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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2325 
To direct the National Science Foundation to establish a competitive grant 
program for institutions of higher education to enhance education and 
job training opportunities in mathematics, science, engineering, and tech-
nology. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2005 
Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mrs. MCCAR-
THY, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. HOLT, Mrs. JONES 
of Ohio, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mrs. 
TAUSCHER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. 
CASE, Ms. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania, and Ms. HERSETH) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, and 
in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the National Science Foundation to establish a 
competitive grant program for institutions of higher edu-
cation to enhance education and job training opportuni-
ties in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the National 
Science Foundation shall establish a program to award 
competitive grants, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Education, to institutions of higher education for in-
creased education and job training of United States na-
tionals who are undergraduate or graduate students in 
mathematics, science, engineering, and technology. The 
grants shall be provided to applicants who demonstrate 
that they will institute creative and innovative methods of 
encouraging students to study and enter into careers fo-
cused on mathematics, science, engineering, and tech-
nology. 
(b) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—Each application for a 
grant under this Act shall include— 
(1) financial incentives to students entering and 
persisting in the study of mathematics, science, engi-
neering, and technology, which may include scholar-
ships and stipends to students wishing to pursue un-
dergraduate or graduate studies in mathematics, 
science, engineering, or technology degree programs; 
(2) a commitment to expose students to dif-
ferent industries through internships, fellowships, 
part-time work, mentors, or any other mechanism 
that the institution of higher education considers ap-
propriate to make students more aware of opportu-
nities in mathematics, science, engineering, and 
technology careers; and 
(3) a commitment to increase the number of 
traditionally underrepresented students in mathe-
matics, science, engineering, and technology. 
(c) PURPOSES.—A recipient of a grant under this Act 
may use such funds for major research equipment, facili-
ties construction, repair and upgrades, textbooks, and 
other purposes necessary to create a quality mathematics, 
science, engineering, or technology academic program. Re-
cipients may also use such funds to create interdiscipli-
nary programs in mathematics, science, engineering, and 
technology to better meet rapidly changing needs in 
emerging fields. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Science Foundation for carrying out this Act such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2006 through 
2010. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘institution of 
higher education’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001). 
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