STEM education established under the National 
Science and Technology Council, including docu-
mentation of assessments of the outcome-oriented ef-
fectiveness of such programs and activities and 
metrics used to evaluate those programs and activi-
ties; 
(5) provide technical and administrative support 
to the committee on STEM education established 
under the National Science and Technology Council 
and the Advisory Panel established under section 
202; and 
(6) serve as the point of contact on Federal 
STEM education activities for government agencies, 
academia, industry, professional societies, State 
STEM 
education 
programs, 
interested 
citizen 
groups, and other STEM stakeholders to exchange 
technical and programmatic information. 
(c) 3-Year STRATEGIC PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The STEM Education Co-
ordinating Office shall— 
(A) at the time of the President’s budget 
request, and every 3 years thereafter, in con-
sultation with Federal agencies having STEM 
education programs or activities, the committee 
on STEM education established under the Na-
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tional Science and Technology Council, and the 
Advisory Panel established under section 202, 
update the Federal Government STEM edu-
cation strategic plan established in May 2013 
by the committee on STEM education estab-
lished under the National Science and Tech-
nology Council; and 
(B) coordinate the implementation of such 
plan through such agencies. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan shall— 
(A) specify and prioritize annual and long- 
term objectives, including a description of the 
role of each agency in supporting programs and 
activities designed to achieve the objectives; 
(B) specify the common metrics that will 
be used to assess progress toward achieving the 
objectives; and 
(C) describe the approaches that will be 
taken by each agency to assess the effectiveness 
of its STEM education programs and activities. 
(d) REPORT.—The Director of the STEM Education 
Coordinating Office shall transmit a report annually to 
Congress at the time of the President’s budget request. 
The annual report shall include— 
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(1) a description of the STEM education pro-
grams and activities across the Federal Government 
for the previous and current fiscal years, and the 
proposed programs and activities under the Presi-
dent’s budget request, of every Federal agency with 
STEM education programs or activities; 
(2) an evaluation of the extent of duplication 
and fragmentation of the programs and activities de-
scribed under paragraph (1), and any recommenda-
tions for consolidations or terminations to remedy 
those problems; 
(3) a description of ways the Federal Govern-
ment is leveraging private and nonprofit investments 
and utilizing expertise resulting from STEM-related 
competitions to build the STEM education workforce 
pipeline; and 
(4) a description of the progress made in car-
rying out the 3-year strategic plan, including a de-
scription of the outcome of any program assessments 
completed in the previous year, and any changes 
made to that plan since the previous annual report. 
(e) RESPONSIBILITIES OF NSF.—The Director of the 
National Science Foundation shall encourage and monitor 
the efforts of the STEM Education Coordinating Office 
to ensure that the strategic plan under subsection (c) is 
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implemented effectively and that the objectives of the stra-
tegic plan are met. 
TITLE III—OFFICE OF SCIENCE 
AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for the Of-
fice of Science and Technology Policy— 
(1) $5,555,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 
(2) $5,555,000 for fiscal year 2015. 
SEC. 302. REGULATORY EFFICIENCY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) high and increasing administrative burdens 
and costs in Federal research administration, par-
ticularly in the higher education sector where most 
federally sponsored research is performed, are erod-
ing funds available to carry out basic scientific re-
search; 
(2) progress has been made over the last decade 
in streamlining the pre-award grant application 
process through Grants.gov, the Federal Govern-
ment’s website portal; 
(3) post-award administrative costs have grown 
as Federal research agencies have continued to im-
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pose agency-unique compliance and reporting re-
quirements on researchers and research institutions; 
(4) facilities and administration costs at re-
search universities can exceed 50 percent of the total 
value of Federal research grants, and it is estimated 
that nearly 30 percent of the funds invested annu-
ally in federally funded research is consumed by pa-
perwork and other administrative processes required 
by Federal agencies; 
(5) the Office of Management and Budget has 
recently released an omnibus grant administration 
regulation that allows agency-unique approaches and 
fails to provide necessary guidance for agencies to 
simplify, standardize, or consolidate common report-
ing and compliance requirements; and 
(6) it is a matter of critical importance to 
American competitiveness that administrative costs 
of federally funded research be streamlined so that 
a higher proportion of taxpayer dollars flow into di-
rect research activities. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall establish a working 
group under the authority of the National Science and 
Technology Council, to include the Office of Management 
and Budget. The working group shall be responsible for 
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