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Union Calendar No. 293 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5358 
[Report No. 109–524] 
To authorize programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and 
technology education at the National Science Foundation and the Depart-
ment of Energy Office of Science, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2006 
Mr. SCHWARZ of Michigan (for himself, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. SMITH of Texas, 
Mr. CALVERT, Mr. EHLERS, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. INGLIS of South Caro-
lina, and Mr. MCCAUL of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Science 
JUNE 22, 2006 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. AL GREEN of 
Texas, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. BONNER, Mr. GORDON, Mr. 
REICHERT, Mr. WYNN, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. 
LIPINSKI, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. HONDA, Ms. EDDIE BER-
NICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. 
DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. COSTA, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. 
SHERMAN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. HALL, Mr. GUTKNECHT, 
and Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida 
JUNE 22, 2006 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 11, 2006] 
A BILL 
To authorize programs relating to science, mathematics, en-
gineering, and technology education at the National 
Science Foundation and the Department of Energy Of-
fice of Science, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Science and Mathe-
matics Education for Competitiveness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The National Science Foundation has made 
significant and valuable contributions to the improve-
ment of K–12 and undergraduate science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematics education throughout 
its 56 year history. 
(2) The National Science Foundation shall con-
tinue to carry out the functions described in section 
3 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
U.S.C. 1862). 
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SEC. 3. ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 
Section 10 of the National Science Foundation Author-
ization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–1) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘Teacher’’ after ‘‘Noyce’’ in the 
section heading and each place it appears in the text; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘to provide scholarships, sti-
pends, and programming designed’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and to provide scholar-
ships and stipends to students participating in 
the program’’ after ‘‘science teachers’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(3)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘encourage top college jun-
iors and seniors’’ and inserting ‘‘recruit and 
prepare undergraduate students’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘qualified as’’ after ‘‘to be-
come’’; 
(4) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘programs to help scholar-
ship recipients’’ and inserting ‘‘academic courses 
and early field teaching experiences designed to 
prepare students participating in the program’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘programs that will result 
in’’ and inserting ‘‘such preparation as is nec-
essary to meet requirements for’’; and 
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(C) by striking ‘‘licensing; and’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘licensing;’’; 
(5) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(iii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘scholarship recipients’’ and 
inserting ‘‘students participating in the pro-
gram’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘enable the recipients’’ and 
inserting ‘‘enable the students’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; 
(6) in subsection (a)(3)(A) by inserting at the 
end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iv) providing summer internships for 
freshman and sophomore students partici-
pating in the program; or’’; 
(7) in subsection (a)(3)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘encourage’’ and inserting 
‘‘recruit and prepare’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘qualified as’’ after ‘‘to be-
come’’; 
(8) by amending clause (ii) of subsection 
(a)(3)(B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) offering academic courses and 
field teaching experiences designed to pre-
pare stipend recipients to teach in elemen-
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tary schools and secondary schools, includ-
ing such preparation as necessary to meet 
requirements for teacher certification or li-
censing;’’; 
(9) in subsection (a) by inserting at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible 
for an award under this section, an institution of 
higher education (or consortia of such institutions) 
shall ensure that specific faculty members and staff 
from the institution’s mathematics, science, or engi-
neering departments and specific education faculty 
are designated to carry out the development and im-
plementation of the program. An institution of higher 
education may also include teacher leaders to partici-
pate in developing the pedagogical content of the pro-
gram and to supervise students participating in the 
program in their field teaching experiences. No insti-
tution of higher education shall be eligible for an 
award unless faculty from the institution’s mathe-
matics, science, or engineering departments are active 
participants in the program.’’; 
(10) in subsection (b)(1)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘scholarship or stipend’’; 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘and summer internships’’ 
after ‘‘number of scholarships’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘the type of activities pro-
posed for the recruitment of students to the pro-
gram,’’ after ‘‘intends to award,’’; 
(11) in subsection (b)(1)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘scholarship or stipend’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
which may include a description of any existing 
programs at the applicant’s institution that are 
targeted to the education of science and mathe-
matics teachers and the number of teachers grad-
uated annually from such programs;’’; 
(12) in subsection (b)(1), by striking subpara-
graph (C) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) a description of the academic courses 
and field teaching experiences required under 
subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) and (B)(ii), including— 
‘‘(i) a description of the undergraduate 
program that will enable a student to grad-
uate in 4 years with a major in mathe-
matics, science, or engineering and to ob-
tain teacher certification or licensing; 
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