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Calendar No. 159 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2272 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 22, 2007 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To invest in innovation through research and development, 
and to improve the competitiveness of the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘21st Century Competitiveness Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS SCHOLARSHIPS AND 
EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT 
Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Science Scholarships 
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Sec. 111. Short title. 
Sec. 112. Findings. 
Sec. 113. Policy objective. 
Sec. 114. Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. 
Subtitle B—Mathematics and Science Education Improvement 
Sec. 121. Mathematics and science education partnerships amendments. 
Sec. 122. Teacher institutes. 
Sec. 123. Graduate degree program. 
Sec. 124. Curricula. 
Sec. 125. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expan-
sion Program. 
Sec. 126. High-need local educational agency definition. 
Sec. 127. Teacher leaders. 
Sec. 128. Laboratory science pilot program. 
Sec. 129. Study on laboratory equipment donations for schools. 
TITLE II—SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. National Science Foundation early career awards for science and en-
gineering researchers. 
Sec. 203. Department of Energy early career awards for science and engineer-
ing researchers. 
Sec. 204. Integrative graduate education and research traineeship program. 
Sec. 205. Presidential innovation award. 
Sec. 206. National Coordination Office for Research Infrastructure. 
Sec. 207. Research on innovation and inventiveness. 
Sec. 208. Report on National Institute of Standards and Technology efforts to 
recruit and retain early CAREER science and engineering re-
searchers. 
Sec. 209. NASA’s contribution to innovation. 
Sec. 210. Undergraduate scholarships for science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics. 
TITLE III—NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Definitions. 
Sec. 303. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 304. Centers for research on learning and education improvement. 
Sec. 305. Interdisciplinary research. 
Sec. 306. Pilot program of grants for new investigators. 
Sec. 307. Broader impacts merit review criterion. 
Sec. 308. Postdoctoral research fellows. 
Sec. 309. Responsible conduct of research. 
Sec. 310. Reporting of research results. 
Sec. 311. Sharing research results. 
Sec. 312. Funding for successful stem education programs. 
Sec. 313. Cost sharing. 
Sec. 314. Donations. 
Sec. 315. Additional reports. 
Sec. 316. Administrative amendments. 
Sec. 317. National Science Board reports. 
Sec. 318. National Academy of Science Report on Diversity in STEM fields. 
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Sec. 319. Sense of the Congress regarding the mathematics and science part-
nership programs of the Department of Education and the Na-
tional Science Foundation. 
Sec. 320. Hispanic-serving institutions undergraduate program. 
Sec. 321. Communications training for scientists. 
TITLE IV—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND 
TECHNOLOGY 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 411. Scientific and technical research and services. 
Sec. 412. Industrial technology services. 
Subtitle B—Innovation and Technology Policy Reforms 
Sec. 421. Institute-wide planning report. 
Sec. 422. Report by Visiting Committee. 
Sec. 423. Manufacturing extension partnership. 
Sec. 424. Technology Innovation Program. 
Sec. 425. Research fellowships. 
Sec. 426. Collaborative manufacturing research pilot grants. 
Sec. 427. Manufacturing fellowship program. 
Sec. 428. Meetings of Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology. 
Sec. 429. Manufacturing research database. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 441. Post-doctoral fellows. 
Sec. 442. Financial agreements clarification. 
Sec. 443. Working capital fund transfers. 
Sec. 444. Retention of depreciation surcharge. 
Sec. 445. Non-Energy Inventions Program. 
Sec. 446. Redefinition of the metric system. 
Sec. 447. Repeal of redundant and obsolete authority. 
Sec. 448. Clarification of standard time and time zones. 
Sec. 449. Procurement of temporary and intermittent services. 
Sec. 450. Malcolm Baldrige awards. 
TITLE V—HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING 
Sec. 501. High-performance computing research and development program. 
Sec. 502. Definitions. 
TITLE I—SCIENCE AND MATHE-
MATICS SCHOLARSHIPS AND 
EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The National Science Foundation has made 
significant and valuable contributions to the im-
provement of K–12 and undergraduate science, tech-
nology, engineering, and mathematics education 
throughout its 56 year history. 
(2) Under section 3 of the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1862), the Na-
tional Science Foundation is explicitly required to 
strengthen science, mathematics, and engineering re-
search potential and education programs at all lev-
els. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘cost of attendance’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 472 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll). 
(2) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 
the National Science Foundation. 
(3) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001(a)). 
(4) The term ‘‘mathematics and science teach-
er’’ means a mathematics, science, or technology 
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teacher at the elementary school or secondary school 
level. 
Subtitle A—Science Scholarships 
SEC. 111. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘10,000 Teachers, 
10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act’’. 
SEC. 112. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The prosperity the United States enjoys 
today is due in no small part to investments the Na-
tion has made in research and development over the 
past 50 years. 
(2) Corporate, government, and national sci-
entific and technical leaders have raised concerns 
that current trends affecting the science and tech-
nology enterprise of the Nation could result in ero-
sion of this past success and jeopardize future pros-
perity. 
(3) The National Academy of Sciences, the Na-
tional Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of 
Medicine were tasked in a congressional request to 
recommend actions that the Federal Government 
could take to enhance the science and technology en-
terprise so that the United States can successfully 
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compete, prosper, and be secure in the global com-
munity of the 21st century. 
(4) The Academies’ highest priority rec-
ommendation in its report, ‘‘Rising Above the Gath-
ering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for 
a Brighter Economic Future’’, is to improve K–12 
mathematics and science education, and the Acad-
emies’ first recommended action item is to institute 
a major scholarship program to recruit and educate 
annually 10,000 mathematics and science teachers. 
SEC. 113. POLICY OBJECTIVE. 
In carrying out the program under section 10 of the 
National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002, 
the National Science Foundation shall seek to increase by 
up to 10,000 per year the number of elementary and sec-
ondary mathematics and science teachers in the Nation’s 
schools having both exemplary subject knowledge and ped-
agogical skills. 
SEC. 114. ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.—Section 10 of the Na-
tional Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 
U.S.C. 1862n–1) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘TEACHER’’ after ‘‘NOYCE’’ 
in the section heading; 
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(2) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘to provide scholarships, 
stipends, and programming designed’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and to provide scholar-
ships and stipends to students participating in 
the program’’ after ‘‘science teachers’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘Teacher’’ after ‘‘Noyce’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(3)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘encourage top college jun-
iors and seniors’’ and inserting ‘‘recruit and 
prepare undergraduate students’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘qualified as’’ after ‘‘to 
become’’; 
(4) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘programs to help scholar-
ship 
recipients’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘academic 
courses and early field teaching experiences de-
signed to prepare students participating in the 
program’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘programs that will result 
in’’ and inserting ‘‘such preparation as is nec-
essary to meet requirements for’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘licensing; and’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘licensing;’’; 
(5) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(iii)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘scholarship recipients’’ 
and inserting ‘‘students participating in the 
program’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘enable the recipients’’ and 
inserting ‘‘enable the students’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; 
(6) in subsection (a)(3)(A) by inserting at the 
end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iv) providing summer internships 
for freshman students participating in the 
program; or’’; 
(7) in subsection (a)(3)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘encourage’’ and inserting 
‘‘recruit and prepare’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘qualified as’’ after ‘‘to 
become’’; 
(8) by amending clause (ii) of subsection 
(a)(3)(B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) offering academic courses and 
field teaching experiences designed to pre-
pare stipend recipients to teach in elemen-
tary schools and secondary schools, includ-
ing such preparation as is necessary to 
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meet requirements for teacher certification 
or licensing; and’’; 
(9) in subsection (a) by inserting at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT.—To be eligi-
ble for an award under this section, an institution 
of higher education (or consortia of such institu-
tions) shall ensure that specific faculty members and 
staff from the institution’s mathematics, science, or 
engineering departments and specific education fac-
ulty are designated to carry out the development and 
implementation of the program. An institution of 
higher education may also include teacher leaders to 
participate in developing the pedagogical content of 
the program and to supervise students participating 
in the program in their field teaching experiences. 
No institution of higher education shall be eligible 
for an award unless faculty from the institution’s 
mathematics, science, or engineering departments 
are active participants in the program. 
‘‘(5) AWARDS.—In awarding grants under this 
section, the Director shall endeavor to ensure that 
the recipients are from a variety of types of institu-
tions of higher education. In support of this goal, 
the Director shall broadly disseminate information 
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about when and how to apply for grants under this 
section, including by conducting outreach to Histori-
cally Black Colleges and Universities that are part 
B institutions as defined in section 322(2) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)) 
and minority institutions (as defined in section 
365(3) of that Act (20 U.S.C. 1067k(3))).’’; 
(10) in subsection (b)(1)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘scholarship or stipend’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and summer intern-
ships’’ after ‘‘number of scholarships’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘the type of activities pro-
posed for the recruitment of students to the 
program,’’ after ‘‘intends to award,’’; 
(11) in subsection (b)(1)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘scholarship or stipend’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
which may include a description of any existing 
programs at the applicant’s institution that are 
targeted to the education of mathematics and 
science teachers and the number of teachers 
graduated annually from such programs;’’; 
(12) in subsection (b)(1), by striking subpara-
graph (C) and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(C) a description of the academic courses 
and field teaching experiences required under 
subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) and (B)(ii), including— 
‘‘(i) a description of the under-
graduate program that will enable a stu-
dent to graduate within 5 years with a 
major in mathematics, science, or engineer-
ing and to obtain teacher certification or li-
censing; 
‘‘(ii) a description of the field teaching 
experiences proposed; and 
‘‘(iii) evidence of agreements between 
the applicant and the schools or school dis-
tricts that are identified as the locations at 
which field teaching experiences will occur; 
‘‘(D) a description of the programs re-
quired under subsection (a)(3)(A)(iii) and 
(B)(iii), including activities to assist new teach-
ers in fulfilling their service requirements under 
this section; and 
‘‘(E) an identification of the applicant’s 
mathematics, science, or engineering faculty 
and its education faculty who will carry out the 
development and implementation of the pro-
gram as required under subsection (a)(4).’’; 
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(13) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 
(C), (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (C), (D), 
(E) and (F), respectively; 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) a 
new subparagraph as follows: 
‘‘(B) the extent to which the applicant’s 
mathematics, science, or engineering faculty 
and its education faculty have worked or will 
work collaboratively to design new or revised 
curricula that recognizes the specialized peda-
gogy required to teach mathematics, science, 
and technology effectively in elementary and 
secondary schools;’’; and 
(C) by amending subparagraph (F), as so 
redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this para-
graph, to read as follows: 
‘‘(F) the ability of the applicant to recruit 
students who are individuals identified in sec-
tion 33 or 34 of the Science and Engineering 
Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 
1885b).’’; 
(14) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘2 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘3 years’’; 
(15) in subsection (c)(3)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘$7,500’’ and inserting 
‘‘$10,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2 years of scholarship 
support’’ and inserting ‘‘3 years of scholarship 
support, unless the Director establishes a policy 
by which part-time students may receive addi-
tional years of support’’; 
(16) in subsection (c)(4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘6 years’’ and inserting ‘‘8 
years’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, with a maximum serv-
ice requirement of 6 years’’ after ‘‘was re-
ceived’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘Service required under 
this paragraph shall be performed in a high- 
need local educational agency.’’; 
(17) in subsection (c), by adding at the end a 
new paragraph as follows: 
‘‘(5) EXCEPTION.—The period of service obliga-
tion under paragraph (4) is reduced by 1 year for 
scholarship recipients whose service is performed in 
a high-need local educational agency. The Director 
shall establish and maintain a central clearinghouse 
of information on teaching opportunities available in 
high-need local educational agencies throughout the 
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United States, which shall be made available to indi-
viduals having a service obligation under this sec-
tion.’’; 
(18) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘to re-
ceive certification or licensing to teach’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘established under subsection (a)(3)(B)’’; 
(19) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ‘‘and 
professional achievement’’ after ‘‘academic merit’’; 
(20) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘16 months’’; 
(21) in subsection (d)(4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘6 years’’ and inserting ‘‘4 
years’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘for each year a stipend 
was received’’; 
(22) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or section 10A’’ after 
‘‘under this section’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or sec-
tion 10A’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 
(23) in subsection (f)(1), by inserting ‘‘or sec-
tion 10A’’ after ‘‘under this section’’; 
(24) in subsection (g)(2)(A)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘Treasurer of the United 
States,’’ and inserting ‘‘Treasurer of the United 
States.’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘multiplied by 2.’’; 
(25) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘or section 
10A’’ after ‘‘under this section’’; 
(26) in subsection (i)(3), by inserting ‘‘or had 
a career in’’ after ‘‘is working in’’; 
(27) in subsection (i)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (4); 
(B) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘or sec-
tion 10A’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 
(C) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) the term ‘teacher leader’ means a mathe-
matics or science teacher who works to improve the 
instruction of mathematics or science in kinder-
garten through grade 12 through— 
‘‘(A) participating in the development or 
revision of science, mathematics, engineering, or 
technology curricula; 
‘‘(B) serving as a mentor to mathematics 
or science teachers; 
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‘‘(C) coordinating and assisting teachers in 
the use of hands-on inquiry materials, equip-
ment, and supplies, and when appropriate, su-
pervising acquisition and repair of such mate-
rials; 
‘‘(D) providing in-classroom teaching as-
sistance to mathematics or science teachers; 
and 
‘‘(E) providing professional development, 
for the purposes of training other teacher lead-
ers, to mathematics and science teachers.’’; and 
(28) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) MATHEMATICS
AND
SCIENCE
SCHOLARSHIP 
GIFT FUND.—In accordance with section 11(f) of the Na-
tional Science Foundation Act of 1950, the Director is au-
thorized to accept donations from the private sector to 
support scholarships, stipends, or internships associated 
with programs under this section. 
‘‘(k) ASSESSMENT OF TEACHER SERVICE AND RE-
TENTION.—Not later than 4 years after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, the Director shall transmit to 
Congress a report on the effectiveness of the program car-
ried out under this section. The report shall include the 
proportion of individuals receiving scholarships or stipends 
under the program who— 
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‘‘(1) fulfill their service obligation required 
under this section in a high-need local educational 
agency; 
‘‘(2) elect to fulfill their service obligation in a 
high-need local educational agency but fail to com-
plete it, as defined in subsection (g); 
‘‘(3) remain in the teaching profession beyond 
their service obligation; and 
‘‘(4) remain in the teaching profession in a 
high-need local educational agency beyond their serv-
ice obligation.’’. 
(b) SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
FOR STI-
PENDS.—The National Science Foundation Authorization 
Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after section 10 the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 10A. SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR STI-
PENDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the Robert Noyce 
Teacher Scholarship Program established under section 
10, the Director shall establish a separate type of award 
for eligible entities described in subsection (b). Stipends 
under this section shall be available only to mathematics, 
science, and engineering professionals who, while receiving 
the stipend, are enrolled in a program to receive certifi-
cation or licensing to teach. 
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an institution of higher edu-
cation (or consortia of such institutions) shall enter into 
a partnership with one or more private sector nonprofit 
organizations, local or State government organizations, 
and businesses. The members of the partnership shall pro-
vide the teaching supplements described in subsection (f). 
‘‘(c) USE OF GRANTS.—Grants provided under this 
section shall be used by institutions of higher education 
or consortia to develop and implement a program to en-
courage science, mathematics, or engineering professionals 
to become qualified as mathematics and science teachers, 
through— 
‘‘(1) administering stipends in accordance with 
this section; 
‘‘(2) offering academic courses and field teach-
ing experiences designed to prepare stipend recipi-
ents to teach in elementary and secondary schools, 
including such preparation as is necessary to meet 
the requirements for certification or licensing; and 
‘‘(3) offering programs to stipend recipients, 
both during and after matriculation in the program 
for which the stipend is received, to enable recipients 
to become better mathematics and science teachers, 
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