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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4186 

To provide for investment in innovation through scientific research and development, to improve the competitiveness of the United States, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 10, 2014 

Mr. BUCSHON (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To provide for investment in innovation through scientific 

research and development, to improve the competitiveness 

of the United States, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Tech6 nology Act of 2014’’ or the ‘‘FIRST Act of 2014’’. 


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

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 102. Findings. 

Sec. 103. Policy objectives. 

Sec. 104. Definitions. 

Sec. 105. Accountability and transparency. 

Sec. 106. Greater accountability in Federal funding for research. 

Sec. 107. Obligation of major research equipment and facilities construction 

funds. 

Sec. 108. Graduate student support. 

Sec. 109. Permissible support. 

Sec. 110. Expanding STEM opportunities. 

Sec. 111. Prohibition. 

Sec. 112. Review of education programs. 

Sec. 113. Recompetition of awards. 

Sec. 114. Sense of the Congress regarding industry investment in STEM education. 

Sec. 115. Misrepresentation of research results. 

Sec. 116. Citations supporting research grant applications. 

Sec. 117. Research grant conditions. 

Sec. 118. Computing resources study. 

Sec. 119. Scientific breakthrough prizes. 

Sec. 120. Rotating personnel. 

Sec. 121. Report of the NSB Task Force on Administrative Burden. 

Sec. 122. Sense of Congress regarding Innovation Corps. 

Sec. 123. United States-Israeli cooperation. 

Sec. 124. Sense of Congress regarding agricultural and drug interdisciplinary 

research. 

Sec. 125. Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative. 

TITLE II—SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND 

MATHEMATICS 

Sec. 201. Findings; sense of Congress. 

Sec. 202. STEM Education Advisory Panel. 

Sec. 203. Committee on STEM education. 

Sec. 204. STEM Education Coordinating Office. 

TITLE III—OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 

Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 302. Regulatory efficiency. 

Sec. 303. Public access to research articles and data. 

Sec. 304. Strategic plan for advanced manufacturing research and development. 

Sec. 305. Coordination of international science and technology partnerships. 

Sec. 306. Alternative research funding models. 

Sec. 307. Amendments to prize competitions. 


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TITLE IV—INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 

Subtitle A—NIST Reauthorization 

Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 402. Standards and conformity assessment and other transaction authority. 

Sec. 403. Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology. 

Sec. 404. Police and security authority. 

Sec. 405. International activities. 

Sec. 406. Education and outreach. 

Sec. 407. Programmatic planning report. 

Sec. 408. Assessments by the National Research Council. 

Sec. 409. Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership. 

Sec. 410. Elimination of obsolete reports. 

Sec. 411. Modifications to grants and cooperative agreements. 

Subtitle B—Innovative Approaches to Technology Transfer 

Sec. 421. Innovative approaches to technology transfer. 

TITLE V—NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

Sec. 501. Short title. 

Sec. 502. Program planning and coordination. 

Sec. 503. Large-scale research in areas of national importance. 

Sec. 504. Cyber-physical systems. 

Sec. 505. Cloud computing services for research. 

Sec. 506. National Coordination Office. 

Sec. 507. Improving networking and information technology education. 

Sec. 508. Conforming and technical amendments. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act— 

3 (1) the term ‘‘STEM’’ means the subjects of 

4 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; 

5 and 

6 (2) the term ‘‘STEM education’’ means edu7 cation in the subjects of STEM, including other aca8 demic subjects that build on these disciplines such 

9 as computer science and other academic subjects 

10 that a State identifies as important to the workforce 

11 of the State. 


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1 TITLE I—NATIONAL SCIENCE 

2 FOUNDATION 

3 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2014.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

6 appropriated to the Foundation $7,171,918,000 for 

7 fiscal year 2014. 

8 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

9 authorized by paragraph (1)— 

10 (A) $5,808,918,000 shall be made avail11 able to carry out research and related activities, 

12 including— 

13 (i) $742,930,000 for the Biological 

14 Science Directorate; 

15 (ii) $940,638,000 for the Computer 

16 and Information Science and Engineering 

17 Directorate; 

18 (iii) $890,170,000 for the Engineering 

19 Directorate; 

20 (iv) $1,265,840,000 for the Geo21 sciences Directorate; 

22 (v) $1,367,940,000 for the Mathe23 matical and Physical Science Directorate; 

24 (vi) $150,000,000 for the Social, Be25 havioral, and Economics Directorate; 


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1 (vii) $400,000,000 for the Inter2 national and Integrative Activities Direc3 torate; and 

4 (viii) $1,400,000 for the United 

5 States Arctic Commission; 

6 (B) $846,500,000 shall be made available 

7 for education and human resources; 

8 (C) $200,000,000 shall be made available 

9 for major research equipment and facilities con10 struction; 

11 (D) $298,000,000 shall be made available 

12 for agency operations and award management; 

13 (E) $4,300,000 shall be made available for 

14 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

15 (F) $14,200,000 shall be made available 

16 for the Office of Inspector General. 

17 (b) FISCAL YEAR 2015.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

19 appropriated to the Foundation $7,279,496,770 for 

20 fiscal year 2015. 

21 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

22 authorized by paragraph (1)— 

23 (A) $5,900,496,770 shall be made avail24 able to carry out research and related activities, 

25 including— 


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1 (i) $760,030,000 for the Biological 

2 Science Directorate; 

3 (ii) $963,186,770 for the Computer 

4 and Information Science and Engineering 

5 Directorate; 

6 (iii) $910,640,000 for the Engineering 

7 Directorate; 

8 (iv) $1,265,840,000 for the Geo9 sciences Directorate; 

10 (v) $1,399,400,000 for the Mathe11 matical and Physical Science Directorate; 

12 (vi) $150,000,000 for the Social, Be13 havioral, and Economics Directorate; 

14 (vii) $400,000,000 for the Inter15 national and Integrative Activities Direc16 torate; and 

17 (viii) $1,400,000 for the United 

18 States Arctic Commission; 

19 (B) $858,500,000 shall be made available 

20 for education and human resources; 

21 (C) $203,000,000 shall be made available 

22 for major research equipment and facilities con23 struction; 

24 (D) $298,000,000 shall be made available 

25 for agency operations and award management; 


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1 (E) $4,300,000 shall be made available for 

2 the Office of the National Science Board; and 

3 (F) $15,200,000 shall be made available 

4 for the Office of Inspector General. 

5 SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) Taxpayer-supported research investments 

8 administered by the Foundation should serve the na9 tional interest. 

10 (2) The Foundation has made major contribu11 tions for more than 50 years to strengthen and sus12 tain the Nation’s academic research enterprise. 

13 (3) The economic strength and national security 

14 of the United States, and the quality of life of all 

15 Americans, are grounded in the Nation’s scientific 

16 and technological capabilities. 

17 (4) Providing support for basic research is an 

18 investment in our Nation’s future security and eco19 nomic prosperity. 

20 (5) Congress applauds the Foundation’s rec21 ognition that wise stewardship of taxpayer dollars is 

22 necessary to maintain and ensure the public’s trust 

23 for funding of fundamental scientific and engineer24 ing research. 


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1 (6) Other nations are increasing their public in2 vestments in basic research in the physical sciences 

3 in order to boost long-term economic growth. 

4 (7) Longstanding United States leadership in 

5 supercomputing, genomics, nanoscience, photonics, 

6 quantum physics, and other key technological areas 

7 is jeopardized if United States investments in basic 

8 research in the natural sciences do not keep pace. 

9 (8) Redundant regulations and reporting re10 quirements imposed by Federal agencies on research 

11 institutions and researchers increase costs by tens of 

12 millions of dollars annually. 

13 (9) The Foundation carries out important func14 tions by supporting basic research in all science and 

15 engineering disciplines and in supporting science, 

16 mathematics, engineering, and technology education 

17 at all levels. 

18 (10) The research and education activities of 

19 the Foundation promote the discovery, integration, 

20 dissemination, and application of new knowledge in 

21 service to society and prepare future generations of 

22 scientists, mathematicians, and engineers who will 

23 be necessary to ensure America’s leadership in the 

24 global marketplace. 


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1 (11) The Foundation should meet the highest 

2 standards of efficiency, transparency, and account3 ability in its stewardship of public funds. 

4 (12) The Foundation is charged with the re5 sponsibilities— 

6 (A) to develop and encourage the pursuit 

7 of a national policy for the promotion of basic 

8 research and education in the sciences; 

9 (B) to initiate, support, and conduct basic 

10 scientific research and to appraise the impact of 

11 research on industrial development and the gen12 eral welfare; 

13 (C) to initiate, support, and conduct sci14 entific research activities in connection with 

15 matters relating to the national defense, at the 

16 request of the Secretary of Defense; 

17 (D) to award scholarships and graduate 

18 fellowships in the sciences; 

19 (E) to foster the interchange of scientific 

20 information among scientists and across sci21 entific disciplines; 

22 (F) to evaluate scientific research pro23 grams undertaken by agencies of the Federal 

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1 viduals and by public and private research 

2 groups; 

3 (G) to communicate effectively to Amer4 ican citizens the relevance of public investments 

5 in scientific discovery and technological innova6 tion to the Nation’s security, prosperity, and 

7 welfare; and 

8 (H) to establish such special commissions 

9 as the Board considers necessary. 

10 (13) The emerging global economic, scientific, 

11 and technical environment challenges long standing 

12 assumptions about domestic and international policy, 

13 requiring the Foundation to play a more proactive 

14 role in sustaining the competitive advantage of the 

15 United States through superior research capabilities. 

16 (14) Commercial application of the results of 

17 Federal investment in basic and computing science 

18 is consistent with longstanding United States tech19 nology transfer policy for cybersecurity and other 

20 homeland security applications, because of the ur21 gent needs of commercial, academic, and individual 

22 users, as well as the Federal and State governments. 


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1 SEC. 103. POLICY OBJECTIVES. 

2 In allocating resources made available under this 

3 title, the Foundation shall have the following policy objec4 tives: 

5 (1) To renew and maintain the Nation’s inter6 national leadership in science and technology by— 

7 (A) increasing the national investment in 

8 general scientific research and increasing inter9 disciplinary investment in strategic areas vital 

10 to the national interest; 

11 (B) balancing the Nation’s research port12 folio among the life sciences, mathematics, the 

13 physical sciences, computer and information 

14 science, geosciences, engineering, and social, be15 havioral, and economic sciences, all of which are 

16 important for the continued development of en17 abling technologies necessary for sustained eco18 nomic competitiveness; 

19 (C) encouraging investments in potentially 

20 transformative scientific research to benefit our 

21 Nation and its citizens; 

22 (D) expanding the pool of scientists and 

23 engineers in the United States, including among 

24 segments of the population that have been his25 torically underrepresented in STEM fields; and 


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1 (E) modernizing the Nation’s research in2 frastructure and establishing and maintaining 

3 cooperative international relationships with pre4 mier research institutions. 

5 (2) To increase overall workforce skills by— 

6 (A) improving the quality of STEM edu7 cation and tools provided both inside and out8 side of the classroom, particularly in kinder9 garten through grade 12; and 

10 (B) expanding STEM training opportuni11 ties at institutions of higher education. 

12 (3) To strengthen innovation by expanding the 

13 focus of competitiveness and innovation at the re14 gional and local level. 

15 SEC. 104. DEFINITIONS. 

16 In this title: 

17 (1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Na18 tional Science Board. 

19 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

20 the Director of the Foundation. 

21 (3) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 

22 means the National Science Foundation established 

23 under section 2 of the National Science Foundation 

24 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861). 


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1 (4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

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

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

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

5 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means one of 

6 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

7 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 

8 Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 

9 Northern Mariana Islands, or any other territory or 

10 possession of the United States. 

11 (6) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United 

12 States’’ means the several States, the District of Co13 lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Vir14 gin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Common15 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any 

16 other territory or possession of the United States. 

17 SEC. 105. ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. 

18 It is the sense of Congress that— 

19 (1) sustained, predictable Federal funding is es20 sential to United States leadership in science and 

21 technology; 

22 (2) building understanding of and confidence in 

23 investments in basic research are essential to public 

24 support for sustained, predictable Federal funding; 

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1 (3) the Foundation should commit itself fully to 

2 transparency and accountability and to clear, con3 sistent public communication regarding the national 

4 interest for each Foundation-awarded grant and co5 operative agreement. 

6 SEC. 106. GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY IN FEDERAL FUND7 ING FOR RESEARCH. 

8 (a) STANDARD FOR AWARD OF GRANTS.—The Foun9 dation shall award Federal funding for basic research and 

10 education in the sciences through a new research grant 

11 or cooperative agreement only if an affirmative determina12 tion is made by the Foundation under subsection (b) and 

13 written justification relating thereto is published under 

14 subsection (c). 

15 (b) DETERMINATION.—A determination referred to 

16 in subsection (a) is a determination by the responsible 

17 Foundation official as to why the research grant or coop18 erative agreement— 

19 (1) is worthy of Federal funding; and 

20 (2) is in the national interest, as indicated by 

21 having the potential to achieve— 

22 (A) increased economic competitiveness in 

23 the United States; 

24 (B) advancement of the health and welfare 

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1 (C) development of a STEM workforce and 

2 increased public scientific literacy in the United 

3 States; 

4 (D) increased partnerships between aca5 demia and industry in the United States; 

6 (E) support for the national defense of the 

7 United States; or 

8 (F) promotion of the progress of science in 

9 the United States. 

10 (c) WRITTEN JUSTIFICATION.—Public announce11 ment of each award of Federal funding described in sub12 section (a) shall include a written justification from the 

13 responsible Foundation official that a grant or cooperative 

14 agreement meets the requirements of subsection (b). 

15 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—A determination under sub16 section (b) shall be made after a research grant or cooper17 ative agreement proposal has satisfied the Foundation’s 

18 reviews for Merit and Broader Impacts. Nothing in this 

19 section shall be construed as altering the Foundation’s in20 tellectual merit or broader impacts criteria for evaluating 

21 grant applications. 

22 (e) POLICY.—Not later than 6 months after the date 

23 of enactment of this Act, the Board shall develop and the 

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1 fessional staff at the Foundation and applicants for Foun2 dation research grants on the policies developed. 

3 (f) NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REPORT.—Not later 

4 than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

5 the Board shall transmit a report to the Committee on 

6 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep7 resentatives and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

8 and Transportation of the Senate describing plans for im9 plementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d). 

10 (g) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall ensure 

12 that this section is properly applied by transmitting 

13 an annual report to the Board and to the Committee 

14 on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 

15 Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, 

16 Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 

17 (2) NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REVIEW.—Not 

18 later than 30 days after the transmission of an an19 nual report under this subsection, the Board shall 

20 transmit in writing its review of the findings of the 

21 Director’s report to the Committee on Science, 

22 Space, and Technology of the House of Representa23 tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

24 Transportation of the Senate. 


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1 SEC. 107. OBLIGATION OF MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT 

2 AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION FUNDS. 

3 No funds may be obligated for a fiscal year for a con4 struction project for the Foundation that has not com5 menced before the date of enactment of this Act until 30 

6 days after the report required with respect to each such 

7 fiscal year under section 14(a)(2) of the National Science 

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

9 4(a)(2)) is transmitted to the Congress. 

10 SEC. 108. GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT. 

11 Section 510(b) of the America COMPETES Reau12 thorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 1869 note) is amended 

13 to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(b) EQUAL TREATMENT OF IGERT AND GRF.— 

15 ‘‘(1) RATE OF FUNDING INCREASES.—For any 

16 fiscal year, the Director may only increase funding 

17 for the Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship 

18 program (or any successor thereto) over the previous 

19 fiscal year’s funding level at the same rate as a cor20 responding funding increase for the Foundation’s 

21 Integrative Graduate Education and Research 

22 Traineeship program (or any successor thereto). 

23 ‘‘(2) ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF IGERT.—The 

24 essential elements of the Foundation’s Integrative 

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1 gram (or any successor thereto) shall be maintained, 

2 including— 

3 ‘‘(A) collaborative research that transcends 

4 traditional disciplinary boundaries to solve large 

5 and complex research problems of significant 

6 scientific and societal importance; and 

7 ‘‘(B) providing students the opportunity to 

8 become leaders in the science and engineering 

9 of the future.’’. 

10 SEC. 109. PERMISSIBLE SUPPORT. 

11 A grant made by the Education and Human Re12 sources Directorate to support informal education may be 

13 used— 

14 (1) to support the participation of students in 

15 nonprofit competitions, out-of-school activities, and 

16 field experiences related to STEM subjects (such as 

17 robotics, science research, invention, mathematics, 

18 and technology competitions), including— 

19 (A) the purchase of parts and supplies 

20 needed to participate in such competitions; and 

21 (B) incentives and stipends for teachers 

22 and instructional leaders who are involved in 

23 assisting students and preparing students for 

24 such competitions, if such activities fall outside 


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1 the regular duties and responsibilities of such 

2 teachers and instructional leaders; and 

3 (2) to broaden secondary school students’ ac4 cess to, and interest in, careers that require aca5 demic preparation in STEM subjects. 

6 SEC. 110. EXPANDING STEM OPPORTUNITIES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Within the Directorate for Edu8 cation and Human Resources (or any successor thereto), 

9 under existing programs targeting broadening participa10 tion such as, but not limited to, Innovative Technology Ex11 periences for Students and Teachers, Advancing Informal 

12 STEM Learning, and ADVANCE, the Director shall pro13 vide grants on a merit-reviewed, competitive basis for re14 search on programming that engages underrepresented 

15 students in grades kindergarten through 8 in STEM in 

16 order to prepare these students to pursue undergraduate 

17 and graduate degrees or careers in STEM. 

18 (b) USE OF FUNDS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under this 

20 section shall be used toward research to advance the 

21 engagement of underrepresented students grades 

22 kindergarten through 8 in STEM through providing 

23 before-school, after-school, out-of-school, or summer 

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1 ronment, that are designed to encourage interest, 

2 engagement, and skills development of underrep3 resented students in STEM. Such research shall be 

4 conducted in learning environments that actively 

5 provide programming to underrepresented students 

6 in grades kindergarten through 8 in STEM. 

7 (2) PERMITTED ACTIVITIES.—Such activities 

8 may include— 

9 (A) the provision of programming de10 scribed in subsection (a) for the purpose of re11 search; 

12 (B) the use of a variety of engagement 

13 methods, including cooperative and hands-on 

14 learning; 

15 (C) exposure of underrepresented youth to 

16 role models in the fields of STEM and near17 peer mentors; 

18 (D) training of informal learning educators 

19 and youth-serving professionals using evidence20 based methods consistent with the target stu21 dent population being served; 

22 (E) education of students on the relevance 

23 and significance of STEM careers, provision of 

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1 designed to help students make real-world con2 nections to STEM content activities; 

3 (F) the attendance of underrepresented 

4 youth at events, competitions, and academic 

5 programs to provide content expertise and en6 courage career exposure in STEM; 

7 (G) activities designed to engage parents of 

8 underrepresented youth; 

9 (H) innovative strategies to engage under10 represented youth, such as using leadership 

11 skill outcome measures to encourage youth with 

12 the confidence to pursue STEM coursework and 

13 academic study; 

14 (I) coordination with STEM-rich environ15 ments, including other nonprofit, nongovern16 mental organizations, classroom and out-of17 classroom settings, institutions of higher edu18 cation, vocational facilities, corporations, muse19 ums, or science centers; and 

20 (J) the acquisition of instructional mate21 rials or technology-based tools to conduct appli22 cable grant activity. 

23 (c) APPLICATION.—An applicant seeking funding 

24 under the section shall submit an application at such time, 

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1 be required. The application shall include, at a minimum, 

2 the following: 

3 (1) A description of the target audience to be 

4 served by the program, including an explanation and 

5 justification for why the target group ought to be 

6 considered as underrepresented students in one or 

7 more of the STEM fields. 

8 (2) A description of the process for recruitment 

9 and selection of students. 

10 (3) A description of how such research activity 

11 may inform programming that engages underrep12 resented students in grades kindergarten through 8 

13 in STEM. 

14 (4) A description of how such research activity 

15 may inform programming that promotes student 

16 academic achievement in STEM. 

17 (5) An evaluation plan that includes, at a min18 imum, the use of outcome-oriented measures to de19 termine the impact and efficacy of programming 

20 being researched. 

21 (d) AWARDS.—In awarding grants under this section, 

22 the Director shall give priority to applicants which, for the 

23 purpose of grant activity, include or partner with a non24 profit, nongovernmental organization that has extensive 


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1 experience and expertise in increasing the participation of 

2 underrepresented students in STEM. 

3 (e) EVALUATIONS.—Each applicant that receives 

4 funds under this section shall provide, at the conclusion 

5 of every year during which the funds are received, an eval6 uation in a form prescribed by the Director. This evalua7 tion shall include both formative and summative evalua8 tion. 

9 (f) ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISSEMINATION.— 

10 (1) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 3 

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

12 Director shall evaluate the program established 

13 under this section. In addition to evaluating the ef14 fectiveness of the program, such evaluation shall— 

15 (A) use a common set of benchmarks and 

16 assessment tools to identify best practices and 

17 materials developed or demonstrated by the re18 search; and 

19 (B) to the extent practicable, combine the 

20 research resulting from the grant activity with 

21 the current research on serving underrep22 resented students in grades kindergarten 

23 through 8. 

24 (2) REPORT ON EVALUATIONS.—Not later than 

25 180 days after the completion of the evaluation 


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1 under paragraph (1), the Director shall submit to 

2 Congress and make widely available to the public a 

3 report that includes— 

4 (A) the results of the evaluation; and 

5 (B) any recommendations for administra6 tive and legislative action that could optimize 

7 the effectiveness of the program. 

8 (g) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the 

9 Director shall consult, cooperate, and coordinate, to en10 hance program effectiveness and to avoid duplication, with 

11 the programs and policies of other relevant Federal agen12 cies. 

13 SEC. 111. PROHIBITION. 

14 The Foundation may not implement any STEM edu15 cation program and activity changes proposed for the 

16 Foundation in the budget for fiscal year 2014 transmitted 

17 to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

18 States Code. 

19 SEC. 112. REVIEW OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall review the edu21 cation programs of the Foundation that are in operation 

22 as of the date of enactment of this Act to determine— 

23 (1) whether any of such programs duplicate tar24 get groups, services provided, fields of focus, or ob25 jectives; and 


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1 (2) how those programs are being evaluated 

2 and assessed for outcome-oriented effectiveness. 

3 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

4 of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter as part 

5 of the annual budget submission to Congress, the Director 

6 shall complete a report on the review carried out under 

7 this section and shall submit the report to the Committee 

8 on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on 

9 Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and to 

10 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor11 tation, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

12 Pensions, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

13 Senate. 

14 SEC. 113. RECOMPETITION OF AWARDS. 

15 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 

16 (1) the merit-reviewed competition of grant and 

17 award proposals is a hallmark of the Foundation 

18 grant and award making process; 

19 (2) the majority of Foundation-funded multius20 er facilities have transitioned to five-year cooperative 

21 agreements, and every five years the program officer 

22 responsible for the facility makes a recommendation 

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1 (3) requiring the recompetition of expiring 

2 awards is based on the conviction that competition 

3 is most likely to ensure the effective stewardship of 

4 Foundation funds for supporting research and edu5 cation. 

6 (b) RECOMPETITION.—The Director shall ensure that 

7 the system for recompetition of Maintenance and Oper8 ations of facilities, equipment and instrumentation is fair, 

9 consistent, and transparent and is applied in a manner 

10 that renews grants and awards in a timely manner. The 

11 Director shall periodically evaluate whether the criteria of 

12 the system are being applied in a manner that is trans13 parent, reliable, and valid. 

14 SEC. 114. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING INDUSTRY 

15 INVESTMENT IN STEM EDUCATION. 

16 It is the sense of Congress that— 

17 (1) in order to bolster the STEM workforce 

18 pipeline, many industry sectors are becoming in19 volved in K–12 initiatives and supporting under20 graduate and graduate work in STEM subject areas 

21 and fields; 

22 (2) partnerships with education providers, 

23 STEM focused competitions, and other opportunities 

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1 (3) understanding the work that private sector 

2 organizations are undertaking in STEM fields 

3 should inform the Federal Government’s role in 

4 STEM education; and 

5 (4) successful private sector STEM initiatives, 

6 as reflected by measurements of relevant outcomes, 

7 should be encouraged and supported by the Founda8 tion. 

9 SEC. 115. MISREPRESENTATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS. 

10 (a) CERTIFICATION.—As a condition of receiving a 

11 research grant from the Foundation, a principal investi12 gator shall sign a statement certifying that the findings 

13 and conclusions of any article authored by such principal 

14 investigator, using the results of the research conducted 

15 under the grant, that is published in a peer-reviewed publi16 cation, otherwise made publicly available, or incorporated 

17 in an application for a research grant or grant extension 

18 from the Foundation, will contain no falsification or fab19 rication and will be free of any plagiarism. 

20 (b) INVESTIGATION.—The Inspector General of the 

21 Foundation shall investigate suspected violations of a cer22 tification signed under subsection (a), and shall submit to 

23 the Director the results of such investigation, along with 

24 a recommendation with respect to whether a violation has 

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1 (c) DETERMINATION.—Based on the results of the in2 vestigation conducted under subsection (b), the Director 

3 shall make a determination of whether the principal inves4 tigator knowingly violated a certification signed pursuant 

5 to subsection (a). 

6 (d) 10-Year BAN.—If the Director determines under 

7 subsection (c) that a principal investigator knowingly vio8 lated a certification signed pursuant to subsection (a), the 

9 Foundation shall not, for a period determined by the Di10 rector of no less than 5 years and no more than 10 years, 

11 provide a research grant or research extension to such 

12 principal investigator, except as provided in subsection (f). 

13 (e) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 7 days after 

14 making a determination under subsection (c), the Director 

15 shall notify the principal investigator of such determina16 tion in writing. 

17 (f) APPEAL.—The Director shall establish a process 

18 by which a principal investigator may, within 30 days after 

19 receipt of a notification under subsection (e), appeal a de20 termination made under subsection (c) and a ban under 

21 subsection (d). If the Director concludes that the deter22 mination under subsection (c) was not correct, the Direc23 tor may reduce or eliminate the period of the ban under 

24 subsection (d) based on information provided in the appeal 

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1 under this subsection to a period less than 5 years, unless 

2 it is eliminated. 

3 (g) PUBLICATION.—The Director shall not make 

4 publicly available any determination made under sub5 section (c) that a knowing violation has occurred until 

6 after the later of the expiration of the 30-day period de7 scribed in subsection (f) or the end of an appeal process 

8 under subsection (f). At such time, the Director shall 

9 make publicly available any such determination, which 

10 shall include the name of the principal investigator. 

11 SEC. 116. CITATIONS SUPPORTING RESEARCH GRANT AP12 PLICATIONS. 

13 The portion of a peer-reviewed research grant appli14 cation to the Foundation supporting the credentials of the 

15 principal investigator may not include more than 5 cita16 tions to articles published by the principal investigator in 

17 a peer-reviewed publication. The Foundation may not con18 sider more than 5 citations to such articles in determining 

19 whether to award such a research grant. 

20 SEC. 117. RESEARCH GRANT CONDITIONS. 

21 The Foundation shall establish procedures to ensure 

22 that— 

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1 scientific aims and scope of any grant awarded to 

2 the same investigator by another Federal agency; 

3 (2) a principal investigator includes in any ap4 plication for a research grant awarded by the Foun5 dation a list of all Federal research funding received 

6 by the principal investigator, as well as any funding 

7 that is being requested as of that time; 

8 (3) unpublished research results used to sup9 port a grant proposal made to the Foundation do 

10 not include any knowing misrepresentations of data; 

11 (4) principal investigators who have received 

12 more than 5 years of Foundation funding at any 

13 point in their careers, other than graduate and post14 doctoral traineeship awards, are only awarded addi15 tional research grants by the Foundation if they will 

16 be contributing original, creative, and transformative 

17 research under the grant; and 

18 (5) principal investigators who receive Founda19 tion research grant funding under more than one 

20 grant at the same time have sufficient resources to 

21 conduct the proposed research under each of those 

22 grants appropriately under the terms of the grant. 

23 SEC. 118. COMPUTING RESOURCES STUDY. 

24 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

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1 Congress a report detailing the results of a study on the 

2 use of scientific computing resources funded by the Foun3 dation at institutions of higher education. Such study shall 

4 assess— 

5 (1) efficiencies that can be achieved by using 

6 shared scientific computing resources for projects 

7 that have similar scientific computing requirements 

8 or projects where specialized software solutions could 

9 be shared with other practitioners in the scientific 

10 community; 

11 (2) efficiencies that can be achieved by using 

12 shared hardware that can be cost effectively pro13 cured from cloud computing services; 

14 (3) efficiencies that can be achieved by using 

15 shared software from an open source repository or 

16 platform; and 

17 (4) cost savings that could be achieved by po18 tential sharing of scientific computing resources 

19 across all Foundation grants. 

20 SEC. 119. SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH PRIZES. 

21 The Director shall place a high priority on designing 

22 and administering pilot programs for scientific break23 through prizes, in conjunction with private entities, that 

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1 technological breakthroughs that are of strategic impor2 tance to the Nation, and have the capacity to spur new 

3 economic growth. 

4 SEC. 120. ROTATING PERSONNEL. 

5 The Director shall ensure that the cost to the Foun6 dation of employing individuals who are not permanent 

7 employees of the Foundation, including individuals em8 ployed pursuant to the Intergovernmental Personnel Act 

9 of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4701 note), does not exceed 110 per10 cent of the cost of employing permanent employees of the 

11 Foundation to perform the same functions. 

12 SEC. 121. REPORT OF THE NSB TASK FORCE ON ADMINIS13 TRATIVE BURDEN. 

14 The National Science Board Task Force on Adminis15 trative Burden shall provide a report to Congress on its 

16 activities, findings, and recommendations not later than 

17 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 122. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING INNOVATION 

19 CORPS. 

20 It is the sense of Congress that— 

21 (1) the Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I22 Corps) was established to foster a national innova23 tion ecosystem by encouraging institutions, sci24 entists, engineers, and entrepreneurs to identify and 

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1 Foundation-funded research well beyond the labora2 tory; 

3 (2) the Foundation’s I-Corps includes invest4 ment in entrepreneurship and commercialization 

5 education, training, and mentoring, ultimately lead6 ing to the practical deployment of technologies, 

7 products, processes, and services that improve the 

8 Nation’s competitiveness, promote economic growth, 

9 and benefit society; and 

10 (3) by building networks of entrepreneurs, edu11 cators, mentors, institutions, and collaborations, and 

12 supporting specialized education and training, I13 Corps is at the leading edge of a strong, lasting 

14 foundation for an American innovation ecosystem. 

15 SEC. 123. UNITED STATES-ISRAELI COOPERATION. 

16 Section 917(a) of the Energy Independence and Se17 curity Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17337(a)) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

19 (6); 

20 (2) by striking the period at the end of para21 graph (7) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘(8) the National Science Foundation of the 

24 United States should collaborate with the Israel 

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1 SEC. 124. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING AGRICUL2 TURAL AND DRUG INTERDISCIPLINARY RE3 SEARCH. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that the Foundation 

5 should support— 

6 (1) basic science research in the plant sciences 

7 that will identify and preserve valuable plant genes; 

8 and 

9 (2) interdisciplinary research to understand im10 portant basic research problems in the plant 

11 sciences. 

12 SEC. 125. BRAIN RESEARCH THROUGH ADVANCING INNO13 VATIVE NEUROTECHNOLOGIES INITIATIVE. 

14 The Foundation shall support research activities re15 lated to the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative 

16 Neurotechnologies Initiative. 

17 TITLE II—SCIENCE, TECH18 NOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND 

19 MATHEMATICS 

20 SEC. 201. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

21 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

22 (1) According to the National Science Board’s 

23 Science and Engineering Indicators, the science and 

24 engineering workforce has shown sustained growth 

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1 science and engineering degrees tend to earn more 

2 than comparable workers in other fields. 

3 (2) According to the Program for International 

4 Student Assessment 2012 results, America lags be5 hind many other nations in STEM education. Amer6 ican students rank 21st in science and 26th in 

7 mathematics. 

8 (3) Junior Achievement USA and ING recently 

9 found a decrease of 25 percent in the percentage of 

10 teenage students interested in STEM careers. 

11 (4) According to a 2007 report from the De12 partment of Labor, industries and firms dependent 

13 on a strong science and mathematics workforce have 

14 launched a variety of programs that target K–12 

15 students and undergraduate and graduate students 

16 in STEM fields. 

17 (5) The Federal Government spends nearly $3 

18 billion annually on STEM education related program 

19 and activities, but encouraging STEM education ac20 tivities beyond the scope of the Federal Government, 

21 including privately sponsored competitions and pro22 grams in our schools, is crucial to the future tech23 nical and economic competitiveness of the United 

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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con2 gress that— 

3 (1) more effective coordination and adoption of 

4 performance measurement based on objective out5 comes for federally supported STEM programs is 

6 needed; 

7 (2) leveraging private and nonprofit invest8 ments in STEM education will be essential to 

9 strengthening the Federal STEM portfolio; 

10 (3) strengthening the Federal STEM portfolio 

11 may require program consolidations and termi12 nations, but such changes should be based on evi13 dence with stakeholder input; 

14 (4) the President’s fiscal year 2014 budget pro15 posal did not adequately explain proposed program 

16 consolidations and terminations in the Federal 

17 STEM portfolio, nor did it elicit stakeholder input 

18 and outside expertise, resulting in the need for Con19 gress to limit the Administration’s implementation 

20 of that proposal; and 

21 (5) coordinating STEM programs and activities 

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1 eral STEM education programs, improve the return 

2 on taxpayers’ investments in STEM education pro3 grams, and in turn strengthen the United States 

4 economy. 

5 SEC. 202. STEM EDUCATION ADVISORY PANEL. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish 

7 or designate a STEM Education Advisory Panel that in8 corporates key stakeholders from the education and indus9 try sectors within the President’s Council of Advisors on 

10 Science and Technology. 

11 (b) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Advisory Panel estab12 lished or designated by the President under subsection (a) 

13 shall consist primarily of members from academic institu14 tions and industry and shall include in-school, out-of15 school, and informal educational practitioners. Members 

16 of the Advisory Panel shall be qualified to provide advice 

17 and information on STEM education research, develop18 ment, training, implementation, interventions, professional 

19 development, or workforce needs or concerns. In selecting 

20 or designating an Advisory Panel, the President may also 

21 seek and give consideration to recommendations from the 

22 Congress, industry, the scientific community (including 

23 the National Academy of Sciences, scientific professional 

24 societies, and academia), State and local governments, and 

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1 (c) DUTIES.—The Advisory Panel shall advise the 

2 President, the committee on STEM education established 

3 under the National Science and Technology Council, and 

4 the STEM Education Coordinating Office on matters re5 lating to STEM education, and shall each year provide 

6 general guidance to every Federal agency with STEM edu7 cation programs or activities, including in the preparation 

8 of requests for appropriations for activities related to 

9 STEM education. The Advisory Panel shall also assess— 

10 (1) trends and developments in STEM edu11 cation; 

12 (2) progress made in STEM education both in13 side and outside of the classroom; 

14 (3) criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of 

15 Federal STEM education programs and activities; 

16 (4) ways to encourage public private-partner17 ships to strengthen STEM education; 

18 (5) ways to leverage private and nonprofit in19 vestments and utilize expertise resulting from 

20 STEM-related competitions to help build the STEM 

21 education and workforce pipeline; 

22 (6) ways to incorporate workforce needs into 

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1 nating Office and the committee on STEM edu2 cation established under the National Science and 

3 Technology Council; and 

4 (8) whether societal and workforce concerns are 

5 adequately addressed by current Federal STEM 

6 education programs and activities. 

7 (d) REPORTS.—The Advisory Panel shall report, not 

8 less frequently than once every 2 fiscal years, to the Presi9 dent and Congress on its assessments under subsection 

10 (c) and its recommendations for ways to improve Federal 

11 STEM education programs. The first report under this 

12 subsection shall be submitted within 1 year after the date 

13 of enactment of this Act. 

14 (e) TRAVEL EXPENSES OF NON-FEDERAL MEM15 BERS.—Non-Federal members of the Advisory Panel, 

16 while attending meetings of the Advisory Panel or while 

17 otherwise serving at the request of the head of the Advi18 sory Panel away from their homes or regular places of 

19 business, may be allowed travel expenses, including per 

20 diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 

21 of title 5, United States Code, for individuals in the Gov22 ernment serving without pay. Nothing in this subsection 

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1 from being allowed travel expenses, including per diem in 

2 lieu of subsistence, in accordance with existing law. 

3 SEC. 203. COMMITTEE ON STEM EDUCATION. 

4 Section 101(b) of the America COMPETES Reau5 thorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6621(b)) is amended 

6 to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The committee described 

8 in subsection (a) shall develop recommendations for the 

9 STEM Education Coordinating office to consider. These 

10 recommendations shall focus on— 

11 ‘‘(1) priority areas for Federal funding in 

12 STEM education, which may include student en13 gagement, student retention, informal education, 

14 and teaching; 

15 ‘‘(2) access to innovations and expertise derived 

16 from agency activities across the Federal Govern17 ment; 

18 ‘‘(3) significant links among K–12 education, 

19 higher education, and industry; and 

20 ‘‘(4) the teaching of innovation and entrepre21 neurship as part of STEM education activities.’’. 

22 SEC. 204. STEM EDUCATION COORDINATING OFFICE. 

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the National 

24 Science Foundation shall establish within the Directorate 

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1 Coordinating Office, which shall have a Director and staff 

2 that shall include career employees detailed from Federal 

3 agencies that fund STEM education programs and activi4 ties. 

5 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The STEM Education Co6 ordinating Office shall— 

7 (1) coordinate the STEM education activities 

8 and programs of the Federal Government, including 

9 at the National Science Foundation, the Department 

10 of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Ad11 ministration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

12 Administration, the National Institute of Standards 

13 and Technology, the Environmental Protection 

14 Agency, and any other Federal agency with STEM 

15 education programs or activities; 

16 (2) coordinate STEM education activities and 

17 programs with the Office of Management and Budg18 et; 

19 (3) review STEM education activities and pro20 grams to ensure they are not redundant, overlap21 ping, or duplicative of similar efforts within the Fed22 eral Government; 

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1 STEM education established under the National 

2 Science and Technology Council, including docu3 mentation of assessments of the outcome-oriented ef4 fectiveness of such programs and activities and 

5 metrics used to evaluate those programs and activi6 ties; 

7 (5) provide technical and administrative support 

8 to the committee on STEM education established 

9 under the National Science and Technology Council 

10 and the Advisory Panel established under section 

11 202; and 

12 (6) serve as the point of contact on Federal 

13 STEM education activities for government agencies, 

14 academia, industry, professional societies, State 

15 STEM education programs, interested citizen 

16 groups, and other STEM stakeholders to exchange 

17 technical and programmatic information. 

18 (c) 3-Year STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The STEM Education Co20 ordinating Office shall— 

21 (A) at the time of the President’s budget 

22 request, and every 3 years thereafter, in con23 sultation with Federal agencies having STEM 

24 education programs or activities, the committee 

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1 tional Science and Technology Council, and the 

2 Advisory Panel established under section 202, 

3 update the Federal Government STEM edu4 cation strategic plan established in May 2013 

5 by the committee on STEM education estab6 lished under the National Science and Tech7 nology Council; and 

8 (B) coordinate the implementation of such 

9 plan through such agencies. 

10 (2) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan shall— 

11 (A) specify and prioritize annual and long12 term objectives, including a description of the 

13 role of each agency in supporting programs and 

14 activities designed to achieve the objectives; 

15 (B) specify the common metrics that will 

16 be used to assess progress toward achieving the 

17 objectives; and 

18 (C) describe the approaches that will be 

19 taken by each agency to assess the effectiveness 

20 of its STEM education programs and activities. 

21 (d) REPORT.—The Director of the STEM Education 

22 Coordinating Office shall transmit a report annually to 

23 Congress at the time of the President’s budget request. 

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1 (1) a description of the STEM education pro2 grams and activities across the Federal Government 

3 for the previous and current fiscal years, and the 

4 proposed programs and activities under the Presi5 dent’s budget request, of every Federal agency with 

6 STEM education programs or activities; 

7 (2) an evaluation of the extent of duplication 

8 and fragmentation of the programs and activities de9 scribed under paragraph (1), and any recommenda10 tions for consolidations or terminations to remedy 

11 those problems; 

12 (3) a description of ways the Federal Govern13 ment is leveraging private and nonprofit investments 

14 and utilizing expertise resulting from STEM-related 

15 competitions to build the STEM education workforce 

16 pipeline; and 

17 (4) a description of the progress made in car18 rying out the 3-year strategic plan, including a de19 scription of the outcome of any program assessments 

20 completed in the previous year, and any changes 

21 made to that plan since the previous annual report. 

22 (e) RESPONSIBILITIES OF NSF.—The Director of the 

23 National Science Foundation shall encourage and monitor 

24 the efforts of the STEM Education Coordinating Office 

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1 implemented effectively and that the objectives of the stra2 tegic plan are met. 

3 TITLE III—OFFICE OF SCIENCE 

4 AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 

5 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 There are authorized to be appropriated for the Of7 fice of Science and Technology Policy— 

8 (1) $5,555,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 

9 (2) $5,555,000 for fiscal year 2015. 

10 SEC. 302. REGULATORY EFFICIENCY. 

11 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con12 gress that— 

13 (1) high and increasing administrative burdens 

14 and costs in Federal research administration, par15 ticularly in the higher education sector where most 

16 federally sponsored research is performed, are erod17 ing funds available to carry out basic scientific re18 search; 

19 (2) progress has been made over the last decade 

20 in streamlining the pre-award grant application 

21 process through Grants.gov, the Federal Govern22 ment’s website portal; 

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1 pose agency-unique compliance and reporting re2 quirements on researchers and research institutions; 

3 (4) facilities and administration costs at re4 search universities can exceed 50 percent of the total 

5 value of Federal research grants, and it is estimated 

6 that nearly 30 percent of the funds invested annu7 ally in federally funded research is consumed by pa8 perwork and other administrative processes required 

9 by Federal agencies; 

10 (5) the Office of Management and Budget has 

11 recently released an omnibus grant administration 

12 regulation that allows agency-unique approaches and 

13 fails to provide necessary guidance for agencies to 

14 simplify, standardize, or consolidate common report15 ing and compliance requirements; and 

16 (6) it is a matter of critical importance to 

17 American competitiveness that administrative costs 

18 of federally funded research be streamlined so that 

19 a higher proportion of taxpayer dollars flow into di20 rect research activities. 

21 (b) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 

22 Science and Technology Policy shall establish a working 

23 group under the authority of the National Science and 

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1 reviewing Federal regulations affecting research and re2 search universities and making recommendations on how 

3 to— 

4 (1) harmonize, streamline, and eliminate dupli5 cative Federal regulations and reporting require6 ments; and 

7 (2) minimize the regulatory burden on United 

8 States institutions of higher education performing 

9 federally funded research while maintaining account10 ability for Federal tax dollars. 

11 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

12 of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 3 

13 years, the Director shall report to the Committee on 

14 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep15 resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

16 and Transportation of the Senate on what steps have been 

17 taken to carry out the recommendations of the working 

18 group established under subsection (b). 

19 SEC. 303. PUBLIC ACCESS TO RESEARCH ARTICLES AND 

20 DATA. 

21 (a) PUBLIC ACCESS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.— 

22 (1) PLAN.—Not later than 18 months after the 

23 date of enactment of this Act, the National Science 

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1 for the Federal science agencies to enable archiving 

2 and retrieving covered material in digital form for 

3 public availability in perpetuity. The plan shall— 

4 (A) provide a data-driven justification for 

5 the plan, including the embargo periods set 

6 under subsections (c)(2)(A) and (e); 

7 (B) be developed in a transparent and 

8 open manner; 

9 (C) indicate what procedures were followed 

10 to ensure that this process of developing the 

11 plan allowed for the full consideration of all 

12 stakeholder concerns; and 

13 (D) draw on information developed under 

14 section 103 of the America COMPETES Reau15 thorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6623). 

16 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Such policies, proce17 dures, and standards shall— 

18 (A) use existing information technology in19 frastructure to the extent practicable, including 

20 infrastructure of the National Center for Bio21 technology Information, the National Center for 

22 Atmospheric Research, and the private sector 

23 that facilitate public access to covered material; 

24 (B) minimize the cost of storing, archiving, 

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1 (C) minimize the burden of providing arti2 cles and data archiving, and of retrieving arti3 cles and data. 

4 (3) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—In developing poli5 cies, procedures, and standards under paragraph 

6 (1), the National Science and Technology Council 

7 shall use a transparent process for soliciting views 

8 from stakeholders, including federally funded re9 searchers, institutions of higher education, libraries, 

10 publishers, users of federally funded research re11 sults, and civil science society groups. 

12 (b) GRANT RECIPIENT REQUIREMENTS.—A recipient 

13 of a research grant made by a Federal science agency shall 

14 make, or enable others on their behalf to make, covered 

15 material associated with such grant available consistent 

16 with the policies, procedures, and standards established 

17 under subsection (a). 

18 (c) FEDERAL SCIENCE AGENCY REQUIREMENTS.— 

19 In implementing the policies, procedures, and standards 

20 established pursuant to subsection (a), each Federal 

21 science agency shall provide for— 

22 (1) submission of, or linking to, an electronic 

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1 (2) free online public access to such covered 

2 material— 

3 (A) in the case of a research article, con4 sistent with appropriate embargo periods but 

5 not later than 24 months after publication of 

6 the research article in a peer-reviewed publica7 tion; and 

8 (B) in the case of data used to support the 

9 findings and conclusions of such article, not 

10 later than 60 days after the article is published 

11 in a peer-reviewed publication; 

12 (3) implementation in a manner and format 

13 that enables and ensures full-text search, productive 

14 use, and long-term preservation; 

15 (4) production of an online bibliography of all 

16 research papers that are publicly accessible in its re17 pository, with each entry linking to the cor18 responding free online full text and supporting data; 

19 and 

20 (5) access to all data that is used directly or in21 directly by the agency to support the promulgation 

22 of a Federal regulation. 

23 (d) REVIEW.—At least once every 5 years, the Na24 tional Science and Technology Council shall review the 

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1 section (a) and revise such policies, procedures, and stand2 ards as appropriate. 

3 (e) EXTENSION.—Each Federal science agency may 

4 extend the time period specified in subsection (c)(2)(A) 

5 by 6 to 12 months, in consultation with the stakeholders 

6 described in subsection (a)(3), if the agency head, or des7 ignee, determines that the scientific field and stakeholders 

8 described in subsection (a)(3) will be uniquely harmed 

9 without such extension. 

10 (f) PATENT OR COPYRIGHT LAW.—Except as pro11 vided in this section, nothing in this section shall be con12 strued to affect any right under the provisions of title 17 

13 or title 35, United States Code. 

14 (g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

15 (1) COVERED MATERIAL.—The term ‘‘covered 

16 material’’ means— 

17 (A) a manuscript of an article accepted for 

18 publication in a peer-reviewed publication that 

19 results from research funded by a grant from a 

20 Federal science agency; and 

21 (B) data that was used to support the 

22 findings and conclusions of such article, except 

23 for data that is protected from disclosure under 

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1 (2) DATA.—The term ‘‘data’’ includes raw 

2 data, computer code, and algorithms, but does not 

3 include— 

4 (A) commercially available software used 

5 to analyze the data or code; 

6 (B) preliminary work and analyses; 

7 (C) drafts of scientific papers not accepted 

8 or intended for publication; or 

9 (D) plans for future research. 

10 (3) FEDERAL SCIENCE AGENCY.—The term 

11 ‘‘Federal science agency’’ means— 

12 (A) the National Aeronautics and Space 

13 Administration; 

14 (B) the National Science Foundation; 

15 (C) the National Institute of Standards 

16 and Technology; and 

17 (D) the National Weather Service. 

18 (4) PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATION.—The term 

19 ‘‘peer-reviewed publication’’ means a publication for 

20 which articles are assigned to at least 1 external re21 viewer to assess the validity of the articles’ scientific 

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1 SEC. 304. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ADVANCED MANUFAC2 TURING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

3 Section 102 of the America COMPETES Reauthor4 ization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6622) is amended to read 

5 as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 102. COORDINATION OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING 

7 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

8 ‘‘(a) INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.—The Director shall 

9 establish or designate a Committee on Technology under 

10 the National Science and Technology Council. The Com11 mittee shall be responsible for planning and coordinating 

12 Federal programs and activities in advanced manufac13 turing research and development. 

14 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMITTEE.—The Com15 mittee shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) coordinate the advanced manufacturing re17 search and development programs and activities of 

18 the Federal agencies, in consultation with the Na19 tional Economic Council; 

20 ‘‘(2) establish goals and priorities for advanced 

21 manufacturing research and development that will 

22 strengthen United States manufacturing; 

23 ‘‘(3) work with industry organizations, Federal 

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1 cal barriers within the Federal Government and 

2 State governments that inhibit United States ad3 vanced manufacturing; 

4 ‘‘(4) facilitate the transfer of intellectual prop5 erty and technology based on federally supported 

6 university research into commercialization and man7 ufacturing; 

8 ‘‘(5) identify technological, market, or business 

9 challenges that may best be addressed by public-pri10 vate partnerships, and are likely to attract both par11 ticipation and primary funding from industry; 

12 ‘‘(6) encourage the formation of public-private 

13 partnerships to respond to those challenges for tran14 sition for United States advanced manufacturing; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(7) develop, and update every 4 years, a stra17 tegic plan to guide Federal programs and activities 

18 in support of advanced manufacturing research and 

19 development, which shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) specify and prioritize near-term and 

21 long-term research and development objectives, 

22 the anticipated time frame for achieving the ob23 jectives, and the metrics for use in assessing 

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1 ‘‘(B) describe the progress made in achiev2 ing the objectives from the National Strategic 

3 Plan for Advanced Manufacturing issued in 

4 February 2012 and any subsequent updates, in5 cluding a discussion of why specific objectives 

6 were not met; 

7 ‘‘(C) specify the role and budget resources 

8 of each Federal agency in carrying out or spon9 soring research and development to meet the 

10 objectives of the strategic plan; 

11 ‘‘(D) describe how the Federal agencies 

12 and Federally Funded Research and Develop13 ment Centers supporting advanced manufac14 turing research and development will foster the 

15 transfer of research and development results 

16 into new manufacturing technologies and 

17 United States based manufacturing of new 

18 products and processes for the benefit of society 

19 to ensure national, energy, and economic secu20 rity; 

21 ‘‘(E) describe how Federal agencies and 

22 Federally Funded Research and Development 

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1 programs to ensure an adequate, well-trained 

2 workforce; 

3 ‘‘(F) describe how the Federal agencies 

4 and Federally Funded Research and Develop5 ment Centers supporting advanced manufac6 turing research and development will assist 

7 small- and medium-sized manufacturers in de8 veloping and implementing new products and 

9 processes; 

10 ‘‘(G) analyze factors that impact innova11 tion and competitiveness for United States ad12 vanced manufacturing, including— 

13 ‘‘(i) technology transfer and commer14 cialization activities; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the adequacy of the national se16 curity industrial base; 

17 ‘‘(iii) the capabilities of the domestic 

18 manufacturing workforce; 

19 ‘‘(iv) export opportunities and trade 

20 policies; 

21 ‘‘(v) financing, investment, and tax22 ation policies and practices; 

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1 ‘‘(vii) advanced manufacturing re2 search and development undertaken by 

3 competing nations; and 

4 ‘‘(H) elicit and consider the recommenda5 tions of a wide range of stakeholders, including 

6 representatives from diverse manufacturing 

7 companies, academia, and other relevant orga8 nizations and institutions. 

9 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

10 of enactment of the FIRST Act of 2014, the Director shall 

11 transmit the initial strategic plan developed under sub12 section (b)(7) to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

13 and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 

14 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep15 resentatives, which shall update the National Strategic 

16 Plan for Advanced Manufacturing issued in February 

17 2012. Subsequent updates of this strategic plan shall be 

18 transmitted to those committees and posted on a public 

19 website not later than May 1, 2018, and every 4 years 

20 thereafter. 

21 ‘‘(d) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The President’s Coun22 cil of Advisors for Science and Technology shall appoint 

23 an advisory committee of private sector leaders to provide 

24 input, perspective, and recommendations to assist in the 

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1 reported under subsection (c). Such panel shall have no 

2 more than 15 members, and shall include representatives 

3 of manufacturing businesses, the manufacturing work4 force, academia, and groups representing interests af5 fected by manufacturing activities. 

6 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT TO CONSIDER STRATEGY IN THE

7 BUDGET.—In preparing the budget for a fiscal year under 

8 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Presi9 dent shall include information regarding the consistency 

10 of the budget with the goals and recommendations for 

11 United States advanced manufacturing that are developed 

12 under this section.’’. 

13 SEC. 305. COORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE 

14 AND TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS. 

15 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Office of 

16 Science and Technology Policy shall establish a body 

17 under the National Science and Technology Council with 

18 the responsibility to identify and coordinate international 

19 science and technology cooperation that can strengthen 

20 the United States science and technology enterprise, im21 prove economic and national security, and support United 

22 States foreign policy goals. 

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1 level officials from the Office of Science and Technology 

2 Policy and the Department of State. 

3 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The body established under 

4 subsection (a) shall— 

5 (1) plan and coordinate interagency inter6 national science and technology cooperative research 

7 and training activities and partnerships supported or 

8 managed by Federal agencies and work with other 

9 National Science and Technology Council commit10 tees to help plan and coordinate the international 

11 component of national science and technology prior12 ities; 

13 (2) establish Federal priorities and policies for 

14 aligning, as appropriate, international science and 

15 technology cooperative research and training activi16 ties and partnerships supported or managed by Fed17 eral agencies with the foreign policy goals of the 

18 United States; 

19 (3) identify opportunities for new international 

20 science and technology cooperative research and 

21 training partnerships that advance both the science 

22 and technology and the foreign policy priorities of 

23 the United States; 

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1 technology stakeholders, including universities, sci2 entific and professional societies, industry, and rel3 evant organizations and institutions; and 

4 (5) identify broad issues that influence the abil5 ity of United States scientists and engineers to col6 laborate with foreign counterparts, including bar7 riers to collaboration and access to scientific infor8 mation. 

9 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the Of10 fice of Science and Technology Policy shall transmit a re11 port, to be updated annually, to the Committee on Science, 

12 Space, and Technology and the Committee on Foreign Af13 fairs of the House of Representatives, and to the Com14 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 

15 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. The report 

16 shall also be made available to the public on the reporting 

17 agency’s website. The report shall contain a description 

18 of— 

19 (1) the priorities and policies established under 

20 subsection (c)(2); 

21 (2) the ongoing and new partnerships estab22 lished since the last update to the report; 

23 (3) the means by which stakeholder input was 

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1 (4) the issues influencing the ability of United 

2 States scientists and engineers to collaborate with 

3 foreign counterparts. 

4 SEC. 306. ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH FUNDING MODELS. 

5 (a) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The heads of 

6 Federal science agencies, in consultation with the Director 

7 of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall con8 duct appropriate pilot programs to validate alternative re9 search funding models, including— 

10 (1) scientific breakthrough prize programs that 

11 are of strategic importance to the Nation and have 

12 the capacity to spur new economic growth; and 

13 (2) novel mechanisms of funding including ob14 taining non-Federal funds through crowd source 

15 funding. 

16 (b) NON-FEDERAL PARTNERS.—A pilot program 

17 may be conducted under this section through an agree18 ment, grant, or contractual relationship with a non-Fed19 eral entity regarding the design, administration, and fund20 ing of the program. 

21 (c) PRIZE COMPETITION JUDGES.— 

22 (1) REQUIREMENTS.—Judges for a prize com23 petition carried out under this section shall not be 

24 required to be Federal employees. An individual who 

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1 under this section who is not a Federal employee 

2 shall be required to sign an agreement, developed by 

3 the Office of Science and Technology Policy, with re4 spect to nondisclosure, conflict of interest, and judg5 ing code of conduct requirements. All judges shall be 

6 required to disclose all personal financial interests. 

7 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 

8 days after the Office of Science and Technology Pol9 icy completes development of an agreement under 

10 paragraph (1), it shall transmit a report to Congress 

11 describing the requirements of such agreement. 

12 (d) PUBLIC NOTICE.—The heads of Federal science 

13 agencies shall widely advertise prize competitions to be 

14 conducted under this section to ensure maximum partici15 pation. 

16 (e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 

17 term ‘‘Federal science agency’’ means— 

18 (1) the National Aeronautics and Space Admin19 istration; 

20 (2) the National Science Foundation; 

21 (3) the National Institute of Standards and 

22 Technology; and 

23 (4) the National Weather Service. 

24 (f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 

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1 thereafter as part of the annual budget submission to Con2 gress, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 

3 Policy shall transmit to the Congress a report on pro4 grams identified and conducted under subsection (a). 

5 SEC. 307. AMENDMENTS TO PRIZE COMPETITIONS. 

6 Section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Inno7 vation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) by inserting ‘‘competition’’ after ‘‘sec10 tion, a prize’’; 

11 (B) by inserting ‘‘types’’ after ‘‘following’’; 

12 and 

13 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘prizes’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘prize competitions’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (f)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘in the Federal Register’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘on a publicly accessible Govern18 ment website, such as www.challenge.gov,’’; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘prize’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘cash prize purse’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘prize’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘cash prize purse’’; 

23 (4) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘prize’’ be24 fore ‘‘competition’’ both places it appears; 

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1 (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting 

2 ‘‘prize’’ before ‘‘competition’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting 

4 ‘‘prize’’ before ‘‘competition’’ both places it ap5 pears; 

6 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

7 paragraph (4); and 

8 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

9 following new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(3) WAIVER.—An agency may waive the re11 quirement under paragraph (2). The annual report 

12 under subsection (p) shall include a list of such 

13 waivers granted during the preceding fiscal year, 

14 along with a detailed explanation of the reasons for 

15 granting the waivers.’’; 

16 (6) in subsection (k)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting 

18 ‘‘prize’’ before ‘‘competition’’; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘prize’’ 

20 before ‘‘competitions’’ both places it appears; 

21 (7) in subsection (l), by striking all after ‘‘may 

22 enter into’’ and inserting ‘‘a grant, contract, cooper23 ative agreement, or other agreement with a private 

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1 prize competition, subject to the provisions of this 

2 section.’’; 

3 (8) in subsection (m)— 

4 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

5 follows: 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Support for a prize com7 petition under this section, including financial sup8 port for the design and administration of a prize 

9 competition or funds for a cash prize purse, may 

10 consist of Federal appropriated funds and funds 

11 provided by private sector for-profit and nonprofit 

12 entities. The head of an agency may accept funds 

13 from other Federal agencies, private sector for-profit 

14 entities, and nonprofit entities to support such prize 

15 competitions. The head of an agency may not give 

16 any special consideration to any private sector for17 profit or nonprofit entity in return for a donation.’’; 

18 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘prize 

19 awards’’ and inserting ‘‘cash prize purses’’; 

20 (C) in paragraph (3)(A)— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘No prize’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘No prize competition’’; and 

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1 (D) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘a 

2 prize’’ and inserting ‘‘a cash prize purse’’; 

3 (E) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by inserting 

4 ‘‘competition’’ after ‘‘prize’’; 

5 (F) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘a 

6 prize’’ and inserting ‘‘a cash prize purse’’; and 

7 (G) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘cash 

8 prizes’’ and inserting ‘‘cash prize purses’’; 

9 (9) in subsection (n), by inserting ‘‘for both for10 profit and nonprofit entities,’’ after ‘‘contract vehi11 cle’’; 

12 (10) in subsection (o)(1), by striking ‘‘or pro13 viding a prize’’ and insert ‘‘a prize competition or 

14 providing a cash prize purse’’; and 

15 (11) in subsection (p)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘cash 

16 prizes’’ both places it occurs and inserting ‘‘cash 

17 prize purses’’. 

18 TITLE IV—INNOVATION AND 

19 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 

20 Subtitle A—NIST Reauthorization 

21 SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2014.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

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1 $850,000,000 for the National Institute of Stand2 ards and Technology for fiscal year 2014. 

3 (2) SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 

4 authorized by paragraph (1)— 

5 (A) $651,000,000 shall be for scientific 

6 and technical research and services laboratory 

7 activities; 

8 (B) $56,000,000 shall be for the construc9 tion and maintenance of facilities; and 

10 (C) $143,000,000 shall be for industrial 

11 technology services activities, of which 

12 $128,000,000 shall be for the Manufacturing 

13 Extension Partnership program under sections 

14 25 and 26 of the National Institute of Stand15 ards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k and 

16 278l). 

17 (b) FISCAL YEAR 2015.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

19 appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce 

20 $862,750,000 for the National Institute of Stand21 ards and Technology for fiscal year 2015. 

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1 (A) $660,765,000 shall be for scientific 

2 and technical research and services laboratory 

3 activities; 

4 (B) $56,840,000 shall be for the construc5 tion and maintenance of facilities; and 

6 (C) $145,145,000 shall be for industrial 

7 technology services activities, of which 

8 $129,920,000 shall be for the Manufacturing 

9 Extension Partnership program under sections 

10 25 and 26 of the National Institute of Stand11 ards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k and 

12 278l). 

13 SEC. 402. STANDARDS AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT AND 

14 OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY. 

15 Section 2 of the National Institute of Standards and 

16 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 272) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

19 by striking ‘‘authorized to take’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘authorized to serve as the President’s principal 

21 adviser on standards policy pertaining to the 

22 Nation’s technological competitiveness and in23 novation ability and to take’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘compare 

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1 eral Government’’ and inserting ‘‘facilitate 

2 standards-related information sharing and co3 operation between Federal agencies’’; 

4 (C) by striking paragraph (4) and insert5 ing the following: 

6 ‘‘(4) to enter into and perform such contracts, 

7 cooperative research and development arrangements, 

8 grants, cooperative agreements, leases, or other 

9 transactions as may be necessary in the conduct of 

10 its work and on such terms as it may consider ap11 propriate in furtherance of the purposes of this 

12 Act;’’; and 

13 (D) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘Fed14 eral, State, and local’’ and all that follows 

15 through ‘‘private sector’’ and inserting ‘‘tech16 nical standards activities and conformity assess17 ment activities of Federal, State, and local gov18 ernments with private sector’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (c)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (21), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

21 after the semicolon; 

22 (B) by redesignating paragraph (22) as 

23 paragraph (24); and 

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1 ‘‘(22) participate in and support scientific and 

2 technical conferences; 

3 ‘‘(23) perform pre-competitive measurement 

4 science and technology research in partnership with 

5 institutions of higher education and industry to pro6 mote United States industrial competitiveness; and’’. 

7 SEC. 403. VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECH8 NOLOGY. 

9 Section 10 of the National Institute of Standards and 

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

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘15 members’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘not fewer than 9 members’’; 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘at least 10’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘at least three-fifths’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘The Committee may consult with the National 

18 Research Council in making recommendations 

19 regarding general policy for the Institute.’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (h)(1), by striking ‘‘, including 

21 the Program established under section 28,’’. 

22 SEC. 404. POLICE AND SECURITY AUTHORITY. 

23 Section 15 of the National Institute of Standards and 

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1 (1) by striking ‘‘of the Government; and’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘of the Government;’’; and 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘United States Code.’’ and in4 serting ‘‘United States Code; and (i) for the protec5 tion of Institute buildings and other plant facilities, 

6 equipment, and property, and of employees, associ7 ates, visitors, or other persons located therein or as8 sociated therewith, notwithstanding any other provi9 sion of law, the direction of such of the officers and 

10 employees of the Institute as the Secretary considers 

11 necessary in the public interest to carry firearms 

12 while in the conduct of their official duties, and the 

13 authorization of employees of contractors and sub14 contractors of the Institute who are engaged in the 

15 protection of property owned by the United States, 

16 and located at facilities owned by, leased by, used 

17 by, or under the control of the United States, to 

18 carry firearms while in the conduct of their official 

19 duties, and, under regulations prescribed by the Sec20 retary and approved by the Attorney General, the 

21 authorization of officers and employees of the Insti22 tute and of its contractors and subcontractors au23 thorized to carry firearms to arrest without warrant 

24 for any offense against the United States committed 

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1 the laws of the United States if they have reasonable 

2 grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has 

3 committed or is committing such felony, provided 

4 that such authority to make arrests may be exer5 cised only while guarding and protecting buildings 

6 and other plant facilities, equipment, and property 

7 owned or leased by, used by, or under the control of 

8 the United States under the administration and con9 trol of the Secretary’’. 

10 SEC. 405. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 

11 Section 17(a) of the National Institute of Standards 

12 and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g(a)) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘financial assistance,’’ and in14 serting ‘‘financial and logistical assistance,’’; and 

15 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Finan16 cial and logistical assistance may include transpor17 tation to and from the Institute of foreign dig18 nitaries and representatives of foreign national me19 trology institutes.’’. 

20 SEC. 406. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Institute of Stand22 ards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.) is 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 18. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director may support, pro3 mote, and coordinate activities and efforts to enhance pub4 lic awareness and understanding of measurement sciences, 

5 standards, and technology by the general public, industry, 

6 and academia in support of the Institute’s mission. 

7 ‘‘(b) RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may award 

9 research fellowships and other forms of financial and 

10 logistical assistance, including direct stipend awards, 

11 to— 

12 ‘‘(A) students at institutions of higher edu13 cation within the United States who show 

14 promise as present or future contributors to the 

15 mission of the Institute; and 

16 ‘‘(B) United States citizens for research 

17 and technical activities of the Institute. 

18 ‘‘(2) SELECTION.—The Director shall select 

19 persons to receive such fellowships and assistance on 

20 the basis of ability and of the relevance of the pro21 posed work to the mission and programs of the In22 stitute. 

23 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this 

24 subsection, financial and logistical assistance in25 cludes, notwithstanding section 1345 of title 31, 

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1 law, temporary housing and local transportation to 

2 and from the Institute facilities. 

3 ‘‘(c) POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.—The 

4 Director shall establish and conduct a post-doctoral fellow5 ship program, subject to the availability of appropriations, 

6 that shall include not less than 20 nor more than 120 new 

7 fellows per fiscal year. In evaluating applications for fel8 lowships under this subsection, the Director shall give con9 sideration to the goal of promoting the participation of 

10 underrepresented minorities in research areas supported 

11 by the Institute.’’. 

12 (b) PROHIBITION.—The National Institute of Stand13 ards and Technology may not implement any STEM edu14 cation program and activity changes proposed for the In15 stitute in the budget for fiscal year 2014 transmitted to 

16 Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

17 Code. 

18 SEC. 407. PROGRAMMATIC PLANNING REPORT. 

19 Section 23(d) of the National Institute of Standards 

20 and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278i(d)) is amended by 

21 adding at the end the following: ‘‘The 3-year pro22 grammatic planning document shall also describe how the 

23 Director is addressing recommendations from the Visiting 

24 Committee on Advanced Technology established under 

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1 SEC. 408. ASSESSMENTS BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH 

2 COUNCIL. 

3 Section 24 of the National Institute of Standards and 

4 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278j) is amended to read as 

5 follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 24. ASSESSMENTS BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH 

7 COUNCIL. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Institute shall contract with 

9 the National Research Council to perform and report on 

10 assessments of the technical quality and impact of the 

11 work conducted at Institute laboratories. 

12 ‘‘(b) SCHEDULE.—Individual assessments shall be 

13 completed biennially by conducting annual assessments of 

14 at least 3 laboratories. 

15 ‘‘(c) SUMMARY REPORT.—In the second year of each 

16 biennial period under subsection (b), the Institute shall 

17 contract with the National Research Council to prepare 

18 a report that summarizes the findings common across the 

19 individual assessment reports. 

20 ‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS.—The Institute, at 

21 the discretion of the Director, also may contract with the 

22 National Research Council to conduct additional assess23 ments of Institute programs and projects that involve col24 laboration across the Institute laboratories and centers 

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1 ‘‘(e) CONSULTATION WITH VISITING COMMITTEE ON

2 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.—The National Research Coun3 cil may consult with the Visiting Committee on Advanced 

4 Technology established under section 10 in performing the 

5 assessments under this section. 

6 ‘‘(f) REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days after the 

7 completion of each assessment, the Institute shall transmit 

8 the report on such assessment to the Committee on 

9 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

11 and Transportation of the Senate.’’. 

12 SEC. 409. HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PART13 NERSHIP. 

14 Section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and 

15 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k) is amended to read as 

16 follows: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 25. HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PART18 NERSHIP. 

19 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, through the 

21 Director and, if appropriate, through other officials, 

22 shall provide assistance for the creation and support 

23 of manufacturing extension centers, to be known as 

24 the ‘Hollings Manufacturing Extension Centers’, for 

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1 business practices (in this Act referred to as the 

2 ‘Centers’). The program under this section shall be 

3 known as the ‘Hollings Manufacturing Extension 

4 Partnership’. 

5 ‘‘(2) AFFILIATIONS.—Such Centers shall be af6 filiated with any United States-based public or non7 profit institution or organization, or group thereof, 

8 that applies for and is awarded financial assistance 

9 under this section. 

10 ‘‘(3) OBJECTIVE.—The objective of the Centers 

11 is to enhance competitiveness, productivity, and 

12 technological performance in United States manufac13 turing through— 

14 ‘‘(A) the transfer of manufacturing tech15 nology and techniques developed at the Insti16 tute to Centers and, through them, to manufac17 turing companies throughout the United States; 

18 ‘‘(B) the participation of individuals from 

19 industry, institutions of higher education, State 

20 governments, other Federal agencies, and, when 

21 appropriate, the Institute in cooperative tech22 nology transfer activities; 

23 ‘‘(C) efforts to make new manufacturing 

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1 States-based small- and medium-sized compa2 nies; 

3 ‘‘(D) the active dissemination of scientific, 

4 engineering, technical, and management infor5 mation about manufacturing to industrial firms, 

6 including small- and medium-sized manufac7 turing companies; 

8 ‘‘(E) the utilization, when appropriate, of 

9 the expertise and capability that exists in Fed10 eral laboratories other than the Institute; and 

11 ‘‘(F) the provision to community colleges 

12 of information about the job skills needed in 

13 small- and medium-sized manufacturing busi14 nesses in the regions they serve. 

15 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities of the Centers shall 

16 include— 

17 ‘‘(1) the establishment of automated manufac18 turing systems and other advanced production tech19 nologies, based on Institute-supported research, for 

20 the purpose of demonstrations and technology trans21 fer; and 

22 ‘‘(2) the active transfer and dissemination of re23 search findings and Center expertise to a wide range 

24 of companies and enterprises, particularly small- and 

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1 ‘‘(c) OPERATIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) FINANCIAL SUPPORT.—The Secretary may 

3 provide financial support to any Center created 

4 under subsection (a). The Secretary may not provide 

5 to a Center more than 50 percent of the capital and 

6 annual operating and maintenance funds required to 

7 create and maintain such Center. 

8 ‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall im9 plement, review, and update the sections of the Code 

10 of Federal Regulations related to this section at 

11 least once every 3 years. 

12 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any nonprofit institu14 tion, or consortium thereof, or State or local 

15 government, may submit to the Secretary an 

16 application for financial support under this sec17 tion, in accordance with the procedures estab18 lished by the Secretary. 

19 ‘‘(B) COST-SHARING.—In order to receive 

20 assistance under this section, an applicant for 

21 financial assistance under subparagraph (A) 

22 shall provide adequate assurances that non23 Federal assets obtained from the applicant and 

24 the applicant’s partnering organizations will be 

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1 50 percent of the costs incurred for the first 3 

2 years and an increasing share for each of the 

3 next 3 years. For purposes of the preceding 

4 sentence, the costs incurred means the costs in5 curred in connection with the activities under6 taken to improve the competitiveness, manage7 ment, productivity, and technological perform8 ance of small- and medium-sized manufacturing 

9 companies. 

10 ‘‘(C) AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER ENTI11 TIES.—In meeting the 50 percent requirement, 

12 it is anticipated that a Center will enter into 

13 agreements with other entities such as private 

14 industry, institutions of higher education, and 

15 State governments to accomplish programmatic 

16 objectives and access new and existing resources 

17 that will further the impact of the Federal in18 vestment made on behalf of small- and medium19 sized manufacturing companies. 

20 ‘‘(D) LEGAL RIGHTS.—Each applicant 

21 under subparagraph (A) shall also submit a 

22 proposal for the allocation of the legal rights as23 sociated with any invention which may result 

24 from the proposed Center’s activities. 


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1 ‘‘(4) MERIT REVIEW.—The Secretary shall sub2 ject each such application to merit review. In mak3 ing a decision whether to approve such application 

4 and provide financial support under this section, the 

5 Secretary shall consider, at a minimum, the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(A) The merits of the application, par8 ticularly those portions of the application re9 garding technology transfer, training and edu10 cation, and adaptation of manufacturing tech11 nologies to the needs of particular industrial 

12 sectors. 

13 ‘‘(B) The quality of service to be provided. 

14 ‘‘(C) Geographical diversity and extent of 

15 service area. 

16 ‘‘(D) The percentage of funding and 

17 amount of in-kind commitment from other 

18 sources. 

19 ‘‘(5) EVALUATION.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Center that re21 ceives financial assistance under this section 

22 shall be evaluated during its third year of oper23 ation by an evaluation panel appointed by the 

24 Secretary. 


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1 ‘‘(B) COMPOSITION.—Each such evalua2 tion panel shall be composed of private experts, 

3 none of whom shall be connected with the in4 volved Center, and Federal officials. 

5 ‘‘(C) CHAIR.—An official of the Institute 

6 shall chair the panel. 

7 ‘‘(D) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT.— 

8 Each evaluation panel shall measure the in9 volved Center’s performance against the objec10 tives specified in this section. 

11 ‘‘(E) POSITIVE EVALUATION.—If the eval12 uation is positive, the Secretary may provide 

13 continued funding through the sixth year at de14 clining levels. 

15 ‘‘(F) PROBATION.—The Secretary shall 

16 not provide funding unless the evaluation is 

17 positive. A Center that has not received a posi18 tive evaluation by the evaluation panel shall be 

19 notified by the panel of the deficiencies in its 

20 performance and shall be placed on probation 

21 for one year, after which time the panel shall 

22 reevaluate the Center. If the Center has not ad23 dressed the deficiencies identified by the panel, 

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1 competition to select an operator for the Center 

2 or may close the Center. 

3 ‘‘(G) ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT.— 

4 After the sixth year, a Center may receive addi5 tional financial support under this section if it 

6 has received a positive evaluation through an 

7 independent review, under procedures estab8 lished by the Institute. Funding received for a 

9 fiscal year under this section after the sixth 

10 year of operation shall not exceed one third of 

11 the capital and annual operating and mainte12 nance costs of the Center under the program. 

13 ‘‘(H) EIGHT-YEAR REVIEW.—A Center 

14 shall undergo an independent review in the 8th 

15 year of operation. Each evaluation panel shall 

16 measure the Center’s performance against the 

17 objectives specified in this section. A Center 

18 that has not received a positive evaluation as a 

19 result of an independent review shall be notified 

20 by the Program of the deficiencies in its per21 formance and shall be placed on probation for 

22 one year, after which time the Program shall 

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1 formance, the Director shall conduct a new 

2 competition to select an operator for the Center 

3 or may close the Center. 

4 ‘‘(I) RECOMPETITION.—If a recipient of a 

5 Center award has received financial assistance 

6 for 10 consecutive years, the Director shall con7 duct a new competition to select an operator for 

8 the Center consistent with the plan required in 

9 this Act. Incumbent Center operators in good 

10 standing shall be eligible to compete for the new 

11 award. 

12 ‘‘(J) REPORTS.— 

13 ‘‘(i) PLAN.—Not later than 180 days 

14 after the date of enactment of the FIRST 

15 Act of 2014, the Director shall transmit to 

16 the Committee on Science, Space, and 

17 Technology of the House of Representa18 tives and the Committee on Commerce, 

19 Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

20 a plan as to how the Institute will conduct 

21 reviews, assessments, and reapplication 

22 competitions under this paragraph. 

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1 ment of the implementation of the re2 application competition process under this 

3 paragraph within 3 years after the trans4 mittal of the report under clause (i). The 

5 organization conducting the assessment 

6 under this clause may consult with the 

7 MEP Advisory Board. 

8 ‘‘(iii) COMPARISON OF CENTERS.— 

9 Not later than 2 years after the date of en10 actment of the FIRST Act of 2014, the 

11 Director shall transmit to the Committee 

12 on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

13 House of Representatives and the Com14 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Trans15 portation of the Senate a report providing 

16 information on the first and second years 

17 of operations for centers operating from 

18 new competitions or recompetition as com19 pared to longstanding centers. The report 

20 shall provide detail on the engagement in 

21 services provided by Centers and the char22 acteristics of services provided, including 

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1 sharing ratio has an effect on the services 

2 provided at Centers. 

3 ‘‘(6) PATENT RIGHTS.—The provisions of chap4 ter 18 of title 35, United States Code, shall apply, 

5 to the extent not inconsistent with this section, to 

6 the promotion of technology from research by Cen7 ters under this section except for contracts for such 

8 specific technology extension or transfer services as 

9 may be specified by statute or by the Director. 

10 ‘‘(7) PROTECTION OF CENTER CLIENT CON11 FIDENTIAL INFORMATION.—Section 552 of title 5, 

12 United States Code, shall apply to the following in13 formation obtained by the Federal Government on a 

14 confidential basis in connection with the activities of 

15 any participant involved in the Hollings Manufac16 turing Extension Partnership: 

17 ‘‘(A) Information on the business operation 

18 of any participant in a Hollings Manufacturing 

19 Extension Partnership program or of a client of 

20 a Center. 

21 ‘‘(B) Trade secrets possessed by any client 

22 of a Center. 

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1 Board represents local small- and medium-sized 

2 manufacturers in the Center’s region. Board Mem3 bers may not serve as a vendor or provide services 

4 to the Center, nor may they serve on more than one 

5 Center’s oversight board simultaneously. 

6 ‘‘(d) ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to such sums 

8 as may be appropriated to the Secretary and Direc9 tor to operate the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 

10 Partnership, the Secretary and Director also may 

11 accept funds from other Federal departments and 

12 agencies and, under section 2(c)(7), from the private 

13 sector for the purpose of strengthening United 

14 States manufacturing. 

15 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) FUNDS ACCEPTED FROM OTHER FED17 ERAL DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES.—The Di18 rector shall determine whether funds accepted 

19 from other Federal departments or agencies 

20 shall be counted in the calculation of the Fed21 eral share of capital and annual operating and 

22 maintenance costs under subsection (c). 

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1 a Center, may not be considered in the calcula2 tion of the Federal share under subsection (c) 

3 of this section. 

4 ‘‘(e) MEP ADVISORY BOARD.— 

5 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 

6 within the Institute a Manufacturing Extension 

7 Partnership Advisory Board (in this subsection re8 ferred to as the ‘MEP Advisory Board’). 

9 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The MEP Advisory 

11 Board shall consist of not fewer than 10 mem12 bers broadly representative of stakeholders, to 

13 be appointed by the Director. At least 2 mem14 bers shall be employed by or on an advisory 

15 board for the Centers, and at least 5 other 

16 members shall be from United States small 

17 businesses in the manufacturing sector. No 

18 member shall be an employee of the Federal 

19 Government. 

20 ‘‘(B) TERM.—Except as provided in sub21 paragraph (C) or (D), the term of office of each 

22 member of the MEP Advisory Board shall be 3 

23 years. 

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1 tion of the term for which his predecessor was 

2 appointed shall be appointed for the remainder 

3 of such term. 

4 ‘‘(D) SERVING CONSECUTIVE TERMS.— 

5 Any person who has completed two consecutive 

6 full terms of service on the MEP Advisory 

7 Board shall thereafter be ineligible for appoint8 ment during the one-year period following the 

9 expiration of the second such term. 

10 ‘‘(3) MEETINGS.—The MEP Advisory Board 

11 shall meet not less than 2 times annually and shall 

12 provide to the Director— 

13 ‘‘(A) advice on Hollings Manufacturing 

14 Extension Partnership programs, plans, and 

15 policies; 

16 ‘‘(B) assessments of the soundness of Hol17 lings Manufacturing Extension Partnership 

18 plans and strategies; and 

19 ‘‘(C) assessments of current performance 

20 against Hollings Manufacturing Extension 

21 Partnership program plans. 

22 ‘‘(4) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT AP23 PLICABILITY.— 

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1 Board shall function solely in an advisory ca2 pacity, in accordance with the Federal Advisory 

3 Committee Act. 

4 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Section 14 of the Fed5 eral Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to 

6 the MEP Advisory Board. 

7 ‘‘(5) REPORT.—The MEP Advisory Board shall 

8 transmit an annual report to the Secretary for 

9 transmittal to Congress within 30 days after the 

10 submission to Congress of the President’s annual 

11 budget request in each year. Such report shall ad12 dress the status of the program established pursuant 

13 to this section and comment on the relevant sections 

14 of the programmatic planning document and updates 

15 thereto transmitted to Congress by the Director 

16 under subsections (c) and (d) of section 23. 

17 ‘‘(f) COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.— 

18 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall es19 tablish, within the Hollings Manufacturing Exten20 sion Partnership, under this section and section 26, 

21 a program of competitive awards among participants 

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1 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPANTS.—Participants receiving 

2 awards under this subsection shall be the Centers, or 

3 a consortium of such Centers. 

4 ‘‘(3) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program 

5 under this subsection is to add capabilities to the 

6 Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, in7 cluding the development of projects to solve new or 

8 emerging manufacturing problems as determined by 

9 the Director, in consultation with the Director of the 

10 Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership pro11 gram, the MEP Advisory Board, and small- and me12 dium-sized manufacturers. One or more themes for 

13 the competition may be identified, which may vary 

14 from year to year, depending on the needs of manu15 facturers and the success of previous competitions. 

16 Centers may be reimbursed for costs incurred under 

17 the program. 

18 ‘‘(4) APPLICATIONS.—Applications for awards 

19 under this subsection shall be submitted in such 

20 manner, at such time, and containing such informa21 tion as the Director shall require, in consultation 

22 with the MEP Advisory Board. 

23 ‘‘(5) SELECTION.—Awards under this sub24 section shall be peer reviewed and competitively 

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1 geographic diversity among selected proposals. The 

2 Director shall select proposals to receive awards that 

3 will— 

4 ‘‘(A) improve the competitiveness of indus5 tries in the region in which the Center or Cen6 ters are located; 

7 ‘‘(B) create jobs or train newly hired em8 ployees; and 

9 ‘‘(C) promote the transfer and commer10 cialization of research and technology from in11 stitutions of higher education, national labora12 tories, and nonprofit research institutes. 

13 ‘‘(6) PROGRAM CONTRIBUTION.—Recipients of 

14 awards under this subsection shall not be required 

15 to provide a matching contribution. 

16 ‘‘(7) GLOBAL MARKETPLACE PROJECTS.—In 

17 making awards under this subsection, the Director, 

18 in consultation with the MEP Advisory Board and 

19 the Secretary, may take into consideration whether 

20 an application has significant potential for enhanc21 ing the competitiveness of small- and medium-sized 

22 United States manufacturers in the global market23 place. 

24 ‘‘(8) DURATION.—Awards under this subsection 

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1 ‘‘(g) EVALUATION OF OBSTACLES UNIQUE TO SMALL

2 MANUFACTURERS.—The Director shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) evaluate obstacles that are unique to small 

4 manufacturers that prevent such manufacturers 

5 from effectively competing in the global market; 

6 ‘‘(2) implement a comprehensive plan to train 

7 the Centers to address such obstacles; and 

8 ‘‘(3) facilitate improved communication between 

9 the Centers to assist such manufacturers in imple10 menting appropriate, targeted solutions to such ob11 stacles. 

12 ‘‘(h) COMMUNITY COLLEGE DEFINED.—In this sec13 tion, the term ‘community college’ means an institution 

14 of higher education (as defined under section 101(a) of 

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

16 at which the highest degree that is predominately awarded 

17 to students is an associate’s degree.’’. 

18 SEC. 410. ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE REPORTS. 

19 (a) ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION STANDARDIZATION

20 AND IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES REPORT.—Section 3 

21 of the Enterprise Integration Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 

22 278g–5) is amended— 

23 (1) by striking subsection (c); and 

24 (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

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1 (b) TIP REPORTS.—Section 28 of the National Insti2 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n) 

3 is amended— 

4 (1) by striking subsection (g); and 

5 (2) in subsection (k), by striking paragraph (5). 

6 SEC. 411. MODIFICATIONS TO GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE 

7 AGREEMENTS. 

8 Section 8(a) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology In9 novation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3706(a)) is amended by 

10 striking ‘‘The total amount of any such grant or coopera11 tive agreement may not exceed 75 percent of the total cost 

12 of the program.’’. 

13 Subtitle B—Innovative Approaches 

14 to Technology Transfer 

15 SEC. 421. INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO TECHNOLOGY 

16 TRANSFER. 

17 Section 9(jj) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

18 638(jj)) is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(jj) INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO TECHNOLOGY

20 TRANSFER.— 

21 ‘‘(1) GRANT PROGRAM.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal agency 

23 required by subsection (n) to establish an 

24 STTR program shall carry out a grant program 

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1 transfer at institutions of higher education (as 

2 defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Edu3 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))), non4 profit research institutions, and Federal labora5 tories in order to improve or accelerate the 

6 commercialization of federally funded research 

7 and technology by small business concerns, in8 cluding new businesses. 

9 ‘‘(B) AWARDING OF GRANTS AND

10 AWARDS.— 

11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal 

12 agency required by subparagraph (A) to 

13 participate in this program shall award, 

14 through a competitive, merit-based process, 

15 grants, in the amounts listed in subpara16 graph (C) to institutions of higher edu17 cation, technology transfer organizations 

18 that facilitate the commercialization of 

19 technologies developed by one or more such 

20 institutions of higher education, Federal 

21 laboratories, other public and private non22 profit entities, and consortia thereof, for 

23 initiatives that help identify high-quality, 

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1 and accelerate their transfer into the mar2 ketplace. 

3 ‘‘(ii) USE OF FUNDS.—Activities sup4 ported by grants under this subsection 

5 may include— 

6 ‘‘(I) providing early-stage proof 

7 of concept funding for translational 

8 research; 

9 ‘‘(II) identifying research and 

10 technologies at institutions that have 

11 the potential for accelerated commer12 cialization; 

13 ‘‘(III) technology maturation 

14 funding to support activities such as 

15 prototype construction, experiment 

16 analysis, product comparison, and the 

17 collection of performance data; 

18 ‘‘(IV) technical validations, mar19 ket research, clarifying intellectual 

20 property rights position and strategy, 

21 and investigating commercial and 

22 business opportunities; 

23 ‘‘(V) programs to provide advice, 

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1 and business development expertise to 

2 innovators and recipients of tech3 nology transfer licenses to maximize 

4 commercialization potential; and 

5 ‘‘(VI) conducting outreach to 

6 small business concerns as potential 

7 licensees of federally funded research 

8 and technology, and providing tech9 nology transfer services to such small 

10 business concerns. 

11 ‘‘(iii) SELECTION PROCESS AND AP12 PLICATIONS.—Qualifying institutions seek13 ing a grant under this subsection shall 

14 submit an application to a Federal agency 

15 required by subparagraph (A) to partici16 pate in this program at such time, in such 

17 manner, and containing such information 

18 as the agency may require. The application 

19 shall include, at a minimum— 

20 ‘‘(I) a description of innovative 

21 approaches to technology transfer, 

22 technology development, and commer23 cial readiness that have the potential 

24 to increase or accelerate technology 

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1 by other qualifying institutions, or a 

2 demonstration of proven technology 

3 transfer and commercialization strate4 gies, or a plan to implement proven 

5 technology transfer and commer6 cialization strategies that can achieve 

7 greater commercialization of federally 

8 funded research and technologies with 

9 program funding; 

10 ‘‘(II) a description of how the 

11 qualifying institution will contribute 

12 to local and regional economic devel13 opment efforts; and 

14 ‘‘(III) a plan for sustainability 

15 beyond the duration of the funding 

16 award. 

17 ‘‘(iv) PROGRAM OVERSIGHT

18 BOARDS.— 

19 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Successful 

20 proposals shall include a plan to as21 semble a Program Oversight Board, 

22 the members of which shall have tech23 nical, scientific, or business expertise 

24 three-fifths of whom shall be drawn 

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1 venture capital or other equity invest2 ment mechanism, technical enter3 prises, financial institutions, and busi4 ness development organizations with a 

5 track record of success in commer6 cializing innovations. Proposals may 

7 use oversight boards in existence on 

8 the date of the enactment of the 

9 FIRST Act of 2014 that meet the re10 quirements of this subclause. 

11 ‘‘(II) PROGRAM OVERSIGHT

12 BOARDS RESPONSIBILITIES.—Pro13 gram Oversight Boards shall— 

14 ‘‘(aa) establish award pro15 grams for individual projects; 

16 ‘‘(bb) provide rigorous eval17 uation of project applications; 

18 ‘‘(cc) determine which 

19 projects should receive awards, in 

20 accordance with guidelines estab21 lished under subparagraph 

22 (C)(ii); 

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1 for projects that reach mile2 stones; 

3 ‘‘(ee) determine whether 

4 awarded projects are reaching 

5 milestones; and 

6 ‘‘(ff) develop a process to re7 allocate outstanding award 

8 amounts from projects that are 

9 not reaching milestones to other 

10 projects with more potential. 

11 ‘‘(III) CONFLICT OF INTER12 EST.—Program Oversight Boards 

13 shall be composed of members who do 

14 not have a conflict of interest. Boards 

15 shall adopt conflict of interest policies 

16 to ensure relevant relationships are 

17 disclosed and proper recusal proce18 dures are in place. 

19 ‘‘(C) GRANT AND AWARD AMOUNTS.— 

20 ‘‘(i) GRANT AMOUNTS.—Each Federal 

21 agency required by subparagraph (A) to 

22 carry out a grant program may make 

23 grants of up to $3,000,000 to a qualifying 

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1 ‘‘(ii) AWARD AMOUNTS.—Each quali2 fying institution that receives a grant 

3 under subparagraph (B) shall provide 

4 awards for individual projects of not more 

5 than $100,000, to be provided in phased 

6 amounts, based on reaching the milestones 

7 established by the qualifying institution’s 

8 Program Oversight Board. 

9 ‘‘(D) AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES FOR

10 INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO TECHNOLOGY

11 TRANSFER GRANT PROGRAM.— 

12 ‘‘(i) PERCENTAGE.—The percentage 

13 of the extramural budget for research, or 

14 research and development, each Federal 

15 agency required by subsection (n) to estab16 lish an STTR program shall expend on the 

17 Innovative Approaches to Technology 

18 Transfer Grant Program shall be— 

19 ‘‘(I) 0.05 percent for each of fis20 cal years 2014 and 2015; and 

21 ‘‘(II) 0.1 percent for each of fis22 cal years 2016 and 2017. 

23 ‘‘(ii) TREATMENT OF EXPENDI24 TURES.—Any portion of the extramural 

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1 the Innovative Approaches to Technology 

2 Transfer Grant Program shall apply to3 wards the agency’s expenditure require4 ments under subsection (n). 

5 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM EVALUATION AND DATA COL6 LECTION AND DISSEMINATION.— 

7 ‘‘(A) EVALUATION PLAN AND DATA COL8 LECTION.—Each Federal agency required by 

9 paragraph (1)(A) to establish an Innovative Ap10 proaches to Technology Transfer Grant Pro11 gram shall develop a program evaluation plan 

12 and collect annually such information from 

13 grantees as is necessary to assess the Program. 

14 Program evaluation plans shall require the col15 lection of data aimed at identifying outcomes 

16 resulting from the transfer of technology with 

17 assistance from the Innovative Approaches to 

18 Technology Transfer Grant Program. Such 

19 data may include— 

20 ‘‘(i) specific follow-on funding identi21 fied or obtained, including follow-on fund22 ing sources, such as Federal sources or 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the number of projects which, 

2 within 5 years of receiving an award under 

3 paragraph (1), result in a license to a 

4 start-up company or an established com5 pany with sufficient resources for effective 

6 commercialization; 

7 ‘‘(iii) the number of invention disclo8 sures received, United States patent appli9 cations filed, and United States patents 

10 issued within 5 years of the award; 

11 ‘‘(iv) the number of projects receiving 

12 a grant under paragraph (1) that secure 

13 Phase I or Phase II SBIR or STTR 

14 awards; 

15 ‘‘(v) available information on revenue, 

16 sales, or other measures of products that 

17 have been commercialized as a result of 

18 projects awarded under paragraph (1) 

19 within 5 years of the award; 

20 ‘‘(vi) the number and location of jobs 

21 created resulting from projects awarded 

22 under paragraph (1); and 

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1 subparagraph to develop a program evalua2 tion plan. 

3 ‘‘(B) EVALUATIVE REPORT TO CON4 GRESS.—The head of each Federal agency that 

5 participates in the Innovative Approaches to 

6 Technology Transfer Grant Program shall sub7 mit to the Committee on Science, Space, and 

8 Technology and the Committee on Small Busi9 ness of the House of Representatives and the 

10 Committee on Small Business and Entrepre11 neurship of the Senate an evaluative report re12 garding the activities of the program. The re13 port shall include— 

14 ‘‘(i) a detailed description of the im15 plementation of the program; 

16 ‘‘(ii) a detailed description of the 

17 grantee selection process; 

18 ‘‘(iii) an accounting of the funds used 

19 in the program; and 

20 ‘‘(iv) a summary of the data collected 

21 under subparagraph (A). 

22 ‘‘(C) DATA DISSEMINATION.—For the pur23 poses of program transparency and dissemina24 tion of best practices, the Administrator shall 

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1 (k)(1) information on the Innovative Ap2 proaches to Technology Transfer Grant Pro3 gram, including— 

4 ‘‘(i) the program evaluation plan re5 quired under subparagraph (A); 

6 ‘‘(ii) a list of recipients by State of 

7 awards under paragraph (1); and 

8 ‘‘(iii) information on the use of grants 

9 under paragraph (1) by recipient institu10 tions.’’. 

11 TITLE V—NETWORKING AND IN12 FORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

13 RESEARCH AND DEVELOP14 MENT 

15 SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 

16 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing America’s 

17 Networking and Information Technology Research and 

18 Development Act of 2014’’. 

19 SEC. 502. PROGRAM PLANNING AND COORDINATION. 

20 (a) PERIODIC REVIEWS.—Section 101 of the High21 Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511) 

22 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub23 section: 

24 ‘‘(d) PERIODIC REVIEWS.—The agencies identified in 

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1 ‘‘(1) periodically assess the contents and fund2 ing levels of the Program Component Areas and re3 structure the Program when warranted, taking into 

4 consideration any relevant recommendations of the 

5 advisory committee established under subsection (b); 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(2) ensure that the Program includes large8 scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and de9 velopment activities, including activities described in 

10 section 104.’’. 

11 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC PLAN.—Section 

12 101 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended further by 

13 adding after subsection (d), as added by subsection (a) 

14 of this Act, the following new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(e) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The agencies identified in 

17 subsection (a)(3)(B), working through the National 

18 Science and Technology Council and with the assist19 ance of the National Coordination Office described 

20 under section 102, shall develop, within 12 months 

21 after the date of enactment of the Advancing Amer22 ica’s Networking and Information Technology Re23 search and Development Act of 2014, and update 

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1 guide the activities described under subsection 

2 (a)(1). 

3 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan shall 

4 specify near-term and long-term objectives for the 

5 Program, the anticipated time frame for achieving 

6 the near-term objectives, the metrics to be used for 

7 assessing progress toward the objectives, and how 

8 the Program will— 

9 ‘‘(A) foster the transfer of research and 

10 development results into new technologies and 

11 applications for the benefit of society, including 

12 through cooperation and collaborations with 

13 networking and information technology re14 search, development, and technology transition 

15 initiatives supported by the States; 

16 ‘‘(B) encourage and support mechanisms 

17 for interdisciplinary research and development 

18 in networking and information technology, in19 cluding through collaborations across agencies, 

20 across Program Component Areas, with indus21 try, with Federal laboratories (as defined in 

22 section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 

23 Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703)), and 

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1 ‘‘(C) address long-term challenges of na2 tional importance for which solutions require 

3 large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research 

4 and development; 

5 ‘‘(D) place emphasis on innovative and 

6 high-risk projects having the potential for sub7 stantial societal returns on the research invest8 ment; 

9 ‘‘(E) strengthen all levels of networking 

10 and information technology education and 

11 training programs to ensure an adequate, well12 trained workforce; and 

13 ‘‘(F) attract more women and underrep14 resented minorities to pursue postsecondary de15 grees in networking and information tech16 nology. 

17 ‘‘(3) NATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUC18 TURE.—The strategic plan developed in accordance 

19 with paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by mile20 stones and roadmaps for establishing and maintain21 ing the national research infrastructure required to 

22 support the Program, including the roadmap re23 quired by subsection (a)(2)(E). 

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1 graph (1) shall take into consideration the rec2 ommendations— 

3 ‘‘(A) of the advisory committee established 

4 under subsection (b); and 

5 ‘‘(B) of the stakeholders whose input was 

6 solicited by the National Coordination Office, as 

7 required under section 102(b)(3). 

8 ‘‘(5) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of 

9 the National Coordination Office shall transmit the 

10 strategic plan required under paragraph (1) to the 

11 advisory committee, the Committee on Commerce, 

12 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 

13 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

14 House of Representatives.’’. 

15 (c) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR.— 

16 Section 101(a)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(2)) is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘edu19 cation,’’ before ‘‘and other activities’’; 

20 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and 

21 (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and 

22 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol23 lowing new subparagraph: 

24 ‘‘(E) encourage and monitor the efforts of the 

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1 level of resources and management attention nec2 essary to ensure that the strategic plan under sub3 section (e) is developed and executed effectively and 

4 that the objectives of the Program are met;’’. 

5 (d) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 101(b)(1) of 

6 such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(b)(1)) is amended— 

7 (1) after the first sentence, by inserting the fol8 lowing: ‘‘The co-chairs of the advisory committee 

9 shall meet the qualifications of committee member10 ship and may be members of the President’s Council 

11 of Advisors on Science and Technology.’’; and 

12 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘high-per13 formance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’. 

14 (e) REPORT.—Section 101(a)(3) of such Act (15 

15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(3)) is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (B)— 

17 (A) by redesignating clauses (vii) through 

18 (xi) as clauses (viii) through (xii), respectively; 

19 and 

20 (B) by inserting after clause (vi) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(vii) the Department of Homeland 

23 Security;’’; 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘is submitted, the levels for the previous 

3 fiscal year,’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 

5 Area;’’ and inserting ‘‘each Program Compo6 nent Area and research area supported in ac7 cordance with section 104;’’; 

8 (3) in subparagraph (D)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘each Program Component 

10 Area,’’ and inserting ‘‘each Program Compo11 nent Area and research area supported in ac12 cordance with section 104,’’; 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘is submitted,’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘is submitted, the levels for the previous 

15 fiscal year,’’; and 

16 (C) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

17 (4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub18 paragraph (G); and 

19 (5) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol20 lowing new subparagraphs: 

21 ‘‘(E) include a description of how the objectives 

22 for each Program Component Area, and the objec23 tives for activities that involve multiple Program 

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1 Program identified in the strategic plan required 

2 under subsection (e); 

3 ‘‘(F) include— 

4 ‘‘(i) a description of the funding required 

5 by the National Coordination Office to perform 

6 the functions specified under section 102(b) for 

7 the next fiscal year by category of activity; 

8 ‘‘(ii) a description of the funding required 

9 by such Office to perform the functions speci10 fied under section 102(b) for the current fiscal 

11 year by category of activity; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) the amount of funding provided for 

13 such Office for the current fiscal year by each 

14 agency participating in the Program; and’’. 

15 (f) DEFINITION.—Section 4 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

16 5503) is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

18 (7) as paragraphs (2) through (8), respectively; 

19 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re20 designated, the following new paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(1) ‘cyber-physical systems’ means physical or 

22 engineered systems whose networking and informa23 tion technology functions and physical elements are 

24 deeply integrated and are actively connected to the 

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1 means to perform monitoring and control func2 tions;’’; 

3 (3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by 

4 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

6 (4) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘high-performance com8 puting’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and infor9 mation technology’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘supercomputer’’ and in11 serting ‘‘high-end computing’’; 

12 (5) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by 

13 striking ‘‘network referred to as’’ and all that fol14 lows through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘network, 

15 including advanced computer networks of Federal 

16 agencies and departments;’’; and 

17 (6) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by 

18 striking ‘‘National High-Performance Computing 

19 Program’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa20 tion technology research and development program’’. 

21 SEC. 503. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NATIONAL 

22 IMPORTANCE. 

23 Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended by 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 104. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NA2 TIONAL IMPORTANCE. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Program shall encourage 

4 agencies identified in section 101(a)(3)(B) to support 

5 large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and de6 velopment activities in networking and information tech7 nology directed toward application areas that have the po8 tential for significant contributions to national economic 

9 competitiveness and for other significant societal benefits. 

10 Such activities, ranging from basic research to the dem11 onstration of technical solutions, shall be designed to ad12 vance the development of research discoveries. The advi13 sory committee established under section 101(b) shall 

14 make recommendations to the Program for candidate re15 search and development areas for support under this sec16 tion. 

17 ‘‘(b) CHARACTERISTICS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Research and development 

19 activities under this section shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) include projects selected on the basis 

21 of applications for support through a competi22 tive, merit-based process; 

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1 search institutions and Federal laboratories, as 

2 appropriate; 

3 ‘‘(C) when possible, leverage Federal in4 vestments through collaboration with related 

5 State initiatives; and 

6 ‘‘(D) include a plan for fostering the trans7 fer of research discoveries and the results of 

8 technology demonstration activities, including 

9 from institutions of higher education and Fed10 eral laboratories, to industry for commercial de11 velopment. 

12 ‘‘(2) COST-SHARING.—In selecting applications 

13 for support, the agencies shall give special consider14 ation to projects that include cost sharing from non15 Federal sources. 

16 ‘‘(3) AGENCY COLLABORATION.—If 2 or more 

17 agencies identified in section 101(a)(3)(B), or other 

18 appropriate agencies, are working on large-scale re19 search and development activities in the same area 

20 of national importance, then such agencies shall 

21 strive to collaborate through joint solicitation and se22 lection of applications for support and subsequent 

23 funding of projects. 

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1 this section may be supported through interdiscipli2 nary research centers that are organized to inves3 tigate basic research questions and carry out tech4 nology demonstration activities in areas described in 

5 subsection (a). Research may be carried out through 

6 existing interdisciplinary centers, including those au7 thorized under section 7024(b)(2) of the America 

8 COMPETES Act (Public Law 110–69; 42 U.S.C. 

9 1862o–10).’’. 

10 SEC. 504. CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS. 

11 (a) ADDITIONAL PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS.—Sec12 tion 101(a)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(1)) is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

15 after the semicolon; 

16 (2) in subparagraph (I)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘improving the security’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘improving the security, reli19 ability, and resilience’’; and 

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

21 inserting a semicolon; and 

22 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub23 paragraphs: 

24 ‘‘(J) provide for increased understanding of the 

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1 improve the methods available for the design, devel2 opment, and operation of cyber-physical systems 

3 that are characterized by high reliability, safety, and 

4 security; and 

5 ‘‘(K) provide for research and development on 

6 human-computer interactions, visualization, and big 

7 data.’’. 

8 (b) WORKSHOP.—Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

9 5511) is amended further by adding after section 104, as 

10 added by section 503 of this Act, the following new sec11 tion: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 105. UNIVERSITY/INDUSTRY WORKSHOP. 

13 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

14 the date of enactment of the Advancing America’s Net15 working and Information Technology Research and Devel16 opment Act of 2014, the Director of the National Coordi17 nation Office shall convene a workshop, with participants 

18 from institutions of higher education, Federal labora19 tories, and industry, to explore mechanisms for carrying 

20 out collaborative research and development activities for 

21 cyber-physical systems, including the related technologies 

22 required to enable these systems, and to develop grand 

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1 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The workshop participants 

2 shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) develop options for models for research 

4 and development partnerships among institutions of 

5 higher education, Federal laboratories, and industry, 

6 including mechanisms for the support of research 

7 and development carried out under these partner8 ships; 

9 ‘‘(2) develop options for grand challenges in 

10 cyber-physical systems research and development 

11 that would be addressed through such partnerships; 

12 ‘‘(3) propose guidelines for assigning intellec13 tual property rights and for the transfer of research 

14 results to the private sector; and 

15 ‘‘(4) make recommendations for how Federal 

16 agencies participating in the Program can help sup17 port research and development partnerships in 

18 cyber-physical systems, including through existing or 

19 new grant programs. 

20 ‘‘(c) PARTICIPANTS.—The Director of the National 

21 Coordination Office shall ensure that participants in the 

22 workshop are individuals with knowledge and expertise in 

23 cyber-physical systems and that participants represent a 

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1 nologies manufacturers, cyber-physical systems and tech2 nologies users, and, as appropriate, Federal Government 

3 regulators. 

4 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 

5 date of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking 

6 and Information Technology Research and Development 

7 Act of 2014, the Director of the National Coordination 

8 Office shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, 

9 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Com10 mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 

11 of Representatives a report describing the findings and 

12 recommendations resulting from the workshop required 

13 under this section.’’. 

14 SEC. 505. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FOR RESEARCH. 

15 Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended fur16 ther by adding after section 105, as added by section 

17 504(b) of this Act, the following new section: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 106. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FOR RESEARCH. 

19 ‘‘(a) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—Not later 

20 than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Advanc21 ing America’s Networking and Information Technology 

22 Research and Development Act of 2014, the Director of 

23 the National Coordination Office, working through the 

24 National Science and Technology Council, shall convene 

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1 ‘‘(1) the research and development needed— 

2 ‘‘(A) to enhance the effectiveness and effi3 ciency of cloud computing environments; 

4 ‘‘(B) to increase the trustworthiness of 

5 cloud applications and infrastructure; and 

6 ‘‘(C) to enhance the foundations of cloud 

7 architectures, programming models, and inter8 operability; and 

9 ‘‘(2) how Federal science agencies can facilitate 

10 the use of cloud computing for federally funded 

11 science and engineering research, including— 

12 ‘‘(A) making recommendations on changes 

13 in funding mechanisms, budget models, and 

14 policies needed to remove barriers to the adop15 tion of cloud computing services for research 

16 and for data preservation and sharing; and 

17 ‘‘(B) providing guidance to organizations 

18 and researchers on opportunities and guidelines 

19 for using cloud computing services for federally 

20 supported research and related activities. 

21 ‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the tasks in 

22 paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), the working 

23 group shall consult with academia, industry, Federal lab24 oratories, and other relevant organizations and institu25 tions, as appropriate. 


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1 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

2 of enactment of the Advancing America’s Networking and 

3 Information Technology Research and Development Act of 

4 2014, the Director of the National Coordination Office 

5 shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and 

6 Technology of the House of Representatives and the Com7 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

8 Senate a report describing the findings and any rec9 ommendations of the working group. 

10 ‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—The interagency working group 

11 shall terminate upon transmittal of the report required 

12 under subsection (c).’’. 

13 SEC. 506. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

14 Section 102 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5512) is amended 

15 to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 102. NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE. 

17 ‘‘(a) OFFICE.—The Director shall continue a Na18 tional Coordination Office with a Director and full-time 

19 staff. 

20 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The National Coordination Office 

21 shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) provide technical and administrative sup23 port to— 

24 ‘‘(A) the agencies participating in planning 

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1 support as needed in the development of the 

2 strategic plan under section 101(e); and 

3 ‘‘(B) the advisory committee established 

4 under section 101(b); 

5 ‘‘(2) serve as the primary point of contact on 

6 Federal networking and information technology ac7 tivities for government organizations, academia, in8 dustry, professional societies, State computing and 

9 networking technology programs, interested citizen 

10 groups, and others to exchange technical and pro11 grammatic information; 

12 ‘‘(3) solicit input and recommendations from a 

13 wide range of stakeholders during the development 

14 of each strategic plan required under section 101(e) 

15 through the convening of at least 1 workshop with 

16 invitees from academia, industry, Federal labora17 tories, and other relevant organizations and institu18 tions; 

19 ‘‘(4) conduct public outreach, including the dis20 semination of findings and recommendations of the 

21 advisory committee, as appropriate; and 

22 ‘‘(5) promote access to and early application of 

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1 tems across the Federal Government and to United 

2 States industry. 

3 ‘‘(c) SOURCE OF FUNDING.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The operation of the Na5 tional Coordination Office shall be supported by 

6 funds from each agency participating in the Pro7 gram. 

8 ‘‘(2) SPECIFICATIONS.—The portion of the total 

9 budget of such Office that is provided by each agen10 cy for each fiscal year shall be in the same propor11 tion as each such agency’s share of the total budget 

12 for the Program for the previous fiscal year, as spec13 ified in the report required under section 

14 101(a)(3).’’. 

15 SEC. 507. IMPROVING NETWORKING AND INFORMATION 

16 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. 

17 Section 201(a) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5521(a)) is 

18 amended— 

19 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

20 (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and 

21 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol22 lowing new paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(2) the National Science Foundation shall use 

24 its existing programs, in collaboration with other 

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1 and learning of networking and information tech2 nology at all levels of education and to increase par3 ticipation in networking and information technology 

4 fields, including by women and underrepresented mi5 norities;’’. 

6 SEC. 508. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

7 (a) SECTION 3.—Section 3 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

8 5502) is amended— 

9 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

10 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘networking and information technology’’; 

12 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

13 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

14 (A), by striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

16 technology’’; 

17 (B) in subparagraphs (A), (F), and (G), by 

18 striking ‘‘high-performance computing’’ each 

19 place it appears and inserting ‘‘networking and 

20 information technology’’; and 

21 (C) in subparagraph (H), by striking 

22 ‘‘high-performance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’; 

23 and 

24 (3) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘high-performance com2 puting and’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and in3 formation technology and’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘high-performance com5 puting network’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and 

6 information technology’’. 

7 (b) TITLE I.—The heading of title I of such Act (15 

8 U.S.C. 5511) is amended by striking ‘‘HIGH-PER9 FORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and inserting ‘‘NET10 WORKING AND INFORMATION TECH11 NOLOGY’’. 

12 (c) SECTION 101.—Section 101 of such Act (15 

13 U.S.C. 5511) is amended— 

14 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH15 PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECH17 NOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (a)— 

19 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

20 ‘‘NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMA22 TION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP23 MENT’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (1) of such subsection— 


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1 (i) in the matter preceding subpara2 graph (A), by striking ‘‘National High-Per3 formance Computing Program’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘networking and information tech5 nology research and development pro6 gram’’; 

7 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

8 ‘‘high-performance computing, including 

9 networking’’ and inserting ‘‘networking 

10 and information technology’’; 

11 (iii) in subparagraphs (B) and (G), by 

12 striking ‘‘high-performance’’ each place it 

13 appears and inserting ‘‘high-end’’; and 

14 (iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

15 ‘‘high-performance computing and net16 working’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end com17 puting, distributed, and networking’’; and 

18 (C) in paragraph (2) of such subsection— 

19 (i) in subparagraphs (A) and (C)— 

20 (I) by striking ‘‘high-performance 

21 computing’’ each place it appears and 

22 inserting ‘‘networking and information 

23 technology’’; and 


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1 (II) by striking ‘‘development, 

2 networking,’’ each place it appears 

3 and inserting ‘‘development,’’; and 

4 (ii) in subparagraphs (F) and (G), as 

5 redesignated by section 2(c)(1) of this Act, 

6 by striking ‘‘high-performance’’ each place 

7 it appears and inserting ‘‘high-end’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (b)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre10 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘high-per11 formance computing’’ both places it appears 

12 and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

13 technology’’; and 

14 (B) in paragraph (2), in the second sen15 tence, by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; and 

16 (4) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘high17 performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking 

18 and information technology’’. 

19 (d) SECTION 201.—Section 201(a)(1) of such Act 

20 (15 U.S.C. 5521(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-per21 formance computing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘net22 working;’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information re23 search and development;’’. 

24 (e) SECTION 202.—Section 202(a) of such Act (15 

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1 ance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa2 tion technology’’. 

3 (f) SECTION 203.—Section 203(a) of such Act (15 

4 U.S.C. 5523(a)(1)) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘high-per6 formance computing and networking’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘high-per9 formance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’. 

10 (g) SECTION 204.—Section 204 of such Act (15 

11 U.S.C. 5524) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

14 ‘‘high-performance computing systems and net15 works’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa16 tion technology systems and capabilities’’; 

17 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

18 ‘‘interoperability of high-performance com19 puting systems in networks and for common 

20 user interfaces to systems’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘interoperability and usability of networking 

22 and information technology systems’’; and 

23 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

24 ‘‘high-performance computing’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘networking and information technology’’; and 


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1 (2) in subsection (b)— 

2 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH3 PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND NETWORK’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMA5 TION TECHNOLOGY’’; and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘sensitive’’. 

7 (h) SECTION 205.—Section 205(a) of such Act (15 

8 U.S.C. 5525(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘computational’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘networking and information technology’’. 

10 (i) SECTION 206.—Section 206(a) of such Act (15 

11 U.S.C. 5526(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘computational 

12 research’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and information 

13 technology research’’. 

14 (j) SECTION 207.—Section 207(b) of such Act (15 

15 U.S.C. 5527(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-perform16 ance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa17 tion technology’’. 

18 (k) SECTION 208.—Section 208 of such Act (15 

19 U.S.C. 5528) is amended— 

20 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH21 PERFORMANCE COMPUTING’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECH23 NOLOGY’’; and 

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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘High2 performance computing and associated’’ and in3 serting ‘‘Networking and information’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘high5 performance computing’’ and inserting ‘‘net6 working and information technologies’’; 

7 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘high8 performance’’ and inserting ‘‘high-end’’; 

9 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘high10 performance computers and associated’’ and in11 serting ‘‘networking and information’’; and 

12 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘high13 performance computing and associated’’ and in14 serting ‘‘networking and information’’. 

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