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(3) Support activities necessary to facilitate oversight of 
relevant emerging biotechnologies. 
SEC. 10407. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this title may be construed to require public disclo-
sure of information that is exempt from mandatory disclosure under 
section 552 of title 5, United States Code. 
TITLE V—BROADENING PARTICIPATION 
IN SCIENCE 
Subtitle A—STEM Opportunities 
SEC. 10501. FEDERAL RESEARCH AGENCY POLICIES FOR CAREGIVERS. 
(a) OSTP GUIDANCE.—Not later than 12 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director, in consultation with 
the heads of relevant agencies, shall provide guidance to each 
Federal research agency to establish policies that— 
(1) apply to all— 
(A) research awards granted by such agency; and 
(B) principal investigators of such research and their 
trainees, including postdoctoral researchers and graduate 
students, who have caregiving responsibilities, including 
care for a newborn or newly adopted child and care for 
an immediate family member who has a disability or a 
serious health condition; and 
(2) provide, to the extent feasible— 
(A) flexibility in timing for the initiation of approved 
research awards granted by such agency; 
(B) no-cost extensions of such research awards; 
(C) award supplements, as appropriate, to research 
awards to sustain research activities conducted under such 
awards; and 
(D) any other appropriate accommodations at the 
discretion of the director of each such agency. 
(b) UNIFORMITY OF GUIDANCE.—In providing guidance under 
subsection (a), the Director shall encourage uniformity, to the extent 
practicable, and consistency in the policies established pursuant 
to such guidance across all Federal research agencies. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT
OF POLICIES.—Consistent, to the extent 
practicable, with the guidance under subsection (a), Federal 
research agencies shall— 
(1) maintain or develop and implement policies for individ-
uals described in paragraph (1)(B) of such subsection; and 
(2) broadly disseminate in easily accessible formats such 
policies to current and potential award recipients. 
(d) DATA
ON USAGE.—Federal research agencies shall con-
sider— 
(1) collecting data, including demographic data that can 
be disaggregated by sex, geographic location, and socioeconomic 
indicators, which may include employment status, occupation, 
educational attainment, parental education, and income, on 
the usage of the policies under subsection (c), at both institu-
tions of higher education and Federal laboratories; and
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(2) reporting such data on an annual basis to the Director 
in such form as required by the Director. 
SEC. 10502. COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF DATA ON FEDERAL 
RESEARCH AWARDS. 
(a) COLLECTION OF DATA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal research agency shall col-
lect, as practicable, with respect to all applications for merit- 
reviewed research and development awards made by such 
agency, standardized record-level annual information on demo-
graphics, primary field, award type, institution type, review 
rating, budget request, funding outcome, and awarded budget. 
(2) UNIFORMITY AND STANDARDIZATION.—The Director, in 
consultation with the heads of each Federal research agency, 
shall establish, and update as necessary, a policy to ensure 
uniformity and standardization of the data collection required 
under paragraph (1). 
(3) RECORD-LEVEL DATA.— 
(A) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning not later than two years 
after the issuance of the policy under paragraph (2) to 
Federal research agencies, and on an annual basis there-
after, each Federal research agency shall submit to the 
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics 
record-level data collected under paragraph (1) in the form 
required by the Director of the National Science Founda-
tion. 
(B) PREVIOUS DATA.—As part of the first submission 
under subparagraph (A), each Federal research agency, 
to the extent practicable, shall also submit comparable 
record-level data, if it is available to the agency, for the 
five years preceding the date of such submission, or an 
analysis for why such data cannot be provided. 
(b) REPORTING OF DATA.—The Director of the National Science 
Foundation shall publish statistical summary data, as practicable, 
collected under this section, disaggregated and cross-tabulated by 
race, ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic indicators, which may include 
employment status, occupation, educational attainment, parental 
education, and income, geographic location, and years since comple-
tion of doctoral degree, including in conjunction with the National 
Science Foundation’s report required by section 37 of the Science 
and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885d; Public 
Law 96–516). 
SEC. 10503. POLICIES FOR REVIEW OF FEDERAL RESEARCH AWARDS. 
(a) ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES.—Federal research agencies shall 
regularly assess, and update as necessary, policies, and practices 
to remove or reduce cultural and institutional barriers limiting 
the recruitment, retention, and success of groups historically under-
represented in STEM research careers, including policies and prac-
tices relevant to the unbiased review of Federal research applica-
tions. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS
AND ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the 
requirements under subsection (a), Federal research agencies 
shall— 
(1) review current levels of participation of groups histori-
cally underrepresented in STEM in peer-review panels and 
consider approaches for expanding their participation;
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(2) analyze the data collected under section 10502, 
including funding rates of proposals from all groups, including 
those historically underrepresented in STEM; 
(3) collect and disseminate best practices to remove or 
reduce cultural and institutional barriers limiting the recruit-
ment, retention, and success of groups historically underrep-
resented in STEM research careers; and 
(4) implement evidence-based policies and practices to 
achieve the goals of this section. 
SEC. 10504. COLLECTION OF DATA ON DEMOGRAPHICS OF FACULTY. 
(a) COLLECTION OF DATA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and at least every five years 
thereafter, the Director of the National Science Foundation 
shall carry out a survey to collect data from award recipients 
on the demographics of STEM faculty, by broad fields of STEM, 
at different types of institutions of higher education that receive 
Federal research funding. 
(2) SURVEY CONSIDERATIONS.—To the extent practicable, 
the Director of the National Science Foundation shall survey, 
by sex, race, socioeconomic indicators, which may include 
employment 
status, 
occupation, 
educational 
attainment, 
parental education, and income, geographic location, ethnicity, 
citizenship status, and years since completion of doctoral 
degree— 
(A) the number and percentage of faculty; 
(B) the number and percentage of faculty at each rank; 
(C) the number and percentage of faculty who are 
in nontenure-track positions, including teaching and 
research; 
(D) the number and percentage of faculty who are 
reviewed for promotion, including tenure, and the percent-
age of that number who are promoted, including being 
awarded tenure; 
(E) faculty years in rank; 
(F) the number and percentage of faculty to leave 
tenure-track positions; 
(G) the number and percentage of faculty hired, by 
rank; and 
(H) the number and percentage of faculty in leadership 
positions. 
(b) EXISTING SURVEYS.—The Director of the National Science 
Foundation, may, in modifying or expanding existing Federal sur-
veys of higher education (as necessary)— 
(1) take into account the considerations under subsection 
(a)(2) by collaborating with statistical centers at other Federal 
agencies; or 
(2) make an award to an institution of higher education 
or nonprofit organization (or consortia thereof) to take such 
considerations into account. 
(c) REPORTING DATA.—The Director of the National Science 
Foundation shall publish statistical summary data collected under 
this section, including as part of the National Science Foundation’s 
report required by section 37 of the Science and Engineering Equal 
Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885d; Public Law 96–516).
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(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Director of the National Science Founda-
tion $4,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2023 through 2025 to develop 
and carry out the initial survey required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 10505. CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO EXPANDING 
THE ACADEMIC AND FEDERAL STEM WORKFORCE. 
(a) BEST PRACTICES.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director, in consulta-
tion with the interagency working group on inclusion in STEM 
and utilizing existing guidance already developed by Federal 
research agencies where applicable, shall broadly disseminate 
to entities that receive Federal research funding best practices 
for— 
(A) conducting periodic climate surveys of STEM 
departments and divisions, with a particular focus on 
identifying and addressing any cultural or institutional 
barriers to the recruitment, retention, or advancement of 
groups historically underrepresented in STEM studies and 
careers; and 
(B) providing educational opportunities, including 
workshops, for STEM professionals to learn about current 
research on effective practices for unbiased recruitment, 
evaluation, and promotion of undergraduate and graduate 
students and research personnel. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES.—Consistent with the guid-
ance developed under paragraph (1)— 
(A) The Director of the National Science Foundation, 
in consultation with the heads of Federal research agencies, 
shall develop a policy that— 
(i) applies to, at a minimum, doctoral degree 
granting institutions that receive Federal research 
funding; and 
(ii) requires each such institution, not later than 
3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
to the extent practicable, to report to the Director 
of the National Science Foundation on activities and 
policies developed and implemented based on the guid-
ance disseminated under paragraph (1); and 
(B) each Federal research agency with a Federal lab-
oratory shall maintain or develop and implement practices 
and policies for the purposes described in paragraph (1) 
for such laboratory and, not later than three years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, each Federal labora-
tory shall report to the head of such agency on such prac-
tices and policies. 
(b) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than four years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National 
Science Foundation shall submit a report to Congress that includes 
a summary and analysis of the types and frequency of activities 
and policies developed and carried out under subsection (a) based 
on the reports submitted under paragraph (2) of such subsection. 
SEC. 10506. EXISTING ACTIVITIES. 
A Federal research agency may satisfy requirements under 
this subtitle through activities and programs in existence as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act.