110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2272 
AN ACT 
To invest in innovation through research and development, 
and to improve the competitiveness of the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘21st Century Competitiveness Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS SCHOLARSHIPS AND 
EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT 
Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Science Scholarships 
Sec. 111. Short title. 
Sec. 112. Findings. 
Sec. 113. Policy objective. 
Sec. 114. Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. 
Subtitle B—Mathematics and Science Education Improvement 
Sec. 121. Mathematics and science education partnerships amendments. 
Sec. 122. Teacher institutes. 
Sec. 123. Graduate degree program. 
Sec. 124. Curricula. 
Sec. 125. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expan-
sion Program. 
Sec. 126. High-need local educational agency definition. 
Sec. 127. Teacher leaders. 
Sec. 128. Laboratory science pilot program. 
Sec. 129. Study on laboratory equipment donations for schools. 
TITLE II—SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. National Science Foundation early career awards for science and en-
gineering researchers. 
Sec. 203. Department of Energy early career awards for science and engineer-
ing researchers. 
Sec. 204. Integrative graduate education and research traineeship program. 
Sec. 205. Presidential innovation award. 
Sec. 206. National Coordination Office for Research Infrastructure. 
Sec. 207. Research on innovation and inventiveness. 
Sec. 208. Report on National Institute of Standards and Technology efforts to 
recruit and retain early CAREER science and engineering re-
searchers. 
Sec. 209. NASA’s contribution to innovation. 
Sec. 210. Undergraduate scholarships for science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics. 
TITLE III—NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Definitions. 
Sec. 303. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 304. Centers for research on learning and education improvement. 
Sec. 305. Interdisciplinary research. 
Sec. 306. Pilot program of grants for new investigators. 
Sec. 307. Broader impacts merit review criterion. 
Sec. 308. Postdoctoral research fellows. 
Sec. 309. Responsible conduct of research. 
Sec. 310. Reporting of research results. 
Sec. 311. Sharing research results. 
Sec. 312. Funding for successful stem education programs. 
Sec. 313. Cost sharing. 
Sec. 314. Donations. 
Sec. 315. Additional reports. 
Sec. 316. Administrative amendments. 
Sec. 317. National Science Board reports. 
Sec. 318. National Academy of Science Report on Diversity in STEM fields. 
Sec. 319. Sense of the Congress regarding the mathematics and science part-
nership programs of the Department of Education and the Na-
tional Science Foundation. 
Sec. 320. Hispanic-serving institutions undergraduate program. 
Sec. 321. Communications training for scientists. 
TITLE IV—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND 
TECHNOLOGY 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 411. Scientific and technical research and services. 
Sec. 412. Industrial technology services. 
Subtitle B—Innovation and Technology Policy Reforms 
Sec. 421. Institute-wide planning report. 
Sec. 422. Report by Visiting Committee. 
Sec. 423. Manufacturing extension partnership. 
Sec. 424. Technology Innovation Program. 
Sec. 425. Research fellowships. 
Sec. 426. Collaborative manufacturing research pilot grants. 
Sec. 427. Manufacturing fellowship program. 
Sec. 428. Meetings of Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology. 
Sec. 429. Manufacturing research database. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 441. Post-doctoral fellows. 
Sec. 442. Financial agreements clarification. 
Sec. 443. Working capital fund transfers. 
Sec. 444. Retention of depreciation surcharge. 
Sec. 445. Non-Energy Inventions Program. 
Sec. 446. Redefinition of the metric system. 
Sec. 447. Repeal of redundant and obsolete authority. 
Sec. 448. Clarification of standard time and time zones. 
Sec. 449. Procurement of temporary and intermittent services.
Sec. 450. Malcolm Baldrige awards. 
TITLE V—HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING 
Sec. 501. High-performance computing research and development program. 
Sec. 502. Definitions. 
TITLE I—SCIENCE AND MATHE-
MATICS SCHOLARSHIPS AND 
EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The National Science Foundation has made 
significant and valuable contributions to the im-
provement of K–12 and undergraduate science, tech-
nology, engineering, and mathematics education 
throughout its 56 year history. 
(2) Under section 3 of the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1862), the Na-
tional Science Foundation is explicitly required to 
strengthen science, mathematics, and engineering re-
search potential and education programs at all lev-
els. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘cost of attendance’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 472 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll). 
(2) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 
the National Science Foundation.
(3) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001(a)). 
(4) The term ‘‘mathematics and science teach-
er’’ means a mathematics, science, or technology 
teacher at the elementary school or secondary school 
level. 
Subtitle A—Science Scholarships 
SEC. 111. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘10,000 Teachers, 
10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act’’. 
SEC. 112. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The prosperity the United States enjoys 
today is due in no small part to investments the Na-
tion has made in research and development over the 
past 50 years. 
(2) Corporate, government, and national sci-
entific and technical leaders have raised concerns 
that current trends affecting the science and tech-
nology enterprise of the Nation could result in ero-
sion of this past success and jeopardize future pros-
perity.
(3) The National Academy of Sciences, the Na-
tional Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of 
Medicine were tasked in a congressional request to 
recommend actions that the Federal Government 
could take to enhance the science and technology en-
terprise so that the United States can successfully 
compete, prosper, and be secure in the global com-
munity of the 21st century. 
(4) The Academies’ highest priority rec-
ommendation in its report, ‘‘Rising Above the Gath-
ering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for 
a Brighter Economic Future’’, is to improve K–12 
mathematics and science education, and the Acad-
emies’ first recommended action item is to institute 
a major scholarship program to recruit and educate 
annually 10,000 mathematics and science teachers. 
SEC. 113. POLICY OBJECTIVE. 
In carrying out the program under section 10 of the 
National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002, 
the National Science Foundation shall seek to increase by 
up to 10,000 per year the number of elementary and sec-
ondary mathematics and science teachers in the Nation’s 
schools having both exemplary subject knowledge and ped-
agogical skills.