(2) how those programs are being evaluated 
and assessed for outcome-oriented effectiveness. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter as part 
of the annual budget submission to Congress, the Director 
shall complete a report on the review carried out under 
this section and shall submit the report to the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, and shall make the report widely available to the 
public. 
SEC. 114. RECOMPETITION OF AWARDS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) the merit-reviewed competition of grant and 
award proposals is a hallmark of the Foundation 
grant and award making process; 
(2) the majority of Foundation-funded multi- 
user research facilities have transitioned to 5-year 
cooperative agreements, and every 5 years the pro-
gram officer responsible for the facility makes a rec-
ommendation to the National Science Board as to
the renewal, recompetition, or termination of sup-
port for the facility; and 
(3) requiring the recompetition of expiring 
awards is based on the conviction that competition 
is most likely to ensure the effective stewardship of 
Foundation funds for supporting research and edu-
cation. 
(b) RECOMPETITION.—The Director shall ensure that 
the system for recompetition of Maintenance and Oper-
ations of facilities, equipment and instrumentation is fair, 
consistent, and transparent and is applied in a manner 
that renews grants and awards in a timely manner. The 
Director shall periodically evaluate whether the criteria of 
the system are being applied in a manner that is trans-
parent, reliable, and valid. 
SEC. 115. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING INDUSTRY 
INVESTMENT IN STEM EDUCATION. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) in order to bolster the STEM workforce 
pipeline, many industry sectors are becoming in-
volved in K–12 initiatives and supporting under-
graduate and graduate work in STEM subject areas 
and fields; 
(2) partnerships with education providers, 
STEM focused competitions, and other opportunities
have become important aspects of private sector ef-
forts to strengthen the STEM workforce; 
(3) understanding the work that private sector 
organizations are undertaking in STEM fields 
should inform the Federal Government’s role in 
STEM education; and 
(4) successful private sector STEM initiatives, 
as reflected by measurements of relevant outcomes, 
should be encouraged and supported by the Founda-
tion. 
SEC. 116. MISREPRESENTATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The findings and conclusions of 
any article authored by a principal investigator receiving 
a research grant from the Foundation, using the results 
of the research conducted under the grant, that is pub-
lished in a peer-reviewed publication, otherwise made pub-
licly available, or incorporated in an application for a re-
search grant or grant extension from the Foundation may 
not contain any falsification, fabrication, or plagiarism, as 
established in the Foundation’s Research Misconduct reg-
ulation (45 CFR 689). 
(b) PUBLICATION.—The Director shall make publicly 
available any finding that research misconduct (as defined 
in 45 CFR 689) has been committed, including the name
of the principal investigator, within 30 days of the final 
administration action of the Foundation. 
SEC. 117. RESEARCH REPRODUCIBILITY AND REPLICA-
TION. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the gold standard of good science is the 
ability of a researcher or research lab to reproduce 
a published method and finding; 
(2) there is growing concern that some pub-
lished research findings cannot be reproduced or 
replicated, which can negatively affect the public’s 
trust in science; 
(3) there are a complex set of factors affecting 
reproducibility and replication; and 
(4) the increasing interdisciplinary nature and 
complexity of scientific research may be a contrib-
uting factor to issues with research reproducibility 
and replication. 
(b) REPORT.—The Director shall— 
(1) not later than 45 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, enter into an agreement with 
the National Research Council to provide, within 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, a re-
port to assess research and data reproducibility and
replicability issues in interdisciplinary research and 
to make recommendations on how to improve rigor 
and transparency in scientific research; and 
(2) not later than 60 days after receiving the 
results of the assessment under paragraph (1), sub-
mit a report to the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate on the findings of the assess-
ment, together with the agreement or disagreement 
of the Director and Board with each of its findings 
and recommendations. 
SEC. 118. RESEARCH GRANT CONDITIONS. 
The Foundation shall establish procedures to ensure 
that— 
(1) a research grant awarded by the Founda-
tion to a principal investigator supports a scope of 
work not otherwise being directly funded by grants 
provided by other Federal agencies; 
(2) a principal investigator includes in any ap-
plication for a research grant awarded by the Foun-
dation a list of all Federal research funding received 
by the principal investigator, as well as any funding 
that is being requested as of that time;
(3) unpublished research results used to sup-
port a grant proposal made to the Foundation do 
not include any knowing misrepresentations of data; 
(4) principal investigators who receive Founda-
tion research grant funding under more than one 
grant at the same time have sufficient resources to 
conduct the proposed research under each of those 
grants appropriately under the terms of the grant; 
and 
(5) barriers to early career and new investigator 
applicants are addressed, including taking into ac-
count the broader accomplishments and potential of 
the individual investigator in addition to the poten-
tial impact of the project. 
SEC. 119. COMPUTING RESOURCES STUDY. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the 
Congress a report detailing the results of a study on the 
use of scientific computing resources funded by the Foun-
dation at institutions of higher education. Such study shall 
assess— 
(1) efficiencies that can be achieved by using 
shared scientific computing resources for projects 
that have similar scientific computing requirements 
or projects where specialized software solutions could