mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate, a plan for the allocation of education and 
human resources funds authorized by this Act for the 
corresponding fiscal year, including any funds from 
within the research and related activities account 
used to support activities that have the primary pur-
pose of improving education or broadening participa-
tion. 
(2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall 
include a description of how the allocation of fund-
ing— 
(A) will affect the average size and duration 
of education and human resources grants sup-
ported by the Foundation; 
(B) will affect trends in research support 
for the effective instruction of mathematics, 
science, engineering, and technology; 
(C) will affect the K-20 pipeline for the 
study of mathematics, science, engineering, and 
technology; and 
(D) will encourage the interest of individ-
uals identified in section 33 or 34 of the Science 
and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 
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U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b) in mathematics, science, 
engineering, and technology, and help prepare 
such individuals to pursue postsecondary studies 
in these fields. 
SEC. 16. ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TRIANNUAL AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF THE NA-
TIONAL SCIENCE BOARD.—Section 15(a) of the National 
Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
4862n–5) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘an annual 
audit’’ and inserting ‘‘an audit every three years’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘each year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘every third year’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) MATERIALS
RELATING
TO
CLOSED
POR-
TIONS OF MEETINGS.—To facilitate the audit required 
under paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Office of 
the National Science Board shall maintain the Gen-
eral Counsel’s certificate, the presiding officer’s state-
ment, and a transcript or recording of any closed 
meeting, for at least 3 years after such meeting.’’. 
(b) LIMITED TERM PERSONNEL FOR THE NATIONAL 
SCIENCE BOARD.—Subsection (g) of section 4 of the Na-
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tional Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(g)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) The Board may, with the concurrence of a major-
ity of its members, permit the appointment of a staff con-
sisting of not more than 5 professional staff members, tech-
nical and professional personnel on leave of absence from 
academic, industrial, or research institutions for a limited 
term and such operations and support staff members as 
may be necessary. Such staff shall be appointed by the 
Chairman and assigned at the direction of the Board. The 
professional members and limited term technical and pro-
fessional personnel of such staff may be appointed without 
regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov-
erning appointments in the competitive service, and the 
provisions of chapter 51 of such title relating to classifica-
tion, and shall be compensated at a rate not exceeding the 
maximum rate payable under section 5376 of such title, as 
may be necessary to provide for the performance of such 
duties as may be prescribed by the Board in connection 
with the exercise of its powers and functions under this Act. 
Section 14(a)(3) shall apply to each limited term appoint-
ment of technical and professional personnel under this sub-
section. Each appointment under this subsection shall be 
subject to the same security requirements as those required 
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for personnel of the Foundation appointed under section 
14(a).’’. 
(c) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF WATERMAN AWARDS TO 
THREE.—Section 6(c) of the National Science Foundation 
Authorization Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 1881a) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) Up to three awards may be made under this sec-
tion in any one fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 17. NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REPORTS. 
Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 4(j) of the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(1) and 
(2)) are amended by striking ‘‘, for submission to’’ and ‘‘for 
submission to’’, respectively, and inserting ‘‘and’’. 
SEC. 18. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE REPORT ON DI-
VERSITY IN STEM FIELDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation shall enter into an 
arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences for a 
report, to be transmitted to the Congress not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, about barriers 
to increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields 
and to identify strategies for bringing more underrep-
resented minorities into the science, technology, engineering, 
and mathematics workforce. 
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(b) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall en-
sure that the study described in subsection (a) addresses— 
(1) social and institutional factors that shape the 
decisions of minority students to commit to education 
and careers in the science, technology, engineering, 
and mathematics fields; 
(2) specific barriers preventing greater minority 
student participation in the science, technology, engi-
neering, and mathematics fields; 
(3) primary focus points for policy intervention 
to increase the recruitment and retention of underrep-
resented minorities in America’s future workforce; 
(4) programs already underway to increase di-
versity in the science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics fields, and their level of effectiveness; 
(5) factors that make such programs effective, 
and how to expand and improve upon existing pro-
grams; 
(6) the role of minority-serving institutions in 
the diversification of America’s workforce in these 
fields and how that role can be supported and 
strengthened; and 
(7) how the public and private sectors can better 
assist minority students in their efforts to join Amer-
ica’s workforce in these fields. 
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Union Calendar No. 68 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1867 
[Report No. 110–114] 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008, 
2009, and 2010 for the National Science Foun-
dation, and for other purposes. 
APRIL 30, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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