SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Science Prize Competi-
tions Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PRIZE COMPETITIONS. 
Section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Inno-
vation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘competition’’ after ‘‘sec-
tion, a prize’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘types’’ after ‘‘following’’; 
and 
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘prizes’’ 
and inserting ‘‘prize competitions’’; 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘in the Federal Register’’ 
and inserting ‘‘on a publicly accessible Govern-
ment website, such as www.challenge.gov,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘prize’’ 
and inserting ‘‘cash prize purse’’; 
(3) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘prize’’ and 
inserting ‘‘cash prize purse’’; 
(4) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘prize’’ be-
fore ‘‘competition’’ both places it appears; 
(5) in subsection (i)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting 
‘‘prize’’ before ‘‘competition’’;
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting 
‘‘prize’’ before ‘‘competition’’ both places it ap-
pears; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) WAIVER.—An agency may waive the re-
quirement under paragraph (2). The annual report 
under subsection (p) shall include a list of such 
waivers granted during the preceding fiscal year, 
along with a detailed explanation of the reasons for 
granting the waivers.’’; 
(6) in subsection (k)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting 
‘‘prize’’ before ‘‘competition’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘prize’’ 
before ‘‘competitions’’ both places it appears; 
(7) in subsection (l), by striking all after ‘‘may 
enter into’’ and inserting ‘‘a grant, contract, cooper-
ative agreement, or other agreement with a private 
sector for-profit or nonprofit entity to administer the 
prize competition, subject to the provisions of this 
section.’’; 
(8) in subsection (m)—
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Support for a prize com-
petition under this section, including financial sup-
port for the design and administration of a prize 
competition or funds for a cash prize purse, may 
consist of Federal appropriated funds and funds 
provided by private sector for-profit and nonprofit 
entities. The head of an agency may accept funds 
from other Federal agencies, private sector for-profit 
entities, and nonprofit entities, to be available to the 
extent provided by appropriations Acts, to support 
such prize competitions. The head of an agency may 
not give any special consideration to any private sec-
tor for-profit or nonprofit entity in return for a do-
nation.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘prize 
awards’’ and inserting ‘‘cash prize purses’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘No prize’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘No prize competition’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the prize’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the cash prize purse’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘a 
prize’’ and inserting ‘‘a cash prize purse’’;
(E) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by inserting 
‘‘competition’’ after ‘‘prize’’; 
(F) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘a 
prize’’ and inserting ‘‘a cash prize purse’’; and 
(G) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘cash 
prizes’’ and inserting ‘‘cash prize purses’’; 
(9) in subsection (n), by inserting ‘‘for both for- 
profit and nonprofit entities,’’ after ‘‘contract vehi-
cle’’; 
(10) in subsection (o)(1), by striking ‘‘or pro-
viding a prize’’ and insert ‘‘a prize competition or 
providing a cash prize purse’’; and 
(11) in subsection (p)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘cash 
prizes’’ both places it occurs and inserting 
‘‘cash prize purses’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) PLAN.—A description of crosscutting 
topical areas and agency-specific mission needs 
that may be the strongest opportunities for
prize competitions during the upcoming 2 fiscal 
years.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1162 
AN ACT 
To make technical changes to provisions author-
izing prize competitions under the Stevenson- 
Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980.