(XIII) Virtual reality and aug-
mented reality. 
(ii) COVERED
REGION.—The term 
‘‘covered region’’ means a physical bound-
ary identified by a local board and located 
near an institution of higher education. 
(iii) HUB.—The term ‘‘hub’’ means a 
center for research in the qualified sub-
jects. 
(iv) QUALIFIED SUBJECTS.—The term 
‘‘qualified subjects’’ means mathematics 
and the physical, biological, engineering, 
social, and chemical sciences. 
SEC. 4. PREFERENCE FOR SOFTWARE PRODUCED IN 
RURAL AREAS AND MINORITY MAJORITY 
AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 33 of title 41, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 3313. Preference for software produced in rural 
areas and minority majority areas 
‘‘In awarding a contract for the procurement of soft-
ware, an agency shall provide a contracting preference to 
an offeror who demonstrates in the bid or proposal of that 
offeror that at least 10 percent of the production or devel-
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opment of the software offered in that bid or proposal oc-
curred in or will occur in— 
‘‘(1) a rural area, as that term is defined under 
section 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)); or 
‘‘(2) a zip code in which over 50 percent of the 
residents of such zip code are minorities, as that 
term is defined under section 365 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067k).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 33 of title 41, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the matter relating 
to section 3312 the following: 
‘‘3313. Preference for software produced in rural areas and minority majority 
areas.’’. 
SEC. 5. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
RULES REQUIRED FOR EMPLOYERS TO RE-
PORT INFORMATION REGARDING EMPLOY-
EES. 
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
shall— 
(1) initiate a rulemaking proceeding, including 
notice and opportunity for public comment, not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
section, and 
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(2) issue rules not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this section, 
to require employers to specify in the periodic employer 
information reports submitted to the Commission by each 
such employer the number of individuals employed by the 
employer, the number of individuals performing services 
billed hourly by head count or by team for the employer, 
the countries in which such respective individuals reside, 
and all of the revenue generated by the employer in each 
such country. 
SEC. 6. AMENDMENT TO THE ELEMENTARY AND SEC-
ONDARY EDUCATION ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1111(b)(1)(C) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(b)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘and science’’ and 
inserting ‘‘science, and computer science’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Not later than 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the amendment 
made by subsection (a) shall take effect. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of the enactment of this section, each State 
educational agency shall submit to the Secretary a report 
on preparations made by local educational agencies within 
the State to implement academic standards for computer 
science as required under section 1111(b)(1)(C) of the El-
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ementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)(C)), as amended by subsection (a). 
SEC. 7. COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of 
Education (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall carry out a program known as the ‘‘Computer 
Science Education Grant Program’’ (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘Program’’) to make grants on a competi-
tive basis to eligible entities to pay the Federal share of 
the costs of training teachers and developing computer 
science curriculum (which includes data analytics) in ac-
cordance with subsection (c). 
(b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under the Program, an eligible entity shall submit to the 
Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Secretary may re-
quire. 
(c) REQUIREMENT FOR USES OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
An eligible entity that receives a grant under the Program 
shall use grant funds to— 
(1) create opportunities for licensed elementary 
school teachers to pursue and receive training in 
computer science for the purpose of incorporating 
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computer science in the curriculum and educational 
material of such teacher; 
(2) create opportunities for licensed secondary 
school teachers to add computer science endorse-
ments to the license of each such teacher and to pro-
vide computer science learning experiences that are 
age-appropriate; 
(3) provide assistance to States that do not 
have computer science standards for teachers or stu-
dents to develop such standards and provide licenses 
and endorsements with respect to such standards; 
(4) create opportunities for teacher candidates 
interested in computer science to complete a full- 
year residency program specialized in computer 
science; 
(5) expand access for teachers and students to 
high-quality learning materials, including computer 
equipment and high speed network infrastructure 
that supports the study of computer science; 
(6) expand computer science education pro-
grams— 
(A) at public institutions of higher edu-
cation; and 
(B) for the education of teachers; 
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(7) create and implement plans for expanding 
access to rigorous classes in science, technology, en-
gineering, and math for underrepresented groups, 
including minorities, girls, and youth from low-in-
come families; and 
(8) ensure support and resources for students, 
which may include mentoring for students tradition-
ally underrepresented in fields related to science, 
technology, engineering, and math. 
(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that 
demonstrate greater need as determined by the Secretary. 
(e) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—An eligible entity 
that receives a grant under the Program shall— 
(1) conduct an evaluation on the effects of the 
Program, including any increase in the ability of 
teachers to teach computer science; and 
(2) submit to the Secretary a report on such 
evaluation. 
(f) LIMITATION ON USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—An eli-
gible entity that receives a grant under the Program may 
not use more than 20 percent of the grant funds to pur-
chase computer equipment and network infrastructure. 
(g) GRANT DURATION AND AMOUNT.— 
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(1) DURATION.—Each grant under this section 
shall be made for a period of 5 years. 
(2) AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall determine 
the maximum amount of each grant under this sec-
tion. 
(h) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a grant 
under the Program shall not exceed 90 percent of the costs 
of carrying out the activities described in subsection (c). 
(i) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—An eligible enti-
ty shall use a grant received under the Program only to 
supplement funds that would, in the absence of such 
grant, be made available from other Federal, State, or 
local sources for activities supported by the grant, not to 
supplant such funds. 
(j) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—The term ‘‘eligible 
entity’’ means— 
(1) a State educational agency; 
(2) an institution of higher education; and 
(3) a local educational agency. 
(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$8,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
SEC. 8. SMART STUDENTS EVERYWHERE GRANTS. 
(a) ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 401A of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–1) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or 
graduate’’ before ‘‘education’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) for the first through fourth year in a grad-
uate program in science, technology, engineering, or 
mathematics shall be known as a ‘SMART Students 
Everywhere Grant’.’’; 
(C) by amending subsection (c) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE STUDENT.—In this 
section, the term ‘eligible student’ means a student who— 
‘‘(1) either— 
‘‘(A) received a high school diploma from 
a high school located in a county that has a col-
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lege graduation rate that is below the national 
average; or 
‘‘(B) is a minority student; and 
‘‘(2) for the award year for which the deter-
mination of eligibility is made for a grant under this 
section— 
‘‘(A) except with respect to a student de-
scribed in clause (C)(vi), is eligible for a Fed-
eral Pell Grant; 
‘‘(B) is enrolled or accepted for enrollment 
in an institution of higher education on not less 
than a half-time basis; and 
‘‘(C) in the case of a student enrolled or 
accepted for enrollment in— 
‘‘(i) the first year of a program of un-
dergraduate education at an institution of 
higher education (including a program of 
not less than one year for which the insti-
tution awards a certificate)— 
‘‘(I) has not been previously en-
rolled in a program of undergraduate 
education, except as part of a sec-
ondary school program of study; and 
‘‘(II) is certified by the institu-
tion of higher education as pursuing a 
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major in the physical, life, or com-
puter sciences, mathematics, tech-
nology, or engineering (as determined 
by the Secretary pursuant to regula-
tions); or 
‘‘(ii) the second year of a program of 
undergraduate education at a two- or four- 
year degree-granting institution of higher 
education (including a program of not less 
than two years for which the institution 
awards a certificate), is certified by the in-
stitution of higher education as pursuing a 
major in a subject described in clause 
(i)(II); 
‘‘(iii) the third or fourth year of a 
program of undergraduate education at a 
four-year degree-granting institution of 
higher education, is certified by the institu-
tion of higher education to be pursuing a 
major in a subject described in clause 
(i)(II); 
‘‘(iv) the third or fourth year of a pro-
gram of undergraduate education at an in-
stitution of higher education (as defined in 
section 101(a)), if such institution of high-
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er education demonstrates, to the satisfac-
tion of the Secretary, that— 
‘‘(I) such institution of higher 
education offers a single liberal arts 
curriculum leading to a baccalaureate 
degree, under which students are not 
permitted by the institution to declare 
a major in a particular subject area, 
and the student— 
‘‘(aa) studies, in such years, 
a subject described in clause 
(i)(II) that is at least equal to 
the requirements for an academic 
major at an institution of higher 
education that offers a bacca-
laureate degree in such subject, 
as certified by an appropriate of-
ficial from such institution; or 
‘‘(bb) is required, as part of 
the student’s degree program, to 
undertake a course of study in a 
subject described in clause (i)(II) 
which consists of at least— 
‘‘(AA) 4 years of study 
in mathematics; and 
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‘‘(BB) 3 years of study 
in the sciences, with a lab-
oratory component in each 
of those years; and 
‘‘(II) such institution offered 
such curriculum prior to February 8, 
2006; 
‘‘(v) the fifth year of a program of un-
dergraduate education that requires 5 full 
years of coursework, as certified by the ap-
propriate official of the degree-granting in-
stitution of higher education, for which a 
baccalaureate degree is awarded by a de-
gree-granting institution of higher edu-
cation, is certified by such institution of 
higher education to be pursuing a major in 
a subject described in clause (i)(II); or 
‘‘(vi) the first through fourth year of 
a graduate program at an institution of 
higher education, is certified by such insti-
tution of higher education to be pursuing 
a graduate degree (including a program of 
not less than two years for which the insti-
tution awards a certificate) in a subject de-
scribed in clause (i)(II).’’; 
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(D) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by amending subparagraph 
(A) to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
award a grant under this section in the amount 
of— 
‘‘(i) $10,000 for an eligible student 
under clause (i) through (v) of subsection 
(c)(2)(C); and 
‘‘(ii) $20,000 for an eligible student 
under clause (vi) of subsection (c)(2)(C).’’; 
(II) in subparagraph (B)(i), by 
striking ‘‘a student’’ and inserting 
‘‘an undergraduate student’’; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) REDUCTION FOR LESS THAN FULL- 
TIME GRADUATE STUDENTS.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (A), in any case in which a grad-
uate that attends an institution of higher edu-
cation on less than a full-time basis, the 
amount of the grant that such a student may 
receive shall be reduced in proportion to the de-
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gree to which such student is not so attending 
on a full-time basis.’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by in-
serting ‘‘or graduate’’ after ‘‘under-
graduate’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘subsection (c)(3)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (c)(2)(C)’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘to 
an undergraduate student’’ before ‘‘in the 
same manner’’; and 
(E) by striking subsections (e), (f), and (g) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(e) REPORT
TO SECRETARY.—An institution of 
higher education shall submit to the Secretary a report 
on the students who receive a grant under this section, 
including data disaggregated with respect to the degree 
being pursued by such students and (if applicable) the 
earnings of such students. 
‘‘(f) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Education to carry out this section 
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$5,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal 
year thereafter. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The amounts 
made available by paragraph (1) for any fiscal year 
shall be available from October 1 of that fiscal year 
and remain available through September 30 of the 
succeeding fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts ap-
propriated for a fiscal year under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary may use 1 percent to carry 
out technical assistance in such fiscal year to 
institutions of higher education to assist such 
institutions of higher education in carrying out 
SMART Students Everywhere Grants. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—This paragraph shall 
only apply to the first 3 years after the date of 
the enactment of this paragraph in which— 
‘‘(i) amounts are appropriated under 
paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) SMART Students Everywhere 
Grants are awarded under this section.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect on the date that 
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is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion. 
(b) TAX CREDIT FOR FIRST-YEAR WAGES OF QUALI-
FIED RECIPIENTS OF A SMART GRANT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 51(d)(1) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (I), by striking the 
period at the end of subparagraph (J) and inserting 
a comma, and by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(K) a qualified recipient of a SMART 
grant.’’. 
(2) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—Sec-
tion 51(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(16) QUALIFIED
RECIPIENT
OF
A
SMART 
GRANT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 
recipient of a SMART grant’ means any indi-
vidual who is certified by the designated local 
agency as a recipient of a SMART Students 
Everywhere Grant pursuant to Section 401A of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
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1070a–1) during the 1-year period ending on 
the hiring date. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES FOR DETERMINING 
AMOUNT OF CREDIT.—For purposes of applying 
this subpart to any qualified recipient of a 
SMART grant— 
‘‘(i) subsection (a) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘5 percent (10 percent in the 
case of any specified recipient of a SMART 
grant)’ for ‘40 percent’, and 
‘‘(ii) subsection (b)(3) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘$50,000’ for ‘$6,000’ and 
all that follows in such subsection. 
‘‘(C) AGGREGATE CREDIT DOLLAR LIMITA-
TION PER EMPLOYER.— 
‘‘(i) LIMITATION
WITH
RESPECT
TO 
QUALIFIED
RECIPIENTS
OF
A
SMART 
GRANT.—The aggregate credit determined 
under subsection (a) with respect to quali-
fied recipients of a SMART grant (other 
than specified recipients of a SMART 
grant) shall not exceed $10,000 for any 
taxable year of the taxpayer. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION WITH RESPECT TO 
SPECIFIED
RECIPIENTS
OF
A
SMART 
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GRANT.—The aggregate credit determined 
under subsection (a) with respect to speci-
fied recipients of a SMART grant shall not 
exceed $20,000 for any taxable year of the 
taxpayer. 
‘‘(D) SPECIFIED RECIPIENT OF A SMART 
GRANT.—For purposes of this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘speci-
fied recipient of a SMART grant’ means 
any qualified recipient of a SMART grant 
who is certified by the designated local 
agency as a veteran (as defined in para-
graph (3)(B)), a minority, or employed in 
a designated county. 
‘‘(ii) DESIGNATED COUNTY.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘designated county’ 
means a county that has a college gradua-
tion rate that is below the national aver-
age. 
‘‘(iii) MINORITY.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘minority’ has the meaning given 
the term under section 365 of the Higher 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1067k).’’. 
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(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to individuals who 
begin work for the employer after the date of the en-
actment of this section. 
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 
ACT TERMS.—The terms ‘‘institution of higher edu-
cation’’,‘‘local educational agency’’, and ‘‘State edu-
cational agency’’ have the meaning given the terms 
under section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.— 
The terms ‘‘secondary school’’ and ‘‘elementary 
school’’ have the meanings given the terms under 
section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
Æ 
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