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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5255 
To direct the National Science Foundation to establish a competitive grant 
program for institutions of higher education to enhance education and 
job training opportunities in mathematics, science, engineering, and tech-
nology. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004 
Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. 
HOLT, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mrs. 
DAVIS of California, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. 
FORD, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. MORAN 
of Virginia, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, and Mr. 
SNYDER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the National Science Foundation to establish a 
competitive grant program for institutions of higher edu-
cation to enhance education and job training opportuni-
ties in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the National 
Science Foundation shall establish a program to award 
competitive grants, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Education, to institutions of higher education for in-
creased education and job training of United States na-
tionals who are undergraduate or graduate students in 
mathematics, science, engineering, and technology. The 
grants shall be provided to applicants who demonstrate 
that they will institute creative and innovative methods of 
encouraging students to study and enter into careers fo-
cused on mathematics, science, engineering, and tech-
nology. 
(b) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—Each application for a 
grant under this Act shall include— 
(1) financial incentives to students entering and 
persisting in the study of mathematics, science, engi-
neering, and technology, which may include scholar-
ships and stipends to students wishing to pursue un-
dergraduate or graduate studies in mathematics, 
science, engineering, or technology degree programs; 
(2) a commitment to expose students to dif-
ferent industries through internships, fellowships, 
part-time work, mentors, or any other mechanism 
that the institution of higher education considers ap-
propriate to make students more aware of opportu-
nities in mathematics, science, engineering, and 
technology careers; and 
(3) a commitment to increase the number of 
traditionally underrepresented students in mathe-
matics, science, engineering, and technology. 
(c) PURPOSES.—A recipient of a grant under this Act 
may use such funds for major research equipment, facili-
ties construction, repair and upgrades, textbooks, and 
other purposes necessary to create a quality mathematics, 
science, engineering, or technology academic program. Re-
cipients may also use such funds to create interdiscipli-
nary programs in mathematics, science, engineering, and 
technology to better meet rapidly changing needs in 
emerging fields. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Science Foundation for carrying out this Act such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2005 through 
2009. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘institution of 
higher education’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001). 
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