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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4407

To authorize appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology for fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 19, 2004

Mr. UDALL of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Science 

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology for fiscal years 2005, 2006, 

2007, and 2008, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Technology Adminis5 tration and National Institute of Standards and Tech6 nology Act of 2004’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TECH2 NOLOGY. 

3 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec4 retary of Commerce for the activities of the Under Sec5 retary for Technology and the Office of Technology Pol6 icy—

7 (1) $8,294,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

8 (2) $8,497,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

9 (3) $8,800,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

10 (4) $8,927,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

11 SEC. 3. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERV12 ICES. 

13 (a) LABORATORY ACTIVITIES.—There are authorized 

14 to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for the 

15 scientific and technical research and services laboratory 

16 activities of the National Institute of Standards and Tech17 nology—

18 (1) $425,688,000 for fiscal year 2005, of 

19 which—

20 (A) $55,777,000 shall be for Electronics 

21 and Electrical Engineering; 

22 (B) $29,584,000 shall be for Manufac23 turing Engineering; 

24 (C) $50,142,000 shall be for Chemical 

25 Science and Technology; 

26 (D) $42,240,000 shall be for Physics; 
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1 (E) $62,724,000 shall be for Material 

2 Science and Engineering; 

3 (F) $23,594,000 shall be for Building and 

4 Fire Research; 

5 (G) $60,660,000 shall be for Computer 

6 Science and Applied Mathematics, of which 

7 $2,800,000 shall be for activities in support of 

8 the Help America Vote Act of 2002; 

9 (H) $17,445,000 shall be for Technical As10 sistance; and 

11 (I) $78,102,000 shall be for Research Sup12 port Activities; 

13 (2) $446,951,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

14 (3) $469,299,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

15 (4) $492,764,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

16 (b) MALCOLM BALDRIGE NATIONAL QUALITY

17 AWARD PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be appro18 priated to the Secretary of Commerce for the Malcolm 

19 Baldrige National Quality Award program under section 

20 17 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 

21 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3711a)—

22 (1) $5,400,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

23 (2) $5,535,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

24 (3) $5,674,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

25 (4) $5,815,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
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1 (c) CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.—There are 

2 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Com3 merce for construction and maintenance of facilities of the 

4 National Institute of Standards and Technology—

5 (1) $59,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

6 (2) $91,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

7 (3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

8 (4) $106,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

9 SEC. 4. INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec11 retary of Commerce for Industrial Technology Services ac12 tivities of the National Institute of Standards and Tech13 nology—

14 (1) $285,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, of 

15 which—

16 (A) $179,000,000 shall be for the Ad17 vanced Technology Program under section 28 

18 of the National Institute of Standards and 

19 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n), of which at 

20 least $60,700,000 shall be for new awards; and 

21 (B) $106,000,000 shall be for the Manu22 facturing Extension Partnership program under 

23 sections 25 and 26 of the National Institute of 

24 Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k 

25 and 278l); 
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1 (2) $292,125,000 for fiscal year 2006, of 

2 which—

3 (A) $183,475,000 shall be for the Ad4 vanced Technology Program under section 28 

5 of the National Institute of Standards and 

6 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n); and 

7 (B) $108,650,000 shall be for the Manu8 facturing Extension Partnership Program 

9 under sections 25 and 26 of the National Insti10 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

11 U.S.C. 278k and 278l); 

12 (3) $299,428,100 for fiscal year 2007, of 

13 which—

14 (A) $188,062,000 shall be for the Ad15 vanced Technology Program under section 28 

16 of the National Institute of Standards and 

17 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n); and 

18 (B) $111,366,000 shall be for the Manu19 facturing Extension Partnership Program 

20 under sections 25 and 26 of the National Insti21 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

22 U.S.C. 278k and 278l); and 

23 (4) $306,913,000 for fiscal year 2008, of 

24 which—
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1 (A) $192,763,000 shall be for the Ad2 vanced Technology Program under section 28 

3 of the National Institute of Standards and 

4 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n); and 

5 (B) $114,150,000 shall be for the Manu6 facturing Extension Partnership Program 

7 under sections 25 and 26 of the National Insti8 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

9 U.S.C. 278k and 278l). 

10 SEC. 5. STANDARDS EDUCATION PROGRAM. 

11 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—(1) As part of the 

12 Teacher Science and Technology Enhancement Institute 

13 Program, the Director of the National Institute of Stand14 ards and Technology shall carry out a Standards Edu15 cation program to award grants to institutions of higher 

16 education to support efforts by such institutions to develop 

17 curricula on the role of standards in the fields of engineer18 ing, business, science, and economics. The curricula 

19 should address topics such as—

20 (A) development of technical standards; 

21 (B) demonstrating conformity to standards; 

22 (C) intellectual property and antitrust issues; 

23 (D) standardization as a key element of busi24 ness strategy; 
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1 (E) survey of organizations that develop stand2 ards; 

3 (F) the standards life cycle; 

4 (G) case studies in effective standardization; 

5 (H) managing standardization activities; and 

6 (I) managing organizations that develop stand7 ards. 

8 (2) Grants shall be awarded under this section on a 

9 competitive, merit-reviewed basis and shall require cost10 sharing from non-Federal sources. 

11 (b) SELECTION PROCESS.—(1) An institution of 

12 higher education seeking funding under this section shall 

13 submit an application to the Director at such time, in such 

14 manner, and containing such information as the Director 

15 may require. The application shall include at a min16 imum—

17 (A) a description of the content and schedule 

18 for adoption of the proposed curricula in the courses 

19 of study offered by the applicant; and 

20 (B) a description of the source and amount of 

21 cost-sharing to be provided. 

22 (2) In evaluating the applications submitted under 

23 paragraph (1) the Director shall consider, at a min24 imum—
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1 (A) the level of commitment demonstrated by 

2 the applicant in carrying out and sustaining lasting 

3 curricula changes in accordance with subsection 

4 (a)(1); and 

5 (B) the amount of cost-sharing provided. 

6 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

7 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Com8 merce for the Teacher Science and Technology Enhance9 ment Institute program of the National Institute of Stand10 ards and Technology—

11 (1) $773,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

12 (2) $796,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

13 (3) $820,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

14 (4) $844,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

15 SEC. 6. ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION. 

16 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec17 retary of Commerce for activities of the National Institute 

18 of Standards and Technology under the Enterprise Inte19 gration Act of 2002—

20 (1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

21 (2) $20,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

22 (3) $21,013,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

23 (4) $21,538,000 for fiscal year 2008.

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