torically required industry cost sharing, such as the Engi-
neering Research Centers and Industry/University Coop-
erative Research Centers. The Board shall also consider 
the impact that the cost sharing policy has on initiating 
new programs for which industry interest and participa-
tion are sought. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Board shall report to the 
Committee on Science and Technology and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, on the results of the evaluation under subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 314. DONATIONS. 
Section 11(f) of the National Science Foundation Act 
of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1870(f)) is amended by inserting at 
the end before the semicolon ‘‘, except that funds may be 
donated for specific prize competitions’’. 
SEC. 315. ADDITIONAL REPORTS. 
(a) REPORT ON FUNDING FOR MAJOR FACILITIES.— 
(1) PRECONSTRUCTION FUNDING.—The Board 
shall evaluate the appropriateness of the require-
ment that funding for detailed design work and
other preconstruction activities for major research 
equipment and facilities come exclusively from the 
sponsoring research division rather than being avail-
able, at least in part, from the Major Research 
Equipment and Facilities Construction account. 
(2) MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS.— 
The Board shall evaluate the appropriateness of the 
Foundation’s policies for allocation of costs for, and 
oversight of, maintenance and operation of major re-
search equipment and facilities. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall 
report on the results of the evaluations under para-
graphs (1) and (2) and on any recommendations for 
modifying the current policies related to allocation of 
funding for major research equipment and facilities 
to the Committee on Science and Technology and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives, and to the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
(b) INCLUSION OF POLAR FACILITIES UPGRADES IN 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CON-
STRUCTION PLAN.—Section 201(a)(2)(D) of the National
Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 
1862l(a)(2)(D)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and for major 
upgrades of facilities in support of Antarctic research pro-
grams’’ after ‘‘facilities construction account’’. 
(c) REPORT ON EDUCATION PROGRAMS WITHIN THE 
RESEARCH DIRECTORATES.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall 
transmit to the Committee on Science and Technology of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a 
report cataloging all elementary and secondary school, in-
formal, and undergraduate educational programs and ac-
tivities supported through appropriations for Research 
and Related Activities. The report shall display the pro-
grams and activities by directorate, along with estimated 
funding levels for the fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008, 
and shall provide a description of the goals of each pro-
gram and activity. The report shall also describe how the 
programs and activities relate to or are coordinated with 
the programs supported by the Education and Human Re-
sources Directorate. 
(d) REPORT ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE IN-
STITUTIONS PROGRAM.—The Director shall transmit to 
Congress along with the fiscal year 2011 budget request
a report listing the funding success rates and distribution 
of awards for the Research in Undergraduate Institutions 
program, by type of institution based on the highest aca-
demic degree conferred by the institution, for fiscal years 
2008, 2009, and 2010. 
(e) ANNUAL PLAN FOR ALLOCATION OF EDUCATION 
AND HUMAN RESOURCES FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of legislation providing for the 
annual appropriation of funds for the Foundation, 
the Director shall submit to the Committee on 
Science and Technology and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives, and to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation, the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate, a plan for the allocation of 
education and human resources funds authorized by 
this title for the corresponding fiscal year, including 
any funds from within the research and related ac-
tivities account used to support activities that have 
the primary purpose of improving education or 
broadening participation.
(2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall 
include a description of how the allocation of fund-
ing— 
(A) will affect the average size and dura-
tion of education and human resources grants 
supported by the Foundation; 
(B) will affect trends in research support 
for the effective instruction of mathematics, 
science, engineering, and technology; 
(C) will affect the K–20 pipeline for the 
study of mathematics, science, engineering, and 
technology; and 
(D) will encourage the interest of individ-
uals identified in section 33 or 34 of the 
Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b) in mathe-
matics, science, engineering, and technology, 
and help prepare such individuals to pursue 
postsecondary studies in these fields. 
SEC. 316. ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TRIANNUAL AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF THE NA-
TIONAL SCIENCE BOARD.—Section 15(a) of the National 
Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
4862n–5) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘an annual 
audit’’ and inserting ‘‘an audit every three years’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘each year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘every third year’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) MATERIALS RELATING TO CLOSED POR-
TIONS
OF
MEETINGS.—To facilitate the audit re-
quired under paragraph (3) of this subsection, the 
Office of the National Science Board shall maintain 
the General Counsel’s certificate, the presiding offi-
cer’s statement, and a transcript or recording of any 
closed meeting, for at least 3 years after such meet-
ing.’’. 
(b) LIMITED TERM PERSONNEL FOR THE NATIONAL 
SCIENCE BOARD.—Subsection (g) of section 4 of the Na-
tional Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 
1863(g)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) The Board may, with the concurrence of a ma-
jority of its members, permit the appointment of a staff 
consisting of not more than 5 professional staff members, 
technical and professional personnel on leave of absence 
from academic, industrial, or research institutions for a 
limited term and such operations and support staff mem-
bers as may be necessary. Such staff shall be appointed
by the Chairman and assigned at the direction of the 
Board. The professional members and limited term tech-
nical and professional personnel of such staff may be ap-
pointed without regard to the provisions of title 5, United 
States Code, governing appointments in the competitive 
service, and the provisions of chapter 51 of such title relat-
ing to classification, and shall be compensated at a rate 
not exceeding the maximum rate payable under section 
5376 of such title, as may be necessary to provide for the 
performance of such duties as may be prescribed by the 
Board in connection with the exercise of its powers and 
functions under this Act. Section 14(a)(3) shall apply to 
each limited term appointment of technical and profes-
sional personnel under this subsection. Each appointment 
under this subsection shall be subject to the same security 
requirements as those required for personnel of the Foun-
dation appointed under section 14(a).’’. 
(c) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF WATERMAN AWARDS 
TO THREE.—Section 6(c) of the National Science Founda-
tion Authorization Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 1881a) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) Up to three awards may be made under this sec-
tion in any one fiscal year.’’.
SEC. 317. NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REPORTS. 
Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 4(j) of the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(1) 
and (2)) are amended by striking ‘‘, for submission to’’ 
and ‘‘for submission to’’, respectively, and inserting 
‘‘and’’. 
SEC. 318. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE REPORT ON DI-
VERSITY IN STEM FIELDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation shall enter into 
an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences 
for a report, to be transmitted to the Congress not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, about 
barriers to increasing the number of underrepresented mi-
norities in science, technology, engineering, and mathe-
matics fields and to identify strategies for bringing more 
underrepresented minorities into the science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematics workforce. 
(b) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall 
ensure that the study described in subsection (a) address-
es— 
(1) social and institutional factors that shape 
the decisions of minority students to commit to edu-
cation and careers in the science, technology, engi-
neering, and mathematics fields;
(2) specific barriers preventing greater minority 
student participation in the science, technology, en-
gineering, and mathematics fields; 
(3) primary focus points for policy intervention 
to increase the recruitment and retention of under-
represented minorities in America’s future work-
force; 
(4) programs already underway to increase di-
versity in the science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics fields, and their level of effectiveness; 
(5) factors that make such programs effective, 
and how to expand and improve upon existing pro-
grams; 
(6) the role of minority-serving institutions in 
the diversification of America’s workforce in these 
fields and how that role can be supported and 
strengthened; and 
(7) how the public and private sectors can bet-
ter assist minority students in their efforts to join 
America’s workforce in these fields.
SEC. 319. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE 
MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP 
PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDU-
CATION AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUN-
DATION. 
It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) although the mathematics and science edu-
cation partnership program at the National Science 
Foundation and the mathematics and science part-
nership program at the Department of Education 
practically share the same name, the 2 programs are 
intended to be complementary, not duplicative; 
(2) the National Science Foundation partner-
ship programs are innovative, model reform initia-
tives that move promising ideas in education from 
research into practice to improve teacher quality, de-
velop challenging curricula, and increase student 
achievement in mathematics and science, and Con-
gress intends that the National Science Foundation 
peer-reviewed partnership programs found to be ef-
fective should be put into wider practice by dissemi-
nation through the Department of Education part-
nership programs; and 
(3) the Director of the National Science Foun-
dation and the Secretary of Education should have 
ongoing collaboration to ensure that the 2 compo-
nents of this priority effort for mathematics and 
science education continue to work in concert for the 
benefit of States and local practitioners nationwide. 
SEC. 
320. 
HISPANIC-SERVING 
INSTITUTIONS 
UNDER-
GRADUATE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director is authorized to es-
tablish a new program to award grants on a competitive, 
merit-reviewed basis to Hispanic-serving institutions to 
enhance the quality of undergraduate science, mathe-
matics, engineering, and technology education at such in-
stitutions and to increase the retention and graduation 
rates of students pursuing associate’s or baccalaureate de-
grees in science, mathematics, engineering, or technology. 
(b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—Grants awarded under 
this section shall support— 
(1) activities to improve courses and curriculum 
in science, mathematics, engineering, and tech-
nology; 
(2) faculty development; 
(3) stipends for undergraduate students partici-
pating in research; and 
(4) other activities consistent with subsection 
(a), as determined by the Director.
(c) INSTRUMENTATION.—Funding for instrumenta-
tion is an allowed use of grants awarded under this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 321. COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING FOR SCIENTISTS. 
(a) GRANT SUPPLEMENTS
FOR COMMUNICATIONS 
TRAINING.—The Director shall provide grant supple-
ments, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, to institu-
tions receiving awards under the Integrative Graduate 
Education and Research Traineeship program.
The 
grant supplements shall be used to train graduate stu-
dents in the communication of the substance and impor-
tance of their research to nonscientist audiences, including 
policymakers. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall 
transmit a report to the Committee on Science and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives, and to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate, describing how the activities required under 
subsection (a) have been implemented.
The report shall 
include data on the number of graduate students trained 
and the number and size of grant supplements awarded, 
and a description of the types of activities funded through 
the grant supplements.