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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3331 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense 

to make grants to recognized science and technology secondary schools 

to support research and development projects at such schools in science, 

mathematics, engineering, and technology to supplement the national 

security functions of the Department of Defense. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 24, 2009 

Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia (for himself and Mr. GOODLATTE) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the 

Secretary of Defense to make grants to recognized 

science and technology secondary schools to support research and development projects at such schools in 

science, mathematics, engineering, and technology to supplement the national security functions of the Department of Defense. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND 

2 MATHEMATICS (STEM) RESEARCH AND DE3 VELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR RECOGNIZED 

4 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECONDARY 

5 SCHOOLS. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.—Chapter 

7 111 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by insert8 ing after section 2192a the following new section: 

9 ‘‘§ 2192b. Science, Technology, Engineering, and 

10 Mathematics (STEM) Research and Devel11 opment Program 

12 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT FOR PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

13 of Defense shall carry out a program to provide grants 

14 to secondary schools described in subsection (b) to support 

15 research and development projects at such schools in 

16 science, mathematics, engineering, and technology to sup17 plement the national security functions of the Department 

18 of Defense, as determined by the Secretary. A grant may 

19 be made directly to an eligible secondary school or indi20 rectly to a local educational agency for the administration 

21 of the school or a nonprofit organization supporting re22 search and development projects in science, mathematics, 

23 engineering, and technology at the school. 

24 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS.—To be eligible for a grant 

25 under the program, a secondary school must be recognized 

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1 ondary school with a science and technology program. The 

2 requirements for such recognition shall be determined by 

3 the Secretary of Defense, taking into consideration the fol4 lowing specific criteria: 

5 ‘‘(1) The secondary school must meet a min6 imum number of required academic years of science 

7 curriculum. 

8 ‘‘(2) The secondary school must meet a min9 imum number of academic years of technology or en10 gineering curriculum. 

11 ‘‘(3) The secondary school must meet a min12 imum number of academic years of mathematics 

13 curriculum. 

14 ‘‘(c) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TOPICS.—The 

15 Secretary of Defense, in consultation for the Secretaries 

16 of the military departments, shall determine potential re17 search and development topics for which grants may be 

18 made under the program. The Secretary of Defense shall 

19 prepare, from such proposed topics, a priority list of 

20 projects, which shall be published and made available to 

21 eligible secondary schools. 

22 ‘‘(d) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—The Sec23 retary of Defense shall solicit grant proposals from eligible 

24 secondary schools. The Secretary shall evaluate submitted 

25 proposals and make grants on a competitive basis. 


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1 ‘‘(e) MONITORING AND RESULTS.—The Secretary of 

2 Defense shall monitor the progress made by grant recipi3 ents on projects supported using the grant funds and re4 quire regular updates and progress reports as considered 

5 necessary by the Secretary. A grant recipient shall docu6 ment and submit to the Secretary a final report on the 

7 results of the project. 

8 ‘‘(f) REPORT ON PROGRAM.—Not later than Feb9 ruary 1, 2011, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 

10 the congressional defense committees and the Committee 

11 on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Com12 mittee on Government Reform of the House of Represent13 atives a report containing a plan for expanding and im14 proving the program.’’. 

15 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

16 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

17 after the item relating to section 2192a the following new 

18 item: 

‘‘2192b. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Research 

and Development Program.’’. 

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