(1) contain, at minimum, a comprehensive set 
of textbooks or other educational materials covering 
topics in college-level physics, chemistry, or math; 
(2) are posted on the Federal Open Source Ma-
terial Website; 
(3) are updated prior to each academic year 
with the latest research and information on the top-
ics covered in the textbooks or other educational ma-
terials available on the Federal Open Source Mate-
rial Website; and 
(4) are free of copyright violations. 
SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts ap-
propriated under subsection (d), the Director and the Sec-
retary shall jointly award grants to eligible entities to 
produce open source materials in accordance with sub-
section (c). 
(b) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant under this sec-
tion, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the 
Director and the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Director and Sec-
retary may require. 
(c) USES OF GRANT.—An eligible entity that receives 
a grant under this section shall use such funds— 
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(1) to develop and implement open source mate-
rials that contain educational materials covering top-
ics in college-level physics, chemistry, or math; and 
(2) to evaluate the open sources materials pro-
duced with the grant funds awarded under this sec-
tion and to submit a report containing such evalua-
tion to the Director and Secretary. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 to carry 
out this section for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as 
necessary for each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 5. REGULATIONS. 
The Director and the Secretary shall jointly prescribe 
regulations necessary to implement this Act, including re-
distribution and attribution standards for open source ma-
terials produced under this Act. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the National Science Foundation. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means an institution of higher education, non-
profit or for-profit organization, Federal agency, or 
any other organization that produces the open 
source materials described in section 4(c). 
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(3) 
FEDERAL
OPEN
SOURCE
MATERIAL 
WEBSITE.—The phrase ‘‘Federal Open Source Mate-
rial Website’’ means the website where the head of 
each agency described in section 3 shall post the 
open source materials pursuant to such section, 
which shall be made available free of charge to, and 
may be downloaded, redistributed, changed, revised 
or otherwise altered by, any member of the general 
public. 
(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ means an in-
stitution of higher education as defined in section 
101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001). 
(5) OPEN
SOURCE
MATERIALS.—The term 
‘‘open source materials’’ means materials that are 
posted on a website that is available free of charge 
to, and may be downloaded, redistributed changed, 
revised or otherwise altered by, any member of the 
general public. 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
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