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Sec. 512. Undergraduate broadening participation program. 
Sec. 513. Research experiences for high school students. 
Sec. 514. Research experiences for undergraduates. 
Sec. 515. STEM industry internship programs. 
Sec. 516. Cyber-enabled learning for national challenges. 
Sec. 517. Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. 
Sec. 518. Sense of the Congress regarding the science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics talent expansion program. 
Sec. 519. Sense of the Congress regarding the National Science Foundation’s con-
tributions to basic research and education. 
Sec. 520. Academic technology transfer and commercialization of university re-
search. 
Sec. 521. Study to develop improved impact-on-society metrics. 
Sec. 522. NSF grants in support of sponsored post-doctoral fellowship programs. 
Sec. 523. Collaboration in planning for stewardship of large-scale facilities. 
Sec. 524. Cloud computing research enhancement. 
Sec. 525. Tribal colleges and universities program. 
Sec. 526. Broader impacts review criterion. 
Sec. 527. Twenty-first century graduate education. 
SUBTITLE B—STEM-TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM 
Sec. 551. Purpose. 
Sec. 552. Program requirements. 
Sec. 553. Grant program. 
Sec. 554. Grant oversight and administration. 
Sec. 555. Definitions. 
Sec. 556. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE VI—INNOVATION 
Sec. 601. Office of innovation and entrepreneurship. 
Sec. 602. Federal loan guarantees for innovative technologies in manufacturing. 
Sec. 603. Regional innovation program. 
Sec. 604. Study on economic competitiveness and innovative capacity of United 
States and development of national economic competitiveness 
strategy. 
Sec. 605. Promoting use of high-end computing simulation and modeling by 
small- and medium-sized manufacturers. 
TITLE VII—NIST GREEN JOBS 
Sec. 701. Short title. 
Sec. 702. Findings. 
Sec. 703. National Institute of Standards and Technology competitive grant pro-
gram. 
TITLE VIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 801. Government Accountability Office review. 
Sec. 802. Salary restrictions. 
Sec. 803. Additional research authorities of the FCC. 
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
Sec. 901. Science, engineering, and mathematics education programs. 
Sec. 902. Energy research programs.
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Sec. 903. Basic research. 
Sec. 904. Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy. 
TITLE X—EDUCATION 
Sec. 1001. References 
Sec. 1002. Repeals and conforming amendments. 
Sec. 1003. Authorizations of appropriations and matching requirement. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DIRECTOR.—In title I, the term ‘‘Director’’ 
means the Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy. 
(2) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ means the aca-
demic and professional disciplines of science, tech-
nology, engineering, and mathematics. 
SEC. 3. BUDGETARY IMPACT STATEMENT. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 
‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, 
submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on pas-
sage. 
TITLE I—OFFICE OF SCIENCE 
AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
SEC. 101. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL STEM EDUCATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish a 
committee under the National Science and Technology
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Council, including the Office of Management and Budget, 
with the responsibility to coordinate Federal programs and 
activities in support of STEM education, including at the 
National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the De-
partment of Education, and all other Federal agencies that 
have programs and activities in support of STEM edu-
cation. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The committee established 
under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) coordinate the STEM education activities 
and programs of the Federal agencies; 
(2) coordinate STEM education activities and 
programs with the Office of Management and Budget; 
(3) encourage the teaching of innovation and en-
trepreneurship as part of STEM education activities; 
(4) review STEM education activities and pro-
grams to ensure they are not duplicative of similar ef-
forts within the Federal government; 
(5) develop, implement through the participating 
agencies, and update once every 5 years a 5-year 
STEM education strategic plan, which shall— 
(A) specify and prioritize annual and long- 
term objectives;
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(B) specify the common metrics that will be 
used to assess progress toward achieving the ob-
jectives; 
(C) describe the approaches that will be 
taken by each participating agency to assess the 
effectiveness of its STEM education programs 
and activities; and 
(D) with respect to subparagraph (A), de-
scribe the role of each agency in supporting pro-
grams and activities designed to achieve the ob-
jectives; and 
(6) establish, periodically update, and maintain 
an inventory of federally sponsored STEM education 
programs and activities, including documentation of 
assessments of the effectiveness of such programs and 
activities and rates of participation by women, 
underrepresented minorities, and persons in rural 
areas in such programs and activities. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF OSTP.—The Director shall 
encourage and monitor the efforts of the participating agen-
cies to ensure that the strategic plan under subsection (b)(5) 
is developed and executed effectively and that the objectives 
of the strategic plan are met. 
(c) REPORT.—The Director shall transmit a report an-
nually to Congress at the time of the President’s budget re-
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quest describing the plan required under subsection (b)(5). 
The annual report shall include— 
(1) a description of the STEM education pro-
grams and activities for the previous and current fis-
cal years, and the proposed programs and activities 
under the President’s budget request, of each partici-
pating Federal agency; 
(2) the levels of funding for each participating 
Federal agency for the programs and activities de-
scribed under paragraph (1) for the previous fiscal 
year and under the President’s budget request; 
(3) an evaluation of the levels of duplication and 
fragmentation of the programs and activities de-
scribed under paragraph (1); 
(4) except for the initial annual report, a de-
scription of the progress made in carrying out the im-
plementation plan, including a description of the out-
come of any program assessments completed in the 
previous year, and any changes made to that plan 
since the previous annual report; and 
(5) a description of how the participating Fed-
eral agencies will disseminate information about fed-
erally supported resources for STEM education prac-
titioners, including teacher professional development 
programs, to States and to STEM education practi-
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tioners, including to teachers and administrators in 
schools that meet the criteria described in subsection 
(c)(1)(A) and (B) of section 3175 of the Department 
of Energy Science Education Enhancement Act (42 
U.S.C. 7381j(c)(1)(A) and (B)). 
SEC. 102. COORDINATION OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.—The Director shall es-
tablish or designate a Committee on Technology under the 
National Science and Technology Council. The Committee 
shall be responsible for planning and coordinating Federal 
programs and activities in advanced manufacturing re-
search and development. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF COMMITTEE.—The Com-
mittee shall— 
(1) coordinate the advanced manufacturing re-
search and development programs and activities of 
the Federal agencies; 
(2) establish goals and priorities for advanced 
manufacturing research and development that will 
strengthen United States manufacturing; 
(3) work with industry organizations, Federal 
agencies, and Federally Funded Research and Devel-
opment Centers not represented on the Committee, to 
identify and reduce regulatory, logistical, and fiscal