make awards, on a competitive basis, to institutions of 
higher education or nonprofit organizations (or consortia 
of such institutions or organizations) to collect and ana-
lyze data on financial instability of graduate researchers 
and postdoctoral researchers (disaggregated, to the extent 
practicable, by demographics). 
(e) NATIONAL ACADEMIES ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of the National Science Foundation shall 
enter into an agreement with the National Acad-
emies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to un-
dertake a study and issue a report on the status of 
financial instability of graduate researchers and 
postdoctoral researchers. To the extent feasible, the 
study shall include an assessment (disaggregated, to 
the extent practicable, by demographics) at a min-
imum of the immediately preceding five years of the 
following: 
(A) Stipends relative to average local med-
ical, dental, and vision expenses. 
(B) Stipends relative to average local hous-
ing and transportation costs. 
(C) Stipends relative to average local food 
costs. 
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(D) Stipends relative to average local costs 
of caring for family members, including child 
care costs. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than two years after 
the date on which the agreement between the Direc-
tor of the National Science Foundation and the Na-
tional Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Med-
icine is entered into pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and 
Medicine shall submit to Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology, the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce, and the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report con-
taining the results of the assessment under such 
paragraph and recommendations relating thereto re-
garding how Federal agencies, Congress, institutions 
of higher education, and other relevant entities may 
address financial instability of graduate researchers 
and postdoctoral researchers. 
(f) GAO STUDY.—Not later than three years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to the Com-
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mittee on Science, Space, and Technology, the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce, and the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions of the Senate a report that— 
(1) assesses the degree to which Federal re-
search agencies have implemented the policy guide-
lines under subsection (b) and the effectiveness of 
such implementation; 
(2) includes recommendations on potential 
changes to practices and policies to improve such 
guidelines and such implementation; and 
(3) includes recommendations on additional 
data collection and research needed to monitor 
progress on reducing financial instability of graduate 
researchers and postdoctoral researchers. 
Æ 
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