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(6) direct the regional entities resources to and
within each State in a manner that reflects the need
for assistance, taking into account factors such as the
proportion of economically disadvantaged students,
the cost burden in areas of sparse populations; and
(7) give priority to—
(A) schools with high percentages or num-
bers of students from low-income families, as de-
termined under section 1113(a)(5) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)), including such schools in
rural and urban areas, and schools participating
in schoolwide programs under title I of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.);
(B) local educational agencies in which high
percentages or numbers of school age children are
from low-income families, as determined under
section 1124(c)(1)(A) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6333(c)(1)(A)), including such local educational
agencies in rural and urban areas; and
(C) schools that have been identified for
school improvement under section 1116 of the El-
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(B) be subject to a system of peer review
of highly qualified individuals with an in-depth
knowledge of the subject to be investigated—
(i) for reviewing and evaluating all ap-
plications for grants and cooperative agree-
ments and bids for contracts that exceed
$100,000; and
(ii) for evaluating and assessing the
performance of all recipients of grants, co-
operative agreements, and contracts.
(2) 
EVALUATION.—The 
Director, 
acting
through the Research Commissioner, shall—
(A) develop the procedures to be used in
evaluating applications for research grants, co-
operative agreements, and contracts and specify
the criteria and factors which shall be consid-
ered in making such evaluations; and
(B) evaluate the performance of each re-
cipient of an award of a research grant, con-
tract, or cooperative agreement at the conclu-
sion of the award.
(c) LONG-TERM RESEARCH.—The Director, acting
through the Research Commissioner, shall assure that not
less than 50 percent of the funds made available for re-
search for each fiscal year shall be used to fund long-term
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(E) The Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
(F) The Director of the National Science
Foundation.
(4) APPOINTED MEMBERSHIP.—
(A) 
QUALIFICATIONS.—Members 
ap-
pointed under paragraph (1) shall be highly
qualified to appraise education research, statis-
tics, evaluations, or development, and shall in-
clude individuals from each of the following
groups:
(i) Educators, including classroom
teachers, principals, and other school ad-
ministrators.
(ii) Parents.
(iii) Business leaders.
(iv) Experts and scientists in re-
search, statistics, evaluation, or develop-
ment, who are recognized in their dis-
cipline as highly qualified to represent such
discipline.
(B) SPECIAL
RULE.—A majority of the
voting members of the Board must be ap-
pointed from the groups described in clauses (i)
and (iv) of subparagraph (A).
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Federal Government is required by the
Constitution to protect every State from invasion,
which includes terrorist attack.
(2) The Federal Government relies on State
and local personnel to protect against terrorist at-
tack.
(3) The Federal Government collects, creates,
manages, and protects sensitive information to en-
hance national security.
(4) Some homeland security information is
needed by the State and local personnel to prevent
and prepare for terrorist attack.
(5) The needs of State and local personnel to
have access to relevant homeland security informa-
tion to combat terrorism must be reconciled with the
need to preserve the protected status of such infor-
mation and to protect the sources and methods used
to acquire such information.
(6) Granting security clearances to certain
State and local personnel is one way to facilitate the
sharing of information regarding specific terrorist
threats among Federal, State, and local levels of
government.
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pupil expenditure that is less than the
average per-pupil expenditure of a
comparable local education agency or
three comparable local educational
agencies in the State in which the local
educational agency is located; and’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sec-
tion 406(a) shall be effective on September 30, 2001, and
shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2001, and all subse-
quent fiscal years.
(c) BONESTEEL-FAIRFAX
SCHOOL
DISTRICT.—The
Secretary of Education shall deem the local educational
agency serving the Bonesteel-Fairfax school district, 26-5,
in Bonesteel, South Dakota, as eligible in fiscal year 2003
for a basic support payment for heavily impacted local edu-
cational agencies under section 8003(b)(2) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7703(b)(2)).
(d) CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Education shall
treat as timely filed an application filed by Central School
District, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, for payment for fed-
erally connected students for fiscal year 2003, pursuant to
section 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703), and shall process such appli-
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cation for payment, if the Secretary has received such ap-
plication not later than 30 days after the date of enactment
of this Act.
Attest:
Secretary.
(2) shall oversee all evaluation activities of the
Evaluation Center, the awarding of contracts, the
development of evaluation methodology, the report-
ing of findings of evaluations to the public and ap-
propriate congressional committees, and other duties
essential to carrying out the mission of the Evalua-
tion Center;
(3) shall be paid at the rate of basic pay for
level IV of the Executive Schedule; and
(4) shall serve a term of not more than 6 years.
SEC. 173. DUTIES.
(a) GENERAL DUTIES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Evaluation Center
shall—
(A) conduct evaluations consistent with the
Center’s mission as described in section 171(b);
(B) evaluate programs under title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965;
(C) review and supplement, where feasible,
program evaluation activities in the Depart-
ment; and
(D) submit to the President and the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report on
(b) SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES.—
(1) APPOINTMENT; PAY.—Each official who is
the head of the Academy or any office, board, com-
mittee, or center of the Academy may appoint for
limited periods of time and fix the pay of certain sci-
entific or technical employees to carry out the func-
tions of the Academy or the office, board, com-
mittee, or center, respectively, without regard to the
provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing
appointments in the competitive service, and the pro-
visions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter
53 of such title relating to classification and General
Schedule pay rates.
(2) MAXIMUM NUMBER.—Employees appointed
under this subsection shall not exceed 20 percent of
the total employees of the Academy.
(3) MAXIMUM
PAY
RATE.—An employee ap-
pointed under this subsection may not be paid at a
rate that exceeds the rate of basic pay for level IV
of the Executive Schedule.
(4) TERMS.—An employee appointed under this
subsection may serve not longer than 3 years (ex-
cluding any period of service before the date of the
enactment of this title), except that at any time 20
percent of the total employees so appointed may be
Academy proposed by the Director, including any nec-
essary revision of those priorities.
(c) CONSISTENCY.—The Board shall ensure that pri-
orities of the Academy and National Education Centers
are consistent with the mission of the Academy.
(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Director shall make
available to the public (including by means of the Internet)
the priorities approved under this section, along with the
Academy’s plan for addressing those priorities.
(e) PUBLIC COMMENT.—Before approving new prior-
ities, or revisions to or updates of existing priorities, the
Board shall seek public comment.
SEC. 117. NATIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION SCIENCES.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Academy shall have a
board of directors, which shall be known as the National
Board for Education Sciences (referred to in this title as
the ‘‘Board’’).
(b) DUTIES.—The duties of the Board shall be the
following:
(1) To advise the Director on the policies of the
Academy.
(2) To consider and approve priorities under
section 116 to guide and govern the work of the
Academy.
H. R. 3801
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
An Act
To provide for improvement of Federal education research, statistics, evaluation,
information, and dissemination, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Table of contents.
TITLE I—EDUCATION SCIENCES REFORM
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
PART A—THE INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES
Sec. 111. Establishment.
Sec. 112. Functions.
Sec. 113. Delegation.
Sec. 114. Office of the Director.
Sec. 115. Priorities.
Sec. 116. National Board for Education Sciences.
Sec. 117. Commissioners of the National Education Centers.
Sec. 118. Agreements.
Sec. 119. Biennial report.
Sec. 120. Competitive awards.
PART B—NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH
Sec. 131. Establishment.
Sec. 132. Commissioner for Education Research.
Sec. 133. Duties.
Sec. 134. Standards for conduct and evaluation of research.
PART C—NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS
Sec. 151. Establishment.
Sec. 152. Commissioner for Education Statistics.
Sec. 153. Duties.
Sec. 154. Performance of duties.
Sec. 155. Reports.
Sec. 156. Dissemination.
Sec. 157. Cooperative education statistics systems.
Sec. 158. State defined.
PART D—NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION EVALUATION AND REGIONAL
ASSISTANCE
Sec. 171. Establishment.
Sec. 172. Commissioner for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.
Sec. 173. Evaluations.
Sec. 174. Regional educational laboratories for research, development, dissemina-
tion, and technical assistance.
PART E—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 181. Interagency data sources and formats.
(3) To review and approve peer review proce-
dures used by the Academy.
(4) To advise the Director on the development
of activities to be supported by the Academy, includ-
ing the general areas of research to be carried out
by the National Center for Education Research.
(5) To present to the Director such rec-
ommendations as it may find appropriate for—
(A) the strengthening of education re-
search; and
(B) the funding of the Academy.
(6) To advise the Director on the funding of
applications for grants, contracts, and cooperative
agreements for research, after the completion of peer
review.
(7) To review and regularly evaluate the work
of the Academy, to ensure that scientifically valid re-
search, evaluation, and statistical analysis is con-
sistent with the standards for such activities under
this title.
(8) To ensure that activities conducted or sup-
ported by the Academy are objective, secular, neu-
tral, and nonideological and are free of partisan and
political influence and racial, cultural, gender, or re-
gional bias.
firmation by the Senate, but may be removed by the
President prior to the expiration of that term.
(2) FIRST DIRECTOR.—The Assistant Secretary
for the Office of Educational Research and Improve-
ment (as such office existed on the day before the
date of the enactment of this Act) shall be the Di-
rector of the Academy and shall serve a term that
ends on July 1, 2007. The President shall appoint
a Director under subsection (b) in the case of a va-
cancy prior to the expiration of the first Director’s
term.
(c) PAY.—The Director shall receive the rate of basic
pay for level III of the Executive Schedule.
(d) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director shall be selected
from individuals who are highly qualified authorities in the
fields of scientifically valid research, statistics, or evalua-
tion in education, as well as management within such
areas, and have a demonstrated capacity for sustained
productivity and leadership in these areas.
(e) DUTIES.—The duties of the Director shall be the
following:
(1) To propose to the Board priorities for the
Academy in accordance with section 116.
(2) To oversee and coordinate the activities car-
ried out under the Academy, including the activities
of the National Education Centers.
(3) To coordinate and approve budgets and op-
erating plans submitted by the Commissioners of
each of the National Education Centers.
(4) To ensure the methodology applied in con-
ducting research, evaluation, and statistical analysis
is consistent with the standards for such activities
under this title.
(5) To coordinate education research and re-
lated activities carried out by the Academy with such
research and activities carried out by other agencies
within the Department and the Federal Government.
(6) To advise the Secretary on research, evalua-
tion, and statistics activities relevant to the activities
of the Department.
(7) To establish necessary procedures for tech-
nical and scientific peer review of the activities of
the Academy.
(8) To ensure that all participants in research
conducted or supported by the Academy are afforded
their privacy rights and other relevant protections as
research subjects, in accordance with sections 159
and 184 and other applicable Federal privacy laws.
(9) To carry out and support other activities
consistent with the priorities and mission of the
Academy.
(f) PEER-REVIEW GROUPS.—The Director may es-
tablish technical and scientific peer-review groups and sci-
entific program advisory committees that the Director de-
termines are necessary to carry out the requirements of
this title. The Director shall appoint such personnel, ex-
cept that officers and employees of the United States shall
comprise no more than one-fourth of the members of any
such group and shall not receive additional compensation
for their service as members of such a group. The Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply
to a peer-review group established under this subsection.
SEC. 116. PRIORITIES.
(a) PROPOSAL.—The Director shall propose to the
Board priorities for the Academy on topics that are fo-
cused on understanding and solving particular education
problems and issues, including those associated with the
goals and requirements established in the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et
seq.).
(b) APPROVAL.—The Board (established under sec-
tion 117) shall approve or disapprove the priorities for the
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(11) At the discretion of the Director and in
consultation with the National Academy of Sciences,
to conduct a study to determine—
(A) a standard by which States may accu-
rately measure the rate at which students drop
out of or graduate from secondary schools in
the United States (including on-time gradua-
tion); and
(B) the use of alcohol or illegal narcotics
as contributing factors to incidents of school vi-
olence committed by students during the reg-
ular school day and while participating in other
school-related activities.
(12) To carry out and support other activities
consistent with the priorities and mission of the
Academy.
(g) EXPERT GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE.—The Di-
rector may establish technical and scientific peer-review
groups and scientific program advisory committees that
the Director determines are necessary to carry out the re-
quirements of this title. The Director shall appoint such
personnel, except that officers and employees of the
United States shall comprise no more than one-fourth of
the members of any such group or committee and shall
not receive additional compensation for their service as
(c) TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 5,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 5314, by inserting a period after
‘‘Under Secretary of Education’’; and
(2) in section 5315, by striking the following:
‘‘Commissioner, National Center for Education Sta-
tistics.’’.
(d) GENERAL EDUCATION PROVISIONS ACT.—Sec-
tion 447 of the General Education Provisions Act (20
U.S.C. 1232j) is amended by striking ‘‘404(a)(6) of the
National Education Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C.
9003(a)(6))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 153(a)(5) of the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002’’.
(e) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
OF 1965.—The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 1111(c)(2), by striking ‘‘section
411(b)(2) of the National Education Statistics Act
of 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘section 161(b)(2) of the
Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002’’;
(2) in section 1112(b)(1)(F), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 411(b)(2) of the National Education Statistics
Act of 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘section 161(b)(2) of the
Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002’’;
(3) in section 1501(a)(3), by striking ‘‘section
411 of the National Education Statistics Act of
1994’’ and inserting ‘‘section 161 of the Education
Sciences Reform Act of 2002’’;
(4) in section 1117(a)(3), by inserting ‘‘(as
such section existed on the day before the date of
enactment of the Education Sciences Reform Act of
2002)’’ after ‘‘Act of 1994’’; and
(5) in section 9529(b), by striking ‘‘section
404(a)(6) of the National Education Statistics Act’’
and inserting ‘‘section 153(a)(5) of the Education
Sciences Reform Act of 2002’’.
(f) SCHOOL-TO-WORK
OPPORTUNITIES
ACT
OF
1994.—Section 404 of the School-to-Work Opportunities
Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 6194) is amended by inserting
‘‘(as such Act existed on the day before the date of enact-
ment of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002)’’
after ‘‘Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 304. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall
take effect on October 1, 2002.
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paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)) is amended by
striking ‘‘$25,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000’’.
SEC. 103. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304 of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434)
(as amended by section 204) is amended by inserting after
subsection (d) the following:
‘‘(e) POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—
‘‘(1) NATIONAL
AND
CONGRESSIONAL
POLIT-
ICAL
COMMITTEES.—The national committee of a
political party, any national congressional campaign
committee of a political party, and any subordinate
committee of either, shall report all receipts and dis-
bursements during the reporting period.
‘‘(2) OTHER POLITICAL COMMITTEES TO WHICH
SECTION 323 APPLIES.—In addition to any other re-
porting requirements applicable under this Act, a
political committee (not described in paragraph (1))
to which section 323(b)(1) applies shall report all re-
ceipts and disbursements made for activities de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(A) of section 323(b).
‘‘(3) ITEMIZATION.—If a political committee
has receipts or disbursements to which this sub-
section applies from any person aggregating in ex-
cess of $200 for any calendar year, the political
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Union Calendar No. 469 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4893 
[Report No. 108–757] 
To authorize additional appropriations for the Reclamation Safety of Dams 
Act of 1978. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2004 
Mr. CALVERT (for himself and Mrs. NAPOLITANO) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
OCTOBER 7, 2004 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To authorize additional appropriations for the Reclamation 
Safety of Dams Act of 1978. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. COSTS OF REVIEWS FOR CONVEYANCES UNDER
EDUCATION LAND GRANT ACT.
Section 202 of the Education Land Grant Act (16
U.S.C. 479a) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(f) COSTS OF REVIEW.—The Secretary shall pay the
costs of all action required under section 102(2)(C) of the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4332(2)(C)) with respect to any conveyance under this
section.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 1,
2002.
Attest:
Clerk.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3802
To amend the Education Land Grant Act to require the Secretary of Agri-
culture to pay the costs of environmental reviews with respect to convey-
ances under that Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 27, 2002
Mr. HAYWORTH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Education Land Grant Act to require the
Secretary of Agriculture to pay the costs of environ-
mental reviews with respect to conveyances under that
Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. COSTS OF REVIEWS FOR CONVEYANCES UNDER
EDUCATION LAND GRANT ACT.
Section 202 of the Education Land Grant Act (16
U.S.C. 479a) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(f) COSTS OF REVIEW.—The Secretary shall pay the
costs of all action required under section 102(2)(C) of the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4332(2)(C)) with respect to any conveyance under this
section.’’.
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Union Calendar No. 432
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3802
[Report No. 107–698]
To amend the Education Land Grant Act to require the Secretary of Agri-
culture to pay the costs of environmental reviews with respect to convey-
ances under that Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 27, 2002
Mr. HAYWORTH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
SEPTEMBER 26, 2002
Additional sponsors: Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. STUMP, Mr. OTTER, Mr.
POMBO, Mr. SCHAFFER, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. HERGER,
Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, and Mr. HORN
SEPTEMBER 26, 2002
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To amend the Education Land Grant Act to require the
Secretary of Agriculture to pay the costs of environ-
mental reviews with respect to conveyances under that
Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. COSTS OF REVIEWS FOR CONVEYANCES UNDER
EDUCATION LAND GRANT ACT.
Section 202 of the Education Land Grant Act (16
U.S.C. 479a) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(f) COSTS OF REVIEW.—The Secretary shall pay the
costs of all action required under section 102(2)(C) of the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4332(2)(C)) with respect to any conveyance under this
section.’’.
Union Calendar No. 432
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3802
[Report No. 107–698]
A BILL
To amend the Education Land Grant Act to re-
quire the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the
costs of environmental reviews with respect to
conveyances under that Act.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2002
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed