able information submitted by or on behalf of
the individual identified in the information.’’;
(4) in paragraphs (2) and (6) of subsection (b),
by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’ each place such term
appears and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(2)’’;
(5) in paragraphs (3) and (7) of subsection (b),
by striking ‘‘Center’s’’ each place such term appears
and inserting ‘‘Director’s’’; and
(6) by striking the section heading and trans-
ferring all the subsections (including subsections (a)
through (c)) and redesignating such subsections as
subsections (c) through (e), respectively, at the end
of section 184 of this Act.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Sections 302 and
303 of this Act are redesignated as sections 304 and 305,
respectively.
(c) NATIONAL ASSESSMENT GOVERNING BOARD.—
Section 412 of the National Education Statistics Act of
1994 (20 U.S.C. 9011) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘referred to as
the ‘Board’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘referred to as the ‘As-
sessment Board’ ’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘Board’’ each place such term
appears (other than in subsection (a)) and inserting
‘‘Assessment Board’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place such
term appears and inserting ‘‘Commissioner for Edu-
cation Statistics’’;
(4) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘(carried out
under section 303)’’ after ‘‘for the National Assess-
ment’’;
(5) in subsection (b)(2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH’’ in the heading
and inserting ‘‘DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMY OF
EDUCATION SCIENCES’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary for
Educational Research and Improvement’’ and
inserting ‘‘Director of the Academy of Edu-
cation Sciences’’;
(6) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘section
411(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 303(b)’’;
(7) in subsection (e)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘section
411(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 303(e)’’;
(8) in subsection (e)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘, in-
cluding the Advisory Council established under sec-
tion 407’’;
(9) in subsections (e)(1)(F) and (e)(1)(I), by
striking ‘‘section 411’’ each place such term appears
and inserting ‘‘section 303’’;
(10) in subsection (e)(5), by striking ‘‘and the
Advisory Council on Education Statistics’’;
(11) in subsection (e)(6), by striking ‘‘section
411(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 303(e)’’; and
(12) by transferring and redesignating the sec-
tion as section 302 (following section 301) of title
III of this Act.
(d) NATIONAL
ASSESSMENT
OF
EDUCATIONAL
PROGRESS.—Section 411 of the National Education Sta-
tistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place such
term appears and inserting ‘‘Commissioner for Edu-
cation Statistics’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘National Assessment Governing
Board’’ and ‘‘National Board’’ each place either
such term appears and inserting ‘‘Assessment
Board’’;
(3) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘section 412’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 302’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘and with the technical as-
sistance of the Advisory Council established
under section 407,’’; and
(C) by inserting ‘‘(awarded by the Direc-
tor, acting through the Commissioner for Edu-
cation Statistics)’’ after ‘‘cooperative agree-
ments’’;
(4) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘of’’ after
‘‘academic achievement and reporting’’;
(5) in subsection (b)(3)(A)—
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘paragraphs
(1)(B) and (1)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs
(2)(B) and (2)(E)’’;
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘paragraph
(1)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(C)’’; and
(C) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘paragraph
(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(D)’’;
(6) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘(c)(2)’’
and inserting ‘‘(c)(3)’’;
(7) in subsection (c)(2)(D), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’;
(8) in subsection (e)(4), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(C) of
such subsection’’;
(9) in subsection (f)(1)(B)(iv), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 412(e)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 302(e)(4)’’;
and
(10) by transferring and redesignating the sec-
tion as section 303 (following section 302) of title
III of this Act.
(e) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The items
relating to title III in the table of contents of this Act,
as amended by section 401 of this Act, are amended to
read as follows:
‘‘TITLE III—NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL
PROGRESS
‘‘Sec. 301. Short title.
‘‘Sec. 302. National Assessment Governing Board.
‘‘Sec. 303. National Assessment of Educational Progress.
‘‘Sec. 304. Definitions.
‘‘Sec. 305. Authorization of appropriations.’’.
SEC. 402. AMENDMENTS TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
ORGANIZATION ACT.
The Department of Education Organization Act (20
U.S.C. 3401 et seq.) is amended as follows:
(1) Paragraph (4) of section 202(b) (20 U.S.C.
3412(b)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(4) There shall be in the Department a Director of
the Academy of Education Sciences who shall be ap-
pointed in accordance with section 115(a) of the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002 and perform the du-
ties described in that Act.’’.
(2) Section 208 (20 U.S.C. 3419) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘ACADEMY OF EDUCATION SCIENCES
‘‘SEC. 208. There shall be in the Department of Edu-
cation an Academy of Education Sciences, which shall be
administered in accordance with the Education Sciences
303(b)(2) of the National Assessment of Edu-
cational Progress Authorization Act’’.
(3) Section 1117(a)(3) is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(as such section existed
on the day before the date of enactment of the
Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002)’’ after
‘‘Act of 1994’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘regional educational ap-
plied research and technical assistance entities
established under section 202 of the Regional
Assistance Act of 2002 and’’ after ‘‘assistance
from’’.
(4) Section 1501(a)(3) is amended by striking
‘‘section 411 of the National Education Statistics
Act of 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘section 303 of the Na-
tional Assessment of Educational Progress Author-
ization Act’’.
(5) The following provisions are each amended
by striking ‘‘Office of Educational Research and Im-
provement’’ and inserting ‘‘Academy of Education
Sciences’’:
(A) Section 3222(a) (20 U.S.C. 6932(a)).
(B) Section 3303(1) (20 U.S.C. 7013(1)).
(C) 
Section 
5464(e)(1) 
(20 
U.S.C.
7253c(e)(1)).
(D) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section
5615(d) (20 U.S.C. 7283d(d)).
(E) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section
7131(c) (20 U.S.C. 7451(c)).
(6) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 5464(e)
(20 U.S.C. 7253c(e)) are each amended by striking
‘‘such Office’’ and inserting ‘‘such Academy’’.
(7) Section 5613 (20 U.S.C. 7283b) is
amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ‘‘As-
sistant Secretary of the Office of Educational
Research and Improvement’’ and inserting ‘‘Di-
rector of the Academy of Education Sciences’’;
and
(B) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking
‘‘research institutes of the Office of Educational
Research and Improvement’’ and inserting
‘‘National Education Centers of the Academy of
Education Sciences’’.
(8) Sections 5615(d)(1) and 7131(c)(1) (20
U.S.C. 7283d(d)(1), 7451(c)(1)) are each amended
by striking ‘‘the Office’’ and inserting ‘‘the Acad-
emy’’.
(9) Section 9529(b) is amended by striking
‘‘section 404(a)(6) of the National Education Statis-
tics Act of 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘section 153(a)(5)
of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002’’.
(e) SCHOOL-TO-WORK
OPPORTUNITIES
ACT
OF
1994.—Section 404 of the School-to-Work Opportunities
Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 6194) is amended by inserting
‘‘(as such Act existed on the day before the date of enact-
ment of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002)’’
after ‘‘Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 405. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall
take effect on October 1, 2002.
SEC. 406. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Act, or the application of such
provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid,
the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provi-
sion to persons or circumstances other than those as to
which the provision is held invalid, shall not be affected
thereby.
SEC. 407. ORDERLY TRANSITION.
The Secretary of Education shall take such steps as
are necessary to provide for the orderly transition to, and
implementation of, the offices, boards, committees, and
centers (and their various functions and responsibilities)
established or authorized by this Act, and by the amend-
ments made by this Act, from those established or author-
ized by the Educational Research, Development, Dissemi-
nation, and Improvement Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 6001
et seq.) and the National Education Statistics Act of 1994
(20 U.S.C. 9001 et seq.).
Passed the House of Representatives April 30, 2002.
Attest:
Clerk.