(1) by redesignating section 34 as section 35; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 33 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 34. BIOSCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish a 
bioscience research program to support research and de-
velopment of standard reference materials, measurements, 
methods, and genomic and other data to advance— 
‘‘(1) biological drug research and development; 
‘‘(2) molecular diagnostics; 
‘‘(3) medical imaging technologies; and 
‘‘(4) personalized medicine. 
‘‘(b) UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director may es-
tablish research centers at institutions of higher edu-
cation (in this section referred to as ‘university re-
search centers’) through a competitive application 
process to conduct research that furthers the objec-
tives of the bioscience research program. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An institution of high-
er education seeking to establish a university 
research center under this subsection shall sub-
mit an application to the Director at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such informa-
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tion and assurances as the Director may re-
quire. 
‘‘(B) COMPONENTS.—The application shall 
include, at a minimum, a description of— 
‘‘(i) the relevant research and instruc-
tional capacity of the applicant; 
‘‘(ii) the research projects that will be 
undertaken by the applicant; 
‘‘(iii) the extent to which the applicant 
will partner with industry and the role in-
dustry will play in the research undertaken 
by the university research center; 
‘‘(iv) how the applicant will dissemi-
nate research results effectively; and 
‘‘(v) the metrics that will be used to 
evaluate the success of the projects under 
clause (ii) and the contribution of the uni-
versity research center in furthering the 
objectives of the bioscience research pro-
gram. 
‘‘(3) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date on which a university research center 
is established and every 3 years thereafter, the Di-
rector shall evaluate the university research center 
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for its contributions to the bioscience research pro-
gram. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL MEETING.—If the Director estab-
lishes more than 1 university research center, the 
Director shall convene an annual meeting of re-
searchers from all of the university research centers 
and the Institute to foster collaboration and commu-
nication. 
‘‘(c) USER FACILITY.—The Director may establish a 
bioscience user facility to provide access to advanced or 
unique equipment, services, materials, and other resources 
to industry, institutions of higher education, nonprofit or-
ganizations, and government agencies to perform research 
and testing. 
‘‘(d) POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS.—The Director shall, 
to the extent practicable, assign 1 or more fellows from 
the postdoctoral fellowship program established in section 
19 to the bioscience research program. 
‘‘(e) PROGRAMMATIC PLANNING DOCUMENT.—The 
Director shall ensure that the updates to the pro-
grammatic planning document transmitted to Congress 
under section 23(d) include the bioscience research pro-
gram. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) BIOSCIENCE
RESEARCH
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘bioscience research program’ means the re-
search and development program authorized under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
same meaning given the term in section 101(a) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001(a)).’’. 
(b) VISITING COMMITTEE
ON ADVANCED TECH-
NOLOGY AMENDMENTS.—Section 10 of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘15 members’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘at least 15, but not more than 20, mem-
bers’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘at least 10’’ and inserting 
‘‘at least 13’’; and 
(2) in subsection (h)(1), by striking ‘‘Program 
established under section 28’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
grams established under sections 28 and 34’’. 
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