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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2153 
To recognize and enhance the contributions of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration to the Nation’s competitiveness in the 21st 
Century, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2007 
Mr. GORDON of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Science and Technology 
A BILL 
To recognize and enhance the contributions of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration to the Nation’s 
competitiveness in the 21st Century, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘21st Century Competi-
tiveness Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that a robust National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, funded at the lev-
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els authorized for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 under sec-
tions 202 and 203 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 16631 and 
16632) and at appropriate levels in subsequent fiscal 
years, would enable a robust and balanced set of programs 
in science, aeronautics, education, and human space flight 
and exploration, and allow full participation in any inter-
agency efforts to promote innovation and economic com-
petitiveness. 
SEC. 3. NASA’S CONTRIBUTION TO INNOVATION. 
(a) PARTICIPATION IN INTERAGENCY ACTIVITIES.— 
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall 
be a full participant in any interagency effort to promote 
innovation and economic competitiveness through near- 
term and long-term basic scientific research and develop-
ment and the promotion of science, technology, engineer-
ing, and mathematics education, consistent with the agen-
cy mission, including authorized activities. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In order to carry out the par-
ticipation described in subsection (a), the Administrator 
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
shall build on the historic role of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration in stimulating excellence in the 
advancement of physical science and engineering dis-
ciplines and in providing opportunities and incentives for 
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the pursuit of academic studies in science, technology, en-
gineering, and mathematics. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator shall 
submit to Congress and the President an annual re-
port describing the activities conducted pursuant to 
this Act, including a description of the goals and the 
objective metrics upon which funding decisions were 
made. 
(2) CONTENT.—Each report submitted pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) shall include, with regard to 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 
education programs, at a minimum, the following: 
(A) A description of each program. 
(B) The amount spent on each program. 
(C) The number of students or teachers 
served by each program. 
(D) Measurement of how each program 
improved student achievement, including with 
regard to challenging State achievement stand-
ards. 
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