(3) work with international science and tech-
nology counterparts to maximize interoperability be-
tween United States based unclassified research 
databases and international databases and reposi-
tories; 
(4) solicit input and recommendations from, 
and collaborate with, non-Federal stakeholders, in-
cluding universities, nonprofit and for-profit pub-
lishers, libraries, federally funded research scientists, 
and other organizations and institutions with a stake 
in long term preservation and access to the results 
of federally funded research; and 
(5) establish priorities for coordinating the de-
velopment of any Federal science agency policies re-
lated to public access to the results of federally 
funded research to maximize uniformity of such poli-
cies with respect to their benefit to, and potential 
economic or other impact on, the science and engi-
neering enterprise and the stakeholders thereof. 
(c) PATENT OR COPYRIGHT LAW.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to affect any right under the 
provisions of title 17 or 35, United States Code. 
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
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the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall transmit 
a report to Congress describing— 
(1) any priorities established under subsection 
(b)(5); 
(2) the status of any Federal science agency 
policies related to public access to the results of fed-
erally funded research; and 
(3) how any policies developed or being devel-
oped by Federal science agencies, as described in 
paragraph (2), incorporate input from the non-Fed-
eral stakeholders described in subsection (b)(4). 
(e) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘Federal science agency’’ means any Federal 
agency with an annual extramural research expenditure 
of over $100,000,000. 
(f) SENSE
OF CONGRESS REGARDING PEER RE-
VIEW.—It is the sense of Congress that peer review is an 
important part of the process of ensuring the integrity of 
the record of scientific research, and that the National 
Science and Technology Council working group estab-
lished under this section should take into account the role 
that scientific publishers play in the peer review process. 
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SEC. 124. FULFILLING THE POTENTIAL OF WOMEN IN ACA-
DEMIC SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Federal 
science agency’’ means any Federal agency that is respon-
sible for at least 2 percent of total Federal research and 
development funding to institutions of higher education, 
according to the most recent data available from the Na-
tional Science Foundation. 
(b) WORKSHOPS TO ENHANCE GENDER EQUITY IN 
ACADEMIC SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall 
develop a uniform policy for all Federal science 
agencies to carry out a program of workshops that 
educate program officers, members of grant review 
panels, institution of higher education STEM de-
partment chairs, and other federally funded re-
searchers about methods that minimize the effects of 
gender bias in evaluation of Federal research grants 
and in the related academic advancement of actual 
and potential recipients of these grants, including 
hiring, tenure, promotion, and selection for any 
honor based in part on the recipient’s research 
record. 
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(2) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Direc-
tor of the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
shall ensure that programs of workshops across the 
Federal science agencies are coordinated and sup-
ported jointly as appropriate. As part of this proc-
ess, the Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy shall ensure that at least 1 workshop 
is supported every 2 years among the Federal 
science agencies in each of the major science and en-
gineering disciplines supported by those agencies. 
(3) ORGANIZATIONS ELIGIBLE TO CARRY OUT 
WORKSHOPS.—Federal science agencies may carry 
out the program of workshops under this subsection 
by making grants to eligible organizations. In addi-
tion to any other organizations made eligible by the 
Federal science agencies, the following organizations 
are eligible for grants under this subsection: 
(A) Nonprofit scientific and professional 
societies and organizations that represent one 
or more STEM disciplines. 
(B) Nonprofit organizations that have the 
primary mission of advancing the participation 
of women in STEM. 
(4) CHARACTERISTICS
OF
WORKSHOPS.—The 
workshops shall have the following characteristics: 
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(A) Invitees to workshops shall include at 
least— 
(i) the chairs of departments in the 
relevant discipline from at least the top 50 
institutions of higher education, as deter-
mined by the amount of Federal research 
and development funds obligated to each 
institution of higher education in the prior 
year based on data available from the Na-
tional Science Foundation; 
(ii) members of any standing research 
grant review panel appointed by the Fed-
eral science agencies in the relevant dis-
cipline; 
(iii) in the case of science and engi-
neering disciplines supported by the De-
partment of Energy, the individuals from 
each of the Department of Energy Na-
tional Laboratories with personnel manage-
ment responsibilities comparable to those 
of an institution of higher education de-
partment chair; and 
(iv) Federal science agency program 
officers in the relevant discipline, other 
than program officers that participate in 
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comparable workshops organized and run 
specifically for that agency’s program offi-
cers. 
(B) Activities at the workshops shall in-
clude research presentations and interactive dis-
cussions or other activities that increase the 
awareness of the existence of gender bias in the 
grant-making process and the development of 
the academic record necessary to qualify as a 
grant recipient, including recruitment, hiring, 
tenure review, promotion, and other forms of 
formal recognition of individual achievement, 
and provide strategies to overcome such bias. 
(C) Research presentations and other 
workshop programs, as appropriate, shall in-
clude a discussion of the unique challenges 
faced by women who are members of histori-
cally underrepresented groups. 
(D) Workshop programs shall include in-
formation on best practices and the value of 
mentoring undergraduate and graduate women 
students as well as outreach to girls earlier in 
their STEM education. 
(5) REPORT.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy shall transmit to the Committee on 
Science and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a re-
port evaluating the effectiveness of the program 
carried out under this subsection to reduce gen-
der bias towards women engaged in research 
funded by the Federal Government. The Direc-
tor of the Office of Science and Technology Pol-
icy shall include in this report any recommenda-
tions for improving the evaluation process de-
scribed in subparagraph (B). 
(B) MINIMUM
CRITERIA
FOR
EVALUA-
TION.—In determining the effectiveness of the 
program, the Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy shall consider, at a min-
imum— 
(i) the rates of participation by 
invitees in the workshops authorized under 
this subsection; 
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(ii) the results of attitudinal surveys 
conducted on workshop participants before 
and after the workshops; 
(iii) any relevant institutional policy 
or practice changes reported by partici-
pants; and 
(iv) for individuals described in para-
graph (4)(A)(i) or (iii) who participated in 
at least 1 workshop 3 or more years prior 
to the due date for the report, trends in 
the data for the department represented by 
the chair or employee including faculty 
data related to gender as described in sec-
tion 216. 
(C) 
INSTITUTIONAL
ATTENDANCE
AT 
WORKSHOPS.—As part of the report under sub-
paragraph (A), the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall include a 
list of institutions of higher education science 
and engineering departments whose representa-
tives attended the workshops required under 
this subsection. 
(6) MINIMIZING COSTS.—To the extent prac-
ticable, workshops shall be held in conjunction with 
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national or regional disciplinary meetings to mini-
mize costs associated with participant travel. 
(c) EXTENDED RESEARCH GRANT SUPPORT AND IN-
TERIM TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR CAREGIVERS.— 
(1) POLICIES
FOR
CAREGIVERS.—Not later 
than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy shall develop a uniform policy to— 
(A) extend the period of grant support for 
federally 
funded 
researchers 
who 
have 
caregiving responsibilities; and 
(B) provide funding for interim technical 
staff support for federally funded researchers 
who take a leave of absence for caregiving re-
sponsibilities. 
(2) REPORT.—Upon developing the policy re-
quired under paragraph (1), the Director of the Of-
fice of Science and Technology Policy shall transmit 
a copy of the policy to the Committee on Science 
and Technology of the House of Representatives and 
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate. 
(d) COLLECTION OF DATA ON FEDERAL RESEARCH 
GRANTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal science agency 
shall collect standardized annual composite informa-
tion on demographics, field, award type and budget 
request, review score, and funding outcome for all 
applications for research and development grants to 
institutions of higher education supported by that 
agency. 
(2) REPORTING OF DATA.— 
(A) The Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy shall establish a policy 
to ensure uniformity and standardization of 
data collection required under paragraph (1). 
(B) Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and annually there-
after, each Federal science agency shall submit 
data collected under paragraph (1) to the Na-
tional Science Foundation. 
(C) The National Science Foundation shall 
be responsible for storing and publishing all of 
the grant data submitted under subparagraph 
(B), disaggregated and cross-tabulated by race, 
ethnicity, and gender, in conjunction with the 
biennial report required under section 37 of the 
Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1885d). 
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SEC. 125. NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION 
STRATEGY. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the White House Office 
of Science and Technology Policy shall submit to Congress 
and the President a national competitiveness and innova-
tion strategy for strengthening the innovative and com-
petitive capacity of the Federal Government, State and 
local governments, institutions of higher education, and 
the private sector that includes— 
(1) proposed legislative changes and action; 
(2) proposed actions to be taken collectively by 
executive agencies, including White House offices; 
(3) proposed actions to be taken by individual 
executive agencies, including White House offices; 
and 
(4) a proposal for metrics-based monitoring and 
oversight of the progress of the Federal Government 
with respect to improving conditions for the innova-
tion occurring in and the competitiveness of the 
United States. 
TITLE II—NATIONAL SCIENCE 
FOUNDATION 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘National Science 
Foundation Authorization Act of 2010’’. 
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Subtitle A—General Provisions 
SEC. 211. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the National Science Foundation es-
tablished under section 2 of the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861). 
(2) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 
means the National Science Foundation established 
under section 2 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861). 
(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means one of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, or any other territory or 
possession of the United States. 
(5) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ means science, 
technology, engineering, and mathematics. 
(6) 
UNITED
STATES.—The 
term 
‘‘United 
States’’ means the several States, the District of Co-
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lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Vir-
gin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any 
other territory or possession of the United States. 
SEC. 212. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2011.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Foundation $7,481,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2011. 
(2) SPECIFIC
ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 
authorized under paragraph (1)— 
(A) $6,020,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for research and related activities; 
(B) $945,000,000 shall be made available 
for education and human resources; 
(C) $166,000,000 shall be made available 
for major research equipment and facilities con-
struction; 
(D) $330,000,000 shall be made available 
for agency operations and award management; 
(E) $4,840,000 shall be made available for 
the Office of the National Science Board; and 
(F) $14,830,000 shall be made available 
for the Office of Inspector General. 
(b) FISCAL YEAR 2012.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Foundation $8,127,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2012. 
(2) SPECIFIC
ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 
authorized under paragraph (1)— 
(A) $6,496,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for research and related activities; 
(B) $1,020,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for education and human resources; 
(C) $235,000,000 shall be made available 
for major research equipment and facilities con-
struction; 
(D) $356,000,000 shall be made available 
for agency operations and award management; 
(E) $5,010,000 shall be made available for 
the Office of the National Science Board; and 
(F) $15,350,000 shall be made available 
for the Office of Inspector General. 
(c) FISCAL YEAR 2013.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Foundation $8,764,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2013. 
(2) SPECIFIC
ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount 
authorized under paragraph (1)— 
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(A) $7,009,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for research and related activities; 
(B) $1,100,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for education and human resources; 
(C) $250,000,000 shall be made available 
for major research equipment and facilities con-
struction; 
(D) $384,000,000 shall be made available 
for agency operations and award management; 
(E) $5,180,000 shall be made available for 
the Office of the National Science Board; and 
(F) $15,890,000 shall be made available 
for the Office of Inspector General. 
SEC. 213. NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE 
AMENDMENTS. 
(a) STAFFING AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD.— 
Section 4(g) of the National Science Foundation Act of 
1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘not 
more than 5’’. 
(b) SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INDICATORS DUE 
DATE.—Section 4(j)(1) of the National Science Founda-
tion Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘January 15’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31’’. 
(c) NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REPORTS.—Section 
4(j)(2) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 
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(42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘within 
the authority of the Foundation (or otherwise as requested 
by the appropriate Congressional committees of jurisdic-
tion or the President)’’ after ‘‘individual policy matters’’. 
(d) BOARD ADHERENCE TO SUNSHINE ACT.—Sec-
tion 15(a) of the National Science Foundation Authoriza-
tion Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–5(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating 
paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), 
respectively; 
(2) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated by 
paragraph (1) of this subsection— 
(A) by striking ‘‘February 15’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘April 15’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the audit required under 
paragraph (3) along with’’ and inserting ‘‘any’’; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated by 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘To fa-
cilitate the audit required under paragraph (3) of 
this subsection, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 
SEC. 214. BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERION. 
(a) GOALS.—The Foundation shall apply a Broader 
Impacts Review Criterion to achieve the following goals: 
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(1) Increased economic competitiveness of the 
United States. 
(2) Development of a globally competitive 
STEM workforce. 
(3) Increased participation of women and 
underrepresented minorities in STEM. 
(4) Increased partnerships between academia 
and industry. 
(5) Improved pre-K–12 STEM education and 
teacher development. 
(6) Improved undergraduate STEM education. 
(7) Increased public scientific literacy. 
(8) Increased national security. 
(b) POLICY.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director shall develop and 
implement a policy for the Broader Impacts Review Cri-
terion that— 
(1) provides for educating professional staff at 
the Foundation, merit review panels, and applicants 
for Foundation research grants on the policy devel-
oped under this subsection; 
(2) clarifies that the activities of grant recipi-
ents undertaken to satisfy the Broader Impacts Re-
view Criterion shall— 
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(A) to the extent practicable employ proven 
strategies and models and draw on existing pro-
grams and activities; and 
(B) when novel approaches are justified, 
build on the most current research results; 
(3) allows for some portion of funds allocated to 
broader impacts under a research grant to be used 
for assessment and evaluation of the broader im-
pacts activity; 
(4) encourages institutions of higher education 
and other nonprofit education or research organiza-
tions to develop and provide, either as individual in-
stitutions or in partnerships thereof, appropriate 
training and programs to assist Foundation-funded 
principal investigators at their institutions in achiev-
ing the goals of the Broader Impacts Review Cri-
terion as described in subsection (a); and 
(5) requires principal investigators applying for 
Foundation research grants to provide evidence of 
institutional support for the portion of the investiga-
tor’s proposal designed to satisfy the Broader Im-
pacts Review Criterion, including evidence of rel-
evant training, programs, and other institutional re-
sources available to the investigator from either their 
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