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(2) PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER FROM OTHER 
OFFICES.—No funds shall be available for transfer 
to the Directorate established under this section 
from other offices, directorates, or divisions within 
the Foundation. 
(m) AUTHORITIES.—In addition to existing authori-
ties available to the Foundation, the Director may exercise 
the following authorities in carrying out the activities 
under this section: 
(1) AWARDS.—In carrying out this section, the 
Director may provide awards in the form of grants, 
contracts, cooperative agreements, cash prizes, and 
other transactions. 
(2) APPOINTMENTS.—The Director shall have 
the authority to make appointments of scientific, en-
gineering, and professional personnel for carrying 
out research and development functions which re-
quire the services of specially qualified personnel re-
lating to the focus areas identified under subsection 
(g) and such other areas of national research prior-
ities as the Director may determine. 
(n) ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIETAL CONSIDER-
ATIONS.—The Director shall establish policies regarding 
engagement with experts in the social dimensions of 
science and technology and set up formal avenues for pub-
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lic input, as appropriate, to ensure that ethical, legal, and 
societal considerations are explicitly integrated into the 
priorities for the Directorate, including the selection of 
focus areas under subsection (g), the award-making proc-
ess, and throughout all stages of supported projects. 
(o) REPORTS AND ROADMAPS.— 
(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Director shall pro-
vide to the relevant authorizing and appropriations 
committees of Congress an annual report describing 
projects supported by the Directorate during the 
previous year. 
(2) ROADMAP.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall pro-
vide to the relevant authorizing and appropriations 
committees of Congress a roadmap describing the 
strategic vision that the Directorate will use to guide 
investment decisions over the following 3 years. 
(p) EVALUATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—After the Directorate has 
been in operation for 6 years, the National Science 
Board shall evaluate how well the Directorate is 
achieving the purposes identified in subsection (b), 
including an assessment of the impact of Directorate 
activities on the Foundation’s primary science mis-
sion. 
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(2) INCLUSIONS.—The evaluation shall in-
clude— 
(A) a recommendation on whether the Di-
rectorate should be continued or terminated; 
and 
(B) a description of lessons learned from 
operation of the Directorate. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—On completion of the eval-
uation, the evaluation shall be made available to 
Congress and the public. 
SEC. 10. ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS. 
(a) SUPPORTING VETERANS IN STEM CAREERS.— 
Section 3(c) of the Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers 
Act is amended by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien-
nial’’. 
(b) SUNSHINE ACT COMPLIANCE.—Section 15 of the 
National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 
is amended— 
(1) so that paragraph (3) reads as follows: 
‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE
REVIEW.—The Inspector 
General of the Foundation shall conduct a review of 
the compliance by the Board with the requirements 
described in paragraph (2) as necessary based on a 
triennial risk assessment. Any review deemed nec-
essary shall examine the proposed and actual con-
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tent of closed meetings and determine whether the 
closure of the meetings was consistent with section 
552b of title 5, United States Code.’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(4) MATERIALS RELATING TO CLOSED POR-
TIONS OF MEETING.—To facilitate the risk assess-
ment required under paragraph (3) of this sub-
section, and any subsequent review conducted by the 
Inspector General, the Office of the National Science 
Board shall maintain the General Counsel’s certifi-
cate, the presiding officer’s statement, and a tran-
script or recording of any closed meeting, for at 
least 3 years after such meeting.’’. 
(c) SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INDICATORS RE-
PORT
SUBMISSION.—Section 4(j)(1) of the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘January 15’’ and inserting 
‘‘March 15’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 28, 2021. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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