To establish a National Science Foundation grant program to provide opportunities for and strengthen research capacity at institutions of higher education to stimulate sustainable improvement in existing research and development at such institutions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-2457
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Carter, Troy [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2023-04-03
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the National Science Foundation to award grants to certain institutions of higher education for infrastructure, materials, and equipment for research facilities in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and related fields.</p> <p>Institutions that are eligible for the grants include</p> <ul> <li>historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions;</li> <li>public, private, and religious institutions with endowments below specified thresholds;</li> <li>two-year, community, vocational-technical, and career colleges; and</li> <li>single-sex colleges.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2457 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 3, 2023 Mr. Carter of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To establish a National Science Foundation grant program to provide opportunities for and strengthen research capacity at institutions of higher education to stimulate sustainable improvement in existing research and development at such institutions, and for other purposes.

1. National Science Foundation grant program to stimulate sustainable improvement in existing research and development at certain institutions of higher education (a) In general The Director of the National Science Foundation shall establish a grant program to provide financial assistance to institutions of higher education specified in subsection (c) to aid such institutions in the development and enhancement of research facilities in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, medical matters, and other research and development matters. (b) Uses Institutions of higher education specified in subsection (c) that receive grants from the National Science Foundation may use such grants for the following in furtherance of the purpose described in subsection (a): (1) Existing building infrastructure improvements or enhancements. (2) Materials and equipment needed to conduct or produce research. (3) Infrastructure needs to maintain building infrastructure. (c) Institutions of higher education specified The institutions of higher education specified in this subsection are the following: (1) Historically Black Colleges and Universities. (2) Hispanic-serving institutions. (3) Tribal colleges. (4) Native Hawaiian-serving institutions. (5) Predominantly Black institutions. (6) Native American-serving, nontribal institutions. (7) Asian-American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions. (8) Minority serving institutions. (9) Public and private institutions with endowments of less than $900,000,000 in 2023 constant dollars. (10) Two-year colleges. (11) Community colleges. (12) Vocational-technical colleges. (13) Career colleges. (14) Four-year colleges with endowments of less than $900,000,000 in 2023 constant dollars. (15) Liberal arts colleges with endowments of less than $900,000,000 in 2023 constant dollars. (16) Single-sex colleges. (17) Religiously affiliated colleges with endowments of less than $900,000,000 in 2023 constant dollars.