adequate yearly 

13 progress in mathematics under section 1111(b)(2) of 

14 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

15 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)); or 

16 (3) in which students are receiving instruction 

17 in mathematics from teachers who do not have 

18 mathematical content knowledge or expertise in the 

19 teaching of mathematics. 

20 (c) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro22 priated under subsection (k) for any fiscal year, the 

23 Secretary is authorized to award grants, on a com24 petitive basis, for not more than 5 years, to State 

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1 agencies to award grants to eligible local educational 

2 agencies to carry out the activities described in sub3 section (e). 

4 (2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

5 section, the Secretary shall give priority to applica6 tions for projects that will implement statewide 

7 strategies for improving mathematics instruction 

8 and raising the mathematics achievement of stu9 dents, particularly students in grades 4 through 8. 

10 (d) STATE USES OF FUNDS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State educational 

12 agency that receives a grant under this section for 

13 a fiscal year— 

14 (A) shall expend not more than a total of 

15 10 percent of the grant funds to carry out the 

16 activities described in paragraphs (2) or (3) for 

17 the fiscal year; and 

18 (B) shall use not less than 90 percent of 

19 the grant funds to award grants, on a competi20 tive basis, to eligible local educational agencies 

21 to enable the eligible local educational agencies 

22 to carry out the activities described in sub23 section (e) for the fiscal year. 

24 (2) MANDATORY USES OF FUNDS.—A State 

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1 available under paragraph (1)(A) to carry out each 

2 of the following activities: 

3 (A) PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION.— 

4 Planning and administration, including— 

5 (i) evaluating applications from eligi6 ble local educational agencies using peer 

7 review teams described in subsection 

8 (f)(1)(D); 

9 (ii) administering the distribution of 

10 grants to eligible local educational agen11 cies; and 

12 (iii) assessing and evaluating, on a 

13 regular basis, eligible local educational 

14 agency activities assisted under this sec15 tion, with respect to whether the activities 

16 have been effective in increasing the num17 ber of children— 

18 (I) making progress toward meet19 ing grade-level mathematics achieve20 ment; and 

21 (II) meeting or exceeding grade22 level mathematics achievement. 

23 (B) REPORTING.—Annually providing the 

24 Secretary with a report on the implementation 

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1 (3) PERMISSIVE USE OF FUNDS; TECHNICAL

2 ASSISTANCE.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—A State educational 

4 agency may use the grant funds made available 

5 under paragraph (1)(A) for 1 or more of the 

6 following technical assistance activities that as7 sist an eligible local educational agency, upon 

8 request by the eligible local educational agency, 

9 in accomplishing the tasks required to design 

10 and implement a project under this section, in11 cluding assistance in— 

12 (i) selecting and implementing a pro13 gram of mathematics instruction, or mate14 rials and interventions, based on the best 

15 available evidence of effectiveness; 

16 (ii) evaluating and selecting diagnostic 

17 and classroom based instructional mathe18 matics assessments; and 

19 (iii) identifying eligible professional 

20 development providers to conduct the pro21 fessional development activities described 

22 in subsection (e)(1)(B). 

23 (B) GUIDANCE.—The technical assistance 

24 described in subparagraph (A) shall be guided 

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1 mathematics, mathematicians, and mathematics 

2 educators from high-risk, high-achievement 

3 schools and eligible local educational agencies. 

4 (e) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.— 

5 (1) MANDATORY USES OF FUNDS.—Each eligi6 ble local educational agency receiving a grant under 

7 this section shall use the grant funds to carry out 

8 each of the following activities: 

9 (A) To implement mathematics instruc10 tional materials and interventions (including in11 tensive and systematic instruction)— 

12 (i) for students in the grades of a par13 ticipating school as identified in the appli14 cation submitted under subsection 

15 (f)(2)(A); and 

16 (ii) that are based on the best avail17 able evidence of effectiveness. 

18 (B) To provide professional development 

19 and instructional leadership activities for teach20 ers and, if appropriate, for administrators and 

21 other school staff, on the implementation of 

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1 (i) to improve the achievement of stu2 dents performing significantly below grade 

3 level; 

4 (ii) to improve the mathematical con5 tent knowledge of the teachers, administra6 tors, and other school staff; 

7 (iii) to increase the use of effective in8 structional practices; and 

9 (iv) to monitor student progress. 

10 (C) To conduct continuous progress moni11 toring, which may include the adoption and use 

12 of assessments that— 

13 (i) measure student progress and 

14 identify areas in which students need help 

15 in learning mathematics; and 

16 (ii) reflect mathematics content that 

17 is consistent with State academic achieve18 ment standards in mathematics described 

19 in section 1111(b) of the Elementary and 

20 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

21 U.S.C. 6311(b)). 

22 (2) PERMISSIVE USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible 

23 local educational agency may use grant funds under 

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1 (A) adopt and use mathematics instruc2 tional materials and assessments; 

3 (B) implement classroom-based assess4 ments, including diagnostic or formative assess5 ments; 

6 (C) provide remedial coursework and inter7 ventions for students, which may be provided 

8 before or after school; 

9 (D) provide small groups with individual10 ized instruction in mathematics; 

11 (E) conduct activities designed to improve 

12 the content knowledge and expertise of teach13 ers, such as the use of a mathematics coach, 

14 enrichment activities, and interdisciplinary 

15 methods of mathematics instruction; and 

16 (F) collect and report performance data. 

17 (f) APPLICATIONS.— 

18 (1) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—Each State 

19 educational agency desiring a grant under this sec20 tion shall submit an application to the Secretary at 

21 such time and in such manner as the Secretary may 

22 require. Each application shall include— 

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1 tion programs used by the eligible local edu2 cational agencies for the project, are based on 

3 the best available evidence of effectiveness and 

4 are aligned with State academic achievement 

5 standards; 

6 (B) an assurance that eligible local edu7 cational agencies will meet the requirements de8 scribed in paragraph (2); 

9 (C) an assurance that local applications 

10 will be evaluated using a peer review process; 

11 and 

12 (D) a description of the qualifications of 

13 the peer review teams, which shall consist of— 

14 (i) researchers with expertise in the 

15 pedagogy of mathematics; 

16 (ii) mathematicians; and 

17 (iii) mathematics educators serving 

18 high-risk, high-achievement schools and eli19 gible local educational agencies. 

20 (2) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.— 

21 Each eligible local educational agency desiring a 

22 grant under this section shall submit an application 

23 to the State educational agency at such time and in 

24 such manner as the State educational agency may 

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1 (A) an assurance that the eligible local 

2 educational agency will provide assistance to 1 

3 or more schools that are— 

4 (i) served by the eligible local edu5 cational agency; and 

6 (ii) described in section 3201(b); 

7 (B) a description of the grades kinder8 garten through grade 9, and of the schools, that 

9 will be served; 

10 (C) information, on an aggregate basis, on 

11 each school to be served by the project, includ12 ing such demographic, socioeconomic, and 

13 mathematics achievement data as the State 

14 educational agency may request; 

15 (D) a description of the core mathematics 

16 instructional materials or program, supple17 mental instructional materials, and intervention 

18 programs or strategies that will be used for the 

19 project, including an assurance that the pro20 grams or strategies and materials are based on 

21 the best available evidence of effectiveness and 

22 are aligned with State academic achievement 

23 standards; 

24 (E) a description of the activities that will 

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1 scription of the professional development that 

2 will be provided to teachers, and, if appropriate, 

3 administrators and other school staff, and a de4 scription of how the activities will support 

5 achievement of the purpose of this section; 

6 (F) an assurance that the eligible local 

7 educational agency will report to the State edu8 cational agency all data on student academic 

9 achievement that is necessary for the State edu10 cational agency’s report under subsection (i); 

11 (G) a description of the eligible entity’s 

12 plans for evaluating the impact of professional 

13 development and leadership activities in mathe14 matics on the content knowledge and expertise 

15 of teachers, administrators, or other school 

16 staff; and 

17 (H) any other information the State edu18 cational agency may reasonably require. 

19 (g) PROHIBITION ON ENDORSEMENT OF CUR20 RICULUM.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—In implementing this sec22 tion, the Secretary shall not— 

23 (A) endorse, approve, or sanction any 

24 mathematics curriculum designed for use in any 

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1 (B) engage in oversight, technical assist2 ance, or activities that will require the adoption 

3 of a specific mathematics program or instruc4 tional materials by a State, local educational 

5 agency, or school. 

6 (2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

7 title shall be construed to authorize or permit the 

8 Department of Education, or a Department of Edu9 cation contractor, to mandate, direct, control, or 

10 suggest the selection of a mathematics curriculum, 

11 supplemental instructional materials, or program of 

12 instruction by a State, local educational agency, or 

13 school. 

14 (h) MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.— 

15 (1) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—A State 

16 educational agency that receives a grant under this 

17 section shall provide, from non-Federal sources, an 

18 amount equal to 50 percent of the amount of the 

19 grant, in cash or in kind, to carry out the activities 

20 supported by the grant, of which not more than 20 

21 percent of such 50 percent may be provided by local 

22 educational agencies within the State. 

23 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive all of 

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1 in paragraph (1) for any fiscal year, if the Secretary 

2 determines that— 

3 (A) the application of the matching re4 quirement will result in serious hardship for the 

5 State educational agency; or 

6 (B) providing a waiver best serves the pur7 pose of the program assisted under this section. 

8 (i) PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNT9 ABILITY.— 

10 (1) INFORMATION.—Each State educational 

11 agency receiving a grant under this section shall col12 lect and report to the Secretary annually such infor13 mation on the results of the grant as the Secretary 

14 may reasonably require, including information on— 

15 (A) mathematics achievement data that 

16 show the progress of students participating in 

17 projects under this section (including, to the ex18 tent practicable, comparable data from students 

19 not participating in such projects), based pri20 marily on the results of State, school district 

21 wide, or classroom-based, assessments, includ22 ing— 

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1 cies that report the largest gains in mathe2 matics achievement; and 

3 (ii) evidence on whether the State 

4 educational agency and eligible local edu5 cational agencies within the State have— 

6 (I) significantly increased the 

7 number of students achieving at grade 

8 level or above in mathematics; 

9 (II) significantly increased the 

10 percentages of students described in 

11 section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) of the El12 ementary and Secondary Education 

13 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

14 6311(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)) who are achiev15 ing at grade level or above in mathe16 matics; 

17 (III) significantly increased the 

18 number of students making significant 

19 progress toward meeting grade-level 

20 mathematics achievement standards; 

21 and 

22 (IV) successfully implemented 

23 this section; 

24 (B) the percentage of students in the 

25 schools served by the eligible local educational 


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1 agency who enroll in algebra courses and the 

2 percentage of such students who pass algebra 

3 courses; and 

4 (C) the progress made in increasing the 

5 quality and accessibility of professional develop6 ment and leadership activities in mathematics, 

7 especially activities resulting in greater content 

8 knowledge and expertise of teachers, adminis9 trators, and other school staff, except that the 

10 Secretary shall not require such information 

11 until after the third year of a grant awarded 

12 under this section. 

13 (2) REPORTING AND DISAGGREGATION.—The 

14 information required under paragraph (1) shall be— 

15 (A) reported in a manner that allows for a 

16 comparison of aggregated score differentials of 

17 student academic achievement before (to the ex18 tent feasible) and after implementation of the 

19 project assisted under this section; and 

20 (B) disaggregated in the same manner as 

21 information is disaggregated under section 

22 1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the Elementary and Sec23 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

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1 (3) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—The data in the re2 port shall be reported in a manner that— 

3 (A) protects the privacy of individuals; and 

4 (B) complies with the requirements of the 

5 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 

6 1974 (20 U.S.C. 1232g). 

7 (j) EVALUATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

8 (1) EVALUATION.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

10 conduct an annual independent evaluation, by 

11 grant or by contract, of the program assisted 

12 under this section, which shall include an as13 sessment of the impact of the program on stu14 dent academic achievement and teacher per15 formance, and may use funds available to carry 

16 out this section to conduct the evaluation. 

17 (B) REPORT.—The Secretary shall annu18 ally submit, to the Committee on Health, Edu19 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the 

20 Committee on Education and the Workforce of 

21 the House of Representatives, and the Commit22 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 

23 of Representatives, a report on the results of 

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1 (2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 

2 may use funds made available under paragraph (3) 

3 to provide technical assistance to prospective appli4 cants and to eligible local educational agencies re5 ceiving a grant under this section. 

6 (3) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 

7 may reserve not more than 2.5 percent of funds ap8 propriated under subsection (k) for a fiscal year to 

9 carry out this subsection. 

10 (k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

11 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

12 $146,700,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such sums as may 

13 be necessary for each of the 3 succeeding fiscal years. 

14 TITLE III—FOREIGN LANGUAGE 

15 PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM 

16 SEC. 3301. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

17 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find18 ings: 

19 (1) The United States faces a shortage of 

20 skilled professionals with higher levels of proficiency 

21 in foreign languages and area knowledge critical to 

22 the Nation’s security. 

23 (2) Given the Nation’s economic competitive24 ness interests, it is crucial that our Nation expand 

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1 effectively in the environments in which critical for2 eign languages are spoken. 

3 (3) Students’ ability to become proficient in for4 eign languages can be addressed by starting lan5 guage learning at a younger age and expanding op6 portunities for continuous foreign language edu7 cation from elementary school through postsec8 ondary education. 

9 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to signifi10 cantly increase— 

11 (1) the opportunities to study critical foreign 

12 languages and the context in which the critical for13 eign languages are spoken; and 

14 (2) the number of American students who 

15 achieve the highest level of proficiency in critical for16 eign languages. 

17 SEC. 3302. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this title: 

19 (1) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘eligible 

20 recipient’’ means an institution of higher education 

21 that receives grant funds under this title on behalf 

22 of a partnership for use in carrying out the activities 

23 assisted under this title. 

24 (2) PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘partnership’’ 

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1 (A) shall include— 

2 (i) an institution of higher education; 

3 and 

4 (ii) 1 or more local educational agen5 cies; and 

6 (B) may include 1 or more entities that 

7 support the purposes of this title. 

8 (3) SUPERIOR LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY.—The 

9 term ‘‘superior level of proficiency’’ means level 3, 

10 the professional working level, as measured by the 

11 Federal Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) or 

12 by other generally recognized measures of superior 

13 standards. 

14 SEC. 3303. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 

15 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 

17 to award grants to eligible recipients to enable part18 nerships served by the eligible recipients to establish 

19 articulated programs of study in critical foreign lan20 guages that will enable students to advance success21 fully from elementary school through postsecondary 

22 education and achieve higher levels of proficiency in 

23 a critical foreign language. 

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1 years. A grant may be renewed for not more than 

2 2 additional 5-year periods, if the Secretary deter3 mines that the partnership’s program is effective 

4 and the renewal will best serve the purposes of this 

5 title. 

6 (b) APPLICATIONS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible recipient desir8 ing a grant under this section shall submit an appli9 cation to the Secretary at such time, in such man10 ner, and containing such information as the Sec11 retary may require. 

12 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application shall— 

13 (A) identify each local educational agency 

14 partner, including contact information and let15 ters of commitment, and describe the respon16 sibilities of each member of the partnership, in17 cluding— 

18 (i) how each of the partners will be in19 volved in planning, developing, and imple20 menting— 

21 (I) program curriculum and ma22 terials; and 

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1 (ii) what resources each of the part2 ners will provide; and 

3 (iii) how the partners will contribute 

4 to ensuring the continuity of student 

5 progress from elementary school through 

6 the postsecondary level; 

7 (B) describe how an articulated curriculum 

8 for students will be developed and implemented, 

9 which may include the use and integration of 

10 technology into such curriculum; 

11 (C) identify target proficiency levels for 

12 students at critical benchmarks (such as grades 

13 4, 8, and 12), and describe how progress to14 ward those proficiency levels will be assessed at 

15 the benchmarks, and how the program will use 

16 the results of the assessments to ensure contin17 uous progress toward achieving a superior level 

18 of proficiency at the postsecondary level; 

19 (D) describe how the partnership will— 

20 (i) ensure that students from a pro21 gram assisted under this title who are be22 ginning postsecondary education will be as23 sessed and enabled to progress to a supe24 rior level of proficiency; 


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1 (ii) address the needs of students al2 ready at, or near, the superior level of pro3 ficiency, which may include diagnostic as4 sessments for placement purposes, cus5 tomized and individualized language learn6 ing opportunities, and experimental and 

7 interdisciplinary language learning; and 

8 (iii) identify and describe how the 

9 partnership will work with institutions of 

10 higher education outside the partnership to 

11 provide participating students with mul12 tiple options for postsecondary education 

13 consistent with the purposes of this title; 

14 (E) describe how the partnership will sup15 port and continue the program after the grant 

16 has expired, including how the partnership will 

17 seek support from other sources, such as State 

18 and local governments, foundations, and the 

19 private sector; and 

20 (F) describe what assessments will be used 

21 or, if assessments not available, how assess22 ments will be developed. 

23 (c) USES OF FUNDS.—Grant funds awarded under 

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1 (1) shall be used to develop and implement pro2 grams at the elementary school level through post3 secondary education, consistent with the purpose of 

4 this title, including— 

5 (A) the development of curriculum and in6 structional materials; and 

7 (B) recruitment of students; and 

8 (2) may be used for— 

9 (A) teacher recruitment (including recruit10 ment from other professions and recruitment of 

11 native-language speakers in the community) 

12 and professional development directly related to 

13 the purposes of this title at the elementary 

14 school through secondary school levels; 

15 (B) development of appropriate assess16 ments; 

17 (C) opportunities for maximum language 

18 exposure for students in the program, such as 

19 the creation of immersion environments (such 

20 as language houses, language tables, immersion 

21 classrooms, and weekend and summer experi22 ences) and special tutoring and academic sup23 port; 

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1 (E) scholarships and study-abroad oppor2 tunities, related to the program, for postsec3 ondary students and newly recruited teachers 

4 who have advanced levels of proficiency in a 

5 critical foreign language, except that not more 

6 than 20 percent of the grant funds provided to 

7 an eligible recipient under this section for a fis8 cal year may be used to carry out this subpara9 graph; 

10 (F) activities to encourage community in11 volvement to assist in meeting the purposes of 

12 this title; 

13 (G) summer institutes for students and 

14 teachers; 

15 (H) bridge programs that allow dual en16 rollment for secondary school students in insti17 tutions of higher education; 

18 (I) programs that expand the under19 standing and knowledge of historic, geographic, 

20 and contextual factors within countries with 

21 populations who speak critical foreign lan22 guages, if such programs are carried out in con23 junction with language instruction; 

24 (J) research on, and evaluation of, the 

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1 (K) data collection and analysis regarding 

2 the results of— 

3 (i) various student recruitment strate4 gies; 

5 (ii) program design; and 

6 (iii) curricular approaches; and 

7 (L) the impact of the strategies, program 

8 design, and curricular approaches described in 

9 subparagraph (K) on increasing— 

10 (i) the number of students studying 

11 critical foreign languages; and 

12 (ii) the proficiency of the students in 

13 the critical foreign languages. 

14 (d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible recipient that re16 ceives a grant under this title shall provide, toward 

17 the cost of carrying out the activities supported by 

18 the grant, from non-Federal sources, an amount 

19 equal to— 

20 (A) 20 percent of the amount of the grant 

21 payment for the first fiscal year for which a 

22 grant payment is made; 

23 (B) 30 percent of the amount of the grant 

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1 (C) 40 percent of the amount of the grant 

2 payment for the third such fiscal year; and 

3 (D) 50 percent of the amount of the grant 

4 payment for each of the fourth and fifth such 

5 fiscal years. 

6 (2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 

7 share required under paragraph (1) may be provided 

8 in cash or in-kind. 

9 (3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive all or 

10 part of the matching requirement of paragraph (1), 

11 for any fiscal year, if the Secretary determines 

12 that— 

13 (A) the application of the matching re14 quirement will result in serious hardship for the 

15 partnership; or 

16 (B) the waiver will best serve the purposes 

17 of this title. 

18 (e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds 

19 provided under this title shall be used to supplement, not 

20 supplant, other Federal and non-Federal funds available 

21 to carry out the activities described in subsection (c). 

22 (f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 

23 enter into a contract to establish a technical assistance 

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1 veloping critical foreign language programs assisted under 

2 this section. The center shall— 

3 (1) assist the partnerships in the development 

4 of critical foreign language instructional materials 

5 and assessments; and 

6 (2) disseminate promising foreign language in7 structional practices. 

8 (g) PROGRAM EVALUATION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may reserve 

10 not more than 5 percent of the total amount appro11 priated for this title for any fiscal year to annually 

12 evaluate the programs under this title. 

13 (2) REPORT.—The Secretary shall prepare and 

14 annually submit, to the Committee on Health, Edu15 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the Com16 mittee on Education and the Workforce of the 

17 House of Representatives, and the Committees on 

18 Appropriations of the Senate and House of Rep19 resentatives, a report on the results of any program 

20 evaluation conducted under this subsection. 

21 SEC. 3304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 For the purpose of carrying out this title, there are 

23 authorized to be appropriated $22,000,000 for fiscal year 

24 2008, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 

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1 TITLE IV—ALIGNMENT OF 

2 EDUCATION PROGRAMS 

3 SEC. 3401. ALIGNMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUA4 TION REQUIREMENTS WITH THE DEMANDS 

5 OF 21ST CENTURY POSTSECONDARY ENDEAV6 ORS AND SUPPORT FOR P–16 EDUCATION 

7 DATA SYSTEMS. 

8 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section— 

9 (1) to promote more accountability with respect 

10 to preparation for higher education, the 21st century 

11 workforce, and the Armed Forces, by aligning— 

12 (A) student knowledge, student skills, 

13 State academic content standards and assess14 ments, and curricula, in elementary and sec15 ondary education, especially with respect to 

16 mathematics, science, reading, and, where ap17 plicable, engineering and technology; with 

18 (B) the demands of higher education, the 

19 21st century workforce, and the Armed Forces; 

20 (2) to support the establishment or improve21 ment of statewide P–16 education data systems 

22 that— 

23 (A) assist States in improving the rigor 

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1 cation content knowledge requirements and as2 sessments; 

3 (B) ensure students are prepared to suc4 ceed in— 

5 (i) academic credit-bearing coursework 

6 in higher education without the need for 

7 remediation; 

8 (ii) the 21st century workforce; or 

9 (iii) the Armed Forces; and 

10 (3) enable States to have valid and reliable in11 formation to inform education policy and practice. 

12 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 (1) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

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

15 meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 

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

17 (2) P–16 EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘P–16 edu18 cation’’ means the educational system from pre19 kindergarten through the conferring of a bacca20 laureate degree. 

21 (3) STATEWIDE PARTNERSHIP.—The term 

22 ‘‘statewide partnership’’ means a partnership that— 

23 (A) shall include— 

24 (i) the Governor of the State or the 

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1 (ii) the heads of the State systems for 

2 public higher education, or, if such a posi3 tion does not exist, not less than 1 rep4 resentative of a public degree-granting in5 stitution of higher education; 

6 (iii) not less than 1 representative of 

7 a technical school; 

8 (iv) not less than 1 representative of 

9 a public secondary school; 

10 (v) the chief State school officer; 

11 (vi) the chief executive officer of the 

12 State higher education coordinating board; 

13 (vii) not less than 1 public elementary 

14 school teacher employed in the State; 

15 (viii) not less than 1 public elemen16 tary school teacher certified in early child17 hood education; 

18 (ix) not less than 1 public secondary 

19 school teacher employed in the State; 

20 (x) not less than 1 representative of 

21 the business community in the State; and 

22 (xi) not less than 1 member of the 

23 Armed Forces; and 

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1 school administrator, a faculty member at an 

2 institution of higher education, a member of a 

3 civic or community organization, a representa4 tive from a private institution of higher edu5 cation, a dean or similar representative of a 

6 school of education at an institution of higher 

7 education or a similar teacher certification or li8 censure program, or the State official respon9 sible for economic development. 

10 (c) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is author11 ized to award grants, on a competitive basis, to States to 

12 enable each such State to work with a statewide partner13 ship— 

14 (1) to promote better alignment of content 

15 knowledge requirements for secondary school grad16 uation with the knowledge and skills needed to suc17 ceed in postsecondary education, the 21st century 

18 workforce, or the Armed Forces; or 

19 (2) to establish or improve a statewide P–16 

20 education data system. 

21 (d) PERIOD OF GRANTS; NON-RENEWABILITY.— 

22 (1) GRANT PERIOD.—The Secretary shall 

23 award a grant under this section for a period of not 

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1 (2) NON-RENEWABILITY.—The Secretary shall 

2 not award a State more than 1 grant under this sec3 tion. 

4 (e) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— 

5 (1) GRANTS FOR P–16 ALIGNMENT.—Each 

6 State receiving a grant under subsection (c)(1)— 

7 (A) shall use the grant funds for— 

8 (i) identifying and describing the con9 tent knowledge and skills students who 

10 enter institutions of higher education, the 

11 workforce, and the Armed Forces need to 

12 have in order to succeed without any reme13 diation based on detailed requirements ob14 tained from institutions of higher edu15 cation, employers, and the Armed Forces; 

16 (ii) identifying and making changes 

17 that need to be made to a State’s sec18 ondary school graduation requirements, 

19 academic content standards, academic 

20 achievement standards, and assessments 

21 preceding graduation from secondary 

22 school in order to align the requirements, 

23 standards, and assessments with the 

24 knowledge and skills necessary for success 

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1 postsecondary education, in the 21st cen2 tury workforce, and in the Armed Forces 

3 without the need for remediation; 

4 (iii) convening stakeholders within the 

5 State and creating a forum for identifying 

6 and deliberating on education issues that— 

7 (I) involve prekindergarten 

8 through grade 12 education, postsec9 ondary education, the 21st century 

10 workforce, and the Armed Forces; and 

11 (II) transcend any single system 

12 of education’s ability to address; and 

13 (iv) implementing activities designed 

14 to ensure the enrollment of all elementary 

15 school and secondary school students in 

16 rigorous coursework, which may include— 

17 (I) specifying the courses and 

18 performance levels necessary for ac19 ceptance into institutions of higher 

20 education; and 

21 (II) developing curricula and as22 sessments aligned with State academic 

23 content standards, which assessments 

24 may be used as measures of student 

25 academic achievement in secondary 


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1 school as well as for entrance or 

2 placement at institutions of higher 

3 education, including through collabo4 ration with institutions of higher edu5 cation in, or State educational agen6 cies serving, other States; and 

7 (B) may use the grant funds for— 

8 (i) developing and making available 

9 specific opportunities for extensive profes10 sional development for teachers, para11 professionals, principals, and school admin12 istrators, including collection and dissemi13 nation of effective teaching practices to im14 prove instruction and instructional support 

15 mechanisms; 

16 (ii) identifying changes in State aca17 demic content standards, academic achieve18 ment standards, and assessments for stu19 dents in grades preceding secondary school 

20 in order to ensure the students are ade21 quately prepared when the students enter 

22 secondary school; 

23 (iii) developing a plan to provide re24 mediation and additional learning opportu25 nities for students who are performing 


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1 below grade level to ensure that all stu2 dents will have the opportunity to meet 

3 secondary school graduation requirements; 

4 or 

5 (iv) identifying and addressing teacher 

6 certification needs. 

7 (2) GRANTS FOR STATEWIDE P–16 EDUCATION

8 DATA SYSTEMS.— 

9 (A) ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM.—Each 

10 State that receives a grant under subsection 

11 (c)(2) shall establish a statewide P–16 edu12 cation longitudinal data system that— 

13 (i) provides each student, upon enroll14 ment in a public elementary school or sec15 ondary school in the State, with a unique 

16 identifier, such as a bar code, that— 

17 (I) does not permit a student to 

18 be individually identified by users of 

19 the system; and 

20 (II) is retained throughout the 

21 student’s enrollment in P–16 edu22 cation in the State; and 

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1 (B) IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING SYS2 TEM.—Each State that receives a grant under 

3 subsection (c)(2) for the improvement of a 

4 statewide P–16 education data system may em5 ploy, coordinate, or revise an existing statewide 

6 data system to establish a statewide longitu7 dinal P–16 education data system that meets 

8 the requirements of subparagraph (A), if the 

9 statewide longitudinal P–16 education data sys10 tem produces valid and reliable data. 

11 (C) DATA AND COMPLIANCE WITH

12 FERPA.—The State, through the implementa13 tion of the statewide P–16 education data sys14 tem, shall— 

15 (i) ensure the implementation and use 

16 of valid and reliable secondary school drop17 out data; and 

18 (ii) ensure that the statewide P–16 

19 education data system meets the require20 ments of the Family Educational Rights 

21 and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. 

22 1232g). 

23 (D) REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF A STATE24 WIDE P–16 EDUCATION DATA SYSTEM.—The 

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1 cation data system includes the following ele2 ments: 

3 (i) PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH

4 GRADE 12 EDUCATION AND POSTSEC5 ONDARY EDUCATION.—With respect to 

6 prekindergarten through grade 12 edu7 cation and postsecondary education— 

8 (I) a unique statewide student 

9 identifier that does not permit a stu10 dent to be individually identified by 

11 users of the system; 

12 (II) student-level enrollment, de13 mographic, and program participation 

14 information; 

15 (III) student-level information 

16 about the points at which students 

17 exit, transfer in, transfer out, drop 

18 out, or complete P–16 education pro19 grams; 

20 (IV) the capacity to communicate 

21 with higher education data systems; 

22 and 

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1 (ii) PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH

2 GRADE 12 EDUCATION.—With respect to 

3 prekindergarten through grade 12 edu4 cation— 

5 (I) yearly test records of indi6 vidual students with respect to assess7 ments under section 1111(b) of the 

8 Elementary and Secondary Education 

9 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)); 

10 (II) information on students not 

11 tested by grade and subject; 

12 (III) a teacher identifier system 

13 with the ability to match teachers to 

14 students; 

15 (IV) student-level transcript in16 formation, including information on 

17 courses completed and grades earned; 

18 and 

19 (V) student-level college readi20 ness test scores. 

21 (iii) POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION.— 

22 With respect to postsecondary education, 

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1 cessfully from secondary school to 

2 postsecondary education, including 

3 whether students enroll in remedial 

4 coursework; and 

5 (II) other information determined 

6 necessary to address alignment and 

7 adequate preparation for success in 

8 postsecondary education. 

9 (E) FUNCTIONS OF THE STATEWIDE P–16

10 EDUCATION DATA SYSTEM.—In implementing 

11 the statewide P–16 education data system, the 

12 State shall— 

13 (i) identify factors that correlate to 

14 students’ ability to successfully engage in 

15 and complete postsecondary-level general 

16 education coursework without the need for 

17 prior developmental coursework; 

18 (ii) identify factors to increase the 

19 percentage of low-income and minority stu20 dents who are academically prepared to 

21 enter and successfully complete postsec22 ondary-level general education coursework; 

23 and 

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1 in order to better align student knowledge 

2 and skills, and curricula, with the demands 

3 of postsecondary education, the 21st cen4 tury workforce, and the Armed Forces. 

5 (f) APPLICATION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State desiring a grant 

7 under this section shall submit an application to the 

8 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con9 taining such information as the Secretary may rea10 sonably require. 

11 (2) APPLICATION CONTENTS.—Each application 

12 submitted under this section shall specify whether 

13 the State application is for the conduct P–16 edu14 cation alignment activities, or the establishment or 

15 improvement of a statewide P–16 education data 

16 system. The application shall include, at a minimum, 

17 the following: 

18 (A) A description of the activities and pro19 grams to be carried out with the grant funds 

20 and a comprehensive plan for carrying out the 

21 activities. 

22 (B) A description of how the concerns and 

23 interests of the larger education community, in24 cluding parents, students, teachers, teacher 

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1 will be represented in carrying out the author2 ized activities described in subsection (e). 

3 (C) In the case of a State applying for 

4 funding for P–16 education alignment, a de5 scription of how the State will provide assist6 ance to local educational agencies in imple7 menting rigorous State content knowledge re8 quirements through substantive curricula and 

9 other changes the State determines necessary, 

10 including scientifically based remediation and 

11 acceleration opportunities for students. 

12 (D) In the case of a State applying for 

13 funding to establish or improve a statewide P– 

14 16 education data system— 

15 (i) a description of and the timetable 

16 for the establishment or improvement of 

17 such system; and 

18 (ii) an assurance that the State will 

19 continue to fund the statewide P–16 edu20 cation data system after the end of the 

21 grant period. 

22 (g) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds 

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1 able to carry out the authorized activities described in sub2 section (e). 

3 (h) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Each State that re4 ceives a grant under this section shall provide, from non5 Federal sources, an amount equal to 100 percent of the 

6 amount of the grant, in cash or in kind, to carry out the 

7 activities supported by the grant. 

8 (i) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec9 tion shall be construed to require States to provide raw 

10 data to the Secretary. 

11 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

13 $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may 

14 be necessary for fiscal year 2009. 

15 DIVISION D—NATIONAL 

16 SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

17 SEC. 4001. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro19 priated to the National Science Foundation— 

20 (1) $6,808,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

21 (2) $7,433,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

22 (3) $8,446,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

23 (4) $11,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di3 rector of the National Science Foundation, in con4 sultation with the National Science Board, shall sub5 mit a comprehensive, multiyear plan that describes 

6 how the funds authorized in subsection (a) would be 

7 used, if appropriated, to the Committee on Com8 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 

9 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

10 Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on 

11 Science of the House of Representatives. 

12 (2) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The Director 

13 shall— 

14 (A) develop the plan with a focus on 

15 strengthening the Nation’s lead in physical 

16 science and technology, increasing overall work17 force skills in physical science, technology, engi18 neering, and mathematics at all levels, and 

19 strengthening innovation by expanding the 

20 focus of competitiveness and innovation policy 

21 at the regional and local level; and 

22 (B) emphasize spending increased research 

23 funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) 

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1 technology programs identified under section 

2 1101(c) of this Act. 

3 SEC. 4002. STRENGTHENING OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN 

4 RESOURCES DIRECTORATE THROUGH EQUI5 TABLE DISTRIBUTION OF NEW FUNDS. 

6 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en7 sure the continued involvement of experts at the National 

8 Science Foundation in improving science, technology, en9 gineering, and mathematics education at the elementary, 

10 secondary, and postsecondary school levels by providing 

11 annual funding increases for the education and human re12 sources programs of the National Science Foundation that 

13 are proportional to the funding increases provided to the 

14 Foundation overall. 

15 (b) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF NEW FUNDS.— 

16 Within the amounts authorized to be appropriated by sec17 tion 4001, there are authorized to be appropriated for the 

18 education and human resources programs of the National 

19 Science Foundation, for each of the fiscal years 2008 

20 through 2011, an amount equal to $1,050,000,000 in21 creased for each such fiscal year by an amount equal to 

22 the percentage increase in the appropriation for the Na23 tional Science Foundation for such fiscal year above the 

24 amount appropriated to the National Science Foundation 

25 for fiscal year 2007. 


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1 SEC. 4003. GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS AND GRADUATE 

2 TRAINEESHIPS. 

3 (a) GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PRO4 GRAM.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—During the 5-year period be6 ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

7 Director of the National Science Foundation shall 

8 expand the Graduate Research Fellowship Program 

9 of the National Science Foundation so that an addi10 tional 1,250 fellowships are awarded to citizens or 

11 nationals of the United States or eligible lawful per12 manent residents under the Program during that pe13 riod. 

14 (2) EXTENSION OF FELLOWSHIP PERIOD.—The 

15 Director is authorized to award fellowships under 

16 the Graduate Research Fellowship Program for a 

17 period of up to 5 years. 

18 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

19 Within the amounts authorized to be appropriated 

20 by section 4001, there are authorized to be appro21 priated, to provide an additional 250 fellowships 

22 under the Graduate Research Fellowship Program 

23 during each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011, 

24 the following: 

25 (A) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

26 (B) $36,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 


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1 (C) $48,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

2 (D) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

3 (b) INTEGRATIVE GRADUATE EDUCATION AND RE4 SEARCH TRAINEESHIP PROGRAM.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—During the 5-year period be6 ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

7 Director shall expand the Integrative Graduate Edu8 cation and Research Traineeship program of the Na9 tional Science Foundation so that an additional 

10 1,250 individuals who are citizens or nationals of the 

11 United States or eligible lawful permanent residents 

12 are awarded grants under the program during that 

13 period. 

14 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

15 Within the amounts authorized to be appropriated 

16 by section 4001, there are authorized to be appro17 priated, to provide grants to an additional 250 indi18 viduals under the Integrative Graduate Education 

19 and Research Traineeship program during each of 

20 the fiscal years 2008 through 2011, the following: 

21 (A) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

22 (B) $33,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 

23 (C) $44,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

24 (D) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 


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1 (c) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE LAWFUL PERMANENT

2 RESIDENT.—In this section, the term ‘‘eligible lawful per3 manent resident’’ means a lawful permanent resident of 

4 the United States who declares an intent— 

5 (1) to apply for United States citizenship; or 

6 (2) to reside in the United States for not less 

7 than 5 years after the completion of a graduate fel8 lowship or traineeship awarded under this section. 

9 SEC. 4004. PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE MASTER’S DEGREE 

10 PROGRAMS. 

11 (a) CLEARINGHOUSE.— 

12 (1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director of the Na13 tional Science Foundation shall establish a clearing14 house, in collaboration with 4-year institutions of 

15 higher education (including applicable graduate 

16 schools and academic departments), and industries 

17 and Federal agencies that employ science-trained 

18 personnel, to share program elements used in suc19 cessful professional science master’s degree pro20 grams and other advanced degree programs related 

21 to science, mathematics, technology, and engineer22 ing. 

23 (2) AVAILABILITY.—The Director shall make 

24 the clearinghouse of program elements developed 

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1 higher education that are developing professional 

2 science master’s degree programs. 

3 (b) PROGRAMS.— 

4 (1) PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED.—The Director 

5 shall award grants to 4-year institutions of higher 

6 education to facilitate the institutions’ creation or 

7 improvement of professional science master’s degree 

8 programs. 

9 (2) APPLICATION.—A 4-year institution of 

10 higher education desiring a grant under this section 

11 shall submit an application at such time, in such 

12 manner, and accompanied by such information as 

13 the Director may require. The application shall in14 clude— 

15 (A) a description of the professional 

16 science master’s degree program that the insti17 tution of higher education will implement; 

18 (B) the amount of funding from non-Fed19 eral sources, including from private industries, 

20 that the institution of higher education shall 

21 use to support the professional science master’s 

22 degree program; and 

23 (C) an assurance that the institution of 

24 higher education shall encourage students in 

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1 gram to apply for all forms of Federal assist2 ance available to such students, including appli3 cable graduate fellowships and student financial 

4 assistance under titles IV and VII of the High5 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et 

6 seq., 1133 et seq.). 

7 (3) PREFERENCE FOR APPLICANTS WITH AL8 TERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES.—The Director shall 

9 give preference in making awards to 4-year institu10 tions of higher education seeking Federal funding to 

11 create or improve professional science master’s de12 gree programs, to those applicants that secure more 

than 2 13 ⁄3 of the funding for such professional science 

14 master’s degree programs from sources other than 

15 the Federal Government. 

16 (4) NUMBER OF GRANTS; TIME PERIOD OF

17 GRANTS.— 

18 (A) NUMBER OF GRANTS.—Subject to the 

19 availability of appropriated funds, the Director 

20 shall award grants under paragraph (1) to a 

21 maximum of 200 4-year institutions of higher 

22 education. 

23 (B) TIME PERIOD OF GRANTS.—Grants 

24 awarded under this section shall be for one 3- 


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1 year term. Grants may be renewed only once 

2 for a maximum of 2 additional years. 

3 (5) EVALUATION AND REPORTS.— 

4 (A) DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE

5 BENCHMARKS.—Prior to the start of the grant 

6 program, the Director of the National Science 

7 Foundation, in collaboration with 4-year insti8 tutions of higher education (including applicable 

9 graduate schools and academic departments), 

10 and industries and Federal agencies that em11 ploy science-trained personnel, shall develop 

12 performance benchmarks to evaluate the pilot 

13 programs assisted by grants under this section. 

14 (B) EVALUATION.—For each year of the 

15 grant period, the Director, in consultation with 

16 4-year institutions of higher education (includ17 ing applicable graduate schools and academic 

18 departments), and industries and Federal agen19 cies that employ science-trained personnel, shall 

20 complete an evaluation of each program as21 sisted by grants under this section. Any pro22 gram that fails to satisfy the performance 

23 benchmarks developed under subparagraph (A) 

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1 (C) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the completion of an evaluation described 

3 in subparagraph (B), the Director shall submit 

4 a report to Congress that includes— 

5 (i) the results of the evaluation de6 scribed in subparagraph (B); and 

7 (ii) recommendations for administra8 tive and legislative action that could opti9 mize the effectiveness of the pilot pro10 grams, as the Director determines to be 

11 appropriate. 

12 (c) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION DE13 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘institution of higher 

14 education’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

15 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

16 1001(a)). 

17 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Within 

18 the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 

19 4001, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

20 this section— 

21 (1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

22 (2) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

23 (3) $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

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1 SEC. 4005. INCREASED SUPPORT FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION 

2 THROUGH THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDA3 TION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Within the amounts authorized to 

5 be appropriated by section 4001, there are authorized to 

6 be appropriated to carry out the science, mathematics, en7 gineering, and technology talent expansion program under 

8 section 8(7) of the National Science Foundation Author9 ization Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–368, 116 Stat. 

10 3042)— 

11 (1) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

12 (2) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

13 (3) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

14 (4) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

15 (b) PROMOTING OUTREACH AND HIGH QUALITY.— 

16 Section 8(7)(C) of the National Science Foundation Au17 thorization Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–368, 116 Stat. 

18 3042) is amended— 

19 (1) by redesignating clauses (i) through (vi) as 

20 subclauses (I) through (VI), respectively, and in21 denting appropriately; 

22 (2) by striking ‘‘include those that promote 

23 high quality—’’ and inserting ‘‘include programs 

24 that— 

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1 (3) in clause (i) (as inserted by paragraph 

2 (2))— 

3 (A) in subclause (III) (as redesignated by 

4 paragraph (1)), by striking ‘‘for students;’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘for students, especially underrep6 resented minority and female mathematics, 

7 science, engineering, and technology students;’’; 

8 (B) in subclause (V) (as redesignated by 

9 paragraph (1)), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 

10 semicolon; 

11 (C) in subclause (VI) (as redesignated by 

12 paragraph (1)), by striking ‘‘students.’’ and in13 serting ‘‘students; and’’; and 

14 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(VII) outreach programs that pro16 vide middle and secondary school students 

17 and their science and math teachers oppor18 tunities to increase the students’ and 

19 teachers’ exposure to engineering and tech20 nology;’’; and 

21 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(ii) finance summer internships for math23 ematics, science, engineering, and technology 

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1 ‘‘(iii) facilitate the hiring of additional 

2 mathematics, science, engineering, and tech3 nology faculty; and 

4 ‘‘(iv) serve as bridges to enable underrep5 resented minority and female secondary school 

6 students to obtain extra mathematics, science, 

7 engineering, and technology training prior to 

8 entering an institution of higher education.’’. 

9 SEC. 4006. MEETING CRITICAL NATIONAL SCIENCE NEEDS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other criteria, 

11 the Director of the National Science Foundation shall in12 clude consideration of the degree to which awards and re13 search activities that otherwise qualify for support by the 

14 National Science Foundation may assist in meeting crit15 ical national needs in innovation, competitiveness, the 

16 physical and natural sciences, technology, engineering, 

17 and mathematics. 

18 (b) PRIORITY TREATMENT.—The Director shall give 

19 priority in the selection of awards and the allocation of 

20 National Science Foundation resources to proposed re21 search activities, and grants funded under the National 

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1 matics, or that enhance competitiveness or innovation in 

2 the United States. 

3 (c) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

4 construed to restrict or bias the grant selection process 

5 against funding other areas of research deemed by the Na6 tional Science Foundation to be consistent with its man7 date nor to change the core mission of the National 

8 Science Foundation. 

9 SEC. 4007. REAFFIRMATION OF THE MERIT-REVIEW PROC10 ESS OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDA11 TION. 

12 Nothing in this division or division A, or the amend13 ments made by this division or division A, shall be inter14 preted to require or recommend that the National Science 

15 Foundation— 

16 (1) alter or modify its merit-review system or 

17 peer-review process; or 

18 (2) exclude the awarding of any proposal by 

19 means of the merit-review or peer-review process. 

20 SEC. 4008. EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COM21 PETITIVE RESEARCH. 

22 Within the amounts authorized to be appropriated by 

23 section 4001, there are authorized to be appropriated to 

24 the National Science Foundation for the Experimental 

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1 under section 113 of the National Science Foundation Au2 thorization Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1862g), for each of 

3 fiscal years 2008 through 2011, an amount equal to 

4 $125,000,000 increased for each such year by an amount 

5 equal to the percentage increase in the appropriation for 

6 the National Science Foundation for such fiscal year above 

7 the total amount appropriated to the National Science 

8 Foundation for fiscal year 2007. 

9 SEC. 4009. ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION. 

10 (a) MENTORING PROGRAM.—The Director of the Na11 tional Science Foundation shall establish a program to re12 cruit and provide mentors for women who are interested 

13 in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathe14 matics by pairing such women who are in science, tech15 nology, engineering, or mathematics programs of study in 

16 secondary school, community college, undergraduate or 

17 graduate school with mentors who are working in indus18 try. 

19 (b) ADDITIONAL LEARNING PROGRAM.—The Direc20 tor shall also establish a program to provide grants to 

21 community colleges to provide additional learning and 

22 other appropriate training to allow women to enter higher23 paying technical jobs in fields related to science, tech24 nology, engineering, or mathematics. 


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1 (c) APPLICATIONS.—An institution of higher edu2 cation, including a community college, desiring a grant 

3 under this section shall submit an application at such 

4 time, in such manner, and accompanied by such informa5 tion as the Director may require. 

6 (d) PROGRAM EVALUATION.—The Director shall es7 tablish metrics to evaluate the success of the programs 

8 established under subsections (a) and (b) annually and re9 port the findings and conclusions of the evaluations annu10 ally to Congress. 

11 SEC. 4010. CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE. 

12 In order to continue and expand efforts to ensure 

13 that research institutions throughout the Nation can fully 

14 participate in research programs of the National Science 

15 Foundation and collaborate with colleagues throughout 

16 the nation, the Director of the National Science Founda17 tion, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

18 Act, shall develop and publish a plan that describes the 

19 current status of broadband access for scientific research 

20 purposes in States located in EPSCoR-eligible jurisdic21 tions and outlines actions which can be taken to ensure 

22 that such connections are available to enable participation 

23 in those National Science Foundation programs which rely 

24 heavily on high-speed networking and collaborations 

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1 SEC. 4011. FEDERAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS 

2 TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH. 

3 (a) ADVANCED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

4 TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH.— 

5 (1) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION INFORMA6 TION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY RE7 SEARCH.—The Director of the National Science 

8 Foundation shall establish a program of basic re9 search in advanced information and communications 

10 technologies focused on enhancing or facilitating the 

11 availability and affordability of advanced commu12 nications services to all people of the United States. 

13 In developing and carrying out the program, the Di14 rector shall consult with the Board established under 

15 paragraph (2). 

16 (2) FEDERAL ADVANCED INFORMATION AND

17 COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH

18 BOARD.—There is established within the National 

19 Science Foundation a Federal Advanced Information 

20 and Communications Technology Research Board 

21 (referred to in this subsection as ‘‘the Board’’) 

22 which shall advise the Director of the National 

23 Science Foundation in carrying out the program au24 thorized under paragraph (1). The Board shall be 

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1 resentatives from the National Telecommunications 

2 and Information Administration, the Federal Com3 munications Commission, the National Institute of 

4 Standards and Technology, and the Department of 

5 Defense, and representatives from industry and edu6 cational institutions. 

7 (3) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Director of the Na8 tional Science Foundation, in consultation with the 

9 Board, shall award grants for basic research into ad10 vanced information and communications technologies 

11 that will contribute to enhancing or facilitating the 

12 availability and affordability of advanced commu13 nications services to all people of the United States. 

14 Areas of research to be supported through the 

15 grants include— 

16 (A) affordable broadband access, including 

17 wireless technologies; 

18 (B) network security and reliability; 

19 (C) communications interoperability; 

20 (D) networking protocols and architec21 tures, including resilience to outages or attacks; 

22 (E) trusted software; 

23 (F) privacy; 

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1 (H) low-power communications electronics; 

2 (I) implementation of equitable access to 

3 national advanced fiber optic research and edu4 cational networks in noncontiguous States; and 

5 (J) such other related areas as the Direc6 tor, in consultation with the Board, finds ap7 propriate. 

8 (4) CENTERS.—The Director shall award 

9 multiyear grants, subject to the availability of appro10 priations, to institutions of higher education (as de11 fined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act 

12 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), nonprofit research in13 stitutions affiliated with institutions of higher edu14 cation, or consortia thereof to establish multidisci15 plinary Centers for Communications Research. The 

16 purpose of the Centers shall be to generate innova17 tive approaches to problems in communications and 

18 information technology research, including the re19 search areas described in paragraph (3). Institutions 

20 of higher education, nonprofit research institutions 

21 affiliated with institutions of higher education, or 

22 consortia receiving such grants may partner with 1 

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1 (5) APPLICATIONS.—The Director of the Na2 tional Science Foundation, in consultation with the 

3 Board, shall establish criteria for the award of 

4 grants under paragraphs (3) and (4). Such grants 

5 shall be awarded under the programs on a merit-re6 viewed competitive basis. The Director shall give pri7 ority to grants that offer the potential for revolu8 tionary rather than evolutionary breakthroughs. 

9 (6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 Within the amounts authorized to be appropriated 

11 by section 4001, there are authorized to be appro12 priated to the National Science Foundation to carry 

13 out this subsection— 

14 (A) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

15 (B) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

16 (C) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

17 (D) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

18 (b) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

19 TECHNOLOGY RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of the 

20 National Institute of Standards and Technology shall con21 tinue to support research and support standards develop22 ment in advanced information and communications tech23 nologies focused on enhancing or facilitating the avail24 ability and affordability of advanced communications serv25 ices to all people of the United States, in order to impleVerDate Aug 31 2005 02:24 Mar 07, 2007 Jkt 59196 PO 00000 Frm 000189 Fmt 06652 Sfmt 06201 E:\BILLS\S761.PCS S761

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1 ment the Institute’s responsibilities under section 2(c)(12) 

2 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act 

3 (15 U.S.C. 272(c)(12)). The Director shall support intra4 mural research and cooperative research with institutions 

5 of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the 

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

7 industry. 

8 SEC. 4012. ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PRO9 GRAM. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10 of the National 

11 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

12 1862n–1) is amended— 

13 (1) in the section heading, by inserting 

14 ‘‘TEACHER’’ after ‘‘NOYCE’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘to provide scholar18 ships, stipends, and programming de19 signed’’; 

20 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and to provide schol21 arships and stipends to students partici22 pating in the program’’ after ‘‘science 

23 teachers’’; and 

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1 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

2 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

3 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

4 (i)— 

5 (aa) by striking ‘‘encourage 

6 top college juniors and seniors 

7 majoring in’’ and inserting ‘‘re8 cruit and prepare undergraduate 

9 students to pursue degrees in’’; 

10 and 

11 (bb) by striking ‘‘to become’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘and become quali13 fied as’’; 

14 (II) in clause (ii)— 

15 (aa) by striking ‘‘programs 

16 to help scholarship recipients’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘academic courses 

18 and clinical teaching experiences 

19 designed to prepare students par20 ticipating in the program’’; 

21 (bb) by striking ‘‘programs 

22 that will result in’’ and inserting 

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1 (cc) by striking ‘‘licensing; 

2 and’’ and inserting ‘‘licensing;’’; 

3 (III) in clause (iii)— 

4 (aa) by striking ‘‘scholarship 

5 recipients’’ and inserting ‘‘stu6 dents participating in the pro7 gram’’; 

8 (bb) by striking ‘‘enable the 

9 recipients’’ and inserting ‘‘enable 

10 the students’’; and 

11 (cc) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (IV) by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(iv) providing summer internships 

16 for freshman and sophomore students par17 ticipating in the program; or’’; and 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

19 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

20 (i)— 

21 (aa) by striking ‘‘encourage’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘recruit and pre23 pare’’; and 

24 (bb) by inserting ‘‘qualified 

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1 (II) by striking clause (ii) and in2 serting the following: 

3 ‘‘(ii) offering academic courses and 

4 clinical teaching experiences designed to 

5 prepare stipend recipients to teach in ele6 mentary schools and secondary schools, in7 cluding such preparation as necessary to 

8 meet requirements for teacher certification 

9 or licensing;’’; and 

10 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT.—To be eligi12 ble for an award under this section, an institution 

13 of higher education (or a consortium of such institu14 tions) shall ensure that specific faculty members and 

15 staff from the mathematics, science, or engineering 

16 department of the institution (or a participating in17 stitution of the consortium) and specific education 

18 faculty members of the institution (or such partici19 pating institution) are designated to carry out the 

20 development and implementation of the program. An 

21 institution of higher education (or consortium) may 

22 also include teachers to participate in developing the 

23 pedagogical content of the program and to supervise 

24 students participating in the program in their field 

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1 cation (or consortium) shall be eligible for an award 

2 unless faculty from the institution’s mathematics, 

3 science, or engineering department are active partici4 pants in the program.’’; 

5 (3) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘scholarship or 

9 stipend’’; 

10 (II) by inserting ‘‘and summer 

11 internships’’ after ‘‘number of scholar12 ships’’; and 

13 (III) by inserting ‘‘the type of ac14 tivities proposed for the recruitment 

15 of students to the program,’’ after 

16 ‘‘intends to award,’’; 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

18 (I) by striking ‘‘scholarship or 

19 stipend’’; and 

20 (II) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in21 serting ‘‘, which may include a de22 scription of any existing programs at 

23 the applicant’s institution that are 

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1 number of teachers graduated annu2 ally from such programs;’’; and 

3 (iii) by striking subparagraph (C) and 

4 inserting the following: 

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

6 and clinical teaching experiences required under 

7 subparagraph (A)(ii) or B)(ii) of subsection 

8 (a)(3), including— 

9 ‘‘(i) a description of the under10 graduate program that will enable a stu11 dent to graduate in 4 years with a major 

12 in mathematics, science, or engineering 

13 and to obtain teacher certification or li14 censing; 

15 ‘‘(ii) a description of clinical teaching 

16 experiences proposed; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) evidence of agreements between 

18 the applicant and the schools or school dis19 tricts that are identified as the locations at 

20 which clinical teaching experiences will 

21 occur; 

22 ‘‘(D) a description of the programs re23 quired under subparagraph (A)(iii) or (B)(iii) 

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1 sist new teachers in fulfilling their service re2 quirements under this section; and 

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

4 mathematics, science, or engineering faculty 

5 and its education faculty who will carry out the 

6 development and implementation of the pro7 gram as required under subsection (a)(4).’’; and 

8 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

10 (B) through (E) as subparagraphs (C) 

11 through (F), respectively; and 

12 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph 

13 (A) the following: 

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

15 mathematics, science, or engineering faculty 

16 and its education faculty have worked or will 

17 work collaboratively to design new or revised 

18 curricula that recognize the specialized peda19 gogy required to teach mathematics and science 

20 effectively in elementary schools and secondary 

21 schools;’’; 

22 (4) in subsection (c)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

24 (i) by striking ‘‘$7,500’’ and inserting 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘of scholarship sup2 port’’ and inserting ‘‘of scholarship sup3 port, unless the Director establishes a pol4 icy by which part-time students may re5 ceive additional years of support’’; and 

6 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, with 

7 a maximum service requirement of 4 years’’ 

8 after ‘‘was received’’; 

9 (5) in subsection (d)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and 

11 professional achievement’’ after ‘‘academic 

12 merit’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘for each 

14 year a stipend was received’’; 

15 (6) in subsection (g)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or sti17 pend’’ after scholarship; and 

18 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert19 ing the following: 

20 ‘‘(2) REPAYMENT FOR FAILURE TO COMPLETE

21 SERVICE.— 

22 ‘‘(A) LESS THAN 1 YEAR OF SERVICE.—If 

23 a circumstance described in paragraph (1) oc24 curs before the completion of 1 year of a service 

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1 total amount of awards received by the indi2 vidual under this section shall be treated as a 

3 loan payable to the Federal Government, con4 sistent with the provisions of part B or D of 

5 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

6 and shall be subject to repayment in accordance 

7 with terms and conditions specified by the Sec8 retary of Education in regulations promulgated 

9 to carry out this paragraph. 

10 ‘‘(B) 1 YEAR OR MORE OF SERVICE.—If a 

11 circumstance described in subparagraph (D) or 

12 (E) of paragraph (1) occurs after the comple13 tion of 1 year of a service obligation under this 

section, an amount equal to 1 14 ⁄2 of the sum of 

15 the total amount of awards received by the indi16 vidual under this section shall be treated as a 

17 loan payable to the Federal Government, con18 sistent with the provisions of part B or D of 

19 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

20 and shall be subject to repayment in accordance 

21 with terms and conditions specified by the Sec22 retary of Education in regulations promulgated 

23 to carry out this paragraph.’’; 

24 (7) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 

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1 (8) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(i) SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS SCHOLARSHIP

4 GIFT FUND.—In accordance with section 11(f) of the Na5 tional Science Foundation Act of 1950, the Director is au6 thorized to accept donations from the private sector to 

7 supplement, but not supplant, scholarships, stipends, or 

8 internships associated with the programs under this sec9 tion. 

10 ‘‘(j) ASSESSMENT OF TEACHER RETENTION.—Not 

11 later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the 

12 America COMPETES Act, the Director shall transmit to 

13 Congress a report on the effectiveness of the program car14 ried out under this section regarding the retention of par15 ticipants in the teaching profession beyond the service ob16 ligation required under this section.’’; 

17 (9) in subsection (k) (as redesignated by para18 graph (7))— 

19 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

20 through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (6), re21 spectively; 

22 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

23 following: 

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1 service agency (as defined in section 9101 of the El2 ementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965)— 

3 ‘‘(A)(i) that serves not less than 10,000 

4 children from low-income families; 

5 ‘‘(ii) for which not less than 20 percent of 

6 the children served by the agency are children 

7 from low-income families; or 

8 ‘‘(iii) with a total of less than 600 students 

9 in average daily attendance at the schools that 

10 are served by the agency, and all of whose 

11 schools are designated with a school locale code 

12 of 6, 7, or 8, as determined by the Secretary of 

13 Education; and 

14 ‘‘(B)(i) for which there is a higher percent15 age of teachers providing instruction in aca16 demic subject areas or grade levels for which 

17 the teachers are not highly qualified; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) for which there is a high teacher 

19 turnover rate or a high percentage of teachers 

20 with emergency, provisional, or temporary cer21 tification or licensure;’’; and 

22 (C) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by 

23 subparagraph (A)) by inserting ‘‘or had a ca24 reer’’ after ‘‘is working’’; and 

25 (10) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Within the amounts au3 thorized to be appropriated by section 4001 of the 

4 America COMPETES Act and except as provided in 

5 paragraph (2), there are authorized to be appro6 priated to the Director for the Robert Noyce Teach7 er Scholarship Program under this section— 

8 ‘‘(A) $117,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, of 

9 which at least $18,000,000 shall be used for ca10 pacity building activities described in clauses 

11 (ii) and (iii) of subsection (a)(3)(A) and clauses 

12 (ii) and (iii) of subsection (a)(3)(B); 

13 ‘‘(B) $130,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, of 

14 which at least $21,000,000 shall be used for 

15 such capacity building activities; 

16 ‘‘(C) $148,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, of 

17 which at least $24,000,000 shall be used for 

18 such capacity building activities; and 

19 ‘‘(D) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, of 

20 which at least $27,000,000 shall be used for 

21 such capacity building activities. 

22 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—For any fiscal year for 

23 which the funding allocated for activities under this 

24 section is less than $105,000,000, the amount of 

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1 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of para2 graph (1) shall not exceed 15 percent of the allo3 cated funds.’’. 

4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

5 (1) SECTION 4.—Section 4 of the National 

6 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 

7 U.S.C. 1862n note) is amended in the matter pre8 ceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘In this Act:’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘Except as otherwise provided, in this 

10 Act:’’. 

11 (2) SECTION 8.—Section 8(6) of the National 

12 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (Pub13 lic Law 107–368) is amended— 

14 (A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 

15 ‘‘TEACHER’’ after ‘‘NOYCE’’; and 

16 (B) by inserting ‘‘Teacher’’ after ‘‘Noyce’’. 

17 SEC. 4013. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE MATHE18 MATICS AND SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP PRO19 GRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

20 AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. 

21 It is the sense of the Senate that— 

22 (1) although the mathematics and science edu23 cation partnership program at the National Science 

24 Foundation and the mathematics and science part25 nership program at the Department of Education 


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1 practically share the same name, the 2 programs are 

2 intended to be complementary, not duplicative; 

3 (2) the National Science Foundation partner4 ship programs are innovative, model reform initia5 tives that move promising ideas in education from 

6 research into practice to improve teacher quality, de7 velop challenging curricula, and increase student 

8 achievement in mathematics and science, and Con9 gress intends that the National Science Foundation 

10 peer-reviewed partnership programs found to be ef11 fective should be put into wider practice by dissemi12 nation through the Department of Education part13 nership programs; and 

14 (3) the Director of the National Science Foun15 dation and the Secretary of Education should have 

16 ongoing collaboration to ensure that the 2 compo17 nents of this priority effort for mathematics and 

18 science education continue to work in concert for the 

19 benefit of States and local practitioners nationwide. 

20 SEC. 4014. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION TEACHER IN21 STITUTES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. 

22 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Within 

23 the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 

24 4001, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

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1 graphs (3) and (7) of section 9(a) of the National Science 

2 Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (as amended by 

3 subsection (b)) (42 U.S.C. 1862n(a))— 

4 (1) $84,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

5 (2) $94,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

6 (3) $106,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

7 (4) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

8 (b) TEACHER INSTITUTES FOR THE 21ST CEN9 TURY.—Section 9(a) of the National Science Foundation 

10 Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n(a)) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘summer 

13 or’’ and inserting ‘‘teacher institutes for the 21st 

14 century, as described in paragraph (7),’’; 

15 (2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para16 graph (8); and 

17 (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(7) TEACHER INSTITUTES FOR THE 21ST CEN20 TURY.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Teacher institutes for 

22 the 21st century carried out in accordance with 

23 paragraph (3)(B) shall— 


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1 ‘‘(i) be carried out in conjunction with 

2 a school served by the local educational 

3 agency in the partnership; 

4 ‘‘(ii) be science, technology, engineer5 ing, and mathematics focused institutes 

6 that provide professional development to 

7 elementary school and secondary school 

8 teachers during the summer; 

9 ‘‘(iii) serve teachers who are consid10 ered highly qualified (as defined in section 

11 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

12 Education Act of 1965), teach high-need 

13 subjects, and teach in high-need schools 

14 (as described in section 1114(a)(1) of the 

15 Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

16 of 1965); 

17 ‘‘(iv) focus on the theme and struc18 ture developed by the Director under sub19 paragraph (C); 

20 ‘‘(v) be content-based and build on 

21 school year curricula that are experiment22 oriented, content-based, and grounded in 

23 current research; 

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1 that are relevant to teaching the subject 

2 and content on which teachers are being 

3 trained, which may include training teach4 ers in the essential components of reading 

5 instruction for adolescents in order to im6 prove student reading skills within the sub7 ject areas of science, technology, engineer8 ing, and mathematics; 

9 ‘‘(vii) be a multiyear program that is 

10 conducted for a period of not less than 2 

11 weeks per year; 

12 ‘‘(viii) provide for direct interaction 

13 between participants in and faculty of the 

14 teacher institute; 

15 ‘‘(ix) have a component that includes 

16 the use of the Internet; 

17 ‘‘(x) provide for followup training in 

18 the classroom during the academic year for 

19 a period of not less than 3 days, which 

20 may or may not be consecutive, for partici21 pants in the teacher institute, except that 

22 for teachers in rural local educational 

23 agencies, the followup training may be pro24 vided through the Internet; 


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1 ‘‘(xi) provide teachers participating in 

2 the teacher institute with travel expense 

3 reimbursement and classroom materials re4 lated to the teacher institute, and may in5 clude providing stipends as necessary; and 

6 ‘‘(xii) establish a mechanism to pro7 vide supplemental support during the aca8 demic year for teacher institute partici9 pants to apply the knowledge and skills 

10 gained at the teacher institute. 

11 ‘‘(B) OPTIONAL MEMBERS OF THE PART12 NERSHIP.—In addition to the partnership re13 quirement under paragraph (2), an institution 

14 of higher education or eligible nonprofit organi15 zation (or consortium) desiring a grant for a 

16 teacher institute for the 21st century may also 

17 partner with a teacher organization, museum, 

18 or educational partnership organization. 

19 ‘‘(C) THEME AND STRUCTURE.—Each 

20 year, not later than 180 days before the appli21 cation deadline for a grant under this section, 

22 the Director shall, in consultation with a broad 

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1 stitutes of the 21st century supported under 

2 paragraph (3)(B).’’. 


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Calendar No. 70 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 761 

A BILL 

To invest in innovation and education to improve 

global economy. the competitiveness of the United States in the 

MARCH 6, 2007 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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