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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5142 
To provide for the establishment of a program at the National Science 
Foundation to increase the population of science, technology, engineering, 
and mathematics undergraduate students through a scholarship program 
to increase the business, industrial, academic, and scientific workforce, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2006 
Mr. HOLT (for himself, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. ZOE 
LOFGREN of California, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. OWENS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MCINTYRE, and 
Mr. JEFFERSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of a program at the Na-
tional Science Foundation to increase the population of 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics under-
graduate students through a scholarship program to in-
crease the business, industrial, academic, and scientific 
workforce, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Science 
Foundation Scholars Program Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish a 
program to provide scholarships to students in science, 
technology, engineering, or mathematics programs at in-
stitutions of higher education in the United States. 
(b) APPLICATION PROCESS.— 
(1) PREAPPLICATION INFORMATION.—The Di-
rector shall make available to potential scholarship 
applicants information relating to the scholarship 
program, including— 
(A) a description of expectations for the 
success of scholarship recipients in school; and 
(B) any other information the Director 
considers appropriate. 
(2) DEADLINE.—Complete applications shall be 
due by January 1 of each year. No applications re-
ceived after such date shall be considered. 
(3) SELECTION.—The Director shall select 
scholarship recipients not later than April 15 of each 
year. 
(4) NOTIFICATION.—The Director shall develop 
a system to ensure prompt notification to applicants 
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of their selection for a scholarship, including notifi-
cation by at least 2 of the following methods: 
(A) E-mail. 
(B) Telephone. 
(C) Mail. 
(c) SELECTION CRITERIA.—Scholarships shall be 
awarded under this section on the basis of merit, high 
school class rank, a personal essay on a topic chosen by 
the Director, and letters of recommendation of a number 
and type determined by the Director, with consideration 
given to financial need and the goal of providing support 
to members of underrepresented groups, within the mean-
ing of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1885 et seq.). 
(d) AMOUNT
OF
SCHOLARSHIP.—A scholarship 
award under this section shall be in an amount sufficient 
to cover the cost of tuition, room and board, and fees at 
the institution of higher education the student is attend-
ing, not to exceed $20,000 per year. 
(e) LIMITATION.—A student may not receive scholar-
ships under this section for more than 5 years of under-
graduate study. 
(f) TERMINATION.—A student who has received 
scholarship support under this section for a year who fails 
to maintain appropriate academic achievement, as deter-
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mined by the Director on the basis of the student’s tran-
script and a letter written by the student’s advisor assess-
ing in detail the progress of the student, shall not have 
the scholarship renewed for subsequent years. 
(g) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—To the extent pos-
sible, the Director shall ensure that scholarships under 
this section are distributed among the States, including 
commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United 
States, proportionally to the size of their congressional del-
egations. 
SEC. 3. UNIVERSITY GRANTS. 
The Director shall establish a program to award an-
nual grants of $5,000 to institutions of higher education 
at which 10 or more undergraduates are receiving a schol-
arship under this Act to develop and implement programs 
for— 
(1) monthly gathering of such scholarship re-
cipients to hear and ask questions of a speaker in 
a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics 
discipline working in business, industry, elementary 
or secondary education, or at a museum or other in-
formal educational organization; 
(2) annual poster sessions in which such schol-
arship recipients present their research experience 
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to, among others, high school students who are po-
tential applicants for a scholarship under this Act; 
(3) other outreach to middle school and high 
school students; and 
(4) mentoring for the scholarship recipients. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES. 
The Director shall— 
(1) annually report to the Congress on the sta-
tus of programs implemented under this Act, includ-
ing— 
(A) aggregate data on scholarship recipi-
ents, not including any personally identifying 
data; 
(B) the geographic distribution of scholar-
ship awards; 
(C) activities of scholarship recipients after 
receiving their undergraduate degree; 
(D) any changes made to those programs; 
and 
(E) responses to any other congressional 
inquiries; and 
(2) establish and maintain a website for cur-
rent, former, and potential scholarship recipients to 
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share ideas, contribute to issue forums, present 
work, and learn about research opportunities. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Science Foundation for carrying out this Act— 
(1) $242,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(2) $726,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(3) $1,695,500,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
(4) $2,180,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 
(5) $2,664,500,000 for fiscal year 2011. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 
the National Science Foundation; and 
(2) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 101 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001). 
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