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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2457 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2457

  To establish a National Science Foundation grant program to provide 
 opportunities for and strengthen research capacity at institutions of 
   higher education to stimulate sustainable improvement in existing 
 research and development at such institutions, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 2023

   Mr. Carter of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL

 
  To establish a National Science Foundation grant program to provide 
 opportunities for and strengthen research capacity at institutions of 
   higher education to stimulate sustainable improvement in existing 
 research and development at such institutions, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT PROGRAM TO STIMULATE 
              SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENT IN EXISTING RESEARCH AND 
              DEVELOPMENT AT CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the National Science Foundation 
shall establish a grant program to provide financial assistance to 
institutions of higher education specified in subsection (c) to aid 
such institutions in the development and enhancement of research 
facilities in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, medical 
matters, and other research and development matters.
    (b) Uses.--Institutions of higher education specified in subsection 
(c) that receive grants from the National Science Foundation may use 
such grants for the following in furtherance of the purpose described 
in subsection (a):
            (1) Existing building infrastructure improvements or 
        enhancements.
            (2) Materials and equipment needed to conduct or produce 
        research.
            (3) Infrastructure needs to maintain building 
        infrastructure.
    (c) Institutions of Higher Education Specified.--The institutions 
of higher education specified in this subsection are the following:
            (1) Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
            (2) Hispanic-serving institutions.
            (3) Tribal colleges.
            (4) Native Hawaiian-serving institutions.
            (5) Predominantly Black institutions.
            (6) Native American-serving, nontribal institutions.
            (7) Asian-American and Native American Pacific Islander-
        serving institutions.
            (8) Minority serving institutions.
            (9) Public and private institutions with endowments of less 
        than $900,000,000 in 2023 constant dollars.
            (10) Two-year colleges.
            (11) Community colleges.
            (12) Vocational-technical colleges.
            (13) Career colleges.
            (14) Four-year colleges with endowments of less than 
        $900,000,000 in 2023 constant dollars.
            (15) Liberal arts colleges with endowments of less than 
        $900,000,000 in 2023 constant dollars.
            (16) Single-sex colleges.
            (17) Religiously affiliated colleges with endowments of 
        less than $900,000,000 in 2023 constant dollars.
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