SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Innovation Centers Ac-
celeration Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
COMMITTEE.—The 
term 
‘‘Committee’’ 
means the Innovation Center Selection Committee 
established under section 3. 
(2) ELIGIBLE AREA.—The term ‘‘eligible area’’ 
means a metropolitan statistical area that— 
(A) has a population of not less than 
500,000; and 
(B) is not designated as an established 
tech hub. 
(3) ESTABLISHED TECH HUB.—The term ‘‘es-
tablished tech hub’’ means the 9 metropolitan statis-
tical areas in the United States with the largest 
total number of innovation sector jobs in 2019. 
(4) 
HISPANIC-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘Hispanic-serving institution’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 502 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a). 
(5) HISTORICALLY
BLACK
COLLEGE
OR
UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘‘historically Black college or 
university’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘part B 
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institution’’ in section 322 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). 
(6) INNOVATION CENTER.—The term ‘‘innova-
tion center’’ means an eligible area designated by 
the Committee under section 3(e). 
(7) INNOVATION SECTOR JOB.—The term ‘‘in-
novation sector job’’ means a job in the following re-
search and development sectors, as categorized 
under the North American Industry Classification 
System: 
(A) Basic chemical manufacturing (3251). 
(B) Pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricul-
tural chemical manufacturing (3253). 
(C) Pharmaceutical and medicine manufac-
turing (3254). 
(D) Computer and peripheral equipment 
manufacturing (3341). 
(E) Communications equipment manufac-
turing (3342). 
(F) Semiconductor and other electronic 
components manufacturing (3344). 
(G) 
Navigational, 
measuring, 
electromedical, and control instruments manu-
facturing (3345). 
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(H) Aerospace product and parts manufac-
turing (3364). 
(I) Software publishers (5112). 
(J) Satellite telecommunications (5174). 
(K) Data processing, hosting, and related 
services (5182). 
(L) Other information services (5191). 
(M) Scientific research and development 
services (5417). 
(8) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ means science, 
technology, engineering, and mathematics. 
SEC. 3. INNOVATION CENTER SELECTION COMMITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Inno-
vation Center Selection Committee, which shall— 
(1) establish the global competitive edge of the 
United States in the 21st century across a range of 
innovation sectors critical to national and economic 
security; 
(2) enable 9 metropolitan statistical areas in 
the United States to become innovation centers for 
global innovation leadership and models for inclusive 
growth, equal opportunity, and rising living stand-
ards for disadvantaged populations; 
(3) inspire, within metropolitan statistical areas 
in the United States across the country, new and 
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constructive collaboration among local, State, and 
Federal government entities, academia, and private 
industry by issuing a call for innovation center pro-
posals with clear, ambitious objectives; 
(4) carry out a transparent, competitive, fair, 
and rigorous process for selecting innovation centers; 
(5) ensure the transparent, efficient and effec-
tive use of taxpayer funds; and 
(6) empirically evaluate the effectiveness of in-
novation centers through release of publicly available 
reports and data. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) COMPOSITION.— 
(A) VOTING
MEMBERS.—The Committee 
shall be composed of the following voting mem-
bers: 
(i) The Secretary of Commerce, who 
shall serve as chairperson of the Com-
mittee. 
(ii) The Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration. 
(iii) The Deputy Secretary for Hous-
ing and Urban Development. 
(iv) The Director of the Community 
Development Financial Institution Fund. 
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(v) The Director of the National 
Science Foundation. 
(vi) The Director of the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology. 
(vii) The Director of the National 
Economic Council. 
(viii) The Assistant Secretary of Com-
merce for Economic Development. 
(ix) The Assistant Secretary for Em-
ployment and Training. 
(x) The Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy. 
(xi) The Under Secretary of Defense 
for Research and Engineering. 
(xii) The Under Secretary for Science 
of the Department of Energy. 
(xiii) The Director of the National In-
stitutes of Health. 
(xiv) The Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology of the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(xv) The Administrator of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion. 
(2) NONVOTING MEMBERS.— 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Committee shall 
have 8 nonvoting members, of which, from 
among leaders of labor organizations or re-
search institutions, or leaders from private in-
dustry or professional societies— 
(i) 2 shall be appointed by the major-
ity leader of the Senate; 
(ii) 2 shall be appointed by the minor-
ity leader of the Senate; 
(iii) 2 shall be appointed by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(iv) 2 shall be appointed by the minor-
ity leader of the House of Representatives. 
(B) TERM.—The nonvoting members ap-
pointed under subparagraph (A)— 
(i) shall serve for a term of 5 years; 
and 
(ii) may be reappointed to subsequent 
terms. 
(C) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the non-
voting membership of the Committee shall be 
filled in the same manner as the original ap-
pointment, but the individual appointed to fill 
the vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired 
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portion of the term for which the individual’s 
predecessor was appointed. 
(D) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENTS.—The 
nonvoting members of the Committee shall be 
appointed under this paragraph not later than 
30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which all members of the Com-
mittee are appointed, the Committee shall hold its 
first meeting. 
(c) COMPENSATION.—A nonvoting member of the 
Committee appointed under subsection (b)(2) shall be al-
lowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies 
under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code, while away from their homes or regular places of 
business in the performance of services for the Committee. 
(d) STAFF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee may appoint 
a staff director and other personnel as necessary to 
carry out the duties of the Committee. 
(2) MEMBER AGENCIES.—The Department of 
Commerce, the Department of Labor, the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, the Department of De-
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fense, the Department of Energy, the Department of 
Health and Human Services, the Small Business 
Administration, and the Department of Transpor-
tation shall provide necessary staffing support to the 
Committee, as determined by the Committee. 
(e) SELECTION OF INNOVATION CENTERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall select 
9 eligible areas to serve as innovation centers and 
receive the Federal innovation supports described in 
section 4. 
(2) APPLICATION.— 
(A) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.—Not later 
than 3 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Committee shall issue a request 
for applications from eligible entities. 
(B) SUBMISSION.—Each eligible area de-
siring to be selected as an innovation center 
shall submit to the Committee an application 
through a proposal committee created by the el-
igible area, which shall include representation 
from each State located in the eligible area and 
each municipal government representing not 
less than 200,000 individuals located in the eli-
gible area. 
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(3) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting innova-
tion centers under this section, the Committee shall 
evaluate each applicant based on— 
(A) the performance of the applicant in— 
(i) STEM spending per capita; 
(ii) the number of patents per 
100,000 residents; 
(iii) the share of the population with 
a Bachelor of Arts degree or a higher de-
gree; and 
(iv) the number of STEM university 
degrees per capita; 
(B) a plan to use data-driven strategies to 
promote 
innovation-based, 
advanced 
sector 
takeoff, focused on local interplay of university, 
Federal research institution, and industry core 
competencies; 
(C) a plan to increase innovation readi-
ness, including expanding research and tech-
nology development facilities and developing the 
local STEM workforce, including through part-
nerships with entities with demonstrated suc-
cess of administering apprenticeship and other 
workforce development models; 
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(D) a plan to build or improve areas that 
attract and support workers and firms; 
(E) a plan to foster racial equity and inclu-
sive growth, including by leveraging minority 
serving institutions, preventing gentrification, 
combatting segregation, promoting the inclusion 
of underrepresented residents, and ensuring af-
fordable housing options; 
(F) a plan to invest the financial resources 
of the applicant; 
(G) a plan to partner with local workforce 
development boards to scale up training to meet 
new workforce demands; 
(H) a plan to incorporate and bring 
growth and opportunity to a broad geographic 
area beyond the limits of the metropolitan sta-
tistical area, including rural areas, through im-
proved transportation, high speed internet ac-
cess, other investments, and partnerships; and 
(I) the relative potential for the selection 
of the innovation center to reverse a decline, or 
accelerate growth, in innovation sector jobs. 
(4) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—In selecting in-
novation centers under this section, the Committee 
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shall ensure a broad geographic representation of 
the United States. 
(5) SITE VISITS.—The Committee may conduct 
site visits to eligible areas that are finalists for selec-
tion as an innovation center. 
(6) TIMELINE
FOR
SELECTION.—The Com-
mittee shall, by secret ballot, vote to select the 9 in-
novation centers not later than 12 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(7) EVALUATION AND RENEWAL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Committee shall establish evaluation and re-
newal criteria to measure— 
(i) the progress of an innovation cen-
ter toward becoming a center for tech-
nology innovation; 
(ii) the effectiveness of an innovation 
center in translating innovation sector 
growth into broadly shared economic op-
portunity within the innovation center; and 
(iii) the ethical and efficient use of 
Federal funds. 
(B) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Beginning in 
the third full year following the date of enact-
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ment of this Act, and not less frequently than 
once every 3 years thereafter, the Committee 
shall submit to Congress and each agency rep-
resented on the Committee, and make publicly 
available, a report on the progress of each inno-
vation center in meeting the objectives de-
scribed in paragraph (3). 
(C) EVALUATION.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—During the third 
year in which an innovation center is in ex-
istence, the Committee shall conduct an 
evaluation based on established bench-
marks for achieving the objectives de-
scribed in paragraph (3) to determine 
whether the designation as an innovation 
center shall be renewed for 3 additional 
years. 
(ii) 
FAILURE
TO
MEET
BENCH-
MARKS.—An innovation center that fails to 
meet a majority of the benchmarks estab-
lished under clause (i) shall not be renewed 
as an innovation center. 
(D) RENEWAL LIMIT.—An innovation cen-
ter shall be designated as such for a period of 
3 years, and the Committee may renew the des-
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ignation for not more than 2 additional 3-year 
terms. 
(f) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date on which all innovation centers have exhausted their 
designations and renewals as an innovation center, the 
Committee shall submit to Congress and each agency rep-
resented on the Committee, and make publicly available, 
a final cumulative report on the efficacy of the program. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Committee for travel 
and administrative expenses related to carrying out the 
duties of the Committee— 
(1) $5,000,000 for each of the first 2 fiscal 
years beginning after the date of enactment of this 
Act; and 
(2) $1,000,000 for each of the 8 fiscal years 
following the 2 fiscal years described in paragraph 
(1). 
SEC. 4. FEDERAL INNOVATION SUPPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An innovation center shall be eli-
gible for the Federal innovation supports described in this 
section. 
(b) DIRECT FEDERAL INVESTMENT.— 
(1) NATIONAL
SCIENCE
FOUNDATION
RE-
SEARCH FUNDING.— 
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(A) FUNDING GOAL.—The Director of the 
National Science Foundation shall pursue a 
goal of awarding through a rigorous selection 
process, for each innovation center that gets its 
designation renewed continually for 3 terms, a 
total of $1,250,000,000 in grant funds to enti-
ties located in that innovation center by the end 
of the 9th year of the designation of that inno-
vation center, by proportionally increasing the 
total amount of the grants awarded over the 9- 
year period. 
(B) ADDITIONAL
FUNDING.—In addition 
to awarding grants in pursuit of the goal de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), the Director shall 
award grants— 
(i) with a focus on universities or 
other research institutions that commit to 
expanding research and workforce capabili-
ties aligned with industries and tech-
nologies and with a preference for univer-
sities or institutions that are— 
(I) concentrated in an innovation 
center; or 
(II) key to national challenges; or 
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(ii) that include industry-university 
research partnership programs. 
(C) TRACKING.—In each year, the Direc-
tor of the National Science Foundation shall 
track the aggregate amount of grants awarded 
by the Director to entities in that year, 
disaggregated by innovation center. 
(D) AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL AP-
PROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this paragraph, in addi-
tion to amounts that would otherwise be appro-
priated in a year for the National Science 
Foundation, amounts as follows: 
(i) For fiscal year 2021, $0. 
(ii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2022, 
$1,110,000,000. 
(iii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2023, 
$2,220,000,000. 
(iv) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$3,330,000,000. 
(v) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2025, 
$4,440,000,000. 
(vi) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2026, 
$5,550,000,000. 
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(vii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2027, 
$6,660,000,000. 
(viii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2028, 
$7,770,000,000. 
(ix) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2029, 
$8,880,000,000. 
(x) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2030, 
$9,990,000,000. 
(2) NATIONAL
SCIENCE
FOUNDATION
GRAD-
UATE
RESEARCH
FELLOWSHIPS
AND
UNDER-
GRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 
(A) EXPANSION.—The Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall expand grad-
uate research fellowships and programs focused 
on undergraduate research opportunities, in-
cluding— 
(i) research experiences for under-
graduates; 
(ii) advanced technological education 
programs; 
(iii) historically Black colleges and 
universities undergraduate programs; and 
(iv) Hispanic-serving institutions. 
(B) ALLOCATION.—The amounts expended 
by the Director to carry out subparagraph (A), 
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35 percent of such amounts shall be expended 
for the expansion of graduate research fellow-
ships and undergraduate research opportunities 
in innovation centers. 
(C) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this paragraph amounts as 
follows: 
(i) In fiscal year 2022, $57,000,000. 
(ii) In fiscal year 2023, $114,000,000. 
(iii) 
In 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$171,000,000. 
(iv) 
In 
fiscal 
year 
2025, 
$228,000,000. 
(v) In fiscal year 2026, $285,000,000. 
(vi) 
In 
fiscal 
year 
2027, 
$342,000,000. 
(vii) 
In 
fiscal 
year 
2028, 
$399,000,000. 
(viii) 
In 
fiscal 
year 
2029, 
$456,000,000. 
(ix) 
In 
fiscal 
year 
2030, 
$513,000,000. 
(3) NATIONAL
SCIENCE
FOUNDATION
INDUS-
TRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTERS 
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PROGRAM.—The Director of the National Science 
Foundation shall consider the location of a univer-
sity within an innovation center to be a strength for 
purposes of selection criteria under the Industry- 
University Cooperative Research Centers program. 
(4) 
SMALL
BUSINESS
INNOVATION
RE-
SEARCH.—Section 9(j) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 638(j)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(5) MODIFICATIONS
RELATING
TO
INNOVA-
TION CENTERS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘innovation center’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 2 of the Innovation Centers 
Acceleration Act. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of the Inno-
vation Centers Acceleration Act, the Adminis-
trator shall modify the policy directives issued 
pursuant to this subsection— 
‘‘(i) to provide that, during the 10- 
year period beginning on the date of enact-
ment of the Innovation Centers Accelera-
tion Act, the location of a small business 
concern within an innovation center shall 
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be considered a strength under the selec-
tion criteria for Phase I and Phase II pro-
posals under the SBIR program of a Fed-
eral agency; and 
‘‘(ii) to require the Administrator to 
track and publish on an annual basis the 
total value of SBIR awards made to small 
business concerns located in innovation 
centers.’’. 
(5) MANUFACTURING USA PROGRAM.— 
(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
(i) MANUFACTURING USA PROGRAM.— 
The term ‘‘Manufacturing USA Program’’ 
means the program established under sec-
tion 34(b) of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 
278s(b)). 
(ii) 
MANUFACTURING
USA
INSTI-
TUTE.—The term ‘‘Manufacturing USA 
institute’’ means an institute described in 
section 34(d) of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 
278s(d)). 
(B) EXPANSION.—Under section 34(e) of 
the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
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nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278s(e)), the Secretary 
shall award financial assistance to assist in the 
establishment and support of— 
(i) 9 new Manufacturing USA insti-
tutes; or 
(ii) a combination of satellites to ex-
isting Manufacturing USA institutes or 
new Manufacturing USA institutes. 
(C) SELECTION.— 
(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—Manufacturing 
USA institutes and satellites shall be iden-
tified and funded under subparagraph (B) 
from among proposals submitted to the 
Secretary for purposes of this paragraph. 
(ii) PROPOSAL ELEMENTS.—Any pro-
posal submitted to the Secretary in accord-
ance with clause (i) shall include— 
(I) a plan for the institute or sat-
ellite concerned to support or other-
wise align with existing Manufac-
turing 
USA 
institutes, 
including 
through— 
(aa) membership in, or part-
nership or formal affiliation with, 
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an existing Manufacturing USA 
institute; or 
(bb) a plan to reach a seg-
ment, population, or geographic 
area not already covered by or 
engaged with existing Manufac-
turing USA institutes; and 
(II) a plan for cost-sharing for 
the activities of the institute or sat-
ellite concerned, including the sources 
of funds and amounts to be contrib-
uted. 
(iii) SELECTION
OF
SATELLITES.— 
Any selection of a satellite to an existing 
Manufacturing USA institute under this 
subparagraph shall be made by the Sec-
retary in consultation with exiting Manu-
facturing USA institutes. 
(iv) PRIORITY RELATING TO INNOVA-
TION CENTERS.—In identifying and fund-
ing a new Manufacturing USA institute or 
a combination of satellites to existing or 
new Manufacturing USA institutes under 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall give 
priority to proposals for identification and 
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funding of Manufacturing USA institutes 
in an innovation center, in whole or in sub-
stantial part. 
(v) PREVENTION
OF
OVERLAP
AND 
REDUNDANCY.—In identifying and funding 
Manufacturing USA institutes or satellites 
to Manufacturing USA institutes under 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall, to 
the extent practicable, avoid overlap or re-
dundancy in mission, technology focus, or 
funding with existing Manufacturing USA 
institutes. 
(D) 
AMOUNT
OF
FINANCIAL
ASSIST-
ANCE.— 
(i) NEW MANUFACTURING USA INSTI-
TUTES.—For each Manufacturing USA in-
stitute identified and funded under sub-
paragraph (B), the Secretary may expend 
up to $70,000,000 during the period of fis-
cal years 2021 through 2032. 
(ii) MANUFACTURING USA INSTITUTE 
SATELLITES.—For 
each 
Manufacturing 
USA institute satellite or expansion sup-
ported under subparagraph (B), the Sec-
retary may expend up to $25,000,000 dur-
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ing the period of fiscal years 2021 through 
2032. 
(E) ALLOCATION.—Not less than 33 per-
cent of the financial assistance provided under 
subparagraph (B) shall be for identifying and 
funding Manufacturing USA institutes in inno-
vation centers. 
(6) MANUFACTURING UNIVERSITIES.—The Sec-
retary of Commerce and the Secretary of Defense 
shall consider the location of a university within an 
innovation center to be a strength for purposes of 
selection criteria under the Manufacturing Univer-
sities Program. 
(7) MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGEN-
CY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The National Director 
of the Minority Business Development Agency 
may, acting through the Inner City Innovation 
Hub program, award not more than 2 grants to 
eligible entities located within each innovation 
center. 
(B) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—A grant award-
ed under subparagraph (A) may not exceed 
$1,500,000. 
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(C) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the National Director of the Minority 
Business Development Agency $27,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030. 
(8) 
ADDITIONAL
REGIONAL
INNOVATIONS 
STRATEGIES GRANTS.— 
(A) DEFINITION
OF
INNOVATION
CEN-
TER.—Section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech-
nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
3703) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(12) ‘Innovation center’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 2 of the Innovation Centers Ac-
celeration Act.’’. 
(B) GRANTS.—Section 27 of the Steven-
son-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3722) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (c)— 
(I) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘As part of the program’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As part of the pro-
gram’’; and 
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(II) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) INNOVATION CENTER GRANTS.—As a 
part of the program established pursuant to 
subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary of Com-
merce for Economic Development may award 
grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible recipi-
ents described in subsection (a)(1)(D) located 
within innovation centers.’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (h)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘From amounts 
appropriated’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—From amounts appro-
priated’’; and 
(II) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) INNOVATION CENTER GRANTS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to 
award grants under subsection (c)(1)(B) $5,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030.’’. 
(9) WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT
ACTIVITIES
IN 
CONSULTATION WITH INNOVATION CENTERS.— 
(A) YOUTH WORKFORCE ACTIVITIES.—Sec-
tion 129 of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
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portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) YOUTH WORKFORCE ACTIVITIES IN CONSULTA-
TION WITH INNOVATION CENTERS.— 
‘‘(1) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Using funds made 
available under section 136(d), the Secretary 
shall provide a grant to each local area that— 
‘‘(i) is within the area covered by an 
innovation center selected under subsection 
(e) of section 3 of the Innovation Centers 
Acceleration Act; and 
‘‘(ii) the Innovation Center Selection 
Committee established under that section 3 
certifies is working in partnership with 
that innovation center. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—The amount of the grant 
for a fiscal year shall be equal to the allocation 
that the local area receives under section 128(b) 
for that fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary may 
not reduce the amount that any local area re-
ceives through an allocation under section 
128(b) because local areas described in sub-
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paragraph (A) receive grants under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The local area shall use 
the grant funds in accordance with subsection (c), 
after consultation with the innovation center.’’. 
(B) ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER EM-
PLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES.—Section 
134 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER EMPLOY-
MENT
AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES
IN CONSULTATION 
WITH INNOVATION CENTERS.— 
‘‘(1) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Using funds made 
available under section 136(d), the Secretary 
shall provide a grant to each local area that— 
‘‘(i) is within the area covered by an 
innovation center selected under subsection 
(e) of section 3 of the Innovation Centers 
Acceleration Act; and 
‘‘(ii) the Innovation Center Selection 
Committee established under that section 3 
certifies is working in partnership with 
that innovation center. 
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‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—The amount of the grant 
for a fiscal year shall be equal to the sum of the 
allocations that the local area receives under 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 133(b) for 
that fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary may 
not reduce the amount that any local area re-
ceives through an allocation under paragraph 
(1) or (2) of section 133(b)(3) because local 
areas described in subparagraph (A) receive 
grants under this subsection. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The local area shall use 
the grant funds in accordance with subsections (b), 
(c), and (d), after consultation with the innovation 
center.’’. 
(C) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Section 136 of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3181) is 
amended— 
(i) in subsections (a), (b), and (c), by 
inserting before the first comma the fol-
lowing: ‘‘(except for activities funded from 
amounts appropriated under subsection 
(d))’’; and 
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(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES IN CON-
SULTATION WITH INNOVATION CENTERS.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 129(d) 
and 134(e) such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal 
year that an innovation center designation is in effect.’’. 
(10) 
ADDITIONAL
STEM
APPRENTICESHIP 
GRANTS.—Section 28 of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech-
nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3723) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) INNOVATION CENTER GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION
OF
ELIGIBLE
ENTITY.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘eligible entity’ means an 
eligible recipient that is— 
‘‘(A) described in subsection (b)(4); and 
‘‘(B) located within an innovation center. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development 
shall provide to not less than 1 eligible entity located 
in each innovation center a grant to develop infra-
structure to expand STEM apprenticeship programs. 
‘‘(3) AMOUNT; RENEWAL.— 
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‘‘(A) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant 
under paragraph (2) shall be not more than 
$5,000,000 for each year over a 3-year period. 
‘‘(B) RENEWAL.—The Secretary may pro-
vide an eligible entity that receives a grant 
under paragraph (2) not more than 2 additional 
grants under that paragraph. 
‘‘(4) PREFERENCE.—The Assistant Secretary 
of Commerce for Economic Development shall give 
preference for a grant under this subsection to an el-
igible entity with demonstrated success of admin-
istering apprenticeship and other workforce develop-
ment models and that demonstrates a commitment 
to serving individuals— 
‘‘(A) from underrepresented populations; 
or 
‘‘(B) who face barriers to employment, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(i) long-term unemployment; 
‘‘(ii) past incarceration; or 
‘‘(iii) veteran or disability status. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030.’’. 
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(11) NATIONAL
INSTITUTES
OF
HEALTH
RE-
SEARCH FUNDING.— 
(A) FUNDING GOAL.—The Director of the 
National Institutes of Health shall pursue a 
goal of awarding through a rigorous selection 
process and subject to peer review, for each in-
novation center that gets its designation re-
newed continually for 3 terms, a total of 
$1,250,000,000 in meritorious research awards 
in priority areas of biomedical science to enti-
ties located in that innovation center by the end 
of the 9th year of the designation of that inno-
vation center, by proportionally increasing the 
total amount of the grants, contracts, or other 
transactions awarded in each innovation center 
each year over the 9-year period. 
(B) ADDITIONAL
FUNDING.—In addition 
to awarding grants, contracts, or other trans-
actions in pursuit of the goal described in sub-
paragraph (A), the Director of the National In-
stitutes of Health shall award grants— 
(i) with a focus on universities or 
other research institutions that commit to 
expanding research capabilities aligned 
with industries and technologies and with a 
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preference for universities or institutions 
that are— 
(I) concentrated in an innovation 
center; or 
(II) key to national challenges; or 
(ii) that include industry-university 
research partnership programs. 
(C) TRACKING.—In each year, the Direc-
tor of the National Institutes of Health shall 
track the aggregate amount of grants, con-
tracts, or other transactions awarded by the Di-
rector to entities in that year, disaggregated by 
innovation center. 
(D) AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL AP-
PROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this paragraph, in addi-
tion to amounts that would otherwise be appro-
priated in a year for the National Institutes of 
Health, amounts as follows: 
(i) For fiscal year 2021, $0. 
(ii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2022, 
$140,000,000. 
(iii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2023, 
$280,000,000. 
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(iv) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$420,000,000. 
(v) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2025, 
$560,000,000. 
(vi) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2026, 
$700,000,000. 
(vii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2027, 
$840,000,000. 
(viii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2028, 
$980,000,000. 
(ix) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2029, 
$1,120,000,000. 
(x) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2030, 
$1,260,000,000. 
(c) TAX INCENTIVES.— 
(1) NEW
MARKETS
TAX
CREDIT
ALLOCA-
TIONS.—Subsection (f) of section 45D of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) SPECIAL
ALLOCATION
FOR
INNOVATION 
CENTERS.—In the case of any calendar year begin-
ning after 2021— 
‘‘(A) the limitation under paragraph (1) 
(including in calendar years for which the limi-
tation under paragraph (1) is zero) shall be in-
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creased by $50,000,000 for each metropolitan 
statistical area which is designated as an inno-
vation center under section 3(e) of the Innova-
tion Centers Acceleration Act for such calendar 
year, and 
‘‘(B) the additional limitation under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be divided equally among 
such innovation centers and allocated (as pro-
vided in paragraph (2)) among qualified com-
munity development entities in such innovation 
centers.’’. 
(2) RESEARCH CREDIT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 41 of such 
Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(i) SPECIAL RULES RELATING
TO INNOVATION 
CENTERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of— 
‘‘(A) any qualified research expenses paid 
or incurred for qualified services or qualified re-
search, 
‘‘(B) any basic research payments for basic 
research, and 
‘‘(C) amounts paid or incurred by the tax-
payer in carrying on any trade or business of 
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the taxpayer (including as contributions) to an 
energy research consortium for energy research, 
during the taxable year at a location in a metropoli-
tan statistical area which is an innovation center for 
such taxable year, this section shall be applied as 
provided in paragraphs (2) and (3). 
‘‘(2) CREDIT
RATE.—Subsection (a) shall be 
applied by substituting ‘30 percent’ for ‘20 percent’ 
each place it appears. 
‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE SIMPLIFIED CREDIT.—Sub-
section (c)(4) shall be applied— 
‘‘(A) by substituting ‘21 percent’ for ‘14 
percent’ in subparagraph (A), and 
‘‘(B) by substituting ‘9 percent’ for ‘6 per-
cent’ in subparagraph (B)(ii). 
‘‘(4) CREDIT
FOR
QUALIFIED
SMALL
BUSI-
NESSES.—In the case of a trade or business located 
primarily within a metropolitan statistical area 
which is an innovation center for the taxable year, 
subsection (h) shall be applied— 
‘‘(A) by substituting ‘$15,000,000’ for 
‘$5,000,000’ in paragraph (3)(A)(i)(I), 
‘‘(B) by substituting ‘8-taxable-year’ for 
‘5-taxable-year’ in paragraph (3)(A)(i)(II), and 
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‘‘(C) 
by 
substituting 
‘$500,000’ 
for 
‘$250,000’ both places it appears in paragraphs 
(4)(B)(i) and (5)(B)(ii). 
‘‘(5) INNOVATION
CENTER.—For purposes of 
this subsection, for any taxable year, the term ‘inno-
vation center’ means a metropolitan statistical area 
with a designation as an innovation center under 
section 3(e) of the Innovation Centers Acceleration 
Act in effect for calendar years beginning in such 
year. 
‘‘(6) TERMINATION.—This subsection shall not 
apply to expenses paid or incurred after December 
31, 2030.’’. 
(B) TRAINING
INCLUDED
AS
RESEARCH 
EXPENSES.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of 
section 41(b) of such Code is amended— 
(I) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 
of subparagraph (A), 
(II) by striking the period at the 
end of subparagraph (B) and insert-
ing ‘‘, and’’, and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) employee training expenses.’’. 
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‘‘(ii) for a loan of more than 
$350,000, the Administration shall collect 
a guarantee fee under this paragraph equal 
to 50 percent of the guarantee fee that the 
Administration would otherwise collect for 
the loan.’’. 
(3) CERTIFIED DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LOANS 
FOR INNOVATION CENTER STARTUPS.— 
(A) MAXIMUM
LOAN
AMOUNT.—Section 
502(2)(A) of the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(2)(A)) is amend-
ed— 
(i) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (v), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(vi) $10,000,000 for each project of 
an innovation center startup.’’. 
(B) CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT.—Sec-
tion 502(3)(C) of the Small Business Invest-
ment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(3)(C)) is 
amended— 
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