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States Code, governing appointments in the competitive 
service, and the provisions of chapter 51 of such title relat-
ing to classification, and shall be compensated at a rate 
not exceeding the maximum rate payable under section 
5376 of such title, as may be necessary to provide for the 
performance of such duties as may be prescribed by the 
Board in connection with the exercise of its powers and 
functions under this Act. Section 14(a)(3) shall apply to 
each limited term appointment of technical and profes-
sional personnel under this subsection. Each appointment 
under this subsection shall be subject to the same security 
requirements as those required for personnel of the Foun-
dation appointed under section 14(a).’’. 
(c) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF WATERMAN AWARDS 
TO THREE.—Section 6(c) of the National Science Founda-
tion Authorization Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 1881a) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) Up to three awards may be made under this sec-
tion in any one fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 17. NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REPORTS. 
Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 4(j) of the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(1) 
and (2)) are amended by striking ‘‘, for submission to’’ 
and ‘‘for submission to’’, respectively, and inserting 
‘‘and’’. 
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SEC. 18. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE REPORT ON DI-
VERSITY IN STEM FIELDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation shall enter into 
an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences 
for a report, to be transmitted to the Congress not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, about 
barriers to increasing the number of underrepresented mi-
norities in science, technology, engineering, and mathe-
matics fields and to identify strategies for bringing more 
underrepresented minorities into the science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematics workforce. 
(b) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall 
ensure that the study described in subsection (a) address-
es— 
(1) social and institutional factors that shape 
the decisions of minority students to commit to edu-
cation and careers in the science, technology, engi-
neering, and mathematics fields; 
(2) specific barriers preventing greater minority 
student participation in the science, technology, en-
gineering, and mathematics fields; 
(3) primary focus points for policy intervention 
to increase the recruitment and retention of under-
represented minorities in America’s future work-
force; 
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(4) programs already underway to increase di-
versity in the science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics fields, and their level of effectiveness; 
(5) factors that make such programs effective, 
and how to expand and improve upon existing pro-
grams; 
(6) the role of minority-serving institutions in 
the diversification of America’s workforce in these 
fields and how that role can be supported and 
strengthened; and 
(7) how the public and private sectors can bet-
ter assist minority students in their efforts to join 
America’s workforce in these fields. 
SEC. 19. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE MATH-
EMATICS AND SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP PRO-
GRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. 
It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) although the mathematics and science edu-
cation partnership program at the National Science 
Foundation and the mathematics and science part-
nership program at the Department of Education 
practically share the same name, the 2 programs are 
intended to be complementary, not duplicative; 
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(2) the National Science Foundation partner-
ship programs are innovative, model reform initia-
tives that move promising ideas in education from 
research into practice to improve teacher quality, de-
velop challenging curricula, and increase student 
achievement in mathematics and science, and Con-
gress intends that the National Science Foundation 
peer-reviewed partnership programs found to be ef-
fective should be put into wider practice by dissemi-
nation through the Department of Education part-
nership programs; and 
(3) the Director of the National Science Foun-
dation and the Secretary of Education should have 
ongoing collaboration to ensure that the 2 compo-
nents of this priority effort for mathematics and 
science education continue to work in concert for the 
benefit of States and local practitioners nationwide. 
SEC. 
20. 
HISPANIC-SERVING 
INSTITUTIONS 
UNDER-
GRADUATE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director is authorized to es-
tablish a new program to award grants on a competitive, 
merit-reviewed basis to Hispanic-serving institutions to 
enhance the quality of undergraduate science, mathe-
matics, engineering, and technology education at such in-
stitutions and to increase the retention and graduation 
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rates of students pursuing associate’s or baccalaureate de-
grees in science, mathematics, engineering, or technology. 
(b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—Grants awarded under 
this section shall support— 
(1) activities to improve courses and curriculum 
in science, mathematics, engineering, and tech-
nology; 
(2) faculty development; 
(3) stipends for undergraduate students partici-
pating in research; and 
(4) other activities consistent with subsection 
(a), as determined by the Director. 
(c) INSTRUMENTATION.—Funding for instrumenta-
tion is an allowed use of grants awarded under this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 21. COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING FOR SCIENTISTS. 
(a) GRANT SUPPLEMENTS
FOR COMMUNICATIONS 
TRAINING.—The Director shall provide grant supple-
ments, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, to institu-
tions receiving awards under the Integrative Graduate 
Education and Research Traineeship program.
The 
grant supplements shall be used to train graduate stu-
dents in the communication of the substance and impor-
tance of their research to nonscientist audiences, including 
policymakers. 
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(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall 
transmit a report to the Committee on Science and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives, and to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate, describing how the activities required under 
subsection (a) have been implemented.
The report shall 
include data on the number of graduate students trained 
and the number and size of grant supplements awarded, 
and a description of the types of activities funded through 
the grant supplements. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 2, 2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 138 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1867 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008, 
2009, and 2010 for the National Science Foun-
dation, and for other purposes. 
MAY 7, 2007 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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