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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3809 
To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish a 
Chief Diversity Officer position and to develop a strategic plan to ensure 
participation in NSF activities by a diverse group of learners, research-
ers, and institutions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2021 
Mr. BOWMAN (for himself, Mrs. KIM of California, and Mr. KHANNA) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation 
to establish a Chief Diversity Officer position and to 
develop a strategic plan to ensure participation in NSF 
activities by a diverse group of learners, researchers, 
and institutions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Research Excellence 
through STEM Inclusion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER OF THE NSF. 
(a) CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER.— 
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(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Director shall appoint 
a senior agency official within the Office of the Di-
rector as a Chief Diversity Officer. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Chief Diversity Of-
ficer shall have significant experience, within the 
Federal Government and the science community, 
with diversity- and inclusion-related matters, includ-
ing— 
(A) civil rights compliance; 
(B) harassment policy, reviews, and inves-
tigations; 
(C) equal employment opportunity; and 
(D) disability policy. 
(3) OVERSIGHT.—The Chief Diversity Officer 
shall direct the Office of Diversity and Inclusion of 
the Foundation and report directly to the Director 
in the performance of the duties of the Chief Diver-
sity Officer under this section. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Chief Diversity Officer is respon-
sible for providing advice on policy, oversight, guidance, 
and coordination with respect to matters of the Founda-
tion related to diversity and inclusion, including ensuring 
the geographic diversity of the Foundation programs. 
Other duties may include— 
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(1) establishing and maintaining a strategic 
plan that publicly states a diversity definition, vision, 
and goals for the Foundation; 
(2) defining a set of strategic metrics that 
are— 
(A) directly linked to key organizational 
priorities and goals; 
(B) actionable; and 
(C) actively used to implement the stra-
tegic plan under paragraph (1); 
(3) advising in the establishment of a strategic 
plan for diverse participation by individuals and in-
stitutions of higher education, including community 
colleges, historically Black colleges and universities, 
Tribal colleges or universities, minority-serving insti-
tutions, institutions of higher education with an es-
tablished STEM capacity building program focused 
on traditionally underrepresented populations in 
STEM, including Native Hawaiians, Alaska Natives, 
and Indians, and institutions from jurisdictions eligi-
ble to participate under section 113 of the National 
Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988 (42 
U.S.C. 1862g); 
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(4) advising in the establishment of a strategic 
plan for outreach to, and recruiting from, untapped 
locations and underrepresented populations; 
(5) advising on a diversity and inclusion strat-
egy for the Foundation’s portfolio of PreK–12 
STEM education focused programs and activities, 
including goals for addressing barriers to participa-
tion; 
(6) advising on the application of the Founda-
tion’s broader impacts review criterion; and 
(7) performing such additional duties and exer-
cise such powers as the Director may prescribe. 
(c) FUNDING.—From any amounts appropriated for 
the Foundation for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
2026, the Director shall allocate $5,000,000 to carry out 
this section for each such year. 
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