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TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 701. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that, among the programs 
and activities authorized in this Act, those that correspond 
to the recommendations of the National Academy of 
Sciences’ 2005 report entitled ‘‘Rising Above the Gath-
ering Storm’’ remain critical to maintaining long-term 
United States economic competitiveness, and accordingly 
shall receive funding priority. 
SEC. 702. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. 
For the purposes of the activities and programs sup-
ported by this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act— 
(1) institutions of higher education chartered to 
serve large numbers of students with disabilities, in-
cluding Gallaudet University, Landmark College, 
and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, 
and institutions of higher education offering science, 
technology, engineering, and mathematics research 
and education activities and programs that serve 
veterans with disabilities, shall receive special consid-
eration in the review of any proposals by these insti-
tutions for funding under the research and edu-
cation programs authorized in this Act to ensure 
that institutions of higher education chartered to or 
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serving persons with disabilities benefit from such 
research and education activities and programs; and 
(2) agencies with respect to which appropria-
tions are authorized under this Act shall also con-
duct outreach to veterans with disabilities pursuing 
studies in science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics to ensure that such veterans are aware 
of and benefit from the research and education ac-
tivities and programs authorized by this Act. 
SEC. 703. VETERANS AND SERVICE MEMBERS. 
In awarding scholarships and fellowships under this 
Act, an institution of higher education shall give pref-
erence to applications from veterans and service members, 
including those who have received or will receive the Af-
ghanistan Campaign Medal or the Iraq Campaign Medal 
as authorized by Public Law 108–234 (10 U.S.C. 1121 
note; 118 Stat. 655) and Executive Order No. 13363. 
SEC. 704. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
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vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
SEC. 705. LIMITATION ON EMPLOYMENT AND RECEIPT OF 
FUNDS. 
No funds authorized under this Act shall be used for 
the employment of, or shall be received by, any individual 
who has been convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, a crime 
of child molestation, rape, or any other form of sexual as-
sault. 
SEC. 706. PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to supercede 
section 1913 of title 18, United States Code. 
SEC. 707. INFORMATION REQUESTS BY LABOR ORGANIZA-
TIONS. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, an institution of higher edu-
cation that employs employees who are represented by a 
labor organization shall be eligible to receive funding for 
facilities and administrative costs for an activity or pro-
gram supported by this Act or the amendments made by 
this Act only if the institution maintains a policy that 
meets the requirements set forth in subsection (b). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A policy described under sub-
section (a) shall require that the institution provide, within 
15 days of receipt of a request by a labor organization 
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representing employees of the institution, any information 
which the labor organization has a lawful right to obtain 
under applicable labor laws. Such a policy shall provide 
that, on a case-by-case basis, such 15 days may be ex-
tended to a longer time period by mutual agreement of 
the labor organization and the institution. 
(c) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH POLICY.— 
(1) COMPLAINT OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—In the 
case of an institution of higher education that does 
not provide information requested by a labor organi-
zation in compliance with the requirements of a pol-
icy described in subsections (a) and (b), the labor or-
ganization may file a complaint of noncompliance 
with the head of the agency overseeing any activity 
or program supported by this Act or the amend-
ments made by this Act for which the institution is 
receiving funds. 
(2) NOTIFICATION TO INSTITUTION.—Upon re-
ceiving such a complaint, the head of such agency 
shall notify the institution of the complaint and pro-
vide the institution an additional 30 days to provide 
the requested information to the labor organization 
or otherwise explain why the complaint of non-com-
pliance is not valid. 
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(3) AGENCY ACTION.—If the information has 
not been provided by the institution at the conclu-
sion of such 30 day period and the head of such 
agency determines the complaint to be valid, the 
head of such agency shall suspend payment of any 
funds for facilities and administrative costs that 
would otherwise be available to such institution for 
all activities and programs supported by this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act until such 
time as the requested information has been provided 
by the institution. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 101(a) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001(a)); and 
(2) the term ‘‘facilities and administrative 
costs’’ means facilities and administrative (F&A) 
costs as defined in the Office of Management and 
Budget Revised Circular A–21 (Cost Principles for 
Educational Institutions, published in the Federal 
Register on May 10, 2004). 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on January 1, 2011. 
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